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About Astrosynthesis
Under the title of Astrosynthesis, Zoltan Mason published the Twenty-First book of the Astrologia Gallica, in which Morin teaches how to synthesize a horoscope.

This beautiful translation was done in 1973 by Lucy Jane Freeman Little, under the supervision of Zoltan Mason. Ms. Little is a graduate with Honors in Ancient Greek from Bryn Mawr College.

Mason's translation has made available the most valuable of topics in Astrology - Horoscope Synthesis. The clarity of the material is due to the very fortuitous and fruitful cooperation of a fine translator working under the guidance of a Master Astrologer to translate the work of a peerless genius.

The Table of Contents suggests how the issue of horoscope synthesis is framed, but one chapter must be especially noted, the one titled Resume. In a mere twenty pages, Morin has managed to distill the topic of horoscope synthesis into 112 axioms. This is a very useful aid to facilitate a grasp of this book.

The book itself is divided into two parts. Part One gives a general and broad overview of the interrelationships that exist between the zodiac, planets, and houses. The whole topic falls under the technical expression, DETERMINATIONS, which is synonymous with the phrase, "to delimit". The idea is that the signs, planets, and houses mutually condition or limit each other in very specific ways. This determination is either active or passive depending on vantage point.

Part Two expands upon the theme of determinations with a discussion on the four specific ways a celestial influence can be determined, viz. position, rulership, aspect, and ricochet. In addition, the reader is given a full and meaningful explanation on the topic of zodiacal state of a planet, that is, a discussion on the qualitative significance of a planet when found in one of the six possible planetary dignities of Domicile, Detriment, Exaltation, Fall, Triplicity, or Peregrinity. Morin's explanation goes far beyond any material found in any contemporary Astrology book in the English language.

Supplement & Appendix
The Supplement includes excerpts taken from Astrologia Gallica, Books XV and XVI, covering two important topics: approach and departure of planets and additional material on the zodiacal state of a planet. Specifically, Morin restates in summary form observations on the quality of a planet when found in each one of the six planetary dignities.

The Appendix contains Ashmand's classic translation of The Centiloquy or "Hundred Sayings" attributed to Claudius Ptolemy, a collection of astrological aphorisms on the nature of the discipline.

Also included is Morin's own horoscope as well as those of five other prominent people from his era. He contiunally references them when bringing out the different points in his teaching.

Lastly, the Appendix includes a series of observations by an eighteenth century English Astrologer, Ebenezer Sibly. His acute perception details the range of constructive and destructive behaviors to be expected of the planets based on their zodiacal state. His comments on the characteristic properties of their natures are priceless for both the newcomer as well as the experienced astrologer as they greatly facilitate an understanding of zodiacal state.

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ASTROSYNTHESIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Page
INTRODUCTION 5
Preface 11
Part One 13
The Accidental Determination of the Primum Mobile 20
The Accidental Determinations of the Planets and the Fixed Stars 23

Part Two
I.
The Accidental Determinations of the Planets by their Position or Rulership in the Natal Houses
27
II.
When only one Planet is Found in a House.
32
III.
Several Planets Situated in One House.
44
IV.
The Ruler of One House is Situated in Another House. Will The Significations of the Two Houses always Combine because of this?
48
V.
The Way in Which a Planet Rules One House but is Posited in Another Combines the Meanings of These Two Houses
56
VI.
Several Planets Ruling in the Same House or   One Planet Ruling in Several Houses.
65
VII.   
Concerning the Accidental Determination of the Planets with Regard to Their Exaltation and Triplicity.
67
VIII.
Do the Planets demonstrate an Effective Determination in the Figure with Regard to their Essential Debilities, that is, Detriment and Fall?
70
IX.
Concerning the Accidental Determination of the Planets by Aspects.
74
X.
Concerning the Scope of the Constructive and Destructive Action of Planetary Aspects
76
XI.
A Comparative Study of the Different Planetary Aspects.
83
XII.
The Principle Points to Consider in order to make more Assured Judgments about the Action of Planets and Their Aspects.
92
XIII.
Concerning the Determination of the Planets which Results from the Connections between Positions which the Planets occupy in the Different Birth Charts
100
XIV.
Do the Houses of a Given Natal Chart determine the Planets, in terms of their Essential Meanings, only towards the given Native, or do they do it equally towards other Persons?
103
XV.
Concerning the Double Determination, Intrinsic and Extrinsic, of the Affairs signified by the Houses
108

Resume 110


Supplement
On the Mutual Approach and Departure of the Planets
130

Appendix
142

The Centiloquy of Ptolemy
         Ashmand's Translation
         published London, 1882.
162
Natal Horoscopes
         Morin de Villefranche 173
         Cardinal Richelieu 173
         Gustav Adolphe 174
         Louis Tronson 174
         Duke of Montmorency 175
         de Chavigny 175


Natural Properties, Influences and Effects of the Sun, Moon and Planets reproduced from   A New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology by Sibly (London, 1817)

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The End