Handwriting Analysis, and Comprehensive Astrology and Numerology

Uranus enters the sign of Aries May 27, 2010. Uranus remains in each sign for about 7 years, and takes about 84 years to transit all 12 signs.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of noise about this (minor) event by modern method-focused astrologers.

7 truths about Uranus transiting through the Sign of Aries:

1. It doesn’t “affect” your life in any way
2. The magnetic fields of the planets don’t “affect” you or anything else, at all, other than a very nominal gravitational pull from the Moon and Sun
3. The riots in Greece, oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and violent protests in Thailand have little to do with Uranus
4. You don’t really feel yourself on the “border of creativity and annihilation because of Uranus…” (or any other heavenly body)
5. Uranus in Aries doesn’t make you “burn for change,” it doesn’t “ignite your inner light,” and you aren’t in danger of “raging beyond control”
6. “Many things” won’t be “set into motion” during the transit of Uranus through the sign of Aries—no more than at any other time
7. You aren’t now seeing “clear signals of the new, more spiritually advanced world”

The myths exposed above are the sort of thing that gives astrology a bad name, and rightly so. It’s taking loose generalities, broad, sweeping buzz phrases and molding them to a completely subjective viewpoint to push a New Age marketing agenda.

It’s acceptable to describe Uranus as relating to, for example, the unexpected, unconventional, individuality, and technology; and the sign of Aries as action oriented, drive to be on top, etc.

But it’s deplorable when opportunist poet-astrologers seize on trivial considerations, cashing in on spreading misinformation and half-truths.

They are only helping to increase the amount of illusion in your life, doing a great disservice to you: reality is distorted through myths about astrology and mysticism, and heaps of bias aggravate it.

Other Minor Astrology Factors

This “event” is only a planetary transit. Transits are given too much emphasis by today’s astrologers. Transits, retrogrades, progressions, solar return charts, and other superficial considerations that almost all of today’s astrologers focus on exclusively are only modifiers, yet they approach them as if they are the core of a comprehensive analysis–big mistake. Such factors are only useful to firm up an existing, comprehensive analysis using more reliable (pre-modern) methods.

It’s like telling someone, “here’s a house for sale, check it out…” and then only showing them 1 photo, of the master bedroom closet. That’s not the whole house by any means.

Besides, any single universal indicator (like Uranus transiting into the sign of Aries) must be assessed in relation to your personal natal charts (plural). So, the question is, how does this transiting Uranus relate to your natal Uranus.

See this blog post for more information about such minor astrology factors as transits. http://scottpetullo.com/blog/2010/01/the-cyclical-nature-of-life-reflected-by-various-minor-astrology-factors/

Going back every 84 years or so when Uranus transits into Aries, you won’t see anything out of the ordinary, compared to any other time in recorded history.

To give you more insight, the ancients and those before modern times either didn’t know about Uranus, or ignored it, and their predictive methods were far more accurate than modern astrologers’ methods are today.

It’s important to have many checks and balances in any personality and, or predictive system of analysis if you want high levels of accuracy. Transits, by themselves, unfortunately offer only negligible symbolism.

Copyright © 2010 Scott Petullo

It has happened countless times. Someone mentions one or two factors of their natal astrology and they ask me, “What does it mean?”, like this question I recently received:

“What does Jupiter and Mars in my 7^th House Mean?”

It means many things, all of which depend on the other 500+ factors you must consider in a comprehensive analysis.

It’s unfortunate that most mainstream astrology sources today, such as popular internet sites, offer over-simplified, thus erroneous techniques and guidance, such as “Natal Venus in 10th house equals fame.” Natal Venus in 10^th house, by itself, means almost nothing.

There is no “this means that” answer, that is, if you want a decent level of accuracy. The meaning of any single indicator is wholly based on the collective symbolism of the other factors throughout the comprehensive charts.

For a very surface-oriented assessment, one that will most likely, ultimately be over-ruled by the energy of the other indicators, you could look on this blog post for the general meaning of, for example, the planet Mars, and then the meaning of the 7th house:
http://scottpetullo.com/blog/2010/01/the-cyclical-nature-of-life-reflected-by-various-minor-astrology-factors/ Put those two together, and you have, possibly, aggression and, or strife in partnerships.

However, Jupiter, for instance, can just as easily relate to over-indulgence, destructive excess, and wastefulness as it can abundance, depending on other factors.

How to go about discerning the symbolism, for example, relating to the question, “What Does Jupiter and Mars in my 7^th House Mean?”:

1. Study the meaning of the planets Mars and Jupiter thoroughly–and put most emphasis on the ancient meanings, not the modern, overly-creative and psychological-based meanings. By “ancient,” I’m referring to from ancient times up to around 1600 AD.

2. Study the signs those planets are in, and consider how the planets act in those signs, based on dignification, for instance (i.e., Mars is dignified in Aries).

