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Hellenistic astrology chart

Your chart read the way of Valens and Dorotheus: sect, whole-sign houses, dignities with the Egyptian bounds, the lots, your profection year and zodiacal releasing.

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Day, month, year — e.g. 07/03/1987.

The lots, the houses and the sect need the exact birth time: the rising sign changes about every two hours.

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What the Hellenistic chart shows

Hellenistic astrology is the oldest fully preserved form of horoscopic astrology. Its authors read a chart by sect, by the dignity of each planet in its sign, and by the lots, and they timed life with annual profections and zodiacal releasing.

AstroSensus calculates this chart from the same tropical positions as its Western chart. It does not interpret it with AI: it shows the calculation and names every convention it uses.

What you get

  • Sect and dignities

    Day or night chart, domicile, exaltation, triplicity, Egyptian bound and face of every planet.

  • The lots

    Fortune, Spirit and the five other Hermetic lots.

  • Time lords

    The profection year with its lord and zodiacal releasing from Fortune and Spirit.

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Questions about the traditional chart

What is Hellenistic astrology?

The astrology written in Greek in the Roman Empire from about the 1st century BCE to the 7th century CE, by authors such as Dorotheus of Sidon, Vettius Valens and Ptolemy. It uses the seven visible planets, whole-sign houses, sect, lots and time-lord techniques.

What are annual profections?

Each year of life the Ascendant moves one whole sign. The sign reached in a year, and its ruler, the lord of the year, are read for that year of life.

What is zodiacal releasing?

A timing technique of Vettius Valens: periods of years and months that start from the Lot of Fortune or Spirit and move through the signs, each sign lasting a fixed number of years.

Is this different from my Western chart?

The planets are in the same places. The traditional reading uses only the seven visible planets, whole-sign houses and older rules of dignity and timing.