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Author : Nicholas Campion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210556507
This first volume comprehensively charts the origins and development of Western astrology from 30,000 BCE up to the 5th century. >
Author : Nicholas Campion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441199744
Author : Nicholas Campion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441107497
Astrology is a major feature of contemporary popular culture. Recent research indicates that 99% of adults in the modern west know their birth sign. In the modern west astrology thrives as part of our culture despite being a pre-Christian, pre-scientific world-view. Medieval and Renaissance Europe marked the high water mark for astrology. It was a subject of high theological speculation, was used to advise kings and popes, and to arrange any activity from the beginning of battles to the most auspicious time to have one's hair cut. Nicholas Campion examines the foundation of modern astrology in the medieval and Renaissance worlds. Spanning the period between the collapse of classical astrology in the fifth century and the rise of popular astrology on the web in the twentieth, Campion challenges the historical convention that astrology flourished only between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. Concluding with a discussion of astrology's popularity and appeal in the twenty-first century, Campion asks whether it should be seen as an integral part of modernity or as an element of the post-modern world.
Author : Nicholas Campion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1847252249
Astrology is a major feature of contemporary popular culture. Recent research indicates that 99% of adults in the modern west know their birth sign. In the modern west astrology thrives as part of our culture despite being a pre-Christian, pre-scientific world-view. Medieval and Renaissance Europe marked the high water mark for astrology. It was a subject of high theological speculation, was used to advise kings and popes, and to arrange any activity from the beginning of battles to the most auspicious time to have one's hair cut. Nicholas Campion examines the foundation of modern astrology in the medieval and Renaissance worlds. Spanning the period between the collapse of classical astrology in the fifth century and the rise of popular astrology on the web in the twentieth, Campion challenges the historical convention that astrology flourished only between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. Concluding with a discussion of astrology's popularity and appeal in the twenty-first century, Campion asks whether it should be seen as an integral part of modernity or as an element of the post-modern world.
Author : William Burns
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031404863
This book gathers contributions on the topic of astrology in the West during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from 1914–2022. It is the first collection exclusively devoted to a period that has been mostly neglected by historians of astrology, who have mostly devoted themselves to the ancient, medieval and early modern periods. Uninterested in vindicating or debunking astrology, contributors consider its cultural impact, its relation to historical events, and the ways in which it has changed in the last century. The broad range of subjects on modern Europe and the US include the relation of astrology with indigenous thought, interwar Polish astrology, and the relation of American astrologers to COVID. A bibliography of studies of modern astrology on a global basis is also included. This collection is a thoughtful contribution to the history of astrology and the sociology of belief as well as carrying significant implications for twentieth and twenty-first century history broadly.
Author : Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004306219
In her wide-ranging study The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology, Dorian Greenbaum explores the daimon and astrology’s connections to fate, mythology, philosophy; Greek, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Gnostic and Mithraic religion; the doctrine of lots and allotment; concepts of fortune, love and necessity.
Author : Sue Merlyn Farebrother
Publisher : Random House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781448175765
Have you ever wondered what astrology is about, or whether there is more to astrology than the popular sun-sign columns in the media? Are you fascinated by the idea of being able to interpret your own or other people's personal horoscopes? If so, this is the book for you. Accessible, entertaining and informative, Astrology Decoded explains, step by step, how astrology works, when to use it and ways to take it further. In this fascinating guide, expert astrologer Sue Merlyn Farebrother offers a practical and comprehensive course that will take you through the colourful ingredients that make up a birth chart, from the 12 zodiac signs to subtle astrological combinations and aspects, and the ways in which these express themselves through a person's character. Whether you are a beginner or have some knowledge of this fascinating subject, Astrology Decoded will deepen your understanding, and show you how to use astrology to enchance your life and the lives of others. Discover how the heavenly bodies really do influence us all and, in the process, learn more about yourself and those you care about...
Author : Nicola Smuts-Allsop
Publisher : The Wessex Astrologer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781910531273
Despite incredible and previously undreamed-of advances in modern medicine, for many women the issue of infertility remains a heart-breaking reality. Using a combination of traditional and modern astrological techniques, the author has delved deeply into the charts of hundreds of infertile women, and in many cases has unravelled what might be at the root of the problem. Sometimes it's a matter of location or timing, or it could be psychological issues in the relationship that are causing the block; whatever the reason, the author works closely with the couple - and often the medical profession - to produce results that are frequently positive where there has been no hope before. Although this is an advanced textbook for astrologers, the human element of the case histories is nothing short of inspiring, and from that perspective can be enjoyed by readers with no knowledge of astrology.
Author : Derek Parker,Julia Parker
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780284729
Derek and Julia Parker are two of the most famous and best-selling names in the field of astrology: their Compleat Astrologer introduced thousands to the subject. With this new encyclopedia, they have produced a must-have tool for the professional, student, and amateur astrologer. The Parkers’ work encompasses everything from the entire history of astrology to its terms and techniques. There’s plenty in here for everyone: fascinating facts and anecdotes, biographies of top astrologers, textbook definitions of such phrases as trine aspect, and answers to such questions as: Are Scorpios REALLY sex mad?
