George Of Trebizond

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George Of Trebizond, 

(born 1396, Candia, Crete [now Iráklion, Greece]—died 1486, Rome [Italy]), Byzantine humanist, Greek scholar, and Aristotelian polemist. His academic influence in Italy and within the papacy, his theories on grammar and literary criticism, and his Latin translations of ancient Greek works, although at times strongly criticized, contributed substantially to Italian humanism and the Renaissance. 

From Crete in 1415, George of Trebizond, at the age of twenty, came to Venice, invited by his patron, the Venetian patrician Francesco Barbaro, for whom he probably translated manuscripts and to whom he probably taught Greek in exchange for Latin lessons. It was George’s primary aim to learn and then to teach Latin rhetoric in Italy, enriched by his background of Palaeologan Greek studies. George studied Latin with the greatest Latinist of the day, Vittorino da Feltre. With his wide background of interests, derived at least in part from the influence of the broad scope of Palaeologan education, he engaged in a very wide range of intellectual activities, including rhetoric, logic, Greek and Latin apocalyptic literature, philosophy, and theology. Most important, through his Latin treatise Rhetoricorum libri V, he brought to the awareness of Western humanists the writer whom Bes-sarion called “the greatest glory of Greek rhetoric,” Hermogenes. (None other than Lorenzo Valla wrote that George was generally considered the most learned rhetorician of Italy in the Latin language.) In the Rhetoricorum libri V, George set forth the contents of Hermogenes’ masterful analysis of ways to move an audience. In this work he was able to fuse the Byzantine Hermogenean rhetorical tradition with the Latin tradition of Cicero, which he greatly esteemed. Some Byzantine scholars, however, tended to denigrate Ciceronian rhetoric, notably John Argyropoulos [...] George’s treatise on rhetoric, after its gradual assimilation by the Italian humanists, became the leading Italian and, later, northern Renaissance rhetorical text, supplementing or even supplanting the rhetorical writings of Cicero and Quintilian. [...] At the request of Pope Nicholas V and Bessarion, George turned into Latin no fewer than eleven major Greek texts, some never before translated, others translated for the first time in the humanist manner. His versions were not infrequently criticized, but they were on the whole well executed, the flaws in most cases being attributable to factors over which he had little or no control. [...] George’s method of translation was sensible: to adhere closely to the original in the case of scientific texts (Aristotle and Ptolemy especially) but to provide a more flexible rendering in the case of the Greek historians and the fathers of the Byzantine church.
His translation of Ptolemy’s capital work on astronomy and mathematics the Almagest (Mathematike syntaxis), which was already available in the faulty twelfth-century Latin version of Gerard of Cremona, was of extraordinary importance for the future development of mathematics and astronomy. Believing that Ptolemy’s text had been corrupted by his Arab translator, George, at the personal suggestion of Bessarion, appended a lengthy commentary to his translation explicating Ptolemy’s Almagest. George’s commentary but not his translation was then evaluated but sharply condemned by the Italian scholar in the Curia, Jacopo da Cremona, who had previously translated Archimedes. George’s version of Ptolemy’s Almagest, nevertheless, subsequently became standard, although, surprisingly, the Greek text was not printed until much later, in 1538. In addition, George rendered into Latin for the first time Pseudo-Ptolemy’s work, the Centiloquium, containing one hundred aphorisms dealing primarily with astrology, a subject contributing no little to the development of Renaissance astronomy. For Nicholas of Cusa, George translated into Latin Plato’s Parmenides Cusanus, though very interested in Platonism and the Dionysian writings, probably never learned Greek well. He himself relates that, when, before the Council of Florence, he represented the papacy in Constantinople, he there sought out Greek manuscripts (probably of Plato) and that it was during his boat trip back home from Constantinople that he conceived the main philosophical ideas for his chief work, De docta ignorantia. [Monfasani J., George of Trebizond. A biography and a study of his rhetoric and logic, Leiden, Brill, 1976]

