Babylonian Astrology - Introduction [Cambell Thompson, 1900]

  

 

Definition: [Babylonian Omen Astrology] Introduction to The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon: Vol II, R Cambell Thompson, London, March 1st, 1900.

INTRODUCTION: for more than two thousand years the records of Babylonian...
INTRODUCTION: existence of a tradition to the effect that the Egyptians mapped the heavens...
INTRODUCTION: origin from those of the early dwellers on the alluvial lands of mesopotamia...

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INTRODUCTION: 626, added to the royal library at nineveh... INTRODUCTION: the astrologers to write both omen reports and letters... INTRODUCTION: lines. thus aharru originally meant the land which lay close to Babylonia...

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INTRODUCTION: is probable that they indicate the existence of a kind of clock... INTRODUCTION: the appearance of the moon and sun was to help determine and foretell the length of the lunar month... INTRODUCTION: astrologer uses the words "this night" he does not refer to the day on which he is writing, but...

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INTRODUCTION: clear that no second adar was used in this year... INTRODUCTION: from various indications derived from the astrological reports, it is clear that... INTRODUCTION: late babylonian capricornus enzu aquarius gu pisces nunu...

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INTRODUCTION: "sheep" which are within the halo. the influence of the moon on sheep and cattle... INTRODUCTION: sun were occupying the place of saturn. from eratosthenes, too,, we learn that saturn was called sol... INTRODUCTION: the meaning of sutatu, as may be seen by the pharse mikissu sutatu...

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INTRODUCTION: applied to any and every star, and in bereshith rabba... INTRODUCTION: the portion to the right was akkad, that to the left was elam, the upper part was aharru, and the lower part subartu ...

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Links to "The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon":

  Descriptive List of the Astrological Reports
  Preface
  Introduction
I - VII  Omens from the Moon
VIII  Omens from the Sun
IX  Omens from Stars
X  Omens from Clouds
XI  Omens from the Moon's Disappearance
XII  Omens from Storms
XIII  Omens from Thunder
XIV  Omens from Earthquakes
XV  Omens from Eclipses
XVI  Omens from Akulutum*
XVII  Omens from Births
K Lists
Index

*Meaning unknown: possibly rust or mildew.

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