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The celestial couple: Venus’ heliacal phases
Hathor and Isis are often represented with horns. These horns do not refer to Venus’ domicile Taurus but represent Venus’ heliacal phases.
Read onThe decumbiture – part 1
This article article has previously been published by the German Meridian (2012), the Italian Linguaggio Astrale (2013) and the English AA Journal (2018). The following is part one of two.[…]
Read onSymbolism of the celestial rooster
Nowadays, when somebody sees a rooster, s/he is probably reminded of grilled chicken and eggs, or, if a vegetarian, of chicken batteries and the film Chicken Run.Back in the day,[…]
Read onMother’s crimes, daughter’s murder
Gypsy Rose Blanchard had her boyfried murder her mother after many years of horrific abuse. Dee Dee Blanchard had pretended that her daughter suffered from various severe diseases, such as[…]
Read onBroken finger horary
When I am invited to a conference as a speaker, I usually try to attend all of the talks. So I was all set to do so yesterday morning, too.[…]
Read onWaxing and waning Venus
We all know about the lunar phases, the waxing and waning crescent and the first and third quarter Moon. We can see them daily in the sky. Since Venus is[…]
Read onBienvenidos al 5° Congreso de astrologia!
En este congreso de astrologia en lengua española les voy a hablar de la importancia de las declinaciones y en particular de los lunisticios. Vamos a ver el papel de[…]
Read onOn minor planetary years and degree-families
In traditional textbooks, we often find a list of minor planetary years.They indicate when planets get activated in a chart and are particularly important in zodiacal releasing. But what exactly[…]
Read onAntigonos of Nicaia on Dorphory
My friend and collegue Ashwin Subramanyan has recently published a short article on dorphory, also referred to as spear-bearing. Bells rang as I remembered Stephan Heilen’s translation and Antigonos of[…]
Read onSpinning top or tumbler? The quest of the precession of the equinoxes.
Most of us are aware of the western concept of the precession of the equinoxes. At the same time, I do believe that the majority is unaware of the fact[…]
Read onWhat’s your career? Ptolemy’s use of the helical rising planet
Ptolemy gives clear instructions about how to determine a client’s career. In his technique, the heliacal rising plays a fundamental role.
Read onCapricorn Ingress 2022
The Capricorn Ingress chart 2022 cast for Rome shows a pretty impressive chart with Mars right on the MC:
Read onThe Decumbiture II: Culpeper’s use of Mooncrisis charts
There are many different techniques regarding decumbitures and their origin goes far back in time. The physicians Hippocrates (460-379 BC) and Galen (129-200 AD) were probably the most prominent representatives,[…]
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