Ebook: Ancient Astrology

Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- General series introduction -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT AND GREECE -- GREECE AND ROME -- THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY -- THE PRINCIPLES OF ASTROLOGY -- ASTROLOGICAL PRACTICE: CASTING A HOROSCOPE -- THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE ASTROLOGERS -- REFLECTIONS AND RAMIFICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.;An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and changing social and political role of astrology.