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Akkadian

adannu 355, 356
Agru 11
ammatu 149
āšipu 273, 353
asû 353
bārû 353
bēru 42, 43, 45, 47, 149
Enzu 475
Eriqqu 475
ḫarrān dSin 476
ḫarrānu 473, 476
ilū mušītim 475
immeru 11
ina tāmartišu 481
kakkabu 473
kakkabū minâti 477
kalû 273
lumāšu 477, 572
mukallimtu 481
nanmurtu 161n3
nindanu 43, 48
qaqqaru 48, 482
Qaštu 475
rikis girri Enūma Anu Enlil 481
Šarru 240
simanu 485
Šitadallu 240, 475
Šukūdu 507
šumma 479
tarbaṣu 476
tithi 43, 44, 148, 150
ṭupṥarru 273
ubānu 149, 477
zibbāti 513
ziqpu 44, 45, 282
AN 473
DANNA see bēru
DINGIR 473
IGI.DU8.A.ME ša 30 480
KASKAL 476
KÙŠ 477, see ammatu
MUL 473
MUL.BAN see Qaštu
MUL.GIŠ.MAR.GÍD.DA see Eriqqu
MUL.GU4.AN.NA 11
MUL.KAK.SI.SÁ see Šukūdu
MUL.LU 11
MUL.LUGAL see Šarru
MUL.LÚ.ḪUN.GÁ 11
MUL.SIPA.ZI.AN.NA see Šitadallu
MUL.SUḪUR.MÁŠ 11
MUL.UR.GU.LA 11
MUL.ÙZ see Enzu
SI-MAN 485
ŠU.SI see ubānu
UD.DA.KAM see adannu
42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 149, 477n2

Coptic

ⲁϩⲉϥ 523
ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲉⲗⲏⲥⲙⲁ 565, 566
ⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲥ 564
ⲙⲉⲣⲟⲥ 566
ⲟⲓⲕⲟⲥ 564
ⲥⲧⲟⲓⲭⲉⲓⲁ 564
ϩⲱⲗ 523

Demotic

ỉb 515
ỉr ꜢbꜢ 161
ꜥ.wy 450, 469, 509, 519
pꜢ(!) siw Ꜥnḫ 163
rꜥ.t 519
rꜥ.t šy 519
ḫꜤ 161
swšp 422, 461, 513, 513n4, 515, 516, 518, 524
šy 519, 525
špšy.t 517, 525
grḥ-mtr 521
tnỉ.t 517, 519, 525
twr 422, 461, 513, 515, 524
μοιρολογοϲ 521
χρονοκρατωρ 521–523, see Chronocrator

Egyptian

Ꜣbd 262
ı̓b 469
jḫmw-wrd 267
jḫmw-sk 267
ỉm.ỉ-wnw.t 413, see ὡροϲκόποϲ
wnwn.w 424
prỉ 161
prt 264, 265
prt Spdt 264, 265
psḏntjw 261–263
Msḫ.tỉw 419, see Big Dipper
mspr 262
Msḫtjw 270
Nwt 523, 524
Ḥtr 523, 524
sẖꜢ mč̣Ꜣ.t nčr 413, see ἱερογραμματεύϲ
Sꜣḥ 267, 419
Spṭ.t 418
špšy.wt (špsy.wt) 422
špšy.t 422
tnı̓t 469
ḎꜢt Mwt 270

Greek

ἀ‹ε›ιπόλοϲ 564
Αἰγοκέρωϲ 11
αἷμα 359
ἄλλοτε 82
ἀναβιβάζων 466
ἀναγένεϲιϲ 561
ἀνάγκη 552, 601, see Necessity
ἄνϑρωποϲ 585
ἀνωμαλία 83
ἀνωμάλωϲ 82
ἀπόκλιμα 516
ἀποτέληϲμα 565, 566
ἁρμονία 564
ἀρχή 73, 77, 82, 584
ἀϲτήρ 384
ἀϲτρολογία 81, 83
ἀϲτρολόγοϲ 298, 310, 389
ἄϲτρον 384
βάθοϲ 103
βηματιϲτήϲ 234
γένοϲ
γενεθλιακόν 300
καθολικόν 300
γῆϲ περίοδοϲ 232
δαίμων 406
δάκτυλοϲ see Akk. ubānu
δημιουργόϲ 585
διάγραμμα 232
διοικηταί 585, see Administrators
δύϲιϲ 460
δωδεκάτροποϲ 422, see dodecatropos
δωδεκάωροϲ 415, see zodiacal band
Ἐγγόναϲιν see Hercules
εἶδοϲ 74, 85, 86
εἰκαϲία 86
εἱμαρμένη 551, 552, 561, 566, 585, 586, 599–601, see Fate
ἔμψυχοϲ 164
εὐϑεῖα γραμμή 55
ϑεόϲ 85, 96
ϑεώρημα 85
ἰατρομαϑηματική 418
ἱερογραμματεύϲ 413, see Eg. sẖꜢ mč̣Ꜣ.t nčr
καιρόϲ 355, 358
καταβιβάζων 466
κατάκλιϲιϲ 351
κατάληψιϲ 86
καταρχή 448, 450
κέντρον 469, 515
κιϑαρίϲτηϲ 612
κίνηϲιϲ 74
κλῆροϲ 461, 517, 519, 564
κλίμα 311
κοϲμοκράτωρ 564
κόϲμοϲ 77, 403, 405, 564
Κριόϲ 11
λόγοϲ 583–585, see logos
μάϑημα 73
μαϑηματική 74, 567
μαϑηματικόϲ 389
μαϑηματικόϲ -ή -όν 85, 86
μέϑοδοϲ 237
μέροϲ 566
μεϲουράνημα 460
μοῖρα 552
Μουϲεῖον 300
μουϲικόϲ 612
νοῦϲ 581, see Consciousness and Intellect
νυχϑήμερον 521
ὁδόϲ 82, 86
οἰκοδεϲπότηϲ 464
οἶκοϲ 417, 463, 564, see houses
οἰκουμένη 233
ὅρια 464
οὐρανόϲ 403, 405
παϑή 554
πάϑημα 554
παλιγγενεϲία 561
περιεργία 306
περιέχον 402
πῆχυϲ see Akk. ammatu
πίναξ 232
πλανάω 559, 561
πλάτοϲ 108
πνεῦμα 584, see pneuma
ποιότηϲ 351
προαίρεϲιϲ 551
πρόνοια 553, 561, 601, see Providence
ϲημεῖον 88
ϲκιοϑήριον 236
ϲκοπέω 444
ϲκοπόϲ 444
ϲτοιχεῖον 351, 555, 564
ϲύνοδοϲ 64
ϲφαιροποιία 340
τεκμῆριον 88
τέχνη 552, 557
τὸ διότι 77
τὸ ὅτι 77
τόποϲ 450, 457, 461, 509
τρίγωνον 463
ὕλη 74
ὑπάρχω 93
ὑπόγειον 461
ὑπόϑεϲιϲ 72, 78, 82, 83, 90, 94, 95, 112
ὑπόκειμαι 93
ὕψοϲ 103
ὑψώμα 417, 463, see exaltations
φανταϲία 89
φιλοϲοφία 85
φλέγμα 359
φυϲική 74–78, 81, 83, 92, 607
φυϲικόϲ 76, 77
φυϲιολογία 81
χολή 359
χρονοκράτωρ see Chronocrator
μέλαινα 359
χυμοί 351, 359
ὥρα 444
ὡρολόγιον 314
ὡρονόμοι 461
ὡροϲκόποϲ 288, 298, 314, 413, 444, 447, see Eg. ỉm.ỉ-wnw.t

Mandaean

baṣran sira 578
batia 577
dēvs 577
maluaša 572
Simat-Hiia 578
Yawar-Ziwa 578

General

Abū MaꜤshar
De rev. nat. 471
Great Conjunctions, The 406
Abydos 265, 268
Acts 17:28 384
Adad 475
administrators 584–588
Administrators see planets
aether 78, 609, 611, 613
agrimensor 230
Aï Khanum 328, 335, 336, 338
air 608, 614
Akkadian 432, 434
Aldebaran 267
Alexandria 192, 193, 204, 216, 337–339
algorithms 135–137, 139–143, 145
alidade 222, 226
Almanacs 435, 436, 483
content 276
derivation 276, 277
name 273
Normal-Star 273, 277, 477
content 276
