Vettius Valens- The Anthology, Book II (Concl) & Book III

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~I*I*I~I*I*I~~ ~* *D > < C I I l [ D > < C I I l* VETTlUS V ALENS *[ D > < C I I l [ D > < C I I l* The Anthology *[ D > < C I I l Book II (concl.) [ D > < C I I l~ & Book III ~

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VETTIUS V ALENS

Anthology, Book II(concl.), & Book IIITranslated byRobert SchmidtEdited byRobert Hand

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Table of Contents

InlrOOUClionhy Robert Hand

Book Three of the Anthology of Veuius vatens'.ConcemingPredorninalion 272. Concerning Ihe Notable Degrees of Ihe PivOI Poinls3. On A"hesis4. Concerning Winds of the Stars alldtheir Exaltations and

Steps. 425. Concerning thc Sect otrhe Stars 456. COllccrl1ing Winds and Changes 49

ij""l1(ls A~~"nling tu VCllius veiens. Diurnal Charts 527. From the An~1010gy of Valens concerning a Numcri~aI Lot and

Length of Life. The Same also in Regard \0 the Prupiti(]u,Times. with Illustrations ... 53

8. ConceTiling the Teaching of the Crisis of the Seventh and theNinlh 5~9. Teachings Pertaining to Conjunctions ant! Whole Moons ~l1d

Conceplinn in Relatiun 10 the Ascending Node that Cuncern~_~~ m10. How to Find Precisely the Sun, the Moon, aml rhc norossopos

in" Conception 63II. Conc~rning the Lot 01 Fortune in Regard to the Mauer of

Length of Life with ltlu.strati(}ns. in which are also the Lea.,rYears of the St~rs 67

.71Appent!i~ 1

Translation ConvenlioM


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Introduction by Robert Hand

that, including veryma!~j-ial like !ha! of Ptolemy's Book III

We also have the last chapters of Book II left over from the last\'olume of Valens (Volume VII. Project Hindsight, G,-""k Track)Chapter 38 deals with marriage and contains many aphorisms relatingtn the suhjecL 'Ve also have some lots we have not soen before in

These three chapters are quite typical of the kind of material thutnne Cllcountcrs in both Greek and Medieval astrology. material that ispresented in the form oflists of astrclogical conditions with lillIe or noe'plan~tilln a . , tu why each aphorism should have the meaning it do~,Sume arC derivable from basic astrological symbols: many others arenOLi! appears that we ru-e simply going to have to deal with Iheseinmuch the same w~y I1ml Hindu or Vedic astrology deals with the yogas,or a~trological combinations. h. is to be hoped that at some time in thefuturc we will be able to under:stand the principles underlying these, butthis is going to have be the result of both sv~tematic analysis andexperimental apphcation_However, there i,,,nelhing that must be saidhere and how. This is not the first place where this has been said. but


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it bears frequent repetition. These aphorisms in many cases stateextreme manifestations thai could only be expected to manifest in theseways when there arc many indications pointing in the same directionand when there are no countervailing conditions. Each aphorism~.cri~san-astrologicalconditionwhichte':'d,tomovethelifeof(he1J\\t)vejn a certaindirection_ ThB degree of movement in that directiondepends on the other indications in the chan. If an iudication is stronglycounteractedthen one might expect only the mildest torm to manifest,frequently a form in which the literal actions indicated by the aphorismtake pJace either on a metaphorical level or express themselves as aninward psychological state thar lead!; to no action

This understanding is ,,,pecially important with regard to tire lastchapter of Book II on violent deaths. Here we have several examplecharts and the principles whieh form the lmsi,ofajudgment of viol en tdeath. Most interesting is the pairing of planets based on rulcrships ofsigns that areeight signs from each other. The ruler of the eighth signis said to destmy the ruler of the first sign, U s the eighth sign is the~ighth,hou&C when the first. si?n rise~ or is the, sign of'tlie Lor ofFm1une.For example, Scorpio IS the eIghth sign from Aries, so Marsis, said to destroy il,elf hec3tlse it rules bo[hsign,_ Sagil13rius is theeighth sign from Taurus, so in this respect Jupiter is said to destroyVenus. In each ca:;e the likely causes of deatb are described. A numberofsamplechanslllt'~ntootoiJlu~tratetheprineiplEs

However, as we move to Book ill, one of the shorter books of theAnthology, we come to something quite unique, a detailed exposition ofthe various means of cQmpu~ing life e~pe


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o n e of two basic techniques. The first of is exemplified by Plolemy inBook III of the Tarabiblo. Ttis based on finding a particular planct.usually the Sun or Moon, called ill Greek apnetes, for which we use theAnglicized form, aphcta. "D,cre i, a discu"ion of this term in SchmidtsTranslator's Preface. However, the basis of the method is to direct.using a systemofprilllary directions. the aphotic planet to a positioneitheroccupie.doraspectedbyanotherplanet.usuallyamalefic,calledwnen the directed reaches such a death

Jt also consists of finding the apheta. But the le~hniquc does not inyolvedirectingthe aphera. Rather it requires that one find a particular ruler ofthe aphcta, the ruler of lh~ bound or term. The bouru:! rul~r

based on its small. mean, or great period ofmy introduction to Book IT of th~ Anthology. For

convenience thattabJe is reproduced here

66.5 48 45 69.5 40519o if

Great \08 76 66 79 57

Then various ancillary techniques were employed to eilher lengthen orsncncc nc years as derived from thc planet giving the Life span .valcns offers a variety of techniques, but most of Ulem involve a

combination of the two preceding basic methods. Directions WCR: to becombined with periods of lime derived Irorn the planets and theascensions ofthc relevant signs. Again the reader, is referred to theintroduction to Book II. Unlike all other sources of these techniques


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with which this wmer is familiar, vatens destres.us to use a variety ofapproachcsandtoseekaroongthemthosewhich.concurinindicatingaparticular period of time. If any of these techniques do tum out to beuseful, it is highly probable that IImultiple approach such as the oneValemshows us here is going to be th e most useful. One note: no oneis going to be able to sit down, reed thts bookeod become an expert onr~~=i~!tl~=~~~r~~~l;ec::n~!:t~~n~ri!~::~are going to yield whatever results may come from this material

In chapter 2 of this book we have one of the most potentiallyrevolutionary of any of. the discoveries we haw; made in ProjectHindsight. We see that Valcns may have used two different types ofhousesforlwodifferentpurpose5.1nalloflhechartslhalwehave,~nthus far the houses for interpretation are whole signs measlllll':nromeither the Ascencam or the Lot of FOnWlC as Horosiwpos . Tilebeginnings of the houses are thc beginning of the signs, and th e endingsof the houses, th e endings of th e signs. The Midheaven computed thel-\'lI}'illodemastrologersdoastheinterceptoftheeclipticandmeridiancircle is not used as the cusp ofa house, But in chapter 2 he introducesa system absolutely the same as the one usually attributed to Porphyry,but which we have seen even earlier in Antiochus of Athens. Valensisearuer yer even than AntiOChU5. However, Valens uses these house onlyfor th e determinatioo of the strength of planets in them. The meaningsthat are associated with houses are to befcund connecied, not wirhtbesequadrant houses, but with the whole-sign houses. Could it be that theentire confusion regarding houses in astrology ever since has been theresult of tryingto combine two completely different 5eLS of criteria forbouses into a single system, when in fact they should have met by twodifferent types of houses? OJ was valens in 3 transitional period whenthe older type of house, equa l or whole-sign, was giving way to aquadrant system with the Midheaven as the cusp of the tenth house, andthe Ascendant as the cusp of the first, with the intermcdiate reusesderivedfrom\'ariOU5kindsoftrisectionofthean:sbe\',\'~nthehorizonand meridian circles. When Valens cernes to directing to and from theangics,wef1Ildthat.hcuscsthctrucMidheavcnandtheoppositepoint,the r.C, in preference to tte potots in square to the Ascendant. Vatensmakes 3 point of this on several occasions in his discussions ofdircctiollS_Sowefindthcquadranttypcofhouscusedfordirectionsaswell as estimating strength, but not so f3I for house interpretation

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apparenttffiltPtolemy,insofarasheusedhousesatall,usedeitherequaior whole-sign houses. Bul when he discusses directions, he also workedwith true horizon-meridian quadrants. Ptolemy also seems to have keptthe house-logic for directing separate from the house-logic ofinterpretation. Should we gobaclc to this'! I think that this is sometllingthat we do have to look 31

In Chapter 3 we have an extremely obscure discussion of latitudesandl"incls.Itcontains31heoryofcxaitationsthaiisunlikcanythingwehaveseen. It suggests that in at least someonc's rmod, exaltations wereoriginally points of most elevatedlatitude. This makesno astronornicalsense whatsoever, but there is probably something here we do notunderstand

Chapter 5 is on sect and. reinforces what we already know fromAnLiochus of Athens and other sources. However, after some briefcomments on sect, the text resumes discussions of aphests and lifeexpectancy. itisapparenttha\he:rewehave~notherplacewherethelexlhas been somewhat scrambled

Chapter 6 introduces yet another system ofbaundsor term s, onewhich we de not believe is reported from any ether source. It is also notclear that Valens usedit at all. it may just be a n eo reu ca t exercise inastrological reasoningln Chapter 7 he resumes the discussion of life-expectancy withadditional methods of computing this. This peculiar tendency to alternatea main tapic with other, largely umelmed topics, is another indication ofthe random "editing" of the text.

