Unscheduled

The bibliography

The working syllabus.

Every guide in the Unscheduled catalog draws from this shelf. Entries below are organized by tradition. Editions and translators are named.

Hellenistic — Greek and Latin

6 entries
  • 01Vettius Valens, Anthologies (trans. Mark Riley, online edition).
  • 02Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos (Loeb Classical Library, trans. F. E. Robbins, 1940).
  • 03Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum (trans. Benjamin Dykes, Cazimi Press, 2017).
  • 04Hephaistio of Thebes, Apotelesmatics, Books I–III (Project Hindsight).
  • 05Manilius, Astronomica (Loeb, trans. G. P. Goold, 1977).
  • 06Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis (trans. Jean Rhys Bram, 1975).

Medieval and Arabic

4 entries
  • 01Sahl ibn Bishr, On Elections, On Questions, On Times (trans. Dykes).
  • 02Abu Ma'shar, On Historical Astrology (trans. Yamamoto and Burnett, Brill).
  • 03Māshā'allāh, On Reception (trans. Dykes).
  • 04Bonatti, Book of Astronomy (trans. Dykes, Cazimi Press).

Modern Hellenistic Revival

5 entries
  • 01Chris Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune (Amor Fati, 2017).
  • 02Demetra George, Ancient Astrology in Theory and Practice, Vols. I–II (Rubedo, 2019–2022).
  • 03Benjamin Dykes, Traditional Astrology for Today (Cazimi, 2011).
  • 04Robert Hand, Night & Day: Planetary Sect in Astrology (ARHAT, 1995).
  • 05Robert Schmidt, Project Hindsight translation series.

Modern — Outer Planets, TNOs, Centaurs

4 entries
  • 01Richard Tarnas, Cosmos and Psyche (Viking, 2006).
  • 02André Barbault, Planetary Cycles: Mundane Astrology (Astrological Association of GB, 2014).
  • 03Melanie Reinhart, Chiron and the Healing Journey (Penguin Arkana, 1989).
  • 04Eric Francis, Small World Stories (Planet Waves).

Scholarly Context — Historical and Mathematical

6 entries
  • 01Otto Neugebauer, A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, 3 vols. (Springer, 1975).
  • 02Nicholas Campion, A History of Western Astrology, Vols. I–II (Continuum, 2008–2009).
  • 03Tamsyn Barton, Ancient Astrology (Routledge, 1994).
  • 04Roger Beck, A Brief History of Ancient Astrology (Blackwell, 2007).
  • 05Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun (Oxford, 1996).
  • 06Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution (1962).

Vedic

3 entries
  • 01Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Jātaka (trans. M. Ramakrishna Bhat, Motilal Banarsidass).
  • 02Parashara, Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (ed. R. Santhanam).
  • 03David Frawley, Astrology of the Seers (Lotus Press, 1990).

Indigenous and Place-Bound Reckoning

3 entries
  • 01Anthony Aveni, Skywatchers (University of Texas Press, 2001).
  • 02Stephen McCluskey, Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe (Cambridge, 1998).
  • 03Clive Ruggles, Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth (ABC-CLIO, 2005).