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1、GenderinAstrology©SueWard2002.Allrightsreserved.IntroductionApplyingthebasicsofastrologyiscentraltoaccuratedelineationandastrologicalprediction.Itmakeslittledifferencehowgoodyouareatotherthingssuchastheuseofaspects–ifyougetthebasicswrongthenyourastrologicalworkwill
2、beseriouslyflawed.Twoofthesebasicsarethedivisionoftheplanetsandsignsinto1masculineandfeminine,anddiurnalandnocturnal.Ptolemyhas2expoundedthese,butitisLilly’spracticalapplicationofthemwhichisourconcernhere.PlanetaryNaturesFirstly,weneedtoconsiderwhatPtolemycallsthe“
3、PowerofthePlanets”andwhathasdevelopedintotheirprimary“natures”:Ptolemy’s“Power”Lilly’s“Nature”Mostlycooling,SaturnColdanddrymoderatelydryingHeatingandJupiterHotandmoisthumidifyingMarsDryingandburningHotanddryHeatingandSunHotanddrysomewhatdryingWarmsmoderately,Venus
4、ColdandmoistmostlyhumidifyingDryingandColdanddrywhenMercuryhumidifyingaloneMostlyhumidifying,MoonColdandmoistmoderatelywarming1ClaudiusPtolemy,Tetrabiblos,2ndcenturyAD,trans.F.E.Robbins,Loeb.andtrans.R.Schmidt,ProjectHindsight.2WilliamLilly,ChristianAstrology,1647,
5、Regulusfacsimileedition,1985.Inthiscategorisation,theSunandMoonneedtobeaddressedseparatelybecausetheyarerepresentativeofthekingandqueenoftheheavens.TheSunistheGiverofLive,thesourceoflifeinmanymythologies,theMoonhisconsort.TheSunproducesthegreatestlightandtheMoonand
6、planetsrelyonthatfortheirownlight(orlightandheat).Theyalsoformthebasisofotherdivisionsoftheplanets–obviouslythatofnocturnalanddiurnal–andthereforeneedtobegivenprominence.PtolemyexplainsthattheSun’spoweriseasilyrecognisedthroughobservationandthatthecloseritapproache
7、sitszenith,themoretheEarthisaffectedbyitsheatanddryness.TheMoonismoistbecauseitabsorbsthemoistexhalationsfromtheEarth;itiswarmingbecauseoftheSun’slight.Saturn’spowerisattributedtothefactthatitisthefarthestfromtheheatoftheSunandthemoistexhalationsoftheEarth.Thepower
8、ofMars,Ptolemysays,conformstohisfierycolourandnearnesstotheSun,whichisjustbelowMars.JupiteristemperatebecauseitisbetweenSaturnandMarsandpartakeso
