I have enjoyed reading everyone's postings as i have always learned something. Do i agree with all of them? No, i don't. But that is irrelevant because everyone is entitled to express their opinions. This is a really good forum as the moderator, Ernst, is very open to allow people to post all kind of questions. He does not belittle people people for posting basic questions or expressing their opinions, whatever that might be. If you can't ask simple questions, then you are not going to be able to ask more complex questions, and the vastness of astrology, you could ask all sort of questions. Ernst answered as many questions as possible, and many of us pitch in to answers some of them. Collectively as a group, there is a lot of knowledge, experiences to share here.
Having said that, it is important to respect other people's opinions. You can disagree with someone graciously/peacefully. Ernst does that all the time. Just read the tone when he replied to questions. You can say "I won" but deep inside if you are not happy then so what? People challenged Ernst why this why that, but he never said "I am right". He just said my experiences tell me this is the way to do it. He said the results of my testing tell me this is the way to go. That is the scientific side of astrology. For me personally, i learn the most when i am wrong.
We all come from different backgrounds with different life experiences. I just finished the Vimshottari course and in the D-24 it is about knowledge and understanding. If you could understand the other person's point of view/perspective, then that knowledge will give you the inner understanding of life. You don't have to agree with their perspective. It gives you tolerance.
I have studied my own chart for the last 6 years so i thank you for offering doing a reading for me. I think I am good. I do appreciate your sharing COT about the Queen of Spades with me a couple of years ago. Yes, it might be a rare card, but I am no different than anyone else. I have my strengths and my weaknesses just like everyone else. There is always room for improvement...
tuyet
As for astrology indications; someone critized me for not referring to astrology in this discussion, but to me that it´s irrelevant since it´s a meta discussion about the forms of how to discuss.
With that said: I haven´t dived that deep into the Vargas, I kind of changed over to the cards and chose to deepen my understanding for them first. Maybe some day, but the problem is as always the exact the birth time. I´m not that good at predicting things in a concrete way, which you have to be to rectify a chart.
But I´ll give you a couple of astroogical indications that may cast some light on my attitude in these things, whether it´s interesting or not.
In Human Design, that Ernst sometimes refer to, my task in life is supposed to be "stir the pot". Not with that exact words though; I don´t remember how it´s formulated.
In Cards of Truth my Ecliptic card is King of Heart, the Father card. Tough love, sacrificing relationships when needed. Defending principles.
My Uranus card, the card that indicates our innermost core, where we shine the most: King of Diamonds. Someone who defends his values even if they burn him alive. Navalny, the Russian dissident who deliberately went to Putin´s prison and was killed recently, was a King of Diamonds. I wish I remember who else; there was a similar example the other day; someone who sacrificed themselves for their believes.
Then the Pluto card is 4 of clubs, which means that dogmatism does not work for me, life punishes me for that. So there is a duality. Especially since that´s also my overlying card: my destination in life you could say, what I´m growing into. So now that I´m 55 I´m more prone to grow into a working theory, a working philosophy that i have had access to before, I believe. I don´t base this on my whimpy emotions, I base it on all the signs around me indicating a collapsing culture. And I struggle no to identify too much with it, not become a Quijote for the Sake, but rather focus on my prayers and my wives herbal medicines that I help her with. But right now we are separated by life; she´s in her hometown working and I don´t move there until May, so I guess I spend a little too much time on the internet, or in this forum...
we can't abandon any house, we can only surrender it. We are always progressing towards the 11th house. Whatever is in it, gets better over time.
The 12th house represents many things other than Losses. It represents prisons, hospitals, quality of sleep and beds, spiritual journeys, pilgrimages or journey to foreign lands, temples, trade involving long travel, bed pleasures ect... 11th Lord in the 12th could indicate generating income through hospitals or prisons, cash flow through foreign countries and connections, maybe involved in charitable or humanitarian activities, sleep expert if the planet is in good dignity. If the planet is not in good dignity, you could have losses, cash flow troubles, unable to maximize earnings potential, possible imprisonment from improper financial transactions, nightmares ect...
tuyet
11th connected to 12th is often ashrams. 12th is temples, etc. 11th is groups, put them together and you have someone spending a lot of time, maybe living in an ashram type environment.
It can also mean, if things are starved, that a person spends way too much on their goals. Things may go wrong and so expenses build up. So its expensive to reach goals.