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| What is Hellenistic Astrology? | |
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Hellenistic astrology was the practice of prediction by various calculations and observations involving astral phenomenon. Rooted in Middle Platonic, Stoic and Neopythagorean philosophy, astrology was dispersed through the Greek-speaking world. As a significantly influential world-view (or involved in a variety of world-views), astrology was an issue for Hellenistic and late antiquity thinkers including Carneades, Cicero, Plutarch, Plotinus, Origen, Porphyry, Iamblicus, and the anonymous writers of Hermetic and Gnostic works. For more, please see my article, HELLENISTIC ASTROLOGY, at the INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY. |
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ASTRO-GEOGRAPHY TABLE - Includes the correspondences of regions the inhabited world to signs of the zodiac found in Teucer of Babylon, Paulus Alexandrinus, Manilius, Ptolemy, and Hephaistio of Thebes. EARLY MEDIEVAL ASTROLOGY GLYPHS - From a 10th century manuscript. GEOCENTRIC PLANETARY PHASES - Model of the planetary phases used in Hellenistic astrology. Each 'appearance' is a moment of prominence of that planet's influence in natal and electional astrology. Requires Flash plug-in. |
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BIBLIOGRAFIA DE LA HISTORIA DE LA ASTROLOGÍA GRECORROMANA - Universidad de Málaga. Comprehensive list of secondary material -- strong on journal articles. CUMONT ASTROLOGY LIBRARY AT ACADEMIA BELGICA - Dedicated to scholar Franz Cumont (one of the editors of the CCAG and early scholar in Mithraism, Hellenistic religion and astrology). Contains bibliography of works on the history of astrology. GARY THOMPSON'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT ASTRONOMY - Excellent resource that covers Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek and Arabic astronomy (especially concerning the constellations and star names). HISTOIRE DE L'ASTROLOGIE OCCIDENTALE BIBLIOGRAPHIE - Ancient astrology bibliography by David Juste. Excellent list! STAR OF BETHLEHEM BIBLIOGRAPHY - Bibliography containing journal articles, books and web resources on all of the theories about the astronomical basis to the Star of Bethlehem. Listing contains general resources on hellenistic astrology, as well. |
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TRANSLATION TEXT OF 'ANONYMOUS OF 379' - Anonymous of 379 A.D. is a Late Empire Greek writing astrologer who delineates fixed stars, comets and other phenomena. This is an English translation by Daria Dudziak. ONLINE TEXT (LATIN) OF MANILIUS - Manilius was a 1st Century C.E. Latin writing astrologer who authored a long cosmological poem. Compared to other writers of the time, his astrological material differs quite a bit from the Greek writing (Hellenistic) astrologers. TRANSLATION OF RHETORIUS (ITALIAN) - INSTRUCTIONS ON JUDGEMENT OF THE NATIVITY - Rhetorius is considered the last of the late Hellenistic astrologers. He flourished in the early 6th century and preserves sections by earlier astrologers such as Teukron of Babylon and Antiochus of Athens. Ninety chapters of his large compendium survive and are available throughout the volumes of the CCAG. Translated by Guiseppe Bezza. TRANSLATION OF RHETORIUS (ITALIAN) - ON THE NATURE AND VIRTUE OF THE PLANETS - From the same site. Also translated by Giuseppe Bezza. | |
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BREVE GUIA DE HISTÓRIA DA ASTROLOGIA NO OCIDENTE - Brief History of Western Astrology by Brazilian astrology Barbara Abramo (in Portuguese). CIELO ET TERRA - associazione per lo studio dell'astrologia classica - Association for the Study of Classical Astrology. Italian site with some English translation. VETTIUS VALENS AND PTOLEMY - Website of Professor Mark Riley. Scroll to 'scholarship' section for PDF's including a survey of Valens and journal articles on Claudius Ptolemy. (These PDF's have a long download time.) DOROTHEUS OF SIDON - Brief article on Dorotheus of Sidon by Nick Campion. |
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| Medieval/Arabic Astrology and Astronomy | |
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MANUSCRIPT (LATIN) OF ALCABITIUS - Medieval astrologer Abd-al-Aziz Ibn-Utman al-Qabisi. Alcabitii Ad Magisterivm iudiciorum astrorum Isagoge. Commentario Ioannis Saxonij declarata. CHRONOLOGY OF ANCIENT NATIONS - Al' BIRUNI - English translation of this early 11th century work. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ISLAMIC ASTRONOMY - Extensive bibliography, compiled by David A. King, on Astronomy and Astrology in Baghdad in the 9th and 10th centuries. |
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| Related Ancient Astronomy/Astrology Links | |
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C.U.R.A. ASTROLOGY RESEARCH JOURNAL - Articles on ancient and modern astrology in French, English, and Spanish. SECRET CHAMBERS OF THE SANCTUARY OF THOTH - Articles by Joanne Conman on the Egyptian astronomy and religion, including an analysis of the Dendera Zodiac ceiling. JOURNAL OF MITHRAIC STUDIES - This ancient and mysterious Roman religion involved some level of Hellenistic astrology, though the question of to what extent and what it means is hotly debated. Some issues available on the web, though the file size for each page is enormous. RENAISSANCE ASTROLOGY - This site of practicing astrologer, Christopher Warnock, Esq., contains biographies on astrologers and related figures of the Renaissance, as well as information on Renaissance practice of astrological magic. THE NERO PREDICTION - An astrological novel by Humphry Knipe which centers around a reconstruction of Nero's life based on his horoscope and the Roman/Hellenistic methods of interpretation. |
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