《Tetrabiblos》Number Of The Modes Of ProrogationClaudius Ptolemy（Ashmand 英譯 1822）
[185] These meetings and descensions are technically termed “directions.” [186] On these words Placidus has the following remark: “The revolutions may possess some virtue, but only according to the constitution of the stars to the places of the prorogators of the nativity, and their places of direction, but no farther; as Ptolemy was of opinion, and briefly expresses himself in his Chapter of Life.
段落 tetra-3-numberofth-78public-domain (Ashmand 1822)
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