[Update]
I've just had a look at the 37,951 timed data in 100 categories --
Mer con Ven with orbs of 1, 2, and 3 degs, with Mer also in 12th and
can see that there is too little data to arrive at any meaningful
conclusions. In the case of the 2 deg orb, only about 3 people per
1000 can have that aspect in the 12th house.
I have no idea what the old masonic material may have been about, but
I looked for a theme in the small number of categories that~did~ have
that aspect in the 12th and got the impression that the theme was
something along the lines of "extreme mental activity". My impression
is not at all scientific because of the varying numbers in each
category and the unequal 'balancing' of broad-category types in the
dataset.
I didn't really see anything much with the aspect in this data until I
omitted the 12th house and just looked at Mer con Ven with a 3 deg
orb. This showed a prominent trend which I call "Voice". Let me
explain -- All categories have been tagged with a series of pre-
determined 3-letter codes so that the program automatically sorts
categories into general groups - rather than let the user do mental
gymnastics afterward and make square pegs fit into round holes and
make ourselves THINK we see connected themes. Some of the codes are
like this:
MER - for Mercury therme
SAT - for Saturnian
VIO - for violence theme
LAW - for Legal theme etc
VCE - for Voice theme
etc. etc.
In this case, with Mer con VEN with the 3 deg orb, the "VCE" category
scored best (after automatic equalizing for the varying number of
categories).
Here are those "Voice" categories in scoring order *amongst* the the
top 20 (which is the arbitrary cut-off point out of 100 categories).
* Articulate
* Charismatic
* Country & Western singer
* TV Host/Personality
* Stutter
* Psychologist
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I found the first two very interesting when we consider the
astrological meaning of Mer con Ven -- and the great thing about it is
that the program did it - I didn't :-)
Still, bear in mind that these are also fairly low scores, but at
least we have a system in place for when we get a lot more data to
work with.
Ray