Monthly Archives: September 2017

An interesting horary

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Anthony Louis

I had posted this chart in a horary group in Facebook but thought it might be of interest to others, so here it is with some additional comments about the use of 12th-parts and of the lord of the hour … Continue reading →

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The Sorrows of Young Werther and Zodiacal Releasing

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Anthony Louis

After reading the previous post, which is a translation of an article from Argentina about zodiacal releasing, several people have asked me to provide an example of the method in practice. I decided to look at the life of the … Continue reading →

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A brief overview of Zodiacal Releasing

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Anthony Louis

I came across this blog post about Zodiacal Releasing on the Argentinian site Cosmoazul and asked the author, Alex, for permission to translate and repost it here. Alex kindly consented so here is his 2012 article about Aphesis.  Any mis-translations … Continue reading →

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Some useful free resources for traditional astrologers

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Anthony Louis

Several people have asked me recently for links to free resources about traditional astrology. Many student astrologers can’t afford commercial programs, and fortunately there is much available online for those who wish to experiment with  traditional techniques. My favorite free … Continue reading →

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Should annual profections be measured in “years” of 360 days — a 5-degree rule for years?

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Anthony Louis

To quote wikipedia: “The ancient Egyptian calendar was a solar calendar with a 365-day year. The year consisted of three seasons of 120 days each, plus an intercalary month of 5 epagomenal days treated as outside of the year proper. … Each month was divided into … Continue reading →

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Zodiacal Releasing from the Ascendant

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Anthony Louis

In his text Vettius Valens tended to do zodiacal releasing (aphesis) from the Lot of Spirit or the Lot of Fortune. Theoretically there is no reason why we can’t begin the releasing from any of the twelve signs to study … Continue reading →

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The curious case of “not-reception”

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Anthony Louis

Astrologers love to talk about how one planet receives another in one of its dignities, including the wonderful situation of mutual reception in which each planet occupies a major dignity of the other, for example, Venus in Cancer (ruled by … Continue reading →

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