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Anthology

Vettius Valens source used in the corpus for lots, profections, zodiacal releasing, timing methods, and related Hellenistic doctrine.

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AuthorVettius Valens
Year2010
Coverage in Astrotechne
Citations59
Documented rules82

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The Anthology row identifies the Valens source relationship used by the reference corpus for lots, profections, zodiacal releasing, and other timing material.

The source-work metadata records Vettius Valens as author, Mark T. Riley as translator, and an approximate second-century CE composition period.

Use this source-work profile for bibliography, author linkage, and source-backed description pages; technique-specific claims still need their own reviewed locators.

Vettius Valens source used in the corpus for lots, profections, zodiacal releasing, timing methods, and related Hellenistic doctrine.

Reference links

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Citation locations

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 1631-1640.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 1720-1728.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 1724-1728.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 1729-1736.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2360-2362.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2360-2363.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2361-2364.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2363-2365.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2365-2367.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2366-2368.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2368-2370.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2368-2371.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2370-2373.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2373-2376.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2375-2376.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2377-2381.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2378-2381.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2380-2383.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2382-2385.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2384-2386.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2386-2389.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2389-2390.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2389-2391.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2391-2392.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2392-2397.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2397-2399.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2399-2402.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2402-2404.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2403-2404.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2404-2405.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2405-2406.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2406.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2406-2407.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2407-2408.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2408-2409.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2409-2410.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2410-2411.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2441-2443.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2450-2451.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2454-2457.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2463-2465.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2465-2466.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2465-2468.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2472-2473.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2473-2474.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2479-2480.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2480-2481.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2481-2482.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2521-2527.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2521-2548.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2521-2548; 4746-4756; 6326-6336.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 2542-2544.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 44.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 4750-4753; 6331.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 68.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 8024-8048.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 8037-8041.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 8098-8103.

  • Vettius Valens. (2010). Anthology (Mark T. Riley, Trans.), 9388-9404.

Interpretive rules

Rules appear here when they cite this source text.

Multi-source · general

Ascendant ruler has condition support

Across sources, the Ascendant ruler has a supportive or mixed condition balance; house placement and house strength are shown separately.

Multi-source · general

Ascendant ruler is angular

Across sources, the Ascendant ruler is angular, foregrounding its ability to express chart-level topics.

Multi-source · general

Ascendant ruler is in sect

Across sources, the Ascendant ruler is operating in sect, which strengthens its ability to express chart-level topics.

Multi-source · general

Ascendant ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, the Ascendant ruler is supported by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · general

Ascendant ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, the Ascendant ruler is under malefic pressure.

Multi-source · general

Courage ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, Courage's ruler is modified by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · general

Courage ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, Courage's ruler is under malefic pressure.

Multi-source · status

Fortune ruler is in sect

Across sources, Fortune's ruler is in sect, strengthening its ability to express bodily, material, and reputational topics.

Multi-source · status

Fortune ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, Fortune's ruler is supported by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · status

Fortune ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, Fortune's ruler is under malefic pressure.

Multi-source · general

Lot of Eros ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, the Lot of Eros' ruler is supported by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · general

Lot of Eros ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, the Lot of Eros' ruler is under malefic pressure.

Multi-source · general

Necessity ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, Necessity's ruler is modified by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · general

Necessity ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, Necessity's ruler is under malefic pressure.

Multi-source · general

Nemesis ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, Nemesis' ruler is modified by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · general

Nemesis ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, Nemesis' ruler is under malefic pressure.

Multi-source · general

Planetary aversion

Two bodies whose signs do not join by the classical ray families are read as in aversion at the whole-sign relation layer.

Multi-source · general

Planetary co-presence

Two bodies occupying the same sign are read as co-present, distinguishing same-place relation from rays or exact aspects.

Multi-source · general

Spirit ruler is in sect

Across sources, Spirit's ruler is in sect, strengthening its ability to express mental, active, and intentional topics.

Multi-source · general

Spirit ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, Spirit's ruler is supported by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · general

Spirit ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, Spirit's ruler is under malefic pressure.

Valens · status

Valens Accomplishment afflicted despite Fortune/Daimon/Basis support

If Accomplishment is afflicted while Fortune, Daimon, and Basis remain favorably supported in this reading, the chart receives a youth-property-loss indication.

Valens · status

Valens Accomplishment opposing Daimon without benefic rescue

If Accomplishment opposes Daimon and neither side has benefic conjunction in this reading, the chart receives a failures-and-loss indication.

Valens · status

Valens Accomplishment opposing houserulers

If Accomplishment opposes the houserulers, especially when they are malefic and out of sect in this reading, the chart receives a near-disaster warning.

Valens · status

Valens Accomplishment ruler opposing Accomplishment

If the ruler of Accomplishment opposes Accomplishment, the chart receives a wealth-uselessness indication.

Valens · status

Valens Accomplishment ruler opposing Mars

If the ruler of Accomplishment opposes Mars, the chart receives an extravagance indication.

