Bonatti on Elections


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Bonatti on Elections is a reprint excerpted from the first and only complete translation of Guido Bonatti's medieval astrological masterpiece, The Book of Astronomy.




Bonatti on Mundane Astrology


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Bonatti on Elections is a reprint excerpted from the first and only complete translation of Guido Bonatti's medieval astrological masterpiece, The Book of Astronomy. It is essential for astrologers doing mundane astrology.




Bonatti on Basic Astrology


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Bonatti on Basic Astrology is a reprint excerpted from the first and only complete translation of Guido Bonatti's medieval astrological masterpiece, The Book of Astronomy. It is essential for students of traditional astrology.




Choices and Inceptions


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Choosing auspicious times to act was an important branch of traditional astrology. Choices & Inceptions is the largest modern-language collection of traditional works in electional astrology to date. Translated from the medieval Latin by Dr. Benjamin Dykes, this volume contains instructions on lunar mansions, several types of planetary hours, and three of the most important traditional works on "complete" elections: Sahl's On Elections, al-'Imrani's The Book of Choices, and al-Rijal's The Book of the Skilled VII. With a lengthy Introduction that analyzes various ethical and philosophical issues in elections, it is essential for contemporary astrologers.




The Book of Astronomy


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The Introduction to the Science of the Judgments of the Stars


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Sahl lived in the first half of the 9th century. His five short treatises, Introduction to Astrology, The 50 Precepts, Judgments of Questions, Elections, and The Book of Times, appear to be the principal medieval source of rules for Horary Astrology and Elections. They constitute a corpus of detailed instruction for these two branches of Astrology. James Herschel Holden, the translator, is Research Director of the American Federation of Astrologers and is especially interested in early astrological works.




Bonatti on Lots


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Bonatti on Lots is a reprint excerpted from the first and only complete translation of Guido Bonatti's medieval astrological masterpiece, The Book of Astronomy.




Works of Sahl & Masha'allah


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Sahl bin Bishr (Zahel) and Masha'allah were two of the most influential medieval astrologers from the Arabic period. This essential work in medieval astrology translates 16 of their works, most for the first time, and includes many charts and lengthy introductory remarks and explanations by the translator.




Bonatti on Horary


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This classic text of traditional astrology from the renowned medieval astrologer Guido Bonatti is invaluable for modern students, and is the only complete English translation.




An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France


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This book offers an internalist view on the history of astrology by studying the case of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France. It addresses his methods of work, his process of learning, and his practice.




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