Vivian Robson's 1923 compilation gathers the traditional fixed-star natures used in astrology today, working from Ptolemy's own ascribed planetary natures for the stars and folding in later Arabic and European additions layered on across centuries of transmission. Its own record states plainly that it stands as the proximate compiler of that inherited material, not as an independent authority confirming where each attribution first arose or whether any single attribution survived transmission accurately. That is a real, checkable limit rather than a reassurance: a claim about a star's traditional nature can be traced back through this book toward Ptolemy, but the many intermediate steps are not individually audited here. Use it as the working reference for a fixed star's conventional astrological nature; a claim about the historical accuracy of any one step in that long transmission needs a dedicated study of the transmission itself.
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Vivian Robson's 1923 compilation of traditional fixed-star natures, transmitting Ptolemy's ascriptions with later Arabic and European additions; its own text states it is the proximate compiler of inherited material, not an independent authority on where any single attribution first arose. NotesThe standard modern compilation of fixed star astrology, transmitting Ptolemy's planetary natures for the fixed stars together with later Arabic and European material. Cited here as the proximate source for the star natures, not as an independent authority on their origin. Publisher not recorded because it was not verified.
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AuthorVivian E. Robson
PublisherCecil Palmer
Publication Year1923
URLhttps://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.128091
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (159 claims)
This source backs 159 claims across the atlas. As facts: 47 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 58 holds. Plus 53 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Fixed Stars, 64 claims: 14 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 49 general references.
- Disciplines, 60 claims: 3 well-attested, 56 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 13 claims: 13 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 13 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Zodiac Signs, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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47Articles
A Layer Beneath the SignsA Star of VenusMars with Mercury, a Steady but Perilous StarMars with Mercury, and an Ill-Omened ReputationMercury with Jupiter, Truthfulness and StudySaturn and Mars, the Serpent's MenaceSaturn and Venus, and the Physician in the SkySaturn with Venus, Benefit Through DisgraceThe Single Nature of JupiterVenus with Jupiter, a Benefic StarVenus with Jupiter, Honour and FriendsVenus with Mercury, an Ingenious NatureVenus with Saturn, the Serpent's Water General References
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