Monthly Archives: July 2019

Reflections on Secondary Progressions

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Anthony Louis

Secondary progressions are one of the most commonly used predictive techniques in modern astrology.  They are often attributed to the 17th century monk Placidus de Titus but their origin dates back at least as far as Vettius Valens in the … Continue reading →

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Musings on Days and Sidereal Time

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Anthony Louis

I like to review periodically some basic concepts of astronomy to get a better perspective on what we do as astrologers. Perhaps the most basic idea of all is the length of a day, which is based on the rotation … Continue reading →

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Quadrant Houses at High Latitudes

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Anthony Louis

One of the vexing problems of astrology is that at high latitudes the quadrant house systems are of little use.  Horoscopic astrology is founded on the importance of the ascendant and at high latitudes the ascendant can simply disappear or … Continue reading →

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Fast and Easy Primary Directions

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Anthony Louis

Primary directions are one of the oldest predictive techniques in Western astrology. In many ways they are like the dashas of Indian astrology in that they identify periods during which certain the planets involved tend to be active in the … Continue reading →

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August 10, 2019: Antiscia in Western Astrology Webinar

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Anthony Louis
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Primary directions as a time-lord system

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Anthony Louis

In his book on Primary Directions Morinus makes clear that an event predicted by a primary direction rarely takes place on the date that the direction becomes exact.  Instead it may well occur within the several months before or after … Continue reading →

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Morinus falls ill, and the Ptolemy-Naibod midpoint in primary directions

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Anthony Louis

In his book on primary directions (Book 22 of Astrologia Gallica, pp.56-59 of the Holden translation), Morinus describes a serious illness which he contracted in 1652 while observing a solar eclipse.  He fell ill with a fever and catarrh on … Continue reading →

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An interesting out-of-bounds Mars

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Anthony Louis

On Tuesday morning news sources announced the death at age 81 of former Argentine president Fernando de la Rua, who served a very brief term of office during the severe financial crisis in Argentina.  The earliest report I could find … Continue reading →

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Solar Eclipse (July 2, 2019)

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Anthony Louis

Today (July 2, 2019) the world will experience a Solar Eclipse.  Here is the chart for the eclipse cast for maximum eclipse time in Washington, DC, USA: This eclipse is likely to be significant for the USA because it occurs … Continue reading →

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Another compelling observation about the true lunar nodes in solar returns

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Anthony Louis

In a previous post I wrote about my observation that in a large number of cases the presence of the Moon’s True Node in or very near its stationary phase in a solar return almost always heralded a year ahead … Continue reading →

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