ANTIOCHUS OF ATHENS

The Thesaurus
Translated by
Robert Schmidt
Edited by
Robert Hand

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General Note viii

Eitplanation and Swcment of the Whole Asuooomical An

From the Tltesmm,s nf Antiochu~ of Athen.~ .

""'' ·
Prooemium .
I. Conceming the Ma.i<:ulinc and Ft:minine z/Jidia and the
Places and Stars that Beo::omc Masculine a.~
Feminine
2. Conceming the Sect of the Stan .
J.Concemingthc Mi ,;tun:oflhc 12:tiJidia ....
4. Concern in g t "i(l/(J which Are Rough, Dull-whitei,
l1ch-cau~ing. or Eruptive .
5.Cooccrning 1hc LiccniiousZii-idUI
6. Concerning W idici which Arc Harmful to the Eye~
7. Concerning l;.xaJuationsandOcpressions.
8. Concerning 1hcContrarictiesof theS1ars
9. Concerning the Seel of the Trigonal Masten; • 10
10. Concerning the 36 Oceans and the Stars Co-rising
wi1h 1bcm and the Faces .
II . Concerning the Non -wandering Bright Stal'$ and the
Powers of t ~ thaL Co-rise. 14
12. Concc:rning1hclloondariu accordi ngto lhcEgyptians
and aeconling lo Ptolemy. and of the Bright and
Sh3dowed0eg.rees 15
13. Conccrning the Ascensionsnfthe7Zone!i. 16
14. Concerni ng the Msignmenl or Body PllU of the
Widia 16
15. Cooccm ing Triangles. Squares. (Heugons]. and
Diamelers. and "Thus< Which Ha,-e an
Uncoonected Relationship 10 Each Olhcr After
tlw:: l'ancrnof D iamctcrs.
16. Coooerning Unconnected lllidia .>nd ThoK H.>ving
Sympiuhy for One Another. . 19
17. Concerning Sympathetic and Unsympathetic Squares 20
 18. Concerning the Twelfth Paru of 1he s,ars . 20
19. Conccmi11& t.6i,Jio. 1ha1 Hear and Sec One AOOlher 21
20. Concerning Looking Ahead . 21
21. Concerning the Hurling of Rays . 22
22. ConccrningRigh1andLd1Sidcs . 22
23. ConccmingtheSpcar-bearingoftheSIDrS 23
24. ConcerningSpear-bearingouiofS«t 23
25. Concerning Hannony 24
26. Concerning Position upo n thcTen rh Place 24
27. Concerning Affi iction and Pl aces in which No
Duling~ Are Made . 24
28. Concerning Places for Having Dealings 25
29. ConcemingBcing in ilS Proper Face 25
30. ConccrningParticipation . 26
31. Concerning C,01.mkr-rcsolution • 26
32. Concerning Reciprocal Mastership . 26
33. Concerning the Ruler . 27
34. ConccrningCootact . 27
3S. CoocerningApplication 27
36. Concerning lntcrvcntion Tl
37. Concerning Surpass ing 28
38. Concerni ng the Bond 28
39. Concerning Void-Coursing 28
40. ConccmingJu~ tapos.ition 29
4 1. Concerning Containment . 29
42. Concerning the Stars in Power . 30
43. Concerning Chariots. 31
44. Concerning how the Stan Rejoice . 31
4S. Concerning SlDrS under the Beams .
46. Concerning the Years of the Centcn and
PosHt.sccnsionsand Declines 32
47. ConccmingthcSignifica1ionof1he l..o u 33
48. The: EffccisofThcsc [l...ou] . 34
49.Conccmingthc Fi nal and Least Years . 37
50. How One Should Learn the Additions of 1hc UJidia
alld the Hours ofthcZones . 37
51. Concerning lhc Greatest and flnal Years of the
R1:C11=nccsofthcScvcnStars 38
52. ConccrningStarsUneonncc!CdtothcLight, .. 38
53. F.JfccuofthcSpcar-bearcrsofthc S1111 . 39
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 I . Concerni ng the ApplicationJ of the Moon to the Seven
Wandering SW"S . 40
2. Conccming !he Harmfu l Degr«s of the Zoidia . 44
3. Conceming lnjulic.,, Baldnes.s, Gou!. Madness.
l...iccnliousncs5. and other Passions. 45
4. Concerning the Star Going About and the One
E.xe,;:uting .•
5. Paniculari; Concerning the Moon . 48
6. Conc~ming the Dt:cans that Cause Li centiou~ness . 49
7. Co ncerning the Calc nds . 50
R. Concerning the 7 Wandering StllfS in Summary 51
9. Canon of the 4 Winds and the 24 Steps , 53

Appclldi;,; - Translation Conventions

 lntroduction by Robert Hand

11ie most regrettable thing about thi~ wort is thal it is incomplete. lie
wasapparentlyoneofthemoslimportantandinflucntialofthcancient
astrologicalauthorsandaltwehaveof himaretbefragmenlStranslated
here, iocomplcie and in $Orne cases no1 clearly hi s. To make mailers
worse, his Thuaurusisoneof1h<:,serareancien1works.agcnuinc
reference book, something we badly need. if we an: to attain a complete
l.:nowledgeof ancientastrology.
We ha1·e no idea how extensive the origiMI work was, but it
appears tohavcbcensomc1hingonthcscalcofWilson'sDict/ona,yof
Astrology or DeVore's En cyc/opeditJ. lo our own work on the ancient
Greek material, these fragments llave been most useful in defini ng tcm\S
that were unclear when used by other authors, who apparen1ly assumed
an easy familiarity with Greek as1ro logical tenninologyon the part of
their readers. Having no such easy familiari1y, Antiochus has been
invaluabletous,aswebclievchcwill be to our readers. At some point
inthisprojcctwecxpecltocreateaglossaryofancient,mc:dii:waland
renaissance astrological tenninology. For the ancient Greek part, at
least. we wi ll be relying heavily on theThcsauriu

The highlights Md significant parts of this work arc almost 100

numerous to mention. For example. we have aspects in ml.UWO clearly
described with calc ul ation melhods'. We have precise dcfini1iom1 of
te rms that arc Jl()( dearly defined io modem astrology such as
'affliction': We have extensive material on the applications of the
Moon and their elT«:b in elcctiunal or l.:a1archic astrology'. And among
lncmostsignificantitcmsthatweh.avc inthiswork,arcdescriptionsof
the ways in which dlC various types of aspect rclatiunship arc used. As
we s;iw in Paulus' the Greeks dii:tinguishcd between aspects measured
clockwise and aspects measured counterclockwise in the rodiac, and

'Sccscctioo l.1 5

'Secscction l. 27- IRHJ

' Sttsectioo ll.l !RH)

• Sec the Gfperal Note in f'a~lus on ,chb,oa. {RH]

used thcrn diffen:m ly. Of particular interest is tile concept of the
'hurling of rays· in which aplanel aspoctsanOlher planetcloc t wisc
(into thr:precedingsigns).lnAntiochuswesec:scvcral e:,;amplcsofhow
thisisusedand whenitissigifican°t 1• Inseveral instancesthc'hurling
of rays' is important in situations in which modern astrologen would
mate no distinct ion between aspects forward imo succeedi ng signs or
bactwards into preceding sig ns. This is aoother one uf thuse concepts
in Greet astrology, lite sec1. which , if the teaching is correct, could
ha,·capowerfuleffectupo nthcpracticcofmodernastrology.lllercis
also more material on sect and what rdnforccs sec! positively and
negatively.
The list could go on. However, there are two things which I be lieve
thatthereadershouldootice. Thefirs1concems thefi nedis1inctionstha1
Antiochus and other Greek authors make between astro logical
relationships 1hat we would be inclined to group together. the aspect
relationships, for example. The second is that these subtledistioctions
usually arise out of some kind of first princip le. Thcse first principles
maynotbes1ated,butonecan secthema1work.ifonelookscarcfully
Wchnpcinlaterworkstolay11leseprinciplesou1clcarlysolhatallcan
sec them for what they arc. the basis of the theoretical foundations of
astrology. When our authon give us delineations of astrological
combinations. they are not gi,·ing us data to memorize unthinkingly .
They arc giv ing us samples of the working 0111 of basic principles. This
needs IO be stressed lest we acquire moo.lcm "authuritics" who simply
goaboutcitingchaptcrand vcrscwithoutundcrstandingthe princip les
beneath what they cite. The study of the as trology of India suffers
particularly from this tendency. I belitwc th.al when we understand the
bases of Greek astrology. we will also have the key to understilnding
1heha..<.e.soflndianastrology

Nu/,:- All of the footnotes in 1his book arc by the lraJlslator. Roben
Schmidt. unless inirialcd RH in square br..ckets. {RH ] indicates a note
entered by your editor

1 Scc scction1 1.21. l.23. l. 27. l. 36and 1.41.!RHI

 ln trodudion by Robert Sch midt

The present translation has been m!lcle from two !ids of ucerpts edited
in the Ulto./ogws Co,J,cum A.strologorum Graecorum. The firs! sci was
e:teerpced from Rhe torius· large compendium (no longer e.uant in its
,:; ntirety), and Rhctorius had himself made these excerp1s from a
Thesau rus (or Treasury) of An1iochus. This set of excerptS was ediled
in Vol . I, p. 149 ff. by F. Boll. Many of the entries in this collection
were apparently taken over almost verbatim by Porphyry in his
lntroductiontolheTttrabiblos.
The second SCI of excerpts (from Vol. JR p. 100 ff. also edited by
F. Boll) is identified as being from the same Thesaurus of Antiochus.
However, the sequence of excerpts seems to be broken with apparent
exeeTpts from .mother works or works inscned. Most of these inscnions
are attributed to Heliodorus by the modem editor. A few of 1be sections
areofdoublfulauthorship.Wehavetranslatedthosethatthecditorhas
attributed toAnliochuswith some certainty
AJ; 1hc reader will quickly determine for himself. these excerpts
cnnrlOI all be in lhe original stale that Antiochus wrote them. lbcre are
numeroos editor ial remarks by Rhe1orius and others right in the text,
references to Paulus and other astrologers la ter than Antiochus, and
locution~ that betray the hand uf By1.an1ine paraphrasers of later

From this ponion of Antiochus· Thtsauru.< we can infer somethi ng

of the extentilod spc,;ific ity uflhe Hellenistic technical astrological
tenninology. Almost every imaginable re\a1ionship of aspec1. dignity,
and place seems lo have been definedor charac1erizcd. lfad eachuf
these relationships actually been studied for their astrological
significance,oris itjus1 theresultofastrologicaltheorizing?
It is also becoming increasingly c\ear1ha1 many passages in the
writings of Ptolemy and Olhcr aslrologers an: not written vague ly,
mctaphorically.orpoctically.butinsteademployaprecisefonguagethat
conveysveryspecificinstructionsforrelatingthestarsandthesky.
Butthe:iC e~cerptsshouldalsoalertustothefactthatthistcchnical
tenninology is not always univocal . like Book Delta of Aristotle's
M~/aphysks,thisThes,n,ruscouldhavebeensublitlcd'"l'hingssaidin
many ways."Consulttheentry abou1 'spear-bearing,' where there arc
four,quitedifferen t. tcchnicalmeaningsassociateJwiththisworJ.And
i1isclearthatinodicrastrological texts,wewilloftenhaveioselcctthe
propermeani ngofthcsetermsthroughcontc:xt, bc<:ausc,consistentwith
generalGrcekpracticc,1hewri1ersoftenleftthistasktu thereader.
Thistension bctweentheconcreteandthcequivocalisalsoanissue
in the delineation material thatwehavcheen translating. On the one
h.and, the Greek manner of writing is so concrete that instead of
reforringcollcctivclytothcnati ve·s"licentiousncss," itwill say that he
isproneto" liccntiousncsscs,"thatis,individual licentiousacts. ltseems
sonaturalforustotranslatethcscabs1Tac1pluraloounsbysingulars,
and this has often been done in the present translation.
Yet this usage may be more than just a mannerism on the pan of
the Greeks. It may have to do with their who le way of aiming their
minds, and regarding the world. For, consider that the most important
Gr,;ckphilosophical tenn 'ousia,'which isofren translated as 'Bei ng,'
is just such an abstract noun (formed from 'ousa. · the feminine
partic ipl e of the vcrh to be). Litr:mlly, il should be translated a.~
'bcingness.' But each and every individual sens ible thing is a
'bcingncss' in the Aristotelian philosophy. So the whole world is
populated by many "bcingnesscs.' The mne fact that this language
sounds so strangctous is an indication that wcdo no11hinl::1hesamc
way. Arc we missing something by being so ''modern" in our translation
of'licentiousBess.'andothcr suchwords?
lnthclistsof keywordsandphra,;esinthedclineationmaterial we
run intoanother,·crsionofthisproblem.hisoften im possible to tell if
something concrete iii intended. When the word 'euph uer. ·_ is u.~cd.
which fundamentally means ·well grown.' ii may often mean either ·or
good mental disposition ' or 'of good figure.' Or whe n the word
'apodimia ' is used, which fundamentall y means 'being away from
home.' it mighthavethesen~of'tra,·elingabroad.' orof'beingin
e~ile.' The aslfologcr docs nut specify. So the question is: Does he have
uBC of these concrete meanin gs in mind? Or is he referring to some
general charncter? Or docs he intr:nd som e symbol ic astrological
strucmre? All of the above? None of the above?

What li ttle we know about Antiochus of Athens comes from references

10him hy other authors. We have no direct informa1ion 1• From the

'Thi, account is dcri•od largely from Frederick 11. Cramer, A'1rolo/ff ;,.
Romar, Law and Politics, American l'hilosophical Society, Philaddpl,ia, 1'1~.
pp. 187. !118 [RHJ
authors thafhecitcs and the ones that cite him, Antiochus of Athens
lived in thesooond half of the Second Century C.E.. after Ptolemy.
befOfeAntigonusofNicaea.
h is clear fr()m the references to him by later 85U-Ologers that
Antiochus wa5 among the most influential of the ancient astrologen.
Thi s rnsolledinhisbcingquotedandexcerptcdbyS<:veral laterauthors.
An10ng these were the Anonymous of 379 (see our edition of this
work). Hcphacstion of lllebcs, the "Palchus" fragments', Firmicus
Matemus1, Porphyry and Rhctorius. OtherwiS<: we would have noching
ofhiswritingsatall. Rhctorius(c . 500C.E..) copicdthemostcxtcnsive
sections of Antiochus and most of the material translated in this volume
comcsfromRhc torius'

Ge ntralNote

In general thi s 1ran.dation uS<:s the same tc<;:hni<.:al vocabulary 115 the
Paulus and the Anonymous. For example, for one planet .. to look
ahcad"atano1hcrisapn:ci§Ctc:chnical1CTlll. Seethcscctionon
Turu;Jation Conventi()DS in this volume,.

To the best of our knowledge, 1his is the first translation of the

fragment\ of the 'The!<aurus of Antiochus of Athens into any modem
language.

