Readings from the Almagest of Handreth for 1 Eleint, 1466
Year of the Mages in Amber
The Sun in the Second decan of the Spear
The Sun in this decan reveals an artistic individual who is, nevertheless, an astute business person.
Optimal Career¹: Gifted with a voice without compare, you gain a +2 bonus on Perform (sing) and Perform (oratory) checks.
Luck Action²: You are glib and persuasive, granting a +2 bonus on Bluff checks.
Birth Stone: Red Carnelian, stone of peace, harmony, eloquence, courage. Grants a +2 bonus to Diplomacy checks.
Full Selûne in the Third decan of the Chalice
Selûne stationed here indicates a charged and highly emotional temperament.
Selûne Separating Sextile Coliar
This sextile confers a good memory and practical mental ability. Mind and feeling are in accord. Thus, the natives are motivated to put their thoughts into action. Matters relating to health and diet are planned and sensibly carried out. Since the natives are careful with personal hygiene, they are the epitome of neatness and cleanliness.
Selûne Applying Square Garden
This square produces a strong and ingenious imagination and exceptional talent. However, there is a tendency toward emotional perversity and sudden inexplicable changes in moods. Sometimes the natives become bored and throw over one activity for another that promises more excitement and adventure.
Selûne Applying Square H'Catha
This aspect indicates confusion and a tendency to become immersed in fantasies, resulting in the lack of a grip on reality. Domestic life is likely to be muddled and confused, the home environment disorderly or unclean. This square frequently indicates emotional indulgence which is manifested in addiction, often to drugs or alcohol.
Anadia in the Second decan of the Serpent
Anadia here is hard-working, but tensions of a physical nature will build up.
Coliar in the Second decan of the Star
Coliar here steadies the mind and encourages artistic pursuits.
Coliar Separating Square Chandos
This square is detrimental because the natives' abundant ideas are too grandiose for realization. Ideas may not worked out in enough practical detail to be useful. Nor, as a rule, are the natives well organized, and they often lack balance and realism.
Karpri in the Third decan of the Serpent
Positive Karprian aspects to the Sun or Moon stationed here encourage the artistic talents and attract glamorous friendships. Negative Karprian aspects to the Sun or Moon stationed here add to a high emotional level and the tendency to fantasize.
Karpri Separating Trine Chandos
This trine indicates a happy, optimistic, sociable disposition. It favors success in music and the arts. The natives are often interested in religious art, or use art to convey philosophic and religious ideas. There is harmony in marital and domestic affairs. These people are often successful in businesses relating to art, culinary delights, and furnishings and decorations for the home.
Karpri Applying Square Glyth
This square confers a melancholy disposition. The emotions are often blocked, producing shyness in some and a stiff formality in others. The natives may have misfortunes that shut them off from affection or cause disappointment and unfulfilled romance. This circumstance can make them antisocial in disposition, alienating them even further from the affection of others. So a vicious cycle is put in motion. Sometimes the natives are calculating in gaining wealth, power, or prestige.
Karpri Applying Trine Garden
This trine indicates an effervescent, fun-loving nature that is full of surprises and tends to see the bright side of life. It gives a spontaneous quality which is especially favorable for the performing arts. The natives frequently have exciting romances and marriages, unusual friends, and much popularity. There can also be sudden good fortune in financial matters.
Karpri Applying Trine H'Catha
This trine evidences a highly romantic nature. It bestows talent and sometimes genius in music, art, and poetry. However, the natives are not inclined toward practical affairs, unless other factors in the horoscope so indicate. They are likely to have unusual romances and to meet lovers under unusual circumstances, which appear in some way to be preordained and are often accompanied by premonitions.
Chandos in the Second decan of the Eagle
Chandos is strongly placed in this this decan endorses some powerful characteristics. There is also a sense of honor and personal integrity indicated.
Chandos Applying Trine Garden
This trine bestows creative ability and inspiration. The natives will be interested in religion, but along progressive, occult, or metaphysical lines. They are often fortunate on account of past karma, which manifests itself in unexpected ways - they may inherit money or find themselves in highly favorable situations.
Chandos Applying Trine H'Catha
This is primarily an aspect for mysticism. The natives are receptive to spiritual influences. Their intuitive tendencies will be more along the path of love and emotion, rather than mental discrimination and insight. The natives are fond of grand ceremony, drama, mystery, and religious music. They like to be overwhelmed by a feeling of awe and to lose themselves in the sea of religious ecstasy.
Retrograde Glyth in the Third decan of the Trident
Glyth stationed in this decan and degrees shows a lack of care concerning finances or material wealth, but for personal relationships it promises some wonderful romances.
A conjunction with the star Tilvadar dissolves Glyth's austere nature by adding a genuine sense of compassion and understanding - sign of a distinguished lawyer or politician. Positive aspects to Tilvadar generally add more glamour and style to "sober" Glyth. Negative aspects undermine objective goals by continually changing the goal-posts.
Retrograde 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 Separating Conjunct H'Catha
This conjunction, which takes place about every 171 years, corresponds to a period of major spiritual and scientific progress for humanity. Its occurrence is marked by the incarnation of a whole group of highly developed souls who introduce new philosophies and political and social systems and thus further man's evolution.
Retrograde H'Catha in the Third decan of the Dragon
The positive traits of H'Catha are highlighted if stationed in this decan.
"Even the gods watch the stars." Turmish Astrologer's saying.