{"product_id":"astronomicon-les-astrologiques-ou-la-science-sacree-du-ciel-french-edition","title":"ASTRONOMICON - The Astrologicals or the Sacred Science of the Heavens (French Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eASTRONOMICON \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe Astronomica or the Sacred Science of the Heavens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\"It is to you, O Mercury, that we owe this divine science: it is you who revealed to man the mysteries of the sky and the stars, to enlarge the ideas he would form of the universe; so that he would respect not only its external appearances, but even more the energetic power of all the objects it contains; so that he could finally know God in the full extent of his immensity. And nature herself encouraged men to even lift the veil that covered her.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eManilius's treatise is a monument to astrology. It brings together everything one needs to know about this science, from the origin of the world, the names and figures of the zodiac, the influence of meteors and comets on disasters, to the divisions of the zodiac according to the Lots. A large part of the work is devoted to speculative astrology and the study of signs in their relation to the seasons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eFinally, the last part of Manilius's work presents his philosophical conceptions and sheds light on the ancient meaning of Destiny. Perhaps originally from North Africa, Marcus Manilius wrote his treatise \"Astronomica or the Sacred Science of the Heavens\" in the last years of Emperor Augustus's reign.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe work is illustrated with numerous reproductions of wood engravings that illustrated a medieval re-edition of Hyginus's (Gaius Julius Hyginus) Astronomical Fables, librarian to Emperor Augustus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBook Content\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efirst book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e deals, among other things, with the celestial sphere, the first authors of astronomy \u0026amp; the progress of human sciences, the origin of the world, the opinions of philosophers, the elements of the earth, the sky \u0026amp; the stars, the signs of the zodiac \u0026amp; the extra-zodiacal constellations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esecond, third, and fourth books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e are designated as Isagogical, meaning introductory or preparatory, because they contain the definitions of the various subjects dealt with by Homer, Hesiod \u0026amp; other poets. They deal with the properties \u0026amp; energy of the stars: their activity on terrestrial bodies is demonstrated in addition to masculine, feminine, diurnal, nocturnal, terrestrial, watery, amphibious, etc., signs. The divisions of each sign into twelve dodecatemories and twelve houses with their celestial properties \u0026amp; energy are also found.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eManilius also discusses the zodiac in twelve athletes or lots, the first of which is that of fortune. A method for finding the location of this first lot \u0026amp; for determining that of the horoscope, i.e., the point of the ecliptic that is on the horizon in the eastern part of the sky, at all times of day \u0026amp; night. The whole concludes with the definition of the tropical signs, or those presiding over the houses, which gives rise to a beautiful description of the four houses of the year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efifth book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is, in our opinion, superior to all the preceding ones. It contains an enumeration of the extra-zodiacal constellations \u0026amp; the degrees of the twelve signs with which they rise. Their leverage inspires inclinations, manners, characters, leads to engaging in arts, professions, trades, whose truly poetic descriptions occupy almost the entire book. These descriptions are interspersed with episodes: particularly noteworthy is the beautiful episode of Andromeda, which several learned critics have deemed worthy of Virgil. The book concludes with the well-known distinction of stars into six different magnitudes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Grimoire Ancien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56631487234373,"sku":"9798356829994","price":24.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1007\/1333\/3061\/files\/astronomicon-les-astrologiques-ou-la-science-sacree-du-ciel-french-edition-6201732.webp?v=1778592427","url":"https:\/\/legrimoireancien.com\/en\/products\/astronomicon-les-astrologiques-ou-la-science-sacree-du-ciel-french-edition","provider":"© 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien","version":"1.0","type":"link"}