Astrology 2: theory and practice of classical astrology

This is to explore the modern western astrology concise definition the second in a series of articles, we learn about the classical astrology.We can in 600 BC to 600 AD, in ancient Greece and Rome development, teaching and practice of astrology is defined as a classical astrology.Classical astrology also includes Greek astrology, astrology, Greece this name comes from the west the hellenistic period of history, in this period of Alexander the great conquered Greece (323 BC), and culture in the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East, even after spread widely in parts of India.However, until the 1st century BC, the Greek astrology is recognized as a system of astrology, although it continues to paraphrase to the 7th century or so.

Contemporary astrological studies of Greek classical astrology or astrology research mainly comes from the information below, was originally written manuscript or words, many of them left the manuscript fragments, apparently these data is only of classical astrology, is not the whole classical learning.These data mainly come from the following astrologers, press s arrangement is:

Sierra leather (Serapio)

Car, and Peter plug rees (Nechepso and Petosiris)

Markus magni leave (Marcus Manilius)

Selassie Ruth (Thrasyllus)

Multiple briana Sidon (Dorotheus of Sidon) [: Sidon is Lebanon in southwestern city]

Crow dease, Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemy)

D, Zeus Valens, (Vettius Valens)

Bohr in the Philippines (Porphyry)

Julius phil cookson, horse, Turner (Julius Firmicus Maternus)

Alexandria Paul (Paul of Alexandria)

Anonymous (Anonymous 379 of 379)

Rhett rees (Rhetorius)

In addition to the above list, there are many other known or in the ancient Greek astrology or mentioned in the literature classical astrology astrologers, but the astrologers classical astrology provides us with learning and research the main first-hand information.

My interest in astrology is very broad, in my professional career, also hope that the wisdom of absorbing the predecessors, therefore also has a large number of read the work of astrologers.

I think most of my Chinese readers are not really read the works of classic astrologers, so in order to let everybody to classical idea of astrologers some understanding, I here to choose some astrologers Greece's comments,

Daytime Venus in the eighth house person marry at a mature age, the sex partner is a poor woman or a widow/girl.This person will be for gonorrhea (STD), or convulsion, weak or stroke.But because of born at night will be richA womanThe death benefit.It portends a rapid death, no pain, very easy.

- rhett rees

People born under the influence of Saturn's mean, vicious, hardships, self-deprecation, loneliness, hypocrisy, secretly make trick, demanding, and mourning, and hypocrisy, dirty, wear black clothes, importune, sad face, sad, love sailing, engaged in the bank business.Saturn will also lead to low, slow, unemployment, business is blocked, lawsuits, the business was damaged, secret, imprisonment, shackle, grief, charged, tears, bereavement, arrested, children helpless.

-- -- d Zeus valens

Destiny to rule the world;"The laws of all things by his constant control.

Destined to events that occurred long ago has been set.

Our death is already doomed at birth, our end depends on our start.

Fate brings wealth and kingdom, while bring more poverty.

People at birth by destiny give their skills and personality, advantages and disadvantages, gain and loss.

In life sometimes end must have, what you don't in demand.

Pray not in luck is nothing to bring good luck, also not in bad luck comes to flee.

Everyone must bear his fate.

- markus magni to keep it

If Jupiter is increase point in the daytime map, as opposed to Saturn falling points, the full moon to the Jupiter, indicating a rich, good luck and the highest degree of happiness.But if Venus in the drop points, for Jupiter, is this person have neither brothers nor children.Still, the foreseeable to the wealth and good luck.

- Julius phil is suing Turner, horse

Fall if Mars in the 7th house, Saturn is on the rise point or transit, or is it a full moonThe fireAll star or gradually waning moon marching, marching toward Saturn presage a fatal disaster.The man will suffer capital spending charges, detention and conviction.Or he will be forced to face the beast, abandoned in the corner.If it is a water sign, this person will die in the boat;If it is humanoid constellation (:Gemini、libra、Aquarius:Will), who was killed by the sword.

- Julius phil is suing Turner, horse

These are the typical content of astrology in Greece, I selected is not extreme outlier.In fact, there are many much more extreme in the books, more troubling example, there are some other contents as soon as I come to think of it I feel funny, like phil cookson said: "rising point fall inLeo1 degree of people will be a loud voice, mouth smelly pimp."I have read many of the classical Greek or astrology works, on the one hand, I want to know about our tradition, on the other hand I am looking for in the 20th century, western modern astrology in the form of the basic principles.

The people's interest to Greece astrology today is not the first time of classical astrology Renaissance.This kind of situation in Europe during the Renaissance (14 ~ 16 century AD) has occurred.During the Renaissance, astrology again prosperity, despite the highly education caused heated debate among people, also encountered opposition from the Roman Catholic church, but ironically, some of the Pope support astrology).However, in science and technology revolution (1550-1700) and the revolution of science and technology in time overlap of enlightenment or the age of reason (17 ~ 18 th-century) after change, astrology disappeared from the academic circle, like a dying species evolutionary ladder was ignored.In nearly 300 years, western astrology publications in the form of the yearbook, only in scattered practitioners of different abilities between surviving, "fortune tellers" into the public eye "superstition".

Why this happen?Read the example I quoted again.The philosophy of classical astrology openly advocating fatalism.But the philosophy of science and technology revolution and the age of reason it wasn't like this.People began to believe destiny in our own hands, rather than the magni leave, held by "the law of the same".I'm not refers to the philosophical idea of science and technology revolution and the age of reason there is no problem, I will be in a future article discuss the problem of rationalism philosophy.As a modern people, however, if we can't see nearly two centuries of science and technology revolution and rationalist thought for the contribution of human liberation, that is in regardless of the history of human evolution.(The zodiac /astro/)

However, due to lack of proven scientific physical theory, even if like Kepler narrowly astrology believers are also unable to explain why astrology effectively.However, it is the classical astrology fatalism philosophy to have liberated and increasingly modern mind.Until the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, astrology again be careful study.Astrology to more modern view is, this is how western astrology from the dustbin of history is to get back to the real situation.Astrology reshaping of rescue work is an important knowledge, consistent with the development of psychology, and borrowed from psychology to attract very many philosophical framework.My next article will discuss how the modern astrology is extracted from its classical foundation principle, and then combining with psychological thoughts, and the current in the field of astrology.