Tetrabiblos: THE QUADRIPARTITE MATHEMATICAL TREATISE by Claudius Ptolemy

ⓘ   Read "Tetrabiblos: THE QUADRIPARTITE MATHEMATICAL TREATISE by Claudius Ptolemy" online for free.

Contents

• Foreword
• BOOK 1. 1. Introduction.
• 2. That Knowledge by Astronomical Means is Attainable, and How Far.
• 3. That it is also Beneficial.
• 4. Of the Power of the Planets.
• 5. Of Beneficent and Maleficent Planets.
• 6. Of Masculine and Feminine Planets.
• 7. Of Diurnal and Nocturnal Planets.
• 8. Of the Power of the Aspects to the Sun.
• 9. Of the Power of the Fixed Stars.
• 10. Of the Effect of the Seasons and of the Four Angles.
• 11. Of Solstitial, Equinoctial, Solid, and Bicorporeal Signs.
• 12. Of Masculine and Feminine Signs.
• 13. Of the Aspects of the Signs.
• 14. Of Commanding and Obeying Signs.
• 15. Of Signs which Behold each other and Signs of Equal Power.
• 16. Of Disjunct Signs.
• 17. Of the Houses of the Several Planets.
• 18. Of the Triangles.
• 19. Of Exaltations.
• 20. Of the Disposition of Terms.
• 21. According to the Chaldaeans.
• 22. 0f Places and Degrees.
• 23. Of Faces, Chariots, and the Like.
• 24. Of Applications and Separations and the Other Powers.
• BOOK 2. 1. Introduction.
• 2. Of the Characteristics of the Inhabitants of the General Climes.
• 3. Of the Familiarities between Countries and the Triplicities and Stars.
• 4. Method of Making Particular Predictions.
• 5. 0f the Examination of the Countries Affected.
• 6. Of the Time of the Predicted Events.
• 7. Of the Class of those Affected.
• 8. Of the Quality of the Predicted Event.
• 9. Of the Colours of Eclipses, Comets, and the Like.
• 10. Concerning the New Moon of the Year.
• 11. Of the Nature of the Signs, Part by Part, and their Effect upon the Weather.
• 12. Of the Investigation of Weather in Detail.
• 13. Of the Significance of Atmospheric Signs.
• BOOK 3. 1. Introduction.
• 2. Of the Degree of the Horoscopic Point.
• 3. The Subdivision of the Science of Nativities.
• 4. Of Parents.
• 5. Of Brothers and Sisters.
• 6. Of Males and Females.
• 7. Of Twins.
• 8. Of Monsters.
• 9. Of Children that are not Reared.
• 10. Of Length of Life.
• 11. Of Bodily Form and Temperament.
• 12. Of Bodily Injuries and Diseases.
• 13: Of the Quality of the Soul.
• 14. Of Diseases of the Soul.
• BOOK 4. 1. lntroduction.
• 2. Of Material Fortune.
• 3. Of the Fortune of Dignity.
• 4. 0f the Quality of Action
• 5. Of Marriage.
• 6. Of Children.
• 7. Of Friends and Enemies.
• 8. Of Foreign Travel.
• 9. Of the Quality of Death.
• 10. Of the Division of Times.