Vettius Valens

Every time I open Valens, things that I took for granted innumerable times in my previous studies will come as something interesting. In Valens’ three planet conjunctions in Book I; Saturn, Jupiter, and the Sun are described as "unsteady and insecure." Valens says that when these planets are in such a condition, they can bring failure concerning possessions, friendships, and enterprises. They may first indicate assistance from unexpected sources, inheritances, reputation, aut

Over the past two weeks, Vettius Valens was probably the most popular astrologer over 2000 years after his times. While that was regarding the house division debate, this is about another concept that Valens presents called as Spear-bearing (doryphory). In Book I, Valens writes some hints about spear-bearing. …Each star is the ruler of its own “element” in the universe with reference to the stars’ sympathy or antipathy or mutual influence. Their aspects are blended according