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The T-square was reinforced in both the maiora and minora esse. In the profected chart, the Moon rules the 3rd of travel. The radix 3rd contains Mars, ruler of the profected 12th, radix 9th (foreign places), and 4th (home, grandfather); it was also active on all three levels of direction and critical in the maiora esse.

That the moment marked a critical turning point in the life is shown by the node and the Lot of Honor being critical in the minora esse with the minora ascendant conjunct the radix north node. His life went on and his situation was not radically changed, he remained the last of the Bourbon line and the legitimate heir to the throne even though he did not sit on it.

Interestingly, he had two more opportunities to take the throne.

In September of 1870 the Duke was again offered a chance to sit on the throne of France. He ultimately refused as the government would not meet his demand to replace the revolutionary tri-color flag with the original fleur-de-lis flag of France.

The Age Arc is approximately 49º56' which puts the profection in the 2nd whole sign, Virgo, with Mercury as the domicile ruler but once again, Jupiter takes over as Lord of the Year as he is, in the radix, in partile opposition to the radix 2nd house cusp. This puts the profected Asc at 15 Virgo.

Directions dir MC square dir Sun
dir MC conjunct rad NN
dir Asc semi-sextile dir Mercury
dir 3rd sextile dir Vocation
dir Sun opposition dir Pluto
dir Sun square rad NN
dir Pluto semi-sextile rad NN
dir Moon inconjuct dir Death
dir Moon conjunct rad Saturn
dir Mars opposition rad Pluto
dir Mars sextile rad 12th
dir Jupiter trine rad 2nd
dir Jupiter trine rad MC
dir Jupiter sextile rad Jupiter
dir Jupiter inconjuct rad Vocation
dir Uranus conjunct dir Neptune

dir Death inconjuct rad Saturn
dir Honor inconjunct rad Mercury
dir Kingship conjunct rad Mars
dir Vocation opposition rad Uranus

dir 11th critical at 29 Aries

The profected chart with primary positions in blue/green. This time, Jupiter, Lord of the Year, is active by direction being trine the profected Asc (radix 2nd), trine the radix MC and sextile its radix self while the directed MC is conjunct the radix North Node (critical point in life) which is in the radix 8th of inheritance. Jupiter is also inconjunct the radix Lot of Vocation but without mitigation, so truly averse, while the directed Lot of Vocation (25 Ge) in the profected 10th is in opposition to radix Uranus in the radix 4th. The offer was possibly unexpected, it was made after France lost the Prussian-Franco war and the French royalists took over the government.

The directed Lot of Kingship is conjunct radix Mars (ruler of the profected 8th) which is sitting in the profected 2nd in opposition to the profected 8th of inheritance. Directed Mars is in opposition to Pluto in the profected 7th. As Mars rules the profected 8th and 3rd there were probably a number of arguments going on, possibly involving his wife (7th) but more likely, with Pluto, to involve coercive groups.

The directed 11th (Gemini), ruled by Mercury (ruler of the sign on the profected Asc) is critical at 29 Aries with Aries on the profected 8th. The 11th holds the Moon and the directed Moon is conjunct radix Saturn while inconjunct directed Death as directed Death is inconjunct radix Saturn. Possibly he feared acceptance might invite attempts on his life?

There are a number of supporting aspects in both the maiora and minora esse. There are unmitigated aversions at all three levels and ultimately the Duke refused the offer for an unusual reason. Given the directed Moon/Saturn conjunction and the connections to the 7th can't help but wonder if his wife had a role in his decision just as his mother did when he was a child. Or, are the pair acting according to their mundane significations given this was a matter of state? The people (Moon) caused him to lose (Saturn) his birthright (8th)? That he did have an interest in the crown is evidenced by a third attempt at obtaining it.

In 1873 Henri travelled to Paris in a last attempt to take the throne, it failed, again, over the flag and on November 20, 1873 the French National Assembly confirmed a chief of state who would hold office for seven years. He was 53 at the time, the Profection was in the 6th whole sign from the Ascendant, Capricorn. Pluto is partile sextile the cusp of the radix 6th so the profected Asc is in 27 Capricorn with Pluto as Lord of the Year. The radix 6th is ruled by a fallen Saturn in the 8th with Pluto (by house, not sign) who is acting as the Lord of the Year. In the profected chart, Pluto is in the 2nd in opposition to the 8th. The 6th is usually related to illnesses, work, employees; in mundane matters it rules the civil service, which appears to apply in this case; the civil government acted to deny Henri the crown and approve a Chief of State in his place. As a result, he lost (Saturn) his inheritance and related property (2nd, 8th).