Valens · timing

Valens angle-empty fallback

If the angles are empty, Valens falls back first to stars just following the angles, then to those just preceding them.

Valens · status

Valens Ascendant/Fortune ruler agreement

If the Ascendant ruler is in its own sect or strongly foregrounded and is configured with Fortune's ruler, the chart receives a longevity-and-luck support indication.

Valens · status

Valens Bad Daimon override

Fortune and the key rulers converging in the Bad Daimon are read as a severe loss-of-support warning.

Valens · status

Valens Basis, Fortune, and Daimon rulers in proper places

If the rulers of Basis, Fortune, and Daimon are in their proper places in this reading, the chart receives a fortunate indication.

Valens · status

Valens Basis/Fortune convergence in Daimon

If the rulers of Basis and Fortune converge in Daimon with Daimon's ruler, the chart receives a great-and-fortunate agreement indication.

Valens · status

Valens benefics at angles, rising, and in proper motion

If benefics are angular, rising, and proceeding with proper motion in this reading, the chart receives an illustrious-and-famous indication.

Valens · status

Valens Daimon opposed to Exaltation

If Daimon opposes Exaltation in this whole-sign reading, the chart receives a ruin-of-standing warning.

Valens · status

Valens Daimon ruler in Basis with the Moon

If Daimon's ruler is in Basis with the Moon, the chart receives a fortunate-and-distinguished indication.

Valens · status

Valens Daimon ruler in Daimon with the Sun

If Daimon's ruler is in Daimon with the Sun, the chart receives a fortunate-distinguished-dictatorial indication.

Valens · status

Valens Daimon ruler rising with the Moon

If Daimon's ruler is in Daimon and at morning rising with the Moon, the chart receives a fortunate-rich-generous indication.

Valens · status

Valens Daimon with the Sun and ruler rising

If Daimon is with the Sun and its ruler is at morning rising, the chart receives a fortunate indication.

Valens · status

Valens Exaltation at IC with malefic at MC

If the opposite Exaltation/malefic placement obtains in this reading, the chart receives an ill-fortune-early/later-renown reversal indication.

Valens · status

Valens Exaltation at MC with malefic at IC

If Exaltation is at MC and a malefic is at IC in this reading, the chart receives an early-success/later-ruin reversal indication.

Valens · status

Valens Exaltation places afflicted or supported

If Exaltation and its ruler are strongly afflicted in this reading, the chart receives an ill-fortune-from-youth indication; if benefics witness the Exaltation place, the chart receives the opposite good-portent indication.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune afflicted but Accomplishment favorably situated

If Fortune is in an unpropitious place and afflicted while Accomplishment remains favorably supported in this reading, the chart receives a youth-power indication.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune and Accomplishment rulers in opposition

If the rulers of Fortune and Accomplishment oppose one another, the chart receives a property-risk indication.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune and Accomplishment rulers ruining the nativity

If the rulers of Fortune and Accomplishment appear active by place and motion but fail the stronger support tests in this reading, especially under malefic testimony, the chart receives a ruin indication.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune and ruler rescue

Fortune and its ruler can still surface rank and support when they are strong by place and receive benefic testimony.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune or Accomplishment ruler at the lower angles

If the ruler of Fortune or Accomplishment is at the lower angles or just following them in this reading, the chart receives a youth-prosperity indication.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune or ruler supported

If Fortune itself or its ruler holds strong place testimony, the chart receives a prosperity and elevation support indication.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune ruler opposed to Exaltation

If Fortune's ruler opposes Exaltation or Exaltation's ruler in this reading, the chart receives a precarious-standing warning.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune/Daimon convergence in Basis

If the rulers of Fortune and Daimon converge in Basis with the Basis ruler, the chart receives an illustrious-and-fortunate agreement indication.

Valens · status

Valens Fortune/Daimon rulers at morning rising

If the rulers of Fortune and Daimon are at morning rising in their proper places, with the luminaries in aspect, the chart receives a fame-and-distinction indication.

Valens · status

Valens Jupiter ruling Daimon with Mars in superior aspect

If Jupiter rules Daimon and Mars aspects it from the superior side in this whole-sign reading, the chart receives a mixed distinguished-but-reversal-prone indication.

Valens · status

Valens Jupiter with Exaltation at an angle

If Jupiter is in conjunction with Exaltation and angular, or itself rules an angle in this reading, the chart receives a renown indication.

Valens · status

Valens Jupiter with Exaltation in Mars or Jupiter signs

If the Jupiter-with-Exaltation renown configuration occurs while Jupiter is in a Mars sign or one of its own signs in this reading, the chart receives the stronger master-of-life-and-death indication.

Valens · status

Valens luminary opposed to Exaltation while afflicted and out of sect

If a luminary opposes Exaltation or Exaltation's ruler while afflicted and out of sect in this reading, the chart receives an infamy-and-ruin warning.