derivation 277
use 274
altitudo 106
Amarna 603
An see Anu
anachronism 383, 386
analemma 329, 338n23
anaphoric clock 45
androgyny 580, 586, 587
angels 539
Ram’el 539n1
Uriel 544
angular distance 289
anomaly
lunar 343, 348
solar 287, 289
anonymity 312
Antikythera 340
Antikythera Mechanism 31, 33, 34, 38, 51, 71, 193
Anu 473, 474
Anubio
Carm. 461
Anunītu 476
Apollo 336, 612, see Sun
Apollo Grannus 372
Aquila 30
Ara Pacis 402
Arabic translation 491, 495
Aramaic 434
dialects 572
Aratus 26
Against Praxiphanes 385
Dios. 241
images of 397
Phaen. 11, 235, 241, 383–388, 390, 391, 393–397
content 384
as textbook 396
popularity 384, 385, 388, 389, 391, 396, 397
archons 554, 559, 565, 567
argument of latitude 108
argument
fifth undemonstrated 610
Aries 11
Aristarchus, De mag. 390
[Aristotle]
De mundo 96
date 96
Aristotle
on medicine 351, 357, 364
armilla
meridional 247, 250, 255
accuracy 254
armillary sphere 27, 31
zodiacal 238, 250, 252, 253
Arrow 475
Artemis 612
Ascendant 288, see cardines
ascendens 444
Asclepius 364, 379
Asclepius 583, 588, 595, 598, 600, 601
Aspar maluašia 489, 574
aspect
trine 319
astral
divination 478, 479, 481, 539n1, 540, 548
piety 400
Astrolabe 191
astrolabe see armillary sphere/zodiacal and meteoroscope
planar 250
astrolabium 315
astrolabon 216, see armillary sphere/zodiacal and meteoroscope
astrologer see Chaldeans
astrologers 300–318, 320, 351, 365, 368, 371, 372, 374, 376, 377, 379, 380, see doctor-astrologers
associations of
clients of 307, 311–314, 493, 500, 501, 505
Imperial
social distribution 500
status
consultations 495, 497, 500, 505
expulsion of 302, 306, 307
gender of 309
Greek 398, 401
handbooks by 297, 299, 301, 310, 312–314, 316, 317
influence of 304
instruments see tables/with ashes
meeting places 310
oath of secrecy 311
payment 318
proper names 310
pseudonyms 310
reputation 304
resources of see Almanacs
Roman 406
royal 315, 316
astrology 284, 398, 401, 427, 433, 436, 437, 483, 484, 487, 489, 575, 614–618
Babylonian 483, 488
catarchic 304, 305, 309, 317, 355, 448, 449, 454, 511, 514
decumbiture 448, 449
elections 448
interrogations 448, 449
Chaldean 616
conception 377
condemnation 494
Demotic 452, 456, 460, 461
events 447–449
general 448, 454
genethlialogical 403, 511, 521, 523
Gnostic Mandaean 489
horoscopic 397, 434, 583, 597
rise of 602
Indian 488
medical 482, see medicine/astrological
diagnosis 351, 380
prognosis 353, 361, 364, 368, 371, 380
natal 448, 454
political 406
prohibition 306
rejection of 530, 534
Roman 445, 447, 455
synastry in 458
its truth 506
zodiacal 417, 422, 427, 430, 437, 437n17
astrometeorology 308
astronomers 235, 236, 238, 239
Babylonian 426, 428, 431, 433, 435–437
name
Demotic 424
nonprofessional 388
professional 388
astronomical argument 76, 77
Astronomical Enoch 542, 544
astronomical instruments 246, 257, 258
astronomy
ancient
definition 1
Arabic 216
for Aristotle 74, 82
practiced 93
taught 93
Babylonian 4, 5, 54, 71, 78, 90
mathematical 42, 43, 46, 50, 52, 135, 137, 145, 146, 427, 428, 430, 433–438
contextualization 1
Egyptian 5
empiricism 190, 191, 196–199, 201, 203–205, 207, 210, 212, 217
as status symbol 396
Hellenistic 4, 5, 54
contextualization 5
defined 6
Greco-Roman 4, 5, 78, 93, 94
contested 4
issues 284, 285, 293
periodization 3
historiography 2
procedure 82
Athribis 524
augures 303
auguria
impetrativa 308
oblativa 308
Autolycus
De ort. 150
De sphaera 150
A-frame see libella and libra
Babylon 426–430, 434–437, 439
baptism 561, 567, 569, 571
rebirth 558
salvation 558
battle
of Actium 402
Big Dipper 270, 414, 419, 420, see Wagon
bilingualism 518
Bird 267
birth-notes 521
Book of Gates 525
Book of Jubilees
2.2 539n1
Book of Luminaries 544
Book of the Laws 560
Book of Watchers 539n1
Borsippa 427, 428
Bow 475
brontologia
definition 540
Brontologion 540, 542
4Q318 542
Bull of Anu 11
Bull of Heaven (Taurus) 476, see constellations/zodiacal
cadastral plans 233, 234
calendars
Alexandrian 42, 324
Babylonian 41, 42, 174
schematic 175, 540, 541
Corinthian 33, 345
Egyptian 32, 34, 35, 41, 286, 342, 343, 347
civil 261, 263
Epirote 33
Greek 32, 33, 349
lunisolar 345
Hebrew 530
Julian 42, 324, 328
lunar 531
4Q208–209 544, 547
mishmarot 536
seasonal 29, 33
solar 531, 533, 578
zodiacal 539n1, 540, 542
360-day 540–542
epoch 542
calendrical cycles 285, 286
Callippic 286
Egyptian 286
Metonic 33, 286, 345–347, 349
Calliope 393
Cancer see constellations/zodiacal
Canis maior see Bow and Sirius
Cannae-argument 502
