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Astrology
Ancient astronomy. In its current understanding, the belief in the effect of celestial bodies on the lives of humans and world events.
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hipparchus of rhodes
Astrology; General astrology
Born c.190 BCE in Nicæa in Bithynia (in modern-day Turkey), he died on the Greek island of Rhodes c.120 BCE. An influential scientist of the Hellenistic period, perhaps the ...
holistic
Astrology; General astrology
The idea that a system (natural, organic, environmental, political or economic) is a kind of organism that is more than the sum of its individual parts. This is opposed to ...
horoskopos
Astrology; General astrology
Ancient Hellenistic term for Ascendant. The horoskopos was the first house for counting purposes in any chart, as in the case of, for example, the Moon chart or the Part of ...
hours
Astrology; General astrology
Each day is now divided into 24 equal hours of 60 minutes each. However, in earlier times, time was not so rigid, as discussed below in Hours, Planetary.
hours, planetary
Astrology; General astrology
The hours of the day are ruled by planets in the Chaldean order from Saturn inward to the Moon. Bear in mind that in earlier times, hours were more flexible than they are today. ...
hyades
Astrology; General astrology
A cluster of seven (six, or five) stars in the head of Taurus, known as bringers of rain ("the Weeping Hyades"). In mythology, the Hyades, seven daughters of Atlas, were ...
iamblichus
Astrology; General astrology
Iamblichus (c. 250-325 CE), an influential figure in the Neoplatonic school of Plotinus. Born at Chalcis in Syria, he traced his ancestry through an ancient line of priest-kings. ...
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