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Loosing of the bond

In zodiacal releasing, the rule for a period that outlasts one full circuit of the twelve signs: the rest of its time starts again from the sign opposite the period's own sign instead of from the sign itself. Valens states the rule for months, days and hours; the loosing of the bond is the modern name for it.

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Word origin · etymology

Modern name; its origin is not verified here.

The phrase does not occur in Mark Riley's English translation of Valens. Brennan's podcast and the practitioner pages read use it, and one of them gives it as Schmidt's. No Greek wording is given here because none was checked in a primary text.

Vettius Valens, Anthologies, translated by Mark Riley: Book IV chapters 4 to 10 ↗Chris Brennan, The Astrology Podcast episode 192, Zodiacal Releasing: An Ancient Timing Technique (2019), transcript ↗Sadalsuud, Zodiacal Releasing according to Robert Schmidt ↗

How we know · epistemology

Ancient textual rule, modern name

The rule is Valens's. In Book IV chapter 4 a Gemini period of 20 years uses one circuit of 17 years 7 months and the remaining 2 years 5 months start from Sagittarius, and chapter 10 repeats the rule for days and hours. A practitioner overview (Tony Louis) gives the same opposite-sign continuation and a page quoting Robert Schmidt (Sadalsuud) gives a Leo example. No dated chart in the sources read applies the rule, and whether it covers every level rests on Valens writing that the days and hours go the same way.

Vettius Valens, Anthologies, translated by Mark Riley: Book IV chapters 4 to 10 ↗Tony Louis, A brief overview of Zodiacal Releasing (2017) ↗Sadalsuud, Zodiacal Releasing according to Robert Schmidt ↗

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  1. Vettius Valens, Anthologies, translated by Mark Riley: Book IV chapters 4 to 10 ↗
  2. Tony Louis, A brief overview of Zodiacal Releasing (2017) ↗
  3. Sadalsuud, Zodiacal Releasing according to Robert Schmidt ↗
  4. Chris Brennan, The Astrology Podcast episode 192, Zodiacal Releasing: An Ancient Timing Technique (2019), transcript ↗