Capella 267
Capricorn 11, 398
cardines 317, 460–462, 469, 470, 517
Ascendant 298, 315, 317, 372, 374, 377, 378, 460, 467, 469, 470, 509, 518, 519, 523–525
Descendant 317, 374, 460, 470
Lower Midheaven (Underground) 374, 457, 460, 461, 467, 469, 470
Midheaven 374, 457, 460, 467, 469, 470
Judgment of Osiris 525
Lower 317
Upper 317
names
Egyptian 515
Greek 515
cartographer 233, 237
cartography see geography/astronomical
astronomical 237–239
cause 615, 617, 618
celestial
bodies
shape 607–610
sizes 607–610
divination see divination/astral
globe see celestial/sphere
globes 234, 235, 242, 243
matter 625, 626
motion 620, 624–626
omens 472, 473, 475, 478–481, 483
Egyptian 487
sphere 9–12, 14–16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31, 38, 243, 323, 401, 608, 611
axis of 384
oblique 20
parallel 20
poles
northern 390
right 20
Chaldaei 298, 303
Chaldeans 152, 154, 157, 208, 309, 437, 439
name 488
chance 611
charlatans 302
chorobates 221, 226
chorography see geography/descriptive
Chronicle of Prince Osorkon 161, 447
Chronocrator 422, 464, 471
circadian rhythm 326, 334
circles
celestial 384
day-circles 64
deferent 290
eccentric 290
epicyclic 290
equinoctial 15, 17, 57
great 10, 11, 15, 16, 20
homocentric 290
horizon 58
parallel 14–16, 18
reference 57
tropical 15, 16
northern 15
southern 15
zodiacal 57
clans
Babylonian 428–433, 436, 438, 439
Classical Sky Picture 413, 416, 424
[Clement]
Hom. 569
Recog. 569, 570
Cleomedes, Cael.
1.7 610
Cleopatra’s Needle 337
clepsydra 31, 268
climata 233, 235
defined 237
CMa α 418, see Sirius
Coffin Texts 445–447
collegia 302
colophons 426, 428, 430, 431
comet 301, 384
as sign 407
compass 221, 228
computational system 136
conditional statement 616
conflagration 610, 613, 614
coniectores 303
conjunction 64, see Moon/syzygy
Consciousness 583, 585, 594n21
conspiratio 401
constellations 9, 11–13, 15, 234, 384, 389, 444, 461, 617
Babylonian 461
circumpolar 475
Draco 319
extrazodiacal 317
Hercules 319
in medicine 354
Lyra 354
mapping 24, 25
name
Latin 234
Ophiuchus/Serpentarius 319
zodiacal 412, 414, 421
Babylonian 191
Cancer 573n2
Greek 191, 327
Leo 11, 30
name
Mandaean 572
Ptolemy 242, 243
Scorpio 319
Virgo 31
contemplatio caeli 591, 599, 603
contemplation 624, 627, 630
coordinate systems 243, 253
conversion 57
equinoctial
latitude 16, 22
longitude 16, 22
horizon 288
altitude 16, 18, 20
azimuth 18
zodiacal 243
declination 17
right ascension 17
Coptic language
Old 521, 523
cord 221, 223, 225
Cornutus, Theol. 612
Corona 30
correlative thinking 402
cosmic consensus 405
cosmic sympathy 401
cosmos 401–403, 609–614, 618, see κόϲμοϲ, οὐρανόϲ and mundus
center of 390
rationality 400
cosmotheism 602
Crab 476, see constellations/zodiacal/Cancer
crank-mechanism see hypotheses/lunar/ Ptolemy’s/second
crimen laesae maiestatis 306, 307
critical days 351, 355, 361, 364–366, 374, 376
fortieth 377
fourteenth 362
seventh 377
third 377
Crook (Auriga) 476
Crown of Sah 267
cubit (ammatu) 46, 47, 49, 50, 148–150, 477
large 46n14
culmination 44
cycles
19-year 41, 175, 181, 184, 186
Great Year 384, 613
Cyranides 378
dactylic hexameter 386
Daemon 518
Agathos 519, 525
Evil 516
dates
double 261
day-curves 337, 338n23
day
division 286
hours
equinoctial 286
seasonal 286
watches 286
epoch 285
intercalary 42
Dead Sea Scrolls 529, 531, 535, 539, 544, 548, 550
Aramaic Astronomical Book of Enoch 544
Debilities 464
decans 151, 314, 412, 414, 418, 419, 422, 425, 445, 447, 461, 595, 600, 601, see stars/decanal
astrological 461, 462, 464
astronomical 445
calendars
Egyptian 447
faces 462, 464
Greek 461
time and 447, 461
decubitus 351, 367, 374, 375
decumbiture 351, 365, 367, 374–376
degree 47, 47n15, 52
Delphinus 30
Demiurge 624, 625, 625n18
demonology 554, 559, 562
demons 596, 597, 601
Descendant see cardines
Diaries 145, 146, 191, 426, 427, 430, 435, 436, 483, 485
content 172, 275, 277
name 273
provenance 273
digit 149, see finger
dignities 462
exaltations 462, 463
houses 450, 455, 462–464, 469
terms 462, 464
triplicities 462, 463
dioptra 193, 217, 221, 222, 226, 229, 231, 256
dioptrics 217
divination 430, 432, 433, 437, 438, 614–616, 618
artificial 615
astral 436, 437, 443, 446, 472, 475
Babylonian 445, 487
Mesopotamian 446
natural 615
by omens 445, 472, 478
Diviner’s Manual 478
Djatmut 270
doctor-astrologers 379, 380
dodecaoros 415
dodecatemoria 327, 373, 482
δωδεκάτροποϲ 422
Dog Star see Sirius
Dorotheus
Carm. 454
Pentateuch see Dorotheus/Carm.
