Rosa Baughan
The Influence of the Stars: A book of old world lore
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4057664635877
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II. THE ALPHABET OF ASTROLOGY
CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
CHAPTER IV. OF THE NATURES OF THE SEVEN PLANETS AND OF THEIR ESSENTIAL AND ACCIDENTAL DIGNITIES
CHAPTER V. OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE SEVEN PLANETS
CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING THE TWELVE HOUSES OF HEAVEN AND THEIR POWERS
CHAPTER VII. AN EXPLANATION OF VARIOUS TERMS USED IN ASTROLOGY
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS
CHAPTER IX. OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE FIXED STARS
CHAPTER X. OF THE EFFECT OF EACH PLANET IN EACH OF THE TWELVE HOUSES
CHAPTER XI. ON FORMING A GENERAL JUDGMENT ON A NATIVITY
CHAPTER XII. CONCERNING DIRECTIONS AND HORARY QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XIII. SOLAR HOROSCOPES [15]
CHAPTER XIV. APHORISMS CULLED FROM THE WORKS OF PTOLEMY AND OTHER ANCIENT ASTROLOGERS
CHAPTER XV. CHIROMANCY AND ITS ORIGIN
CHAPTER XVI. THE PRINCIPAL LINES IN THE HAND AND THE MOUNTS
CHAPTER XVII. THE LINE OF LIFE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE LINE OF HEART AND LINE OF HEAD
CHAPTER XIX. THE SATURNIAN LINE
CHAPTER XX. THE LINE OF THE SUN AND LINE OF HEALTH
CHAPTER XXI. ON THE RING OF VENUS, THE WRIST LINES AND THE LETTER M TO BE SEEN IN MOST HANDS
CHAPTER XXIII. CONCERNING THE FINGERS AND THUMB AND NAILS
CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE VARIOUS MARKS TO BE SEEN ON THE HAND
CHAPTER XXV. THE TRIANGLE, THE QUADRANGLE, AND THE HAPPY HAND
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FOREHEAD AND EYEBROWS
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE EYES AND EYELASHES
CHAPTER XXX. THE MOUTH, TEETH, JAW AND CHIN
CHAPTER XXXI. THE HAIR AND THE EARS
CHAPTER XXXII. THE SIGNATURES OF THE PLANETS ON THE FACE
CHAPTER XXXIII. CONCERNING THE MOLES ON THE FACE AND THEIR REFERENCE TO THOSE ON THE BODY
CHAPTER XXXIV. CONCERNING THE MOLES WHICH HAVE NO CORRESPONDING MOLES ON THE FACE
CHAPTER XXXV. CONCERNING THE MARKS GIVEN AT BIRTH BY THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
CHAPTER XXXVI. CONCERNING ALFRIDARIES
CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCERNING THE MYSTICAL WHEEL OF PYTHAGORAS AND THE METHODS OF WORKING IT
FOREWORD
Of all subjects that have at any time engaged the attention of the world, there is none more ancient than astrology. In the East—where it first arose at a period of very remote antiquity—it still holds sway and in every part of the world (especially among the learned) it reigned supreme until the middle of the seventeenth century. That it not only ruled the daily actions of individuals but swayed the councils of princes, is shown by the records of every nation that has a history (and by none more fully than by that of England); yet the present generation seems never, until quite lately, to have cared to inquire on what basis this belief could have been for so many ages supported. During the past ten years, however—possibly from a reaction growing out of the realism by which we have been so long oppressed—a new interest in these old-world beliefs has sprung up and it is to satisfy that interest that this book (containing the results of many years' study) was written.
Chiromancy and Physiognomy are both based on astrology and are, therefore,