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URANIANASTROLOGY
The Uranian system of astrology, also known as the Hamburg School of Astrology,
had its origins in the early part of the twentieth century. Alfred Witte (1878–1943),
the founder of the system, was a renowned astrologer in Germany as well as a surveyor.
He and his student and colleague, Friedrich Sieggrün (1877–1951), were members of
the famed Kepler Circle. During World War I, Witte tried to use the prevailing astro-
logical methods of his day to time battles. He found these methods to be quite lacking,
and it was during this time that he developed his revolutionary way of looking at
astrology. After the war, he introduced these ideas to his contemporaries in the Kepler
Circle. Witte’s Uranian astrology is differentiated from other schools of Western
astrology by a variety of factors, including the use of dials, the cardinal axis, hard
aspects, midpoints, symmetry, and the eight hypothetical planets, as well as its con-
centration on six personal points and their houses.
Witte postulated that the character and destiny of a person are not solely deter-
mined by the aspects between the planets but are seen primarily through the symmetry
of the planets. Planets are in symmetry when their arc openings are equal. One of the
main tenets of the system states that planets that have equal differences (arc openings)
also have equal midpoints and equal sums. These completed symmetrical planetary
arrangements are called planetary pictures. A planetary picture may be expressed in the
following ways: Planet A + Planet B – Planet C = Planet D; Planet A + Planet B = Plan-
et C + Planet D; Planet A – Planet C = Planet D – Planet B; and, finally, (Planet A +
Planet B) / 2 (midpoint of A and B) = (Planet C + Planet D) / 2 (midpoint of C and D).
For example, Planet A, Mars, is at 13° Gemini; Planet B, Jupiter, is at 19°
Sagittarius; Planet C, Venus, is at 25° Taurus; and Planet D, Saturn, is at 7° Capri-
corn. Except for a wide opposition between Mars and Jupiter, these planets would at
first seem to be unrelated. However, they actually work in tandem because of their
symmetrical relationship. Using whole circle notation we see that:
A + B – C = D
Mars (73) + Jupiter (259) – Venus (55 degrees) = Saturn (277)
A + B = C + D
73 + 259 = 55 + 277
A – C = D – B
73 – 55 = 277 – 259
(A + B) / 2 = (C + D) / 2
(73 + 259) / 2 = (55 + 277) / 2
The system also investigates sensitive points, which are expressed in a similar
fashion to Arabic parts, i.e. A + B – C. When these points are completed by a natal,
transiting, or solar-arc-directed planet, the completed symmetrical picture is formed.
Though many people believe that the system uses thousands of points, in fact, the
experience practitioner looks only for these completed symmetrical relationships.
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