John Monfasani was able to unravel the skein surrounding the difficulties related to the date of birth of Trebizond :

Hence, George of Trebizond began his long and turbulent life on 3 April 1395. This corrects the very long standing error that he was born on 4 April 1395 or 1396 [2. Commentarii in ps.-Ptolemy’s Centiloquium, aphor. 58. Although this work is printed, 1 will use MSB which George himself corrected, in this instance, f. 55V: “ut verbi gratia ad revolutionem etatis mee 58 anno domini 1453, que fit per tertium diem mensis Aprilis, pcr 13 horas fere precessit coniunctio solis et lune in Piscibus facta. Ascendebat autem in revolutione Capricornus. Ita Piscis erat in tertio loco. Quare quod revolutio pollicebatur nisi nativitas ipsa ab eo aliena fuisset, circa tertium mensem ab eo qui inccpit cum sol fuit in Arietis gradu 22 futurum et sperassem et optassem” (I have condensed the latter part of this text in the translation). This passage is the ultimate source for the date found in L. Gauricus, Tractatus astrologicus, Venice, Curtius Troianus, 1552, f. 61 v; I. Garcaeus Astrologiae methodus, Basel, 1576, 168 (cf. L. Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, 8 vols. New York, 1923-1958, VI, 596); and early historical compilers such as C. Felici, Calendario Istorico, Pars I, 127. cited by Zeno, Dissertazioni, II. 2. From them a false date of Trebizond’s birth has infested modern scholarship. In addition to the typographical error in Garcaeus (1396 for 1395). Gauricus seems to have made the mistake of reading the passage to mean that George was born on the thirteenth hour of 3 April. Since astronomical time was measured from twelve noon, the thirteenth hour would bring one to about 1 A. M., 4 April (using Trebizond’s horoscope, Gauricus decided on 12:20 in the morning).] 

- ASC CAPRI, ruler SA X(close to MC) - MC SCORPIO, ruler MA
-# JU SA in mundo - 

Morinus gives MA for ALMUTEN. There is no particular detriment on this natal chart. 

HYLEG : ASC - ALCHOCODEN : VE - ANAERERE : SA (MA ?)

The following chart shows the primary directional aspects directly from the Morinus software and computed for the year (nearest of the event) corresponding to the PTO key. The protocol is as follows:
- search for in mundo directions;
- searchfor of // or # in zodiaco directions
- data processing by us, later and statistics

 We have 3 directions to investigate:
- SA conj ASC
- #MA conj MO
- SO conj #MA

1)- SA conj ASC : D = 87.66°, (with latitude) so : 80.6 years with key conv. AR : 0.919 and for year of death 1474.5. If not, no direction. Otherwise, without latitude, we have D = 84.9° with 78.06 years, which leads us to 1473.

It should be noted that this direction is only possible if SA is considered as a moving point and  ASC is a fixed point: it is therefore a converse direction of a particular type.

George died well before 1480. We can be even more precise. In the preface to the translation, Andreas bemoaned the fact that since his father’s “life was cut short by the faction of the powerful foe, he [George] was prevented by death from dedicating it.” 18 In the later preface to the commentary, Andreas claimed that his father had never published the commentary, “for when, so as to frustrate Nicenus [Bessarion], our mortal enemy, who desired nothing more than to get a hold of the commentary, death intervened before he could think about publishing it.” 19 In both these quotations Andreas leaves the definite impression that Bessarion, “the powerful foe,” was still alive when his father died. Bessarion died 18 November 1472. Even if Andreas is telescoping events, these statements justify us in believing George died in 1472 or 1473.10 Thus, the two antagonists departed this world nearly together. [Monfasani J., George of Trebizond. A biography and a study of his rhetoric and logic, Leiden, Brill, 1976, p. 234]

2)- #MA conj MO

Note that this direction is taken with latitudes for mundane directions only. For zodiacal direction, we take only significator latitude.

