Re: Greek Astrology

Is there evidence that these have been used consistently, on most charts of
the time? These could be ad-hoc notations (as given the contemporary
praxis, ligation per se does not make a "symbol").

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Szelp, André Szabolcs
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On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:38 AM, CE Whitehead <cewcathar_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>  Hi.
>  From: Raymond Mercier <rm459_at_cam.ac.uk<rm459_at_cam.ac.uk?Subject=Re:%20Greek%20astrology>>
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:52:43 -0000
>  > I think I had somehow assumed that the symbols used in Greek Horoscopes
> had already been encoded, but it seems not.
> > The four signs used to mark the principal corners (ascendant, etc) of
> the horoscope diagram are shown in the attachment, taken from
> > http://www.skyscript.co.uk/greek_horoscope.html
>
> > These four signs should be encoded along with the zodiacal signs U+2648
> to U+2653.
> > Perhaps they are already in the pipeline ?
> Perhaps these should be in the pipeline, as the online templates I could
> find for astrological charts do not have them; they have to be added in
> (although it would be possible to have these built into the chart template
> also, as the houses are always in the same place and the ascendant is
> always located between the 12th and the 1rst, etc.); see:
> http://www.skyscript.co.uk/charttemp.html
>
> Similarly Paul Wade's copiable template is void of the symbols
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=WY8hjKtSaP0C&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=natal+charts+astrological+charts+templates&source=bl&ots=By-xF3UGWB&sig=KvomOKgo999CwuJPKaq1LmeoqHc&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=oMCRUK-wF5Sc8gTWi4DYAg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=natal%20charts%20astrological%20charts%20templates&f=false
>
> (I'll try to check an offline guide, too, but the few actual online
> templates, not sample charts, seem void of the symbols for the ascendant,
> midheaven, etc., so they seem to be separate from the actual chart of the
> houses, so go for it. Happy Halloween in any case.)
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> --C. E. Whitehead
> cewcathar_at_hotmail.com
> > Best wishes
> > Raymond Mercier
>