Horoscopy across Civilizations: Comparative Approaches to Western, Indian, and Chinese Astrology and Chronomancy
June 29, 2016
June 30, 2016 (closed think tank meeting)
Convenors: Michael Lackner, Stephan Heilen
With this workshop, the IKGF Erlangen establishes the first academic forum ever for the direct comparison, across the boundaries of epochs and civilizations, of horoscopic, i.e. timebased methods to predict and explain individual fate. The workshop will provide an opportunity for experts in the various fields to reflect on the relationship of horoscopy and divination in the astrological and chronomantical teachings of China, India, and the Western World. The different methods will first be characterized and compared theoretically and then be elucidated through transcultural, multiperspective analyses of practical examples. Complementary papers will focus on the role of astrology in today’s world and on the relationship of science and divinatory practice.
Programme
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Welcome Address and Introduction
Michael Lackner (IKGF Erlangen) Stephan Heilen (University of Osnabrück, IKGF Erlangen) |
PANEL I: ASTROLOGY IN THE WESTERN WORLD |
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| 9:45 - 10:30 | Astrology in European Antiquity
Stephan Heilen (University of Osnabrück, IKGF Erlangen) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Astrology in the Middle Ages and in the Early
Modern Period
Darrel Rutkin (University of Sydney) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Contemporary Western Astrology
Dorian Greenbaum (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
PANEL II: ASTROLOGY AND CHRONOMANCY IN INDIA AND CHINA |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | Astrology in India
Martin Gansten (Lund University) |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Horoscopy in China
Stéphanie Homola (Collège de France, Paris) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
PANEL III: CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS ON SCHOLARSHIP AND PRACTICE |
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| 16:00 - 16:45 | Contemporary Astrology in Germany –
Actors and Clientele
Gerhard Mayer (Institute of Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Freiburg i. Br.) |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Dilemmas of Divination – Bridging Theory,
Practice, and Scholarship
Geoffrey Cornelius (Canterbury Christ Church University) |
Thursday, June 30, 2016 (Closed Session)
PANEL I: PRESENTATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF HISTORICAL HOROSCOPES |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 | Case I: Publius Aelius Hadrianus
(Presented by Stephan Heilen) Nativity: 24 January 76 CE, 7:25 a. m., Rome, 41° 54’ North, 12° 29’ East Historical Horoscope by Antigonus of Nicea |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Case II: Zhu Xi
(Presented by Zhang Wenzhi, Shandong University) Nativity: 25 October 1130 CE, 11-13 a.m., Youxi, 26° 17’ North, 118° 19’ East Historical Horoscope by Yuan Shushan |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Case III: Angelo Poliziano
(Presented by Geoffrey Cornelius) Nativity: 14 July 1454 CE, 13:28 p. m., Montepulciano, 43° 6’ North, 11° 47’ East Historical Horoscope by Girolamo Cardano |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Case IV: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(Presented by Martin Gansten) Nativity: 2 October 1869 CE, 7:45 a. m., Porbandar, 21° 38’ North, 69° 36’ East Historical Horoscope by Bangalore Venkata Raman |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
PANEL II: COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF MODERN NATIVITIES |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | Case I: Mao Zedong
(Presented by Zhang Wenzhi) Nativity: 26 December 1893, 7-9 a. m., Shaoshan, 27° 91’ North, 112° 50’ East |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Case II: Donald Trump (Presented by Dorian Greenbaum) Nativity: 14 June 1946, 9:51 a. m., New York, 40° 42’ North, 74° 00’ West |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
PANEL III: ELECTIONS |
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| 16:00 - 17:30 | Case Study: Choosing the Best Date and Time
for a Journey
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PANEL IV: FINAL DISCUSSION |
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| 17:30 | Final Discussion
Chair: Josefina Rodriguez Arribas (University of Münster) |
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