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Aphorisms of Nicholas Culpepper 1647
by Dorothy J. Kovach on May.07, 2012, under Traditional Astrology
I have been a bit too busy to write to our lovely blog, and wish to take this time to thank our brilliant monthly forecaster, extraordinare, Kathy Watts, who has astounded me with her accuracy! It makes a huge difference when one can plan ahead! Many, many thanks, Kathy, and well done! As a below the horizoner… 
I cannot thank you enough for doing such a bang up, job of letting us know what is likely to happen to us, a month, before it unfolds, each month!! Many, many thanks, Kathy!
Several commentators have asked me to put up some ‘beginners’ astrology, so here it is! While doing some much needed Spring cleaning, I came across wonderful copies of ancient astrology books I had completely forgotten about, hidden in the deep, dark recesses of my house. To my amazement, I ran across one, I didn’t even know I had! The astrological aphorisms concerning the signs, from the great herbalist, medical doctor, and astrologer, Nicholas Culpepper. I believe, these originated from copies made by that traditional publishing pioneer, John Ballantrae. Comprised of old microfilm copies of the original, in places, I am afraid, the old print has bled into the top of some of the following page. Thus, I found parts illegible. If you have a retype, or a better copy and find a mistakes, or even better, can fill in the blanks where I have a question mark within brackets [?], please let me know so I can fix them! I also tried to keep Nicholas’s 17th century spelling and pagination, but every now and again, my fingers would spell in modern English. If I try to edit, this will never get up, so I beg you to please bear with me and bless you for your patience.
Sign Aphorisms by Nicholas Culpepper 1647
Under Aries are born men of thick hair, white or yellowish, curling long visage, crooked nose, hazel eyes, little ears, short legs, little feet, the first 15 degrees gives a more gross body then the later.
Under Taurus are men of a short and thick stature, big broad men, high forehead, wide nose, great mouth, fat short neck, dark ruddy colour, short arms and thick black hair, big buttocks, short legs slow to move but once angered never pleased again.
Gemini gives a delicate, straight, well composed and well set body, good colour, bright clear eyes, good sight, and piercing; long arms and long hands and feet, large brest, brown hair, good wit, fluent tongue, and apt discourse, yet a man of no great fidelity.
Cancer gives but a short stature; yet the later 15 degrees gives a more full body than the former: you know one sprat may be something bigger than another: the upper parts of the body more thick than the lower: disorder in the teeth, little eyes, blackish hair, a low whinning voice.
Leo a rising gives great head and eyes quick sight, a large lusty strong body; full of metal, courageous, stouthearted, thick broad shoulders; yellowish or flaxen hair; a big great voice, resolute spirit, aspiring brain, of generous, free hearted and courteous disposition.
Virgo arising at a nativity, gives a spare body, yet well composed; a mean stature, lovely brown complexion, great eyes, thick black hair, subtle wit, no great fidelity, aiming at self ends.
Scorpio gives but a short stature, yet a big limbed, full and well set body, strong and active; willful, malicious, false, and deceitful; sad brown hair, dark sallow complexion, short neck; quick in motion of body, but reserved thoughts
Twere pity to have missed Libra, the comeliest of person, and uprightest in condition of all the zodiack.
Libra gives a delicate, comely, straight body; a round, fair and well favored face, hair for the most part flaxen or light brown, but sometimes black; a cheerful well sp ken creature: red lips, cherry cheeks, a tall slender body, courteous, impartial, just and upright in all their dealings.
Under Sagittarius are born strait, well proportioned bodies, strong and well set; of a loving cheerful contenance, high color, oval visage, good horsemen, and great shooters; stout hearted brown hair, and quickly bald.
Capricorn gives a very slender, weakly, many dry and [?] in the face and thin black hair and exceeding thick [?] Oblique or pale of beard [?] [?] [?] middle about the brests; long necked, and disproported body, witty, cholerick, and abdiad ?
