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Timing in natal astrology, however, can be quite complicated.
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This was entirely unwelcome news to me because I had invested weeks with my students interpreting the 3:30 a.m. chart. This case study explores the differences between the two charts.
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How Important Is an Accurate Birth Time?
Everyone can agree that timing matters in astrology. When working with horary questions or events, timing is usually straightforward: often you can simply glance at your watch to get an accurate time for the chart.
Can This Chart Be Saved?
If you’re an astrologer working on a
natal chart for a client, the six words you never want to hear are, “I just found my birth certi cate.” No matter how certain the client was about their birth time when they set the appointment, no matter how deeply the story of their birth is embedded in their family history, the discovery of a birth certi cate means only one thing: you have the wrong birth time, and. It also means you’re going to have to make changes to your interpretation. But rst, you have to answer the question, “Can this chart be saved?”
A Case Study of Con icting Birth Times: Stephen Sondheim
A few years ago, HBO aired a documentary about Stephen Sondheim, in which Sondheim talked about his mother, who was quite a piece of work. His mother always told him he had been born at 3:30 a.m., and it was a very dif cult birth. Years later, he got his father’s side of the story: it was an easy birth, at the reasonable and more convenient time of 9 p.m.