Title: Astrology : what's really in the stars /
Authors: Stewart, J. V.
Publisher: Prometheus Books,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Astrology; Astrology History
Abstract: Traces the development of astrology from the nomads who settled in lower Mesopotamia to Ptolemy in Hellenistic Egypt.
Contents: 1. Mesopotamia (ca. 4000-1300 B.C.E.) -- 2. Assyrian Era (ca. 1300-600 B.C.E.) -- 3. New Babylonian Era (ca. 600-300 B.C.E.) -- 4. Astrology in Greece, Rome, and Hellenistic Egypt (ca. 600 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) -- 5. Ptolemy and the Tetrabiblos -- Chronology of Origins of Astrology -- 6. Current Status -- 7. How Old Is Astrology? -- 8. Do the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars Affect Life on Earth? -- 9. Birth versus Conception, and Twins -- 10. Sign versus Constellation, and the Aquarian Age -- 11. Selective Memory, or the Versatile Human Mind -- 12. Questions.