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Dariot on Triplicity Rulers

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Anthony Louis

Triplicity rulers have been used in traditional astrology to further refine the significations of houses by assigning particular planetary lords of triplicities to particular meanings belonging to a house. Dariot explains that the first triplicity lord of the 4th house … Continue reading →

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Further Reflections on Triplicity Lords and the Triple Signification within Houses

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Anthony Louis

In the previous post I commented on a view of triplicity rulers that was prevalent in the 15th century. Having recently watched an interview with Jenn Zahrt done by Mychal A. Bryan, I was interested in comparing what Jenn had … Continue reading →

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Triplicity Rulers in 15th Century Spain

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Anthony Louis

A couple years ago I came across a 15th century manuscript entitled Opus Astrologicum by Diego de Torres, a university professor at the Colegio de San Bartolomé in Salamanca, Spain. The text appears to be his handwritten notes used for … Continue reading →

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Bonatti on choosing among options in horary

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Anthony Louis

Bonatti gives an interesting method of answering horary questions of the type, “Should I choose option A or B or C, etc.? Which option is best for me?” Ben Dykes translates Bonatti’s chapter heading as follows: “Of two lands or houses … Continue reading →

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Lilly’s misleading oversimplification of triplicity rulers

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Anthony Louis

Recently I posted a discussion of “Should I?” questions in horary astrology. One astrologer commented that she was puzzled by my statement that one of Lilly’s charts (“if she should marry the elderly man”) with Mercury ruling the Ascendant and … Continue reading →

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Bonatti: Will I occupy the besieged castle?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Anthony Louis

In his Treatise 6: On Questions Bonatti discusses a horary chart whose outcome is not obvious on first glance (Dykes translation, p. 515).  Apparently Count Guido Novello was besieging the castle of his enemy, the Luccans, and he asked Bonatti … Continue reading →

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The logic behind triplicity rulers

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Anthony Louis

Recently I’ve been thinking about triplicity rulers and wondering about the logic behind the different systems.  I first learned triplicity rulers from William Lilly’s Christian Astrology (1647) and later learned the Dorothean system from Dorotheus’ 1st century work Carmen Astrologicum. … Continue reading →

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Chris Brennan’s discovery about Triplicities and the Joys of the Planets

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Anthony Louis

I had the pleasure of attending Chris Brennan’s webinar on 18 May 2013 about the joys of the planets.  The issue of the various systems of triplicities has long been puzzling to astrologers.  Chris has done a great service in … Continue reading →

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Did William Lilly Understand Ptolemy Correctly?

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Anthony Louis

This is a follow-up to my previous post about triplicity rulers. In the 1940 Robbins/Loeb translation of Tetrabiblos Ptolemy discusses triplicities on pages 83 to 87, “Of the Triangles.”  Ptolemy begins by saying that the zodiac is divided into four … Continue reading →

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Triplicity: The Third Essential Dignity

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Anthony Louis

Triplicities: Ptolemy, Lilly, Dorotheus, Morinus My first contact with triplicities came when I was learning horary astrology some 30 odd years ago.  I obtained a copy of William Lilly’s Christian Astrology (1647) and read it cover to cover.  Lilly presents … Continue reading →

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