Under Aquarius are born men of a middle stature, well shaped, clear skin, fair heritage [?], yet more lovely than beautiful, or curious, yet a handsome comely [?] body, a whitish -bright hair, and sometimes yellow.
Pisces gives a short, ill composed body, yet a good face of clear complexion and color; thick shoulders, brown hair, fat and plump in all parts, an idle body else no way hurtful.
Peter Burns Horary Workshop NCGR Sacramento
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Apr.24, 2012, under Lectures & Workshops, Traditional Astrology
Peter Burns has come all the way from Australia to teach traditional astrology! Peter gave an outstanding presentation, on the Planetary Hours, as well as a tremendous workshop on the Fixed Stars, for San Francisco Astrological Association at Fort Mason, this past April.
For those who missed that, fret, not. You have yet another opportunity to learn from one of the great artists in astrology. Peter Burns will give two presentations at the end of May. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear one of Australia’s premier teachers and presenters who will be returning to NCGR’s Sacramento Chapter, on May 20th.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Horary Astrology:
When will it happen?
Sun, May 20, 1pm – 5pm
Where:
The Reserves at The Galleria Clubhouse 501 Gibson Drive, Roseville, CA
Peter Burns
For more information:
Peter Burns has studied and taught contemporary and ancient astrology and palmistry since 1989 and lectured at the West Australian, NSW and Victorian Associations, the Federation of Australian Astrologers (FAA) International Astrology Conferences and recently at SOTA in New York. He was a regular guest on ABC radio in Perth Western Australia and on 3RRR in Melbourne Victoria. Peter was FAA vice-president and VAA president 2006-2008. He has been national editor of the FAA Journal since 2000. Peter is a member of ISAR, AFAN, the Australian Professional Astrologers Association and the FAA. Peter Burns now runs online distance education correspondence courses in Astrology Foundation Studies, Horary Astrology, and Palmistry through his school: Ambrosia Academy of Astrology. He specializes in interactive teaching providing feedback with all assignments and offering students the freedom to work at their own pace with no set deadlines through his website:
www.onlineastrologycourses.com
E-mail: peterburns01@gmail.com
The Costa Concordia - One Unlucky Cruise
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Jan.15, 2012, under Traditional Astrology
At about 2 hours after the sun had dropped into the Mediterranean Sea, the Costa Concordia, set sail from Citiavecchio, about 80 kilometers west of Rome, on what it thought was a routine voyage, but on this, Friday the 13th, things would be anything but routine. Instead the ship would run aground, leading at least 5 unlucky souls to their death, 17 missing and thousands cold and stranded. What happened on that fateful night, we can only speculate. Astrologers believe that every ending is based upon single beginning. Therefore, ancients were very careful to pay very close attention to every little detail of birth, because they came to believe that the very first moment of holds within it, the seeds of future. It is on this basis, that astrology is based. The very first moment is so important to some Vedic astrologers, that they will pay more attention to an omen than the actual natal chart!
Indeed, omens are so deeply ingrained in the human psyche that even those who scoff at astrology, often cannot help but react when an omen smacks them in the face. Such is the case of the Unlucky Costa Concordia. Many do know that in New York, the home of tall skyscrapers, a 13th floor rarely, if at all, exists, so strong the superstition in building a 13th floor, but the Costa Concordia, did heed this urban tradition, and housed 13 decks, along with 13 bars, which given the Venus conjoined with Neptune, as we will see, perhaps was not such a good idea.
We do not know what time the Costa Concordia was initially launched on September 2nd, 2005, As you know, that it is customary, just before a ship takes her first plunge into the sea, to christen her by breaking a bottle of champagne on her side - for good luck!! Listen to the moaning as the bottle refuses to break!
So what happened in the last few hours of Friday the 13th of January, to bring this massive skyscraper of a ship to her side, on the tiny Giglio Island ? We can only speculate. However, astrologers know that cruise ship’s future, for better, or for worse, was already noted by the angels, with that first splash the Costa Concordia made at approximately 7pm, local time, when she left the harbor of Citavechhio and headed out to sea.
