The Strongest Affection and Utmost Zeal Should, I Think, Promote the Studies Concerned with the Most Beautiful Objects
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“The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects. This is the discipline which deals with the universe’s divine revolutions, the stars’ motions, sizes, distances, risings and settings…for what is more beautiful than heaven?” —Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Andreas Cellarius 1543 [front:] The Copernican System from Andreas Cellarius, plate 5 from Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonica Macrocosmica, 1660. (for more 17th century star maps, visit www.cosmicwindow.com) COSMIC WINDOW TM PERSONAL APPOINTMENT CALENDAR created for KATIE HOLMES December 18, 1978 9:32 PM EST Toledo, Ohio Sun: Sagittarius I Moon: Leo E Rising: Leo E January 2015—December 2015 NOTE: Ephemeris is GMT midnight. New/full moons and sun/moon sign entry times are PACIFIC. Your personal daily activity is for the PACIFIC time zone. (Daylight Savings Time observed) “What you are trying to understand is the meaning of [the] situation as a whole. The reason the position of the planets is important is simply this: if you realize the universe is an organism in the broadest sense of the term, a system of integrated activities, then anything that happens within that system of integrated activity has a place and function within that system. If you want to understand a particular point in time-space within that system, you have to see it in relation to the whole system. The wholeness of the system is constantly working in polyphonic harmony with the life of the individual which has become separated from the whole by becoming itself, a little whole, a little organism. Each time anything individualizes out from the whole, it remains part of the whole . The idea in astrology is to relate all the functional activity of a human being to ten basic symbols, or planets, each planet representing a definite quality of activity. Taken together, they represent a blueprint of a person as a whole.” — Dane Rudhyar, “Humanistic Astrology” “The basic principle that makes up astrology is...the heartfelt faith that the cosmos is divinely ordered and governed, and that everything which happens in the heavens and which is calculable stands, mysteriously, in close relation to the events on earth.” — Dr. Gustav-Adolf Schoener, “Astrology: Between Religion and the Empirical” WHY USE ASTROLOGY? Hidden in our lives are mysterious forces, whether we are concerned with our daily routines or major life crises. Once called gods and goddesses, all we can say now is that these unknown presences are revealed by the patterns we observe. We can call them planets, unconscious energies, deities or just mysteries. Astrology is still - as it always has been - mainly concerned with revealing the rhythms or cycles of our collec- tive and individual unfolding. This is what you and I experience as the journey of life with its ups and downs. Knowledge of our planetary cycles offers us the ability to see into what’s going on beneath the outer surface and to navigate and make choices more wisely. We don’t know why. The Cosmic Window is designed for that purpose. The astrology used here is not about prediction or fatalism. Astrology is simply the study of meaningful correspondences between planetary movements and our lives. The rhythms of the planets reveal an order and pattern which can show us hidden patterns in our lives. Astrology is being used here because of its power as a tool which can reveal hidden information, based (irrational as it may seem) only upon the time and place of birth of the individual. It cannot predict the outcome of a situation - success or failure. You need not be a believer or follower of astrology to be open to what it can tell you. [front] The empty chart with the sanskrit symbol for OM in its center, representing the mysterious Source of all existence. Cosmic Window, its design and contents copyright 1986, 2004 by Philip Levine. Dear Katie Holmes, ere is your COSMIC WINDOW Daily Appointment Calendar. With it you can quickly and easily see the astrological in- H dications for you personally for any given day. Almost all of the information here is based upon your individual birth date, time, and location. Ideally this calendar will not take the place of your own deci- sion-making but will give you more information to allow you to make better-informed choices. It is not suggesting that you are subject to planetary influences (though perhaps we are), only that there is a meaningful and useful relationship between planetary cycles and our daily lives. You may know absolutely nothing about astrology. Even if you don’t know what a “trine” is or what Jupiter represents, you are holding a calendar that can tell you about your personal astrological activity for a year, without any technical knowledge. Your personal and useful information is easily available without your having to wade through arcane terms. If you want to learn more, this is a great place to begin. But if you just want the facts and inter- pretations so you can use them, without having to know how they work and where they come from, then here they are. The COSMIC WINDOW was created for the purpose of helping you to be more aware of the rhythms and cycles of the Universe in order that you might live in greater cooperative attunement with them. Enjoy your COSMIC WINDOW. If you have any questions or sugges- tions, I’d like to hear from you. PHILIP LEVINE e-mail: [email protected] CONTENTS Katie Holmes You can use these as links to jump directly to the corresponding page; use the “back” button on your viewer to return here. Also, you can use the bookmarks section of your pdf viewer to quickly find your way around your calendar. ✩ Planetary Positions and House Cusps ✩ Personal Sabian Symbols ✩ Personal Yearly Summaries ✩ Monthly Calendar* January 2015 February 2015 March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015 November 2015 December 2015 ✩ Personal Yearly Symbols ✩ Major Activity ✩ Appendix * You may use the letters (if any) at the bottom of each day as links to jump directly to the corresponding Major Activity page. How Astrology Works A Brief Overview So what is really going on here? We know it’s somehow about the planets (and the Sun and Moon) and your birth. This short article offers a glimpse into the strange symbols and calculations that form the foundation for the interpretations you read here. When you were born, astrology assumes there was some kind of meaningful relationship between the locations of the planets and the person you are (and perhaps have the potential to be). By drawing up a chart (“casting a horoscope”) to show their placements in the zodiac signs (marked-off areas of space around our Earth), in the houses (areas of space around your place of birth), and angular relationships with each other (“aspects”), we have a map of sorts. This chart is our starting point, and is uniquely yours. Up to this point, the work has been logical, mathematical and objective. Astrology becomes illogical and subjective when it attempts to interpret the meaning of this chart, to tell you about yourself because you have Mars in Cancer, Pluto in the Fourth House, or Venus square Saturn. This lengthy tradition is what infuriates the scientist and seems insulting to the astronomer, who sees no meaning in his or her calculations and heavenly bodies. To understand the present or any particular time in your life, we move the planets from their starting positions at birth (natal) to the moment in question, and in the case of your Cosmic Window, interpret the angular relationships between their new position (transits) and their birth positions. This is colorfully portrayed in your calendar by using the planetary symbols (A,H,G) and aspects (R U Q). Learning these few (16) glyphs can open up a much deeper level of understanding. Once you know that E means “Mars”, you can then memorize what “Mars” represents, i.e., aggression, passion, desire, anger and initiative. Suddenly a little “phrase” like ERA can mean a great deal! When you look at your personal pages, the interpretative phrases each day or the para- graphs in the Major Activity section are a translation of those three little glyphs. And what they are showing you is this: The first symbol refers to the planet in motion in the sky at that given moment and its position. This is called a “transiting planet.” The last symbol is a planet (or house cusp if “AC” or “MC”) in your natal chart. And the middle glyph is showing the number of degrees between the two (give or take a few degrees, called “orbs”). So if you see ERA, this would be saying “the Mars position in the sky at this time is roughly 90 degrees from where the Sun was when you were born.” The great leap of faith (or at least of curiosity) comes in being willing to imagine that such a thing actually mat- ters! I believe if you take the time to observe and to consider, you will see that there is, in fact, some kind of connection between these astrological facts and what’s going on in your life. You don’t have to believe (as many do) that the planets are causing your life to be the way it is. But you can entertain the idea that there is SOMETHING going on. And even if we can’t explain it or defend it to a scientist — and why do we need to? — you can still derive great benefit from seeing and experiencing the rhythms and patterns of your planetary cycles as they appear in the life you live.