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: https://www.patreon.com/astrologypodcast 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 Here are the PowerPoint slides for the talk: Sect in Astrology Slides Alternatively watch the video version to see the audio synced with the slides. 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 Watch the Video Version of This Episode on Sect Here is the video version of our episode on the astrology of sect: – Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 274 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode