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events “below.” Synchronicity also does not carry the same metaphysical connotations
usually associated with the law of correspondences.
CO-SIGNIFICATOR
Co-significator, a term used particularly in horary astrology, refers to a planet or sign
that in some way relates to the matter under consideration by virtue of certain traditional
astrological associations.
COSMIC PATTERNS SOFTWARE
Cosmic Patterns Software was founded in 1983 by David Cochrane. It is best known
as the developers of Kepler, a comprehensive astrological software program used by
thousands of astrologers.
When the company incorporated in 2002, its four programmers were David
Cochrane, Victor Ogienko, Victoria Thompson, and Thilakavathi Raja. Ogienko,
from Kiev, Ukraine, joined Cosmic Patterns that year. With an extensive knowledge
of many programming languages, a wealth of technical expertise, an M.S. degree in
electrical engineering, and a background in developing astrological programs, Ogienko
decided to join Cosmic Patterns to accelerate the development of a comprehensive
software program. Thompson joined Cosmic Patterns in the early 1980s after many
years as a software developer in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. Raja, who joined
Cosmic Patterns in 1999, has a B.S. degree in computer science. Fei Cochrane is the
business manager and directs the affairs of the entire company. There are also dozens
of astrologers, translators, graphic artists, and others who provide materials and work
as independent providers of services to Cosmic Patterns. In 2001, Cosmic Patterns
had annual revenues in excess of $500,000, about $80,000 of which was paid out in
royalties to authors of interpretive reports.
Sources:
Cosmic Patterns Software. www.astrosoftware.com.
COSMOBIOLOGY
Cosmobiology is a contemporary form of scientific astrology that is especially popular
in Europe. Cosmobiology utilizes modern methods of scientific research, such as statistics,
analysis, and computer programming. The word cosmobiology was coined by the
Austrian physician Dr. Friedrich Feerhow and was later used by the Swiss statistician
K. E. Krafft to designate that branch of astrology working on scientific foundations
and keyed to the natural sciences. Cosmobiology has, through the work of Reinhold
Ebertin, become increasingly well-known within the last 50 years.
Despite the great diagnostic value of cosmobiology in the fields of characterology
and psychology, one should not forget that the individual’s natal constellation can
only be seen and properly interpreted in connection with his or her life history (med-
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