IKGF-Workshop „Horoscopy across Civilizations“ – the first Academic Forum ever for the direct comparison, across the boundaries of epochs and civilizations, of horoscopic, i.e. timebased methods to predict and explain individual fate

https://www.ikgf.uni-erlangen.de/content/flyer/2016-06-workshop-horoscopy-across-civilizations-flyer.pdf – https://talk.vonabisw.de/Steven/IGKF.pdf

June 29, 2016 – June 30, 2016 (closed think tank meeting)

Convenors: Michael Lackner, Stephan Heilen

With this workshop, the IKGF Erlangen established the first academic forum ever for the direct comparison, across the boundaries of epochs and civilizations, of horoscopic, i.e. timebased methods to predict and explain individual fate. The workshop will provide an opportunity for experts in the various fields to reflect on the relationship of horoscopy and divination in the astrological and chronomantical teachings of China, India, and the Western World. The different methods will first be characterized and compared theoretically and then be elucidated through transcultural, multiperspective analyses of practical examples. Complementary papers will focus on the role of astrology in today’s world and on the relationship of science and divinatory practice.

Programme

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

9:30 – 9:45Welcome Address and Introduction
Michael Lackner (IKGF Erlangen)
Stephan Heilen (University of Osnabrück, IKGF Erlangen)
PANEL I: ASTROLOGY IN THE WESTERN WORLD
9:45 – 10:30Astrology in European Antiquity
Stephan Heilen (University of Osnabrück, IKGF Erlangen)
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45Astrology in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Period
Darrel Rutkin (University of Sydney)
11:45 – 12:30Contemporary Western Astrology
Dorian Greenbaum (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
12:30 – 14:00Lunch Break
PANEL II: ASTROLOGY AND CHRONOMANCY IN INDIA AND CHINA
14:00 – 14:45Astrology in India
Martin Gansten (Lund University)
14:45 – 15:30Horoscopy in China
Stéphanie Homola (Collège de France, Paris)
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
PANEL III: CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS ON SCHOLARSHIP AND PRACTICE
16:00 – 16:45Contemporary Astrology in Germany – Actors and Clientele
Gerhard Mayer (Institute of Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Freiburg i. Br.)
16:45 – 17:30Dilemmas of Divination – Bridging Theory, Practice, and Scholarship
Geoffrey Cornelius (Canterbury Christ Church University)

Thursday, June 30, 2016 (Closed Session)

PANEL I: PRESENTATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF HISTORICAL HOROSCOPES
9:00 – 9:45Case I: Publius Aelius Hadrianus
(Presented by Stephan Heilen)
Nativity: 24 January 76 CE, 7:25 a. m., Rome, 41° 54’ North, 12° 29’ East Historical Horoscope by Antigonus of Nicea
9:45 – 10:30Case II: Zhu Xi
(Presented by Zhang Wenzhi, Shandong University)
Nativity: 25 October 1130 CE, 11-13 a.m., Youxi, 26° 17’ North, 118° 19’ East Historical Horoscope by Yuan Shushan
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45Case III: Angelo Poliziano
(Presented by Geoffrey Cornelius)
Nativity: 14 July 1454 CE, 13:28 p. m., Montepulciano, 43° 6’ North, 11° 47’ East Historical Horoscope by Girolamo Cardano
11:45 – 12:30Case IV: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(Presented by Martin Gansten)
Nativity: 2 October 1869 CE, 7:45 a. m., Porbandar, 21° 38’ North, 69° 36’ East Historical Horoscope by Bangalore Venkata Raman
12:30 – 14:00Lunch Break
PANEL II: COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF MODERN NATIVITIES
14:00 – 14:45Case I: Mao Zedong
(Presented by Zhang Wenzhi)
Nativity: 26 December 1893, 7-9 a. m., Shaoshan, 27° 91’ North, 112° 50’ East
14:45 – 15:30Case II: Donald Trump
(Presented by Dorian Greenbaum)
Nativity: 14 June 1946, 9:51 a. m., New York, 40° 42’ North, 74° 00’ West
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
PANEL III: ELECTIONS
16:00 – 17:30Case Study: Choosing the Best Date and Time for a Journey
PANEL IV: FINAL DISCUSSION
17:30Final Discussion
Chair: Josefina Rodriguez Arribas (University of Münster)