Hipparchus and the Discovery of Precession
How a Greek astronomer in the 2nd century BCE noticed the sky itself was moving — and what his discovery meant for the astrological tradition that followed.
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Field Notes
On technique, the current sky, and the practice of reading the chart.
Vettius Valens and the Anthology
The most detailed astrological manual to survive from the ancient world — and the unusually candid astrologer who wrote it.
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The original house system of Hellenistic astrology — how it works, where it came from, and why it makes the chart easier to read.
Read the piece →Celestial Weather: February 2026
Saturn enters Aries for the first time in thirty years, Venus reaches exaltation in Pisces, and a solar eclipse closes out the Aquarius season. A month of real shifts.
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