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Lykanized

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The case I find most hilarious is the Valentine's day shooting in which there was evidence that the 'shooter' was actually leaving the school during the active shooter alarm while there were shots being fired. Not only that, but it was reported that there was more than one shooter. Also the kid had amazing aim


Then somehow several of those kids, one of whose parent's had links to the FBI, somehow became professional activists overnight. Regular high school students to activists just like that


One of the last shootings, it was also reported there was more than one shooter, but then that report got overwritten
 

Lykanized

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Then I always wonder why certain shootings achieve massive news coverage and others don't regardless of fatality rates and location
 

petosiris

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According to psychologists, playing violent video games, watching violent or pornographic material, all desensitize a person to violence - this has been countless times experimentally observed since Albert Bandura. Craig A. Anderson has received death threats for his research on video games in particular. So your president is correct that there exists a culture of glorified violence, notably exemplified by the fact that the average American child sees dozens of thousands murders and millions of violence acts. I partially base this on the following literature on the topic.

Anderson, C. A. (2004). An update on the effects of violent video games. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 113-122.
Archer, D., & Gartner, R. (1976). Violent acts and violent times: A comparative approach to postwar homicide rates. American sociological review, 937-963.
Geen, R. G., & Quanty, M. B. (1977). The catharsis of aggression: An evaluation of a hypothesis. Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 10). New York: Academic Press.
Robinson, T. N., Wilde, M. L., Navracruz, L. C., Haydel, K. F., & Varady, A. (2001). Effects of reducing children's television and video game use on aggressive behavior: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 155(1), 17-23.
Wilson, S. J., & Lipsey, M. W. (2005). The effectiveness of school-based violence prevention programs for reducing disruptive and aggressive behavior. Revised Report for the National Institute of Justice School Violence Prevention Research Planning Meeting, May 2005.

''Astrologers'' may also be interested in studies on heat and violence - because there appears to be a direct correlation which the ancient astrologers intuitively knew.
Anderson, C. A., Anderson, K. B., Dorr, N., DeNeve, K. M., & Flanagan, M. (2000). Temperature and aggression. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. San Diego: Academic Press.

I want to make it clear - no one can be exposed to violent acts so many times that he decides to act upon it (as the usual personal anecdote answer goes), however, a person who is inclined to violence, might be desensitized by all these factors to act upon it - in this way exposure to violence does influence violence (as studies show time and time again). Exposure to violence never causes it to decrease - as the catharsis hypothesis has been almost universally rejected.
 
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petosiris

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You’ll find that argument gets little traction with certain Americans, as our sciences and technology are firmly orbiting capital rather than the public interest. I do think you are correct, but it’s also not so simple - we have militarized consciousness, public service, public discourse, interpersonal relations, the economy so there are video game to real life pipelines.

The question then is if this so-called profit is greater than the possibility of diminished violence. I am sure that lost lives could have contributed to real life pipelines, but I am even more concerned about the effect upon the salvation of the people.

I hear what you are saying about planetary heat, but this characteristic is incapable of distinguishing American natal charts in general from others globally, no?

I am just saying that this particular astrological effect say of Sun in Leo is contributory not in relation to this incident, but in relation to the topic of astrology.
 

petosiris

Banned
Are you saying more population-based crimes are committed during Leo month?

''Across the Northern Hemisphere, it is not only hotter days that have more violent crimes, but also hotter seasons of the year, hotter summers, hotter years, hotter cities, and hotter regions (Anderson & Anderson, 1998; Anderson & others, 2000). Anderson and his colleagues project that if a 4-degree-Fahrenheit (about 2°C) global warming occurs, the United States alone will annually see at least 50,000 more serious assaults.''

''And in the laboratory, hot temperatures do increase arousal and hostile thoughts and feelings (Anderson & others, 1999). There may be other contributing factors, though. Maybe hot summer evenings drive people into the streets. There, other group influence factors may well take over. Then again (researchers are debating this), maybe there comes a point where stifling heat suppresses violence (Bell, 2005; Bushman & others, 2005a, 2005b; Cohn & Rotton, 2005).''

