By the way, the 3 stars in the belt of Orion were also attributed the 3 'magi' of biblical fame . The other way around. The 3 magi where attributed to the 3 stars in the belt of Orion. The quote below is from this link. http://www.usbible.com/Astrology/star_of_bethlehem.htm The wise men: The wise m... Forum: Philosophy & Science Topic: astrotheology the true roots of All religions Replies: 8 Views: 12216 Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:06 am Jump to post
Voyagergirl, I was looking at the chart and seeing what Jupiter, your significator is doing. The trine of Mars in Aquarius to Venus in Gemini, and both sextile to your Jupiter, shows a potential to have fun bisexual 3-ways (on the chart the aspect lines form a triangle!). Jupiter conjunct the Imum C... Forum: Horary & Electional Astrology Topic: Horary indicators for homosexuality? Replies: 41 Views: 17546 Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:12 am Jump to post
Learning Traditional Mundane Astrology What do people here recommend for beginning Mundane Astrology using traditional techniques? I have a 3 books in one of Raphael, Greene, and Carter. I know Carter uses modern methods. I would guess Raphael and Greene are more traditional, minus the Uranus and Neptune. Next there is the first half of ... Forum: Mundane & Financial Astrology Topic: Learning Traditional Mundane Astrology Replies: 1 Views: 5891 Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:52 am Jump to post
I'm no authority here, and would be interested if anyone can recommend properly-researched works that looks at possible explanations of religions along the lines being offered here. I suppose it would be possible to spend the rest of one's life trawling the web in pursuit of the threads here, but i... Forum: Philosophy & Science Topic: astrotheology the true roots of All religions Replies: 8 Views: 12216 Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:02 am Jump to post
http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/mithra.html This seems to be a Christian site so of course will have an axe to grind, but the arguments look pretty reasonable, and references are supplied for anyone wanting to pursue them. Acharya S can grind an ax too, with passion. This article includes referenc... Forum: Philosophy & Science Topic: astrotheology the true roots of All religions Replies: 8 Views: 12216 Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:32 pm Jump to post
Drugs played apart of many religions as well as early Christianity. Ethnogens and Astrological Symbolisms form the bedrock of many/most scriptures. Check out these cute videos on Jesus the Mushroom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGCXsAAv-fk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khsglevCHjg Forum: Philosophy & Science Topic: astrotheology the true roots of All religions Replies: 8 Views: 12216 Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:30 pm Jump to post
astrotheology the true roots of All religions I've been reading books and websites and looking at videos on the subject of Astrotheology. It's premise is that all religions are derived from Astrological/Astronomical/Seasonal symbolism. This is true of even the big ones such as Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, all of which have their roots in ea... Forum: Philosophy & Science Topic: astrotheology the true roots of All religions Replies: 8 Views: 12216 Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:57 am Jump to post
[quote]Hellenistic Greek Astrology a) Ptolemy b) Paulus c) Valens [/quote] Don't forget that Ptolemetric Astrology can be treated as a form in itself, different from the rest of the house oriented Greek Astrology. Ptolemy emphasized universal significators and barely used houses. Many claimed his Te... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Differences between traditional and medieval astrology Replies: 9 Views: 7954 Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:17 am Jump to post
I screwed up on the last post. The first link does not discuss the zodiac with Jesus, though it has good archeology stuff on Jesus. The link below does discuss the life of Christ as the journey through the Zodiac. http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/solarmyth/christ2002.htm The rest of the links ... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Planetary Seals Replies: 30 Views: 19456 Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:23 am Jump to post
more on 666 I was musing some more about 666 and the sun kamea. It this was used in other pagan religions and even the bible mentions Solomon's 666 units of (sol) gold. http://www.jesus8880.com/gematria/666.htm I was reading some article on www.luckymojo.com where they listed 3 theories on 666 and the last was ... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Planetary Seals Replies: 30 Views: 19456 Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:15 am Jump to post
John Frawley has a similar example on pages 55 and 56 of Real Astrology Applied. The subject was for a refrigerator arriving. He used the moon as a natural signification of refrigerators. It also ruled the 6th house of the delivery person and was on the descendant. I would give a shot with Mars as t... Forum: Horary & Electional Astrology Topic: Television Replies: 7 Views: 3811 Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:05 am Jump to post
Solar Return's location On calculating solar returns, does one use the place of birth, or the place that the person actually is? Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: The complex Solar Return Replies: 12 Views: 9301 Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:02 am Jump to post