1 As ofCmner' i writioi ii w"" believed 1ha1 there wa. a highly innuential

author of lll><"xlt ~00 C.E. named Pakhus. Subsequent ..:holanh ip ha1 revealed
thattherewasoosuch a.strol"l!cr. Thcfragrncnls attributed to him arc either
mi,cellancou1 fraamenuofGn::ek writers, transl.alee! from G=k to Arabic hack
toByzantiocO-k.orworklloriginaJ!y wrirten in Aral!icandtranslaledllllO
By,,aNine Gmck. The name Pakhw come, from the Iranian city Balkhi rrom
which c:ime, Abu Ma "lhar. ooc of the most important of the Arab Era
IL'ltrologcrs. Thcfragmcntsanributedto"PalchuJ''apparcntlycamefromBalkhi.
{R H]

1 Latinaulhor,jt330-3S4C.E. Wl'OlethcM<UMuoslibriVI//. Thi5work

has boen translated by Jean Rhys Bram, /tltdenl N1ro/t>f1: Theory and
l'ra,;lic~. Noye51-'rcss. Part RidgeN .J .. 1975 . jRIIJ

' This brief biographical ~gmentwai;wrincnbytheeditor.JRH]

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Explanation and Stalemenl of the Whole Astronomical
Art
From the Th esaurus of Anliochus of Athens

Part 11

Prooemium

Why did we stan the twelve i,JidW, which arc circular in form, from
Aries, and llO( instead from Cancer when: the cosmic Hliroslwpos 100k
place; nor from Leo as from the solar zoidion? Why was Aries, lhe
phu:e of Ares, honored above the two lighlli ? We say, then, lhat since
the ancients made d1t: twelve ziJidW corporeal in accordance with lhe
paru of man, begi nn ing from Aries. calling it the head, Taurus the neck
and so forth in success.ion up to the feet, they began from Aries, in
order to begin from the more dominant part that signifies the brain and
all that appertains to the bead. And for another reason: because they
fonned the ages of man in re lation !O the tropics by staniug from the
spring l.Oidion,that is, from Aries. For, thespringsignifiesthesuckling,
thc summeryouth,thefal!middlcage,andthewinteroldage.
Thescare 4z0Wiu,then,andthcyarccalledtropica1.andtherearc
4solidoncs,and4bi-corporealones . Tropicalzoidiaarcsocallcdfrom
the fact that when the Sun comes to be in them, the tumings 1 of the air
undergo a change. For example, when it comes 10 be in The tropical
zOidio,i Aries, it ushers in !he spring and equipartitc' turning, and from
then on the air becomes lfincr], and the day len gthens from the equal
hours. Wh<:n itcomcsro be in the solid and springztiklionTaurus, ii

' Thc numberingof1hcsection1inPartlisdirectlyfromthcoriginallext.

l'hc numooing in Pan ll has been pro~ided for reference purpo,;cs by yoor
crlitor. (RH ]

' r~ . Tbc wo,d 'tr0pical' comcJ is diree1ly related to this word, which
simply mcans·tumi ng.' lnthis5eClionitisusedinfourdifferclllw•ys.1ncre
is 1he ' tu mine· of the Sun io ilS courR to 81.l southward or nocthward. There is
the'tuming'ofthch.alanceofdayandnight.'Th<:reisthcphysical' luming'nf
the air mass. And there is the ·,urning' of the tem~raturc, whctc il ch.:.n~s
"direction"andbeginstobecomehoUerOJcolder.Thcse=allrclatcdtocach
other in1he1cx1

' i,imui,.,,,. "Thi~ refers to lhc ~qual night and day ofthl, equinoctial limos.
makes1heaircalmcrandund1aageab!c,whileiti ncrcascsthed.iyeven
more . When it comes to be in the bicorporeal z,,;Jion Gemini, ii makes
the air ambiguous, and mat.es a commix1ure of in between spring and
summer. while it increases the day even more . In this tri-;:oia'ion, then,
the spring, which i.~ air, isoomplc1ed .
Again, when the Sun comes to be in the u-opical zt;idi,:m c~ncer, it
ushen in the summer turning. lbc air starts to bccorm: warmer, and
from then on it subtracts from the magni111de of the day and adds to the
magn itude of chc night. Again . whe n it comes to be in the solid and
summerzllidi,m Leo. it makes the air calmer and unchangeable, still
subtr"'1i ngfrumthe magnitudeofthcdayandaddingtothcmagni1udc
of the night Again, when itcomcstobein thebi--corporcal tliidion
Virgo. it makes the ai r ambiguous and makes a oomm ixture in be1wccn
summcr and fal!. while it fun her increases the night and shortens the
<.by . In this u-i-ziiidiM, then. the su mmer, which is fire. is fulfilled.
Again, when the Sun comes to be in the tropi cal tr,idiQII Libra, ii
ushers in the faltandequipartite turning, and from thenonthcairis
tum i:J tu the colder. The ni ght now le ngthens froo1 equal houn . Again,
when ii comes robe in the solid tliidiQII Scorpio, it makes the air
calmer and unchangeable. still subtracting from the magnitude of the
dayandadding tothemag ni tudeofthcnight. Again , when it comes to
be in the bi-corporeal zQidion Sagittarius , it makes the airambigoous
and makes a commix1urc in between fall and winter. And it further
subtracts from 1hemagnitudeoftheday,andaddstothemagnitudeof
thenight.lnthistri-ziJidiQ11.then.1hefa ll,whichiseanh, isfulfi lled
Again, when the Sun comes to be in the tropical zlJidion Capricorn,
it makes the winter turn ing. And from the n on the air is turned to the
more wintry ; and the day ~tarts to increase, while the night stans 10
leave off. Again . when it comes to be in the solid and wintry Widion
Aquarius. it makes the air of winier calmer and unchangeable. by
subtnicting from the magnitude of the night having added to the
magnitude of the day. Again. when it comes to be in the bi•corporea l
z,Ji,JJo,. Pisces., it makes the ai r ambigoous, and mnkcs a commixture in
bet ween winter and spring, by subtracti ng from the magnitude of the
nighthavingaddedtothe magnirudeofthcday,tocquipartitehours. ln
thistri -tliidion,the wintry air, whkh iswater. is completed .
 1. Concerning the Masculine and Feminine ziiidia •nd the l'iaccs
and Stan. that Become M •seuline and Feminine

There are six masculine iOidia: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra. Sagituirius.
Aquarius, And !here are six feminine Widia: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo,
Scorpio.Capricom,Pisces
The places from the Midhcavcn to the HOro!ikopos are ma5eulinc,
whil~ the places from the IJOroskopo!I to the suhterraneous pivot point
arc feminine.Again, the places from thcsub1erraneouspivotpoin110
thescttingpivotpointarcmasculinc,whi lc thcplaecsfromthesening
phut point to the Midheavcn arc feminine, Of the 4 quadrants, then,
two btscome mas,;:ulim,,, and tw(.) become femi nine.
Again, the stars the Sun, Kronos, Zeus, Arcs, and Hermes arc
masculine, whife the Moon and Aphrodite are feminine. These stars
some1imcs be.come masculine. other limes feminine. 'They becQrne
masculincwhenthey happcnto bcrnomingrisersinrclationtothcSun:
that is, ,,:hen they h.appentobtsin thezOid/aprecedinglheSunatleast
15 degrees away from it. Bui they become feminine when the y happen
1obehening[riscrs]inrclationtotheSun ,beinga1leas1l5degrces
away fmm it. Again, the stars which happen to be in masculine Widia
and are northern btscome masculine. Bui they beoome feminine when
they arc in fem ini ne l.Oidia and southern. Again. the stars which happen
10 be in masculine quadrants (fr..,m th~ Midheave n to the Hr'Jrmkopos.
and from the subterrancous pivot point to the setting one) ~ome
masculi ne. But those in the feminine quadrants (that is, from the
f/6roskop-0s to1hesubterrar>COUspivotpoint,andfrorn1hcscuingph·o1
JX)int to the Midhea,·en) become femininc 1•

' l[00twcre!Olakcpn,ccdingparagraph,li11;rally,theywoold appeuto

tx:contnodictory.Plane!sseem tobeinherentlyofonescxoranolhoer.butyet
change sex when they ue placed di fferently. There is~ §imple and prubable
5olution. All ('lancts are inherently masculine or feminine. Acoording to most
othcrwritersMcrcurychange.siLssc, accordinglO pl acement,botthescsame
writers make Mercury a trip\idty ruler in a masculine (and diurnal) triplicity
Amiochus makes Mercury m=uline. Mercury would seem lo be very clOiC to
.-.,utral 11:ith a slight 11:ndency toward the masculine
Howc~er. the inbercm sexuality of each planet can be reinforced 01,
allemalively. osen:ome by the sexual polarity of the plaoemcnt. Tiie most
masL'Ulinc e1,ergy woo ld be signified by a ma.<euli.-., planet in a masculine
 lhe Slars which become masculine in the inherently masculine '
i6idiu or the inherently masculine qmo;lrant~ contri bu te to masculine
births. For,they make thosehavethemascul incnaturcin themsc lvCli
wilfu l and daring. But they make women undignified, shame less.daring,
insuOOTdinate,mascu lineinretation 1oin tcl'COtlrse,ormasturbators.1lie
starswhichare fcmininebytheirphases,iJJidia,andquadrants,makc
men soft, fainthcancd,cowardly, fearful ofcveryhody,efTcminatcand
entirely castrated, or those who do the work of women, But it males
women with downcast eyes. modest, considerate, dignified, obed ie nt to
men, and those who perfectly learn the cus10ms of women .
And we have said these things concerni ng the stars which rise in
the morning or the evening. For, those of the stars which have come to
be setting or retrogradcl are inactive and weaker and im:gu lar in
relation lo whattheydo,exceptforthosestarswhich m: in the heart.
And t.hosc stars m, said to be in the heafr which travel in
compan y'withthcSun,cithcron the same dcgree,orbcsidc it. None
of the anc ients was aware of this phas.e, but we reconi it after having
tested i1,sincePlolemycallsthisphase"synodic,"1houghhehasnot

quadraruina=ulinesign,thernoslfemininecncrgyby a fcminincplanclin
a feminine quadrant in a feminine sign. A f!WCUline or feminine planet situated
inpl!K:<'sofoppositcsuual pol aritycanhtchangcdinlothlt!opposilepolarity,
althoughoncmightc1pectsymbolictcmiontoresult.[Rll]

'irr~n-,.,,.. Thi, is the perfect p11nicipial form of lhe present verb form
welu.vebecn tn1n,latinsu'heoomemasaJli11C.'1beperfe.:1participleinGrcek
~ r.ot refer 10 time so much as the completion of an action. We might say
hcrethatlhetAi</iaorquadrantsllavesoperfcctlybccomi::masculinethat thcy
<J/TmaS<-~c.
Accordingly, it WQU ld st:em to indii:ate he~ that t!,e cited widw and
quadranu arc inherently and imirwtably masculine or feminine, wllile the
piltllCIS an R$SUfflC a m;,sculine or feminine cast.

'Q{>ht:li1Ttlli. l'n!sum.ti!y these: means 111btractive here, as in subcraciive in

11umbcn.

1 This is approximately lhe same u ·cazimi.' !RH ]

'sw,odellli. Th.,li•.arcconjuncliLTIICleml'•ynodic'dcrives frornthis

WOfd.
spokenofibactivity.

2. ConccrninglhcSec:toftbe Sl.llrs

For diurnal bir1h s, 1hc sect leaders are the Sun. Kronos , Zeus, for
nocturnal hirths, the Moon, Aphrodite, Ares. r-or. Hermes becomes
cummuninrc lation to the sects. Ar>dthcSun,Zcus,ar>dAphl'OOite are
hdd to be bc nefics; while Kronos and Ares are held to be malefics. For
as common , Hermes is good with the good plaoe1s, and becom es
ma lefic wi1h the maldics. But concerning the benefics and malefics.
they said that they are '"so-held'," since when the ma lefics arc well
situated inphase, sect, andploccfuracertainbirth, they of1e nmagnify
lhefortuncs; whilcifthebcncficsare badlysituated,they hinderthem .
For Dorothell.'i spo ke on this heading. saying: For, tllrce-sicied'
cvi l-workcn; arc dulled; and a star i~ not yet ba.~e when it should be
foundinagoodplace;andaploccisnotbadwhcnitbidswclcorncto
agoodonc3•

1 That i$. it is panly a matter of convention to divide the plands into

bcncfic and malefic. It is not an inherent quality. [Additiooal by RH] This
se,: m~l<) heanearlyrccognitionofanidealhatisconside1edquitemodcm.that
no planctisi nr.cri:nllybcn,fic.,,-malcfic. althoughili•notck.u lhatthcwill
of tile individual has any\lling to do will> it. l&mbliehus in his wo,',;, o~ /lie
Mysu ries. ad<m:1scs thi s same issue in a di scussion of ''how some of the Gods
are bcnclic..m, but olher m~lef,c_·· lamhlichus asserts that all divine po,,.·crs
(i..::ludi11gplanelary)=goodi nthemselves anddesccndtous·•withi11variable
sarner.e,s forlhc:salvaliun oftheunivcri.c '"But\lli s world Mpartidparei; of
them li.e .. divinepowt,n] accon:li og roi1!ownproperoarure.andnotaccording
co their [i.c. ,thegods"] power." And futtheron "'He11«1they ;ire absurd ... who
ascribedepravity to the c,, les1ialbodies.because lhcirparticipan/1[italics rni r,e l
sometimes produce e,·ils." Jambhchus. On 1N My,1nUs, Lrans. Thomas Taylor,
Wizarfil Pms:SanDicso. 1984. pp.68,69

'Aspc,,,ior thelhrocdignilies?

' ThisqootefromDorotheus wa,soriginallyiDvene.

 3. Con«ming the Mixture' of th.- U Zoidia

We have found Aries to be fiery; Taurus, earthy: Gemini, airy: c.mcer,

watery. Again. we have found Leo to be fiery; Virgo, earthy; Libra,
airy; Scorpio. watery. And again. Sagittarius, fiery; Capricorn, earthy;
Aquarius. airy; Pisces, watery. So that the trigon Aries. Leo. Sagittarius
is fiery ; the lrigon of Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn earthy; the trigon of
Gemin i, Libra, Aquarius airy; the trigon of Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
watery.
Thiswasnotsaidaimlcssly by the ancients. for. si nce everything
material is composed from these 4elcmcntsor bodies. it is necessary
lhat man, as panicipating in the sa1TJC nature, also share in these
clements. And they assigned the four pivOl points of the binh in
accordance with the four mixtures 2 of these 4 clements', thusly: If
Arics should mark tho: binh-hour, tills is a fiery Widion; and if
Capricorn should culminate, this is an earthy z"idioo; and if Libra
should set. it isan airyztJidion: and if Cancer should happen tobcin
thesubterraneouspivot,the mixture will be best. Again, if you should
scck1hepost-asccnsion!iand thcdeclinesofthcpivou, you will find
thcm to licanalogouslyinoccordanee1>-iththcfourelcments.

'krwis.A~cncnd word forcombinarionorblcnd. hisalsouscdforllle

mixture of diffcrm1 Mlures into one. as in the rom,lation of the fixed surs to
amixlureofpairsofplanelS.

1 1beword"krasis'or "milture'isusedin Ari51otcliantradi1 inntorcferto

the mi,tute of pimary qualities in the elcmcnlS, hoc and dry, told and wet, etc
[RI!)

' Thi, reprcscnafourdiffer= waysthattheelcmentscanbcarn,ngcdon

thcfourp;v,xpoin1$,.1WUming,ofcou™',1hatone i1usingfithcrequalorsign-
as•househooscs(Wp<N)
 4. Cooccmlng Widia which Art Rough', l)uJl-white',
lkh~auslng,orEruptl Yc

When the Moon is afflicted in Aries, Cancer, ScQrpio, CapricOnJ, or

Pisc:es, it makes itches, scaly or dull-white leprosy, or skin-eruptions
This is nOf only true for the Moon, but also when the Lot of Fonune or
the Lot of Divinity happens to be in these ziiidia , being contemplated
only by malcfics. And they also make those who arc born hum pbacked.

S.Coocemingthe Licentious liiidia

Licentious and malefic are Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, Pisces. and Libra
too in pan. You will find out more detail coroceming these in what lies
ahoad.

6. Cooceming Widia which Art Ha rmCul to the Eyes

zOidia which arc harmful 10 the eyes are Taurus by means of the
Pleiades.Canc~rbymeansof 1hcncbula.Scorpiobymeansof1hcsting.
Saginarius by means of the roint.Caprioorn hy means of the spike,
Aquarius by means of the pitcher. and Leo in pan. And you will find
out more detai l concerning these in what lies ahead.