Recall: zodiacal directions in blue, mundane directions in green (left part of the table); Latitudes are used (south latitude for promissor and significator) only for mundane directions; The zodiacal direction (in blue) are affected only by the latitude of the significator (i.e. MO).

 3)- So conj #MA 

results

conclusion

Many points remain unanswered: in particular how latitudes should be used, the way in which parallels should be used (with or without latitude), bearing in mind that certain aspects of counter-parallel can be confused with oppositions (as certain parallels may also, when the latitudes are important, be confused with the conjunction aspects) ... [Similar to the parametric repeated measures ANOVA, it is used to detect differences in treatments across multiple test attempts. The procedure involves ranking each row (or block) together, then considering the values of ranks by columns.]

Petrarch Francesco

HIERONYMI CARDANI - DE EXEMPLIS CENTUM GENITURARUM

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Francesco Petrarca

(July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. In the 16th century, Pietro Bembo created the model for the modern Italian language based on Petrarch's works, as well as those of Giovanni Boccaccio, and, to a lesser extent, Dante Alighieri Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch's sonnets were admired and imitated throughout Europe during the Renaissance and became a model for lyrical poetry. He is also known for being the first to develop the concept of the "Dark Ages." This standing back from his time was possible because he straddled two worlds—the classical and his own modern day.

[Cardano, opera omnia t. V, 458 - Junctinus, Speculum astrologiae, 360, Garcaeus, Astrologiae methodus, 62, Gauricus, Tractatus astrologicus, 62]

The lunar position indicated by Gauricus, Junctinus and Garcaeus is 23 ° 36 'PISCES; We note an error (or rather a misprint) in the record of the lunar longitude of Cardano which indicates 3 ° 36 '... Now the lunar longitude is 4 ° PISCES; It seems that Petrarch did not give the right birth date...

Thus we come to the Geniturae, with which we find ourselves back in the old quasi-mythological ambience. We learn from the horoscope of Petrarch that the elegance of his poetry was due to the presence of Jupiter in the house of Mercury, which stood in quadrant (this is odd) with Venus; of Pico, that he was made to have a confused mind (turbidum in gen turn) by the presence of the moon in the eighth house, and that he lacked judgment because the moon was in quartile (quia radiatio quadrata est); of Cardan himself, that he was doomed to be plagued with a weak stomach and brain, plots, enemies, losses of property, abuse, extreme perils, and a bad reputation with the public. We put the book aside at last in a mood of mixed admiration and exasperation, wondering at an intellect which permitted Cardan to correct the ancients freely and yet left him credulous of their most dubious assumptions. Cardan evidently knew of Pico’s attack but may not have bothered to read it. [Occult Sciences in the Renaissance: A Study in Intellectual Patterns, Wayne Shumaker, p. 40, University of California Press, 1979]

To help us in our research, we have a very good article by Dora Bobory, published in 2005: 'An unusual biography: Cardano's horoscop of Petrarch' [in Karl A. E. Enenkel y Jan Papy (edd.), Petrarch and his readers in the Renaissance, Brill, Leiden, 2006, pp. 209-229.]

