Readers of my blog know quite well how astrology was important in Rome. It was important for Latins, but much more in Renaissance and late Renaissance. There was almost nothing done without consulting the astrologers, even inside the same Catholic Church. I believe of some interest to give a deeper look to the famous sundial [...]
October 18, 2009
In Medieval Latin the word “medicamentum simplex” was a single herb used as a medicament while several herbs used together were called a “medicamentum compositum. “ From this Medieval abbeys gardens and later universities gardens where herbs were cultivated for study and medical use were called “Hortus Simplicium“, gardens of simple (medicaments).
May 31, 2009
Traditional astro-lists in the net are a precious source of knowledge (and friendship), and I’d like to mention two different threads worthy to inquire about and mix a little how I like to do very often. The first one appeared in The Real Astrology and it was about an Italian translation of two important works of [...]
April 26, 2009
PUBLISHED IN LINGUAGGIO ASTRALE N. 150 - SPRING 2008 In these days we are celebrating the birthday of Rome, which according the tradition was founded by Romulus on the 21st April 753 bC. This tradition is very old and derives from the city’s birthchart. Still everything is not so easy as it seems.
February 28, 2009
In the very centre of Rome, in the middle of the gardens of Piazza Vittorio there is a strange stone door called “Alchemical door” or “Magical door.” The door was the entrance of the Villa built by the Marquis Massimiliano Palombara around 1660. Inside his villa Palombara was dedited to occult studies and involved in alchemical studies [...]
January 15, 2009
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, the journal of the Italian Association. Some [...]
January 1, 2009
The legend says that Numa Pompilius, the successor of Romulus, in his reform of the Calendar added two months to the Roman calendar, and fixed the beginning of the year at the first day of the month dedicated to Janus, the God of the doors – janua in Latin, from yana (road) in Sanskrit. [...]
December 8, 2008
This morning, as every year, I visited the traditional Christmas books’ exhibition and I had the opportunity to attend a lecture about the star crossed love between Raffaello Sanzio, the famous painter and the beautiful Fornarina, made immortal by one of his paintings. Who was that woman is not clear but many say she was Agostino [...]
September 8, 2008
Haec, Auguste, tamen, quae vertice sidera pulsat, par domus est caelo sed minor est domino. Augustus, this Dome whose vault touches the stars and is so similar to the sky, nevertheless is inferior to his Lord. (Martial, Ephigrams VIII, 36) A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION When I wrote my thesis about “manifestations of luxury in Renaissance Italian buildings” some years [...]
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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