7. Concerning ExalUltions a nd Depressions

Havingspoken .then,accordinglyoftheen1irephysical commi~tureof

thezOidia, we will come tothecausesoftheexaltations,dcpressions.
andcontrarietieso fthestars. WhyisitthatwheretheSunise•alted,
there Kronos is depressed; and where Kronos is exalted. there the Sun

' Rou gh(kpr6di,)anddul\-w hite(alplwdir}&reg,:neraladjcctivcsdcfived

from the appear.once of leprosy, but which could be •pplicd 10 the i4idUJ
lbcmoclvcs. A doctrine of COffe$()Olldence ii cviden11y behind this; yet the
conte~t ii also caui.arivc.
 isdcprcsscd? WeuythatitisbecausctheSunis thestorchousc'of
fire aml light, and is the rnaslcr of the day; while conversely. Kronos,
signifying the darkness. iscoldi. Then,attheplace wheTe the light of
day is exalted, there the d arkness and lhe night i~ depre"-scd, and that
wh ichiscoldiswarmcd.ButattheplacewheTethedarkness ise;,;altcd,
there the light is depressed and the day becomes shorter
And again. why isitthatattheplace wherel.eus is exalted, there
Ares is depressed: and where Ares is exalted. there Zeus is depressed?
Wesaythat itisbecauscZeusistheov.:rsccr'ofthelife-breathand
abundance, while Ares is the overseer of death' . Then, at the place
wherethelife-brea1hincreases,1hercthebri ngerofdcath is depressed:
andwhercdeathincruses,therelifeisdcpressed.
And again, why is it thatattheplacewhereAphrocl ite ise;,;alied,
there Hermes is depressed; and where Hermes is eulted, there
Aphrodite is depressed? We say that it is because Hermes is the mastei-
of arguments', while Aphrodilc is the overseer of desire and
intercourse.Then, a11heplacewherethei n1cllectual' incrcascs,therc
the desire arid the pleasurable in in lcrcourse is depressed. And where
1heappe1i1i,-randpleiisurableisu.altcd. thcrethc intelloctualis

"""""'
And agai n. why is it that at the place where the Moon is eultcd,
thercnothingisdeprcsscd;.andwhercthe Moonisdepressed,therc

1 tameion. Guardiall$hip meUphor.

'We have an app;irmt contradiction hcre. lfSatwni s diuroal tllen why

docs it signify darl<ncu1 According lo Ptolemy in lhc Tmahiblos Bool J.7
(Robbins lnlllS.) S..lum is diurnal preciM:ly because of this. Satwn n=h the
healandlighlofdayinordcrioo,·crcomc itsinbcmtllymaldic.coldanddry
qu.alities. [RH )

•~phoros. Mon:guardilMhip.

•TIie MeMIJ>O(amian deity wh.i~h was origina lly assigned to lhc pl!lllCI Man;
Wll5NCl'J!al,Lhcgod<.>fwaranddealh, [R H)

• i,,go,
nothingisCJ1.ahc.d'/Wcsaytha1i1isbccausc1heMoonisthefonuneof
all. And he whom fortune c.,;a lts, no one may depress; while he whom
fortune dcpreise.~, no one is able to be exalt'.

8. Concerning the Omtraricties' of the Stars

Whyisittha11hehousesof theSunandthcMoonareoontrarytothc
houses of Kronos? We say 1hat it is because the Sun and the Moon arc
the lights of the e~m01;, while Kronos i~ the master of darkness
Whence light isalwaysoontr..ry to<.larkncss,and r<.larknessto light.
Again, why is it that the houses of Hermes arc contrary to the hou ses
of7..eus , and 1hehousesofZcusto1hehooscsofHennes?We!w!ythat
it is because Zeus istheoverseerofposs.cssionsandabundance, while
Hennes is always the master of arguments. The in1el\ec1ual faculty,
then, is always contrary 10, and looks down upon, the desire fOf
possessions, and abundance is contrary to what is intellectual. Then
again . why is i1tha1 the hoose.~of Arcs are contrary 10 the houses of
Aphrodite? WesaythatitisbccauseAphroditeisthcoverseerofcvery
dcsireanddcl ightand pl casurc, whil e Arcsisthcoverscerof everyfear
and war and pa'-~ion'. The delightful and appetitive and pleasurable,
thts n, iscontrary101heterribleandpassionateandpolernical"

' lli s apparentthatlhcplanctsarcopposcrlineullationardde(Vcssinnin

themanncrofcontraryqualities, like hotardcold,wetanddry, "'hkhinthe
sensibleworldarecooSlantlytumingintooneanolher. Moreoflheonc is!=
of the other. For example, hotter is tantamount to !us cold, al\d vice versa
lliese 1cp1csc111cd the principle of the Limitless in F'law· , Phil~bus. Bu!
comparethekindofnppositiot1inthe nexi scclion.

' ~1U11tli6ma. The word simply mean• contrary. Frum ronle,t. the modem
astrological e<juivalcnl i~evidcntly ..detriment "' Thisconcepc was no! used in
P:mlu,,oorin l'lolemyufaraswccantell

, ,humm.

• We have m,ro the term ··conu-aritty" he"' to pick up an Ari,1otclian

subdeiy. For him, conu ariecy is complete diffm,nce. unlike lhc contrary
qualiticsrefc,-,.,,i1ointhcprcced ing section,whichcantum into oncanother
Nocice lhatinhisanalysishcreAmiochususcsda rkandlighttocon1rastKronos
 Butthatthisiskl, it is alsoneCCS5'U'}'mjudgethus ina:oordance
wi!.h the troth: lbat the natun:s of the slats. in respcc1 10 their
configurations.are in every heading. For,whydoesAn:stogetherwith
Aphrodite produces adultery? It is no1 clear th.at every adultery is
constituted by pleasure and fear, that is, from Ares and Aph.rodite. For
agai n. s.ec Aphrodite consorting with Kronos, how it makes those so
bom withou t seed, unfortunate in children, sord id. or unmarried. by
mixing the natures of both. You will find the cause as follows: since
Kronosllappens1obc coldanddry in nature,aod,even 1lloughoncof
t~mcntioncdcarlicrisooldanddry,thatwhichiliplcasurableand
fcnilc is breath'. how will he become one who be~ children or will
'havcanunSOl'didmarriage throughwhatiscldcrlyorsordidinthe
naturcofthestllr?

9. Conaming the Sttl or lhe Trigonal Masters'

Of each trigonal side, then,- 1 mean by a trigonal side that wtlich is

counted through S i"idia: for example, from Aries to Leo, and from
LrotoSagittarius,andfrom SagitwiustoAricsthereare5iiSidia,and

withtheSun,whcreasahovcheu5Cdhn1a"'1ooldSi11Cccontraricticsc311nol
rumintocachotbcr.thciroppositioncrc~1accrtainlindofr,,n5ingan,d
reluina,whichinlhcPl11tonictradiliongascbirthtoentirelynewbcings,no1
mcrelydifferen1blcnd1iofq~alitics
Thal !he two linds of ~ites, eul1:11ioo and deprusion, rulenhip and
contrariely.shouldlunebeenanalyzedinthesctcrmsnOlonl yhclpstogeta
dearer idea of how these two a,ciS of dignities (and their opposites) were
understood and diuiogui shcd by 1hc Grecl asuologm., bot represelltS a quilt
highdcgrcc:ofphilosophicalsoph.istication.

1 1'tesumably.lhcbrcil!h.bcingair,ishcreholandwct,oomrary tothe
'l"alities of cold and cky. These seem to take for granted the Arili!Otelian
clcmcnb and l10I the Stoic elements. [Aciditional by RH ] Of ooune !his aswmes
that breath actually isa reference IO!hc: element air.

'The eotireanalysisinthissc<:ondpotragrnphonlymakcssen~if wcrruike

lhcdil,linctiommeotionedinpagc9.nw48bove

l ;_e.,triplicityrulcnhips.[RH]
1heyproduceatrigon.a!sid,;orlineofl20degrec,sinthezodiacal
circle. For three times one hundred twenty resu lts in 360 degn.:es, which
are1henumbcrofdcgreesthat thcwholerodiacalcin:lehas.--ofthis
trigonal side, then. theSunhasmaslery byday;Zeushas mastery by
night; and Kronos is the third and common masrer of these. Again,
Aphrodite has mastery over Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn by day; the
Moon has ma.~tery over them hy night ; and Are<1 is the third and
com mon master. Again, Krom,s has mastery over Gemini, Libr.t, and
Aquarius by day: Hermes has mastery over them by night; and Zeus is
!he third and common master. Again. Aphrodite has mastery over
Cancer, Scorpio.and Pisces by day; Arcs has mastery over1hem by
night: and the Moon is the third and common master. And you will find
1heusesand1heeffectsofthesetrigonalmastersinthesectionsahead .

IO. Con« rning the 36 Deu M and the Stars Co-risi ng with T hem
a ndthe t'ac:es

Although the 7,odiacalcin:lehadbef: neut into 12sections. that is.into

12 toidUl, the ancient:; ~ t down another 36 sections, which they called
decans.A ndtheyapportionedtheseoutbyz.llid/onsoastoruleoverten
degrees, whence they arc called decans. The aforesaid stars which
oo-rise intherodiacalcircleunderlay 1 these decans,andthcy havethe
faces of the 7 stars. which faces have a sympathy for the Slan< lying
upon them'.
For e~arnple, suppose that the Su n is at ten degrees in the first

1 lu<f"'~imai. In a philowphkal context thi, would mean to underlie

wmc thing ti a substratu m in ,.·hich wmo:lhing dse may inhere. And we have
mmslaled it with that sens,:. But it might mean less ~ifica!!y that the
co-rising star. wm: ~i mply llSSign,ed or allocated to lhese dccans.

' Whale~crlhcexacts,:nscofnote I above. thispassag,, scemstoimpiy

that itistheextra-zodiacals\llrloo--rising withtheregion<ofthecclipticthat
consti!utelhedccansthclnselves.11>cymightbelhoughtofasanenlity
analogous to a !.Ndion. Bill whereas thedosestrclationshipofap!anci loa
UJidion isoneofn.i lershiporcultation.tbedosestrclatiomhipofa planetto
adccanisoneor ··roontenance."'or facc. Th1mightalw lca:.lustospcculate
onancxtra-rodiacalsoun:c:fortheboondaries.
decanofAri es,in 1hefaceofAres.Since,then,wehavefouDdthatthe
Sun signifies the matters of the soul. you will find the sou l of this
manlyspiritrobeirascible. dclightinginbattle, anns-loving. andthe
like. But again, suppose that the Sun is at 20 degrees in the second
decan of Aries. in the face of the Sun; it signifies that such a man!y
spirit is bright in hiswul , a loveroffamc andofhonorand not at all
delighting in b.anle. Bu1again, suppo:SCthatthcSun isat30degreesin
thethirddccanofAries, inthefaccofAphrodite;it significsthat1his
manly spiritisfc minine-souled ,ofthc femalc 1ypc, .fflalTleful .lecherous.
and the like. See how in one z6idfon \hr«, dilTerentia have been
exemplified forthemancrsofthr: soul alone 1•

lln the original there is inserted at this point a list by Teucron the
Babylonian on the sig ns and dccans,]

Teucron the Babylonian has set out these things quite well. We will
make our com ments by degree as follows.
Om, must know that each si ngle Widi011 has three dccans , while
eac h of thcdecans hasbeenallotted tendegrces. Thc Sun spcnds24
hoursin cachdcgree,oroncnightandday.
In the ht decan of Aries, it makes dangers. ~achenes, fluxions.
In the 2nd dccan. il male.es tlJOSe who arc wealthy and held in esteem,
cxcc ptthat1heyare liab!c 1odiesuddcnly. lnthe3rddecan, it makes
di sease, tumults. misery in youth, but good cheer in old age.
In the !st docan of Taurus. it m.al::es the native wealthy from
someone else and esteemed. In the 2nd decan it m.al::es youth full of
hardship and those who quickly escape dangers. In the 3rd dccan , it
makes soldiers, those who procure wilh case, who are steadfas1, who arc
organizcrs,andlong-lived.
He who has married in the Isl dccan of Gemini will not be
fortuna1e,willoot be dcvotcd.andwillbegrievcdaboutchildren. ln the
2nddccan,hewillnothaveadevotedmaniage,buthewill [gi vcs signs
oftheendur411Ceofannies]. In the3rddecan, it makes those who arc
wealthy, held in esteem, leaders, except that they are liable 10 die
suddenly.
In the 1st decan of Ca11CCT. it makes those who take pan in public

'lbe first two paragraphs in tllis section are found almost ~rbatim in
Porphyl)l's 1~1roducrWfl ro 1M r~1rabiblo,.

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affairs,andtheywill bcgricvcdabouccttildren,thosc"''hoaredeepl y
grieved in youth, but who become most fonuna1c in old age. He wOO
has married in the 2nd decan of Cancer will [have a rich dowry) and
willbebcncfittedbyother pooplcs things.andhcwillbcaggrievcdby
his wife. In the 3rd de,c.an, the native wi ll be smooth~tongucd and deep ly
grieved in you ch, but will be gl:iddencd in old age.
In the 1st decan of Leo. it will make those who lead and arc
wealthy and find the way to their goal, and who bury their wife firsl
lnthe2ndand3rdde>canitmakes mcannessandpnxluceshardshipand
[clcs1roys] himwholivcsabroad
In the lstde<.::an of Virgo, itmakesdangcn;,ar>dthoscwhoare bum
willqu icklybecomeorphans. lnthc2ndand3rddecans,itmakesgood
fonuncandthcyarem:idcrichby fcmaleconnections ;cxccptthatthcy
areaggrievcdintheirparcn15andchildren
He who is born in the first dee.an of Libra will be in danger in
youth,bu1latcrhcwillgainbyreasonof [m incs]andfromdiscoveries.
In the 2nd de<.::an he will rich in quadrupeds, except that he will be
liabletodicsuddcnly. lnthe 3rd dccan, he willundcrgodiscascsand
cumult in youth, but he will begladdenedinoldagc in many ways.
In The Isl decan of Scorpio, he will be helped by windfalls
[hermai kos],andanhcirof notablcthingsisbmughttolight. ln 1he2nd
da:an, he will undergo dangers in youth. He who is bum in the 3rd
decan will be a soldier. will live many years, will bury bis wife first,
and will be wealthy in his old age.
He who is born in the 1st decan of Sagittarius will n,ot {take pains]
ina wifc,andwillbcgricvcdaboutchildren. In thc2nddecan, his life
will be lived free from pain, cx~-ept that he will end it with strangers
lnthe ) rddecan.itmakesthosewhoarerich andhcldinesteem,and
he will receive an inheritance from a woman
In 1he 1st decan ofCapricom , it makes those who take part in
publica!Tairs,andthey willbcgrie"cdaboutchildren,andthcy will be
in danger in youth, and will bcfonunatcinuld age. In the 2nddc:can,
it makes those who are l!seful and those whoarehelpcdbythc things
of others. In the 3rd decan, he will become acu ce.glib-tongucd, one
who was!eS his patrimony; he will be in misery in his youth. but he will
bcgladdcncdinhisoldage.
lnlhc lstdecanofAquarius,hewil\bcgoodandchangeab\c and
oc,;:ommoda1ing to women. In the 2nd and 3rd dccans, it makes those
whoarcbase.anddepravcdinyouth---corruptcrsofthings,involvedin

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matter and wato:r' .
He who is born in the 1st decan of Pisces will be "-'Onhless,
involved in wate r. lying, cxcep:thathc will be liable to die a sudden
dca1h. In thc2ndand3rddecansitmakesl005Cwhoarefonunareand
th= wtio are helped by 1he things of others. and those who are
fortunate in marriage and will be grieved in their children.

II. Cona ming th e Non-wandering Bright Stan and the Powtn

of those that Co-rise.

ThetypcoftheWidiaandoftheco-risingstarshasbeenconstitutcd
from the synthesis of the stars. There arc among them, then. bright stars
and fainl ~tars and ~lal"S wh.ich are gloomier". The ancients who
observed these said that the brightest oflhese stars were of lbt: first
magnirnde, the fainrer stars of the second magnirudc. while the gloomier
stars were of the third magnitude, and following in th is order they found
them up to the sixth magnirudc. They also said that these stars shared
in themixtureof1heplanc1s.as we saidearlicr,and that and some of
lhem happened to be in the zodiacal circle, some of them fanher nonh
thanthezodiac,sorncofthcmfarther south.Thcn.observingthc
brigh1estofthcsestars, they found 30bright onesl which happened to
beofthefirstandsccondrnagnitudes.Jf,lhen.1hescshooldbefound
1ohave thesamedegreeastheHtiroJ.koposorthc Midheavcn,orthcy
should form a figure with the Sun or the Moon or wi th some othe,- star,
they will al1er the birth in accordance with the mi11ure which appertains
to the m. For e,;ample . if 111(, mixture is bcncfic, the matters of fortune

'Matter and waterapf>ear to beoorrup1inginnuences. lbisdocs no1 appea,

lo rda10an invoivemcntwiththc:se aswbstancesasm:.:h.s«alwd1ePisces
dtcam. [RH]

'•1ugno1uo•

''Il,esc 30 bright scars= the wbjccu of the T,emi,e"" 1M Brighi Fixed

S1anby1beAnooyJOOUsof379and Ptolemy'sPllmes,al1houghthc\is11inthe
two worb differ slighlly. 'Il,e fi™ ofthe,e twohaJ been pub\i1hw and released
by Project Hindsight along wilh this lrClllisc. Ptolemy's Phares will be
lmll< latedandis,i;u,,dshortlybyProjoctHindsight.[RHJ
willbcbcttcr, butifitisma.lefic, worse'.

