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İlm-i Nücum: The Science of The Stars Part 1 By its definition,ilm-i nücum denotes ‘the Science of the Stars.’ During the Ottoman Empire founded in 1299/1302, astronomy and astrology, which were known as ilm-i ahkam-ı nücum, sınaat-i ahkam-ı nücum or shortly ilm-i nücum, ahkam-ı nücum, ilm-i hey’et or ilm-i eflak, were treated together up until

Part 2 Chief müneccims as state officials The chief müneccims were the members of the ulema and thus a part of the ilmiyye class. Some of them were professors, judges and physicians. They received a tough medrese education and took courses from the well-educated professors in order to be a müneccim. In other words, they

A chief müneccim Seyyid Mehmed Arif Efendi: A distant relative of mine It was exciting as well as surprising when I learned that one of 37 Ottoman müneccims is my relative from the maternal side; the 35th chief müneccim Seyyid Mehmed Arif Efendi, the father of my mother’s aunt’s husband. It was just by accident,

The Moon’s Nodes: The Soul’s Karmic Past and Future The Moon’s Nodes are two points where the orbit of the Moon’s crosses the ecliptic in North and South. These two points have an opposition with exact 180 degrees. For example; if the North Node is in 1 degree Aries, the South Node is 1 degree

“The Ones” and the Fate of Societies Adolf Hitler  In my previous article, I addressed Mehmed the Conqueror’s natal chart and its fated connections with the chart of Istanbul’s establishment. In this article, I will address the fated connections between Adolf Hitler’s natal chart and the chart erected for the beginning of the World War

The Ones” and the Fate of Societies Mehmed the Conqueror  When I examine the natal charts of famous people in the history, I think about the relationship between those mighty people and the fate of the societies they live in. Some of those people are really intuitive about the fated mission they undertake. They do

“The stars do impel, they do not compel!” is said. This means the influences of the planets are real; they may direct and provoke us but they do not force us. The stars show us the possibilities while we may also say “I do not want this”. I have always been astonished by a paragraph

The term “al-Insan al-Kamil or Perfect Man” used by Ibn al-Arabi defines the one who has reached the perfection; who fulfilled God’s desire to be known and God’s presence can be realized through him by others.[1] He is not the convict of his thoughts but the master of them.[2] He is not directed by his thoughts; he controls