Temperament

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I just realized that some temperament descriptions that I copied from

Greenbaum were very negative. Especially the choleric description sounded

pretty bad. There are many more inclusive descriptions of temperament that

I can post if anyone is interested. I do believe that temperament is mainly

in the planets, and only in a fringe way relates to zodiac signs.

 

Therese

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At 08:52 AM 3/8/09 +0200, Sari wrote:

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>The problem is that Raman's descriptions of elements differ from the modern

>Western tropical ones. Especially his view on Earth is quite different from

>what you can find in Western books...

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Yes, Raman's element descriptions mostly stand alone. Raman wrote " How to

Judge a Horoscope " in 1940. Since he was born in 1912, he was age 29 when

the book was published, hardly old enough to have a complete grasp of

astrology. Now that he's gone, we can't ask him how he came up with his

definitions! For me, they remain something of a mystery, very interesting,

but still a mystery.

 

It's also doubtful that when Raman was older, he gave all those traits to a

sign on the 5th house cusp. I know in the years before he died he founded a

research organization. I suppose the older we get the more we question

astrological concepts.

 

I hope temperament is being discussed on the Classical forums as it's a

very important topic for astrologers to think about. It definitely needs to

be integrated into today's astrology. Thanks again for the quotes and your

thoughts, Sari. I don't have firm convictions on the different temperaments

because I haven't studied them enough.

 

Best,

Therese