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Acknowledgments. Before commencing, we must extend our profound gratitude to Philip Graves, curator of the Historical Archives of Astrology, for providing the primary source scans transcribed verbatim in this analysis. Those interested in acquiring the original versions of these documents,…
The prevailing assumption in contemporary astrological discourse is that celestial partitioning systems—commonly referred to as “house systems”—are a matter of philosophical preference, aesthetic choice, or biographical resonance. This premise constitutes a severe epistemological fallacy. A method of celestial partitioning is,…
Translator’s Preface[1] When I think about my vocation, I am not afraid of life.ANTON CHEKHOV (1860-1904) The Russian physician and playwright ANTON CHEKHOV once wrote to his friend ALEKSEY SUVORIN—who had advised him to dedicate himself to a single profession:…
Although readers may wish to proceed directly to the forensic analysis of the principal fallacies that permeate the study of celestial inference or astrology, we highly recommend reading these introductory lines. A Crisis of Accountability A. Falsifiability. If a topocentric…
The contemporary practice of attempting to establish statistical “event-matching” in the field of celestial inference (i.e. astrology) tends to ignore or omit the most vital scientific step: the audit or examination of the instrument. To conduct research without a forensic…
It is often erroneously claimed that the Regiomontanus (RGM) method of celestial partitioning uniquely represents the physical position of a celestial body on the local horizon, primarily because the method relies upon a formal spatial division of the celestial equator.…
