BaraHime: I didn't forget about you; I've been so swamped with work over the last few days, and was up 'till 2 in the morning last night updating some stuff on the OSA site. I promise I will spend this evening finishing up your chart.
Forgiveness, please!
Btw, something interesting that I noticed in Tuomas' chart (since when I posted it earlier, I had no time to look at the other aspects of it): he is the FIRST chart I can recall seeing in all my 20 or so years of casting astrology charts, where I have found a Grand Cross (yes, I have been casting astrology charts since high school; I first started studying astrology at the age of 10 when I came across one of my mom's books). To explain this shortly, this is the ultimate "conflicted personality" in astrologer's terms. This is not necessarily a bad thing, and having a Grand Cross is not unlucky, per se, but as far as I can remember, I have never encountered one in all the time I've been doing charts, so to find one is quite rare indeed! I have come across many T-Squares and a good amount of Grand Trines, but never a Grand Cross. I am constantly buying books on how to better improve my chart-casting skills, so this is only in reference to the charts I have done since I have learned how to find these particular aspects, so I am not counting the "basic" charts I casted when I was first learning how to do charts and did not have as much experience as I do now.
Then again, for a long time, I was unable to draw up charts by hand due to crappy artistic skills, so this is only from my recollection of charts I've done since I have started to draw up charts less like mathematical problems (which is still my preferred method, as it's easier for me to remember), and more like a "traditional" pie chart format.
I realize the method I use is totally unorthodox, but hell, Phil Collins writes all his songs in Morse code instead of standard musical notes, and you certainly can't argue with his success, can you?
(Not that I'm comparing myself to Phil Collins or anything, but rather that sometimes the most unusual way to do a task is the most effective!) I've also been told by some with whom I've done the "math format" that it was easier for them to understand, rather than looking at a chart with a bunch of lines and shapes and trying to figure out what it all means!
Melisan: I have asked around to a couple of people who might have known the info about time of birth and have come up with nothing so far. So until/unless I get a chance to meet him again (I have already met him 3 times, so you never know!), I can either use my computer program to estimate a time of birth (which I really don't like doing unless I have to, as I sort of take pride in doing my charts by hand), or I can do as most astrologers do without having a time of birth, and set his ascendant at his Sun Sign (i.e., Capricorn with Capricorn rising). I may do both, just to see if the readings have any significant differences. In the meantime, I'll keep trying to see what I can do about finding out the accurate info. I can also do the same for the other bandmembers, and I need to consult my epheremis to see exactly when the Sun transited to Taurus on Jukka's date of birth. The Sun usually transits on April 20th, but every now and then it does occur on the 21st. So I want to be sure that I have the exact time of the transit so that if I do have to estimate his time of birth, I will know for sure whether to cast a chart as a Taurus, or if I have to cast 2 charts in the probability that he could be an Aries.
This opens up discussion about being born on/near a cusp, which is probably the most common question I get from people about astrology. Taimi was born on the cusp, so I was able to tell her that she is indeed a Pisces, not an Aquarius. However, this requires quite the long explanation so I will save it for next time.
