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Ptolemy's entire text:
www.sacred-texts.com/astro/ptb/index.htm
I found this online today, if anyone is interested in THE authority. A lot of it is still over my head and gives me a headache to figure out, but hopefully I'll get there some day. There are sections on popular topics, such as career, marriage, children, and death.
www.sacred-texts.com/astro/ptb/index.htm
I found this online today, if anyone is interested in THE authority. A lot of it is still over my head and gives me a headache to figure out, but hopefully I'll get there some day. There are sections on popular topics, such as career, marriage, children, and death.
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 9:52 AMOh, I studied the Almagest, so I'll bookmark this and give it a go. It can't be less of a corker than the Almagest. -
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 10:03 AMThat would be a good prerequisite read! Piece of cake for you.
It's obviously written in such a way that makes it more confusing than it really is. I might have understood it better in Latin! LMFAO I kid, but I am a Latin minor. Or maybe it was written in Greek?
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 10:19 AMThe Almagest was written in Greek, but translated into Latin and into Arabic early on.
I can only find bits and pieces of it online so far.
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 10:19 AM
Ptolemy was Greek -
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 10:20 AMYes, he was a Greek who lived in Egypt. -
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 10:31 AM
yep....damn...we posted at the same time. hahahaha
Ptolemy was also a dynasty of Macedonian Greek Pharaohs in Egypt too. -
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Wed, October 14, 2009 - 10:35 AMLOL. Synchronicity strikes again, Raymond.
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Thu, October 15, 2009 - 6:08 AMso this refers to heliocentric charts, I take it... -
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Re: Tetrabiblos (for the advanced astrologers)
Thu, October 15, 2009 - 6:10 AMoh, no, shit. it's on geocentric. great. so the part on mental diseases really did ring true to me!ugh
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