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Well, in last post on this I asked about Themis and it is actually in this section, however I am still interested if anyone wants to respond.
My next question may start some new seperate threads;
Was Crowley actually a good astrologer?
He states some basics rather surprisingly and others downright wrong!
p.25 -26 The constellations outside the zodiac did not seem to matter to them (the ancients) or matter to mankind.
For someone that had direct access to Egyptiana, museums, etc and indeed incorporated the Egyptian beliefs into his system, this is a strange statement as it is clearly evidenced that the ancient Egyptians held the circum polar stars in great reverence.
On page 27 is a clearly innacurate statement:
"When one says the Sun enters the sign of Aries, one means that if a straight line were drawn from the Earth to the Sun and prolonged to the stars, that line would pass through the begining of that constellation."
-It wouldnt!. -And this from a magician that clearly understood the precession of the Equinox!
He also talks about observing the full moon on the first day of spring.
Is the Moon always full on the first day of spring? Is this something other than our calender spring, is it a measuring of when spring starts Lunarly?
Well, in last post on this I asked about Themis and it is actually in this section, however I am still interested if anyone wants to respond.
My next question may start some new seperate threads;
Was Crowley actually a good astrologer?
He states some basics rather surprisingly and others downright wrong!
p.25 -26 The constellations outside the zodiac did not seem to matter to them (the ancients) or matter to mankind.
For someone that had direct access to Egyptiana, museums, etc and indeed incorporated the Egyptian beliefs into his system, this is a strange statement as it is clearly evidenced that the ancient Egyptians held the circum polar stars in great reverence.
On page 27 is a clearly innacurate statement:
"When one says the Sun enters the sign of Aries, one means that if a straight line were drawn from the Earth to the Sun and prolonged to the stars, that line would pass through the begining of that constellation."
-It wouldnt!. -And this from a magician that clearly understood the precession of the Equinox!
He also talks about observing the full moon on the first day of spring.
Is the Moon always full on the first day of spring? Is this something other than our calender spring, is it a measuring of when spring starts Lunarly?