The Siddhantas and the Indian Calendar

The Siddhantas and the Indian Calendar
Author: Robert Sewell
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1989
Genre: Hindu calendar
ISBN: 9788120603646

Being A Continuation Of The Author`S Indian Chronograph, With An Article By The Late Dr. J.F. Fleet On The Mean Place Of The Planet Satum.

Babylonian Horoscopes

Babylonian Horoscopes
Author: Francesca Rochberg
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1998
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780871698810

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 of heavenly bodies when they are not observable. This is the first complete edition of the extant cuneiform horoscopes -- with transcription and philological and astronomical commentary. This study offers a systematic description of the documents as a definable class of Babylonian astronomical/astrological texts.