William Lilly and the ancients drew out precise instructions for shipping with the first house representing the ship and all who sail in her.
Looking at the first house, we see that partying sign of Leo rises, we can assume that there was a festive and upbeat atmosphere on the ship, when it set sail. Such a playful feeling that some astute passengers were keen to notice that there were no safety drills as are the normal procedures. This casual attitude at launch is the first sign that those on board are in harm’s way because their ruler, the Sun is placed in one of the weakest sector of the chart, the house of illness, known as the 6th house. In general, the Sun has to do with all things royal. And we could say that those onboard represented the crème de la crème of society, and is very descriptive of a ship filled with the upper echelon of society, dressed to the ‘nines’ and enjoying themselves to the fullest, but so placed completely in the dark as to the dangers that lurked just ahead. At about 9:15 pm, ”we heard a crash. Glasses and plates fell down and we went out of the dining room and we were told it wasn’t anything dangerous” according to Gert Hammer, 65 , told The Associated Press she was eating her first course, when the ship lurched to its side.
Even though the ship had run aground, passengers were told it was but a minor electrical error. Notice the Moon conjoined to Mars in the 3rd house, a clear sign of a big whopper!! Also notice that the ancients said that because the angle of the 6th house did not divide evenly into the circle, that it could not ’see’ and was thus a ‘blind’ house. And indeed, with the passengers were kept ‘in the dark’ about what was really going on for another 45 minutes when the power went off and chaos erupted. And again indicative of that Moon and Mars combo in the house of communications, in many cases, passengers said authorities contradicted one another, telling them one thing and then reversing course.
The Sun is also the natural representative of royalty, on a ship, it will have a lot to say about the methods of the the top brass on board, specifically the captain. It also insinuates that the captain might have been very slow to react because we notice the Sun is at hard angle to planet of death, Saturn. If this were not enough, looking to the section denoting the captain, we see the very stubborn Taurus astride the cusp of the captain’s house, the tenth sector. This makes the ever handsome and charming, Venus the captain’s planetary emissary. Notice, Venus is in the house of others, the seventh, specifically with Neptune, the planet of illusion. Where Neptune goes, drugs, and alcohol, all too often follow. Also, Taurus, being both fixed and earthy, is the most stubborn of the signs, on the house of the captain. Hit the following link, and you can hear (albeit in beautiful Italian), Captain Francesco Schettino, tell tgcom24, that the ship impacted a rock, ‘that was not marked. ‘
We do not know for certain, but some have said that the captain of the vessel was seen leaving the ship before the people had been evacuated! At this time, the captain claimed there should have been water where the rock was! Although, the villagers of Giglio claim they had never seen the ship come so close to the island before. At this time Captain Schettino is in custody, and could face manslaughter charges.
Linea Van Horn speaks on The Galactic Embrace San Francisco Jan 12th!!
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Jan.08, 2012, under Lectures & Workshops
One of the great teachers of the Art of Astrology, Linea Van Horn will be giving us the ‘nitty gritty’ on the often confusing Galactic Center, which, in San Francisco, on January 12th, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. (continue reading…)
International Astrology Day March 19th in San Francisco!!
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Feb.16, 2011, under Lectures & Workshops
Please come join me for an astrological feast!!
International Astrology Day * San Francisco
March 19th in a celebration of Astrology
International Astrology Day (IAD) is an annual observance/holiday celebrated by astrologers and astrology enthusiasts. It is held on the spring equinox, the day the Sun enters Aries, which is the first sign of the Tropical Zodiac, and has long been considered the astrological new year. In observance of IAD the Association For Astrological Networking (AFAN) co-ordinates astrological lectures and events around the world. (continue reading…)
Are Emerging Markets About to Hit the Skids?
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Feb.15, 2011, under Financial
Alistair Barr over at MarketWatch warns, today, that emerging markets may be peaking.
Feb. 15, 2011, 2:55 p.m. EST
Emerging markets may be overheating: Citi CEO
Big banks may struggle to make 20% returns on equity, Pandit says
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Emerging markets may be overheating and will have to increase capacity and control inflation, Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Vikram Pandit said Tuesday.
