Min's Tropical Astrology FAQ
Daniel Min, Ph.D.
Q1. Is tropical astrology in fact based on the seasons?
A1. Yes. Tropical astrology is based on the zodiac of
Earth's tropical year, affecting Earth's seasons.
There are two primary seasons, winter and summer,
commencing on the autumnal then vernal equinoxes,
respectively. These two "times", as the ancients
called it, are sub-divided at the seasonal peaks,
which are the winter and summer solstices. These
four quadrants of tropical time are what we know
as seasons today, fall & winter, spring & summer.
The tropical zodiac is our tropical year equally
divided twelve ways, but due to Earth's slightly
eccentric orbit (0.01671), this division of time
is not exactly equal, but is equal by degrees to
the Earth's vernal equinoctial point. To measure
exactly equal months of the year, we must divide
the year at its cardinal seasonal markers, which
are the equinoxes & solstices, with each season
chronologically trisected between these markers.
Q2. So if tropical astrology is based on the seasons,
then how come tropical charts show every zodiacal
month of the year as concurrently happening. Only
one of the twelve zodiacal months of the year can
be active at a time, right? What's going on here?
A2. This is because common tropical astrologers
have confused the time of year with a place
on the caelestial sphere. What they call a
"sunsign" is actually the zodiacal month of
of the tropical year. That's why the Sun is
the only element in any tropical chart that
is always correct, since the Sun is the only
caelestial body which shows us what zodiacal
month of the tropical year it is & how many
tropical days into that month have elapsed.
Q3. What's a tropical day? Don't you mean solar day?
A3. No. The tropical day equals one-thirtieth of
the tropical month. These are called degrees
by tropical astrologers, since they measure
from the vernal point. These are not exactly
equal increments of time, however, as stated
above. Precise division between the seasonal
markers is required to yield a truly precise
tropical zodiac. Taken per present long-term
average, one mean tropical day equals 1/360th
of one mean tropical year = 365.24219878/360,
or about 1.0145617 mean solar days by modern
standards of measurement. That's the average
tropical day. This varies slightly over each
year, and over each season (between cardinal
points) of the year. By contrast, you can be
sure there are always precisely 360 tropical
days per year, but the length of days varies
slightly on a strict, per-season basis. See?
Similarly, each tropical day is divided into
sixty tropical minutes; each tropical minute
is divided into sixty tropical seconds.
But all that really matters is the moment of
calculation. That's the specific season of a
specific year trisected between its cardinal
points. That's the most accurate calculation
of the tropical zodiac, for that date & time
within the specific season of a specific year,
but few astrologers go to this much "trouble".
Reference to the vernal point is satisfactory
for most purposes, since the time of tropical
year is not pertinent to astrological charts,
other than to see which planets rule or fall,
exalt or debilitate, all during that specific
zodiacal month of that specific tropical year.
That's all that tropical astrology really is.
Q4. So let me get this straight. You're saying that
tropical astrology divides the year twelve ways
and that each twelfth is a zodiacal month. Then,
over the course of each year, during each month,
certain planets rule & fall, exalt & debilitate,
with regard to that month, or more precisely to
that third of that season of that year. Correct?
A4. Yes that's exactly correct. Now you understand.
Each tropical month is active only in realtime,
and pertains only to Earth's seasons that's it.
So you see today's "tropicalists" can't really
distinguish between a time of year and a place
on the caelestial sphere. They imagine planets
in all twelve months of the tropical year when
only one month can be active at any given time.
But don't worry about what these "tropicalists"
believe, rather be glad you know what tropical
astrology is: the division of each year in the
iris, ergo twelve months of each tropical year.
This is the zodiacal calendar of the year. See?
Think of it as you would the gregorian calendar
but with more uniformly divided months per year.
Daniel Joseph Min
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Daniel Min, Ph.D. <profes...@astro.physics.edu> wrote:
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The Collected Buffoonery of Daniel J. Min - Usenet's most failed prophet.
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Who is Danny Min?
What does he post?
Examples of failed prophecies
What you should do
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Who is Daniel J. Min?
Daniel J. Min is a denizen of Usenet newsgroups. He posts using various variations on his name, including using asterisks or underlines in place of letters. Often he will post as "Nomen Nescio" or Anonymous, and he used to post as GOD>.
The reason for this is to get around peoples "kill files" or "bozo filters"
However, he consistently posts through anonymous "remailers" in order to disguise his true identity
He posts to various newsgroups, including alt.astrology, alt.astronomy, and alt.prophecies.nostradamus. He posts in any inappropriate newsgroup he deems neccessary.