In Chapter 8 we have a very obscure and probably somewhatgarbled account of something that may have teen related to or led toninth and seventh harroonic charts.

In Chapter 9 once again Iifcexpectancy computations resume addingmethods based all New and Full (Whole) Moons prior to birth This isfollowed by Chapter 10 an tnLtine of Hermes, which then resumes themainthcmeoftheboak.InChapter IImore techniques on the aphetaThe last twa chapters, 12, and 13, introduce new material on planetaryperiods ardtheir use in computing length of life.lcanolllysaytlilltinthisintroductionihaveoruytouchedupousome of the bighlights of what is in this book. It is one of our shorterpieces, but the material in it is among the most dense we have seen. Thefull implications of this material will take much time fOI us to work out.


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In this booklet I have departed from previous practice in my editing. Inthe past Ihave resorted at times to ratberlengthy footnotes as a devicefor introducing commentary and explanation. The texts here requiredsuch extensive explanation lilal we decided 1 . 0 place the commentarydirecllyinlhebodyoflbetexL 'fhesccommcntsarccntcredinaslighlly.~laIlcrfontthan.the_~tmns1a~text,andeachsuchpassagebegiru;with the following" In square brackets. "[Commentary by RH],' or"[Commentary by R. Schmidt]." All notes arc by Robert Schmidt, thetranslator, unless your editors initials (RHI appear in th e note


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Translator's Preface by Robert SchmidtTIle third hook of Vettil1s valens' Anrho{ogy has leogth of life as itsgcncrertop;c. Not sirmrisingly, the aphetic (01' directive) methotl is thedominant procedure-discussed. In Paulus and other Greek astrologersthi, is also called'themethod ofcircumalllbl1iations. Even though thecentral term apnens is a very common Greek word meaning 'releasing','discharging", 'hurling a'way', etc, I still do not that we haveunderstood its exact specitication in However,there iSllluch in Valens that is very suggestive, and we hope to be ableto write a general note on this word after We have dealt with thismethod in the third book of Ptolemy's Tctrahiblo.r. Additionally, Valenshas reported a numbcrofintriguing and apparently ancient supportingtecilIlique, for determining length of life.

Againtherc is evidence of manuscript corruption, According to textcuitorPingree, the text has undergone numerouseditings and revisionsever the ccmuries, which may account for its present uneven charac ter

As a result of some of Val em;' remark> in this book, we have beenable tll c'lablish that he and other Hellenistic Greek asrrclogers spent"great deal of time trying to interpret the earlier root text of Necbcpsoand Petosiris. Valens constamly descrillesthe material in that book asmustikm, or enigmatical, andheisev"nsu'pi~ious"rtheintention' "rthose earlier astrological writers in writing in that fashion. He himselfprefer,; to write more openly and with numerous examples. Theambiguity in the earlier text can even effect such basic concepts as theLot of fortune. We are told that there was considerable difference ofopinion Over how to calculate it for night births

Accordingly. it is quite possihle that some m mo"t of the divergentand occasionally inconsistent teachings of Hellenistic astrology may b ea result of the variant readings that later Greek astrologers made ofafundamental writtel1 lex/of Egyptian origin----that is, the work anrtbut edto Nccbepso alld Pelo,iris, and evidently composed or translated intoGreek around 200 B.C.E. This provides us with an importnntinterpretive strategy (a henneneutic, in mooernjargun) in Our attempttorcstorcGreek,.,trologicalth()ughL Wt:; should not suppose that weare dealing with an oral tradition handed down Intact from ma~tert()pupil as in India. Instead, we must see the conceptual variati"n_~asdueto interpretations and misinterpretations of an written ()riginal. This mayactually help us 10 infer what the original was

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However, we must always bear in mind that m;.mnderslandinginvolves und.er!;tanding and can often times be genuinely creative, andmay sometimes transport the interpreter into conceptual dimensions hewould neVer have thought 10 investigate if he bad been faithfullysticking 10 the tradition. This is in fact what happened in the laterEuropean Renaissance. Those who ...'ere sworn 10 faithfully restore theancient traditions in mathematics, logic, and science unwittingly ere atedpowerful new disciplines: Rerwvaree,


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Book Two of the Anthology of vemus VaJens(Concluded)

38. Concerning Marriage, Wedlock, and Bliss-A Vuridy ofConsider,.til>n.~andFigures

I advanced. then, all the teachings that seemed to me tn be trut: byexperience, along 'With explanauons. Now, since the mailer of marriageisverydiver.'ie, Iwill clarify il in an easily graspeble rnanner for tbosewho pay auention. The matter of marriage is grasped naturdlly from the71h z{Jidio .. of the Horoskopos.It is necessary In cnnsiuer how Aphrodite is situated, with whatplanet. and by what plan(!t or planets it is wilnes'lCd or mastered. Forwhen i t is in tropical zlJidin or has d~alin~s in bicorporeal zoidia.especially at night. il makes those who are polygamous andprOOlis'Cuous, and "specially if Hermes shnuld happen to be togetherwilh it. or much more so if Ares shuuld also happen to hear witness toit. That is, !hey come to have intercourse with male children. And if the


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every time that KroIlOS opposes Aphrodite, it bestows a wife who hasbeen injured or who is barren. SimiJarlyalso, the man foraw(lmenAnd if Kmnos ~hould be culminating, but it should b~ oppn'ingAphrodite, it bestows a WomaJ l who is a slave. If Aphrodite should bewitnessed by Zeus while being in the house of Krenos , or should applyto Kronos while separating from Zeus, {)f should come intn contact withit, and jfit should be seen by Ares, they have intercoor,e with theirIlnrses or with the wives of their teachers, or with their stepmother>, orwith the sisters or hrothers of their fathers or mothers. And when theSun is also bearing witness to them,or to the Moon, it will involvethem even more in sin,' especially when the Moon is witnessing themor being-witnessed by them. Aphrodite in a setting zoidion with Krenosin the subterraneou, pivot point will mix them in lowburn marriag.,,; andwrllcausciticmgrief in general, as oncn as they have Aphrodite withKronos or-as its ruler or superior ro it, with Zeus also witnessing, theywill haveintercouTSewith their elde", or else lheirsuperiur,_ Andifitshould be a women, the same,

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lecherous, those who are given to innovation, and those who haveinlen:ourse with the unworthy or with slaves, on account of which theywill be tempest-tossed unless some planet should Gilt down the ;tfilic!iunby intervening. And if the star of Zeus should testify, much of theirregularity will be concealed and it will not be shameful. That is, theywill have. intercourse. with superior women and with the wOmen or theiracquaintances; aml they will not have many children as those thaiconsort with them will be barren, or else they will be slow to conceive,andtheonesthatdocon~eivewi!labort.Let,imilarthinpbe5Upposcdforfemalenativities.lfKronosshouldl~stifytoAphr0dileurshuuJolbein her bounds, while Aphrodite should herself be figured by Zeus andArcs, thne will be advance by means of a child or a female personage,and such a one will see good fortune, but will fail utterly in the end,unless they should be having dealings while intheir own houses orexaltations. If the Moon should have rays hurled ather by Zeus orshould be configured with it, and Krenos along ....ith Zeus shouldwitness her, the native will cohabit with an unworthy or bought woman;for Kronos. harms the worth

AndifAphrodTt~'shO\ild be ill exalteuonin this figure while beingwitnessed by Zeus, the native will come into advancement nnd property,because of this, and he will be known by great men. And if Hennesshould also be figured in this disposition, they will be effective and ontarget and prudent and charming, bUl promiscuous and for the most partinconstant with regard to marriage. And in gener"l, Zeus-regardingAphrodite or being congenial to her or agreeing with her to the degreemakes those who are well wed or those who are benefited by women;3Dd women from men. And even if she shouJd be afflicted,he servesaS3n ally so that everything should not be entirely overturned

'Nhen Aphrodite is upon a pivot point, especially in the Horoskopojor Midhcavcn, and she should not be afflicted by Krenos, she makesgood marriages; and when ',he is being witnessed by Zeus, she holdsout against afilictiun, so that things do not get overtumed, causingsympathy and marriage. When Aphrodj~ occupies the Good Spirit inher own house or exaltati[m while having the tenth place from heroccupied by Zeus or being contemplated in a trine, she bestows a goodmarriage, but she will cause pain with the death of a good woman. IfAphrodite and Krenos should occupy the E"il Spirit while Zeus is notlooking on, the natives will be ill wed or widowers, being upset withabandonment and death. If for this figure (that is, wh~n Aphrodite


