Could you elaborate on what exactly natal astrology is? How does it differ from predictive astrology?
Ah a sensible question.....
Natal astrology profiles who you are, the personal resources you bring to the table so to speak - and hose those resources intract with each other. For resources = talents and non-talents.
A natal chart is calculated for the exact moment and location you are born. It is a snap shot of the planets and where they all are. This snap shot is based on the astronomical possition of stars for that moment in the place you were born.
Astorlogers INTERPRET (either well or badly) what each planet means within its possition in comparison to the rest of the chart. Each planet has a possibility of 360 placement (although a fair few planets move slowly - so in fact the 360 is much smaller in a given year for some planets.
When examining the planets, the astrologer looks at the angles they make to each other - some are easy, othrs difficult. The difficult ones can bring drive with them or sever problems between them dependant on how well the person uses that planet.
Each planet represents something. The moon - represents the mother (and some important women in your life), nurturing, emotional sensitivities, how you feel secure. Mars = sex drive, get up and go energy, anger and agression, Venus = money, other women - sometime sisters, beautify, adornment, seductive abilities, and pleasure in some respectes. How those planets
play together is he angles they make together. Say you have the moon in a hard aspect to Mars... the person may be emotionally volatile, or prone o being severly defensive, or driven to do anything they can to stay emotionally secure.
A natal chart/reading = the same type of profile MBTI would give. It gives you and understanding of a person you are... Not all your resources are available at the same time. For instance you may have a tricky aspects that makes you agressive and angry and defensive, but you may only be like when severly provoked. Others with different charts, could get really angry and no one would notice because they do it in such a quiet way.
If you want to try it out, log into astro.com, and plug in your birth details, then read the personal profile. The site will list a very crude reading of the astrology (they are not bad, but they are incomplete). They may be uncannily like the profile of your MBTI - but there will be differences - which are purely personal to you.
Predictive astrology uses the chart for today, right now, and sees how it plays against your natal chart. Is there a planet that is poking a big stick at your angry botton? Does it mean you will loose the temper with someone today? Possibly if provoked, if you are not provoked, you may just be a little hyperactive and get a lot done. You choose to use the agression to achieve rather than getting angry. There are many predictive techneques but the transiting planets (ie for today - or at some point in the future) is the main one. It's best at picking up really big events, the day to day stuff is pretty lightweight.
The natal astrology report is descrpitive of who you are and the talents/weaknesses you have. You can choose to learn new ways to help your weaknesses have less impact or even to make them into a strength, but that requires you to work at it.
Snuff?
Lis
PS - hororscopes are predictive for mass markets, and can be very accurate if used properly, but 80-90% of the people reading them are reading the wrong sign (because it's more complex than can be dealt with on a mass market way).