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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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