Astrology

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Library Sep 2026

The Saros 121 “Ring of Fire” Eclipse and the President

On February 17, 2026, the world experienced an annual “ring of fire” solar eclipse at 28 Aquarius. Astrologers noted striking connections between this eclipse and the birth chart...

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Library Sep 2026

When Squares act like Sextiles or Trines

In his horary charts William Lilly made use of Ptolemy’s observation in the Tetrabiblos that “sometimes, also, among the signs that ascend slowly the sextile aspect destroys, when...

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Library Sep 2026

Balbillus on Length of Life

Some of the earliest Greek horoscopes presented by Neugebaur and Van Hosen (1978) come from a text by the 1st century CE astrologer Balbillus in which he discusses...

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Library Sep 2026

The Passing of J. Lee Lehman

On March 18, 2026, the astrological community received the sad announcement of the passing of J. Lee Lehman, Ph.D. (9 September 1953—18 March 2026). Many of us knew...

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Library Sep 2026

A New Book by Amir Bey on Synastry and the Lot of Union/Disunion

Recently I received a copy of Amir Bey’s new publication entitled Blendings: The compatibility and parallels between Composit and Davison Relationship Chart, Introducing the Part of Union. For...

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Library Sep 2026

Bey’s Part of Union/Disunion in Mundane Astrology

As mentioned in the previous post, I’m currently reading Amir Bey’s new book Blendings in which he introduces his Lot or Part of Union/Disunion (PoU), determined by projecting...

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Library Sep 2026

The Wow! Signal. Does it indicate extraterrestrial intelligence?

Late on a summer night in 1977, a massive radio telescope in Ohio picked up a mysterious, 72-second blast of radio waves coming from deep space. When astronomer...

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Library Sep 2026

Birth Chart of Vettius Valens, the Operative Year and the Method of Fractions

The Anthology of Vettius Valens consists of ten volumes describing the practive of Hellenistic astrology, with case examples. It was written roughly between 150 and 175 CE. Valens...

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Library Sep 2026

Profections lost in translation? Nobody’s perfect.

The use of annual profections as a predictive technique dates back at least to the early Hellenistic period, during which astrologers synthesized Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek traditions, giving...

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Library Aug 2026

The Shadow Knows

When I was a boy, before our family had a television, I used to enjoy the radio program The Shadow, whose main character Lamont Cranston used his hypnotic...

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