Valens · status

Valens malefic Accomplishment ruler opposing Accomplishment

If the ruler of Accomplishment opposes Accomplishment and that ruler is malefic, the chart receives a stronger worsening indication.

Valens · timing

Valens malefic chronocrator mitigated by benefic

A malefic period ruler can still be read in mitigated form when benefic support is also active in its condition.

Valens · status

Valens malefic Fortune and Accomplishment rulers in opposition

If the rulers of Fortune and Accomplishment oppose one another and both rulers are malefics in this reading, the chart receives a stronger disaster indication.

Valens · timing

Valens malefic hard aspect exception

Valens explicitly says some malefic squares and oppositions do no harm and can even help when supported by benefic testimony or the right sect/distribution conditions.

Valens · timing

Valens malefic luminary pressure

Malefics witnessing the luminaries and Ascendant without benefic rescue are read as a strong pressure or danger testimony.

Valens · status

Valens malefics afflicting Accomplishment destroy property

If malefics conjoin or oppose Accomplishment while it is not angular in this reading, the chart receives a property-destruction warning.

Valens · status

Valens Mars afflicting Accomplishment by conjunction or opposition

If Mars conjoins or opposes Accomplishment, the chart receives a pleasures-and-drink waste indication.

Valens · status

Valens Mars in Daimon with the Moon

If Mars is in Daimon, in the Moon's place in this reading, and with the Moon, the chart receives a ruling-and-distinguished indication.

Valens · status

Valens Mercury in Daimon rising with benefic testimony

If Mercury is in Daimon, at morning rising, and receives benefic witness from the Moon's place in this reading, the chart receives a letters-and-honors indication.

Valens · timing

Valens mixed-testimony period rule

When benefic and malefic testimonies are simultaneously active, the period should be read as mixed rather than flattened into one polarity.

Valens · status

Valens moderately active Exaltation control

If Exaltation and its ruler are both in moderately active signs in this reading, the chart receives a noble-and-famous take-control indication.

Valens · status

Valens operative-sign Exaltation glory

If Exaltation and its ruler are both in operative signs in this reading, the chart receives a glorious-governing-royal indication.

Valens · status

Valens preceding-angle Exaltation stewardship

If Exaltation and its ruler are both in signs just preceding an angle in this reading, the chart receives a wealthy-vigorous-stewardship indication.

Valens · status

Valens property-lot testimony

Benefic or malefic testimony to the operative property lot is read as a support-or-loss indicator for property outcomes.

Valens · status

Valens retrograde benefics repeating Accomplishment damage

If benefics are retrograde in the same Accomplishment-opposition context in this reading, the chart receives a disaster indication.

Valens · status

Valens retrograde non-angular Accomplishment ruler

If the ruler of Accomplishment is retrograde and not angular in this reading, the chart receives the same extravagance indication.

Valens · status

Valens right-sided benefic support

Operative benefics witnessing a luminary and the Ascendant from the right are read as a support, rank, and livelihood testimony.

Valens · status

Valens stars following an angle

If benefics just follow an angle in this limited reading, the chart receives an own-revenues indication.

Valens · status

Valens Sun in Daimon in sect

If the Sun is in Daimon, in sect, and the Daimon ruler is strongly placed there, the chart receives a distinction-and-friendship indication.

Valens · timing

Valens Sun in Daimon with fortune deferred after the adversary

If the Sun is in Daimon but the stronger Daimon-placement condition is not met in this reading, the chart receives a deferred-fortune indication.

Valens · status

Valens Venus ruling Fortune or Daimon while unfavorably situated

If Venus rules Fortune or Daimon with both luminaries configured, but is not in its proper place and is unfavorably situated in this reading, the chart receives a hard-luck indication.

Valens · status

Valens Venus ruling Fortune or Daimon with partial proper-place support

If Venus rules Fortune or Daimon with both luminaries configured and some of that complex is in proper place in this reading, the chart receives a court-and-trust indication with a relational grief caveat.

Valens · status

Valens Venus ruling Fortune, Daimon, or Basis while rising

If Venus rules Fortune, Daimon, or Basis and is at morning rising in its proper place in this reading, the chart receives a fortunate indication.

Valens · timing

Valens-style angular chronocrator

When the active ruler of a period is angular, that period lord is better positioned to take the foreground.

Valens · timing

Valens-style bonified chronocrator

A period ruler supported by benefic conditions tends to express the period more constructively.

Valens · general

Valens-style empty place supported by its ruler

An empty place can still become active through the condition and distribution of its ruler.

Valens · timing

Valens-style maltreated chronocrator

A period ruler burdened by malefic conditions tends to express the period with greater strain or obstruction.

Multi-source · general

Victory ruler is witnessed by benefic

Across sources, Victory's ruler is supported by benefic testimony.

Multi-source · general

Victory ruler is witnessed by malefic

Across sources, Victory's ruler is under malefic pressure.

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