From Here to There

M Davis Ed.

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This is the long awaited follow-up to Astrolocality Astrology - in which the author starts with the history of locality astrology, telling its story from ancient Babylonia to modern times. He then introduces essential works from contemporary astrologers who are utilising locality techniques today. This is a brilliant opportunity to learn from notable astrologers like: Bernadette Brady, Kathryn Cassidy, Faye Cossar, Donna Cunningham, Robert Currey, Dennis Flaherty, Arielle Guttman, A.Tad Mann, Chris McRae, David Meadows, Dale O'Brien, Angel Thompson and Maya White.

Sujets

• Astrology

Informations

• Publié par: The Wessex Astrologer Ltd
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781910531129
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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FROM HERE TO THERE
An Astrologer s Guide to Astromapping
Edited by Martin Davis
The Wessex Astrologer
Published in 2008 by
The Wessex Astrologer Ltd
4A Woodside Road
Bournemouth
BH5 2AZ
England
www.wessexastrologer.com
Copyright Martin Davis
ISBN 9781902405278
A catalogue record of this book is available at The British Library
Cover design by Iris de Leeuw
Printed and bound in the UK by Biddles Ltd, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
Astro*Carto*Graphy (A*C*G) and Cyclo*Carto*Graphy (C*C*G) are registered trademarks of Jim Lewis.
Local Space (LS) is a registered trademark of Matrix Software.
Most of the charts and maps used herein are from Horizons, the mapping software by Matrix Software, Big Rapids, MI, USA.
The A*C*G maps in Chapter 4 were created by Robert Currey
The Geodetic World map, page 114 , is from Kepler Software, Cosmic Patterns, Gainesville, FL, USA
The Local Space Compass, page 211 , and LS global view, page 212 , are from Solar Maps, Esoteric Technologies, Australia.
Martin Davis can be contacted through his website:
www.astrologymapping.com
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission. A reviewer may quote brief passages.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Lucy Dixon for copy-editing, Iris de Leeuw for the cover art and help with the illustrations, Arlan Wise for review and feedback on the manuscript, Kyle Pierce of Matrix Software for technical assitance and to my publisher Margaret Cahill, who is always encouraging me.
Then of course there are those who so generously contributed to this collection. They are (listed in alphabetical order):
Bernadette Brady, Kathryn Cassidy, Faye Cossar, Donna Cunningham, Robert Currey, Dennis Flaherty, Arielle Guttman, A.Tad Mann, Chris McRae, David Meadows, Dale O Brien, Angel Thompson and Maya White. Thank you one and all!
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all those who have ever played a role - large or small - in the furthering of the locality techniques.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 History Martin Davis
2 The Astro*Carto*Graphy Book of Maps Jim Lewis and Arielle Guttman
3 The Uses of Astromapping in Astrology Martin Davis
4 Relocation can be a Career Move Robert Currey
5 My Summer Vacation Maya White
6 Between Heaven and Earth: The Influence of Astrology on Earth Angel Z. Thompson
7 Reincarnation in Local Space A*C*G Maps A T Mann
8 Looking at the World Geodetically Chris McRae
9 Would Relocation Change Your Life? Donna Cunningham
10 Jyotish Locality Dennis Flaherty
11 A Locality Tale Kathryn Cassidy
12 The Stars and Stripes Bernadette Brady
13 The Solar Return Astro*Carto*Graphy Map David Meadows
14 The Business of Place and The Place of Business Faye Cossar
15 Locality and the Question of the USA Birth Chart Dale O Brien and Martin Davis
16 A History Lesson: The A*C*G, Geodetics and Local Space of the George W Bush Presidency Arielle Guttman
Index
Preface
And, at the round earth s four imagined corners, blow your trumpets, angels.
John Donne (1572-1631)
The astromapping techniques of Astro*Carto*Graphy (A*C*G), Local Space (LS) and Geodetics have become widely available to all through their inclusion in contemporary astrological software. This is surely one of the most revolutionary developments of modern astrology, for, with their help, we now have the tools to identify significant earth locations and directions. Some call this an archaic revival as it is a modern equivalent of the ancient craft of earth divination. This development has been possible because of the speed and graphical capabilities of modern computers. It makes astromapping a perfect fit for this era of technology and information, and when the world is experienced as a global village . Nowadays, we are often required to move due to family, professional or social necessities. Equally, we can expect people and events to come to us or at us from almost any location in the world. It becomes imperative to know our significant directions and global hot spots. Astromapping tools answer this need. Furthermore, these tools and techniques are no longer limited to the study of nations or world regions; they can now be applied to individual data for personal relocation information. This opens up a new potential for human development as we come to understand our connection with Mother Earth through the influences offered to us from her various earth locations and directions. Our birth charts no longer reflect isolated birth locations. With astromapping our horoscopes become the whole world and we become potential global citizens .
