The concept of Astrological sect is very simple. If you were born during the day, your chart belongs to the day, or diurnal, sect. If you were born at night, your chart belongs to the night, or nocturnal, sect. Astrologers who use the concept of sect in their work read day charts and night chartsContinue reading “Day Vs. Night Charts: Sect in Astrology”
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Looking at Ages 24 through 29 with Annual Profections
Some recent chart readings I’ve done for people in their mid-twenties have made me appreciate the astrological timing technique of annual profections in new ways. I want to focus here on what annual profections have to say, in general, about this important time in life. I think that the 20’s are a time when astrologyContinue reading “Looking at Ages 24 through 29 with Annual Profections”
A Rectified Horoscope of W. G. Sebald
I forget exactly when I first discovered the German writer, W. G. Sebald. It was in the few years after his death from a heart attack in 2001, at age 57. He had been publishing books in German since the late 1980s, and it was only with the English publication of his book The EmigrantsContinue reading “A Rectified Horoscope of W. G. Sebald”
Forecasts for All 12 signs for the Taurus-Scorpio Eclipses, April 2022—October 2023
What began unassumingly at the lunar eclipse on April 30, 2022 will inaugurate a new phase in life activity that will shape the next year and half in important ways. What areas of life where those changes happen will happen will depend on each person’s individual chart. This post is my attempt to describe thoseContinue reading “Forecasts for All 12 signs for the Taurus-Scorpio Eclipses, April 2022—October 2023”
Astrological Houses: Houses 7-12
Houses 7-12 In this post I will continue my thumbnail summary of the astrological houses, this time houses 7-12. These are the houses that we find above the horizon, which, in traditional thought, symbolize the realm of Spirit and the mind as opposed to the realm of Fortune and the body, which are symbolized byContinue reading “Astrological Houses: Houses 7-12”
Some Basic Meanings for Astrological Houses 1-6
This is the second part of a three-part series. In the first part I summarized the basic idea of houses and discussed the main systems for dividing houses. It is not essential reading, so you can begin with this post if you like. Because of space, I’m only dealing with the first six houses here.Continue reading “Some Basic Meanings for Astrological Houses 1-6”
Astrological Houses, Part 1: An Explainer on the Basics of House Division Systems
Houses are one of the 4 basic facets of astrological theory and practice. You can see a lot by looking at (1) planets in (2) signs and by analyzing the (3) aspects between them, but (4) houses give you the ability to see the life areas in which the planets and signs and aspects areContinue reading “Astrological Houses, Part 1: An Explainer on the Basics of House Division Systems”
Some Meanings of Planets and Signs through the Second House
Some Meanings of Planets and Signs through the Second House The second house is a succedent house. Planets in the second house are under the horizon and are rising toward the ascendant. That is, what is in the second house will succeed, or are next in line to, the rising sign. This succedent quality makesContinue reading “Some Meanings of Planets and Signs through the Second House”
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