Zuri,
We will have to disagree on the Tyl Method here. I've been on the Tyl Forum in various names since 1999. I know Noel Tyl quite well, though at the moment(and probably forever) he is not happy with me, and will not permit me to post as myself.
While I think Noel Tyl is a genius in many ways, I find his Midheaven extension method shallow, and focusing mostly on the Midheaven---with the needs represented by the midheaven as the primary. I know many many people who have found that it didn't even come close to what they were currently doing career wise. Some of them are on this forum. Some of them are on his forum, and have confided this privately to me. It works for some people, that is true.
When people disagree with the results, then Noel says that what they are actually doing is wrong and the techniques shows what their inner needs say they should be doing. That's nice, but not terribly useful, IMO.
But astrologers differ in their technique. The Tyl method is a psychological astrology, and as such it will bear very accurately on what they might be thinking. But in my large experience, what we think about what happens doesn't even come close to what the events of what happens are. So we have a situation typical of the Tyl Method. It measures very accurately how they might think about careers, but not necessarily what they end up doing in their career. Noel calls this "Psychological Need Astrology", and he assures us that his astrology will show what the person actually needs, not what they end up doing. It is based on a kind of clinical psychology that no practioners still use.
Its ingenuous, IMO, to end up saying that if the astrology doesn't match, then its because their real life is not meeting their personal needs. I would prefer to say that Free Will just intervenes, which seems less as an apology for my inaccurate astrology, and more a statement of the human condition.
I would prefer an astrology that focusses more directly on actual events that are likely to happen, including the events of career and vocations.
But to each his own, and many find the Tyl Method to be their own.
Z
P.S.: BTW, I find that alamost astrologies that work on vocations to be somewhat shallow unless the astrologer has a way of assessing four kinds of information:
a. The actual mental ability of the client. Many jobs require a genetic mental ability quotient.
b. The actual mental aptitudes to do the job, which may or not be a function of the mental ability, depending on what instrument is used to measure it.
c. An understanding of the actual situation in the job markets both in a general way(The Dictionary of Occupational Titles has more than 10,000 different jobs in it), and in a specific way, as to how many of the jobs are actually available in the country of origin.
d. The actual Mental Temperament type of the person, which will give a much clearer and specific measurement of the kinds of jobs that a person is suited to have.
IMO, the astrology of vocations is so much much more complicated than the Quick Big Bell approach of Noel Tyl that it just plain distresses me. But then I come from a world of psychological testing, vocational analysis in the world of professional psychology, and REAL psychological needs analysis developed through not just one presentation in a horoscope but through many counseling sessions using Cognitive Behavior Therapy. I couldn't just walk away from my clients after one session. And believe me as a practioner, there is no such thing as ONE Session Therapy.
my Libra women friends and family absolutely LOVED your description of your Libra Moon daughter.