If it is true that W.D. Gann became an astrologer, regardless of how he used the knowledge, prior to Alan Leo publishing his theosophical and psychological astrology concepts—yes, the beginning of modern western astrology as we know it now—then that means he had to use the old stuff. By this, I mean his approach in the early years was geocentric, and was either Hellenistic, Persian or Medieval/Renaissance. In these older, now called 'Traditional Astrology", approaches, there were two more or less continuous prediction methods: Firdaria and Profection. There are other methods (progressions, directions, solar returns) which I am not looking into at this time. Firdaria and Profection both use time-lords.
In the Kaiser article, I believe that Gann is using Firdaria, or Profection or both. In the article, Gann makes predictions that are tied to specific days, or a specific length. Firdaria will give Time-Lords, or planets, that will rule for specific time periods (i.e., years, multiple years). On the other hand, Profection will give annual, monthly, weekly and daily rulers. In both schemes, the astrological house location of the Time-Lord identifies the house issues or concerns of note for the time period of interest.
Please note that the above is an over-simplification but it does capture the essence of the concepts. Future posts will explore Firdaria and Profection as applied to Kaiser Wilhelm.
Very interesting!
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