3. Study the meaning of the 7th house—again, the ancient meanings, not the modern ones.

4. Study the meaning of Mars and Jupiter acting through those signs, in that house (7th).

5. What is the ruler of your 7th? The ruler of the 7th is the strongest planet associated with that house. It may be Jupiter or Mars, or it may be some other heavenly body.

6. Are Mars or Jupiter afflicted? There are many possible afflictions, including debilitated by sign, by Ptolemaic aspect, etc. Weigh the afflictions.

7. Are Mars and Jupiter supported/emboldened by other heavenly bodies (i.e., reception), which would help to mitigate the symbolic energy of an affliction?

8. Study the rulers of Mars and Jupiter—how are they relative to what I say above for Mars and Jupiter (afflicted?, etc.).

9. What else is in your 7th?

10. What is the sign on the 7th cusp and what is/where is its ruler or rulers? How is the health of those ruler or rulers?

The above steps are a good start.

Also realize that these basic approaches are just the tip of the iceberg relating to any area of life, such as relationships, in comprehensive astrology. It’s as complex as any language—you must learn the language to make constructive use of it.

It’s important to have many checks and balances to examine any particular area of life if you want a high level of accuracy. My systems of analysis involving handwriting analysis, and comprehensive astrology and numerology are extremely thorough, allowing me to offer you excellent accuracy rates.

Copyright © 2010 Scott Petullo

Predictive analytics involves using historical data to forecast trends and behavior in order to capitalize on opportunities and reduce risk.

Awareness of statistically demonstrated correlations, as with cyclical timing analysis, allows for prediction of future events. It’s pattern recognition, based on collections of indicators. The wider the body of factors and more exact the match to past patterns reflecting identifiable events and behavior, the more reliable the prediction.

Predictive analytics as a corporate management practice is growing in popularity. Companies like Olive Garden and Best Buy are using it as a means to increase efficiency and profits: http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/01/analytics-best-buy-technology-data-companies-10-accenture.html

Federal and state criminal justice systems also use predictive analytics to help reduce crime: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29885.wss

One of the oldest forms of predictive analytics involves prediction through comprehensive astrology and numerology, dating back more than 2000 years. These esoteric sciences (empirical, based on observation) aren’t anything to do with today’s modern triviality (e.g., newspaper and on-line horoscopes).

Predictable, repetitive patterns allow for scientific projection. Handwriting analysis is also based on predictive analytics, although it’s important to note that identifying past and current behavior does not predict future behavior 100%.

Objective empirical research involving public figures and people of all walks of life, and real-world concerns, allow me to offer crucial personality and compatibility analysis, and predictive intelligence.

Rigorous statistical methods involving many layers of checks and balances give you extraordinary accuracy rates and a tremendous edge over your competition.

Copyright © 2010 Scott Petullo

Scrutiny of U.S. job applicants has been increasing over the past couple decades because of the extreme expense associated with bad hires.

In addition to various psychological evaluations, workplace psychological simulation assessments are fairly common today. About 46% of executives endure some sort of pre-employment simulation, according to research firm Aberdeen: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0524/capital-psychology-technology-simulations-extreme-hiring.html?boxes=Homepagelighttop

“…A two-day-long assessment for a chief executive can cost an organization $25,000 per candidate. ‘That’s considered a bargain,’ says Amy Lewis of the Human Capital Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., ‘especially when you consider the financial impact of a bad hire.’ She says 40% of external hires fail within two years. A bad corner-office hire can cost ten times the hire’s base salary, what with recruiting, relocation and training expenses, the time it takes to acclimate and implement strategic directives and the subsequent cost to undo that work and begin the hiring process anew. Those estimates don’t include morale loss and the risk a departing executive may poach talented employees…”

Although I believe psychological, intelligence, critical thinking, and other self-tests such as Myers-Briggs (http://scottpetullo.com/blog/2010/02/effectiveness-of-myers-briggs-personality-assessment-questioned/) can be a valuable part of a pre-employment evaluation program, everybody knows you’re on your best behavior while taking self-tests, and nobody gets a clear-cut view of skills, talents, and potential problem areas exclusively from self-tests, even if they are “psychologist approved.”

“…(from the first article linked above) If the candidate doesn’t outwit the test, it will expose his or her propensity for (negative personality traits)…”

In other words, if the candidate manages to maintain his or her composure during psychological simulations, and figures out how to game the psychological self-tests, they avoid exposing their character flaws, therefore keeping the administrators and hiring managers in the dark about their real personality.

I believe extensive workplace psychological simulation is a valuable hiring tool, yet I strongly recommend the use of a range of evaluations, including handwriting analysis, in conjunction with other psychological testing methods to determine a person’s fit for the demands of any job.

