Category: Astrological Concepts

A bundle plantary pattern has all of its 10 planets within the span of a trine thus it has no oppositions or “rim” in its makeup.  Bowls are often confused with Bundles, but the major distinction is bowls are a larger formation and spread out within the hemisphere whereas bundles are more concentrated. President William […]

Mutual Receptions are hidden aspects in a chart that unlock a lot of meaning. Let Lewis Carroll just show you how.

Bestial came up as the WOTD from the OED today. I am not sure if you can access it so I copied the record. The original is here and a printable version below. Reading the entry I realized the renowned dictionary did not mention signs bestial — those signs that are animal-like who stand on […]

According to the late Nicholas DeVore, a famous astrologer who wrote the Encyclopedia of Astrology, while “Hayz” in Arabic means just “Space,” astrologically it takes on a special meaning for Horary charts. In Horary Questions, a masculine diurnal planet above the Earth in a Day Figure, and a feminine nocturnal planet under the Earth in […]

The Arcturan system is one I discovered via Prometheus Software. Michael Mukasey in his book “An Astrological House Formulary,” writes the “horizon is cut at thirty degree intervals starting at the east point and projected onto the ecliptic.” How different that is from the Koch, Equal and Placidus house system? Keith Rupert Murdoch is the […]

The apparent orbit of the earth around the sun is the called ecliptic. Total eclipses of the sun or moon are only possibly when the moon in on the same plane as the earth’s position there and thus called an “eclipse.” This does not happen often, about twice a year, because the orbit of the […]

The introductory Book Marc E. Jones published this and almost all of his with the Sabian Publishing Society, which under its charter can only publish his works. Typically, this is called “How to Learn,.” but technically its title is “How to Learn Astrology” published in 1941. The cover of the book is our header image […]

Asteroid Eros may upset your routine and wake you up to your real life's goal. Where's yours?

Marc Jones introduces the idea of Mental Chemistry in his book How and Why it works, Celestiology discusses why its useful.

Regiomontanus House System

Software Check for New Year’s Eve 2050 AD As the followup post to the January 1, 1 AD essay, as expected Kepler could do that. This time since we are in the modern era I included the asteroids as I think they matter in this set. For January 1, 2050 midnight, London, England Ascendant 7 […]

Hank Friedman on his Learn Astrology Free site. has this general check of software based on information he obtained from Dr. Myles Standish of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. This became an issue for me recently because of the poet Dante Alighieri’s chart, mentioned by Dr. Marc Jones in his Guide to Horoscope Interpretation, that […]