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Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos

Chapter 14: CHAPTER XI CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC
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A systematic astrological treatise that explains how the sun, moon, planets and fixed stars are understood to affect weather, geography and human affairs. It lays out technical vocabulary and procedures—signs, houses, aspects, triplicities, exaltations and terms—then applies them across four parts: foundational principles and methods; climatic and regional forecasts including eclipses and atmospheric phenomena; rules for casting nativities and interpreting birth, temperament, health and longevity; and worked examples with tables and commentary. The work emphasizes a disciplined, observational approach to linking astronomical positions with types and timings of terrestrial events.

CHAPTER XI
CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC

The influences of the constellations south of the zodiac, existing in a similar mode, are as follows:—

  • Piscis Australis. The bright star in the mouth is of the same
  • influence as Venus and Mercury.
  • Cetus is like Saturn.
  • Orion. The stars on the shoulders operate similarly to Mars and
  • Mercury; and the other bright stars to Jupiter and Saturn.
  • Fluvius (or Eridanus). The last bright one is of
  • the same influence as Jupiter; the rest are like Saturn.
  • Lepus is like Saturn and Mercury.
  • Canis. The bright star in the mouth is like Jupiter, and
  • partly like Mars: the others are like Venus.
  • Procyon.[40] The bright star is like Mercury, and in some
  • degree like Mars.
  • Hydrus. The bright stars are like Saturn and Venus.
  • Crater is like Venus, and in some degree like Mercury.
  • Corvus is like Mars and Saturn.
  • Argo. The bright stars are like Saturn and Jupiter.
  • Centaurus. The stars in the human part of the figure are
  • of the same influence as Venus and Mercury; the bright
  • stars in the horse’s part are like Venus and Jupiter.
  • Lupus. The bright stars are like Saturn, and partly like Mars.
  • Ara is like Venus, and also Mercury in some degree.
  • Corona Australis. The bright stars are like Saturn and Jupiter.

The respective influences of the several stars have been observed by the ancients to operate in conformity with the mode pointed out in the foregoing distributions.[41]