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Julius Firmicus Maternus; Translated by James Herschel Holden
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This book contains a translation of the Eight Books of the Mathesis
by the 4th century astrologer Julius Firmicus Maternus along with
some useful Indexes of Occupations, the Causes of Death, and
Personal Characteristics. The Eight Books are: Book I: An essay on
what astrology is Book II: The twelve signs Book III: Aspects and
house placement of planets Book IV: Chart Interpretation Book V:
The angles and the terms Book VI: The aspects Book VII: Life and
death Book VIII: The degrees of the signs James H. Holden, who
translated the text from the Latin, is Research Director of the
American Federation of Astrologers. A well respected astrological
scholar, he has translated more than twenty astrology books that
were written between the 2nd and 17th centuries. He is also the
author of A History of Horoscopic Astrology
This comprehensive biographical dictionary of more than 2,200
Western astrologers from the ancient times (beginning with the 2nd
century B.C.) down to the early 20th century includes living
persons born prior to 1936, as well as some astrologers born in or
after 1936 who are deceased. History is made by people, so
biography is the basis of history. In this book the reader will
find the names (and birth and death data) of most of the prominent
Western astrologers of the past and some indication of what they
did in the field of astrology. It is thus possible to learn much
about the history of astrology simply by reading the lengthier
biographical entries. However, the main purpose of this book is to
provide a ready reference and to give enough information about
these astrologers to enable the reader "to get to know" them. Lists
of books written by the astrologers are included along with, in
some cases, excerpts from their work.
This thoroughly researched book is a history of the development of
Western horoscopic astrology from its origin among the Babylonians
and its subsequent creation in its present form by the Alexandrians
down to modern times. Special attention is given to background
history and to the working conditions and techniques used by
astrologers during the last two thousand years. Numerous footnotes
provide additional information and bibliographic references. A
separate bibliography lists reference sources of particular
importance. Two comprehensive indices containing more than 2,800
individual entries enable the reader to locate persons, publishers,
topics, and book and periodical titles that are mentioned in the
history. The book also contains discussions of several questions
and topics relating to astrology.
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Mathesis (Hardcover)
Julius Firmicus Maternus; Translated by James Herschel Holden
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R1,864
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This book contains a translation of the Eight Books of the Mathesis
by the 4th century astrologer Julius Firmicus Maternus along with
some useful Indexes of Occupations, the Causes of Death, and
Personal Characteristics. Book I: An essay on what astrology is
Book II: The twelve signs Book III: Aspects and house placement of
planets Book IV: Chart Interpretation Book V: The angles and the
terms Book VI: The aspects Book VII: Life and death Book VIII: The
degrees of the signs The translator, James H. Holden, is a well
respected astrological scholar who has translated more than twenty
astrology books that were written between the 2nd and 17th
centuries. He is also the author of A History of Horoscopic
Astrology.
This book contains a translation of the Introduction to Astrology
by the 4th century astrologer Paul of Alexandria, with the Medieval
Scholia, an excerpt from the Commentary by Heliodorus (or
Olympiodorus) and some Notes on the Astronomical matters mentioned
by Paul.
This book contains a translation of the Introduction to the
Tetrabiblos written by famous third century philosopher Porphyry.
It is a sort of Astrological Dictionary, defining most of the
technical terms used by the Greek astrologers of the Classical
Period. The volume also contains a translation of the short
treatise on astrological technical terms by Serapio of Alexandria.
About the translator: James Herschel Holden, M.A. is the Research
Director of the American Federation of Astrologers and has been
especially interested in Classical and Medieval astrological works.
Sahl lived in the first half of the 9th century. His five short
treatises, Introduction to Astrology, The 50 Precepts, Judgments of
Questions, Elections, and The Book of Times, appear to be the
principal medieval source of rules for Horary Astrology and
Elections. They constitute a corpus of detailed instruction for
these two branches of Astrology. James Herschel Holden, the
translator, is Research Director of the American Federation of
Astrologers and is especially interested in early astrological
works.
