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The Anachronism of Hellenistic Detriment: What the Astrology Podcast Left Out

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Ant 5 Comments adversities, antithesis, Anubio, ben dykes, chris brennan, depression, detriment, dignity, Dorotheus, enanti, enantioma, enantios, episode 264, estrangement, exile, fall, Hellenistic astrology, Hellenistic detriment, hephaistio, hephaistion, manetho, opposition, ptolemy, rhetorius, serapio, the astrology podcast, Theophilus, Valens

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes Introduction 6 months ago, when the Sun was opposite the position it is now, I published

Dignity Principles Sign Classifications

Detriment: A Questionable Distinction | Part 1: Historical Development

February 2, 2020September 9, 2020 Ant 12 Comments abu 'ali, Abu Bakr, Abu Ma'shar, adversities, al-andarzaghar, antiochus of athens, arabic astrology, ben dykes, chris brennan, debility, detriment, dignity, domicile, Dorotheus, exaltation, exile, fall, firmicus maternus, greco-roman astrology, greek astrology, Hellenistic astrology, hephaistio, hephaistion of thebes, liber hermetis, manetho, Masha'allah, medieval astrology, Paulus Alexandrinus, persian astrology, porphyry, ptolemy, reconstruction, rhetorius, Robert Schmidt, roman astrology, sahl, serapio, teucer, theophilus of edessa, umar al-tabari, Valens, wabal, zodiac

Update 9/4-9/20: A little over a month ago, this article was mentioned on a podcast where its arguments were misrepresented,

Prince | Part 2: The Timing of his Death

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Ant 0 Comments ascensions, cause of death, distributors, Dorotheus, Fortune, Hellenistic astrology, length of life, longevity, lot of death, lot of fortune, primary directions, prince, prince rogers nelson, profections, ptolemy, solar return, the artist formerly known as prince, Valens

Prince Part 2: Death In the last article, I discussed Prince’s natal chart with a particular focus on his character

Beginners Principles Sign Classifications

Triplicity Rulers: One or Three?

May 21, 2019May 22, 2019 Ant 1 Comment air, ben dykes, carmen, demetra george, Dorotheus, earth, elements, fire, sect, triangles, triplicity, triplicity lords, Valens, vettius valens, water

Introduction Recently, a reader asked about triplicity rulers. She noted that in an article on profession I attributed Venus as

Traditional Astrology of Death | Scott Walker

April 12, 2019 Ant 0 Comments death, distributors, Dorotheus, Hellenistic astrology, hyleg, jarbakhtar, planetary years, primary directions, profections, scott walker, secondary progressions, traditional astrology, transits, Valens, walker brothers

Scott Walker Sadly, I just became aware of Scott Walker’s passing a few weeks ago. Walker was a musical maverick

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Review | Carmen Astrologicum of Dorotheus – Ben Dykes Translation

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 Anthony 0 Comments ben dykes, carmen astrologicum, Dorotheus, electional astrology, elections, persian, pingree, primary directions, triplicity, umar al-tabari

The Song of Astrology 2017 saw the publication of a new translation of one of the oldest and most important

Traditional Astrology of Death | Special Techniques for Length of Life

June 29, 2015April 30, 2019 Anthony 2 Comments alcocoden, anaereta, apheta, ascensional times, ascensions, control, death, Dorotheus, firmicus maternus, governor, haylaj, hyleg, jarbakhtar, kerkorian, length of life, longevity, manilius, Paulus Alexandrinus, planetary years, primary directions, ptolemy, rising times, secondary directions, secondary progressions, solar return, transits, tropical zodiac, Valens

Length of Life Techniques In Hellenistic astrology, astrologers often presented special techniques for determining the length of life. The method

A Golden Thread - Strudwick

Traditional Astrology of Death | A History of Length of Life Special Techniques

May 19, 2015April 28, 2019 Anthony 4 Comments advancement, alcocoden, anaereta, aphesis, apheta, ascensional times, ascensions, bonatti, control, death, distributor, Dorotheus, governor, hilaj, hyleg, inoperative degrees, kadukhudhah, length of life, longevity, operative degrees, Paulus Alexandrinus, primary directions, ptolemy, quadrants, retreat, Valens, zoller

Introduction Now I will explain to you the length of life and the number of years as I attempt [to

Margilan marketplace

Elections and the Art of Choosing Times | 4. Dorotheus on Buying and Selling

September 3, 2012May 11, 2019 Anthony 2 Comments ascending, buying, carmen astrologicum, commerce, descending, Dorotheus, electional, elections, hephaistio, hephaistion, hephaistion of thebes, lunar aspects, lunar declination, lunar latitude, lunar nodes, lunar phases, pentateuch, selling, stakes, stocks

Introduction In the first article, I introduced the general rules or guidelines of electional astrology. These guidelines were laid out

Open book

Elections and the Art of Choosing Times | 3. Dorotheus on Letters and Teaching

September 2, 2012April 30, 2019 Anthony 1 Comment carmen astrologicum, contracts, Dorotheus, electional, elections, letters, teaching

Introduction In the first article of this series, I presented the general rules for electional astrology as laid out by

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