Episode 280 features a lecture by astrologer Chris Brennan, who provides an overview of the history and spread of western astrology over the past 4,000 years.
The talk begins with the astrological traditions of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, then traces the development of astrology through the Hellenistic, Medieval, Renaissance, and modern periods.
This is based on what Chris has been lecturing at conferences since 2006, that Uranus-Neptune conjunctions historically coincide with periods of great transmission and revival of older forms of astrology, which are then synthesized with the dominant paradigm of the time.
Part of the purpose of the talk is to contextualize current trends in our time and the recent revival of older forms of astrology.
Chris recently spoke with Kirah Taburn about the latest on The Astrology Show podcast revival of traditional astrology in modern timesand if you want to learn more about traditional awakenings, this episode of The Astrology Podcast would be great to watch.
This episode is available in audio and video versions below.
Time signs
Here are some timestamps for the topics covered at various points in the episode:
00:00:00 Login
00:02:36 Mesopotamia
00:07:44 Invention of Natal Astrology
00:16:21 Egypt (Decans)
00:20:58 Conquest of Alexander the Great
00:24:23 The emergence of Hellenistic astrology
00:32:04 Thema Mundi, Rulerships
00:36:19 Aspects
00:37:42 Houses
00:39:08 Planetary joys
00:41:45 Elements and Zodiac
00:43:00 House signs
00:44:48 The core of the new system
00:47:00 The Roman Empire in the 2nd century AD
00:47:42 Transmission to Persia and India
00:51:40 The end of the Hellenistic tradition
00:54:20 The expansion of the Islamic empire
00:55:17 Early medieval astrology
01:01:30 Four traditional branches
01:05:34 Light transmission
01:06:51 Late Medieval Horoscope
01:12:10 Astrology of the Renaissance
01:17:12 Late Traditional Astrology
01:23:30 Astrological decline
01:29:06 Rebirth in the 20th century
01:33:12 Modern astrology
01:43:00 Revival of traditional astrology
01:54:33 Uranus Neptune conjunctions
01:59:30 Historical timeline
02:05:03 The value of studying tradition
02:10:40 Current recovery
02:15:40 Contribution of each tradition
02:21:58 Hermetic nature of astrology
02:26:25 Future
02:32:34 Further reading
02:36:10 Final words
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