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occupies the Evil Spirit withDut the teslimunial D f Zeus) a destructiveplnnetsuchasAre,.houldbearwitness,theywitlilecomeadultefl'JeSO;s thccightl1sign from Virgo), an~ Arcs is the destroyer of itsclf_ The MOOD squares all Dfthese. The Lnn! of Ihc Whole Moon is Kronos agaiD ~'s-in the previou.sexample, and again ilinconjunctor3versetolliepo,itionoftheWhole MoonJupiteri, in the eighth from Ihe wt of Fonu"e. which makes it a problemmlhcrlhan" help). and i { 0p[IOse,the SUD ('acronyca]' meaning that itsel,whiiclhc Sun rise.J_We might also noticc that it is in its fall

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Another. The Sun.Aphrodite in Aquarius; the~~;ioj:n Z:~;ii;i~~\~o~r!~ r~ o r o ~ : ~ C : : \ n~r%~;".~~~~+_-IL__Lot uf furtune was in Virgo,the deadly place in Arics. Their'"' H ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~e ~ : ~ ~ o s e do e:~~ ~;:-+~--j~----:-,

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Heone . The ""'WOII of Capricorn ~s a "wei u;idio,," may SCCm slfange, butvalens and ~her aoci~lIt astrologers regarded Capricorn a.~ a wet sign eV~Dwhile they regarded itas an earthy sign. See Book Idmptet2ofthcAlIIhoiogy

Another. The Sun,Aphrodite inCapricorn: tbc ~Moon in Cancer; !VOROS, .., ~Hennes in Sagitr.arius; Zeus in ,.,O~~~:~~~T~:u!:;.~:---'f---f'---Lot of Fortune was in Leo,Ares was upon it in a fiery and .H~~!arg:~!~:~~.in!~~p~:~~~--+--4and Henn", had a superior){ Iposition ever the deadly piece.Such a one was bumed alive.' TICommentaly by RHJ The affliccion of the Hiiroslopos by A~.conjuna theLot of Fortune seems to be the main indicato'_ The square ul Kruoos andHermes to the eighth hOll"" fmm the UJt uf fortune dpc$ oot sccm SO badexcept that thB,e two planet< are mutual "cstrO}/e, ,_Are< is again cuc of seet

, L 103 in NBllgebau"r


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Another. The Sun inCapricorn; the Moon in Libra:

~=:;~ a : : % 6 ! : p ~ :I,~qu~;~::r~~~:~~~~__ +-_--jL_~Sagittarius, The Lot of F"rtunewas in Libra. Th~ M"on was (9 H d 0 M

present it, ::'~,;":~:: Q - - - - - - 7 l - - - - c /1 T ~ uThe place was in~:~s~uch a one~:~g: :~~:wild beasts.'

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Another. The -SUII, theMoon, Hermes in Gemini; Kro-nos in leo; Zeus in Pisces;Ares in Cancer; Aphrodite in '" ., Q~ ~ : : ~ n ~ : h e : : ~ k ~ S a l ~ :~+~~jL~-left off. Kronos, the lord, wasin the deadly place being I"lH~ ~ ~ m ~ I : : e d o p ~ s e : P ~ : ~ e~+~~k-~)-.HlJro,./wpo.,. Such a one died... I nby poisoo , K"4 0[CommentaJ"j' hy RH] Here againwe have the Lot ar Portu""

Another. The Sun, Hermes,the H{!fOS/(0pos in Taurus; theMoon in Pisces; Krenos inGemini; Zeus in Aquarius; T~~:s.i~~~~~;ot~:~:ew~~+-.~f'-~-in Pisce.~. There the Moon isbeing contemplated by Krenos tJ H 0 2:~(}~~~~~:l~%d::[!~;~+~~k--cpposcdBuch a one dledin a IIflood,'

[Commentary by RHJ The Lor of

H).

1 L 65, V in Neugebauer dated to alKIul 8 P.M. on May 25, GS C.E. [RB]'Orp:"rhaps, 'in the hold or a ship,' or 'io bilge_water: [Additional by

RH]TItisis L88dai.Cdtoahoutsllnri,eonMayS,88C.Il

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Fonu"ej,afflictedbybothof!hemaJeficshere,andlheMooni,al,othcrule.rof lh~ Lot of Spirit while An;, j, the ruler of Ihe prenatal Whole Moon.

Another. The Sun in Leo;

Another. The Sun, HermesinArics;theMonn,Aphrodite ~i" Pisces: Km""' i" COO""Zeus. Ares in Taunts; the "'"Horoskopos in Scorpio. TheLot of Fortune wa.~ in -Sagittarius. The lord was withAres iu the Descendant. The m H t J~er:~~s,Pl~~~o~a~fi~eC~~:;e --cl-----jc-cc-Moon was aversion. And Are, / @ Iwas also I ~)I eI K

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wild animals.'

lCommentary by RH] Here we have th~ ruler of m . . , Lor of fortune, Zeusaftli,twbyvirtueofbo:ingwlljum;tAresinlhe71hhouse.o.ppo..ingilSownsign.anJlhereforeindctrimelll.Wchavetor


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Book Three of the Anthology of vetuus Valens

1. Concernlng Predemlnafjon'Concerning the support for duration of life, then, different wriler:;havehanded down the tradition in different ways, Andsincethi,areaseem,10 be diverse and to consist of many parts, we ourselves will givefurth~r clarifications by examining the schools ofthought.' Let our firstdctcnnjnatlon be thaI which mncerm pred()mination and hurlingofray ,and rulcrship. And [)cforcall,iettile:predominalionforth..,Sunanci theMoon be sought.

Some, then. gave it to tile Sun by day and the Moon by night, butI say that the Sun a1soprcdominates by night and the Moon by day ifthey should happen to be figured opportunely.' And if this should be thecase for bcth.jhen Lsay 10 assign ihe predomination to the onE lilatismore properly figured and to the one that is found in sect or trigon.


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Also, the ruler' is found fmm th~ bounds or the one predominating. Andif both should fall amiss, Ihcn the bound of the degree marking the houror the buundoflh~dBgrceoftheMidhea"en'engtnd= lherulership,and of that one whose lord posses.'esthe proper figuration with theHoroskopos to the greatest extent.

LeI lh~ predominations examined by us be these. Primarypredomination: With the Sun in Leo, the Moon in Cancer. the oneopportunely fif!Ul'ed' with the Hdmskupos or the Midheaven wi!!predominate, while the lord of the bnund will possess the rulership. Andif both should occupy the buund of one star, that will indi'''putably hejudged the ruler

Secondary: If the Sun should mark the hour while the Moono~cupie, the Evil Spirit. the Sun will predominate,' Ifthe Sun shouldoccupy the Good Spirit while the Moon culminate,. the Sun willpredominate.' If the Sun should be setting while the Moon is in thepO'I-desc~ndingplace, the Sun will predominare.t If rhe Moon shouldbc scning while the Sun i~ in the post-descending place, the Sun willpredominate.' {fthe Sun should fall in the decline of the Midhenven

'oiiwdes!'oles. [Additional by RH] Th;, is lhe Alchocllllcn as it was known

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while the Moon is marking the hour, the Moon'will prctlominate,' If theSUIl should likewise fall in the decline of the Midheaven while theMoon is post-ascending the Hdm.


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pivot point, the Moon will predommare.twhen both of the lights shouldbe declining from the Midheaven, the Hsroskopos will predominate, andthe lunj oras bounds will be judged the ruler' If the Moon shouldpo,l-ascendthcM.idhellvenwhiletlJeSunchancesmbeinGod,thefirst

ray to bear upon the degree of the H()ro.,kopo.< willWhen the Mmln and the Sun are in the 12th


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happen to be in thc sctting z6idioll, the bound' ofth~C(Jnjuncti(Jn willpredominate, and the lord of the hounds will be the ruler.' Similarlyal,o, if both should happen to he in the Horosropos or in theMidheaven OF'i" th e subrcrraneous pivot point, the bound of theConjunction will predominatcf'and the lord of the bounds will be theruler." For if they should (JccuPY,the bound of one star in the samezoidion orin difkrent'ones, that b~und will infallibly be the ruler

If the Sun should somehow be found in its own depn::ssion, it willnot he the apbeta" unless it should happen to be marking the hour to thedegree' Similarly also lor thc Moon in Scorpio, When the Moon hasbeen found to' he conjunct and has fallen under the bearns nfthe Sun.it does not become the aphetaunles.s it also marks the hour to th"degree, And whenit is being bmught to a Whole Moon, if it dissolvesi~ pha.>. Thenative lived so many years, And especially if a malefic should bring itsraytubear~ndifitshouldwitness'oropposeihezaidion,thercwillbea death. Butif a benefic should likewise regard it, there will not be adeath,butinjuryorsulfering.Aiso,thercmainingpliasesoftheMoon

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up until the dissolving of the bonds are destructive ,It is also necessary to judge thatlhe predomination i_1then certain

if the Sun or the Moon should indeed testify to the lord of the boundsand should happen to he upon pivot points orin profitable degrees.' Butifitshouldbefoundtobeinavcrsion,thcnativitywillbejudgedtobewithout a predominant planet. And if the lord orlhe solar or lunartOidion and the lord of the bounds should exchange bounds.fn this waythe rulership will also be without a predominmor. And it is necessaryto make sure that the apparent ruler should nevercbance to be setting;for thus again the nativity will he without a dominant planet.

