This thoroughly researched book is a history of the development of Western horoscopic astrology from its origin among the Babylonians and its subsequent creation in its present form by the Alexandrians down to modern times. Special attention is given to background history and to the working conditions and techniques used by astrologers during the last two thousand years. Numerous footnotes provide additional information and bibliographic references. A separate bibliography lists reference sources of particular importance. Two comprehensive indices containing more than 2,800 individual entries...

This book is an English translation of Book 26 of the Astrologia Gallica, in which Morin discusses Interrogations (Horary Astrology) and Elections. He first criticizes the validity and use of Interrogations and then explains his method of making Elections with several examples. He insists that Elections must be made in conformity with the Natal Horoscope, its Primary Directions, Solar and Lunar Returns and their Primary Directions, and concordant Transits. And he includes a chapter setting forth general instructions for making Elections.Morin was a physician who became the most renowned of...

This issue of the American Federation of Astrologers Journal of Research contains papers on a variety of astrological and astronomical subjects, including a translation of Edouard Symors Study of Combustion, research results on a study of October panics in the U.S. stock market, the horoscope of the Emperor Tiberius, an investigation of distant planetoids, book reviews, and other research papers.