Vettius Valens of Antioch, Anthology, Book One (Project Hindsight)

Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Anthology of Vettius Valens, Book I by Robert Hand .................................... i The Dodekatemorion ....................................................................................................... viiTranslator's Preface by Robert Schmidt .................................................................................... xv General Note ................................................................................................................. xviThe Anthology of Vettius Valens of Antioch , Book I ................................................................... 1 1. Concerning the Nature of the Stars ............................................................................. 1 2. Concerning the Nature of the Twelve Zoidia ................................................................. 7 3. Concerning the Sixty Boundaries ............................................................................... 18 4. Concerning the Horoskopos ........................................................................................ 25 5. Concerning the Midheaven ........................................................................................ 30 6. Concerning the Ascension of the Zoidia ..................................................................... 31 7. Concerning the Zoidia that See and Hear .................................................................. 33 8. Synodic Conjunctions and Whole Moons, Roughly ..................................................... 34 9. Concerning the Seven-Zoned Sphere or Sabbatical Day, Roughly ............................. 35 10. Concerning the Ruler of the Year ............................................................................. 36 11. Concerning Masculine and Feminine Degrees .......................................................... 37 12. Concerning the Lights of the Moon .......................................................................... 37 13. Concerning the Concealment of the Moon ............................................................... 38 14. Concerning the 3rd, 7th, and 40th day of the Moon ................................................ 38 15. To Roughly Find the Ascending Node ....................................................................... 39 16. Concerning the Finding of Steps and Winds of the Moon ......................................... 40 17. After Hipparchus, Concerning the Calculation of the Zoidion of the Moon ................ 41 18. Concerning the Calculation of the Other Planets ..................................................... 43 19. Concerning the Commixtures of the Stars ............................................................... 47 20. Commixture of Three Stars ...................................................................................... 52 21. Concerning Conception ............................................................................................ 61 22. Concerning Children Born in the Seventh-Month ..................................................... 64Appendix I - Translation Conventions ...................................................................................... 66