Alfred Witte

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Alfred Witte (born March 2, 1878 in Hamburg ; † August 4, 1941 ibid) was a German surveyor and astrologer .

Life

Alfred Witte was born in Hamburg as the only son of a carpenter. He had two sisters, Ida and Paula. The father left the family. The mother Metta Witte did not remarry and raised the children alone. Witte grew up in Hamburg and in 1930 married the widow Gertrud Jantzen (née Schlee). With her he had two daughters, Anne Charlotte (1930) and Marion (1932). Witte learned the profession of surveying technician, which he should exercise for the city of Hamburg in the position of chief technical inspector.
After the "Führer deputy" Rudolf Hess flew to England in a completely autonomous act on May 10, 1941, at the beginning of June 1941 astrology publications and the practice of astrology were banned and numerous astrologers were arrested and z. Some were sent to concentration camps. Alfred Witte was not arrested, but had to report to the Gestapo regularly . Of these, worn down and because of fears because of a danger to the board in an arrest, Alfred Witte committed suicide on August 4, 1941 suicide , which he could actually maintain his pension rights for his family to the state. Witte had probably assumed that his dismissal from the public service in Hamburg was imminent - with or without arrest.

astrology

In his private life, Witte first dealt with astronomy , took part in astrological lectures and courses by Karl Brandler-Pracht in Hamburg around 1911 , and with the help of Albert Kniepf , his teacher, penetrated the teachings of astrology. Soon afterwards he developed his own and different conception in relation to traditional astrology. Instead of applying the aspect theory of ancient classical astrology, from 1913 to 1925 he created the idea of ​​the planet image , which consists of two half sums and is to be viewed as an algebraic equation, even though Witte also describes the half sums as a "rediscoverer" within the "Hamburger Schule" not as its inventor.

His teaching was called the "Hamburg School" by astrologers based outside of Hamburg. Friedrich Sieggrün also used the term. He made it a proper name for the method; It is also known worldwide as the "Uranian System of Astrology" - "Uranian Astrology" for short.

In 1923, Witte believed that with his mathematically oriented evaluation method he had found other celestial bodies beyond Neptune astrologically and published ephemeris for them. Witte inspired Sieggrün to calculate further hypothetical planets. The total of 8 hypothetical planets were rejected by most astrologers outside of the "Hamburg School".

In the 1920s and 1930s in particular, Witte's ideas, which were also understood as a criticism of traditional astrology, caused much controversy among astrologers in German-speaking countries. Most German astrologers remained skeptical and Witte came under strong criticism at several astrologer congresses, the following for the new system of interpretation grew only modestly. By far the greatest aftereffect on astrology was probably the theory of half sums.

Half-totals are offered in many astrology computer programs. Ephemeris based on Witte's calculation, also known as “midpoints”, are available in book form or in isolated cases on the Internet.

Reinhold Ebertin took over B. the idea of ​​half-sums, which structured his teaching of cosmobiology , like that of the "homelessness" by Witte, and finally developed an independent astrology direction. The astrologer and educational scientist Christoph Schubert-Weller writes: In the thirties […] Ebertin moved away from the 'Hamburg School' again. The reason was [...] in the way the Hamburg school operated interpretation . Ebertin would also have rejected the Trans-Neptune celestial bodies and approached the far more cautious and psychologically guided, less classical astrology, in contrast to the Hamburg school, which would have acted strongly in the tradition of event-oriented classical astrology. Kocku von Stuckrad : [...] , Reinhold Ebertin was involved in the various discussions of the German astrology scene from an early age, and the 'Ebertin School' established itself as a leading branch of astrology after the Second World War (...) [in Germany ] . Ebertin wrote more than 60 books (...) In addition to the fading out of the intermediate houses, the interpretation of the half-sums, i.e. those places in the horoscope that lie exactly in the middle between two interpretation factors, is decisive for the Ebertin school whether there is a classic aspect or not.

Works

  • Set of rules for planet images. Tomorrow's astrology. With an introduction by Ludwig Rudolph. 195 pp., 1st edition. Witte-Verlag, Hamburg 22, 1928
  • 2nd Edition. With an introduction by Ludwig Rudolph. 407 pp., Witte-Verlag, Hamburg 22, 1932
  • 3rd edition 1935. Edited and edited by Ludwig Rudolph. 419 pp., Witte-Verlag Ludwig Rudolph, Hamburg 22, 1935
  • Uranian System of Astrology [Hamburg School by Alfred witte], RULES FOR PLANETARY PICTURES [From "Regelwerk" by A.Witte & L. Rudolph]. Translated by Richard Svehla, Phoenix Bookshop, Cleveland / Ohio, USA 1939
  • 4th and 5th edition. Edited and edited by Ludwig Rudolph. Revised and supplemented by the statements about Pluto and the Trans-Neptune planets Apollon, Admetos, Vulkanus and Poseidon calculated by Friedrich Sieggrün by Hermann Lefeldt. 379 p., Ludwig Rudolph (Witte-Verlag), Hamburg 13, 1946 and 1959
  • Guide to astrology. System Hamburg School. Edited and edited by Ludwig Rudolph, with the collaboration of the founder of this teaching, Alfred Witte. Witte-Verlag, Hamburg 22, 1933
  • Everlasting ephemeris for lunar nodes, Uranus, Neptune, Cupid, Hades, Zeus and Kronos . Alfred Witte, Witte-Verlag Ludwig Rudolph, Hamburg 1935
  • Man - a receiving station for cosmic suggestions . Reprint of all 47 essays by Alfred Witte as well as the 'Introduction to the astrological working methods of the Hamburg School' by Wilhelm Hartmann and 'Die Fliegerbombe.' Astrological sketch. From Friedrich Sieggrün. With comments by Hermann Sporner. 357 p., Ludwig Rudolph (Witte-Verlag), Hamburg 1975, ISBN 3-920807-11-1

