Minderwiz
Opinion
It doesn't have to be, so. Many of Lilly's readings are shorter and all are incredibly shorter than the 30-50 pages which have now become common, thanks to computers.
As with all things one can take an overview - is the ship OK; and provide a yes or no answer. Then, if the querent (client) asks for more detail, the Astrologer can burrow down to the (,client,) desired level. Lilly would only give sufficient information to satisfy the client.
Consider your own approach to natal Astrology:. This may entail not only the use of nine planets plus various points including midbpoints , aspect patterns, co,-descendants, vertices, etc but also the analysis of derived charts such as solar returns, progressed using precession correction, lunar returns, solar lunar returns all of which might be progressed on a daily basis. I've probably missed several other steps that you would do, but all of them are justified and part of a system. To you it is straightforward and simple.
To the client or indeed to some other Astrologers, the result might well appear detailed, complex and parts of it arcane - yet you know it works! You would also never drop all that complexity and detail on a client but cut it down to what is sufficient to answer their questions.
From this distance in time many of the techniques used by Lilly or Valens, both practicing Astrologers, seem awfully arcane. There is a struggle to master even first principles. I found the same sort of difficulties pproaching your methods for the first time but perseverance taught me a lot and showed me an underlying systematic approach. The study was rewarding, despite the initial difficulty.. I might not routinely use those methods but that study has coloured my approach.
In the same way studying Lilly or Valens doesn't have to lead to slavishn reproduction but it does give an awareness of a systematic and grounded approach to Astrology which is almost totally lacking in the modern version that we have both abandoned... Though in different directions.
Hope you are still doing well and wishing you all the very best for 2017!!
It doesn't have to be, so. Many of Lilly's readings are shorter and all are incredibly shorter than the 30-50 pages which have now become common, thanks to computers.
As with all things one can take an overview - is the ship OK; and provide a yes or no answer. Then, if the querent (client) asks for more detail, the Astrologer can burrow down to the (,client,) desired level. Lilly would only give sufficient information to satisfy the client.
Consider your own approach to natal Astrology:. This may entail not only the use of nine planets plus various points including midbpoints , aspect patterns, co,-descendants, vertices, etc but also the analysis of derived charts such as solar returns, progressed using precession correction, lunar returns, solar lunar returns all of which might be progressed on a daily basis. I've probably missed several other steps that you would do, but all of them are justified and part of a system. To you it is straightforward and simple.
To the client or indeed to some other Astrologers, the result might well appear detailed, complex and parts of it arcane - yet you know it works! You would also never drop all that complexity and detail on a client but cut it down to what is sufficient to answer their questions.
From this distance in time many of the techniques used by Lilly or Valens, both practicing Astrologers, seem awfully arcane. There is a struggle to master even first principles. I found the same sort of difficulties pproaching your methods for the first time but perseverance taught me a lot and showed me an underlying systematic approach. The study was rewarding, despite the initial difficulty.. I might not routinely use those methods but that study has coloured my approach.
In the same way studying Lilly or Valens doesn't have to lead to slavishn reproduction but it does give an awareness of a systematic and grounded approach to Astrology which is almost totally lacking in the modern version that we have both abandoned... Though in different directions.
Hope you are still doing well and wishing you all the very best for 2017!!