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Detriment: A Questionable Distinction | Part 1: Historical Development

February 2, 2020September 9, 2020 Ant 12 Comments abu 'ali, Abu Bakr, Abu Ma'shar, adversities, al-andarzaghar, antiochus of athens, arabic astrology, ben dykes, chris brennan, debility, detriment, dignity, domicile, Dorotheus, exaltation, exile, fall, firmicus maternus, greco-roman astrology, greek astrology, Hellenistic astrology, hephaistio, hephaistion of thebes, liber hermetis, manetho, Masha'allah, medieval astrology, Paulus Alexandrinus, persian astrology, porphyry, ptolemy, reconstruction, rhetorius, Robert Schmidt, roman astrology, sahl, serapio, teucer, theophilus of edessa, umar al-tabari, Valens, wabal, zodiac

Update 9/4-9/20: A little over a month ago, this article was mentioned on a podcast where its arguments were misrepresented,

Traditional Astrology of Death | Special Techniques for Length of Life

June 29, 2015April 30, 2019 Anthony 2 Comments alcocoden, anaereta, apheta, ascensional times, ascensions, control, death, Dorotheus, firmicus maternus, governor, haylaj, hyleg, jarbakhtar, kerkorian, length of life, longevity, manilius, Paulus Alexandrinus, planetary years, primary directions, ptolemy, rising times, secondary directions, secondary progressions, solar return, transits, tropical zodiac, Valens

Length of Life Techniques In Hellenistic astrology, astrologers often presented special techniques for determining the length of life. The method

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Astrology of Religion, Atheism, and Belief | 13. Beyond Basics – Randi Revisited

April 23, 2012December 7, 2018 Anthony 7 Comments 3rd House, 9th house, abu 'ali, Abu Bakr, celebrity, dodecatemory, firmicus maternus, james randi, Lot of Faith, Lot of Spirit, mercury, religion, skeptic, twelfth-parts, umar al-tabari

Introduction One of the first topical series on the site pertained to the delineation of faith. I initially laid out

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Principles Twelfth-Parts

Twelfth-Parts | 2. The Secret Second Chart

April 10, 2012August 13, 2018 Anthony 17 Comments antiscia, dodecatemoria, dodecatemory, duodecimae, duodena, firmicus maternus, manilius, rhetorius, steve jobs, twelfth-parts

Secret Charts For, if you want to explain the entire substance of the astrological significations from the efficacy of the

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Principles Twelfth-Parts

Twelfth-Parts | 1. Introducing the Dodecatemory of the Signs

April 6, 2012August 8, 2018 Anthony 40 Comments adolf hitler, celebrity, dodecatemoria, dodecatemory, duodecimae, duodena, dwad, dwadashama, firmicus maternus, jeffrey dahmer, Masha'allah, Paulus Alexandrinus, twelfth-parts

Twelfth-Parts There is a secret key to the zodiac. Inside every zodiacal sign there are another twelve-signs. This division of

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Astrological Predictive Techniques | Planetary Years | 1. Minor Years and the Division of Days

March 24, 2012September 14, 2018 Anthony 29 Comments adolf hitler, alfred witte, bernie madoff, chronocrator, firmicus maternus, minor years of the planets, planetary days, planetary years, vettius valens, whitney houston

Years for Planets? Many modern astrologers may not realize that each of the planets has certain numbers of years assigned

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Resources Texts

Top Seven Free Ancient Astrology Texts Online in English | Valens, Ptolemy, Maternus, and more

October 19, 2011January 19, 2019 Anthony 3 Comments anonymous of 379, Dorotheus, firmicus maternus, free, free ancient astrology texts, free astrology books, Hellenistic astrology, medieval astrology, ptolemy, resources, serapio, texts, Valens

Online Hellenistic and Persian Texts It is rather exciting time in the study of ancient astrology. Most of the Hellenistic