Gerolamo Cardano was the first to offer a collection of horoscopes ‘of living and recently deceased celebrities [Cardano, De exemplis centum geniturarum, in Opera omnia (note 6) vol. V] in a vivid and even gossipy manner, organising his subjects into logical categories. In the largest collection, containing a hundred gcnitures,” the reader finds horoscopes of political figures, emperors, popes and princes (for example, those of the Medici and Famese families), followed by those of artists (Albert Diirer), literati (George of Trebizond, Francesco Filelfo and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola) and many other well-known personalities of the time preceding or contemporary to his own. Cardano’s horoscope of Francis Petrarch [Fig. 1] appeared in print three times, but the three versions are completely identical. [Cardano, Libelli duo. Unus, de supplemento almanach. Alter, de restitutions temporum et motuum coelestium. Item geniturae LXVII. insignes casibus et fortuna. cum exposition (Nuremberg:1543); Id., Libelli quinque. I. De supplemento almanach, II. De restitutione temporum, III. De iudidis geniturarum, IV. De revolutionibus, V De exemplis centum geniturarum (Nuremberg: 1547) 102-103; and Id., Liber de exemplis centum geniturarum. Opera omnia (note 6) vol. V, 458.] This is in itself a valuable piece of information, since Cardano was in the habit of constantly revising and rewriting or sometimes even annihilating his own works. The fact that Petrarch’s horoscope remained unchanged throughout the decades implies that Cardano was satisfied with this particular chart and its interpretation, and so did not ‘rectify’ the earlier versions.

After describing the positions of the planets in the chart, Cardano lists the main characteristics that he reads in the geniture, one by one, explaining which planet or constellation was responsible for each one of them. He introduces Petrarch saying that ‘there are many distinguishing characteristics in this illustrious person.’ The first of his outstanding qualities is the fine charm of his poems, which made Petrarch famous all around the world, and which otherwise is indicated by the presence of the planet Jupiter in the house of Mercury and in square with Venus. Mercury, as is well known, was traditionally associated with a great sense for languages, while Venus was thought to bring sweetness and delicacy to the way of expression. And, Cardano states, this is the constellation that provided such an elegance for Petrarch’s high literary expression. [Dora Bobory, op. cit., p. 219]

We find in the natal chart the following elements:

• ASC LEO, SU I 
• MC ARIES (MA in CANCER, XII)
• MO VIII (detriment ±)
• MA (CANCER) and JU (VIRGO) detriment +
• opp. JU MO
  

HYLEG : SU
ANAERETE : MA
ALCHOCODEN : SA (?)

Note that the opposition Ju-MO does not necessarily fit in the theme in a pejorative way; On the contrary, it indicates a peculiar characteristic which is expressed in the present case by a singular spiritual tone, and in Petrarch this tone will be that of poetry.

On April 6, 1327, after Petrarch gave up his vocation as a priest, the sight of a woman called "Laura" in the church of Sainte-Claire d'Avignon awoke in him a lasting passion, celebrated in the Rime sparse ("Scattered rhymes"). Later, Renaissance poets who copied Petrarch's style named this collection of 366 poems Il Canzoniere.

So that when Petrarch meets Laura, who becomes her muse, her theme then shows a # VE to the JU-MO group. This direction occured when VE has a domitude of 318° ; which correspond at 64.87° in zodiacal campanus. We compute, so, the direction VE con //MO in zodiaco.

- parameters

- results

The numbers in blue correspond to the zodiacal directions without latitude, the mundane directions are with latitude. In order to respect the comparisons, the same was done for the 'fictitious' directions (3rd et 4th tables, named X-1 and X-2).

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Climateric directions

In 1370, Petrarch has a stroke and died in 1374; The following directions must be calculated: JU conj MA, MO opp MA. There is also a Rp SA || MO and a # VE-SA.

All dates are computed by Morinus with key conv. PTO.

1)- JU conj MA

- parameters

- results

We count 7 primary directions against 5 X directions, with a year correction of 1370.05.

2)- MO opp MA

This is a direction which is easier to obtain by the arc between the Moon's opposition (156.625 °, taking into account the Moon's proper motion of 2.525 °).

