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by Robert Hand
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Part of Fortune
Early History of Astrology
Post-Modern Astrology
Author's Introduction
What I am going to do here is something similar to what I have been doing on Prodigy.
I am going to be talking about the discoveries and lore of ancient and medieval
astrology. The main difference between these postings and those on Prodigy is that
these will be a bit more technical. I know that not everyone on Alt.Astrology is an expert
but actually you don't need to be much of an expert to understand the old astrology.
Those who could justifiably be called "experts" in modern astrology actually have to
learn as much as the beginners. The concepts are quite simple, but become
complicated in the putting together. But this should not be a surprise. This is just as
true of modern astrology. Anyhow here is my first note.
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Current Planets
19-Oct-2013, 10:58 UT/GMT
Sun
26
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Moon
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54'18"
Mercury
18
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Venus
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42'41"
Mars
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22'42"
Jupiter
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56' 8"
Saturn
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Uranus
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Neptune
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45'18"r
Pluto
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TrueNode
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Chiron
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Explanations of the symbols
Chart of the moment
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Let's say someone has an Ascendant of 20 Virgo, a Moon of 4 Aries, and a Sun at 17
Aquarius. An Ascendant of 20 Virgo means a Descendant of 20 Pisces. Since the Sun
is between the Ascendant and the Descendant, this is a night birth so we use the night
birth formula.
Ascendant 20 Virgo + 150 = 170
Sun 17 Aquarius + 300 = 317
Moon 4 Aries + 0 = 4
Fortune = 170 + 317 - 4 = 483.
This is more than 360 so we subtract 360 from the total. 483 - 360 = 123. The Part of
Fortune is 3 Leo.
If the Sun were at 9 Cancer with this Ascendant and Moon, the chart would be a day
birth so we would use the Day formula.
Ascendant 20 Virgo + 150 = 170
Moon 4 Aries + 0 = 4
Sun 9 Cancer + 90 = 99
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The reason why most people who are born at night have been given the wrong Part of
Fortune is that most of the modern authorities have used the day formula for night
births! This is because one ancient authority, Ptolemy, seemed to advocate doing all
charts with the day formula. We are now fairly certain from our new translation of
Ptolemy and his ancient commentators that he did not intend this. Most other ancient
sources advocated using the day formula for day births and the night formulas for
night and so did the medieval astrologers. And these people knew what to do with the
Part of Fortune.
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Let me conclude this note by giving a very brief description of what the Part of Fortune
is. The Part of Fortune is used to describe the basic way in which the individual is
physically connected with the surrounding world. It is one of the significators of the
body and health, and it is the primary significator of prosperity, and also career as it
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relates to prosperity. But the method of using it will come as a bit of a surprise. This is
one of the most important discoveries that Project Hindsight has made. In my next
note I'll go into that.
whose natural influence leads to moderation and balance. Amalefic is a planet whose
natural influence leads to extremes and imbalance.
Dignified and Debilitated
Planets may be dignified (made stronger) and debilitated (weakened) in a variety of
ways. In this article I mainly refer to dignity and debility by signs. Planets are dignified
when they are in signs in which they rule or are exalted. They are debilitated when they
are in signs opposite these. Any regular beginning text of astrology will list these
signs. There are other dignities and debilities as well. See Lee Lehman, Essential
Dignities, Whitford Press.
next installment.
Afinal note: all the passages used in this text are from the Project Hindsight
translations of the ancient Greek texts unless otherwise noted.
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women, are given additional designations. The lot for the marriage of men using the
Venus - Sun arc is called "Trickery and Deception of Men toward Women," and
"Intercourse of Men." The lot for women that uses the Mars - Moon arc is called
"Misconduct of Women," "Trickery and Deceit of Men by Women," "Intercourse of
Women, " and "Unchastity of Women." Disregarding for a moment the obvious sexism
in these designations, it is quite clear that the marital lots of Valens are not as
specifically connected to marriage, but are more connected to sexual relationships in
general. But the Hermetic lots, both of which contain Saturn, seem to have more of a
connection specifically to legally sanctioned marriage. At this very early stage in my
research this principle seems to be holding up, that the Hermetic lots relate to legal
marriage, and the lots of Valens relate to male-female sexual relationships in general.
