Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos: Table of Contents

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	BOOK I
CHAP.		PAGE
I.	PROEM	1
II.	KNOWLEDGE MAY BE ACQUIRED BY ASTRONOMY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT	2
III.	THAT PRESCIENCE IS USEFUL	8
IV.	THE INFLUENCES OF THE PLANETARY ORBS	13
V.	BENEFICS AND MALEFICS	14
VI.	MASCULINE AND FEMININE	14
VII.	DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL	15
VIII.	THE INFLUENCE OF POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE SUN	16
IX.	THE INFLUENCE OF THE FIXED STARS	16
X.	CONSTELLATIONS NORTH OF THE ZODIAC	19
XI.	CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC	20
XII.	THE ANNUAL SEASONS	21
XIII.	THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOUR ANGLES	21
XIV.	TROPICAL, EQUINOCTIAL, FIXED, AND BICORPOREAL SIGNS	23
XV.	MASCULINE AND FEMININE SIGNS	23
XVI.	MUTUAL CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SIGNS	24
XVII.	SIGNS COMMANDING AND OBEYING	26
XVIII.	SIGNS BEHOLDING EACH OTHER, AND OF EQUAL POWER	26
XIX.	SIGNS INCONJUNCT	27
XX.	HOUSES OF THE PLANETS	28
XXI.	THE TRIPLICITIES	29
XXII.	EXALTATIONS	31
XXIII.	THE DISPOSITION OF THE TERMS	32
XXIV.	THE TERMS (ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY)	35
XXV.	THE PLACES AND DEGREES OF EVERY PLANET	36
XXVI.	FACES, CHARIOTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ATTRIBUTES OF THE PLANETS	37
XXVII.	APPLICATION, SEPARATION, AND OTHER FACULTIES	38
	BOOK II
I.	GENERAL DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT	40
II.	PECULIARITIES OBSERVABLE THROUGHOUT EVERY ENTIRE CLIMATE	41
III.	THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE TRIPLICITIES AND THE PLANETS	43
IV.	THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE FIXED STARS	52
V.	MODE OF PARTICULAR PREDICTION IN ECLIPSES	52
VI.	THE REGIONS OR COUNTRIES TO BE CONSIDERED AS LIABLE TO BE COMPREHENDED IN THE EVENT	53
VII.	THE TIME AND PERIOD OF THE EVENT	54
VIII.	THE GENUS, CLASS, OR KIND, LIABLE TO BE AFFECTED	55
IX.	THE QUALITY AND NATURE OF THE EFFECT	58
X.	COLOURS IN ECLIPSES, COMETS, AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA	62
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XI.	THE NEW MOON OF THE YEAR	63
XII.	THE PARTICULAR NATURES OF THE SIGNS BY WHICH THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE PRODUCED	64
XIII.	MODE OF CONSIDERATION FOR PARTICULAR CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE	66
XIV.	THE SIGNIFICATION OF METEORS	68
	BOOK III
I.	PROEM	71
II.	THE CONCEPTION, AND THE PARTURITION, OR BIRTH; BY WHICH LATTER EVENT THE ANIMAL QUITS THE WOMB, AND ASSUMES ANOTHER STATE OF EXISTENCE	72
III.	THE DEGREE ASCENDING	74
IV.	DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF NATIVITIES	75
V.	THE PARENTS	77
VI.	BROTHERS AND SISTERS	81
VII.	MALE OR FEMALE	82
VIII.	TWINS	83
IX.	MONSTROUS OR DEFECTIVE BIRTHS	85
X.	CHILDREN NOT REARED	86
XI.	THE DURATION OF LIFE	88
XII.	THE PROROGATORY PLACES	88
XIII.	THE NUMBER OF PROROGATORS, AND ALSO THE PART OF FORTUNE	89
XIV.	NUMBER OF THE MODES OF PROROGATION	91
XV.	EXEMPLIFICATION	96
XVI.	THE FORM AND TEMPERAMENT OF THE BODY	100
XVII.	THE HURTS, INJURIES, AND DISEASES OF THE BODY	106
XVIII.	THE QUALITY OF THE MIND	107
XIX.	THE DISEASES OF THE MIND	114
	BOOK IV
I.	PROEM	117
II.	THE FORTUNE OF WEALTH	117
III.	THE FORTUNE OF RANK	118
IV.	THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT	120
V.	MARRIAGE	124
VI.	CHILDREN	128
VII.	FRIENDS AND ENEMIES	130
VIII.	TRAVELLING	132
IX.	THE KIND OF DEATH	134
X.	THE PERIODICAL DIVISIONS OF TIME	137
NO.	APPENDIX
I.	ALMAGEST, BOOK VIII, CHAP. 4	144
II.	EXTRACT FROM THE ALMAGEST, BOOK II, CHAP. 9	147
	TABLE OF LATITUDES, FROM THE ALMAGEST	151
	EXTRACT FROM THE TABLE OF ASCENSIONS, IN THE ALMAGEST	152
III.	PTOLEMY'S CENTILOQUY	153
IV.	THE ZODIACAL PLANISPHERE, AND PLATE	161

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