E 5.0 Ongoing Qualitative Study of the Famous 1, the Famous 2, and the Others

      Significant effort continues to be expended on trying to fathom Crowley's concept of the "astrological complex" by organizing, interpreting, and qualitatively analyzing the data on the Famous 1 (i.e., the High PHENOMENON) and The Famous 2 (i.e., The Medium PHENOMENON) individuals who Crowley discusses in his astrological writings. This is no trivial task for several reasons:

1. His analysis of each of the 100 individuals is spread throughout his three astrology books. Any given section in any one of the books is dedicated to addressing a subject, such as Venus in Scorpio, or the interaction between Neptune and Uranus. In each section of the books, Crowley usually takes particular features of a few of the 100 natal charts to emphasize the general astrological idea he is explaining.
2. Crowley assumes that the reader is very familiar with a massive amount of classical astrological detail.
3. He is very stingy about providing explicit reasoning about why such and such a group of planets from a complex and why such and such a group of planets do not form a complex.

      I deem this ongoing qualitative study to be critical to TAARP's scientific inquiry into the validity of natal astrology. In particular, I think this qualitative study is required if we are to be successful in the endeavor proposed in Appendix D (i.e., Task 2 of Section 7.2 of the Main Body of the Report). More particularly, I think we have a long way to go in terms of our understanding of Crowley's "astrological complex" which we need if we are to be successful in our setup of the outer adaptive loop of Figure D-2, which involves both the choice of function type for f() and heuristics for confining the search process that will adjust the variables such as x_i and y_i presented in Figure D-1.

      The procedure being used for the qualitative analysis of the Famous 1 and the Famous 2 individuals will be demonstrated using Caesar Borgia, one of the Famous 2, as an example. The first step is to take the natal horoscope for Borgia given in the back of Astrology, Your Place Among the Stars and produce a natal chart that fits the format we prefer. This natal chart is presented in Figure E-1 along with the corresponding aspect/orb table. For the second step, the cumulative weight curves for Weight Method I and Weight Method II are made. These are presented in Figure E-2 and Figure E-3, respectively. The third step involves extracting all instances of the mention of Caesar Borgia in Crowley's three astrology books. Here are the results of this third step:

• Mercury in Virgo
• Sir William Hamilton, dealing with the abstractions of metaphysics, was content to leave his work where he found it, on the intellectual plane. In politics, too, the coldness of perception often sets as an advantage. Witness: Franz Josef and Louis XIV. Both these monarchs were able to pursue a difficult policy with success because of their detachment from emotional considerations. Mr. Asquith, Caesar Borgia, and Sadi Carnot may be cited as further examples.


• Venus in Virgo
• We find little development of the emotional nature in this position. Some of the most notoriously cold and even callous people in history have possessed it. However, it does not always turn to evil, and, in many cases, the position is a decided advantage in life. In Caesar Borgia, this position produced downright callousness. This, no doubt, emphasized by the shutting up of Venus in the twelfth house, her aspect to Saturn in the eleventh, and the fact that Virgo is actually the rising sign.


• Mars in Leo
• Caesar Borgia, by contrast, has Mars in conjunction with Saturn, in opposition to Jupiter, and square to Uranus, with no help but the sextile of the Sun and the semi-sextile of Venus. This tends to mask the Leo influence; however, we still see it to some extent in the range of his action; in the pride and splendor with which he worked.


• Jupiter in Aquarius
• The Uranian qualities of Aquarius are rather helpful in steadying Jupiter against the tendency to laxity, which we have seen is his chief danger. His religious side is, however, not strongly developed, though there may be a tendency to uncommon religious beliefs of a mystical or occult nature. In general, however, political astuteness is far more to the front in Jupiter's activity, as is witnessed by Queen Victoria and Caesar Borgia, whose careers, despite the difference of their eras, are not altogether unlike. The real character of Caesar Borgia is not altogether unlovable. The Sun is trine to Jupiter, making him open and scornful of meanness, but Mars and Saturn in conjunction oppose Jupiter, and these aspects doubtless brought his ultimate ruin.


