Hellenistic Classical
Hellenistic Classical (Beta)
The ancient Greek synthesis — whole-sign houses, the seven traditional planets, and the classical malefics. The math reflects Hellenistic conventions; the reading prose voice is still in development.
Beta notice: The chart geometry is Hellenistic but the interpretation text currently uses the Modern Western voice. Project Hindsight–style sect rules, time-lord techniques (annual profections, zodiacal releasing), and dignity-coloured weightings will arrive in a follow-up corpus update.
Lineage
Hellenistic astrology is the ancient Greek-language synthesis that flourished from roughly the 2nd century BCE through the 7th century CE. The surviving texts — Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, Vettius Valens' Anthology, Dorotheus of Sidon's Carmen Astrologicum — show a tradition built around sect (whether a chart is diurnal or nocturnal), the five traditional planets plus the luminaries, and an elaborate system of time-lords for forecasting. The tradition went largely dormant in the West after the 17th century, then revived in the 1990s through Robert Hand's Project Hindsight, which made the surviving Greek texts available in English translation. Modern Hellenistic practitioners — Chris Brennan, Demetra George, Benjamin Dykes — work directly from those primary sources.
Defaults
| Knob | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Zodiac system | Tropical | Same as Modern Western |
| Houses | Whole sign | The classical division; the rising sign fills the entire 1st house |
| Outer planets | Zeroed | Uranus, Neptune, Pluto carry no aspect weight — they weren't known |
| Chiron | Zeroed | A 1977 discovery; not a classical body |
| Black Moon Lilith | Zeroed | A 20th-century mathematical apogee; not classical |
| Malefics | Mars + Saturn | Classical malefics (not Pluto) |
| Saturn/Mars conjunctions | Challenging | Treated as harder than Modern Western reads them |
| Vertex axis | Off | A 20th-century addition |
What's deferred
The math is Hellenistic; the reading voice is not yet. A future release will add:
- Sect-coloured planetary weightings — diurnal and nocturnal charts treat benefics and malefics differently.
- Time-lord period interpretations — annual profections and zodiacal releasing for forecasting.
- Dignity-aware aspect weighting — planets in rulership, exaltation, or triplicity scale differently.
- Lot-aware framing beyond Fortune (Spirit, Eros, Necessity, Courage).
- Interpretation entries authored in the classical voice.
Who it's for
You're interested in the classical tradition — the seven planets, the four sects, the time-lord techniques. You're willing to read in Modern Western prose while the classical voice is being authored. Pick this school when you want the math to match the tradition even if the words haven't fully caught up.
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