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Uranian Astrology for the 21st Century © 2000 by Ruth Brummund, Dipl. Psych. |
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Alfred Witte developed some of the most outstanding astrological innovations of the 20th century in the 1920s. In the manner of classical astrology, he presented the Transneptunians in supposition that they were visible planets. Today we are continually impressed by the recurring evidence of their effect, be they low-density or gaseous energy-vortices which affect us in the same way that planets do. (Ed: See footnote ¹)
Witte developed the movable dial or disc. Through use of it one can easily find the symmetrical interrelationships of the planets. Since the energies of any two given planets interact not only in angular/aspect relationship, but also when they lie in equal distance from a critical center point, use of the movable dial has become indispensable.
Ludwig Rudolph, as one of the most ingenious students of Alfred Witte, simplified astrological work with the 360° dial and developed the 90° dial, which helps delineate the course of trends and events in a person's life, and the approximate age at which they will occur.
Even before the end of World War 2, American astrologers set about to work with Ludwig Rudolph on developing the teachings of Witte and used the name Uranian System, which is still today used outside Europe.
On 17 August 1948, Ludwig Rudolph founded the Astrological Study Group of the Hamburg School (ASHS), and in 1961 began publishing its first journal known as the Hamburger Hefte, which remained the official journal of the Hamburg School until 1995.
Since that time, some influential purveyors of Hamburg School teachings have not yet understood the overall significance of Ludwig Rudolph's thinking and are still at mid-20th-century level of understanding. Nonetheless, more recent Hamburg School developments starting in the 1970s, such as the Uranian Astrological Mandala and the systematization of the distances and half-distances, can still be learned...
In the instructional text "The Brummund Technique Book" methods are delineated which are still unknown to many; and the interpretation book today's student and practitioner uses is "The Brummund Rulebook", 2nd 1990 edition, English version updated in 2003, which interpolates psychological factors with physical realities. The Brummund Rulebook text is being incorporated into the Special Uranian program, designed specifically for use with these Uranian methods and techniques. If you should wish to join this modern, progressive group which advocates the most innovative techniques, I would be delighted to hear from you. From the international concept of the Uranian System is derived Uranian Astrology, symbolized by a combination of Kronos, Poseidon, Pluto, Moon, Sun, and Uranus, meaning:
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Uranian Astrology helps us to attain extraordinary knowledge which contributes to spiritual and intellectual growth.
Whatever pertinent questions you have, please feel free to contact Ruth Brummund at
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TRANSLATOR'S SUPPLEMENTARY COMMENT / FOOTNOTE
(by L Blake Finley, M.A.)
¹ Translator's note: The controversy over the status of the nature of the Transneptunians may be explained largely by their physiological characteristics and chemical composition. As an example, Neptune (like Uranus and Saturn) is a highly gaseous planet, and Pluto's composition is still uncertain yet thought to be primarily of icy water and gases. The article on Transneptunian objects by the US National Academy of Sciences at http://www.nas.edu/ssb/neptch1.htm#res explains what is currently posited about the nature of the numerous small and large planetary objects in the Transneptunian Kuiper Belt regions (generally considered to extend out to 100 AU), indicating that some may have been quite difficult to verify via Earth-based telescopes because of their composition and distance from the Earth. Possibly significant also are recent theories about protplanets. In addition, what were assumed to be satellites of Pluto a few years ago are thought by some astronomers to be components of a once larger planet, or a planet in formation, comprised of Pluto, its satellites, and the satellites of Neptune. Yet among other differing hypotheses are that, unlike neighboring planets, Pluto is a centaur, i.e. a comet temporarily in orbit around the Sun. There is even a reluctance among Uranian Astrologers to say that the Witte/Sieggrün TNs can be empirically verified, since further observation and study of data remains in order to ascertain their positions via telescope, even though their manifest effect has been proven repeatedly through over 70 years of astrological investigation.
These are the comments Alfred Witte wrote in 1924 and 1925 about the nature and visibility of the Transneptunians: "The outgoing emanations of the Sun have, at the distance of Neptune, such a low level of density that their vibratory rate reflects as a greenish-blue color. The greater the distance from the Sun, the finer and smaller these swirling emanations are, according to the law of capillarity (ed.: which, according to Witte, accounted for the correspondence between the color spectrum and planetary distance from the Sun). (Witte 1975, p 220). "Of the etheric rays which surround the Sun, the smallest particles radiate outward from the midpoint of our solar system so that, at the distance of Cupido the low-density mass corresponds with a light blue color. At the next step of the sequence these emanations should consist of even finer particles, and thus at the distance of Hades resemble an indigo blue color" (Witte 1975, p 220), and "Though it is possible that the conjectured planet Cupido, in spite of the faintness of its reflected light, might be sighted with the telescope; one cannot count on sighting the following planet Hades with the telescope, since its indigo blue color is obscured by the color of the evening sky. The colors of the next two planets, Zeus and Kronos, reflect the vibratory rates of the colors violet-blue and lavender-grey to us on Earth. Only through photographic exposures made with plates which record ultraviolet rays would one be able to visibly verify these Transneptunian planets ascertained by mathematical calculations." (Witte 1975, p 222)
Additional information on the National Academy of Sciences website indicates that bodies in the outer regions of our solar system may be composed of unfamiliar chemical elements (see http://www.nas.edu/ssb/neptch1.htm#pre) at differing degrees of density and aggregation, thus accounting for their description as "etheric energy clusters". Scientific discoveries about the nature of our solar system and neighboring regions are accelerating at a revolutionary rate at the turn of the 21st century, as science verifies new dimensions and aspects of reality that we formerly simply wrote off as being unverifiable metaphysical phenomena outside the realm of science. As a result, redefinition of the boundary between physics and metaphysics is shifting rapidly via scientific means as our understanding of the composition of our solar system is increasing dramatically.
See also R Brummund: "The Hamburg School Today"
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REFERENCES
Witte, A. 1975. Der Mensch--eine Empfangsstation kosmischer Suggestionen. Hamburg, Germany: Ludwig Rudolph (Witte-Verlag).