Eastern sages have known for millennia that certain souls seek each other out and are powerfully attached. What is a Karmic Connection? A Karmic Connection is a powerful psychic or tangible chemistry between two people. It is the successful “re-uniting” of spirit, mind and body with a matching, k...

The Moon’s Nodes have always held a fascination, as they have traditionally been associated with the concepts of karma and destiny. They were also considered to have both malefic and benefic qualities.

The importance of the Lunar Nodes has survived in the practice of Hindu astrology, but Western...

Traditional astrology was festooned with a myriad of Arabian Parts. Unfortunately only the Part of Fortune (Fortuna) has made the transition into modern astrology. It is said that this is so because Ptolemy made much of the Part of Fortune in his Tetrabiblos because “fortune” was tangible and cou...

What is firdaria? How does it work? Explore this Persian planetary period technique. Learn how to create an overview of life, including different chapters, based on each planet’s length of rulership.

We explore the concept of planetary strength and its influence on whether you’ll enjoy or strugg...

This five-hour workshop with Robert Schmidt provides an introduction to ancient astrology by comparing and contrasting its concepts to those of modern astrology.

Robert H. Schmidt was an astrologer, translator, and astrological historian whose work let to a renewed interest in, and understanding...

Conocer el significado de las casas, es fundamental a la hora de hacer astrología natal, electiva u horaria. En este video les comparto el origen de los significados de las casas según la astrología tradicional y la razón por la que algunas casas son más fuertes que otras.

Most modern astrologers are aware of the positive attributes of Saturn — discipline, structure, order, etc. — but are unaware that in both the ancient world and the Renaissance Saturn has another set of positive qualities as a transcendental planet. From our point of view it would be the first of...

En esta exposición para el Congreso de Astrología Tradicional, María Blaquier expone sobre el origen babilónico del micro zodíaco y de sus distintos usos a lo largo de la historia de la astrología occidental.

La astrología horaria es una técnica que responde preguntas puntuales usando la carta del momento de la pregunta.

Why are some people’s Saturn returns so difficult, while others emerge comparably victorious? Common wisdom says effort, but there’s actually a remarkable astrological tool to help distinguish between these. Sect, the difference between day and night charts, shows us how, as well as the shades of...

Johannes Kepler threw out most of medieval astrology, realising that it had failed, in its own terms, to predict the future. Instead he proposed a reformed astrology which could be used to understand political processes and, perhaps, maintain peace and stability. So, what would Kepler have said a...

Apart from his marvelous deeds, there is something more to Alexander. Some very unusual charisma seems to ever emanate out of this unique personality, a charisma which we can still feel today, 2300 years later. Actually, there are so many heroic and – at the same time – tragic archetypes enacted ...

Fortune and her companion Spirit are the two primary Greek Lots (which were the precedent for Arabic Parts) which have survived into modern times as calculated astrological points in a horoscope. But what do you do with them, and what do they mean? Misunderstandings and misrepresentations about t...

This is the story of a small stretch of sky. The Via Combusta (fiery road) is a small stretch of sky, usually defined as mid-Libra to mid-Scorpio, that is seen by astrologers as A Bad Thing. When the Moon is there, it bodes bad results for horary astrologers, shows serious problems for electional...

In her search for the most powerful system for prediction, Joni Patry has studied many techniques from Western astrology, but has found the Dasha system from Vedic astrology to be the most amazing and accurate. You will learn how to implement this powerful system into your astrological practice, ...

A brief overview of Hellenistic astrology, touching upon the history, philosophy and techniques of the tradition with a technical focus on specific techniques from the Hellenistic tradition that should prove to be new and useful to modern astrologers, such as whole sign houses, sect, sign rulersh...

Roundtable discussion on various traditional astrological techniques with Norma Jean Ream, Ty Price, Doug Noblehorse, and Hazel Leung. Moderated by Chris Turner. Recorded September 13, 2009.

This lecture is provided in both English and Russian.

Эта лекция проводится на английском и русском языках.

The theme of lunar nodes is one of the most confused and fogged in mass myths of Western astrology. In the course of this lecture, we will examine the mythology, astronomy, and history of...

This lecture concentrates on the techniques and origins of mundane and political astrology and prediction. The lecture draws on classical techniques originating from ancient Mesopotamia and supplemented by such mundane masters such as Masha’allah, through Kepler and down to the more contemporary ...

This lecture is provided in both English and Russian.

Эта лекция проводится на английском и русском языках.

Horary questions concerning hidden or absent things occupy an important place in astrological art. In fact, most of the manuals for astrologers describing the rules and methods of horary ...

Astrologers often talk about the soul, but without saying what they think it is. Many scholars think that the Self was discovered in the late nineteenth century. But it was in the thirteenth century that the translation of astrological texts from Arabic caused a crisis in the European mind. This ...

Most astrologers with any knowledge of Hindu astrology (Jyotish) are aware that it uses a division of the zodiac into 27 nakshatras, often referred to as Lunar Mansions. Fewer astrologers are aware that Arabic and Medieval Latin astrology also have such a system except that it is based on the div...

We could say that the Oxyrhynchus papyri are a sort of time capsule miraculously preserving not only the literature but the daily life that was taking place some 2000 years ago, in the so called Hellenistic era. Actually these papyri were discovered at an archaeological excavation of an ancient r...

In this talk, we explore the ancient Hellenistic and Indian understanding and use of the nodes of the Moon in natal astrology, comparing and contrasting the ancient use of the nodes, and the philosophy surrounding their use, with our current use of the nodes in modern astrology.