Today's content comes from Paul of Alexandria of Alexandria, whose Introduction to Astrology is one of the most famous representatives of Greek astrology. The book is available in two editions, one for Robert Schmidt's Introductory Matters and the other for James Holden's Introduction to Astrology. This article is from Holden's version.
Analysis of the Zodiac
Ninth House
The ninth house of ascending arithmetic represents divine things, dreams, and living abroad; this is also the house of astronomy, before the middle of the sky, when the stars move east from descent. It is also known as the Palace of the Sun, and only the Sun rejoices in this palace. Also known as the good fruit palace, the day, wood, earth, or water in which it was active brought the love, gift, and kindness of the gods or kings; they produced philosophers, founders, and well-meaning merchants; they sometimes brought with them clergy, people in charge of sacred things; they also brought gifts from the royal family, but made people live abroad.
The Sun and Mercury are active in this house to represent wizards, dream interpreters, astrologers, soothsayers, and those who engage in mysterious things. The moon enters the house of the evil star or Mercury to make people far away.
Tenth House
The tenth house of the ascending calculation is called The Middle Heaven, or the boundary of the upper half, which is the Southern Horn Palace, which represents the matter of middle age. Represents action and reputation, status, class, power and fatherhood, as well as the continuity of status; it also represents marriage and sons. When the sun is in this palace without the influence of the light of the fierce star, it represents an authoritative, famous, and outstanding person. Make people noble because of their father's origins. The night moon is not subject to fire, quarters or hedges in this palace, and will produce prominent, wealthy people, people who collect taxes for the king or lord of the city. His mother was born into a noble family.
Saturn falls into this house by day, and in its joyful constellation will produce water-related occupations, wealthy people who love agriculture, who are of landlord or landlord class origin; also represent the owners of house buildings. But if the Lord is born at night, it means that he is active in a place where there is water; less successful, it is not easy to obtain money, he cannot maintain his livelihood, he is not active, he is unhappy in marriage, he has few children, he is poor; and sometimes this will also lead to a long period of residence abroad. Or live far away. A person who has been wandering for a long time.
When Jupiter is born in this palace by day, growing faster, and is not subject to martian punishment, he is in a high position, noble, famous, prestigious, trusted by the king or magnate, outstanding, famous, and befriends great men or successful people; if born at night, he is not so rich, is not obeyed, or continues to be in a good situation.
Mars in the apex house (I mean the palace of the middle heavens) day life of the main parents divorced, from the good situation, bringing continuous poverty, a lifetime of poverty; not enough income, late marriage; without the help of the auspicious star sometimes produces murder. If The golden wood is in phase with it, there is a good evening view and survival in danger. When Mars falls into the masculine constellation at the zenith, whether dayborn or nocturnal, it will have fewer children.
Venus is seen in the zenith without a fierce star, making people noble, such as the high priest, the lucky man, the chief priest, the city councillor, the chief council, the chief priest, and the nobleman. It also brings good marriages and easy children; in addition, these people are popular with the audience, loved by the public, and widely known. When they see it in the morning, they reverse the aforementioned status; sometimes they make people love crafts, the conditions are average but educated, and they often produce cleaners; sometimes they also produce musicians or vocal artists.
Mercury's position in the apex house will make a living by words, knowledge, learning, and speech; sometimes it also symbolizes the overseer, the mayor's secretary, the scribe, the judiciary, the lawyer, the legal expert, the translator, the banker; the mars, whether combined, quadrangular or hedged, producing liars, atheists, wicked people, blasphemers or temple thieves, poisoners or drug-savvy people, forgers, armed robbers, murderers, accomplices, notorious, notorious for these things, and sometimes executioners and jailers Miner heads (miners are generally slaves or criminals, miners are their guards), tax collectors, and water and fire combinations of unlucky stars to rescue the evildoers who always produce evil things.
Translation from Introduction of Astrology
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