《Tetrabiblos》The Familiarity Of The Regions Of The Earth With The Fixed StarsClaudius Ptolemy（Ashmand 英譯 1822）
In certain cases, however, where the date of foundation of a metropolis cannot be ascertained, the mid-heaven in the nativity of the reigning king, or other actual chief magistrate, is to be substituted, and considered as that part of the zodiac with which it chiefly sympathizes.[82] [82] Whalley remarks on this passage, that the gradual progress of the fixed stars “from one sign to another, is in an especial manner to be regarded in considering the mutations, manners, customs, laws, government, and fortune of a kingdom.”
段落 tetra-2-thefamilia-3public-domain (Ashmand 1822)
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