Babylonian Horoscopes: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 88, Part 1)

by Francesca Rochberg

Emerging for the first time in the 5th cent. B.C., horoscopes reflect the application of the idea and practice of celestial divination to the life of the individual. Whereas an omen focuses on a single astronomical phenomenon, the horoscope takes into account the positions of the moon, sun, and five planets at the moment of a birth. As such, Babylonian horoscopes presuppose the concept of the ecliptic and a methodology for obtaining the positions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871698811
• ISBN13: 9780871698810
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"