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Back in 1675, Lilly and Coley published a small book with a large title:

‘Animae Astrologie Or a Guide for Astrologers being the considerations of the famous astrologer, Guido Bonatti faithfully rendered into English as also [yes 'as'] the choice aphorisms of Cardan’s Seven Segments, translated and methodically digested under their proper heads...”

These are ‘choice’ fragments of much larger works. The Considerations are but a very tiny portion of  Bonatti’s masterpiece ‘Astronomy.’  For centuries,  this was all that was available of Bonatti’ and Cardano’s great masterpieces in English.  I must say, this is just another example of why Nostradamus said what a wonderous age we live in. Thanks to the strident efforts of Dr. Ben Dykes,  Guido Bonatti’s complete Astronomy is available at his website: Ben Dykes

I am eagerly awaiting  Jerome Cardano’s complete, Seven Segments which, as I mentioned, Dr. Valerie Livina and Anton Grigoryev are presently completing, but I am grateful that they have allowed me to share a segment on our august website:  The Seven Segments Perhaps it is the ‘old English’ fonts, but I am afraid, that some of our gentle Artists,  may have concluded that these fragments of Bonatti and Cardano,  are Lilly’s Considerations. They are not.  Since Lilly’s Aphorisms don’t seem to get a lot of  ‘interet action,’  I thought it might be timely to place Lilly’s actual Aphorisms, here.  Whenever a chart does not go the way I thought it would, nine times out of ten, I have found the reason can be explained in one of Mr. Lilly’s 43 Considerations.

One more thing, some very brilliant teachers have confused Lilly’s aphorisms with ‘considerations before judgment.’ I really do not think that Mr. Lilly planned for us to read 43 rules, prior to reading a chart, they really do describe the pitfalls that are easy to fall into when working with horary clients. If you cannot memorize them, I suggest printing them out, and keeping them nearby.   As time allows, I hope to be able to give explicit chart examples where some of these considerations have come in handy for me in the past. (continue reading…)

Jerome Cardano

I am still trying to figure out what is wrong with the pages if you use ‘Explorer’ as your internet browser.  I apologize for any inconvenience readers using ‘explore’ might experience. Let’s just say, we are working on it.

On brighter notes, I am delighted to announce, that Dr. Valerie Livina and Anton Grigoryev have allowed us a sneak preview of things to come. They have generously made a fragment of their upcoming work on Jerome Cardano’s, ‘The Seven Segments’  available for your pleasure, and for FREE!   I am honored to be able to share it with you.

The Seven Segments by Cardan