Directions
The maiora and minora esse are based on November 20th, the day the government approved a Chief of State. dir 11th inconjunct dir Uranus (power of oppostion)
dir 11th trine radix Uranus
dir Uranus semi-sextile radix Uranus

dir Asc semi-sextile dir Mercury (no mitigation)
dir 2nd sextile radix Mercury
dir Moon inconjunct dir Death (power of opposition)
dir Venus square radix Saturn
dir Saturn trine radix Sun
dir Saturn inconjunct radix Moon
dir Neptune conjunct radix Fortune
dir NN semi-sextile radix Neptune (mit. antiscion)
The Lot of Honor and the Lot of Kingship are both critical. By direction, Venus, the domicile ruler of the radix 10th is square radix Saturn while directed Saturn trines the radix Sun and is involved in a mitigated inconjuction (having the power of an opposition) with the radix Moon indicating both his desire to be king (trine Sun) and the loss of his inheritance (Saturn in radix 8th) and hopes (Moon in 11th) in that direction. Pluto, Lord of the Year, is not active by direction although he is involved in mitigated semi-sextiles in both the maiora and minora esse with the focus on Marriage and Fortune. Pluto implies he has little to no control over the event which will ultimately determine whether or not he occupies the throne. He appears to have thrown away his best chance at doing so in 1870 which may well be what a peregrine Venus, ruler of the 10th, in the Ascending sign in the 12th has been signalling especially as she is the exaltation ruler of Pisces which occupies the 8th of inheritance and is in an unmitigated inconjunction to the 8th house Piscean planets but trine the 8th house retrograde, fallen Saturn.

The Three Attempts

That these were public matters is shown by Aquarius and Pisces on the 7th and 8th house cusps, both of which have to do with situations motivated by the larger environment rather than the individual himself or their companions.

Aquarius, being a fixed sign on the 7th, indicates a stable environment, one likely to last throughout the life and the matter of who should rule France was a long standing contentious issue. Pisces, a mutable sign on the 8th indicates a situation that will change more than once and there were three opportunities to fulfil the promise of the Duke's inheritance.

Saturn in Aries (tropical), ruler of the 7th in the 8th, points to new contentious ways to lose his inheritance; the first because his mother and grandfather chose exile over leaving him on his own in Paris, the second because he could not agree with the government on the flag, and finally, the third time when the civil government decided not to have a king.

Thoughts on the Lots

The number of times the Lot of Death (Saturn + 8th – Moon) and the Lot of Marriage (Asc + 7th – Venus) came up in these directions has got me thinking that they are perhaps generic rather than specific lots; especially as they are based on the house cusps and are the same by day and night. They might actually be related to all 8th and 7th house matters rather than purely “death” and “marriage”. The Duke does not appear to be have had his life or his marriage threatened on all these occasions; it was the people (Moon) of France who removed the royals from the throne, causing the Duke to lose (Saturn) his inheritance (8th), and that involved him in property (Venus) disputes (7th).

The Duke was married to his cousin, the Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, by proxy, on November 7, 1846 when he was 26 years old. The couple were married in person on November 16, 1846. They had no children.

Profection
The profection was in the 3rd whole sign from the Ascendant, Libra, but the directed Moon is in a mitigated inconjunction in like-engirding signs (Ta-Li) giving it the power of an opposition and making the Moon the Lord of the Year with the profected Ascendant at 12 Libra. In the radix the Moon is in the 11th and rules the 12th; in the profected chart she is in the 9th and rules the 10th. The 9th has to do with religion, legal matters and contracts and is often active when a legal marriage takes place.

