Calling Solar Eclipse experts 1 by Night Sky What is the difference between an eclipse on the South Node and the North Node of the Moon? Are there any measurable effects between both possible Lunations? Quote Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:25 am
Solar Eclipses 2 by Julie K Night Sky, A North Node Solar Eclipse begins at the North Pole and winds its way downwards across the Equator to the South Pole where it ends. A South Node Solar Eclipse begins at the South Pole and winds its way upwards across the Equator to the North Pole. A book that would give you help in understanding the Saros Series - families - of Eclipses is Predtictive Astrology - The Eagle and The Lark, by Bernadette Brady. There is no other book or work that sets out the information as BB does here. I'm sure this will make the Eclipse phenomena easy to understand for all. There is a delineation of each Eclipse and a list of Eclipses up to 2050. sunflower Quote Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:14 am
3 by yuzuru Hi as the question was asked in the traditional forum, I will point out that the book "the eagle and the lark" is not a traditional astrology book, and the approach of Bernadette to eclipses is no way near traditional. So, if you are looking for a traditional approach to eclipses this will probably not be satisfactory. Recently an astrologer who is author of books in traditional astrology is studying the approach: north node increases, and south node decreases (whatever the eclipse signifies - using traditional methods). Besides that, I don?t recall any sources saying anything specific. Meu blog de astrologia (em portugues) http://yuzuru.wordpress.com My blog of astrology (in english) http://episthemologie.wordpress.com Quote Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:22 am
4 by Tom I'm not so sure this question is out of line or the book cited by Julie inappropriate for this forum. Brady is a traditional astrologer and the section on eclipses in The Eagle and the Lark informs us that the eclipse cycles were first discovered by the ancient Babylonians. We may quibble with some of Brady's delineations, but her traditional roots are unassailable. Tom Quote Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:35 pm
5 by yuzuru Hi, Tom I am not sayint that the book stinks :-) I am saying that is modern astrology, if Night sky was to buy the book that Julie so kindly suggested, he could be well disapointed, because the book is only about modern astrology. I also am not saying that B.Brady doesn?t know her traditional roots. But in that time she did only modern astrology. In the interview in skyscript, I believe there is a quote were she says that she moved to medieval because of a client who were a murderer, and she couldn?t see that with modern. But, anyway, the eagle and the lark is way before that. Delineations of eclipses are based on BB own technique of looking at the "original chart" of a family of Saros eclipses. Delineations are also heavily based on pluto, uranus and neptune, and mainly on midpoints. My point is that, besides if the book is "good" or "Bad" if is appropriate to the one who asks, eg, I just bought "the art of forecasting using Solar Returns" because it received many praises, and got extremely disappointed, as it is a book of modern astrology, with two or three pages quoting Morin. I believe that many people will like the book, but most of traditional astrologers will not. Same thing for BB?s book. Meu blog de astrologia (em portugues) http://yuzuru.wordpress.com My blog of astrology (in english) http://episthemologie.wordpress.com Quote Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:10 pm
6 by SGFoxe I have Robert Jansky's book on the eclipse cycles which you might find more traditional than Brady -- the book is doubtless difficult to find Quote Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:42 pm
7 by yuzuru Well, sources readily available on eclipses... you can look on the internet and will find Astrologia Restaurata of Ramesey, the last book is on mundane, but don?t take it all like it was the last word. There is also the Vox Stellarum by Ramesey. Lilly also wrote about eclipses. The translation of Mashalah by Ben Dykes. I still don?t have it, but it seen that it discuss a lot of eclipses, you could look for it. I believe Bonatti and Abu Mashar also discuss this matter (altough I have no idea where to get the book of Abu Mashar on mundane). Meu blog de astrologia (em portugues) http://yuzuru.wordpress.com My blog of astrology (in english) http://episthemologie.wordpress.com Quote Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:57 pm
8 by Tom Hi Yuzuru, I didn't accuse anyone of saying the book stinks. And I appreciate your looking out for the proper content of the Forum. My only point was that the section on Saros cycles, beginning on page 207, deals with the Babylonian origins of the Saros cycles. Julie just pointed that out. It's traditional. Much of the book might be considered modern, but the response to the question is sufficiently traditional for this for this Forum. Brady often gives both traditional and her own delineations and she has a great deal of knowledge that would benefit traditional astrologers. I'm not crazy about the modern, politically correct delineations we find in her book on Fixed Stars, but there is still a wealth of traditional information there as well. Tom Quote Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:58 pm
9 by Mark I have attended a couple of predictive worksops with Bernadette recently. Brady herself makes it clear her ideas have changed quite a bit since she wrote the Eagle and the Lark. She no longer personally works in the way set out in the Eagle and the Lark and now uses medieval predictive techniques in her consultations such as Fidaria, profections and triplicity rulers. She also teaches a course on medieval astrology. Nevertheless, I still think the book is worth having not least for its excellent description of the Saros cycle. I also find the listing of all eclipses very handy for quick preparation of charts to review key life trends. I have photopcopied this and carry it around whenever I do a chart reading. Mark Quote Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:32 pm
10 by Tara Hi Night Sky, With apologies to the traditionalists, I recommend Celeste Teal's excellent new book, "Eclipses." To paraphrase, she says that the south node eclipse entails an ending, something that has to be cleared away or finished with before we can move on. The north node eclipse, on the other hand, often entails an unexpected breakthrough which catapults us in a new direction. Tara Quote Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:48 pm