hellenistic astrology
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The length of life problem: why ancient astrologers could not agree
Ptolemy, Valens, Firmicus, Paulus, and later Persian and Arabic astrologers preserved competing methods for the Hyleg, Alcocoden, and length of life. This source-based history shows the surviving sources preserve no single standard procedure.
Aug 12, 202628 min read
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The handing over of the year: profections and the Hellenistic time lords
The year-lord doctrine in Dorotheus and Valens, what the word profection actually means, and how annual profections anchor zodiacal releasing, firdaria, and the other Hellenistic time lords.
Jun 24, 202618 min read
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From seven to five hundred: the 2,000 year transmission of the Arabic Lots
How seven Hellenistic formulas became five hundred. Trace the Arabic Lots from Valens and the lost Panaretus through Abu Ma'shar, Al-Biruni, and Bonatti to the modern Hellenistic revival.
Apr 4, 202625 min read
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