Author: Joseph Crane

Between Fortune and Providence

Dante’s great poem brings the reader through a range of human experience allegorized as a pilgrimage through medieval hell, purgatory, and heaven – and includes much that is familiar to the modern astrologer. This commentary is a valuable resource for those interested in astrology, traditional cosmology, psychology and spirituality.

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Ptolemy’s Digression: Astrology’s Aspects and Musical Intervals

Explores a half-hidden musical rationale for the conventional ancient astrological aspects that appears in Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos I. The number relationships between the aspects do not follow arithmetical patterns so much as the diatonic scale, showing how planets can come into contact based upon their distances from one another.

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Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Legacy

This systematic presentation uncovers many natal and predictive astrological techniques that had been lost for centuries and includes assessing an astrological chart for fame, career, love, and happiness. Ancient natal and predictive methods are applied to the charts and lives of over forty historical and contemporary people.

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A Practical Guide to Traditional Astrology

This short work shows modern astrologers how to apply the astrological ideas and horoscope casting techniques from the western ancient and medieval worlds. Included are surprises about planetary symbolism, houses, aspects, dignities and debilities, lots, and configuration with the Sun.

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