Table of Contents

Contents . 3

Acknowledgements . 7

Preface . 9

Essay I - Divination and the Ego . 11

Essay II - The Sacred Art: An Explanation of Lilly’s ‘Letter to the Student’. 15

Essay III - An Introduction to the Astrology of William Lilly: Considerations Before Judgement . 25

Essay IV - The Correct Use of Reception in Traditional Astrology . 65

Essay V - Addendum to The Correct Use of Receptions in Traditional Astrology . 71

Essay VI - Western Predictive Astrology and the Southern Hemisphere . 73

Essay VII - Aspects in the Tradition - The Dynamic of the Horoscope . 77

Essay VIII - The Houses in Traditional Astrology . 85

Essay IX - Weak Malefics . 97

Essay X - There is No New Thing Under the Sun . 103

Essay XI - Beyond the Great Fire: Lilly and Ashmole . 115

Essay XII - The Misleading Moment: A Missing Girl . 137

Essay XIII - Prohibition . 143

Essay XIV - Planetary Friends and Enemies . 149

Essay XV - Credit-Crunch, Boom-Bust ... Jupiter-Saturn . 159

     Correspondences of Jupiter and Saturn . 161

     The Conjunction - Mean or Middling . 167

     Fossil Fuels . 184

     Conclusion . 188

     Addendum . 189

     More on the Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction of 2000 . 190

Essay XVI - The Sun in the Traditional System . 193

Essay XVII - Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: an investigation into the sources of their symbolism . 199

     The Discoveries . 200

     Naming of the New Discoveries . 200

     Sources . 201

     The Historical Context . 203

     The Rationalisation of Astrology . 204

     The Theosophical Society and the New Age . 207

     Astrological Fundamentals . 217

     The Discovery Charts . 224

     Uranus (discovered 1781) . 225

          Early References . 225

          The Discovery Chart . 228

          Astronomical Characteristics . 230

          Political Events . 230

          Scientific Advances . 231

          The Ouranos (Uranus) Myth . 234

          Theosophical Doctrine . 234

          Misunderstanding of the Astrological System . 243

          Conclusion . 247

     Neptune (discovered 1846) . 248

          Early References . 248

          Discovery Chart . 249

          Astronomical Characteristics . 250

          Political Events . 250

          Scientific Advances . 250

          Poseidon Myth . 251

          Theosophical Doctrine . 251

          Conclusion . 254

     Pluto (discovered 1930) . 254

          Early References . 255

          Discovery Chart . 257

          Astronomical Characteristics . 258

          Political Events . 258

          Scientific Advances . 259

          Pluto Myth . 260

          Theosophical Doctrine . 260

          Misunderstanding of the Astrological System . 261

          Conclusion . 262

     Comparisons . 262

     Conclusion . 265

     Appendix - Bibliography of Table of Comparisons . 269

Essay XVIII - Snow Twins . 271

Essay XIX - Capture of a Suspected Murderer . 275

Essay XX - Two Seventeenth-Century Horaries . 277

     If King Charles should live or dye . 277

     The Urine of John Pym . 290

     Bibliography . 295

Essay XXI - Seven Questions . 299

     Question 1: ‘If purging the one sick will succeed’ . 301

     Question 2: ‘If the Querents son will come’ . 302

     Question 3: ‘If three servants be tried, one a mayd, the other man & wife’ . 303

     Question 4: ‘If the son in law will continue in the west - viz. Cornwall’ . 304

     Question 5: ‘If have content son live with them or if the querents father will go’ . 304

     Question 6: ‘If the fathers ending will follow’ . 305

     Question 7: ‘What to do with the steward’ . 305

     Summary . 306