Henri II de Montmorency

Henri II de MONTMORENCY

(30 April 1595 – 30 October 1632)

was a French nobleman and military commander. He was beheaded in Toulouse's town hall 30 October 1632, by a guillotine-like device (according to the memoirs of Jacques, vicomte de Puysegur )

His horoscope is analyzed by Morin de Villefranche in Astrologia gallica (liber XVII, 401). Cf. also traduction by James Holden, p. 62 sq.

I. Natal chart

As said by Morin :

  'Indeed, [...] Jupiter and Venus, rulers of the ASC and MC, were conjunct, and these planets were signifying men who were famous, strong, warlike, high-born, generous, liberal, and fortunate in their actions, which they were down to the time of their violent death; but for both of them, both Lights were rulers of the 8th, and Saturn was afflicted in the 8th, which signified for both of them a violent death and a public one on account of the Lights. [...] Venus, the ruler of the MC and the Sun, posited in her own exaltation and conjoined to Jupiter, ruler of the ASC and Mars in Pisces, is the very evident cause of the above said good fortune.' [Astrologia gallica, liber XVII, pp. 61 sq, trad. J.Holden]

But, there are boots in this figure... Because, we see a mundane square between MA and SU and a week opposition between MO and SA. SA is debilitated (LEO).
 The ALMUTEN is VE (or JU according to Lilly).

For the primary directions, we must consider the rays from VE.

II. Primary directions

A. VE conj □MA

 Observe that SU is doubly debilitated by celestial configuration and accidental disposition, being in square with MA radix. We know that SU is not 'good' by itself and that it 'reflects' the nature of the planetary rays.

1. parameters

You will see below the summary table indicating the date when the maximum latitude of MA (PM) is reached (JUN 1 1595) to determine i inclination ( i = 2.08). From i, we compute the longitude of the ascending node (☊ = 23.31 ARI) and then the distance of the node to the ray. Here, it is the square of MA ( mundane 90 °) which is worth in zodiacal basis 68.35 °. The latitude is l (□) = + 0.58 °.

This table summarizes what Morin de Villefranche gives in his latitudes Tabula correctiones (Astrologia gallica, XXII, section 2, pp. 550-551).

2. analysis

3. result

D --> Z D Regio-Campa -0.01.

B. MO opp MC

It is a converse direction.

1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result

D --> M C Regio-Campa -0.29.

C. MA opp MC

This direction -perhaps the very one - is to put in relation with the previous square of the group JU-VE to MA and the opposition of MO to MC. Indeed, one obtains a true interlacing reflecting the aspects radix, in particular the mundane square MA-SU and the zodiacal square of SU to MO.

D =

Conclusion

Morin de Villefranche compares in volume 17 of the Astrologia gallica the natal chart of Gustav Adolph, king of Sweden, and the duke of Montmorency. There is indeed a similar direction: that of MA to the MC axis. (MA conj MC for Gustav-Adolp ans MA opp MC in the case of Montmorency...)

Copernicus Nicolaus

Copernicus Nicolaus

Nicolaus Copernicus : (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe, likely independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.

Toward the close of 1542, Copernicus was seized with apoplexy and paralysis, and he died at age 70 on 24 May 1543.

The horoscope, reproduced in Biskup (1973), plate 22, is from Cod. lat. Monac. 27003, a collection of horoscopes of famous people, dated, apparently, to the 1540’s. There is another horoscope for Copernicus in Cod. lat. Monac. 10667 containing the birth date 10 Feb. 1473, 4;38h after noon. Cf. Birkenmajer (1900), 406-12. Most of the positions in the two horoscopes are the same, and the correct date of the horoscope, given by the faster bodies, is definitely 19 Feb. [Swerdlow N.M., Neugebauer, Mathematical Astronomy in Copernicus's De revolutionibus, part 2, p. 454, Springer-Verlag, New-York 1984]

I. Natal chart

ASC VIR, ruler ME (debilitated, PIS). MC TAU, ruler VE. According to Omar and Ibn-Ezra, VE is ALMUTEN (bu VE VIII). According to Lilly, JU is ALMUTEN.

II. Primary directions

A. SA conj ME

This direction is important because of the square radix SA-ME; also because ME being ruler of ASC, is probably hyleg.

