Thread by @omegastrology

Valen's #Monomoiria method is a simple way to look at chronocratorships (time lord periods) from a lunar basis. It is a very very simple method that allots years to chronocrators (time lords) based on the degree of your moon. Every degree is ruled by a planet as follows:

"Monomoirion" is the singular form, a greek word meaning "one" (mono) "degree" (moirion). This is the same concept as the dodekatemoria ("twelfth-degrees").

These rulerships are an ancient minor dignity system that assigns planetary rulerships to individual degrees, beginning at the first degree of each sign with its domicile lord, and continuing in the heptazone (the classic Chaldean order). Check the table out above 👆

Valens assigns the following amount of years to each chronocratorship:

Moon - 1
Mercury - 2
Venus - 3
Sun - 4
Mars - 5
Jupiter - 6
Saturn - 7

In total (1+2+3+4+5+6+7) this equals 28, equivalent to the number of days in the lunar cycle. This is related to why we start from Luna.

So, say you have your moon in the first degree of Cancer (*sidenote: remember the FIRST DEGREE of Cancer is ZERO Cancer, not 1 Cancer.) The first monomoirion of Cancer is ruled by the Moon. The moon as chronocrator will rule for the first year of life.

Next, at age one, the cycle resets to Saturn, and Kronos becomes the chronocrator for 7 years, during ages 1-8. This cycle continues until the 28 year period is complete, which coincides with the completion of the progressed lunar return.

*Also keep in mind the moon's daily motion of 12 and change degrees. If you aren't sure about your birth time to the hour-ish (preferably even closer) than sadly, this method won't be of much use.

Now the fun part: take two minutes to find the monomoirion of your moon and write out the chronocratorship periods and the ages of the time lord switches.

Remember, these timelords will change on your birthday just like profections, so you can analyze them simultaneously, in the classic method of stacking timelords in a sandwich like there's no tomorrow.

But don't go crazy. Just start with monomoiria and profections, you should find results.

So, what you'll want to check for:
-when time lords double up across profections + monomoira years
-when the ascendant lord becomes time lord
-when sect benefic or OOS malefic takes over
-note house rulerships during each chronocratorship

-check the monomoiria of your other planets to see their single degree rulerships. If you have a planet that disposes a lot of other planets' by their monomoirion, when that planet is activated by lunar monomoiria, the period will be notably relevant and active.

Also, it is just generally good to be aware if you do have a planet that disposes many other by their monomoiria because it will strongly affect all other time lord systems and transits through its activation, if you have a planet that rules say 3+ planets by degree.

At this point, if you're enough of a lunatic to be familiar with primary directions or circumambulations through the bounds, note any periods that coincide with divisors (bound lords) or promissors (planets in aspect) of the directed ascendant.

And one last little hint, as a result of the intrinsically related progressed moon cycle, look for years where the lunar monomoiria time lords correspond with the domicile lord of your progressed moon. That planet and its ruling houses' themes will prevail.

This method of lunar monomoiria was attributed by Valens to Critodemus, cited as one of the oldest representatives of the Hellenistic tradition. This method really just gives another layer of time lords that our astro ancestors observed to assess the years of life.

Let me know any notable results below! Remember we're all learning together :)