The four temperaments and the sidereal zodiac

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• Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:07 am

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Papretis wrote:Here's a new article where I explore the temperaments from the view of the tropical / sidereal question.

http://koti.welho.com/jmetsovu/temperament.htm .

This is an interesting point of view, even if it's a little modern for me.

But for example it's interesting Melancholic temperament. It looks like a goth, does not it?

But it's true that in the beginning melancholy had not the negative meaning that it implied in a second moment, event according traditional texts.
You wil surely know Durer Melancolia:
http://www.princeton.edu/~his291/Durer_Melancolia.html

Maybe because in the process of trasformation of 4 humours the wastes of black bile are very dangerous, or maybe because Saturn is a very difficult to deal with, it gives a lot but damages a lot too.

In every case Saxl wrote an important and famous essay on the subject.
Margherita

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• Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:52 am

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• Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:17 pm

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Papretis wrote: it definitely does. People who wear only black...

I know quite well the subjiect
Margherita

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• Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:02 pm

Well, I happen to know some of it too from my twenties (late 80s / early 90s)... only the word "goth" was not in general use yet, but the idea was clear...

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• Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:09 pm