Myers, D. G. (2010). Social Psychology 10th Ed. McGraw Hill. - page 367
 

JUPITERASC

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According to psychologists, playing violent video games, watching violent or pornographic material, all desensitize a person to violence - this has been countless times experimentally observed since Albert Bandura. Craig A. Anderson has received death threats for his research on video games in particular. So your president is correct that there exists a culture of glorified violence, notably exemplified by the fact that the average American child sees dozens of thousands murders and millions of violence acts. I partially base this on the following literature on the topic.

Anderson, C. A. (2004). An update on the effects of violent video games. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 113-122.
Archer, D., & Gartner, R. (1976). Violent acts and violent times: A comparative approach to postwar homicide rates. American sociological review, 937-963.
Geen, R. G., & Quanty, M. B. (1977). The catharsis of aggression: An evaluation of a hypothesis. Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 10). New York: Academic Press.
Robinson, T. N., Wilde, M. L., Navracruz, L. C., Haydel, K. F., & Varady, A. (2001). Effects of reducing children's television and video game use on aggressive behavior: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 155(1), 17-23.
Wilson, S. J., & Lipsey, M. W. (2005). The effectiveness of school-based violence prevention programs for reducing disruptive and aggressive behavior. Revised Report for the National Institute of Justice School Violence Prevention Research Planning Meeting, May 2005.

''Astrologers'' may also be interested in studies on heat and violence - because there appears to be a direct correlation which the ancient astrologers intuitively knew.
Anderson, C. A., Anderson, K. B., Dorr, N., DeNeve, K. M., & Flanagan, M. (2000). Temperature and aggression. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. San Diego: Academic Press.

I want to make it clear - no one can be exposed to violent acts so many times that he decides to act upon it (as the usual personal anecdote answer goes), however, a person who is inclined to violence, might be desensitized by all these factors to act upon it - in this way exposure to violence does influence violence (as studies show time and time again). Exposure to violence never causes it to decrease - as the catharsis hypothesis has been almost universally rejected.
Violence in a natal chart discussion :smile:

at https://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85971

Definitely true for me, then. My square is loose, a 6 degree orb.

However, I've pondered before how my chart looks like it has a lot of latent impulsivity in it, and I see that in myself. I don't say or do half the things I think of saying or doing, because my mind runs faster than my actions. I tend not to act very impulsively, I'm much more likely to get stuck in a rut thinking things through and not taking action. Might be the Virgo/Gemini square between those two impulsive planets.
My father is born a couple of days before you and he is the most self-controlled person I know. But he does have a penchant for violence and a volcanic temper.

When he was younger he would beat up kids to a bloody pulp when they got on his nerves. Even his sense of humor was violent -- one time he put some glass in a mud puddle and dared his older brother to run through it... the outcome was not pretty.

These days he isn't liable to bash people's heads in if they upset him but anyone who interacts with him knows that his boundaries are strong and will be enforced.

So not an impulsive guy, but some key planets are different between both the charts (yours and his).
He doesn't have the stereotypical violent aspects but we already know that astrology doesn't work that way.

His Mars is in Taurus and on the 29th degree. It's conjunct the south node and is square his Mercury Virgo which is at 2 degrees. Don't know his tob so can't tell you which house his Mars falls.

I think for violence to be in the cards, the whole chart has to be analyzed. Then there is case of the reason behind the violence. Some may use it to further their agenda whilst others may be violent because they are unable to control themselves/anger. At one point beating your children was encouraged; violence for the purpose of correcting unacceptable/rude behaviour. Culture, basic mindset, war/peacetime, stress levels ... all of these play into the use of violence or not.

Sure this person may have mars opposite pluto and that person may have mars square uranus but one aspect won't turn them into a raging homicidal maniac or a cold-blooded murderer.
Your father was only 20 when you were born? Or is his birthday two days before mine but a different year?