Handwriting analysis (especially in conjunction with comprehensive astrology and numerology) is so valuable because it assesses subconscious character, the actual personality, aside from the one presented and, or witnessed when an individual is at their best (e.g., when they know they are being watched/studied). It goes beyond evaluating an applicant just for the related job skills, can’t be manipulated, and exposes genuine character.

Copyright © 2010 Scott Petullo

A cusp is an astrological division between signs or houses.

Being born “on the cusp” refers to the Sun being in the very late or early degrees of a sign (each sign has 30 degrees) at the time of birth.

However, despite the edge of the Sun being able to creep into the next sign while it’s on the cusp, technically, the center of the Sun at any given time is in either one sign or the next, not both.

Each year the Sun changes signs from Sagittarius to Capricorn for example, at different times, on different days, within a period of a few days. The Sun does not change signs on the same day or time every year for any sign.

Also, your life isn’t “influenced” by astrology, but it is represented (“As above, so below” Hermes Trismegistus) by the hundreds of factors in the comprehensive astrology and numerology charts.

Every sign of the zodiac is represented in your comprehensive charts, in one way or another. The Sun was transiting one of those 12 signs at the time of your birth. Our modern, universal, Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar, based on the length of the tropical year (the time interval between vernal equinoxes), but there’s a lot more to astrology than the Sun.

Sun sign astrology didn’t exist until about 100 years ago, it was developed mainly for New Age entertainment (and profit), and it’s a travesty to the body of ancient methodologies which represent authentic astrology. It’s understandable why many people exposed to today’s “astrology,” found in generalized “horoscopes,” dismiss it as pseudoscience.

The Sun sign is only one of hundreds of astrological indicators: placement and health of heavenly bodies such as the Moon, planets, fixed stars, Arabic Parts, etc., along with their rulers; patterns formed by multiple factors forming a solid system of checks and balances–it’s a language as comprehensive as any other.

Whenever someone asks, “Which sign am I?” or “Am I both signs?” I’m happy to tell them their Sun sign, but I’m compelled to say, “I must first clarify for you that Sun sign astrology, which you are referring to, is trivial. It’s nonsensical. It’s like taking your hand and saying ‘I’m a hand.’ No, you’re not a hand, just like you aren’t ‘an Aries,’ for instance. You’re a collection of multiple body parts. But if you insist on Sun sign astrology, technically you can have only one Sun sign.”

Mercury is always close to the Sun, and when the Sun is in the very early degrees of a sign, often Mercury is in the late degrees of the sign before it. Or Mercury is just ahead of the Sun in the next sign. Other heavenly bodies are also just ahead or behind the Sun, and some others are in the sign of the Sun. So what you think is a Sun sign, is really an assortment of energies.

What you believe to be a Libra Sun, for example, could instead be heavy Gemini or Aquarius (also masculine air signs) energy in the comprehensive charts.

What you believe to be a Taurus Sun, for example, could instead be heavy Capricorn or Virgo (also feminine earth signs) energy in the comprehensive charts.

Also consider the symbolism of comprehensive numerology.

What you think is a Leo Sun, for example, could easily be an abundance of 1, 3, and, or 5 energy.

What you think is a Pisces Sun, for example, could easily be strong 2 and 9 energy.

There is always a unique dominant planet in each person’s natal comprehensive charts–the “chart ruler” (this is not the Ascendant ruler, by the way–that’s a modern astrology misconception). Sometimes it’s the Sun, many other times it’s not.

Let’s say a person was born on January 18th with the Sun in late degrees of Capricorn. Although you might interpret that to be also an Aquarius Sun “because he seems like ‘an Aquarius’ too,” what you’re really picking up in this case is a very strong Natal Mars in Aquarius in a strong house, with its ruler also very healthy and in a strong house, along with being fortified by the Ptolemaic aspects to a couple of other heavenly bodies, in part.

At the same time, his Sun being very firmly in the Sign of Capricorn, while in a weak house and debilitated by other heavenly bodies, translates into the Sun in Capricorn being a minor player in his comprehensive charts.

When you confuse one Sun sign for another, it’s also possible you could be sensing triplicity (three signs belonging to the same element, such as fire–Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius) rulership, or terms divisions, which is the separation of each 30 degree sign into 5 sections.

For example, Egyptian Terms divides the sign of Pisces into these sections: Venus rules the first 12 degrees, Jupiter rules the next 4, Mercury rules the next 3, Mars rules the next 9, and Saturn rules the final 2 degrees.

What you might think is Sun sign symbolism, is instead a collection of energies.

If you insist on considering only one indicator, the Ascendant (and all connected to it), otherwise known as the Rising sign, is more personal, much more so than the Sun sign.

More information here about why it’s important to avoid exclusive reliance on Sun signs:
http://scottpetullo.com/blog/2009/12/astrology-numerology-compatibility-%E2%80%93-why-you-need-to-scrutinize-a-lot-more-than-just-sun-signs/

Copyright © 2010 Scott Petullo