The Combination of Stellar Influences
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The Combination of Stellar Influences is an astrological
reference and research text first published in 1940 by the German
astrologer
Reinhold Ebertin
, derived largely from material in the Rulebook for Planetary Pictures by Alfred Witte
which was published in 1932 but was banned by the Third Reich.
The Combination of Stellar Influences is the primary text of the modern branch of astrology
known as Cosmobiology
, much of it derived from the research of Alfred Witte and the Hamburg School of Astrology
.
The German edition
of The Combination of Stellar Influences is entitled Kombination der Gestirneinflusse and was first printed in Germany during World War II
, in 1940; the English edition
was revised as late as 1972. It remains a useful resource for learning and practicing Cosmobiologists, listing physical, physiological, and psychological manifestations correlating with the planetary combinations (or planetary pictures), used primarily in work with astrological midpoints
.
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
reference and research text first published in 1940 by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
astrologer
Astrologer
An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an...
Reinhold Ebertin
Reinhold Ebertin
Dr. Reinhold Ebertin was a German physician and astrologer.-Life and work:Ebertin utilized the research on astrological midpoints of Hamburg School surveyor and astrologer Alfred Witte first published in 1928 in Witte's Regelwerk für Planetenbilder. Shortly after Witte's death in 1941, Ebertin...
, derived largely from material in the Rulebook for Planetary Pictures by Alfred Witte
Alfred Witte
Alfred Witte was a German surveyor, astrologer, an amateur astronomer, and the founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology...
which was published in 1932 but was banned by the Third Reich.
The Combination of Stellar Influences is the primary text of the modern branch of astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
known as Cosmobiology
Cosmobiology
Historically, the term 'Kosmobiologie' was used by the German medical astrologer Friedrich Feerhow and Swiss statistician Karl Krafft in a more general sense "to designate that branch of astrology working on scientific foundations and keyed to the natural sciences"....
, much of it derived from the research of Alfred Witte and the Hamburg School of Astrology
Uranian astrology
Uranian astrology is a relatively recent methodological approach to astrology based on teachings of German surveyor/astrologer Alfred Witte , founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology. Witte revived and further developed the use of mathematical midpoints...
.
The German edition
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
of The Combination of Stellar Influences is entitled Kombination der Gestirneinflusse and was first printed in Germany during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, in 1940; the English edition
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
was revised as late as 1972. It remains a useful resource for learning and practicing Cosmobiologists, listing physical, physiological, and psychological manifestations correlating with the planetary combinations (or planetary pictures), used primarily in work with astrological midpoints
Midpoint (astrology)
A midpoint is a mathematical point halfway between two stellar bodies that tells an interpretative picture for the individual. There are two types of midpoints: direct and indirect...
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