The book contains translations of six Astrological Treatises by the
famous Arabian astrologer M sh >all h: The Book of Reception in
Horary Questions. The earliest available Medieval treatise on
Horary Astrology The Book of Nativities. An early treatise on Natal
Astrology The Book on the Revolutions of Years. An early treatise
on Solar Returns. The Book on the Significations of the Planets in
Nativities. The Epistle on Conjunctions. An early treatise on
Mundane Astrology The Book of Thoughts. A Note on Interpretation.
James H. Holden is the Research Director of the American Federation
of Astrologers and has been especially interested in Classical and
Medieval astrological works.
This book contains the Astrological Compendium of the late
Classical astrologer Rhetorius the Egyptian. It contains his
Explanation and Narration of The Whole Art of Astrology, and was
translated from the Greek by James Herschel Holden, M.A., Research
Director of the American Federation of Astrologers. Also included
are the treatises by Teucer of Babylon on the Nature of the Signs
of the Zodiac and the Nature of the Seven planets. Rhetorius was
the last major astrological writer of the Classical period of Greek
Astrology.
This English translation of The Judgments of Nativities by the
medieval Arabian astrologer Ab 'Ali Al-Khayy t, who is usually
called Albohali in astrological literature, was made from the 1546
Latin edition by John of Seville. It includes the Latin Editor's
introduction. The Judgments of Nativities, a book on natal
astrology, was written in the early ninth century, and James H.
Holden has included an introductory essay on Arabian astrology and
has provided explanatory footnotes, appendices and a glossary of
astrological terms. James H. Holden is Research Director of the
American Federation of Astrologers and is the author of A History
of Horoscopic Astrology in addition to translating numerous other
works, all of which are available at www.astrologers.com.
This book is an English translation of Book 25 of the Astrologia
Gallica, in which Morin explains how to make Mundane Predictions
for a particular place by using Aries Ingresses and Lunations
(along with their quarters) as the main tools. He discusses the
common use of Solar and Lunar Eclipses for that purpose and
concludes that they are of only minor importance and do not have
the long-lasting effects usually attributed to them. He also
discusses the possibility of drawing some conclusions from the
Conjunctions of the outer Planets and even from Comets. Morin was a
physician who became the most renowned of all French astrologers.
He was appointed Royal Mathematician to King Louis XIII and was
summoned to be present at the birth of the royal heir, the future
King Louis XIV. The present volume contains Morin s example charts
of several Ingresses and one Eclipse as seen at Paris, France, in
1646, with a detailed explanation of his method of interpreting
them. An added feature of this book is Jean Hieroz s statement of
Offusius s rules for Planetary strength and Hieroz s own account of
his efforts to use Morin s methods to predict the outbreak of World
War II in 1939. Jean Hieroz (b.1889) was a prominent French
astrologer in the 1930s and 1940s. He had studied under Henri
Selva, the French revival astrologer who had rescued J-B Morin s
Astrologia Gallica from obscurity and published the first
translation of Book 21 of that work. James Herschel Holden is
Research Director of the American Federation of Astrologers and has
previously translated Books 13-17, 19, 22, 23, and 24 of the
Astrologia Gallica.
This book is an English translation of Book 16 of the Astrologia
Gallica. In the First Section, Morin explains the difference
between Rays and Aspects, and he then discusses the natures of the
aspects, why some of them are good and others bad, and finally he
proposes a rational theory of the orbs of the aspects. The Second
Section is devoted to Applications and Separations and Doryphories.
The Third Section discusses the topic of Combustion with examples
from Morin's own horoscope. Morin was a physician who became the
most renowned of all French astrologers. He was appointed Royal
Mathematician to King Louis XIII and was summoned to be present at
the birth of the royal heir, the future King Louis XIV. James
Herschel Holden is Research Director of the American Federation of
Astrologers and has been especially interested in the Morin Method
of horoscope interpretation.
This book is an English translation of Book 17 of the Astrologia
Gallica. In the First Section, Morin explains the Cabala of the
Twelve Houses and their natural foundation. The Second Section is
devoted to different methods of House Division. Several horoscopes
are shown. The Third Section discusses the formal reasons for the
natures of the Houses and their mathematical basis. Morin was a
physician who became the most renowned of all French astrologers.