• Saturn in Leo
• Cesar Borgia is a case of violent yet cold disposition, at once cynical and of ungovernable passion. Here Saturn opposed by Jupiter, is in conjunction with Mars, which is warmed by a semi-sextile of Venus and a sextile of the Sun. This is a most extraordinary complex, and well worth tracing out in every detail, for it shows a marvelous medley of passions. Restricting ourselves to the immediate subject, we must observe that while Saturn is strengthened by these aspects and the character is thus made more dominate, this fact only accentuates the callousness of Saturn in Leo; it in no wise mitigates it.


• General Discussion of Uranus
• Gil de Rais, de Sade, Borgia, were men of genius, just as truly as Michael Angelo and Isaac Newton. All genius desires the infinite, and the infinite is one, not many. Only the mediate steps are diverse. Darwin regretted his limitations as bitterly as did Alexander; and the love of Christ equally with the malice of Satan would destroy the world were each not thwarted by that world's inertia.
• The essence of genius is this occult but overmasting lust of achievement in practical and material shape. If Neptune makes the saint or hermit, Uranus makes the magician, the man who calls forth from the Unseen not only its peace but its power. The dream of the Uranian is universal dominion by and for his Idea.


• Uranus in Scorpio
• Before we proceed to the domain of art, let us look for a moment at the nativity of Caesar Borgia. Virgo is rising, with Mercury on the cusp of the Ascendant, giving a cold, shrewd personality. Uranus, on the cusp of the third house, is opposed by the Moon, both of these being squared by Mars and Saturn in conjunction in Leo. From such a configuration we can picture to ourselves the oily, violent, sensual, and perfidious qualities of the man, while the Sun rising, trine to Jupiter and sextile to Mars and Saturn, assures ambition, and success in attaining its ends.


• Uranus in the 3rd Diurnal House
• We find once more such a mind attached to the criminal temperament in the case of Caesar Borgia, whose intrigues stand out in the Middle Ages with overwhelming force. In all history there is hardly an equivalent example of brain power misapplied. His imagination was immense and his combination subtle and profound.

      Note that the third step was rendered tremendously easy for information in Astrology, Your Place Among the Stars and Astrology, Your Place in the Sun because Mr. Bill Heidricks, the Grand Treasurer of the Ordo Templi Orients, typed the entirety of the texts into a computer and made the computer texts available on The Internet. We thankfully took advantage of his serious labors and downloaded the texts from The Internet to TAARP's Macintosh Performa 6115 computer. Mr. Heidricks has made several entire texts of Crowley's works available on The Internet. We at TAARP offer him our sincerest gratitude.

      The fourth step is to reach conclusions about planetary complexes manifesting in Borgia's natal horoscope based on the material extracted from the three texts. Here are my conclusions about Borgia:

• Two complexes
• Complex 1
• ,
• is the key of the complex and chart ruler
• is lord of rising sign
• is rising
• Complex 2
• , , , , , ,
• Dual key of ,

      The fifth and final step involves filling in a summary table. Borgia's summary table is presented in Table E-2. Here is an explanation of the 13 columns in the table:

