College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

@raven27 said

"Ah, very interesting . I was hoping for someone to explain it like that."

This is just suposition, but I'm guessing that the specific order of the signs given at the end of the analysis is to balance IAO with OAI.
The keyword begins Iacchus, Asi, Orus and ends Orus, Asi, Iacchus. IAO-OAI.

This post clears up the differences between the path and sphere very well: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.heruraha.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5891&p=32953&#p32953">viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5891&p=32953&#p32953</a><!-- l -->

The path of Daleth is the Venusian energy (Green in the Yod scale) and Netzach is the field that energy acts in (Green in the Heh scale). In my own experience of invoking the paths and spheres relating to a shared principle, they certainly seem "similar but different". Nearest way I can phrase it is that the Path is the current of the energy, and the sphere is where that energy has pooled (the fact that the primarily used colours of the Paths are the Yod / King scale, and that of the Sephiroth being Heh / Queen scale makes perfect sense in this regard). It also makes sense that the Planetary Intelligences and Spirits are attributed to the Paths, and not the related Spheres (which get the Angelic Choir as their main Yetziratric beings).

@Mephis said

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What an odd chart...Saturn Retrograde in Scorpio and void-of-course sticks out the most."

I wouldn't worry about any of those factors. Neither Saturn's sign (everyone born for 2 1/2 years), nor its retrogradation (which about 1 person in 3 has) nor Void of Course phenomena have any significant importance in the whole scope of his chart. (VoC was originally a horary-only technique, and its incorporation by some Tropical astrologers is a little silly considering that they don't even know where the end of a sign actually falls.)

"As well as Mercury in detriment (or is it fall?) in Pisces. You'd think they would have weeded this stuff out in the interview process before they installed him in Popery. "

Mercury debilited (in this case, BOTH detriment and fall) is a minor factor, against which you could compare (for example) his exalted Sun and dignified Venus.

You're missing the main factors of the chart: Sun in Aries, Moon in Virgo, Jupiter exactly rising, Mercury and Uranus conjoined in the rising foreground and squared by Mars in Gemini. And, of course, the close Moon-Pluto square.

Ba humbug to This notion of being in Debt.

Anything posted here, is posted free of charge, (and I hope the TOT and COT) do not accure debt or compounded interest.

Welcome,
Did see your post before, or I may have said something earilier.