tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1202440324670656932..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Hancock’s Horoscope: “free from unbenign radiations of infortunes”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-67142944392814508972013-08-12T16:19:27.876-05:002013-08-12T16:19:27.876-05:00It’d be interesting to know if Hancock himself pro...It’d be interesting to know if Hancock himself provided the time of birth, since the exact birth time of Hancock isn’t known, which throws out a full half of what one can discern from a chart.<br /><br />http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hancock,_John<br /><br />The aspects between the planets would be accurate, though, and “the great irritability of temper” is definitely shown by Hancock having his Mars square to his Sun and Mercury, as well as opposite his Moon.<br /><br />Here’s a modern computer-generated evaluation for Hancock, which gives a 7:30 AM birth time, compared to the 12:13 PM time in the book.<br /><br />http://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/John_Hancock<br /><br />For the best part, skip all the graphs (most of which depend on an accurate birth time) and go to the bottom of the page to the aspects described in “Your intellect and your social life” and so on.<br />Steve MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026970188928733645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86804140378293847052013-08-12T14:14:49.400-05:002013-08-12T14:14:49.400-05:00I'll assume from the tone of your comment on t...I'll assume from the tone of your comment on tomorrow's discussion that you've read this document comparing Hancock's horoscope with an oddly similar one for Joseph Warren:<br />http://books.google.com/books?id=oDQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=roger+rintoul+horoscope&source=bl&ots=3O_S9ORCjM&sig=7OcPcsuuwr-f50ikXTGfp8OORLk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HzEJUoXGC4akyAGK-IAQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=roger%20rintoul%20horoscope&f=falseG. Lovelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-57695390066514580682013-08-12T12:23:25.063-05:002013-08-12T12:23:25.063-05:00As I'll discuss tomorrow, the evidence on that...As I'll discuss tomorrow, the evidence on that question is pretty clear-cut. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-37016122669281968192013-08-12T09:35:59.381-05:002013-08-12T09:35:59.381-05:00What evidence do we have that this was in fact fir...What evidence do we have that this was in fact first written in 1760, and not written decades later, with the benefit of hindsight?Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.com