Pandit also said big banks may struggle to generate 20% returns on equity in the future, in a speech at the ISI Group 2011 conference in New York.
“Many of the emerging markets are operating at or near capacity and are therefore at risk of overheating - and must deal with the possible consequences of inflation,” he remarked.
Surging food prices show that “there are some countries where you’ve reached close to capacity,” Pandit said, without mentioning specific nations.
Still, the Citi (NYSE:C) chief noted that this is happening because emerging markets are growing strongly. “Their challenge is to work out how to increase capacity. Central banks on the ground are doing a good job trying to handle this trade-off between growth and capacity.”
Citi has the most exposure to emerging markets of any big U.S. bank. Pandit said Tuesday he’s “comfortable” with the portfolio of loans the company has made in these countries. That’s partly because consumer leverage and corporate-lending penetration is still relatively low, he explained…” More:
http://tinyurl.com/467nh6p
Surely, with the lose monetary policy, we hear all the time, how ’strong’ the dollar is against the Euro, and the currencies of other developed nations, but what we do not hear much about, is how zerp (zero interest rates policy) has increased the currencies of emerging nations, especially those with large mining and mineral operations. For example, Australia’s dollar, today trades at 0.9964, pretty much, neck and neck, with the US dollar.
There is no doubt that commodities have had an enormous run up in the past year. Oil is trading at 86 a barrel, and gold is off the roof in the 1300s. How long can a good thing last, is anybody’s guess, and so, since it’s a question, I am interested in. I feel passionately about markets. It is my business, to know, and it should be yours, too. So I ask:
Are emerging markets about to hit the skids?
When we look at horary charts, the first thing we do is to look to the ASC. This gives the atmosphere of the question to us. Here we have the ‘quick’ and nimble Gemini, rising. This will a sort of lightness or flexibility to the atmosphere of the question. In other words, it’s a question sort of asked at the ’spur of the moment’ and so it’s a casually asked question, much the sign, Gemini, which is comprised of two children. In the first house, we see the Dragon’s Tail at the last degree of Gemini. This could portend some downward movement, but at 29 degrees, it may be ‘down the road’ a bit.
The next thing we do in such a chart, is to examine the condition of the planet that governs, or has control of the sign rising on the eastern horizon. In this case, that planet is Mercury. The first thing we notice is that Mercury is of the same nature as the sign on that all important cusp, in other words, light and airy in nature because the sign rising, and its ruler, Mercury are both in an air signs. Air brings a lot of ‘hope’ for the future, and as such, they tend to be bullish.
Mercury is up at the top of the chart. This portion of the chart is called the ‘price’ in ancient charts. So when we see Mercury heading towards the top of the chart. And we all know that old saying, ‘what goes up must come down.’ In this case, Mercury is about 5 degrees from the top. This may buy emerging markets a little time. However, Mercury is also heading straight into the molten bubbling rays of the sun. This is called, combustion. The Sun is just so much bigger and stronger than Mercury, that it doesn’t ake much imagination to figure out what happens, when this happens. In ancient think, this is the sign of trial by fire. In the question at hand, the all powerful, Sun also rules the house of bottoms, that of the 4th.
What does this mean? Well, in a nutshell, given Mercury’s upcoming peaking, then falling into the fiery arms of the Sun, not to mention, that depressing South Node in the 1st, we may, indeed, see emerging markets go down. But when ???
Well, in horary, angular planets stand for months. Since Mercury is within 5 degrees of the cusp of the 10th, it may buy emerging markets a few months, but since Mercury is just leaving the antiscion of the parsfortuna, we have a pretty strong bet that the boom days, are over.
Dorothy J. Kovach, Jessica Murray & Jack Fertig on 2011 Beyond! San Francisco!
