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1 article for "Scheme"

Scheme [Astro*Index]

[Gr schema]

An important root word in the history of astrology. Dictionaries list two archaic usages of this word relevant to this field:

1– a mathematical or astrological diagram;
2– a representation of the astrological aspects of the planets at a particular time.

Ptolemy refers to "schema" throughout the Tetrabiblos.

See also:
♦ Chart ♦ Ptolemaic Astrology ♦ Radix ♦ Natal Chart

 

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