Sep. 28th, 2021

sdi: Photograph of a geomantic house chart. (geomancy)

From a couple months of experimentation, it seems to me that some rejoicing figures are stronger than others:

  • Albus appears to be stronger than Conjunctio.
  • Populus appears to be stronger than Via.
  • Puella appears to be stronger than Amissio.
  • Rubeus appears to be stronger than Puer.
  • Fortuna Major appears to be stronger than Fortuna Minor.
  • Acquisitio appears to be stronger than Laetitia.
  • Carcer appears to be stronger than Tristitia.

I suppose this is just saying that each planet's "forward" figure is stronger than it's "retrograde" figure, which makes sense. The odd one out here is Mars, though: Puer should, in theory, be stronger than Rubeus. But, in fact, Rubeus rejoicing is so strong it was the figure that first alerted me to the whole pattern, and has heralded my poor health multiple times a week since July...

EDIT 4 Oct 2021: Oh, um, Saturn is also the odd one out, as it's Tristitia that is Her "forward" figure, too...

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