- parameters

The latitudes of the promissor AND significator must be taken into account in mundane direction. (See The Progressed Horoscop, Alan Leo, Modern Astrology Office, 1906 - the Art and Practice of directing, Heinrich Däath)

- results



This direction is significantly modified by the latitude of the moon (which causes an overall effect of 5.86 ° as it is notified in this table). In any case, this is a major direction since it affects the anaerete (MA) in connection with the moon (in VIII).
Observe that certain primary directions have a similar value: indeed, the latitude rule requires that:

- the latitude of the significator is used only in the zodiacal directions, so :
 

	Dir – Z
C Regio Campa	63,602
D Placidus	68,428
D Regio Campa	70,740
C Placidus	60,02

The two latitudes (significator and promissor) are used in the mundane direction :

	Dir - M
C Regio Campa	64,91
D Placidus	69,058
D Regio Campa	71,75
C Placidus	60,34

 'In Primary Directions proper, we have both mundane and zodiacal arcs, so called, although in reality they are all mundane or formed by the diurnal revolution of the earth on its own axis, as will be shown later. The distinction consists in this, that whereas the former are measured in the world independent of the zodiac and have to do with the angles, cusps and houses of any figure and are taken with latitude, the latter appear to be measured by zodiacal degrees only, the latitude of the promissor not being taken.' [Heinrich Däath, Art of directing, p. 216, in Alan Leo, the Progressed Horoscop]. 

3)- Rapt parallel MO || SA

Rapt parallel are of great importance: it is likely that they will be able to chant events over the long term or at least radical inflections. Observe that the most precise rapt parallel is that given by the method of Placidus (-0.5 °).

4)- Exercise on a counter-parallel: #MO conj MA

  

We have here a counter-parallel of MO (without latitude) at 25.51° ARIES. Compute directions with conjonction MA and determine mean year of direction.

- parameters

Note that there is uniquely latitude of promissor with this kind of direction.

- results

We find 5 primary directions and two fictitious; Note that the use of the latitude of the promissor with the mundane arcs explain the different results between zodiacal and mundane directions. The year is 1370.86 which corresponds roughly to the beginning of the Petrarch disease.

5)- On April 8, 1341, he became the second poet laureate since antiquity and was crowned by Roman Senatori Giordano Orsini and Orso dell'Anguillara on the holy grounds of Rome's Capitol.

This event that consecrates the life of Petrarch is correlated with a major direction in the life of an individual: JU conj SU.

 It is in fact two directions that must be controlled: the graph shows to see the state of the sky directed in converse mundane direction, with the key PTO (1 °, or standard key). We observe JU conj SU.

5- JU conj SU

- parameters

 - results

 In principle, one of the best directions, but it depends on the layout of the receiving planet. The Sun is very well oriented: it is the hyleg. It is something else for JU that is detrimental. Note that in relation to the base year (PTO) indicated by Morinus (1344), it is the year 1341.12 that is computed here.

Monroe Marilyn

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

She was an American actress and model. Famous for playing comic "dumb blonde" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and was emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962. She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon.

• ASC LEO, ruler SU
• MC TAURUS, ruler VE
• MA VIII
• VE in detriment

HYLEG : ASC
ALCHOCODEN :  SO
ANAERETE : MA, VE (?)

Morinus fixed SU as ALMUTEN.

fixed stars : MIRACH conj VE (domitude 256° Campanus) (Voluptuous, bad morals, scandal, drink or drug-taking late in life. [Robson, p.179.]

We are interested in three directions: MA conj MO, VE conj MA and SU conj VE.

It is interesting to note that, at the time of his death, three conjunctions are superimposed (if one takes into account of course the coincidence of the keys of conversion). Without conversion, we have :

- MA conj MO = 1964 (PTO, CAMPA, C) or 1963 (idem, D) ; with key conv and mean, we have : 1961.97
- VE conj MA = 1962 (PTO, CAMPA, C) ; with key conv and mean, we have : 1962.29
- SO conj VE = 1963 (PTO, CAMPA, C) or 1969 (idem, C) ; with key conv and mean : 1962.47.

