This book contains a translation of the Eight Books of the Mathesis by the 4th century astrologer Julius Firmicus Maternus along with some useful Indexes of Occupations, the Causes of Death, and Personal Characteristics.
The Eight Books are:
Book I: An essay on what astrology is
Book II: The twelve signs
Book III: Aspects and house placement of planets
Book IV: Chart Interpretation
Book V: The angles and the terms
Book VI: The aspects
Book VII: Life and death
Book VIII:The degrees of the signs
James H. Holden, who translated the text from the Latin, is Research Director of the American Federation of Astrologers. A well respected astrological scholar, he has translated more than twenty astrology books that were written between the 2nd and 17th centuries. He is also the author of A History of Horoscopic Astrology.
