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Wonderful chances to become conscious of your true self come again and again.

12:52 When you try project a certain image, you live a false life that inevitably leads to frustration and/or suffering. 

16:29 We try to find our identity in the forms of life. 

19:57 Not you goals are important but the consciousness they arise from.

26:33 The unifying field of consciousness = the field of love and peace.

26:52 This field makes me see the divine in the other - his/her true being. 

20:28 True love knows neither the opposite nor conditions. 

33:02 It is impossible to find what you are already within yourself in the world around you.  

33:40 The fulfillment of wishes has nothing to do with you will but with your being.

37:20 It is possible to get lost in the world of the conditioned mind, without space.

38:09 Awakening: Becoming aware of your consciousness as an expression of an unfolding universe. 

38:51 We are consciousness as well as manifestation of consciousness.

42:56 Perception occurs in the field of silence. 

43:26 From that space of inner silence every encounter with another human being occurs with an attitude of pure love.

This question refers to two different frames of reference: a) the cosmic and b) the earthly frame of reference. The zodiac with its 12 signs outside of earth is our cosmic frame of reference and it takes the form of energy; while our actual location on earth provides our earthly frame of reference in regard to space and time.

a) The zodiac is subdivided into 12 sections of the same size representing the 12 signs of the zodiac. These 12 signs are sections of an extraterrestrial space (the solar system) and have an effect on the whole earth. They represent cosmic energies that are available to every human being as a source of energy.

b) The terrestrial or earthly space around the person is subdivided into 12 fields, this is done from the viewpoint of the person. In astrological jargon these fields are called houses and they have an individual character and are connected to a place. They are a frame of reference related to the body and allow us to get our bearings in the cosmos and in life, in space and time. In order to determine the houses and thereby the horoscope of a person, we need the exact time and place of birth on Earth.

This means that the zodiac reflects the objective division of the sky, and the houses reflect the subjective division of the sky. This perspective takes into account the diverse cultures and societies that are evolving in different places on the earth but are all “following” the same cosmic theme. In other words, when I write the Sternen-News and tell you about global (earthly) topics, these statements apply to the whole world, no matter whether it is summer or winter in your corner of the earth. We are, so to say, looking up in the direction of the zodiac together (see illustration). Depending on the culture and the movement of the Earth these energies then manifest on our planet in different forms.

Since 24 August 2006 Pluto is astronomically no longer considered a planet because the International Astronomic Union redefined the term “planet” at that time. An important reason for this decision was that Pluto may not be the greatest object within the Kuiper belt. Since then Pluto is considered to be a dwarf planet within the special category of Plutoids.

However, this does not negate the fact of Pluto’s astrological significance, merely his role as main ruler of the sign of Scorpio might be called into question as a consequence. Interestingly enough it is still controversial whether Pluto is indeed a planet. If Pluto – from a psychological point of view – is not part of the solar system, the energy of transformation would not be part of the human psyche. In that case we would not have to take responsibility for it as a part of our self. Seeing this it is perhaps not so very surprising that astronomers want to get rid of Pluto…

The Huber-Koch-method follows a rhythm of 6 and thereby the Jupiter cycle. It is the method of psychological growth and moves counter-clockwise from the Age Point. This is the method I use as I work with people that can/want to consciously evolve. 

The Placidus-method follows a rhythm of 7 and thereby the Saturn cycle. It is the method of prognostication and moves clockwise from the Age Point. I do not use this method of prognostic occurrences. 

Both methods are correct. They differ in house system and interpretation. The interpretation according to Koch applies to those people that want to evolve. The interpretation according to Placidus applies to those people that can be considered as rather conditioned. Therefore it is a question of which interpretation the client desires. 

The answer is simple: the time of birth should be as accurate as possible, ideally to the minute. As a lay-person just imagine how the zodiac sign of the ascendent changes every two hours. If the ascendent is on the treshold between two zodiac signs, minutes can determine in which sign the ascendent is located. This makes, of course, an important difference to the reading of your birth chart. We must not forget that the whole house system shifts constantly with the ascendant, so that a planet – depending on the time of day – can be found in one house or another house, and this is also of importance for an accurate reading.

