Arêndron Astrology

It is perhaps not proper to apply the name “astrology” to Arêndron belief, since their astrology does not specifically involve the stars, but I am sticking with the term to show that the two belief systems play a similar role, and because I do not know a better term. Instead of star signs, each day of the year is associated with a particular two of the six Artûlan, and it is this combination that determines that day's astrological properties.

Firstly, each of the Artûlan rules a particular one of the six days of the week; the god ruling the day a person was born on is considered that person's patron deity. This has importance beyond determining one's astrological profile; it gives one a special relationship with one's patron deity that one does not have with the others. Instead of having one day on which everyone worships, like the Christian Sunday, the Arêndrons take part in communal worship of their patron deity on his or her associated day of the week. In astrology, one's patron deity determines the emotional aspects of one's personality.

Secondly, each deity is associated with one of the six hernâshan, the most important festivals of the Arêndron calendar. One's ruling deity is the deity whose hernash comes next after one's date of birth. This does not lead to a special relationship in the way having a patron deity does, but it is believed that all life comes from the gods, and to have one of the gods as a ruling deity is to be part of their life and part of their immortal nature. It is therefore the influence of one's ruling deity that determines one's identity as a person.

Since the six hernâshan do not have a day of the week, anyone who is actually born on one of the hernâshan has the same god for patron and ruling deity, which makes their relationship with that deity exceptionally strong. These are considered the luckiest days to be born on.

The pattern of deities and their associated days and months is as follows:

Patron deities

If your patron deity is Kailya, you are likely to be quite a serious and broody person. Having close friends matters a lot to you, and you are most likely to form close attachments to just a small number of people. On the positive side, you are very stable; it is hard to upset you. On the negative side, however, you may find it more difficult than most people to be cheerful a lot of the time. You tend towards a pessimistic view of life as a whole, and regard life as something to be endured with a shrug and a sardonic smile.

Those whose patron deity is Glaud are the most full of life, although it is often hard to tell whether beneath the façade they are really as merry as they seem. If you are an adherent of Glaud, you depend on friends not for the sake of a deep connection, but because their appreciation of you is what fuels your self-esteem. On the positive side, you find it easy to get pleasure and enjoyment out of life; but against this, there are times when you feel as though you don't know what you're really looking for.

Adherents of Amma are the optimists of this life. Their warm and appreciative nature makes it easy for them to attract friends… even if they can find it hard to keep them. They always look for the good in other people, and tend to be the most forgiving and generous; you can expect them to value an abstract sense of fairness over “playing by the rules”. However, they do find it hard to form close attachments, and a sense that other people just never seem to appreciate their good qualities is never far away.

Loreish is probably the most emotionally balanced of the six Artûlan, and this can be seen in his adherents as well. They are more controlled by reason than emotion, even when they appear to be most upset. Because of this, they can be very brave, because they find it easier than most people not to be overwhelmed by fear of the unknown. If your patron deity is Loreish, you may find life stressful at times, as you struggle to impose your sense of order onto the world; you get a deep sense of satisfaction when things do manage to fall into place. Friendships can be difficult, as people simply refuse to behave in the ways you expect them to; however, once you get used to a person, you are likely to find it very easy to be happy in their company.

Sheubâr is the embodiment of xolgen, the first of Arêndron's “three loves”. Xolgen is love that expresses itself as devotion; Sheubâr's adherents, especially women, make the best parents and will do anything to protect their children. Even if you have no children, if your patron deity is Sheubâr you cannot live without being utterly devoted to something, whether it is a hobby or a political cause; and whatever it is, everything else in life has to take second place. Your devotion is what keeps you going in life; friends are likely to be of little importance to you, except when they take the form of colleagues, people who share your cause. The down side of having a cause is that you might tend to be impatient, and find the needs of other people hard to understand.

In contrast to Sheubâr, Thantor embodies orzûlen, a love that is harder to define, but in essence means love for the other as a person, based on recognition of their qualities. If your patron deity is Thantor, you value love above friendship, and although it will often hurt you deeply, its absence hurts even more, like being deprived of a drug. Although you enjoy complaining about how much life hurts you, you are actually much happier with your situation than you often think. However, you do find it a bit too easy to lose your temper, although you rarely remain in a sour mood for very long.

