Ptolemy’s Science of the Stars in the Middle Ages Edited by David Juste, Benno van Dalen, Dag Nikolaus Hasse, and Charles Burnett Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100-170 ad) is one of the most influential scholars of all time. While he is also…
A Note on the Indian Planetary Exaltations and their Greek-Language Sources, by Martin Gansten A close examination of the lists of planetary exaltations given by two of the earliest known Sanskrit authors on horoscopic astrology – Mīnarāja and Sphujidhvaja –…
The Jewel of Annual Astrology is an encyclopaedic treatise on Tājika or Sanskritized Perso-Arabic astrology, dealing particularly with the casting and interpretation of anniversary horoscopes, that now is available in English edited, translated, and annotated by Martin Gansten. Authored in…
This new book in German language, by Stephan Heilen, addresses aspects of one of the core doctrines of astrological prognostication. Of Perso-Arabic origin, conjunction astrology bypasses individual birth horoscopes in favor of those rare conjunctions of planets on which historical…
A valuable tool of the History of Astrology has become available again. Collected by David Juste, the AstroBibl is the largest bibliography of the history of Western astrology currently available on the web. It includes c. 4 500 titles arranged by period…
In Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts, new essays by renowned scholars address questions about what the ancient science of the heavens was in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean worlds, and the numerous contexts in which it was pursued.…
Book: Contingency and Natural Order in Early Modern Science This volume considers contingency as a historical category resulting from the combination of various intellectual elements – epistemological, philosophical, material, as well as theological and, broadly speaking, intellectual. With contributions ranging from…
Sapientia Astrologica: Astrology, Magic and Natural Knowledge, ca. 1250-1800 by H. Darrel Rutkin This book explores the changing perspective of astrology from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era. It introduces a framework for understanding both its former centrality…
The Abraham Ibn Ezra–Peter of Limoges Astrological-Exegetical Connection The article enlarges the circle of the Latin admirers of Abraham Ibn Ezra (ca. 1089–ca. 1161) to include Peter of Limoges (second half of the thirteenth century), who spent most of his…
Origins and Transmission of Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus The Liber Abraham Iudei de Nativitatibus is a Latin astrological treatise that has no surviving Hebrew counterpart, and whose affiliation with Abraham Ibn Ezra (ca. 1189-ca. 1160) is unclear. Till now De nativitatibus has been…