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It would abn seem tc"so"~bjc to ~""mc that the Sun in 6, Moon in 6 cau,c,the Mldheaven tc predom;nate, bUlth~textdoesnOlsaYlhi,.

2. Concerning the Notable Degrees of the Pivot PointsBefore en. menatrer one has established rhe degree marking the hourand the degree culminating and the degrees oftne remaining pivotpoints. it bebocves him to take the interval from the degree marking thehllUf up to the d~gro,,, anti-culminating, and to suppose that ';, part ofthe conjoined multitude in the pivotal figure consists of profitanledegrees. and that either benefic or malefic stars are powerful in thesedegre~s. But one must also supposc that the remaining degrees [fromthe next degn:es] up [0 the subrerraneous pivot point are unprofitahleand the stan! upon them profitless and ineffectual; and that thediametersofth~H;;m.tk"po-,andtheremainingpivotpointspossessthl'same power in relation to the profitable and unprolirable degrees, thestars upon them being likewise vigoruu;. Now, it is clear that there are

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not always 30 degrees upon a pivot point, but sometim"" more andsometimes fewer. And if the powerful degrees in the ~idia marking thehour and setting should he fewer than 30,then there will bt\ more than30degrecsintheMidh~av~n and the subterraneous pivot point. And ifthere should be more than 30 degrees in the pivot point marking thehour and lhe one opposite this, then there will be fewer th311 30 degreesin the Midheaven and the subterrancous pivot point

For example, let Pisces be marking the hour at 13 degree", the 22nddegree of Sagittarius culminating, the same degree nf Gemini beingunder the earth,and the 13th degree of virgo senlngI took: the intervalf rom the HiJroskopm hl the subterraneous pivut point; itoomcslo99degn:es. The 'h part of these is 33. f departed with these from theHlJroskQpos, Itjcft off at the 161h rlegree of Aries, These degrees andthe stars upon them will be powerful, bUI the remaining degreestromlhe 17th degree up to the subtcrraneous plllcc will he unprofitable. Andtbelr dlameters will hold SWfty in the ,arnemannCr.

Again, f rook the interval from the culminating degree up to thedegree mark.ing !he hour. The result is 81 degrees. Of theo;e Jh partbecomes 27. I depaned lI,ith tbese from the culminating degree. It leftoff at the 19th degree of Capricorn. These degrees, then, and theirdiameters will be profitable, while the remaining degrt:es will ecunprofitable, rre.necessary to do something similar for the remainingnulivilies in order to know whether the stars are in profitahle orunprofitable degrees

Howe,'CT, it seems to me more natural for it 10 hold as follow~Aftcrtak.ingLheintef"al from lhe degree marking the hl)ur up tl) thesublwaru:ous pivOlpoilll and reckoning 'h of these just a s above, andafter departing in order from the degree marking lhe hour. 10 judgeecse degrees and their diameters to be powerful, and to judge anutherJI) pan of the degrees ..., middling=-ecither more good nor more'base-on =UOI [)f the post-ascension of the HQro,\kilpI lJ and theGoddes~ and the diameter of God. The first 'Il part, then, of the degreesfrom the Horo~kopo5 are profitable and pnwerful; another Lh part ismiddling; and anotherJh pan noxious' and base. And the stars are alsoactive after the same fashion. It is also necessary 10 [suppose the firstJh part] from the degree (If the Midheaven and in the pi~tal order [to

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3,OnAphesiJ'Sincc some, our of possessiveness or inexperience, treataphesi.I'in aone-sided and "h,~ure fashion (for. they make if known by alwaysusing the multitudc of escensionaldegrees from the aphetic degree up

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to the side of a square}, it is necessary for uS to clarify the distinctions.'For we have found nativities which step across the side of a square,especially in the ziJidia. of short ascension;' although the ancientsspeci.li~ally 8aid that this was Impossible. f'ml, ag~m, we have foundnativities that do nut pass through a square ~\'~n though there is nohurling of rays by the maletics."

Whenanativityispositedthen,iti,nece"arylocorisiderii"ithasa ruler' or if it wi!l be lacking.In one. and whether the Sun 00 : the Moonor the Hii_roskopos will be the aphela.' And if the "Sun. or the Moonshould obtain the aphetic place as lot, itis necessary to reckon howmanytime,'areconjuin~dfrofll u,eaphetic degreeup to thesideofasquare [urthe zone where he has been born, and it is necessary thatthose who make such inferences rnake known that he lived just so manyyears. And this results if the ruler, being present in iL,uwn boundariesandbcingproperJyconfigured,shouldindeedappl)'.totbeaphetaorshould testify 10 it, and none of the destroyers should allow themultitude of years to remain in arrears' after bringing its ray tobcarAnd if the ruler should chance 10 be unwitnessed in relation to the


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pivotal being left in arrears. But if the years apherashould happen to be fewer than those of the ruler, he will live for thoseofthcapheta>alldltlJenati~'itylwillbejudgedollewithoutaruler,AIH.lif the predomination ~hould happen properly, [the apheta] and the rulerwill each impart irs own years.!

Some agaill, then, reckon the pivotal interval oftheruJers from thedegree marking the hour and the degree setting." And if they should he


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5 or 6 ziiidia apart, they make a ~ubtraction of just so many yean;_'Jsay that we reckon the interval of the ruler from the 4 pivot points andsuhl:ractii"the nati,ity shouldindt:


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and the Moon, Such a time is when should be assisted in thepa5~ingover'bytherulers-lbalis,whenevertheyshouldbewitn"s,etIby them when they are well situated and able to impart their completeyeaTh_ And if we should perform the oonests from the Descendant (thatis, li-llIII th~ 8th degree or Sagittarius) up to the 22nd degree ofAquarius, we will fmd the completion' in a similar fashion. For thosefinding the apheric degree. then, it will alwaysbc ncccssaryro examincwhere the pivotal interval comes beforehand,andto make theaphesisup to Ihat


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pivol3ldistance1andthefigure-de>criplion,'andmakeacomparis,onwith the apheta.Let the Horoscopes he at the IRth degree of Sagittarius, the

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would be lived. If, however, the ruler shuuld be found 10 be upon apiv(llpointando[iental,o[eise should happen to be upon the profit abledegreeswilenfulfillinglhe(ll'hesis,itindeedimpru1sitscomp1cteyea[SFor when Ihe ruler happens 10 be well situaled, the destmyers thM arepresent or huriing their rays will not yet become diminishers' of thetimes. But if the nativity should somehow be found to be lacking a rulerwhen there is an aphesis . then it will be necessary to examine theco-presences of the destroyers or else the wimessings by hexagon,triangie,square,o[diarneter

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around the 15th degree, when the apbetlc degTeJecl)Jfles 10 the 12lhor13th degrce of Taurus or Gemini in accordance with the sequence oflimes, there will be destruction.'

rConuncntary by RH] What thi' las! amounts to is that the ephere sensitizes itsown degree in caeh Oflhc rh=;:iiidi.l preceding and following' plu, or minus3', and if a malefic ()Ccupies any of these by conjunction, that degree willlcrminaleiheap"n; .

When the destroyers, then, are upon pivol poinls orpost-lISccnding.they are made more vigorous hut when they arc outside of the pivotpoints, they become weak. Let this dcterrnlnation be sovereign inrelation to theplanelS upon pivot points.lf,forexample, while Aries ismarkingthehouraswaspostulatedabove,KronO$~'l).ouldhappentobeat the 13th or 12th or 20th degree of Sagittarius, it is declining byzoidion, ' and since it hurled its ray triangularly' at Aries onto degreesthat~oponapivotpnintandpro!Jlable,itwi1lbejudgeda.des~O)erBot If it should be fnund at the Srd or 7th degree of'Sllgittnnus, It WIllbe declining in bolh ways-to the degree and by zoidion+nnd it willnot be a destroyer.l And it also happens that the destroyers hurl theirrays from places upon pivot points onto unprofitable and decliningdegrees, and do not destroy. Let something similarhe_sopp",ed for thehenefics.


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4. Concerning Winds or the Stars and Iheir Exaltations lind Steps

With these things tJ.einl?so,iti,neces,ary to also record the winds. Butbeforehand il is necessary to cxamin", in what each star isexalted, for lhedelerrnination is known from them the Sun isexalted around the IYth degree of Aries. the Moon Mound [he 3rddegree of Taorus. Zeus Mound the 15th degree of Cancer, Ares aroundthe 211lh degree of Capricorn, Krenos around Ihe 21st degree of Libra,Hermes around the 15th degree of Virgo, Aphrodite around the 27thdegree of Pisces. And in the diametrical degrees they arc dcprcssed.'

