Practical Astrology

Every discipline has a bunch of things to learn and astrology is one of them. Adding to the basics are a lot of conventions that sometimes intersect and sometimes contradict. I like to keep things simple.

When I am asked to interpret a chart, I don't bother with things like "secondary progressions" or asteroids or Parts of Fortune or Parts of Marriage etc. I keep it to the essentials and one of two extras. Like, for example, I love using the Vertex which is the power center of a chart.

So using my basic philosophy, here are some ways that I astrology in everyday practical matters:

1. Avoiding the Void of Course Moon. I never make big decisions when the moon is Void of Course. That is a time when our thinking is foggy and when we can make decisions that we later regret. Here is a link to a Void of Course Moon chart.

2. Understanding that my communication will be faulty when Mercury is retrograde. Mercury Retrograde causes mishaps in communication. A phone call is missed. An email goes astray. We say something that we later regret. For me, when Mercury is retrograde I am especially careful of what I say. I second guess what I think and I always follow-up on important paperwork to be sure it was received and acknowledged.

3. I never make big decisions during an Eclipse for the same reason as for the two situations above because we are not thinking clearly.

That is the full extent of my daily uses of general astrology. Everything else is attached to my specific birthchart having to do with which planets are transiting my chart at the time.