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1914 musical opus inspired by astrology and horoscopes - Holst's Op.32, The Planets

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The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst.

Astrology Tip: Money, marriage, health don't forget the 4 temperaments

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Medical/astrological manuscript (1553) Before going into the details of a natal chart, it’s a good idea to pull away and look at it as a whole and even find the “temperament” of your client. By knowing your clients temperament, your advice on how to deal with their education, finances and relationships will be more suitable to their natures and finally more effective in quality predictive work.

Tetrabiblos of Ptolemy - The earliest surviving astrology textbook!

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Opening page of Tetrabiblos : 15th-century Latin reproduction of the 12th-century translation of Plato of Tivoli ; published in Venice by Erhard Ratdolt , 1484. Tetrabiblos (Τετράβιβλος) 'four books', also known in Greek as Apotelesmatiká (Ἀποτελεσματικά) 'effects', and in Latin as Quadripartitum 'four parts', is a text on the philosophy and practice of astrology, written in the 2nd century AD by the Alexandrian scholar Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 90–c. AD 168.