He was appointed Royal Mathematician to King Louis XIII and was
summoned to be present at the birth of the royal heir, the future
King Louis XIV. James Herschel Holden, the translator, is Research
Director of the American Federation of Astrologers and has been
especially interested in the Morin Method of horoscope
interpretation.
This book is the autobiography of an occultist and pioneer
astrologer from 1894 to 1946. Brahy founded the Belgian Institute
of Astrology and its astrological journal Demain, and he also
founded the Belgian branch of the Rosicrucian Fellowship. From the
late 1920s on, he published stock market advisory letters and a
book explaining the astrological methods that he used. He gives an
account of the development of astrology in the 1920s and 1930s,
culminating with the three International Congresses of Astrologers
in Europe and his visits to the U.S. in 1937 and 1939. And he tells
how astrology managed to thrive during the Nazi occupation of
Belgium 1939-1944. He also gives a valuable assessment of the
difficulties encountered in managing both an astrological
consulting business and a magazine and book publishing business.
And throughout the book he discusses the problems of astrology and
its place in modern society. Readers interested in Astrology and
Rosicrucianism will find many fascinating details of Brahy's
experiences and associations with leading figures in those fields.
Brahy's horoscope and an Index of Persons have been added to this
translation of the presentation copy that he sent to his friend and
AFA founder Ernest Grant in April 1947.
This volume contains an English translation of Books 13, 14, 15 and
19 of the Astrologia Gallica, in which Morin explains the strengths
of the planets, the division of the sky into celestial houses, the
essential dignities of the planets, and the principles of judgment.
These are fundamentals of horoscopic astrology. Morin was a
physician who became the most renowned of all French astrologers.
He was appointed Royal Mathematician to King Louis XIII and was
present at the birth of the future King Louis XIV "The Sun King."
His massive Latin work, Astrologia Gallica, was published in folio
at the Hague in 1661. The present volume continues the series of
English translations of those books of the Astrologia Gallica that
are primarily devoted to astrological techniques. With its
publication, Books 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24 are now
available in English.
This book is an English translation of Book 24 of the Astrologia
Gallica, in which Morin explains the proper use of Transits to
pinpoint the time when a predicted event will occur. He first
criticizes the various types of symbolic directions used by other
astrologers of his day and then sets forth his own method of
prediction with numerous examples. The nature and time of an event
in a person's life can be determined from his Natal Horoscope, its
Primary Directions, Solar and Lunar Returns and their Primary
Directions, and concordant Transits. By following the method that
he sets forth, it is sometimes possible to determine the exact Day
when the event signified by a radical Primary Direction will occur.
Morin was a physician who became the most renowned of all French
astrologers. He was appointed Royal Mathematician to King Louis
XIII and was summoned to be present at the birth of the royal heir,
the future King Louis XIV. The present volume also contains example
charts drawn for the actual times of significant events in the
lives of a number of 17th century celebrities; each chart is
accompanied by a explanation of how the several factors combined to
produce the events at the times shown. The book closes with two
chapters setting forth general instructions for determining the
precise time of events and a final chapter with valuable rules for
reading natal horoscopes. James Herschel Holden is Research
Director of the American Federation of Astrologers.
This book is an English translation of Morin's treatise on Primary
Directions, which constitutes Book 22 of his Astrologia Gallica,
with appendices containing supplementary material relating to Book
22, and addenda containing fundamental astrological principles, in
particular the Table of Universal Rulerships of the Planets from
Book 13, the Universal Laws of Judgments of Solar and Lunar Returns
from Book 23, and Aphorisms stating the Principal Laws of Transits
along with Rules for the Prediction of Future Events from Book 24.
This translation supplements Richard S. Baldwin's translation of
Book 21 on Determinations (also published by the AFA). The two
translations together provide a core subset of the theory of Natal
Astrology set forth by J-B Morin (1583-1656), the leading figure of
French astrology. Morin's theory is based upon the use of
determinations and accidental significators. Thus, it differs
radically from the common theory that largely ignores derived
houses and uses universal significators. Also, it is event-oriented
rather than esoteric or psychological. The translator, James
Herschel Holden, is Research Director of the American Federation of
Astrologers and has been especially interested in the history of
astrology.
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