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KRAFFT, KARLERNST

Karl Ernst Krafft, a Swiss astrologer, was born in Basel on May 10, 1900. He studied at

the Universities of Basel and Geneva. He began to investigate astrology with statisti-

cal methods, constructing birth charts from data available from public records. He

replicated Choisnard’s studies and conducted others of his own.

From 1924 to 1937, Krafft pursued various employments and practiced astrolo-

gy and astrological research in his spare time. He moved to Germany not long after his

marriage in 1937, where he devoted his time to writing and lecturing on his favorite

subject. His major work, Le premier traité d’astrobiologie,was published in 1939.

Despite work that he performed for the Propaganda Ministry of the German

government, Krafft was in and out of jail, eventually dying on January 8, 1945, during

a transfer between German detention centers. His importance for astrologers lies in

his large-scale statistical work, which began with Choisnard and led to the work of

Michel and Françoise Gauquelin.

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KRITTIKA

Krittika (or the Cutter) is one of the Nakshatras (lunar mansions) of Vedic astrology.

Agni, the god of fire, presides over this Nakshatra represented by an axe and located

from Aries 26°10’ to Taurus 10°, ruled by the sun. This sign gives off the energy of

being militaristic, and is a good time to be straightforward and aggressive; individuals

may find themselves more motivated and dignified when the moon is in this area,

while also being hard-headed or overly excitable.

—Pramela Thiagesan

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