While the direct reading of the birth chart can tolerate small inaccuracies in regard to the time of birth, a precise time is a necessary condition for achieving meaningful results with certain forecasting methods (e.g. age progression). With the method of secondary progressions, for example, a deviation of the time of birth by 4 minutes will result in a deviation of about 3 months in regard to the time when certain events will be triggered. 

Twins or multiple siblings do have the same horoscope in terms of the planetary positions in the signs and aspects. However, since they are born not exactly at the same time and their time of birth can actually differ by up to an hour, their horoscopes have small but significant dissimilarities. For example, the ascendant can already have moved into a different zodiac sign. At the very least the entire house system, including the position of the planets in the houses, will have shifted slightly. A planet may suddenly be positioned on a main axis (which makes it very dominant) or has distanced itself from it already. However, all these possible dissimilarities are not sufficient to explain the often large differences in character of twins or multiples.

An important psychological fact, which was proven in research, also has to be taken into account. If twins are separated and grow up apart from each other, they show strikingly similar behaviour. However, if they grow up together, they develop differently from each other. This indicates that twins indeed have similar personalities. However, it is obviously not possible for them to express their personalities in an identical way when they grow up side by side. From an astrological viewpoint, it can be said that although multiples have (almost) the same chart, they seem to divide it between themselves. Every child selects certain constellations that it chooses to express. It leaves the other parts to its siblings. Of course, other people do this too, but it is usually not as simple for them to find a projection surface, meaning another person that takes on our less loved traits. An indication as to which parts are expressed by which twin can be found with the help of the above-mentioned small differences in the two horoscopes.

Most astrologers consider the moment of a baby's first breath as the moment of birth. The reason for this lies in the circumstance that a baby breathing in for the first time makes its first independent contact with the earth. It is no longer a part of its mother but begins to live as a separate entity and independently makes contact with the energy of the universe. Of course we cannot assume that exactly this time is recorded in hospitals. It is more likely that the cutting of the umbilical cord is the deciding moment. In extreme cases, the official time of birth can differ from the astrological time of birth by a few minutes.

This question is very common and understandable, since "artificial" birth constitutes a major intervention in the natural course of things. Basically I want to answer this question with yes, because the chart reflects the quality of time during the moment of birth, regardless of how the birth came about. Humans assume far too often that they can influence the moment when something happens. In my opinion, we have considerably less power to make dates and events conform to our ideas than we believe. For it seems that we have far less influence on dates and events than is generally accepted. There are certain “overall conditions” that are subject to a larger universal or divine will, and this universal will ensures that the time and thus the quality of events are accurate. In a Caesarean birth, the journey of the new human being begins with a very distinctive theme. Fighting its way out into the outside world is an important experience for a newborn and provides an important life impulse. This experience is withheld from a child born by Caesarean section, somebody else has done the work for it. Learning about one’s own ability to assert oneself and to fight, frequently emerges as an important life topic for those born by Caesarean section and this is of course reflected in their horoscope. In this way, an induced or Caesarean birth is meaningful and important for the newborn being.

Unfortunately, the answer to this question is no. Like a person's gender or level of consciousness, the age of the soul cannot be gleaned from the horoscope.

However, people with an "old soul" are characterised by a greater sense of responsibility. Responsibility does not mean a pedantic drive for precision or meddling in the affairs of others.

It can be described in the terms of the following question though, which can shed some light on the age of a soul, "How much do I care about my service to humanity, about doing good and using the right words?"

