Five Tips For Birth Chart Rectification
Five Tips For Birth Chart Rectification
By Chris Brennan December 11, 2009 The type of astrology that most western astrologers practice, horoscopic astrology, requires an exact birth time in order to work properly. That is to say, you need the time of a persons birth in order to cast a complete natal chart that includes all of the factors that an astrologer would normally take into account in a typical delineation. While it is still possible to do some interesting things with just a persons date of birth, even if you dont have a birth time, in most cases it is highly desirable to have at least an approximate time of birth before attempting to interpret a birth chart. When a birth time is not known or recorded for a person, sometimes astrologers will attempt to deduce the time of birth by studying events in the persons life and trying to match up their chronology with one of the possible charts for that day. This process of reverse engineering the birth time based on known events in a persons life is called rectification. In this article I will provide a few simple tips for how to rectify a birth chart based on my own experience over the past several years in working with clients. If you are just looking for someone to rectify your chart for you, then you might want to consider setting up a birth time rectification consultation with me. If you want to learn how to do it on your own though, then read on. Before we get started with the techniques I should probably make a few preliminary remarks though.
One of the general notions derived from these two concepts is that the house placement of the malefic that is contrary to the sect of the chart will often indicate the area of the natives life in which they have some of their greatest challenges, hardships and even losses. So, for example, Mars in a day chart in the 7th might indicate that the native will experience separations or loss when it comes to their marriage, while in the 4th house it might indicate separations or loss with respect to the parents. In both instances the contrary to the sect Mars signifies separation, but it indicates this in a much different area of the natives life depending on its house placement. Conversely, the house placement of the benefic that is of the sect in favor will often indicate the area of the natives life in which things are the most fortunate, easy and stable. For example, Jupiter in a day chart in the 7th might indicate stability in relationships and marriage, but in the 4th house it would indicate stability from the parents. Again, when Jupiter is of the sect in favor it indicates stability either way, other factors supporting, but the house placement localizes this signification on a specific area of the natives life. With this in mind, you can look at each possible rising sign and contrast where these two planets are located, and compare this with the natives chronology to see which placement seems to better reflect the most fortunate and unfortunate areas of the natives life. Sometimes the simplest things are the best indicators.