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The Via Combusta: The Burned Path from Libra to Scorpio

A stretch of about thirty degrees between Libra and Scorpio that classical astrologers marked as burned ground. Where the belt came from, why the Moon at 23 Libra is the famous exception, and how much weight it deserves today.

7 min read·Aug 5

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William Lilly and Christian Astrology

William Lilly (1602 to 1681), the English Merlin, wrote Christian Astrology in 1647, the first major astrology textbook printed in English and the book that codified horary practice.

6 min read·Jun 22

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Significators and Perfection: How Horary Charts Reach a Verdict

How the querent's and quesited's planets must connect by aspect, translation, or collection for a horary matter to come to pass.

9 min read·Jun 4

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Derived Houses: Reading Other People in Your Own Chart

Derived houses let you read another person inside your own chart by treating the house that signifies them as their new first house, then counting topics from there.

9 min read·Jun 2