doxography 608, 610
Dragon’s Head 466
Dragon’s Tail 466
dreams
in medicine 363, 364
Duc de Berry, Les Très Riches Heures 374
Ea 473
Earth 610, 612–614, see Hestia
axis 612
center of 390
centrality 88
circumference 608, 610, 618
motion to center 88
as a point 88
shadow 127
eccentricity 112–116, 118, 121, 123
eclipses 119, 176, 177, 183–188, 340, 345–347, 349, 351, 384, 388, 400, 446, 447
cycles
Saros 154, 155, 276, 279, 345–347
lunar 274, 276, 280, 448, 466, 481
explanation 127
magnitude 142, 143
omens 279
possibility 176, 187, 274
prediction 276, 278–280
ritual 279, 400
solar 274, 276, 448, 466, 481, 508
omens 479
terms
Coptic 161
Demotic 161
Egyptian 161
ecliptic see zodiacal circle
education 386, 387, 396
Babylonian 431–433
public 396
Egypt 581, 596n25, 600, 603
Elchasites 558
elements 351, 357, 359, 360, 364, 378, 554, 555, 564, 608, 613, 614
emanation 624
Empedocles
On Nature 385, 387
Purifications 385
Enlil 473
Enūma Anu Enlil 199, 240, 426, 427, 432, 438, 445, 446, 479–481, 487, 489, 575
1–13 481
1–22 480
14 481
15–22 481
17–18 479
19–22 479
23(24)–29(30) 481
31–35(36) 481
37 479
44–49 481
50(51) 481
63 480
Epicureans 608–610, 614, 618
epigram 385
equant point 116, 117, 123
equation of time 287
equatorial ring see equinoctial ring
equinoctial ring 249, 253
accuracy 253, 254
equinoxes 221, 243, 249, 252, 254, 378
precession 566
spring 327
vernal 41, 48, 50, 143, 243
point 244
Eratosthenes
Catast. 11, 235, 242
Esangila Temple see Temple of/Marduk
Essenes 539
Euclid, Phaen. 14, 150
Eudoxus
Enopt. 388
Phaen. 192, 194, 384, 388–390
evection 119
event astrology see astrology/catarchic
event-number 137
exaltations 463, see dignities/exaltations
exegesis
of Aristotle 71, 78, 80
new issue 80
Peripatetic 80
Stoic 80
exeligmos 154
exhalations 610, 614
exorcist 353, 430, 431, 436, 438
Eye of Horus 162
Farnese Atlas 12, 25, 26, 235, 323
fatalism 555n8, 557, 559, 566, 568, 570
Fate 400, 405, 551, 552, 560, 561, 563–565, 567–570, 585, 586, 590, 591, 599–601, 603, 615, 618
fate 405, 406
Fayyum 518
festivals
Babylonian 575
Mandaean 574
Field of Offerings 266
Field of Reeds 266
finger 46, 46n14, 47, 49, 50, 148, 149, 243, 477, see δάκτυλοϲ
fire 608, 609, 613, 614
Firmicus 425
De errore 425
Mathesis 425
flow-chart 144
folding ruler 221
forma 232
Forms 622, 623
Platonic 619
Fortuna see Fate
free choice
Christian 551, 558
Full Moon 407
Fundamentals of the Course of the Stars 412, 413
Furrow 476
Galen
De diebus 364, 365, 375, 376
De temp. 364
In Hipp. de aere 364, 365
In Hipp. de nat. hom. 364
Gemma Augustea 398
Genesis
6:4–7 539n1
genethlialogy 472, 484, 488, see astrology/natal
geographers 236–239
geography 221, 237, 238
aim 237
astronomical 238
descriptive 237, 238
Ginza Rba 574
Ginza iamina 574
Ginza smala 574
glass tube 226
globes 393, 396
Globes
Kugel 235, 319
Mainz 235
gnomon 45, 57, 194, 236, 238, 327–330, 332, 335, 337–339
gnomonics 217, 236
Goal-Year 51
Goal-Year Texts 155, 165, 177, 281, 283
derivation 275, 277
name 273
structure 275
use 276, 277
Goal-Year
method 144–146, 177, 178, 187–189, 427, 436
period 155
tables 177, 180, 182
Goat-Fish (Capricorn) 11, 476, 542
god 610, 611, 614, 615
Golden Age 408
Great One (Aquarius) 476
Great Twins 476
groma 221, 224, 230
Gula 354
haloes 384
harioli 303, 309
harmonic science
for Aristotle 76
haruspex maximus 308
haruspica 309
haruspices 302, 303
vicani 302
haruspicy
Etruscan 301, 302
healing centers 372, 374
Helios see Apollo
heliotropion 202
hemerology 355, 437
hemisphaerium 329
Hermetica 368n44, 372, 375, 379, 580, 581, 583, 583n4, 584, 586–588, 590–592, 594n20, 595–600, 600n30, 601–603
The So-Called Sacred Book 377
Hermetism 602
herms 393, 395
Hesiod
Ast. 29
Op. 29, 190
Hestia 613
hierogrammateus 413, see ἱερογραμματεύϲ
Hipparchus
In Arat. 242
precession 243
[Hippocrates]
Epid. 498
Hippocrates/Hipp. corpus 351, 358, 361, 364, 365, 371
Aph. 358
ars longa, vita brevis 358
astronomy in 362
De aere aquis locis 362, 364
De diaeta 363
De nat. hom. 359, 360, 364
De prisc. med. 362
Hired Man (Aries) 11, 477
Historia Augusta 505
historiography
annales 6
dilemma 5
internalism 5
periodization 3
social history 5
history
astrological 507
hodological lists see lists of places
hodometer 221, 228
horizon 63–66
east 64, 66
west 64–66
horoscopes 146, 152, 159, 297, 298, 302, 305–307, 309–318, 406, 407, 616, 617
aim 507
coherence 502
Augustus’ 398, 404
autobiographical 312
Babylonian 282, 427, 436, 445, 447, 450, 452, 456, 472, 475, 478, 483–487
derivation 282
birth 492, 493, 497, 507
catarchic 492, 506
conception 492
of Romulus 492, 508
contents of 458, 467
Coptic 452, 524
definition of 443, 444
deluxe 493, 514
Demotic 452, 456, 460, 461, 488
influence 512
provenance 509
diagrams of 444, 450, 455–457
Egyptian 445, 447, 450, 467
encryption 520
foundation 448
of Rome 507, 508
Greco-Roman
contexts 490, 492, 508
Greek 444, 445, 447, 450, 452, 454, 456, 460, 461, 487, 488
Hadrian’s 495, 497, 505n98
