Display posts from previous
Sort by

Phaethon

13 by astralwanderer
Fleur - I think you will find Phaethon is in Libra about every 5 years or so - it was around 10-11 Libra in Oct 1904, Feb 1909, mid-Oct 1913, early Aug 1918, etc. It's in Eric's ephemeris in Dark Stars. You will see that the cycle is far shorter than 77 years.
"...the motions that are akin to the divine in us are the thoughts and revolutions of the universe."

Plato, Timaeus, 90.

Re: Phaethon

14 by fleur
astralwanderer wrote:Fleur - I think you will find Phaethon is in Libra about every 5 years or so - it was around 10-11 Libra in Oct 1904, Feb 1909, mid-Oct 1913, early Aug 1918, etc. It's in Eric's ephemeris in Dark Stars. You will see that the cycle is far shorter than 77 years.
Thank you for very useful information.

I did notice that without fail there is a 77 year cycle where Phaethon returns to the same position within a 1 degree orb on the same day of the year. I found this useful for finding Phaethon's position for dates before 1900. To be able to extrapolate back a hundred years with 1 degree of accuracy.

I am sure there is a shorter cycle, but it doesn't help me to find Phaethon's position in the 1700's or 1800's, and needs complicated mathematical calculations which when repeated every 5.5 years will increase inaccuracies.

Phaethon

15 by astralwanderer
Hi Fleur - thanks for that clarification. That's a very interesting insight. I'm fascinated by Phaethon too so I will look into your finding.

One further point of clarification. Michael refers to the asteroid Phaethon (3200). This asteroid is not what Bernard and Eric are referring to. The Phaethon they discuss in Dark Stars is definitely a hypothetical body although associated with the same general orbital area of the solar system as the asteroid belt.
"...the motions that are akin to the divine in us are the thoughts and revolutions of the universe."

Plato, Timaeus, 90.

Phaethon

16 by astralwanderer
For completeness' sake, Eric Morse wrote one other book. It was published under his own name rather than his nom de plume Raymond Henry. His book was called The Living Stars, and was published by Amethyst Books in 1988. It is still available on the usual sites such as Amazon as a second-hand volume. As far as I know it is not currently in print.

The book includes some references to Phaethon, astrologically and mythologically, and is a review of fixed star lore. It has quite a spiritual perspective.
"...the motions that are akin to the divine in us are the thoughts and revolutions of the universe."

Plato, Timaeus, 90.

Re: Phaethon

17 by fleur
astralwanderer wrote:For completeness' sake, Eric Morse wrote one other book. It was published under his own name rather than his nom de plume Raymond Henry. His book was called The Living Stars, and was published by Amethyst Books in 1988. It is still available on the usual sites such as Amazon as a second-hand volume. As far as I know it is not currently in print.

The book includes some references to Phaethon, astrologically and mythologically, and is a review of fixed star lore. It has quite a spiritual perspective.
I looked it up on Amazon, they have 9 used from ?24.97 and 4 new from ?65.90. Paperback.

Abe Books has one copy for ?12.01 plus ?15.19 postage, so ?27.20.

Edit: If you live in Australia you are massively lucky, there is a copy on Ebay for AU $ 8.18 (?4.70 approximately) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Living-St ... 0866291577
Probably the postage to get it to the UK would make it expensive.

There is a free PDF download, if you google "Eric Morse living stars", the link is on the second google page. It is asking you to register, and blocking automatic download of the PDF if you aren't registered, so I am not sure whether or not to trust it and at this moment I don't want to risk anything happening to my computer as I can't afford a replacement. It might be ok, but I am not clever enough with computers to know if it is or isn't.

19 by fleur
Konrad wrote:If anyone wants that Living Stars book and is in the UK, I can send them it for nothing as I think I have it and it really isn't my thing. I can be contacted via pm.
You should sell it through Amazon. It is worth a fortune.

20 by Konrad
Fleur wrote:
Konrad wrote:If anyone wants that Living Stars book and is in the UK, I can send them it for nothing as I think I have it and it really isn't my thing. I can be contacted via pm.
You should sell it through Amazon. It is worth a fortune.
I'm not bothered about money past what I need to eat and study, so the offer still stands. All books deserve a good home.
http://www.esmaraldaastrology.wordpress.com

23 by fleur
I was thinking about IsisTranspluto transits to the chart angles. There are two charts where it seems to have different effects.

One is the chart of Adolf Hitler, where IsisTranspluto at the end of Cancer is squaring his natal Ascendant when he rose to power, and then in early Leo conjunct his Midheaven when he fell from power in 1945. His time of birth is given as 6.30pm, which seems a bit rounded-up to the nearest half hour and I wonder if he was born with the Midheaven at 5 degrees Leo rather than 4 degrees Leo, and Ascendant 27 degrees Cancer rather than 26 degrees Cancer?

Another is the chart of Natascha Kampusch, transits given for the date of her abduction, March 2nd 1998. Transiting IsisTranspluto is within one degree of her Descendant.
Image

24 by fleur
Another interesting chart to look at the effect of IsisTranspluto. Jesse Livermore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Lauriston_Livermore was a famous successful stock market trader. The transits, for 28th November 1940, are for his death by suicide. He had depression all his life. Noon chart, as I do not know his time of birth (but his biography says that his daughter in law was an astrologer, and there was a horoscope drawn up for him by her. If anybody knows about this horoscope, presumably with a birth time, can you please tell me and I will re-do this chart).
Image
!! Read first: forum policies
Recent topics
Post Reply

Return to “Nativities & General Astrology”