literature

  • Carl-Otto Fleischhauer: Alfred Witte: Landmesser and astrologer - and the Hess affair . Michael Feist (Edition Astrologic), Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-00-012760-7
  • Ludwig Rudolph: The linear or stripe horoscope and its use - guidelines [...] introduction to the theory of sensitive points, planetary images, half-sums, etc. Sum of the "Hamburger Schule" , Verlag P. Krösing, Osterode / Harz 1926, see http://d-nb.info/575919167

Groups of Witte supporters

  • Astrologer Association "Hamburger Schule", Hamburg, founded in 1925
  • "Witte-Studiengemeinschaft Düsseldorf", Düsseldorf, founded in 1932
  • "Uranian Astrology Research Club", Cleveland, Ohio / USA, 1939
  • "Astrological Study Society (Hamburg School)", Hamburg, founded in 1947
  • Uranian Circle, Chicago, founded 196? by Calvin Hanes
  • The "Bangkok Astrological School", Bangkok, Thailand, founded in 1972
  • The " Uranian Society ", New York City, USA, founded 1985
  • "Uranian Astrologers Club Thailand" (UACT), Bangkok, Thailand, founded in 2001
  • The " International Uranian Fellowship ", The Hague, Netherlands, founded in 2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfred Witte, founder of modern astrology (biography)
  2. ↑ Carl-Otto Fleischhauer: Alfred Witte. Land surveyor and astrologer - and the Hess affair. Michael Feist (Edition Astrologic), Hamburg 2000,2003, ISBN 3-00-012760-7 , p. 68
  3. ^ Obituary notice of August 12, 1941, in "Hamburger Fremdblatt" of August 12, 1941, owned by Michael Feist, Hamburg
  4. ↑ Carl-Otto Fleischhauer: Alfred Witte. Land surveyor and astrologer - and the Hess affair. Michael Feist (Edition Astrologic), Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-00-012760-7 , p. 5
  5. ^ History of the Witte publishing house , accessed on November 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ludwig Rudolph: 2nd half-yearly report of the Astrological Study Society (Hamburger Schule) eV, Ludwig Rudolph (Witte-Verlag), 1953, p. 69.
  7. ↑ Ludwig Rudolph in an interview about Alfred Witte, Planet Pictures, and Transneptuner in the Bavarian Radio, broadcast March 1, 1967, cf. “Heard read - The most interesting broadcasts of the Bavarian Radio”, No. 5 May 1967, pp. 592-595, B3155E
  8. ↑ Hermann Sporner: Introduction to the technique of 'Hamburg School' . Ludwig Rudolph / Witte-Verlag, Hamburg [1978], p. 171.
  9. ^ "Astrologische Rundschau", 14th year, issue 1, p. 2, issue 2, July / August 1923, pp. 11–15 and 25–29, Theosophical publishing house Dr. H. Vollrath, Leipzig
  10. ↑ Ludwig Rudolph: Founding protocol of the astrologer association "Hamburger Schule", "Nachrichtenblatt" Volume II, No. 9-10, pp. 94-95, supplement to the "Astrologische Rundschau", volume. XVII, Dec. 1925/26
  11. ↑ Richard Svehla: "Introduction the URANIAN SYSTEM OF ASTROLOGY [Hamburg School by Alfred Witte]", ABC Publication, USA, June 1939
  12. ^ Alfred Witte: "The first Transneptunplanet Cupido", Astrologische Blätter, 5th year, issue 4, p. 49, July 1923
  13. ^ Alfred Witte: "Calculation of the Transneptune Planets", Verlag Ludwig Rudolph, 1926
  14. ↑ Friedrich victory Green: "ephemeris of the trans-Neptunian planet Apollo Admetus, Vulcan and Poseidon," Witte-Verlag Ludwig Rudolph, 1937
  15. ↑ Kocku von Stuckrad: History of Astrology . Beck Verlag, Munich 2003. p. 324.
  16. ^ Midpoint ephemeris files for 200 years
  17. ↑ Christoph Schubert-Weller: Ways of Astrology. Schools and methods Chiron Verlag, Tübingen 1996. p. 271.
  18. ↑ von Stuckrad, Geschichte der Astrologie , p. 328

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personal data
SURNAME Witte, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German surveyor and astrologer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1941
Place of death Hamburg