ABSTRACT

An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and changing social and political role of astrology.

chapter |8 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|23 pages

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: MESOPOTAMIA,

chapter 2|32 pages

GREECE AND ROME

chapter 3|22 pages

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY

chapter 4|28 pages

THE PRINCIPLES OF ASTROLOGY

chapter 5|43 pages

ASTROLOGICAL PRACTICE: CASTING A HOROSCOPE

chapter 6|22 pages

THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE ASTROLOGERS

chapter 7|29 pages

REFLECTIONS AND RAMIFICATIONS