Rectification is a time consuming process, and it will stretch every astrological muscle you possess. It is a great way to test your technical abilities and merge them with the untangible intuitive sense that astrologers must also possess.

Many professional astrologers don’t do rectifications, mostly because of the amount of time it takes combined with nebulous results. 12 astrologers are guaranteed to give 12 diifferent results. The proof, they say, is in the pudding and the rectification process must include a verification process, in order to validate the chart you have chosen. 

By using solar returns, and continuous testing of the rectified chart, its validity can be ascertained, but this also takes time. The general theory is that if the rectified chart matches past events in the client’s life, the chart can be used to match current and future events.

An unexpected benefit of working with a client on their rectification is the effect it has on the client. As you move through the events and the charts surrounding those events, the client relives the experiences, bringing up forgotten emotions, and reviewing their life through a lens of maturity that was not available to them at the time.

It is a cathartic process for the client, and well worth the hours of effort to find “the one”.