The Aquarian Age is a product of a process known as "precession", which describes the rotational movement of the earth. It is defined by the relationship of the Earth to the Sun and Moon. If you look at the Earth from space, it does not appear as a perfect sphere, but it is shaped rather like a tangerine. At the poles it is flat, and in the region of the equator it is curved. The gravitation of the Moon, and to a limited extent the attraction of the Sun, cause the Earth to move in wobbly circle, so that it can maintain its relative postition in space. Consequently, the Earth loses about 50 arcseconds on its annual journey through the zodiac - this means it doesn’t arrive at exactly the same point at which it started a year ago. This shifts the starting point of the annual astrological year (the first point of Aries) backwards. This shift is called precession and it takes about 26,000 years for all the constellations of the zodiac to move through one cycle of precession. This long period of time forms one of the major evolutionary cycles during which the world goes through twelve world ages or astrological ages. These twelve world ages are called cosmic years or aeons. If we divide 26,000 years into 12 parts (analogous to the 12 months of our earthly calendar year), then we end up with 12 aeons that last about 2,160 years each.

Currently we are in a fascinating, though for many also quite unsettling, period of transition between two ages. During the last approx. 2,000 years the Aries point moved through the constellation of Pisces, made the entire earth and all life vibrate on the infrared spectrum and brought the quality of devotional idealism to that time. In Western culture, this energy manifested through the birth of Christ. This development is slowly coming to an end, because the first point of Aries is now transitioning into the constellation of Aquarius. All atoms are now, for the next 2,160 years, beginning to align themselves towards the higher vibration of Aquarius, which is on the ultraviolet spectrum. This means we are now in a time where the "old" vibrations are not yet fully released, and the "new" vibrations have not yet manifested completely. This is the reason why we see clashes between "old" and "new", conservative and progressive thinking in everyday life. This transition state is very similar to the phase between childhood and puberty. And we do not go to bed as children and wake up as adults the next day – it is a gradual process. This also happens when we transition from one era to the next.

Historically, it is the first time that a world age is ruled by a constellation that represents a person. And the archetype that embodies the idea of Aquarius is the humanist. This means that the human being moves to the center and understands itself more and more as a part of the divine. In addition to that, there are also other phenomena which reveal how the Aquarian principle shapes our values and our zeitgeist. The most striking features of Aquarius are a great desire for independence and the reduction of hierarchies and barriers of all kinds. When you consider just how much the past two centuries were shaped by independence struggles, wars of independence and independence declarations, how colonies freed themselves from foreign rule and paternalism, how the discriminatory (lack of) rights of different races, classes and genders were broken down and equality was promoted, then it is certainly not wrong to assume that the French Revolution marks the beginning of the Aquarian Age. All the more so because their slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" could not be more Aquarian.

The new quality of the Age of Aquarius brings us in contact with global communication technologies, with more time for spiritual development (while technology frees up time), with ethical issues and with the dawn of a new humanity. There has also been one specific technical achievement, which must be recognised as the symbol of the new age: the internet. However, the current technological advances are just the beginning for humankind. The Aquarian quality, which is gradually raising the whole world to a higher vibration, accelerates thinking and enables us to capture very complex processes. This is the reason why we see more and more technical equipment on the market that combines a high degree of technology and extreme speed in a very small space - an analogy to the ability of modern human consciousness. Not only is the general level of awareness of humankind being raised, but unexpected insights in scientific research that lead to new patterns of thought and change society are quite likely now. There will be a growing interest particularly in the areas of solar energy, light, electronics, color, sound, communication (computing) as well as esoteric and intuitive abilities such as telepathy or clairvoyance, astrology and the power of mind as areas of creative expression. All of these are equivalents of Aquarius.

It is particularly fascinating to watch how the spirit of the modern age is struggling to do the Aquarian principle justice on a particularly difficult level: The almost insurmountable gap between faith and science which has existed since ancient times wants to bridged and closed in the Aquarian Age. The religion of the new era must not be in conflict with science, nor must science any longer be allowed to almost obsessionally shield itself against anything that sounds like religion, spirituality and transcendence. Yet the fear of contact is still immense. One cannot quite imagine yet, that the scientific mind will give up its strong preference for bare facts and begin to raise the question of meaning and significance again. Even more absurd, however, seems the idea that religion could be scientifically proven. Then it will not be a religion any longer, many people think. So deeply is the image of this insurmountable contradiction between faith and reason anchored within us. And yet, many signs indicate otherwise. To recognise and observe these signs is one of the most exciting phenomena of our time.

