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Katarchic astrology is the implementation of a type of horoscopic astrology in order to determine when would be most benefical and rewarding moment in time to take a venture or undertaking, and is also known as electional astrology. Electional astrology is typicaly used to interpret the level of success of a moment that has already taken place. In modern time, electional astrology is more commonly known as inceptional astrology. Hellenistic and Byzantine traditions used the term katarchē in oder to refer to electional astrology and inceptional astrology, which is also part of katarchic astrology. Katarkhé was used to discover and confirm events of the past. These events include following the history and path taken by a certain illness, or tracking missing items and people such as criminals or those escaping slavery.

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Katarchic astrology along side genethlialogy evolved into the better known interrogational astrology. This was also known as horary astrology at the time, and was the practice of finding an answer to a specific question in time through the use of a horoscopic chart.

Notable People in Terms of Katarchic Astrology: Dorotheus of Sidon

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Under the section of Notable People in Terms of Katarchic Astrology: Dorotheus of Sidon

Dorotheus of Sidon is one of the more significant of all authors on the topic of Katarchic Astrology. His work dates back to the first century CE. His writing was translated into Arabic ca. 800 CE. Dorotheus wrote a series of 5 books each one relating to topics of Hellenistic astrology. Of these books, book 5 "covers all forms of katarchic astrology, including elections and interrogations". This book focuses on different experiences humans may have had, including but not limited to finding objects or people that may have been lost, or building on life's journey. Dorotheus's writing became known among other writers in the Byzantine period.

Under Anisa's addition I would like to add

In comparison to genethlialogy, Katarchic astrology is seen to represent less of the idea that the events of life are predetermined. Where genethlialogy may see events as inevitable, Katarchic astrology thought it was possible to avoid the future the planets predicted for individuals. Some believe that those studying Katarchic Astrology were critical to the Roman Empire and had impact on the social and political aspects of this empire.

Review by K8shep (talk) 15:36, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way? Good additions from both of you. You've added information about practitioners and ideas. You've already connected to other wikipedia pages. Keep this up--I hope there is more out there for you to add.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? Make sure you're citing as much as you can. If you have more sources--make sure to add them!

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? Keep up the good work! Citations and more additions like you've got here.

Katarchic Astrology
Katarchic astrology is the application of horoscopic astrology to determine an auspicious moment to begin a venture or undertaking, otherwise known as electional astrology, as well as to interpret the auspiciousness of an inception that has already taken place. In addition, Katarkhé was used to discover and confirm events of the past. These events include following the history and path taken by a certain illness, or tracking missing items and people such as criminals or those escaping slavery. The latter application is more commonly referred to as inceptional astrology in modern times, although in the Hellenistic and Byzantine traditions the term katarchē was used to refer to both electional astrology as well as what modern astrologers refer to as inceptional astrology.

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Evaluating an Article: Maria Cunitz

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? It discusses her nationality in great detail and then proceeds to talk about how nationality was unimportant in determining her identity and who she was. I don't see how the history of where she lived. A lot of this discusses the history of where she lived before her time.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? They claim that she is the "most notable female astronomer of the early modern era". There is no citation here so I believe this is a bias the author wrote.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? None that I have noticed.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? There are citations and yes the links work. I did notice that some of their sources are other wikipedia pages which I don't think should be done. The sources do seem to support the claims in the articles.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference. Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? "One of the claims made is that nationality did not play as significant of a role in determining a person's identity as it does today." The sources for this claim are articles on National Identity and Ethnic Cleansing. I feel like there may be some bias in these articles.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? Under the accomplishments section, they only discuss one publication she had. If they are claiming she is the most important female astronomer she probably has more than just that one accomplishment that I would like to add.

Check out the talk page. There is a lot of argument here. A lot of discussion on her nationality came about and if it was necessary to include all of her names. Additionally, there was a lot of discussion on citations here. Some cited other wikipedia articles which was complained about. Additionally, someone removed sourced information and replaced it with unsourced information changing the validity of the source which caused a lot of discussion.

This article is rated C class mid to low importance. It is involved in many WikiProjects.

I do not believe we have discussed this in class.