Old Coptic 522
oracular tradition 318
oral 318
for rulers 306, 312
standard 514
Titus Pitenius’ 454
horoscopus 413, 444, see ὡροϲκόποϲ
horoscopy
Horus 163, 267, 270, 271
of Edfu 416
in-Sothis 267
the-Older 270
wedjat-eye of 416
hours 24, 36, 37, 324–326, 335, 338
equinoctial 43, 286, 325
measurement 287
seasonal 43, 45, 193, 207, 210n33, 286, 324, 325
House of
Fate 517, 525
Fortune 517, 525
Housemaster 464
houses 417, 515, see dignities/houses
cadent 516
ninth (Θεόϲ) 319
humors 357, 359–362, 378
bile
black 351, 357, 359, 361
yellow 351, 357, 359, 361, 362
blood 351, 357, 359, 361
doctrine of 351, 364
phlegm 351, 357, 359–361
hypotheses 9, 284
astronomical 607, 617
cosmological 121
heliocentric 63, 612
lunar 117–119, 250, 255
Greek 193
Hipparchus’ 205
Ptolemy’s 117, 119, 120, 205
first 117
second 120
crank 119, 120
third 120
planetary 72, 112, 115–117, 121, 209
circular 109
eccentric 109
epicyclic 109
apogee 103, 107
in PMich. 149 110
northern limit 108
perigee 103, 107
Pliny’s 106
Vitruvius’ 102n15, 110
Greco-Roman 72
key issue 72
Hellenistic 114
homocentric
in De mundo 96, 97
latitude 124
longitude 117
Ptolemy’s 95, 112, 123
for Ptolemy 89–91
solar 112–114, 122
apsidal line 248, 249
Babylonian 344, 347
eccentric 113, 114, 290, 290n9
eccentricity 248, 249
epicyclic 113, 114, 290, 290n9
Greek 347
Hipparchus’ 203, 204
mean motion 249
Ptolemy’s 91n49, 122, 204, 210n33, 246, 249, 258
hypothesis
astronomical 92, 93
question of 73
for Aristotle 91
Hypsicles
Anaph. 21, 150, 287
imitation 621, 622, 622n9, 623, 624
Imperishable Stars 267
incantation
bowls 575
SD63 577
medical 353
Influences of Sothis, The 413
Ingenium 393
initial values 136, 141, 146
instrumentalism 92
instruments
astrological 314, 315
geometrical 314
Ptolemy’s see armilla/meridional, dioptra, meta-helikon, meteoroscope, parallactic instrument, plinth, armillary sphere/zodiacal
surveying see compass, chorobates, cord, dioptra, folding ruler, glass tube, groma, hodometer, libella, libra, multifunction tool, staff, and triangle
Intellect 621–625, 627, 628
interpretation
astrological 443–445, 448–450, 452n11, 454, 456, 458, 464, 471
interpretes somniorum 303
Iqqur īpuš 489, 575
Isis 270, 271
Ištar see Venus
Jubilees, Book of 533
Geʿez trans. 533
Judaism
Second Temple 540, 549
Jupiter 163, 306, 319, 356, 367, 376, 464, 573
Goal-Year period 155, 275
influence 270
names
Akkadian 573
Egyptian 163, 271
Mandaean 573, 576, 577
period-relation 180
synodic arc 177–179, 181
System
A 141
B 136–139
Kalendertexte 482
Keskintos inscription 51
lamentation-priests 430, 432, 436–438
land-surveyor 234, see agrimensor and mensor
latitudo 102, 108
law 554
Roman 299, 306, 307
Torah 554, 559
legal acts 432, 438, 439
Leo see constellations/zodiacal
letters
Mesopotamian 278, 281, 282
Leviticus
19:19 542
libella 223
Liber Hermetis 301, 317
Libra 421
libra 221, 223
aquaria 224, 225
libraries
private 429–431
light 609, 613
Lion 267, 476, see constellations/zodiacal/Leo
lists of latitudes (parallels) 236, 237
lists of places 233, 235, 237
logos 583–585
Lot of
Daimon 373, 461
Eros 461
the Father 461
Fortune 373, 398, 461, 488, 519
the Mother 461
Necessity 461
Siblings 461
lots 461, 469, 471
names
Demotic 517
Greek 517
love 627
Lower Midheaven see cardines
lunation-number 143, 144
Luxor 515
Lyra 30, 31, 35, see She-Goat
macrocosm 358, 363, 375
Magi 555
magi 303
man
creation of 583, 584, 586, 590
map
of Agrippa 232, 233
defined 232
military 234
the word 232, 233
mappa 232
mappamundi 232
Marcionites 558
Mars 162, 163, 356, 367, 375, 457, 464, 573
Goal-Year period 155, 275
names
Akkadian 573
Egyptian 163, 270
Mandaean 573, 577
synodic arcs 181
System A 139
mathematics 608, 616, 617
for Aristotle 74, 75
MATs
provenance 278
measuring rod 221, 225, see staff
medicine
ancient 350
astral
Mesopotamian 352, 357
astrological 358, 360, 367, 368, 372, 376, 377, 423, see astrology/medical
use of plants 377
use of stones 377
celestial phenomena in 351, 352
meteorological phenomena in 351, 362
remedies 353
ritual 353, 355, 356
Medinet Habu 515
archive 513, 515, 517–519, 522
Medinet Madi 302, 518
archive 513, 515, 518–522
Mekhentiu 266
melothesia 351, 356, 370, 372, 374, 418, 560
decanal 378
kidneys in 356
planetary 356, 372
spleen in 356
zodiacal 356, 372
Menelaus
Sphaer. 3 58
theorems 58, 60
menologies 356
mensor 230, 234
Mercury 63, 65, 163, 271, 316n103, 318, 319, 371, 448, 457, 464, 573
evening star 163
Goal-Year period 155, 275
morning star 163
names
Akkadian 573
Egyptian 163, 270, 271
Mandaean 573, 577, 578
synodic arcs 183
System A1 136, 139, 141
meridian line 327, 328, 338n23, 339
of Augustus 328, 339
of Chios 327
meridional armilla see armilla/meridional
Meroitic language 163
Meschetiu 270
meta-helikon 258
meteoroscope 238, 252
meteoroscopy 217
meteors 384
microcosm 358, 363, 375
Middle Persian 147
mina 45
mishmarot 536
molad 548, 549
Monnus Mosaic 393
monotheism 581, 584, 598, 599
months
anomalistic 143, 154
