Nathan Naicker Western Astrology

  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...

 This is not going to be one of those articles that regurgitate mythology. Authors like Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas have done fantastic work in bringing mythology alive in a modern context. Rather, this article is going to present a hypothesis about how Saturn actually assists us owning our Sun. There is in fact a lot of similarity between the two, but in this article I am just going to share with you one aspect in which these two archetypes work. First, a few thoughts about the Sun and its archetypical sign, Leo. Leo strives to demonstrate its self-confidence and self-esteem. To put it simply, the journey of Leo is to demonstrate consistency in the belief of oneself. We could easily call this self-esteem. Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself. Self-esteem is the cumulative effect of what you think about you. It cannot be and has nothing to do with other people. It is all about your relationship with yourself. The best self-esteem, the most sustainable and resol...