In Mundo Aspects in Astrological Interpretation

Mundane or in-mundo aspects are one of the most sophisticated tools in an astrologer’s toolbox. Used by both sidereal and tropical astrologers, they allow you to see a chart in two dimensions, not just one. The use of mundane aspects will allow you to see the hidden aspects you'll miss when looking at a chart only in the ecliptic system. This lecture provides an introduction to mundane aspects and explains how they are used in astrological interpretation. The lecture includes the use of a speculum and two chart examples.

[@chrisknutson31]

This was excellent. Very well-explained, Ken.

[@vickiebartman6553]

Ken, over the years I have learned much (and continue to learn) from you. Greatly enjoyed this video and your Clearly Explained delineation techniques. Well done!!

[@barbarawinkler2067]

YOWZA! Ken! This was brilliantly illuminating. Only difficulty was slightly fuzzy Speculum visibility on my 10" Kindle. Now I'm gung ho to take a look at Mundane charts. Cheers! Barbara

[@TonyLouis9345]

Astro.com cites historical records which indicate the Aug 15 date for Napoleon is really that of his brother. Here is the quote: "Although Napoleon's Birthday is recognized as Aug 15 - indeed, his true birthday is Jan 7 1768, Corte, Corsica. His father was going to send him to military school in France but Napoleon was too old, so his father took his brother Joseph's birthday of Aug 15 1769 and switched so that Napoleon could enter Brienne. This is substantiated by historical records in Corsica where Joseph was born on Aug 15 and the child Napoleon was actually born on Jan 7."

[@kennethbowser6783]

This has been handed around for years but it's a lot like whether Shakespeare's great plays were written by Francis Bacon: interesting and tantalizing but nothing is there. The most modern and complete work on Napoleon that I've read, "Napoleon," by Andrew Roberts (New York: Viking- Penguin, 2014) makes no mention of this rumor in 926 extraordinarily detailed pages, although it mentions in excruciating detail all sorts of minutia regarding his family life, personal life and military exploits that I was surprised to see. I didn't take issue with Worsdale's base time (9:45 am), that I think he rectified, but privately I do. That is, he rectified it to 9:51:40 am, but I think the 9:45 time was also doctored. I think Napoleon was probably born between 10:12 and 10:13 am, maybe 10:13:30 because his primary directions work so well then. For example, the neighborhood of that time makes his Jupiter rise by primary direction for 18th Brumaire when he secured control of the government of France in 1799, at the age of 30, which is outrageous and unheard of in a modern bastion of high civilization like France. For the primary direction to Neptune you get his defeat in Russia in 1812 with subsequent trouble at home; and for the primary direction to Mars in 1815 you get his defeat at Waterloo and subsequent trouble afterward. Primaries have great power for about six months; some people think longer. For a 10:13 am birthtime you get a RAMC of 7h 49m 13s. Spica, the alpha star in Virgo, rose with 7h 49m 20s. Spica is a massively auspicious star. The major point I wanted to make with this video is that Napoleon had two close paran squares between the Sun and Jupiter AND another close one between Jupiter and the Moon. I didn't carry on about the birth time because the point was somebody born that morning (8/15/1769) at Ajaccio, Corsica has those things and somebody born in mid-morning as per the Worsdale time has a close Moon-Jupiter situation in mundo; and since there is no Moon-Jupiter situation in zodiaco then, it tends in my mind to narrow the time, and the primaries and Spica narrow it still more. Alpheratz, the alpha star in Andromedae, another distinctly lucky star, set with a RAMC of 7h 49m 40s at Ajaccio that day. He was described as gloomy and morose by his teachers but brilliant as one might expect with Saturn at the midheaven and Virgo rising. Sidereal Virgo, in my experience, has by far the strongest intellect of all the signs, followed by Gemini. There is also a rumor that Napoleon consulted an astrologer in 1812 before he left for Russia and that she warned him that whatever he had in mind to reconsider it because, in her opinion, it was ill-advised. That sounds reasonable and mysterious in a tantalizing manner, but I put it in the same category as the rumor that his birth data are not 8/15/1769. K.B.

[@adware44]

@@kennethbowser6783 was there any mention about Napoleon celebrated his birthday on August 15th?