Classical Western Astrology

1. CLASSICAL WESTERN ASTROLOGY

I. Inner Mode

Method's Worldview The world is conceived as an ordered cosmos where celestial cycles are reflected in earthly life according to the principle of correspondences.

What Is Considered Reality Reality encompasses the visible world of phenomena and their symbolic structure, expressed through celestial signs and houses.

What Is an Event Within the Method An event is the manifestation of a cycle configuration at a specific moment in time and place, where the "sky" imprints itself upon the "earthly" situation.

Role of the Subject The subject is the bearer of the natal chart and a participant in the unfolding of potentials indicated by the configuration.

Role of Time Time is cyclical. The natal moment fixes the foundation, while transits / directions / progressions indicate periods and turning phases.

Purpose of the Method To understand the structure of personality and fateful themes, to orient oneself within periods, and to perceive tendencies of events.

Language and Key Concepts Signs, planets, houses, aspects, dignities, rulers, significators, directions / progressions / transits.

Principles Governing the Transmission of Knowledge [Principles of knowledge transmission in this tradition are being documented together with method masters]

II. Analytical Mode

Origin Traditional (antiquity → medieval and Renaissance schools → modern continuators).

Functional Type Diagnosis (F1), interpretation (F2), forecast (F3), navigation (F4).

Data Type D1 — symbolic external data (date, exact time, place of birth).

Interpretation Mechanism C2 — Cyclical (dominant); C3 — Archetypal (secondary).

Temporal Granularity T0 (moment of birth), T2 (transits / cycles), T3 (life trajectory).

Level of Determinism From moderate to probabilistic — depends on the school and the ethics of interpretation.

Scale of Applicability Individual; group and social in the mundane branch.

Limitations Criticality of exact birth time. Variability of interpretation between schools. Dependence on the astrologer's level of skill.

Ethical Risks Fatalism. Induction of anxiety. Substitution of personal responsibility with "prediction."

Degree of Verifiability Low in strict empirical science; partial within the tradition (post-hoc case comparisons, case study schools).

III. Comparative Mode

Intersections by Data Type D1 is shared by: Ba-zi, Jyotish, Numerology, Human Design — all use date / time / symbolic parameters as input data.

Intersections by Mechanism C2 (cyclicality) intersects with I Ching and the Theory of Historical Cycles; C3 (symbolism) intersects with Tarot, Runes, and Archetypal models.

Differences in Ontology A cosmological model of correspondences — not psychological (MBTI, Big Five) and not empirical-statistical. The source of interpretation lies outside the subject (celestial mechanics).

Differences in Level of Determinism Often interpreted as a more "structurally determined fate" than psychometrics. The range varies by school — from softly probabilistic (psychological astrology) to moderately deterministic (traditional astrology).

Areas of Partial Compatibility With psychological typologies — at the level of pattern description, with strict separation of causal explanations. The causality mechanisms must not be conflated (C2 vs C0/C1).