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| Adjusting Birth Time, or Rectification Those of you that regularly read my web sites know I’m not much of a writer, but most importantly you probably also know that I do offer some interesting ideas about Astrology. I follow an Astrology method, but what makes my analysis work is that my method includes an intuitive perspective that can really bring to light personality features that need to be understood. I find mundane Astrology, political Astrology, most interesting, but my focus is on personal Astrology. So on those occasions when I do research for an individual, I prepare an Analysis that is well done and really applies to the individuals current concerns. I am sharing this because I have a new light shining on my Astrology Desk, that being the light of rectification. Rectification is the process of adjusting or determining the time of birth. Actually I could manage a rectification in the past, but it was such a demanding and difficult process that usually I preferred not to offer the service. But I’ve made a concerted effort to uncover the secrets of rectification and now feel so much more relaxed with the process. There are actually a few Astrologers out there that specialize in just rectification, and that’s kind of neat. The process does take some time, but one of the benefits of doing the rectification myself, is that the process itself can unlock some unique information about the individual’s horoscope. One point to share is the importance of the Ascendant. Once the Ascendant is ascertained and tested, the process can proceed rather smoothly. The Ascendant is located at the first cusp or beginning of the first house. There are of course twelve signs, the question is which of the twelve is on the Ascendant. Once that sign is determined you have reduced the birth time down to a manageable two hours. That’s a much more workable period of time compared to twenty-four hours. With a bit more work I can often work the time down to the minute. Most people identify with their Sun sign. But if you also know the Moon’s sign and the Ascendant’s sign you effectively have 300% more information, a much more complete picture. The Ascendant sign actually is more like the persons public persona than the Sun sign. The Sun sign suggesting the conduct of energy within the life. If the individual is a parent and the children’s birth data is know, that data, although not necessary, can sometimes help the process along. When we can see that the child is very much like the mother or father, and how the child is different or opposite the parent it can suggest, point to, or limit the Ascendant choice. There is also a reciprocity in the horoscope, opposing signs, can have similar but opposite manifestations, for example Cancer and Capricorn both reflect a focus on security. Cancer would focus that security need by creating a safe environment, whereas Capricorn would reflect that security need by establishing a secure social role. A child being like a parent may have that a driving need for security, but if the parental focus was in Cancer, the child may have that focus in Capricorn. This is just a possibility, but when engaging in the rectification process it is one avenue to quickly assess that might help the process along. And although it doesn’t always fit, haven’t we often in life heard people say they were like a parent or completely opposite a parent in so many ways? Rectification is an interesting process, and unless an perfect birth certificate is found, there is no way to absolutely prove the corrected time is actually the right time. But if the time proves to be pragmatic that should be sufficient. What I mean by pragmatic, is that when I create a time line based upon Astrological data, that the Astrological events over and over relate to real life events. If this rectified horoscope works for all the dates leading up to the present, than we can surmise that the events suggested for future dates will also maintain that consistency of truth. Once final note, in an amazing number of cases the birth time on a birth certificate has proven to be incorrect. Many times family members will actually affirm that the time is incorrect. I suspect that in many cases that the birth time was rounded off. Although occasionally a child is born exactly on the hour, I would as a rule, consider those birth times suspect. |