I just got back from my seventh funeral this year. Hopefully that gives you the morale boost you need.
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/anˈdarzɣar/ An independent researcher and reviver of late-antiquity Persian astrology. You can find my translations and long-form writings on Patreon. andarzgar.com
Etymology of the day: Arabic بَطّ "duck", from Middle Persian *batt (cf. New Persian بربت). Xwarazmī says in his Mafātīḥ al-ʿUlūm: “The barbaṭ is the oud, and the word is Persian—that is barbat, meaning ‘duck's chest’, because its form resembles a duck's chest [...]”
A 13th century Persian description of Xōšag (= Virgo) now in English!
Boxārī: Xōšag | Andarzgar
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I wonder where Gulf Arabic got سیده ('forward', 'straight') from...
Far be it from me to indulge in petty conspiracy theories, but I have a strange feeling the Chief Devil-Worshipper has been dead since March. AI-enhanced body doubles don't fool me, I'm sorry.
Michael Jackson's 'Stranger in Moscow' hits different when Māh is in Boz (= Capricornus).
Why is Threads gratuitously locking me out of my own account, and why the fuck am I being told that it'll be permanently deleted unless I submit a clear "selfie" (basically, biometric data) of myself before their deadline?
They turn peaceful countries into giant ashtrays, In the name of dem(on)ocracy.
You know the world is fed up with the devil-worshippers when one of the most beautiful planetary configurations of the year coincides with them getting curb stomped.
پاینده باد جانمان تا دیدن شکست بزرگ و خواری پیروان تاریکی. سال نو پیروز 🌞
Currently, Hōrmazd is motionless in the sky—and his strait (which facilitates the movement of ~20% of the world's total energy wealth) is motionless in the water. You can't make this up.
Currently, Hōrmazd is motionless in the sky—and his strait (which facilitates the movement of ~20% of the world's total energy wealth) is motionless in the water. You can't make this up.
The Persian way to get through eclipse season, in a nutshell: - Praying. - Keeping away from the noxious rays. - Abstaining from sex. - Avoiding mind-altering substances (incl. alcohol). - Moderating food intake. - Maintaining cleanliness of body, mind, and environment. - Taking it easy.
The devil-worshippers just bombed the Golestan Palace—a UNESCO heritage site in Tehran.
Another thing: Gaždum (= Scorpio) is not as licentious and debauched as modern "astrologers" make it out to be. If anything, it is quite prominent in the nativities of celibates and those who save themselves for marriage.
Andarzgar@andarzgar.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe Persians did associate the eighth place with something—but it wasn't the sign of "Scorpio". Rather, the eighth was associated with Kēwān (= Saturn), because Kēwān presides over the seconds prior to the native's emergence from their mother's womb (a hellish and potentially fatal process).
The first of many future posts covering the Parts used in Persian astrology.
Bahrīhā ī Pārsīgān: The Basic Parts and their Calculation | Andarzgar
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In this post (which is really more of an essay), I expound on the Persian role in the evolution of astrology. Enjoy, and let me know what you think
On the Persianness of Astrology | Andarzgar
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The Persians did associate the eighth place with something—but it wasn't the sign of "Scorpio". Rather, the eighth was associated with Kēwān (= Saturn), because Kēwān presides over the seconds prior to the native's emergence from their mother's womb (a hellish and potentially fatal process).
Not only does this post introduce you to the diverse forms of Mihr, it also features passages from TWO Persian astrology books that I'm currently in the process of translating to English (one of them is being translated for the first time ever)!
The Forms of Mihr | Andarzgar
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Persianists, don't sleep on the voiced palatal fricative [ʝ].
The Hermetic teaching on Will is that it must be free from passion and desire in order for it to be effective.