Having viewed your site, I think it's important to explain to members you are a Traditional astrologer using those methods like duads, oriental planets etc. These methods are not (in my opinion) easy or not necessarily easy for novices, who could easily be overwhelmed by such information. As opposed to the majority on AW being Modern astrologers
GOOD GOD! Traditional Astrologer
please don't ever insult me in this way ever, ever again. On most forums I am the bane of so called "Traditional Astrologers".
I started learning astrology in the late 60's and so called 'Traditional Astrology' wasn't even a gleam in the astrological community's eye. It wasn't born until a few years after Project Hindsight started in the late 80's.
As far as I know, most astrologers of my era are quite comfortable with these concepts. For example, Noel Tyl, who can only be described as a modern, psychologically oriented astrologer, uses oriental planets in all of his work.
Decans, duads, oriental planets, the first planet the Moon crossed over after birth, were all part of my beginners reading materials, with the first book I read on Duads 'The 144 Doors of the Zodiac' by Thyrza Escobar being published in 1974 and another 'The Zodiac Within Each Sign' by Frances Sakoian and Louise Acker published in 1975. I have worked with duads ever since, run workshops on these techniques and taught them to my pupils. During these years I discovered duad degrees and have been working with this technique for a number of years as well.
None of my pupils have ever complained about being overwhelmed with these concepts - nor was I when I started learning astrology.
I must admit I am shocked and saddened that, along with horary astrology, these normal astrological techniques have now been annexed into the 'traditional astrologers' kitbag as part of their 'tradition' and ignored by modern astrologers.
Unfortunately, through the thuggish and bullying behaviour of many 'traditional astrologers' the astrological community has become so divisive that certain techniques are only used by specific groups of astrologers. This can only be harmful to astrology as a whole.
Alice