Culture and Cosmos is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the history of
astrology and cultural astronomy published by the
Sophia Centre Press in
partnership with the Sophia
Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, Faculty of Humanitiies and the
Performing Arts, at the University
of Wales Trinity Saint David
We are currently seeking submissions for future volumes of Culture and Cosmos.
We are currently seeking submissions for future volumes of Culture and Cosmos.
Volume 18 - 2
The Interpretation of a Horoscope Cast by Abraham the Jew in Béziers for a Child Born on 29 November 1135: An Essay in Understanding a Medieval Astrologer
Helena Avelar, with an introduction by Charles Burnett
Abstract
This article analyses the horoscope written by a certain 'Abraham Judeus' at Béziers for a child born in 1135. It shows that, given the positions of the heavenly bodies and the astrologer's interpretation, one can work out how the astrologer arrived at his judgments, using the standard astrological doctrine of the time.
Citation
Helena Avelar, with an introduction by Charles Burnett, 'The Interpretation of a Horoscope Cast by Abraham the Jew in Béziers for a child born on 29 November 1135: An Essay in Understanding a Medieval Astrology', Culture and Cosmos, Vol. 18, no. 2, Spring/Summer 2014, pp. 19-40.
