Psychological Astrology tends to use larger orbs, whereas Horary Astrology tends to work with tighter ones. A half-arc, cast either to the left or the right of a planet, is a moeity, and if a traditional astrologer cites an orb of 15 degrees for the sun, she would probably use the moity of 7.5 degrees in determining its aspects.ĭetermining the size of the orb used is a matter of interpretation: In modern astrology, an orb of 10 degrees for the sun would capture an aspect within a 20-degree arc. The concept of orbs comes from the idea that planets cast a certain amount of light or a halo into the sky such that another planet that is a few degrees away from an exact or partile aspect will still be under its influence.Ī planet will cast an orb on either side of it. A platic aspect is one which has a wide orb but is still considered significant enough to include in a horoscope interpretation. For example, for two planets to be in opposition they do not have to be separated by exactly 180 degrees: the aspect is still valid if the angle is 175 degrees or 185 degrees. The margin of deviation or inexactness allowed for an aspect to remain valid. And he did all of this despite (or perhaps due to) living with bi-polar disorder.Moonlight refracted through the atmosphere cast a halo or orb effect as a 'ring around the moon' Ted Turner revolutionized the television industry, as well as the way the news was broadcast. Turner also started the Cable News Network (CNN) which broadcast live news events. He was the first to put a local TV station (Atlanta's WTBS) on Satellite, where it was broadcast nationwide through a network of local cable television operators.

Ted Turner, often referred to as the 'mouth of the South,' was an eccentric and unpredictable man who had goals others in the 1970s thought to be a bit over the top.

The artistic qualities of Taurus on the cusp of the fifth house along with the North Node and Uranus in Taurus made him a creative genius who was destined to do something both practical and revolutionary. Mercury and Mars are shooting quincunxes to his Uranus (♅), the planet of genius, originality and independence and North Node (☊) in the stable earth sign of Taurus in the 5th house. Ted Turner has Mars (♂︎), the planet of action and energy, in Libra and in his 10th house (career) making a sextile to Mercury (☿), the planet of communications in futuristic Sagittarius conjunct his Ascendant.

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