hellenistic astrology

When I read a horoscope, I use traditional Hellenistic astrology as a basis. This emphasizes the connection between the microcosm (individual life) and the macrocosm (universal connections). 

Hellenistic astrology originated in ancient Greece, particularly between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD, and is a synthesis of Babylonian, Egyptian and Greek astrological traditions – It has greatly influenced Western astrology right up to modern times. In Hellenistic astrology, the concept of destiny is seen as a complex interaction between cosmic influences and individual freedom of choice.

There are some differences between Hellenistic and modern astrology. For example, the planets Uranus and Pluto play a rather minor role in the Hellenistic interpretation of personal horoscopes. Instead, Hellenistic astrology uses the seven classical planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn) and analyses their positions and aspects.
There are many other differences, but the most obvious - even to the untrained eye - is the arrangement of the houses in the birth chart. This can cause certain placements to shift for you. 


Below you can see the same birth chart twice: once in the whole sign house system (which I use) and once in the Placidus system, which is the most widely used today. The houses are marked in blue and you can see that they are the same size in the first chart and different sizes in the second.




Whole-sign-system






Placidus-System