Directions
The Age Arc for November 7, 1846 is 26º06'. November 7th is 39 days after the birthday. dir MC square dir Vocation
dir 11th opposition dir Kingship
dir 12th conjunct rad Moon
dir 2nd opposition dir N.Node
dir 2nd trine rad Uranus
dir Sun inconjunct dir Jupiter
dir Mercury inconjunct rad Saturn
dir Venus inconjunct rad Marriage
dir Mars inconjunct rad N.Node
dir Uranus conjunct dir Neptune
dir Pluto sextile dir Honor
dir N.Node sextile rad Uranus
dir Death sextile rad Mercury
dir Marriage square dir Mars This looks fairly straightforward with the Lot of Marriage actually meaning marriage. The 12th in the radix is Cancer, the Lord of the Year's domicile on the profected 10th. The direction of the 2nd to the node emphasizes Virgo which is the profected 12th. This appears to be indicating a number of behind the scenes negotiations with the directions involving Mercury and the Lot of Death (8th house inheritance) pointing to contracts and legal documents also indicated by a 3rd house profected year and what may easily be expected with a proxy marriage.

The Duke died at the age of 62 at his home in Austria and was buried with his grandfather in the family crypt, his personal property was left to his nephew.

The profection was in the 3rd sign, Libra. No directed planet is in a partile aspect with the cusp of the radix 3rd so the profected Ascendant becomes 25 Libra whose domicile ruler is Venus; however, directed Saturn at 25 Capricorn, in partile square to 25 Libra, so Saturn becomes Lord of the Year, he is also the Exaltation ruler of Libra and operating, by direction, from his own domicile which makes him quite strong. In the radix, Saturn is in his fall in Aries in the radix 8th and he rules the 7th (setting-place). In the profected chart he is in the 6th (illness, injury) with Pluto in opposition to the Sun and Mercury in the 12th (illness, confinement).

Directions dir MC inconjunct dir Mercury
dir 12th opposition dir Illness
dir 12th inconjunct dir Marriage
dir Asc semi-sextile dir Mercury
dir 2nd inconjunct rad Uranus
dir 8th conjunct dir Saturn
dir 3rd semi-sextile dir Mars
dir Moon conjunct rad N. Node
dir Venus inconjunct rad Illness
dir Jupiter square rad Mercury
dir Saturn semi-sextile rad Uranus
dir Death inconjunct rad Pluto
dir Marriage conjunct rad Neptune
Again, while there is a lot going on, the overall tone of the profected chart and the directions involving the lot of illness, the 6th and the Saturn, Lord of the Year, conjunct the directed 8th house cusp point to a difficult year. This is re-inforced by the directions involving Mars, in the profected 1st and ruling the profected 6th and the directions involving Mercury, in and ruling the profected 12th.

I'm not quite sure why the Lot of Marriage has popped up again, looking at it as a generic 7th house lot it could be indicating the Duke's nephew (the 7th is 5th from the 3rd of siblings) who inherited the Duke's personal property, including the Chateau of Chambord; the one royal property he was allowed to keep during his lifetime. This might be supported by Aquarius (on the radix 7th) holding the cusp of the 5th (children) in the profected chart; the nephew may be the closest he had to a child given the Duke had no children of his own. Pure conjecture on my part as there is no information on what was happening in his marriage at the time.

Pluto's input is very straightforward, he's in the radix 8th and profected 6th and opposes the Sun/Mercury conjunction. His prominence in the chart at the time of death is not unexpected.

The chart of a literary gentleman born October 9, 1789 1:00 AM LAT 0W01 52N59.

Extended Speculum Worsdale described the man as “noble” and “pious” with “superior talents in Literature, which, combined with a dignified Mind, free from Pride, and ostentation, truly adorn the character of the Scholar, and the Gentleman”. The man was married twice but no dates are given although Worsdale notes the second marriage occurred “when the Moon was directed to the Sextile of Jupiter in Mundo, by Direct Motion [22y 3m]”.

Worsdale said the man “had acquired considerable knowledge in...Astronomy”, had calculated his own primary directions and come to the conclusion that when the Moon (the giver of life) was in the zodiacal square of Saturn, in Pisces, in the 8th his life would be in considerable danger “by Water” but Worsdale claimed “his Judgment in this case was founded on the false principles of the old School, for it is not the lord of the Eighth, nor Planets posited in the Eighth, that can produce Death, but the true Anareta only”. Worsdale says the direction, which he timed to 23 years, 1 month was a “single” direction that produced “no dangerous Accident of any kind...,for the Moon was then directed to the Rapt Parallel of Venus, and her Terms, which destroyed the apparent dangerous Effects of that single Direction; but though it had not the power to destroy Life, yet it produced a lingering disease, which continued until the time of his Death.”

