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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

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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.

 

Astrological Physiognomy: History - Sources - Model Testing (June 22, 2024)

 

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

 

Astrology and the Soul: History and Sources (April 25, 2012).

 

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
 

 

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

 

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