The Royal Art of Astrology by Robert Eisler
$250.00
The Royal Art of Astrology by Robert Eisler, published in 1946. A core text in the historical examination of the development of the mathematical and geometrical ‘laws’ of astronomical observations into methods for forecasting large-scale events of concern to kings and countries, and thence its evolution into a technique of foretelling the character and individual fate of particular children born under the influence of certain stars. Sections Include: How Horoscopes Are Cast, The So-Called Houses, The Souls of the Dead Seen Among the Stars, Decan Stars and Twelve-Hour Star Cycles, Forecasts Based on the Phases of the Moon, Babylonian and Graeco-Egyptian Planetary Theory, Iatro-Mathematics Astronomical Medicine, etc., etc. Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and light shelfwear.