COCLITIS CHIROMANTIC

HIERONYMI CARDANI - DE EXEMPLIS CENTUM GENITURARUM

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  COCLITIS CHIROMANTIS (1467-1504)

1)- introduction

OF ROCCA, Bartholomew, called Cocles. - He was born, as he states, in Bologna on 19 March 1467.
The poor biographical news on D. are mainly contained in his main work, Chyromantie ac physionomie Anastasis, in which he provides some details about his short existence. In D. Proemio's work D. remembers the place and date of birth and later (book III, chapter 251) says he was an illegitimate son (some claim that his mother was a famous midwife of Bologna) who lived always poor (ibid., chapter 183), and as a boy did the barber (ibid., chapter 208). D. was known among his contemporaries, above all with the Latin nickname Cocles, which could mean "without an eye" (but this lack is not documented), both 'grim and crude of character and appearance': this second meaning of the term seems the right one, even on the basis of the testimonies of a few authors behind the Cocles, like Cardano. The name Cocles also printed all his works.
Since he was young, D. has shown a great deal for occult sciences, and at first his focus was on magical practices and the reading of books of necromancy and alchemy. However, soon after the lack of scientific foundation of these disciplines, D. turned to the study of medicine and surgery at the University of Bologna, where he graduated in 1489.
However, D.'s fame is not related to his profession of physician, but to the studies of chiromanzia and physiognomy to which he devoted himself with growing passion, especially after his encounter with the Aristotelian philosopher Alessandro Achillini, who had founded at the Studio bolognese a philosophical-naturalist school. The D. became part of the circle of the disciples of the Achilles, to whom he was deeply adored and with whom he shared the interest in occult sciences. Following the study and practice of these subjects, D. began to perform many vices and predictions with the aim of showing that through the scientific study of human characters it was possible to identify the fate of each one on a concrete basis, astrology operating instead on an abstract field.
Some predictions made by D. and timely occur, made him a big fame among his contemporaries. They began addressing him illustrious figures such as Galeazzo Sforza, brother of the Duke of Pesaro, and soon D. was invited to visit many cities of Romagna, called by their respective rulers, to preach their future. In a letter from Orazio Bicardi di Fano written to Alessandro Bentivoglio on 15 December. 1503 - which is another valuable source for rebuilding D.'s life - is said to have left his country house near Bologna, he first went to Imola, where he predicted the master of that city the end of his rule, then in Faenza, where he had a sad event for Astorgio di Faenza, who died shortly afterwards. From there he went to Rimini, Cesena and Pesaro and met also with the Duke of Urbino Guidubaldo. Also to Giulio Varano, Lord of Camerino, and his sons, he predicted a fateful destiny. But the fame of a prophet of misfortune prompted D. to drive him out of all the courts visited, forcing him soon to return home. In Bologna, for D. he began a period of tranquility, in which he could devote himself to the writing of his text on the physiognomy and coincidence, which began in about 1500 and which saw him engaged until June 28, 1504. On 4th of August, 1504 the work was printed at GA Benedetti in Bologna with the title of Chyromantie ac physionomie Anastasis, cum approbatione magistri A. Achillini. During this period D. also had the task of the Studio di Bologna to teach grammar, academic year 1503-04, to four "poor shameful" cities, without any remuneration, according to custom.
Twenty days after the publication of his work, on the 24th of September, 1504, D. died, in Bologna, assassinated almost certainly by the hand of an Antonio Caponi.

2) natal chart

- FOMALHAUT dom 106°07' Campanus ; ALGOL dom 188°09'

• ASC SCORPIO, ruler MA (II, CAPRI)
• MC VIRGO, ruler ME (IV, PISCES) - FOMALHAUT opp MC
• MO conj ALGOL, opp ASC, conj JU

- HYLEG : ASC
- ALCOCODEN : MA
- ANAERETE : SA

Morinus gives MA for ALMUTEN. We have in domitude : MA // SA.
3 planets are detrimental : ME (+) EXIL and opp MC (IV, cadent) - VE - SA

It is also very interesting to see the antiscion.

Due to the accidental disposition of the planets, one notices a rather surprising configuration : ME, VE and SU, SA are covered by their antiscion mirroring images :

PARALLELES. There are two kinds of parallels : zodiacal and mundane. Zodiacal parallels are circles équidistant from the equator, namely, the beginning of ARIES and LIBRA, and consequently any two points of the zodiac haying equal déclination, whether of the same or the opposite kind are in zodiacal parallel with each other. Thus, a star in 2° of another in 28° degrees of CAPRI, anotber. in 2° of GEMINI and another in 28° of CANCER, would all be in zodiacal parallel to each other, because they would all have the same declination in the number of degrees and minutes, viz. 20° 38'. The two first are called antiscions, because they have the same declination in number and name, viz. 20° 38' south declination ; the others are also antiscions in the same way, as having 20° 38' north declination, but the two former are called contra antiscions to the two latter, because, although their declination is the same in number, it is different in name, one being north and the other south declination. Those having north declination are called commanding, and the Southern, obeying : because the north being nearer our zenith must be most powerful. An antiscion is held by some to have the effect ot a * or v and a contra antiscion that of a □ or o-o, but Placidus makes no such distinction. [A Complete Dictionary of Astrology, in which every technical ... term ... Par James WILSON, London, 1819]

Note particularly the superposition  of ME and VE.

3)- primary directions

a)- SU opp MC

D = ts-ARsu = -177.79 (or 2.20° IC - recall : the birth hour is approximate for the axis directions). It should be known that this type of direction: SU opp MC (conj IC) is often encountered during the brutal deaths.

b)- SA conj ME

results :

overall results - primary and mundane Rp			%
1	C Regio Campa	1	0,1
0	D Placidus	1	0
0	D Regio Campa		0	overall diff,
1	C Placidus		0,1	0,1
2				0
	1503,75			0
fictitious	C SU opp. MC	Dir	%	0,1
0	D – AR	0	0	0
0	AO	0	0
0	Gold Regio	0	0
0	Gold Placid	0	0
0	Symb	0	0
0

We find 2 primary directions and none fictitious ; so the overall difference is 0.1 x2.

c)- #MO conj MA (in zodiaco)

- result

overall results - primary and mundane Rp			%
1	C Regio Campa	2	0,3
1	D Placidus	2	0,2
1	D Regio Campa		0,2	overall diff,
1	C Placidus		0,3	-0,3
4				0,2
	no ray			0,2
fictitious	C MA # MO	Dir	%	0,3
0	D – AR	0	0,6	-0,2
0	AO	0	0
0	Gold Regio	0	0
0	Gold Placid	0	0
2	Symb	2	0,2
2

We have 2 Placidus and Regio directions ; 2 symbolic directions as fictitious.