tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247007612024-03-18T03:19:01.837-04:00Lee Lehman's Astro BlogJ. Lee Lehman, PhD, astrologer, author, and PractitionerJ. Lee Lehmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595700198283919209noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700761.post-58347243268082115682020-11-06T16:22:00.025-05:002020-11-08T17:21:06.158-05:00Inaugurations and Solar Returns: A Subtle Distinction<p> ©2020 J. Lee Lehman</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The US Constitution is clear: the term of office of President and Vice President of the United States begins at noon on 20 January following a presidential election. This has been true since the 20th amendment was adopted 23 January 1933: before that, inauguration occurred on 4 March.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When a chart is run for noon on 20 January, the Ascendant given is 13 or 14 Taurus, leading one to the observation that the nation (Ascendant) is now always given by Venus, while the President is given by Saturn (MC). Thus, astrologers have often observed since 1933 about the aging effect of being president, which astrologically makes a lot of sense.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is almost always ignored is that the precise minute of the zero degrees Aquarius Sun varies slightly from election cycle to election cycle. For most purposes, this is just not relevant - but it is if you wish to study consecutive solar returns. And this in turn has one very important impact.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the astrological discussion leading up to the 2016 and 2020 elections, Deborah Houlding has highlighted the impact of the ascension charts as discussed by Masha'allah. (<a href="https://opaastrology.org/OPASEPT2020PUBLIC.pdf" target="_blank">See, for example, her article in the October 2020 issue of the Career Astrologer</a>). The idea behind this technique is pretty simple. In attempting to create a chart for the reign of a particular king, Masha'allah proposed the use of a mundane chart that would represent the birth of the reign. This is an older technique than doing a chart for the precise time of death of the old monarch, which would be equivalent to the inauguration time in the USA. Deborah has discussed the use of the Aries Ingress chart which occurs in election years as the appropriate chart. She has discussed this not so much as a predictive technique for who wins (although that may be at least implicit in the chart), as for describing the nature of the reign. Put into the specifics of the election we have the following:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Donald Trump's "reign" or ascensional chart began with the Aries Ingress chart of 2016. There is only one "beginning of reign" chart, so the 2020 Aries Ingress chart does not change his reign if he is reelected.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Joe Biden's reign (ascensional chart) would begin with the 2020 Aries Ingress chart - again, showing the nature of his "reign," not an explicit prediction of whether he would win.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If this seems a little confusing, there is a good reason. We are actually dealing with two different charts:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The ascensional chart (Aries Ingress) is calculated from a traditional mundane chart of the year. </span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">An actual timed event (inauguration) marks the legal beginning of a new reign. <br /></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The ascensional chart shows the mundane conditions under which a reign develops. And in a world in which the precise time of death of the old monarch - the traditional event marking the new reign of the next monarch - might not have been known, the ascensional chart has the advantage of always being available.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Once a reign starts, there is no future chart of the magnitude of the start of reign. <i>Continuing</i> to rule is not a rooted time, so to speak, whereas <i>beginning</i> a rule is such an event.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What this means is the the 2021 inaugural event chart is much more significant for Joe Biden because it would be an inception for him, while in Trump's case, the 2017 inaugural chart would still be in operation.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So what is the 2021 inauguration chart for Donald Trump, should he prevail? The answer is: very little. But what will be useful is another solar return of the 2017 chart - and this is where it gets interesting. Now, the couple of minutes different on the Sun position produces the following result.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Vn9r_jBmKU/X6W53CDqQiI/AAAAAAAAFDw/RzOj82kwAu4c39Fkfv-Q8dx7TVUt_BJ-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s917/2016-2020_inaugurandSR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="917" height="494" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Vn9r_jBmKU/X6W53CDqQiI/AAAAAAAAFDw/RzOj82kwAu4c39Fkfv-Q8dx7TVUt_BJ-wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h494/2016-2020_inaugurandSR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's review: the upper left-hand chart is the inauguration from the 2020 election. The upper right-hand chart is for the 2016 election. The lower chart is the solar return of the 2016 election. The lower chart is completely irrelevant if Biden wins.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But let's compare the 2020 chart and the 2016 solar return. The 2016 chart solar return for 2021 shows a much more belligerent populace with the Moon in Aries partile conjunct the Ascendant. By contrast, the 2021 chart shows that Moon lurking in the 12th: private enemies of this administration go underground but don't go away. But with Venus ruling Ascendant and trine it, the temperature level of the nation drops.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 2017, because there was no chance that the sitting President could continue a prior inauguration "reign," the 2017 inaugural chart applied to either competitor. 2020 is different, and it is interesting that the two charts - inauguration and solar return of prior inauguration - both seem to describe the men very well.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>Copyright © 2017 leelehman.com. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: #ffff00;">I am indebted to Kyle Pierce,
for pointing out an error in the computation of the 2020 series of
Mars-Saturn conjunctions. This error has been corrected, and
information about the charts of Spain has been inserted, since their
high death toll came up just after this article was written.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The astrology world was pretty unanimous in declaring that 2020 looked like a challenging year. But as we are all pausing to reflect on just how to think about the rest of 2020, I'd like to illustrate one component of that puzzle. Consider the superior planet conjunctions, specifically here the Mars-Saturn one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the classical period, the only conjunctions delineated were the Jupiter-Saturn, Mars-Jupiter, and Mars-Saturn. Later, there would be more possibilities, as additional outer planets were discovered. Of the three, the Jupiter-Saturn commanded almost all the attention. The twenty year duration of this cycle represented a significant period of time within an individual's lifetime, a lifespan that often only extended for only one or two of these conjunctions. But beyond the twenty year beat, the longer cycle of mutations - where the conjunction repeated in the same element for longer periods of time before the entire sequence of four elements would repeat - gave still longer periods of historical time which were long enough to encompass whole dynasties, religions, and longer term patterns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There was, however, one work specifically on the two shorter Mars series with Jupiter and Saturn written by the 17th century astrologer Richard Edlyn<span style="font-size: xx-small;">.(Edlyn, Richard. <i>Observationes Astrologicae, or, An Astrological
Discourse of the Effects of a Notable Conjunction of Saturn and Mars by
Richard Edlyn ...</i> London: Printed by J.W. for B. Billingsley, and O. Blagrave..., 1668.</span>) That said, there are references to its use scattered through mundane discussions at least back to <span class="fontstyle0">al-Qabisi <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(</span></span><span class="fontstyle0" style="font-size: xx-small;">Burnett, Charles, Keiji Yamamoto and Michio Yano. </span><span class="fontstyle2" style="font-size: xx-small;">Al-Qabisi (Alcabitious): <i>The Introduction to Astrology</i></span><span class="fontstyle0" style="font-size: xx-small;">. London: Warburg Institute, 2004, p. 109.)</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Mars-Saturn cycle was a roughly two year cycle which allowed the determination of which malefic would be dominant for that period.
To be simplistic: would a period be marked by fires and fevers, or by famine and pestilence? However, this short period was also seen as part of a larger pattern of Mars-Saturn conjunctions which was a thirty year pattern beginning with the conjunction in Cancer, according to al-Qabisi. Our current Mars-Saturn series by this reckoning began in 2004. We will examine that conjunction in three different locations in order to see whether or how this cycle initiation chart impacts later conjunctions in the series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This chart set for Rome, Italy is actually quite stunning for what is going on now with covid-19. The conjunction itself is at 11 Cancer in the 1st house: its angularity means that the effect will be visible to all. Mars rules the 6th house of illness: it is teamed with Saturn, the ruler of death. With Uranus at the MC one suspects a sudden cause. Jupiter in Detriment, which is the second ruler of the 6th, is partile conjunct the Part of Fortune at the IC, which among other things, rules the grave. If this is not enough argument of an Italian effect, the Sun for the 1871 Italy kingdom chart is at 10 Cancer, one degree away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">But now let's consider this 2004 cycle beginning in Wuhan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Notice: exactly the same planetary degrees: we are looking at the same chart, but in a different location. Now the conjunction is again in an angular house, with Saturn now the ruler of the 6th (disease), and Mars the ruler of the 8th (death), and Pluto conjunct the IC. Uranus in the 6th could represent the sudden appearance of the illness in this location</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now add the United States. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here the Mars-Saturn conjunction is succedent, so not as dramatic as the other charts. And remember: we are talking about a thirty year cycle. Mars rules the 2nd, and between 2008 and 2020, the effect seems clear enough. Apparently, the effect shown is primarily financial, although we would wonder what Mars-Saturn is doing in the 5th house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Obviously, there's way more to these charts than the present pandemic, but for the most part, we will ignore these other indicators. So if these charts are the beginning of the cycle, we can now skip forward to 2020, with the Mars-Saturn conjunction in Aquarius for 2020.</span><br />
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2004 Mars-Saturn conjunction in the 1</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: transparent;">st</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: transparent;">
house identified Italy as a probable site of whatever trends this
cycle represents. But in 2020, we see the Mars-Saturn conjunction at
the 4</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: transparent;">th</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: transparent;">
house cusp, which includes the image of the grave, balanced at the IC
by the closely approaching Jupiter-Pluto. This combination is
completely explosive. Venus, the chart ruler, is in the 8</span></span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: transparent;">th</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background: transparent;">
house of death. The Sun is conjunct the Kingdom Fortuna, while this
Mars-Saturn is virtually a nodal return for the kingdom. The
Ascendant of the 2020 Mars-Saturn activates the kingdom Neptune: not
a good combination!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">We already noted that the
ascension chart for King Juan Carlos (22 November 1975 12:45 pm CET
Madrid) has the Moon at 11 Cancer <i>in the 6th house of illness</i>.
The Sun at the Descendant for Madrid for the 2020 conjunction is
literally a sunset motif, richly symbolic of the sad parade of death
in Spain. Mercury and Neptune embracing the 6<sup>th</sup> house
shows the lungs, with the other lung-related planet, Jupiter, ruling
it. The ruler of the Ascendant is in the house of death. The image is
stark and terrible.</span></span></div>
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the angular similarity of the 2020 charts for Rome and Wuhan: the IC
for Italy is the Ascendant for Wuhan. Unlike the other locations, by
the time the 2020 Mars-Saturn occurred, the infection in Wuhan had
raged, and was receding. Whatever one thinks about the total number
of cases, it’s clear that the bulk of China’s experience of this
epidemic fell under the 2018 Mars-Saturn, so we present it here.</span></span>
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Capricorn Mars-Saturn is the phase shift of the cycle, being opposite
the opening Cancer conjunction. One therefore expects that this
halfway point would have a certain greater level of importance in the
series. The Mars-Saturn 2018 conjunction occurred in the 1<sup>st</sup>
house in Wuhan, with the Sun-Mercury in a partile square to the 2004
conjunction itself. Venus rules the 6<sup>th</sup> house in the 2018
chart, while the Fallen Moon in Scorpio separates from that Venus,
while squaring China’s Mars in the 8<sup>th</sup> house.</span></span></div>
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that the Sun in the 2018 and 2020 charts was almost identical: one
day off, and both squaring the Mars-Saturn from 2004. These charts do
not all lock precisely, but there is a lot of overlap.</span></span></div>
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about Washington? Now things look more grim.</span></span></div>
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</span></span>the 2004 conjunction, which also conjoined the
USA Sun, Mars ruled the 2<sup>nd</sup> house, while Saturn ruled the
1<sup>st</sup>, showing both malefics active in important places. <span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">The
2004 Mars-Saturn cycle also ruled the 2008 recession. The 2004
Mars-Saturn had no planets at all in strong essential dignity,
demonstrating a world stretched, and operating from a position of
fundamental weakness: With both malefics active in their most
negative manifestation, one could easily envision this combination as
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29 degree fixed Ascendant for Washington shows a nation reluctant to
change, while the 1</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">st</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">
house Uranus shows that change will happen, especially as the cadent
Sun comes to square it. But this is the key: the Sun was cadent, and
so the awareness or illumination of the Sun is diminished, probably
because the news wasn’t so good. The Moon in the 6</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">
showed problems with labor as well as with health, and this
opposition took place at the Bendings (points square the Nodes). What
is fascinationg about this pattern for Washington is that it was
taking place in succedent and cadent houses, thus out of public view
or emphasis. What was it? A large piece of it was the loss of 5
million manufacturing jobs since 2000 which were replaced by
generally lower paying service jobs, including in the health care
industry, which continued to grow. The USA continues to spend more on
health care than other nations, not because it is better, but
because health care costs have risen much higher than in other
countries. A country with no price controls on health care while
patting itself on the back even as quantitative measurements show
health care quality dropping looks a lot to me like Moon in Leo
opposite Neptune in the 6</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">
and 12</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">
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into this chart showing major financial realignment and a broken
health system rides a 2020 pandemic. The mess of malefics shows in the 6</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">
house of disease, and the ruler of the 8</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">
is in the 6</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">,
showing the danger of chronic infections. But into this mess, now the
angular Uranus is in the 10</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">,
not the 1</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">st</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">,
showing erratic leadership from the top opposing the fortune of the
country.</span></span></span></div>
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the Sun rules the country and the Sun is exalted. Or at the very
least, the Sun shines the light on what is going on. In this context,
I think the 9<sup>th</sup> house would represent science, a word
seldom mentioned in the current West Wing. But that cadent Sun is
partile square the 2004 Mars-Saturn series to which it belongs. Can
it prevail? We shall see.</span></div>
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shown in the upper left, certainly shows the economic impact of the
virus (2nd house). <span style="font-family: "liberation" serif , serif;"><span lang="en-US">Mercury
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2020 Mars-Saturn. Uranus in the 6th for the Aries Ingress certainly shows
the suddenness of the disease spike: but this chart lacks the
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2021 Aries Ingress shows both of these themes still present. Mars in
Gemini at the IC shows the state of the economy, and being mutable,
it's mixed. The same Mercury in Pisces that denoted death in the 2020
chart here shows one segment of the people (1st) still debilitated,
applying to square Mars, the ruler of the 2nd. These people still
need financial help because they are weak, and this could also be
showing a higher population of people with chronic disease related to
the aftermath of covid-19 The ruler of the 6th (Moon) applying to the
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one feature is very different between the charts. In the 2020
Ingress, the president is ruled by Mercury, in detriment, and
applying to Uranus in the 6th: being over his head and making erratic
decisions. In 2021 the president is Jupiter: out of Fall, and
conjunct the 1st, thus being completely aware of what is going on
with the country. The preponderance of double-bodied signs associated
with the 4th shows the land to be a mosaic of pockets: some areas
good, some areas not to good. Recovery does not look like a
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used the Mars-Saturn sequence here to develop the idea that this
little-used cycle can in fact provide intriguing information if we
use it according to its classically stated purpose: the examination
of short-term dangers to communities and nations that extend beyond
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Over the last few weeks, I have been putting together notes for my <a href="https://sta.co/med_masters.html" target="_blank">STA Medical Astrology Masters Course</a> related to epidemics. Naturally, this addresses the current Covid-19 coronavirus. A number of people have been asking me how we can view these outbreaks, and whether the natal chart can be used, or a horary. For an individual, both of these methods are fine for seeing whether the Native will be infected, or at least severely enough to be of concern. But for the epidemic itself, mundane methods must be used. The below is an exceprt from that material, addressing the charts relating to China for the next few years. This is not to condemn China, but since this virus first infected humans in China, the early course of the disease tells us much about how it will continue to thrive - or not. Most of the viral attacks of the past couple of decades have lasted only a year: but several have become regular. So the first question we must address is: will Covid-19 die down in the summer as is typical of virusues that mainly effect the respiratory system, and will it start up again in atse autumn or early winter 2020?<br />
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As this is on-going as I write, the facts I am presenting may not
turn out to be entirely accurate. As far as we currently know, the
first cases of this infection occurred in early December 2019 in
Wuhan, China. They were not initially identified as a new strain of
coronavirus, so detection and acknowledgment of the new virus were
slowed by the reluctance of Communist Party officials to admit
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Going
back to the Cancer Ingress 2019 in Wuhan, we see Neptune conjunct the
Ascendant. This is suggestive that something hidden, mysterious, or
deceptive was happening in Wuhan at the time, but it is impossible to
conclude that this had anything to do with the virus. The Sun was
ruling the 6<sup>th</sup>, which could mean a focus on disease: but
this is too vague to constitute a warning. The Libra Ingress shows a
focus on disease, the Moon-North Node conjunction in the 6<sup>th</sup>
and ruling the 6<sup>th</sup>, with that conjunction opposite
Saturn-Pluto in the 12<sup>th</sup>. While in the 12<sup>th</sup>,
dignified Saturn rules the Ascendant. The Sun in the 8<sup>th</sup>
begins to highlight the possibility of death. Note the Moon was trine
Neptune, which was not such a good ruler for the 6<sup>th</sup>,
especially with the likelihood expressed with the Node blowing things
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was under the Capricorn Ingress that cases began to accumulate, and
people began to die. The Sun was right on the MC, bringing to light
matters, and focusing attention on Wuhan. The Sun rules the 6<sup>th</sup>
house cusp. In the list of the pains of the planets, the Sun in
Capricorn equates to the diaphragm, which of course is the muscle
which is at the base of the lungs. Perhaps this is one general
indicator for all the lung disease which tends to occur in the
winter. The conjunction to Jupiter in the sign of his Fall aggravates
and aggrandizes the disease which is brought to light. No longer
would Wuhan’s claim to international fame be based on their tennis
tournament! The Moon was in Fall in Scorpio, at the 8<sup>th</sup>
house cusp and disposed by Mars in the 8<sup>th</sup>. Now we see an
unequivocal connection with death. The Ascendant at 29 degrees and so
close to Scheat is no argument of positive outcome. All angles at
29 represent a crisis and a rapidly changing circumstance.</div>
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Does
the Aries Ingress for 2020 bring hope? Sadly, no. Neptune conjunct
the MC looks like infection is in the news, so to speak; and it
speaks to continued difficulty of the higher-ups in developing a
coherent policy, just as the position of the Sun in the 10<sup>th</sup>
house mandates it. Using the system of the pains of the planets,
Jupiter in Capricorn represents the neck, and Jupiter itself rules
the lungs – and Jupiter is in Detriment until December, not to
mention partile conjunct Mars, the planet of acute disease. And let’s
not forget that Jupiter is applying to Pluto.
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Moon in Aquarius, peregrine in the 8<sup>th</sup> house, shows that
eyes are likely to be focused on mortality. Enough said.</div>
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The
cardinal Ascendant to the Aries Ingress indicates that all four
ingresses will be necessary to interpret events for this year: and
undoubtedly, events will be fast-moving, reflecting this situation.
Neptune conjunct the 10<sup>th</sup> in the Cancer ingress continues
to plague, with Mars joining in as well. Historically, most viruses
which affect the lungs as a primary site tend to abate or even almost
disappear over the summer months. Do we see evidence of that?</div>
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Because
of the angular similarity between Spring and Summer, we again see the
signature of Jupiter ruling the 6<sup>th</sup> – public sickness
and working conditions – only here, Jupiter has passed Pluto, and
is retrograding back to meet it again. Add to this the loaded 12<sup>th</sup>
house, and I would be doubtful that the virus will disappear,
although we may see the typical summer reduction. Also, since the 6<sup>th</sup>
rules work, and since General Chairman Xi is unlikely to wish to see
China endure any more economic decline than necessary, I would
surmise that a decrease in obvious disease would mean a significant
upturn in work: which itself could stress the people even more. With
the Moon ruling the Ascendant in a partile square with Mars at the
10<sup>th</sup>, I think that scenario is hugely likely.</div>
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Without
going into detail on the rest of the charts, what we see is actually
a fairly common theme when sequential ingresses are studied: a
recurring theme. In this case, it’s the angularity of Neptune. That
by itself may be a marker for infectious disease, as well as mystery,
deceit, cover-up, and confusion. But of perhaps more concern is that
Wuhan is not the capital of China, and its continued prominence is
symbolically significant. So if we want to see the effects for China,
we should shift to running the charts for Beijing.</div>
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In
this figure I have added the chart for the beginning of Communist
Party rule in China. But as far as the ingress charts are concerned,
the MC/IC angles are a few degrees different between Beijing and
Wuhan, and the Ascendant/Descendant are a little further off,
reflecting the longitude and latitude differences. Notice that the
angle hits are generally closer at Wuhan: except for the current
Capricorn Ingress. I think this is basically showing the delay in the
truth coming to light (Sun conjunct MC) was coming from Beijing. This
also tells us that we can basically pick either site to use for our
prognostications.
