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Spring 2018 Issue 94In this issue Page Council News: 1The Celestial Tmple of Sogmatar 2 Worcester Cathedral Library and Archive Blog 2Aries Ingress 5Open Day 8

* * * * * * *Council News: We are approaching our AGM and Open Day on the 26th May 2018. By now you should all have received notification and details of the speakers and subjects. Sally Lloyd will be speaking in the morning on Intercepted Signs and Houses. Following lunch, Moira Lake will be taking a look at the Saturn Pluto conjunction of 2020. Both subjects are sure to promote plenty of discussion. As always it promises to be a wonderful day. Jennie Scott will once again provide a magnificent lunch prior to stepping down as Secretary of the APAI due to happy personal reasons! We all wish Jennie much happiness in her new life. She has been a wonderful asset to the APAI over the years and, although she will no longer be Secretary, she has said she will be happy to help out when she can with the catering for future events. Thank you for all you have done for the Association over the past ten years. If you are thinking of attending the AA 50 th/60th Conference, Diamonds in the Sky between the 22nd-24th June 2018 at Wokefield Park Estate, Mortimer, Reading, do book a place if you haven’t already done so. It promises to be an amazing event and, as with all conferences, it is lovely to meet up with old friends from all parts of the world. Also, don’t forget the golden opportunity to enjoy the Summer Solstice visit to Stonehenge in some comfort! As always if you have any comments, suggestions or articles, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with myself or other Council members.

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Editor: Sharon Knight, Manderley, 6 Rosebery Avenue, Eastbourne. E. Sussex BN22 9QATel: 01323 504358. Email: astrologersharon@aol.com

Any opinions stated in this newsletter are those of the author, not the APAI, or the Editor.

I came across the following on the Internet:

THE CELESTIAL TEMPLE OF SOGMATAR The website Ancient Origins has an interesting article about a temple in eastern Anatolia dedicated to the planets.

"The ruins surrounding the modern village of Sogmatar used to be an important city during the Helleni stic Period. It was a center for the worship of the moon and the planets .... "

"Interestingly, the site was also important for ancestor worship ... The tombs found on the side of the hill contain artifacts and human remains that pre-date the Hellenistic Period. The contents of the tombs are associated with honoring ancestors. Since the remains in the tombs date to the Bronze Age, it is possible that the ancestor worship pre-dates the religious focus on the celestial bodies at Sogmatar which did not begin until the Hellenistic Period after the 3rd century B.C. On the other hand, because of the diversity of religious practices in Hellenistic cities, it is possible that ancestor worship and astral religion were both prominent in the city simultaneously."

You can also find out more about Sogmatar at Ancient Pages:Ancient City Of Sogmatar And Recent Discovery Of 5,000-Year-Old Children’s Toy"Sogmatar was a Pagan religion centre in 2nd century A.D. This outdoor sanctuary, that is the Sacred Hill, represents Mare-lahe (Lord of the Gods), the chief god of this religion, and constitutes the centre of settlement order of Soğmatar."

"It was firstly thought that 7 circular structures which are located around the Sacred Hill and on hills represent Sun, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury but it was understood that there was a grave monument and sacred area here according to the researchers. It is thought that Pagans in Soğmatar who climbed up the Sacred Hill, prayed by facing towards these temples."

If you would like something a bit more scholarly, take a look at: Preliminary Archaeoacoustic Analysis of a Temple in the Ancient Site of Sogmatar in South-East Turkey

"Abstract - The archaeoacoustic properties and physical phenomena of a site in South East Anatolia (Turkey), described from ancient times as a religious and knowledge centre, were studied. An experiment of resonance and research of local physical phenomena by UV photography took place over one day to establish the properties of this underground site using SBSA protocol. The preliminary study found some interesting peculiarities that confirm a deep knowledge of resonance phenomenon at frequencies suspected to affect brain activity. On a side wall, we also identified a strong magnetic field that is without explanation."

* * * * * * *Worcester Cathedral Library and Archive Blog Posted on February 10, 2018 by worcestercl1

Worcester Cathedral Library contains nearly 300 medieval manuscripts, 5500 printed books, and 20,000 archival documents. The aim of this blog is to open up the fascinating collection of a Medieval English Cathedral to the wider world.

The Four Temperaments and the Four Winds We have mentioned before that the Cathedral Library has a fine collection of manuscripts with detailed information on medical subjects. Manuscript Q.41 is a thirteenth-century

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compendium of Greek and Arabic texts, all translated into Latin for the benefit of educated readers in England, France, Italy and other west European nations. And on a blank sheet numbered Folio 76, instead of neat and closely written Latin text, it has a complicated circular chart which is reproduced here:

Image copyright the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral (UK) The chart illustrates the once widely-held belief that human personality was derived from a mixture of four basic Temperaments: Sanguine or lively; Phlegmatic or harmonious; Choleric or practical and Melancholic or thoughtful. And these Four Temperaments in turn depended on physical characteristics of the human body which explains its insertion into a medical text. The date the chart was added is not certain because these beliefs held sway for five hundred years after the manuscript was written.

