Monthly Archives: October 2019

On Planetary Turf Wars: “Northerliness” and Brightness Win.

Recently I’ve been trying to learn something about Indian astrology.  One of the concepts that caught my eye is the so-called planetary war or Graha Yuddha, which is an idea that, as far as I know, does not exist in Western astrology. The … Continue reading

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The Hour Lord (& Pitted Degrees) in Horary Astrology

Horary astrology seeks to answer a question based on the moment that a “querent” or inquirer asks a question of the astrologer. In the history of horary astrology there has been a longstanding issue of whether the querent in being … Continue reading

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The Day Susan Fell Off Her Horse

Cyril Fagan, an Irish astrologer (22 May 1896 – 5 January 1970), wrote extensively on sidereal astrology after discovering that the ancient Babylonian astrologers used a sidereal rather than a tropical zodiac. He is one of the authors of the the … Continue reading

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