Anaretic Angles!

JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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MoonMaiden624 said:
I have found very little information on 29 degree AC/DC IC/MC.(Today is my 1st day on the site so if there is already a thread on this subject I've yet to find it) Having my South node conjunct my MC is confusing. I've always read you're supposed to move away from the SN and work on the NN. Also having the nodes intercepted along with my chart ruler Mercury, Sun and Venus kind of stinks.. Is it true when planets are conjunct the SN its a karmic debt of some kind? 29=endings. Is this perhaps the last chance I'll be given to make amends for past life mistakes?
(I tend to think in worst case scenarios..) Anyone familiar with these placements
or with information that might help/guide/sooth my overly worrisome thoughts would be appreciated.
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topic of critical degress discussion illustrates
how modern astrology can drift unrecognisably

from its original sources.
There is no debate that the original Arabic lunar mansions
related to a sidereal sytem of 28 mansions defined by particular fixed stars.
Christopher Warnock in his excellent book 'Mansions of the Moon'
is unambiguous about that.
The original Arabic Lunar mansions
equate to the following positions in the tropical zodiac ( 2000 CE positions)

1. Al-Sharatain 3 Taurus to 18 Taurus.
2. Al-Butain 18 Taurus to 29 Taurus.
3. Al-Thuraiya 29 Taurus-10 Gemini.
4. Al-Dabaran 10 Gemini to 24 Gemini.
5. Al-Haqa 24 Gemini to 9 Cancer.
6. Al-Hana 9 Cancer to 20 Cancer.
7. Al-Dhira 20 Cancer to 7 Leo.
8. Al-Nathrah 7 Leo to 18 Leo.
9. Al-Tarf 18 Leo to 28 Leo.
10. Al-Jabhah 28 Leo to 12 Virgo.
11. Al-Zubrah 12 Virgo to 22 Virgo.
12. Al-Sarfah 22 Virgo to 27 Virgo.
13. Al-Awwa 27 Virgo to 24 Libra.
14. Al-Simak 24 Libra to 4 Scorpio.
15. Al Ghafr 4 Scorpio to 15 Scorpio.
16. Al-Zubana 15 Scorpio to 3 Sagittarius.
17. Al-Iklil 3 Sagittarius to 10 Sagittarius.
18. Al-Qalb 10 Sagittarius to 24 Sagittarius.
19. Al-Shaulah 24 Sagittarius to 13 Capricorn.
20. Al-Naaim 13 Capricorn to 16 Capricorn.
21. Al-Baldah 16 Capricorn to 4 Aquarius.
22. Sa'd al-Dhabih 4 Aquarius to 12 Aquarius.
23. Sa'd Bula 12-23 Aquarius.
24. Sa'd al Suud 23 Aquarius to 4 Pisces.
25. Sa'd al-Akhbiyah 4-23 Pisces.
26. Al Fargh al-Awwal 23 Pisces to 9 Aries.
27. Al Fargh al-Thani 9 Aries to 0 Taurus.
28. Batn al-Hut 0-3 Taurus.
Source: Al-Biruni,

