I'm a firm believer in reincarnation. It is no secret that I moved to New Mexico because I am convinced that I lived here at one time. I am also convinced that I was involved in intense gunfights here (possibly in the 19th century).
I had some of the most unbelievable dreams involving gunfights in 2012, and I never was a very big fan of Hollywood western movies or the history of the U.S. wild west. Also note that 2012 was the year I started wearing moldavite crystals, and I am convinced that these crystals may have triggered these intense dreams involving wild-west style gunfights (of which visually resembled appearances that one sees when looking at 35 mm film negatives up close).
Astrologer Linda Goodman stated in the 1980's that one's horoscope was "karma from your past life that you have to work with in this life." I think there is some truth to this. I also suspect that there may be other past lives involved in the horoscope since the meanings of the zodiac points can vary, and hence can take on different meanings.
For example, Saturn rules government and Venus rules relationships. These two zodiac points combined together can therefore define government involvement (i.e. restriction or separation) with a romantic relationship one may have had in a past life.
But Saturn also rules cement, rocks, and earth; Venus rules art and artistic applications. This Venus/Saturn combination can also represent artistic involvement with cement or rocks, such as sculpture or architecture (or designing sculpture, artwork, and general architecture layouts inside ancient lodgings of stone, such as Egyptian pyramids, native American adobe buildings, or mountain caves).
Hence, if the horoscope represents karma from one's past life, one must consider multiple past lives represented with the horoscope due to the multiple meanings of the zodiac symbols.
The Arabic Parts
Lynn Koiner of astrologyresearch.com provides six Arabic Parts formulas with reincarnation definitions and applications. The first four formulas require 360 degree conversions of the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and Midheaven. If your computer does not have the ability to calculate these formulas, you will need a calculator and a 360 degree dial of the zodiac to convert the horoscope placements into 360 degree placements. You also have to convert minutes into fractions.
Below is the 360 degree dial I used.
And below are the Arabic Parts formulas from Lynn Koiner, and their definitions pertaining to reincarnation and past lives:
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine is a Hollywood actress and film producer. She won an Academy Award in 1984 for acting in the movie Terms of Endearment.
MacLaine claims to have had many different past lives, and is not ashamed to discuss them. These past lives include a witness to the sinking of Atlantis (which she used as inspiration for her movie Wild Oats), a medieval warrior, an orphan raised by elephants, a Japanese geisha, a Muslim gypsy girl who moved to Spain and had an affair with Charlemagne (which she used as inspiration for her book The Camino), a harem girl in Turkey, a Middle Eastern entertainer, and a model for painter Toulouse-Lautrec.
Below is her horoscope, with written calculations for converting the Sun, Moon, Midheaven, and Ascendant into 360 degree placements.
And below are the six formulas from Lynn Koiner applied with Shirley MacLaine's calculations. The fifth formula requires a fifth additional 360 degree calculation, and this is the dispositor of the Moon. The depositor of the Moon is the ruler of the house that the Moon is in (and this rulership is based on the ruler of the sign of the 12th House cusp). The sixth formula requires a sixth additional 360 degree calculation, and this one is of the 12th House cusp.
Interpretation
Shirley MacLaine's Part of Fortune squares her Sun Conjunction Mars placement in the 8th House. The Sun represents expression of the individual, Mars represents the ego, and the 8th House is strongly related to occult matters and transformation (i.e. reincarnation). I view this square as a past life conflict involving 8th House matters, and this conflict now currently involves MacLaine's current expression of her belief in past lives. Because the Part of Fortune is in the 5th House of entertainment, this may be further defined as her personality focused on and used in entertainment, and this practical use of revealing her beliefs is based on her expression of 8th House matters, such as reincarnation. The square and placement in the 5th House may define this personality expression as bringing on much inner conflict within the entertainment community, including the audience.
MacLaine's Part of Spirit is very similar to her Part of Fortune due to another square formation that involves the 5th House of entertainment. This time it is a square to her Saturn placement in the 5th House. The Part of Spirit defines a new personality developed in this lifetime, and Saturn represents older people, the government, and authority figures. Similar to the Part of Fortune, it is fair to say that MacLaine's new personality of this lifetime is one that is involved with conflict with authorities in the entertainment business, as well as audiences.
MacLaine's Part of Status is in the 2nd House of financial resources. This point forms an opposition aspect to her Sun Conjunction Mars placement in the 8th House of occult areas and transformational matters. Oppositions are "trade-offs," and the Part of Status defines past life ways for achieving power and prestige that are now applied in the current life. The Part of Status placement in the 2nd House (savings) may thus define the use of MacLaine's own money for promotion of her expressed belief in reincarnation (Sun Conjunction Mars in the 8th House).
The Part of Destiny forms a Conjunction with Saturn in the 5th House of entertainment (and sorry about my square error written in my handwritten calculation notes). This defines possible authority position in the entertainment business, but also possible restrictions. Saturn represents restrictions and limitations in addition to authority, and while the entertainment business welcomed MacLaine's talents, not everyone welcomed her beliefs in reincarnation.
MacLaine's Part of Bondage is very close to the midpoint of North Node / Saturn ("connections with authorities or restrictions") in the 5th House. This represents psychological areas that are difficult to let go, and again we have the 5th House placement of Saturn that MacLaine has to deal with. MacLaine may have enough financial resources for the promotion of her belief in reincarnation, but it doesn't mean that everyone in Hollywood will work with her for such.