The square preceding each exaltanon, then. will be called 'northern'and lhe square following 'southern'.' Fur example, ,inc~ the Sun isexalted around the 19th degree of Aries, the square prcceding it wiH befrom the 19lhdegreeofCapricorn. If,then. it should be found in this[square]. we ,ay thm it is going up to the North and is exalted in height ;bUI from the 19th degree of Aries to the 19th degree of Cancer it iscoming down from the North. And fmm the 19th degree "fCancer tothe 19th degree of Libra it is coming down to the SOUlh; but from theiYthdcgrceofLibratuthe19thdegreeofCapricornitisgoingupfmmthe South

If we are also seeking the .'tep' of the wind, we will di~LOver it asfollows. Since each step is of 15 degrees, We will get 10 know it bytaking the interval of the star from each degree and distml::ling inaccordance with a i5 degreeinterval. For example, let the Sun be at t11C22nd degree of Aquarius. Jtike ihe degrees fromthe 19th degree ofCapricorn to the 22nd degree of Aquarius; lhey come to 33. Wcsubtracttwice 15 degrees, or 30, which MC two steps. 3 degrees arc remaining,'" that th~ Sun is upnn th~ 3rd step of ascending to th~ nnnh_ We setthis out for the sake ot an example. And for the winds of the remaining


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stars, it behooves U5 w treat of both the wind and IheSlep by likewisecalculating the northern and southern semicircles.'

For every nativity, then, it is necessary [0 recogmze whether theSun or Moon or Htims!cLJpos is tbe aphcta, and with what kind of "';ndit is running,l and 10 observe the remaining stars in this manner_Forifsome stars should be running with the same.wind as tb e apheta," Iheywill be congenial and sympathetic, and especially in their own timesAnd they will be strnnger and hclpful if they S hOllld happen 10 be risingo:rllpona pivot point Of adding in nllmbers and of the S&J,Uesect. BUlifonc of lhe star:s sbould happen toberunningwitha wind opprn;ilc tothe apbeta,' the opposne witl take place, and it will be malefic, and~spe~ially for the giving over of the limes.' And if it should be settingandxubtractlngin numbers, it will be harmful and dangerous; not even

'SI""" elsewbere in the asuological w,;ting_< wind is clearly assciatcd,"im cruptie latitude. a C(lnllCClion seems 10 be made he~ belwcen lbcexalUKion of the plane. and its gn:atesl latitude. However, llIis is difficult 10rOl,cile wilh !he farthest nonhem l"tirudes of the planets in da"icilltimesFor example, Ptolemy himself reports that both Saturn and Jupiler have thisex[retDum at the beginning of Lihrn in his day, and M:us a\ lhecnd ofCancer_Cj. Mlioc\mB, Part lI,chapLer 9. (Additional by RH] The implications of theprecdingare .. dicaJ! Cyril F.gill,w>softheopinionthatlheexnltaliondegrec ,w~relhoseoftheheliacal risingsofthdy 5lIid in thepl'ev;ous part of thislI01e.thevaluesoftheuaU.ltiondcgreesdoooreveorough!ycoiocidewi!l!anyrensonable value for the pointSo! greatest elevation in lalilude. And the Sunneverhasanyla~D1delWhm rs going on here"

There are four pos,ible answers. I) Valeru or earlier astronomer, arCcompletely in error_ 2) We du not understand what is going on here_ 3) Thevelues hen: reflect a date in the tar remote p..,twhen Ihcplancts acruaHy didhave gomething liie !her;(: verues. 4) These values represenl" zodiac with"radicBlly differcnlbasis than eilherlheO"T or the SOT lrOp;""I'.odiac thatVillens seems 10 have u.oo. A oomhinaDOII of3 and 4 is erse IX>.,;ible. Bill webavclOlC.1vethisherefOToo""Wltil_ba..,mon:inrormaUOIl.[RH]

'Ulal is in whal direction it is heading with respocl 10 n s own exaltaticnposition

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5. Concemingthe Sect of the StarsIt is also necessary 10 consider the sect of the stars, for the Sun, Zeus,and Krenos rejoice when they are above the earth during the day, belowthe earth at night But the Moon, Are.>, and Aphrodite rejoice when theyare above the earth at night, and below the earth during the dayHennes goes with the sects of the ruler in whose bounds it lies,'Whence, for those who are born by day, if someone should be found t{)have Zeus, the Sun, and Krenos well-figured above theearth,it will bebetter than having them beneath the earth, Similarly also for thenocmrnal planets, if someone should have them aoovelhe earth [atnight], it will be expedient.' Aphrodite rejoices more when it is markingthe hour or culminating, and the remaining stars rejoice when mark..inglhe hour or setting,'

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Hlus!rations of'the Headings Above

Foran illustration, lettbe Sunbeat the 29th degree, 30thminute of Cancer; the Moun atthe 12th degree of Pisces; ""~::: (~'~:g~t~:i:gr~~sH~ ---+--JL--the 22nd degree, 13dlminuteuf Capricorn; Ares at the 7th~~~~~~trn~:ut;;;S~:;~~ --+--k-~13th minute ot cancer; Hennes Tarthe Ilthdegree,25thminute ,of Leo; the Horoskopos at the17th degree of Pisces; theMidheaven at the 25th degree of Sagittarius. The nativit~ is witoout aruler since Aphrodite, tbe lady of-the bounds of the Moon, fell undertheDescendant. The apheta is the HOTQSW!}() ! ! . Hennes,' the lord of thebounds, was also it,elf found 10 have been declining under theDescendant_ The aphes,, ' , then, is from the HoroskoPQ5 up to the sideof a square and from the hurling of rays. with reganllll Kronos from adiameter onto the bound of a de.troyer. For, Ares deviated its rays fromthe diameter because Zeus, being found on the same degree, preventedthe destruction. He died then at 69 yean. Huwever, if Zeus had nOIprevented by trilling, 1he would have liwd only 60' years.'

1 The Kroll edition here has Aphrodite, which is dearly an error, 50 thatPingree has substituted Hennes which is correct. [RH]

'Neugebauerhe(e had "Jupiter in quartitc~ because of the error in Krollcdil;ion in the position of Zeus. [RHj

, Ping= and N~ugebauer have 64 in their lr~n.laLions. Bu! Pingree has the'4'inbracketsindicatingthat it is que,(ionablc. n,c number '60'fil.S correct tywitht.herncLhod. [RH]'L75 in Ncogcbaucr d.ted to abnul 10 P,M. July 19, 75 C.E. The positionof Zeus gave Neugebauer some difficult)' in dating the charL Hi. vernon of thetext gm'e ZeILS in Virgo rather than Capricorn. The edition thaI we used(pingr",,)wa, I.ter than that used by Neugebauer (Kroll) and the texl had beenemended to read Capricorn. Thi. is undoubtedly justified because the chartappears twice mofc in the AnrhQ/ogy, "nee more in Book III and again in Book


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Another. The Sun at the25th d~gree> 8th minute ofPisces: the Moon at the 16thdegree, 53rdminutc()fGemini; 1 1 1Kruno, at th~ l st degree, 251hminute of Pisces; z . : 1 . 1 ~ at the --+---1"---24th degree, 18th minute ofSagittarius; Ar~s at the. 21st ",,1-(100~e::~i~:hatm~:U~eth~e~ru~i ---+---i~~-Aquariu,; Hennes at the 121h mdegree uf Aries: IheH6ro)'kop{)_\'~lthe l Sth'degreeof Libra; the Midheaven at the

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bounds desrroyed when hurling its ,dY upon me same bounds.' He diedin his 51s1 year.'

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exaltation Aries, its trigon Sagitlarius;' these come to 3. The Sun, then,has 3 bound, fnreach zuidian. The house of the Moon is Cancer. itsexaltation 'Taurus, its trigon Virgo. Capricorn; liIese come to 4Likewise, then, the Moon has 4 bounds for each zoidion. The hnuses nfKronos are Capricorn, Aquarius, its exaltation Libra, irs trigoGemini:these come to 4. Krenos likewise has 4 bounds for each ztJidion. Thehouses of Zeus are Sagittariu';,Pisces, its exaltation Cancer, its trigonAries, Leo. It has then 5 bounds for each lfiidion. Tbe houses otAresare Aries, Scorpio, its e~altati"n Capricorn, its trigon Pisces, Ca!_Iccr. Ithas then 5 bounds for each Widiun. The houses 'of A'phnxhte areTaurus, Libra, its ~xaltaLion Pisces,' itstrigon Virgo, Capricorn, It hasthen 5 bounds for each widion. The house of Hermes is Gemini, itsexaltation Virgo, it, trigon Aquarius, Libra; it comes to 4. Similarly,there will be4 bounds for each zoidion.'

ln Aries, Leo, and Saginarius, then, by day the Sun as the first willtil~3bo"nds,thenz.,usassecondS,thenAphrodite5,andlileMoon4_Kronos likewise 4. Hermes ~, and next Ares 5: together they cometo 30. But inversely by night: z.,u~ 5, th~ Sun 3, the Moon 4, Aphrodite.~, Hermes 4, Kron", 4, Ares 5; together they come to 30. Similarly, inTaums, Virgo, Capricorn by day: Aphrodite, the Moon,' Krenos,Hennes, Ares, the Sun, 7..eus. But hy night: the Moon, Aphrodite,Hennes. Krenos, Ares, Zeus, the Sun, Next, for Gemini, Libra,Aquarius by day: Krenos, Hermes, Ares, the Sun, Zeus, Aphrodite, [theMoon]. But by night: Hermes, Kronos, Ares, Zeus. tbe Sun, the Moon,AphrO


