So HAL doesn't need a human to tell him to be evil; he's figured it out all by himself after we fed him everything humans have said and done online for 30 years; and now there's a robot who can change his own battery who needs cult leaders and adoring followers when HAL can do it all hmself; wonderf...

Hi James ... thanks for your take on the mid-points; I have zero experience using them in any type of chart but, out of curiosity, checked them in Ebertin (natal I know) and they do seem to indicate that, at least in Trump's mind, he believed he was doing a good thing which the rumours that he's aft...

Hi James ... burnt or cazimi, think we also need to consider the partile inconjunct ("things fall apart") from Pluto at 3 Aquarius ... so not convinced any coerced ceasefire will stand.

So he’s counting by sign, not houses; although the mention of “even degrees” is unusual as that usually means ascension degrees, not zodiac degrees. No, it's the other way round: equal degrees (or 'even', as translated here) means degrees on the ecliptic. Aarrggh...you're right...brain fog..sigh. I...

Hi Ouranos, Ibn Ezra says “The fifth [thing to observe] is the end sign, and that is always [counted] in even degrees (zodiacal). And so you will do. In the first year the end sign is from the beginning of the rising degree [counting] 30 degrees until the next sign [and so on).” Epstein, ARHAT, p.79...

Hmm.. I probably got the idea from Zoller's Lesson 18 Profections & Firdaria; under 'Monthly Profections' he says the profected house for the year represents the 1st month of the year, the following house, the next month, and so on. He uses Alcabitius houses. He goes on to say Always keep in min...

Hi Martin ... The combination of predictive techniques outlined in the third part is mostly standard medieval fare, except that by Ferrier's time, directing by position circles (Regiomontanus-style) had become more popular than the Ptolemaic method of proportional semi-arcs/mixed ascensions. Also, a...

Just added a modernized version of this text from 1593 to my archive.org page. Sadly there are no chart examples but Part 3 covers Ferrier's use of directions (Regio), Circumambulation through the bounds (although he doesn't call it that), profections, and solar revolutions. Found it interesting tha...

I use the 1st for the Visiting Team, the 7th for the Home Team based on the idea that the visiting team is the one that 'initiates' the action; if they don't show up, the home team wins by default. The 10th, as 'honours' in connection with L1 or L7 gives indications for the game winner. Recently, af...

as i have mentioned before - skyscript search feature is broken and doesn't include many years 2010 to 2020.. for some strange reason posts from 2007 and further back are accessible but not a whack of them in the middle years.. peace out.. Hi James…yes, I’ve found the same although if you search on...

Interesting! And you also move the MC by OA ? No, sorry, should have been clearer on that. For the houses, I start with the RAMC less the Age Arc, subtract increments of 30 degrees for new house cusps and then convert to longitude using their house poles so MC is always has a pole of zero, the Asc ...

Hi Ouranos, I've used the 8:30 am time for Biden's chart when checking events around the election and for this; the method I use, moving the whole chart by 1 year = 1 degree of OA varies from the normal PD's but I have found it to be far more descriptive of natal events than other methods I've tried...