12. Coo«ming tlH, Boundaries 111ccording lo the Egyptians and

ae<:ordlng to l"lolemy, and of tbe Bright and Shadowed l>egrff:'l

Again, theancie nts,dividing each Widionintoha!1'2rcgionsandplaces,

gave them the name 'boundaries,' but not in accordance with equal
numb,;:rs of degrees. as we found for thc:decans, but with a differe nt
numbcraccordingtoanotherreasonwhichtheyadoptedinthe~rfco:;t
periods of the planet~. (I mean the periods which you will find in what
follows' )
Thedegreesoftheboundariesarcthernselves lying by Wid/011.
Some of them have been found for7..eus. others for Aphrodite.others
for Kronos, and others for the remaining planets. Whenever, then, one
ofthcsrnrsshou ldbcfoundinthchouscofabcneficandinthe
hom..:faries of a bcnefic, (since it ha~ a relationship to the binh], it has
ahendicenteff..c l un thefote.Andifitshouldbefound in thehouse
ofa bencfic, but in the houndaries ofa ma lefic. ii lessens the good
effect on the fate . But if it shou ld happen to be in the house of a
malefic,and intheboundariesofamalefic, i1afflicts anddimsthefate.
The action of the ho1mdaries. then, modifie~ the effect description• of
thestars,jus1 ashasalsubeensaidforlhefaccsof1hedccans.
Ptolcmy,tlten,didnotagrcewith 1hehoundariesof1heEgyp1ians.
T'or this reason, I was compelled tu make mention of them . But the
boundaries of the Egyptians arc only of help in their own
cffec1--descrij11ions1•
lllebright,shadowy,andfaintdegreesdonothavean insignificam

1 Thi• tJ1li"' .<te1ion i, found almost vcrt,atim in Poflihyiy·, /~1roducticn

r1>1i,,,Te1mbiblos

'himis,.., Thcsignificanccof thiswordhtreisnotclear. [Ril l

'Sttsecti()lll.49.

'apor,/u ma1ographi,,. •ourgia. CJ withPaulus. DoesOO(indicalechart

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dTa:t, if indeed the stan; are found to hc in the bright degrees. For this
reason , I was also compelled 10 record these in the upcomin g
[sections ]'.

13. Concerning the AKt nsions of lbt 7 Zones.

Ptolemy ro::onlcd the ascensions of the 7 zo nes after making a precise

in vestigation to the minute, and we have need of these in every
genethliacal procedure just as he re<..'Orded in his Handy Canon' .
The Egyptians and Yalens recorded the 7 woes more rou ghly, but
we [actually] have need of these in !he oo-risings of the l1'idia and the
stars for eac h zone, just as Yal~ns said in his [apote lesmatics].

14. Conct"ming lhe Assignment of Body Parts of the zOidia

He has recorded the pan-assignmen(Si of man, those pans over which

each of the l1'idia and each of the planets has authority , through our
know ing the injuries and sufferings which arise for man from the Loi
of Fortune, the Lot of Divinity, the Lo! of Injury, and their rulers. For
it is in them that the injuri es and sufferings are recogni1,ed for the most
p;irt.
Acco rdingly then, having said a!l the aforesaid, and after civing a
clear explanatio n of them. I am ro::ording [below] the manifest power
of the figurations.

1 This entire section is fou!ld almostverbatimin f'orphyry's fntroduc1ion

ro lhe T~1rahiblm

' Usual lyreferedtnasthe Hw,dyfol>la. [RH!

•,,..ww.;,,.
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 15. Concerning Trian gles, SqlLllres, (H uagons l, •nd Diameters,
and Those Which Ha~ a n Unconnected Relatio~hlp to Each
Other Al'wr the Pattern or Diametus.

Titediffere ntiaof ihc triangul ar,square,and heJl.agonal eon ligurations

areestablished,Andthefirstandgreaterdifferentia[ofall ] is tllatbeing
taken by degrees' in acronlanee with th e Handy Canon of Ptolemy, as
we ha ve shown in what follows . The:: ~ond is the temporal1
differentia,whichAntigonusandPhnacstheEgyptianandeertainoihers
haverecorded.andthcy named an isosce les triangleoftheaseensions
of the zoiditJ. The third is the rodiacal or common aOO universal
difforcntia. in relation to which wea.11 are in doubt'. for.many times.
whe n the Sun is in Leo about the Isl degree, whi le 2.eus is in
Sagittarius about the 5th degree, the triangle 2.eu.~ to the Sun was
[propoundcd].thc idleones'wercfiguratcdw ithoncanother. For, they
do not stand platically' within 120 degree~. nor have 1hey occurred
temporally within 120 degrees, not even ascensional ly within 120

1 rnoirikfu. This mustbc 1hc par1ile.nr c, actgeome1rical figura1i on.i .c..

aspect.fuaspcct isbcingtakcnbydegr,:cs

'This K<:ms to bt the an=tn• of tltc modem mur>danc aS{l'Cct. where 11tc
aspec1 i., mcasurcdalnngthc cquat01inri8htandnbliq<M:35CCnsinn.instcadnf
alnng thcecliptic inoelcstiallnngitudc

' He appears tobcaddfcss;ng thcqucstioonfthcuscnfaspcctsby sign

w~en they arc htyond pan:ile. [Rill

'a, g<>i." ldlcones"rcfcrtoplancts thai a11: nntrclatedbyfigurc.

' plmiki&. Liter:ally, broadly. This is evidently the roJiacal (widiakos)

figuration. i.e .• ~ - by sign. Whereas the modem pla lic aspect (after Lilly
and others) seems ,·irtually identical to s geometrical aspect wi1h orb. the
ancient plalic aspect seems In dcrisc from the aspect betwttn the zt;idia
1hem5,r,lves.nowtr:ansfem:dtntheplancts.Porexamplc.anyt"'·nplanetswithin
:Oididwhicharcin1tinc.arcthem.selvcs inplaticnrzndiacaltrinc. Docs the
tcachingcn..ccming applica1inn andscp.-ratiooapply lO platic aspects. or lo
partilea,pect1,in whichlattercasei1wnuldbctantamoonltothcuscof orb.s'/

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degrees'
The triangular side, then , is always called zodiacal', which aga in
had the activity', since neither the p;utilc nor I.he temporal kept it
together.Sir>ee,thenwchaver«ordedthepartiletriangular,square, and
hexagonal side in what follows, through the Canon of Ptolemy, and we
just now exemplified the zodiacal'. we thought it necessary 1ore«1rd
thetemporalbymeansofanexample.SupposetheSu n1obeinAries
atlhe l stdegree in thezoncthroughAlexandria;andsupposeZeus to
be at the 2nd degree of Leo, Arcs at the 5th degree. I will do as
follows: The a,;censiona l times of Aries~ 21;40, the ascensional times
of Taurus an: 25. the ascensional times of Gemini are 28:20. the
ascensionaltimcsofCanceraro::31;40.Tbeascensionaltimesofthefour
widia become 106;40. In relation to J,20 times, 13;20 are left over,
which I find al about 11 112 degrees of Leo. For, doubling the 35'
t'.mes. 70 _times _r~ult. An_d by makin~ JI 1r2 times lhese,}
find 8?5
t1mC5, which I d1v1de by s1Jlty, 13;25 times resu lt, ,! connect these with
the !06;40 times . Together, 120:5 ~ ult. Thus, the 11 ]!2th degree of
Lcoisfoundinthewneof Alc.11.andria,producinganisosa: lestriangle
with the fi~t degree of Aries. And we say that Zeus is regarded both
w diacaU y and temporJlly by the Sun, while Ares is regarded :wdiacally
ruo~
Since 21:35 times are left o,·cr in Leo. I add them 10 the second
isosceles triangle as follows: the asceosional times of Leo are 21 ;35, the

'Tbedistinctionbetweem ·asccmional' and 'll:mporaJ' is DO(Clearhere.

[RH [

' Again 'zodiacal' meansupe,::tbysign.n.esenseofthisll:.iseemstobe

thatonlyanaspectbysignisstil!ineffect,i.e.,platical!y. [RH]

'i.e., 1hereisan effectfromthis.'fbegmeralconclusiooappears1obe1har

aspectscanoccurpanilelyootheecl iptic.~bysignonly,ll:mporally,~b)i
a><:eruion. Any combination of the above ha., an effect, although it would Kem
llw.ha ,ingmorclhanoneofthQeineffcctatagiventimeUlmorepowc,rfol.
[RH]

'Again by sign

• 'The as«nsiot111I times of Leo. Alllioclnis u= the Jame values os Paulus

andl'lokmy. lRH]

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asccnsionaltimesofVirgoare38:20,thea.sccnsionaltimesofLibraan::
38;20. Together, lheyare98:15.Again,inrclation to 120 1imes. 21:45
an:lcftuvcr,which l finda1 about J8;37degrcesofScorpio.For,by
doubling th<;: ascension of Scorpio, which is 35 1imes, 70 times result.
And by making 18;37 timc.s these, I find 1,305 times. which I divide by
six1y. 21:45 times resu!1, whic h I OOd to the 98;15 times. Together. 120
times n:sul1. Thus. U!:37 degrees of Scorpio arc found to produce the
second isosceles triangle to I I 112 degr«sofLeointhe zone through
Alexandria
Again,sincc 13;151imesareleftoverfromScorpio,Iaddtolhcse
the third isoscele:i triangle, There arc 13:15 times of Scorpio, 31;40
times of Sagittarius, 28;20 times of Capricorn. 25 times of Aquarius,
21;40timesofPisces. Together.they are ll9;55times,whichproduce
the isoscelcstriangleofthezodiacalcircle. The5[dcgn:cs]leftoverin
relation to the 120 times in the fi~t triani;lc arc igmxcd. And with the
same method you will find the hexagonal and square side.~ which are
called temporal'.

16. Conccming Unconnected iiiidUJ and Those Having Sympathy

for One Another.

2,J/diawllichareunconnectcd ,buthaveasympathyforoneanother.arc
allihccquallyascendingWidia,andthosewhichareequal!ypowerful
and likll....,ngird ing. For example, Aries and P isces, Gemini an d
Capricorn, Cancer and Sagittarius. Virgo and Libra, are equally
ascend ing. Gemini and Cancer. Virgo and Aries, Llbrn and Pisces,

1 Th.is,cction actuallydescribesi11mu11,foaspectsofeuctly thckind1h.at

l'lacidu,ma&:somuchuseofinhisprimarydirtttions.pie,:na1hisdifferent
butlhcer.drcsultisncarly1hesamc.Theprindpledifferenccisthatlhcla1itude
of the aspectingplanets is ignored, ,.-hi<:h is consistent with Greek practice
NC>lice alw lhat the combination of ""te mporal'" (lo use Antiochus· term) and
zodiacalospecaof 1hesam·e t indscemstoix'regardcdasreinforcing1hedfect
of thc~spect.Lateron inpost- Pl oci~anastrology.thesamepr"'1iceisalsoto
l>efound&longwithlheoppositcideathalan inmwulntrincbctw...nbodi.,.
1ha1arezodiacallyin squarcor viccversacausesachan¥eintheeffoctof1bc
zodiacalaspec1. Thi,wouldll0lhaveh.appcncdvcryfrequeotlya11heroore
southerly llllltudcs where the Grrek a,arologcn worked. 111:HJ

,,.
SagittariusandCapricorn,areequallypowerful.TaurustoUbra,Arics
to Scorpio, are tike-engirding. And the proximities of the other
unconnected z(Jidio. [have beenj e ntirely useless for sympathy. This
head ingcontributestotheco-ascc:11sionoftheWidiaaridthcco-rising
ofthcsWll,andtothcfrieodshipandsympathyofmenandwomenand
parentsandbrotht:rsandfriendsandslaves.

17. Coocerniog Sympathetic and Unsympathellc Sq uart!i

TbcWidiawhichhavesympathyforoneanOlherin accordanccwitha
squarcwdiacalsidearethcse:TaurustoAquarius,andl..eotoScorpio
throughequalascension.Again,l..eoroTaurusandScorpiotoAquarius
through equal power. And Gemi ni to Virgo and Sagitwius lo Pisces
through like-engirding. All the other squares happen to be useless for
sympathy. Every square side is constitu ted by 90 degrees. wh ile the
hexagon isconstitutedby60dcgro:s;for,fourtimcs90is360,andsix
time 60 is 360. And the diameter is consti tuted by 180 deg=: for.
twice 180 becomes 360. which are the number of degrees thal the whole
circle ha.~

Ill. Concerning th e Twelfth Parts ol the Stani

lbcancientssetoutthetwelfthpansof1hcdegrecsofthcstars in lhree
ways. Paulus in his Introduction said IO make the degrees which are
equal 10 13 times the degrees of !he stnr, and to depan from the same
Widion. at 30 degrees apiece, and wherever the number should come
down 10 nothing. the twe lfih pan of the star will be in that Widioo. But
Dorotheus says in the I Ith book to [make] the degrees by 12. And
Ptolemy says in the261:hheadingoftlie ls!booktodepartwiththc
degrees at two and a half per .t,idion. By trial I found the method of
Dorolheus to be more in agw:ment with that of Ptolemy. And I appro,·e
moreofthcsemethods--l meanof1hemu ltiplicarionbyl2.andofthat
by !WO and a half. F or thus the two methods leave off a! the same
Widion, a.~ in this eumplc: The Moon liappcned to be at Taurus at the
25th degfCf:. Making twelve time5 these, I found 300 degrees. I depaned
with these from Taurus at 30 degrees apiece. and it left off at 30
degrees of Aquarius for the filling up of the Widio.. Again. I departed
with ihcsc 25 degrees from Taurus at two and a half apiece. It leaves
off in Aquarius forlhc filling upofthez;;idion in respect of two and
a half degrees . But if! make 13 times the 25degrees, the number will
leave offatthe25thdegrccofPisccs.and1hisdifference itselfamounts
to much
The method of twe lfth-parts is a necessary matter for births. I laid
down the effects of them w that no one should treat them incide ntall y.

19. Con«ming t.oidia that Htar and Stt One Anotlwr

The zOidiathat hear and see one another arc compared for exiles and
dangers,forac<:usationsand1idin gsatthesame time,when thc Moon
ishroughthycou nter-passage intorclatio ntothc starof Hermesor the
bendiesatthebcginningofthe!events]thatareeumincdinrelation
to this part' . The z<'Jidia that see one another are these: Gemin i secs
Leo.and Leo secs Gemini. Similarlyalso.those that hearo!leanother
arc these: Scorpio hears Virgo, and Virgo hears Scorp io.And~oon in

""''"
20. Concerning Looking Ahead

Havingsodisi inguishedthese things. the preceding star is saidlO look

aheadl. or bear "-'imess, . to 1hc succeeding star. either by hexagon,
square, triangle,ordiamcter. For.as it is borne alo ng, itdcparu in the
direction of the preced ing SIMS. For, the planets mo"c with a motion
thai i.\ the {)f)J>!Xite of the tllidia. Yet. at the same time they run a
spc:.:ial cour;e and together are carried around it each day and night.

' Thisisncarly identicaltolhc!ienlrnce inChapler9orPaulus'

/111rodwc1oryMa11tr1.

' tpim,mur6. Jt would appear that this ~ert, is syoonymous with ~pit~ort6.
 21.Conc:uningtheHurlln,:ofRays

'Thesocceedingplanetissaidtohurlits rays'attheprcccdingplanet
in, accordance with the aforesaid figures. For. the ray of its fire is
carricdto thcprecedingplanctsas thisplanctgoesin theirdireetion.f-or
eumplc. a plan-ct in Aries looks ahead at a planet in Cancer. AM the
oooinCll!lcerhurls its rays at the one in Aries 2

22. Con«rning Right and Len Sides

Righ1-sidelfiguresarethoseinthepreccdingpartsofthezodiac; left',
the following. For exam ple. Cancer is marking the birth hou r at 30
degrees: Gemini is aright-side he,;agon at the ]st degree; Taurus is a
right-side square at the h t dcgree;Ariesisaright-sidetrianglealthe
1st degree; and the whole hem isphere above the earth. Virgo is a
lef1-sidehexagonatthe30thdegrec;Scorpioisalcft-sidetrianglcat1he
30t h degree; aOO the whole hcmispha-e under the eanh. Right-side
figure~, then, are all those that are in the preceding tjjjdUJ, no matter
whal part of LIie zOidiorr they are in; left-sided figures, those in the
succeedi ng z,Ji,iia

•~i,,u.
2 11,e CQnCCpt of !he: "hurling of rays"' is c.uremely irnportam as we ~ l
see in later weliOO'i. Many or the most imponant statement., about aspcc!ll only
applytoonesthatlitlhtdefinitionof'"hurlingofrQys."[ RH )

' daior. Ofu:nm1nslatedasde~tcr.