epoch 285
intercalary 41
lunar 356
Akkadian
Nisan(nu) 575
Greek 33
names 34
influence 351
synodic 44, 142–144
Babylonian 174, 175, 184, 185, 187
zodiacal 30–32, 34, 324
Moon 351, 356, 358, 361, 363–367, 371, 372, 374–378, 407, 411–416, 419, 443, 444, 446, 448, 449, 455, 457, 463, 464, 466, 469, 475, 573, 575, 576, 578, 607–610, 612–614, see Artemis and hypotheses/lunar
248d-period 154
diameter
angular 256
apparent 127, 128
ephemerides
Babylonian 183
Goal-Year period 275
hypothesis
distance 255, 256
longitude 486
Lunar Four 173, 185–187
Lunar Six 142, 143, 145, 146, 173, 177, 178, 183, 185, 188, 274, 278
module 144, 145
Lunar Three 537
lunar year 33
Babylonian 183–186
motions 205, 291
nodal 142, 143, 145
names
Akkadian 573
Mandaean 573, 577
nodes 466
Dragon’s Head 466
Dragon’s Tail 466
orbit 127
phases 142, 143, 145, 172, 342, 343, 355, 361, 364–366, 378, 448
System
A 135n3, 136, 137
B 136, 137
syzygy 481
variation 142–145
visibility 450, 464, 480
more natural science 74, 75
mos maiorum 404
motion
celestial 623
circular 619, 621–629
spiritual 627, 628, 629n24
motus 108
MUL.APIN 191, 476, 483
I 240
multifunction tool 228
mundane astrology see astrology/general
mundus 401–403
Naassenes 564
nakshatras 151
nativities see horoscopes
nativity 306, 311, 312, 314, 316, 406, 407, 475, 478, 483
natural philosophy see φυϲική
natural science see science of nature
navigation 29
Necessity 590, 601, 603
Neoplatonism 619
Nidintu-Anu 485
Nimrud Dagh 483
monument at 452
Nippur 426, 427
NMATs
content 273
North Celestial Pole 13, 17, 20, 390
nychthemeron see day
obelisk 339
Campus Martius, Rome 328
oblique sphere see celestial/sphere/oblique
occultations
lunar 160
oikoumene 233, 236, 237
Old Man 476
omen-texts 445, 447, 450
omens 443, 446, 615, 616, 618, see divination
Assyrian 278, 279
astral 445, 447
structure 479
Babylonian 272, 273
celestial 445
eclipse 447
lunar 447
Mandaean 576
nativity 454
solar 481
One, the 623, 624
optics
for Aristotle 74, 76
orbis terrarum 233
Orion 240, 267, 271, 414, 419, see True Shepherd of Anu
names
Egyptian 267
Osiris 271
ostraca
from Narmouthis 422, 425
Pabilsag 476
paideia 397
Paitāmahasiddhānta 488
Pañcasiddhāntikā 156
Pancharius
Epitome 375
papyri
astronomical 297, 309, 316
magical 372, 379
paralactic instrument 255
parallax 293
lunar 255
parallel sphere see celestial/sphere/parallel
parapegmata 30–33, 198–200, 315
parhelia 384
Path of
Anu 476, 477
Ea 476, 477
Enlil 476, 477
path
solar 327, 335
patronage 396
royal 434
PBer.
8279 164, 165, 513
13588 161, 162
16511 157
PCarls.
1 269
9 262
32 93
Pegasus 30
penumbra 254
Peretae 558, 567
period-relations 138, 140, 281, 289
Goal-Year 164, 275
lunisolar 153
solar 289
pharmacists 353
PHib. 27 34–36, 38
Phibionites 558
philosophy 85
practical 85, 88
theoretical 85, 86
natural 85, 88
scientific 85, 86, 88, 89
theological 85
physicians 350, 351, 353, 364, 371, 378
pin-and-slot device 344, 348
pinax 457, 458
Tabula Bianchini 458
Pisces see zodiacal signs/names
places 450, 455, 461, 467, 469, 470
planetary appearances see planets/phases
planetary phenomena see planets/phases
saving 284
planetary theory see hypotheses
planets 446, 448, 455, 461, 462, 464, 581, 586, 587, 590, 591, 594n20, 597, 599, 600, 602, 603, 609, 611, 613, 617
anomaly
synodic 116
zodiacal 116
benefic 366, 367, 374, 376
colors 311, 314
constitution 96
creation of 583, 584
day-circles 64
direct motion 68, 69
elongation 64, 68, 69, 340
exaltations 417, 488
Goal-Year periods 275
inferior 163, see planets/inner
inner 63–65, 67, 69
synodic cycle 67, 69
latitude 108
living star 163
longitude
anomaly 108
computed 487
malefic 366, 367, 374, 376
motion
in depth 107
in longitude 107
outer 63–67, 69
synodic arcs 178
synodic cycle 67
phases 64, 462
inner 69
conjunction
inferior 69
superior 69
evening station 69
first evening phase 65, 69
first morning phase 69
last evening phase 65, 69
last morning phase 69
morning station 69
outer 67
acronychal rising (opposition) 68
first phase 67, 68
first station 68
last phase (conjunction) 67, 68
second station 68
prograde motion see planets/direct motion
retrogradation 68, 69, 71, 78, 108, 114–116, 291, 348
source of motion 586, 588, 599, 601
station 71, 78, 291, 340
superior 163, see planets/outer
synodic arcs 178, 179, 181, 182, 184
synodic phases 171, 172, 180
synodic times 181, 182
visibility 450, 464
Planisphaerium
Bianchini 235
of Dendera 235
planisphaerium 234, 235, 257
plants, stones, and trees, doctrine of 356, 357
[Plato], Epin.
984d 473
Plato
Resp. 88
Tim. 88, 97
Pleiades 25
plinth 249, 254, 255
accuracy 254
Pliny, Nat. hist. 351
Plutarch, Plat. quaest.
1006c 613
PMich.
149 93, 110, 158
pneuma 584, 585, 589, 614
poetry
didactic 385, 387, 391
epic 386, 393, 396
vs prose 387, 389
as truth 387, 389
poets
as teachers 386
Poimandres 583, 584, 586, 588, 590, 591, 594, 599
popularization 396
Posidonius/Geminus 81–84, 88, 91, 93, 98
Posidonius
Meteorologica 81
POxy.