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addition of the chart for the Communist Party rule also points to one
additional point: that chart is about to have a Jupiter return.
Historically, the Chinese people used the Jupiter cycle in their
calendar, going so far as to attempt to make it precisely twelve
years in length. So I don’t find it surprising that Jupiter rules
two of the angles of this chart. Pluto fell upon the Chinese Jupiter
for the December 2019 Ingress, showing that Pluto concept of being
whacked by something bigger than the usual planning of “business as
usual.” The penchant for economic planning ran into something
entirely different and seemingly out of control. The actual Jupiter
return will occur very close to the Aries Ingress 2020. Clearly, this
is not a trivial time for China. The ruler of the 2<sup>nd</sup> in
the 10<sup>th</sup> may be said to indicate that Management is still
seeing this primarily as an economic matter rather than a public
health issue.</div>
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If
we follow these charts through into 2021 and 2022, the Ascendant in
each Aries Ingress is mutable, thereby indicating the need to
interpret both the Aries and the Libra Ingresses. The Aries Ingress
continues the angular Neptune pattern. With Saturn now in Aquarius
and ruling the 6<sup>th</sup> from its 12<sup>th</sup> (i.e., the
radical 5<sup>th</sup>), we are starting to see that the epidemic
pattern has not broken down. In addition to having Neptune conjunct
the Portals of Death, Jupiter, ruling that 7<sup>th</sup> house cusp,
is conjunct the Jupiter-Saturn position for the Black Plague.
Mercury, ruling the king is in the 6<sup>th</sup>, and strongly
debilitated, showing that either disease is rampant, or alternately,
working conditions are suspect.</div>
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yet – the ruler of the 2<sup>nd</sup> house is exalted – but
combust. The mixed signals may in part be explained by suggesting
that the economy is improving: and honestly, after 2020 and the
current situation, if the health status allows work to occur, one
would expect a considerable up-turn, as often happens after a
disaster which requires rebuilding. The combustion of Venus says to
me that there is still exhaustion and debris left in China’s
financial state at this time. It’s like the Dementors sucked almost
all the life out – but an exalted Venus still has a ray of hope.</div>
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Now,
if we are seeing a possible disease configuration, what we absolutely
cannot say is that it is the same virus. It is not uncommon for
viruses to mutate, as the flu virus does just about every year. So if
we presume that there will be a vaccine for Covid-19 in 2020, that’s
no guarantee that this work wouldn’t have to be repeated in 2021.
The September Ingress shows Jupiter conjunct the 7<sup>th</sup> cusp,
but not so strongly, but that Jupiter does rule the 8<sup>th</sup>.
The Moon is square Jupiter in the Communist Party chart, but the
Ascendant ruler Sun is in the 2<sup>nd</sup>, showing that the
country’s finances are a big focus at this time, while the 10<sup>th</sup>
house ruler is in the 3<sup>rd</sup> – focusing on domestic
transport, or other third house matters. While this may not be as bad
as 2020, I cannot say that this looks like a chart that breaks the
pattern. There is at least the residual of disease showing (and
possibly more active than that), and at least an attempt to alleviate
economic damage.</div>
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If
there is a viral disease beyond flu at this time, the March 2022
Aries Ingress could be showing a radical change in pattern, with
Uranus conjunct the 6<sup>th</sup> house cusp and Venus, the 6<sup>th</sup>
house ruler, besieged between Mars and Saturn, although perhaps we
might alternately say that Venus is contained! This besiegement may
be reduced in malignity by the fact that Saturn receives Venus, but
it will still represent difficulty. Jupiter, ruling the Ascendant and
7<sup>th</sup> is now highly dignified in Pisces, showing that the
economy is bouncing back. This would be a hard thing if the country
were in a disease lock-down. Here, we also see that Mercury ruling
the 10<sup>th</sup>, with such debility, is being received by that
Saturn: these two receptions with dignified superiors are to planets
with high essential dignity, and the Mercury-Jupiter one has the
added strength of angularity. The only problem here: Mercury is
ruling the 8<sup>th</sup>, and applying to the ruler of the 1<sup>st</sup>:
Death is asking Life for a favor – something which seldom works out
well for Life. And this conjunction is taking place in the 4<sup>th</sup>
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unfortunately while the economy seems to be rebounding the Lord of
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The
Libra Ingress for 2022 had Mars, ruler of the 1<sup>st</sup> and 6<sup>th</sup>
in the 8<sup>th</sup>. The emphasis on Mars would suggest fevers as
the primary health issue, but in cold damp Cancer, there’s still a
damp influence going into the winter infection season.
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This
pattern finally breaks up starting in 2023. Here, you see much more
of a focus around the 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup>: looking like
China had really gotten back to work at this time. The Moon, ruler of
the 6<sup>th</sup>, is in the 1<sup>st</sup> applying to Neptune,
which suggests to me that things are not quite back to normal. Death
(Venus, ruler of the 8<sup>th</sup> house) is not applying to Life
(Jupiter, ruler of the 1<sup>st</sup>), but there may be some 6<sup>th</sup>
house issues here of residual weakness. By 2024, the 2<sup>nd</sup>
and the 10<sup>th</sup> show that the health theme is completely
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So this is a summary of some of the mundane effects relating to China. To see the effects in other arts of the world, it would be necessary to examine these same charts relocated to other world capitals. </div>
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In the next year, I hope to publish a
series of articles about the mutation cycle of Jupiter-Saturn:
arguably, the most important astrological trend of our time. In this
blog post, I will not be providing the historical justification for
the ideas I present, but I want to begin with the immediate astrology
which is affecting us now. So we will begin in 1980, the year of the
first conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in air since 1405.</div>
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The Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions occur about every twenty years, but from the Arabic Middle Ages onward, astrologers recognized that these conjunctions were part of a greater elemental cycle. The conjunctions cluster together in one element before proceeding to the next, following the same sequence as we observe in the zodiac: from fire, to earth, to air, and then finally to water. Each change of element is called a mutation - the change into fire is called the great mutation. This process takes about 830 years, and the number of actual conjunctions within an element varies. Our current mutational cycle began in 1603 with the conjunction at 8 Sagittarius. The following mutation occurred in 1802 with a conjunction at 5 Virgo. For reasons we will explore in a future article, the advent of the conjunction into a new element is almost always followed by a subsequent conjunction or two in the previous element. This process was dubbed the retrogression of the conjunction by 17th century astrologers, and we will discuss a few of the consequences here, focusing on this theme in a later article - and also at my talk at the <a href="https://isar2020conference.sched.com/speaker/lee161?iframe=yes&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no" target="_blank">2020 ISAR conference</a>.</div>
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But let's begin. The first air conjunction occurred in
1980. Contemporary American astrologers were most struck by the fact
that President Reagan, while attacked, was the first president not to
die in office when associated with the years of the Jupiter-Saturn
conjunction. The breaking of the so-called Tecumseh's Curse was the
first indication that circumstances had changed. But other facets of
Reagan’s tenure were far more important for defining the change
into air - and many of these were barely noticed at the time.
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First, let's consider how he won the presidency, apart from the astrological help of Joan Quigley. Reagan was the beneficiary of the shift in the Republican Party to a realignment based upon combining racism, conservative (Christian) religious values, and the more traditionally Republican business support. Reagan used the slogan
“family values,” which was code for “traditional family
values,” which meant white heterosexual married with children, with
the wife in a subordinate position to the husband. As detailed in <i>The
long southern strategy : how chasing white voters in the South
changed American politics</i>, Maxwell and Shields demonstrate the
parallel priorities of the American Republican Party in mixing racism
and sexism in an attempt to create a new majority for the Party – a
strategy that culminated in the election of Donald Trump. I do not
believe that the air mutation is necessarily conservative by nature:
air is as changeable as the wind. Nor do I believe it is necessarily
religious, because secularism continued to jostle with religious
fervor throughout this period, and,in the USA at least, the biggest
religious trend was the growth of the religiously unaffiliated Nones. </div>
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The evolution of the Southern Strategy was
earth-based in that it occurred in the waning phase of the earth
element conjunctions. As such, it was a practical assessment of what
components of the American electorate could be combined to produce a
consistently winning majority. In the 1950s, the bulk of the
segregationists/racists were in the Democratic Party, because the
Republicans were still being blamed in the South for the Civil War, and
what they perceived of as the invasion of the South as its aftermath.It
was the recognition that a white patriarchal religious <i>mythos</i>
would produce an invincible voting bloc that moved the Republican Party
out of its doldrums - but it also began the process of creating a
polarized party rather than an inclusive umbrella.</div>
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The approximate chart for the conjunction
shows the conjunction in the 4th house - a clear reference to the land
of the USA, as well as for endings. But consider also that no region of the USA was more emotionally wedded to the land than the South:witness the rhetoric of <i>Gone With the Wind</i> if you doubt this point.</div>
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The
Southern Strategy may have begun with pragmatism, but can it survive in
an element as unstable as air? Before Reagan, Goldwater (unsuccessful)
and Nixon (successful at first) provided the anchors, but it was Reagan
who experienced the full benefit of the paradigm shift. Yet Reagan, who
exemplified the shift through his 1980 election, was himself a child of
the earth element - as were all those politicians on both sides of the
divide. The new paradigm by definition is created by denizens of the old
element. We could argue that Reagan had his feet firmly in both camps,
with natal Sun in Aquarius and Moon in Taurus.</div>
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positioning of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in the 4th house in 1980
may show that the appeal to family values would work. Beginnings and
endings in the 4th house can be marked literally by family matters.
Saturn is in exaltation in Libra: "traditional" (i.e., Saturn) are
literally being exalted. But it's worth remembering that an exaltation
is by nature a rise above one's place - and most of the time, an
exaltation is followed by a fall! The wheel of fortune will truly turn.
The patriarchs of the sky (and Jupiter has exaltation in the sir signs)
make their marks in a cardinal sign and an angular house: more power to
the patriarchs.</div>
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Our forebears, however, knew they could not calculate this conjunction accurately enough to run a chart - so they relied on the lunation before it. In 1980, that lunation occurred on the day of the winter solstice - also a nice symbol for beginning// ending as implied by the mutational shift. </div>
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That this lunation was also at an ingress completely fortifies the conclusion of its importance. And here, the forming conjunction is in the 6th house of workers and health care. What
Reagan and his group realized, far better than the Democrats of the
time, is that many union members were quite conservative on social
issues: a fact that meant that they were only natural allies with the
Democrats because of the politics of unions.
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This is a good example of the kind of
beginning and end process so characteristic of a mutation. A
substantial block of union members in such states as Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania was Catholic: a group which, at the time, was not
substantially aligned with the Republican Party. By breaking the
unions, Reagan severed the strongest connection to the Democrats.
Then by talking about family/moral values, the Republicans appealed
to the social conservatism of these same voters. Substantial numbers
of Catholics switched parties over the flash-point moral issues like
abortion and family planning, rather than the more pedestrian
traditional concepts of Christian charity and support for the
downtrodden. While today there still is a majority of Catholics who
lean Democratic, the number who voted for Trump in 2016 was 52%.</div>
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Reagan’s position as a pivotal figure
was firmly cemented by such political scientists as Stephen
Skowronek, who named his presidency as representing a
paradigm shift, the first since Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s own
paradigm-shifting presidency followed the major catastrophe of the
Great Depression: the conditions in the USA in 1980 were
comparatively mild <i>except</i>that
it was a mutation. Forces that had been coalescing since the 1950s
attempting to push the USA to the right “suddenly” gained
traction at the first appearance of the Jupiter-Saturn in air.
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Another concept that appeared around
1980 was Reagan’s remark that the USA would be shifting to a
service economy. What this meant at the time was not entirely clear,
although perhaps it should have been. In 1980, the United States was
a manufacturing country. The growth in the service sector would
change the distribution away from the higher paying manufacturing
jobs toward lower paying service jobs. This was one of many shifts
which were part of the massive transfer of wealth to the 1% that
began around 1970, in the waning years of the earth period. At the 1980 conjunction, we also see the approaching Saturn-Pluto conjunction (concentration of wealth) that is again forming now, at the beginning of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction which will cement the air mutation after its brief dalliance back in earth.</div>
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But where did the shift to the service economy occur? Among the biggest growth industries since the 1960s is the health care industry - yet another 6th house player. It was Nixon's favor to Edgar Kaiser that resulted in the HMO Act of 1973- which made health care the for-profit juggernaut it became, resulting in the health care industry becoming the leading employer in many communities.</div>
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Earth views the purpose of
life through work. Whether in the form of contrast
between humans and other species through the use of tools, or as a
moniker for craftsmanship, earth views the measure of who we are
through the lens of our work. On one end, materialism is king,but
also the process of manipulating matter. Work may produce the food we
need, or the everything things that we use. When we consume, we
consume <i>things</i>,
whether clothes, shoes, food, or cell phones. Work itself is an
honored state.</div>
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By contrast, air is almost
non-material. It’s hard to envision the attraction of money as
cryptocurrency in an earth era, but easy to see the concept in an air
era. Air moves things around through the wind. Air circulates. It can
be calm or stormy, but it suggests motion.
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Air includes speech and language, which
is how we communicate. Earth is cold, and thus not so eager to talk
about nonfunctional things; air is hot, and so ready to talk about
nearly everything. Earth is dry, and thus wanting clear criteria and
definitions; air is wet, and thus open to sliding scales, and
evolving goals. The fact that both of the Aristotelian qualities of
cold and dry going to hot and wet change in this mutation means that
this is one of the two mutational shifts which are truly major in
scope: the other is the transition from water (cold and wet) to fire
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However, consider the primary rulership
of the air element: Mercury and Saturn, who not only rule two of the
three signs, but also the day and night Triplicities. Mercury is the
planet of youth, while Saturn is the planet of age. Reagan was, at
the time, the oldest president the USA had experienced. And he
managed to inspire two generations of conservative youths and younger
politicians, so much so that he wrested the paradigm for American
society from the post-depression ideals of Democrat Franklin
Roosevelt to a new hegemony of the Republican Party.
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Conservatism, progressivism, and moderation are not the only way to split an electorate, even if they are markers for the current era. This shift to air will speed up the changes. In <i>Astrology of Sustainability</i>, in speaking of Pluto sign ingresses, I talked about how roughly the first third of Pluto's appearance in a sign is about cleaning up the excesses of Pluto in the last sign. Now, as we re-enter Jupiter-Saturn in Aquarius, we have all the detritus of the conjunction in earth lined up before us: the environmental damage, the accumulation of wealth, the death of diversity and species. Sludge has truly happened. And we also have the sludge of decisions: one of them being the deliberate choice to deify white heterosexual maleness to the detriment of all others. The tide has turned, and this group, which was never an absolute majority, but merely a convenient basis for fear-mongering, is still the target of manipulation, which creates the rage of the falsely entitled, and sets up so much chaos for the future.</div>
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<i>Air will change</i>. New coalitions will form. In the aftermath of the retrogression of the conjunction back into earth, two generations have been born into the air mutation, which will now take over the full transition to an air-based body politic. </div>
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Weather has always been seen as a phenomenon of air. Climate is weather expressed over time. It is not surprising that an earth-bound society could not fix, let alone fully grasp, the effect of climate change. These changes are coming, and they are likely to be startlingly fast - like the wind. Fox News has peaked. <i>The king is dead! Long live the king!</i></div>
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Bibliography</h3>
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Abū
Ma’šar, Keiji Yamamoto, and Charles Burnett. <i>On Historical Astrology : The Book of Religions and Dynasties (on the Great Conjunctions)</i>. 2 vols. Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science, 33–34. Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2000.<br />
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Lehman, J. Lee. <i>Astrology of Sustainability: The Challenge of Pluto in Capricorn</i>. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Press, 2011.
Maxwell, Angie, and Todd. G Shields. <i>The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics</i>, 2019. <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190265960.001.0001">https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190265960.001.0001</a>.<br />
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Skowronek, Stephen. <i>The Politics Presidents Make : Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton</i>. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997.
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After a bruising confirmation process, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the US Senate as the next US Supreme Court Justice. This is an issue over which, seemingly, every American has a strong opinion. The hard part, as an astrologer, is to attempt to be objective: a skill which is vital to our consulting skills, and often minimized in the rush to encourage astrologers to act like psychologists. In fact, there is a huge value to objectivity during a session. The delineation of horaries and electionals for clients would be impossible without it. I am certainly not throwing compassion, empathy, and imagination out the window, but facts are also facts.<br />
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I too have an opinion on Justice Kavanaigh. But my role in this blog entry is to examine his term of office. And ion the mundane/electional work that I do, my first question is simple: when did he become a Supreme? Approval by the Senate is mandatory, but the Justice does not take office until s/he takes the oath of office. In Kavanaugh's case, this was a private ceremony, and no official time has been forthcoming. In fact, it was difficult to find the time of the ceremony at all, and only USA Today gave the time of 6:00 pm as the time of the private ceremony. Unless one of the participants shares the exact time that Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath, we can only guess. But we may also presume that it probably wasn't too much after 6 pm, since this was a private meeting, and hence not subject to the inevitable delays that cameras, reporters, and multiple witnesses can create. So while I present a chart for 6 pm, my assumption is that it was perhaps a few minutes late.<br />
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If this is accurate, then indeed this is an interesting chart. First of all, the late degree rising is interesting, because that is the reverse of what we would expect. Justice Kavanaugh, being relatively young for a Supreme Court Justice, would be expected to occupy the bench for decades: this was part of the rationale for the intensity of the fight: that this man would be in place for a long time. But a late Ascendant means exactly that: that this is late in the process. If the oath was really administered after 6:06 pm, then we have instead an early Aries rising chart - and so I am going to delineate this chart both ways, because now we should be able to pick the more correct chart, once events unfold.<br />
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If the time is correct, or even a few minutes late, then Jupiter rules the Ascendant. For a judicial swearing in, the choice of planet would be highly appropriate: the "problem" is that Jupiter is peregrine, and in the 8th house. By this reckoning, Justice Kavanaugh truly becomes a hidden enemy of the Court (judicial matters are 9th, and his significator is in the 8th, which would be the 12th house from the 9th). One might also note that Jupiter is a generic marker for the nobility, so this also would describe his privileged upbringing. However, the fact that Jupiter is peregrine would show that while he came from privilege, he himself doesn't actually have it - meaning, he's got the background, but not the monetary resources.<br />
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The late Ascendant suggests his time on the Court would be short, no more than a few years. The proximity of the Ascendant to the fixed star Sheat would make this appointment a shipwreck.<br />
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One more point: the 10th house in this swearing in is now Chief Justice Roberts. In most national charts, we would take the President as the 10th, but by the action of this chart, President and Congress have already dropped out of the picture. Justice Roberts is initially shown as being ruled by the same peregrine planet Jupiter.<br />
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Here we may surmise several interpretations. Being ruled by the same planet, we might presume that they have similar judicial philosophies and outlooks - and this is probably largely true. However, the bulk of the degrees of the 10th house are ruled by a very dignified Saturn, and so we may allow for this to represent Chief Justice Roberts when he and Justice Kavanaugh are acting independently. In this guise, Chief Justice Roberts is the older man (Saturn), with great dignity, which means he comes across as very jealous of his office and duties as Chief Justice (Saturn, protecting his own authority), and generally believing in the idea of seniority. Now, we see the two men not acting precisely in concert, with Chief Justice Roberts willing to assert himself.<br />
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In summary, with a Pisces rising chart, Justice Kavanaugh probably does not last very long in his post until he is shipwrecked, and his tenancy may well be negative for the reputation of the Court.<br />
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Aries Rising</h3>
An Aries Rising chart means different significators for both Kavanaugh and Roberts. Kavanaugh's significator is now Mars, and Roberts is now unequivocally Saturn. Mars is also peregrine, so either significator challenges the notion that Kavanaugh will have a big influence on the court. Both potential significators are succedent, suggesting mean or moderate influence. Not being angular, his presence does not stand out.<br />
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There is a big difference in tone, however. If Jupiter, Justice Kavanaugh will attempt to appear judicial, whereas if he is Mars, he will continue to appear as a fighter. In either case, he will find it difficult to lead.<br />
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If Mars rules the Ascendant, then Chief Justice Roberts will appear even more powerful, and will move forcefully to assert the legitimacy of the Court.<br />
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Whether Mars or Jupiter rules the Ascendant, Venus in Detriment retrograde rules the 2nd. If Mr. Justice Kavanaugh had any expectations that joining the Court would improve his finances, this chart argues against it. I would suspect that the savagery of the resistance will mean that his finances are severely scrutinized, and he may well discover that his expenses are increased. If the chart is Aries rising, then the double applying square of Mars and Venus truly speaks to financial problems, whereas this would be considerable reduced with Jupiter ruling the Ascendant.<br />
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So which will it be: short term, or financial problems? Either way, this does not look like a happy chart.<br />
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Mundane astrologers generally have two choices for house placement of lawyers: the 9th, or 2nd. The use of the 2nd is relatively uncommon, but specific: this refers to the old idea that the 2nd house includes your second in a duel. Thinking in the terms of the British legal system, your lawyer is the 9th when she is acting as your solicitor, or legal advisor. A lawyer become the 2nd when she is acting as your barrister - the person defending you in a court of law.<br />
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Both of these roles are perfectly legitimate, traditional job descriptions for lawyers. However, as an editorial in the Washington Post pointed out, a lawyer takes an oath to abide by the law. A lawyer is responsible for upholding the law and to interpret it to her client.<br />
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Events in Washington, DC have thrown some of these ideas into question - or at least, challenge these assumptions. The trial, conviction and pleas bargain of Michael Cohen puts us in the position of looking for a model for how to evaluate this situation astrologically.<br />
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But first, let's be clear. Cohen was convicted of eight counts of bank fraud, tax fraud, and a campaign finance violation. As such, in the chart for his trial, he is the defendant, and he pleaded guilty. My question is: can we characterize the services he performed for Trump as being 2nd or 9th in nature? Perhaps not.<br />
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Below is the chart for the beginning of his trial, at which he pleaded guilty.<br />
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The time for the trial was confirmed by Stephen Brown, of the NY Daily News. I mention this because there were news reports about the announcement of the plea bargain, before the trial ever started. While the rumors were true, they don't mark the moment where the trial became official.<br />
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Born 25 August 1966, the trial date fell in his apoklima: the period of a month preceding the solar return, when the new solar return takes effect from the old one. His natal Moon is in Capricorn (perhaps the natal Sun in Virgo and Moon in Capricorn begins to explain his rather morose appearance).<br />
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But in examining the chart itself, I was struck by several things. The two parties to this trial, Jupiter and Mercury, will perfect by square. Cohen has placed himself in the hands of his enemies, so to speak: he will now be unable to avoid answering questions, and he will have to cooperate. But the square suggests that this may be anything but easy.<br />
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But in terms of symbolism, the chart has one other factor which may be instructive: the Ascendant itself. The sign Sagittarius is already suggestive as one of the signs of Jupiter. Ptolemy gave law makers to Jupiter, but ever since, there's been a debate about whether to assign lawyers to Mercury or to Jupiter. Lilly conveniently gave both. However, Jupiter's placement in the 11th seems highly suggestive to me. The reason being that one of the archaic meanings of the 11th, one which Lilly would certainly have recognized, is the king's man.<br />
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The reason that legislatures ended up being 11th house matters was that they started out as vassals of the king. This may not be their current function, but in days gone by nobles became such because they did favors for the king - and then the king rewarded them with lands and other favors.<br />
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There was one who became the infamous specimen of the type: Richard Rich (1496-1567), who was the "fixer" for Henry VIII. Rich appears as the villain in the play about Sir Thomas More, "A Man for All Seasons." The truth seems to match the play. Rich used all means fair and especially foul to solve some of Henry's more difficult problems - for which we was immensely rewarded. So here we have our prototype: the amoral type who accumulates wealth, power, and prestige by doing the dirty jobs for an alpha male.<br />
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What seems clear in the story is that Cohen went beyond the job of lawyer in his dealings for Trump. We don't normally have a job description or a house assignment for "fixer." But this chart at least suggests the house rulership.<br />
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In <i>Classical Solar Returns</i>, I discussed accuracy issues with
respect to the accuracy of the calculation of solar returns, even as
recently as several hundred years ago.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a>
This critique was based on wok that has been done on the accuracy
issues facing ancient astronomy and its attempts to create accurate
orbital equations within the geocentric system of circular orbits
that were how these orbits were computed prior to Johannes Kepler.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a>
The conclusion of Morelon was that there was a genuine question of
the accuracy of such returns.
