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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

BOOK I

 

CHAP.

 

PAGE

I.

PROEM

1

II.

KNOWLEDGE MAY BE ACQUIRED BY ASTRONOMY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT

2

III.

THAT PRESCIENCE IS USEFUL

8

IV.

THE INFLUENCES OF THE PLANETARY ORBS

13

V.

BENEFICS AND MALEFICS

14

VI.

MASCULINE AND FEMININE

14

VII.

DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL

15

VIII.

THE INFLUENCE OF POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE SUN

16

IX.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE FIXED STARS

16

X.

CONSTELLATIONS NORTH OF THE ZODIAC

19

XI.

CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC

20

XII.

THE ANNUAL SEASONS

21

XIII.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOUR ANGLES

21

XIV.

TROPICAL, EQUINOCTIAL, FIXED, AND BICORPOREAL SIGNS

23

XV.

MASCULINE AND FEMININE SIGNS

23

XVI.

MUTUAL CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SIGNS

24

XVII.

SIGNS COMMANDING AND OBEYING

26

XVIII.

SIGNS BEHOLDING EACH OTHER, AND OF EQUAL POWER

26

XIX.

SIGNS INCONJUNCT

27

XX.

HOUSES OF THE PLANETS

28

XXI.

THE TRIPLICITIES

29

XXII.

EXALTATIONS

31

XXIII.

THE DISPOSITION OF THE TERMS

32

XXIV.

THE TERMS (ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY)

35

XXV.

THE PLACES AND DEGREES OF EVERY PLANET

36

XXVI.

FACES, CHARIOTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ATTRIBUTES OF THE PLANETS

37

XXVII.

APPLICATION, SEPARATION, AND OTHER FACULTIES

38

 

BOOK II

 

I.

GENERAL DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT

40

II.

PECULIARITIES OBSERVABLE THROUGHOUT EVERY ENTIRE CLIMATE

41

III.

THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE TRIPLICITIES AND THE PLANETS

43

IV.

THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE FIXED STARS

52

V.

MODE OF PARTICULAR PREDICTION IN ECLIPSES

52

VI.

THE REGIONS OR COUNTRIES TO BE CONSIDERED AS LIABLE TO BE COMPREHENDED IN THE EVENT

53

VII.

THE TIME AND PERIOD OF THE EVENT

54

VIII.

THE GENUS, CLASS, OR KIND, LIABLE TO BE AFFECTED

55

IX.

THE QUALITY AND NATURE OF THE EFFECT

58

X.

COLOURS IN ECLIPSES, COMETS, AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA

62

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CHAP.

 

PAGE

XI.

THE NEW MOON OF THE YEAR

63

XII.

THE PARTICULAR NATURES OF THE SIGNS BY WHICH THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE PRODUCED

64

XIII.

MODE OF CONSIDERATION FOR PARTICULAR CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE

66

XIV.

THE SIGNIFICATION OF METEORS

68

 

BOOK III

 

I.

PROEM

71

II.

THE CONCEPTION, AND THE PARTURITION, OR BIRTH; BY WHICH LATTER EVENT THE ANIMAL QUITS THE WOMB, AND ASSUMES ANOTHER STATE OF EXISTENCE

72

III.

THE DEGREE ASCENDING

74

IV.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF NATIVITIES

75

V.

THE PARENTS

77

VI.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS

81

VII.

MALE OR FEMALE

82

VIII.

TWINS

83

IX.

MONSTROUS OR DEFECTIVE BIRTHS

85

X.

CHILDREN NOT REARED

86

XI.

THE DURATION OF LIFE

88

XII.

THE PROROGATORY PLACES

88

XIII.

THE NUMBER OF PROROGATORS, AND ALSO THE PART OF FORTUNE

89

XIV.

NUMBER OF THE MODES OF PROROGATION

91

XV.

EXEMPLIFICATION

96

XVI.

THE FORM AND TEMPERAMENT OF THE BODY

100

XVII.

THE HURTS, INJURIES, AND DISEASES OF THE BODY

106

XVIII.

THE QUALITY OF THE MIND

107

XIX.

THE DISEASES OF THE MIND

114

 

BOOK IV

 

I.

PROEM

117

II.

THE FORTUNE OF WEALTH

117

III.

THE FORTUNE OF RANK

118

IV.

THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT

120

V.

MARRIAGE

124

VI.

CHILDREN

128

VII.

FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

130

VIII.

TRAVELLING

132

IX.

THE KIND OF DEATH

134

X.

THE PERIODICAL DIVISIONS OF TIME

137

NO.

APPENDIX

 

I.

ALMAGEST, BOOK VIII, CHAP. 4

144

II.

EXTRACT FROM THE ALMAGEST, BOOK II, CHAP. 9

147

 

TABLE OF LATITUDES, FROM THE ALMAGEST

151

 

EXTRACT FROM THE TABLE OF ASCENSIONS, IN THE ALMAGEST

152

III.

PTOLEMY'S CENTILOQUY

153

IV.

THE ZODIACAL PLANISPHERE, AND PLATE

161

 


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