Author : Glen M. Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351935029
This volume presents the first edition of the Arabic translation, by Hunayn ibn Ishaq, of Galen's Critical Days (De diebus decretoriis), together with the first translation of the text into a modern language. The substantial introduction contextualizes the treatise within the Greek and Arabic traditions. Galen's Critical Days was a founding text of astrological medicine. In febrile illnesses, the critical days are the days on which an especially severe pattern of symptoms, a crisis, was likely to occur. The crisis was thought to expel the disease-producing substances from the body. If its precise timing were known, the physician could prepare the patient so that the crisis would be most beneficial. After identifying the critical days based on empirical data and showing how to use them in therapy, Galen explains the critical days via the moon's influence. In the historical introduction Glen Cooper discusses the translation of the Critical Days in Arabic, and adumbrates its possible significance in the intellectual debates and political rivalries among the 9th-century Baghdad elite. It is argued that Galen originally composed the Critical Days both to confound the Skeptics of his own day and to refute a purely mathematical, rationalist approach to science. These features made the text useful in the rivalries between Baghdad scholars. Al-Kindi (d.c. 866) famously propounded a mathematical approach to science akin to the latter. The scholar-bureaucrat responsible for funding this translation, Muhammad ibn Musa (d. 873), al-Kindi's nemesis, may have found the treatise useful in refuting that approach. The commentary and notes to the facing page translation address issues of translation, as well as important concepts.
Author : Roger Beck
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470775370
A Brief History of Ancient Astrology explores the theory and practice of astrology from Babylon to Ancient Greece and Rome and its cultural and political impact on ancient societies. Discusses the union between early astrology and astronomy, in contrast to the modern dichotomy between science and superstition. Explains the ancient understanding of the zodiac and its twelve signs, the seven planets, and the fixed circle of 'places' against which the signs and planets revolve. Demonstrates how to construct and interpret a horoscope in the ancient manner, using original ancient horoscopes and handbooks. Considers the relevance of ancient astrology today.
Author : Anne-Marie Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Astrology and politics
ISBN : 9780197599648
"Celestial Inclinations: A Life of Augustus provides a new perspective on the life and career of the first Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.-A.D. 14) and presents the case that Augustus used his knowledge of the celestial sphere in various ways to confirm for himself and convey to others that the heavens supported his activities on earth and his inevitable greatness. The book is based on fresh assessments of relevant ancient historical, literary, astronomical, astrological, and artistic sources for the years prior to and during the life of Augustus. The book combines these sources with astronomical sky maps and astrological diagrams to offer fresh interpretations of critical events in the life of Augustus at a time when the celestial sphere had come to play an important cultural and political role. Topics include the identification of the celestial object that appeared at the ludi in honor of Caesar in 44 B.C.; the Battle of Actium; the iconography of the Tellus Relief Panel on the Ara Pacis Augustae; the Ludi Saeculares; Augustus' major building projects in Rome; and Augustus' interactions with major figures of the period such as Cicero, Caesar, Agrippa, and Antonius"--
Author : Priscilla Costello
Publisher : Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780892546312
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this book offers fresh and exciting insights into the ever-popular works of the world’s greatest playwright. It specifically highlights Shakespeare’s use of the archetypal language of astrological symbolism in both obvious and subtle ways. Such references would have been commonly known in Shakespeare’s time, but their deeper significance is lost to modern-day playgoers and readers. The first half of the book describes the Elizabethan worldview and how the seven known planets were considered an integral part of the cosmos and instrumental in shaping human character. The second half of the book examines six of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays in the light of astrological symbolism, showing how they are entirely keyed to a specific zodiacal sign and its associated (or ruling) planet. The chosen plays are A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, The Tempest, and King Lear. Each chapter incorporates information and examples from astrological tradition, classical and Renaissance philosophy, Greek and Roman mythology, esoteric wisdom, modern psychology (especially that of C. G. Jung), and great literature. Thoroughly researched and well-illustrated, this book illuminates the plays from a fresh perspective that will deepen and profoundly transform how we understand them.
Author : Mary English
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780990668
Serious, responsible, stoic. Does this describe the Capricorn in your life? Are you at a loss to know how to enjoy happiness with your Capricorn? Do you want to know how to Cheer One Up or help one that is Feeling Down? This insider information will gently guide you through the process of easily making a chart using free on-line resources, so you will know what type of Capricorn they are, and real-life strategies to Cheer One Up. Drawing on her extensive client files and using real life examples, Mary English guides you in learning How To Cheer Up A Capricorn.
Author : Mary English
Publisher : Dodona Books
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781782791003
Good at conversation, full of ideas and loving change...does this describe the Gemini in your life? Do you know, however, how important being listened to is for them? Would you like to understand this double-bodied sign? This insider information offers you relevant information on how to use an astrological birth chart to make the best of the Gemini in your life. Find out the three most important parts of an Astrological birth chart, to identify your Gemini’s strengths. Using useful tips, suggestions, flower essences and real-life examples from her private practice in the UK, Mary English guides you in learning How to Listen to a Gemini.
