The Prenatal Epoch
Bailey, E. H. The Prenatal Epoch. N.p.: Epoch. N.p.: The Author, 1916.
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The primary priniple o* the +renatal Epoh has "een stated "y a$ Heindel in The Message of the Stars, where Stars, where he says that the "ody is the produt o* lunar *ores and that the position o* the Asendant, or its opposite, at "irth, is the oon-s position at oneption. The eyword o* the oon is *eundation or *ertility, and it is eho0ah and the lunar Anels that preside at the "irth o* a hild. This is stated in the Cosmo-Conception Cosmo-Conceptionand and other wors o* the Rosiruian +hilosophy. 2e 2e thus see that the oon has primary in*luene o0er the *ormation o* the physial "ody, and that the Asendant represents merely the trans*erene o* the oon-s position *rom oneption to "irth. This law was nown to the anients anients as the 3Truitine 3Truitine o* Hermes,3 *rom Hermes Trismeistus, Trismeistus, who *irst orretly *ormulated and stated the law as *ollows: 3The plae o* the oon at oneption "eomes the "irth asendant or its opposite point.3 3But this pro0ed to "e "ut one!hal* o* a 0ery 0ery important law, *or while the Asendant at "irth was the plae o* the oon at a ertain Epoh, the Asendant or its opposite point at this Epoh was the plae o* the oon at "irth !! a very remarkable interchange of factors." !!E.H. !!E.H. Bailey. Aordin to the Anient 2isdom, 3The 3The 2orld!Breath 2orld!Breath has a de*inite and periodi pulsation, a systole and diastole ation, where"y "irth and death are ontrolled.3 This idea o* periodiity, well esta"lished esta"lished "y modern siene, *urthers the idea that "irth an tae plae only in respet re spet to any sinle loality at inter0als, that these inter0als are in aord with lunar motion, and that only e0ery se0enth impulse o* the 2orld!Breath permits o* human "irths. The modern 0ersion o* the +renatal Epoh we *irst esta"lished esta"lished "y the Enlish astroloer nown to the astroloial world as 4epharial, in the year 1((6. 5t was pu"lished "y him in 1(9. 5n this he had the olla"oration o* a trained and 0eteran sientist, a dotor, who helped him to esta"lish the primary pr imary laws o* the +renatal Epoh "y years o* painstain researh and atual e$periments. This dotor was an e$pert o"stetriian and pro0ed the laws o* the +renatal Epoh "y atual *irsthand data. These laws laws ha0e "een *urther 0eri*ied, e$tended, e$tended, and omplemented "y the painstain researhes o* E.H. Bailey, to to whom reat redit is due *or his many and e$at proo*s o* the +renatal Epoh. His "oo upon this su")et is onsidered standard authority, and we are in the main *ollowin his 0ery worthy ontri"ution to the su")et and are e$tendin him *ull redit. 7ne o* the the primary uses uses o* the the +renatal Epoh Epoh is the orretion or reti*iation o* the "irth time when only the appro$imate time is i0en. Another is i ts utility in determinin orretly the se$ o* the nati0e. 8inally, it i0es sidelihts on the harater and inner nature o* the indi0idual as *undamental as those o* the "irth hart. 3As "irths are "rouht a"out a"out in e$at e$at harmony with lunar laws, it it is shown that intrauterine li*e is in diret relation with the sidereal world without, that the reat *at o* maternity is apa"le o* purely astronomial measurement and rule .... The law is nothin less than a mathematial measurement o* human li*e, a stupendous natural *at nothin more e$atly mathematial and matter o* *at is to "e *ound in the reords o* sientists than this reord o* intra! uterine li*e, *or only throuh its study will the laws o* eneration "e *ully understood.3 !! Sepharial. 35n the measurement o* the intra!uterine intra!uterine period we atually atually measure the whole *uture o* the indi0idual alter this one *at !! the moment o* oneption or its spiritual ounterpart, the Epoh; !! and you hane the whole ourse o* the proeny-s destiny. 5* we aept the oult theory that the +renatal Epoh is the desent o* the Eo to the
