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Charles Carter's Forgotten House System - Poli Equatorial Houses
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a:link { }Charles Carter was one of the great English astrologers of the twentieth century. With Alan Leo, John Addey and Charles Harvey, Carter transformed astrology in...
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FORTHCOMING UK GENERAL ELECTION (7 MAY 2015) by Richard Burch. Though the effects of the current 3-year long Uranus-Pluto square may be starting to wane, the last of seven...
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The Definition of the Midheaven
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; }The midheaven, or MC (from Medium Coeli), is one of the angles of the horoscope. The other principal angle is the ascendant. The identification of the...
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Some thoughts on the Greek General Election
Belatedly, I decided to take a look at the chart for Greece as the people prepare to vote in what could be a ground-shifting election tomorrow. I've used the chart drawn up for the swearing-in of...
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Greek General Election - follow up
Syriza did indeed win the Greek General Election and Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as prime minister. It occurred to me that the size of Syriza's victory – just a couple of seats short of an...
View ArticlePhaethon Ephemeris - 2015
Phaethon is a hypothetical point used in astrology. For more information see:Interview with Bernard EcclesBernard was one of the authors of the classic astrology book called Dark Stars. He co-authored...
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The Definition of the Ascendant
The ascendant is the fundamental angle of the horoscope. It is one of the features of the horoscope that has endured over millenia and has been central to astrological practice since classical times....
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February 2015 New Moon
The February 2015 new moon is an interesting one. It falls in the very last few minutes of tropical Aquarius. The new moon is at the midpoint of transiting Uranus and Pluto, which are in the final...
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The Ascendant in Polar Latitudes - Reverse and Direct
The ascendant seems to behave unpredictably in polar regions, i.e., in areas above the arctic circle and below the antarctic circle. The ascendant seems to leap around, from one edge of the horizon to...
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The Mercury Cycle
It's easy to overlook the inner planets (the pair that orbit between Earth and the Sun), yet Venus and Mercury – along with the Moon – have so much to teach us about our inner selves. After all, the...
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The Mercury Cycle - natal charts
What I intend showing here is how being born at certain points in Mercury's cycle produces a particular way of thinking and coming up with ideas. I've chosen eight people whose ideas have changed the...
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The Mercury Cycle - Progressed
What started me on my exploration of the Mercury Cycle was the similarity of its 116 day cycle to the upper limit, in years, of a human life – few super-centenarians live beyond 116. So apart from the...
View ArticleAlbohazen (or Halyian) House System
In Fred Gettings' Dictionary of Astrology (Penquin Arkana: 1990) he makes brief reference to the Halyian house system. This system also goes by the name of the Albohazen house system. Gettings writes:...
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Mercury Retrograde - Overview
(NB:Â I wrote about the other parts of the Mercury cycle and the progressed Mercury cycle back in May, if you want to read about the rest of the cycle)Â Â As promised, I'm completing my look at the...
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Mercury Retrograde - Waning Quarter
Before we begin our tour of the retrograde cycle, a word about orbs. I follow the guidance given by Bob Makransky in Thought Forms ((1) p 71), which is five days either side of the elongations and...
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Mercury Retrograde - Waxing Quarter
So now we're at the point that hangs between the waning lunar and waxing solar hemispheres of Mercury's cycle. This is perhaps the deepest, most mysterious part of the process: a transition from a...
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Oldham By-Election
THE OLDHAM BY-ELECTION taking place on 3 Dec 2015: a prediction (finalised on 15 November). By Richard BurchOn 21 October, the long-standing Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton, Michael Meacher, died...
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Eris - background information
Eris is a dwarf planet which doesn't seem to have registered much in astrological consciousness yet, but I think that might change soon because we're approaching a major encounter between Eris and one...
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Eris - possible meanings
NB Highlighted phrases describe qualities attributed to ErisSo what does Eris represent in astrology? Well, the matter's not really settled yet but a number of suggestions have been put forward....
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The Uranus-Eris Cycle
Eris is currently in the late phases of her cycles to all three of the outer planets. We're close to the waning square of the Pluto-Eris cycle, in 2020, and in the balsamic phase of the Neptune-Eris...
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Janis Joplin's Phlegmatic Temperament
Janis Joplin became a charismatic, emotional, fiesty entertainer during her short life. She was famous during the heyday of the San Francisco flower power movement in the late 1960's. She sang with Big...
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Henry Miller's Phlegmatic Temperament
td p { margin-bottom: 0cm; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 120%; }p.western { font-family: "Liberation Serif"; font-size: 12pt; }Henry Miller was a twentieth century American...
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The Exeter Fire - 2016
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; }Exeter's 'birth chart' is reckoned to...
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Temperament Research - An Update
In temperament analysis, the Moon, ascendant and birth season are analysed in terms of the four types– sanguine, choleric, melancholy and phlegmatic. Each individual has an underlying primary...
View ArticleWhole Sign Houses by Paul Cairo
Which House System? - Why can’t we all agree?Methods of House DivisionEqual HouseAsc marks the start of the 1st house then 30 degree divisions from there around the zodiac.MC becomes “free...
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