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Bounds Accordi"g to Vcttius Yak,,", Diurnal Chart,'

Ari~ TalifUs Gemini Cancer Leo Yirgo0 3"5" 4d 5 50 3 39, 8) 4 " SO 3 n 5 e 4 99 5 13? 413d' 513'1f 513 '2 5 13?, 4 17 ~ 4170 316'2 518)1 417'i ',21d' 522 'If 521 , 4221' :> 421 ee 4250 3 '50 52" 426' 4250if s 30 'If 530) 430' 430d 530'IfLihra Scorpio Sagitt Capri. Aquarius Pisces, 40' 5 50 3 39 5" 40', 4 ate 3 S , 5 a 4 " 4 30if 513"1- 513\;1 5 13 ? 413d' 513"1-0 3 16 s 51B) 41711 4170 316'2 518, 521 , 422' 421d' 522"1- 521 , 422, 5" , 4 26 ~ 4250 325' 526', 430' 430 if 5 30 , 530' 430 s

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Bounds According 10 Venius Vaiens, Nocturnal Cham

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo

o 3 8'" 5 ".., 4 S'lt 5100 3 S '} 4 12 ' i ! 413 if 5130 313)1 412'1 4139 517""; 4 17" 5!8)l 4 17 9. : > 17 'J 417'i ! 421 if : > 220 321 5 22 If 4 21 d' 522.., 4 25'4 527}) 4 25 I! 420'" 4 25 "c I 5300 3302 530""; 4 30 d' : > 300 330

Libra Scorpiu Sagill. Capri. Aquarius Piscelis 4 4 s 5'45 s} 44'1440'.., 4 8'4 5100 3 8'" 5 9? 4 8 '4if : > 13 313} 412 I! 4130' 5130 313'4 5 IS} 4172517""; 417'4 SIS}o 3 21'" : > 22!i! 421 d' 5220 321 '" 5 22)I 4 25 ' i ! 426'" 4 25" 5 27} 4 25 'i !

'" 5 30 " J 4 30 0" 5 30 0 3 30 : > 30'" 4 307. From tbe Anthology of VatcIlS concerning II. Numerical Lotand Length of Life. Tbe Same also ill Regard to the PropitiousTImes, wun rnuserauons.

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mysterious fashion, Whtlnce, if we should suitably find tbepredomination or the rulership, we will make use of the precedinginstruction; but if not, of the instruction lying below,'

It will be necessary to examine whether the nativity is one of aConjunction or ofa Whole Moon.' And if it should he found 10 be ofa Conjunction, it will he necessary LO count the degrees from theConjunction to the Muon atbirth,J and to depart with an equal amountfrom the Horoskoposin accordance with the ncxr in succession. Andwhereverlhc number should leave off,the lord of the bound will be theruler of the life and tbeaphesi,'_ And if the nativity should be found tobcofa Whole Moon, it will be necessary 10 count from the lunardegree at birth to the upcoming Conjunction, and to depart with anequal amount from the de~rcc of the Horoskopos , not in ru:cnnlancewith the next zoidton. but upwards as to tbe Midheaven,' And whereverilShouldleaveoff,thelordoftbe bound will be judged rhe rujcr.'

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opposite to the Sun orin the decline nfthe Horoskopo.,orin the place 5thaI pertain tll eclipse,,' it will become subtraetoroflime, or ilWillimpartits least years

Whence, it will be necessary to examine how Ih~ lord of the hOllndis figured in relation 10 Ih~ predominalllr and in relation to the lord IIflhez{jidion. Forifitshllult.lbefoumJ in congenial and profitablczijjdia,the term of life will also be complete. Andifit should be congen.iallyfigured in relation to the one. but unsympathetically in relatilln 10 lh eother, it will impart its mean ycars. But if the ruler of the widion wherethe number leaves off should happen to be unsympathetic in relation t"the predominator and to the profjtableZOidion. Or in aversion. oroccupying the Evil Spirit. the nativity wiUbe withmrt a ruler. And thenit again behooves us to examine the predomination of the Sun and theMoon. And if the lord of the bound and of the zoidion should

from the degree IIf the bound.Generally, then, forrhls teaching too it will be necessary 10 examine

Ihe ruler for its separarion from the pivot points, just as wasillustratedin the C3se Ilf the Mrimtlia,' and if'it should be rising or setting, oroulsidt: or upon a pivot point. orha~ made an exchange' in relation tothe lord of the zv/dion and is unharmonious to it, it will also be


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z . ~~ese~~~;~;~~b~~~:,,~,f~o:;~%~~si~~~n~al;lll~l ~~ ;~I~;'~i;amiss, the native lived a short time. But if in the case of the othernative the bound or the ruler have exchang~d, he lived a longtime andsupport for his livelihood accompanied [him]. Whence an interchange'of a degree with a second one of len displays the greale>tpower