1)- MA conj MO

- parameters

- results

Important note for abbreviations: AR = conversion key in right ascension of the sun - EQU = conversion key on the equator of the sun - 1 / AR or 1 / EQU = inverse - PTO = Ptolemy key - Naib = Naibod key - Dir = - Z = zodiacal - M = mundane - D = direct direction - C = converse meaning (in the sense of ancient astrology) - D - AR = direction in right ascension - AO = direction in oblique ascension - Gold Regio = direction Goldmayer, Variety Placid = direction Goldmayer, variety Placidus - Symb = symbolic direction - X - 1: table of "fictitious" directions with arc x key factor - X - 2 = table of "fictitious" directions with date x key factor

The results will be given without then with latitude, first of the promissor (as the specialized astrologers usually do), then of the significator, and finally of the two.

-- with latitude of the promissor ans significator (i.e. - 2.16° and - 2.76°)

The results are now standardized, given the possible way of comparing primary and non-primary directions. Indeed, we observe in both groups redundancies that must be evacuated. This is the reason why I give the raw results, appearing in the table to the right, and the standardized results appearing in the diff table. So, without latitude, we have only 4 DP and 1 X.

-- latitude of the promissor (standard method)

 Here, we have 5 DP and 3 X finally.

-- latitude of significator (not typical to use that method)

Here, we have 3 DP and no X.

-- no latitude (another typical method ; for instance, Martin Gansten doesn't use latitude, as far as i know...)

We see 4 PM and 2 X. In sum, standardization makes it possible to eliminate duplicates for both types of directions (I repeat: primary and non-primary directions); However, this type of analysis only applies in absolute terms because it is obvious that much information is lost because of this filtering.

I would not repeat this kind of analysis: I simply wanted to show the possibilities offered by the analysis of all the directions, in a unique way, up to and including options such as the choice of latitudes, which remains a very discussed area Among specialists. Let us recall that Morin de Villefranche devoted part of volume 16 of his Astrologia Gallica to this problem, quoting in particular what Bianchini wrote, (cf. trans. James Holden, 2008). I therefore present such results only for statistical analysis. Ideally, two tests can be used as I mentioned in an earlier section: the McNemar test and especially the Kruskall-Wallis test for several samples.

2)- VE conj MA

- parameters

- results

As explained above, the two small tables at the top right give the results minus the duplicates. We also see that the latitude of the promising was used.

3)- SO conj VE

 It may seem curious to include in the list of directions deemed dangerous an aspect of conjugation; Note however that SU is the ALMUTEN and that VE is weak and in cadent house.

 - parameters

- results

BEZZA Giuseppe

Giuseppe BEZZA (1946-2014) was an historian of astrology absolutely extraordinary who, in addition to making history, practiced an authentic research in practical astrology, as testify the articles published on the site that had created: Cielo e Terra. He has published and worked hard for the astrological cause. It is cited by all present historians of astrology. Here is a list of some of these works. Cf. also http://facultelibredastrologiedeparis.blogspot.fr/search/label/Giuseppe Bezza.

Astrologia, storia e metodi, Milano 1981.
Commento al primo libro della Tetrabiblos di C. Tolemeo. Con una nuova traduzione e le interpretazioni dei maggiori commentatori, Milano 1992.
Arcana Mundi. Antologia del pensiero astrologico antico, 2 voll., Milano 1995.
Le dimore celesti. Segni e simboli dello zodiaco, Milano 1998.
Sulla tradizione del thema mundi. Atti del Convegno G. Schiaparelli storico dell'astronomia (Milano 1997), Milano 1999.
Una natività a scopo didattico, Conferenze ISIAO 1998, Roma, (in corso di pubblicazione).
Du calendrier naturel à l'astrologie. Quelques observations sur la prevision du temps dans la littérature arabe du Moyen Age, Actes du V Séminaire Maroco-Italien, Unesco, Cosenza 1999
Un glossario astrologico bizantino, Convegno di studi Storia della scienza e beni culturali, Ravenna 1998
Caratteri propri ed acquisiti dell'astrologia araba, Conferenze ISIAO 1998, Roma

Here is also the summary of his thesis on historical questions on astrology (dir (Jean Dhombres, 2003).

