Questions about atrological stuff...

Hi bloom, and welcome!

A couple resources to check out:
http://www.astro.com - good source for learning about astrology.  You can specifically have a free natal chart done at: http://www.astro.com/horoscopes/ahor.asp

http://www.lipstickmystic.com/ - our very own LipstickMystic has a very helpful, comprehensive, and accessible site. 

cheers

Welcome!

A decent astrology program you can grab on the net is astro123

Put in accurate data and it'll throw your chart for you. The interpretations are perforce mechanical, it can't confront the different influences, only list them, but it's still a handy program.

Make sure you get daylight savings right... I spent a year convinced I was Libra rising 'cause I forgot to adjust for winter

Ma'at is still my Goddess though

Does anyone know of a site that lists planetary aspects (like venus square jupiter, etc...) and what they mean, not in the sense of what it means if it's in your natal chart, but what general influence an alignment exerts upon people at large on any given day? Is there a special name for this particular type of astrology? I tried to look it up, but all I get is stuff from natal astrology.

I think it's called Mundane Astrology, which deals with say, Jupiter
opposing Saturn or some such aspect and treating it as a pure
description of the forces interacting, rather than applying it to a
particular person's unique viewpoint.  It's like descriptions of
Weather Phenomenae except instead of describing the conditions
that make a tornado likely, you would be describing what might
happen under a bad aspect between Mars and Pluto.

There is an astrologer I use, Chris Hedlund, who writes like this
on what is currently going on and what is coming.
His latest report is entitled 2007-2019: Remaking the World:
The Return of the Cycle that Generated the 1960's

Plus he does an email which gives you the Week Ahead and
gives you a heads-up on all the upcoming things to watch
out for or take advantage of.  How these things affect you
personally depends on where these events occur in your
chart.  But knowledge of the prevailing "weather" is useful
in itself as vital data to navigate your day with.

Chris Hedlund Email: cosmic_telegram@yahoo.com

(does charts for Esalen Institute people, very zen, also surfs)

Hoary astrology is to take a snapshot of the factors
active upon a person at a particular time,
usually with a question in mind.

Are these what you are looking for?

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/horosc … oscope.asp

http://www.cafeastrology.com/thisweekinastrology.html

http://www.cafeastrology.com/monthlycalendar.html

or you could download astrology software from here :-

http://www.astrowin.org/index.php