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,[…]
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Mother’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[…]
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Waxing 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[…]
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On 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[…]
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Antigonos 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[…]
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Spinning 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[…]
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What’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.
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Capricorn Ingress 2022
The Capricorn Ingress chart 2022 cast for Rome shows a pretty impressive chart with Mars right on the MC:
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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.
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The 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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Mars OOB, on autopilot at the Bull’s horn
I have posted on this topic on Instagram here and here, but will now look at it from a more astronomical perspective. You will find much more on this in[…]
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The Sumerian five pointed star
The Sumerian five pointed star might represent the Sun during an eclipse.
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