Mars transited to Gemini the day before I was born. If your father is literally two days older than me, his Mars would be in the last degree of Taurus, about to transit. That should give it the extra power and volatility of a planet at 29 degrees--not quite sure whether it's a Taurus or Gemini, it acts like some of both. Mercury would be a degree or two closer to Mars, so a tighter square.

And if he's two days older than me, he probably has the moon in Scorpio (mine is in the middle of Sagittarius). Very likely, he has a different rising sign from me, too. Capricorn rising is not very impulsive!
I just saw this post... your father is two days older than me.

Mars on the south node, from what I've read, can spell a penchant for violence. If we read the south node indicators as a past life story, it can indicate having committed violence in a prior life, and still be carrying that karma, and possibly that tendency, too. It can also indicate having been a victim and internalized the violence. Anyhow, with or without a past life explanation, what's on the south node is innate within us, and any story we get out of that typically has some echo in the current life.

I think my echo is internalized violence, of the verbal variety. That's what I see in my current life. But I have Mars in Gemini. Taurus is a much more physical sign, so there probably would be a predilection for physical violence if Mars in Taurus is in a hot spot like that (Gemini, in contrast, would be verbal violence).
Yeah his Mars has definitely played a huge role in his life. He has always done physically demanding work and he has incredible stamina. Even his outlook is influenced by the Taurus Mars (pragmatic, no-nonsense, solid) which I think has as much to do with its placement as well as its aspect to mercury. Do to his overall demeanor I'm leaning towards him having a Taurus or Cap ASC.

One similarity I see between the two of you is story-telling. He loves to recount tales from his life and impart knowledge to people, all while keeping it full of humour and fun. The way you read charts is pretty story like especially when you focus on the nodes. I find it a pretty cool parallel.

Speaking of parallels the south node in my chart is located in Aries (Mars) in the 4th (father). Another neat parallel.
I'm a Cap rising. If your dad also is, then he and I have almost the same chart. House placements might be a little different depending on the degree of Cap rising and difference in birth location, but the way you described your dad, it sounded to me like he and I have different rising signs. If his is late Taurus, he could have Mars conjunct the AC, which it sounds like to me, the way you describe that very obvious Mars influence.

Do you know whether he was born in the daytime or nighttime, morning or evening, etc? If so, that would help narrow it down.

It's neat that we have the same penchant for storytelling. I'd thought the astrological factors for me might be strong Mercury in detail oriented Virgo (Mercury is the final dispositor of everything in my chart except the sun, and likely the same for your dad) and maybe Gemini Mars? And maybe my eighth house sun, and eighth house Mercury, too? Eighth house deals with archetypes, which I would see as including storytelling.
Unfortunately, he doesn't care enough to have that info and my grandmother is equally disinterested.

As to the positions of the planets, I do think that mercury's power in both of your charts have a lot to do with it. The applying conjunction to Venus would add 'pleasantness' or 'artistry' to the mercury function. You have the added features of a Gemini Mars/Sag Moon which are more mental in orientation. Neptune's position in both of your charts has a say as well. IIRC you have some action in the 12th/8th house so you got the unconscious to pull from (correct me if I'm wrong).

Lest we forget you both possess the Leo sun which colours your personality with some urge to express/dramatic flair.

With the leonine core + strong mercurial bent story-telling is a befitting outlet for your (and his) energies.
Hahaha, wow. Okay, so I must be one hell of a violent person. Traditionally, I have Sun and Jupiter Square Mars along with Saturn Opposite Jupiter, Sun and Square Mars (T-Squares!!!! Yay!!!). :p

The link expired though....would've liked to read on more of these aspects.

