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The Astrology Podcast

Early Project Hindsight Interview with Hand, Schmidt, and Zoller

The Astrology Podcast

Chris Brennan

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Spirituality

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Episode 416 is a recording of an early interview with the founders of Project Hindsight, which was a translation project for ancient astrology in the 1990s, led by Robert Schmidt, Robert Hand, and Robert Zoller. This interview was conducted by an astrologer named Jeanne Mozier (1945–2020) in her home in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, in July of 1993. This would have been only three months after the Project Hindsight translation project was first announced at the Northwest Astrological Conference in April of 1993, so this is an extremely early interview when they were still in the very early phases of the project. In the interview the three astrologers describe their plans for the project, how they were approaching it, and what their motivation was for undertaking such an ambitious undertaking. This was digitalized from a video tape recording, and it is available in an audio or video version below: Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this early interview with Project Hindsight on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC-86yKXTmw - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 416 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3:

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0:00.0

We have with us today the three principles of one of the most exciting projects in astrology today, the hindsight project.

0:08.0

And let me turn it over to Robert Schmidt, who in many ways was the father of this little project,

0:15.0

and have him introduce his colleagues here and tell us a little bit about what project hindsight is.

0:25.0

I'm Robert Schmidt.

0:27.0

This is Robert Hand, and that's Robert Zola.

0:31.0

So you can keep it straight.

0:36.0

We are translating all of the Greek astrological material that survives in any script or in edited form.

0:46.0

We're starting with the material, but it's basically far in the western, so watch a little tradition,

0:52.0

and then we probably will not comply in ourselves to that, but that's where we're beginning.

0:57.0

And right now we have begun two tracks.

1:01.0

We have a Greek track and a medieval Latin track.

1:04.0

I'm a Greek translator, Robert Zola, on the far right here, is the medieval Latin translator.

1:11.0

And Robert Hand, who we should all recognize, is the general editor of the project.

1:16.0

I translate translation.

1:18.0

That's right.

1:19.0

What you believe us is necessary.

1:22.0

So this project began, was actually only announced in April of this year, about 30 months ago,

1:32.0

where Robert made an announcement about the project.

1:36.0

The Oberwack conference, right, in Washington State, and it has had a random overwhelming response so far.

1:43.0

We have the astrologers, professional astrologers, grassroots astrologers, people who are maybe a little skeptical at all levels.

1:53.0

People have been supporting this project, the way this is done.

1:57.0

I just wanted you to tell them exactly what that is.

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