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Tetrabiblos for the 21st Century : Ptolemy's Bible of Astrology, Simplified by Claudius Ptolemy (2023, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherAmerican Federation of Astrologers, Incorporated

ISBN-100866906851

ISBN-139780866906852

eBay Product ID (ePID)16061606213

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Book TitleTetrabiblos for the 21st Century : Ptolemy's Bibles of Astrology, Simplified

Number of Pages116 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAstrology / Horoscopes

Publication Year2023

GenreBody, Mind & Spirit

AuthorClaudius Ptolemy

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight7.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.5 in

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SynopsisPtolemy's ancient all-in-one astrology manual, Tetrabiblos because it has "four books" or sections, . Astrologers have long called it "the bible of astrology." Claudius Ptolemy of Egypt wrote the book late in his life, which was about 150 years after Christ, compiling and organizing what his ancient world knew about predictive astrology--an art and science that might have been lost to us except that handwritten copies of Tetrabiblos survived in Greek, Arabic, and Latin, because even when astrology was forbidden there were always those who against the rules could appreciate it. Ptolemy was an astronomer and astrologer when those disciplines were one. From his many other books we know he was above all a scientist and mathematician who believed in logic and order, and he saw--he proved--the mathematical basis of planetary motion Tetrabiblos combines science and art to explain how stars and planets yield meaning. This book laid the foundation for Western astrology as it is practiced today. Scholars who can read the original Greek admire Ptolemy as a mathematician and scientist, yet agree that he was not a good writer. In fact Tetrabiblos was such difficult reading that by the ninth century C.E. another writer had paraphrased the book to make it more readable. Preserved in an Arabic manuscript, this "Paraphrase of Proclus" is the oldest surviving version of Tetrabiblos. Compared with the full text, it cuts corners and contains inaccuracies. This new translation is the full text, adapted from the two most recent English translations, published in 1822 and 1940., The author fulfilled her mission to bring Ptolemy's wisdom to a wider audience. It is user-friendly, making the knowledge easy to access and usable for the 21st century astrologer, All of the information and techniques can be incorporated when doing a contemporary chart reading.