Sect in Astrology: Day and Night Charts

In episode 274 of the podcast Chris Brennan gives a detailed overview of the concept of sect in astrology, which is the difference between day and night birth charts.

Sect is a fundamental concept that was used in Hellenistic astrology, but it has only been recovered by contemporary astrologers over the past 30 years through translations of ancient texts.

The purpose of this talk is to give a broad introduction to sect, first by establishing how pervasive the concept is in ancient astrology, and then to demonstrate how it works in practice through chart examples.

This episode was recorded as a live stream with an audience of patrons who support the podcast through our page on Patreon each month:

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To learn more about sect, check out Chris’ book on Hellenistic astrology, or his online course on ancient astrology.

This episode is available in both audio and video versions below.

Slides

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Timestamps

Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode:

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:26 Day and night

00:05:09 Sect definition

00:06:45 Diurnal and nocturnal teams

00:07:57 Sect as foundational concept

00:09:43 Domicile scheme

00:12:37 Aspects

00:14:20 Exalations

00:15:05 Exaltations, sect, and aspects

00:16:59 Planetary joys

00:22:58 Triplicity rulers

00:24:14 Lot of Fortune

00:25:56 Master of the Nativity

00:28:24 Annual profections and sect

00:30:24 Important and pervasive concept

00:33:33 How to tell if chart is day or not

00:41:02 Twilight

00:42:59 George Lucas’ chart

00:46:32 Barack Obama’s chart

00:48:35 Using sect in practice

00:50:05 Benefics and malefics

00:53:43 Sect alters the mood of the planets

00:57:25 Most positive and negative planet

01:02:49 House placement of positive and negative planets

01:19:12 Example night chart

01:29:36 Ernest Hemingway’s chart

01:33:02 Example day chart

01:36:04 Johnny Depp’s chart

01:39:40 Lisa Marie Presley’s chart

01:42:34 Maurizio Gucci’s chart

01:44:11 Elliott Smith’s chart

01:46:55 Britney Spears’ chart

01:52:30 Planets ruling the ascendant

01:55:24 Alan White’s chart

01:59:54 Ted Kennedy’s chart

02:04:08 Michael J. Fox’s chart

02:10:00 Benefic and malefic in same sign

02:10:41 Kurt Cobain’s chart

02:16:00 Christopher Reeve’s chart

02:19:25 Philippe Pozzo Di Borgo’s chart

02:24:07 Mitigating factors

02:27:28 Rejoicing conditions

02:33:24 Aretha Franklin’s chart

02:39:54 Chart of a doctor

02:41:55 Other ways sect is useful

02:51:27 Concluding remarks

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Transcript

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