Hellenistic Astrology

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APOCATASTASIS

APOCATASTASIS
Astrological Vision of the Original Ground
and the Eternal Order of Creation

Emil Lips
German Issue: »APOKATASTASIS«, fifth edition, 2016, Lulu Enterprises Inc., ISBN 978-1-291-56087-9

Emil Lips, »APOCATASTASIS«
2nd revised and expanded edition, 2016 (Color Edition)
Translated from the German by Julian Maxwell-Stuart
494 illustrations, 106 tables, 155 citations
Design by Emil Lips
www.apocatastasis.ch, [email protected]
© 2016 by Emil Lips
All rights reserved
First published in English, 2013
Print: Lulu Enterprises Inc. 860 Aviation Parkway Suite 300 Morrisville, NC 27560 USA
ISBN 978-1-291-90721-6
Contents
CONTENTS
SYMBOLS 10
INTRODUCTION 11
1 PLANETS 16

1.1 ASTRONOMY 17
1.2 MYTHOLOGY 26
1.3 ASTROLOGY 27
1.4 EARTH u / v 31
1.4.1 MYTHOLOGY u 34
1.4.2 ASTROLOGY u 36
1.4.2.1 EQUATORIAL COORDINATES 37
1.4.2.2 ECLIPTIC COORDINATES 38
1.4.2.2.1 MEANING OF THE ZODIAC SIGNS 40
1.4.2.3 TOPOCENTRIC COORDINATES 43
1.4.2.4 HOUSES 48
1.4.2.4.1 THE HOUSES PROBLEM 49
1.4.2.4.2 ERRORS IN LATITUDE 49
1.4.2.4.3 PROJECTION VIA THE ECLIPTIC POLES 50
1.4.2.4.4 PROJECTION VIA THE CELESTIAL POLE 59
1.4.2.4.5 PROJECTION VIA THE NORTH POINT 62
1.4.2.4.6 PROJECTION VIA THE ZENITH 64
1.4.2.4.7 PROJECTION VIA THE EAST POINT 65
1.4.2.4.8 TEMPORAL HOUSE SYSTEMS 66
1.4.2.4.9 SUMMING UP 68
1.4.2.4.10 MEANING OF THE HOUSES 71
1.4.2.5 THE ASPECTS 73
1.4.2.6 DEPICTION IN THE DIAGRAM 76
1.4.2.7 CALCULATION 77
1.4.2.8 THE CURRENT CALCULATION VERSUS THE
UNIFORM CALCULATION 81
1.5 MOON (cid:69) 85
1.5.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:69) 86
1.5.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:69) 87
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1.6 MERCURY (cid:70) 88
1.6.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:70) 89
1.6.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:70) 90
1.7 VENUS (cid:71) 91
1.7.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:71) 92
1.7.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:71) 93
1.8 MARS (cid:72) 94
1.8.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:72) 95
1.8.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:72) 96
1.9 JUPITER (cid:73) 97
1.9.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:73) 98
1.9.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:73) 99
1.10 SATURN (cid:74) 100
1.10.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:74) 101
1.10.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:74) 102
1.11 URANUS (cid:75) 103
1.11.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:75) 105
1.11.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:75) 106
1.12 NEPTUNE (cid:76) 107
1.12.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:76) 109
1.12.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:76) 110
1.13 PLUTO (cid:83) 111
1.13.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:77) 113
1.13.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:77) 114
1.14 FAUNUS (cid:78) 115
1.14.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:78) 115
1.14.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:78) 121
1.15 IUSTITIA (cid:79) 122
1.15.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:79) 122
1.15.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:79) 125
1.16 SUN (cid:68) 126
1.16.1 MYTHOLOGY (cid:68) 128
1.16.2 ASTROLOGY (cid:68) 130
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2 DIGNITIES AND DEBILITIES 132

2.1 ESSENTIAL DIGNITIES 134
2.2 THEMA MUNDI 137
2.3 DOMICILE 140
2.3.1 TRANS-SATURNIAN PLANETS 142
2.3.2 MISSING PIECES 145
2.3.2.1 SYMMETRICAL SEQUENCE OF PLANETS 146
2.3.2.2 CONFLICT OF RULERS 147
2.3.3 SYMMETRICAL STRUCTURES 154
2.3.4 TRUE DOMICILES 156
2.3.5 EXILE 157
2.4 SECOND DOMICILE 158
2.4.1 SECOND EXILE 161
2.5 EXALTATION 162
2.5.1 EXALTATION OF THE TRANSSATURNIANS 164
2.5.1.1 THE LONG DETOUR 167
2.5.1.2 SUN-SATURN-SWITCH 169
2.5.2 TRUE EXALTATIONS 170
2.5.2.1 DEGREES OF EXALTATION 171
2.5.3 FALL 177
2.6 TRIPLICITY 178
2.7 PEREGRINE 179
2.8 SEVEN PLANET DIGNITIES 180
2.8.1 DOUBLE DIGNITY SERIES 184
2.8.2 OCTAVE SERIES 186
2.8.3 SEQUENCE OF TWIN SIGNS 187
2.9 LAWS OF THE DIGNITIES 189
2.10 COURSE OF THE DIGNITIES 192
2.11 STRENGTH OF THE DIGNITIES 194
2.12 COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DIGNITIES 198
2.13 MEANING OF THE DIGNITIES 207
2.14 ERRORS IN THE TRADITION 208
2.15 QUESTIONS STILL OPEN 208
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3 BINARY ONTOLOGY 210

