Monthly Archives: April 2021

Struck by lightning on the way to the wedding

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Anthony Louis

In the last post I presented the aphorisms of Nicholas Culpeper regarding horary astrology. In reading about Culpeper’s life, I came across an odd bit of history which seemed worth astrological investigation. Culpeper was born on 18 October 1616 (OS), … Continue reading →

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Culpeper’s 100 Aphorisms on Horary Astrology

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Anthony Louis

The British astrologer and herbalist Nicholas Culpeper published a book of aphorisms in 1654 which he revised in 1648. His Opus astrologicum contains hundreds of aphorisms regarding horary, electional and predictive astrology, which Culpeper culled from the astrological literature. For … Continue reading →

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The Birth Chart of Agatha Christie, the “Duchess of Death”

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Anthony Louis

Recently I read some comments an astrologer made about Agatha Christie’s birth chart, so I looked it up on astro.com. It turns out that the comments were based on an older, now discredited version of the birth chart, so I … Continue reading →

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An interesting rectification

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Anthony Louis

Rectifying charts is not an easy task. Recently I’ve been re-reading some old books by Robert DeLuce from the 1930s. In his text on rectifying natal charts, DeLuce gives a case example which I thought would be worth looking at. … Continue reading →

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A blast from the past — Robert DeLuce and Primary Directions

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Anthony Louis

A colleague recently asked my opinion of Robert DeLuce’s 1935 book on prediction in astrology. I responded that I couldn’t recall the book and could therefore not offer an opinion. A few days later I realized that I actually had … Continue reading →

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When is a planet in a sign? The strange ideas of Abu Ma’shar.

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Anthony Louis

Recently I’ve been reading Ben Dykes translation of Abu Ma’shar’s Great Introduction to the Science of the Judgements of the Stars (Cazimi Press, 2020). Many of Ma’shar’s ideas have caused me to re-evaluate my own understanding of some basic concepts. … Continue reading →

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