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Recently I began perusing Abraham ibn Ezra’s work on solar returns,
and was stunned to discover that the very first paragraph in the work
gives the method for computation which, examined carefully, gives a
method for computation which turns out to not be as inaccurate as I
had been led to believe.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="sdfootnote3anc"><sup>3</sup></a>
The method was simple, but definitely not what I learned myself when
doing by-hand computations, lo! So many decades ago. In ibn Ezra’s
method, the calculation was done by adding 365 days, plus 5 hours and
49 minutes to the time of birth for the next year after birth, and
then repeating the computation as many times as necessary to arrive
at the desired age of solar return. By contrast, our modern method
was to interpolate between the time (noon or midnight) in the
ephemeris for the day before the solar return to the day after, to
arrive at the precise degree of the Sun, preferably expressed to
complete minutes and seconds.</div>
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The figure 365 days plus 5 hours and 49 minutes is ibn Ezra’s
figure for the length of the mean solar day. In other words, the
solar return calculation is by definition, the time between the
occurrence of the Sun at a particular degree and minutes, and the
next time the Sun returns to that point is the solar day. My question
was: how accurate is this? Ah, the internet is our friend, and so I
found a very helpful page detailing modern ideas about this.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="sdfootnote4anc"><sup>4</sup></a>
It turns out the modern figure is 365 days + 5 hours plus 48.75
minutes: just 0.25 minutes less than ibn Ezra’s! This told me
immediately that, while ancient figures would nt completely agree
with modern ones, they would be fairly close.</div>
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To assess this concept in practices, I did the first few solar
returns for Julie Andrews, whose chart I just so happened to have up
in Sirius at the time. Here are the results.</div>
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<table cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" style="width: 624px;">
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<col width="111"></col>
<col width="111"></col>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
Solar Return Year</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
Time computed in
Sirius</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
Ascendant degree</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
Time computed by
ibn Ezra method</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
Equivalent
Ascendant degree</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
09/30/1936</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
11:53:43</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
27 Sc 43</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
11:49</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
26 Sc 52</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
09/30/1937</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
17:38:21</div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
02 Pi 51</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
17:38</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
02 Pi 40</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
09/30/1938</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
23:22:15</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
14 Cn 27</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
23:27</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
15 Cn 23</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
10/01/1939</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
05:19:09</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
18 Vi 16</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
05:16</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
17 Vi 43</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
09/30/1940</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
11:09:16</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
19 Sc 40</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="111"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
11:05</div>
</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #000001; padding: 0in 0.08in;" width="110"><div class="western" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
19 Sc 08</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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Natal data (B): 1 October 1935, 6:00 am, Walton-on-Thames, England.</div>
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As you can see, these are not huge differences: all amounting to less
than a degree on the Ascendant.</div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Lehman,
J. Lee. </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><b>Classical
Solar Returns</b></u></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Press, 2012, p. 19.</b></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Morelon,
Régis, “Eastern Arabic Astronomy between the eighth and eleventh
centuries,” pp 20-57 </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>in</i></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
Rashid, Roshdi, and Régis Morelon, </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Encyclopedia
of the History of Arabic Science</u></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">.
London ; New York: Routledge, 1996.</span></span></span></div>
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Ezra, Abraham, and Shlomo Sela. </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><b>Abraham
Ibn Ezra on Nativities and Continuous Horoscopy : A Parallel
Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Nativities and the
Book of Revolution</b></u></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>.
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While relationship horaries are one of the simplest types of horary to teach and learn, in practice, relationship horary clients are often not very happy. I would like to explore some of the reasons this is true.<br />
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Why use horary at all compared to natal methods? In fact, what each method can accomplish is quite different. The typical natal chart comparison model, whether by synastry, composite, or relationship chart, shows how two people will interact - <i>if</i> they interact. The "if" is very important. A friend years ago wrote a very funny synastry description of herself and Henry Kissinger: the point being, she had never met Henry Kissinger, but if she did, it could be a bombshell! Chart comparison applies regardless of the type of relationship, whether business, romantic, casual, serious, or even cross-species. Because it describes <i>how</i> the two will interact, it cannot also describe <i>whether</i> they will interact in any capacity. This is a very important distinction.For someone evaluating a potential relationship, knowing something about the complexity and contours of that relationship can be very useful.<br />
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But it's horary that answers the question of <i>whether</i> A will have a relationship with B of the nature specified by the question. Thus, it is possible to ask about friendship, romance, or partnership.<br />
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And now we enter the special issues that arise in horary. The adage is true: if you look at the ephemeris, most of the time, the answer to a question would be "no." Think about this. For any horary which requires action in order to come about, you need either a translation of light, and approaching aspect between significators, or a reception. This has to be between the specific planets that rule the appropriate houses for the chart. How often is this true? Yes, if someone really is "supposed" to get a "yes" answer, they will ask at an appropriate time, but you get the idea: horary tilts toward the default "no."<br />
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Relationships represent strong emotional issues for us. A "no" feels like rejection. But now, let's examine this more closely. I have always noted that there is a class of querents who are actually relieved to hear "no." Given how hard it is for many people to say "no" to a process, sometimes having an outside objective party using the word can be tremendously empowering.<br />
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And speaking of objective, that's another word that's important, especially in horary, but in natal too. The role of the astrologer is to be the objective outsider - someone with a different point of view.<br />
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However, for every querent who is relieved by "no," there is another querent who expects a "yes." Tarot and other readers will recognize this subpopulation as well. But let's be honest: if any querent approaches any method of divination with too much conviction about what the outcome has to be, then there is a disappointment and difficulty about to occur - and the reader is the one likely to be blamed.<br />
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As a reader, you can only call what you see. And while those convinced of the outcome are not the majority, it is a real class - often, the very same one that "shops" for the reader who finally tells them "yes," and then castigates all the others who said "no," in blissful ignorance that it is only the first reader in the series who actually could give a "real" answer.<br />
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However, there is another set of reactions which seemingly only occur when the answer is "no." It is these questions that I would like to discuss. The questions at this point are often along the lines of asking what the success rate of horary is. The problem is: that answer is more complicated than it would appear at first blush.<br />
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As I taught in <a href="http://leelehman.com/wp/index.php/2000/10/13/martial-art-of-horary-astrology/" target="_blank">Martial Art of Horary Astrology</a>, we can understand the horary question as having an implied beginning phrase, "If things continue as they are now,..." In other words, what happens in a divinatory moment is that the Querent and the Question lock into showing the path of least resistance for the querent in that moment - what will happen if all players operate according to their own tendencies. But this raises the question: how often is it true, that people follow this path of least resistance? The answer appears to be: the vast majority of the time. Horary astrology appears to be able to be about 90% accurate on most types of questions.<br />
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We can, however, say more about this. A horary can always be read in strictly predictive, which is to say deterministic mode, if the nature of the question involves movement. But often, it can be read in a second way: to pinpoint why the answer is no, and then to see whether there is an alternative strategy to reverse the expected result. In Lilly's horary, "A Lady, if marry the gentleman desired?" which begins on page 385, uses the chart to devise a strategy to achieve her goal, because, frankly, she had blown it. He takes that same tack in two other horaries in <i>Christian Astrology</i> as well.<br />
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The total horaries where Lilly takes this approach is only about 10% of his examples. Why not all of them? The answer appears to be: because that's about the right ratio of those cases where there's a reasonable chance of changing the outcome. In the most recent example where this came up for one of my clients, her potential husband was ruled by Saturn in Sagittarius in the 6th, while she was ruled by Venus in Libra in the 4th. The two would come to a sextile, but only after Venus conjoined Jupiter, and only after 18 degrees.<br />
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So could you change the result? In Libra, the Moon is peregrine. It's coming to another planet, which means another potential partner anyway. But Saturn is cadent. She, as the Moon could move or adjust, <i>but he couldn't</i>. The peregrine nature of her shows that she really doesn't have the strength to create the result on her own - and anyway, with a new Mr. Right coming into the picture, why should she? Mr, Less Right had mixed Triplicity, but the cadency took away such strength as he had.<br />
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That other trite phrase, it takes two to tango, also reminds us of the difficulty of changing the fate of a relationship: the other party has to agree as well. Unless you want to use magic to coerce the other party, there better be some agreement and enthusiasm. Horary is the measure of that duality of purpose - or its lack.<br />
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The death of Debbie Reynolds a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher is quite shocking, and yet strangely appropriate. This mother-daughter relationship, so public through Carrie’s books and joint interviews, is a magnified larger than life version which nonetheless provides truths to many mothers and daughters. As an exercise in astrological interpretation, it is priceless as much for the questions it raises as the answers it provides.<br />
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On the surface of it, the time of Debbie’s decumbiture is “better” than Carrie’s, simply because it is more common to call 911 in a medical emergency than to have the pilot of an airplane do the equivalent.<br />
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We know that Debbie complained of problems breathing, and here is Jupiter in the 6th. Jupiter is generally given as a ruler of the lungs. Mercury ruling the 6th is given as the ruler of lung disease by Partridge and Kirby-Bishop. This already changes the interpretation of the 6th house away from the first blush, in which we were told that she was a victim of a possible stroke. Stroke by its nature is more Mars-Sun, as it involves the brain, which, located in the head, would have an Aries rulership, where Mars is the domicile ruler, and the Sun the exaltation ruler. When a decumbiture chart fully matches the sign and rulership descriptions, it is a hint that the chart is really worth noticing. There were other calls to 911 that afternoon – but not all of them had fatal consequences. It’s the ones that match that tell you they are the ones with the most extreme consequences.<br />
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Venus was the Ascendant ruler – and Debbie’s natal Ascendant was in Libra, so Venus had special meaning for her. The alternate sign (here, Taurus, but natally, Libra), doesn’t seem to matter. Venus in Aquarius was peregrine: it was weak, which again is descriptive. What else are you going to be the day after your daughter dies? Venus will make no more aspects before leaving Aquarius, although the Moon will conjoin Venus before Venus reaches Pisces. <br />
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Again, at first this looks like a good thing. Venus does not aspect Mercury, ruler of the 6th, until Venus moves into Pisces – Venus in fact aspects Mercury in the day of Mercury’s station direct. Venus has separated from the trine to Jupiter, ruler of the 8th, and posited in the 6th; and likewise separated from sextile Saturn, the exaltation ruler of the sign of Libra intercepted in the 6th, and likewise dispositor of Jupiter by exaltation as well.<br />
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In fact, we have a chart where the 6th and 8th are extraordinarily inter-related. The usual reading of cross relations is that the Querent will have the disease <i>unto</i> death, meaning that the disease will never be cured, but not necessarily kill the person. So, when stroke was being floated, it would be reasonable to say that the probability would be that she wouldn’t recover, at least fully. And this would have been a reasonable prediction for an eighty-four year old woman. <br />
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However, some of our sources give the interaction of 6th and 8th as an argument of death. So when is it chronic, and when is it death? That’s what needs to be sorted out. In what is surely one of the more unusual astrological events, Jupiter translates the light from Uranus to Saturn! This adds the danger of a sudden event to our description of the circumstances. So we have this translation, we have a perfection between a 6th house planet to an 8th house planet, where the 8th house planet has dignities in the 6th, and the 6th house planet rules the 8th, and Jupiter and Saturn are in mutual reception by sign and exaltation: it is completely over the top!<br />
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Then, we have the metaphor of the waning Moon, with Mercury ruling the 6th in a partile conjunction (cazimi!) with the Sun. Planets conjunct are burned up: they are annihilating the old in preparation for the new cycle. But the phase is the death of the Moon.<br />
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So this chart has gone from maybe benign to actually quite extreme. But it gets more-so. Now add Carrie’s decumbiture. The Sun at 2 Capricorn is now replaced by the Moon at 2 Capricorn! The Part of Fortune, being a hylegical point, does represent in part the physical body is posited in a partile trine to that degree. Could this be anything but the moment?<br />
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Noting that Debbie had just had her Uranus return, I have come to wonder whether one function of this return isn’t to “loose the bonds” with earthly existence: not necessarily to die, but to create a space in which it’s easier to let go.<br />
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The death of a parent is a pain that rarely leaves. The death of an adult child is even more so because our minds cannot accept that it should happen. Debbie’s life was an exemplar of unsinkability. Until now.<br />
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The viewing of a life through the death is, to put it mildly, an odd way to operate. Astrologers often engage in ambulance chasing, and yet the ironic piece is that most astrologers get very nervous about the prediction of death within their own practice. Does fame somehow make this acceptable?<br />
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I would propose an alternative. In <i>Traditional Medical Astrology</i> and other references, I have denied the absolute possibility of fixing the time of death in a particular life because there are more factors at work than astrological necessity. The ability of your mother to have access to good prenatal care is probably a bigger factor for you in the first few years of your life than the condition of your <i>Hyleg</i>. The efficacy of antibiotics and the availability of clean water is probably more important before the age of fourteen than the position of your <i>Alchocoden</i>. But, even though that may be true, astrology can identify periods of “death weather” – times when the being’s life comes into proximity with the veil, and when the outcome is open to discussion.<br />
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A further consideration is worth some thought, and even if you accept the possibility of free will, we can all be seen as being caught in the Norse god Wotan’s dilemma. Wotan, or Odin, had a magic spear, but this spear was where he recorded all of his oaths. The problem was, eventually he would swear oaths that would conflict. Those oaths could destroy him. This is our dilemma, too. Each decision that we make opens doors, and closes doors, and as we grow older, our options diminish, because we carry all the ramifications of these past decisions. We can see this process metaphorically, biologically, or astrologically. <br />
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On a general astrological clock, we can examine Carrie Fisher’s solar return for 2016 and see Mercury, ruler of the Ascendant of her solar return at her birth location opposite Uranus – showing the possibility of sudden events that could be dangerous to her vitality, further argued by the fact that Uranus was in the 8th house. Mercury was combust in the superior conjunction – the direct one. The combustion itself can be seen as a death and rebirth experience. Mercury natally ruled her 6th house of illness and 8th house of death. Mars ruled her solar return 8th – and Mars was conjunct Pluto, with the Moon coming to oppose the conjunction. There is surely enough to say that 2016-2017 was an exit visa for her: a year where death was a possible outcome, and where if it would happen, it was through a sudden event.<br />
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This general reading was confirmed by looking at the solar return of Carrie’s mother, Debbie Reynolds. Mercury, ruling the 5th (daughter) is conjunct Uranus, and the 8th from the 5th has a Moon-Pluto conjunction in it, with the Moon partile square Mercury, ruler of both 5th and 8th. This is a very specific reading for the potential death of a child in this solar year. <br />
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What could you (or I, or anyone) have said? This could be a difficult year, don’t stress, etc. Would taking a polar flight of 11+ hours in length constitute a stress? My friends who are former flight attendants say yes, but would the average person agree? <br />
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Once the heart attack commenced, we the public got next to no information, other than the confirmation that she did in fact have a cardiac event, that she was taken to the hospital, and that her condition had been “stabilized.” There was one time which was shared: the time that emergency services on the ground in Los Angeles was informed that an ambulance would be necessary: 12:15 pm Friday afternoon, 23 December 2016.<br />
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From an astrological perspective, this can count as a decumbiture, although not the preferred one. The best decumbiture, which is the event of an illness, would have been for the time that she experienced the attack in the first place. In the coming weeks, we may discover this time, because doubtless, the airline personnel recorded this in the flight log. However, hospital admissions are recognized decumbiture events, and we could consider the request for an ambulance as at least an extension of that concept.<br />
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As a decumbiture, it’s pretty grim. Mars has taken over the chart. Mars rules both 1st and 8th houses, as well as disposing the Moon. The Sun, which rules the heart, is ruler of the 6th and conjunct the 10th – this was a very public heart attack. The Sun is coming to the sextile of Mars, since the Sun is the faster body. Mars itself has minor dignity by out-of-sect Triplicity, unless you prefer Lilly’s Triplicity table, in which case it is the sole Triplicity ruler. As a minor dignity, we can hope, but it’s not as strong as we would like. The malefic quality of Mars comes through too easily. Mars is in the 12th, applying to the South Node and Neptune – not exactly the dynamic duo that would spell life. Of the two of them, I judge the South Node the more dangerous: I have seen it as a point of destruction in other deaths.<br />
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But decumbitures have a second function: they are the basis for Hippocrates’ doctrine of the critical days. This doctrine, which actually predates the use of Hellenistic horoscopic astrology, observes that diseases undergo crises at the points that we would now define as the 8th harmonic lunar returns. At these points, the patient can improve, get worse – or die. And sometimes if they are boring enough, there’s no change.<br />
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The four-chart graphic shows the decumbiture event in the upper left, and then the first three critical days. The first one occurred less than two hours before she died, and you can clearly see why I posted the comment on Twitter: “Best wishes #CarrieFisher! Her critical day on Tuesday morning is rough, but things improve after.” This statement also illustrates how I work with people when death is the probable (or a strong possible) outcome: I try to identify a point after which the primary danger has passed. Like breaking a board in martial arts, if you can visualize your fist on the other side of the board, then you have gone past your target and succeeded.<br />
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For December 27th, there are a whole series of arguments of death in the decumbiture which have become exact:<br />
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<li>The Sun has come to the partile sextile with Mars, the planet which was so active in the decumbiture. The Sun is also precisely at sunrise – one might hope a new beginning, but a change of state.</li>
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This, then, is the moment – and it was. She died at 8:55 am. If she had survived, the next critical day chart shows Mars applying to Neptune. While not as severe in scope, this suggests that she would have been unconscious. The prominence of the 12th house in the third critical day, and the Moon’s application to the square of Saturn shows she would still not have been better. She might have been “stable,” but the stability of intensive care can either be a life saver, or an eerie in between state. <br />
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So once we get past the shock, and this analysis, perhaps we will be able to get back to the essence of the woman who we are missing so much now. Journey well, Carrie. It is your <i>life</i> that enriched us.<br />
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Even as a young student of astrology, I realized there were certain methodological problems with predicting the outcome of presidential elections. The first and most obvious was our our personal passions as <i>homo publicus</i> can preclude objectivity. The second was that predicting a contest winner between two rivals is simply not something done commonly in astrology as practiced in the 20th, now 21st, century. As a graduate student also studying statistics, I was interested in whether there were objective methods which could be used. I didn't discover any until much later, but when I did, the ultimate source was the rules of warfare from Guido Bonatti.<br />