relationship with the indi0idual than the horosope at "irth, the latter appearin to re)et the personality and its heredity and en0ironment. 5n other words, the Epoh represents the man a"out to mani*est in the *lesh, the horosope denotes atual personal onditions and en0ironments into whih he is "or n. E0ery "irth is diretly onneted with the Epoh, and e0ery authenti natural "irth will, within the limits o* an error o* o"ser0ation, yield an Epoh in aordane with the rules to "e i0en.3!! Bailey. 8or summary, let us restate the *undamental priniple o* the +renatal Epoh nown as the Tritine of !ermes 3The Asendant at "irth is the plae o* the oon at a ertain Epoh, ant the Asendant or its opposite point at Epoh was the plae o* the oon at "irth.3 This yields the:
Four Laws of the Epoch 1. 2hen the oon at "irth inreases in liht, it will "e on the asendin deree o* Epoh, and the oon at Epoh will "e on the asendin deree at "irth. &. 2hen the oon at "irth derease in liht, it will "e on the dereasin deree at Epoh, and the oon at Epoh will "e on the desendin deree at "irth. =. 2hen the oon at "irth is a; inreasin in liht and "elow the hori%on, or "; dereasin in liht and a"o0e the hori%on, the period o* estation is loner than the norm. >. 2hen the oon at "irth is a; inreasin in liht and a"o0e the hori%on or "; dereasin in liht and "elow the hori%on, the period o* estation is shorter than the norm. 8rom these *our laws we dedue the *ollowin:
Four Orders of Epoch 1. oon a"o0e hori%on and inreasin in liht.......... &?= days minus $. &. oon a"o0e hori%on and dereasin in liht.......... &?= days plus $. =. oon "elow hori%on and inreasin in liht.......... &?= days plus $. >. oon "elow hori%on and dereasin in liht.......... &?= days minus $. 5t is to "e understood that the &?= days re*erred to in the a"o0e ta"le is the normal period o* estation, or nine solar or ten lunar months. This normal period is inreased or dereased in aordane with the distane o* the oon *rom either the Asendant or
the distane in derees o* the oon *rom the hori#on last crosse$ A@ or <@;, di0ided "y thirteen, i0es 3$3, or the num"er o* days "y whih this period is dereased and in orders Nos. & and = the distane o* the oon in derees *rom the hori#on %hich it is approaching, di0ided "y thirteen, i0es the num"er o* days "y whih this period is inreased. These rules are illustrated "y the *ollowin e$amples:
Figure 1 ORDER No. 1 oon a"o0e the hori%on and inreasin in liht. +eriod o* estation is &?= days minus 3$3. 5nreasin !! hene 3ount3 to A@. 4u"tratin lonitude o* moon *rom lonitude o* A@ i0es ( derees, as *ollows:
AC __________ 7 __________ 0 ______________ 0 Moon ________ 4 _________ 10 _____________ 00 _____________ 2 _________ 20 deg._____ equals 2 ____________________________________ signs plus _________________________________ 20 or 80 deg.
( derees di0ided "y 1( i0es B days "y whih the period is dereased. 35nde$ date3 *alls B days pre0ious to 3Epoh date.3
Figure 2 ORDER No. 2 oon a"o0e the hori%on and dereasin in liht. +eriod o* estation is &?( days plus 3$3.
Figure 3 ORDER No. 3 oon "elow the earth and inreasin in liht. +eriod o* estation is &?= days plus 3$3. 3@ount is to A@, "eause inreasin and is 116 derees. This di0ided "y 1= euals 9 days the period is lenthened. Hene 3Epoh
Figure 4 ORDER No. 4 oon "elow the hori%on and dereasin in liht. +eriod o* estation is &?= days minus 3$3. 3@ount3 to <@ "eause dereasin, and is eual to 11= derees. This di0ided "y 1= euals 9 days, "y whih the period is dereased, plain 3Epoh
Figure 5 ORDER No. 1 (Variation of count) +eriod o* estation &?( days minus 3$3. oon a"o0e and inreasin. The 3ount3 is here made *rom the oon to the A@ and "elow the hori%on to the <@, dereasin the period "y 1> days, less than o* the reular Epoh ount.
Figure 6
ORDER No. 2 (Variation of count) oon a"o0e and dereasin. +eriod o* estation &?( days plus 3$3. 3@ount3 is made to <@ as in rule "ut ontinued "elow the hori%on to the A@, inreasin the period o* estation "y 1> days, plus the ount o* reular Epoh.
