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NOTE XXXII. THE "PART OF FORTUNE" 165,
year A.-D. 138. It was translated into A/abic in the ninth century by
command of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun. Persian, Hebrew, and Greek
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versions are also mentioned. The best English translation is that f
Ashmand. Ptolemy's astrological work, the Tetrabiblqs, or Quadraparlite,
is a standard work on the subject in general use among modern students.
The Almhgest, 'Syntaxis and Tetrabiblos are works of textreme interest
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to astronomers and students of astrology.
"P. 1. 67, 23. The 'Part of Fortune,' depending on the elongation of
the Moon referred to the Ascendant of the horoscope, would of course
h on the Ascendant at the time of New Moon. At First Quarter it is
on the nadir, at Full Moon on the descendant, at the Last Quarter on
the midheaven. Some authors compute its place by longitude in the
Zodiac and others by oblique ascension or descension. The rule of
the Moon at the
Ptolemy is that it corresponds with the place held by
time of sunrise, but he does not say whether it is local or equatorial
sunrise^ nor whether the 'place' of the moon is to be aken by longitude,
right ascension, or oblique ascension.
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P. 67, 1. 21. July ist, A.D. 1117 is equivalent to Safar 28, A.H. 511.
,This appears evident from reference to other dates occurring in the
course of your pages.
"This date, July ist, is O.S. and corresponds with July 8th N.S.
"By adding 760 years (or 40 cycles of 19 years each) to the date
1117 we get equivalent year of cycle A.D. 1877, and to the date we
must add two days due to the omission of leap year days in the i2th
and 1 6th century-years, which brings us to July loth, 1877, when
it,is, seen that there was a New Moon. Hence the date is correctly
taken.
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" As to the '
Part of the Unseen,' this appears from the context to
be derived from a reversal of the method employed for the 'Part of
Fortune.' The former is counted from the Moon to the Sun, and the
Jiatter from the Sun to the Moon, and the distance in the Zodiac is set
off from the Ascendant.
"Unlike all the planetary Points to which I have drawn your
attention, and which are determined by their solar elongations, the '
Part
of the Unseen '
appears to be a lunar Point, determined from the Sun's
e!6ngation in respect
of the Moon. * ,
"The date of^birth having been fixed, we are left to find the time
of birth by the reference 1
to the positions of the Sun and Moon, which
it is said were so situated that there was no space at all between them.
It, is not .presumed that this was an observation made at the time of
, .birth, but one (that,was afterwards calculated and found to be correct.
The New Moon of Safar 28, A.H. 511, took place locally in longitude
68 E. at 5.32 p.m. i (GlM.T. o'clock) when the luminaries were in
ecliptic conjunction in Cancer 15 8'. The Moon was then only about
n past the S. Node, and therefore had about 57' of S. latitude. It was
a
partial eclipse of the Sun. The fact that this is not mentioned goes to
prove that the calculation was retrogressive and that the observation
was not made at the time of birth.
" The following is the horoscope set for lat. 35 N. and long. 68 E.
The planets' places are put into the nearest whole degree. I do not
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