• Column I
• The Method 1 cumulative weight.
• Column II
• The Method 2 cumulative weight.
• Column III
• Planetary position relative to the eastern horizon (R means "Rising"). There is no entry if the planetary position is more than 30ƒ before (i.e., below) or after (i.e., above) the eastern horizon.
• Columns IV, V and VI
• The same as Column III except that:
• Colurnn IV is for the Zenith.
• Column V is for the western horizon (D means "Descendant").
• Column VI is for the nadir.
• Column VII
• The planet that rules the zodiacal sign that is on the eastern horizon (i.e., the lord of the rising sign) is marked with an X. Another X with a question mark means that a zodiacal sign other than the one that is on the eastern horizon occupies a significant portion of the 1st diurnal house. The X and question mark indicate the planetary ruler of this latter zodiacal sign. (The 1st diurnal house begins at the eastern horizon and proceeds downward towards the nadir.)
• Column VIII
• The number of planets that are in aspect with the planet of a given row. Orb rules for when as aspect occurs are:
• Orb less than or equal to 10ƒ for , , , .
• Orb less than or equal to 6ƒ for .
• Orb less than or equal to 3ƒ for .
• The data for this column is taken from the aspect/orb table at the bottom of Figure E-1.
• The circled number at the top of the column is the total of the numbers in the nine rows.
• Column IX
• The number of planets in the sign/s ruled by the planet of a given row. (See Table E-4 for designations of which planets rule which signs.) Borgia has a 2 in this column for the Venus () row. This is because he has:
• One planet, the Moon (), in Taurus (), and Taurus is ruled by Venus.
• One planet, the Sun (), in Libra (), and Libra is ruled by Venus.
• One plus one is two.
• Column X
• This indicates the planet that rules the Sun sign. Borgia's Sun () is in Libra () and Libra is ruled by Venus (), so there is an X in the Venus row.
• Column XI
• This indicates the planet that rules the Moon sign. Borgia's Moon () is in Taurus (), and Venus () rules Taurus, so there is an X in the Venus row.
• Column XII
• Indicates the status of a planet in terms of rule (R), fall (F), exaltation (E), and detriment (D). The degree values for R and D are simply the location of the planet in the R or D sign. Borgia has Saturn () at 7ƒ of Leo (), and Saturn is in his detriment in Leo, so for the Saturn row the designation is D7ƒ. The degree values for E and F indicate how far from exact E or F the planet is. Borgia has the Moon () at 15ƒ Taurus (), and the exact exaltation of the Moon is 3ƒ Taurus, so for the Moon row the designation is E12ƒ (i.e., 15ƒ -3ƒ = 12ƒ).
• Table E-4 presents the rule, fall, detriment, and exaltation designations that Crowley gives on page 284 of The Book of Thoth.
• Column XIII
• Records my summary of the planetary complex situation.

      The primary objective of the Famous 1 and Famous 2 qualitative analysis is to derive a better understanding of Crowley's concept of "astrological complex" through a comparative study of the summary tables for the Famous 1 and Famous 2 individuals. At the time of the writing of this report, TAARP was just beginning all of the work required to produce all of the summary tables for the Famous 1 and Famous 2 individuals.

      My approach to learning astrology has been to couple the study of astrology books with the astrological analysis of 27 people that I know very well. These are the 27 Others of the Low PHENOMENON class.

      Here is a prioritized list of the astrological authors I find the most impressive. Number 1 is the highest priority:

1. Aleister Crowley
2. Michel Ganquelin
3. John Addey
4. Liz Green
5. Dane Rudhyar
6. Alan Leo

      The harmonic analysis work of Addey is most interesting, but I have not yet looked with any depth into his research.

      I have only the scantiest impression of what Reinhold Ebertin's School of Cosmobiology is into, but I think I am going to be impressed with their work when I do look into Cosmobiology.

      Table E-3 is an example of the kinds of astrological data organization that I am generating in my astrological study of the 27 "Others." (Note that Pluto () is included. This is because Pluto is included in our qualitative analysis of the 27 "Others", even though it is not included in our quantitative analysis of the 60-Item Perdurabo/TAARP Data Base, which includes the 27 "Others".)

      Michel Gauquelin's work was for me the first hard indication that astrology might really be worth spending time on. In light of this comment, the reader who is familiar with his work will understand how delighted I was when I discovered the following:

• Of the 27 individuals in Table E-3, the only ones who I consider to be very mystically oriented are:
• Myself: L12
• Mama: L14
• Cecil: L10
• Steve: L17
• Glenn: L16
• Pam: L13
• L12, L14, L10, and L17 have Neptune, the planet corresponding to mysticism, within 10ƒ of the Zenith.
• No one else in the list of 27 has Neptune within 10ƒ of the Zenith, except for Cindy (L24).
• Cindy is very religious, but definitely not mystical. Furthermore, even my rudimentary knowledge of astrology can discern strong influences in her natal chart that would counteract any significant mystical tendencies due to her Neptune being near the Zenith.
• L16 and L13 have Neptune within 10ƒ of the Eastern Horizon.
• No one else in the list of 27 has Neptune within 10ƒ of the Eastern Horizon.

      The data in Table E-3 was taken from natal horoscopes for the 27 individuals which were generated using the 1994 version of the Time Cycles, Inc. IO Series Astrological software. Figure E-4 presents my natal chart produced by the IO software.