Judicial astrology

Judicial Astrology is the ancient classical art of forecasting future events by calculation of the planetary and stellar bodies and their relationship to the Earth.

Judicial Astrology is concerned with celestial conditions, and their alleged influences on events that have widespread consequences on the lives of whole populations. The oldest known form of astrology, it gave birth to a wide variety of the applied sciences that investigate the human connection to the earth and cosmos. Judicial and Natural astrology is claimed to have given birth to the sciences of astronomy , biology, botany, chemistry, medicine, cosmology, and physics, among other applied sciences. Its practicioners studied the symbolic relationships of the constellations and planets to the Earth, and invented the tools of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry used in mathematics.

Description & classical history

Judicial and Natural astrology appear to be the first known forms of ancient astrology. While natural astrology figured in the technical aspects of the science in the forecasting of weather, and daily effects of the influences of stellar bodies; judicial astrology focussed on the interpretation of the celestial transits and forecast their effects on individuals, groups, and nations. Theology formed out of judicial and natural astrology, as many world religions continue to be heavily influenced by the ancient texts and astrological symbols in the major world religions of Buddhist,Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Hindu cultures, among others.

The classical judicial astrologers employed complex mathematical systems to determine the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, constellations and individual stars relative to the earth to correlate the past, present and future in the physical, and metaphysical environments on earth. They based prediction on only two factors: (1) correct mathematical calculation of the motions and positions of the planets and stars, and, (2) a prophetic spirit derived from God the Creator, by which their configurations could be correctly interpreted by certain inspired human beings. This ancient principle was restated in the second century by the judicial astrologer Claudius Ptolemy, considered to be the father of Western Astrology.

Modern Judicial Astrology & skeptical treatment

Today, judicial astrology is referred to as mundane, or political, astrology; however, according to the classicists, mundane astrology is but a single branch of judicial astrology. Another branch is genethliacal natal astrology or, the casting and interpretation of birth horoscopes of individuals and families. The classical astrologers had for their study a large database of observations of cycles and patterns relevent to events in the lives of nation, cultures, groups and individuals.

Skeptics of astrology state if interpeting the celestial influences were actually real; it could be proved by the tools of material science. Astrologers say that the tools of rational science have not developed to the point of being in a position to "prove" anything relating to the direct influences of the celestial bodies to life on earth. The classicists considered judicial astrology to be of greater validity than genethliacal; since its predictions are based on firmer scientific foundation, and more likely to be correct. To the skeptics, as far as judicial astrology and natural astrology is concerned, the classical astrologers stated that if the positions of heavenly bodies can be accurately correlated with events on earth, then the explaination of why these correlations are correct is not relevant, while the skeptics maintain that no such correlations have ever been established. Astrologers maintain that detractors who have not practiced, nor studied scientific astrology cannot state anything on astrology until they study and practice scientific astrology themselves.

Branches of Judicial Astrology

• Electional astrology
• Natal astrology
• Mundane astrology
• Meteorological astrology
• Medical astrology

One modern form of judicial astrology called Western astrology; originated in large part from the work of the Arabian astrologer Abou-Ryhan.

Judicial Astrologers of Note

• Abraham
• Nostradamus
• Tycho Brahe
• Hipparchus
• Claudius Ptolemy
• Porphyry
• Regiomontanus
• Johannes Campanus
• Nicolai Copernicus
• Tycho Brahe
• Francis Bacon (Shakesphere)
• John Dee
• William Lily
• Johann Kepler
• Galileo Galilei
• Placidus
• Nicholas Culpeper
• Isaac Newton
• Vivian Robson
• Dane Rudhyar
• Marc Edmund Jones

Keywords

• Astrology
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Trigonometry
• Conjunction
• Sextile
• Square
• Opposition

Sources

• Precepts in Mundane Astrology, Frederic Van Norstrand (1962)
• The Modern TextBook of Astrology, Margaret E. Hone (1951)
• Hebrew Astrology and Hindu Astrolgy, by Sepharial
• Electional Astrology, by Vivian Robson (1937)
• An Intoduction to Political Astrology, by Charles E.O. Carter (1951)
• The Nostradamus Code, by David Ovason (1997)
• The Secret Zodiac, by Fred Gettings (1987)