Figure 7 ORDER No. 3 (Variation of count) oon "elow and inreasin. +eriod o* estation &?( days plus 3$3. 3@ount3 is made to the A@, aordin to rule, and ontinued a"o0e the hori%on to the desendant, inreasin the period o* estation "y 1> days. 5nreasin: 3@ount3 to A@ and e$tend o0er and around. This will "e ( derees plus 1( derees, euals &6 derees. This di0ided "y 1( euals & days "y whih period is inreased, and will "rin 3Epoh
Figure ORDER NO. 4 (Variation of count) oon "elow and dereasin. +eriod o* estation is &?( days minus 3$3. 3@ount3 is made to the <@, aordin to rule, and ontinued a"o0e the hori%on to the A@, dereasin the period o* estation "y 1> days. oon dereasin, hene 3ount3 to <@ and e$tend o0er and around. 8ull 3ount3 is 1( derees plus 11( derees euals &9( derees. This, di0ided "y 1( is &( dose whih the period is dereased, "rin the 3Epoh days it will ha0e one one!hal* the way, or *rom one sin to its opposite. Hene to 30ary3 the 3ount3 do not reverse, "ut contine aron$, either a"o0e or "elow the hori%on, and either inreasin or dereasin period o* estation "y 1> days.
Law of !e" 5t is 0ery easy to reah a *ititious Epoh. 7ne o* the most important thins to "e o"ser0ed in the +renatal *iure is that it must determine the se$ o* the nati0e. Cnless the Epoh on*orms to this *undamental ondition, that is, de*ines the se$ o* the su")et, it is not orret. E0ery Epoh must on*orm to *our separate and distint onditions, 0i%: 1. 5t must on*irm the time o* "irth within the limits o* an ordinary o"ser0ation. &. 5t must de*ine the se$ o* the su")et aordin to ertain rules. =. 5t must show the eneral harater and *ortunes o* the indi0idual. >. 5t must *urnish diretions in aord with the e0ents o* li*e. Cnless, there*ore, an Epoh on*orms stritly to these *our onditions, it may "e rearded as a *ititious one. The law o* se$ is "ased upon the Hindu su"di0ision o* the %odia into twenty! eiht mansions or 3asterisms3 o* 1& 6!? derees eah, whih i0es the *ollowin:
!e" or #$ritica%# Degrees These se$ or 3ritial3 derees are used to on*irm the se$ o* the su")et or nati0e. They are the entral points o* their respeti0e or"s, whih e$tend "oth ways to the end o* or". 5t will "e notied, there*ore, that when one deree o* a ertain sin is in one se$, the opposite sin and deree are in the opposite se$. Hene all that is neessary in order to plae one o* the *ators in the proper se$ position is to 0ary the ount "y *ourteen days, main the period o* estation either shorter or loner, whih will "rin the proper asendin deree. The appliation o* these se$ or 3ritial3 derees is as *ollows: 3Allow the proper or" o* in*luene *or the oon and Asendant in the natal hart. This will show at one whether a masuline or *eminine de ree is risin, also the se$ position o* the oon. 5t will "e notied that no matter in what deree the Asendant *alls, it will always oupy a position within or" o* one o * these se$ points, either masuline or *eminine "ut the oon-s position may *all outside o* the or" o* in*luene, and this i0es what is termed a negative position of the Moon. 5* the oon is neati0e in the "irth hart, we ha0e either a stritly reular or irreular Epoh.
Figure & 7r" in natal *iure; *or A@ is 6 >!i derees euals 6 =>-. *or oon is > &!? derees euals > 1?-. &mportant Always remem"er that sine the oon at "irth "eomes A@ or <@ at Epoh and 0ie 0ersa, the or"s o* in*luene o* the oon and A@ in the Epoh @hart will hane plaes so that the or" o* the oon at Epoh will "e 6 =>-, while the or" o* the A@ will "e > 1?-. 35*, howe0er, the oon is within or" o* one o* these se$ points it is termed a se$ Epoh.3 !! Bailey. There*ore, to determine the se$ o* the su")et *rom the *iure o* the +renatal hart, note: 1. 2hen the Asendant is neati0e as in stritly reular and irreular Epohs;, the se$ o* the area oupied "y the oon is the se$ o* the su")et. &. 2hen "oth the oon and the A@ are within their respeti0e or"s o* a deree o* the same se$, the se$ o* the su")et is the same as the se$ o* the area so oupied . =. 2hen the oon and the A@ are plaed within their respeti0e or"s o* a deree o* the opposite se$ the oon in a *emale and the A@ in a male or 0ie 0ersa; the se' of the sb(ect is $etermine$ by the )a$rant hel$ by the Moon at Epoch. There will then "e two points o* one se$ and one o* the other, and whihe0er se$ predominates will "e the se$ o* the su")et. The term 3uadrant3 means uarter. The *irst uarter o* the hart *rom A@ to nadir is *emale, the seond uarter *rom nadir to <@ is male, the third uarter *rom <@ to @ is *emale, and the *ourth uarter *rom @ to A@ is male. Thus i* the se$ position o* one o* the *ators, either A@ or oon, is in an opposite se$ *rom that o* the other *ator, the se$ o* the uadrant in whih the oon is plaed at Epoh determines the se$ o* the nati0e.
