Argument 1: Appeal to Antiquity
• The Sidereal Zodiac was the original form of sign division.
• Also the dominant form of sign division for the first thousand years of western astrology.
• Virtually all of the Babylonian and most of Hellenistic astrologers in Antiquity used it.
- Nechepso and Petosiris, Thrasyllus, Teucer of Babylon, Balbilus, Manilius, Dorotheus of Sidon, Vettius Valens.
• Even used by late Hellenistic and early Persian and Arabic astrologers
- ''Palchus'', Masha’allah.
Argument 2: Many Core Sign Significations Are Derived from the Sidereal Zodiac
• Since it was the original system, many of the core significations of the signs were originally developed within the framework of the sidereal zodiac.
• Even though many of these significations are still attributed to the signs today due to tradition, many of them only make sense conceptually in the context of the sidereal zodiac.
• This is due to the connection between the signs and the constellations, as the signs clearly originate after the imagery of the constellations.
Argument 3: The Shift to the Tropical Zodiac Was Sudden and Not Well-Considered
• ''Palchus'' and Masha’alah still used a sidereal zodiac.
• Ptolemy is the originator of the tropical zodiac who is definitely not nearly as cool as the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians.
Why Did Ptolemy decide to implement the Tropical Zodiac In Astrology?
• Almagest (Geocentric and Northern Hemisphere Temperate Climate) naturalistic thinking which today is proven beyond any doubt to be total BS conceptualization of how the universe works.
• The two zodiacs roughly coincided at his time which made it easier to mislead, like a Trojan Horse.
Argument 4: Solves a Longstanding Dispute
• The media and scientists no longer troll astrology.
• Astrologers frequently have poor reasons for favoring the tropical zodiac.
– “It works for me.” or “It is the one that Rudhyar/Alan Leo/Lilly used.”
Argument 5: Easily Testable
• Such radically different approach is very easy to test.
Argument 6: Still the Primary Form of Sign Division in India
• Hellenistic astrology was transmitted to India in the 2nd century CE.
• Merged with the indigenous form of astrology based on the nakshatras to create what they have today.
• They have had a more stable transmission that we have had in the west in the past 2000 years.
• As a result of this the Sidereal Zodiac is still the primary form of sign division used amongst Indian astrologers to this day.
Argument 7: It Was Used in the Earliest Texts on Initiations like Questions
• Dorotheus of Sidon wrote the most influential text on initiations by travelling and compiling Egyptian and Babylonian ideas.
• One of the earliest complete text on questions that has survived was written by Masha’allah.
Inspired by http://theastrologypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/whole-sign-houses.pdf
• The Sidereal Zodiac was the original form of sign division.
• Also the dominant form of sign division for the first thousand years of western astrology.
• Virtually all of the Babylonian and most of Hellenistic astrologers in Antiquity used it.
- Nechepso and Petosiris, Thrasyllus, Teucer of Babylon, Balbilus, Manilius, Dorotheus of Sidon, Vettius Valens.
• Even used by late Hellenistic and early Persian and Arabic astrologers
- ''Palchus'', Masha’allah.
Argument 2: Many Core Sign Significations Are Derived from the Sidereal Zodiac
• Since it was the original system, many of the core significations of the signs were originally developed within the framework of the sidereal zodiac.
• Even though many of these significations are still attributed to the signs today due to tradition, many of them only make sense conceptually in the context of the sidereal zodiac.
• This is due to the connection between the signs and the constellations, as the signs clearly originate after the imagery of the constellations.
Argument 3: The Shift to the Tropical Zodiac Was Sudden and Not Well-Considered
• ''Palchus'' and Masha’alah still used a sidereal zodiac.
• Ptolemy is the originator of the tropical zodiac who is definitely not nearly as cool as the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians.
Why Did Ptolemy decide to implement the Tropical Zodiac In Astrology?
• Almagest (Geocentric and Northern Hemisphere Temperate Climate) naturalistic thinking which today is proven beyond any doubt to be total BS conceptualization of how the universe works.
• The two zodiacs roughly coincided at his time which made it easier to mislead, like a Trojan Horse.
Argument 4: Solves a Longstanding Dispute
• The media and scientists no longer troll astrology.
• Astrologers frequently have poor reasons for favoring the tropical zodiac.
– “It works for me.” or “It is the one that Rudhyar/Alan Leo/Lilly used.”
Argument 5: Easily Testable
• Such radically different approach is very easy to test.
Argument 6: Still the Primary Form of Sign Division in India
• Hellenistic astrology was transmitted to India in the 2nd century CE.
• Merged with the indigenous form of astrology based on the nakshatras to create what they have today.
• They have had a more stable transmission that we have had in the west in the past 2000 years.
• As a result of this the Sidereal Zodiac is still the primary form of sign division used amongst Indian astrologers to this day.
Argument 7: It Was Used in the Earliest Texts on Initiations like Questions
• Dorotheus of Sidon wrote the most influential text on initiations by travelling and compiling Egyptian and Babylonian ideas.
• One of the earliest complete text on questions that has survived was written by Masha’allah.
Inspired by http://theastrologypodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/whole-sign-houses.pdf