A History of Western AstrologyBoydell & Brewer Ltd, 1987 - 256 páginas Superb general account.' Times Literary Supplement The story of the history of Western astrology begins with the philosophers of Greece in the 5th century BC. To the magic and stargazing of Egypt the Greeks added numerology, geometryand rational thought. The philosophy of Plato and later of the Stoics made astrology respectable, and by the time Ptolemy wrote his textbook the Tetrabiblos, in the second century AD, the main lines of astrological practice as it is known today had already been laid down. In future centuries astrology shifted to Islam only to return to the West in medieval times where it flourished until the shift of ideas during the Renaissance. |
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From the beginnings to Manilius | 11 |
From Manilius to Vettius Valens | 30 |
Ptolemy and later Greek | 57 |
The Latin Middle Ages | 98 |
the second death | 204 |
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Abu Ma'shar Almagest ancient antiquity Arabic Aries Aristotle ascendant aspects astrolabe astronomy authorities Babylonian beginning birth calendar called Cancer causes CCAG century B.C. chapter Christian circle constellations course decans degrees divination division dodecatemorion Dorotheus early earth ecliptic Egypt Egyptian equinox example fate Firmicus Maternus fixed stars Gemini Greek Greek astrology heavenly heavens horoscope ideas important influence Islamic judicial astrology Jupiter known late later Latin Libra Lot of Fortune lunar magic Manilius Mars mathematical medicine medieval Medium Caeli Mercury Michael Scot Middle Ages moon Morin mundane houses natal chart natural ninth pagan Paulus Alexandrinus philosophical Pico Pisces planetary planets probably Ptolemy Ptolemy's referred Renaissance Rhetorius rising Roman round Saturn says scientific Scorpio second century signs sources sphaera sphere Stoic Taurus Tetrabiblos textbook thema mundi things thirteenth century tradition translation twelfth century twelve Venus Vettius Valens writings wrote zodiac