/\sanillustration, let theSunbcatthe25thde~,IHthminute of Taurus; the Moon atthe 7th degree, luth minute of "

~~~'::u~~~~scr: --+---1----4th degree, 25th minute ofTaurus; Ares at the 22nd ",H2T~e;:;~i;;r:t~~:u~8~:~:;:~ ---O=T---1~,"=oC:;-"~~t::nes m i : ~ ~ e6~ de~:in~~ ... 2:: IIGemini: th e HomSKOpos at th e271hdcgrccofCapricorn.Sincethe nativity is ofa Whole Moon, I took the interval from the lunardegree up to the Conjunction about to occur, which happened at the 2nd!legree, 25th minute ofGemini. These come to lIS degrees. I walk bitckwith these from the degree of the Ha.rosiwpos.)t leaves off at the 2nddegree of Libra: The aphcsis is from thenceup to the h,urJin? of rays of!~e maJefics. for. Krenos caused the de:;tructi()nb~ hur~ng from a~:::~~~r~~i~eo~:h;;~~:~ ~~~::~:~ :.~~~~~dA:~;Zh"'a~Se~:power to essrsr, The nanvny lasted for 28_years 9 momhs.'

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imervalfrom the degree of Ihe Conjunction up until Ihe iunardegr&',.These come to 5 degrees. J depart with these from the tloroscopos. Itleaves off at the 25th degre~ of Librn. The aphesis is from there upuntil the 5th degree of Ares in Scorpio. He died in Ihe 12th year. Ifthi,~n,,,)unter had nut itself happened, he would h~v~ li....d for the 84years of Aphrodite.'


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II. Concerning the Teaching or the Crisis of the Seventh IUId theNinth

And we will give an illustration.just as the king-indicated, of taking theinterval from the rising of Seth' to the birthday for a crisis, anddiscarding much as possible of the conjoined number of days at 52'h'a t ime, and multiplying the left over days a, many times as there werediscardings, and examine whether the "onjllined number from lh~multipli~ati"n ~hou1d have th~ specilic number of a crisis, with adefe~t)Forexamplc,asahypolhcsislcltheconjoinednumbersbe220days. Discard four times at 52 days and 'h1\ time_ They come to 208days and 'hnd there are II aod'h leftover. [Multiply lhi, by4andtheresultis45'h_l'Wesaythat this is the crisis of the seventh."

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It does not please some that the beginning has been made from th.ensmg otScth. It is possible, then. that this has been done in a specia Iway for the purpose of illustration since we have found some who makelhc beginning of the year differently depending on the zone Let a morenatural reckoning, then, he to depart from the Conjunction before the

tu the birthday. For, most have affirmed this to be the

nnw, briefly the procedure for the days ur the"",.:nth nirtlh. To some it seems better to seek the days of theseventh for nocturnal nativitie~, and the days of the ninth for diurnalnativities, with similar procedures for both. And the reckoningspertaining to sevenths will be related to Ares, those pertaining 10 ninth,10 Krenos. And rhese a\snllO."c" an e""hange of crises in both easesnat i" for the Slm and the Moon Kronos will be the [planet] of thest;;vemh, Ares the [planet] of the ninth. Th;, is b~cause Capricorn and


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Aquarius (which are the dwelling places of Krenos) are opposod 10Cancer and Leo from the ,eventhplace, while Aries is the ninth fromLeo arid Cancer the' ninth from SCUlpio. Bul it is more naturally takenfrom (he exaltation of (he Moon, Taurus, Are, being the [planetj of theseventh because ofSoorpio, and Kronos that of the ninth because ofCapricorn

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out of conceit, understand that when I revert back to the books of theancient compilers, their account is full of display and affectation inorder 10 be able to a~tound the souls of chance persons and the

""One who sailed on the open ,ea," he says,

"and traveled many paths in solitary was thuught worthy by, the godsof meeting with a safe harbor and the most secure of resting place."Then he gives an exposition of the sects and transfer,' with the mOSIterrib1e oaths, and after deifying certain procedures forOlhcr chancepersons, and showing himself off to advantage throughout this hook, hesymbolized' how one's all is encompassed by the powers of others,cncasing the truth of the teecbings'' in indeterminate material. Now, itis fitting to exhort and astonish a man who has had much, I'xR~nel\ceand"whoha>; occomc theleader of those who seek for themselves. For,by imparting these things in a mysterious and colorful manner. he wOn

ao.lmirerstothecanonicaltabulationsandin prose. Some of these admirers, by

talk and carefully following OUI the apparent headings withmuch effort, got commendation and excellence bestowed upun tbe man;others, in taking it up with a disposition incapable of labor obtainedc~n"urefurthethcory.Bulmyaccountisbridledanddidactic,Irel,icve.and will also be without remorse' for chance persons. in order thathostile dispositions should again embrace it through the actuaJit yufwhatha, been argued and what will be said

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destrucnve hurling of rays, and in having tested [the method] of thenumerical lot and the destructive and powerful pla us to make use uf the lerm"menlionodearlier.

However, if the nativity should be found to be without a ruler orwithout a predominator, since it is destroyed hy nn malefic ray, whenwe know the prenatal Conjunclion or "'llUle Moon to the degree forboth nocturnal and diurnal natives, it behooves us to take the intervalfrom the degree of the Conjunction or Whole Moon up to theHoroskapos or other pivot point, hut more powerfully upwardly to the~~:~~n~h~:,D;~eCund!:g ~~~' ~:S~~li~~d~~? ih~:~~~~r~Oit~:necessary to depart with the same dcgrees frcmthc degree of theHoroskopos upwards to the Midheaven. And wherever the leaving offshould occur, it is necessary 10 reckon how many years are joinedtogether from Iheaphes iJ 'in regard to the ascension for Ihe zone atwhich someone is born, and to produce these

But if when the nativity is diurnal the' number should besuperabundant. it is necessary for us 10 subtract the pivotal interval (that~ ' c ~ : j ~ n ~ ~ r o : ~ ! w & ; : J ~ p~ ~ : 1 ~ ~ : ; e A ! c ! ~ n ~ : ; n ~ ; ; : ! n ~Node, again dealing with the remainder in the s a m e fashion upwardsfmm the Horos!wp"" tu the Midhcaven

For the nocturnal nativity, after taking the interval from theConjunction or Whole Moon up until the Ascending or DescendingNode or else pivot point, it behooves us to depart with the same degreesfrom the degree of Ihc Horoseopos in the order of the ziiidja, andtushow forth the years by reckoning them in accordance with theascensionsoftheplacewherethenumberleavesoff,Andifthcnumbershould be superabundant, after subtracting the pivotal distance (thatfrom tile Homs lwpos to the suoterraneous pivot), it behooves us 10d~part with the remainder from the descending degree in the order ofthe z{jidia up 10 the Midbeavcn, and the conjoined number in relationto the ascension will be the longevity.

For th e most part, wherever the A:;cending or Descending Node or

1 That is. thegrealeSi,mean,3Ild leaslphmclary pcriods

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th" Conjunction ur Whole Moon should incline---that is, wheth..r thehemisphereunder!heeanhuraboveit~itisneccss.arytoalsoperformthe aphesis in it from the Haroskopos or Descendant. And if theHoroskopos or Ascending or Descending Node should be found uponthe zoidia of the Conjunction or Whole Moon, or on the diameters orsquares to them, it is necessary to depart with theconjoine the A~cending Node and its diameter or square

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It is also necessary to make the s ame selections for the conceptionas ha~c been explained for the birth. For the most part, those having aconjunctive conception are those who die in a Whole Moon, and thosehaving a cunception al Whule Muon die when th~ Moon is ~onjunctiv.,

Olherwise. For those '.iho know in what zvidi{)n the Conjunction orWholeMoonoccurred,conntfromthesamedegreeinordernptotheAscending Node, and if the nativity is diurnal departwilh theconjoi nedmultitude from the HOWl'kop05 downward; but if lhe nati"ily i~nocturnal, backward to the Midheaven. And if the Ascending Nodeshould' fall upon the Midheaven, it isnecess,ary to ""part wilh theconjoined number from the Midheaven; if the ~aLi~ity should be diurnal.downward to the HiJT05/wpOS, but ifit should be nocturnal, upward tothe Descendant. And if the Ascending Node should somehow happen\(I fall upon the Descendant, when the nativity is diurnal,depart with thenumber from the Descendant to the Midheaven: but.if it is nocturnal. tothe subrerreneous pivot point. And if the Ascending Node shouldhappen to be in the subtcrraneous pivot point, and the nativity ~hollidbe found to be diurnal, depart with the multitude of the number upwardfrom the subtcrrancous pivot point; but ifit should be nocturnal. towardthe Descendant from the subtertaneous pivot point

A,an illlL,tration, let the Ascending Nnde be allhc 23rd degree 01Gemini. the Conjunction in Pisces at about 8 rl~gr~~s, the HvrO"KopOSat the 4th degree of Pisces, the Mioheavcn a! the l Sth degree ofSagittarius. I took the [degrees] from the Conjuneti'lQ up to theAscending Node; these come 10 105, I depart with these from the

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HrJrl1l'lwpus since the nativity is diurnal. It leaves off at the 19th degreeof Gemini. For the 2nd >.one, 79 years, [4] months most nearly. Helived just so many year,.'[Commentary by RHl This result comes about from the.following Wrnpul>l(ionSlarting with the Horo.,kopru we h,,"e 26" len in Pisces. That comes to ""hu'time.1 20' (the ascension of Pi,ces) or 1720'. We add tQ thi$ thc "sc:en.' io"'ofAries. 20", and Taurus. 24". For 19'Il we dn Ih~ fnllowing computatiun. Wet.ke "',,,,. times u", aseen,ion of Gemini, 28~ which gives 1744'. The ,urn ofIl>esegive.s79{)..j'

I arranged these selections. whi~h I myself have used. For in anativily by means of the aforementioned rcnns.! , al~o examinedwhether two or three or more shouldcnncur in lhe sanlC way, and thusr infallibly made my affirmations cuncerning death. Whence I explainedthat i( is neitherwithoul purpose nor at nlOdom Ihutcvery teaching isharmonious by itself or when cumpareu tu another. If somoone shouldfo~!er every teaching, h~ will posscss the truth of th .. matters inquestion, one that is easily captured_ Now, we ha~e indeed describedcertain teachings' in a mysterious way as far as the distinguishing andcomparing' [abilities] of chance persons are concerned. though notbecause we jealously keep rhem forour:selvesorkeepourselvesaloof,but rather because we wish 10 promote a cenain additional ~eal andsteudfusrness for the slu!!y.! For, everyone in possession of anundiscipllned memality believoo the gift to be ungracious, but he who[is disciplined] with work and inquiry cited not only pleasure but alsosuccess In the treatment.

As an illustration, ter the Sun be at the lSI degree of Taurus. theMoon at the 16th degree of Gemini, Ihe Hiiwskopos at the 14th degreeof Tnuru" the Conjunction about 27 degrees of Aries, the Ascending

