It’s a bit like the difference between Western Medicine and Eastern. Micro and Macro.

Chinese astrology is societal based, what is the impact of the individual on society and how to be a better citizen, member of the group.

Western astrology is ALL about the individual and the journey to become your authentic self.

They are both useful for different aspects of your life.

Am I an expert? No. But I study Western Astrology and am a very intuitive Pisces born in the year of the Dog, so I draw large conclusions.
Cherie

chinese is animal based
like animals

western on human animals based
about animals

we r descendants of apes

they say therefore

I am pro-life and pro-choice, and if you know the exact day and time of conception (as in artificial insemination), you can do a chart for that moment in time; but most people do not know that information and the standard is the moment of birth for generating a natal chart.

Edit: Please view my latest question:

I am Pro Life and I believe in astrology. And I agree with I AM…date of birth is what is used for charting.

girl, it’s called trade or something. you know we buy them cheap japantys goods, and we send them some of them ipods or whateva.

Astrology for the most part accepts that the beginning of a lifetime is with the first breath. There are a couple random astrologers who have played around with setting charts from the date of conception, but there’s a really big problem with that: how the heck are you supposed to get the exact data you need?

An astrological chart is based on the date, place and *exact* time of birth. If you were doing a chart for the conception, how could you possibly know the exact time down to the minute? First of all, how do you know which *** act got the woman pregnant? Then you’d have to consider how long the sperms’ journey to the egg took… Even ultrasounds have a margin of error of a few days. There’s simply no way to be as accurate as astrology needs to be with this kind of event.

PS: Pluto is still a planet, just a different classification of planet (dwarf).

Women = Venus

Men = Mars

Its just like the saying.

-Wiccan Teen )O(

I live according to the influence Pluto has on me…

No, wait…Pluto is no longer a planet!!!

AARRGH!!

*dies*

Just adding–Mercury too close to the Sun-called Combust (depending on who you listen to between 3 and 10 degrees) said to be debilitating–hard to separate rational thought from ones ego