Insights
Observations and reflections on astrological topics
Most-read here: what André Barbault actually predicted for 2026, and the cyclic index behind it.
Asteroid vs Centaur vs Dwarf Planet vs TNO in Astrology
Asteroid, centaur, dwarf planet, or TNO? Map the minor-body family tree: what each class is astronomically, and how astrologers actually read it.
André Barbault's cyclic index and the Barbault basket: what he actually wrote about 2020 and 2026
Barbault's 2011 essay named a pandemic at the 2020 to 2021 cyclical low. His 2014 book framed the 2026 Saturn-Neptune conjunction as a reflowering, with the late-July 2026 Barbault basket configuration as its crescendo. Here is the arithmetic behind both claims, what it is and is not showing, and how the decade is likely to test it.
From seven to five hundred: the 2,000 year transmission of the Arabic Lots
How seven Hellenistic formulas became five hundred. Trace the Arabic Lots from Valens and the lost Panaretus through Abu Ma'shar, Al-Biruni, and Bonatti to the modern Hellenistic revival.
The 15 behenian stars: medieval astrology's most powerful fixed stars
The behenian stars are a group of 15 fixed stars used in medieval astrological magic, each linked to a gemstone, herb, and talisman. Here's where the system came from, what it looked like in practice, and why modern astrologers still track them.