Signs, signs. Signs everwhere and not a sign to use.

[Guest guest]

Just like stranded mariners adrift at sea with water everywhere and

not a drop to drink, I feel much the same about signs.

 

About four months into astrology, many decades ago, I ran into a

Cambridge (Harvard Square) bookstore owner who got me hooked on

mid-points. Since then I've had little regard for signs. After the

mid-70s and finding Fagans work in American Astrology, I again found

that signs were not so important. Then I discovered " Planets in

Containment " and found that not only signs, but houses and aspects

were not always necessary. Now I feel I'm almost impervious to signs.

 

Dave.

[Guest guest]

Dave,

 

A little off-topic about signs per se:

 

I bought " Planets in Containment " also and find its premise and

treatment intriguing. Am hoping to examine, and perhaps integrate, the

interps into the other work I do.

 

 

-Derek

 

, " David Monroe "

<dadsnook wrote:

>

> Just like stranded mariners adrift at sea with water everywhere and

> not a drop to drink, I feel much the same about signs.

>

> About four months into astrology, many decades ago, I ran into a

> Cambridge (Harvard Square) bookstore owner who got me hooked on

> mid-points. Since then I've had little regard for signs. After the

> mid-70s and finding Fagans work in American Astrology, I again found

> that signs were not so important. Then I discovered " Planets in

> Containment " and found that not only signs, but houses and aspects

> were not always necessary. Now I feel I'm almost impervious to signs.

>

> Dave.

>

[Guest guest]

At 01:26 AM 12/9/07 -0000, Derek wrote:

>Dave,

 

>I bought " Planets in Containment " also and find its premise and

>treatment intriguing. Am hoping to examine, and perhaps integrate, the

>interps into the other work I do.

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Planetary containment is an important concept in Vedic/Jyotish. It's used

all the time. Who's the author of " Planets in Containment " ?

 

Thanks,

 

Therese

[Guest guest]

Therese:

 

I have the 3rd printing published November 1992.

 

The authors, John Sandbach and Ron Ballard (as Dave said), use a

wider definition of containment than is used in Vedic/Jyotish. Any

planet is " contained " no matter how widely separated from those

before and after it. For example, using the current transits, they

would intend to include Mars contained by Uranus and Saturn. That

does not mean you *have* to use their book this way, if you don't

want to .

 

They do not include the Lunar Nodes, but there are sections

interpreting the Ascendant and Midheaven contained by two planets (a

useful tool in rectification). They consider the order important

also. Mars contained by Uranus before and Saturn after is different

from Mars contained by Saturn before and Uranus after.

 

There is a short paragraph giving a full delineation, then shorter

summaries of positive and negative manifestations.

 

Whenever possible, I prefer to buy astrology books from Astrology

Center of America: http://www.astroamerica.com . " Planets in

Containment " is in stock there.

 

-Regards,

Derek

 

 

, Therese Hamilton

<eastwest wrote:

>

<snip>

>

> Planetary containment is an important concept in Vedic/Jyotish.

It's used

> all the time. Who's the author of " Planets in Containment " ?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Therese

>