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Dec.13, 2010, under Financial
If you are interested in knowing what is in store for you in the coming year, ahead; come join us for a panel discussion this coming Thursday, December 16, 2010. I must say, I am quite honored to be in such in royal company. I will be surrounded by two of the most brilliant, Jessica Murray, and Jack Fertig (see about them, below!!)
Panel Discussion 2011 and Beyond
Panelists:
Jessica Murry, Jack Fertig, and Dorothy Kovach.
In our now-traditional finale to the year’s programs, three of the Bay Area’s top Geo-Political Astrologers will share their views of the year ahead.
Jack Fertig
has been studying Astrology since 1969 and practicing professionally in San Francisco since 1980. A long time astro-columnist in local papers, he has also written for a number of other journals and magazines, and now writes the internationally syndicated “Q-Scopes”. He teaches classes — including the Introduction to Geo-Political Astrology through the International Academy of Astrology and offers both personal and business consultation. His principle interest is in outer planet motions and their correlations to social and historical changes. He is a member of the International Society for Astrological Research, the National Council for Geo-Cosmic Research, and a founding member of the Association For Astrological Networking. Jack serves on the Steering Committee of AFAN and the San Franicsco Astrological Society.
to We are sorry to announce that David Crook will not be able to make it. 
But Jessica Murray will!!
Is a full-time astrologer, with a passion for the sacred science. He enjoys working with clients, and the quiet study of mundane astrology. David received an MFA degree from the San Francisco Art Institute, and have actively studied Taoism, the I Ching, and astrology, for over the last 20 years.
David Crook’s blog: http://stellarinsights108.blogspot.com/
and me,
Dorothy J. Kovach
a practicing astrologer, writer and timing expert based in Northern California. She acts as a consultant to both businesses and persons interested in finding the very best time to start projects for successful outcomes, such as launching new businesses, websites, surgery, weddings, etc. Her specialty is horary astrology. Over a decade, ago, Dorothy decided to apply traditional to the markets. She called both the downturn in 2000, as well as the Lehman Brothers crash in September 2008. She has been writing the economic forecasts for Llewellyn Publications since 2001. She utilizes the very best of both ancient western and eastern traditional methods in her work.
Regular meetings cost $7 for members and $12 for non-members for the general public.
$2 discounts off meeting fees for:
- Students with a student ID card
- Senior citizens (age 65+),
- People experiencing their Uranus Return (born 1925 or earlier) with membership get in for free!
Meetings start promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Meeting location:
Fort Mason
Building C
more info:
http://www.sfastrologicalsociety.com/
See you there!!!
Lilly’s Shipping Chapter Part One
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Sep.08, 2010, under Traditional Astrology
CHAPTER XXVI.
Of a Ship, and Whatever are in Her,
Her Safety or Destruction.
The Ancients do put this question to those concerning the 9th house, and I conceive for no other reason, than because it must be granted, that all Ships are made for travel and journeys: however, in regard the most part of the judgment concerning its safety or ruin is derived from the Ascendant and his Lord, and the Moon, I thought fit to place this judgment as belonging to the 1st house.
“Generally, the Signe ascending and the Moon are Significators of the Ship, and what goods are in her: if in the question demanded you find all these unfortunate, that is, if a malevolent Planet by position be placed in the Ascendant, he having dignities in the 8th; or if you find the Lord of the Ascendant in the 8th, in any configuration with the Lord of the 8th, 12th, 4th or 6th, or the Moon combust, or under the earth, you may judge the Ship is lost, and the men drowned, (unless you find reception betwixt themselves) for then the Ship was casually Shipwrecked, and some of the sea men did escape: but if you find the preceding Significators all of them free from misfortune, both men and goods are all safe; the more safe if any reception be. But if the Ascendant and the Moon be infortunate, and the Lord of the Ascendant fortunate, the Ships like to be drowned, but the men will be saved: Some for better knowledge and discovery of what part of the Ship was like to be freest from danger, have divided the several parts of the Ship, and have assigned to every of the twelve Signes, a part or place of the Ship, by which if any damage was to come to the Ship, they could or might better prevent it.
Unto Aries they give the Brest of the Ship.
