Hunting LP's instead of grinding axes here on the Cat? Good for you!
Hope you enjoyed a successful blast from the past.

"The alternative to "influence" is that at any moment, the universe has a pattern, existing in every particle of it (vaguely like my own 'pattern' being identifiable in every cell of my body, leg and liver and ear alike, tho' legs, livers and ears don't look like each other). The horoscope was simply discovered to be a way of reading off the pattern. So, correspondences between planetary events, and those here, are about synchronicity (the "same" thing going on in different places), rather than influence.

As I said before, prediction in the precise, scientific sense, is not sought or possible a lot because we do have free will. Astrology speaks more of tendencies (bit like scientists can't predict the exact time of climate collapse - and don't even agree th't that is inevitable - scientists, mark you)."

Yup! Thanks for posting these intriguing ideas re synchronicity, Ivor. Never considered the astrological "map" quite this way before. Rather like a holograph ... hmmmm ... Little Hawk probably has some interesting comments about this. Thanks again!