This leaves the general lot of marriage given by Valens that uses the arc from Jupiter
to Venus and vice versa. It have little experience with this one thus far, but it too would
seem to be connected to general relations between the sexes rather than specifically
legal marriage. However, since Jupiter has a strong connection with the law, we
cannot rule out this lot also as referring to legal marriage.
In addition to these lots, there are other special purpose lots that are mentioned in the
Greek literature. We do not have a clear notion of what all of these may be for, but they
are all interesting.
The first of these is the Lot of Basis. As the name suggests, it would seem to be
something fundamental. It appears to be a way of combining the lots of Fortune and
Spirit and making something that combines their signification. The formula is as
follows:
Lot of Basis
Day or Night Lot = Asc. + PF - Sp
or Lot = Asc. + Sp - PF
Here however it is not day or night that determines the order of the formula. Instead we
use whichever is the shorter arc. IF PF - Sp is more than 180 degrees, we use Sp - PF,
and vice versa. Its position is always below the horizon or exactly on the Ascendant or
Descendant because the Sp to PF arc can never be more than 180 degrees. This may
have something to do with its signification because it is always below the earth like a
foundation. Also as with Fortuna and Spirit, New Moons and Full Moons have special
significance with this lot. At the New Moon all three lots are conjunct the Ascendant,
and at the Full Moon, they are all conjunct the Descendant.
Lot of Debt
Day or Night Lot = Asc. + Sa - Me
This is a lot that does not look as if it would function as a first house indicator. The lore
on this lot is not abundant, but the logic of lots would indicate that whatever house it
would fall into could be a source of financial losses or debt.
Lot of Theft
Day Lot = Sa - Ma - Me
Night Lot = Sa - Me - Ma
Also a lot that does not function as a first house indicator. This is one of the few lots
that does not contain the Ascendant as a component. As such it resembles the kinds
of formulas that one finds in the modern Hamburg School of Alfred Witte.
Lot of Treachery
Day Lot = Asc. + Ma - Su
Night Lot = Asc. + Su - Ma
We have little data on this lot. It is from Vettius Valens.
Lot of Exaltation
Day Lot = Asc. + 19 Ar - Su
Night Lot = Asc. + 3 Ta - Mo
This lot is made out of the Sun and Moon and their exaltation degrees. This is one of
the few instances in which the exaltation degrees (as opposed to their signs) are
used. It is connected to the births of eminent and famous people.
Lot of Being in a Foreign Land
Day or Night Lot = Asc. + Ma - Sa
Lot of Accusation
Day Lot = Asc. + Ma - Sa
Night Lot = Asc. + Sa - Ma
These last two are almost the same. The Lot of Being in a Foreign Land does not
switch at night, and the Lot of Accusation does. The structure of the Lot of Being in a
Foreign Land clearly tells us that we are not talking about vacation travel here. It is
more like a Lot of Exile. The Lot of Accusation indicates the house through which the
native is "likely to experience failure, dangers, or downfalls." [Valens] In later astrology
this lot became the Lot of Inseparable Illness, i.e., incurable illness, and also the Lot
of Police, which accords well with the idea of the Lot of Accusation. I have little
experience with the lot as an indicator of illness, but it does seem to indicate areas of
life where someone may be accused of something, either falsely or truthfully.
Lot of the Destroyer
Day Lot = Asc. + Mo - Ru
Night Lot = Asc. + Ru - Mo
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In the above formula 'Ru' stands for the ruler of the Ascendant. This is a point that
relates to death. We have little systematic information of its use except that it seems to
relate to the manner of death. I would urge astrologers not to be careless in the use of
this lot.
Robert Hand 2/16/96 - 3/20/96
Robert Hand has been doing translations of ancient and medieval astrology texts since 1993 with
Project Hindsight and that effort has published over 2000 pages of translations and commentary.
If anyone is interested in further information on Project Hindsight, they have a web page at
Project Hindsight.
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