| I'm not familiar with the technique of using Astrodynes, but will
look into Doris Chase Doane's book to see what comes up.
Through the wonderful people who contribute (or just read) this
file, I have vastly increased my experience in chart reading this
past year. It used to take me literally days of concentrated effort
to prepare for a chart reading. I did not know where to start either
at first, especially when people came without a specific question
in mind. However, I learned from my enjoyable experiences studying
musical construction that I have the type of mental talent that
can take things apart, put them back together again, and retain
the whole of what I've learned, with one knowledge set enhancing
the other--details contributing to my appreciation and understanding
of the whole. It is this talent that I have called on and has stood
me in good stead in my astrological studies.
I have a couple of books in my library that have guidelines on chart
synthesis, but they are just that--guidelines. The mathematical
and other rote methods of chart synthesis and interpretation, although
I thought such a thing would be heaven-sent, seem to me now to be
ways which can enable a non-intuitive, or inexperienced person to
read a horoscope. The many astrologers I spoke to on the subject
of interpretive methods all said--to a person--"start reading more
charts." Constant, patient practice hones the skill.
It now takes me a tenth of the time it used to to prepare a reading.
This is not because of any single method I've adopted, but from
greater practice, as well as letting my intuition come forth. There
is a certain frame of mind that I assume that causes certain
characteristics to spring forth as important as I study a chart.
And too, there is scant substitute for actual interaction with another
person. Just as a doctor is a much better doctor for you if he
comes to know you and sees you year after year, so will an astrologer
be better for you if (s)he's your "regular" consultant. Because
the birth chart shows mainly the "seed" of what the person can become,
plus intimations of that person's joys and struggles. _How that
person has *actualized* his/her potential is largely under his/her
control_.
One of the simplest rules of thumb that any astrologer follows is
The "Rule of 3". For a certain trait to be certain of showing up,
it must be indicated in a chart in 3 _different_ ways. I admit,
studying all the different ways is exhausting--but once one learns
to recognize them, the recognition goes much faster, much easier.
I'm not trying to debunk such techniques as astrodynes, especially
since I've not studied that particular technique. But the interpre-
tive techniques are only tools, and as such, only successful in the
hands of a skilled craftsman. And the only way one becomes a skilled
craftsman is with hands-on experience, tools or not. I find it
interesting that in the days when I desperately wanted such tools
to help me begin interpreting charts, I couldn't find anything.
Now that I have much more experience, the bookstores I search seem
filled with instructive manuals. When the pupil is ready . . . ?
Perhaps.
Marcia
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