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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

Beginners Principles

Is Astrology Geocentric?

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Ant 2 Comments 17th century, absolute motion, brahe, celestial spheres, comet, copernican revolution, copernicus, epicycle, galileo, geocentric, geocentric astrology, geostatic, heliocentric, heliocentric astrology, heliostatic, history of astronomy, hugh thurston, kepler, morin, morinus, newton, planetary motion, ptolemy, relative motion, tycho brahe

Introduction This is an accidental article. While working on the research for a long article on comets, prompted by the

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,

Principles Twelfth-Parts

A Stutter in the Twelfth-Parts

December 16, 2019 Ant 1 Comment african, black, communication, dodecatemoria, dodecatemory, dwadashama, dwads, Hellenistic astrology, joacine moreira, maternus, mercury, moreira, parliament, portugal, rhetorius, speech, stutter, twelfth-parts

Introduction I’ve long been an advocate for the use of the twelfth-parts in astrological analysis. The twelfth-parts are divisions each

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Maya Angelou’s Venus in Pisces and Much More

December 12, 2019December 13, 2019 Ant 0 Comments ages of man, ascensions, career, character, distributors, Hellenistic astrology, jarbakhtar, lot of the mother, maya angelou, planetary years, profections, profession, rising times, solar returns

Introduction Maya Angelou lived a very complex and noteworthy life. She experienced life’s lowest lows and highest highs, keeping her

Principles zodiac history

The Origin of the Zodiac

June 21, 2019February 7, 2020 Ant 5 Comments 360-day calendar, abraham, administrative calendar, agriculture, astrometeorology, Babylonian zodiac, declination, enlil, equinox, ideal calendar, length of day, manilius, minas, parapegmata, phases of the fixed stars, precession, prophetic year, schematic calendar, sidereal, sirius, solar year, solstice, triangulum, tropical, vettius valens, zodiac, zodiac history, zodiacal releasing

Introduction In a prior article, I discussed the history of the tropical zodiac. That article was centered on the research

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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

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Principles zodiac history

How Old is the Tropical Zodiac?

March 20, 2019February 1, 2020 Ant 3 Comments antikythera, callippus, equinox, euctemon, Eudoxus, Geminos, geminus, hpparchus, kallippos, Neugebauer, ptolemy, sidereal, solstice, tropical, tropical zodiac, Valens, zodiac

Introduction The original regular twelve-sign zodiac was a Babylonian invention. It was strongly shaped by both the tropical year of

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Planetary Days Principles zodiac history

Planetary Days and Hours in Hellenistic Astrology

January 25, 2019February 1, 2020 Ant 7 Comments 360 day year, alexandrian, calendar, days of the week, egyptian, mechir 13, planetary days, planetary hours, planetary months, planetary years, Valens, valens birth chart, weekdays, zodiacal releasing

The Days of the Week Why is the day of Mercury (Wednesday) followed by the day of Jupiter (Thursday), rather

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Why Use the Tropical Zodiac?

December 21, 2018February 1, 2020 Ant 8 Comments ayanamsa, ayanamsha, Babylonian astrology, fagan-bradley, Francesca Rochberg, Geminos, Hipparchus, Mesopotamian, Neugebauer, origins of tropical zodiac, ptolemy, sidereal, signs, system A, system B, tropical, zodiac, zodiac origins

Introduction: Contentious Choices The practice of astrology is riddled with contentious choices. Which one of the dozens of house systems

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