Academic
Some topics are so in-depth that they deserve a more scholarly treatment that examines their history, complexity, analysis, and context. Our Academic category section is just beginning and will grow over the coming months.
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- Maria J. Mateus
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Ancient astrological systems of elemental triplicities, or trigons, have fallen into disuse in modern times. One reason may be a lack of clarity in how to apply Day vs Night rulers, or a mixture of the two. The number of rulers to use is disputed among authors of antiquity. This article challenges modern interpretations about these and presents a clearer rulership structure of one ruler per trigon sign.
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- David Bustamante Segovia
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William Lilly used the Regiomontanus house system, and is cited as the authority for its continued use. In this article, David Busamante examines the history of Lilly's choices, and explores the mathematics behind diurnal arcs and house division.
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- William R. Morris
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W
hat is the proper name for the Indian astrological tradition? Vedic astrology? Indian astrology? Hindu astrology? Jyotish? The debate is complex and controversial. Reclaiming Vedic designation is not a Brahminical assertion but a decolonizing gesture available to all practitioners in the tradition.
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- Scott Silverman
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The Graeco-Arabic translation movement by the Abbasid caliphate impacted the transmission of scientific knowledge, education and innovation, including astrology practices, and influenced a new ideological syncretization. This essay explores circumstances often overlooked as contributing factors.
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- William R. Morris, Scott Silverman
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Discover two sacred traditions for recovering lost objects: the celestial art of horary astrology, transmitted from Persian and Arabic sources through medieval Latin synthesis to William Lilly's seventeenth-century English formulation, and the devotional practice of invoking help from St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost things.
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- H Darrel Rutkin
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In 1989 Patrick Curry published his Prophecy and Power: Astrology in Early Modern England, which had a major impact on our understanding of the social, political and intellectual history of early modern astrology, especially in England. The much awaited 2nd edition was published in 2024. Presented here is the new Forward written by H. Darrel Rutkin.