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This is the first systematic presentation of Hellenistic astrology to the modern astrological world, and as such it uncovers rigorous techniques that have been lost to us for centuries. How exactly did ancient astrologers assess a chart for fame, career, and parents, love, and happiness? This book surveys ancient depictions of planets, affiliations between the planets and the zodiac, lots, houses or places, aspects, orientality, and fixed stars. The final chapters survey predictive systems used by ancient astrologers. Ancient natal and predictive techniques are applied to the charts and lives of over forty well-known historical and contemporary figures.Students and professional astrologers will find this book a treasure of astrological insight, technique, and new interpretative possibilities. Not only will you gain knowledge of how ancient astrologers practiced their trade, but you will also have new tools that apply to modern life.

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Ancient Greece

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Publié par	The Wessex Astrologer Ltd
Date de parution	15 juillet 2009
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781910531020
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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ASTROLOGICAL ROOTS: THE HELLENISTIC LEGACY
JOSEPH CRANE
Published in 2007 by The Wessex Astrologer Ltd 4A Woodside Road Bournemouth BH5 2AZ England
www.wessexastrologer.com
Copyright Joseph Crane
Joseph Crane asserts the moral right to be recognised as the author of this work.
ISBN 1902405242
A catalogue record of this book is available at The British Library
Cover design by Creative Byte, Poole, Dorset.
No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without the express permission of the publisher. Reviewers may quote short sections.
CONTENTS
Chart data
Preface
Introduction
1 Astrology s Bricks and Mortar
2 Astrology s Planets
3 Kinship of Planets and the Zodiac
4 Triplicities
5 Planetary Lords and Determination of Soul
6 The Hellenistic Lots
7 The Twelve Places
8 Aspects and other Connections
9 The Planets and When You See Them
10 Representing Love and Parents
11 The Non-Wandering Stars
12 Transits and Profections
13 Planetary Time Lord Systems
14 Ascensions and Directions
Bibliography
Index
CHART DATA
(All data and ratings are from astrodatabank unless otherwise specified)
Ali, Muhammad January 17 1942, 6:35 PM CST Louisville, Kentucky 38N15/85W46
Source: birth certificate or record; AA Rodden rating
Allen, Woody December 1 1935, 10:55 PM EST Bronx, New York 40N51/73W54
Source: birth certificate; AA rating
Aquino, Corazon January 25 1933, 4:00 AM CCT Malate, Philippines 14N34/120E59
Source: biography; B rating
Bernadette of Lourdes January 7 1844, 2:00 PM LMT Lourdes, France 43N06/0W03
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Blair, Tony May 6 1953, 6:10 AM GMD Edinburgh, Scotland 55N57/3W13
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Blake, William November 28 1757, 7:45 PM LMT London, England 51N31/0W06
Source: from memory; A rating
Brando, Marlon April 3 1924, 11:00 PM CST Omaha, Nebraska 41N16/95W56
Source: Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating:
Browning, Elizabeth March 6 1806, 7:00 PM LMT Kelloe, England 56N20/02W18
Source: biography; B rating
Bush, George July 6 1946, 7:26 AM EDT New Haven, Connecticut 41N18/72W56
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Charles, Prince November 14 1948, 9:14 PM GMT London, England 51N30/0W10
Source: news report; A rating
Churchill, Winston November 30 1874, 1:30 AM LMT Woodstock, England 51N52/1W21
Source: from memory; A rating (In this work Churchill s birth time has been rectified to 1:31 AM)
Clinton, Bill August 19 1946, 8:51 AM AHST Hope, Arkansas 33N40/93W35
Source: from memory; A rating
Clinton, Chelsea February 27 1980, 11:24 PM CST Little Rock, Arkansas 34N45/92W17
Source: news report; A rating
Curie, Marie November 7 1867, 10:36 AM GMT Warszawa, Poland 52N15/21E00
Source: birth certificate or record AA rating
Dalai Lama July 6 1935 4:38 AM LMT Tengster Village, Tibet 36N32/101E12
Source: from memory; A rating
De Sade, Marquis June 2 1740, 5:00 PM LMT Paris, France 48N52/2E20
Source: Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Diana, Princess July 1 1961, 7:45 PM GDT Sandringham, England 52N50/0E30
Source: from memory; A rating
Dickinson, Emily December 10 1830, 4:40 AM LMT Amherst, Massachusetts 42N22/72W31
Source: biography; B rating
Elizabeth II, Queen April 21 1926, 2:40 AM GDT London, England 51N30/0W08
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Fisher, Amy August 21 1974, 9:26 PM EDT Oceanside, New York 40N38/73W38
Source: news report; A rating
Freud, Sigmund May 6 1856, 6:30 PM LMT Freiberg, Germany 49N38/18E09
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Garcia, Jerry August 1 1942, 12:05 PM PWT San Francisco, California 37N47/122W25
Source: Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating:
Jefferson, Thomas April 13 1743, 7:06:48 AM GMT Shadwell, Virginia 38N00/78W23
Source: Io Edition database: http://timecycles.com/ (Conflicting times, according to astrodatabank.)