'ari,~rru.Literally, "better.' The lcftsidc was cuphemi,1 icallycal ledlhc

"bcucr" side 1o avoid bad luck. "Sinis1er· would therefore oot be the besl
tramlation,bccausei111111acuphemismandhasnegativcconnotations.

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 2.J. Co..«roing the Spur-bearing of the Stars

There is spear-bearing ' whene,·er a particular star, be ing in its own

house ocexalta1ion, hurls its rays' at aslMwhich is in its own house
or exal1ation and which is upon a pivot point. For example, when
Aphrodite is in Libra, and Kronos is in Capricorn, Aphrodite will have
rays hurled at it by Kronn<1 . Or again, when Krooos is in Libra, Afcs
will hurl mys at it from Capricorn; or instead of Kronos. al Aphrodite
Oragain,Zeus fromSagi1tariuswhcn Aphrodite is in Libra.
Or when the stars are lying contrariwise in relation to the
lfOroskopos or the Midheaven. a diurnal planet in a diurnal bin h will
act as spear-bearer, while a nocturnal planet does this fora nocturnal
birth, even if the spcar-bcarc.r as well as the planet being guardc<.I
should happen to he in another' .~ IM:luse oc exaha1ion
Or whenever a light shouh:I be upon a pivol point in the
HUroskopruorthe Midhcavcn,cvcnifastarofthc sec1shou ldhappcn
tobeinanother' s house,itwi ll hurlraysatiheSuninrelationtothe
pre-aS1Xn<ling<legree.a11hi;,Mooninn:lationtothepust-as.."(:nsional
degree. For eumple, when the Moon is upon the HOro:;l<:opos,
Aphrodite will hurl rays from Virgo or from Libra.
Andyctagain,spear-bearingissaid whcncver,withtheSu n orthe
Moon upon a pivot point, a star of the sect should acta.~spear-bearer.

24. ConcemingSpear-bearingoot of Sect

But they act as spear-bearers out of sect, whenever the diurnal planets
shou ld act as spear-bearers to the nocturnal planets, andlhc nocturnal
to the diurnal.

1 Scc Paulus. Chapter, 6 and 14 for hi~ definicMJn of spear-bearing . The

lcrm betesec ms10bequitediffcrentfromthcOJ1CinPaulusaodtl>eonein

Ptole my 's Turabiblo,. Book 111.5. It ,ic,,rns to h.nc am~ general i ignificancc
than mcrelybt,ingana11endan!uponthcSunncthe Moon . [RH]

'Sccscclion l.2\ on 'hurling of rays.' [RH]

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 25. C()D(e m.iQ!': Hannooy

lb: triangu lar and sq uare spear-~rs arc more harmonious: for, the
hexagons act withoutresmii nt.

26. Concerning Position upon the, Tenth Place

There is po,<1ition upon the tenth' and superiori1yl whenever a [star]

lyingi n thetenth placeshould besquaredonthe lefHidc '. Cancerwill
be the H~ro:sh:,pos. The stars in Aries, then, prevail over a star in
Cancer. Another superiori ty is spoken of, whencvu oome star, which is
actuallyinaplaccontheright,shouldlook.ahe.adatastarinalcf1-side
lrianglc,squarc.orhexagon

r,_Conttmlng Affliction •nd P1 .ces in which No Dealings Are

""''
Affliction' isspok.cn of whenever some Slarhas rays hurled 1 al it by
malcfics,oris contained", or comes iobcin application or in contact
with adestro~r. or is opposed, oris ruled byastari ll-~ituatcd in the
places in which no dealings an: made (these arc the sixth from the

'tpidtk(J1tia. Thissecms1nmeanbcinguponthctcn1hplacc.

' lu11Ju,~r1t•iliJ . Li1enl!y.bcing abovcorwpcriorto.

1 tiwn..,,,.,,.Li1erally.wellnamcd----moll1tr cuphcmismforlcfi sidc.

'kaMsiJ.

' Sec = lioo 1.21 on "hurling of nys.· [RHI

• Scesc.:tion 1.41.

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lf6roslwpos, the third, the sewnd, the eigh th, and the twelfth)'.

28. Concerning Places for Haring Dca.lln&5

Theplacesforhavingdt:alingsar,,thefourpiv01points,the2nd lrigon,
and the post•a~ nsions of the H6roslwpos and the M idheaven

29. Concerning Being in its f>Totwr Faer

Be ing in its proper face 1 is s.aid whenever some siar approaches the
Sun or the Moon in j ust the same relation as its house 10 their houses.
west in relation 10 the Sun', east in relation IO the Moon•. For
e,;ample, the Son is in Leo, the Moo n in Cancer, Aphrodite in T aurus.
With the Sun bein¥ in Leo, i i is kno wn that it [Aphrodite) is in its
proper face; for, ii [ the Sun] is in its own house and a masculine
Widion. If Aphrodite was in T aurus. it is likewise in its proper face
when the Moon is in the east and in a feminine Widion

' This i, a more comprehensive definition that ,..e see in modem astrology
in which affliction i• limply a squan:. oropposilion from a malefic. In facl
thcK two aspeci. arc 00! essential lo Antiochus ' definition. Ycl s.ubsequcnl
writingssuggesr1ha1Antiochusdefinition is m11ehclosertow11at1hcancien11
meant by ' affliaion.' [RIIJ

>Th.is i• the dignity 1hat P,olemy used instead of the more common dignity
by "faceM. i.e .. a pl.,,ct' s being in its own dcc:m. lRH ]

1 i,ii,;,pr6sopt6.

• Occident.al of the ~un?

' OrientalofthcMoon?

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 30.ConcernlngPllrticlpation

lbcre is communion' whenever two planets should be present upon one

Widi"" or should border upon it1, whi le it shou ld happen to be the
houseoftheonc, theexaltationoftheother'.

31. ConcerningCou nter-r.csolutlon

There is counter-rewlution' whencve, the diurnal planets have the

placesof thenocturn.aloncsandthenoc1urnal planctstheplaeesof the
diurnalones.Orwhencverstarslyinguponthed'idUlshouldhavegood
dealings, whi le the rulers of the zoidia, nol !laving dealings, shou ld
ac1uallybeinaffliction.

32. Concerning Redprocal Mastership

Stan<arc said tobe masteri; ofea<.:h other' whenever the exaltation of

the one and the house of the other should be thezOidia in which the
stars happen to be'.

1 m~tochi.

'Sf:e=tionl.40

' TncSuninAriesalongwi1hMarsin Aric1 "·ouldt,canexampleofthis.

IRHJ
•,.,,,ana/wi.,

'dupotaialli//Jn

" This woold appcartohe1typcofmixcd rcccp1ionasopposcdtoamutual

=ptionwbereplanellucllangedignitiesofthcsame1ype.[RH]
 33. Concendngtht'Rukr

Astarissaidtobetheru lerwhencveritshouldhavemorerelationships
of rulerslup in some one of the zt,idiu. I mean n,Jalionships of house.
eulta1ion,lrigon,hou ndary,phase,occonfiguration' .

34. Concerning Contact

11,creis contact\ or application in the most proper sense, whenever 1he

fastcrstarapproachestotheslower,ifi1sho11ldnotbemorethan1hree
degreesdistanlfromil.

35.Concernin,: Application

The contact of the Moon is application> whenever it should stay apan

from lhesynodic'degreefocthecourseofadayanda night.

3'i. Cooc:eming lntenention

There isintervention ' whencver a star should hurl itsrays•onto the

1 Thi• 5CClioo cootains an uplici1 ,1a1cmcm tllal rulerstiip and dispositioo

arc detcrmilled t>y Ille combined use of multiple dignities, 001 meuly sign
rulenhipasi,lhegcneral.mo<lcmpractice.Secpagc30,note3. Tllen:isno
evidence that any kind of weighting system was used of the ~ind us«! b)'
Arat»c and RcnAiss.ance European astrologers. Each dignify seems lo be
considettdcqual.[Rll]

1 kolllsis

'sUMpliZ.

• i.e., the degree of the previous new moon. {RHI

' m~scmh,;/isi.<.Litcrally,mthm"'ingbetw,x:n
intermediate degrees of the application ' .

37. Cooce mi ngSurpa.ssing

'Thcre iss urpa.ssing'whcncversomconcof1hcstarsshouldpass bythe

degreeof anothcrstareitherbodilyor byfigure

38. Con«ming the Bond

"lbeMoon issaidtobecarrie,J undcr bornfwhe nevershouldoome 10

be away from the Sun by 15 d egrees. free ing ihc bond is said
whcnever,aftcrpa5singtheSunby,the,Moon shouklbeapartfrom the
Sun by I.he same number of degrees. 'Thc same is also said for the
Whole Moon . Foc, when it is 15 degrees before the Whole Moon. i1
comes to1he bond. But when itstandsapanafterit, it frees 1he bond.

39. Concerning Void-Coursing

There is void -<:nur.\ing• nf the Moon whenever i i is not applyi ng to any

planet, 11otbodilyandnotbyfigurel_

• Nole that the in1e,-.,.cnliun can be only from I pla11cl lhal is in the
sucoeeding,ign,inconmm10morcmudemusagc. [RHJ

1 This is quite si milar tu "prohibition' as used by Sevct11ecn1h Century

English aslrolugers. The maindiffcren<.-. i, lhalonly asp,x:l> from suc,,ccdin~

signsareallowe.d. lRH J

'p,uaJlagi.

' ,lllllksm<>s. Alro see Paulus,ChaiurJ5

' This is our ·void of course Moon.' IRH]

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 40.COMemingJu xtaposition

Then: is jtl)(taposition ' whenever star"S should be within the same

bou ndarics'eilhcrbodilyor byfigurc,orshould border'uponcach
other wi1h respect to the boundaries of the same star".

41. Con« rni ng Conta inme,nt

lbcrc is concainment' whenever two planet$ shou ld have OIi<': mean

1 /tomoroisis. Litcn,lly.tohave1hesameboundary,bordcr upon

'TI,,rcappeartobcthmcformsof jux!ap,:,sitiondescrihed r.erc. ll!efint

is simple enough . It oonsisu oft11,o plantli within lllc: same boundaries (in
modem usag,: ·1erm"). 111c second i1 not so dear. It could be in lOfP"'tod in
eill'ler of 1"'0 wa~. Fim. the ...:ond planet mates an aspect to the fim. =h
tha1 the UIICI degrr.c of the aspect point falls wi!hin the wnc boundaries as the
the first pWIC!. We will call this intcqm:lation. II-A. 1be second int,,rprctation
oould be as follow,. that the $CC011d planet Jie11 within bouodariea with !he same
rulcrasthefirMplanclbutin anothc1 wi,Jionthalhasa~raspcct
rclationship(i.e.opposition.trigon, 1,QUan:01 hc:ugon)toth<::.,,i,lionofthefil'5l
planct. Wc will calllhisilllerprctation ll -8
lbc: third usage. whici111,•c will call lll .simp!y requires that the se,;ond
planctbcinboundaricsruledbylhc samcplanetthalruf«thcboundaricsofthe
fim planet. i.e., the two planets have: the '8me boundary lord. U~ Ill is so
, imiliar to the usage 11-B. that there would seem lo be mlumlancy. For this
reason, your editor fuOR uugc JI .A as the pn;,pc:r interpretation of the !.erond
usagcofju xtapo5ition. Howcvo:-r.yourcditoris 11111..Uccrtainthathciscorrect.
Wchopc thatfuturctranslationswillclarifythc niattcr.{ RHJ

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[i.e., planet! a~"Cording to any figure' whatcvn, with nv other planet
among those in the middle hurling rays withi n 7 degrees ahead or
be hind.

42. Coru:ernlng the Stars in P o wer

Eac h one of the plan,:l, is said to be in powi:.-2 wh,:n,:vcr it should

happen tobein itsown house,exaltation, boundaries. properphasel,
configurat ion•, or in some more vigorous' plaa: of 1he

1 huh" lwiondtpo1e,r:htma.Thislanguage hasconsi1tentlybeen used10

n:fer toaspcctn:lalioruhipoonly.nolanyr.indomangular >eparJlion.lbc:rcfore.

whatwehavchereisasituatiooin wh ichtwoplanctsboth asp,ct athinlbythe
sameaspcct.1UChthatthcthirdisonorncarthemidpoimofthcfirsttv.u. ln
modem usage T-'<juareS, bisscctcd lrincs and grand trincs would qualify as
containmtnts.1bc:so-callcd"'yod"configura1ionv.uuld11<.1tqualifyt>ccausc1he
quir,cunx i, not~mong thcancicm figures or aspects.
Butthen:i,somct hingel.caboo1cootainmcn1asdcfincdherethat makes
it very different fmm any rncxlcm usage. If there i, a founh planet which
a>pectsthethird(i.e.,middle)planetwithacla,sicalaspectorfigt1rc,andtltat
asp«t is wjthin ± 7" ofeucn,c:~and that founh planet is in a sign that
.,w;cu,d,(sees.ectjonl.21on"hurlingofrays·)thcthirdormiddJeplar,etand
lhe fourth pl;,net is within the figure created by~ two outer planets. the cffeci
of oonlllinmenl is canceled or mitigated. Unfonunately we do know at thi, time
whallhecffectofaoontainmenti,suppru,edtobe.{RHI

'cndun,;,....,;

'" Phase" =Hy i, the word hert. The refc~nce would see m m be "prop:r
face" 3$ In section 1.29. However, lhe intcrpr,tation that is mo<1 pmbahle is that
thisdocsootrefertofw:atall.buttothcproper.i.e.oflhecorrectsect.phase
relationship to the Sun. This is not a "-ind.i.n.!recitation ofthefi....:csse,nial
dignities, whclhcr l'tolcmy"s or anyone els(:"s [RH]

• s,uchLmmismo,. !t is ool clear wll.ll lhis means. TI,e use of this word
meaning'ronfiguration"tould~frrtoidiopr6scpe6asinse<;tionl.29orsimply
ar,ykindor~.[RH]

'«~1,,,.ouro,. from ~u,onos. Literally. well-toned or well-strung.

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lwelve-placemcnt 1

43. Cooeeming Chariot.~

l'lancts arc in thei r own' chariots1 when they should be found in their
own house.exaltation.or boundaries. And theyrcjoice atthescplaces
even if they arc fou nd under the beams of the Sun. For, the benefics
augmen1thegood1h ings , and1hcmaleficschangc1obcncfic:s

44. Conaming how the Stars Rejoke

The Siar$ Kronos, Zeus, and Arcs are said to rejoice' when they arc in
theeastandarcbcingconfigured. ButlheMoonandApltroditewhcn
they arc fo the west. Moreover. Kronos, Zeus. and Ares rejoice when
theyarcbeingfi gured in1 hcquadrantfromlhe HOrorkopruuptothc
Midheaven, and from lhe Descendent up to the Subtc rraneous place: But
the Moon and Aphrodite in the alternate quadrants. Hennes rejoices at
bothsectsbe<=ausc ofits beingcommon'
Andduringthedaythcdiurnal planetsrejoicewhen lheyarcabove
theearth,whilethcnoctumalplanctsrejoiccwhcntheyarcbelowlhe
earth.Andagain,during theni ght, the nocturnal planers rejoice when
lheyarcabovethcearth.whilclhcdiumalplancts rejoicewhentheyarc
below the earth

' lampinl.

'ch,,inJ. Notice that the planet rejoices a1. or takes delight in. lllese
s1tuations thc msclves-oo1 thatit rejoiccs whenitis inlhese placcs.

• This makes is quite clear the "occidental' and "oriental" .. used by

f'lolemy arecl06Clyrelatedtnsect. [R!I ]
 4S. Concerning Stars unde r the Bums

Stars arc said to be un&:r the beams' every lime they happen to be
untlcr the beams of the Sun, whether they arc ahead of i! or beh ind it.
One must rccogni:re this from the calcuta1ion of the phase.~.

