david starling
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It appears from what I've read, that Ptolemy wasn't the originator of Sign-rulerships. He is credited with choosing the Tropical Zodiac, beginning at the Vernal Equinoctial Point as the first point of Aries. He devised a very neat arrangement based on the Sign-rulerships already being used, including the terms Fixed, Cardinal, and Common (later known as Mutable), and placed heavy stress on Northern Hemispheric seasonality and Sign-gender.
This Heliocentric cipher idea COULD have been used to create the rulership assignments--a way to bring Heliocentric to bear on Geocentric. It works only for the Sun ruling Leo, and the four Cardinal-sign rulers. With those in place, another pattern can be discerned, which gives the Traditional result, regarding the 7 rulers.
This Heliocentric cipher idea COULD have been used to create the rulership assignments--a way to bring Heliocentric to bear on Geocentric. It works only for the Sun ruling Leo, and the four Cardinal-sign rulers. With those in place, another pattern can be discerned, which gives the Traditional result, regarding the 7 rulers.