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Book IV – Astrologia Munda<br />

Appendix III<br />

Appendix III<br />

Concerning the Lots or Parts used in Mundane Astrology from various sources<br />

There are several sources that refer the student of astrology to certain Lots used<br />

exclusively in mundane considerations. Originally, the Hellenistic astrologers<br />

used Lots originating in an earlier Hermetic teaching. These Lots were<br />

particularly genethlialogical in nature. In the Arabic era when mundane<br />

astrology flourished, there appear several Lots concerning dynasties, religions,<br />

their rulers and wars. There is reference made to them by Māshā´allāh, Omar,<br />

Abu Ma’shār, Al Qabisi, Al Biruni 1<br />

and Abi r-Riğāl. These Lots were extracted<br />

and cast at the Revolutions of the Years and at the Conjunctions of the<br />

superiors, Saturn and Jupiter. Following is a Table of these Lots and the method<br />

of their calculation.<br />

Lot Taken from: To Cast out from: By night: Comment<br />

Rulership (1) h d<br />

Rulership (2)<br />

Ascendant of<br />

the<br />

Conjunction 2<br />

The degree of the<br />

Conjunction<br />

283<br />

Ascendant of the<br />

triplicity shift of the<br />

Conjunction<br />

Ascendant of the<br />

annual Revolution<br />

reversed<br />

Lot Taken from: To Cast out from: By night: Comment<br />

The Two Lots: #1 s 15º Leo d<br />

Indicates the<br />

The Two Lots: #2 d 15º Cancer s<br />

same nature of the<br />

king or ruler<br />

same<br />

1 Al Biruni wrote a treatise specifically concerning the Lots and how they worked in practice. Cf Al<br />

Biruni’s Treatise on Astrological Lots – translated and edited by F.I. Haddad, D. Pingree and E.S.<br />

Kennedy (Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, 1, 1984 pp 9-54)<br />

2 This particular lot infers by its significators that a chart of the actual conjunction of the superiors was<br />

cast; i.e. a chart for the moment the superiors were in the same degree. The problem with this is not<br />

knowing what the ancients considered ‘conjunct’. Was it by degree? Was it by degree and minute?

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