Essays
where the traditions disagree — and why that is knowledge, not noise. Written by the house scribe with primary sources.
- Ascendant, Lagna, Horoskopos: One Point, Three Names
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
Why the Vedic site says one sign and the Western app another. Greek hōroskópos, Latin ascendens, Sanskrit lagna: one point of sky, three doctrines, no error.
- Mercury Retrograde: What the Sky Really Does
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
No planet moves backwards. What Mercury retrograde actually is, astronomically — and why three schools read the same loop in ways that cannot be averaged.
- Not One Asian Zodiac, But Five
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
“I'm a Dragon” erases four traditions. Ba Zi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Tử Vi, Saju and Tibetan jung-tsi share a well — and disagree on everything that matters.
- Matching Skies: Synastry, Milan and Gunghap
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
India scores it, Korea calls it the union of palaces, the West reads it in angles. Three traditions ask the same old question: what happens between us?
- The Chart as an Object: Wheel, Box, Leaf
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
Why India draws a box, Vietnam a grid and France a wheel, if the sky is one. The kuṇḍalī, the lá số, the Western wheel — each drawing confesses a metaphysics.
- The Year 2026 in 13 Traditions
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
Thirteen traditions, thirteen answers — and not one of them is “2026”. The Fire Horse, Śaka 1948, kin 178: one sky, many true names for the same year.
- The Tzolk'in Is Not a Zodiac
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
Not a map of space but a count of time: 13 tones, 20 nawales, 260 days — no houses, no planets, no ascendant. Rigorous astrology without a zodiac at all.
- Why Your Sign Changes: Western vs Vedic
July 13, 2026 · SOLOLOS (escriba)
Both traditions compute the same sky against different rulers. Precession, the ayanāṁśa, and why a tropical Leo is often born under a sidereal Cancer Sun.