46. Concern ing the Yurs or the Centers • nd Posl•asl:CIL'ilons • nd

Ded incs

Thc ll1JrruktJposind icatesthefirs1.agc.thcMid hcaventhemiddleage,

theSt!ttingthefinalage,and1hcsubterrancouspivotpoin1dcalhand1hc
goodorbadreputethatarisesaf1er death.Andagai 11.thedodincofthe
rn,,oskoporsignificsthepangsofchildbinhand thethingsbcfallingtbc
mother when the chi ld was in the womb: the Hbrostopos sign ifies the
moments bringing about she bir,h and the times immediately afte r it;
and the post•ascension of the H/Jroslwpm signifie~ the fi nal yeao of the
firstage 1•
ThcdeclineoftheMidheavensignifiesthefintyearsofthemiddle
period,the Midhcaventhe middl eycanofthem iddleperiod , ;md the
post-a.scensionthefinal ycarsofthemidd lepcriod.
Thedcclincof thcse1tingsig11ifiesthefirstyearsoft hefinal
period,thesetti ngitself the rn iddleyearsofthefinal pcriod,andthc
pos t-asce nsionthefinal yearsofthcfinalperi od
Thcdccl ineofthcAnt i-m idheavcnsignifiestheperiodbc:foredcath.
theAn ti-midheaventhedeathitself,aOOthepos1-ascension1hepcriod
af1erdeath
Eachof1hesel2placcsob1ains asi1slotthe5pre-ascended
de11rttsandthe25post-ascend ingdegrces.ifthe!iQuaresshouldoccur
throughninetydegrccs. But if theyshouldoccur wi thdifferentnumhers
ofdeg=,d ividethedcgrccsofthesquarcnumbcr,iequallyintothree
third-paru.and you woo ld know how manydegreeseaehplaceofthe
zodiac has. For example. if the Midhe.a\·en shotlld be 96 degrees disiant
from the HtJroslwpos. the s.cning will be 84 degrees distan t from the

' Note 1hat the period, of time around binh and death ace not evenly
dis11ibu1edaioongstthediffcn:mplaco,i.e., hou=

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Midhcaven, and the subicrraoeous pivot point will be 96 degrees dista11 t
from the setting, and the H Orostopos will be 1W degrees from the
s ubterrdlleou~ p ivot point, From these things you would learn what the
twelve- turn ing' has for the su.cx:eeding [pl aces], by distributing equally
to eac h pla.ce the degrees thaL we in add ition to t ~ of a proper
§(jWITC, begin ni ng the addition from the degmes divi<ling the birth hour
and thc5degreesthathavc pre-asccndwit'.

47. Concerning the SignUleation of the Lots

The Lot of Fortune of tile Moon signifiis everything about me n' s

bodies, and what they do for their livelihood. and reputations, and Lhc
passions of the sou l, and companionship
The Lo! of Spirit of the Sun signifies matters concerning Lhc soul .
cusrom, sovereignty. rank. reputation. and religion.
The Lot o f the Basis of the H oro:1/wpo1 is established as a
contributi ng cause o f life and breath; for the Basis it:.e lf is the giver of
breath of the ff,'jrosli.opos. and signifies bodily matters and sojourn s
abroad.
'The Lot of Nemesis o f Kronos is established as a contributing
cau se of subterranean fates and of everythi ng which is ice-cold, of
demo nstration, impotence, exile, destruction, grief, and quality of de.ath
Thc Lot of Vic tory of Zeu., is ind icative of trust, good expectation.
contest, and association, and furthcnnore,ofpenal1iesan<l rewards

' d&hkmropos. Li<kk:ll and Scull defines tltis as the "f1.1.cd circle of twelve
divisions thrOIJgh "·hich tll< zodiac is suppoicd to revolve." But thi• i• just a
meaning oblained through c:ome~ r. and doe5 not consl!UCI ti\,: word for us in
such a way as to make this i.ense throogh its rool mean;ng. The word literally
means 'twelve-turning.' Perhaps it gencralizestheideaofapivotpoint. where
the: zodiac is undcrMood to ··rum.. around every house wsp. Cf tAiropi in
Paulusp.7!inotc5

' lhisentire sectionisfound almost vcrbatiminPorph yl)l'S/nrroduc,ion

to r~ Tttrabib/1». The question of whether it i~ in fact taken directly from the
Th,;S<UUK> of Anliochus is of some importance; for, ii would indicate ll!at this
sysiemofplaa:, i.e., hooi.edivision (wbi.equmtly .itlributcd to Porphyry) would
gobacl: 1tleasttothesecondc,:n1uryC. E

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 The Lot of Courage of Ares is i11dica1 ive of boldness, treachery,
might,andevcryvillainy
The Lot of Ems of Aphrodite signifies the appetites and voh:mt.ative
desires, and the things that arise in acconl:mce with deliberation: it is
indicative of friendship and mutual favor.
The Lot of Necess ity of Hermes signifies constraints. wars,
enmi ties.condemnations, and all theotherrestrictivethingswhichare
produced in rne n'

41t The Effects of Tt-e fLolS]

When the Sun beholds' the Lot of Divinity, it makes those who are
childleS$. When the Sun obtains the Lot of Injury, it causes hean
damage. When Zeus is regarding the Lot of Divini1y, it makes a native
whoacisasanoracletothcgodsandi n hisdreams, anddivinematters
will be favorable in c,·ery way, even ifllus should square or oppose
it. WhentheruleroftheLotofFortuncisundertherays,itcausesa
violentdeathinacoordancewith1hena1urcofchezoidionoftheLo1of
Fortune. lfit shouldcscapcthcraysoftheSu nalittlc,,·iolcnt deaths
will nO( be the ri:sult, but he will wander and be accused of many
things. But if benefics should look ahead at ii, 1hc deat h will not be
violent,buthewinhavcamediocrefate. Wh cntherulerufForturn:and
of Divinity are under the rays, it willouseviolentdeaths which are
neither good nor base in nature, but al"·ays noble when it is upon a
pivot poin t.
If the Lot of Chi ldren should come down to n,oth ing1 in the house
ofKronos,andamaleficshou ldbeholdthel..01.irwil!destroy the first
chil dnen . AndiftheLotofChildre n should fal l in the houses of Ares,
and a malefic should behold thel..o(, it will destroy those who were

'Forthcmo:stpart,alltheseenuiesarenearlywordfor wordidenticalwich
the COl'TC$ponding s«tion in Paulus p. 48.

'epihlqtJ

' Refcrer,ce 10 the algorithm by which the Lot is calculaled, where 11,c
countingoflhellllmhcrlcavesoffataccr1ainplaceinthczo:iil'IC. q Paulus,
Chapter23

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born in the middle. And if the Loi of Children should fall in the houses
of He nnes, and a malefic should look ahead at it. it will destroy those
who arc horn prematurcly 1•
If the Lot of Divinity should fall in Cap,kom , it will make the
child forbearing and changeable. But if in Aries, Leo. or Scorpio. it will
make him quick-1empercd, obstinate. When the Sun beholds the Lot of
Fortune and its ruler while being under the ray s, it makes those who arc
abject'.
If the ruler of the Lot of the Fa\heT should he found to be opposite
to its own house, where the Lot of the Fath,,r happen., to be, it says thm
mch an, supposititiousJ. When the Loi of Fonune is of the Bad
Divinity• and beholds the Lot. the figure will be bad, especial ly if il
should he under the rays or should be rcganled by malefics.
If the Monn ~hould happe n to be upon the Lot of M arriage. and
0 0 1 should look ahead at the Loi of M arriage by diameter o r square,

it g ives a marriage that is bet w~n kin sfo lk or e ven by brother... If the
ruler of the Loi of Marriage should he fou nd to be setting , ii says that
the marriages happen secretly .
If Kroll05 should be found to be the ruler of 1h,, Lot of Marriage
and should happi;::n to be in the setting pl ace, such a woman will be
conuptcd by an old man. If the Descendent should be found as the
house of Kronos. he whn ha.s done thi s is of the father's or mother's

' mikrotoros. "Prt maturely"is a gucnatthcmcani ng.

' elq,//lu>.t. Or possibly ban ished

' ~upoboll=ios. Thi, word is especially used in reference to situations in

whichanille1,-ilima1c chi!drcpla<ccsa legilimateoneortalcs ontheprnperrolo
of one. The f..nglish word u."'d here has the same meaning. One could possibly
, ubslitutc the phrase ·pos~i hly •(>llriou,· for "su pposititious. ' In other v..ords this
pl;,c,,mcm of the lot of the father indi cates lhat one may be illegitimate. [RHI

' tv..dftl, house. [RH]

' Planet.aryname omittedintut

family,oriseven adi,·inc 1,andsochaoncwil1 not be a stra nger. If
thcrulerofthel.otofMarriagcshouldbeseuing.the manismore
undiMing uishableanddoesthis in §eeret. But also examine the phases
of1hes1ars,whetherorno1theyarcexaltedordepresscd,andthus1e!l
thecorrup1ers.whe1her1heyarcexaltedordepresscdinfortune.JfZeus
shotild be found as the ruler of the Lot of Marriage. and it should be
selling, he who has done this will be from the fam ily2. and will be rich
°'famous. If Aphrodite should be fou nd as the ru ler of the Lot of
Marriage, andshou ld befnundi nt hesenin g pivotpoin t, its ignifie,;that
thishappenedhydcceitandlaught.,,-, JfAres should lookahead[atit],
hc who has dune this has cvme tv judgme nt for his aucmpl.
If ~ Lot of Marriage should happen fO be where Aphrodite is
when Hermes is mark in g 1he binh hour, or it is upon a pi,·ot in a
masculine Z.Oidion. ii will prod11Ce pederasts. If Herm es shou ld look
ahead a, the Loi of Marriage. i1 wi ll cause the same. And if Hennes
~uldhappentobeinama.;culinct,'Jidionwheni ti sregardin g thel.ot.
ii will cause sexual intercou= ,,:ith males. But if Hennes shoold be
found in a feminine z<'iidion while it beholds the Lot of Marriage, he
will have unnatural sexual inrercourse wi1h women
If you should find the ruler of the Lot of Brothers in the
HQrosWpcs , say that such a one is of the same blood. If the ruler of the
Loto fBroihersshouJdfallinabi.corporealz/Jidion ,say that suchaonc
also has other brother.. from another man or from another mo1her. AnJ
as I sec ii, if, for example. the Lot and its ruler should fall in a
feminine zQidion, say that the brother is from another mother. but if in
amasculinez"idio",fromanother father
Jf thel.o1 ofFor1uneshooldfalli namasculincl,Pidiun,i1destroys
the father first: in a femini ne zQidion, the mother. according to
Dorot heus. If Kronos should hurl his rays 1 first upon the Lot of the

'1lviM. ProbHblyno1agu.l,butwmconeullderdivinepRJ1ection,sucha
pnest

'gmru. N01nece<,arilyimmediatefamily,bu1familyin1he broades1scnse

ofone'srelath·es.

1 Sec<ectionl.21 on'hurlingofrays.' jll.H )

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Father either by figu re or by going along side it' it de,;truys the father
first; but bimilarly, if it should regard the Lot of the Mott.a-. it destroys
the mother first. If a malefic should regard the Lot of the Fathu or of
the MOit.a-, ii says that it is the one to be destroyed first.

49. Cooceming the Final and Least Years

Of the Sun, 120 years; onc twelfth being 10 years. Of the Moon. 108;
one twelfth be in g 9. Of Kromis , 57; nnc twelfth heing 4 9112. Of Zeus,
79 ; one twelfth being 6 7/12. O f Arcs. 66 years: one twelfth heing 5
1/2. Of Aphrodi te, 82; one twelfth being 6 lC.V l2. Of Hennes. 76; one
twelfth being 6 1/3.
Of the Sun. 19 years; one twelfth being 19 months. Of 1hc Moon.
25 year.;: one twelfth be ing 2 1112. OfKronos, 30; one twelfth bei!lll 2
1/2. Of Zeus, 12 years: one twelfth being I. Of Ares, 15 years; one
twelfth being 1 J/3_ Of Aphrodite. 8 years; one twelfth being ci,l!ht
month.~. Of Hermes, 20 years; one twel fth being 1 8112.

50. How One Should Learn t~e Add.ilioas of lhe Willia and the
Hounofthc Z-Ones

For example, si nce in the third wne the greatest of its times (that is
from Cancer to Sagittarius) becomes 21 0 years, and the least of its
times (from CapOCQrn to Gemini ) is 150 ycais- if then I shou ld divide
thes,e by 15, whlch are the cquipanite hourly times, the greatest day is
of 14 equipan ite hours, the lea.st of 10 cquipanite hours. We will then
take one sixth of each of the grcat~st and least times. Titc gn:atcst of
the times. 2 10 years, then becomes 35; the least of the m becomes 25
'The remainder then is IO. One third of these is 3 1/3, whi ch is the
variation of each Widion. You will know it in the same fa:.hion for the
otberwnesas..,·etl.

'paronhaJi,. lt i~ no(clearwhetherthis,implymcansconjuoctionflerc
•~mbaJis' is alsousedhyothcr astrologers for an ingre.<.s
'Ill, root
 51. Cooccrning the Gn,a1es1 and Fi11,11J Years or the Recur~nc:es
of the Seven Stars

Kronosmakcsilslongcstrecurrenccthrough265years;Zcusthrough
427 years: Arcs through 2!W years; the Sun through 1461 years;
Aphrodi1ethrough 11 51 years: Hermcs through480years: the Moon
through25years
The cosmic recurrence comes about 1hrough 175 myriads and 3005
years 1,andthenthecnnjunctionofallthcstarsatthe30thdcgrccof
Omcero.- the ]st degree of Leo. and the completion occurs. The deluge
happens upon Cancer, [in part of the cosmos]

52. Conumlng Stars Urn:onneclcd lo the Lights

When the Moon happcnstobcunconnocte<ftotheSun,it produces

separation orinconsuincyoftheparcnts,andmakesthemforeigntoone
another'. When the Moon happens to be unconnected to Kronos,
[•frvm the heritage of good births on the one hand. but a cause of
impcdimentsandafflictionson theother*J. WhentheMoonhappcns to
bcullCOnnecteJIOZcus, itmakesthoscwhoscworkisinvain,whoarc
base, and weaker in their lives, When the Moon happens to b.:
unconnected to An:s, it makes those who are medi<.><:n:, coward ly,
i11active,andhaveanaversionto1heirparcnts. WhentheMoonhappcns
tobcunoonnectedt0Aphroditc,itmakes 1hi::>.se whoaregraceles.~ and
incompetent at marriage and sex ual pleas,ues. When the Moon happens
to be unconnected 10 Hermes, it makes those who arc more impractical
aod more: unintelli ge nt. I say these things for all the figurcs of
li ke..cngirding.cqual lyasccnding.andcquallypowerfulWidia

1 1,753,00!iycarJ

1 wUltd~rru.

' illloph,,lia. ?
 53. E:ff~L~ofthe -Spa,r-hean,noftheSun

When Kronos happens to be spear-bearing, it makes the specious and

deceitful, and that which is conducive to happiness and many
possessionsfromthcfather.Zeusmakcsthejust, kindly,andboastfu l,
andthcbright,thcdornin.atingandveryweahhy,andthceffective.Ares
makcsthemanty,hot,bo ld. reckless.violen1.terrible,[andtheabjcc1 in
the things being accomplished] . Aphrodite makes the famous and
charm ing, well-skilled, swcd, well-married , and effective. Hermes
makesthewell-disposedand reasonableandskilled
But know that ifthosestarswhieh w-espear-bearing for the lights
shouldbedcclining,whenthc lightshappcntobeuponpivotpoints,
they induce those so born to be nothillJI leM than kings and sovereigns.
Butifthelights arebeingguardedbyspear-bean:rswhilethelightsan:
decl ining. neither kings nor sovereigns will arise, but they will be
friends of these pusonagcs. Know that the same is also true for those
starswhichare spear-bearingoutofsecL

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 P11rt II
Serund Set of Excerpts'

I. Concerning the Applicatioos of the Moo n to the Seven

W11nderingStar11 1 ,,.J

WhenthcMoonisoon_joining Kronos,oppositionise ncountcredfor

everythi ng. 'The conj uncti on of the Moon with Kronos is fine for
planting and bloodletting. It indicates imped iments' in things. T hose
who dri nk will not effe..:t purification. loose who arc away from home
will not come back. And there will also be obstacles for those sailing
And when the Moon is makin g a hcugon with it, it is fine for
bui lding. the planting of trees. and the sowing of pulses. And it is
especiallyfavorable forthe buildcrs.
And when the Moon is squaring it. opposition is encountered.
Those who are away from home will be taken prisoner; and those who
arcbuildingw ill notfin ish. bo11he buildingwi ll fall:and1hosewhonre
cngagedinbusincss willhe fincd
AndwhenlhcMoonistriningit,itisfineforbuilding,thcplanting
oftrccs.i ntercoursc,and thcpurchasingof aH ~ofthi ngs
And when the Monn i, making a diameter with it, it indicates
oppressions, instabilities. Builders will nOI finish their building: and
those staning n battle wi ll be defeated: and he who ha.~ married a
women will be qui ck ly divorced.
When the Moon is conjoinin g Zeus. it is good for everyth ing: for
formal demands, social intercourse. and the community of friends. for
buiklings. consu ltations with judges, for bei ng away from home, for
benefice nce. He who commences some affair quickly attains his goal.
ltisfavorablefor selling.buying.marrying,association,andsimptyfor
everythi ng.