To Taurus what is under the Brest a little towards the Water.
To Gemini the Roother or Sterne of the Ship.
To Cancer the Bottome or Floor of the Ship.
To Leo the top of the Ship above Water.
To Virgo the Belly of it.
To Libra that part which sometimes is above, and sometimes below the Water, or betwixt Wind and Water,
To Scorpio that part where the Seamen are lodged, or so their Office.
To Sagittarius the Mariners themselves,
To Capricorn the ends of the Ship.
To Aquarius the Master or Captaine of the Ship.
To Pisces the Oares.
“At the time when the Question is asked concerning the well or ill being of the Ship, see which of these Signes, or how many of them are fortunate, or hath the Moon or the Lord thereof fortunate, it’s an argument those parts of the Ship so signified, will have no defect, or need repaire thereof, or the Ship will receive any detriment in those parts: but which of these Signes you find unfortunate, or in what Signes you find the Moon or Lord of the Signe where she is, unfortunate, in that place or part of the Ship assigne impediment and misfortune, and thereof give warning.
“But when the Querent shall demand of any Ship which is setting forth, and the state of that Ship ere she return, and what may be hoped of her in her voyage, then behold the Angles of the Figure, and see if the fortunate Planets are therein posited, or falling into Angles, and the infortunes remote from Angles, Cadent, Combust or under the Sun Beams, then you may judge the Ship will goe safe to the place intended, with all the Goods and Loading in her: But if you find the infortunates in Angles, or Succeeding Houses, there will chance some hinderance unto the Ship, and it shall be in that part which the Signe signifies where the unfortunate Planet is; if the same infortunate be Saturn, the Ship will be split, and all the men drowned, or receive hurt by some bruise, or running a ground: but if it be Mars, and he in any of his Essentiall Dignities, or behold a place where he hath any Dignity or be in an Earthly Signe, he shall then signify the same which Saturn did, or very great danger and damage to the Ship: But if the Fortunes cast their benevolent rayes or aspect to the places where Mars or Saturn are, and the Lords of the four Angles of the Figure, and especially, or more properly, the Ascendant, and the Lord of that house or Signe where the Moon is in be free, then it’s an argument, the Ship shall labor hard, and suffer much damage, yet notwithstanding the greater part both of Goods and Men shall be preserved. But if Mars does afflict the Lords of the Angles, the Dispositor of the Moon; the Mariners will be in great fear of their enemies, or of Pyrates or Sea-robbers, shall even tremble from feare of them: and if there also unto this evill configuration chance any other affliction in the Signes, there will happen among the Mariners Blood-shed, Controversies, quarrelling one with another, theeving and robbing each other, purloyning the Goods of the Ship; and this judgment will prove more certaine if the unfortunate Planets be in the Signes which fall to be in the Division of the upper part of the Ship, towards the height or top of her.
“If Saturn in the like nature doe afflict, as was before recited of Mars, there will be many thefts committed in the Ship, but no bloodshed; the Goods of the Ship consume, no body knowing which way.
“If the unfortunate Signes (viz. those which are afflicted by the presence of Saturn or South Node) be those which signifie the bottome or that part of the Ship which is under Water, it’s an argument of the breaking and drowning thereof, or receiving some dangerous Leak: if the Signes so unfortunate be in the Midheaven, and Mars unfortunating them, it’s like the Ship will be burned by fire, thunder or lightning, or matter falling out of the Aire into the Ship; this shall then take place when the Signes are Fiery, and near violent fixed Stars.
“If that Signe wherein Mars or the unfortunate Planet be the Signe of the 4th house, it notes firing of the Ship in the bottome of her; but if Mars be there, and the Signe humane, viz. either Gemini, Libra or Aquarius, that fire or burning of the Ship shall proceed from a fight with Enemies, or they shall cast into her or shall teare the Ship in pieces in grapling with her, and the fire shall in that part of the Ship first take hold, signified by the Signe wherein an Infortunate was at time of asking the Question.
