Regulus
Astrology LLC: Research Projects
Since
1980, the revival of traditional astrology has primarily concerned itself with
history, translation of texts, and transmission/impacts on culture. As
important to understanding the practice of astrology as these topics are, there
is no guarantee that these ideas remain relevant and their stated methods
actually work. What is required is systematic testing of the assumptions
and models behind Medieval Predictive Astrology. To this goal Regulus Astrology
LLC dedicates its research efforts.
Introduction
START HERE:
Summary of Research
Findings
Essential
Dignities. This site uses traditional sign & exaltation rulers, Dorothean triplicity rulers,
Egyptian bounds, and Hindu decans.
Download a complementary
Dignity Wheel here.
NATAL ASTROLOGY
I.
Rectification
A
Rectification Manual: The American Presidency
(December 17, 2007) is
designed to provide concrete answers on the mechanics of medieval predictive
methods: how they can be systematically employed, taught, and practiced
by contemporary astrologers viewed through the lens of natal chart
rectification. As the books introduction makes clear, there is no current
consensus on rectification because the modern predictive toolbox is grossly
under specified. A three stage rectification method is proposed which
incorporates the full gamut of medieval predictive techniques. Their
application is sequenced such that the robustness of each method is
commensurate to the level of uncertainty encountered during each stage of the
rectification process.
*NEW* Fourth edition published March
26, 2023. A substantial revision with new chapters on
Physiognomy and Zodiacal Releasing. Chapters on the
Soul, Longevity, and Directions reflect recent research
on these topics. These chapters now include tables
summarizing all relevant significators for American
Presidents. Rectification Case Studies were
substantially revised. Included in the below ARM 4th
Edition Supplements are chronologies for John Locke,
John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and
Benjamin Franklin. Appendices A and B from prior
editions are also included in the Supplement file.
Click here to
download the ARM 4th Edition Supplements
Published on 20-Nov-2007, Working Paper #1 2008 USA
Presidential Election, Birth Chart Rectification,
Candidates and Contenders; now has two rectification
matches. Barack Obama's rectification of 7:54:28 PM, ASC
27AQ09'12" was the only rectification by any western
astrologer to correctly predict an Aquarius Ascendant.
Published in June 2008, the official birth certificate
time of 7:24 PM was 30 minutes earlier than my published
rectification. Based on a more detailed chronology
sourced from David Garrow's massive 1,084 page biography
Rising Star (2017), the 4th edition of A Rectification
Manual now proposes a rectified time of 7:51:41 PM, ASC
26AQ16'16". The second rectification match regards
Hillary Clinton's birth time revealed in March 2023 as
either 6:45 PM or 10:45 PM depending on interpreting the
first handwritten digit as 6 or 10. Astrodatabank has
chosen the 6 and reports a 6:45PM. My 2017 rectification
for HRC was 10:53:27 PM, ASC 5LE49'33" and suggests the
10:45 PM birth certificate time is the better
interpretation of the handwritten character. If correct,
my rectification differed from the birth certificat time
by only 8 minutes. Apart from birth certificate records,
I continue to be amused at how any astrologer can choose
Moon in Pisces over Moon in Aries for HRC. Moon in Aries
is the obvious choice, confirmed by the contents of her
Wellesley graduation address timed by a Moon/Aries - MC
direction. If Moon/Aries is correct, then the birth time
cannot be before 9:30 PM. PLEASE NOTE I have
substantially improved formatting for primary directions
in my revised publications. Formats in the pdf are a bit
sloppy but still usable.
Download the '2008 Election - Candidates and Contenders'
II.
Delineation
1st
House - Longevity: vitality and length of life. Whether a child will
be stillborn, take nourishment, survive infancy, or survive to adulthood was
considered the first delineation topic in natal astrology for medieval
astrologers.
1st
House - Physiognomy: form and shape of the face and body. Defined as judging
character from bodily features by the Greeks in the 4th Century BCE,
physiognomy was first developed by a group of medical-philosophers operating
outside the scope of astrology. Beginning with Ptolemy, astrologers split
judgments of physical appearance and character into two separate
categories. What is now referred to as astrological physiognomy is
limited to physical appearance of the face and body.
1st
House - The Soul: overall life purpose and social conduct including ethical
behavior.
The Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato strongly influenced astrologers in
their efforts to delineate the soul based on planetary configurations in the
natal horoscope. Broadly speaking, philosophers believed the soul comprised
those qualities which corresponded to aliveness. Among these qualities was
the ability of humans to reason, paying special attention to the connection
between reason and the ability of an individual to lead a moral life. Within
the Hellenistic astrological tradition, two technical paradigms emerged: (1) an
overall horoscope ruler whose delineation corresponded to the soul or (2) the
configuration of the Moon, Mercury, and their rulers as a measure of
soul.
Literature
Review on 1st House Topics
Astrological Physiognomy: History and Sources (April 20, 2010).
