from out here, it looks like being inside Neoplatonism's ample belly *will* make you better at Hellenistic astrology!
Ha! Thank you, I think that's both true and false—Plotinus, for example, was known for being a devoted student of the theory of astrology but not the practice: he had mastered the philosophical system (and if it didn't inform his philosophy it certainly dovetails with it nicely!)—but never, ever cast charts! He talks about why in the last section of this essay—if you level-up in the "mysticism" skill-tree far enough, you get to a point where you just stop caring what happens to your body. After all, it's not you and you're on to bigger and better things soon anyhow.
though it seems by no means guaranteed that it gives you the natal chart *best* adapated to the current circumstances!
Didn't I just link you to two long essays on Providence upthread? ;) For my own part, I am convinced that It is just.
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Date: 2023-06-13 01:37 am (UTC)Ha! Thank you, I think that's both true and false—Plotinus, for example, was known for being a devoted student of the theory of astrology but not the practice: he had mastered the philosophical system (and if it didn't inform his philosophy it certainly dovetails with it nicely!)—but never, ever cast charts! He talks about why in the last section of this essay—if you level-up in the "mysticism" skill-tree far enough, you get to a point where you just stop caring what happens to your body. After all, it's not you and you're on to bigger and better things soon anyhow.
Didn't I just link you to two long essays on Providence upthread? ;) For my own part, I am convinced that It is just.