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Ibn Ezra, Avraham
Ibn Ezra’s Book of Nativities (Se’fer Ha’Moladot) was edited from a 1436 manuscript.
A translation from Hebrew by Meira B. Epstein was published in 2002. The
book contains discussions about the houses in the chart; the specific signification of
each house in the chart; the issue of the fate of the individual within that of the collective;
astrology’s answer to the controversial question of nature vs. nurture, or the
relative influence of the environment; chart rectification, including an evaluation of
Ptolemy’s method (Nimodar), as well as the method base on the moment of conception
(the Epoch); some aspects of electional astrology; the timing by the Triplicity
Rulers, the Firdar method, Ptolemy’s ages of life, the profection method, the solar
return chart and its calculation; and an integration of the method of profection with
the solar return for annual, monthly, and daily observations.
Ibn Ezra’s Book of Lights (Se’fer Ha’Me’orot) was edited by Yehuda Leib Fleischer
in 1932. It contains discussions on medical astrology; the Decumbiture chart;
general motions of the Sun and the Moon and their function in the horoscope; judgments
for the condition and recovery from illness from the Moon and eclipses in the
decumbiture chart; and evaluations of the effects of benefic and malefic planets, their
motions, their strength, and their aspects in the decumbiture chart.
The Book of Elections (Se’fer Ha’Miv’harim) was edited from manuscript by
Yehuda Leib Fleischer, in 1939. Its contents focus on electional astrology: whether
one can affect a desirable outcome by electing a good time to begin an endeavor; the
need to also consider the nativity and what to do when it is not known; identifying
the appropriate house in the election chart that signifies the purpose of the election;
and the various considerations for each house and planet in the election chart.
The Book of Questions (Se’fer Ha’She’elot) focuses on horary astrology.
The Book of the World (Se’fer Ha’Olam) was edited by Yehuda Leib Fleischer,
in 1937. Its contents focus on mundane astrology. The book covers a mathematical
formula for calculating the maximum possible number of planetary conjunctions;
the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions; a discussion on the accuracy of the calculations of
the rising sign at the time of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction and the solar annual
revolution; using the time of the new or full moon before the Aries ingress; the Firdar
periods (from Persian astrologers); the Kabbalistic text (Sefer Yetsira); the sign
ruler of a country and the Mars-Saturn conjunction (from Mashallah); eclipse interpretation
(from Ptolemy); a list of specific signs and degrees associated with countries
and cities; predictions of monthly rain amounts; the phases of the Moon; and
the lunar mansions.
Predictions Made in the Year 1154 (He’zionot Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra She’haza
Al Sh’nat 4914 La’Ye’tsira) was published by Meir Ben Itzhak Bakkal in 1971. Its contents
focus on mundane astrology and include a short treatise containing a mundane
forecast based on the great conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn in Capricorn, which was
coming up in 1166.
Horoscope Analysis for a Newborn (Mishpatei Ha’Nolad) was published by Meir
Ben Itzhak Bakkal in 1971. Its focus is on the method of chart analysis.
[352] THE ASTROLOGY BOOK