Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology

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According to Hindu notions and The Thousandsof Abii Ma rshar Number of days in a kalpa, 15779164500001 1341493240 (days Inworlb Days elapsed up to era of Yazdigird, June 16 632 AD 7206358063132 year) 1365598 Revolution of sun-Years in a kalpa 432000000C 360000~ Revolution of its apogee 480 (yearEl In uorU1- year) 11 of moon 57753300000 4812778 W of its apogee 488105858 19365 n of its nodes 232311168 19360 n of Saturn 146567298 12214 n of its apogee 414 W of its nodes 584 n of Jupiter 364226455 30352 W of apogee 855 n W of nodes of lkiars 63 2296828522 191402 W of apogee 292 W of nodes 267 n W of Venus of apogee 7022389492 653 585199 n of nodes 893 W of Mercury 17936998984 1494751 W of apogee 832 n of nodes 521 n of fixed stars 120000 a.! 1 v. India, 11, 16. 2 The number of years multiplied by 365,258. A smaller world-year is that of 36000 years, derived from the assumption that the vernal equinox in oonsequence of precession is shifted through the whole zodiac in that period; the 1predecessorsv,175,estimated a degree in 100 years,Blpparohus in 72,a sign in 2160,and the whole zodiac in 25920. The Vernal Equinox entered Aries about 2200 B.C.and Pisces about 100 B.C.Jeremias,Altorientalische Geisteskultur 1929,p.242. He draws attenticn, p.303,to the similarity of the Indian and Babylonian world-years,and believes that these reaohed India from the Greeks and that the Greeks had them from Babylon Ihrough Berossus. Has 14 by mistake. There is a lacuna in this MS.from paragraph 205 to middle of 209 supplied from Ff .36-38 AO1.
205. Ha1 yurraf maqlidxr a jrh al-kawgkib. The diameter o m ra6ius of the earth: Ptoleny,deterxnined this by the SIZE OF differences of hisApoint of view (parallax) THE STARS ikhtilzf al-mangar, He also determined the diameter of %e sun in the same ratio from eclipses in Book V of the Almagest. The ratios of the diameter of the planets and fixed stars to that of the sun.is obvious to the eye. What these are is explained in the Book of the lJanshiirEt2 and we have recor&- ed them in the accompanying table, in accordance with the opinion and results of Ptolemy since no other has hitherto established itself with us.1 Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Meroury Stars 1st magnitude 2nd W 3rd W 4th n 5th n 6th W 1 1 (at mid-distance) 1/18 1/12 1/20 1/10 1/15 1/20 4/81 5/109 1/24 2/55 1/36 ....................................................... 1 PP, zfflkl tB aknUn kasf-rE andar In sukhun va jahd kardan naeftfm va nah andIsha kasMdan. Because up to this time we have not found any other person working at his topic. of. Nallino, bl-EKittZnI 1 288 and 11, IXYI and delete nr? in bJ3.
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(Kitab al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sina'at
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THE BOOK OF INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEM
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had translated various passages flx
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In one of his verses ~l-SIriini say
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CHRONOLOGY 869-173. Xonths. Solar a
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AB' This MS. is dated 636 A.H. (123
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The Chronology ox Ancient Nations a
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2. Ma a1 ism. A solid body Is that
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10. Km anwEr al-zed$. Such angles a
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in accordance with the angles, eith
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24. Al-khu%s$ al-mtaszi h. Parallel
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32. Darb al-kha$$ fi'l-khatt. If of
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41. Aqdgr mutanasibah. When there a
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49. Nisbah al-musLwi3t al-mdtaribah
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is made up of the stretches between
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58. AI-manshiir. h prism has for it
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on its own diameter which remains s
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of its movement, for then if it mov
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espectively increased or diminished
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has more than one factor, and has f
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90. al-ardEd al-mutah8bbah. These a
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93. 1JE al-ardSd al-murabbarah al-m
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a sum of money, &., and the divisor
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there has to be added one fourth in
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--=% 108. l& al-marItib al-wapri .
