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Before USA existed as a country, astrology was already in vogue and in use in

Europe.

 

" Magic " had already rose in early medieval europe in the form of a set of

beliefs and practices and it had become a major area of inquiry.

 

In the same way that you can´t study World History by reading and analyzing the

events of the world just from the Second World War on, it is important to an

astrologer to study and to know the origins of astrology and how it evolved.

 

When you do this, you will first learn that astrology emerged as an art of

prophecy, amongst many other practices or systems as the oracles, geomancy,

carthomancy,the world of dreams, etc.

 

People and specially the kings, were interested in knowing in advance if they

could carry on certain activities and the results of their actions, so they

hired all those who can assure they can predict the future.

 

In some way this determined also the commercialization of the magic, because

the prophetic services needed to be paid and consequently astrology emerged as a

kind of business, as it is shown in our days.

 

The purpose of astrology has been changed deliberately by those who show a total

incompetence to advance an event because of the difficulty of doing it.

 

Even in a competition of just 2 candidates, as in USA next elections, when they

had already been chosen amongst many other pre-candidates,( a more difficult

task for predicting) most of the astrologers will fail in advancing the winner

..

 

And what is more sadly, those who " will anticipate correctly(?) " the winner do

not take in account that thery had chances of 50% of selecting the winner ,

statistically considered as a very high percentage or index of possibility.

 

In fact, even without the use of astrology, you have a great chance of

anticipating a winner in a contest of just 2 persons or two teams.

 

It must not be strange then, that most of the astrologers do not even have the

opportunity to understand that it is very probable , the techniques they use

were NOT VALID AT ALL and that their " right selection " was simply a matter of

chance.

 

And it is more sad to see how some modern astrologers, due to the lack of

professional competence, diverted and changed the real purpose of astrology,

which was to predict, into a way to abscribe certain psychological

characteristics , so vague and general , that it is almost impossible the naive

clients do not accept as part of their nature.

 

Those silly concepts that the cancer born, either tropical or sidereal, are

maternal, dependable , tender., insecure, movable, emotional, are just

psycho-babble and not a very decent and honest way to earn a living.

 

Independent of the signs, we all have a little bit of those characteristics.

 

Those who dwelve in predictions at least make an intellectual exercise in trying

to advance an event and consequently deserve to be paid in some way.

 

I remembered when I calculated primary directions manually, in the eighties,

because I did not have a software who did it for me.

 

It took me hours to calculate the meeting of two planets in the celestial

sphere, and what is more ironic, I did it for hobby because I used astrology

just for fun and for me and my friends and family.

 

Going back to the astrological bibliography, I consider a must read books the

following ones:

 

" Les Rois et les Astrologues " by Anne Soprnai. It shows how the astrologers

became the advisers and counsellors of the kings.

 

" Prophecy and Power " by Patrick Curry. Explores the role of astrology

in England between 1600 and 1800.

 

" Courting Disaster " by Hilary Carey. Explores also the role of

astrology in late medieval England. It shows how astrology became a risky

occupation because the astrologer could fall in disgrace if his predictions did

not come true.

 

" History , Prophecy and the Stars " by Laura Smoller. Is the best

introduction to the astrology of the later Middle Ages. With this book I learnt

the influence astrology had on Cristopher Columbus .

 

" An astrological diary of the 17th century " by Michael Hunter. You will be

surprised to learn how an almost unkown merchant used astrology for all the

events of his life including when to invest, by erecting the chart for the

moment he did so and comparing it with his chart. It is full of charts. It cost

me $100 and of course it is one of the few I will keep but I do recommend it.

 

" Religion and the Decline of magic " by Keith Thomas, is another important

book that gives excellent accounts of astrological practice during the middle

ages, but at a more general level.

 

Karl Kraft. Ot the modern european astrologers Karl Kraft was a pioneer. He

made the first attempts to introduce statistics , unfortunately he did not

mastered it and consequently his researches lack validity. He was allegedly

hired by Hitler but later was sent to a death camp. I have his biography for

sale, in case you can read in french. A very interesting life and biography.

 

FRENCH ASTROLOGY

 

It mesmerizes me to see how the contribution of France to the eclectic domain of

astrology is vastly ignored by the majority of its practicioners.

 

In case you want to understand all the variables you have to take in acount,,

when reading a chart, you must begin studying " Morin De Villefrance " . He was a

royal astrologer for king Louis XXIII and specially for the famous Cardinal

Richelieu.

 

Morin was a mathematician and he stablished different methods for the

calculation of primary directions. Although he lacked ephemeris he was an expert

in calculating the position of a planet and could do it in just some minutes.

 

Thanks to his books primary directions were the first technique I learnt and

used to advance a prediction.

 

Amongst the modern european astrologues I would mention in first place

Gauquelin. If you want to find out the validity of astrology it is important to

read his researches. I have all his books.

 

Henri Gouchon also wrote two books on primary directions, following the school

of Morin.

 

Andre Barbault has recopiled many birth times and has made some contributions to

mundane astrology. I would mention specially his book LES ASTRES ROYAUX, which

I have for sale. In it appears the charts of all the kings . Ideal for making

research.

 

American Astrologers

 

I recommend very few. The most important one for me has been Jim Lewis with his

concepts of Cartography and relocational astrology.

 

I never indulged nor believed in esoteric astrology and consequently Rudhyar

books and concepts are mere blah-blah.

 

Neither I liked Marc Jones and its sabyan symbols. They look more like the

effects of a night of high dosis of hashis or marijuana.

 

I have bought, read and discarded all the modern and " psychological " books

written by Liz Greene, Donna Cunningham, Shapiro, etc,etc.

 

They say things that are very general and completely false, when applied to a

chart.

 

Psychology is very valid and a serious attempt to decipher and understand human

behaviour but should not be mixed with astrology. It is a completely different

discipline.

 

You will feel very confused when you first find that instead of being a

dominative and secretive scorpio, like a tropical astrologer has already

convinced you of being, you can be transformed inmediately into a placid and

diplomatic librean, if you visit a sidereal astrologer.

 

This shows the relativity of astrology. It really all depends on the lens of the

astrologer you visit. They will see you and your world according the color of

their lens.

 

You can be simultaneously fiery and placid,Libra and scorpio. Or shy as a

cancer and royal as a leo. It depends on the zodiac he uses.

 

You can have a lot of money or an agressive personality, it again depends on the

domification the astrologer uses.

 

Because your planets can be sent from the ascendant to the second house of

money(??) or even to the third house, increasing the number of siblings you

have!!!

 

There was one psycho-astrologer who when anlyzing the chart of Joseph Mengele he

said the explanation of his cruelty was that he did not have a single planet in

a water sign!!.

 

Of course he worked on the tropical zodiac. If you analyze Mengele´s chart on

the sidereal zodiac you will have to invent another reason.

 

But that pseudo- astrologer did ever have the thought( and brain to think) that

there are lots of persons who have been born under no water signs and have not

become " Doctors of Death " as Mengele?

 

Why do some astrologers in this list do not take in account that the

" explanation " they give for their pseudo-analysis is simultaneously not valid on

a lot of persons who are sharing the same positions like venus in the 10th

house, who some accomodate for certain professions and careers?

 

These are the things that mesmerizes me and have influenced my decision of

quitting astrology.

 

So you now have the oportunity to enter into this world and master astrology

with just a bit of the cost I paid to learnt it.

 

You better take this opportunity and do not let it pass.

 

Alfonso Osorio

 

 

 

 

 

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