Software review: primary directions charts in Morinus
Since last weekend Morinus new version1 has been released and I’d like to spend some words for a review . site: https://sites.google.com/site/pymorinus/ [↩]
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Ptolemy and Placidus primary directions
July 4, 2011
Like the famous ghost haunting the whole Europe, now and then in the traditional lists and forums the question about the true house system used by Ptolemy arises again and again, especially because now it’s trendy in traditional astrologers of English speaking countries to use whole sign houses following Vettius Valens or to use them [...]
Calculating rapt parallels, Placido method
August 20, 2010
A rapt parallel is the aspect between two points - both rapt by the motion of the Primum Mobile, when they have the same distance from the meridian, which is proportional to their semi-arcs. Differently from the mundane parallel, where one point is fixed on the natal position, and the other moves, here both are [...]
A short guide to Ptolemaic primary directions
October 30, 2009
Reading here and there I see that primary directions are seen as very difficult and occult. It is not like that. Ideas which are behind are very easy to grasp, and modern software can do all the calculation for us: on the other hand people who have learned them generally use them as a way to [...]
The astronomy of primum mobile: Placidean directions under the pole
September 13, 2009
Since the Antiquity astrology (and prediction) was based on astronomical tables generally divided into three different parts collected together: tables of primum mobile, tables of planetary positions, eclipses; at the beginning of the Renaissance tables of primum mobile were separated from the rest: the most famous of all Regiomontanus’ ones, which the author called “Tables [...]
Primary directions with (and without) Morinus software
August 6, 2009
I’ve just finished reading Martin Gansten’s book about primary directions, and I liked very much. So I believe it’s the opportunity to give some examples about primary directions using Morinus software, especially because here in Italy we don’t use Kolev formulae- better said, we use them but put in another way.
Death, horimea and primary directions: an example from Placido
July 31, 2009
Surely the most popular chapter from Ptolemy’s Quadripartite is the chapter about the duration of life, 1 where Ptolemy explains primary directions. Primary directions were surely the most important tool of the traditional astrologer in foreseeing the facts of life: lost of sight in the 20th century, they are reborn thank to the work of Rumen Kolev 2 [...]
Michael Jackson birth chart, animodar, isaritmia and much more
July 1, 2009
The gentle author of this blog is not very fond of Michael Jackson music- she has different musical tastes and never in her life took Michael Jackson into consideration- but as every astrologer, she uses people as guinea pigs for her experiments, and she cannot miss this chart. She likes very much the reading Ben Dykes [...]
Placidus and the Part of Fortune
May 2, 2009
As many of us know, Placido Titi did use his own calculation of Part of Fortune, which he took from Adriano Negusanzio “nobleman from Fano, very expert both in the astrological doctrine according the true doctrine of Ptolemy, and in natural science and in the other secrets of nature… “ In his Canon de Parte Fortunae, [...]
Which is the true moment of birth: Placidus and animodar
January 27, 2009
As we saw in these days with Obama’s oath(s) – the first problem for an astrologer is determining the true moment of birth, whatever event we are talking about. Placidus writes some interesting considerations in his Coelestis Philosophia (1650):
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Cardano on fixed stars in De iudiciis geniturarum (1547)
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Stars rising with portions of ecliptic, the so-called paranatellonta, have a central place in traditional astrology. Ancient texts give a lot of room to this subject, Manilius dedicated to paranatellonta the whole fifth book of his Astronomica, Firmicus lists them in two of the eight books of Mat
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A THIEF called ANTON GRIGORYEV Caesar divorced Pompeia at once, but when he was summoned to testify at the trial, he said he knew nothing about the matters with which Clodius was charged. His statement appeared strange, and the prosecutor therefore asked, "Why, then, didst thou divorce thy wife?"
A short guide to Ptolemaic primary directions
Reading here and there I see that primary directions are seen as very difficult and occult. It is not like that. Ideas which are behind are very easy to grasp, and modern software can do all the calculation for us: on the other hand people who have learned them generally use them as a way to show ho
The astronomy of primum mobile: Placidean directions under the pole
Since the Antiquity astrology (and prediction) was based on astronomical tables generally divided into three different parts collected together: tables of primum mobile, tables of planetary positions, eclipses; at the beginning of the Renaissance tables of primum mobile were separated from the rest:
the astrological ceiling of Villa Farnesina in Rome
This is the transcript of the lecture kept in Rome by me and Anton Grigoryev (who wrote the article with me) for the Congress/Competition of October 2006 organized by CIDA, the Italian Astrological Association . The Italian text has been published in the Winter 2006 issue of Linguaggio Astrale, t
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Stade on Fixed stars
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My name is Margherita Fiorello from Rome, Italy.
I graduated with a thesis on Renaissance villas in Papal Kingdom and I have been engaged in traditional astrology since ten years. Currently I'm studying astrology with Giancarlo Ufficiale, one of the founders of CieloeTerra- Prof. Giuseppe Bezza's traditional astrology group. I'm a member of CieloeTerra and a certified CIDA member. More about me in the bio.
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