The thesis deals with a particular area of ​​the history of science: astrology, with the aim of presenting the opinions of astrology The most remarkable ones proposed by historians on the birth of astrology in the ancient Near East and its development during the Antiquity It is difficult, if not impossible, to establish with precision the beginning of a historiography of the " Astrology, in fact, antiquity itself offers us some examples: for Greece, in particular, the biography of astrologers attributed to Rhetorios, for Islam the summary of Al-Qifti, for the Middle Ages Simon de Phares, for the Renaissance Pic de la Mirandole, for the XVIIth century Claude Saumaise In this work, I chose to take into account that the historiography which has just developed by schools of thought and which has the proper means to evaluate Texts and documents.

•  ASC VIRGO, ruler ME (I) and SU in I
• MC GEMINI, ruler ME
• conj SA-MO in LEO

 fixed stars :

• PRISIPE conj MO (domitude Campanus 319°) [Wounds, stabs (operations), imprisonment, injuries to the face, sickness, blindness or eye injuries especially if Saturn or Mars be with Regulus. [Robson, p.188.]
• ALKAID conj SU (domitude 27°39') [In accordance with adopted belief of ancient times, this fixed star is supposed to be bound up with the realm of the dead and is therefore associated with death and mourning.]
• ANTARES conj IC (domitude 86°22')

 HYLEG : SU
ALCHOCODEN : ME
ANAERETE : SA

Morinus gives for ALMUTEN : ME

- The first direction that will occupy us is SU conj SA.

 - parameters

 - results

 o these results, it is necessary to subtract 1 arc for AO (it is the same in both tables).

- the 2nd direction is ME conj SA

- parameters

 - results

To these results, it is necessary to subtract 2 arcs for X (it is the same in the two tables) and 1 arc for D (same arc in C Mundane Placidus).

Schubert Franz

Franz Peter Schubert ; 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828)

Introduction

He was an Austrian composer. Schubert died before his 32nd birthday, but was extremely prolific during his lifetime. His output consists of over 600 secular vocal works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large body of chamber and piano music.
Appreciation of Schubert's music while he was alive was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna, but interest in his work increased significantly in the decades following his death. Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and other 19th-century composers discovered and championed his works. Today, Schubert is ranked among the greatest composers of the late Classical and early Romantic eras and is one of the most frequently performed composers of the early 19th century.

• ASC CANCER, ruler MOON ; I empty
• MC PISCES, ruler JUPITER, in X, near MOON
• SUN weak (++) in AQUARIUS, VIII
• MARS strong (+) in ARIES
• SATURN # VENUS radix

fixed stars :

• MARKHAB  conj LUNA (but domitude 271°, so mundane conj with MC : If culminating: Disgrace, ruin and often a violent death. [Robson, p.174.] Tied up with propitious stellar bodies, Markhab is said to influence above all the spiritual and mental nature, to give a good head for figures, intellectual alertness, mental powers in general and last but not least, the ability to further propaganda activity, if at the same time relevant aspects are also present.)
• FOMALHAUT conj MC (domitude 302°, so mundane conj with LUNA ; It is said to be very fortunate and powerful and yet to cause malevolence of sublime scope and character, and change from a material to a spiritual form of expression [Robson, p.165-166.]
• ALPHERATZ conj MARS (domitude 293°, so mundane conj with JUPITER : Philosophical or religious mind, benefits from professional men, ecclesiastical honor and dignity, favorable for gain).
• VEGA conj VENUS (domitude 229°, so mundane conj with SUN : It is said to give an harmonious, poetical and developed nature, fond of music and apt in science and art, but inclined to theft, Robson, 1923, p.51, 216, 231, 235.)