, L 75.1 in Neugebauer. No pt.ue1.5 are given o.xccpl Ihe pre"wi"g N~wMoon inS'l-f. This doc:' not:tllow an ullamhigunus dating. [RHJ'TIlis woold appear [0 he ~ refcnonce 10 lhe IM't. meiUl. iIIld greateSTperiods of each pL,net

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Node at the 25th degree of Capricorn, I lOOK the [degrees] from theConjunction upwards to the Ascending Node; these come to 92. Tdeparted with these upwards from the degree of the Hiiro,rlwpos_ It leftoffat the {1]2thdegree of Aquarius.Now, at lhe tOne


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It Concerning the Lot of Fortune in Regard to the Matter ofLength of Life with tnustrauons, ill which are also the Least

Years of the Stars

I have also found this choice for length O f life to have been entwined'in a variety of ways by the ancient.>, but I have made my own judgmentafter conducting an investigation based on experience, amI I believeth atit is more mti_,factory than most. For in the 13th book, after theprooemium andthedispO$ition ofthez6idia, the king' attacks the Lolof Fortune from the Sun, rbe Moon, and the Horoscopos, which hemostly works with and makes mention of throughout the whole book,and which he judges to be a supreme place.' Concerning the Lot ofFortune, he has indeed presemed theinversion and reversal as a riddle

"And the Sun, beginning for all eternity from lhemorning, handsOVer the vauh+when it completes the cin;le in the evening, duringwhich time it is visible, but when night is coming on, the Moondoes not always hnppetito be bringing light, bur someumes in theevening it is setting while being visible, sometimes it remains(visible] up to some part of the night, and sometimes it makes itspassages through the completion of the night, wherefore it hasentirely entrusted the circle 10 the Sun."

Different lwrirers] have said different tbiugs about this thought, butit seems to me that for a diurnal nativity one should take degrees fromthe Sun to the Moon and an equal amount from the Homsiwpos.However, for a nocturnal nativity, as often as the Moon is above theearth (that i;" up to the point where it sets), one should rake from it tothe Sun and an equal amount Irolll the IJiJroskopos: but after theMoon's sening, from the Sun to it.' For to say "on which a.ccount it has

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entirely entrusted' the circle to tile Sun" seems II) mean this.' And itwill be necessary 10 examine in what sort of place the Lot fell out andto surmise tbe lord for this place. Then, it will be necessary to surveyin what kind ofZ6idion the lunluflhisZliidirm happened to be; third,therulerufthis[widionl,Porfromthesetlireeplacesandtheirru\ers,tho longevity will be found in accordance with the three terms;'

For example, each of the stars has mastery over its ownperiod-Kronos, then, 30 years, Zeus 12, Ares 15, the Sun 19,Aphrodite 8, Hermes 20, the M oon 25_ Similarly also, each lo f thez"idiaJ has mastery over its own ""censiuns by zone. It will benecessary In compare [with them] by lOne, then, whether the Lot isupun a pivot point and having dealings, or PO~I-ascen8i{)nal, ordeclining, and Ito compare] rhe rulers of the ziiidia, ju~t a~ the un~ientono' mentioned when he said: "E~ery star that is upon a pivot pointgive~ th~ tlJtality of its OWll times, bu.l_wh~n not on a pivot point itimparts ill; Il!uch 3S remains in arrears i T O ~ its own number_" And theywill itls~ impart their complete periodS and ascensions whenever theyshould happen to be well situated. But 31.'0 sect:~ates' that are

h,,"e ,c~'1l Ill", fa r , has V"en5 fOllowed Ihi.>method. Instead he follow, themore common practice of using the noclulIllil form"'" whenever the Sun isbeIQwthchorit:OD.IRH]

, par~lIl1uoiJ, 111i, passage oonr,rm.< that wrirer, sud! a. Valens had to iDle.-prel a

wriuen text that is of len enigmatiGal. They were oot basing their remarks on anoral Ir.idition_ In the prescntcase, the ambiguity in the ront I.eU gave rise toradically dilJ=t cakulalions (0' lhe Lui of futunc. We may sunnise th~tother significant diffe,cnce~ among.'t the Greek aSlrologcr'1; may he due 10different reading' of Iile same pa.:I!.ages

'l"m",-Seesocondpar"gr~phhclow_Wearenottalkingaboutthedignityher., bu t lheleast. mean, Rnd greatc,tpenod" which"", thc"te,m," in thism l"tiv c propD rlinn, aoo.re !">"Thaps,onamedbecau,ethey revcro oe with th e"rom,' or limit of one', life. This rna)' give a c\ue as to Ihe meaning of meword horion (bound) used oflbe dignity, which is either a diminutive or alllCati"",formedfromthcprcSClllw(lrd(jUSIasWidioniseilhe!adiminuti.eurtocauve formed from zQion). Sinl'ethetolaJ number of horia assigned meachplaneliscquaitolhcllurnbcrofyean;initscompicteperiod,whichi,a/wro5,! "> "rha ps c 3Cb horion i~ reg.ru~d 31 a lesser ~ernon of tb~t horQ.l

'NechcpsoandPetosirisngnin'St"rs nfthc same sect

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co-present. Or should be'witnessing, llT shnuld happen tbe in tfleirownloidia impart [their times] together, unles.s both ~e~ts should be doingthe imparting

And he [said] similarly. First it is necessary to reckon the numbers.hours, days, months, then yean, and make use of the three term5---lcast,mean. complete-additionally setting together the first with 1M second.or the second with the third, For of len this procedureimparted days.that one months, that one years [dependingonl the differences of theprofitable Widi(1 and the rulers, or the differences in lheeauses ofaftlictionandopposilionAmlbeyndlheyearslheyJlddilillnaJlyimpartmonths equal to the numbers

The Spirit and the horoskopic place have the. same role as the Lotin Ihe distrihution whenever the places that pertain to Ihe !llts or the iTlords should fall amiss, cspeciaJly whenever the Lol should yield up thedistribution to the Spirit. For. the stars alw yield tn each other in tu rnAm.! we will clarify in regard 10 distributions in the forthcomingaccount.'

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Good Fortune, il imparted i t : > own 30 years and same number of monthssince it was in its own widion. Zeus, being present along with ii,imparted a year. He died inhls 34th year'

Fur ev,,!"y nalivity. then. one must observe the precepts writtenabove in the beginning, and (h~ phases and the degrees, so that weshould not he found gui1ty of mentioning and writing the same. thingsfor each type, as Iwas indeed under the necessity of attaching nativit iesby way ofillustraticn

12. Concerning Crisis Times'There are also crisis times according to lots, lind' especially whenmaleflcs are co-present or "''itnessing the Fortune: in.a diameter. everyseven years;' in a triangle on the righi, every 9 y~ars; in a triangle nntheleft,every5years;ina.lquareontheright,every_,lOyears;inthesquare on the lett, every 4 year,; when they harm in 1 1hexagon on the right, every IIyears: whenpre~edinglheFortune,everywithit.evcry z years

If the planet allotted the Fortune should be present upon Aries, [acrisis] will obtain every 19 year:;. upon Taurus every 25 years. upon

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Gemini every 20 years, upon Cancer every 25 years, upon L eo e ..d r y 12years, upon Virgo evcry B year" upon Libra every 30 years, uponScorpio every 15 years, upon Sagittarius every rz yeers.upoe Cepncornevery 8 years, upon Aquarius every 3 0 y ears, an


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Foe example, let the Sun,Aphrodite, Hennes be inCancer; the Moon in Taurus;Krenos in Piwe~; Zeu:;, Ares in~:; :e~f~~$~?~~r~~~r;:~-1----+----lSI zone is 38'h,'And since

,,

Another, The Sun, Hermesin Taurus; the Moon in Pisces;Krenos i n Scorpio; zeus, Ares,Aphrodite in " Aries; theHorm'wpoO' in 'Gemini. Theascension of the 2nd zone is -~+--I?---28. Hennes gave 24, theascension ot reurus.etso Arcs," n~~~~::;~n;s~:y~:~5.' --+--k---c--of 24, Aphrodite rules Taurus andi. conjunct Arc, in Aries wbicb ilrulc'

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Another. TIle same posruonof the 't3T~ only ai a different 1 I L - l ) Inativily, except that the Hero-"Kopas wa~ in Capricorn, the /Lot of Fortune in Pisces. The ---+-~f---

Arcsgivcs 15yt:arS liumilssmallperioo_lIencethetotal

and the period of Are, being --+-----ck---"C15, these come to 67. He lived ...forjust-,omanyyears1

Though I would hav~ preferred that {he books compiled by me weremore specific, since they have been nddressed 10 my young pupils sothat they might have an easily grasped introduction, I did not have thetime to rearrange them more clearly becnuse of having strained myvision and having had my intellect weakened by much sufferingwiththe loss of my mo't esteemed pupil. Whence one must -makeallowances.

't'be 3rd book of tbe Anthology o r vctuus vetees has beeneompteeed.

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Appendix ITranslation Convenuons

The following words consistently translate the indicated Greek wordruler, ruler'hip: o;/wdespoJi.l', oikode.


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occident: du.s1tU)s (sometimes in plural)

to contemplatc.vsearea

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separauon:apporoia

circumambulation:peripalOSdegree: maim (See Generlll N"t"" in Paulu, Al~xandrinus and vemus

Valens B,mkL)

lIW~omoirio: mo1lomoiria (See the sections in Paulus Alexamlrinu., unmQrlJ}rtIJ)iria_)

crisis: klimakliT

to take delight in, rejoice: chairrito have dealings with: chrimlJ.liZ(i:~~~m~~~i;u~::~~~~~.~: '~~:i~;~a;~r f : ~ m ~ ~: ~ 1 1 ~ ~ ~ ; ~mastenlord or steward. Possibly the planet's role lIS speer lJ.,arer, andanyconfiguJationitentersiniocnclosurc:perischesiscontainment: emper ischesisillustration: hupodei);maA somewhat irrcJ!ular word for 'example', that ha_~just 11trace of 'sign'or 'token.'image:cik6n

Another irregular word for example that may have the sense of avisualization.occupancy: EpocM Su the General Note in trc Anonymousundcr bond: sundesmos.Literally. that which ties together. Evidently a more general kind ofconnection than conjuncriun (~'unodos), See Paulus, Chapter 35.


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commencement: kararrhei:>eginning;urche

aphesis, apheta, aphetic: I.lphesi.l, apheles, aphelikm, Aphcla is aLatiniud form of aphelh Derived from aphesis which has beenreplaced by the word 'pm",gntion' in 13ter literature, uh,huugh the twowords do not have the same root meaning, Hence aphela = prorogator.and aph.etic = prorcgatcry. Aphesis is actually a 'releasing' or'discharging' or 'starting", literally 'a hurling away !lorn', The wordwas laler also replaced by the term 'hyleg', wIDell is conceptually verydifferent meaning the 'gi~'eroflife', although the usages of the hylegand theapheta make, them functionalcquivalents,We are not yet secure enough in the exact meaning of the word togive it a real English tran~J8tion, however, these slightly latini1.ed formsare found in later post-Greek ustrologicalIitcrature. $eeTranslator'sPreface.


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