Pope Benedict. April 16 1927, 4:15 AM CET Marktl, Germany 48N15/12E51
Source: birth certificate; AA rating
Pope John Paul II. May 18 1920, 5:30 PM EET Wadowice, Poland 49N53/19E30
Source: from memory; A rating
Joyce, James February 2 1882, 6:24 AM GMT Dublin, Ireland 53N20/6W15
Source: news report; A rating
Jung, Carl July 26 1875, 7:32 PM LMT Kesswil, Switzerland 47N36/9E20
Source: from memory; A rating
Kennedy, John May 29 1917, 3:00 PM Brookline, Massachusetts 42N20/71W07
Source: from memory; A rating
Kerry, John December 11 1943, 7:10 AM MST John Fitzsimons US Army Base, Colorado 39N44/104W50
Source: originally from memory; A rating. (Now C rating: disputed)
Lewinsky, Monica July 23 1973, 12:21 PM PDT San Francisco, California 37N46/122W25
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
McCain, John August 29 1936, 9:00 AM EST Coco Solo Air Force Base, Panama 9N22/79W53
Source: from memory; A rating
Merton, Thomas January 30 1915, 9:00 AM GMT Prades, France 42N37/2E26
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Monroe, Marilyn June 1 1926, 9:30 AMJ PST Los Angeles, California 34N04/118W15
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Mother Teresa August 26 1919, 2:25 PM MET Skopje, Serbia 41N59/21E26
Source: DD conflicting birth times
Mozart, Wolfgang January 27 1756, 8:00 PM LMT Salzburg, Austria 47N48/13E02
Source: biography; B rating
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy July 28 1929, 2:30 PM EDT Southampton, New York 40N53/72W23
Source: from memory; A rating
Padre Pio May 25 1887, 4:10 PM LMT Pietrelcina, Italy 41N12/14E51
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Peron, Eva May 7 1908, 5:14 AM LMT Buenos, Aires, Argentina 34S36/58W27
Source: biography; B rating (Some other sources give her a birth year of 1919.)
Stewart, Martha August 3 1941, 1:33 PM EDT Jersey City, New Jersey 40N43/74W04
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Swaggart, Jimmy March 15 1935, 1:35 AM CST Ferriday, Louisiana 31N38/91W33
Source: birth certificate or record; AA rating
Taylor, Elizabeth February 27 1932, 2:15 AM GMT London, England 51N30/0W10
Source: from memory; A rating
Thatcher, Margaret October 13 1925, 9:00 AM GMT Grantham, England 52N55/0W39
Source: from memory; A rating
Wilson, Bill November 26 1895, 3:00 AM EST East Dorset, Vermont 43N15/73W00
Source: biography; B rating
PREFACE
Astrology is one of the great adventures of human civilization and has contributed greatly to people s lives and to our culture over time. Astrology s purpose is to use the positions of the planets and stars in the sky to gather information on the individual and on humanity. Astrology is a system that enables us to understand the past, present and the future within a universe full of meaning.
This noble enterprise has spanned different cultures and historical periods and has had its times of flowering and being on the fringes, yet over time astrology has remained with us, always adapting to new conditions.
The basic fields of astrology have not changed for thousands of years. Astrologers today are less concerned than those in the past with the direct effects of the planets on this physical earth, but instead read the sky for how it can symbolize circumstances and events in our lives. Some astrologers today apply the symbols of astrology to the larger and smaller movements of history, politics, and culture: the field of mundane astrology. Based upon the rising degrees and planetary configurations for the time of birth, astrologers can determine the qualities of an individual, and make predictions about likely events in the context of that person s life. This is called natal astrology and it is the focus of this book.
Over many centuries, individual life circumstances may change but our human concerns have changed very little. For centuries people have wanted to know about their marriages and business prospects, their family and community and their own physical and psychological condition. They have also been interested in applying astrology to their prospective lovers or marriage partners and to their children. They also want to know how these issues change over a lifetime. As in the past, people are still interested in how long they or others might live.
In my view, modern astrology has become weaker by deviating from its tradition, and so I need to begin with some criticisms of modern practice.
Influenced by the theosophical movement of the 1800s, some astrologers have become interested in the soul s progress through lifetimes and its ongoing spiritual education. Sometimes the astrologer has been able to greatly help the individual; there is, however, a temptation to use astrological symbolism to impose one s spiritual ideology upon the client. A client can neither affirm nor deny the astrologer s speculations about previous lifetimes, and the astrologer can miss the urgency of the client s present circumstances.
Following the theosophical tradition, some astrologers try to use astrological symbolism to assert that human consciousness as a whole is evolving. As attractive as this notion may seem to us, I do not see that we have become better or worse, any more or less ethical or spiritual, over the many centuries of human culture.
Influenced by the speculations of Jungian psychology and other psychoanalytic schools of the mid-twentieth century, some astrologers have been more interested in examining the unconscious than the real life and circumstances of the person. This can result in astrological interpretations that accent the extreme and the unknowable. Newer astrologers often fall victim to this tendency. Astrology s symbols are often reduced to psychological factors only, to the detriment of the multilevel richness of astrology s symbolism.
These two approaches - the transcendent and the psychodynamic - may also set up the astrologer as some kind of high priest, something for which most astrologers are not qualified. Astrology can do better by serving its original and ongoing purpose: helping people with