ALMUTEN MARS
HYLEG MOON
ALCHOCODEN JUPITER
ANAERETE SUN (± SATURN)

In the midst of this creative activity, his health deteriorated. The cause of his death was officially diagnosed as typhoid fever, though other theories have been proposed, including the tertiary stage of syphilis.[62] By the late 1820s, Schubert's health was failing and he confided to some friends that he feared that he was near death. In the late summer of 1828, the composer saw court physician Ernst Rinna, who may have confirmed Schubert's suspicions that he was ill beyond cure and likely to die soon. Some of his symptoms matched those of mercury poisoning (mercury was then a common treatment for syphilis, again suggesting that Schubert suffered from it). At the beginning of November, he again fell ill, experiencing headaches, fever, swollen joints, and vomiting. He was generally unable to retain solid food and his condition worsened. Schubert died in Vienna, aged 31, on 19 November 1828, at the apartment of his brother Ferdinand. [Wikipedia]

The first symptoms of syphilis seem to date back to 1823. It is interesting to analyze in particular the direction of Saturn and Venus, and Sun with Saturn.

I)- 1823

The Kassel symposium defined the crisis years as being from 1818 to 1823. The year 1823 was certainly to fit this definition, proving for Schubert to be a year of very serious illness - and extreme shortage of money. [...] In the early part of the year Schubert was extremely ill for several months with a recurrence of the secondary phase of his syphilis [© Arnold Howarth, The Schubert Institute (UK), 2002]

Schubert was the victim of several recurrences of secondary syphilis that year.

1)- So conj #Sa conv

We find in 1823 the converse : SU conj # SA.

- parameters

- results

As in the previous two examples, the table above shows the detail of the directions corresponding to the current conversion key (here AR 0.98 and EQU 0.986). The table below shows all the results on all directions. It shows that there are 12 varieties of primary directions in progress in 1823, while there are none in the varieties of directions other than primary.

Given that the planetary conditions sometimes have a great influence on the arcs, I indicate each time whether the latitude is used. Note that the AO (oblique ascension) directions are sometimes used by astrologers like Lilly). Others (H. J. Gouchon) use the arcs in OA from the pole formulas, much like Makranski, especially in the calculation of the directions according to Regiomontanus.

2) Ve opp Sa conv

I often observe directions involving Venus and Saturn either when diseases are triggered or when death occurs; I have not so far observed any particular frequency involving venereal diseases (but this needs to be more documented).

- parameters

- results

We see that the results are equivalent between the two varieties of directions (primary and non-primary).

II)- 1828

Two directions are to be studied: Moon conj. Sun and Sun conj. #Sa with also another counter-parallel : #Ma conj SU. The first one is all the more interesting to consider as it will make us understand the problems related to an important latitude (Moon).

1)- MO conj SU

Here we have the direction: MO conj. SU. Consider first the arc with latitude (l = 5 ° 04'17 ") and note that here the Moon is the promissor (moving point).

- parameters

- results

I analyse in depth and quite exceptionally the results because it is, if not, difficult to understand the effects of the presence of a high latitude. And this is particularly the case for the Moon and Venus. so, we see the results with and without latitude

no latitude, prom SUN, sign MO (it is a converse direction for the mean astrologers, but it is a true direct with ancient astrologers).

no latitude, prom MO, sign SU (it is a direct direction).

And there is no arc with MO and latitude. Moreover, we see that the three converse directions of the first table become direct directions on the second.

2)- SU conj #Sa and #Ma conj SU

We see here a rather rare coincidence of two counterparts acting simultaneously: it is a converse direction of SU conj. #Sa and a direction of #Ma conj SU.

- parameters for SU conj #Sa

- results

Ten varieties of primary directional arcs versus five (there are duplicates in non-primary directions ...).

Conclusion

Statistical analysis can be carried out using tests for two or more samples. It takes just thirty cases. The most suitable test, but it loses a lot of information, seems to be the test of Mc Nemar. To see for later, on a sample of more important directions ...