The Part of Enmity is defined as "why people don't like you." This calculation forms a sextile with MacLaine's Venus placement in the 6th House of "areas of criticism," and Venus rules art. This may define dislike AND criticism of MacLaine due to her art creations or art contributions. There are many elitists in the Hollywood business, government, and religious circles who do not really care too much for a well-established Hollywood star promoting the concepts of reincarnation and improvement of life via working with past life karma.
The philosophy of these elitists is one of "life is like a sh*t sandwich: the more bread you have, the less sh*t you have to eat."
Aleister Crowley
Whether you like him or hate him, Aleister Crowley was a significant occultist writer and a profound contributor to the areas of ceremonial magick. His books are among the most read by those who are curious with and practice ceremonial magick related to the occult, and his impact in the 20th century was incredible. The Beatles placed Crowley's picture on the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover (among people they admired the most), and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page claims Crowley as a key inspiration in his art (and Jimmy Page reportedly owns the second largest library in the world of Crowley's original published works).
Crowley was convinced that he was Eliphas Levi in his past life. Eliphas Levi was an important occultist writer in France, and he had a significant impact on prominent occult circles (especially The Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn, which would include Crowley as a member).
Levi was also the first occultist to incorporate the concept of the inverted pentagram, that is, the pentagram with one point down and two points up. He was also known for his artwork and drawings, and his most famous art creation was "Baphomet" from the text "Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie," written in 1856. Below is this drawing:
Horoscope and Calculations of Aleister Crowley
Interpretation
The Part of Fortune conjuncts Crowley's 6th House cusp. Because the 6th House is ruled by Mercury, this may indicate Crowley's personality derived from his past lives to be able to withstand criticism. Crowley was reportedly very intense and technical with his applications to the black arts, and with a Virgo-like precision that could withstand criticism from experts in the field. He reportedly told students to never make a statement or claim unless you can prove it.
Crowley's Part of Spirit forms a tension-based sesquiquadrate to his Sun. The Part of Spirit is a new personality developed in this lifetime, and conflicts involving expressing the outward personality (the Sun) may be represented with this placement. Crowley was reportedly a very eccentric individual dedicated to serious promotion of ceremonial magick knowledge, but his partnerships with important clients and lodge members didn't last long due to his eccentric nature.
Crowley's Part of Status is in the 3rd House of communications and forms a tension-based quincunx aspect with Saturn (authority figures) in the 7th House of relationships. The Part of Status represents instinctual patterns from the past life that are used to achieve power and prestige in this life. Tension involving restrictions in relationships with others (Saturn in the 7th House) due to communications that may involve past life matters (Part of Status in the 3rd House) may be represented by this. Eliphas Levi reportedly had this problem as well; he believed in promotion of dissolution of government in order to achieve social harmony (and many associates did not agree with this concept).
Crowley's Part of Destiny conjuncts his Mercury in Scorpio. The Part of Destiny represents new patterns developed along lines of power, and Mercury in Scorpio can represent involvement with occult writing and occult literature as a means to develop and expand one's sense of power and purpose.
The Part of Bondage represents areas that are emotionally difficult for one to let go of, and this point forms a sesquiquadrate with Mercury. Again, we see another addition of the occult writing aspect of Mercury in Scorpio, but this time from a tension-based point of view that may define an obsession. This makes sense when one considers the great number of books and manuscripts written by Crowley.
The Part of Enmity is defined as "why people don't like you." Crowley's Part of Enmity does not form any aspects to important planets, but it does conjunct the star of Toliman (Alpha Centauri). This is what my notes say about Toliman:
Toliman Alpha Centauri | Occult and philosophical learning, self analysis, honours; beneficence, friends, refinement; high position; stubborn, cruel; stormy or spoiled relationships with women; need for freedom. Sometimes known as Bungula, or Rigel Kentaurus | 29° Sco 36 |
| Fortunate | Venus/ Jupiter |
Crowley would die penniless and addicted to narcotics. His expertise in the occult and ceremonial magick was very profound, but his need to be the sole authority and have the final say on everything resulted in failure to maintain important partnerships. And this may have been his own undoing.
Thanks for reading.
Love to all,
Malcolm
Replies
Malcolm, do you use Solar Fire? There is an easier way to "calculate" the Arabic parts, it is actually done automatically by the software.
1) Create a chart in Solar Fire
2) Click on the name of the person in Calculated Charts
3) Click Reports in the right hand panel
4) Scroll down to Arabic Parts, this even includes the aspects
But this is of course for lazy people who don't know maths :-)
After a closer look I can't find Part of Destiny and Part of Status, maybe it's hidden somewhere or different names were used.
ET HUGGER: yes, my computer program does these formulas. But this lesson is aimed at beginners who do not have an astrology program. Many people here at Ashtar have a simple horoscope and no computer program, and this is a way to do old-fashioned astrology calculations with a calculator. Please note that in order to get certification from certain astrology organizations (such as NCGR and AFA), you must be able to erect a horoscope with a calculator and textbooks only, and no computer. And "old school" can be done by anyone who lacks a computer.
You are right about that, nothing wrong with old school methods, but I thought you weren't aware of the easy way out for lazy folks :)