mercuryforward
Active member
Lately I’ve been wondering about the clutter in some of the charts generated with the wonderful Astrodienst. I adore that site, I really do, and am grateful for their fantastic service. But the orbs used, if you leave it as is in the settings, are way too generous. Or am I wrong about this?
Is there a general consensus regarding orbs?
Looking at what Anthony Louis writes in his book on horary, Lilly, who attributed orbs to the planets and not the aspects, the sphere of influence of these planets on one another seems much smaller.
So an orb of, say, 10 degrees for a luminary is really 5 degrees in either direction. Neat. And the way it works is that the orb of each planet combines to the allowed maximum of each. If they are within that range, they connect. I’m including a screenshot.
What do you think? Is this too restrictive? And what about outside of horary? Would we be using the same size orbs or bigger?
In addition, I personally find it important to make the distinction between applying g and separating aspects. A separating aspect is like somebody mumbling goodbye under his breath while ambling toward the door, already preoccupied with the next great aspect. It doesn’t deserve the attention of an applying aspect, what do you guys think?
Is there a general consensus regarding orbs?
Looking at what Anthony Louis writes in his book on horary, Lilly, who attributed orbs to the planets and not the aspects, the sphere of influence of these planets on one another seems much smaller.
So an orb of, say, 10 degrees for a luminary is really 5 degrees in either direction. Neat. And the way it works is that the orb of each planet combines to the allowed maximum of each. If they are within that range, they connect. I’m including a screenshot.
What do you think? Is this too restrictive? And what about outside of horary? Would we be using the same size orbs or bigger?
In addition, I personally find it important to make the distinction between applying g and separating aspects. A separating aspect is like somebody mumbling goodbye under his breath while ambling toward the door, already preoccupied with the next great aspect. It doesn’t deserve the attention of an applying aspect, what do you guys think?
