Nathan Naicker Western Astrology

 I refer to the following text from Julius Firmicus Maternus' Mathesis compendium, Book VIII, Section XXX, my parenthesis added: "Those who have their ASC in the 17th degree of Pisces will sing songs with sweet melody. But if Mars is found in that same degree, they will hang themselves with a noose (commit suicide)". WELL, THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY! But let us apply some understanding to what is going on here. Upon reflection of these two sentences, a technique emerged in my mind which I am detailing below by simple example. Pisces is rising with Mars on the Ascendant. Mars is placed in the 12th sign from Aries. Therefore Mars will also carry the signification of the 12th sign from its other sign, Scorpio. The 12th sign from Scorpio is Libra, which falls on the 8th sign of Death, and in this sign Mars is debilitated. Libra is (what I am calling) the Mirror Sign for Mars on the AC for Pisces Rising. Therefore, for Pisces rising, a general statement with Mars on the AC

  Rectification refers to the process of analysis and testing by which an astrologer confirms, arrives at, or in some way determines the birth time for a person. A time of birth is an important requirement before having an astrology consultation because it allows the astrologer to look at a chart of astrological symbolism that is unique to you. This significantly improves the interpretive and predictive relevance that the astrologer is then able to extract from it for you. I require all first time clients to have a Rectification consultation as due process. In this blog post, I endeavor to explain one of my reasons for doing so and some insights I have understood surrounding this matter of "birth time". I have been working with Rectification for the last 5 years now, and while that may not appear to be a long time, I work through 2-5 charts per week in my research and testing which, over a 5 year period, comes to 450 - 1125 different charts. Actually, the number of iterations