“This section is about finding out which parent is most likely to die first by examining the birth charts of the children. Dorotheus says that the sect of the chart must be considered and indicates what planets you look at for the mother and father. He says that if you were born during the day, the Sun represents the father and Venus represents the Mother; but by night, the father is represented by Saturn and the mother by the Moon. However, Valens says the following…”

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“On 10 January 1776, Thomas Paine published a 47 page pamphet entitled “Common Sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America’. In Paine’s view Europe was corrupt and tainted by its past whereas America was fresh and pure. America must strive for independence. Several years later, Paine wrote in his book: The Age of Reason, “I saw, or at least I thought I saw, a vast scene opening itself to the world in the affairs of America; and it appeared to me that unless the Americans changed the plan they were then purusing and declared themselves independent, they would not only involve themselves in a multiplicity of new difficulties, but shut out the prospect that was then offering itself to mankind through their means’. It is very clear that like many famous Americans since Thomas Paine “had a dream” very appropriate indeed for a land with Neptune in the 9th house…”

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“Of the ten possible charts that Lois Rodden lists for the US, I personally choose to use the Sibley chart and no other. The Sibley horoscope embodies intent. It is a clear expression of will and as such, it is a powerful invocation and a wonderful example of how thought shapes action, of how soul informs matter. The declaration reads as a list of grievances which serve to justify the action that will follow. It is also a declaration of war – and here we have Mars in Gemini (the militia) in the 7th house (open enemies) squaring Neptune in the 9th..”

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Until the late 17th century the practice of astrology was closely linked with medicine. From as far back as 470 BC Hippocrates of Cos, the Greek physician who established medical schools in Athens believed that the heavenly bodies affected man. A medical diagnosis could best be determined by a person’s birth map. The person’s nature, as shown by his chart, was aided to react against the disease which was believed to be an imbalance of the four ‘humours’.

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People with great sexual power - who aren’t afraid to use it - fascinate us with their audacity. They are extreme forces of nature. So what makes a legendary seducer? We’ll take a look at the charts of Mata Hari and the Marquis de Sade to see what makes them so compelling…”

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“Okay, I admit it: I picked the title for this entry because it’s a lot more exciting sounding than “Derivative Houses: An Under-appreciated Astrological Technique.” But if you are learning astrology, the Derivative Houses Technique really is a great way to bring depth to your understanding of a birth chart…”

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“When we think of dedicated Christian eschatologists, the name Isaac Newton doesn’t usually spring to mind, but perhaps it should. He had a particular passion, during the last forty years of his life, for researching and reconciling ancient chronology with Biblical prophecy. Frank Manuel, who has published extensively on Newton’s life and work, elaborates on Newton’s public image as an enlightened, thoroughly rational, modern scientist:

’’That part of the Newtonian system which was related to his puritanical bibliolatry and to his interpretation of prophecy was, of course, rejected by most eighteenth-century intellectuals and for many years was kept hidden as a shameful weakness in their new god.” (Manuel, 1980, 380)

Shortly after Newton’s death in 1727, rumours began to circulate, insinuating that Newton suffered a complete breakdown in 1693, and that all of his later works were the products of mental illness…”

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Chart drawn for Midnight, 1 Jan. 105 AD
Source: Greek Horoscopes by Neugebauer & Van Hoesen
(APS., Philadelphia, 1959), p.103

As might be expected, the judgment of wealth has interested astrologers and their clients since ancient times. The nativity above is taken from the Anthology of Vettius Valens, an astrologer of the 2nd century AD, who left the earliest known collection of astrological case histories.

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“Throughout the world, all ancient or primitive cultures have held a similar type of ceremony to celebrate the new year. In general, this ritual usually involved someone, who represented the old year, being driven out by someone representing the new year. The new year person usually led a procession of some kind, often made up of dancers or people who jumped and leaped. Such a procession is precisely what occurred during the earliest Olympic festivals in Greece.

There are several myths which describe the origin of these Olympic festivals which were the inspiration for today’s Olympic games. One story tells of a man named Pelops who wanted to marry Hippodamia, the daughter of King Oenomaus…”

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Emperor Tiberius used to hurl his astrologers off the cliff top. Even today, we like to preface some things with, “Please don’t kill the messenger.”

Many Roman Emperors, including Hadrian (pictured below) were themselves skilled astrologers.

Emperor Hadrian of Rome

Towards the end of the Middle Ages, when learning had virtually stopped, Charlemagne, founder of the Holy Roman Empire, was a skilled astrologer, at least by legend, and had as his personal astrologer, the English monk Alcuin [also known as Alcinus] whom he brought from England. Charlemagne learned to read Latin and some Greek but apparently did not master writing…”

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