Articles

Most of the articles to be  included on this site are aimed at students of The Traditional Horary Course. There are a wide range of topics to assist you in your studies, and to offer explanation of some of the more complex points arising within the traditional art. Most are free of charge, and can be downloaded onto your own PC, but copyright allows this to be done only for your personal study. You may not copy or transmit any of the work produced on this site without permission.

These articles and presentations can be considered as required reading for students of the Traditional Horary Course and are provided for private study only.

Unless stated otherwise all of the following are by Sue Ward.

**Please note that the copyright, implied or stated, for each article or presentation belongs to the author 
and/or The Tradition Library and you should ask for permission before downloading to other web sites, 
magazines, web logs, etc.**

Incarnation-Reincarnation (PDF) by Sue Ward
Personal speculations

God, the Universe and Everything  
(Video – 33MB compressed)

A presentation based on a number of lectures and over several years on the subject of the philosophy of astrology providing an explanation of how and why astrology works.

This WMV file is compressed to about 33MB using Winrar which can be
downloaded from (copy and paste into your browser):
http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?
query=WinRAR+32+bit&tag=404&searchtype=downloads

Transcript of the above. (PDF)

An Explanation of Horary: How it Works (Video – 6MB compressed )

A short presentation which attempts to explain the interactions of the heavenly bodies and the astrologer to produce a horary judgement. It is recommended that you watch the above video (God,  the Universe and Everything) before watching this.

Transcript of the above. (PDF)

Beyond the Great Fire: Lilly and Ashmole by Sue Ward

Biographical sketches of some of those mentioned by Lilly in his autobiography by Ruth Baker

A Question, if best to adheare to King or parliament. Extracted from Angelicus Merline, 1646, Lilly's annual almanac. Transcribed with commentary.

A collection of interesting nativities (HTML) relevant to Lilly's period or to Lilly himself:

John Gadbury
Oliver Cromwell
William Backhouse
John Aubrey
Arthur Dee (John Dee's son)

Review of James Martin Harvey's Nativitas (HTML) by Ruth Baker

An Introduction to the Astrology of William Lilly (HTML)

The Wivenhoe Earthquake by Ruth Baker (HTML) Read about Ruth's new book here.

The Sacred Art: An Explanation of William Lilly's "Letter to the Student". (HMTL)

Weak Malefics (HTML)

Divination and Ego (PDF)

The Misleading Horary Question (PDF)

Horary Judgement – A Working Approach (HTML)

The Correct Use of Reception in Traditional Astrology (PDF)

Addendum to The Correct Use of Reception in Traditional Astrology (HTML)

Gender in Astrology (PDF)

Planetary Friends and Enemies (PDF)

The Houses in Traditional Astrology (PDF)

The Tradition Library

This collective project provides previously unpublished, untranslated or difficult to obtain astrological material. Mostly predating the 18th century, more will be added as time allows. The links below will give you access to each piece.

Gadbury's Nativity
Autobiographical information about Gadbury as he judges his own nativity. (Sue Ward)

Nebulo Anglicanus
Transcription of the original pamphlet by John Partridge against John Gadbury. (Sue Ward) 

The Effects of Eclipses according to the Decanates
List of aphorisms from William Lilly's "Annus Tenebrosus" concerning the effects of solar and lunar eclipses according the the decanates of the Zodiac. (Luis Ribeiro)

If King Charles should live or die
An interesting delineation by William Lilly, extracted from "Merlinus Anglicus" 1650. (Peter Stockinger)

Useful Astrological Aphorisms for Young Students and Others
William Lilly provides information which answers the little questions that we all ask at one time or another. (Sue Ward)

Necessary Observations in the Genethliacal Part of Astrology
William Lilly deals with the nativity and provides a detailed view of essential and accidental dignity. (Sue Ward)

William Lilly's Judgements of Famous Nativities
Extracted from a number of his published works, transcribed and annotated by Peter Stockinger and Sue Ward.

Nativity of King Charles I.

Election of the King of Poland

Thomas, Earl of Strafford
Speech intended to be read at the scaffold

William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

Choice Astrological Aphorisms
Extracted from William Lilly's "Merlinus Anglicus" 1676. These aphorisms constitute, in modern terminology, a master class referring to essential dignities, fixed stars, eclipses, comets, angels and revelations. (Sue Ward)