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This year, I was asked to participate in ISAR's presidential prediction panel at their symposium in Costa Mesa, CA on 17 October 2016 Each panelist was given 4 minutes to describe methods and make a prediction. That's not much detail! I have attached a file with what would have been the full presentation. What I propose to do with the rest of this blog is to make some comments, so please download the pdf first, so you can understand my comments. <br />
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The first section, beginning on page 4, concerns certain correlations I have seen in candidate's nativities, based originally on sets of elections where we have B data or better for both candidates. Obviously, 2016 was a throw-back to a situation where that isn't true, so methods need to be considered where the time of birth is not necessary. Honestly, there's not enough to make more than some very general observations.<br />
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The meat starts after slide 9, because the mundane data doesn't require nativities, being based only on sides defined by which party occupies the White House, and which party is challenging.<br />
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Going back to the second presidential election (because in the first, there was no "holder"), I tried a whole series of mundane charts to see whether they were predictive of the outcome. Some were; some weren't. All except the Mars-Jupiter, Mars-Saturn, or prior syzygy type were scored in an Access database design which rigidly assigns points for certain configurations. All these models are completely objective, which was the goal.<br />
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The prior Mars-Jupiter and Mars-Saturn conjunctions are actually graded quite simply. There is a Medieval idea that a conjunction or aspect can be analyzed differently according to which of the two bodies has the greater degree of essential dignity. Both of these two conjunctions were used historically for mundane predictions for time periods greater than a single year, and less than the twenty years of the Jupiter-Saturn, or even the quarter cycle of seven years for the Jupiter-Saturn. Thus, for a four year presidential cycle they are ideal, because each subsequent election cycle <i>must</i> fall under a new conjunction, and thus potentially have a different outcome. Mars is a nocturnal planet; Jupiter and Saturn are diurnal planets. Thus, conjunctions in the masculine signs will favor Jupiter or Saturn (unless in Aries, where Mars rules), and conjunctions in feminine signs will favor Mars (except Cancer, where Jupiter is exalted). The greater dignity of domicile or exaltation generally out classes Triplicity.<br />
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The only other outlier method is the simple determination of whether the election is immediately preceded by a New or Full Moon, with the somewhat surprising result that a Full Moon doesn't predict anything, but a New Moon before, as in 2016, predicts a victory of the holder.<br />
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So the prediction is Clinton - and that point is this model would have predicted the Democrats anythime it was run: it was not dependent on Hillary winning the primaries.<br />
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The other not I would make is that I have not the model as consistently for the House and Senate.Since all do not necessarily run in sync, there has to be at least one other factor involved, which I haven't found yet. Happy hunting!<br />
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Imagine, if you will, that we have made it past November without half of the US population annihilating the other half. Imagine that we have elected a president. If the current poll figures hold up, that will be Hillary. I haven't done my own presidential forecast yet (required by the ISAR conference!) because, like many Americans, I am so ambivalent about this election that it is almost depressing.<br />
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Ok, so hang with me here. I am not yet (or possibly not) <i>predicting</i> Hillary will win, just sayin...<br />
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What would we have, come 20 January 2017? A president with 2 disputed birthtimes, our first uncertain president astrologically since Ronald Reagan. In an <a href="http://leephd.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-spousal-solar-return.html" target="_blank">earlier blog post</a>, I pointed out that, using Bill Clinton's undisputed data, that he may be having some health problems this year. Hillary's attention is showing as possibly directed toward matters other than the work at hand.<br />
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But we now have one other chart in paly: Tim Kaines', which is A data. This gives us an additional portal into the next few years. His nativity is shown below.<br />
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It has been said by many that the chart of the president shows the manifestation of the people's will at the time of the election, and so we should not so much look for a presidential signature, than for what makes sense for the nation at the time. We assume that the chart of the vice president does not need to be a match in the same sense that the president should. Looking at Tim Kaine's chart, what is his primary strength that he brings to this ticket, and potentially beyond? The answer has to be exalted Mars in the 10th house. Mars is the most elevated planet, going toward the MC by diurnal motion, while Saturn declines.We have a chart where it is the malefics which have dignity, not the benefics, We get the sense that there is a bit of the school of hard knocks here: that he isn't handed that much, but that he creates opportunities.<br />
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Observe the degree line at the lower right of the figure. Normally, it is my horary training that makes me look at a degree line at all, but in this nativity, it is extraordinary. Those same two malefics stand out on the degree line: everything else is clustered in the lower degrees. The Sun-Mercury in the 12th in a nocturnal sign suggests a bit of an introvert, not the person you pick out for his innate prominence. But exalted Mars in the 10th: he prospers through being an excellent <i>worker</i> bee. He excels at what he <i>does</i>. Give him a job and you shall know him by his works. The three important jobs he has had going into this election are: Governor of Virginia, Chairman of the Democratic National Convention, and currently, Senator from Virginia. <br />
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But to understand what is going on, we need to put the chart in motion. The next figure shows his solar returns, starting in 2016.<br />
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At first, looking at his 2016 solar return, you would almost be tempted to say: so what? Sun conjunct Neptune might make you think he was going to disappear for the year: but remember that he has Sun trine Neptune natally, so this is a resonance with his nativity, and thus a potential advantage. But two other things stand out. Venus rules the Ascendant in the sign of Aquarius: normally ho-hum peregrine, but here, Venus in Aquarius is his natal placement, and thus strong - and especially so in the 10th. We have the natal pattern of Ascendant ruler in the 10th recreated. But now secondly, Mars, his natal Ascendant ruler, is once again very strong by dignity, and ruling the 7th and in the 7th: an angular placement bearing upon competition and war. The chart is thus not as weak as it seems at first. He's not #1 on the ticket, but he does show some prominence this year, And then, Pluto is transiting his prominent natal Mars.<br />
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But if his 2016 shows prominence, consider his extraordinary 2017 solar return, which takes effect just a month after the inauguration. The Sun itself is in the 8th house of death, continuing its multi-year conjunction with Neptune. But here we have a partile conjunction of Mars and Uranus, just past the 10th house cusp. The 10th house cusp is 29 degrees Aries if his time is accurate, and here we have an indication of a sudden potentially violent event affecting a 10th house person in his life, who looks transitional anyway with the 29 degrees on the cusp, just as he is in the midst of his second Saturn return. The Sun ruling the Ascendant from the 8th is already showing the death theme for the year.<br />
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The 2018 solar return shows a very dignified Moon ruling the 10th, but besieged between Saturn and Pluto, showing intrigue and difficulty - and a degree of weakness, with the Moon in the house opposite her joy, and Saturn dignified, but cadent. If he is to have a more prominent year in 2018, it will not be easy.<br />
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It has been obvious to me for some time that it is possible to get greater detail out of solar returns when a person is part of a solid bonded couple. This is because each person's solar return acts independently, but also, the two solar returns interact through derived houses. In other words, you can examine the spouse's chart through the 7th house of the other party's solar return, and compare that result to that person's solar return.<br />
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Normally, when I do this technique, it's to examine how one person's events affect the other. For example, if I see a 6th house issue that could represent a serious medical problem, I will consult the two solar returns that the spouse will have that covers the Native's solar return. Say Partner 1 is an Aries, and Partner 2 is a Scorpio. Partner 1 has a solar return in April. Now that solar return in 2016 is split by Partner 2's 2015 and 2016 solar returns: in this case, the 7th house of the 2015 solar return of Partner 2 is in effect for Partner 1 for the 2016 solar return from April until November. So if Partner 1's 2016 solar return shows a medical problem, and if Partner 2's 2015 shows a medical problem (from the 6th from the 7th, which would be the 12th), but there is no such argument in the 2016 solar return of Partner 2, then you can be reasonably certain that the medical condition manifests and is resolved from April to November.<br />
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Once you observe this idea, it becomes a neat way to split the year between the two partners if there is more than a two or three month gap between the two birthdays.<br />
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There is one other cool idea associated with this method: it may give some useful information when the birthtime of one of the partners is unknown or in dispute. Consider therefore the chart of Bill Clinton. Hillary's birthtime is in dispute, and while everybody in the astrological community desperately wants A Data for Hillary, we simply don't have it. So the question is: can we do derived houses with Bill's?<br />
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First, if we briefly examine Bill's nativity, we see three very powerful planets: the Sun in Leo, the Moon in Taurus, and Venus in Libra. This is absolutely stunning, especially given that his Ascendant is Libra, and thus ruled by that Venus. I have been told by people who have met him that they have never experienced such incredible magnetism (some would say sex appeal) from a human being. I think the dignity, combined with Neptune in the 1st house, explains the magnetism. With the Moon in Taurus ruling the 10th, we see these two cusps critical to worldly success in incredibly strong condition.<br />
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But now look at this from Hillary's point of view. The 7th house cusp is ruled by Mars in Libra: Mars very strong, but in its Detriment, but in Bill's house, not hers. Here we can begin to unravel the astrological indicators of her high negative rating. Hillary was considered too strong and too feminist during his period as Governor of Arkansas, and this continued into his presidency. Now we add the Neptune in a partile conjunction to Mars. This gives someone who may not have the best boundaries about "mine" and "yours" - someone, in other words, who is easily perceived as either glamorous or sleazy, depending upon your point of view. Hillary has been both, from the iconic Secretary of State with Blackberry and shades, to the wife of Slick Willy.<br />
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Hillary's 10th house cusp is Bill's 4th by derived houses. And here, the ruler of her 10th is Saturn in Leo: Saturn in Detriment. So from Bill's chart, both of Hillary's important angles are ruled by planets in Detriment! What for him is so very strong shows from her standpoint as equally strong, but also problematic.<br />
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Skip forward to 2015 Bill's Sun in his solar return is in the 3rd house: the opposite house to the joy of the Sun. Cadent houses are weak, and here is the description of Bill's solar return for the most crucial period of the Democratic Party campaign! Bill's Ascendant ruler is Mercury, in fabulous essential dignity, and angular.<br />
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Hillary is given by Jupiter in Detriment - likewise cadent! Her MC is ruled by Mercury in her 10th house, so that's something. Of course, coming into this year, she was so overwhelmingly favored to win the nomination that it was unbelievable.<br />
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But Neptune has a role to play in this solar return - it's conjunct the MC! And through this year, instead of being able to act as Hillary's biggest cheerleader, Bill has been accused of an illegal act in Massachusetts, and has seemingly manifested more foot-in-mouth tendencies than the golden oratory for which he is generally noted. The Moon in Libra is translating the light from Pluto to Uranus, all by hard aspects. This does not look like anything except the incredible slog that this campaign season has been for them, with Hillary's popularity plummeting and conflict within the Party, leading to the question of whether the Bernie supporters will vote for her should she win the nomination.<br />
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This solar return will rule the actual Democratic convention. Will there be enough residual name recognition and capital to eke out a win?<br />
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The situation actually looks worse with the 2016 solar return. As I pointed out in <a href="http://leelehman.com/wp/index.php/2011/12/30/classical-solar-returns/" target="_blank">Classical Solar Returns</a>, the new solar return phases in starting about a month before the new solar return actually occurs. In that work, I showed how Obama seized an opportunity at the Democratic Convention in 2004 to achieve greater national prominence in that transition period. Bill will likewise be in this transitional period during the Convention when both solar returns will apply.<br />
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In Bill's case the new solar return has the Sun in the 12th house. Now this is simply difficult to see in any other terms except unraveling. It's a Full Moon solar return, shifting from build-up to letting go. Hillary is again ruled by Jupiter in Virgo: in Detriment - and in Bill's house. Now why, when she is the one running for President, should she be shown in Bill's house rather than the other way around, or at least none of the above?<br />
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Now we have Neptune partile conjunct Hillary's Ascendant (the 7th house cusp). Does some scandal finally stick? Further, we have the Part of Fortune and the South Node conjunct in her 1st just two degrees away from the Descendant itself: again, that's hard to reconcile in any positive way. And then we have Mars and Saturn, the two malefics, coming to conjunction at Hillary's 10th house (the radix 4th). Again, I just cannot see this in a positive outcome.<br />
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There's also a curious configuration in this chart that is not at first obvious. Consider the disposition in this chart. The Sun in Leo (Bill) stands alone. There are no other planets in Leo. Everything else hangs off of Mercury in Virgo. In the classical treatment of disposition, Jupiter in Virgo is received by Mercury, which means Mercury is going to try to help Jupiter. Now, Mercury is highly dignified in Virgo, but Mercury is an inferior planet: having to carry Jupiter in Detriment on its back is rather like the image of an ant trying to carry a corn kernel. That worker ant is under stress to say the least! Now add all the other planets to Mercury's back, and Mercury is simply going to go splat! Too much stress, especially when the two immediate dispositions, Venus and Jupiter, are both in debility. But that Mars-Saturn conjunction is received by Jupiter, which is received by Mercury - and the Moon is received by Saturn. You get the idea! Poor Mercury is going to feel like a ton of boulders has descended! In this chart Mercury is Bill himself, because Mercury rules both 1st and 10th. Everyone and everything, including his wife, devolves to him.<br />
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Again, this just doesn't look like Hillary riding high in a campaign that was supposed to be a coronation. In fact, the more I looked at the chart, the more I realized that this chart is, in the description that I gave in <a href="http://leelehman.com/wp/index.php/2011/06/14/traditional-medical-astrology/" target="_blank">Traditional Medical Astrology</a>, an exit visa for Bill. An exit visa is a year where the issues are so severe, that death becomes possible. Here, with that Saturn at the IC being conjoined by Mars and ruling the 6th, illness cannot be ruled out.<br />
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<b><i>If</i></b> Hillary can somehow pull off a win under these circumstances, the Mars-Saturn looks like a miserable set-up to the beginning the presidency. And Bill at that stage would be absolutely exhausted, if not worse.<br />
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<b><i>If</i></b> Bill can make it through 2016, his 2017 solar return is much better. Now his Sun is conjunct the 10th from the 9th, a much stronger position, especially as the Sun joys in the 9th. Hillary is Venus in Cancer, where she has Triplicity, and in her 2nd house conjunct the Moon in Cancer. Perhaps once again, she is giving speeches to donors and corporations, and thus fulfilling the promise of her 2nd house.<br />
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We shall soon see just how much use a husband's chart with A data can be used to predict a wife without! <br />
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I recently wrote about two of the Democratic Party presidential announcements, so now, that leaves the Republicans for examination. And of course, there were a lot more of them! This article takes up a selection. Since most of them are now gone, we can perhaps reflect more fully upon the results. So here they are, largely in alphabetical order. <br />
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1. Ted Cruz</h2>
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Ted Cruz made his announcement electronically, hence the time. So first, we may ask, as an electional proposition, if a midnight time seems appropriate for this endeavor. Since the Sun is a natural ruler of kings, this would seem a fair question, since what we are talking about is really the election of a temporary king. Granted, the Sun is angular, but the midnight angle seems the least associated with the job. Since he is announcing, he is given the 1st house, and Mars in Aries as a ruler looks exactly like he is: a combative man with a penchant for attack, and some skill at it, given the dignity. Actually, this chart has quite a bit of dignity, with the Moon and Venus in strong dignity. Venus rules his competition (the 7th house). Venus, however, is cadent, while Mars is succedent, giving the edge to Mars. In contest charts, however, it is often the debilitated malefics that are ultimately the most successful. It is Mercury which is debilitated, so perhaps this shows the tendency of hsi campaign to release falsehoods about his competitors just before primary votes. Neptune conjunct the IC would seem appropriate for a man who is appealing to the evangelical vote.<br />
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Carly seemed to only be able to project a single focus: fabricated delusions of what happens at PLanned Parenthood clinics. A controversial former chief executive of Hewlett Packard, her candidacy briefly appeared to achieve some traction before collapsing early in primary season. It's difficult to envision an electional chart with the Moon in Scorpio as providing success except ina very narrow range of endeavors, and only then with strong natal support. Double up Moon in Fall with Mars in Detriment, and you have an attack dog, but not a serious candidate. With Mercury ruling the Ascendant, she did really have a message, and Mercury was even dignified. With it in the 12th and opposite Saturn, it was not going to be effective in the long run.<br />
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Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas, evangelical minister, and Fox commentator, decided to run again for the presidency - he had last attempted it in 2008. Here, we see Leo rising - the ego factor, we might infer, with the Sun in the 10th - a better placement certainly, but peregrine in Taurus. Mars, ruling the 10th, was conjunct the fixed star Algol, hardly a star for success.<br />
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If Huckabee had Algol, then Rand Paul had Scheat, in this case, conjunct the Midheaven, one of the few stars which competes head-to-head with Algol (sorry!) for balefulness. Unlike his past performance, Paul never seemed to get off the ground this time. The Moon, ruling the Ascendant was in Scorpio, a double whammy, and even going to oppose Venus, normally lovely in Taurus, but conjunct Algol. Simply amazing.<br />
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As we accumulate these charts, one might think that announcing in Aries, with the Sun exalted, might be a very good plan. Often, things do seem rather to look up as Spring rolls around. But here, the Sun is in the house of Rubio's competitors, and either Venus or Saturn rules him, depending upon whether you prefer Libra sign ruler Venus or its Almuten. Venus is peregrine; Saturn has mixed Triplicity and is retrograde; both are cadent.Rubio was thus never master of his own fate. As it happens we have the moment that he went off the rails: when Chris Christie slammed him during one of the Republican debates for being a robot - and he just stood there and acted robotic.<br />
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It is interesting that the Sun what in effect was the end of Rubio's run had just passed the Moon of his declaration. This chart also puts the lie to the idea that "nothing can come of" a void of course Moon. Here, the Moon passed into void by separating from Mercury: an interesting observation, since Rubio was undone by words, not deeds. That void Moon had even more recently separated from the Mercury of the declaration chart, and the opposition to the Part of Fortune of the declaration chart.<br />
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The cut-throat nature especially of this year's completion reminds us that this contest is very much more of the nature of the Sun than the Moon. As such, I thought to consider the Part of Spirit, which is really the Part of the Sun, for this chart. It was at 7 Sagittarius, butting it square to Neptune. Now, I don't think I would elect that! Curiously, when Rubio was taken down, Neptune had made a return to the degree of Neptune for the declaration, again highlighting the conflict with Spirit.<br />
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Of the Republican charts we have examined so far, Cruz's looks the best, which matches with the results that we have observed. What we have not been able to do is to correlate these charts with the candidates' nativities, an essential point when we consider these as being of the nature of electionals, because connection to the nativity can have a radical impact on the ability of the time to operate to the benefit of the participant.<br />
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Astrologers have many tools for examining the outcome of elections, but many astrologers find it difficult to get past some sort of comparison of the nativities of the candidates. Unfortunately, this year's US presidential race is awash with candidates where the birthtime is murky. Thus, we find ourselves more dependent on mundane methods.<br />
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It is a sure bet that a number of astrologers will attempt to use horary, but it's really not the right tool - except, perhaps, for the people most directly involved with the campaigns. The rest of us are just not personally involved enough (although partisanship makes it feel otherwise) to have standing to ask the question.<br />
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I have written on presidential elections previously <a href="http://leephd.blogspot.com/2012/11/gaming-models-and-presidential-elections.html" target="_blank">(Click here for a blog entry from 2012)</a> - but this time, I decided to run an experiment. In order to run, all candidates have to announce that they are running, and form their apparatus. This time, I collected the data for those declarations, to see whether they are predictive, at least to the stage of successful nomination by a political party.<br />
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Here I present two: that of Hillary Clinton, and the one for Bernie Sanders. What is especially interesting with this pair is that when they declared, Bernie was considered a complete long shot: the odds of him even being a serious enough candidate to make Hillary break out into a mild sweat were considered outrageous. At the moment, we have close to a dead heat, at least in the first two primaries. Do these declaration charts reflect this?<br />
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First, let's examine Hillary's.<br />
