Introduction This series of articles has been about testing and refining an ancient Hellenistic approach to the astrology of a person’s profession or occupation. It can be best to view the results as pertaining to skills used in the context … Continue reading
Introduction Like so many people around the world, I was saddened to hear of Donna Summer’s recent passing. Summer died on Thursday, May 17th after a battle with lung cancer. Donna Summer is a dearly missed musical icon. I missed … Continue reading
Introduction I was about halfway through an article on the death of Donna Summer when my friend Ile Spasev brought Marvin Gaye to my attention. The timing of Gaye’s 1984 death at the hands of his father is absolutely fascinating. … Continue reading
Enjoy a Good Mystery? There was a mystery chart challenge posted in Skyscript’s astrology forum by Tom Callanan a couple months ago. Tom posted three charts without names or birth data. He asked readers to see if they could figure … Continue reading
Introduction One of the first topical series on the site pertained to the delineation of faith. I initially laid out some general guidelines based solely on basic principles, rather than special techniques. The basic ground rules were laid out in … Continue reading
Years for Planets? Many modern astrologers may not realize that each of the planets has certain numbers of years assigned to it. Even in today’s traditional astrological circles the years of the planets are underutilized for prediction. Most of the … Continue reading
This article was significantly updated in April of 2018. Primary Directions Buzz Few techniques are accompanied by more hype than primary directions. Late traditional astrology was a time when the complexity of an astrologer’s mathematical abilities were more important than … Continue reading
A Look at Public Sexual Deviance This series is sure to be offensive to many people. However, it is an important matter. Have you ever wondered if ancient astrology has anything to say about sexual behavior that is contrary to … Continue reading
Introduction Scorpio often gets a bad rap in modern astrology for being particularly sexually intense. To be fair, connections between Venus as sexuality and Mars as passion and energy-overload could pertain to lust in ancient astrology. Therefore, a case might … Continue reading
Symmetry and Sympathy In this article, we’ll look at some unique symmetry-based relationships between the signs of the zodiac. These relationships pertain to antiscia, as well as the related concept of contra-antiscia. Antiscia are degrees symmetrical about the solstitial points. In other … Continue reading