'Book of Instructions in the Elements of Astrology' trans. R. Wright 1934
Any concept of 'critical degress' during the Arab era
would have related to the specific fixed stars marking the different lunar mansions.
However, I am not suggesting the modern use of the term originates here.
As these mansions were sidereal
their position obviously shifted in the tropical zodiac.
Moreover they varied in size from 3 to 27 degrees.
However, by the time of Cornelius Agrippa the European astrologers had switched
to a set of tropical lunar mansions.
Unlike the sidereal mansions
these were standardised to approximately twelve degrees and fifty one minutes.
1. Alnath, 0 Aries to 12 Aries 51
2. Allothaim or Albochan 12 Aries 51 to 25 Aries 42
3. Achaomazon or Athoray, 25 Aries 42 to 8 Taurus 34.
4. Aldebaram1 8 Taurus 34 to 21 Taurus 25.
5. Alchatay or Albachay, 21 Taurus 25 to 4 Gemini 17.
6. Alhanna or Alchaya, 4 Gemini 17 to 17 Gemini 8
7. Aldimiach or Alarzach, 17 Gemini 8 to 0 Cancer.
8. Alnaza or Anatchtraya, 0 Cancer to 12 Cancer 51.
9. Archaam or Arcaph, 12 Cancer 51 to 25 Cancer 42
10. Algelioche or Albgebh, 25 Cancer 42 to 8 Leo 34
11. Azobra or Ardurf 8 Leo 34 to 21 Leo 25
12. Alzarpha or Azarpha, 21 Leo 25 to 4 Virgo 17
13. Alhaire, 4 Virgo 17 to 17 Virgo 8
14. Achurethor Arimet 17 Virgo 8 to 0 Libra 22.
15. Agrapha or Algarpha 0 Libra to 12 Libra 51.
16. Azubene or Ahubene 12 Libra 51 to 25 Libra 42.
17. Alchil, 25 Libra 42 to 8 Scorpio 34.
18. Alchas or Altob, 8 Scorpio 34 to 21 Scorpio 25
19. Allatha or Achala3 21 Scorpio 25 to 4 Sagittarius 17
20. Abnahaya, 4 Sagittarius 17 to 17 Sagittarius 8
21. Abeda or Albeldach, 17 Sagittarius 8 to 0 Capricorn
22. Sadahacha or Zodeboluch O Capricorn to 12 Capricorn
23. Zabadola or Zobrach, 12 Capricorn 51 to 25 Capricorn 42
24. Sadabath or Chadezoad, 25 Capricorn 42 to 8 Aquarius 34
25. Sadalbracha or Sadalachia, 8 Aquarius 34 to 21 Aquarius 25
26. Alpharg or Phragol Mocaden, 21 Aquarius 25 to 4 Pisces 17
27. Alcharya or Alhalgalmoad, 4 Pisces 17 to 17 Pisces 8
28. Albotham or Alchalcy, 17 Pisces 8 to 0 Aries
(Source: Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book Two, Chapter 33)

So

how do we get from here
to the modern idea of critical degrees? :smile:

 The first modern astrologer I am aware of utilising this concept
is the American astrologer
Ivy Goldstein Jacobson in her book 'Simplified Horary Astrology' (1960).
Ivy Goldstein Jacobson indicated that the degrees marking the boundaries
between tropical Lunar Mansions were critical.
The critical Lunar Mansion degrees she identifies are:
0 degrees, 12 degrees 51', and 25 degrees 43' of Cardinal signs;
8 degrees 34' and 21 degrees 26' of Fixed signs;
and 4 degrees 17' and 17 degrees 09' of Mutable signs.
However, crucially Ivy Goldstein Jacobson also suggested that
degrees on the boundary of zodiac signs were also 'critical'.
Hence the emphasis she gives 0 and 29 degrees. I don't know if Jacobson actually originated the term 'anaretic degree' in her book.
I will need to consult it.
I am assuming Jacobson drew inspiration from from Vivian Robson's book
'Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology' (1923) which discusses lunar mansions.
Of course she may have consulted older sources.
William Lilly does not use this concept in Christian Astrology (1647)
However, they are discussed by William Ramesey in his book Astrologia Restaurata (Astrology Restored) (1653)
although his focus is exclusively electional astrology.
Still, I do not see a traditional basis for the emphasis on the 0 and 29th degree as 'critical degrees'.
No doubt other modern ideas have got mixed up here too
such as the Uranian astrology concept of the 'Aries Point'
which emphasises the importance of zero degrees of all the cardinal signs.
I am not aware if Jacobson had read Lilly's Christian Astrology
as copies must have been very scarce when she wrote her book.

However, if she did one additional possibility is
that she was influenced by the traditional horary 'considerations before judgement'
against reading charts when the ascendant was in the early or late degrees of a sign
or when the Moon was in late degrees.
If so perhaps the modern idea of an 'anaretic degree'
could have its origin in a diluted version of these horary rules. Jacobson's ideas seem to have become very popular with modern astrologers:

SKYSCRIPT source for the foregoing at http://skyscript.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3612&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
 
ardentika

ardentika

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MoonMaiden624 said:
I have found very little information on 29 degree AC/DC IC/MC.(Today is my 1st day on the site so if there is already a thread on this subject I've yet to find it) Having my South node conjunct my MC is confusing. I've always read you're supposed to move away from the SN and work on the NN. Also having the nodes intercepted along with my chart ruler Mercury, Sun and Venus kind of stinks.. Is it true when planets are conjunct the SN its a karmic debt of some kind? 29=endings. Is this perhaps the last chance I'll be given to make amends for past life mistakes? (I tend to think in worst case scenarios..) Anyone familiar with these placements or with information that might help/guide/sooth my overly worrisome thoughts would be appreciated.
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Check Sabian symbols, they will give you a lot of info.
I too have quite a few anaretic degrees in my chart, I have a friend with all 0 degrees on all 4 cusps too (quite rare..) and I've found that sabian symbols show a lot about the chosen path of the soul in this life.
 
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