The four main branches of the chart list the Four Temperaments together with their associated characteristics. Each one has a compass point, a prevailing wind, a season, an element and one part of human life. Twenty-first century people have the benefit of several hundred years of scientific medical research and may easily find such associations no more than fairy tales. But these beliefs were widely held in the ancient and medieval worlds, and it is not surprising that in all that time they grew in complexity and detail.

The chart depends on sixteen carefully drawn circles, each one within the other. The Choleric branch is shown below – the manuscript text, the Latin words and an English translation (ignoring the top line for the moment).

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Image copyright the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral (UK) Nowadays the word choleric suggests perhaps a red-faced, angry and bad-tempered person, but in medieval times its more positive meaning was having an active, lively and creative personality, and an association with the natural element of fire. Eurus was the old Greek name for the east wind. It was thought to belong to the time of youth, and to the fertility of summer. The word ‘Ventus’ in the last line probably means all the four winds.

Image copyright the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral (UK) The south wind Auster was linked to the enthusiastic and sociable Sanguine Temperament, and also to spring, air and young adulthood. Phlegmatic meant a calm and unemotional Temperament. Its element was water, its season winter and old age its time of life. The north wind Boreas linked to the Melancholic Temperament, to autumn, to earth and to old age. Melancholic personalities were thoughtful and analytical, following orderly patterns of life.

The inmost circle has just one word ‘Homo’ meaning, of course, humanity as a whole. Humanity is understood to depend on four essentials shown as single words in the next circle – the Four Elements, the Four Seasons, the Four Winds and the Four Qualities. These last also appear radiating from the centre of the chart: frigida (cold), sicca (dry), calida (warm) and humida (wet). Thus the Sanguine Temperament is warm and wet; Phlegmatic is cold and wet; Melancholic is cold and dry; Choleric is warm and dry. Thus in some way the physical qualities produce what were seen as equivalent temperaments.

As well as this, the chart offers a guide to all the other wind names coming from the Greeks and Romans and still used in medieval times. They are shown in the outer circle of the chart in alternating black and red ink. The Roman equivalent of Boreas was Septemtrio, the wind that came from the direction of the seven stars of the Great Bear, meaning the North Star. The equivalents of Zephyrus, Eurus and Auster were Favonius, Vulturnus and Notos, written Nothus in the Chart. There were also other winds sometimes called side winds: Aquilo, Affricus, Subsolanus, Sodales, Chorus and Circinus. Medieval sailors seem to have needed a classical education!

It is of interest to note that nowadays there are many websites explaining all these ancient ideas and trying to link them to modern psychological theory. We have not tried going down any of those routes. The old ideas were complicated enough!

Tim O’Mara4

* * * * * * *The UK Aries Ingress 20th of March 2018 at 16.16 Westminster.

When looking at the Aries Ingress chart, there are two important considerations. The first is the quality of the sign rising. If a fixed sign, you only look at the Aries Ingress chart for the entire year. If a Cardinal, or moveable sign rises, then you look at each ingress of the Sun into the Cardinal signs. If a mutable sign rises, then you look at both the Aries and Libra Ingress charts.

The second consideration was to find the Lord or Lady of the Year. This is the planet with the most strength according to rulership, exaltation, term, triplicity etc., and also accidental house/sign placement, in other words, any accidental dignity.

Although at first appearance, many would probably take Saturn as Lord of the year as he is the ultimate dispositor of all the planets in the chart, yet the Moon and Mars have more points than does Saturn. Saturn only has rulership. He is out of sect and in a feminine sign.

The Moon is increasing in light, in her exaltation and is in her own triplicity, but is out of Sect. She is in the 9th house by both sign and division, and, although the 9 th house is cadent, it does aspect the Ascendant.

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This is a stronger house than the 5th and indeed, many ancient authors tell us to place a planet here over a planet in the 5th. Placed in the 9th, she falls opposite the 3rd house of her Joy, so this could be a slight drawback. Using a points system. she is a strong contender for Lady of the year.

However, Mars just pips her to the post. He is angular by division, exalted, he is in Sect, (because he is below the horizon in daytime in a diurnal chart), he has triplicity rulership in Capricorn and he is with his dispositor. The placement by sect and divisional house gives Mars the edge. The ruler or dispositor of Aries, is Mars. Mars is located in the sign of Capricorn, his exaltation. He is in the fourth by division and the fifth by sign.

Virgo rises and because Virgo is a mutable sign, we have to look at both the Aries and Libra Ingress charts for this year. However for now we will just stick with the Aries ingress.

Virgo is ruled by Mercury. So Mercury indicates the Common man. He also has rulership over the 10th sign of Government, Kings and Rulers. Mercury is in both the eighth house by division and by sign. He is stationary retrograde, conjunct an accidently malefic benefic and about to disappear under the Sun’s beams. However, he does have a minor dignity in that he is in his own terms (Egyptian terms) so he is not peregrine.. He is also ruler of the Hour.

The common people are indicated by Mercury and the Moon. As already noted, Mercury is stationary retrograde. He is conjunct the debilitated Venus, who is in the sign of her detriment and in the 8th house, the house of idleness. This house is the house of wealth and moveable assets of the opponents. The ruler of this house will signify the strength of the opponents support and supporters.