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So we start with the fact that this election was supposed to be a cakewalk. Does the chart reflect this? As the initiator of this event, Hillary is the 1st house, and her opponents are the 7th. The "prize" is the 10th house, and in Hillary's case, at least in the Democratic Party nominating process, the 4th is the "castle" of a castle besiegement model. The relevancy here is that castle besiegement in an election would be most appropriate in a case where there's a huge discrepancy between the relative strength of the candidates. Hillary had amassed a significant financial advantage, and she had the support of the mainstream party apparatus, with significant posts held by former campaign staffers of hers. In other words, the playing field was not level. We shall have to consider all these factors in our judgment.<br />
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Mercury, ruling Clinton, is peregrine, cadent, and combust. Already, this is a surprise! She does not look at all strong in this chart. In past work with games prediction, I have discussed the fact that Mercury and Jupiter as a fighting pair is not as consistently competitive as other combinations. Perhaps we are seeing here a marker for how the Democratic race has not been as vicious as the Republican one - but we may also be looking at a certain absence of resolve: as if, assembling all the pieces in advance was enough, and then you just say your lines, and wait to be nominated. If this truly was what she was thinking, then the presence of Saturn in the castle (the 4th) immediately challenges this assumption. Saturn in the 4th is a bad thing for the castleholder. Those advantages become an albatross, instead of operating as an advantage.<br />
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Next, we consider Neptune in the 7th, and the ruler of the 7th in the 12th. Remember: this is her opponents from <i>her</i> point of view. With the ruler of the 7th in the 12th, she can't "see" them for what they are: and there is a danger of self undoing, or a secret enemy issue. Combined with the fogginess of Neptune in the 7th, she cannot see her opponents clearly, and as a result, they are more dangerous. Ruled by a Jupiter in Leo, with out-of-sect Triplicity, they have some strength: and specifically some luck. This does not look like a cakewalk.<br />
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The Moon cannot help her here. Peregrine in Aquarius, its immediate aspect is a trine to Venus in the 10th. Ok, obvious interpretation: she is counting on women to bring her over the top, because a lot of women (presumably) would like to see the first woman president. But both the Moon and Venus are peregrine, so this strategy doesn't look as compelling as the analysts assumed. The voters would be ruled by the Moon, and, with the Moon in Saturn's sign, do we have the signature for her comparative popularity with older voters?<br />
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There are also two fixed stars which seem important. The big one is Algol conjunct the MC. Now, here is the prize, and here is the Head of the Medusa, a terrible image for success in this case. The second one isn't nearly so poignant, but the North Node was conjunct Vindemiatrix, the widow's star, which Diana K. Rosenberg described as a woman alone. That symbolism is also completely counter to the idea of a successful candidate surrounded by aides, admirers, and staff.<br />
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This was the season for announcements, and Sanders' was only a few weeks after Clinton's. The ingress of the Sun into Taurus represents a step down in dignity from the Sun in Aries: but is it really? In Hillary's chart, the Sun only ruled the 12th house, so it was more a favor to her enemies than anyone else. In Bernie's, it rules the Ascendant, and it's angular in the 10th. This is actually one of the biggest contrasts between the charts: Bernie's has angularity he can use, whereas Hillary's has what we might call the wrong kind of angularity: associated with the 7th, and a nasty opposition between 10th and 4th. All that Taurus associated with the 10th house in Bernie's suggests that hard work may pay off. The Sun applies by square to 1st house benefic Jupiter, dignified by out-of-sect Triplicity. Now that's not perfect, but the squares to the benefics are generally much easier than the oppositions to malefics. <br />
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Mars is both in and ruling the 10th - a very powerful statement. Both charts have Mars in Taurus, but Mars is more central to Bernie's announcement. At first, one might be rather put off by Mars in its Detriment, but in contest charts, the malefics in debility are actually to be preferred. In any case, it's one of the hardest working Mars position, and one of its principle qualities is perseverance. Mars in Taurus is effectively in overdrive, taking all the time it needs to do its job, and being relentless about doing things its own way.<br />
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Bernie doesn't rate the castle considerations, because he doesn't have the institutional advantage. Here it may be telling that a peregrine Venus rules the 4th - perhaps a description of the circumstances surrounding Hillary.<br />
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In both cases, the Moon is at zero degrees - with a lot of room for change. On the one hand, the trine between them at least gives the possibility of one eventually supporting the other. On the other hand, there is lots flux that is intrinsic to the charts. That fact alone argued strongly against Hillary simply maintaining her lead from start to finish. In Hillary's case, change could only be down. A zero degree Moon simply is incompatible with what was expected to be a gentle tune-up for the general election. In Bernie's case, change could initially only be up, but with the two now in a dead heat, change could now go either way for either one of them.<br />
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In sum, Sanders's candidacy chart is the better chart. The question is: is it enough to overcome Hillary's astounding initial advantages? <br />
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In <a href="http://leelehman.com/wp/index.php/2010/12/29/astrology-of-sustainability/" target="_blank">Astrology of Sustainability,</a> I discussed the orbital resonance between Neptune and Pluto. The two of them have a 3:2 orbital resonance, The Jet Propulsion Laboratory gives the orbital period of Neptune as 164.79132 years. They give the orbital period of Pluto as 247.92065 years. So: multiply the Neptune period by 3, and you get 494.37396 years. Multiply the Pluto period by 2 and you get 495.8413 years. Almost identical. What this means is that, roughly every 500 years, you get the same positions og Neptune and Pluto by sign and approximate degree, and at the "midpoint" of just less than 250 years, Neptune is in the opposite sign, while Pluto is in the same sign. In 1522, Pluto and Neptune were in the same positions as they again occupied in 2015. In 1768, Pluto was in Capricorn, and Neptune was in Pisces. This is shown in the graphic below, from my book.<br />
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When you talk about processes that last 500 years, you are way over the top of what an individual human being can experience: these can mark human cycles, but only on a collective basis. There were two outstanding events for 1522. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Caliph of his day, scored a major victory at Rhodes over the European Christians, in one of the remnant mop-ups from the Crusades. And secondly, Martin Luther's translation of the Bible into German was published, a year after he was excommunicated by the Pope.<br />
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In trying to grasp societal changes on this time scale, the obvious question is, what themes are we seeing now that correspond to those then? There is still a clash going on between Christians and Muslims, sad to say. That one is very clear and requires no translation at all. However, are we to see the rise of Protestantism in the 16th century as a purely religious phenomenon - such that we should be looking for a new schismatic now? I think perhaps not. In 1522, the Catholic Church was easily the largest, richest institution of the time. Viewed on this more secular basis, the struggle that Luther pushed forward broke up the wealth of the Church, not merely its salvation monopoly. The Church truly was <i>the</i> Plutocrat of the time. Pluto has now reached the halfway point of its time in Capricorn - just as it had for Luther's rebellion. What was clear at the time were such measures of greed as indulgences, and the selling of Church offices.<br />
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<i>If</i> this interpretation is correct, then this little history lesson also reminds us of how long a power shift takes to accomplish.No one US presidential election will determine this, and, along the same line as the Catholic Church as being a universal church, it cannot be accomplished in one country alone. Are we to then consider that, with the passage of Pluto in Capricorn, wealth has become as concentrated in one monopoly - church or oligarchs - as it will be, and then the fissures appear? We shall see.<br />
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President Obama deplored the shooting at <span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Umpqua Community College, because this kind of mass shooting has become routine violence. And he is right: the number of these events has become numbing - almost routine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sad fact has astrological consequences, as well as moral and political ones. I am reminded of one of the prime aphorisms of horary: you cannot ask the same question twice. Now, events are not exactly like questions - and you can in fact have basically the same event twice, if we ignore the very real lives of the people who are the subject of the event.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">But the point worth pondering is what that neat little horary aphorism is saying about the human mind and spirit. The first time a tragedy type happens, it is shocking, infuriating, cathartic, raw - all the human passions are engaged and the person becomes indignant and enraged - and certainly engaged. But then, when there is a next time, and a next time, and still a next time, each additional one hardens the heart rather than opens it, and sullenness becomes the order of the day - except for those survivors who knew the victims and thus were caught up in the tragedy directly.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Venus is the ruler of the 7th house</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Loretta Lynch waited 170 days to become Attorney General, longer than any previous nominee. Yes, we could simply blame Senate politics, and undoubtedly be on the right track, but is there any further astrological explanation? Here are a few notes that could relate to why it took so long, and then, what we might expect from Attorney General Lynch, now that she has been immediately thrown into the fire of riots in Baltimore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Here's the chart of the Aries Ingress for 2015, located for Washington, DC. There are many things we can say about this chart, but here's a starting point: Congress, or a parliament, in a mundane chart is given by the 11th house. Here's it's ruled by the Moon. This was actually a stunning chart, because this ingress occurred just hours after a solar eclipse. In a solar eclipse, it is the Sun which disappears visually, but here, we have the Moon combust in the 7th house of open enemies: the Congress has disappeared! No, we're not really so lucky! But what has occurred is some rather stunning cases of bipartisan cooperation, quite against expectations, and that resulted in the passage of a bill which had been linked to her nomination - a stubborn topic that seemed unattainable just weeks before. Here, the secrecy associated with Congress being combust has been the secrecy of members across the aisle actually doing their job! So the way was cleared for Lynch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Interesting as the combustion is, even more interesting is that Lynch's nativity, for which we have no birthtime, sports a 10 degree Libra North Node! Lynch's nativity also shows a Sun-Pluto square, whether you accept the probability that her Sun is at 29 Taurus, or the smaller chance that it's at zero Gemini. I'm betting on the Sun in Taurus, and with Moon unequivocally in Scorpio, I have not doubt she is a very hard worker. Unfortunately, she will need to be. The lunar eclipse at 14 Aries-Libra which preceded her swearing in has 12 Taurus rising in Washington, partile square Jupiter in the 4th, which is the homeland itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">For the lunar eclipse we see the potent configuration of the eclipse axis square Pluto, which does suggest a possibility of violence, although one might expect it overseas, rather than domestically. But The Moon does rule the 4th from the 6th. The 6th house is often considered the army in peacetime, but this can also refer to domestic police, and more so, since US federal policy has been arming local police departments as if they were fighting foreign wars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Into these potentially dangerous situations walks a new Attorney General, and at a time where the race card is an active dance partner in US politics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Chart 3</b>. Loretta Lynch sworn in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Here, the Ascendant ruled by the Moon, in fixed sign Leo, says two things at least. First, she will be called upon to manifest courage, because that ultimately is the calling card of Leo, especially in this Face. Secondly, a Moon ruling the Ascendant in a fixed sign does not suggest new ideas and solutions, but the attempt to hold fast to currently entrenched ideas. This is further supported by Lynch herself, being sworn in to a 10th house position, being represented by Mars in Taurus: fixed and in Detriment, although having dignity by Triplicity. She <b>will</b> approach approach this job with strength, conviction, and courage. But with the South Node conjunct the 10th, she will be undermined. The Part of Fortune of the swearing in is virtually the same as the Part of Fortune for the prior lunar eclipse: a hint that Attorney General Lynch is there to confront the lunar concerns: the fears, mistrusts, and projections tat have been building in the nation, as we confront our fragmented presence in the world today. Sadly, this appears to be yet another facet of the prediction that I made in <a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:lees-mundane-book&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank">Astrology of Sustainability</a> that the 20-teens would be a time of division, when new ideas and solutions seem out of reach until the major conjunctions of 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/business/the-oracle-of-omaha-lately-looking-a-bit-ordinary.html?hp&_r=0" target="_blank">The New York Times has just published a feature on Warren Buffet</a> with a very curious twist: a discussion of how, after decades of consistently beating the market, Mr. Buffet has somehow lost his touch. The question for us as astrologers, is obviously: why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Mr. Buffet's genius was defined, both by him and by others, as being able to outperform the market. Seemingly, that ability vanished in 2009. Since we are now talking about more than three consecutive years, we have probably moved beyond the realm of a specific transit, direction or progression. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In his nativity, we see that the two most dignified planets, Saturn and Venus, rule two important houses from the standpoint of his investing: the second, and the fifth. The 2nd represents cash wealth, and the 5th gambling: a house most astrologers consider appropriate for playing the stock market. In Buffet's case, Venus and Saturn are also in mutual reception by Triplicity: these two planets work well together. Venus at the 10th house suggests celebrity is possible for its efforts: the <i>New York Times</i> piece points out how rare it is for someone of his profound abilities to be known to the public, but his Berkshire Hathaway Fund has been legendary. Furthermore, Venus was conjunct Spica, surely the most benefic fixed star in the ancient pantheon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I would note an interesting condition of Saturn: its dignity and retrogradation. It's easy to call a planet retrograde as one having a twist. Buffett's amazing ability to outperform the market has to count as one of the most stellar twists of modern finances!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I believe that his Sun-Neptune conjunction trine 1st house Saturn allowed him quite a bit of intuition into matters often represented primarily as dry numerical figures and statistics. Furthermore, the heavy emphasis on cardinality in the chart surely helped him avoid that great temptation of traders: to fall in love with a stock. His combination of dry earth Sun and Saturn hooked up with Neptune in an earth sign is a most fascinating harbinger of psychic engineering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Is there anything we can say to suggest why his streak as ended, at least for now? I believe we have an intriguing possibility. The timing corresponds to one particular aspect of a larger phenomenon: the ingress of Pluto into Capricorn. We know, of course, that Pluto went into Capricorn on 27 November 2008. In my book, <a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:lees-mundane-book&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank">Astrology of Sustainability</a>, I discuss the often dramatic events that occur within the time period when Pluto changes signs. In Buffett's case, Pluto in Capricorn begins to impinge upon his 1st house Saturn, which rules both his 1st and his 2nd: a very crucial planet from the standpoint of his identity and his financial portfolio. Had this ingress occurred earlier in 2008, it might well have affected his 2008 outcome as well. But enter 2009 and suddenly, his Midas touch was gone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Now, in my own mind, I believe that 2008 marks a point of no return in the extent to which the markets are no longer that sensitive to any individual investor, even such a large one as Mr. Buffett. I believe that the increase in computer-driven trading has completely changed the game, and that in this case, our subject simply could not keep up with this change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So: can we hypothesize about whether the magic can come back? We may note that this lingering Uranus-Pluto square is all over his outer placements, with the first pass in 2012 of the square occurring the degree after his Saturn placement, and with the final square in 2015 occurring just past his own Uranus, and thus ringing in his Uranus return. I would venture to suggest that it was probably about the time that the square began to form that he began to understand that he wasn't just having a spurt of a couple of years of bad luck. I would suspect that, with the relative proximity of his Pluto opposition beginning in 2018, that he may not be able to reverse his streak until then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In any case, this is an interesting exercise, because we simply don't have a good database of exactly what happens at the Pluto oppositions, because it's been so long since the last period when Pluto was moving quickly enough for us to experience it. And of course, we don't know whether Mr. Buffett will have retired by then, or even if he will still be on the planet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">However, given the magnitude of his influence among traders and historians of the market, I would venture to suggest that a corollary of this observation is that it may take until 2018 before people, traders, and the government actually fully recognize and address the idea that the current system of computerized trading has completely marginalized the individual trader - just another example of the plutocracy theme associated with Pluto in Capricorn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">And as astrologers, in the meantime, we may have to consider whether the stock market even qualifies as a 5th house entity any more. What we are experiencing now is more akin to loaded dice, where the House is benefiting far more than it should. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">©</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">2013
J. Lee Lehman, PhD</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
my book, </span><a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64:essential-dignities&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>EssentialDignities</i></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">, I addressed
the question of how the three trans-Saturnian planets were assigned
rulerships, which is </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">really
an </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">indirect answer to the
question, how are rulerships assigned? Specifically, I performed an
experiment: I compared the Medieval al-Biruni's rulerships to those
of the modern work by Rex Bills. I looked for all those cases where
Bills gave a rulership to Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto, and the same
concept could be found in al-Biruni. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">B</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">y
seeing which traditional planet rulership was assigned to which outer
planet, we are actually mapping attitudes about the nature of those
outer planets. This was specifically set up to address the modern
belief that the three outer planets are the higher octave of Mercury
(Uranus), Venus (Neptune), and Mars (Pluto). The results are shown in
Table 1.</span></div>
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<b>Planet</b></div>
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<b>Uranus</b></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid #000000; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0.04in;" width="81"><div align="CENTER">
<b>Neptune</b></div>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0.04in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
<b>Pluto</b></div>
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</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="63">Sun</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="67"><div align="CENTER">
4</div>
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1</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="63">Moon</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="67"><div align="CENTER">
0</div>
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5</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="63">Mercury</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="67"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="81"><div align="CENTER">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
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<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="63">Venus</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="67"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="81"><div align="CENTER">
4</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
4</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="63">Mars</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="67"><div align="CENTER">
4</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="81"><div align="CENTER">
0</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
5</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="63">Jupiter</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="67"><div align="CENTER">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="81"><div align="CENTER">
0</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
2</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="63">Saturn</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="67"><div align="CENTER">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="81"><div align="CENTER">
7</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="79"><div align="CENTER">
6</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</dd></dl>
</dl>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Table
1. </b></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Attributions in
al-Biruni which are ruled by Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in Bills.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
results for Neptune and Pluto show a strong conversion of Saturn
words, which suggests the obvious idea that these two outer planets
are malefics that have taken over some of the Greater Malefic's
traditional words. Uranus is more complex, but the dominance in the
transfer of Sun and Mars words does suggest that Uranus is hot and
dry in nature. In Neptune's case, the large number of Moon and Venus
words might suggest wet, while the Moon and Saturn words would give
cold. Pluto is more complicated: Venus and Mars are polar opposites
in qualities as well as signs, suggesting that perhaps Pluto's
qualities are more situational than intrinsic,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">When
I ask astrology audiences to classify the outer planets by quality,
the results are consistent with what we have just seen. Uranus is
easily classified as hot and dry (increasing the energy of a system,
but tending to break things apart), while Neptune is easily
classified cold and wet (decreasing the energy of a system, but
intensifying the connections). Pluto is always troubling for people
to classify, and there is seldom agreement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">This
little demonstration suggests a use of the qualities of the planets
as being an important component of their rulerships. I know that the higher octave theory is very appealing aesthetically: it's just that this study indicates that the higher octave theory truly is more theory than practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">_______</span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym">1</a>Citation:
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Lehman, J. Lee.