4139 157
4160 157
4184 513
4197 164
4198 164
prayer
Mandaean 577
prebendary system 436
prebends 436, 438, 439
precession 191, 192, 194, 196, 197, 217, 244, 291, 292, see Hipparchus and Ptolemy
predictive methods 135, 136, 145, 146
Primeval Sky 413
prismata 121
procedure-texts 136, 138, 140, 142, 145, 146, 171, 172, 181, 188, 514, 519, 520
TU11 189
prognostication
fraudulent 313
progression and reversion see emanation
Pronoia 565, see Providence
Providence 553, 560, 561, 563, 569, 601, 603, 610, 613, 615
pseudonyms
theophoric 310
PSI
1492 93
Ptolemaic system 576
Ptolemy
Alm. 10, 12, 56, 90, 196, 205–210, 212, 214, 214n37, 215, 216, 243, 246, 255, 258, 388
1.1 85
2 246, 251
2.8 21
3 249
3.1 202–205
4 250
4.6 206
4.9 217
4.11 206
5 250
5.3–4 207
5.12 255
6.2 205
7–8 194, 242, 258
7.1 196
7.2–3 23
7.3 193, 209
7.4 196, 197
9.2 205
aim 246
Can. man. 215
Harm. 257
Hypoth. plan. 257, 344
Insc. Can. 258, 348
Phaseis 198, 199
Planisph. 235, 257
precession 243
star-catalog 242, 243
Tetr.
medicine in 368, 371, 378
theorem 56
pushes 137, 140, 141
Pyramid Texts 266, 269, 422, 445–447
Pythagoreans 127, 612, 618
qualities 351, 357, 359, 360, 362, 364, 366, 368, 371, 378
cold 351, 357–360
dry 351, 357–360
hot 351, 357–360
wet 351, 357–360
Quintilian, Inst. or. 386
Qumran 488, 489
4Q186 488, 548–550
4Q208–209 539n1, 542, 544, 545
4Q208–211 544
4Q318 539n1, 540n4, 541, 542, 545
4Q561 549, 550
radius 314
ratios of tones 258
realism 92
rebirth 561
Regulus 240, 241
Rēš Temple see Temple of/Anu
revolutio 406
Rhodes 207
Ribbon of the Fishes 486
right sphere see celestial/sphere/right
rising-times 158, 287, 288
Babylonian 148, 158
Greek 158
Latin 158
tables 470
rituals
Babylonian 282
Bull-in-Its Fold 279
Substitute-King 279
Sacred Discourse 588–590
Salmeschiniaka 302
salvation 555, 560, 561, 564, 565, 567, 568
Samarkand 258
Sanskrit 147
Sarapis 348
sarcophagus 393
Saros 144, 176, 178, 185–187, 206, see eclipses/cycles
Saturn 163, 367, 372, 448, 457, 464, 573
Goal-Year period 155, 275
influence 270
names
Akkadian 573
Egyptian 163, 271
Mandaean 573, 577
Scales 476
scaphe 329
scholars 426–429, 431–434, 436, 439
junior 431–433
senior 431–433
schools 428, 433, 434
science
change 2
defined 1
of nature 82, see φυϲική
for Aristotle 74, 75
critical problem 83, 84
procedure 82
theoretical 73
Scorpion 476, see constellations/zodiacal/Scorpio
scribal education
apprenticeship 430, 432, 433
scribes 428, 431–433, 437, 438
employment 280
names
Akkadian 273, 280, 426, 429, 430, 435, 436
of Enūma Anu Enlil see scribes/names/ Akkadian
seasons 351, 355, 357, 359–362, 378
astronomical 99, 289
inequality 112
Second Temple Judaism see Judaism/Second Temple
seer 402
Seleucid Era 41, 44
Seth 270, 271
sexagesimal place-value notation 43, 44, 48, 50–52, 55, 149
Greek 52
shadow-clock 265, 266, 268, 269, 389
shadow-lengths 323–327
seasonal 324
shadow-tables 324, 325
Shamash see Sun
She-Goat 475, see Lyra
Sheep 267
sidus 234
sighting tube see dioptra and groma
signs
zodiacal 577
Aries 576
Cancer 576
Capricorn 576
Libra 576
name
Mandaean 577
whole-sign house 510
signum 234
Sin see Moon
Sirius 30, 172, 241, 262, 418, 419, see Arrow and Sothis
heliacal rising of 446
in medicine 362
Sol see Sun
Sol (god) 311
solstices 221, 378, 614
solstitia 190
sortilegi 303
Sothis 262, 264, 265, 267, 268, 270, 411, 413, 414, see Sirius
as decan 418, 419
heliacal rising 160, 175, 263–265, 419
invisibility 264, 266
omina 418
and Orion 271
as Sirius 418, 419
soul 611, 625–629
cosmic 612
sphaera
armillata 315
barbarica 425
obliqua see celestial/sphere/oblique
parallela see celestial/sphere/parallel
recta see celestial/sphere/right
solida 314, 315
sphere-making 340, 341
sphragis 312, 318, 494, 505
Sphujidhvaja
Yavanajātaka 488
spina 311
SPVN see sexagesimal place-value notation
staff 221, 223, 224, 229
star-catalog see Ptolemy/star-catalog
star-charts 234
star-clock 265, 266, 268, 269, 389
star-lists 240, 241
star-maps 234, 235
Star of Bethlehem 553, 555, 556
Star of Julius 400
Stars 476, see Pleiades
stars 398, 403–406, 447
circumpolar 12, 20, 267
constellations 191, 192, 194–197
counting see stars/Normal
culmination 242
decanal 160, 268–270, 522, 524, 525, see decans
divinity of
Egyptian 447
fixed 63–66, 68, 69, 384, 461, 609, 612
as gods 400
heliacal rising 240, 384, 390
heliacal setting 240, 384
magnitude 242
mapping 194
name
Latin 234
Normal 46, 48, 52, 173, 175–177, 183, 186, 188, 209, 477, 485, 486
paranatellonta 461
as symbols 400, 405
visibility 31
worship of see astral/piety
ziqpu 44, 45, 240, 282
use 282
statue of
Haremhab 425
Harkhebi 424
Imhotep 425
Senti 425
stella 234
step-function 137, 139, 140, 143
Stobaeus, Anth. 580, 583, 587, 600
Stobart Tables 156, 164, 165
Stoicism 88, 89, 384, 395, 397
Stoics 85
Šumma ālu 575
Sun 63–69, 351, 358, 360, 362, 363, 371, 372, 376, 407, 411–414, 421, 424, 443, 444, 446, 448, 449, 449n9, 455, 457, 463, 464, 466, 470, 475, 573, 576, 578, 580, 581, 593, 594, 596–599, 601, 603, 607–614, see hypotheses/solar