He puts the man's death by consumption (the lingering disease) on August 15, 1814 at the age of 24 years, 10 months and 7 days down to:
“The Mortal Directions...,were, the Apheta to the Parallel of Mars in the Zodiac [24y 11m], the Semiquartile of Saturn in the World, by Converse Motion [25y 2m], and Square of that Malefic in Mundo, by Direct Direction [25y 2m], succeeded by the Hyleg to the Semiquartile of Saturn in the Zodiac, by Converse Motion [29y 6m], and Sesquiquadrate of Mercury in the Zodiac [29y 9m], and Parallel of that promittor in Mundo, by Direct [33y 0m] and Converse Motion [34y 5m]; these were the Directions which I allowed for his Death, and though the Moon the giver of Life, was directed to the Sextile of Jupiter in the Zodiac [30y 1m], which appeared to dissolve a large portion of the violence of the above train of Directions, yet his benign qualities were wholly destroyed, for he was directed at the same time to the Rapt Parallel of Saturn, he also ascended to the Body of Mars, applied to the opposition of Saturn, so that he could produce no assistance, for being thus overcome by the power of the Enemies, he specified the nature of the disease that destroyed Life, which was a Consumption”.

Investigation
Profection
The Age Arc for the man's death is 24º 51'. The profection was in the 1st, the ascending sign, Leo, making the profected Ascendant the same as the radix Ascendant, 18 Leo. Directed Uranus is at 18 Leo, in an unmtitigated semi-sextile with the profected Ascendant, I'm not sure this is strong enough to usurp the Sun as Lord of the Year.

Directions dir Asc critical at 0 Leo
dir MC trine dir Jupiter
dir 12th inconjunct dir Sun
dir 2nd square dir Venus
dir 8th conjunct rad Pluto
dir 3rd sextile dir Mars
dir Moon conjunct rad Illness
dir Mars square dir Neptune
dir Mars square rad Fortune, Killing Planet
dir Saturn trine rad Neptune
dir Uranus trine rad Saturn
dir Neptune square rad Fortune, Killing Planet
dir Pluto square rad Mercury
dir N.Node sextile rad Death
dir N. Node opposition rad Moon
dir Illness inconjuct rad Uranus
dir Vocation conjunct rad Jupiter
The directed Ascendant is critical indicating a critical time in the natives life. The directed 8th house cusp is conjunct Pluto who is in the radix 6th while directed Pluto squares radix Mercury in the 4th (end of life) . Illness (6th) connected with death (8th).

The directed 12th (confinement, disease) is involved in a mitigated aversion having he power of an opposition, with the Sun (ruler of the radix and profected Asc and general significator of life). The radix Sun is in the 3rd but in the profected he is in the 2nd in opposition to the 8th.

The Moon, ruler of the radix and profected 12th, is conjunct the lot of Illness who is averse to Uranus in the 12th while directed Uranus is involved in trines with Saturn (an 8th house planet) and Neptune (a 3rd house planet) but also a mitigated inconjunct (with the power of an opposition) with the North Node who is also sextile the lot of Death.

The directed 3rd is sextile directed Mars, a 12th house planet who is in opposition to a radix Fortune/Killing Planet conjunction with Neptune squaring both ends of the opposition to create a T-square.

The Jupiter contacts are interesting as he rules the 8th and is posited in the 1st. While a benefic he is harmed by being peregrine in Leo, ruling the 8th and the Lot of Death (26 Sag) and being in the same sign as Mars and Uranus while in opposition (by sign) to Pluto, a 6th house planet as well as being overcome by a close (2º) square of the Moon, ruler of the 12th. And to top it off, he receives Saturn, who is in Pisces in the 8th, into Saturn's detriment (Leo).

The Moon/Illness conjunction and 12th/6th house connections point to an illness as do the activations of the two 12th house planets, Uranus and Mars. The 8th/Pluto connection indicates death is possible and I believe the Mercury, Mars, 3rd , and 10th house activities signify the help the man received from doctors and friends as Worsdale said “every human effort was used for the recovery of the Native, yet all exertions proved ineffectual, as it was not in the power of the most learned Physician, to subdue the progress of that dreadful disease [consumption]”.

