by Martha Wescott | Dec 14, 2017 | Current Events
While you would find greatly extended coverage of midpoints from the Capricorn Ingress 2017 chart in the January issue of "Tools of the Trade," here are a few ideas. If these midpoints are applying to radix or directed patterns and points in your chart, you'll want to...
by Martha Wescott | Oct 30, 2017 | Class, Radix Interpretation, Uncategorized
Some of you had never heard of using Sums. Some of you screamed--and loudly!-- about "more math." One of the reasons you learn to use a 90* dial is that you can do a lot of techniques WITHOUT math. You just "spin the dial." I'm going to show you a really easy way to...
by Martha Wescott | Oct 24, 2017 | Class, Current Events
We astrologers are a strange bunch. We each find our own way of viewing or interpreting things. In line with this, I thought I'd offer you something that's maybe different to consider: a comparison of SUMS and MIDPOINTS. The following are based on positions for the...
by Martha Wescott | Aug 29, 2017 | Current Events, Predictive Notes
Just to give you some things to consider as we head into the first weeks of September. These calculations are for postions on the Full Moon, Sept. 6, 2017. Certainly include dial axis points in your assessment: 1. Aries/Hopi = 07 Cancer 12: The Aries Point indicates,...
by Martha Wescott | Jun 30, 2017 | Current Events
Ancient people thought of eclipses as frightening because they thought it meant that a dragon was eating the sun. They then would bang on drums, shout and do all they could to make noise to try to scare the dragon away. While we know there's no such dragon, eclipses...
by Martha Wescott | May 21, 2017 | Predictive Notes
These interactions can be part of your experience now; check your chart!More can be said about these, but hopefully this gets you thinkin' about Asteroids! x = angular conjunction; \ = parans opposition 1. Amor x Atlantis: There can be times when you need to maintain...
by Martha Wescott | Apr 29, 2017 | Current Events, Predictive Notes, Radix Interpretation
Among other configurations this unMerry Month of May is one that features a conjunction of MELANCHOLIA and SPHINX with oppositions from ASTRAEA, JUNO and PLUTO, Rx. Planets, asteroids and TNPs are energies and, given their chance to shine in your life, they want to...
by Martha Wescott | Mar 31, 2017 | Current Events
Maybe some of these are salient in your chart this month: (Where x stands for an angular conjunction and \ indicates a parans opposition:) 1. Kassandra x Kron: "I don't know if I believe what the expert, official or celebrity says..." 2. Kassandra x Kron\Daedalus, Rx:...
by Martha Wescott | Mar 5, 2017 | Current Events
I talk so much about using "angular" factors (planets, TNPs and asteroids) to delineate astrology return charts. Here's an example. Imagine an angle in 13 Cancer; the opposite angle would, of course, be in 13 Capricorn. "Angular" (within ten degrees, either side) of...
by Martha Wescott | Jan 30, 2017 | Current Events
Depending on your chart, these are some of the things you can "look forward to" (ahem!) as we go into early February: 1. With the medical asteroid, Askalaphus, conjunct Odysseus, you can hear of folks who combine travel with a medical concern. For some, this will mean...