1 The numbt:iingi n lhi sse1.tio11hasb«naddcdforrcfcrcnceflllrpoSCSby

thceditor. [RH )

1 This i• • scaion on Kat3JChic Astrology or Elections. lo~ the

appro~imatc modem equivalent. [RI!\

' m,podismlJt. UtcraUy,ha~ingOAC'sf,ctfcttcrcd.

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 And when the Moon is making a hexagon with it, it is good for
investigating everything, producing' everything, consorting with the
great, approaching leaders, judges, philosophers, commellCing walding
preparations, instructions, ans, ac1ivities, contracting for work, and
getting friends.
Aild when thc Moon is squaring it, it is fine for everything: for
giving, for receiving, for marketing, for actions, for being away from
home,forconsultations,forapproachingjudges. Anditisfavoral)le for
makingitemsofdailylife.
And when the Moon is trining it, it is fine for everything: for
giving, receiving, being away from home, consultations, marrying, doing
favors.l>uying,selling.
And when the Moon is malting a diameic:r with it, it is good for
formal demands. the formation of a friendship and association,
companionshipoflnvel~,approachingjw.lgc:s,buildi ngafounda1ion,
attendinga loc:ture,startingchildreninins1ruetion.ltisfavoral>lcfor
approachingphilosophersandthcgrent
WhcnthcMoon is,;,onjoiningAres,opposition is encountered for
everythi ng, and as for him who has wooed or married a women al that
lime, the woman and the man will meet with a violent death by
companions and adu lt~rs. He who has been away from home will be
disabled and will nDl come back: and he who has associated with
someone will be tomed in [to the authorities] by them .
And when the Moon is making a hexagon with it, it will be good
for war, being away £rum home, planting, for hunting, for anything
con.mucted by fire, for bloodletting, forsenling (as in a foreign city),
joining the army, making war.
AndwhentheMoonissquaringit,oppositionisencountered. He
who is away from home will be made to slip, and that which is being
builtwillfallorwillhebumedup. ltisfavorablcforsellingquadropeds
and for drinking purgatives.
And when the Moon is lrining it, it i~ good for miliwy maners and
the outfitting of Wt:apons of wai-. He who carries these remains
invulnerable. It is good for the movements of armies and hearing=~.
for being away from home. improving buildings, and rebuilding.
And when the Moon is making a diameter with ii, it opposes the
bearing of children. If a woman ~hoold conceive ', she will miscarry
But if she should giveb inh,she will quickly die. He who approaches
a judge, will be ll!TeSted. He who marries a "''Oman will be unfaithful.
It is a fining time only forthebuyingofweaponsofwar.
Whenthe Moon isconjoiningthesun.oppositionisencoonteredfor
everything. It is a fining time for couns and struggles, and for
preser,,ingthings underground . There is opposition to getting married
andcontracts.
And when the Moon is making a hexagon with it. it is good for
companiooshipandser,,iccsandthecommencements 2 ofthings.andit
isgoodasPkindofbeginninglforthosewhomakere,quests,and for
going tosea,andforthe buying of weapons.
And when the Moon is squaring it, there is oppositioo for
everything,[especially']forthe1eruingdownofbuildings,andforthe
changing of residence
AndwhcntheMoonistriningit,it isgoodforbeginnings'andfor
making treaties, and for consorting with kings and the great. and for
requesting what you want. and for contracts. and it is a good starting
poim'foral l soruofd«ds.
And when the Moon is making a diam eter with it, it opposes
requests and receipts. He who marries will be contentious in wedlock.
and the woman will be disobediem. Those who go lo sea will be in
danger
When the Moon is conjoining with Aphrodite, i1 is good for

'su/lip/,t/zi i. One would expect an 11cti,..,vcrbhere ins::cadofa passive.but

thcC011te,11sc.,rnstoTCquircoctivevoicc

' archi.

'Well;ivealldedMespecially"'tomakei1clearthatlhe'"opposition"'utends
tolhc,;etwo IIlllttcn;. In othcrwordsi1 i,ootagood time to do these. [RH]

'arch~.

• IJ()<lr(Mtlhm. This word also mc:.,ru'lo offer tile fiM fn.iiu,"

'dedicate'-IQfficihing.
everything, for marrying a!>d foc making erotic requests of women, and
for drinki ng together, and it is most fitting for contracts for both sides.
And when the Moon is maki ng a hexagon with ii, it is good for
purchasing lhingsofallsorts,andforlistening,andbuilding,andthe
planting of trtts and sowing; and it is most good fOI" showing kindnes~
AndwhentheMoon issquari ngit,it isgoodforbuildings,forlhe
hunt,forfeastingandthecompanionshipofftiends,andthelearningof
all sorts of things.especially of the lyric and shaping arts.
And when the Moon is trining it, it is good for commencements in
all sorts of matters, and especially for marriage contracts, and for
marke1ing.a!>dchangingresidence,andplantingandsowing,andfor
congregatingwithfriends.,andforbuyingquadrupeds.
And wben lhe Moon is making a diameter with it. it is good for
beautifying o =lf, and making commencements, and revising
contracts,forrebuildinghomes.andforadornmcnt. llisalwaysfitting
forthosc:wholivein1heschouscs.
When the Moon is conjoining Hennes, it is good for writi ngs, and
the composition of speeches, and the comme ncement of drawings, and
forshtrtingchildrcnininmuction,andheginningthek,gical arts,and
itis qui tcsimply ¥uitab!eforeverythlng.
And when the Moon is making a he~agon with it, it is good for
changingresidcnceandforhousebuilding,forbeingaway frumhou,e,
for congregating with auditors [i.e .. financial). for selling. buying.
makingcoou-acts,andforframingproposals.
And when the Moon is squaring it. ii is good for riding. cliariot
races, sending announcments, [for undertaki ng much in the
government] , for coming into power, for keeping an eye on public
busioess.focadministrating,andforwalkingwilhoutfear
And when the Moon is trining ii, it is good for encoontcrs with
esteem<ffi men and those who know, and for starting children in
instruction. It is suitable for going to sea, for congregating wirh lhe
great, with judges, wilh scholars, for dispatching ambassadors, for
selling,buying,andaccounting.
And when lhe Moon is mak ing a diameter with ii, it is good for
discussions. And lhey are suitable for making a commencement in every
science,foruanscribing' books,andfocbuyingandselling,for
allending to publit. business, for judgin g. andfor sc ndingthingsaway

'orpossiblytranslilling.
to another place.
Whenever 1hc Moon i~ in the combusted zone', from the 20th
degree ofLibr.t to the 15th dcgree of Scorpio, it is nol fitting to set
oncshandwany matter.For, it is not well disposed .but opposition is
always encoun tered
Or. whenever the Moon is in a solid Uiidioo (that is in Taurus, Leo.
Scorpio,Aquarius,butespeciallyinLeo).itis notfiningtoputon new
garments; for, lht: garmcnts willcausc·siclcncss in tllose who put them

It is also necessary. for every commencement of every matter. to

closely observe the firs! andeighthhourofthe third and seventh day,
by means of the malefic stars which are going about and M«oting at
thesehours . l meansArcsand Kronos.AresatthefirsthO<Jrofthethird
day, Kronosatthccighthhourofthe seventh day.

2. Conaming the Hannru.1 l)("grtt:S or the Ziiidia

T heliannfuldegrccsofthcztJidiaare thesc: the !8th.27th.28th degree

of Leo; the 9th, 25th degree of Scorpio; the 1st. 7th, 8th, 18th degree
ofSaginuius; the 6th. 7th, 8th, 10th degree of Taurus; the 9th to the
15th di:grccofCancer; the 18th. 19th degree of Aquarius; the 26th to
the 29th degree of Capricorn. When the Moon is dying1 in these
degrees. it causes injury and sufferin g foT those so born, gl aucoma.
di1;Chargcs,dimsightedness.lcprosy.swcllingsintheneck.scizures. and
paralysis
Andinaddit'ion tothc:sc:thcmaneofl..coatthc27th , 28th degree;
thestingofScorpiofrom the 6th to the lOthdt:gree,amixtureof Ares
ar><l Kronos, and ~ first part !of what?) a mi1uure of Hennes: thc
arrowofSaginariusat thc6th. 7thdcgrcc; 1he Pleiadcsof Taurosa1thc
5th. 6th. 7th degree: the ncbulaofCanl~r from the 10th tu the 15th
dcgrcc;thc cye ofSagittariusalthcl5tl,degree;thcpitchcr ofAquarius
from the !61h to the 19th degree; the ~pike of Capricorn from the 26th

' kd:12umcni ..f;M. lbis is dearly 1he ,-ia combw112.

' ll g6.1lieverbmea.11sloe<:asc.aba1e.1Jfbreakoff. Wehavenot sec nit

u~d b,,fore for the beginning of the New Moon. if ;ndccd that;, what it mearu

"'"
101he29th degrce'.

3. Concel"lllllg Injuries, Baldness, Gout, Madness, L icentiousness,

and other PIIS!iloM'

Leos. Virgos, Scorpios. and Sagiuarians become bald or bald on 1he

forehead. Those who ha,·e the Lot of Fo rtu ne in Sagittarius. Capricorn,
Aquarius,or Piscesbecomegoutyorsubjec11odischarges. Ifit shoold
fall in° •J or in Leo, he may die of gout o r of fluid annoyances.
U the Moon and Krooos should be marking !he birth 0011[, wllile
Hermes is upon a pivot poin t. it makes those who are crazed and
mentally in•. When Kronos and Hermc:s should mark the birth hour,
and whc: n KrOflosshouldbeinthenoon placewhile Hermesissening.
theymakethosewhoarederanged'andmentally ill .
When Ares and Hennes happen to be upon apivotpoint , they make
those who make false IICCusations and those who are perjurer... If the
MoonandKronosshouldregard•eachother, 1hcymakcthosewhoare
sordid and waile rs.

1 Then:i,somedis.crepancy between these degree•and the degree• given

byAnonymous(p.15).

'A,saidi nthetranslator'sprdoce, allthes,,=writtenasplural,in

Grttk:gouu,madncsses. etc. !Additionalb)IRHJ'Passioos·hete mcam'lhiDgs
that o~ 5uffcn.' ool merely ·emotions."

'Thcglyphfor K~isfoundherc inlhemanuscriptinstcadofthc glyph

for aw/dion.i.e .. a sign.

''The distinctionseem,tobe betWttn tOOsewOOg,o into unrontrollablc

rages (crazes) and those who arc mentally darruigN ur incapaciUlled in i;ome

• paroplilrikos. Literally. stricUn sideways. lbe word can mean

hemiplegic,butmetaphoricallyitmeansdcrange,d

• Thete~thastpi1M6rt'6hcre.bulitisirnpcmib!efortwoplanetslolook
aheadateachO!herinthetcchnicalscnse.Seesection l. 20.Wc havc emcndcd
it torlotlirtD.or'rcgard'
 When Hermes is in aversion to the Hliroslwpm ' , an,l makes a
seizure' ofthe Moon, ifa malefic shoul d be looking ahca<l at it , it
makes those who arc smi tten by demons'. When lhc Moon has the
bond of the Whole Moon•. ii makes those whonre possessed and
inspircdbyagod. WhenKronosandAn:s!ieuponthcDivinityorupon
a diameter with it, !hey make those who ha,·c the divine madness' and
arcinccsLasy
Bothfort!lcWholeMoonandfortheconjunction,whcntheruter
oftheLotofDivinityshouldbeoppositctoit,itmake,;thoscwhoare
boastfulandinsoknt.WhenAphnxlitcinCapricom,l'isccs,Sc0<pio,or
Taurus is regarded by Kronos or A1es, it makes those who arc
licentious, "'ho act crazy llmOng women, "''ho arc sofl, and like women.
When the Moon is marking 1he binh hour and Apllroditc is in the
four-footi::<l ioiJiia (Aric.s, Taurus, Leo, Capricorn), they make women
licentious, and make men thieves and foul-doers. When An:s and
Aphroditeareofcqualdcgrees,orwhen1hey:ircn:gartlin1,1orop?'-"'ing
in tropical U,idia and welcome lhe ' "'elvc-pan of each othc,'i, they
makclhoscwhoarcdrunkards,adultcrers,unretuming7 •
[WhenScorpioisdividingthcbirthhoura113,14.22,24.27, 28.
and JO degrees. it makcsthoscwhoarcpassionateandlicentious. An<l

1 Thal is, making none of the cla.s<ical figures, i.e.. :upects, with the

Hr,rwh,p,,, . Cf. f>aulu<.Chap(tr 12.

' Wcdoootsoemtuhavelhis dcfincdforusanywhcreasate,chnicaltcrm .

' It is 1101 clear .,·helher this means poncned by dcnoons ur srniuen by

hea,·en

'lm1 isa full moon inourtennioology. 'The Gn:ck 'full moon· referred 10
a moon that wu nearly, but not uactly, at opposition. Stt Paulu1, O.aplcr 16.
{R H]

'Probablycpi \cpsy.fRH ]

' Murualrcccptiooi s e•idcntlymcant

' Nol cleat. It rould befJC<JPlewhodo not re(Um,orwhodo notn:lum

!hings. [RH)
the same is true ofthedegn:es from 12 to 17 of Taurus]', of Leo from
25 degrees ro30, the 11th and 12th degrees of Capricorn. For all Lhe
degrees it is necessary 10 examine the H/Jrosk-Opos and the Descendent
and Aphrodite and the Moon, lhel.otofFortuneandofEros. And the
so ft places are the final degrees of Aries, Leo, and Sagittari us. Those
who tiave had their binh hours so marked in these degrees become
sofl-bodiedandpracticeunnarnralvices

4. Coocemin~ the Star Going About and Utt Out E,c«utiog

The investigation of the aforementioned is thus: lbosc born during lhe

1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th hours while Kronos' is going about are ignoble.
liabletoinjuryandviolentdeath.lbosebomduringthelst,4th, 10th,
11th hourswhileZ.Cusl i!igoingabout will be leaders,held in esteem,
groceful, agrc.eablc . lhose born during the ht, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th hours
whileAres•isgoingaboutwill bebi liou!i, high-spirited, hot-blooded,
skillfu l.'Thosebomduring the l st,2nd.3rd,6th,8thhourswhilethe
Sun' isgoingabout will be bright, held in esteem, friends to the great,
loved by the gods. TI>ose born during the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th
hours while Aphrodite• is going about will be practical, charming.
agreeable. Those born during the 1st. 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th hours while
Hcnnes 1 is goi ng about will be effective, erudite, intel!ectual. active.

'111cbmckefedportioooontain•""'"rallacunae,andwehaveconjecturally
restored it by comparison with p. 12 of Anooymous.

'Saturday. [RH ]

1 Thursday. [Rill

'Tuesday. [RH]

'Sunday. [RH J

' Friday. jRHJ

'Wednesday. [RH]
TIIOSC born during the ls!. 3rd. 5th, 8th, 9th. !Olh huur5 while the:
Moon ' isgoi ngaboutwillbcoommandersappointedfor grcat things.
th,,,.ewho lcad,n:storersof thepoople.Similarlya lso,forthcnoctumal
hours. [ftherulerofthe hours of executing should occupy the region
of the: Evi l Divinity', it makes 1hose who are devoured by wi1d beasts.
And if Kruno:S should be exec uting while the Moon is opposi te, ii
mahsthosewhohaveseiz:uresandare possessed byagodl.