[fixed link - Moderator]
 

JUPITERASC

Well-known member
You're in luck! CALCULATING A NATAL CHART BY HAND
EXAMPLE FROM KEN WARD'S ASTROLOGY PAGES :smile:

at http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/astrology/Calculations/calcGMT.htm

Astrology: Calculating the Chart - UT or GMT.
'….While few people are actually going to work out astrological charts by hand
using paper, pencil,
it is important to know how to do it
because unless an astrologer spends a great deal of time doing charts by hand,
they will never fully understand astrology.
By doing charts by hand,
one begins to understand more about the movement of the planets
and how they combine to affect the lives of people on Earth.
Astrology is a sacred science
and by doing the mundane routine things,
our minds enter a meditative state
wherein we realise things we might not have been able to know
or understand otherwise

The tools you require to make a horoscope
in addition to writing and drawing tools
are an atlas
and
an ephemeris = a book or booklet with information on location of planets et al
you require date and time and place of birth.
The place of birth is expressed in longitude and latitude.
Universal Time, or Greenwich Mean Time, is required
to calculate the locations planets.

FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO USE A TABLE OF HOUSES

CALCULATING A NATAL CHART BY HAND
INSTRUCTIONS
HOW TO SET A NATAL CHART


Two resources that one must have available to set a chart are:

1. Table of Houses
2. Ephemeris of the year of birth.


Many examples are found in tables of houses and some ephemerides.
NB
Hand and/or computer calculating
does not always yield exactly to the minute and second
the same results as from astrological software
In fact
not all astrological software yields exactly to the minute-second the same results
as another astrological software,


EPHEMERIS for 21st Century as well as 19th Century available amazon
If you are looking at your natal for past life clues, there are two interesting techniques I learned at an Astrology Convention, years ago.

We did them in the workshop and everyone was amazed with how it turned out for them.

One way is to draw up an equal house chart, using your 12th house cusp as your ascendant. Then put your natal planets inside the equal house planets, with 12th as ascendant.

And read that chart as a basic description of one's life.

Another method is to do the same thing, but with the degree of your South Node as the Ascendant.

I found correlations with my South Node chart and 'memories' I had uncovered during a past life regression. So that was fascinating to me.
Oh, wow, thank you for sharing that! That' sounds fascinating, I'm going to do it now :biggrin:
dr. farr has a thread A Technique for Erecting a Past Life Astrological Chart :smile:
at
https://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24455

(Following is presented as a general information item only)

According to a certain esoteric tradition (which accepts the concepts of karma and reincarnation to the "earth plane") the following technique can be applied to astrologically delineate the factors of the most recent previous incarnation.

+obtain the current natal chart
+put this natal chart into an Equal House (or-my addition-into a Whole Sign) chart format
+the object is to convert this current natal chart into the Past Life Chart (PLC)

Method

a) find the cusp(sensitive point in whole sign: instructions how to do that are at https://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showpost.php?p=311413&postcount=59

abbreviated sp) of the 12th house in the natal chart.

b) find the degree of the Dragon's Tail (DT; aka South Node) in the natal chart

c) add the longitudinal degrees of the natal 12th house to the longitudinal degrees of the DT: enter the result as the cusp/sp of the 1st house in the PLC
(explanation: sounds more difficult than it is: really only simple arithmetic; the zodiac wheel is reduced to 360 degrees, and handled similar to finding Arabic Parts: you take the number associated with the degree of the 12th natal house and add it to the number associated with the degree of the DT; zodiacal degree numbers may be determined from the following little table:
Aries = 0
Taurus = 30
Gemini = 60
Cancer = 90
Leo = 120
Virgo = 150
Libra = 180
Scorpio = 210
Sagittarius = 240
Capricorn = 270
Aquarius = 300
Pisces = 330

Thus, for example, 10 degrees Aries = 10; 20 degrees Capricorn = 290;
29 degrees Pisces = 359, etc etc

