Star Media Title: The Abbreviation of the Introduction to Astrology Author: Abu Ma'shar Translator, Editor: Dr. Ch. Burnett Historical and Technical Annotators: ..............Dr.Ch.Burnett, Geoffrey Cornelius, Graeme Tobyn, Vernon Wells. Publisher: ARHAT --- Contents --- Introduction i The Text: Translation & Annotation iv Chapter One: On the natures of the signs, their conditions and their significations 1 Chapter Two: On the Conditions of the Planets in themselves, the size of their bodies, and their conditions in relation to the Sun 14 Chapter Three: On the twenty-five conditions of the planets 22 Chapter Four: On the good fortune of the planets, their power, their weakness and their misfortune, the corruption of the Moon, and the knowledge of their dodecatemoria 31 Chapter Five: On the natures of the seven planets, the characteristic of their significations over existent things, and the Lords of the days and the hours 36 Chapter Six: On a summary of the description of the lots 41 Chapter Seven: On the knowledge of the years of the fardarat of the planets, the different arrangements of their years, and the terms of the Egyptians 50 Appendix --- List of Technical Terms 56 References 57 Home Copyright (c) Star Media 1999-2005 All Rights Reserved. Japanese web site. Star Media / Astrological shop in Japan.