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Physiognomy and planets

April 17, 2009

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The shape of the body in all living beings depends on the temperament. Without having the birthchart we should easily recognise different temperaments, and on the other hand the assessment of the temperament from a chart should be in agreement with the shape of the body, at least in my opinion Even if now [...]

some notes about temperaments

March 21, 2009

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Can a star of whatever planetary nature with the Sun  deciding the temperament as a traditional astrologer, author of a DVD about humours and temperament states? When does John Frawley say that an oriental Saturn is cold and dry he is talking according the tradition? One of the most interesting point in astrology is [...]

About four temperaments and Salernitan Medical School

February 3, 2009

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The legend states that this famous medical school was founded around 1000 AD by four pilgrims, experts in herbs, traditional remedies and medicine: a Greek one, a Latin one, a Jew and a Muslim. Surely it was the first medical institution in Europe and the first of European Universities. The most famous treatise produced in the [...]

About winter and phlegm

January 8, 2009

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The motion of the Sun   and the Moon -  in the zodiac and in the day causes the generation of all the bodies under the sky. The kind of generation is determined by the quality of stars: planets, starred images, comets generate all the alterations occurring in primeval qualities, hot and cold, and dry and wet.  [...]

Marcus Aurelius illness

May 17, 2008

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At the height of the Roman empire Galen (On Humours)  wrote that the basic element of every living creature was the humour. The four humours - yellow bile, blood, phlegm and black bile - were each charged with either active or passive qualities. They were related to the four elements of earth, air, fire and [...]

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Cardano on fixed stars in De iudiciis geniturarum (1547)

Cardano on fixed stars in De iudiciis geniturarum (1547)

Stars at the border of Sagittarius, the three ones of third magnitude near or over the arrow, have a great influence in producing murderers. If they are well disposed they make heroes, men of war, tribunes, judges, responsible for other people's death; if ill disposed, they make wardens, subordinate

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ABOUT STARS RISING WITH THE 12 SIGNS ACCORDING ALBUMASAR GREAT INTRODUCTION

ABOUT STARS RISING WITH THE 12 SIGNS ACCORDING ALBUMASAR GREAT INTRODUCTION

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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Some personal notes

Some personal notes

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?"

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A short guide to Ptolemaic primary directions

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

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The astronomy of primum mobile: Placidean directions under the pole

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:

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the astrological ceiling of Villa Farnesina in Rome

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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MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC

Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance is music for life, the sound of work, war, happiness, sadness,  love, prayer. [vimeo 2654494] The Litaniae Sanctorum are one of the oldest prayers of the Church. They were established by Gregorius the Great in 590 AD to stop the plague. A medieval legend

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Stade on Fixed stars

Stade on Fixed stars

Fixed stars have a prominent part in traditional astrology: Ptolemy in the first book of  Tetrabiblos lists them without giving any meaning, but we have several alternative sources for them, Manilius and Firmicus in the Latin world,  Anonymous of 379 and two chapters from Liber Hermetis  in the

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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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