MELANCHTHON

MELANCHTHON

Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt ; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and John Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. After Luther himself, he is the primary founder of Lutheranism.

 Junctinus, Speculum Astrologiae, 551b

[Junctinus, 551b - Garcaeus, 142 - Gauricus 75 - Leovitz 195 -]

'One of the most notable Reformation astrologers was Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560),
professor of Greek at Wittenberg from 1518, where he became one of Martin Luther’s closest friends and collaborators. In 1521 he briefly found himself leader of the Reformation when Luther was confined in the Wartburg. His interest in astrology and his position at the centre of the Reformation raises important questions concerning the possible use of astrological forecasts of the Reformation’s future course. Martin Luther’s birth chart was to become a focus of debate amongst astrologers
who wished to establish whether he was a new messiah or the Anti-Christ.' [Jürgen G.H.Hoppman
The Lichtenberger Prophecy and Melanchthon’s Horoscope for Luther, Culture and Cosmos, Vol. 1 no 2, Autumn/Winter 1997, pp. 49-59. The Lichtenberger Prophecy and Melanchthon’s Horoscope for Luther]

'In the sixteenth century astrology flourished particularly in one German site of erudition: in Wittenberg, 51°52' latitude, 12°38' longitude. Particularly here at the University of Wittenberg, attracted by Philipp Melanchthon's pedagogic enterprise, a series of scholars came together who shaped the image of astrology in sixteenth-century Germany. They were humanists, physicians, astronomers, mathematicians, municipal surgeons, and scholars of Greek. There were at least forty-six of them. In one way or another, each of them was interested in astrology. Many of them composed astrological analyses for wealthy clients. "Pene innumberabiles" mathematicians came from the University of Wittenberg, as the Tübingen professor of rhetorics Nikodemus Frischlin grudgingly asserted. By this he meant astrologers, and he did not try to conceal his aversion to them.3 He was unequivocal: astrologers are swindlers.' [The Writing in the Wittenberg Sky: Astrology in Sixteenth-Century Germany, Claudia Brosseder]

 See also some very interesting writings :

- Dino Bellucci, ‘Melanchthon et la défense de l’astrologie’, in Bibliothèque d‘Humanisme et Renaissance, 50, 1988. pp. 587-622; et id., Science de la Nature et Reformation, Rome, 1998, en part, la 3e partie, ix- ciel et la terre’, pp. 221-317
- Max Engammare, les horoscopes de Calvin, Melanchthon et Luther, in les Deux Réformes Chrétiennes, propagation et diffusion, Zinguer & Yardeni, Brill, 2004, pp. 172-204

A)- natal chart

• ASC VIRGO, ruler ME
• MC GEMINI, ruler ME

Morinus gives ME as ALMUTEN. Possible ALCOCODEN is SA but we have # radix SU-SA.
We have quadrature MA-SU and opposition SU-MO. SA is detrimental (ARIES) and also VE (ARIES). Hyleg can't be SU ; perhaps MO ?

B)- primary directions

I)- illness (mental ?)1540

direction	promissor	significator
C SA conj. SU	C SA	conj. SU
long	8,67 N W	337,48 S W
lat	-2,285	0,000
AR	8,860	339,179
dec	1,346	-8,787
ha	1,277	-4,489
OA	7,310	328,924
dom Campa	192,253	164,946
dom Regio	198,328	157,695
Dom Placidus	198,095	159,281
pôle Regio	47,552	46,818
pôle Campa	47,552	46,818
Pôle Placidus	42,620	41,622
DM D|N	D |73,144 - N |106,856	D |102,825 - N |77,18
DA pôle D|N	D |1,239 - N |1,873	D |13,223 - N |7,894
DA	1,55	10,255
SA D|N	D |91,55 N |88,45	D |79,75 N |100,25
D Horiz	18,41	23,08
Htd*	14,742	13,291
DH**	-4,962	-5,807
TS	82,004	5:28:0,867
lat geo,	49,033
eclip	23,503
birth year	1497
event year	1540
*  temporal hour (= 1/6e Sad)	** horary distance, (= mundane positions, see Giuseppe Bezza)

- result

D --> M D Regio-Campa 1/AR orb 0.06.
weighting

Z	0,00
M	2,17
X1	0,00
X2	0,00

L(z) SU progressed : 9,46° ARIES and L(z) conversed SA = 336.64° PISCES.

II. exitus 1560

1)- // MA conj ME

direction	promissor	significator
// MA conj. ME	// MA	conj. ME
long	272,26 S W	327,28 S W
lat	0,444	-2,141
AR	272,459	330,258
dec	-23,040	-14,457
ha	-3,324	-4,333
OA	243,131	312,985
dom Campa	100,641	154,775
dom Regio	97,022	144,301
Dom Placidus	97,886	147,264
pôle Regio	8,015	43,085
pôle Campa	8,015	43,085
Pôle Placidus	6,018	36,482
DM D|N	D |169,545 - N |10,455	D |111,745 - N |68,25
DA pôle D|N	D |81,957 - N |2,57	D |26,541 - N |10,991
DA	29,328	17,273
SA D|N	D |60,67 N |119,33	D |72,73 N |107,27
D Horiz	129,78	39,02
Htd*	10,112	12,121
DH**	-1,034	-5,631
TS	82,004	5:28:0,867
lat geo,	49,033
eclip	23,503
birth year	1497
event year	1560
*  temporal hour (= 1/6e Sad)	** horary distance, (= mundane positions, see Giuseppe Bezza)

- result

 D --> Z D Placidus AR orb -0.23.
weighting

Z	11,73
M	16,42
X1	0,00
X2	0,00

 L(z) ME conversed = 274° CAPRI.

2)- // ME conj MA

It is a mirror direction.

 

direction	promissor	significator
// ME conj. MA	// ME	conj. MA
long	201,42 S E	255,76 S E
lat	-2,141	0,444
AR	198,971	254,582
dec	-10,359	-22,298
ha	-2,041	-3,012
OA	186,818	226,398
dom Campa	26,033	82,335
dom Regio	36,687	84,958
Dom Placidus	34,466	84,348
pôle Regio	42,725	5,780
pôle Campa	42,725	5,780
Pôle Placidus	35,526	4,307
DM D|N	D |116,967 - N |63,033	D |172,579 - N |7,42
DA pôle D|N	D |18,261 - N |7,499	D |78,685 - N |1,77
DA	12,153	28,184
SA D|N	D |77,85 N |102,15	D |61,82 N |118,18
D Horiz	39,12	110,76
Htd*	12,974	10,303
DH**	4,858	0,720
TS	82,004	5:28:0,867
lat geo,	49,033
eclip	23,503
birth year	1497
event year	1560
*  temporal hour (= 1/6e Sad)	** horary distance, (= mundane positions, see Giuseppe Bezza)

- result

D -->  Z C Placidus AR orb -0.01.
weighting

Z	5,32
M	0,00
X1	0,00
X2	0,00

L(z) Placidus progressed // ME = 253.7° SAGIT.