1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result
zodiacal

mundane

D --> Z C Regio-Campa EQU orb -0.19.

B. □MA conj ME

1. parameters

The latitude of the square of Mars is obtained by determining the apparent node of MA, according to the method of Morin de Villefranche [cf. Astrologia Gallica, book XXII, sect. II]

'Moreover, in Book 16, Section I, Chapters 6-8, we have reported the opinions of Ptolemy, Cardan, Bianchini. Schöner, Regiomontanus, Origanus, and Algol about the celestial circle in which the aspects of the planets having latitude must be conceived; then, about their correction when they arc referred to the ecliptic; and we rejected those opinions, and set forth our own in Chapter 9. declaring that the aspects of any planet are conceived to be in that great circle, which from its appearance in the caelum deviates least from the path of the planet, and which we have called the circle of aspects;'' and we have demonstrated the method geometrically, by means of which these aspects may be referred by longitude to the ecliptic with their own latitude.' [Astrologia gallica, XXII, trans. J. Holden]

According to Max Duval, Morin's method consists, in the period of days surrounding the birth, of following on the ephemerids, the evolution of the latitude of the planet whose latitude we want to determine an aspect (radix or directional). The MAX of the latitude must be determined and used as the inclination i of this planet (regardless of its orbital inclination). For instance, taking MA as PM, we have :

L MA = 321.71° AQU. lat (MA) = -1.11° on Copernicus's birth day. Search now the Max lat : we find in ephemeris : -1.13° the May 1 1473. (but we take +1.13° because inclination is always taken as positive).
At this time, we compute the nodal distance of actual latitude with :

Dn = Asin ( tan(-1.11) x tan(|max lat|) ) = 279.94° (with |max lat| = 1.13° )

Then, we find the longitude of the node,

L Dn = M(MA) - Dn (or Dn-180°) = 221.77° SCO

We must know if Dn is increasing or decreasing, and being in the quadrants 0°-90° (90°-180°) or opposite sides (resp. Dn or Dn-180))

Then, we compute the Dn' ray : for instance □MA (90°) from L(MA) = 321.71°

Dn' □MA = L(MA = PM) 321.71° + (ray) 90° - (Dn' ray) 221.77° = 189.94°

So, l□MA = atan( tan(|max lat|) x sin (Dn' □MA) ) = -0.19°.

You must read too the translator's comment of J. H. Holden in Astrologia gallica, book XVI, pp. 55-57 which explains the thoughts of Morin de Villefranche.

But we must take into account that the □MA is not zodiacal but mundane: it means that □MA is not equal to 90 ° in zodiaco; it is equal to 83.28 ° in zodiaco and therefore, the Dn 'ray = 183.22 °. So,  l□MA = -0.06 °.

2. analysis

3. result
zodiacal

mundane

D --> Z D Regio-Campa 1/AR orb 0.08.

Conclusion

We must therefore beware that it is not so obvious that it passes from a basis (in zodiaco) to an other basis (in mundo). If one wants to respect the astronomical 'reality', it is nevertheless what one has to do.

Gonzague Maria Ludovica

Gonzague Maria Ludovica

Marie Louise Gonzaga (Polish: Ludwika Maria; 18 August 1611 – 10 May 1667) was a French princess, noblewoman, the wife of two Polish kings and Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Władysław IV Vasa and John II Casimir, and as such queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. She was born in Nevers to Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine of Guise.

 Morin de Villefranche, Astrologia gallica, liber XXII, p. 554

The great effort put into the stabilization of the economy and the subsequent political disaster rapidly affected the health of the Queen. She was dying knowing the fact that towards the end she was unable to fulfill at least a small part of her ambitious but near impossible plans. Lying on her deathbed, she forbade the servants and guards to call for her husband, who at the time was busy taking part in one of the important Polish parliament sittings. Marie Louise died unexpectedly in Warsaw on 10 May 1667 and was buried in Kraków at Wawel Cathedral.

I. Natal chart

 MO is debilitated (CAP). According Ptolemy, SA is HYLEG ; according Lilly, SU is ALMUTEN.

II. Primary directions

A. MO conj SA

 1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result

D --> Z C Regio-Campa -0.28.

B. □MO conj SU

1. parameters

Morin de Villefranche discusses this topic in Astrologia gallica [liber XXII, sect. II, 554], about how to consider latitudes (about the apparent node of the planets, with respect to the eccentricity of the orbit and the inclination of the trajectory).

