Text Copyright 2007 J. Lee Lehman

One suspicion that I had in reviewing the first chapter that Pearce presented on electional: I strongly suspect that he was far more the theoretician of electional than the practitioner. One of the hardest things for students of electional is to be confronted with all the rules – which on the surface seem very cut…

Continue readingAlfred John Pearce: Chapter II on Electional: The Text-book of Astrology (1889)

This material is excerpted from pages 423-425 of Pearce’s work:

Pearce, Alfred John. 1889. The Text-book of Astrology. London

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ELECTIONS

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION

“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens.” – Solomon

Dryden,…

Continue readingAlfred John Pearce: Chapter I on Electional: The Text-book of Astrology (1889)

Text Copyright 2007 J. Lee Lehman

Partridge, like many authors, was in the habit of compiling earlier authors into his books. I have included this list here because of the number of aphorisms that are useful in electional.

This material is excerpted from pages 325-341 of Partridge’s work:

Partridge, John. 1679. Mikropanastron, or an Astrological Vade…

Continue readingJohn Partridge: Bethem, his Centiloquium, or his hundred Aphorisms Rendred into English (1679)

Text Copyright 2007 J. Lee Lehman

Partridge, like many authors, was in the habit of compiling earlier authors into his books. This wasn’t literally by Hermes; this was from the period when authors preferred to ascribe their work to earlier personannges, real or mythological, than to themselves. I have included this list here because of the number of aphorisms that are…

Continue readingJohn Partridge: Hermes, his Centiloquium, or his hundred Aphorisms Rendred into English (1679)

This material is excerpted from pages 264-276 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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Of some special Rules for…

Continue readingJohn Partridge: On Elections – Aphorisms (1679)

This material is excerpted from pages 248-264 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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Chap. IV.

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Continue readingJohn Partridge: On Elections – Second Section, with examples (1679)

This material is excerpted from pages 235-248 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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Chap. I.

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Continue readingJohn Partridge: On Elections – First Section (1679)

This material is excerpted from pages 41-47 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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Chap. VIII

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Continue readingJohn Partridge: The Qualities of the Houses (1679)

Text Copyright 2007 J. Lee Lehman

Pearce’s description of the last six houses does not present as many departures as his first six. The use of a time for the marriage as being when the wedding ring is put on seems a bit strange, but perhaps there have been some changes in custom. the use of the signs of Mercury and…

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