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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
79 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Tetrabiblos, or 'four-part book' of Ptolemy is one of the most important surviving ancient texts on Astrology. Claudius Ptolemy, the second century C.E. author of this book, is best known as the originator of the Ptolemaic system. The Earth stood fixed at the center of the universe, with crystalline spheres within spheres whirling around it. In balance, the universe had a vast influence on earthly events, which was the basis for the belief in Astrology. This explanation stood for nearly a millenium and a half, bolstered by its acceptance as orthodoxy by the Catholic Church, until Copernicus and Galileo demolished it and placed the heliocentric (sun-centered) system in its place.
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79 chapters
26 Chapter XXII. Exaltations 27 Chapter XXIII. The Disposition of the Terms 28 Chapter XXIV. The Terms According to Ptolemy 29 Chapter XXV. The Places And Degrees Of Every Planet 30 Chapter XXVI. Faces, Chariots, and Other Similar Attributes of the Planets 31 Chapter XXVII. Application, Separation, and Other Faculties 32 Chapter I. General Division of the Subject 33 Chapter II. Peculiarities Observable Throughout Every Entire Climate 34 Chapter III. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Triplicities and the Planets 35 Chapter IV. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Fixed Stars 36 Chapter V. Mode of Particular Prediction in Eclipses 37 Chapter VI. The Regions or Countries to be Considered as Liable to be Comprehended in the Event 38 Chapter VII. The Time and Period of the Event 39 Chapter VIII. The Genus, Class, or Kind, Liable to be Affected 40 Chapter IX. The Quality and Nature of the Effect 41 Chapter X. Colours in Eclipses; Comets, and Similar Phenomena 42 Chapter XI. The New Moon of the Year 43 Chapter XII. The Particular Natures of the Signs by Which the Different Constitutions of the Atmosphere are Produced 44 Chapter XIII. Mode of Consideration for Particular Constitutions of the Atmosphere 45 Chapter XIV. The Signification of Meteors 46 Chapter I. Proem 47 Chapter II. The Conception and the Parturition, or Birth; by Which Latter Event the Animal Quits the Womb, and Assumes Another State of Existence 48 Chapter III. The Degree Ascending 49 Chapter IV. Distribution of the Doctrine of Nativities 50 Chapter V. The Parents
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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
79 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Tetrabiblos, or 'four-part book' of Ptolemy is one of the most important surviving ancient texts on Astrology. Claudius Ptolemy, the second century C.E. author of this book, is best known as the originator of the Ptolemaic system. The Earth stood fixed at the center of the universe, with crystalline spheres within spheres whirling around it. In balance, the universe had a vast influence on earthly events, which was the basis for the belief in Astrology. This explanation stood for nearly a millenium and a half, bolstered by its acceptance as orthodoxy by the Catholic Church, until Copernicus and Galileo demolished it and placed the heliocentric (sun-centered) system in its place.
Table of contents
79 chapters
26 Chapter XXII. Exaltations 27 Chapter XXIII. The Disposition of the Terms 28 Chapter XXIV. The Terms According to Ptolemy 29 Chapter XXV. The Places And Degrees Of Every Planet 30 Chapter XXVI. Faces, Chariots, and Other Similar Attributes of the Planets 31 Chapter XXVII. Application, Separation, and Other Faculties 32 Chapter I. General Division of the Subject 33 Chapter II. Peculiarities Observable Throughout Every Entire Climate 34 Chapter III. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Triplicities and the Planets 35 Chapter IV. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Fixed Stars 36 Chapter V. Mode of Particular Prediction in Eclipses 37 Chapter VI. The Regions or Countries to be Considered as Liable to be Comprehended in the Event 38 Chapter VII. The Time and Period of the Event 39 Chapter VIII. The Genus, Class, or Kind, Liable to be Affected 40 Chapter IX. The Quality and Nature of the Effect 41 Chapter X. Colours in Eclipses; Comets, and Similar Phenomena 42 Chapter XI. The New Moon of the Year 43 Chapter XII. The Particular Natures of the Signs by Which the Different Constitutions of the Atmosphere are Produced 44 Chapter XIII. Mode of Consideration for Particular Constitutions of the Atmosphere 45 Chapter XIV. The Signification of Meteors 46 Chapter I. Proem 47 Chapter II. The Conception and the Parturition, or Birth; by Which Latter Event the Animal Quits the Womb, and Assumes Another State of Existence 48 Chapter III. The Degree Ascending 49 Chapter IV. Distribution of the Doctrine of Nativities 50 Chapter V. The Parents
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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
79 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Tetrabiblos, or 'four-part book' of Ptolemy is one of the most important surviving ancient texts on Astrology. Claudius Ptolemy, the second century C.E. author of this book, is best known as the originator of the Ptolemaic system. The Earth stood fixed at the center of the universe, with crystalline spheres within spheres whirling around it. In balance, the universe had a vast influence on earthly events, which was the basis for the belief in Astrology. This explanation stood for nearly a millenium and a half, bolstered by its acceptance as orthodoxy by the Catholic Church, until Copernicus and Galileo demolished it and placed the heliocentric (sun-centered) system in its place.
Table of contents
79 chapters
26 Chapter XXII. Exaltations 27 Chapter XXIII. The Disposition of the Terms 28 Chapter XXIV. The Terms According to Ptolemy 29 Chapter XXV. The Places And Degrees Of Every Planet 30 Chapter XXVI. Faces, Chariots, and Other Similar Attributes of the Planets 31 Chapter XXVII. Application, Separation, and Other Faculties 32 Chapter I. General Division of the Subject 33 Chapter II. Peculiarities Observable Throughout Every Entire Climate 34 Chapter III. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Triplicities and the Planets 35 Chapter IV. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Fixed Stars 36 Chapter V. Mode of Particular Prediction in Eclipses 37 Chapter VI. The Regions or Countries to be Considered as Liable to be Comprehended in the Event 38 Chapter VII. The Time and Period of the Event 39 Chapter VIII. The Genus, Class, or Kind, Liable to be Affected 40 Chapter IX. The Quality and Nature of the Effect 41 Chapter X. Colours in Eclipses; Comets, and Similar Phenomena 42 Chapter XI. The New Moon of the Year 43 Chapter XII. The Particular Natures of the Signs by Which the Different Constitutions of the Atmosphere are Produced 44 Chapter XIII. Mode of Consideration for Particular Constitutions of the Atmosphere 45 Chapter XIV. The Signification of Meteors 46 Chapter I. Proem 47 Chapter II. The Conception and the Parturition, or Birth; by Which Latter Event the Animal Quits the Womb, and Assumes Another State of Existence 48 Chapter III. The Degree Ascending 49 Chapter IV. Distribution of the Doctrine of Nativities 50 Chapter V. The Parents
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