2. analysis

3. result
zodiacal

D --> D Regio-Campa 0.31.

mundane

D --> M D Regio-Campa AR orb -0.36.

C. #MA conj SU

As we see, it is a converse mundane ray.

1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result

D --> Regio-Campa 0.08.

D. #SU conj MA (mirror direction)

1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result

D --> Z C Regio-Campa PTO orb -0.23.

Conclusion

The use of latitudes requires (except for MO) the knowledge of apparent nodes. M. Duval speaks of it in his work on means of prognosis in astrology; unfortunately, this implies having ephemeris in the period surrounding the birth in order to precisely locate the apparent north or south node.

Catherine II Russia

Catherine II Russia

Catherine II - 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 – 17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796), also known as Catherine the Great, born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, the country's longest-ruling female leader. She came to power following a coup d'état when her husband, Peter III, was assassinated. Under her reign, Russia was revitalized; it grew larger and stronger, and was recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.

On 16 November [O.S. 5 November] 1796, Catherine rose early in the morning and had her usual morning coffee, soon settling down to work on papers at her study. Her lady's maid, Maria Perekusikhina, had asked the Empress if she had slept well, and Catherine reportedly replied she had not slept so well in a long time. Sometime after 9:00 that morning, Catherine went to her dressing room and collapsed from a stroke while on the toilet. Worried by Catherine's absence, her attendant, Zakhar Zotov, opened the door and peered in. Catherine was sprawled on the floor. Her face appeared purplish, her pulse was weak, and her breathing was shallow and laboured. The servants lifted Catherine from the floor and brought her to the bedroom. Some 45 minutes later, the royal court's Scottish physician, Dr. John Rogerson, arrived and determined that Catherine had suffered a stroke. Despite all attempts to revive the Empress, she fell into a coma from which she never recovered. Catherine was given the last rites and died the following evening around 9:45. An autopsy performed on her body the next day confirmed the cause of death as stroke. [wikipedia]

I. Natal chart

HYLEG is MO (IV). ALMUTEN is SA (Lilly) or VE (Ibn-Ezra and Omar). MA is combust and exile (TAU). JU is exalted (CAN) and ruler of MC (and probably ASC).
Observe a mundane trin between MA-SU and JU and 2 conj between MA, SU and MO, VE.

II. Primary directions

II,1 Catherine the Great came to power following a coup d'état when her husband, Peter III, was assassinated in 1762.

A. the Jupiter rays

There are two directions to consider for JU; the one that SU exchanges with JU : it must be then a zodiacal direction (in principle) as any direction that relates to SU. This is a zodiac direction converse. Then the TRI between SU and VE: this time, it is a converse mundane direction that highlights the TRI joining SU and JU in mundane radix.

A,1. converse ∆JU conj VE

1. compute mundane ∆JU

- mundane Campanus JU = 141.28°
- mundane ∆JU = 21.29°
- zodiacal ∆JU (Campanus) = 40.67° TAU with lat = - 1.09° (JU north node ~ 97.715° CAN (for 1729).

2. parameters

3. analysis

4. result
zodiacal

D --> Z C Regio-Campa EQU orb 0.45.



A,2 SU ∆ JU

As said before, it is a zodiacal ray, according to the fact that SU is on the ecliptic. The rule, therefore, is : for SU and axis, we must use zodiacal rays only (but we may use the latitude of planet, here for instance JU).

1. parameters

 2. analysis

3. result
zodiacal

D --> Z D Regio-Campa EQU orb -0.18.

II,2 death 1796

A. SA opp MO

1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result
zodiacal

D --> Z D Regio-Campa AR orb -0.4.

B. SU conj #MA

 1. parameters

2. analysis

3. result
zodiacal

D --> Z C Regio-Campa 1/EQU orb -0.15.

Conclusion

Ongoing reflections on SU directions and on conversion factors: it is becoming increasingly apparent that these conversion factors (Naibod, AR, EQU, Cardano, etc.) are no more than orbs. extending on either side of PTO. The question is: is PTO = 1 ° invariable or is it subject to variations, perhaps in relation to the extent of the houses? This is why we find in the analysis table a new item RATIO X / I that may allow us to go further in this research.