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Here is a new way to look at aspects, using the same astrological tools you have always been using. There is nothing new added from outside, just some rearranging of what you already know. When I came across it, I was amazed.
All of these years I had been playing with the various aspects, like most astrologers, and then one day they began to fit together in a new way, like pieces in a crossword puzzle. Before I knew it, all of these parts I knew so well came together, and before me was a picture of my own chart I had never seen. I want to share that technique with you, and it is all about how to use the aspects. This program makes it easy for you to look at aspects right away and see what I saw.

Most astrologers have a particular set of aspects and orbs that they use. Some just use the standard Ptolemaic aspects, and others add to that list, even to the point of wandering into the various harmonic series.

The aspect orbs that we use determine whether that aspect is going to show up on our radar screen when we look at a chart, especially if we are using a computer. Obviously, the tighter the orbs, the less aspects that show up on the screen, and with wider orbs, we see more aspects.