Introduction
I was delighted when I received my first Astro*Carto*Graphy map from Jim Lewis in the late 1970s. The lines - each with their own astrological symbolism - clearly matched much of what I had experienced roaming the planet in my travelling years. I, like many others, went back to Lewis to obtain maps for friends and family. Evenings were spent pouring over the lines and reading his detailed text from beautifully produced booklets.
Under the spell of the maps and Lewis s lucid text, the essence of astrology expanded for me. Astrology s connection with earth location became evident: it was no longer limited to something vaguely psychological and out there in the sky; it was also right here where I stood, where I had travelled and where I longed to visit one day. My natal horoscope had metamorphosed from a chart limited in time into a world map describing qualities of my past, present and possible future, all in terms of location (space).
Soon after this, I came across Michael Erlewine s articles on Local Space. By 1984, I was able to explore the technique using the program he had written for early Commodore computers. This was really magic! We now had a tool to describe the significance of earth directions in our lives, be it for our natal planets or any other object placed on earth or in the sky.
In the mid 1990s another mapping system, Geodetics, was brought to my attention. It came from the work of Canadian astrologer Chris McRae, who, by 1988, had worked out how to present it on a world map using the computers and software of that time. Geodetics represented a unique world horoscope, with the zodiacal signs wrapped around the earth itself. McRae showed how Geodetics could be employed to give meaning to both global events and personal relocation. I was impressed at how the Geodetic world map seemed to identify the varied cultural patterns we find around the world, as if they had arisen from the earth itself.
By the early 1990s, it was clear that a great maturing in the astromapping field was under way. Computer power was all but exploding, allowing maps to be calculated quickly and with stunning graphics, important books had been published, and, most of all, some of the finest astrologers and astrological minds had begun employing the astromapping techniques in their studies. There was a growing corpus of work that was notable for its richness and detail. It was, in a way, substantiating astrology itself, as specific locations could now be added to timings of events.
By 1998, as my lecturing experience grew, I saw a need for a textbook to document the details of each of the locality techniques. I felt the book should become a central resource for students, augmenting the separate, varied sources I had found. The absence of such a book felt to me like a void that needed to be filled. I acted upon this and in 1999 my book, Astrolocality Astrology - A guide to what it is and how to use it , was published in Great Britain.
Some years have passed since the publication of Astrolocality Astrology and the writing of this, my next book on mapping. In this time, astromapping techniques have achieved acceptance and become mainstream in astrological use. The techniques are routinely found in astrological books, magazines, workshops and conference lectures. They have become a requirement in mundane (world) studies and a great addition to other types of astrological enquiry. In other words, astromapping has arrived!
Why this book? Yet again, I feel a void exists in contemporary astrological literature. It s time we pause to reflect upon what has happened since the use of astromapping became widespread. This reflection includes reviewing the history of the field (telling its story) and presenting a cross-section of examples from the work of the contemporary astrologers who employ astromapping today. To this end, this book is an anthology of astromapping examples. The word anthology , by definition, is a collection, and, sweetly, the derivation of the word from the Greek means, flower gathering . So here, kind reader, we offer a bouquet of locality flowers!
1 History
The Beginning
What we know today as Locality Astrology started with the yearning of astrologers over the centuries to associate terrestrial location with the qualities of zodiacal signs. The first known efforts at this can be traced back to Babylonian and Assyrian tablets. 1
The first known classical attempt, ascribing zodiacal rulerships to nations, is found in Marcus Manilius work, Astronomica , written around the beginning of the Christian era. An early attempt that survives was by Claudius Ptolemy in the first to second centuries AD and published in his work Tetrabiblos . 2 Muslim astrologers of the ninth to twelfth centuries added to these attempts, most notably Al Biruni, writing in 1029. Medieval astrologers followed, most borrowing heavily from the work of Ptolemy. Of note was the work of William Lilly who published in 1647. Further lists were produced by Raphael, Green, Sepharial and Charles Carter, each adding their insights to the correlation of zodiacal qualities with locations on Earth.
Early Influences
In the early twentieth century, works appear that, in hindsight, can be seen as inspirations for the mapping techniques that would follow. For example, there is