Annual Predictive Techniques Of The Greek Arabic And Indian Astrologers

Predictions for each year of life go back to the earliest times of Hellenistic astrology. Elaborated by Persian and Arabic astrologers who emphasized the revolution of the nativity, known today as the solar return chart, annual predictive techniques then spread eastward into India and westward into Latin Europe during the Middle Ages. For the first time, this book draws together material on annual predictions from ancient and medieval authors writing in Greek, Arabic and Sanskrit, demonstrating their methods with a wealth of present-day example charts.While covering historical background and principles of interpretation, Annual Predictive Techniques is above all a manual of practical astrology, a guide to concrete prediction intended for intermediate students. Separate chapters are devoted to illustrating the use of primary directions and profections together with anniversary transits. The reader is then shown how to integrate these techniques step by step with the solar return chart. The final chapter discusses ways of subdividing a year and identifying times of major importance.

The study of any horoscope is based on analyzing the Natal chart. It is important, as in any other science; to start from the basics and the basic fundamentals should always remain the base. In this book the author has tried to explain the first principles which are important while making predictions and working on them. He has also tried to explain about certain planets such as Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu which are usually the dreaded planets. Also have briefly touched on the predictive techniques while talking about financial prospects, education and marriage. This book will be equally useful for amateur and research scholars.

This comprehensive study explains the principles of primary directions in an accessible form, illustrating them by practical examples. The source draws on many original texts to outline the historical origins and development of the technique.

Explores the annual harmonics system of astrological prediction to help see into the year ahead & pinpoint actual events. It is a complete, self-contained astrological system that allows a look at lifelong trends & life's variations. New concepts of harmonic progressing along with the Aries cycle lifetime trends & transit influences.

The Jewel of Annual Astrology is an encyclopaedic treatise on Tājika or Sanskritized Perso-Arabic astrology, dealing particularly with the casting and interpretation of anniversary horoscopes. Authored in 1649 CE by Balabhadra Daivajña, court astrologer to Shāh Shujāʿ – governor of Bengal and second son of the Mughal emperor Shāh Jahān – it casts light on the historical development of the Tājika school by extensive quotations from earlier works spanning five centuries. With this first-ever scholarly edition and translation of a Tājika text, Martin Gansten makes a significant contribution not only to the study of an important but little known knowledge tradition, but also to the intellectual historiography of Asia and the transmission of horoscopic astrology in the medieval and early modern periods.