{"collection":"astro","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/astro/ptb/index.htm","path":"astro/ptb/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/astro/ptb/index.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Sky Lore\u00a0\n \nPtolemy's Tetrabiblos\ntr. J.M. Ashmand\n[1822]\nThe Tetrabiblos, or 'four-part book' of Ptolemy is one of the most\n important surviving ancient texts on Astrology.\n Claudius Ptolemy, the second century C.E. author of this book, is best\n known as the originator of the Ptolemaic system.\n The Earth stood fixed at the center of the universe, with\n crystalline spheres within spheres whirling around it.\n In balance, the universe had a vast influence on earthly events, which\n was the basis for the belief in Astrology.\n This explanation stood for nearly a millenium and a half, bolstered by\n its acceptance as orthodoxy by the Catholic Church, until Copernicus and\n Galileo demolished it and placed the heliocentric (sun-centered) system\n in its place.\nTitle Page\nAdvertisement\nTable of Contents\nPreface\nBook the First\nChapter I. Proem\nChapter II. Knowledge May Be Acquired by Astronomy to a Certain Extent\nChapter III. That Prescience is Useful\nChapter IV. The Influences of the Planetary Orbs\nChapter V. Benefics and Malefics\nChapter VI. Masculine and Feminine\nChapter VII. Diurnal and Nocturnal\nChapter VIII. The Influence of Position with Regard to the Sun\nChapter IX. The Influence of the Fixed Stars\nChapter X. Constellations North of the Zodiac\nChapter XI. Constellations South of the Zodiac\nChapter XII. The Annual Seasons\nChapter XIII. The Influence of the Four Angles\nChapter XIV. Tropical, Equinoctial, Fixed, and Bicorporeal Signs\nChapter XV. Masculine and Feminine Signs\nChapter XVI. Mutual Configurations of the Signs\nChapter XVII. Signs Commanding and Obeying\nChapter XVIII. Signs Beholding Each Other, and of Equal Power\nChapter XIX. Signs Inconjunct\nChapter XX. Houses of the Planets\nChapter XXI. The Triplicities\nChapter XXII. Exaltations\nChapter XXIII. The Disposition of the Terms\nChapter XXIV. The Terms According to Ptolemy\nChapter XXV. The Places And Degrees Of Every Planet\nChapter XXVI. Faces, Chariots, and Other Similar Attributes of the Planets\nChapter XXVII. Application, Separation, and Other Faculties\nBook the Second\nChapter I. General Division of the Subject\nChapter II. Peculiarities Observable Throughout Every Entire Climate\nChapter III. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Triplicities and the Planets\nChapter IV. The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth with the Fixed Stars\nChapter V. Mode of Particular Prediction in Eclipses\nChapter VI. The Regions or Countries to be Considered as Liable to be Comprehended in the Event\nChapter VII. The Time and Period of the Event\nChapter VIII. The Genus, Class, or Kind, Liable to be Affected\nChapter IX. The Quality and Nature of the Effect\nChapter X. Colours in Eclipses; Comets, and Similar Phenomena\nChapter XI. The New Moon of the Year\nChapter XII. The Particular Natures of the Signs by Which the Different Constitutions of the Atmosphere are Produced\nChapter XIII. Mode of Consideration for Particular Constitutions of the Atmosphere\nChapter XIV. The Signification of Meteors\nBook the Third\nChapter I. Proem\nChapter II. The Conception and the Parturition, or Birth; by Which Latter Event the Animal Quits the Womb, and Assumes Another State of Existence\nChapter III. The Degree Ascending\nChapter IV. Distribution of the Doctrine of Nativities\nChapter V. The Parents\nChapter VI. Brothers and Sisters\nChapter VII. Male or Female\nChapter VIII. Twins\nChapter IX. Monstrous or Defective Births\nChapter X. Children Not Reared\nChapter XI. The Duration of Life\nChapter XII. The Prorogatory Places\nChapter XIII. The Number of Prorogators, and Also the Part of Fortune\nChapter XIV. Number of the Modes of Prorogation\nChapter XV. Exemplification\nChapter XVI. The Form and Temperament of the Body\nChapter XVII. The Hurts, Injuries, and Diseases of the Body\nChapter XVIII. The Quality of the Mind\nChapter XIX. The Diseases of the Mind\nBook the Fourth\nChapter I. Proem\nChapter II. The Fortune of Wealth\nChapter III. The Fortune of Rank\nChapter IV. The Quality of Employment\nChapter V. Marriage\nChapter VI. Children\nChapter VII. Friends and Enemies\nChapter VIII. Travelling\nChapter IX. The Kind of Death\nChapter X. The Periodical Divisions of Time\nAppendix\nNo. I. Almagest; Book VIII, Chap. IV\nNo. II. Almagest; Book II. Extract From Chap. IX: Of Circumstances regulated by Ascensions\nNo. III. The Centiloquy, or Hundred Aphorisms of Claudius Ptolemy; Otherwise Called, the Fruit of His Four Books\nNo. IV. The Zodiacal Planisphere","title":"Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos Index","type":"page"}