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Astrology
The stars & their meanings
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This page indexes resources related to the lore of the sky, and celestial objects, at sacred-texts, including Astrology and historical texts on Astronomy.
Ptolemy's TetrabiblosJ.M. Ashmand, 1833 — A key ancient text on the motion of the heavensAn Introduction to AstrologyWilliam Lilly, 1852 — The first modern text on AstrologyThe Sand ReckonerArchimedes, 1881 — Did Archimedes invent calculus two millenia before Newton and Leibnitz? A pioneering attempt to measure the size of the universe...Moon LoreTimothy Harley, 1885 — A compendium of lunar folklore.Solar BiologyHiram A. Butler, 1887 — What's YOUR sign?The Hindu Book of AstrologyBhakti Seva, 1902 — Actually a western astrology pamphlet from the turn of the 20th century with New Thought background.Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and RomansFranz Cumont, 1912 — A study of ancient Astrology and its relation to religion and mythology, by a well-respected academic authorSun Lore of All AgesWilliam Tyler Olcott, 1914 — The mythology and folklore of the sun.The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal GemsWilliam Thomas Pavitt, 1914 — The symbolism of gems and their astrological signatures.Harmonies of the WorldJohannes Kepler, 1939 — Johannes Kepler's 1619 masterwork uniting the Copernican system, musical theory and the Platonic solids.From the Closed World to the Infinite UniverseAlexandre Koyre, 1957 — The story of how humanity became aware of the true immensity of the universe.