</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Essential Dignities</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Press, 1989, p. 107. </span></span>
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<div class="sdfootnote" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sources
for table:</span></span></div>
<div class="sdfootnote" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">al-Biruni,
Muhammad ibn Ahmad, and Robert Ramsay Wright. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>The
Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
London,: Luzac & Co., 1934.</span></span></div>
<div class="sdfootnote" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Bills,
Rex E. </span><u>The Rulership Book; a Directory of Astrological
Correspondences</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">. Richmond,:
Macoy Pub. & Masonic Supply Co., 1971.</span></span></div>
</div>
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<a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/">Lee's Main Website</a></div>J. Lee Lehmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595700198283919209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700761.post-10548105680708243062013-10-17T21:13:00.002-04:002013-10-17T21:13:48.854-04:00US Government Shutdowns: What Works?Copyright 2013 J. Lee Lehman<br />
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In my last post, I discussed a common model for timing the general length of events astrologically, by looking at the quadruplicity of the Ascendant. This idea is used in mundane astrology, for example, in timing whether an Aries Ingress in a particular location will last 3 months, 6 months, or an entire year.* In examining the history of government shutdowns, this method does not appear to apply.<br />
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I had presented a table showing the dates of all prior government shutdowns. I had also mentioned that we should be aware of an important demarcation between the pre-1980 shutdowns and the later ones: the earlier ones had few consequences, because very little in the government shut down.<br />
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What changes was a decision that a shutdown is, well, a <i>shut</i>down, and so the later one resulted in an actual change in government-as-usual. Thus, it is a long shutdown after 1980 that has potential political consequences, whereas the earlier ones were seen as merely technicalities.<br />
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Here, I examine a different situation. As has been repeated many times in the last few weeks, it is <i>Congress</i>, not the President, which is responsible for a shutdown, because it is <i>Congress</i> that must pass a budget. In a mundane chart, the legislative body is the 11th house, so it seems appropriate to consider factors relating to the 11th house. There are presented in the following table, where I have distinguished the petty from the more serious shutdowns by placing the data in blue and red.<br />
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<b>Length in Days</b></div>
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<b>Angular malefics</b></div>
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<b>11<sup>th</sup> House sign</b></div>
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<b>Cond Ruler 11th</b></div>
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<b>In 11th</b></div>
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<b>House 11<sup>th</sup> Ruler</b></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">10</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Ma, Pl</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Ari</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Detr</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Ju, SN</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">4th</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">12</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Ma, Pl, SN</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Ari</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Fall</span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Mo</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">1st</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: navy;">1 Nov 1977</span></td>
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<span style="color: navy;">8</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Ur, Sa</span></div>
</td>
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<span style="color: navy;">Gem</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Pere</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Mo, Ju</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">4th</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: navy;">1 Dec 1977</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">8</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Ne</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Can</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Pere</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Mo, Ma</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">11th</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: navy;">1 Oct 1978</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">18</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">SN, Pl</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Ari</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Ruler</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">–</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">5th</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: navy;">1 Oct 1979</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">11</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Sa</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Ari</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">Pere</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">–</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: navy;">2nd</span></div>
</td>
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<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: red;">21 Nov 1981</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">2</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Ur, Ne</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Can</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Trip</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">NN</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">2nd</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: red;">1 Oct 1982</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Sa, Pl, SN</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Ari</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Per</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">–</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">6th</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: red;">18 Dec 1982</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">3</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Ne, SN</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Leo</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Trip</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">PF</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">4th</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: red;">11 Nov 1983</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">3</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Ur, SN, Ne</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Gem</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Term</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">–</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">4th</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: red;">1 Oct 1984</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">2</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">--</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Ari</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Term</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">NN</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">6th</span></div>
</td>
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<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: red;">4 Oct 1984</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">--</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Tau</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Det/Trip</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="91"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">NN</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">5th</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="84"><span style="color: red;">17 Oct 1986</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="89"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="87"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Sn, Pl, Ma</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="83"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Tau</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">Det/Trip/Ret</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">–</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="86"><div align="CENTER">
<span style="color: red;">5th</span></div>
</td>
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<span style="color: red;">1</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Ur, Ne, SN</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Leo</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Trip</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">–</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">4th</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">3</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Sa, Ne</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Tau</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Ruler</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Mo</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">4th</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">5</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Ma, Sa</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Can</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Pere</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">–</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">4th</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">21</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Ma, Sa, SN</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Can</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Pere</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">–</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">2nd</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">16</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Ur, Pl</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Ari</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Face</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">SN</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">2nd</span></div>
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The two really serious government shutdowns are the last two: the 1996 and the 2013. Although they have different 11th house rulers, they share two features: a weak 11th house ruler which was posited in the 2nd house for the beginning of the shutdown.<br />
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This is actually interesting. There have been four shutdowns in which the ruler of the 11th was in the 2nd, and three of those four were long shutdowns. That's interesting by itself.<br />
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But the weak quality of the 11th house ruler is also interesting. The absence of essential dignity may be described as vacillating, or engaged in what we might call a random walk if it's peregrine, as it was for both of the shutdowns of 1995-1996. But the shutdown this time has dignity by Face, the weakest of the essential dignities. In my book, <a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64:essential-dignities&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank">Essential Dignities</a>, I discuss how Face often seems correlated with a serious of negative states, like anxiety and Fear. The process is being driven by negative emotion, rather than actual progressive ideals. It was certainly interesting that the resolution of the crisis did not occur until Mars had moved out of Face and into Virgo, a sign where it has Triplicity.<br />
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While it would be helpful to have more data points, there is at least a suggestion of an idea for what characterized this shutdown. But personally, I'd rather avoid any more examples very soon!<br />
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* For further information on this use of the quadruplicity with these charts, see my book, <a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:lees-mundane-book&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank">Astrology of Sustainability</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>Copyright © 2017 leelehman.com. All Rights Reserved.</p>
<a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/">Lee's Main Website</a></div>J. Lee Lehmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595700198283919209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24700761.post-91128927590003467922013-10-11T23:08:00.002-04:002013-10-11T23:08:56.153-04:00Beginning A Model for Predicting the Length of Government ShutdownsCopyright 2013 J. Lee Lehman<br />
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In most of the discussions of the current government shutdown, if prior shutdowns have been mentioned at all, the it was the one presided over by then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich during the Clinton Administration in 1996. Actually, there have been a whole series of them. I wanted to create a table to show something about their astrology.<br />
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The reason for the particular columns is simple: there's a lot of precedence in astrology for using a predominance of cardinal meaning fast, a predominance of mutable meaning average, and a predominance of fixed being slow. Unfortunately, this table suggests that we will have to go further with our analysis.<br />
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<b>Table One. </b>US government shutdowns. All occur at
midnight. Source:
<a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/a-brief-history-of-federal-government-shutdowns/">http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/a-brief-history-of-federal-government-shutdowns/</a>.
Note: source gave dates as midnight of the next day, while these have
been converted to the notation as it would be put in an astrology
computer program. For example, the source would give 30 September for
a shutdown commencing at the midnight <i>beginning</i> 1 October, as
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<b>Length in Days</b></div>
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<b>Moon sign</b></div>
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<b>Asc sign</b></div>
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<b>Ruler Asc sign</b></div>
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<b>Fortuna</b></div>
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<b>PH Ruler sign</b></div>
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10</div>
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Cap</div>
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Can</div>
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Cap</div>
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Ari</div>
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Sco</div>
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12</div>
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Tau</div>
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Can</div>
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Tau</div>
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Sco</div>
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Leo</div>
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8</div>
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Can</div>
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Leo</div>
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Sco</div>
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Sag</div>
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Sco</div>
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8</div>
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Leo</div>
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Vir</div>
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Sag</div>
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Cap</div>
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Leo</div>
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</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">1 Oct 1978</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
18</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Lib</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">1 Oct 1979</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
11</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Pis</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">21 Nov 1981</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sco</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sco</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Lib</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">1 Oct 1982</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Pis</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Pis</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">18 Dec 1982</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
3</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Cap</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Cap</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Leo</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sco</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">11 Nov 1983</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
3</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Leo</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sco</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Gem</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sco</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">1 Oct 1984</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Ari</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">4 Oct 1984</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Pis</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Cap</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">17 Oct 1986</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Ari</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Aqu</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sco</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">19 Dec 1987</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
1</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Lib</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">6 Oct 1990</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
3</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Tau</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Can</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Tau</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Cap</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">14 Nov 1995</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
5</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Vir</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Leo</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0.04in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Sag</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%">6 Dec 1996</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
21</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-right: none; border-top: none; padding-bottom: 0.04in; padding-left: 0.04in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;" width="14%"><div align="CENTER">
Lib</div>
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There are several points to consider in examining these results in thinking about what factors could in fact produce a predictable result. First, we need to consider that, much like studying US electional cycles, the calendar period is constrained. Congress has rules whereby the annual budget is supposed to be passed by July 1st. Unfortunately, that often doesn't happen, resulting in continuing measures. Historically, the inability to reach agreement was met with more embarrassment than enthusiasm, and this event in 2013 seems to be only the second time in which there seemed to actually be relish in creating this crisis.<br />
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Because of this structure, it is typically only in the Autumn when such a shutdown can occur, with October 1st the earliest date. The time midnight is automatic. It should also be mentioned that shutdowns since 1980 have produced a more severe result than previously, so it's possible that the data from before 1980 may not work in the same fashion, where the length of the shutdown had a less severe impact on the government.<br />
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Over the next week or so, I hope to be able to present other facets of how we can create an astrology that productively examines these events.<br />
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There is a controversy among horary astrologers over the question of how to place job horary house assignment. The question pivots around the fact that the ancient sources gave slavery to the 6th house, not jobs. The ancient sources gave “preferment” to the 10th house. Therefore, are job questions a matter of the 10th house? The discussion which follows is an expansion on the house attributions I gave in <a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67:martial-art-of-horary-astrology&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank"><i>Martial Art of Horary Astrology </i>(<i>MAHA</i>)</a>.<br />One of the values of being able to create the historical lineage of ideas is that we can see where changes in viewpoint occur, which may help us to understand the context of the changes. This requires knowledge of both ancient and modern practices. I believe the biggest danger to astrological transmission emerges when we don't know our history, and because of that we make arbitrary choices just to do something different or new. However, clinging too tightly to past practices in the absence of admission of real societal change can be equally debilitating to our practice. </div>
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Modern
astrologers are split in their attributions. In the posthumous
edition of her work in 1942, Geraldine Davis gave the 6<sup>th</sup>
house to servants and tenants, and the 10<sup>th</sup> house to
getting, continuing, or leaving a job. In her section on the 10<sup>th</sup>
house, she refers to the 10<sup>th</sup> as relating to the career or
business that the person is in.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a>
Robert DeLuce, originally writing in 1932, gives essentially the same
attribution, with the 10<sup>th</sup> house being given for
promotions. The one interesting wrinkle in his case was the use of
the 9<sup>th</sup> for corporations.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2sym" name="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a>
Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson gave an employment example in the 6<sup>th</sup>
house, but it is for the engagement of a servant. She gave questions
of trade or profession, as well as whether the Querent would get a
particular job, to the 10<sup>th</sup>.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3sym" name="sdfootnote3anc"><sup>3</sup></a>
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It
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“The Sixth House rules the querent's employment, the general
condition of his health, his tenants, employees, and servants. In an
event chart it rules the same things for the person who initiates the
action. Thus, in this case, there is an overlapping of values. For
instance, in the event that someone offers the querent a job, it is a
sixth house matter for both of them: a job for the querent, an
employee for the person who offered it.”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote4sym" name="sdfootnote4anc"><sup>4</sup></a></div>
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How,
we may ask, did Watters reach this conclusion? First, I think we need
to dispense with the polemical approach and state baldly: to a
classical astrologer, modern astrology is <i>not</i> the enemy. I
would call to your attention this quotation from Charles E.O. Carter.
<span style="font-size: small;">In an editorial in 1945, Carter said:</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">Most astrologers probably possess Zadkiel's </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Grammar</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">,
published in 1910 by G. Bell & Sons together with Lilly's
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Introduction</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">;...”</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote5sym" name="sdfootnote5anc"><sup>5</sup></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This simple statement reminds us of something amazingly important. While modern students of Lilly reject that particular version as an unfortunate abridgment, Carter's reference to its ubiquity reminds us that through the 1940's, just about every serious student of astrology in Britain if not other English-speaking countries had a decent, if not wonderful, introduction to classical methods sitting right on their bookshelves. This means that all these modern horary astrologers I have quoted so far had access to the classical tradition – if they chose to read it and use it. So we cannot presume that Watters made this to shift the 6th out of historical ignorance. It was really only the astrologers who came of age in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s who could do so without being at least exposed to classical techniques. This requires deeper thought.<br /><br />To extend what I argued in <i>MAHA</i>, the problem with our analysis of jobs is that what we forget is that our current understanding of them is completely a result of our living in a time after the industrial revolution. The references in the ancient texts to preferment describe exactly the world of what we now call the 1% - those who lived in a pre-industrial world in which energy was a scarce commodity: something provided only by wind, water, animals, and yes, slaves, serfs and servants. In these energy-poor societies, the vast majority of people lived lives of brutally hard physical labor while only a tiny portion could ever even conceive of asking a horary question about choosing a profession! If your father was a serf or a slave, what was your future profession? Professions were for the younger sons of the very small middle and upper classes.<br /></span><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 0; widows: 0;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And that brings us back to the 10th house – the king. And how did these systems of profession work, pray tell? Through the king, of course – or his equivalent! If I were a lord with three sons, then primogeniture reserves my rank and position for my eldest son, but what of the other two? As a lord, I can speak to my friend the Admiral, and get my second son his officer's commission in the navy, should that look like a good fit. I talk to the Cardinal and buy my third son a bishop's mitre. Now that's what used to be called a preferment – a boon granted by a nobleman or royalty to my son, based on bonds of friendship and loyalty – nepotism, in our current parlance. I work hard on my liege lord's behalf, and I am rewarded in lands or plum positions for my sons or relatives – that's how the 10th house works.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If
you go back and read Plato's <i>Republic</i> you will see the utopian vision for the 1% in
action – it is, as we would say, the rich men who benefit
from this form of government. The women are shared communally by the
men – not that they were asked - and the society depends on slave
labor. <i>Very</i> edifying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile,
in the emerging towns of the Middle Ages, we observe the beginnings of
the professional crafts and the guilds. How did this work? To a
degree, this system of apprenticeship allowed some social mobility
and flexibility. A candle maker's son might not end up a candle
maker, but perhaps a blacksmith or a baker: Lilly gives a table of
trades for the 10<sup>th</sup> house associated with this class of
people, but the bulk of his discussion is of officers, which are
people of the higher classes being given boons in the usual way.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote6sym" name="sdfootnote6anc"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But
here's the thing: if the child succeeds and climbs the guild ladder
to journeyman and then to master, what he achieves is to set up his
own house: he <i>becomes</i> that 10<sup>th</sup> house person by
going into business by and for himself. But if he does not succeed, but first
stays an apprentice for a long time, and then only grudgingly makes
it to journeyman, where now is his “profession?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In
Lilly's day, the industrial revolution was just beginning. Coal was
being used for heating, but its use in driving steam engines was a
matter for the following century. Along with land reform and
enclosure, industrialization would drive a large proportion of the
population permanently from rural to urban venues, changing entirely
the meaning of “job” and “employment.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Read
about the condition of the workers in early factories and tell me
this is different from the slaves and serfs of the Middle Ages?
Workers, often children, confined in buildings for long hours at pay
levels that were, as we would say, below the poverty line? Were these
children or their parents asking horary astrologers about their
“professions?” I think not!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Even
if conditions for factory workers, and later office workers, have
improved in the developed countries, we still see these stark
conditions every year in industrial accidents in the developing
world, whether a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, or the
Chinese poultry plant fire. On this point, anyway, the Marxists were
right: it is radically different to <i>own</i> your means of
production than to work for someone else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This
may be the clearest distinction between the 6</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;">
house and the 10</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;">
house: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>ownership</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span><span style="font-size: small;">As
I indicated in </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>MAHA</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">,
there are other ways to relate to a job, the independent contractor
(7</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;"> house) being
the most common.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote7sym" name="sdfootnote7anc"><sup>7</sup></a>
But I think we do people a tremendous disservice, especially in an
economically fragile period, to job-inflate their horaries by
implying that their circumstances allow more choice than they do. I
might add that the use of the 10</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;">
for a job question for the typical employee in our modern sense also
removes the ability to see the boss as an integral part of the
question – there is no house to represent this person, who would be
in a clear 10</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;">
house relationship. The absence of consideration of the boss in the
earlier works is actually a demonstration of how different the
circumstances of the 10</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;">
house preferment idea was. In Lilly's day, a nobleman might grant a
retainer a tract of land – which would then generate revenue by
being farmed or leased. The retainer now </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>becomes</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">
the 10</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;"> house
person relative to this gift property or title: a petty nobleman
himself. </span><span style="font-size: small;">This extension of the feudal society set
up personal links of service and reward for the people at the upper
end of the hierarchy. Serfs were not included in this largesse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The
closest modern example of a 10</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;">
house preferment is in receiving a grant. Here, a granting body –
whether an individual, a government, or a foundation – gifts the
individual with money, which is then used to create something,
whether skill, widget, idea, or artwork. The grant is not expected to
be paid back – it is a true gift. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By
contrast, a person can work an employee of a company for thirty or
forty years and retire as, what? A former employee, not an owner.
This doesn't preclude a comfortable life for the employee, a decent
standard of living. But it is not </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>ownership</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">.
Ownership is the 10</span><sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: small;">
house.</span><br />
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym">1</a>D<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">avis,
Geraldine, and John Bradford. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>A Modern
Scientific Textbook on Horary Astrology, with Authentic Charts and
Predictions</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
Los Angeles: First Temple of Astrology, 1970, pp 181-182; 242-246.</span></span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2anc" name="sdfootnote2sym">2</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">DeLuce,
Robert. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Horary Astrology : The
Answering of Specific Questions</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
New York: ASI Publishers, 1978, pp. 92; 107-113; 156-160.</span></span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3anc" name="sdfootnote3sym">3</a>G<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">oldstein-Jacobson,
Ivy M. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Simplified Horary Astrology</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
Alhambra, CA: Frank Severy Publishing, 1960, pp. 185, 252-253..</span></span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote4anc" name="sdfootnote4sym">4</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Watters,
Barbara H. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Horary Astrology and the
Judgment of Events</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
[Washington]: Valhalla, 1973, p. 64. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Also
see pp. 125-132 for examples.</span></span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote5anc" name="sdfootnote5sym">5</a> Astrological <i>Quarterly,</i> Vol
19(1):1.</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote6anc" name="sdfootnote6sym">6</a>Lilly, William. <u>Christian Astrology Modestly Treated of in Three Books : The First Containing the Use of an Ephemeris, the Erecting of a Scheam of Heaven, Nature of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiack, of the Planets, with a Most Easie Introduction to the Whole Art of Astrology : The Second, by a Most Methodicall Way, Instructeth the Student How to Judge or Resolve All Manner of Questions Contingent Unto Man, Viz., of Health, Sicknesse, Riches, Marriage ... : The Third Containes an Exact Method Whereby to Judge Upon Nativities</u>. London: Printed by, 1647,
pp. 444-451.</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote7anc" name="sdfootnote7sym">7</a>Lehman, J. Lee. <u>Martial Art of Horary Astrology</u>. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Press., 2002<i></i>, p. 177.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">©</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">2013
J. Lee Lehman, PhD</span></div>
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(<b>Note</b>: The
material in this essay is covered in much greater detail in Chapter
One of my book, <a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:lees-mundane-book&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank"><i>Astrology of Sustainability</i></a>,<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a>)</div>
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Patrick Curry has
provided a fascinating blueprint for us of the forces that shaped the
development of early modern astrology, specifically through the
trials (literally) and tribulations (figuratively) of Alan Leo
(1860-1917).<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2sym" name="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a>
Briefly, Leo was the inventor of the “shilling horoscope.”
Utilizing the mails through advertising in magazines, Leo created a
very profitable enterprise for himself by allowing the public to send
away for a horoscope, which was computed by one employee, and then
fleshed out with a page on the Sun sign, a page on the Moon sign, and
so forth. This style of working had both the advantage of allowing
many people to explore astrology at a much reduced price, and it
allowed Leo to become very wealthy through the low time commitment to
each chart . Unfortunately, he ran afoul of the English
fortune-telling laws. After he was indicted, and acquitted on a
technicality, Leo asked his lawyer how he could prevent this in the
future. His lawyer essentially said: don't tell fortunes! In an
attempt to comply with at least the letter of the law, Leo removed
the more predictive language of his shilling horoscopes, and changed
the descriptions to character analysis: a more psycho-spiritual
perspective. In the process, he also declared that this is what
astrology does: its describes, not predicts. Ironically, he was then
arraigned again for fortune-telling, and this time, he was convicted.</div>
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Leo's change in
wording truly was a watershed moment in astrological interpretation.
