Omnisphericus
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Predictions are most exciting and most experience requiring field in Astrology.
Making correct and valuable predictions is not an easy task at all.
Throughout the history this art of making predictions was the most required from the astrologers. Every person that I meet, the first thing that this person asks me ones s/he knows that I'm practicing astrology, is the question: "What will gonna happen to me in the following period/years/months", or "When I'll marry", "When I will succeed in career" and etc..
These are the questions on which almost all the people are expecting answers from an astrologer. There are very few people who would be interested in character/temperament delineation. They all want to know "What will gonna happen to me".
To predict correct is not an easy task. It is much more easy to make retrospection then to predict, that's for sure. But making retrospection with certain technique is one of the ways learning predictive astrology, because as Morin stays, we are learning to expect that the similar thing would happen once we know what this particular celestial configuration has produced before.
There are some techniques with which we can examine the timing of a certain event in native life. I tend to agree with Bernadette Brady when she says that knowledge and intuition has to go hand in hand. Intuition plays very great role in predicting events. You see, 9th house can be religious event but a journey as well. How can we distinguish? By applying our intuition and experience as astrologers.
The techniques of which I'm aware at the moment, for predicting are as follows:
Transits - this is the natural movement (non conversed) of the planet as they are at particular moment in the heaven, and their aspects to our natal configurations. This relationship is called 'Transits'.
I know that many traditionalists would agree that they were the last tool to which the elders would reach for, but I tend not to neglect the modern researches in this field. I love traditional astrology and traditional authors, but as Rob Hand said: "If something is traditional it doesn't automatically means its right, or if something is modern doesn't automatically means is wrong".
For the sake of playing with traditional subjects on this particular traditional forum I would avoid using the Outer planets, though I'm not neglecting it in my practice. However, I do not begin my predictive analysis with them.
Solar Returns - I'm not aware if this technique was something explecitelly used in medieval ages, but I know that I've learned a great deal from Morin and from Volguine who lived in the beginning of 20th century, but I found his writings not so much 'psychologized' and he relies with great deal on Morin and other French authors before him.
Primary Directions - This technique is maybe one of the oldest one for making perfect (to date!) timing with Astrology.
There are many different types of it (Regiomontanus, Placidus, Placidus under the pole and etc..). I will not enter in to detail analysis of all different techniques, I'm just giving an overall overview of the techniques.
Secondary Progressions - day for a year. This technique is relying on symbolic projection of the planetary configurations in each day after our birth, projecting them in years ahead.
For example, the 1st day of our life is symbolic representation of the 1st year of our life. The 20th day of the 20th year of life and etc..
I think that Secondary Progressions are a little bit ore 'modern' then the other techniques I talk about here, but I'm not sure, I'm not much aware of the historical developments.
Directing by terms (or Directed Ascendant) - This is a technique in which the changing of the term ruler of the directed Ascendant is somewhat a Lord of the Years in which Directed Ascendant stays in one term.
It gives broader view of the influences of the ruler, in similar manner as the Profected Lord of the Year, or the Lord of the Firadaria gives an overall clime for the certain period in persons life.
We will see this lord in use later on when we will discuss all the techniques with an example.
Profections - This method is also one of the oldest.
The Ascendant's Sign is profecting One Sign per a Year, making a full circle in 12 years. This technique is explained in great deal in the works of the Hellenistic Astrologer Vetius Vallens.
Firdaria - This is a method which is very similar to the Vedic Dashas method, where a certain planet has rulership over a certain years of the native's life.
We discussed this technique in another thread.
The technique is giving a general clime of the persons life in certain period of time.
There are certain Hellenistic techniques which I'll discuss later in the thread.
For now I want to stay focused and try some of the techniques with an practical example.
I will do that in my next post.
Making correct and valuable predictions is not an easy task at all.
Throughout the history this art of making predictions was the most required from the astrologers. Every person that I meet, the first thing that this person asks me ones s/he knows that I'm practicing astrology, is the question: "What will gonna happen to me in the following period/years/months", or "When I'll marry", "When I will succeed in career" and etc..
These are the questions on which almost all the people are expecting answers from an astrologer. There are very few people who would be interested in character/temperament delineation. They all want to know "What will gonna happen to me".
To predict correct is not an easy task. It is much more easy to make retrospection then to predict, that's for sure. But making retrospection with certain technique is one of the ways learning predictive astrology, because as Morin stays, we are learning to expect that the similar thing would happen once we know what this particular celestial configuration has produced before.
There are some techniques with which we can examine the timing of a certain event in native life. I tend to agree with Bernadette Brady when she says that knowledge and intuition has to go hand in hand. Intuition plays very great role in predicting events. You see, 9th house can be religious event but a journey as well. How can we distinguish? By applying our intuition and experience as astrologers.
The techniques of which I'm aware at the moment, for predicting are as follows:
Transits - this is the natural movement (non conversed) of the planet as they are at particular moment in the heaven, and their aspects to our natal configurations. This relationship is called 'Transits'.
I know that many traditionalists would agree that they were the last tool to which the elders would reach for, but I tend not to neglect the modern researches in this field. I love traditional astrology and traditional authors, but as Rob Hand said: "If something is traditional it doesn't automatically means its right, or if something is modern doesn't automatically means is wrong".
For the sake of playing with traditional subjects on this particular traditional forum I would avoid using the Outer planets, though I'm not neglecting it in my practice. However, I do not begin my predictive analysis with them.
Solar Returns - I'm not aware if this technique was something explecitelly used in medieval ages, but I know that I've learned a great deal from Morin and from Volguine who lived in the beginning of 20th century, but I found his writings not so much 'psychologized' and he relies with great deal on Morin and other French authors before him.
Primary Directions - This technique is maybe one of the oldest one for making perfect (to date!) timing with Astrology.
There are many different types of it (Regiomontanus, Placidus, Placidus under the pole and etc..). I will not enter in to detail analysis of all different techniques, I'm just giving an overall overview of the techniques.
Secondary Progressions - day for a year. This technique is relying on symbolic projection of the planetary configurations in each day after our birth, projecting them in years ahead.
For example, the 1st day of our life is symbolic representation of the 1st year of our life. The 20th day of the 20th year of life and etc..
I think that Secondary Progressions are a little bit ore 'modern' then the other techniques I talk about here, but I'm not sure, I'm not much aware of the historical developments.
Directing by terms (or Directed Ascendant) - This is a technique in which the changing of the term ruler of the directed Ascendant is somewhat a Lord of the Years in which Directed Ascendant stays in one term.
It gives broader view of the influences of the ruler, in similar manner as the Profected Lord of the Year, or the Lord of the Firadaria gives an overall clime for the certain period in persons life.
We will see this lord in use later on when we will discuss all the techniques with an example.
Profections - This method is also one of the oldest.
The Ascendant's Sign is profecting One Sign per a Year, making a full circle in 12 years. This technique is explained in great deal in the works of the Hellenistic Astrologer Vetius Vallens.
Firdaria - This is a method which is very similar to the Vedic Dashas method, where a certain planet has rulership over a certain years of the native's life.
We discussed this technique in another thread.
The technique is giving a general clime of the persons life in certain period of time.
There are certain Hellenistic techniques which I'll discuss later in the thread.
For now I want to stay focused and try some of the techniques with an practical example.
I will do that in my next post.
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