Figure 1' ( )he !e" *uadra+ts
,rregu%ar Epochs Cp to this time we ha0e "een dealin with the reular Epoh, that is, when there is an interhane o* the two *ators, the oon with the A@ or <@ when inreasin in
liht or the <@ when dereasin in liht, and the A@ with the Epohal oon. These interhanes are not always Reular and may 0ary, *irst, "eause the Epohal hart does not de*ine the time o* "irth, and seond, "eause the Epohal hart does not orretly de*ine the se$ o* the nati0e. 5t is there*ore neessary to mae 0ariations *rom the reular order o* Epoh. 2e ha0e = o* these 0ariations whih an "e applied to eah o* the > orders: 1; Tain the 3ount3 *rom the A@ or <@ aordin to rule, "ut re0ersin the risin and settin o* the oon at "irth, main its plae set when inreasin and rise when dereasin. &; Tain the 3ount3 *rom the oon to the <@ when inreasin and *rom the oon to the A@ when dereasin, "ut main the oon-s plae rise or set aordin to rule. =; Tain the 3ount3 *rom the oon to the <@ when inreasin and *rom the oon to the A@ when dereasin, and re0ersin the risin and settin o* the oon as in 0ariation 1;.
)a-%e of ariatio+s Variation I
Birth
Epoh
Moon inreasing
AC !eo"es
Moon
Moon inreasing
Moon !eo"es
#C
Moon dereasing
#C !eo"es
Moon
Moon dereasing
Moon !eo"es
AC
Variation II
Birth
Epoh
Moon inreasing
#C !eo"es
Moon
Moon inreasing
Moon !eo"es
AC
Moon dereasing
AC !eo"es
Moon
Moon dereasing
Moon !eo"es
#C
Variation III
Birth
Epoh
Moon inreasing
#C !eo"es
Moon
Moon inreasing
Moon !eo"es
#C
Moon dereasing
AC !eo"es
Moon
Moon dereasing
Moon !eo"es
AC
35t must "e properly understood that this irreularity or 0ariation *rom the main postulate o* the Epoh is in no sense ar"itrary or *ortuitous. The 0ariation must "e made in order that the Epoh on*orm to the *our prime onditions. 5t should "e "orne in mind that in all reular and irreular Epohs the oon at "irth holds a neati0e se$ area, and there*ore its risin or settin does not a**et the se$, and the 0ariation o* this point is *or the purpose o* reuirin the Epoh to on*irm the "irth time. 5n the seond and third 0ariations it is the se$ o* the area held "y the A@ whih reuires a de0iation *rom the main law. Thus C the 3ount3 is made *rom the oon to the A@ and that point is an area in the opposite se$ o* the su")et, the 3ount3 must "e ontinued round to the opposite hori%on, whih will "rin it into an area o* the reuired se$. The oon-s plae may rise aordin to rule, "ut it may also "e neessary to re0erse the proess.3 !! Bailey. A third lass o* Epohs omprises those whih are more stritly desinated 34e$ Epohs.3 Here the interhane o* the two *ators is wholly and e$lusi0ely o0erned "y the se$ o* the areas in whih "oth the oon and the Asendant are plaed, taen in on)untion with the se$ o* the su")et. 4ometimes the interhane will "e reular, "ut in others either o* the three irreular methods will o"tain, while the se$ o* the uadrant o* the oon held at Epoh is "rouht into use in a 0ery lare num"er o* ases. This lass inludes the lare ma)ority o* ases where the period o* estation is inreased or dereased "y periods loner than the usual *ourteen days.3 !! Bailey. All that is now neessary in order to ompute the atual date o* Epoh is to *ind the lass o* Epoh reuired to *it eah i0en ase. This is done aordin to the *ollowin rules and i0es us,
!i" $%asses of Epochs 1. oon neati0e a; 5nreasin ! A@ same se$ as person; "; . oon inreasin: A@ same se$, oon opposite se$ to that o* person; oon dereasin: A@ opposite se$, oon same se$ as person; This lass is reular or irreular, 0ariations 1 and =. . oon inreasin: A@ opposite se$, oon same se$ as person; oon dereasin: A@ same se$, oon opposite se$ to that o* person; This lass is reular or irreular, 0ariation & and =. 6. oon inreasin: A@ and oon in opposite se$ to that o* person; oon dereasin: A@ and oon in same se$ or person; This lass will ne0er "e reular, "ut irreular, 0ariation 1, &, and =.