day-circle 64
declination
calculation 59
diameter
angular 256
apparent 128
Light 580, 581, 583, 594, 596, 599, 603
motion
annual 240
daily 289
mean 204, 289
names
Akkadian 573
Mandaean 573, 577
orbit 127
seasons 240
Solar Distance Principle 180
variation 142, 144
visibility 450, 464
sundials 36, 37, 45, 50, 235, 236, 238, 288, 298, 314, 315, 323, 325–329, 332, 334–339
accuracy 332–334, 338
Babylonian 282
conical 325, 329, 332, 333, 337
cylindrical 329, 335, 338
inventors 329
planar 325, 329, 331, 332
portable 221, 235, 329, 333
data inscribed 235
spherical 325, 328, 329, 331
earliest extant 329
vertical 337
surveyor see mensor
Swallow 476
sympathy 610, 614, 618
synodic
arc 70, 136–141, 143, 171
cycle 64, 66, 70, 140
inner planet 67, 69
outer planet 67
subdivision 141
period 70
phenomena 136, 140, 141, 145, 146
time 136, 137, 140, 141
Systems
A 48, 49, 153, 156–158, 179–181, 184–187, 428
B 48, 49, 151, 153, 154, 156, 158, 179–181, 184, 186, 187, 428
K 48, 49n16
tables 136, 141, 285, 314
auxiliary 135, 142
chord 57
daily motion 44, 135–137, 141, 142, 145, 146
epoch 108, 157, 158
perpetual 487
sign-entry 164
sign-entry 513
synodic 43, 44, 135–142, 144, 145
template 135, 142
whole-sign-entry 524
with ashes 314
Tabula Peutingeriana 232
tabula 232
tabular texts see tables
Tails 476
Taurus 11
temperament 360, 364, 366, 368, 378
Temple of
Amun 334
Anu 280, 429–433, 436, 475, 485
library 433
Apollo (Delphi) 336
Apollo (Klaros) 336
Dakka 163, 411
Dendera 162, 414, 417, 425, 524
Eanna 279
Edfu 416
Esna 417, 419, 425, 524
Good Fortune (Delos) 348
Marduk 280, 429, 434, 435, 475
Nabû 575
Neith 34
Philae 411
Rameses III 515
Sol 311
Tebtunis 423
temples 301, 302, 310, 314, 429, 433–435, 438
astronomers 429, 431, 434, 435
councils 435
employment in 433–435
enterer 435
libraries 412, 415, 416, 418, 429, 431, 433
positions in 431, 435, 438
terms see dignities/terms
texts
Mystery 549, 550
physiognomic 549, 550
Wisdom 549, 550
textual transmission 491
Theater of Dionysus 337
thema mundi 379, 417
theology 610, 612
astral 159
Theophrastus, De signis 384
theorems
Menelaus 58, 60
Ptolemy 56
Pythagorean 56, 57
Thessalus, De virt. herb. 378
Three Stars Each 191
tides 614
timekeeping see clepsydra, shadow-lengths and sundials
time-degree 42–44, 47, 288
time-reckoning
watches 282
timekeeping 384
tools, surveying 221, 222, 225, 226, 231
Tower of the Winds 332, 337, 348
Tractatus Coislinianus 386
triangle 229
trigonometry 54, 236, see Menelaus/theorems
defined 54
issues 55
planar 54
spherical 54, 58
triplicities see dignities/triplicities
True Shepherd of Anu 240, 475, 476, see Orion
Two Crocodiles 267
Tyche 518
Agathe 525
ubiquity 622, 623, 627
umbra 254
Underground see cardines
universal astrology see astrology/general
Unwearying Stars 267
Upper Midheaven see cardines
Urania, the Muse 391, 393
Uranoscopus 319
Uruk 426–432, 435–439
Varāhamihira
Bṛhajjātaka 488
Bṛhatsamhitā 488
Laghujātaka 488
Pañcasiddhāntikā 155, 488
Varro, De astr. 299
vates 303, 402
vaticinatores 303
Venus 63, 64, 66, 163, 271, 367, 376, 416, 446, 449, 449n9, 464, 475, 573
evening star 163
Goal-Year period 155, 275
morning star 163
motion 64, 65
names
Akkadian 573
Egyptian 163, 270, 271
Mandaean 573, 575, 577
synodic phases 172
Venus Tablet of Ammiṣaduqa 480
Vindemiatrix 30
Virgil, Geor. 402
visual ray 74
void, extra-cosmic 614
Wagon 475
Watchers 534
water-leveler see libra/aquaria
waterclocks 31, 36, 45, 50, 288, 315
weather-conditions 274, 446, 450, 466
weather-omens 481
wisdom-texts 489
wonder-working 348
World-Soul 627, 628
yardstick 314, 315
year see Moon/lunar year
epoch 286
sabbatarian 534
schematic
Babylonian 481
tropical 33, 112, 249, 289
zenith 16, 18
Zeus 385, 612, 613, see Jupiter and soul/cosmic
zigzag-function 137–139, 143, 144
zodiac see zodiacal band
zodiac man 374
zodiacal band 327
imperial connection 402
Zodiacal Calendar 540–542
zodiacal circle 11, 15, 16, 20, 22, 46–49, 52, 135–137, 139, 140, 140n12, 141, 143, 243, 390, 393, 415, 417, 418, 420–422, 466, 482, 484, 485, 612
Babylonian 176
distance to 49
obliquity 246, 250, 251, 254
zodiacal constellations see constellations/zodiacal and path/solar
zodiacal physiognomy
Hebrew 488
zodiacal position 136, 140–143
zodiacal signs 11, 12, 20, 47–49, 244, 315, 317, 319, 327, 389, 394, 417, 418, 444, 445, 450, 455, 457, 460, 464, 467, 469, 470
Aquarius 366, 367, 460
Aries 244, 327, 356, 366, 367, 464
name
Hebrew 542
Cancer 366, 367
Capricorn 306, 312n86, 366, 367, 542, 546, 548
name
Hebrew 542
face 462, 464
Gemini 319
Leo 366, 367, 378, 460
Libra 319, 366, 367
name
Babylonian 477
Pisces 356, 375
names
Babylonian 513
Demotic 513
Sagittarius 319
Scorpio 366, 367, 393, 461
Taurus 366, 367, 461
Virgo 319
zodiacal variation 142, 143
19-year cycle 390
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