Ruling deities

Those ruled by Kailya are the deepest thinkers; their controlling passion is a search for some meaning behind it all. They are the great believers – not necessarily in religion; often they find their meaning in personal relationships or achievements. They can be the happiest of people, if their search proves rewarding; but they can get very depressed when life seems to be leading them into a dead end.

If your ruling deity is Glaud, on the other hand, you probably don't think there is a deep meaning in life. That doesn't make you a shallow person; it just means that you believe you have recognised the absurdity of the world, and redefined your life in its terms. Those ruled by Glaud are the great jesters; they believe in the enjoyment in life, both in finding it for themselves and in providing it for others.

Partakers of Amma are those who are content to enjoy the world as it is, whatever it is; they are the most peaceful of people, and the most tolerant of the mistakes of others. The down side of this is that they can find other people, especially those whose passions are different from theirs, hard to understand and often hard to get on with – not that that is likely to stop them getting the most out of life.

Those ruled by Loreish are the great mystics, those who find the majesty of the world system awesome to contemplate, whose greatest pleasure is allowing themselves to get lost in meditation on its glories. They are the most likely to get irritated by the bustle of everyday life, but this does not necessarily mean that they are hermits. They can take great pleasure in the company of like-minded people.

Again because of Sheubâr's nature as xolgen, her partakers tend to build their lives around care for others, whether family or other loved ones. This has both good and bad sides: they are always well appreciated and cared for in return; but they are often too given to worry and will lose sight of their present happiness in thinking about the future.

Finally, Thantor's nature as orzûlen gives those he rules a streak of perfectionism, a desire to improve themselves and to improve others, to create someone worthy of their love if they cannot find one. They would agree with Sheubâr's partakers that life is, at bottom, suffering, but they would disagree as to its purpose, seeing suffering as an essential trial one must pass in order to reach maturity.

Combinations and influences

A complete Arêndron birth chart contains much more information than just who your patron and ruling deities are; there are many more factors at play, which helps to explain why the above descriptions may not fit you perfectly. Firstly, it is necessary to consider how your patron and ruling deities interact.

The effect of each combination is determined by the attitude one's ruling deity has towards one's patron deity (and a little on the reverse). Some combinations of patron and ruling deity are simply more compatible than others; however, if you have a less compatible combination, that does not make you bad or unlucky – it just means that you will face different trials in your life from other people, and possibly that you will face more trials from within than without.

Each combination is associated with a key number that gives it its meaning; to compute this, look up your two deities' associated numbers (given on the Artûlan page), and add the number for your ruling deity to six times the number of your patron deity to get a number from 0 to 35. The meanings of these numbers are given on the numerology page.

Another factor is that each of the six gods has more influence at certain times than others. Those born when their patron and ruling deities' influence is strong are the most likely to fit the above profiles fairly closely; those born when other deities are in the ascendant are more likely to be a bit of a mixture. In addition, the influence of the deities is believed to determine one's luck for a particular day. Each cycle controls a particular aspect of one's personality; though the cycle of one's ruling deity is likely to be of more importance overall than the others.

Kailya's influence is strong as the moon wanes, and strongest of all at the new moon; conversely, Glaud's influence is strong under the waxing moon and especially the full moon. These two are linked to one's attitude towards oneself; Kailya gives a person courage to stand up to life's problems and determination to sort himself out, while Glaud gives a person cheerfulness and the feeling that his problems may not be quite as bad as he thinks.

Amma's influence is strongest as the sun rises (especially in summer), and Loreish's as the sun sets (especially in winter). The pair are responsible for one's mental character; Amma controls the emotional and intuitive side, and Loreish the intellectual and logical side.

Sheubâr's influence is strongest at times of strong rain, and Thantor's at times of strong wind. As stated above, Sheubâr is linked to xolgen and Thantor to orzûlen, so Sheubâr's influence makes a person more giving, more protective of others, and at the same time more depending on them; whereas Thantor's influence makes a person more romantic, more lustful, and more likely to become absorbed in just one relationship. This pair is unlike the others in that they can be both strong or both weak at once; when they are both weak, that is a time when a person is likely to enjoy being in his or her own company.

The last factor that comes into play in preparing a person's birth chart is the numerological meaning of the month, day, hour and minute or his birth. Each has a particular significance: the month shows the goal one's life is directed towards and the day the promise of the gods for what one will achieve. In addition, the hour shows the controlling influence in one's life and the minute the approach one takes towards it.

An example of a completed birth chart may be looked at here.