Baughan’s historical astrology
The Part of Fortune
Baughan calls the Part of Fortune a position affecting the judgement of a nativity, rather than an additional planet. It belongs to the supplementary signs in her alphabet. Her later chapter defends its importance against astrologers she says disregard it. The defence presents older experience as a reason to retain a position whose influence she cannot explain.
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Principal account
TraditionalBaughan calls the Part of Fortune a position affecting the judgement of a nativity, rather than an additional planet. It belongs to the supplementary signs in her alphabet.
Further detail
TraditionalHer later chapter defends its importance against astrologers she says disregard it. The defence presents older experience as a reason to retain a position whose influence she cannot explain.
Context & interpretation
This entry records Rosa Baughan’s nineteenth-century account of the older astrological system and its symbolic correspondences. The classifications and asserted influences are attributed to that book; the entry describes its interpretive vocabulary rather than diagnosing a person or establishing a physical effect.
Original passages
Source 1
The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore
a position affecting the judgments in a nativityOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Baughan’s historical astrology; active reader leaf 19
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0150-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0150-E001-P0019
- Original scan leaf
- 19
- Recorded leaf number
- 19
- Current Reader position
- 12
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore
we cannot explain the influence of the Part of FortuneOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Baughan’s historical astrology; active reader leaf 47
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0150-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0150-E001-P0047
- Original scan leaf
- 47
- Recorded leaf number
- 47
- Current Reader position
- 40
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
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