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PTOLEMY'S TETRABIBLOS
MAJOR TEXT OF WESTERN ASTROLOGY Includes MP3
Translation by. J.M. Ashmand 1822
"Western Astrology is Based on the Works of Ptolemy." |
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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos (Circa 150 A.D.) or the Quadripartite Mathematical
Thesis is the seminal text of Western Astrology.
(Circa 150 A.D.) or the
Quadripartite Mathematical Thesis is the seminal text of Western
Astrology.
The Tetrabiblos, or 'four-part book' of
Ptolemy is one of the most important surviving ancient texts on Astrology.
Claudius Ptolemy, the second century A.D. author of this book, is best
known as the originator of the Ptolemaic system. The Earth stood fixed at
the center of the universe, with crystalline spheres within spheres
whirling around it. In balance, the universe had a vast influence on
earthly events, which was the basis for the belief in Astrology. This
explanation stood for nearly a millennium and a half, bolstered by its
acceptance as orthodoxy by the Catholic Church, until Copernicus and
Galileo demolished it and placed the heliocentric (sun-centered) system in
its place.
Below is a sample of Chapter 6. Click on the book icon to
listen while you read along.
THERE are two primary sexes, male and female; and the female
sex partakes chiefly of moisture. The Moon and Venus are
therefore said to be feminine, since their qualities are
principally moist.
The Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are called masculine.
Mercury is common to both genders, because at certain times he
produces dryness, and at others moisture, and performs each in
an equal ratio.
The stars, however, are also said to be masculine and
feminine, by their positions with regard to the Sun. While they
are matutine and preceding the Sun, they are masculine; when
vespertine and following the Sun, they become feminine
And they are further regulated in this respect by their
positions with regard to the horizon. From the ascendant to the
mid-heaven, or from the angle of the west to the lower heaven,
they are considered to be masculine, being then oriental: and in
the other two quadrants, feminine, being then occidental. |
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Chapter
VI. Masculine and Feminine