The directions in the maiora and minora esse reinforce the main directions. While the Lot of Death is not active in the minora it is just about to move into 8 Scorpio, the trine of Uranus, a 12th house planet.

A Young Man born March 12, 1802 8:12 AM LAT 0W33 53N14.

Extended Speculum The young man died on June 2, 1823 of diseases which Worsdale doesn't describe as “It would be unnecessary were I to point out the nature of the conflicting diseases, which terminated his Mortal career, as that must appear plain to all those, who are but superficially conversant in this Sublime speculation.”

Worsdale attributed the death to “the Horoscope to the Square of Mars in Mundo [21y 2], followed by [the Ascendant to] the Body of the Moon [24y 0m]”. The body of Mars is conjunct the MC in Mundo at the same time the Ascendant meets with the square of Mars.

Investigation
Profection

The young man died on June 2, 1823 at the age of 21 years, 2 months, and 21 days. The profection is in the 10th whole sign, Aquarius. No radix or directed planet aspects the cusp of the 10th house so the profected Ascendant is in Aquarius in the same degree as the radix Ascendant, 24 Aquarius 28. Radix Saturn, Lord of the Year, is in the profected 7th (setting-place) and he rules the radix Lot of Death (18 Aq). The radix 12th house planets (Sun, Mercury) along with the radix 11th house planets (Venus, Pluto) and the North Node have moved into the 1st (life). In the profection, Saturn rules the 12th along with the 1st.

Directions
The Age Arc is 21º 13'. dir Asc sextile dir Mars
dir Moon square dir Saturn
dir Pluto inconjunct dir Fortune
dir 11th semi-sextile dir Venus

dir MC opposition rad Moon
dir 11th sextile rad Sun
dir Venus semi-sextile rad Sun
dir Jupiter semi-sextile rad Saturn
dir Jupiter square rad Illness
dir Uranus opposition rad Venus
dir Neptune semi-sextile rad Uranus
dir Neptune trine rad Pluto
The directed Moon (ruler of the profected 6th) is square Saturn, Lord of the Year. The Moon is determined to the 8th in the radix by her opposition from the 2nd.

Directed Jupiter, ruler of the radix 8th, is in a powerful square with the radix Lot of Illness, ruled by Mars, while radix Jupiter is conjunct the directed South Node. He is with Saturn in the profected 7th (setting-place). In the profection, Mars is in the 12th opposite Jupiter in the 6th.

The directed Sun (a 12th house planet in the radix) has moved to conjunct the radix Lot of Death who is ruled by Saturn. In the maiora Mars (in the profected 12th and co-ruler of the radix 12th where Aries is intercepted) is conjunct Saturn, ruler of the profected Asc and 12th. In the minora the Moon opposes the Sun.

Uranus and Neptune are active on all three levels. Uranus is in the radix 6th and the profected 8th. Directed Uranus is in opposition to radix Venus, co-ruler of the 6th by Libra's interception there. She occupies the profected 1st and rules the 4th (end of life). In the maiora Uranus is conjunct the radix Lot of the Killing Planet and in the square of maiora Mercury, ruler of the profected 8th. In the minora both Uranus and the Killing Planet are critical and Mercury conjuncts the minora 12th.

There is a repeated emphasis on the 1st/12th/6th/8th elements, indicating the possibility of an illness/ disease (probably from a woman) that may bring on death.

Robert Willoughby born September 30, 1797 8AM LAT 0W20 53N45.

Extended Speculum The young man drowned, while returning from a voyage, on January 5, 1814. Worsdale ascribed the timing to the Saturn (who he said was the Hyleg) to the Parallel of Mars [15y 9m] and the semiquartile of Mars in Mundo [16y 11m] and the square of Mercury in the zodiac [20y 4m]. He also notes there was a string of “violent” directions involving the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and Part of Fortune.
Investigation
Profection
The profection is in the 5th whole sign, Aquarius, Saturn is Lord of the Year. Saturn is in the radix 9th (travel), rules the radix 4th (end-of-life) and co-rules the radix 3rd (travel). He is in the profected 5th (risk) ruling the profected 1st (life) and 12th (bad daemon).

