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The contemporary traditionalist approach to celestial mechanics is marked by an unprecedented historical irony. The very foundation of Hellenistic astrology rests upon the hōroskopos, whose literal translation from ancient Greek is the “hour marker.” However, in dismissing the Ptolemaic methodology…
In 1998, Deborah Houlding rightly maintained, “[…] most of us would find that our ability to prove one house system works is a great deal stronger than our ability to prove that another system doesn’t” (p. 106). In order to…
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 term isophasal derives from the Greek isos (equal) and phasis (phase). In the context of celestial mechanics and the Placidian (Placidus of Titis) method of coordinate transformation, an isophasal curve is the line drawn in the three-dimensional sphere connecting…
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:…
In the vast oceanic mass of contemporary discourse, the word “seriousness” is often brandished as a certificate of theoretical or technical integrity, a currency that lacks the very value it purports to represent. All too often, we are presented with…