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atatersl of iron plus 12 dirhams, t
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P- - 113. Kaif Garb al-shait. Shall
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een arrived at as to this order by
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the fourth to the Sun, the fifth to
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having a oertain weight, and in fal
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approaches any star which is on the
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Then watch the shadow in the first
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In the east the first light which s
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The unequal, 'crooked', mu wa ah, h
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movements are distant from one anot
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it and employ instead some other nu
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149. ICam arpm rariid al-si Srah wa
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152. I,% al- rulwiyyah min al-kawii
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Whoever desires to associate lunar
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274. &J hadhihi al-shuhiir tattafip
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277. Ha1 li ay* al-shuhiir asSmI. T
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seasons of the year, 'or the 30 lun
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282. MiI a** al-umam wa ayyhhmn. As
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286. Mii al-mapallah. The Hebrew wo
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Zdhar,and the generally accepted wa
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301-302 The first of Shavrlll is th
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308. fi al-sada . Sadah (the Persia
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excessive,and the name is said to b
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districts became much distressed,an
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column is provided for the latitude
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written above as in this case we at
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which increases by 1'14'. Her direc
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THE BSTROLAEE 324. Mii a1 ag$urlEb.
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The figure on the opposite gape doe
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326. ME asBrnZ khutilt a1-ap?urlSb.
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328. MZ al-aggurl6bEt al-mukhglifah
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the length of the shadow is to the
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until the degree in question is ove
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the point on the hajra to the divis
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star. If the time of setting is wan
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343. Mafrifah far9 nahr wa masEfah
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346. Marrifah $51 miGrah au @lit la
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Hot Cold Dry Aries Taurus Moist Gem
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Knowledge as to voice and speech is
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359. F M dalEl3thS falR afaB al-ins
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1 PL, AO, ~ 0 ~ . 219
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1 3 4 5 366 r~la-l-&kin. As TO PUCE
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373 373. MB al-nazar wall-su a!. As
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377. Eal lilburilj ittif8qEt ghayr
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378. MZi nisf al-falak al-sSrid waV
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Scorpiw and Sagittarius are autumna
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and distant, the latter when in con
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387. Hal tabqI dal5lLt &l-kawEkib.
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to the sun and moon at the tenth ho
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393. M5 $awEli' al-bilEd wa * l-aql
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402-406. DalB'ilhB al-mu$le. ah Kai
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409-411. @lahE min al-mardaniy6t,al
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418. DalEllit fa16 dhadt al-arbava.
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423-426. 1.6lahE min al-rat S al-Qa
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429. MglahZ mln al-sifht. Indicatio
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431-432. LIB yansub ilaihg min 81-
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435. DalBlathE '816 al-ginBrBt . In
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- 440. M3 bugut al-kawgkib. We now
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443. hG ashrsf al-Eiawakib wa hu ce
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ASPECTS OF PLAXZTS IIT SIGNS each o
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As far as friendship or ennity is c
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l phu: " I 452. Ha1 istafamal ~afrl
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454. ~~udid al-hinduwsn, The iIindu
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Lords of by twelve, and then for ev
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etc., while some of our predecessor
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460. Ui al-mawEdir al-dgllah al-afa
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460 Stars from certain signs which
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IMDICATIONS RELATING TO HORhRY QUES
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474. Kaif hgl al-bait idha ishtarok
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Take the rollowing as an example. T
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Number of brothers Death of brother
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Sons-in-law k Amendant Lawsuits 8 z
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Liberty of person Praise & aocepta
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cases the instructions for day and
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Lots as to prognostios regarding cr
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13. Life or death of absent person
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from the sun, and after which they
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latitude exceeds 7O, it must not be
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action in the epicycle different fr
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487. DalBlathE wa hiya muaharriqah.
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leaving the sign in which it was be
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493. ?!G al-mushahadah wa'l-muziiva
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- viotorious planet and victd may b
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501. ME al-tuhmah. A planet on whic
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conjunction, the third intermediate
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of their light by another planet is
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sucoedent thereto,in a quadrant of
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elements beoome united, and the sur
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are people who take from the aonjun
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years eaoh as it quarters of the eo
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522. MG tatsIl dhllika wa tafsrrhu.
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the same sign as the first,while th
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like, that you cannot get an observ
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during lire within the mother's wom
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528-530 the nativitlea of querents
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(Prepared by Mrs. F.G. Gardner) Abj
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Movements 474; of sun 89; of planet
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