#Gemini people are curious and intelligent communicators. In the coming days, Gemini should focus on their emotional intelligence and try to understand other people's perspectives better
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#Taurus people are reliable and hardworking. In the coming days, Taurus should focus on their creativity and try to explore new hobbies or interests.
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#Taurus is attached to nature, enjoys being surrounded by organic materials and tends to put all his attention on the present moment. He is determined and persistently shows up for his commitments. His way of leading a routine life gives him stability.
#taurus has a pragmatic personality, they see the world for what it is in material terms. He puts his opinions through a realist filter and his logic is completely objective.
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Hellenistic Astrology didn’t even begin with the Hellenists 😆
The Ptolemaic pharaohs (decedents of the general who took control of Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great) developed a national obsession with learning. So they made the city of Alexandria—this international hub of knowledge that welcomed experts in any field from any nation.
This is where the rich traditions of Babylonian and Egyptian astrology met and were refined into the unified, principles-driven system that, eventually, the Romans would to obsess over.
The ancient Sumerians (who predated the Babylonians) are the ones who kicked off horoscopic astrology. They used the Tropical Zodiac.
But actually, not at first. The earliest archeological records show lopsided charts where the first astrologers were attempting to divide the zodiac by the constellations. But not after long, this practice was entirely abandoned—as the Sumerians refined their command of mathematics.
It became evident to astrologers that the fixed stars were not influencing the planets—but something else. Numerology.
So the Sumerians made a total and permanent shift to a symmetrical, geometry-based zodiac (the same system used by the succeeding Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and Egyptians). This ushered in a golden age of astrology, from which we have hundreds of intricately carved, clay discs that were kept as records.
Astrology is basically just numerology in the form of sacred geometry—a 360-degree construct divided into twelve, perfect segments with wandering points along that wheel that form special angles to each other (aspects).
It kind of makes sense since we have been flying in the dark for ~1,500 years (until just digging up this lost knowledge)—but even so, I bet our ancient predecessors would be confused why people begin to revert back to fixating on the constellations when the elegant numerology is right there.
[This is not to discount the accuracy of astrological traditions that utilize the various siderreal zodiacs. It just seems that those astrologers have created extra work for themselves—like mathematicians who take the long way to solve a problem.]
Agreed, it was the gathering of cultures that happened through Alexander the greats unification of empires that allowed scholars to put all the knowledge together in the greek language that makes hellenistic astrology the gate to astrology for the west
Firdaria is now a cornerstone of my astrological practice thanks to Dr. Olomi’s wonderful translations and lectures. I’ve waited years for it to be fully+accurately reconstructed, I hope more astrologers utilize it because wow it sets the tone so much in timing predictions.