Comments on: Eclipse 26 January http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/eclipse-26-january/ Traditional astrology Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:20:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: gjiada http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/eclipse-26-january/#comment-48 gjiada Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:51:58 +0000 http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-48 Well, I don't know about China, you surely are right. The point is that at least Ptolemy gives a method to say when the effects of the eclipse will be evident. So we should consider the duration of the eclipse and the place where it falls, if near the Ascendant or MC or the Descendant, the more is far from the Ascendant the more its effects will be far in time. Sometimes this method works: for example I tried it with Bolshevic Revolution, but sometimes unfortunately it is less precise.... Margherita Well, I don’t know about China, you surely are right.

The point is that at least Ptolemy gives a method to say when the effects of the eclipse will be evident.
So we should consider the duration of the eclipse and the place where it falls, if near the Ascendant or MC or the Descendant, the more is far from the Ascendant the more its effects will be far in time.

Sometimes this method works: for example I tried it with Bolshevic Revolution, but sometimes unfortunately it is less precise….
Margherita

]]> By: yuzuru http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/eclipse-26-january/#comment-46 yuzuru Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:32:45 +0000 http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-46 thanks for your comment, marguerita... I saw in a website that russia was under aquarius, but I was too lazy to look in tetrabiblos. Besides that, I didn´t have the faintest idea tha sarmatia would be russia ;-) Yes, ptolemy and almost all of the ancient astrologers said that the eclipse works only when visible, but I have some facts that makes me wonder: 1- when mars transits one of the angles of the eclipse, even in regions where the eclipse was not visible, it is prone to trigger events of violence. 2- in the last eclipse of august, we see that it was in the ASC of US, and it seems to have affected the US (as a lot of other mundane factors, of course). But in other countries where the eclipse was more visible, like China, it didn´t seem to have many effects. Of course, I can only say based on our very narrowed mind, distorted, eurocentric media. thanks for your comment, marguerita… I saw in a website that russia was under aquarius, but I was too lazy to look in tetrabiblos. Besides that, I didn´t have the faintest idea tha sarmatia would be russia ;-)

Yes, ptolemy and almost all of the ancient astrologers said that the eclipse works only when visible, but I have some facts that makes me wonder:
1- when mars transits one of the angles of the eclipse, even in regions where the eclipse was not visible, it is prone to trigger events of violence.
2- in the last eclipse of august, we see that it was in the ASC of US, and it seems to have affected the US (as a lot of other mundane factors, of course). But in other countries where the eclipse was more visible, like China, it didn´t seem to have many effects. Of course, I can only say based on our very narrowed mind, distorted, eurocentric media.

]]> By: gjiada http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/eclipse-26-january/#comment-45 gjiada Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:03:01 +0000 http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-45 Russia is under Aquarius according Ptolemy too, not just modern astrology. He called it Sarmatia. I follow Ptolemy and consider just visible eclipses so I cannot tell you if this eclipse will have effects in USA. I hope not, because almost every astrologer followed this rule, Cardano, Placidus, Leovitius. Maybe Lilly? I should check, but surely he will say that visible eclipses give more incisive effects. I have a recent example, for the one of the 1st August 2008. It was visible in northen Italy but not in central one, and in fact some months later we had a very strong earthquake in northen part of my country, but here in Rome it could be perceived just by my cat. Anyway even for the countries where it was visible I think these effects depend where the syzygy fall - the distance from Asc. The more it is distant from the ASC, the more its effects will be late. There is some calculation to make, if we follow Ptolemy. Margherita Russia is under Aquarius according Ptolemy too, not just modern astrology. He called it Sarmatia.

I follow Ptolemy and consider just visible eclipses so I cannot tell you if this eclipse will have effects in USA.
I hope not, because almost every astrologer followed this rule, Cardano, Placidus, Leovitius. Maybe Lilly? I should check, but surely he will say that visible eclipses give more incisive effects.

I have a recent example, for the one of the 1st August 2008. It was visible in northen Italy but not in central one, and in fact some months later we had a very strong earthquake in northen part of my country, but here in Rome it could be perceived just by my cat.

Anyway even for the countries where it was visible I think these effects depend where the syzygy fall – the distance from Asc. The more it is distant from the ASC, the more its effects will be late. There is some calculation to make, if we follow Ptolemy.

Margherita

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