Additionally Danny has been known to directly email people, once again, using his anonymous remailer service.
What does he post?
Danny posts various garbage claims about astrological influences, and birthdata, which he generally makes up as he goes along. Outstanding amongst his posts include claims to know exactly the birthdata of Jesus Christ, Johannes Kepler, Ptolemy, and various other historical characters.
He posts silly prophecies and claims, and even at times posts his own "kill file list" which has become so large that it's unlikely he even *sees* anyone else s posts anymore.
Some Classic examples of Danny's failed prophecies
(Danny's "prophetic" words are italicized)
Danny predicts the "Great Khan of Terror":
On 15 Nov 1999 22:34:03 -0600, GOD wrote in these newsgroups:
The king of terror will come some time around the month of May in 2000.
At this time, the inner planets will all be lined up on one side of the sun with the exception of the Earth which will be directly at the opposite side.
The increased gravitational effects of the sun combined with the added pull from the other planets will have a devastating effect on the earth.
At this time, all major fault lines will rupture. California will experience the big one at this time.
Volcanic activity will increase and it is very likely that the Long Valley Caulderra will explode cataclysmicly. These types of events will be occurring at roughly the same time throughout the entire planet.
To top it off, the suns corona will be nudged away from the earth...towards the grouped inner planets, effectively creating a massive coronal hole (I.E." the "three days of darkness").
When the pull of the alignment comes to pass, the corona will snap back to the earth facing side thereby releasing a CME of massive proportions....aimed directly at planet Earth.
Believe me, there will be terror at this time.
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Danny moves "The Great Kahn of Terror" by yet another 7 months:
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 19:59:25 -0500, No User wrote:
>On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, bo...@vornet.com (BobO fficer) wrote:
>>On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:37:04 -0500, to alt.astrology et al I wrote
>>>Enjoy 1999 seventh month. It is Ethanim 2000.
>>you said it was last September or October,
Yes, the seventh month 1999 in the revised Roman calendar was from sunset September 10th to sunset October 10th but the first month 1999 was in the spring of 1762 BC, sunset Saturday March 24th to sunset April 22nd proleptic Julian. The seventh month Ethanim was therefore 2000, not of 1999 but FROM the first month in the YEAR 1999 of the passover. Hence, the YEAR 1999 seventh month AND seven months. See?
>>I let you take every day of the year 1999
>The LORD granted the centuries and you did not repent. He giveth and He taketh away. You Robert, speak blasphemy of the LORD.
>>and you were wrong.
>I am corrected by scripture--and Nostradamus was likewise.
>>there was no terror from the skies, no killer asteroid.
>And yet again must that universal ruler of infernal hades be raised up as it is written. Beware the star in fortune opposing, in the rule of night from heaven it advances to WINNOW, "Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire" [Mat 3:12]
>>Daniel
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Daniel Expects half the world's population destroyed in October 2000
On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 23:00:02 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, "Douglas Deaton" wrote:
>>I am new here and somewhat ignorant.
>>Doug
That makes two of us, or 6 billion of us if I'm not entirely mistaken.
At October much will be made clear
by ways and means of the elements.
I expect half the population gone,
global equalisation of temperature
and pressure, the time, a new race,
His perpetual age the moment where,
or at the place when, smoke clears.
Enjoy the fireworks!
Daniel Joseph Min- >
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Daniel predicts the US presidential election for 2000
On 12 Nov 2000 23:44:00 -0000, Daniel Joseph Min wrote:
The 42nd President of the United States is the very
last of all the American Presidents to hold office.
He will announce our *National Emergency* shortly,
thus will continue in the office of the President,
having already been inaugurated in due diligence
when he was elected President. Gore is still VP.
&There is no reason to repeal the 22nd amendment,
given that Mr. President William Jefferson Clinton
has been elected twice only, and no more, thus the
amendment does not apply. Neither does a term limit
apply in his case, given that this is indeed a true
state of emergency with bloody violence seen to be
escalating in the State of Florida and elsewhere,
spreading like wildfire as it is in the mid east.
Get to higher ground if you can (look at England!)
Daniel Joseph Min
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So what should you do about him?
Well, first of all, you can be pretty sure based on his success rate that anything he has to say is wrong.
Someone once said, rather well, that "there is too much Min, and not enough Nostradamus" in what he posts.
Complaining won't do much, because he's they type of individual that doesn't feel the need to explain himself.
Asking him to stop only feeds him.
complaining to his anonymous remailer service results in nothing.
About the best thing to be said, is just be aware of what a buffoon he is.