revealing, and any map can be projected forward in time through standard techniques
of progression, transits, and solunar returns.
ACG is unique among astrological techniques in offering the individual
something that she or he can do to alter the astrological indications under which she
or he is laboring. Many have, upon discovering that they have been struggling under a
Saturn line, relocated to a less oppressive zone and noted dramatic changes immedi-
ately. But residence in such difficult zones has its purpose also, as life cannot be all
social gatherings and pleasures. In any case, knowing the astrological influence
brought about by relocating—or by choosing a favorable location in advance from the
ACG map—has proved to be an important adjunct to standard birth chart delin-
eation. AstroCartoGraphy is now used universally by modern astrologers serving
clients for whom travel or relocation is an option.
—Jim LewisSources:
Harding, Michael, and Harvey, Charles. Working with Astrology, the Psychology of Harmonics,
Midpoints, and AstroCartoGraphy.London: Arcana, 1990.
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Lewis, Jim. AstroCartoGraphy.San Francisco: AstroCartoGraphy, 1976.
———. AstroCartoGraphy Explained.San Francisco: AstroCartoGraphy, 1986.
———. The AstroCartoGraphy Sourcebook of Mundane Maps. San Francisco:
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Llewellyn Publications, 1989.
ASTRODIAGNOSIS
Astrodiagnosis is the subdivision of medical astrology dealing with the diagnosis of
disease.
ASTRODYNES
Astrodynes is a technique for obtaining a numerical overview of a person’s birth chart.
The technique summarizes how much power, harmony, and discord is associated with
each planet, each house, and each sign in a chart. Elbert Benjamine of the Church of
Light in Los Angeles adopted the terms “astrodynes,” “harmodynes,” and “discor-
dynes” for the calculations of astrological energy that he and W. M. A. Drake devel-
oped in 1946. Benjamine tested, applied, and evaluated the material and conclusions
sent in by Brotherhood of Light researchers around the world, according to his student
Doris Chase Doane.
In 1950, Benjamine wrote in his Astrodyne Manual,“According to their rela-
tive power and harmony, the planets not only show the abilities and environment in
which they can most successfully be used, but they also indicate the events and dis-
eases of a particular type toward which there is a predisposition. Therefore it is very
important to know as precisely as possible both the power of each planet in the birth-
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