Zodiacs Old and New
Scope and Contents
Fagan, Cyril. Zodiacs Old and New: A probe into antiquity and what was found. Los Angeles: Llewellyn Foundation for Astrological Research, 1950. Table of contents: The Egyptian heavens of B.C. 2700. Ascension of Sirius, the Arrow-star -- Zodiacs: old and new. Claudius Ptolemy ; Hindu astrology ; Egyptian astrology ; Græco-Roman speculations ; The Neomenia "New moon" ; Wheels of Enlil, Anu and Ea ; The Goddes Nut -- Chonsu: the boy-god of the Neomenia. The Pleiades ; Mean position of 1st Nisan ; B.C. 786 ; "Hiding places" ; Heliacal phenomena -- The solution: New Year's Day of the ancients ; Spica and the 1st Teshrit ; A Great Sabbath ; The great lunar eclipse of March 18th, B.C. 786 ; Epochs ; The Hypsomatic "Ayanamsha" ; The great Babylonian astronomers, Naburiannu and Kidinnu ; Babylonian and Egyptian planetary ephemerides ; Spica of Libra 0° or in Virgo 29°? ; Aldebaran and Antares ; Zodiacal "Tails" ; Why B.C. 786-785? ; The exaltations of the "New" planets ; The Draconic "Zodiac" ; The premier constellation ; The naming of the constellations ; Twin expression ; Lunar astrology ; The Hellenistic Zodiac ; Greek ignorance of the identity of the Fiducial Star ; The mystery of the Egyptian Dekans ; Hipparchus' moving Zodiac of Claudius Ptolemy ; Ptolemy taught the fixed Zodiac ; The Zodiac of the Byzantium Empire ; The great blunder of the Middle Ages ; Facts that are new and true ; Horoscope of King George VI of England reduced to the Hypsomatic Zodiac -- Appendix A: Reduction from the tropical to the Hypsomatic Zodiac. Sidereal longitude of the vernal point (V.P.) for the beginning of every century from B.C. 4101 to A.D. 2600 ; Annual regression of the vernal-point in a century ; To reduce tropical longitudes to Hyposmatic -- Appendix B. The Heliacal settings and risings of the plants: Heliacal settings ; Heliacal risings ; Inferior conjunctions ; Solar conjunctions in B.C. 786-785 -- Hypsomatic solar tables. For the century ; For the year ; For the month ; For the day of month ; For the hour (U.T.) ; First correction ; Second correction -- The Babylonian Calendar for 786-5 B.C.. Babylonian, Julian, Gregorian equivalents ; The Julian dates of equinoxes and solstices ; The Egyptian Sothic (Fixed) and Native (Wandering) calendars for B.C. 786-5 ; Julian dates for the heliacal risings of the "Arrow-Star" (Sirius) ; Julian dates for the Heliacal risings of the "Peg-star" (Spica). Subjects: Zodiac; Stars; Astrology
Dates
- Acquired: 2016-03-22 - 2024
Creator
- From the Collection: Frost, Guy (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 27 Boxes
From the Collection: 2 items
Language
From the Collection: English
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