Monthly Archives: April 2023

Morin discusses the 1646 Aries Ingress in Paris

Recently I read a post on Facebook regarding Book 25 of Astrologia Gallica in which Morinus discusses the Aries Ingress in Paris in 1646. Unfortunately, given the ephemeris of his time, Morinus has the incorrect Angles and house cusps of … Continue reading

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Morinus discusses two charts from Abu Ali al-Khayyat

In Book 21, Chapter VII of Astrologia Gallica, Morinus discusses two charts from the Judgement of Nativities by the 9th century astrology Abu Ali al-Khayyat to contrast his own methods with the use of triplicities found in the early Hellenistic … Continue reading

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Morin miscalculates charts below the Equator

Recently, while reading Book 15 of Morin’s Astrologia Gallica, I noticed a couple of charts of men born in Brazil in which the Regiomontanus cusps of the houses are inaccurate. James Holden, the translator, notes that Morin must have calculated … Continue reading

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A Case Example from Ludwig Rudolph

Astrologer Ludwig Rudolph of the Hamburg School, in his 1957 Lexicon of Planetary Pictures, mentioned the chart of a young woman who suffered a lethal accident while a friend gave her a ride on his motor scooter. Unfortunately, the scooter … Continue reading

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Morin interprets the chart of Zaga Christ (Ṣägga Krәstos)

Recently I came across an online article published by Cambridge University Press (21 Jan 2022) entitled The narrative of Zaga Christ (Ṣägga Krәstos): (1635). The abstract of this paper reads as follows: “In the 1630s, a young traveller by the … Continue reading

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