2017-07-31T15:11:47+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Mysterium Cosmographicum, Alfonsine tables, Matenadaran, Harmonices Mundi, Paradise Lost, On the Heavens, Prasna Marga, Prasna Tantra, John of Saxony (astronomer), Brihat Jataka, Skanda Hora, Jaimini Sutras, Bhavartha Ratnakara, Garga Hora, Kriyakramakari, Laghu Parashari, Tantrasamgraha, Cosmos and Psyche, Phaladeepika, Zodiac and Swastika, Mansagari, Tetrabiblos, Poor Richard's Almanack, Centiloquium, Chamatkara Chintamani, 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley, Dasadhyayi, Hora Ratna, Hora Sara, Jataka Bharanam, Jataka Parijata, Jataka Tattva, Jatakalankara, Sanketa Nidhi, Sarvartha Chintamani flashcards
Astrological texts

Astrological texts

  • Mysterium Cosmographicum
    Mysterium Cosmographicum (lit. The Cosmographic Mystery, alternately translated Cosmic Mystery, The Secret of the World or some variation) is an astronomy book by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, published at Tübingen in 1596 and in a second edition in 1621.
  • Alfonsine tables
    The Alfonsine tables (Spanish: Tablas alfonsíes, Latin: tabulae alphonsinae) (sometimes spelled Alphonsine tables) provided data for computing the position of the Sun, Moon and planets relative to the fixed stars.
  • Matenadaran
    The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոցի անվան հին ձեռագրերի ինստիտուտ (Mesrop Mashtots'i anvan hin dzeragreri institut)), commonly referred to as the Matenadaran (Armenian: ), is a repository of ancient manuscripts, research institute and museum in Yerevan, Armenia.
  • Harmonices Mundi
    Harmonices Mundi (Latin: The Harmony of the World, 1619) is a book by Johannes Kepler.
  • Paradise Lost
    Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674).
  • On the Heavens
    On the Heavens (Greek: Περὶ οὐρανοῦ, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise: written in 350 BC it contains his astronomical theory and his ideas on the concrete workings of the terrestrial world.
  • Prasna Marga
    Prasna Marga is a unique work on Hindu astrology, natal and horary ('Prashna' means 'Horary'), that appears to be a major classical text covering every aspect of human existence.
  • Prasna Tantra
    Prasna Tantra is a famous work of Neelakantha on Horary astrology.
  • John of Saxony (astronomer)
    John of Saxony or Johannes de Saxonia or John Danko or Dancowe of Saxony was an early medieval astronomer.
  • Brihat Jataka
    Brihat Jataka or Brihat Jatakam or Brihajjatakam (Sanskrit: बृहज्जातकम), is one of the five principal texts written by Varahamihira, the other four being Panchasiddhantika, Brihat Samhita, Laghu Jataka and Yogayatra.
  • Skanda Hora
    Skanda Hora is the legendary first book on Hindu astrology.
  • Jaimini Sutras
    The ancient Sanskrit text called Jaimini Sutras is a treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology attributed to Maharishi Jaimini, the founder of the Purva Mimamsa branch of Hindu philosophy and author of twelve-chapter Upadesa Sutras, who was a disciple of Rishi Vyasa, son of Parashara.
  • Bhavartha Ratnakara
    Bhavartha Ratnakara was formerly a little-known Sanskrit treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology which is believed to have been written by Ramanuja, it had for a very long time remained confined mainly to the southern parts of India.
  • Garga Hora
    Garga Horā is a very ancient treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology.
  • Kriyakramakari
    Kriyakramakari (Kriyā-kramakarī) is an elaborate commentary in Sanskrit written by Sankara Variar and Narayana, two astronomer-mathematicians belonging to the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics, on Bhaskara II's well-known textbook on mathematics Lilavati.
  • Laghu Parashari
    Laghu Parashari, also known as Jataka Chandrika, is an important treatise on Vimshottari dasha system and is based on Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra.
  • Tantrasamgraha
    Tantrasamgraha (transliterated also as Tantrasangraha) is an important astronomical treatise written by Nilakantha Somayaji, an astronomer/mathematician belonging to the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics.
  • Cosmos and Psyche
    Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View is a 2006 book by cultural historian Richard Tarnas, in which Tarnas proposes the existence of relationships between planetary transits and events in the lives of major historical figures, as well as cultural events.
  • Phaladeepika
    Phaladeepika is a treatise on Hindu astrology written by Mantreswara.
  • Zodiac and Swastika
    Zodiac and Swastika: How Astrology Guided Hitler's Germany (German: Tierkreis und Hakenkreuz: Als Astrologe an Himmlers Hof) is a 1968 book by Wilhelm Wulff.
  • Mansagari
    Mansagari is a popular classical treatise on Hindu predictive astrology.
  • Tetrabiblos
    Tetrabiblos (Τετράβιβλος) 'four books', also known in Greek as Apotelesmatiká (Ἀποτελεσματικά) "Effects", and in Latin as Quadripartitum "Four Parts", is a text on the philosophy and practice of astrology, written in the 2nd century AD by the Alexandrian scholar Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 90–c. AD 168).
  • Poor Richard's Almanack
    Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose.
  • Centiloquium
    The Centiloquium (= "one hundred sayings"), also called Ptolemy's Centiloquium, is a collection of one hundred aphorisms about astrology and astrological rules.
  • Chamatkara Chintamani
    Chamatkara Chintamani is a revered treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology.
  • 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley
    777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley is a collection of papers written by Aleister Crowley.
  • Dasadhyayi
    Dasadhyayi (Devanāgarī: दशाध्यायी, IAST: Daśādhyāyī) is the famous reputed commentary on the first ten chapters of Varāha Mihira’s Bṛhat Jātaka by Govinda Bhaṭṭathiri (1237 – 1295) of Talakkulam who hailed from Alattur, a village near Thirur in South Malabar, Kerala, and who had also written Muhūrtapadavī.
  • Hora Ratna
    Hora Ratna, a treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology, was written in the usual Sanskrit Slokas - format by Bala Bhadra sometime during the reign of the Muhghal Emperor Shah Jahan.
  • Hora Sara
    Hora Sara is an ancient treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology; it is written in Sanskrit Sloka – format.
  • Jataka Bharanam
    Jataka Bharanam is an old treatise on Hindu astrology mainly dealing with the Phalita i.
  • Jataka Parijata
    Jataka Parijata is an Indian astrological text that is ranked alongside Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra of Parāśara Muni, Bṛhat Jātaka of Varāhamihira and Phaladīpikāḥ of Mantreśvara.
  • Jataka Tattva
    Jataka Tattva is a standard treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology and follows the Parashari System.
  • Jatakalankara
    Jatakalankara is a brief Sanskrit treatise comprising one hundred twenty-five slokas or verses on the predictive part of Hindu astrology written in the classic Sloka format in the Srgdhara meter.
  • Sanketa Nidhi
    Sanketa Nidhi is a Sanskrit text in verse on the phalita portion of Hindu astrology.
  • Sarvartha Chintamani
    Sarvartha Chintamaniis one of the important books of astrology belonging to ancient India.