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It turns out the hardest part about profections is making sure you get the SR chart right. In prepping this lecture there were times I was literally tearing my hair out because the SR chart didn't match the events that followed. For a bit I doubted myself as an astrologer, I dobuted astrology, and wished I had had a car accident on the way to SOTA because I couldn't make it work. (Yup, I actually finished my lecture prep while I was at the conference because...life.) The only reason I tell you all this is because when I realized my error, cast the right charts, my mind was once again blown by what astrology can do.
I can't attach all of the slides, but they were mostly for talking points anyway. Basically, "Time Lord", while not a reference in this case to Dr. Who, is the name given to any planet ruling over a period of time in traditional technique. Examples other than annual profections include Firdaria, Zodiacal Releasing, and circumambulation through the bounds. There are as many "time lord" techniques as there are astrologers, but profections have meat on the bones, aren't tied down in the minutia of months or days, and are actually pretty easy to understand.
So great! But what's a "profection?" The definition according to Webster's: "obsolete; the act of progressing, a movement forward. Profections can be compared to the modern technique of secondary progressions/day for a year. Hellenistic and Arabic astrologers Profected, or "progressed" the ASC one month (bingo, the tropical zodiac is a calendar, ergo one "sign/month") for a year. This technique determines which planets and topics will be "activated" in that year.
All of which is seriously cool, but what the heck do you do with them? The first thing to understand is that they aren't read as stand alone charts (instert note here that I am talking about profecting the ASC only. Bonatti has a terrific explanation about topics and profecting houses and the angles regarding those topics, but you can't understand what he is doing with that until you get a handle on simply profecting the ASC.) Profections show activated planets. Transits to and from them show events. Like....ever had a Jupiter transit that all the "horoscope" writing astrologers said was going to be a doozy? Juipter transiting your second house will bring you wealth? Only that didn't happen? This explains why.
So, what is this wonderful, mystical, ancient technique? Counting. No, seriously. Counting.
The ASC profects to the 2nd sign/house on the 1st birthday/Solar Return. So literally count birthdays. Start at the ASC, and then count forward. Figure out which planets are activated, then cast a SR chart.
That said, let's look at John McCain. I have attached his natal chart. I chose John McCain because he passed away in 2018, and was pretty prominent in United States Politics. For those of you unfamiliar you can find his biography
https://www.johnmccain.com/
I can't attach all of the slides, but they were mostly for talking points anyway. Basically, "Time Lord", while not a reference in this case to Dr. Who, is the name given to any planet ruling over a period of time in traditional technique. Examples other than annual profections include Firdaria, Zodiacal Releasing, and circumambulation through the bounds. There are as many "time lord" techniques as there are astrologers, but profections have meat on the bones, aren't tied down in the minutia of months or days, and are actually pretty easy to understand.
So great! But what's a "profection?" The definition according to Webster's: "obsolete; the act of progressing, a movement forward. Profections can be compared to the modern technique of secondary progressions/day for a year. Hellenistic and Arabic astrologers Profected, or "progressed" the ASC one month (bingo, the tropical zodiac is a calendar, ergo one "sign/month") for a year. This technique determines which planets and topics will be "activated" in that year.
All of which is seriously cool, but what the heck do you do with them? The first thing to understand is that they aren't read as stand alone charts (instert note here that I am talking about profecting the ASC only. Bonatti has a terrific explanation about topics and profecting houses and the angles regarding those topics, but you can't understand what he is doing with that until you get a handle on simply profecting the ASC.) Profections show activated planets. Transits to and from them show events. Like....ever had a Jupiter transit that all the "horoscope" writing astrologers said was going to be a doozy? Juipter transiting your second house will bring you wealth? Only that didn't happen? This explains why.
So, what is this wonderful, mystical, ancient technique? Counting. No, seriously. Counting.
The ASC profects to the 2nd sign/house on the 1st birthday/Solar Return. So literally count birthdays. Start at the ASC, and then count forward. Figure out which planets are activated, then cast a SR chart.
That said, let's look at John McCain. I have attached his natal chart. I chose John McCain because he passed away in 2018, and was pretty prominent in United States Politics. For those of you unfamiliar you can find his biography
https://www.johnmccain.com/
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