Moment of Astrology: Origins in Divination 1902405110, 0140193693, 9781902405117

Table of contents :
Front
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
Foreword, Patrick Curry, Ph.D.
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Scourge of Astrology
Marsilio Ficino and the Renaissance critique
The Neo-Platonic reform of Astrology
The attack on deterministic Astrology
Pico
The scourge of Astrology
The rupture between magic and orthodox Astrology
Astrological Responses
The Death prediction
Notes
Chapter 2: An Anti-Astrology Signature
Objections to Astrology
Comparisons with the critiques of Ficino and Pico
How do the Astrologers respond ?
The Horoscope in its context: an Anti-Astrology signature
The measure of Time
The Great Escape-Mercury and Jupiter
Astrologers object!
The problem of time
The Pico Connection
Notes
Chapter 3: Science and the Symbol 1: Humpty-Dumpty
Astrology relationship with Science
Scientific Astrology
Science Look-alike
Astrology as ideal or revolutionary science
The New York suicide study
The Horoscope falls down
The significance of the New York Suicide study
Some oher element
Note
Chapter 4: Science and the Symbol 2: Two Orders of Significance
Vernon Clark trials: The first phase of research
Two phases of research
What does the research tell us ?
Results from Research
Conclusions from Resxdts of Research
Flawed research, flawed conclusions
Meta-statistics and the farthing adrift
The red-and-black fallacy
Context-psi in Astrology: A Jungian version
Notes
Chapter 5: Ptolemy’s Broad Shoulders: The Moment of Astrology in the Western Tradition
The ptolemaic construction of classical Astrology
Doctrine of origin and hypothesis of seeds
Continuous correspondence
Interpretation does not depend on theory
The Tetrabiblos as the foundation of Western Astrology
Ptolemaic Astrology in Modern guise
The Deep form of Ptolemy's conceptual structure
Notes
Chapter 6: The Question of Horary
The horary moment in practice
Thoughts from Charles Carter
Testimonies of the Daemon
William Frankland's Horary
Notes
Chapter 7: Katarche:The Line of Descent from Augury
The Nature of Augury
The moment of Augury
Participatory significance in the Omen
Spontaneous Significance
The mysterious Decumbiture
Notes
Chapter 8: Horary Revived
The gentlewoman and the aged man
A commentary on Lilly's Judgement
My Aunt's House
The Modern Revival
The critical Magicians
Notes
Chapter 9: Some Genius or Spirit
Origins of the Machine of Destiny
Decay of the Katarche
The Potter's Wheel
Ptolemy's Achievement reviewed
The Daemon
Notes
Chapter 10: The Unique Case of Interpretation
Divination and the Subject-object split
Astrology Significance
The unique case: A Saturnine illustration
Koestler and suicide
Unique after the event
Notes
Chapter 11: Appearances: The Symbol in Context
Context and appearances
The light of Astrology
Land Zodiacs
Natal Astrology and the Interpretation of Context
A Bag of Bones
Notes
Chapter 12: Images of Birth
Radicality of the Horoscope of birth
The tantalising Astrology of Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana eclisped
More twists and turns
Elusive Symbolism at the Death of Diana
The Question of Rectification
Divination and rectification
Objections to the Divinatory Interpretation
Levels in Astrology
Symbolic Images of Birth
Notes
Chapter 13: Images of the World
Unpredictable Omens
What may be predicted ?
The sibly Saga
Figure 24 Sibly Engraving
The real Sibly
Closing the Symbolic Circle: Rudhyar's Rectification
Notes
Chapter 14: The Fourfold Symbol I: Divination and Allegory
The fourfold hermeneutic of Medieval Christianity
Dante and the four levels
The fourfold in Astrology: an overview
I The Literal
II Allegory - matching astrological symbols to things
III Tropology - knowledge and action
IV Anagoge - the symbolic path
The Hermeneutic Cross
Allegory and Symbol
Astrology as Allegory
Notes
Chapter 15: The FourFold Symbol II: Water into Wine
Speculative and realised Interpretation
Negotiation of the Symbol
Intelligence through Symbol
Psychoanalysis and the Four Levels
Developments from Jung
Binding and Unbinding
Notes
Chapter 16: Astrology as a Gift of the Soul
The Ethical Symbol
Resolution vs. Judgement
Synderesis of the Stars
Lilly's "Presbytery"
Three signs in one symbol
Questions as come not under the vulgar rules
Ptolemy and Pseudo-Ptolemy
The Hermeneutic Turn in Renaissance Astrology
Notes
Appendix 1 Pico’s Disputations
[i] The Feeble Authority of Astrology's Tradition
[ii] Uncertainties in the Physical Basis of Astrology
[iii] Illogical Basis of the Symbolism
[iv] The Primaiy Logic of Astrology
[v] Application of the Theory to Horoscopes
[vi] Failure of Astrological Predictions
[vii] The Religious and Ethical Question
Notes
Appendix 2 The NCGR-Berkeley Double-Blind Test
Part I: Subject Selection of Own Natal Interpretation
Part II: Astrologers Match Natal Horoscope and CPI Profile
A Basic Statistical Problem: What Does the Sample Represent?
Catch-22: If it's intuition it's not Astrology
Psi again ?
Notes
Appendix 3 Charles Carter on Horary
Appendix 4 Frankland’s ‘Missing Father'
The story of Edward Whitehead
Further Comments from William Frankland
Notes
Appendix 5 Ashmole on Astrology
Appendix 6 Reworking Sibly
The Scene of the Crime
Retracing Sibly's Steps
Sorting out Sibly Variants
Notes
Appendix 7 Case Study: Stella
Note
Index
Further Studies in Astrology