S.ParticularsConcerningtbeMoon

When the: Moon occupies the same degree as Kronos or Aries in

Seorpin. Pisces.orCanca.i tcauseslcprosy. The Moon with Kronos
and Are.~ in the latter degrees of the z{ju//a makes those who arc lame.
lbc Moon in aversion• to the HOrosh:!p<>s makes the natives
simple-minded and out of their mind~. The Moon upon a diame1er and
bei ng a Whole Moon makes those who are abject and unhappy. Tl>e
Moonand1heSunin the6th oc 12thdcgree.withKronosandAresand
Hennesbcing upona pi vo1poin1.beingapartfromZ.Cus andAphrodite,
make dog-menl or those who ar\" devoured by dogs. 11tc Mooo and
Aphroditctogethcrmakethoscwho havedisc harges,thosewhoaresoft,
and those who have intercourse for mischief. The Moon and Hermes
be ing di ametricall y opposed make despoilers. liars , those who arc
greedy. When the Moon diametricall y oppoSCJ; [ilS own ruler] . it makes

'Monday. [RHJ

' lnanat;ilchart.[Rlll

' Presum ably. all the Mll.lrs mentioned in this section are seasonal hours.
obtainedbydividingtheentirepcriodofdaylight(ornight)inlol...: lve cqual
p,uts.sothat idiumalhooroflhewin1tri,shortL-rthanadiumalllourof1he

• That ii., making none of the classical figures, i.e.• asp,:ru, wi1 h lhe
116rosb>(H)S. Cf P~ulus. Chapter 12

' The lexicon. ~y~ that lhi$ i~ a malad)' in which ~ man imagines him.self
to DC~ '10g

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fugitives. wandcn:rs. emigrants. When the Moon is one-third less lhan
fu ll'andhasrnys hurledat itbymalefics, it causesand is conjunctive
of affliction~

6. Concerning the DecaM thal C■ iu;e Lkenliou.'11K'S!l

When Aphrodite occurs in lhe Isl decan of Aries. it makes those who
are lioentious, passionate, and those who are mad for men. When
Aphrodite is in the 2nd decan of Gemini, it makes those who are
lecherous, shameful. and lewd in relation to se:<ual matters. In the 1st
dccan of Leo. it makes those who are erotic. ill-married. In the 3rd
decan ir makes aduhen:rs. those •••ho are rapers of women, those who
arcmadeunfortunate bywomen. lnihefirstdccanofLlbra.itmakes
those who are licentious, and mad in !heir desires. In the 1.stdccanof
Scorpio, it causes mischief from foul-doing women. In lhe 3rd dccan of
Sagittarius, it causes misfortune through women. and he will be
shamefu l. In the 1st decan of Capricorn. it makes those who are
liccn tious,foul-docrs,arKlthoscwhopcrformunnaturalacts. Jnthe2nd
dccan, it makes adulterers. sodomites. In the 3rd decan of Aqu.oius, it
makes those who arc sordid. In the 3rd decan of Pi sces, it makes
aduhen:rsand those who are mad forse.\ual intercourse.
The Sun in the 3rd dccan of Aries makes th,use who arc soft and
licentious.also when itisin the 1st, 2nd,a nd 3rddecansofLlhra, and
in the lstdccanofScorpio, and in the lstand2nddecansofPisces
The Moon in the 3rd <lccan of Aries makes those who are soft and
liccntiousandpassionate.alsoin!he3rddccanofLco,andthc Isl
decan of Pisces, and the 3rd decan of Capriwm, and the 3rd decan of
Libra.and the 3rddccanufAquarius. lf1herulerof1he Moon by
fixing' shouldhappcntobeina,·ersiontoit.andtherulerofthe
HiJrorkopos should be in aver.;ion to it, he who is born is neither a man
noc a beast. but a certai n in<lis1inguishable monster. If the malcfics
AAOoldlookahc:adatthepiv111points,thatwhichisbomwillbeoncof
the deified animals. for uample, a dog or a cal When the benefics
shouldlookaheadat thepiv111points.w hile1hebeneficsare inaversion ,

' lntrinetotheSun?fRHl

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1ha1 which is bom will be some wild animal.
Kronosinthe)rddccanofAries,inthe3rddccanofLibra,andthe
1stand3rddccansofCapricommnkes thosewhoare!icen tious. Also,
Zcus in1he3rddccan ofAries, thelstarxlJrd<lecansufLibra,andthe
1st and 3rd decans of Capricorn. Also, Arcs in ti"" 1st dccan of Aries
arxl in the lstdecanufCapricom.AndtheHOmslwposin the3rddccan
of Aries, Lhe 2nd and 3rd dccans of Libra , arxl the 1st de(:an of
Capricorn makes those who are licentious and live luxuriously
When the Lot of Fonun.e and the Lot of Di vinity anti their ruler:;
occur in a licentious zOidion', they make those who arc soft and
licentious. "The licentious Widia are Aries, Taurus. Leo, Capricorn,
Piscesinpart,andLi bra. Aplvoditcinamasculine{Qidirm,andinthe
hour or boundaries of Hennes, makes those who arc licentious
Aphrodite upon a pivOI point and in a femin ine tiiidion, when it is
regarded by An,s, rouses desire with a love-charm, and makes those
whoareagreeable, espec iallyinthe evening

7. ConccrningtheO. lends'

If the cale nds should happen on the Isl day 3, the winter will be
advamageous: 1he spring wet, fenile: the summer. dry; the fall.
moderate. £'alls frum quadrupeds, loss of newborns. minimal bla,ts of
wind.
If the calends should happen on the 2nd day, the winter will be
advantageous, great rains alld hail: the summer. windy; the fall. wet.
early and n:ady seeds, many fires, many animal s. abundance uf bees and
winged creatures.
lfon 1he3rdday. the winter will be snowy. fine air, wn:ckageof

'Cfscccioo l.S. Leodoc•nolaccuronlhatli51.

' The day upon ,.t,_ich the feasts were dtcl:iml. [Additional by RH) At~
bc~inning nfeacll lunar month (thcda.yoflhc c~enlng fint a ~ of the
Moon)lhe!.Cheduleof5ignificante,·entswupublictyproc!aimcd. 'Calend'or
'K;l)end' origin;,!ly hu tu do with proclamation, but in this conlrn it simply
means the 'fin:! of the munlh' and the additional ocnse of new moon.

' Prc5llmably Surlday. Sec nc~t note.

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most ]ships], much sickness, violcn! death; the spri ng, wet: the summer,
finc;thcfall ,dry,dcstructionoffcmalcs.
lfonthc4thday,thcwint.-istcmpcrate, fruiltrecsaregrafted ;thc
spring, wet; the sum mer, dry, the destruction of newborns.
lfonthefifthday,thcscason isburdensomc ;thcsu mmer.finc;thc
fall, wet, muchgrain,andthedestructionofthcheadsofstate
lfon the sixthday.thcwinterisscvcrc.alittledisturbingrhu~;
thc spring, wet. snowy and with hail, much grain, trouble with the eyes,
mortaliiyofi nfants.
If nn the "3bbal h 1, the season wi ll be much affected [i .e.,
disturbed}; the spring, cold; the su mmer, wet, a few winds, edible fruits
o nthc trees; thewaningseason,dry,destructionofanimals,thcrushing
of riversandsu-camsfrommuchrain'.

8. Conce rning the 7 Waodering Stars in Summary

Kronos is said to rule over temporal matters, fluidity, and cooling.

When it is well-figured, it benefits those who are being born, and ii
apponions out increase to them . When it is ill-figured, it induces
mishaps. l t isca.l ledPhainon
Zeus is said to rulcovermagnificenceandrcpotationand dignity
It is called Phaethon.
Arcsisthccoloroffire,andi t ru lesovcr thcbloodinus, andthe
procrcativcappc1 i1e,a ndisacau~of angeranddcsircandcourage. lt
isca\lcd Puroc is.
1lieS1.mrulcsovcrbrcathandsoul andmO(ion.
Hermes. in as much as when it is applying to the Sun it sees more
rarcly,rulcsoverpracticalwisdomandspcechandundcrstandingand

'/4.prcviousrcfcrcnccoo pagc 44.indicatesthatthcday,ofthcweekarc

115 wc wouldupcct,Surdaya.l , Monday • 2."fl>esdaya.}Clc. llicrcforc.the
fact Illa! the sabbath falb on the sc•emh day (Saturday), and that the ICrm
".sabbath' i, e,en used. raisci some intercsi:ing questions. Has lhi, pass~ been
edi\CdbysorncoocintluencedhyJudaism1 1slhit pa.s!.agCaninterpolation7Wu
Antiochus Jewish? We ha, e no way of knowing. [Rlll

'In this 5CU>Qn some of the season, are oot mc:n1ioncd for some oflhe
days. This is the ca.se in the original teXL {RH]
thelike.ltiscallcdStilbon
Aphrodite.whenitislyingbesidetheSun.havingmagnitOOC.rulcs
over comeliness and purity and affecti°" and erotic love. It is called
Phosplloros
The Moon, which is nearer to the eanh, admitting the effluences of
tl>e stars abov e it, and adminiMcring to the region around the ewth.
rulesovcrtheen1irchumanbody. ltmakes7phaseswiththeSun
That the planeis. as the stars in the belt of the zodiac which are
beingcarriedinahelical ' manner,arecarriedandmake4figures.1st.
when they are descending from the uppermost segment lof the helix ' ],
theyaresaidtodepresstheirheight.2 nd.uptothelov.-ermostsegmcnt ,
when indeed they are said to depress their depw;sion. 3rd, when they
an: ascending from the luwmnost segment uf the depression to the
middlc.whe n theyaresaidto!Meigh1cntheirdepression.4th.whenthey
are ascend ing from !he middle 10 the uppermost segme nt. when they are
!Mlidtoheightentheirheight
OJ>C must know that the Moon, when it is running up the helix.
passes1hrough ll degrees in one day . Ru1wheni1isrunningclownthe
helix, it passes through 14 degrecs in the same interval '. Whence, it is
said to make two cscapc:5 from bondage : the one, whe never it begins to
be depressed from the highe~t [point] . which are seen to be difficult am]
unc-.:rtain figures forabirth:theother. when ii isgoingupthrough1hc

1 lbisi snC11a1ypographieal errorfo.- tclii,cal. 'The word "helix " •~pears

later in this~n1eoce.Sce 1hcne,tnole.[ RHI

•·n,c"hcfa""probablyariscsinthcfollowing manne r. lllebasicrOlating

motion is the diurnal rotation. As eoch planet moves up and down in
ded1\l"tion. it make.I a fiiw: llefa. i.e.. one with the indisidual passe~ ,,:ry d Ollie
l~hcT. 8askallythis whole5Cdioncanberegardedasa description uf
motionindeclinationandits fourpha>cs.lbene~t=tiononiht molionofthc
Sun with the same terminology make.1 it clur 1ha1 this i• what An1 iochus
muns.1lw:m01/onof thcplanetsismoch~complulhanlha10flheSun.
[RH]

' Ac't~allylhechangeo[specduflhcMoon has little to do with its change

ofdec!ina1iooe•ccptwhcntheperigecuflhe Mooniscorrcc!lyph.s!>Cdwi1h ii.
oodes. (R H]
middle',and thcn isa diffi cultt ime;foc, thisistheeclipsingplace. For,
when it comes to be in 1his place and is making a Whole Moon, lhc
passion ' ofthecclipscappcarstopcrsist in relation to our aspect'

9.Canonoftht:4Windsandtlte 24Step!i

For, there is a quadrant for each wind. or 3 WWill, so that there become
two steps per W idion. A step has IS degrees. Twice IS is 30; behold,
30 degnes an: found for each Widio,,. Then, the Suo goes up in the
northfromAricsuntilthebcginningofCanccr;throughoutthisitissaid
tohcightenitshcight.lt come.sdowninthenorthfrornCanceruptothc
beginningofLibra;throughoutthisitissaidtobcdcprcssitsheight,
sinccfromthehighcstpoint ii bcginstobedcprcsscd. ltgoesdo wnin
the south from Libra until Capricorn; throughout thi s it is said to
depress it~ depression. And it goes up in the south from Capricorn to
Aries; throughout this it is said to heighten its depression, since it
begins to be heightened from the lowest point. It is clearly so in our
inhabited world. but let it he conceived to be the reverse in the opposite
region'.

'almost certainly the ecliptic. This pusagc refers to~ Moon passing
thn.,ughit,nodcs.(RHJ

'pa1/oru.

'opsis. Wedonotmean a11rologicala,;~heu. b11tone'•oountcnanceor

"""" ' Th roughoutthi,entircparagraph.thewonls 'heighten" and'depress'are

the same as the technical as.trulogical terms ·exalt" and "depress.· It is tempting
10 think that - have, hcrc wme clue as 10 the nature of the ualtation positions
of1hcdiffCl'Clllplancts,but-cansttnoconnectiona1thislime.
 Appendix -TransJationConventMlns

Tltefollowingwordsconsiste111ly1ransla1e1h.eindicatedGrcek word.

rulcr.rulcr.;hip:oikodespotts.oiWespoteia
rulcr:kurios
master, mastership: dcspolis. dcspoleia
-lord:•fru/Or(asinhora1okra16r.lordofboundaries)
-steward: -dekt1'r(asinoikndekMr. steward of the house)

WWion: z<'Jidion (Sec General Note in Paulus Aleundrinus.)

place: topos (Sec General Note in Pau lus Alcxandrinus.)

scct:hairuis
boundaries; horia
facc:prosiipo11
1rigon:1rigii,w11,i.e triplicity.
housc:oikos
dwelling:oikmh
exaltation: hupsUmu
depression: tapeinlJma

figurc:schimu
tofigure:schlmatiW
toconflgure:suschi!mati.1'
to come to the attentionof( by application.etc): hupodedeiktoi

tocontemplate:lhe1're1'
to regard: epithe1're0
to scrutinize: lwtopteuO
to testify or bear witness to: cp jmurtu ro

All four of the above words appear to refer to aspect relationships. 1ne
wordsthearWand lw1up1cu6rcfrr toaspec1s in either direction, i.e. ,
into preceding and succeeding signs. However, lwtapUUQ seems to ha,·e
anegativeovenone suggestingthatitreferspanicularlytodifficult
aspects. The word rpitheoret} is limited to aspects into the sucettdi ng
signsbut,!i kelheore/J, canrefertobothdifficultandgoodaspccts.

"
lwroskopos: hlJroslwpos
to marl: the birth -hour. lwroskofll!IJ
lo divide the hour. HOronomclJ Sec the Genend Note to the
Aoonymoos.
midhcavcn: mesoura,r.,mia
to culminate:: mesourwu:IJ

pivot:Untron
pre-asccnsion:procuwphora
post-ascension: cpanophoro
deeli ne:apoklima

risc:anate/lo
set:dunrli
co-rise: paronmclllJ See ('..enerol Note in the Anonymous.
ascend,(ofnodes):an,,,bibur.O
descend , (of nodes): katabibo.:.6
contact:kvllisis
application:suMplrt
separation: apporoia

cin:umambula1ioo:f11!ripa1ns

dcgree:,nqiro(See Genera l Notein Paulu.sAleundrinus. )

m,;,,w,nqiria:monomniria(See !he sections in Paulus Alexandrinuson
lfWl'IOlfWiria.)

crisis: lclimakUr

totakedelightin, rejoice:chairlJ.)
10 llavedea li ngs wi1h: chrlmo.1iz,,

Such dealings evidently include 1111y or all of the administrative or

governing functions (i .e., dispositioM) performed by the planetary ruler.
master, lordor steward.Possiblythcplanet'sroleasspearbearer,and
any configuration itenter-sinto.

illustration:hu~igma

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A somewhat irregular wurtl for 'eumplc', that has just a trace of 's ign'
or' token:

image: eikll,i

Another irregular word for CJ<ample that may have the sense of a
visualiu1ion .

occupaney: Epod,i Sec the G~itera l Note in the Anonymous

und~r bor>d: s11.,idtsmos.

Li1crally, that which ties together. E~idcntly a more general kind of

c(Klncctionlhanconjunetion(1IUIOdos). Scc Paulus,Chap1er3.S.

commencement: W.1archi
begi nning:orch i

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