{"product_id":"carmen-astrologicum-of-sidon-dorotheus-of-sidon-9781933303147","title":"Carmen Astrologicum","description":"Dorotheus of Sidon, who appears to have lived in Alexandria, flourished in the first century AD. He wrote his Pentateuch (five books) on astrology in Greek, in verse. This translation, from 1976 by David Pingree, is from a fourth century Pahlavi (Persian) source. The first book is on the judgement of nativities. Book two concerns marriage and children. Book three is on the length of life. Book four is on the transfer of years, i.e., forecasting. Book five is on interrogations, i.e., electional astrology. In this book are the earliest known astrological charts. Dorotheus bases much of his interpretative methods on the triplicity rulers, by day and by night. All fire signs have the same rulers. All earth signs have their rulers, as do air and water signs. He uses Egyptian terms. He, like the Greeks of his day, also uses the Dodecatemoria, which are the twelfths of a sign. And many, many lots, all defined. For the first time in this edition: Pingree's Preface newly translated. An appendix with charts in modern format. A complete table of terms and triplicity rulers. A table to calculate Dodecatemoria. Newly reset to match Pingree's original 1976 edition. Written a century before Ptolemy, here is the mainstream of Greek astrology. It will handsomely repay study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Of Sidon Dorotheus of Sidon, Dorotheus of Sidon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193330314X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933303147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astrology Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Of Sidon Dorotheus of Sidon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937530740991,"sku":"9781933303147","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_72e4ff30-486f-4e93-981e-18d51d459ecf.jpg?v=1681430611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/carmen-astrologicum-of-sidon-dorotheus-of-sidon-9781933303147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}