If the added together numbers of the natal 12th house and the natal DT exceed 360, then subtract the 360 degree circle of the zodiac from the sum and this will give you your answer:
For example:
natal 12th = 15 degrees Libra
natal DT = 29 degrees Pisces
Your total in this case would be 554 (thus exceeds 360 degree limit of the zodiac); so, subtract the circle of the zodiac-360-from this number, which leaves 194. Looking 194 up in the above table, we find this number corresponds with 14 degrees Libra: this would be entered into the PLC as the cusp/sp of the 1st PLC house)

d) once the cusp/sp of the 1st PLC house has been entered, carry that degree around for each of the other PLC houses:
Example:
PLC cusp/sp of 1st house = 14 Libra
so, cusp/sp of 2nd PLC house = 14 Scorpio; of 3rd PLC house = 14 Sagittarius; of 4th PLC house = 14 Capricorn; and so on, around the chart
(thus the final 12th PLC house cusp/sp would = 14 Virgo in this example)

e) now fill in the PLC signs/houses with planets converted from the natal chart:
+start with the Sun: find Sun's place in the natal chart, then subtract 30 degrees from it: this is the Sun's place in the PLC:
Example: natal Sun = 10 degrees Taurus; subtract 30 degrees from this, which = 10 degrees Aries: enter Sun 10Aries in the PLC
+ do the same with natal Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (the outer planets or other natal chart elements are not included in this method)
+EXCEPTION to the above: in the case of any natal planet in retrograde, ADD 30 degrees to its natal position to convert it into the PLC:
Example: natal Jupiter is at 18 degrees Cancer-retrograde; add 30 degrees to Jupiter for the PLC; thus Jupiter's position in the PLC = 18 degrees Leo
+in the case of retrograde natal planets, they are also marked as retrograde in the PLC
+regarding the natal nodes, always ADD 30 degrees to both the natal nodal axis (that is advance the North Node 30 degrees to form the plc nodal axis, which means the SN would of course fall back by 1 sign in the plc)

You now have your completed Past Life Chart.

This esoteric tradition emphasizes including stars posited with 2 degrees of any PLC angle or planet or node, in the Past Life analysis. This tradition also believe that the PLC 12th house-and anything in it-describes the situation/condition of the incarnating ego during the period between physical incarnations (that is, the "other world" state of the individual prior to their current physical incarnation)

An interesting technique for those who might want to experiment with it.
 

Gemini888

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Why haven't I even heard of him before? Is he a younger generational cult personality?
You can't, and it's kind of a blessing you haven't. Chris Chan is a rather... bizarre individual with a life story straight out of a Greek tragedy. He was destined to be ****** from the start. He is only made famous around the Internet thanks to sites like 4chan, and you know what 4chan is.


Trust me, knowing about him doesn't make you any more hip.
 

david starling

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Mercury, having gone Direct, re-enters tropical Leo today. In 3 days, Venus will be exactly Conj the Sun, at 20 degrees tropical Leo.
No current transits in tropical Air-signs.
Nice sky-view of Jupiter close to the Moon last night, in tropical Sagittarius.
 
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david starling

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Jeffrey Epstein supposedly "committed suicide" in his jail cell, despite being on suicide watch.

I was startled by a significant accusation yesterday by a woman alleging that Epstein recruited her for underage prostitution when she was 16, while she was working at Trump's golf resort in Marlago. No accusation that Trump was complicit though.
 

SunConjunctUranus

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Here's the rulership scheme of 12/12 that David wrote on the forum in December of 2018.

https://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/showpost.php?p=932943&postcount=32

I remember finding it convenient that a lot of David's placements picked up dignities in 12/12, but there is a larger rationale and pattern to the dignities that aren't based on his natal chart. (in contrast to how Morin was very keen on using his chart in his works and demonstrations, for the most part David doesn't hearken to his natal chart much.)

David, Saturn as great power/number 1 is solely because of the tropical age of Capricorn? Jupiter is only relegated to 2nd place because of the age, meaning that in every other age Jupiter is "king"? I know according to your system that Jupiter is "facilitated" by being in Aquarius while Saturn has nothing to do with the fixed air sign. So I imagine that Jupiter will be back in the driver seat in this next age.

No, I was just throwing a gas on my boy, ds.
 
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