Directions
The Age Arc for the event is 16º 16'. dir 12th opposition dir Pluto
dir Asc inconjunct dir Jupiter
dir Asc opposition rad Jupiter
dir 2nd conclusion rad Neptune
dir Moon conjunct rad Peril
dir Mercury inconjunct rad 8th
dir Mercury trine rad Fortune
dir Venus sextile dir Killing Planet
dir Jupiter semi-sextile rad Jupiter
dir Jupiter opposite rad Uranus
dir Uranus trine dir 3rd
dir Neptune trine rad Pluto
dir N.Node sextile dir Accident
dir N.N inconjunct rad Death
dir N.N inconjunct rad Mercury
dir Accident square rad Mercury

Peril = Asc + 8th ruler - Saturn There is not much more to say about this other than to point out that the radix T-square involving Jupiter/Sun/Saturn is across the profected 2nd/8th axis with Saturn (Lord of the Year posited in the radix 9th) in the profected 5th which is ruled by Mercury who also rules the profected 8th and is in the profected 9th of travel (which he rules in the radix) with Neptune (travel by sea) and Venus (ruler of the radix 8th) all three of which are in the radix 1st. The Lot contacts spell out the rest.

I have counted directed “near misses” involving the North Node and the Lot of Accident as hits. The North Node moved from 29 Taurus where it was sextile the directed Lot of Accident, inconjuct the radix Lot of Death and radix Mercury (who are both at 29 Libra in the radix). As the incojunct is between like-engirding signs it has the power of an opposition. Similarly with the Lot of Accident who moved from 29 Cancer to 0 Leo and was square to the Mercury/Death conjunction.

There were too many minora esse aspects to list them all, tried to highlight those that seemed most relevant. I might have missed a few on the other levels as well, the chart is crazy busy.

In trying to see how Robert's fate can be read from the radix, we have Saturn, the most elevated planet, in detriment in Cancer (water) in the 9th in square to Mercury, ruler of the 9th and critical in the 1st conjunct the Lot of Death. He is with Neptune (travel by water) and Venus (ruler of the Ascendant, 12th, and 8th). As well, Saturn is square the 12th house Sun/6th house Jupiter opposition forming a T-square. At the very least travel is unlikely to profit the life. This chart, rather than having the unlucky 12th on the 11th has it on the 1st, where it also appears to spell trouble for the native.

A young woman, Amelia Farrow, born March 2, 1799 6:45 AM LAT 0W33 53N14.

Extended Speculum The young woman died from disease on October 4, 1824 at the age of 25 years, 7 month, and two day. Worsdale time the death to the directions of “the Sun Hyleg, to the Parallels of Mars in Mundo, by Direct [25y7m], and Converse Motion, and also to the Zodiacal Parallel of Mercury [26y10m], and Bodies of the Moon [29y11m], and Mars [29y4m], with the Parallel of Mars' Declination, the Mundane Square of Saturn [30y5m], and Quartile of the Moon in the World, by Direct Direction.” He points out that Jupiter was also active by direction at the time but his rays were “unable to able the influence,...being afflicted by the furious Directions of the Malefics at the time of Death.” Although he also points out that Jupiter had protected the native from death by sickness when she 17, 18 and 19 as the Sun was directed to squares with Saturn and the Moon in ”violent Cardinal Signs” as Jupiter and Venus were also aspecting the same pair and so warded off their destructive power. His directions show the Sun square Saturn at age 16 years 7 months while it was also parallel Jupiter and the Sun square the Moon at 18 years 4 months while square Jupiter at 19 years 1 month.

Investigation
Profection
The profection at age 25 was in the second whole sign from the Ascendant, Aries, putting the profected Ascendant at 15 Aries 38; however, radix Neptune is partile inconjunct at 15 Scorpio 0 so the profected Ascendant becomes 15 Aries 00 with Neptune usurping Mars as the time lord. Neptune, as Lord of the Year, is with the South Node, the lot of the Killing planet, and partile conjunct the profected 8th in opposition to her dispositor Mars across the 2nd/8th axis, with both planets retaining their radix positions. Mars continues to rule the 8th but is now co-ruling the 1st with Neptune rather than Jupiter. Neptune's inconjunct to the profected Asc is between like-engirding signs and so has the strength of an opposition. Jupiter, the radix Asc ruler, rules the 12th and the Moon/Saturn opposition, with both planets in their detriments, has gained strength by moving to the 10th/4th axis.