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Tetrabiblos

by Ptolemy

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  1. 1Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos or Quadripartite Being Four Books of the Infl…
  2. 2Advertisement
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Book the First
  5. 5Chapter II — Knowledge May Be Acquired by Astronomy to a Certain Ex…
  6. 6Chapter III — That Prescience Is Useful
  7. 7Chapter IV — The Influences of the Planetary Orbs
  8. 8Chapter V — Benefics and Malefics
  9. 9Chapter VI — Masculine and Feminine
  10. 10Chapter VII — Diurnal and Nocturnal
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Influence of Position With Regard to the Sun
  12. 12Chapter IX — The Influence of the Fixed Stars
  13. 13Chapter X — Constellations North of the Zodiac
  14. 14Chapter XI — Constellations South of the Zodiac
  15. 15Chapter XII — The Annual Seasons
  16. 16Chapter XIII — The Influence of the Four Angles
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Tropical, Equinoctial, Fixed, and Bicorporeal Signs
  18. 18Chapter XV — Masculine and Feminine Signs
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Mutual Configurations of the Signs
  20. 20Chapter XVII — Signs Commanding and Obeying
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — Signs Beholding Each Other, and of Equal Power
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Signs Inconjunct
  23. 23Chapter XX — Houses of the Planets
  24. 24Chapter XXI — The Triplicities
  25. 25Chapter XXII — Exaltations
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — The Disposition of the Terms
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — The Terms According to Ptolemy
  28. 28Chapter XXV — The Places and Degrees of Every Planet
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Faces, Chariots, and Other Similar — Attributes of t…
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — Application, Separation, and Other Faculties
  31. 31Book the Second
  32. 32Chapter II — Peculiarities Observable Throughout — Every Entire Cli…
  33. 33Chapter III — The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth With the…
  34. 34Chapter IV — The Familiarity of the Regions of the Earth With the F…
  35. 35Chapter V — Mode of Particular Prediction in Eclipses
  36. 36Chapter VI — The Regions or Countries to Be Considered as Liable to…
  37. 37Chapter VII — The Time and Period of the Event
  38. 38Chapter VIII — The Genus, Class, or Kind, Liable to Be Affected
  39. 39Chapter IX — The Quality and Nature of the Effect
  40. 40Chapter X — Colours in Eclipses; Comets, and Similar Phenomena
  41. 41Chapter XI — The New Moon of the Year
  42. 42Chapter XII — The Particular Natures of the Signs by Which the Diff…
  43. 43Chapter XIII — Mode of Consideration for Particular — Constitutions…
  44. 44Chapter XIV — The Signification of Meteors
  45. 45Book the Third
  46. 46Chapter II — The Conception and the Parturition, or Birth; by Which…
  47. 47Chapter III — The Degree Ascending
  48. 48Chapter IV — Distribution of the Doctrine of Nativities
  49. 49Chapter V — The Parents
  50. 50Chapter VI — Brothers and Sisters
  51. 51Chapter VII — Male or Female
  52. 52Chapter VIII — Twins
  53. 53Chapter IX — Monstrous or Defective Births
  54. 54Chapter X — Children Not Reared
  55. 55Chapter XI — The Duration of Life
  56. 56Chapter XII — The Prorogatory Places
  57. 57Chapter XIII — The Number of Prorogators, and Also the Part of Fortune
  58. 58Chapter XIV — Number of the Modes of Prorogation
  59. 59Chapter XV — Exemplification
  60. 60Chapter XVI — The Form and Temperament of the Body
  61. 61Chapter XVII — The Hurts, Injuries, and Diseases of the Body
  62. 62Chapter XVIII — The Quality of the Mind
  63. 63Chapter XIX — The Diseases of the Mind
  64. 64Book the Fourth
  65. 65Chapter II — The Fortune of Wealth
  66. 66Chapter III — The Fortune of Rank
  67. 67Chapter IV — The Quality of Employment
  68. 68Chapter V — Marriage
  69. 69Chapter VI — Children
  70. 70Chapter VII — Friends and Enemies
  71. 71Chapter VIII — Travelling
  72. 72Chapter IX — The Kind of Death
  73. 73Chapter X — The Periodical Divisions of Time
  74. 74Appendix
  75. 75No. II — Almagest; Book II. — Extract From Chap. IX
  76. 76No. III — The Centiloquy, or Hundred Aphorisms of Claudius Ptolemy;…
  77. 77No. IV — The Zodiacal Planisphere

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