Thread by @aaolomi

In ancient Persian astrology each planet governs & influences one part of your life in successive order so that throughout your life, you will go through different planetary ages. Known as firdaria, they were used to predict events by dividing your life into chapters.

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The firdaria were likely drawn from a fusion of Hellenistic timelords with the planetary ages found in Indic astrology, the yuga and dasha.

In Persian cosmology, the two came together to explain the different historical ages and then eventually the different individual life ages.

If you are born by day, the Sun influences you from birth for 10 years.

Then Venus takes over for 8 years

Then Mercury for 13 years

The Moon takes over for 9 Years

Saturn for 11 years

Jupiter governs for 12 years

And then Mars takes over for 7 years.

Finally, the Head and Tail of the dragon (lunar nodes) in turn.

So for example if you were born by day and are 35 years old, you are in the age of the Moon

If you are born by night, it starts with the Moon but follows the same order and set of periods.

So, Moon, then Saturn, then Jupiter and so on

Each larger stretch of time was then broken down even further into smaller periods.

Think paragraphs within the chapters.

This system of ages were then adopted by Muslim astronomers and astrologers in their writings from Mashallah through Abu Ma'shar

Using firdaria, the astrologer would break down a person’s life into chapters, identifying the planetary influence of that part of your life, and from there give very specific predictions.

For example, the 9th century astrologer, Abu Ma’shar says during the age of the Moon you will experience fluctuations of wealth and scarcity and intense conflicts with women

Firdaria interpretations included life, health, love, family, wealth, death, career and much more. They even included specific remedial acts to address certain conditions.

The planetary ages would then be combined with other astrological techniques to produce detailed interpretations.

The result was practically book-length astrological interpretations about an individual's life! From when they'd get married to when they'd get sick etc

For further details, check out my translation of the interpretation of the age of Moon in firdaria! patreon.com/headonhistory

I’ll cover more interesting details of historical astrology in the future.

based on this technique what planetary age or fardar are you in?