Leo's own private delineations showed a complete continuity with
prior trends of astrological prediction. The 19<sup>th</sup> century
had witnessed some simplification of astrological technique, compared
to the more detailed classical methods in place through the end of
the 17<sup>th</sup> century. There were the specific challenges of
integrating Uranus and then Neptune into astrological usage. There
were the continual questions raised by the differences between
Western and Vedic astrology, a topic highlighted by the increasing
interest in Indian religion by Westerners in general through the 19<sup>th</sup>
century, and specifically in the Theosophical Society.</div>
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But Leo was not
acting in a vacuum. The impact of these ideas hit other parts of
astrology as well, not just natal interpretation. One of the easier
ways to observe the change is in Leo's own astrological magazines.
The ones before 1900 reflect the “old” ways, and in them, we see
the earlier mix of different styles of astrology, but with a distinct
predictive slant. These magazines, for example, have horary charts
interpreted in a fairly conventional way. Leo's own horary examples
were even collected together into a work on horary!<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3sym" name="sdfootnote3anc"><sup>3</sup></a>
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But surely one of
the major questions of the time would remain mundane astrology. The
historical method of mundane astrology which had developed over
centuries enunciated a hierarchy of charts and conjunctions to be
observed: from the Great Mutation cycle of Jupiter and Saturn which
lasted centuries, to the change of element (mutation) in that series
of conjunctions, the individual Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, the
Mars-Saturn and Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions, the Aries Ingress, and
the other cardinal ingresses, lunations, and eclipses for a
particular year. This series allowed the astrologer to talk about
both long and short-term trends. The ancient authors had also noted
the extreme difficulty in attempting to create a chart for the
Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions, realizing that it was next to impossible
to calculate the exact instant of the conjunction. The first time it
was accepted as possible was the 17<sup>th</sup>century, with
Kepler's and Heydon's direct observations of the Jupiter-Saturn
conjunction. Even with direct observation in hand, contemporaries
warned about the errors in such calculations, a worry that our modern
equations confirm.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote4sym" name="sdfootnote4anc"><sup>4</sup></a>
As a result, the tendency was to delineate the Aries Ingress or
lunation prior to the known conjunction, rather than the
conjunctional chart itself. Astrologers living in the decades after
Kepler and Heydon reverted to the ancient methods precisely because
of these perceived methodological problems, which were discussed in
the works of the day.</div>
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The astrologers of
the 17<sup>th</sup> century were still integrating the “new”
calculational advances of Kepler and the heliocentric theories, and
there was serious astronomical knowledge and interest displayed by
some of their numbers, such as Vincent Wing. What is hard for us to
appreciate now is that their astronomical practices and equations
lacked the precision that we have become accustomed to – and for
good reason. Astronomical precision in observation was still a huge
topic in the 17<sup>th</sup> century, following great advances by
practitioners such as Tycho Brahe, and the instrument makers of
Louvain. But they could still not approach the observational accuracy
of mechanized instruments of both ground-based and satellite-based
machines of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. But quite apart from this,
different astronomical measurements have different accuracies
associated with them: and any ephemeris is only as accurate as the
equations used to generate it.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote5sym" name="sdfootnote5anc"><sup>5</sup></a>
One offshoot of this astronomical consideration – known,
interestingly, to our 17<sup>th</sup> century forebears – is that
we can obtain much more accurate results for the positions of a birth
chart, than for the time of a planetary conjunction or station. In
other words, the routine stuff of astrology – birth charts and
horary charts – are reasonably accurate. But station times are not.
It is unfortunate, but the knowledge of this simple fact is one of
the things that was lost when astrology lost its university moorings
at the end of the 17<sup>th</sup> century, and went largely
underground for a century.</div>
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In the 19<sup>th</sup>
century, astrology was dusted off, and challenged with the discovery
of the outer planets. However, in mundane astrology, we can see that
the job of rediscovery had worked rather well. During the U.S. Civil
War, Luke Broughton (1828-1899) published the “Monthly Planetary
Reader,” in which he did traditional mundane predictions of the
course of the war. Broughton's method was traditionally classical,
and his method seemed to work quite well, with Broughton even
predicting Lincoln's assassination, and later, McKinley's.</div>
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But the 19<sup>th</sup>
century also saw many astrologers experimenting with new methods. In
mundane, this was partly justified by the greater globalization of
the astrological enterprise. Unlike in the 17<sup>th</sup> century,
the telegraph and faster ships brought news of foreign politics and
wars more quickly to a public that became used to hearing of events
on distant shores.</div>
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One of the
astrologers who helped to pioneer this transition was Sepharial
(1864-1929). <sup> </sup>In his columns on monthly events, he
transformed mundane astrology in a number of ways. We can summarize
his methodology as follows:</div>
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<li><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
The sign
placements of the planets have replaced any celestial conjunction as
the top headline. This allowed him to predict that these planets
would affect countries ruled that sign.</div>
</li>
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He reduced the
Mars-Saturn conjunction to a mere transit, instead of an event worth
analyzing in its own right.
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</li>
<li><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
He did discuss
lunations, but his discussion was mainly of planetary conjunctions
or aspects occurring in the chart, but these conjunctions are
largely inferior conjunctions to superior planet configurations
already in play.
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</li>
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Sepharial wrote
specifically on the interpretation of the Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction
in <i>Transits and Planetary Periods</i>. In fact, this work should
be seen as the genesis of the methods of working with the
Jupiter-Saturn conjunction still being used in the 1920s and 1930s.
In this work, he developed a system for working with the
conjunctional chart, and then following it through time with
secondary progressions or directions. Sadly, this work showed no
knowledge of the problems in calculation associated with attempting
to arrive at a chart of this nature.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote6sym" name="sdfootnote6anc"><sup>6</sup></a></sup></div>
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One obvious change
that had to be addressed in the modern period was the discovery of
yet more superior planets, thereby adding more transits to the mix..</div>
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And I have to wonder
whether the shift in Sepharial's interpretations to the use of signs
as being part of an attempt to re-envision how to get the “where”
right. This seems transitional to astrocartography, but
unfortunately, the emphasis on sign seems to have stuck as much for
its convenience in generating copy for monthly deadlines than for
producing real predictive power.</div>
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The methods that
Sepharial was beginning to experiment with for approaching mundane as
a truly global art only needed reinforcing as time went on. World War
I (the Great War, as it was styled before World War II imposed a
numbering system) was fought globally. The emergence of new world
powers continued to challenge capabilities of astrology to keep up
with globalization.</div>
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Between the wars, we
can use the <i>Astrological Quarterly</i> to understand these
developments. The Editor, Charles Carter, wrote extensively on
mundane, and there were contributions by others as well.</div>
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A good example was
L. Protheroe Smith, entitled “The Year 1927,” which featured the
Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of 1921.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote7sym" name="sdfootnote7anc"><sup>7</sup></a></sup>
He begins his article by saying:</div>
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“I make no apology for once more drawing your attention to the
forgoing figure, for the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the
year 1921. I have discussed it here before, and I shall do so again
whenever I am asked to speak on National Astrology during the period
over which it rules. Because, although perhaps less is known
concerning this branch of our work than almost any other, yet there
is reason to believe that national destiny runs in cycles; and we
get, I think, a glimpse of this cyclical process in the
Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions which recur at intervals of approximately
20 years.” (page 4)</div>
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So far, this could
have been written by Masha' Allah – except for the phrase “national
destiny.” We have moved into the period of democracies and other
governmental forms, where the Head of State may only last in that
role for a few years – rarely for life.</div>
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However, a close
examination of the article reveals major differences. First of all,
his year is a calendar year: not a year as defined by the Aries
Ingress. In fact, there are no cardinal ingresses to be seen at all!
What is present is a chart purporting to be for the exact moment of
the conjunction – something we have already seen has some serious
astronomical challenges associated with it.
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His chart comes out
to approximately 45 minutes off our modern calculation! How can
this be? There are two components to the problem:</div>
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<li><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In the era
before the computer, the accuracy of planetary positions in an
ephemeris was not as high as now. This is the major source of the
error in Protheroe-Smith's case.</div>
</li>
<li><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Trying to come
up with the exact moment of a slow conjunction such as this from an
old ephemeris, which gives static positions for each day, is truly
impossible. Positions were given to the nearest minute. You can't
just interpolate the exact moment, because a minute isn't
sufficiently accurate for a body that only moves a few minutes per
day! Is that position of 1 degree 56 minutes really 56 minutes, or
55.51, or 56.49 minutes? You don't know! You can even see whether
your current computer program has conquered this problem by
comparing a timed transit list to using the ephemeris generator to
see if you get the same time!</div>
</li>
</ul>
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But the chart
published has the deceptive <i>appearance</i> of correctness, because
both Jupiter and Saturn are in the same minute of arc. Jupiter was
moving by 13' per day, and Saturn by 7' – this is a good
illustration of the degree of uncertainty of these conjunction charts
– and exactly why Vincent Wing warned about this problem over two
centuries earlier. Uncertainty by twelve hours wrecks havoc with the
houses! So we must begin by being suspicious of anything he says
about the Jupiter-Saturn that is house-based.</div>
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Since he is not
using ingresses, or eclipses, or lunations, what is he doing to
predict 1927? Why, he's progressing this already suspect
Jupiter-Saturn conjunctional chart, using the method pioneered by
Sepharial!</div>
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Secondary
progressions did not exist until the 17th c. when Placidus invented
them in an attempt to reproduce Ptolemy's method of directing. I
don't object to their use here because they are new. The genesis of
the idea for doing something like this exists in the classical
material, which mentions directing revolutionary charts – although
this would have been by primary direction. But if the method is going
to shift, it's important to test it out. How can one test it out on a
chart which is already suspicious?</div>
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Protheroe Smith used
the progression to focus on the progressed Moon, by sign and <b>house</b>
placement. He also does transits from the year to the progressed
placements, and aspects of the progressed Moon to the dubious
conjunctional chart.</div>
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I should mention
that Protheroe Smith's articles continued to grace the <i>Quarterly</i>
for some years to come. And both he and his editor clearly believed
that he was getting good results from such a tenuous method. How can
this be? This methodological problem does not negate transits by
themselves, nor does it negate the importance of the planetary
placements at the time of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction itself – a
conjunction Protheroe Smith clearly had come to know intimately.
Later, Carter would present the “new” Jupiter-Saturn conjunction
for 1940 during the war – and again, it would be inaccurate, though
not so much as the 1920 one. However, but then, Carter had severely
reduced his discussion of it, suggesting that, on some level, he had
realized that it was not the major predictor that it was believed to
be in 1927!</div>
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In the same issue,
“Taurus” reported on the total eclipse, visible in London on 29
June 1927.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote8sym" name="sdfootnote8anc"><sup>8</sup></a></sup>
After a review of the astronomy, the eclipse was interpreted
astrologically, using aspect patterns. Planets are used exclusively
through their house positions: no house rulerships are noted at all.</div>
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There clearly was a
lot of experimentation going on, in many respects paralleling the
development of modern natal astrology, with its simplification of the
ancient systems, along with a much heightened dependence upon the
aspect patterns as the primary method of delineation.</div>
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From here, we can
pick up the history as it is presented in Baigent, Campion, and
Harvey. As Nicholas Campion pointed out in his chapter, “The
National Horoscope: Mundane Astrology and Political Theory,” the
current modern reliance on the national horoscope is quite new. It
was impossible in Europe until only a few centuries ago, with the
development of the modern state.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote9sym" name="sdfootnote9anc"><sup>9</sup></a></sup>
He also discusses the relationship of the state to the national
leader, “the birth chart of the leader becomes a working horoscope
for the collective” (page 109). As Campion has pointed out
elsewhere, the development of the national horoscope as a preferred
method for the analysis of mundane effects came in the wake of the
failure of British astrologers to predict World War II. We can see it
in use in the lead-up as well, witness C.E.O. Carter's references to
a chart for the Fascist Regime and to the French Republic in the
March-April-May 1939 issue of the Quarterly.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote10sym" name="sdfootnote10anc"><sup>10</sup></a></sup>
The theory has been presented that incorrect predictions by R.H.
Naylor and others concerning the war led to a wholesale re-evaluation
of mundane methods, leading to two primary developments:</div>
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<li><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Greater
utilization of national charts to pinpoint hot spots</div>
</li>
<li><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Work by
Barbault and Gouchon initially, then buttressed by Baigent, Campion,
and Harvey to elaborate the meanings of the new superior planet
cycles involving Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.</div>
</li>
</ol>
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While this is
undoubtedly true, I suggest also examining a chart for the Aries
Ingress 1939 shown here.</div>
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Figure 1. Aries
Ingress 1939, calculated for Berlin and London.</div>
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Either way you cut
it, an Aries Ingress with Mars exalted in a partile square to the Sun
looks like a war. And yet, in an article in the Quarterly by Estelle
Gardner entitled “National Astrology,” she reviews that chart –
and does not so much as mention the word “war.” Doing the chart
for London, she merely remarks that the Pluto Rising may denote the
association of Pluto with National Socialism and Fascism!<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a></sup>
How did she miss this? It's worth remembering that England at this
time was strongly neutral and anti-war. There was also a significant
political faction favoring the Nazis. One sure-fire way to mess up
your predictions is to hold too dearly to your own pet theory of <i><span style="text-decoration: none;">How
Things Are</span></i>. If you cannot imagine war, then you cannot
predict it either.</div>
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Charles Carter
himself joined in the prediction of “no-war-in-1939!” in the
June-July-August 1939 issue of the <i>Quarterly</i>, using as his
evidence the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction for 1901 – a chart which is
as flawed in its calculation as the 1921 chart that I discussed in
relation to Protheroe Smith's article. Then, adhering to the same
method, Carter used secondaries to progress the chart to 1939,
divining easy aspects for the immediate future.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2sym" name="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a></sup>
And yet, in his following Editorial that he wrote on August 1st, he
said:</div>
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“I am writing this on the first day of August, with the atmosphere
around me somewhat milder (under the influence of Jupiter stationary)
than it was a few weeks ago (under Mars stationary). Nevertheless
there is a widespread belief that things will move rapidly and
dangerously at least or about the end of the month. And the August
lunation is a strange one; Sun and Moon rise at Berlin, square Uranus
in M.C.”<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3sym" name="sdfootnote3anc"><sup>3</sup></a></sup></div>
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It would seem that
the sudden beginning of the invasion of Poland looked exactly like
that lunation. It was only strange if you couldn't envision war as
the meaning. What failed the British astrologers was not the ancient
techniques, but Sepharial's modification of them, combined with
unwillingness to interpret what they were seeing, but wouldn't
countenance.</div>
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Discussion</h2>
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It's difficult to
impossible to predict what you cannot imagine happening. Carter's
words were split: when he used Protheroe Smith's methods, the result
he got suggested “no war.” But the chart for the lunation itself
as well as the Aries Ingress showed what was in fact the correct
answer – but the inconvenient one. It was not the old method that
failed, but the new one.</div>
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Unfortunately, there
has been too much of a trend in astrology to not worry much about the
astronomy of what we do. Here, clearly, the British astrologers did
not want to worry about the precision of Sepharial's method. Today,
it is still true that finding the precise instant of a conjunction or
other aspect is difficult, and so even now, attempting a chart for an
outer planet aspect has its pitfalls.
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It is also troubling
to note that the method that failed was a new one: but that did not
seem to be the take-home lesson. Yes, Sepharial's method did
eventually disappear, but was this acknowledgement of the failure, or
Planck's Principle, by which a theory doesn't die out until its
adherents do? In the fourth issue of the Quarterly for 1939, now with
the Germans already on the move, Carter predicted the end of the War
in 1941, In this prediction, he was still referring to the bogus 1921
Jupiter-Saturn chart. Carter referred extensively to charts of the
various countries involved, or of the heads of state in the absence
of a country chart, while bemoaning the absence of a chart for
Britain (he explicitly rejected the UK chart for 1801). He suggested
a new system of symbolic directions based on a passage from <i>Isiah</i>
which would have resulted in mortal peril for Hitler in less than a
year. In a list of charts relevant to the study of the war, Carter
included the mutation chart (not great mutation, as he stated) of the
Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of 1842, when the conjunction series moved
into Earth. Again, the problems with the calculation of the precise
moment of the conjunction meant that the chart has the wrong
Ascendant and MC by a sign, once again weakening the chart
considerably as a predictor of the future. We should mention that
Carter's charts did have Pluto marked in them, so he was attempting
to include Pluto as well.
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Carter did
circumspectly predict the entry of the USA into the war after
November 10, 1941, based upon the station of Mars, but herein lies
another tale. He was right: 7 December 1941 marked the entry of the
USA as a result of the attack at Pearl Harbor, But again, the
astronomy was a problem. Carter stated that this station would occur
with Mars conjunct the Ascendant in Washington, but a modern
rendition gives Mars conjunct the Descendant – not a bad symbol for
the attack by Japan (=7<sup>th</sup> house, enemy of the USA), but
again. We see how accuracy was being hampered by astronomical
factors. In the same issue (September-October-November 1941; written
approximately August), Carter reiterated his prediction for the war
ending in 1942, this time based upon secondary progressions of the
chart of Britain, Italy, Mussolini, Hitler, and of the German
Empire.</div>
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By 1942, Carter had
realized how difficult the job of prediction had become:</div>
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“If publication grows more difficult [referring to paper
rationing], so also does prediction. We have now six or seven Great
Powers actively engaged in hostilities, for the most part on several
fronts, and there are a number of lesser belligerents on each side.
Thus the outlook is becoming ever more complex, with good and bad
features interwoven and helpful and harmful periods in quick
succession.” (Vol. 16(1): 1).</div>
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Part of the desire
for better charts for countries and heads of state rested on a simple
fact of geography applied astrologically: the chart for an ingress,
eclipse, or lunation was not substantially different in London or
Berlin because the two capitals are simply not far enough apart to
make it so. And this was always the challenge with Europe:
comparatively small states mean that relocation of a chart for the
different countries results in similar charts, even when the
countries are experiencing substantially different outcomes. What to
do? This was actually why Carter was so concerned about having
country charts or charts of the ruler – the geography demanded the
approach. But then, confronted with grand alliances of multiple
countries, the complexity of the situation became overwhelming.
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I have to feel for
Carter. Reading the entries through 1943 and into 1944, this had to
have been wearing on him. One almost gets the sense he was ready to
return to any other kind of astrology – as I'm sure all his readers
were equally ready to return to their lives without war. Could this
be a factor in why he missed D-Day in June 1944? Remember that Carter
was prognosticating based on the New Moons only: D-Day was planned
for the Full Moon. For May, Carter had said this:</div>
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“The Gemini ingress shows Pluto setting at Washington, still
supported by Uranus – an indication of heavy fighting.... The
lunation, on the 22<sup>nd</sup> [of May], is trine Neptune but falls
in the 12<sup>th</sup> at London, with Saturn just risen. It seems an
uninteresting figure, but Jupiter is on the cusp 3 (Campanus), which
may do something to mitigate traveling conditions and the paper
shortage.”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote4sym" name="sdfootnote4anc"><sup>4</sup></a></div>
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We shall consider
just how “uninteresting” this figure is in a moment, but let's
also see Carter's predictions for June. Because of his use of New
Moons, this refers to after D-Day, but of course what D-Day did was
to open fighting on another front, which certainly did increase the
amount of it:</div>
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“The New Moon falls, on the 20<sup>th</sup>, in 29 Gemini, between
Venus and Saturn, being also square to Neptune.</div>
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“It does not seem an outstandingly important figure for us, but at
Washington Venus is on the midheaven, with the Lights and Saturn near
by. A brilliant position but for Saturn, yet nevertheless calculated
on the whole to bring some eminent success to our Allies.”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote5sym" name="sdfootnote5anc"><sup>5</sup></a></div>
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Let's reconsider
these charts, and see whether Carter actually missed anything.</div>
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We should remind
ourselves that the planning for D-Day was massive, and that the
staging was happening in England, even if much of the operation was
American, and it was under the command of American General
Eisenhower. And foremost in that planning was secrecy and deception –
certainly Neptune, if we choose to use an Outer planet! And talk
about deception! General Patton was assigned as leader of the
completely fictitious First US Army Group, while really secretly
commanding the brand new and barely trained Third Army, which would
be deployed after the initial D-Day landing. Patton's bogus Group was
the decoy to make the Germans believe that the inevitable assault
would occur other than where it in fact did. So the lunation partile
trine Neptune is extremely descriptive of what was going on – but
in a way that Carter could not possibly have realized at the time.
