I also think that temperament is confused with manners. Temperament is character, sufficient unto itself, but manners is personality; it is essentially expressed in relation to other people. Character is who you are, personality is how you behave, and what others see (or think they see) of you. Agr... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Moon phases and temperament Replies: 38 Views: 23526 Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:47 pm Jump to post
It is the Greenbaum's method I used to determine the temperament of a person I know. Her temperament is Melancholic and psychological tests confirm this. (As we know, in reality there are no pure temperaments - a person has one primary temperament mixed with the others in different correlation.) Wit... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Moon phases and temperament Replies: 38 Views: 23526 Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:23 pm Jump to post
Maybe Ptolemy has in mind only the visible side of the moon? On the other hand, I see the change of distance between Sun and Moon (as the Moon rotates around the Earth) as too small to be sensible difference between hot and cold. Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Moon phases and temperament Replies: 38 Views: 23526 Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:37 pm Jump to post
Thanks you for your replies. For now I prefer Ptolemy's method as it seems more logical to me: the new moon whose surface is under no sun beams is cold and wet, first quarter is still wet, but hotter, then the moon goes dry at the full moon phase when it is still hot, then it starts to become colder... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Moon phases and temperament Replies: 38 Views: 23526 Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:11 pm Jump to post
Moon phases and temperament I'd like to ask, what moon phase to what of the four temperaments correspond. Thanks. Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Moon phases and temperament Replies: 38 Views: 23526 Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:23 am Jump to post
Here is an interesting article: http://www.regulus-astrology.com/research.html "A Rectification Manual presents evidence favoring Dorothean triplicity rulers and Egyptian bounds and suggests methods for conducting tests on a wider sample." Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Confused on which dignity table is the most accurate. Replies: 13 Views: 8735 Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:52 am Jump to post
I think his books can be found in Russian. I personally don't have any of his books. Forum: Nativities & General Astrology Topic: Jan Kefer's affetic index Replies: 7 Views: 8413 Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:12 pm Jump to post
An astrologer. Born 1906, died 1941. I think he has several books on astrology. Forum: Nativities & General Astrology Topic: Jan Kefer's affetic index Replies: 7 Views: 8413 Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:07 pm Jump to post
Jan Kefer's affetic index Please, can someone tell me more about the Kefer's system for dignities and compare it with the Lilly's system? How accurate it is? I was unable to find anything about it in the Internet. Thanks. Forum: Nativities & General Astrology Topic: Jan Kefer's affetic index Replies: 7 Views: 8413 Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:37 pm Jump to post
Hello! This is a very useful website and I am happy that I found it. I read what is written in this topic and my questions are similar: I have a question regarding Rulers of Term: What is the system that most astrologers prefer to use today and what system do you prefer? From my own observations and... Forum: Traditional (& Ancient) Techniques Topic: Confused on which dignity table is the most accurate. Replies: 13 Views: 8735 Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:36 am Jump to post