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Getting Started With Rectification: Trutine of Hermes and Animodar

by Tho mas

April 25, 2009 Chart rectif ication can be a very involved process. Quite of ten a birth certif icate has a time that is either on the hour or half hour. It is sure to be rounded, as the chances of being born exactly at these times is possible but highly unlikely. How does one begin? Where can one f ind a basic orientation? One possibility is to use the Trutine of Hermes as a f irst step. I would like to demonstrate this technique with a chart f rom my f iles (it is not my own). T he Trutine of Hermes has as a working premise that the placement of the Moon at the time of birth is that of the Ascendant at conception, and that the degree of the Ascendant at birth is that of the Moon at conception. But how does one f ind the date of conception? Lilly discusses the method on pp.502-505 of his Christian Astrology. 1. First we need to locate the Moon in the unrectif ied chart, let us call it the base chart. Is it above or below the horizon? 2. Next we need to calculate the distance f rom Moon to Ascendant (if the Moon is under the horizon) and f rom Moon to Descendant (if the Moon is above the horizon) 3. Af ter that we ref er to the table provided by Lilly (If the Moon is above the horizon every twelve degrees between Moon and Descendant is incremented by a day, beginning with 258 days gestation. If the Moon is below the horizon each 12 degrees between Moon and Ascendant is incremented by one day, beginning with a gestation period of 273 days you can ref er to the article T he Moon and Gestation here at Altair Astrology f or more detail) 4. Once we have the number of days of gestation we need to f ind the day. Convert the birth date into the Julian day and then subtract the gestation period, then convert this Julian Day back to the Georgian date. T he Calendar Converter at f ourmilab can do this, but most astrology sof tware should have this f unction. 5. Once we have the date we can ref er to an ephemeris and see if the Moon is indeed near the Ascendant degree of the base chart. 6. If it is, then we can use the rectif y f unction of our astrology programme to enter the Moons position as the Ascendant f or the day f ound. 7. What is the Moons position f or the conception chart? We note this, then we recalculate our base chart with this degree as the Ascendant and note what the birth time would be f or this new position. In f act this chart is now our new base chart and we can use it f or checking primary directions. Now f or the example. T his is f or a base chart with a birthdate of April 6, 1959. T he time is 4:00 GMT 10e59 49n28. T he Ascendant is at 18 Pisces 19, the Moon at 23 Pisces 37. T his is all we need to know. 1. T he Moon is below the horizon 2. T he distance f rom Moon to Ascendant is 5 deg 18 minutes 3. T his distance is closest to 0 signs 0 degrees f rom the Ascendant. T he gestation period is 273 days 4. Convert April 6, 1959 into the Julian date = 2436664. Subtract 273. 2436664 273 = 2436391. Convert back to the Georgian date. T his is July 6, 1958

5. Ref er to ephemeris. On July 6, 1958 at midnight the Moon was at 10 Pisces 17 . T his is close to the degree of the Ascendant and worth pursuing f urther. 6. Using the rectif ication f unction of my sof tware I place 23 Pisces 37 on the Ascendant f or July 6, 1958. T he Moon is at 21 Pisces 26 7. Still using my rectif ication f unction I adjust the Ascendant of my base chart to 21 Pisces 26 (I make sure I have the base chart! ). 8. T his gives a birth time of 4:05 GMT, which is about 5 minutes f rom the birth time of the base chart. T his is a reasonable time to use as a new birth time. Now I can begin looking at the primary directions f or selected events Once we have an adjusted time using the Trutine of Hermes it is a good idea to check it using the Animodar. T his is a very quick check as all we have to do is see what degree the Moon was at the syzygy (i.e. New or Full Moon) bef ore birth. In the chart used above the previous Full Moon was on March 24, 1959. It was at 3 Libra 26. T his inf ormation can also be f ound in an ephemeris. Which planet has the most dignities at 3 Libra? Both Venus and Saturn are candidates. (Venus in domicile, Saturn by exaltation and term) Now in the base chart both Venus and Saturn are strong. If we check their positions we f ind Venus at 19 Taurus and Saturn at 6 Capricorn. Now 19 degrees is close to (and between) both the base Ascendant (18 degrees Pisces) and the adjusted Ascendant at 21 Pisces. So our adjusted Ascendant is a good base. I have ignored Saturn as his degree is neither close to Ascendant or Midheaven of the base chart. In the next article I will do some of the initial calculations f or primary directions f or the adjusted birthtime of our example. About these ads