The Ankara tradition allotted time-frame parameters to horary questions based upon a variation of the zodiacal time period tables of Al-Biruni. The ascending sign of the horary was taken as the time-frame indicator. In Ankara's secondary horary method, "divining by the Moon" (simple Lunar divnation) the sign in which the Moon's next "conjunction" to a planet or node would occur, was taken as the indicative time-frame for the divination.
Following, then, is the time-frame parameters list used by the Ankara tradition in horary delineation:
ARIES: minimum = 28 days..... maximum = 15 months
TAURUS: minimum = 20 days..... maximum = 8 months
GEMINI: minimum = 50 days..... maximum = 20 months
CANCER: minimum = 62 days..... maximum = 25 months
LEO: minimum = 48 days..... maximum = 19 months
VIRGO: minimum = 50 days..... maximum = 20 months
LIBRA: minimum = 20 days..... maximum = 8 months
SCORPIO: minimum = 28 days..... maximum = 15 months
SAGITTARIUS: minimum = 30 days..... maximum = 30 months
CAPRICORN: minimum = 68 days..... maximum = 27 months
AQUARIUS: minimum = 75 days..... maximum = 30 months
PISCES: minimum = 30 days..... maximum = 12 months
Where did Al-Biruni (1028 AD) get these time periods? Historically it is not known for certain, but there is a close relationship between them and the planetary time-period allocations in the calculations of Vettius Valens from the 2nd century AD.
Following, then, is the time-frame parameters list used by the Ankara tradition in horary delineation:
ARIES: minimum = 28 days..... maximum = 15 months
TAURUS: minimum = 20 days..... maximum = 8 months
GEMINI: minimum = 50 days..... maximum = 20 months
CANCER: minimum = 62 days..... maximum = 25 months
LEO: minimum = 48 days..... maximum = 19 months
VIRGO: minimum = 50 days..... maximum = 20 months
LIBRA: minimum = 20 days..... maximum = 8 months
SCORPIO: minimum = 28 days..... maximum = 15 months
SAGITTARIUS: minimum = 30 days..... maximum = 30 months
CAPRICORN: minimum = 68 days..... maximum = 27 months
AQUARIUS: minimum = 75 days..... maximum = 30 months
PISCES: minimum = 30 days..... maximum = 12 months
Where did Al-Biruni (1028 AD) get these time periods? Historically it is not known for certain, but there is a close relationship between them and the planetary time-period allocations in the calculations of Vettius Valens from the 2nd century AD.
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