jventura wrote:Dear all,

sometimes in life things do not work as we hope and we have to adapt. Software tools for traditional astrologers is a very small market, and by my numbers, it would hardly ever turn into a profitable business.

I'm sorry to hear this. I started developing around 1996 because the main companies (Cosmic Patterns, Astrolabe and Esoteric Technologies) weren't willing to include the techniques we found in the Project Hindsight translations. They're still way behind on including these in the workhorse programs (like Solar Fire) and many of those that do, do so in a superficial way that makes it difficult to see the relevance of the technique (and I fear many potential students have been turned away because of this). And now it seems that many of those originally involved in the project have stopped being vocal about traditional techniques or they've fragmented off into their own unique directions (or they failed to generate the kind of excitement that Robert Schmidt did around 2005 with the "Hellenistic" label). In addition to this there has been long standing opposition coming from the psychological camp who've not studied enough classical philosophy to understand that material causation solves the problem of excessive fatalism. The goal of the project from the beginning was to bring these old and buried ideas back into the modern world.

Another problem with developing software in the traditional area is that most have no idea of what they're doing (they don't know how to read decennials, lunar quarters, what to do with the kurios and oikodespotes and various lots, etc). So your idea of education is an important one. I think there will be a resurgence in medieval astrology in the near future. Ben Dykes, PhD has been doing some excellent work in this area.

Over the years I've noticed something interesting. I've gotten lots of complements stating that what I was doing was "a labor of love". That's actually a polite way of saying "you're not getting paid enough".

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to inform you of my latest venture with Flatangle: Traditional Astrology reports.

Starting today, temperament reports are available for purchase at http://flatangle.com/products/reports/. They include the calculation and the analysis of the temperament protocol.

In the near future I will extend the capabilities of the reports, always focusing on the pragmatism that is typical of Traditional Astrology.

You can find some samples at:
- English: http://flatangle.com/static/files/tempe ... ama_en.pdf
- Portuguese: http://flatangle.com/static/files/tempe ... ama_pt.pdf

I invite everyone to check them out and I would appreciate a lot your feeback (any errors, typos?).


Thanks,
Jo?o Ventura