A querent was interested in acquiring a new house but was concerned about certain signs of wear observed in the property itself. He asked me to cast a horary chart to assess the situation. The Ascendant is in Aquarius, so Saturn signifies the querent. Saturn is in the 11th house, in Sagittarius. This shows that…
Today I decided to attend the Catholic Eucharist as an exercise in contemplation. The Roman Catholic rite, especially after the Second Vatican Council, became excessively explanatory and catechetical, and the symbol has been diluted to the point where its esoteric dimension is almost never felt, leaving mostly the exoteric and parochial level. Interestingly, the Mass…
This is not an exercise in mundane astrology, nor a set of banal observations about what “Saturn in Aries may mean for the you and the world”, relying on the worst habits of psychological astrology. This short article concerns the ousía, the essence of the planet itself, its proper substance, and the way that substance…
The querent asked me when she would get married. With Gemini rising, her significator is Mercury. And we can also give her the Moon in this case, although not relevant in this judgement. Mercury is located in the 2nd house, in Leo, which shows that, for her, the theme of marriage is tied to material…
Fyodor Dostoevski died 145 years ago. When we look to his birth chart, we are struck right away by the brutal conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, both retrograde, in the angular 4th, and in a choleric sign like Aries that Saturn abhors. The expansion and faith of Jupiter are crushed by weight, fear, and existential…
I cast a horary on a municipal matter. A local resident decided to advance a project to the city council for a vote, concerning the redevelopment of an area of my neighbourhood, inclduing new green spaces. I decided to chec whether the proposal had any chance of passing in the municipal assembly. I assigned her…
Yesterday I had a conversation about astrology with someone interested in the subject. Today I cast a horary chart to understand the aftermath of what took place. The Ascendant is Gemini, so I am signified by Mercury. Mercury is in the 9th house, the house of Astrology (of course!), in Pisces, in detriment and fall,…
By virtue of my astrological chart, I meditate a great deal on Saturn. It is by far the strongest and most capable planet in my map. It is in Capricorn, in domicile, and even in its own term, in the 4th house, at the bottom of the chart. It is domiciled and angular, capable of…
It is said that Pessoa, a profound student of occultism and astrology, as well as a learned connoisseur of the Hermetic arts in general, managed to foresee his death and missed the mark by only a few months. In his lifetime, astrology was re-emerging after a long period of obscurantism, mainly through initiatic and Theosophical…
The querent asked whether a person he recently met will contact him again within 30 days. The querent is the 1st house Pisces, ruled by Jupiter, placed in the 1st in Aries. The other person is the 7th house, Virgo, ruled by Mercury, which is retrograde in the 12th in Pisces. Mercury is hidden in…
