The Moon, Dignity and Timing in Horary
The Moon's double role in horary, the void-of-course Moon, Lilly's scoring of essential dignity and the almuten, how the classical rules time an answer, and the considerations before judgement.
Across the traditions
Oracles
TarotThe 78 cards, their history from the Italian courts to the occult revival, and the philosophy behind reading them.3 articlesRunesThe Elder Futhark, the rune poems, wyrd, seidr and the Norse world the runes came from.6 articlesOghamThe Celtic tree alphabet, its twenty letters and the lore of the grove.2 articlesI ChingThe Book of Changes, its sixty-four hexagrams and the ways of casting them.4 articlesAncient EgyptHeka, the funerary books, Osiris and the ritual thought of the Nile.2 articlesGeomancyThe sixteen figures, the shield chart and the medieval art of divining by earth.1 article
Astrology and cycles
Western astrologyNatal charts, horary questions and the classical doctrine from Ptolemy to Lilly.14 articlesVedic astrologyThe sidereal zodiac, the nakshatras and the dasha periods of Jyotish.1 articleBaziThe Four Pillars of Destiny, the day master and the five elements.3 articlesNumerologyNumbers of the name and the birth date, and the cycles they describe.2 articles
Esoteric traditions
KabbalahThe Tree of Life, the sephirot, the paths and the Hebrew letters.1 articleSolomonic traditionThe planetary hours, the Clavicula Salomonis and the grimoire tradition, read historically.3 articlesSacred timeCalendars of the Sun and the Moon, and the festivals different traditions keep.1 articleHermeticismThe Hermetic principles, from the Corpus Hermeticum to The Kybalion.2 articles
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The Rune Poems: Old English, Norwegian and Icelandic Verses and Their Kennings
The three medieval rune poems are the closest we come to a voice from inside the runic tradition. What each one is, why they differ, and how to read their kennings.
Ogham Divination: Yew Rods, Irish Seers and the Modern Reading
What the Irish sources say about druids divining with ogham on yew rods, the other ways early Irish seers sought hidden knowledge, and how a modern ogham reading is laid out.
How to Cast and Read Runes: Tacitus, Layouts, Reversals and Making a Set
What Tacitus really says about Germanic lot-casting, how modern rune layouts work, why reversed runes are a modern convention, and how to make your own set of runes.
Judging a Horary Chart: Houses, Significators and Perfection
How a horary question is assigned to a house, how the wheel is turned for other people's affairs, and how applying aspects, translation, collection, prohibition and refranation decide whether a matter comes about.
Runes in Stone: Runestones, Bind Runes and the Misuse of Runic Signs
Three famous stones (Kylver, Rök, Jelling), what bind runes really were on the old inscriptions, and how some runes were taken over by 20th-century movements.
Egyptian Magic in Practice: Amulets, Papyri, Scribes and the Grimoires
How Egyptian magic actually worked in objects, names and handbooks, how its script shaped our alphabet, and how its papyri reached the European grimoires while tarot's Egyptian past was invented.
What Horary Astrology Is, and Where It Comes From
Horary astrology answers one question from a chart cast for the moment it was asked. Its method, its history from Dorotheus to William Lilly, and why it is the one branch of astrology that can be checked.
How to Consult the I Ching: Casting, Changing Lines and Reading the Text
A practical guide to consulting the I Ching: framing a good question, casting with coins or yarrow, finding changing lines, reading the Judgment and the Image, and reading change rather than fate.