Shadowcat said:
I have been comparing several sites and 2 I have stuck with are astrodienst and cafeastrology
However I just noticed that astrodienst and also the astromatrix app show me aspects I didn't know I even had..and ive been studying my chart for sometime but mostly using cafeastrology for the aspects..but it is missing the aspects the other two show and at least 4 of them are trine square and sextile aspects with several other minor ones like semisextile and semisquare.
Which is most accurate would you say and why are there different results?
Most likely it's because of the mechanics of the sites. Some sites includes aspects and planets that others don't. Like aspects to the cusps of houses for example, and including all the other planets not listed on the JOS page.
Another thing it can be is the settings of the sites in regards to the orbs of the aspects.
I've included this from HPS Maxine. It was on the old Yahoo forum.
Personally, I have always used for interpreting birth charts:
For conjunctions, squares, trines and oppositions 8-9 degrees
For sextiles 6 degrees
For inconjuncts 5 degrees
For semi-sextiles, semi-squares, sesi-squares, quintiles 1 1/2 degrees.
In some cases, as with synastry, if there is a Saturn aspect to the ruler,
of which I already posted on, it is best to use caution and widen the orb,
even the sign, such as opposing signs i.e., Scorpio/Taurus, and signs that
square i.e., Libra/Capricorn. But as for doing birth chart interpretations,
I have always used the above.
I also want to add through my own research, semi-sextiles and the other
so-called "minor aspects" are aspects of fate; especially the semi-sextile,
rather than aspects of personality traits. The reason being, if correctly
read, the orbs are very tight and when one has two or more planets linked on
a certain degree or within 1 1/2 orb of a certain degree, there will be a
fated event that will occur in the life at some point. The more planets that
tie into that degree, the more major the event will be. A major turning
point in one's life.
In some cases, the linked planets can also indicate something one is born
with such as a special talent or an anomaly. I knew a woman who had an IQ
of over 185 and she had an exact Mercury/Uranus square linked with her
ascendant degree, making this personal. People born on that day would have
the tight Mercury/Uranus square, but when an aspect links to one's
ascendant, chart ruler or midheaven and the orb is under 1 1/2 degrees, it
becomes personal.
High Priestess Maxine Dietrich
http://www.joyofsatan.com
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/JoS_Astrology/conversations/topics/1728