But as I said, we are only at the beginning of the new 2,160-year cycle. The transition process is gradual.

This is a frequent argument made by astrology sceptics to question the foundation of astrology. However, they are basically confusing two different concepts, namely the constellations and the zodiac.

The constellations or star signs are real constellations of fixed stars, we can see them in the night sky with the help of a star chart. They have the same names as the signs of the zodiac: Aries, Taurus etc. They differ in size.

The zodiac is a symbolic twelvefold division of the ecliptic, the path seemingly taken by the Sun around the Earth in the course of a year. Its fixed points are the vernal and autumnal equinoxes as well as the tropic of the Sun (the “longest” and “shortest” day). This path of the Sun also determines our calendar. When the First Point of Aries or Spring was established as the beginning of the astrological and astronomical year roughly 2,000 years ago, the Sun was indeed positioned in the fixed star constellation Aries.

Today the fixed star constellations have drifted by nearly one whole star sign. This is a consequence of precession, a pendulous movement of the Earth’s axis. Due to precession the First Point of Aries shifts on average by 30° (the size of one zodiac sign) every 2’160 years . In (Western) astrology we take precession into account only in regard to the different world ages. Precession does not affect the astrology of the zodiac signs.

Signs do not change at the same time every year, instead they can drift by a maximum of one day. This is caused by the circumstance that the apparent path of the Sun around the Earth, the solar year, does not exactly correspond to our calendar year of 365 days. It last roughly six hours longer and it is these six hours which are corrected every four years by means of a leap day (29 February) when they have accumulated to a whole day. In the meantime, the Sun reaches the beginning of each sign roughly six hours earlier each year since the zodiac sign’s size of 30° remains constant.

If someone has been born at the time of a sign change the exact position of the Sun must be determined by means of the exact time of birth and place of birth (time difference). This is the only way to reliably calculate the zodiac sign the Sun is truly positioned in.

Regarding interpretation it should be mentioned that people with planets on the border between two signs (between 29°30’ and 0°30’) often feel like they belong neither completely to the one nor to the other sign. Instead they feel like border crossers  and express both qualities in their lives.

The Sun does not enter the next sign precisely at midnight. Therefore, the Sun is present in two different signs on the day of the sign change. In 2017 the Sun was in the sign of Scorpio until 04:03 CET on 22 November and in the sign of Sagittarius from 04:04 CET on. 50 years ago, the sign change from Scorpio to Sagittarius occurred on 23 November 1967 at 01:05 CET.

No. The hysteria at the turn of 1999/2000 was generated primarily by the fears of the computer industry of program crashes and was fed further by the media. The number with the three magical zeros has nothing to do with astrology, but at the most with numerology. This is, because the consciousness of the people in our culture comes into contact with the new vibration of the number two. The symbolism of numbers is considered an universal phenomenon, since they are not subject to the will of man, but the "geometry of God." The esoteric wisdom of ancient times is based on the principle that "the divine hand carries out the act of creation with geometric precision." Therefore numbers are like the laws of nature and have eternal validity. The number two in this case stands for the feminine principle of duality, harmony, cooperation, communication, unity (not separation).

It seems important to me, however, to start thinking about why especially the media and many business people pushed the issue of the millennium in such a way, for there is not a legitimate reason. One the one hand, at the turn of the year 1999/2000 our culture had not yet entered the new millennium. This was accomplished only at the turn of 2000/2001, since the introduction of the Gregorian calendar our era does not begin in the year zero, but in year one. On the other hand other cultures calculate time in their own way: Compared to our year 2001, the Muslims live in 1379, calculated from the time of Muhammad’s exit from Mecca; the Buddhists have reached the year of the iron snake 2128, starting from the Buddha's death; the Jews, who calculate from the moment of creation, are in year 5759, and the Hindus do not count time at all.