Astrology and the Soul: History and Sources
(April 25, 2012).
Empirical Research
on 1st House Topics
A
Rectification Manual: The American Presidency
(December 17, 2007). Proposed a model for computing the epikratētōr / hīlāj
(Giver of Life) and continues with a discussion of the oikodespotēs
/ kadukhudhāh (Giver of Years) in Chapter
4. Appendices C and D include worked out examples of this methodology for
American Presidents and First Ladies.
NEW!
2024-02-01 Rising Decan Physiognomy Model - Evidence from 432 Timed Horoscopes
Tests of Ibn Ezra Victor Model (October 4, 2023)
Tests of Ibn Ezra Victor Model - Summary Scores (October
4, 2023)
Victor of the Chart - Tests of
Porphyry's Model (November
11, 2011)
Victor of the Chart (Soul): Database (Ongoing updates)
Horoscope Data Files for Victor Study:
Janus
2nd
House - Wealth
Central
to the list of significators for wealth is the lot of fortune, the most
well-known lot of approximately one hundred. Lots are computed zodiac
positions based three horoscopic inputs. The lot of fortune (for diurnal
figures) is computed by projecting the distance taken from the Sun to the Moon
from the Ascendant. For nocturnal figures, the computation is reversed,
e.g., the distance from the Moon to the Sun is projected from the
Ascendant. There exists some ambiguity in the literature for nocturnal
figures whether or not the computation should be reversed. Using data for twenty-two
American Presidents, Appendix B: Tests of Sect Influence: Part of Fortune/Fidaria in A Rectification
Manual confirms the validity of
the reversed formula for nocturnal figures.
Lot
Calculator. An Excel spreadsheet model for
computation of natal lots.
ZR Calculator. An Excel spreadsheet model for ZR
periods for all signs for a given date.
III.
Prediction
Firdaria
Firdaria is a time lord technique believed to be of
Persian origin created during the Sassinid
Empire. Firdaria entered the Medieval Arabic
tradition during the translation wave initiated by the Abbasid Caliphate
beginning 750 CE. What is controversial is an alternate sequence of
planetary time lords for nocturnal figures. Insertion of the North Node
and South Node Firdaria period following the major
Mars period for nocturnal figures is recommended by Robert Zoller
and confirmed by analysis for twenty-two American Presidents. See
Appendix B: Tests of Sect Influence: Part of Fortune/Firdaria
in A
Rectification Manual for details.
Firdaria Calculator. An Excel spreadsheet model
for computation of Firdaria main and subperiods.
Primary Directions
As
practiced by Medieval astrologers, primary directions occupied a central, if not
the highest position, within the predictive hierarchy. Long abandoned for
their mathematical complexity in favor of the easier to calculate secondary
progressions, primary directions have been revived within the last ten years by
traditional astrologers.
Primary
Directions Notation: Towards a Uniform Presentation Standard (April
21, 2010)
Book Review: Primary
Directions: Astrology's Old Master Technique
by Martin Gansten (October 6, 2009).
Ganstens Critique - Impact of
Revised Rectification on Washingtons Primary Directions (April 6, 2023)
Primary Directions: Technical
Notes (January
2009)
Primary Directions: Example
Files to
accompany Technical Notes (January 2009)
MUNDANE
ASTROLOGY
The
Regulus USA National Horoscope
Ever
since Ebenezer Sibly first introduced his proposed
horoscope for the Declaration of Independence in his 1780 book The Celestial
Science of Astrology, agreement on the correct USA National Horoscope has
proven elusive with over a dozen different horoscope variations proposed.
America
is Born: Introducing the Regulus USA National Horoscope
(November 25, 2008) is
unique for its application of medieval astrological techniques to the question
of modern National Horoscopes. Included as a special application of
primary directions is the largest empirical study of Directing through the
Bounds ever attempted or presented. Results that the directed Ascendant
times shifts in the national consciousness represent a significant contribution
to the history of American social movements.
*NEW* Second edition published May 28, 2021.
Includes event matches for elapsed directions
since publication of first edition on November 25, 2008.
No changes to primary text but includes a substantial
revision to Appendix C horoscope examples. First edition
buyers may update the knowledge base and forgo
purchasing the second edition by downloading 'AIB
Appendix C Rectification Details', '2015-06-11 Regulus
USA National Horoscope - Out of Sample Tests and
Predictions,' and '2021-06-11 Prediction Evaluation -
Regulus USA National Horoscope.'
AIB - Errata
AIB Appendix C
Rectification Details
AIB - Guide to Excel Data
Files
AIB - Excel Data Files
AIB - Horoscope Data Files: Janus
2015-06-11 Regulus USA National Horoscope - Out of Sample Tests and Predictions
2021-06-11
Prediction Evaluation - Regulus USA National Horocope
2023-09-17 Towards Falsification of Mundane Astrology
with Bound Sign Subdivisions