“If Saturn instead of Mars does denunciate dammage, and be placed in the Mid-heaven, the Ship shall receive prejudice by contrary Winds, and by leaks in the Ship, by rending or using of bad sailes; and this misfortune shall be greater or lesser, according to the potency of the Significator of that misfortune, and remotenesse of the Fortunes.
“If the same Infortune be in the 7th house, and he be Saturn, the latter part of the Ship will be in danger of misfortune, and the Sterne of the Ship will be broke.
“Moreover, if any infortune be in the Ascendant, some losse will be in the fore-part of the Ship, greater of lesse, according to the quality or strength of the Significator thereof; or if the Lord of the Ascendant be Retrograde, the Ship will proceed forward a while, but either returne or put into some harbor within a little time after her setting forth; and if the Lord of the Ascendant be in a Moveable Signe and Retrograde, and the Lord of the 4th also, viz. Retrograde, the Ship will returne againe crossed by contrary Winds, to the very Port from which she first set out: and if the Lord of the Ascendant have no other impediments than Retrogradation, there will be no losse by the returne of it; but if to Retrogradation some other misfortune happen, the Ship returnes to amend something amisse, and was also in danger.
“Besides, if the Lord of the 8th shall infortunate the Lord of the Ascendant, especially if the Lord of the Ascendant be in the 8th, there will come hurt to the Ship according to the nature of the Planet afflicting: as if the same Planet that is Lord of the 8th house doe impedite the Lord of the house of the Moon, the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon, it imports the death of the Master or Governour of the Ship, and of his Mate and principall Officers of the Ship: and if the Part of Fortune and the Lord of the 2nd house be unfortunate, it pronounceth losse in sale of those Goods in the Ship, or ill venting of them, or that they will not come to a good market; but if either North Node, Jupiter or Venus be in the 2nd house, or Lord thereof, or Dispositors of the Signe the Part Of Fortune is in, there will be good profits from the Voyage of that Ship, and sale of Goods therein the more the Significators are essentially strong, the more profit may be expected.
“If the Lord of the Ascendant and the Lord of the house of the Moon be slow of course, and those Planets that dispose of them, then it’s probable the Ship will be slow in her motion, and make a long Voyage of it: but if the aforesaid Significators be quick in motion, the Ship shall make good speed to the Port intended, and will returne home again in shorter time then is expected.
“And if it happen that there be an Opposition or Square aspect betwixt the Lord of the Ascendant and the Lord of that Signe who disposeth the Moon, and this aspect be without reception, then will there be much discord among the Saylors, and much controversie betwixt the Merchant and them; wherein, he shall prevaile that is most dignified; that is, the Sea-men if the Lord of the Ascendant be strongest; the Merchant, if the Lord of the house where the Moon is be best fortified.
“If the lord of the 2nd be removed from his 2nd (that is, if Taurus be the cusp of the 2nd, and Venus further removed then Gemini) or if the Lord of the 2nd be removed from the 2nd house wherein the Moon is in, (as if she be in Virgo, and the Lord of the 2nd not in Libra, or if the Disposer of the Part Of Fortune be not with it, then the Ship-men will have scarsity of Provisions of Victuals and Food: if these Planets or Part Of Fortune be in Watry Signes, want of fresh water will most annoy the Saylors: if the Significators be in Earthly or Airey Signes, want of Food, Victuals and Fire will oppresse them: This is the manner by which the Ancients did judge of the good or ill successe of a Ship, concerning her Voyage at her first going forth.”
Lloyd Blankfein’s Prepared Testimony
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Apr.28, 2010, under Financial
Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Coburn and Members of the Subcommittee:
Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today as you examine some of the causes and consequences of the financial crisis.
Today, the financial system is still fragile but it is largely stable. This stability is a result of decisive and necessary government action during the fall of 2008. Like other financial institutions, Goldman Sachs received an investment from the government as a part of its various efforts to fortify our markets and the economy during a very difficult time.
