hi moog,
we can always make adjustments to make astro appear a few different ways. ali's mars is in 10th whole sign regardless of whether one switches into sidereal or not.. i was mostly giving an example of a sidereal mars in taurus that seemed just as effective.. i looked at a few whereby mars would be in cancer sidereal too. that was all i was thinking with that example which wouldn't hinge any on the time of day he was born.
as for the gauguelin material and taking apart - i agree that it is good to try to breakdown all of the ideas and work of others in astrology regardless the era.. i think "tearing apart" might be what i see some folks wanting to do with gauguelins work, which is different then taking it apart. either way the work the gauguelins did warrants consideration.. it plays into our ideas about house systems as well.. dr farr correctly points out at the time they did their work, the whole-sign house system wasn't known.. one does wonder how much this would have altered the results.. unfortunately i am unaware of anyone doing research at present in a similar manner.. i think it would be of great benefit to astrology if someone was.
we can always make adjustments to make astro appear a few different ways. ali's mars is in 10th whole sign regardless of whether one switches into sidereal or not.. i was mostly giving an example of a sidereal mars in taurus that seemed just as effective.. i looked at a few whereby mars would be in cancer sidereal too. that was all i was thinking with that example which wouldn't hinge any on the time of day he was born.
as for the gauguelin material and taking apart - i agree that it is good to try to breakdown all of the ideas and work of others in astrology regardless the era.. i think "tearing apart" might be what i see some folks wanting to do with gauguelins work, which is different then taking it apart. either way the work the gauguelins did warrants consideration.. it plays into our ideas about house systems as well.. dr farr correctly points out at the time they did their work, the whole-sign house system wasn't known.. one does wonder how much this would have altered the results.. unfortunately i am unaware of anyone doing research at present in a similar manner.. i think it would be of great benefit to astrology if someone was.