Traditional astrology · by Lena Rose Williams
Guides for people who actually cast charts.
Horary, the lunar mansions, electional timing, the planetary hours — worked from Lilly, Bonatti, Brennan and George, and from a practice log that keeps its own hit-rate. Every guide links to the tool that does the technique.
Lunar Mansions
The 28 stations of the Moon — the manāzil, from the Arabic tradition through the Picatrix and Agrippa.
Track today’s mansion →- The 28 Lunar Mansions of the Moon What the 28 mansions of the Moon are, how they divide the zodiac at 12°51′26″ each, where the tradition comes from, what they're for, and the full list — with a live tracker for tonight's mansion.
- How to Find the Moon's Mansion Today How to tell which of the 28 lunar mansions the Moon occupies right now — the 12°51′26″ division from 0° Aries, a worked example, how long she stays, and what to do once you know.
Horary
Putting one real question to the chart, and reading the answer the way Lilly set it down.
Cast a horary →Electional
Choosing the moment to begin — the Moon’s condition, the planetary hour, the void avoided.
First guide in the works.
Planetary Hours & the Almanac
The Chaldean day-and-night clock, and the day’s sky: retrogrades, ingresses, lunations.
Open the almanac →First guide in the works.
Traditional Natal
Reading a nativity the old way — sect, essential dignity, whole-sign houses, the Lots.
Read your chart →First guide in the works.
Practical Moon
The void-of-course Moon, the phases, the eclipses — the lunar questions people actually ask.
Open the almanac →