Reconstruction of Ptolemaic Terms 1 by petosiris 1. Order: Aries Jupiter is first because of triangle Venus is second because of house and triangle in Taurus Mercury is third because of house and triangle in Gemini Mars is fourth because of house Saturn is fifth Taurus Venus is first because of triangle and house Mercury is second because of house and triangle in Gemini Jupiter is third because it is benefic Saturn is fourth because it has triangle in Gemini Mars is fifth Gemini Mercury is first because of triangle and house Jupiter is second because of exaltation in Cancer Venus is third because it is benefic Saturn is fourth because of triangle in the same sign Mars is fifth Cancer Mars is first because of triangle and house Jupiter is second because of exaltation Mercury is third because of exaltation and house in Virgo Venus is fourth because of triangle in Virgo Saturn is fifth Leo Jupiter is first because of triangle Mercury is second because of exaltation and house in Virgo Venus is third because of triangle in Virgo Saturn is fourth because of house Mars is fifth Virgo Mercury is first because of exaltation and house Venus is second because of triangle Jupiter is third because it is benefic Saturn is fourth because of exaltation and triangle in Libra Mars is fifth Libra Saturn is first because of exaltation and triangle Mercury is second because of triangle Venus is third because of house Jupiter is fourth because it is benefic Mars is fifth Scorpio Mars is first because of triangle and house Jupiter is second because of triangle and house in Sagittarius Venus is third because of triangle in Capricorn Mercury is fourth because it is common Saturn is fifth Sagittarius Jupiter is first because of triangle and house Venus is second because of triangle in Capricorn Mercury is third because of triangle in Aquarius Mars is fourth because of exaltation in Capricorn the following sign Saturn is fifth Capricorn Venus is first because of triangle Mercury is second because of triangle in Aquarius Jupiter is third because it is benefic Mars is fourth because of exaltation in the same sign Saturn is fifth Aquarius Saturn is first because of house and triangle Mercury is second because of triangle Venus is third because of exaltation in Pisces Jupiter is fourth because it is benefic Mars is fifth Pisces Venus is first because of exaltation Jupiter is second because of house Mercury is third because it is common Mars is fourth because it has house in Aries Saturn is fifth In this way, the order of the following signs was consistently followed, in accord with the instructions by Ptolemy. Some are misled by the statement ''And again in order, those that have two lordships each are preferred to the one which has but one in the same sign'' to assign the malefics differently (for example Mars before Saturn in Gemini or after Saturn in Capricorn), but they do not follow the instruction of the order of following signs of the previous sentence. This instruction seems to refer to Cancer and Leo where Mercury has one more familiarity than Venus. Thus six terms end with Saturn, and six terms end with Mars, two with beginnings. 2. Assign + 1 degree to those that have two familiarities in one of the signs of a quadrant: Saturn receives 6 in Leo, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius Jupiter receives 8 in Libra, Capricorn and Sagittarius Mars receives 6 in Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio Venus receives 8 in Aries, Taurus and Pisces Mercury receives 7 in Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo and Virgo 3. Assign the remaining degrees accordingly, subtracting from the slowest whenever possible: In Aries, we subtract 1 from Saturn and 1 from Jupiter In Taurus, we subtract 2 from Saturn and 1 from Jupiter In Gemini, we subtract 1 from Saturn and 1 from Jupiter In Cancer, we subtract 2 from Saturn In Leo, we subtract 1 from Jupiter and 1 from Venus (Mars gets 5 in all his remaining terms for 66 - 36 = 30 : 5 degrees = 6 equal terms) In Virgo, we subtract 2 from Jupiter and 1 from Venus In Libra, we subtract 2 from Venus and 1 from Mercury (those have one, but Venus is slower) In Scorpio, we subtract 2 from Saturn In Sagittarius, we subtract 1 from Venus and 1 from Mercury In Capricorn, we subtract 1 from Jupiter In Aquarius, we subtract 1 from Jupiter In Pisces, we subtract 1 from Saturn In this way, we only subtract proportionally from Venus and Mercury only when we can't subtract from Saturn and Jupiter. I believe Ptolemy intended his instructions to be sufficient in this way. Sources: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... B*.html#20 http://www.skyscript.co.uk/pdf/Houlding ... _terms.pdf Quote Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:16 pm