Readings from the Almagest of Handreth for 3 Mirtul, 1253
Year of the Beckoning Death
The Sun in the Second decan of the Star
The Sun in this decan signifies a certain adeptness in business and emphasizes the powers of endurance and tact.
Optimal Career¹: Your ability to ignore danger and focus on the task at hand give you a head for heights, granting you a +2 bonus on Climb checks.
Luck Action²: Your explosive energy and capacity to drive your body beyonds it limits grants you a +2 bonus on Jump checks
Birth Stone: the stone of wealth, power, protection, joy. Grants a +2 bonus against any transmutation spells and effects.
Sun Separating Trine Anadia
This trine gives courage, willpower, leadership ability, and decisiveness. It is especially favorable for men, because it strengthens the traditionally masculine attributes of ambition and self-confidence. Often considerable physical strength and endurance accompany this aspect. The natives can function at high energy levels for prolonged periods of time and are often fond of sports or other physical activities.
Sun Separating Square Karpri
This square tends to create financial and social problems in the domestic sphere. The affections are bestowed indiscriminately, leading to problems in love and unhappiness in marriage. The natives are too trusting of spouses or partners and as a result are taken advantage of.
Sun Separating Square Chandos
This square often signifies ill-considered extravagance in self-expression. The natives want to accomplish too much too fast, without sufficient discipline or forethought. Their self-image can be unrealistic and exaggerated and can therefore frustrate them when they attempt to broaden their self-expression.
Disseminating Selûne in the First decan of the Spear
If Selûne is stationed here it emphasizes all the positive and negative lunar traits, and the highly intuitive nature indicates a flair for astrology.
Selûne Applying Trine Coliar
This trine indicates a good memory and a good working cooperation between the conscious and unconscious mind. There is constructive thinking concerning personal and domestic affairs, especially in matters of health and diet. The keynote of this aspect is common sense, and the natives are able to reason accurately and communicate sensibly about the ordinary affairs of life. Often they have keen business ability, especially with regard to food or products for the home.
Anadia in the Third decan of the Stone
Anadia is not well placed here. This decan is inclined to reduce the vitality of Anadia. While emphasizing hidden strength and stamina, it requires positive planetary aspects to direct it away from being cruel or underhanded..
Anadia Applying Oppose Glyth
This opposition can produce a resentful and oppressive nature. There is often frustration and a need to demonstrate personal prowess or superiority through some kind of violent, aggressive action as a cover-up for the fear of personal inadequacies in relating to others. The natives' professional ambitions are stifled by misfortune or by those in authority.
Anadia Applying Oppose H'Catha
This opposition is indicative of a subtle and hard-to-control desire nature. The tendency of aggressiveness and violence functions through the unconscious in such a manner that the natives are not always aware of the motivations behind their actions. The danger of this opposition is its emotional character. The natives' unconscious desires and actions stemming from them may not checked by conscious reasoning.
Retrograde Coliar in the Second decan of the Stone
Coliar here is extremely inventive, but the thinking process is inclined to be secretive.
Coliar Applying Square Garden
This square indicates an active, original mind but a nervous disposition with eccentric and often impractical ideas. Mentally, the natives are "way out," and likely to jump to conclusions. They have harebrained ideas which are not based on sufficient knowledge or practical experience to be of use.
Karpri in the First decan of the Eagle
Karpri in this decan gives solid or practical shape to creative talents, particularly artistic abilities.
Karpri Separating Conjunct Chandos
This aspect gives a generous and optimistic disposition. Unless there are strong factors in the horoscope to indicate otherwise, the natives are cheerful and friendly toward their fellow beings, sociable, and open-handed to those who need help.
Chandos in the First decan of the Eagle
Chandos in this decan indicates ambitious objectives prompted by an initial lack of emotional security or material comfort.
Retrograde Glyth in the Third decan of the Chalice
Glyth stationed here promotes passions and jealousies, and problems in personal relationships could be a most relevant aspect in the chart.
Glyth Separating Square Garden
This square creates a conflict between the natives' conservative and radical tendencies. If they oppose change, whatever they depend upon for security is likely to be suddenly swept away. If they favor drastic innovations, their lack of experience and insufficient attention to practical considerations will probably cause them to fail.
Glyth Separating Conjunct H'Catha
The natives are able to use the Garden inspiration practically, so that it is more than just a beautiful dream. Because Glyth gives this inspiration form and brings it into concrete expression, the conjunction favors artists and musicians. It can also indicate a professional engagement in secret or behind-the-scenes activities. If the conjunction is afflicted, foul play may be involved. If well aspected, the natives walk softly and go far.
A conjunction with the star Vraelen points to a patient and persistent type of self-determination. This individual is a cautious and shrewd navigator of life. Positive aspects stress self-reliance and patience. Negative aspects show a general lack of interest in seeking new horizons.
Garden in the Third decan of the Dragon
Garden in this decan stresses all the Gardenian traits. The intellectual capacity may be developed to the full. A conjunction with Garden, while a sign of progressive thinking, is inclined to contribute extreme restlessness and unconventional behavior.
Garden Applying Square H'Catha
This square is indicative of a generation whose karma it is to live in a time of exceptional social turmoil. The natives are prone to emotional and psychic confusion. The natives can be somewhat high-strung, willful, and nervous. They are inclined to have set ideas and opinions.
Retrograde H'Catha in the Third decan of the Chalice
H'Catha placed in these degrees plays havoc with the emotions and indicates some unconventional ideas. It suggests a highly inventive and original thinker who will, however, learn from disastrous errors of judgement.
"Even the gods watch the stars." Turmish Astrologer's saying.