Greek vs Arabic/Medieval

Bounds in Aries, Venus & Mars in Aries, Moon with the Node – Terrible case of marriage election – Hellenistic astrology

Some people probably saw today's sky placements [2015, Feb 21] as suitable for a conception/electional chart for starting something new. Venus joint Mars in his sign quite recently - they are both in the same degree of Aries now (in the chart I am using the Ancient Greek system of moira - degrees counted from 1 to 30, [...]

Hermes (Mercury) as the Transporter of Dead Souls and Moira in the Hellenistic Astrology

The picture is a pencil drawing from 1897, depicting god Hermes taking the souls of the heroes into the depths of Hades, by the Polish modernist artist, Staniław Wyspiański [pronounced stah-NIECE-wuf viss-PYAN-skee], an illustration from the Homer's "Iliad". Colorized by myself. The planet Mercury when I wrote the first version of this text was between [...]