{"collection":"astro","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/astro/ptb/ptb02.htm","path":"astro/ptb/ptb02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/astro/ptb/ptb02.htm","text":"| | BOOK I | | \n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| I. | PROEM | 1 | \n| II. | KNOWLEDGE MAY BE ACQUIRED BY ASTRONOMY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT | 2 | \n| III. | THAT PRESCIENCE IS USEFUL | 8 | \n| IV. | THE INFLUENCES OF THE PLANETARY ORBS | 13 | \n| V. | BENEFICS AND MALEFICS | 14 | \n| VI. | MASCULINE AND FEMININE | 14 | \n| VII. | DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL | 15 | \n| VIII. | THE INFLUENCE OF POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE SUN | 16 | \n| IX. | THE INFLUENCE OF THE FIXED STARS | 16 | \n| X. | CONSTELLATIONS NORTH OF THE ZODIAC | 19 | \n| XI. | CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC | 20 | \n| XII. | THE ANNUAL SEASONS | 21 | \n| XIII. | THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOUR ANGLES | 21 | \n| XIV. | TROPICAL, EQUINOCTIAL, FIXED, AND BICORPOREAL SIGNS | 23 | \n| XV. | MASCULINE AND FEMININE SIGNS | 23 | \n| XVI. | MUTUAL CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SIGNS | 24 | \n| XVII. | SIGNS COMMANDING AND OBEYING | 26 | \n| XVIII. | SIGNS BEHOLDING EACH OTHER, AND OF EQUAL POWER | 26 | \n| XIX. | SIGNS INCONJUNCT | 27 | \n| XX. | HOUSES OF THE PLANETS | 28 | \n| XXI. | THE TRIPLICITIES | 29 | \n| XXII. | EXALTATIONS | 31 | \n| XXIII. | THE DISPOSITION OF THE TERMS | 32 | \n| XXIV. | THE TERMS (ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY) | 35 | \n| XXV. | THE PLACES AND DEGREES OF EVERY PLANET | 36 | \n| XXVI. | FACES, CHARIOTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ATTRIBUTES OF THE PLANETS | 37 | \n| XXVII. | APPLICATION, SEPARATION, AND OTHER FACULTIES | 38 | \n| | BOOK II | | \n| I. | GENERAL DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT | 40 | \n| II. | PECULIARITIES OBSERVABLE THROUGHOUT EVERY ENTIRE CLIMATE | 41 | \n| III. | THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE TRIPLICITIES AND THE PLANETS | 43 | \n| IV. | THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE FIXED STARS | 52 | \n| V. | MODE OF PARTICULAR PREDICTION IN ECLIPSES | 52 | \n| VI. | THE REGIONS OR COUNTRIES TO BE CONSIDERED AS LIABLE TO BE COMPREHENDED IN THE EVENT | 53 | \n| VII. | THE TIME AND PERIOD OF THE EVENT | 54 | \n| VIII. | THE GENUS, CLASS, OR KIND, LIABLE TO BE AFFECTED | 55 | \n| IX. | THE QUALITY AND NATURE OF THE EFFECT | 58 | \n| X. | COLOURS IN ECLIPSES, COMETS, AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA | 62 | \n| p. x | | | \n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| XI. | THE NEW MOON OF THE YEAR | 63 | \n| XII. | THE PARTICULAR NATURES OF THE SIGNS BY WHICH THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE PRODUCED | 64 | \n| XIII. | MODE OF CONSIDERATION FOR PARTICULAR CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE | 66 | \n| XIV. | THE SIGNIFICATION OF METEORS | 68 | \n| | BOOK III | | \n| I. | PROEM | 71 | \n| II. | THE CONCEPTION, AND THE PARTURITION, OR BIRTH; BY WHICH LATTER EVENT THE ANIMAL QUITS THE WOMB, AND ASSUMES ANOTHER STATE OF EXISTENCE | 72 | \n| III. | THE DEGREE ASCENDING | 74 | \n| IV. | DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF NATIVITIES | 75 | \n| V. | THE PARENTS | 77 | \n| VI. | BROTHERS AND SISTERS | 81 | \n| VII. | MALE OR FEMALE | 82 | \n| VIII. | TWINS | 83 | \n| IX. | MONSTROUS OR DEFECTIVE BIRTHS | 85 | \n| X. | CHILDREN NOT REARED | 86 | \n| XI. | THE DURATION OF LIFE | 88 | \n| XII. | THE PROROGATORY PLACES | 88 | \n| XIII. | THE NUMBER OF PROROGATORS, AND ALSO THE PART OF FORTUNE | 89 | \n| XIV. | NUMBER OF THE MODES OF PROROGATION | 91 | \n| XV. | EXEMPLIFICATION | 96 | \n| XVI. | THE FORM AND TEMPERAMENT OF THE BODY | 100 | \n| XVII. | THE HURTS, INJURIES, AND DISEASES OF THE BODY | 106 | \n| XVIII. | THE QUALITY OF THE MIND | 107 | \n| XIX. | THE DISEASES OF THE MIND | 114 | \n| | BOOK IV | | \n| I. | PROEM | 117 | \n| II. | THE FORTUNE OF WEALTH | 117 | \n| III. | THE FORTUNE OF RANK | 118 | \n| IV. | THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT | 120 | \n| V. | MARRIAGE | 124 | \n| VI. | CHILDREN | 128 | \n| VII. | FRIENDS AND ENEMIES | 130 | \n| VIII. | TRAVELLING | 132 | \n| IX. | THE KIND OF DEATH | 134 | \n| X. | THE PERIODICAL DIVISIONS OF TIME | 137 | \n| NO. | APPENDIX | | \n| I. | ALMAGEST, BOOK VIII, CHAP. 4 | 144 | \n| II. | EXTRACT FROM THE ALMAGEST, BOOK II, CHAP. 9 | 147 | \n| | TABLE OF LATITUDES, FROM THE ALMAGEST | 151 | \n| | EXTRACT FROM THE TABLE OF ASCENSIONS, IN THE ALMAGEST | 152 | \n| III. | PTOLEMY'S CENTILOQUY | 153 | \n| IV. | THE ZODIACAL PLANISPHERE, AND PLATE | 161 |","title":"Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos: Table of Contents","type":"page"}