JUPITERASC
Well-known member
Robert Schmidt - Deceased 2018
translations of Vettius Valens http://www.projecthindsight.com/
CONDITIONS RELATIVE TO THE SUN:
When a planet is in the interval from heliacal rising up to first station
or
from second station up to the heliacal setting
the planet is capable of appearing
and
therefore is in a place conducive to the conduct of its business .
The heliacal rising of a star
or other body
such as the moon, a planet or a constellation
occurs when it first becomes visible above the eastern horizon
for a brief moment just before sunrise
after a period of time when it had not been visible
When a planet is making a Station and/or phasis
it is not only capable of appearing but is also intensified
Robert Schmidt - fluent Ancient Greek Classics Scholar
says that Phasis means
“...making an appearance...”
or
“...sudden dramatic showing of something...”
It can also mean
“...something that speaks...”
or
we can say that it means “...an appearance that speaks...”
PHASIS
describes a planet making a heliacal rising
aka rising before the sun
standardized to 15 degrees by Hellenistic astrology
- within 7 days before of after native’s birth.
Rumen Kolev one of the few living practitioners of Ancient Babylonian Astrology
based on his own observations of the skies
states that the 15[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]º[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] standardisation[/FONT]
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http://www.babylonianastrology.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=44
When any planet is “...under the sun’s beams...”
i.e.
within 15 ecliptic degrees of the sun
the planet is considered not capable of conducting its business
due to being “...drained or unempowered...”
However
there are modifications to this
such as
if a planet is in its Exaltation
own terms
or own bounds
or dignity
then
the planet is considered to be “...in its own chariot...”
and therefore
“...protected and/or shielded..”
from the potential '...harm...' of combustion.
ROBERT SCHMIDT - PROJECT HINDSIGHT http://www.projecthindsight.com/
provides analogy of "...travelling in own limo with shaded windows ..."
ROBERT SCHMIDT - PROJECT HINDSIGHT http://www.projecthindsight.com/
When a planet
is in the interval
of first station to second station
aka retrograde
the planet is not fit to conduct its business
because it is described as “...walking backwards...”
Venus
and much fainter
Mars
continue in the early dawn as shown here. Look southeast.
Mercury is much lower in the dawn
some 22° to Venus's lower left.
SATURN emerges from the sunrise glare
conjunction with Mercury on the morning of March 2nd
when they're only 0.7° apart.
Mercury that morning is the brighter one
Saturn glimmers to its upper left.
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