Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos Or Quadripartite Being Four Books of the influence of the Stars

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Author

Ptolemy, 100?-170?

Title

Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos : or Quadripartite, being four books of the influence of the stars ... with a preface, explanatory notes, and an appendix containing extracts from the Almagest of Ptolemy and the whole of his Centiloquy, together with a short notice of Mr. Ranger's zodiacal planisphere and an explanatory plate

Original Publication

United Kingdom: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd, 1900.

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deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Astrology -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70850

Release Date

May 24, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PTOLEMY’S TETRABIBLOS OR QUADRIPARTITE BEING FOUR BOOKS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.BOOK THE FIRST
7. 7.CHAPTER I PROEM
8. 8.CHAPTER II KNOWLEDGE MAY BE ACQUIRED BY ASTRONOMY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
9. 9.CHAPTER III THAT PRESCIENCE IS USEFUL
10. 10.CHAPTER IV THE INFLUENCES OF THE PLANETARY ORBS
11. 11.CHAPTER V BENEFICS AND MALEFICS
12. 12.CHAPTER VI MASCULINE AND FEMININE
13. 13.CHAPTER VII DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE SUN
15. 15.CHAPTER IX THE INFLUENCE OF THE FIXED STARS
16. 16.CHAPTER X CONSTELLATIONS NORTH OF THE ZODIAC
17. 17.CHAPTER XI CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC
18. 18.CHAPTER XII THE ANNUAL SEASONS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOUR ANGLES
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV TROPICAL, EQUINOCTIAL, FIXED, AND BICORPOREAL SIGNS
21. 21.CHAPTER XV MASCULINE AND FEMININE SIGNS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI MUTUAL CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SIGNS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII SIGNS COMMANDING AND OBEYING
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII SIGNS BEHOLDING EACH OTHER, AND OF EQUAL POWER
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX SIGNS INCONJUNCT
26. 26.CHAPTER XX HOUSES OF THE PLANETS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI THE TRIPLICITIES
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII EXALTATIONS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII THE DISPOSITION OF THE TERMS [54]
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV THE TERMS ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV THE PLACES AND DEGREES OF EVERY PLANET
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI FACES, CHARIOTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ATTRIBUTES OF THE PLANETS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII APPLICATION, SEPARATION, AND OTHER FACULTIES
34. 34.BOOK THE SECOND
35. 35.CHAPTER I GENERAL DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT
36. 36.CHAPTER II PECULIARITIES OBSERVABLE THROUGHOUT EVERY ENTIRE CLIMATE
37. 37.CHAPTER III THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE TRIPLICITIES AND THE PLANETS
38. 38.CHAPTER IV THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE FIXED STARS
39. 39.CHAPTER V MODE OF PARTICULAR PREDICTION IN ECLIPSES
40. 40.CHAPTER VI THE REGIONS OR COUNTRIES TO BE CONSIDERED AS LIABLE TO BE COMPREHENDED IN THE EVENT
41. 41.CHAPTER VII THE TIME AND PERIOD OF THE EVENT
42. 42.CHAPTER VIII THE GENUS, CLASS, OR KIND, LIABLE TO BE AFFECTED
43. 43.CHAPTER IX THE QUALITY AND NATURE OF THE EFFECT
44. 44.CHAPTER X COLOURS IN ECLIPSES; COMETS, AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA
45. 45.CHAPTER XI THE NEW MOON OF THE YEAR
46. 46.CHAPTER XII THE PARTICULAR NATURES OF THE SIGNS BY WHICH THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE PRODUCED [101]
47. 47.CHAPTER XIII MODE OF CONSIDERATION FOR PARTICULAR CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
48. 48.CHAPTER XIV THE SIGNIFICATION OF METEORS
49. 49.BOOK THE THIRD
50. 50.CHAPTER I PROEM
51. 51.CHAPTER II THE CONCEPTION AND THE PARTURITION, OR BIRTH; BY WHICH LATTER EVENT THE ANIMAL QUITS THE WOMB, AND ASSUMES ANOTHER STATE OF EXISTENCE
52. 52.CHAPTER III THE DEGREE ASCENDING
53. 53.CHAPTER IV DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF NATIVITIES
54. 54.CHAPTER V THE PARENTS
55. 55.CHAPTER VI BROTHERS AND SISTERS
56. 56.CHAPTER VII MALE OR FEMALE
57. 57.CHAPTER VIII TWINS
58. 58.CHAPTER IX MONSTROUS OR DEFECTIVE BIRTHS
59. 59.CHAPTER X CHILDREN NOT REARED
60. 60.CHAPTER XI THE DURATION OF LIFE
61. 61.CHAPTER XII THE PROROGATORY PLACES
62. 62.CHAPTER XIII THE NUMBER OF PROROGATORS, AND ALSO THE PART OF FORTUNE
63. 63.CHAPTER XIV NUMBER OF THE MODES OF PROROGATION
64. 64.CHAPTER XV EXEMPLIFICATION
65. 65.CHAPTER XVI THE FORM AND TEMPERAMENT OF THE BODY
66. 66.CHAPTER XVII THE HURTS, INJURIES, AND DISEASES OF THE BODY
67. 67.CHAPTER XVIII THE QUALITY OF THE MIND
68. 68.CHAPTER XIX THE DISEASES OF THE MIND
69. 69.BOOK THE FOURTH
70. 70.CHAPTER I PROEM
71. 71.CHAPTER II THE FORTUNE OF WEALTH
72. 72.CHAPTER III THE FORTUNE OF RANK
73. 73.CHAPTER IV THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT
74. 74.CHAPTER V MARRIAGE
75. 75.CHAPTER VI CHILDREN
76. 76.CHAPTER VII FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
77. 77.CHAPTER VIII TRAVELLING
78. 78.CHAPTER IX THE KIND OF DEATH
79. 79.CHAPTER X THE PERIODICAL DIVISIONS OF TIME
80. 80.APPENDIX — NO. I ALMAGEST; BOOK VIII, CHAP. IV — NO. II ALMAGEST; BOOK II. EXTRACT FROM CHAP. IX — NO. III THE CENTILOQUY, OR HUNDRED APHORISMS OF CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY [294] ; OTHERWISE CALLED, THE FRUIT OF HIS FOUR BOOKS — NO. IV THE ZODIACAL PLANISPHERE
81. 81.Untitled

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