William Lilly - English Astrolger 1602 - 1681
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Being that the current transits are squaring up again… let’s take a break from all the redundant news of it… and just for the fun and the curiosity of it… let’s make a chart occurring in the 17th Century, using techniques of that time… with seven planets, and an equal house system… let’s time trip now… back to another squared up time…
I often refer to the great 17th Century astrologer William Lilly and his prediction of the Great Fire of London of 1666, 14 years before it happened… and how he was a suspect and was put on trial for it …and was acquitted due to lack of evidence and possible intervention by royalty. The history is recorded, thus we have an accurate date, location, and time of the event.
How did Bill do it? …well, let’s pretend that we are him some hot muggy August night …in say 1652 …he can’t sleep …so he lights a few lamps, pours a goblet of wine, and sits in his studio tinkering with some transits and progression charts into the future… just for the fun of it… it’s just what bored astrologers do sometimes… and he calculates… and draws up chart #1666-9-2 …14 years into the future, maybe he's researching a half cycle of the 28 year Saturn transit? …his eyes widen and he mutters,
“Whoa! …note thee, all the squares! Harsh times for the populace as signaled by the Moon square to Saturn and the beauty Venus, the fair capital, London, in the homes by the 4th House… and from? …Median Coli… Aries… Mars ruled… ergo, fire… humm, this bodes ill… indeed…”
The outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto had not yet been discovered and Bill Lilly was only working with seven planets… yet it’s all there!
The personal planets of Moon (populace) at 20 degrees of Libra (ruled by Venus)… and Venus (glamorous city) are conjunct the 4th House (homes) cusp at 13 degrees of Libra (Venus, fair city) and are square to the Ascendant/Descendant axis at 13 degrees of Cancer (Moon/populace ruled) and the Descendant is conjunct to Saturn at 14 degrees of Capricorn (Saturn ruled, harsh influence, authorities)…
…all within 13-14 degree locations, with less than one degree separation, thus a very tight and powerful triple square to the 4th House (home) and the 7th (open enemies – the fire)..
…and the theme is repeated by the 13 degrees of Cancer Moon (populace) ruled Ascendant opposition… Three of the Planets are in the signs they rule and are thus a very strong influence)… Venus – Libra (fair city) Mars – Scorpio (fire, ruin) and Saturn – Capricorn (Harsh results) …a classic keyword read!
Mars (fire) is at 13 degrees of Scorpio (Mars is co-ruler today and in those days Mars ruled both Aries and Scorpio)… again 13 degrees! …this just adds fuel to the fire… Mars sextiles the Sun at 9 degrees of Virgo and Saturn at 14 degrees of Capricorn… but in this case these easy aspects (also Sun trine Saturn) are over powered by the squares and thus they become negative… as they help the quick spread of the fire once it has started.
…So, Bill noted down the prognostication of a possible great fire in London 14 years into the future… it happened, and he became even more famous… and even infamous during his trumped up trial…
Today Billy Lilly would be really good at predicting basketball games… I got four win bets out of five during the Los Angeles Lakers – Orlando Magic playoffs, to include the final Championship game last season… using his predictive techniques!
I often refer to the great 17th Century astrologer William Lilly and his prediction of the Great Fire of London of 1666, 14 years before it happened… and how he was a suspect and was put on trial for it …and was acquitted due to lack of evidence and possible intervention by royalty. The history is recorded, thus we have an accurate date, location, and time of the event.
How did Bill do it? …well, let’s pretend that we are him some hot muggy August night …in say 1652 …he can’t sleep …so he lights a few lamps, pours a goblet of wine, and sits in his studio tinkering with some transits and progression charts into the future… just for the fun of it… it’s just what bored astrologers do sometimes… and he calculates… and draws up chart #1666-9-2 …14 years into the future, maybe he's researching a half cycle of the 28 year Saturn transit? …his eyes widen and he mutters,
“Whoa! …note thee, all the squares! Harsh times for the populace as signaled by the Moon square to Saturn and the beauty Venus, the fair capital, London, in the homes by the 4th House… and from? …Median Coli… Aries… Mars ruled… ergo, fire… humm, this bodes ill… indeed…”
The outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto had not yet been discovered and Bill Lilly was only working with seven planets… yet it’s all there!
The personal planets of Moon (populace) at 20 degrees of Libra (ruled by Venus)… and Venus (glamorous city) are conjunct the 4th House (homes) cusp at 13 degrees of Libra (Venus, fair city) and are square to the Ascendant/Descendant axis at 13 degrees of Cancer (Moon/populace ruled) and the Descendant is conjunct to Saturn at 14 degrees of Capricorn (Saturn ruled, harsh influence, authorities)…
…all within 13-14 degree locations, with less than one degree separation, thus a very tight and powerful triple square to the 4th House (home) and the 7th (open enemies – the fire)..
…and the theme is repeated by the 13 degrees of Cancer Moon (populace) ruled Ascendant opposition… Three of the Planets are in the signs they rule and are thus a very strong influence)… Venus – Libra (fair city) Mars – Scorpio (fire, ruin) and Saturn – Capricorn (Harsh results) …a classic keyword read!
Mars (fire) is at 13 degrees of Scorpio (Mars is co-ruler today and in those days Mars ruled both Aries and Scorpio)… again 13 degrees! …this just adds fuel to the fire… Mars sextiles the Sun at 9 degrees of Virgo and Saturn at 14 degrees of Capricorn… but in this case these easy aspects (also Sun trine Saturn) are over powered by the squares and thus they become negative… as they help the quick spread of the fire once it has started.
…So, Bill noted down the prognostication of a possible great fire in London 14 years into the future… it happened, and he became even more famous… and even infamous during his trumped up trial…
Today Billy Lilly would be really good at predicting basketball games… I got four win bets out of five during the Los Angeles Lakers – Orlando Magic playoffs, to include the final Championship game last season… using his predictive techniques!
But... his techniques aren’t as good for baseball… Arizona Diamondbacks 4 - Los Angeles Dodgers 1… pooh, lost that bet… oh, well… back to the lab… humm, maybe with Vedic astrology?…
…we shall see…
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lilly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
http://www.astro.com/
…we shall see…
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lilly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
http://www.astro.com/
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