ASTROLOGY PHILIPPINES

By Col. Romeo Solina, PA, retired Col. Romy Solina and his BALATIK diorama A few weeks ago, “Resti” Santiago, an astrologer friend, sent me a book entitled “BALATIK.” It is a book written by a University of the Philippines professor Dante L. Ambrosio, and subtitled “Etnoastronomiya, Kalangitan sa Kabihasnang Pilipino” and obviously in the Tagalog (Filipino) language. Although I was born in Manila and an a Tagalog, I found it rather a problem reading the contents of the book. Still, I must go over it since I must be knowledgeable in my own native language. On the other hand, the author must have a doctorate, having gone through the baccalaureate and master degrees to be able to write this treatise in the university as I also have gone through. The Balatik book concerns the methods used by the natives of the Philippines using the signs in the skies in order to determine certain seasons for their activities, such as fishing, sailing, hunting, planting, harvesting, and so on. ...

Design and lay-out by Eric Ambata Astrology Friends Philippines, with generous support from Lopez Museum and Library, is organizing an exhibition and series of talks to commemorate the birth centennial of poet, journalist and astrologer Serafin Lanot and to mark the existence of astrology in Philippine culture and history. "Poetry of Stars: An Overview of Astrology in the Philippines" will be held at Lopez Museum and Library from Aug. 15-17, 2013. Exhibition Lanot with Nick Joaquin The exhibition will feature Lanot's and other leading astrologers' personal astrology and publishing paraphernalia, such as charts and even an astrological computer, as well as a letter written to him by Corazon Aquino after he had predicted her ascendancy to the presidency in 1986. A former editor of Manila Chronicle Sunday Magazine and author of "Astrology through Filipino Eyes," Lanot was a leading figure in the introduction of astrology in the Philippines in ...