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An explanation for Quadrant House Systems
Michel Auphan was a French engineer who was keen on explaining the foundation of astrology. Though Élizabeth Teissier wrongly presented him as a graduate from the French École polytechnique[1], he exposed according to Daniel Verney, who is himself a graduate from this prestigious school, "simple hypotheses which lead to recovering by calculation the main data of the astrological tradition and to clarifying some of them which seem very arbitrary"[2].
Leaving apart the notion of synchronicity beloved by Carl Gustav Jung, Michel Auphan indeed published in 1956 L'Astrologie confirmée par la science, where he hypothesized that there is an “influence” (a hypothetical « odic » radiation) of the celestial bodies[3].
In his book Fondations et avenir de l'astrologie (Fayard Editions, 1974, page 150), Daniel Verney summarizes Michel Auphan's thesis as follows: the source of the (hypothetical) radiation would be the Sun. Its waves would be partly reflected (re-emitted) by the planets of the solar system. In particular, the Earth, considered as a first approximation as a perfect spherical resonator, would be the place of two main systems, one centered on the axis of the ecliptic, the other on the axis of the terrestrial poles .
In an interview by Solange de Mailly Nesle published in her book L'Être cosmique, dialogue entre l'astrologie et la science (1985, page 216), Daniel Verney states that all the Quadrant House Systems seek to reconcile and apply to the chart two “vibratory” systems which operate in different planes: one in the Equatorial System and the other one in the Ecliptic System
Daniel Verney sums up thus Michel Auphan's thinking[4] : "Seeking the variation of standing waves over time and on the Earth's surface, one finds, at each instant and at each point of this surface, a double system : one coincides with the ecliptic, and its origin is no longer[5] the Aries Point but the eastern intersection of the ecliptic with the local horizon (this point is what the astrological tradition calls the Ascendant) ; the other one has for plane of symmetry the Celestial Equator and for axis the axis of rotation of the Earth (...) ; its origin is the local Meridian (...) from the point common to the ecliptic and the upper meridian (called Medium Coeli by the astrological tradition)".
Notes and References modifier
- Suzel Fuzeau-Braesch, Pour l'astrologie, Réflexions d'une scientifique, Albin Michel, 1996, page 201.
- Fondements et avenir de l'astrologie, Fayard, 1974
- La Vie astrologique, Années trente-cinquante by Jacques Halbronn, éditions La Grande Conjonction, 1995, (ISBN 2-85707-740-8)
- Fondements et avenir de l'astrologie, Éditions Fayard, 1974, page 151.
- « No longer », because according to Michel Auphan, due to the presence of the wave system displayed in the Earth, the ecliptic should be divided into twelve sectors (the Zodiac Signs) from its intersection with the equator (the Aries Point). This division into twelve would be privileged because, as stated by Daniel Verney in L'Etre cosmique (page 215), “the orbits of the planets would vibrate in different modes, the basic structure of which is 3 and 4”.
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