Goldman’s Changing Condition
by Dorothy J. Kovach on Apr.26, 2010, under Algol, Financial
While most everybody in the media has been down playing the problems at Goldman Sachs, recently, big changes are coming up in their future. Why, one of the ways in which we look into the future of any given companies stock by a method known to astrologers as directing. After all just as people grow, so do charts. Companies have their ups and downs, and directing is one of the easiest way to see those fluctuations in fortune.
There are several different kinds of directions, the one most utilized in the western tradition is called ’secondary progression.’ When we direct This method takes the planets and luminaries and projects them forward in the sign they are in symbolically. In general, this moves the planets forward (or backwards) in general by ‘ephemeris’ time, which is approximately one day in the ephemeris is equal to one year in the life of the company.
In the situation we have with Goldman Sachs, we have a company that has had vigorous growth since the stock went public in 1999. Moving the Goldman’s stock (GS) forward by secondary direction, we see that the Moon has just come to the same degree as the Sun. Whenever the Moon and the Sun are one in real life, we call a ‘new Moon.’ The reason we call it a ‘new’ Moon is because it is the start of the lunar month. If you watch what takes place at this time, all the old business from last month comes to an end, and brand new focus takes place. The first sighting of the New Moon was so important to the ancients that 1st century CE astrologer, Al-Biruni tells us that the ancient Jews who would send forth their swiftest warriors to the mountain peaks, where they were instructed to build a fire at the very first second that they saw the tiny crescent of the New Moon. This is because our script changes, every time that the Sun and Moon are one, every month.
Because the directed Moon moves so slowly, the coming together of the Sun and Moon is a rare event in a stock’s life, taking place but once every 27 years. When this happens, as it with GS, sweeping changes take place, which set the stage for almost the next decade. Goldman is going to see heads roll because the coming together of Sun and Moon took place on the dreaded fixed star, Algol, who represents the severed head of the Medusa. It is an indication that it will be hard for GS to get away with the ABACUS scandal as easily as it was able to cover its bad bets back in 2008.
This coming together of the Moon and the Sun is all the more poignant because the sign Cancer is rising on the eastern horizon. This makes the Moon the landlord, so to speak, of the chart. We see the Moon in the main or natal chart is in the devil may care sign of Sagittarius. This sign has a great deal to do with gambling and taking risks of all kinds. This is not surprising given the nature of this company, which is known to create and bet on all kinds of financial instruments. There is nothing controversial about an investment bank taking risks. However, legal problems arise because in the case of GS, it appears that the government, bailed this company out, using taxpayer money to cover for bets that appear that the risk was not fully disclosed to the potential investor.
The investor is the person that the company sells the stock to. This would be the 7th house. Notice when the Moon is in the 6th house, it subverts the customer, because it stands behind the customer, like a predator in the house of self undoing to the potential investor.
With Capricorn on setting in the west, the people who are sold financial instruments will be represented by Saturn. Now, a real problem arises for any potential investor because when we look at the condition of their representative, we see that potential customers are at a great disadvantage because they are not getting the full picture about the risks that they are about to take on because their rep is only 6 degrees shy of the Sun. When the symbolic client is too close to the Sun, they become blinded in the Sun’s glare. They are not given all the facts necessary to make a wise purchase. Even Lilly, made a misinformed decision when he went ahead and bought property, when his own symbolic ruler was in this state. In essence, when we see ruler of the 7th combust, clients get burned. In this case, they also get ‘taken to the cleaners’ given Mars opposition.
Management is full of hot air, promising one thing, and delivering another given Jupiter’s conjunction with Mercury in Aries. Most the money to be made on this stock go to the upper echelon. However, big changes are coming up at GS. Even though reporting huge profits for this quarter, the stock went down. Allegations of fraud are being played down by a complacent media. However, one cannot fool Mother Nature. Given Venus’ placement by direction, this is not GS’s death knell by any means. Even if the SEC suit turns out to be a slap on the wrist, by Summer, we may see some top heads roll. Will one of those heads be CEO Lloyd Blankfein (born September 20 1954 NYC)?
Stay tuned ….