Score One for Carter noting the Neptune – we leave the details to
“stranger than truth.”</div>
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However, there are
factors which we may note that were not of Carter's early modern
approach to delineation. We note the position of Mars at 29 degrees
of Cancer conjunct the benefic North Node, in the 2<sup>nd</sup>
house. Let's pull this apart. First, the use of out-of-sign aspects
explicitly goes back to the Arabs. Secondly, let's consider Mars more
closely. The sports prediction work I did with Bernadette Brady
demonstrated that the malefics in Fall and Detriment are much more
dangerous in a contest (and hence war) than the other placements –
we can consider these positions super-charged. Now, that is obviously
not a piece of information that Carter had access to in his day.
However, it is odd that he ignored Mars in a critical degree – the
29<sup>th</sup>. Furthermore, the 2<sup>nd</sup> house is especially
important, because in conflict charts, the 2<sup>nd</sup> house is
like your second in a duel: it's your allies, those fighting on your
behalf.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a>
So here are the Americans on British soil, staging the largest
mobilization of troops in history for an invasion, so how can this
not be 2<sup>nd</sup> house?</div>
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D-Day was scheduled
for June 5<sup>th</sup>, but was delayed one day because of weather.
At the Full Moon on June 6<sup>th</sup>, the invasion began. Here at
the MC for the lunation is Neptune. The entire Allied plan hinged on
the Nazis believing that the invasion would occur in a different
place than it did, so that the troops could get ashore without being
bombed immediately into their graves. The Ruler of the Ascendant was
Jupiter, in in-sect Triplicity, cadent, but in an appropriate house
for foreign invasion, the 9<sup>th</sup>. Also, repeatedly, classical
sources reiterate that the 3rd-9th axis is less malefic and stronger
than the 6<sup>th</sup>-12<sup>th</sup>. Meanwhile, Mercury, ruling
the enemy, is peregrine and in the 6<sup>th</sup> house – truly a
bad position. The army of Britain's Ally was Saturn – and Saturn
was in a dangerous position, the 7<sup>th</sup> house, but dignified
by Triplicity. Among the key words I had established for Triplicity
is precisely luck – and the Americans that night had the luck –
the luck that their Neptunian ruse had worked and the weather held!</div>
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All of the strategic
planning of the Allies had suggested that if the beachhead was
successful, then the rest of the plan was, if not easy, at least
carrying an acceptable probability of success. By the New Moon in
June, this next phase was well under way. In Carter's analysis, the
period of D-Day had actually fallen under his May predictions, and he
had already discussed those retrospectively in the same issue in
which he gave June prospectively. He did note in the retrospective
discussion that Mars going through Leo should affect France, Romania,
and Italy – which certainly was true.</div>
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As we examine the
New Moon for June 20<sup>th</sup>, we may add some features that
Carter did not discuss. The combined Allied army is given by Mars,
not exactly strong by dignity, but applying to the benefic Jupiter,
which was in Triplicity, and thus strong enough to aid Mars. Mars is
separating from Pluto, perhaps the signature of that very fragile and
dangerous moment when the troops hit the shore. Meanwhile Venus,
ruling the Axis army, is peregrine, in the 8<sup>th</sup> house, and
combust!</div>
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Carter himself
acknowledged that he had not forecast this with his comments in the
following issue:</div>
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“On the 6<sup>th</sup> (a day later than originally planned,
because of the weather) the invasion of Normandy began. I can make no
claim to have foreseen this momentous event, though obviously a time
when there were two powerful and violent conjunctions in the heavens
[Mars-Pluto and Venus-Uranus] was appropriate enough for a hazardous
and audacious undertaking.”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2sym" name="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a></div>
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After D-Day, the war
proceeded apace, looking ever more grim for the Axis. And it is
indeed by this time of November 6, 1944, the revision date of his
article, that events seemed to be coming to a close. The Soviets were
progressing through Eastern Europe. The Allied armies had reached the
Western boundary of Germany, with the free French fighting their way
East to the Rhine. Athens was liberated; Rommel was dead. However,
Carter was now hedging his bets a bit. In referring to the Aries
Ingress 1945, he said:</div>
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“At Tokio Pluto is on the nadir, depicting defeat. But I look to
1946, so far as one can judge from the Mikado's geniture and epoch,
for the total Japanese collapse.</div>
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“Unhappily, this ingress is evil for the United States. Neptune is
just below the ascendant, in quadriture to Saturn just past the
midheaven. This formation seems to point to very difficult times
indeed. In a sense, this agrees with our belief that the European war
will end under or even before the time of, this ingress.”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3sym" name="sdfootnote3anc"><sup>3</sup></a></div>
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Carter was off by
quite a margin on Japan, and his V-E prediction was vague. This
ingress, or before? His negativity about the US suggests before, so
the “during” part (which turned out to be right) seemed more like
hedging. Actually, the negativity was a good call, because that
period represented the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. He
correctly noted that the lunation for April in Berlin looked bad for
the Germans, and commented about whether the capital would even stay
there, presumably because of the extent of Allied penetration into
Germany. He then noted that the April and May lunations did not look
good for London, and that May looked bad for Washington. Accordingly,
he missed entirely V-E (Victory in Europe) Day May 8<sup>th</sup>,
barely a week after Hitler had committed suicide.</div>
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Why did he miss it?
There's one chart he never referred to throughout his long years of
these prognostications: the Aries Ingress for 1939, the year it all
began. If we add that chart to the Aries Ingress charts for 1945 that
Carter discussed, we can see something about why this particular
ingress was so important.</div>
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For that fateful
Aries Ingress in Berlin in 1939, Saturn in Aries culminated. As I
mentioned, the malefics in the signs of their Detriments and Falls
are extremely strong when it comes to combat and destruction.
Saturn's Fall is Mars' ruling sign, just as Mars' Detriment in Libra
is Saturn's Exaltation. So this is an extremely belligerent Saturn in
Aries – poised to do damage. But it isn't quite time yet: Pluto is
at 29 Cancer, just on the brink of changing signs, and Mars is happy
in its Exaltation. However, the partile square of Mars and the Sun
really sets up the very dangerous pattern that is already ready to
leap out of this chart. This Aries Ingress is just a few hours after
a New Moon, with the Moon still combust. The focus of the 9<sup>th</sup>
house is on foreign affairs, and the tone is martial.</div>
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But there is a
warning in this chart. Saturn rules the enemy: the 7<sup>th</sup>
house. That Saturn ruling the enemy is stronger than the Sun: they
are matched by points (+4 for the Sun in Exaltation; -4 for the Sun
in Fall; the points represent the strength, and they are equally
<i>strong</i>, if in opposite directions). But Saturn is a superior,
and it is culminating, the angularity making it much stronger than
the Sun. Thus, the chart says that if Germany initiates a war during
this period, then they will lose. And Germany did, because the fixed
sign rising means that this Aries Ingress was the only one needed to
interpret the year.</div>
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Let's compare the
Aries Ingress for 1945 to 1939. First, when we compare the positions
for Berlin and for London in 1945, we see the focus of activity is
Berlin. London had Jupiter conjunct the MC: the Greater Benefic, but
in questionable condition, being in Detriment and retrograde. So it's
good, BUT... In Berlin, The Sun-Neptune opposition is very close to
the MC/IC axis, with Uranus at the Descendant. But it is when we
compare to 1939 that we really see how much more significant this
highly angular chart is. 1945 Saturn has come almost to the square of
1939 Moon. In 1945, Moon is in an approaching conjunction to Saturn.
This conjunction is occurring very close to the 8<sup>th</sup> house
cusp – death. Jupiter is almost exactly opposite its 1939 position;
and 1945 Mercury is within a degree of 1939 Mercury. These kind of
resonance patterns are very important in the study of returns – a
topic I discussed at length in <i>Classical Solar Returns</i>,
although Ramesey applied the same ideas with mundane returns.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>1</sup></a>
Resonances of same signs or opposite signs bring the relationships
together and emphasize the importance of the year.</div>
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In Carter's
retrospective analysis of VE Day, he mentioned that the chart he was
using for Germany had Saturn at 4 Capricorn. We see this degree
important in both the 1939 and 1945 charts, so it does seem odd that
his interpretation in advance was not a bit more firm. In his next
installment of predictions, he correctly spotted the danger to
Churchill's position as Prime Minister right after the conclusion of
the War because of the solar eclipse of July 9<sup>th</sup>, which he
also noted adversely affected the Japanese emperor. This was the
final installment of the “Month to Month” mundane predictions
that had evolved during the war.</div>
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It goes without
saying that it is much more difficult to work in real time as Carter
did, than to explain the outcome after the fact. But I have already
mentioned the 19<sup>th</sup> century astrologer Luke Broughton.
Broughton published a monthly magazine during the American Civil War
in which he made monthly wartime predictions using the cardinal
ingresses, eclipses, and lunations.
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Given the
methodology, there is much in common between Broughton's and Carter's
methods. But there is also a considerable difference: Broughton used
classical methods fairly strictly, whereas Carter did not use them at
all.
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When I discovered
Broughton's work on the Civil War some fifteen years ago, rather than
publishing a detailed discussion such as this, I saved the example to
be used by my mundane students. There is nothing like comparing
predictions to actual results to develop an appreciation for the
techniques that produce, and those that don't. Broughton did work
with the charts of the generals of both sides of the War, but
generally, he had only birth dates, not birth times. So mostly, he
stuck to the usual mundane charts. His accuracy seemed to be somewhat
better than Carter's, but we must admit that the complexity of
alliances and a much larger global theater had to make Carter's job
more difficult.</div>
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In an editorial in
1945, Carter said:</div>
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“Most astrologers probably possess Zadkiel's <i>Grammar</i>,
published in 1910 by G. Bell & Sons together with Lilly's
<i>Introduction</i>;...”<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2sym" name="sdfootnote2anc"><sup>2</sup></a></div>
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This simple
statement reminds us of something amazingly important. While modern
students of Lilly reject that particular version as an unfortunate
abridgment, Carter's reference to its ubiquity reminds us that
through the 1940's, just about every serious student of astrology in
Britain if not other English-speaking countries had a decent, if not
wonderful, introduction to classical methods sitting right on their
bookshelves. The obvious question is, why didn't these people pay
more attention to what they had?</div>
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We have seen
repeatedly how adding back some classical method through house
rulerships and dignity added to the accuracy of the interpretation.
So why didn't <i>they</i> see it? Earlier, we saw that Carter
referred to Ramesey's rules of elections, which means that he had
access to Ramesey's work on mundane in the very same volume. Carter
showed evidence that he indeed knew this material: for example, his
reference to the cardinal sign rising for the Aries Ingress 1945 in
Washington DC denoting a duration for the effects of only one
quarter.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3sym" name="sdfootnote3anc"><sup>3</sup></a>
Here was even more detail about mundane methods that Carter again
ignored. Why?</div>
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I can only conclude
that Carter and his contemporaries were so seduced by Sepharial's
re-packaging of mundane astrology that they didn't critically examine
which pieces of their system were working, and which weren't. Again,
thinking of the prospect of doing all these hand calculations, not to
mention attempting to follow so many charts manually itself provided
an almost insurmountable task.</div>
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However, if the
lesson that Carter Et Al “learned” from the war was that the old
method didn't work, then they learned the wrong lessons. In one
sense, we could almost say that the real “old methods” hadn't
been tried!</div>
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J. Lee. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Classical Solar Returns</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Press, 2012.</span></span></div>
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19(1):6. The reference in Ramesey is: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Ramesey,
William. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Astrologia Restaurata, or,
Astrologie Restored Being an Introduction to the General and Chief
Part of the Language of the Stars : In 4 Books ... : With a Table of
the Most Material Things Therein Contained</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
London: Printed for Robert, 1654, </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">p.
215</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.</span></span></div>
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for example: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Partridge,
John. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Mikropanastron, or, an
Astrological Vade Mecum Briefly Teaching the Whole Art of Astrology,
Viz. Questions, Nativities, with All Its Parts, and the Whole
Doctrine of Elections, Never So Comprised, nor Compiled before, So
That the Young Student May Learn as Much Here as in the Great
Volumes of Guido, Haly or Origanus</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
microform. Printed for William Bromwich ... London, 1679, p. 42.</span></span></div>
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18(3): 67.</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3anc" name="sdfootnote3sym">3</a>Vol.
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym">1</a>Gardner,
Estelle. National Astrology. <u>Astrological Quarterly</u>, Vol 13,
No 1, 1939, pp 3-8.</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2anc" name="sdfootnote2sym">2</a>Carter,
C.E.O. Editorial. <u>Astrological Quarterly</u>, Vol 13, No 2, pp
45-47.</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3anc" name="sdfootnote3sym">3</a>Carter,
C.E.O. Editorial. <u>Astrological Quarterly</u>, Vol 13, No 3, p 89.</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote4anc" name="sdfootnote4sym">4</a>Vol.
18(1): 8.</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote5anc" name="sdfootnote5sym">5</a>Vol
18(2): 37 (written May 14, 1944).</div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym">1</a><a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:lees-mundane-book&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank">Lehman, J. L. (2011). Astrology of Sustainability: The Challenge of Pluto in Capricorn. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Press, pp 44-51, with some abbreviations and changes for clarity.</a></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote2anc" name="sdfootnote2sym">2</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Curry,
P. (1992). </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>A confusion of prophets :
Victorian and Edwardian astrology</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
London, Collins & Brown, Chapter 5.</span></span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote3anc" name="sdfootnote3sym">3</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Leo,
A. (1907). </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Horary Astrology</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
London, Fowler.</span></span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote4anc" name="sdfootnote4sym">4</a><a href="http://leelehman.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41:lees-mundane-book&catid=45:books&Itemid=30" target="_blank">For a discussion, see Lehman, J. L. (2011). Astrology of Sustainability: The Challenge of Pluto in Capricorn. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Press, pp 18-35.</a></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote5anc" name="sdfootnote5sym">5</a>An
absolutely critical discussion of this is found in Mark Pottenger's
article, “Accuracy of Astrological Calculation,” pp. 159-176 in
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pottenger, Mark,
Editor. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Astrological Research Methods
Volume I: An Isar Anthology (Vol. I). </u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
Los Angeles: International Society for Astrological Research, 1995.</span></span></div>
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Sepharial. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Transits and Planetary Periods; a
Book of Practical Hints to Students of Astrology</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
New York,: S. Weiser, 1970, pp 70-81.</span></span></div>
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<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=24700761#sdfootnote7anc" name="sdfootnote7sym">7</a>Astrological
Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 4-11.</div>
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</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Astrological
Quarterly</span></u></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
Vol. 1, No. 3., pp 29-33..</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Baigent, Michael, Nicholas Campion, and Charles Harvey. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Mundane
Astrology</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
An Aquarian Astrology Handbook. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire:
Aquarian Press, 1984. The chapter referred to is pp 95-111.</span></span></div>
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Once again, speculation is rife, and astrologers are trying to sort through the possibilities for the new pope, just like everyone else. Following so soon after the 2012 USA presidential election cycle, I can't miss noticing some of the same feeding frenzy - and quite possibly, some of the same mistakes made then.<br />
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Perhaps the biggest mistake, imho, is the continued attempt to use horary in order to predict the result. I am going to repeat what I said at the time of the election: to get a good horary requires <i>intimate personal</i> involvement in the outcome, and simply being a news junkie is not enough. Then there is the obvious admonition about not asking the same question twice. It is simply inconceivable that all billion or so possible horaries would come to the same conclusion.<br />
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We are in the land of mundane, folks, so let's try to understand how to answer these questions using the right tools. And the best place to start is to look at the last papal conclave in 2005.<br />
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We actually have reported data for the dramatic moment when the doors to the Sistine Chapel were closed, closing in the cardinal electors. Here is our chart.<br />
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The first thing to notice about this chart is that there is a cardinal sign on the Ascendant. Going back at least as far as Dorotheus, this tells us that this Conclave will take less time than average. The interesting thing about the structure of a Conclave is that the usual format is that the Cardinals go in, and elect one of their own. As an event, it is the cardinal electors given by the 1st house: they are the movers of these events. They are electing the 10th house pope. So in this chart for 2005, we see the cardinals represented by Venus, Ruler of the 1st, dignified in Taurus. The future pope is given by the Moon ruling the 10th. The Moon in Virgo: perhaps a writer, an engineering type, an introvert - all possible renditions. But perhaps the most significant signature is that the Moon is coming to Venus by trine in one degree - <i>and the new pope was elected within a day of the beginning of the conclave</i>. What is perhaps most amazing about this is that Pope John Paul II had updated the papal election procedures, and the newer version has made the living arrangements during the Conclave much more comfortable - something that, it might be argued, could have made it easier for the Conclave to last longer. But it didn't!<br />
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We should note: the chart for the start of the Conclave is not the same as the start of the Papacy: it is the chart for the election itself. It is the other relevant mundane charts that begin to show us what were the issues of Benedict's reign.<br />
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Here we see the Aries Ingress before Benedict's election. The first and perhaps biggest point is that this chart covers both the death of John Paul II and the ascent of Benedict XVI. Here we are immediately struck by the partile Moon-Mars opposition so close to the Ascendant-Descendant. These cusps themselves are the Gates of Life and Death, as originally formulated by the Greek astrologers. The Moon, ever ready to show the action in a chart is opposite Mars, Ruler of the 10th. What is so fascinating about this is that Joseph Ratzinger was of the nature of Mars: a true defender of the faith. John Paul II was noted for his involvement with the Marian aspects of Chrsitian faith, surely more lunar in nature.<br />
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Both the Moon and Mars are highly dignified here with Mars having both exaltation and Triplicity. But they are at the 29th degree: the old order is changing in this moment, and the new pope being elected is very much of the old order.<br />
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Mars' rulership of the MC, and just having set below the horizon guarantees that this papacy will be marked by struggles relating to past issues, and that thes struggles can have the effect of diminishing the Church. <br />
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Consider next the lunation before the 2005 Conclave. Here we see the signature of what was perhaps the biggest problem of Benedict's reign: the seemingly unending litany of sexual scandals. How can we be surprised with the New Moon in Aries in the 5th house of sex, conjunct Venus in Detriment, and with the North Node there to blow up the circumstances? Here we see the new Pope, Mercury as in the Conclave chart, in Aries - his tongue was sharp enough when he spoke of the problems, but he looks completely ineffectual in this chart.<br />
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But enough of the past, what does the current Conclave chart say?<b> [The following is a change to the original text posted last night.] The cardinals filed into the Sistine Chapel with Mercury still angular, but ruling the Ascendant and MC, and Jupiter in the 10th. As they completed their chanting, oaths, and other preliminaries, both Neptune and Mercury, set, and Jupiter moved from the 10th to the 9th. Jupiter in the 9th is appropriate for an ecclesiastical event: and I have to say it is more descriptive that a private meeting have so much more of a cadent look. Jupiter is still angular, though, being still conjunct the MC. Some ancient sources have distinguished between the 3rd-9th axis and the 6th-12th axis, finding the 6th-12th to be much more malefic - which makes sense under normal conditions, but so much more so for a religious occasion. </b><br />
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<b>I took the closing of the doors at 5:34 pm Vatican time. This Conclave will be of average length, the general meaning of mutable angles. There's a very strong Mercury signature, with Mercury ruling both 1st and 10th. And poor Mercury! In Detriment, in Fall, cadent, and retrograde. The importance of Mercury at this time cannot be overemphasized! I have to wonder whether this chart would grant a pope even remotely able to tackle the very serious issues facing the Church. Neptune can represent great faith: but also great blindness. As the procession was occurring the <a href="http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/03/12/visiting-priest-arrested-on-sexual-batter-child-molest-charges-in-sutter-county/" target="_blank">Daily Telegraph reported on the arrest of a Colombian priest</a> in California for child battery, showing all too clearly the problems of the Church today.</b><br />
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The Jupiter dispositorship suggests that the new Pope will surely be a man of great faith and conviction, because that is what Jupiter represents. But Jupiter is in Gemini - its own Detriment - so again, I would worry that this man will not be entirely up to the task.<br />
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I would also not be surprised to see this Conclave run until Mercury stations direct, given the strong Mercury rulership shown. Retrograde Mercury is applying to Neptune: but in the moment of turning direct, it refrains from conjoining Neptune, which itself is perhaps the biggest hopeful sign we can muster.<br />
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