Monthly Archives: May 2021

When is the Moon truly void-of-course?

A recent horary chart posted by Lynn Holt in a Facebook horary group featured a void of course Moon, yet the outcome was favorable for the querent. Lynn kindly gave permission to reproduce her chart in this blog post. The … Continue reading

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Volcanic eruptions and geodetic equivalence charts

In the previous post I discussed geodetic equivalence charts which were popularized by Sepharial in his 1925 text on the subject. Much of the evidence he cites to justify the technique has to do with volcanic eruptions, so when Mount … Continue reading

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Geodetic Astro-Mapping

Currently I’m taking an online course about astro-mapping, given by Spanish astrologer Gloria Roca Riera, DFAstrolS. Today we discussed geodetic charts (fixed locality astrology based on geodetic equivalence of ecliptic longitude), which I’ve never made much use of and have … Continue reading

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Pushing management, power and nature in horary

A fellow astrologer recently asked me a question about a horary (Chart 51) in my 1998 text. The question was asked by my editor Tom about an advertisement he was writing. Tom wanted to know whether his superiors at the … Continue reading

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The surprising resignation of Pablo Iglesias Turrión

In breaking news from Spain on 4 May 2021, The Guardian reported the surprising news that Pablo Iglesias was leaving Spanish politics: “One of the more remarkable and once-unthinkable trajectories in modern Spanish politics came to an end a little … Continue reading

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When do Planets finally grow up?

In the book Light on Life (1996), the authors, Hart de Fouw and Robert Svoboda, note that Hindu astrologers believe that each planet ripens or reaches “maturation” at a certain age, specifically: the sun at year 22 (I believe these … Continue reading

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