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The holiness of astrology (1)

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Astronomical theory texts
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.10 Esoteric lore and hermeneutics
05.10.01 Esoteric texts
05.10.01.08 Astronomical theory texts
Seven planetary gods
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism)
01.04.03.06 Seven planetary gods
Zodiac
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories
05.01.04 Zodiac

Keywords
astrology
omens
Rome

Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Vettius Valens, Anthology 4.11:
I adjure you, most honoured brother, and all those being initiated into this systematic art, learning of the starry bowl of the heavens, and the zodiac and sun and moon and of the five planets, and also of foreknowledge and holy necessity, to keep all these things hidden, and not to share them with the uninitiated, except those who are worthy and able to guard and receive them rightly.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Vettius Valens, Anthology 4.11

Bibliography

Barton 1994, 85

Barton, Tamsyn. Power and Knowledge, Astrology, Physiognomics, and Medicine under the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1994.

Amar Annus

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