Jean-Baptiste Morin's Astrology
Discussing the life and work of the 17th century astrologer Jean-Baptiste Morin de Villefranche, with astrologers Penelope Sitter and Chris Brennan.
Morin was an astrologer from France who lived around the same time as William Lilly, and he wrote a massive tome on astrology titled Astrologia Gallica, which means French Astrology.
Penelope just translated book 21 of Morin’s work from Latin, which is the most important book of Astrologia Gallica, where he outlines his unique approach to chart synthesis.
Penelope became so excited about Morin’s work after being exposed to it in the 2000’s through the work of Robert Corre that she actually learned Latin specifically in order to translate Morin’s text.
During the course of the episode we talk about Morin’s life and work, and then we also get into his techniques and discuss what makes his approach interesting and different when compared to some of his contemporaries.
Along the way we talk about his birth chart and personality, and use his chart a few times to demonstrate his technical approach, which he does several times in his work.
It ended up being a fascinating discussion, introducing an important but often overlooked astrologer who was the last great court astrologer in France before the decline of astrology in the 17th century.
Penelope’s Translation of Book 21 of Morin
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:04 About Jean-Baptiste Morin
00:08:32 Astrologia Gallica volumes
00:15:00 Translations of Astrologia Gallica
00:18:51 Penelope Sitter's background
00:31:45 Why Morin has been difficult to understand
00:35:38 Morin's natal chart
00:41:50 Morin's personality
00:47:59 Triplicity rulers
00:49:20 Morin's significations of the houses
00:55:38 Morin's family
00:57:37 Significations of Sun and Moon
00:58:41 Zoltan Mason
01:00:49 Reestablishing of lineages
01:03:17 Rejection of general significators in book 21
01:10:11 Morin's use of specialized terminology
01:12:27 Planet begins the action and dispositor takes over
01:16:39 Particular significators and local determinations
01:20:51 Essential and accidental meanings of houses
01:23:23 Angular vs. intermediate houses
01:24:58 Chapter on houses
01:31:30 Significators for parents
01:31:58 Jupiter and Mercury significators
01:33:49 Best steps to follow for delineations
01:39:25 Theory of astrological signification
01:49:50 Influence of planets on preceding house
01:57:07 Gustavus Adolphus' natal chart
02:00:14 House distortion
02:02:50 Blending of whole sign and quadrant houses
02:06:30 Cabala of the houses
02:11:57 4 traditional human aims
02:18:23 Rulers of the houses
02:25:21 Influence of Aristotle
02:30:20 Derived houses
02:32:21 Synastry
02:34:10 Timing techniques
02:37:04 Fate and divine will
02:39:34 Penelope's book and projects
02:44:35 Closing credits