Observations of the Heavens

About this book

When is the right moment to begin a work? This notebook is the fifth of Book II in a series that divides Agrippa's work by theme. It contains Book II, chapters 29–37: why the heavens must be observed in every work; when the planets are strong and when weak; the fixed stars and their natures; the Sun and the Moon as the foundation of magic; the twenty-eight mansions of the Moon with their names and effects; the true motion of the heavens and the planetary hours; how things made by art receive power from the stars; and the images of the zodiac, of the thirty-six faces or decans, and of the constellations outside the zodiac.

What is inside

• 9 complete chapters of Agrippa's text, nothing shortened
• every chapter in four parts: In Agrippa's words · In plain words · Terms (with the Latin) · Historical note — where the idea comes from and what modern science says
• 9 original illustrations in an antique archival style
• 2 printable charts: the strength of the planets (houses, exaltations, detriments, falls and a table of planetary hours) and a wheel of the 28 mansions of the Moon with their names and effects
• foreword, closing words and a 50-term glossary

Who it is for

Readers of the history of astrology and astronomy, Renaissance magic and the Western esoteric tradition who want the original text made readable — and honestly explained.

About the series

1 The Power of Numbers · 2 The Sacred Numbers · 3 Marks and the Tables of the Planets · 4 Harmony and the Measure of Man · 5 Observations of the Heavens · 6 Images, Talismans and Characters · 7 The Soul of the World. Each notebook sold separately.

A historical text, not a manual.