SOLAR AND LUNAR SIGNS

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Jack wrote:

" There is no debate. The questions have been answered 4 fold with no retort.

Tropical Aries is a mislabel for Sidereal Pisces. Shall we now unseat the

rest of the tropical signs? "

 

O.K. I'm willing since I've thought so much about this topic. I'll write a

few posts on the sidereal zodiac, modified from an article published in the

June-July 2000 NCGR Memberletter and some unpublished work. First, a brief

backdrop for the sidereal signs:

 

THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF RULERSHIP

 

The ancient planet-sign rulership system was based on the solar-lunar

(day-night) division of the zodiac. The zodiac was divided into two

semi-circles: Leo through Capricorn was called the solar half of the

zodiac, and Aquarius through Cancer was called lunar. Each of the five

traditional planets ruled one lunar and one solar sign. According to

astrologers, planets were believed to express best in their solar signs

(Mercury-Virgo, Venus-Libra, Mars-Scorpio, Jupiter-Sagittarius and

Saturn-Capricorn).

 

The fact that planets were believed to express less positively in their

lunar signs was a primary clue to the rulership of the newly discovered

planets--which signs they had affinity with, and also a clue as to why some

signs express the more negative side of the five traditonal planets. If the

ancient solar-lunar (day-night) structure of he zodiac is understood, the

traditional rulers make sense, at least in the sidereal zodiac.

 

(The original articles had references, but I'm not giving them here so the

posts are shorter.)

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