Encyclopedia Entries on Medical Astrology

24 September 2015 by Lee

Hyleg

The Hyleg (Arabic), Apheta (Greek), Prorogator (Latin), or Giver of Life, was a planet or point that was calculated as part of the process to evaluate both the life expectancy, and periods when the Native was at mortal risk.…

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Program Supplements

Classical Pages for Solar Fire

21 September 2015 by Lee

Inserts for Solar Fire classical methods pages. Unzip this file to your Solar Fire \userdata directory. It adds four user-defined pages, ancient2 (natal methods), clientp, horaryp (my usual horary format) and ancient3 (planetary pairs using the method of Ferrier). The natal pages include some of the Bonatti compound almutens.

Solar Fire stores different types of files under different subdirectorites. Under \Solar…

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Mundane

Lunar Eclipses 1900-2050

21 September 2015 by Lee

These lunar eclipse positions are calculated for the exact opposition of the Sun and the Moon in tropical longitude. This is not the eclipse maxima. Computed by Solar Fire Gold (version 7).

These lunar eclipse positions are calculated for the exact opposition of the Sun and the Moon in tropical longitude. This is not the eclipse maxima. Computed…

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Horary

John Partridge (1679): The Qualities of the Planets

18 September 2015 by Lee

This material is excerpted from pages 10-18 of Partridge’s work:

Partridge, John. 1679. Mikropanastron, or an Astrological Vade Mecum, briefly Teaching the whole Art of Astrology – viz., Questions, Nativities, with all its parts, and the whole Doctrine of Elections never so comprised nor compiled before, &c. William Bromwich: London.…

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Classical References