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E. H. Bailey was a pioneer British astroloer *irst attrated to the pratie a*ter readin one o* the popular astroloial almanas pu"lished "y Dadiel pseudonym o* Rihard ames orrison;. He was "orn on No0em"er &9, 1(?6, and as a youn man went to wor with Alan eo, who had opened the Astroloy +u"lishin @ompany, the *irst suess*ul modern "usiness enterprise "uilt around astroloy. 5n 19>, Bailey started his own maa%ine, *estiny, "ut it was short!li0ed. He later "eame the editor o* the British +ornal of strology. As his appreiation o* astroloy matured, Bailey "eame interested in the pro"lem o* what astroloers all the prenatal epoh, i.e., determinin the time o* an indi0idual-s oneption. There were methods, some uite anient, *or determinin the date o* oneption *rom the date o* "irth, and *rom those dates main an estimate o* the time o* "irth i* otherwise unnown. The time o* "irth is a neessary "it o* in*ormation in onstrutin anythin "ut the most super*iial o* "irth harts and o**erin a detailed astroloial readin. Bailey olleted a sini*iant amount o* data *rom pu"li reords and wored with se0eral *riendly o"stetriians o0er a period o* years to produe his most *amous "oo, The Prenatal Epoch, in 1916. Astroloers paid attention to the topi durin the era "etween the two 2orld 2ars, "ut durin the postwar era ha0e turned to other methods *or reti*yin harts in those minimal num"er o* ases where "irth reords are none$istent. Bailey was named a *ellow o* the Astroloial 4oiety o* Ameria. He died on une >, 199. 4oures: Bailey, E. H. The Prenatal Epoch. N.p.: The Author, 1916. Holden, ames H., and Ro"ert A. Huhes. strological Pioneers of merica. Tempe, Ari%.: Amerian 8ederation o* Astroloers, 19((.
Read more: http://www.answers.om/topi/e!h! "ailey#i$%%&6'@@T'% Page 5 of 9 E.H.Bailey in his popular Book titled- “The Pre-natal Epoch ” has pr op ou nd ed at h e o r y w h i c h i s o u t l i n e d i n c h a p t e r ! B o o k " " " # i n “ T h e $ a n u a l o f % s t r o l o g y ” & y 'epharial and also dealt with &y $any other authors on (estern %strology in their &ooks.! )e fe r “ % to * Hor osco pe $aker and +elineator” &y ,lewelyn eorge.#. %ccording tothis Prenatal Epoch Theory/0 at or near the time of conception the Moon must be posited in natal Ascendant or descendant and the Ascendant at or near the time of conceptionm u s t b e the Janma Rasi or the 7 th
R a s i f r om i t . %c co r di ng l y 0 a ch ar t f or th e ti $e of conception is also prepared which is used for rectification of &irth ti$e.'epharial 0 the noted author on (estern %strology0 na$es the chart calculated for theti$ e of con cep tio n & as ed on pre nat al epo ch theory as The ,unar Horoscope/ and writesthe following words in his &ook titled “ The influence of 'un in Horoscopes” 1 “ The Lunar Horoscope is therefore seen to hold definite astronomical relations to the horoscopeof birth. It is referred to the point of time at which the Psychoplasm or astral eidolon forms a lin with the physical basis of life or !erm"cell .” He also contends that “2 thebirth horoscope is that of heredity and en#ironment. The Lunar horoscope is that of tradition and inherent faculty. To the Lunar horoscope $ therefore$ we must refer for the potential of the unit of life .” These words clearly e3plain the 4oon/s influence on hu$andestiny.The $ethodology of calculating the chart for the ti$e of conception is &ased on then a t a l p o s i t i o n s o f 'un 0 4oon and ,agna. )eaders interested in the actual $ethod of calculation $ay refer to the sources indicated a&oe as the su&6ect $atter of th is ar ti cl edoes not warrant any further ela&oration on the concept. This reference is $ade here onlyto i$press upon the fact that 4oon happens to &e the sole pl an et sign ifyi ng a pa rticu lar physical incarnation ! &irth7life# of any indiidual sta le era conocida por los anti.uos co/o el 1ruitine de Her/es, de Her/es 1ris/e.isto, el pri/ero que *or/ul correcta/ente la le declar lo si.uiente3 l lu.ar de la 4una en la concepcin se convierte en el naci/iento de su ascendiente o punto opuesto5
