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Next cohort of Ben Dykes Traditional Natal Astrology course starting soon

Hi All, The next cohort of my natal astrology course will begin this Saturday, May 3, at 10:00 AM Central Time. There are still places left, so if you're interested please go to www.bendykes.com/tnac . There is an information document which gives basic information about the course. Installment optio...

Hi Phantastikon, It's important to know that the older definition of "apogee" referred to the point in the deferent where the planet is farthest away from earth , not the Sun: so this is what Ptolemy is referring to. (There is also an apogee of the epicycle, but they seemed to be less inte...

Hi Martin, Although I primarily do natal astrology, I have some thoughts on this you might find helpful. The issue as I see it, is that signification or indication is a broad concept, and planets can signify things in many ways. For example, in the instance you mentioned, the Sun signifies authority...

Good point about the moral qualities of the signs, Curt. I was thinking about the fact that in English we still say that a corrupt or evil politician is "crooked" while an honest person walks the "straight" path or lives a "straight" life, and I always connected that wi...

Hi Martin, Although the difference between them is one of degree (literally!), maybe they were also considering that as latitude increases towards the poles, they become MORE like that: the crooked signs get more and more crooked, while the straight signs get more and more straight. Also, there is a...

Hi Martin, As for the crooked/straight vocabulary, think "upright" and "stooped over." The straight signs arise in a more upright fashion, pointing more upwards as they cross the eastern horizon, like someone walking with a straight back. The crooked signs are more slanted and po...

That's a good point, Curt. Some time ago I had a nativity from 1958 and was surprised to learn (can't remember why I looked it up) that at the time, Saint Paul (the capital of Minnesota, just a few miles away) had not adopted daylight savings. So you could work in St. Paul, and by the time you drove...

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