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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos: 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 | | p. x | | | | 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 |