The Moon (also representative of the common people) is in Taurus, the sign of her exaltation. Taurus is both the 9th sign and house by division. As such it relates to overseas. Law, religion and foreign affairs. The Moon rules the 11 th sign of Cancer and this relates to the Governments’ coffers, their aides and allies. The Moon is fixed, so here we can find a modicum of hope that the Treasury will retain its assets.

In the Aries Ingress for Westminster, Venus rules the second house of assets, movable wealth and seconds in duals. Lilly says of the 2nd house: “ In the Sun, his entrance into Aries, it represents the ammunition, Allies, and support the Commonwealth shall have.”1 Venus also rules the 9th house of Clergy, overseas, higher education and is the dispositor of the Moon. Fortuna is also here in the 2nd house. This indicates matters relating to the country and the people’s wealth, laws, overseas connections are in a poor state and are controlled by very strong opponents. If we look at the Almuten of the 2nd house, we arrive at Saturn. He has points of exaltation and triplicity (7) whereas Venus and Mercury only have 5 points. (Here I have taken Mercury to hold the degree of the cusp of the divisional second house using Alcabitius). This suggests we can hold some financial wealth through land, entertainment and ambassadors. But I feel I am really clutching at straws!

If we consider Mars not only rules our 8th house of inheritances, dowries, (i.e., the sum of money made on a marriage or, in a divorce!) but it also indicates the 2nd house of our opponents wealth and assets.

In the Radix, Mars rules our third house of neighbours, journeys, rumours and epistles. In the turned chart, this area becomes the 9th house of law, religion etc of our opponents.

1 Christian Astrology 1647. Page 52.6

We can see that Mars is very strong. Mars is in the turned 10 th house by division and equates to our opponents status.

If we take Mars to be in the 11th sign of our opponents, this is still very strong and denotes the wealth of the Government of our opponents. So, our money is taken or held by our opponents, but because our “wealth” (Venus) is damaged, they will not get all they hope for. Truly they are looking to rape and pillage our country’s wealth!

This does not bode well for the finances of the common man over the next six months and indeed, we know the difficult negotiations between ourselves and the EU rest on both financial implications and on immigration and freedom of movement. (Perhaps the immigration issue is a ninth house issue?)

However, if we look at the condition of our opponents they too, are not so dignified as they are ruled by retrograde Jupiter who is out of sect. However, Jupiter does have dignity by term, so still has some power to act. He is in the ninth sign of our opponents, again indicating issues around legal matters.

Once again it appears the common man has very little at his disposal to support himself. If we look at the moon, she offers a ray of hope. She does aspect the Radical Ascendant and Saturn. She is moving towards the opposition of Jupiter, who indicates our homeland, ancestry and of course, our Opponents. So let’s look at Saturn who is the ultimate dispositor, but not the Lord of the year.

Saturn is located in the fifth house relating to ambassadors. He also rules the sixth house of servitude, slavery and small animals. He is strong by being in his own sign. According to Rob Zoller, a planet in a succedent house can operate with 50% of its power. In an angular house, it can operate with 100% of its power.

I don’t feel Saturn really adds much testimony to this chart other than he has some power. Saturn represents time, patience, slowness, hard working and delay. Could it be, he simply ensures the actions of Mars will be slow, painstaking and labourious? Time will tell!

I have had a quick peek at 2019 Aries Ingress. That too is not promising for the people. It shows them firmly in the hands of their opponents. But, a ray of sunshine! The 2020 Aries Ingress shows the country extremely strong and prospering!

So for the forthcoming two years, we are in for a rocky ride with our finances and laws still being controlled by our Opponents, but 2020 we gain the whip hand!

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Council would like to wish all their members a Happy Spring Equinox.7

OPEN DAY & AGM

Saturday 26th May 2018 - 10.30 – 4.30At

Village Hall, 18 High St,Halberton, Tiverton EX16 7AF

With Guest SpeakersSally Lloyd and

Moira Lake

For the Morning Session (11.30-13.00) Sally will be discussing:-

“Intercepted Signs and Houses in Natal Charts”

After lunch, Moira Lake will be speaking on the

‘Saturn-Pluto conjunction of 2020, vital issues between now and then’

£25.00 members of the APAI, £30 non-membersPrice includes light lunch and refreshments

To book a place email Robert Anderson: robert.APAI@blueyonder.co.uk

All are welcome.

Tiverton Parkway on GWR is the nearest railway station, just a few minutes from the Village Hall by car or taxi.

If coming by car:Follow M5 to A361 J27 from M5. Exit the roundabout onto A361. After 0.4 miles take the exit (slip) road towards Sampford Peverell/Halberton/Parkway Station then at the roundabout, take the 1st exit (i.e. turn left). After 2.5 miles along country lanes destination will be on the right (there is a bus stop area in front of the hall and it has sign saying Halberton Club over the door.

Turn into lane beside hall & follow it round to the main car park at the rear (there is a small parking space directly behind the hall for disabled only).

Those wishing to stay and make a weekend of it, details of local accommodation can be provided on request.

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