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Title: Tetrabiblos
Author: Claudius Ptolemy(100?-170?)
Translator, Editor: F.E. Robbins
Publisher: Harvard University Press


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Introduction vii
The Luminaries and Planets xxv
The Signs of the Zodiac xxvi
Book I .
1. Introduction 2
2. That Knowledge by Astronomical Means is Attainable, and How Far 4
3. That it is also Beneficial 20
4. Of the Power of the Planets 34
5. Of Beneficent and Maleficent Planets 38
6. Of Masculine and Feminine Planets 40
7. Of Diurnal and Nocturnal Planets 42
8. Of the Power of the Aspects to the Sun 44
9. Of the Power of the Fixed Stars 46
10. Of the Effect of the Seasons and of the Four Angles 58
11. Of Solstitial, Equinoctial, Solid, and Bicorporeal Signs 64
12. Of Masculine and Feminine Signs 68
13. Of the Aspects of the Signs 72
14. Of Commanding and Obeying Signs 74
15. Of Signs which Behold each other and Signs of Equal Power 76
16. Of Disjunct Signs 76
17. Of the Houses of the Several Planets 78
18. Of the Triangles 82
19. Of Exaltations 88
20. Of the Disposition of Terms 90
21. According to the Chaldaeans 98
22. Of Places and Degrees 108
23. Of Faces, Chariots, and the Like 110
24. Of Applications and Separations and the Other Powers 112
Book II .
1. Introduction 116
2. Of the Characteristics of the Inhabitants of the General Climes 120
3. Of the Familiarities Between Countries and the Triplicities and Stars 128
4. Method of Making Particular Predictions 160
5. Of the Examination of the Countries Affected 162
6. Of the Time of the Predicted Events 164
7. Of the Class of those Affected 168
8. Of the Quality of the Predicted Events 176
9. Of the Colours of Eclipses, Comets, and the Like 190
10. Concerning the New Moon of the Year 194
11. Of the Nature of the Signs, Part by Part, and their Effect Upon the Weather 200
12. Of the Investigation of Weather in Detail 206
13. Of the Significance of Atmospheric Signs 212
Book III .
1. Introduction 220
2. Of the Degree of the Horoscopic Point 228
3. The Subdivision of the Science of Nativities 234
4. Of Parents 240
5. Of Brothers and Sisters 250
6. Of Males and Females 254
7. Of Twins 256
8. Of Monsters 260
9. Of Children that are not Reared 264
10. Of Length of Life 270
11. Of Bodily Form and Temperament 306
12. Of Bodily Injuries and Diseases 316
13. Of the Quality of the Soul 332
14. Of Diseases of the Soul 362
Book IV .
1. Introduction 372
2. Of Material Fortune 372
3. Of the Fortune of Dignity 376
4. Of the Quality of Action 380
5. Of Marriage 392
6. Of Children 408
7. Of Friends and Enemies 412
8. Of Foreign Travel 422
9. Of the Quality of Death 426
10. Of the Division of Times 436
INDEX 461


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