3.1 THEORY OF EVERYTHING 211
3.2 FRACTALS 213
3.3 CHINESE COSMOLOGY 214
3.4 RANKINGS OF THE PLANETS 216
3.5 MOVEMENT Ú 217
3.5.1 THE MOVING Û 220
3.5.2 THE MOVED Ù 221
3.6 SUBSTANCE z 222
3.6.1 THE SOFT x 226
3.6.2 THE HARD y 227
3.7 SATCIT(cid:406)NANDA
3.7.1 ONTOS (BEING) 230
3.7.2 FUNCTIONS OF BEING (cid:258) 233
3.7.2.1 LOGOS (cid:259) 236
3.7.2.2 EROS (cid:260) 238
3.8 THE PRIMAL DUALITIES 240
3.8.1 CUBE 243
3.8.1.1 TETRARCHS 244
3.8.1.2 FUNCTIONS 245
3.8.2 SHELLS 246
3.8.3 WHEELS 248
3.8.4 COINS 249
3.8.5 HIERARCHY 250
3.8.5.1 UNITY (20) Š 250
3.8.5.2 MOVEMENT (21) Ú 252
3.8.5.3 SUBSTANCE (22) z 253
3.8.5.4 FUNCTION (23) (cid:258) 254
3.8.5.5 DIVERSITY (cid:146) 255
3.8.6 YÌ J(cid:430)NG 256
3.8.6.1 HEAVEN 258
3.8.6.2 EARTH 259
3.8.6.3 MAN 261
3.8.6.4 PARALLELS - YÌ J(cid:430)NG AND ASTROLOGY 264
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3.9 PAIR FORMATION 265
3.9.1 FRIENDS 268
3.9.1.1 SIBLINGS 268
3.9.1.2 TWINS 271
3.9.1.3 SIBLING-TWINS 296
3.9.2 ENEMIES 297
3.9.2.1 OPPONENTS 297
3.9.2.2 TWINS-OPPONENTS 301
3.9.2.3 SIBLINGS-OPPONENTS 302
3.9.3 STRANGERS 303

4 QUINTESSENCE 306

4.1 THE FUNCTIONS IN THEMSELVES 308
4.2 USE OF TERMS 310
4.3 THE FUNCTIONS IN MANIFESTATION 312
4.4 ZODIAC SIGNS 314
4.4.1 SUBSTANCE z 314
4.4.2 MOVEMENT Ú 315
4.4.3 FUNCTIONS (cid:258) 316
4.4.4 DISTRIBUTION OF FORCES 318
4.5 ASPECTS 319
4.6 HOUSES 320
4.7 GOLDEN RULE 322
4.8 PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE 328

5 ADDENDUM 330

5.1 ASTRONOMICAL TABLES 330
5.2 GLOSSARY 333
5.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY 334
5.4 LIST OF FIGURES 339
5.5 LIST OF TABLES 344
5.6 LIST OF QUOTATIONS 346
5.7 LIST OF HOUSE SYSTEMS 348
5.8 INDEX OF NAMES 351
5.9 INDEX 351

5.10 INDEX OF SYNONYMS 351
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Symbols
SYMBOLS

PLANETS1 The Absolute Š
Earth u / v Movement Ú
Moon2 b The Moving Û
Mercury c The Moved Ù
Venus d Substance z
Mars e Soft x (World of Life)
Jupiter f Hard y (Space-Time Continuum)
Saturn3 g Function (cid:258)
Uranus3 h Logos (cid:259)
Neptune i Eros (cid:260)
Pluto4 j
Faunus5 k Intuition (cid:277)
Iustitia5 l Ratio (cid:274)
Sun2 a Feeling (cid:275)
ZODIAC SIGNS Instinct (cid:276)
Aries (Ram) A
Taurus (Bull) B Decision (cid:70)
(cid:73)
Gemini (Twins) C Knowledge (cid:79)
(cid:76)
Cancer (Crab) D Action (cid:72)
(cid:71)
Leo (Lion) E Experience (cid:77)
(cid:78)
Virgo (Maiden) F
Libra (Scales) (cid:88) Lights of Life / Soft Tetrarchs (cid:273)
Scorpio (Scorpion) H Causal Forces / Hard Tetrarchs (cid:278)
Sagittarius (Archer) I (cid:3)
Capricorn (Goat) J Degree °
Aquarius (Waterbearer) K Arc minute '
Pisces (Fishes) L Arc second "
Table 0-1: Commonly used symbols

1 Greek: wandering stars. In this book this term refers to (cid:69), (cid:70), (cid:71), (cid:72), (cid:73), (cid:74), (cid:75), (cid:76), (cid:77), (cid:78),
(cid:79) and (cid:68).
2 Known in astrology as the Light of Life.
3 Also named Causal Forces in this book.
4 Pluto has been classed as a dwarf planet by astronomers (IAU) since 24th August 2006,
but in this book it is treated like the other planets.
5 Hypothetical planetary principle (astrological Higgs particle).
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