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The theory remarks the importance of a forth element in the horoscope interpretation: the Dominant Planet; after the Sun, the Moon and the Ascendant Sign. Expounds the criteria in the planet selection and explains the importance of the order of hierarchy of the rest of the celestial influences. Also suggest to the students and astrologers the use of the online Brunati's software to take in account the facility in the chart reading.
Part I
It is generally accepted in Astrology that the four basic elements in an Astral Chart are: The Solar Sign, the Lunar Sign, the Sign of the Ascendant and the Dominant Planet. Perhaps, due to the usual practice it is assigned the Sun as first, but the order of hierarchy is not a matter of discussion here, because all can have the same importance, depending on the culture, the approach or the point of view, etc. It will always be who gives more importance to one than to another. Our Western culture uses to designate the Sun as the most important, and we have ourselves customized for that reason to give it first priority, nevertheless, in the Eastern cultures, Holistic and the Vedaic Astrology either, for example, they give more importance to the Moon. About Dominant, or Dominant Planet, there are lots of references in the astrological literature and great part of authors accept and value its unquestionable prominence, and give the proper place to that, but they remark the difficult to calculate and to establish a criteria about the assignment; so, some of them only refer as Dominant the planet which is near the angles of the chart, specially the Ascendant and Mid heaven. Some ones accept and recognize that the calculation and delineation of the Dominant Planet is a very laborious procedure that needs to much attention and care.
The certain thing is that due to all this, it has been a frequent attitude to avoid or to delay its determination and study, having been only the positions of the Ascendant and the luminaries as essential points of an Astral Subject. It is comprehensible then that we have remained with that deficiency and things continued with the attention in other points, not less necessary for the understanding and the study of the astrological interpretation. Nevertheless, the present times allow us to make use of the computer sciences tools, every time with more intensity, and day to day, we have programs that fill out our requirements fully. Some of us can remember that about forty years ago, a horoscope calculation and delineation work used to take from twenty minutes to half an hour and, it was made "by hand", and then from that, to begin the interpretation work.
In order to concrete the matter, we will say that a rigorous French Astrologer called Henri J. Gouchon, author of several very valuable books, has talked exhaustively about the subject and defines the Dominant so:
"...It is called DOMINANT to the set constituted by two or three different celestial influences, that are integrated forming an alliance, conserving their properties each of the components, although a little altered by the reciprocal relations of an influence on each one..."
and sets out a theory on the matter in his "Astrological Dictionary", introduced by him in the following way: "...This theory was set out in collaboration with Robert Dax, by the author of this dictionary, year 1933. Their fundamental principles are briefed described in my work <<The Zodiac Secrets>>, published by the author and quickly exhausted".
To be continued...
Present,
G. Brunati
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The theory remarks the importance of a forth element in the horoscope interpretation: the Dominant Planet; after the Sun, the Moon and the Ascendant Sign. Expounds the criteria in the planet selection and explains the importance of the order of hierarchy of the rest of the celestial influences. Also suggest to the students and astrologers the use of the online Brunati's software to take in account the facility in the chart reading.
Part I
It is generally accepted in Astrology that the four basic elements in an Astral Chart are: The Solar Sign, the Lunar Sign, the Sign of the Ascendant and the Dominant Planet. Perhaps, due to the usual practice it is assigned the Sun as first, but the order of hierarchy is not a matter of discussion here, because all can have the same importance, depending on the culture, the approach or the point of view, etc. It will always be who gives more importance to one than to another. Our Western culture uses to designate the Sun as the most important, and we have ourselves customized for that reason to give it first priority, nevertheless, in the Eastern cultures, Holistic and the Vedaic Astrology either, for example, they give more importance to the Moon. About Dominant, or Dominant Planet, there are lots of references in the astrological literature and great part of authors accept and value its unquestionable prominence, and give the proper place to that, but they remark the difficult to calculate and to establish a criteria about the assignment; so, some of them only refer as Dominant the planet which is near the angles of the chart, specially the Ascendant and Mid heaven. Some ones accept and recognize that the calculation and delineation of the Dominant Planet is a very laborious procedure that needs to much attention and care.
The certain thing is that due to all this, it has been a frequent attitude to avoid or to delay its determination and study, having been only the positions of the Ascendant and the luminaries as essential points of an Astral Subject. It is comprehensible then that we have remained with that deficiency and things continued with the attention in other points, not less necessary for the understanding and the study of the astrological interpretation. Nevertheless, the present times allow us to make use of the computer sciences tools, every time with more intensity, and day to day, we have programs that fill out our requirements fully. Some of us can remember that about forty years ago, a horoscope calculation and delineation work used to take from twenty minutes to half an hour and, it was made "by hand", and then from that, to begin the interpretation work.
In order to concrete the matter, we will say that a rigorous French Astrologer called Henri J. Gouchon, author of several very valuable books, has talked exhaustively about the subject and defines the Dominant so:
"...It is called DOMINANT to the set constituted by two or three different celestial influences, that are integrated forming an alliance, conserving their properties each of the components, although a little altered by the reciprocal relations of an influence on each one..."
and sets out a theory on the matter in his "Astrological Dictionary", introduced by him in the following way: "...This theory was set out in collaboration with Robert Dax, by the author of this dictionary, year 1933. Their fundamental principles are briefed described in my work <<The Zodiac Secrets>>, published by the author and quickly exhausted".
To be continued...
Present,
G. Brunati
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