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The Anthology
Vettius Valens was an astrologer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt in the middle of the second century. His Anthology is a collection of instructional texts on astrology that he wrote for his students in Greek.The Anthology is the single most important surviving source for understanding what the practice of astrology was like in ancient times, because Valens included more than one hundred examples in order to demonstrate how birth charts were interpreted in antiquity. This publication marks the first time that the entirety of the Anthology has ever been translated into English.Mark T. Riley is a retired Classics professor who taught at California State University, in Sacramento. He spent a period of his career studying the surviving works of Greco-Roman astrologers, and authored several academic papers on Claudius Ptolemy and Vettius Valens.This book includes a full translation of all 9 surviving books of the Anthology, along with diagrams inserted into the text to help visualize each of Valens' chart examples. The book also includes an extensive survey by Mark Riley of what is known about Valens' life and work, as well as a foreword by Chris Brennan.
"The Anthology" by Vettius Valens is a collection of astrological works written in ancient Greece in the 2nd century AD. It is considered one of the most important surviving texts on Hellenistic astrology, which was practiced in the Mediterranean region from the 1st century BC to the 7th century AD.
Valens discusses various topics related to astrology, including natal astrology, horary astrology (answering specific questions based on astrological charts), and electional astrology (choosing the most auspicious time for an event). The book is divided into nine books, each covering a different aspect of astrology.
"The Anthology" provides insight into the techniques and theories used by ancient astrologers, and it has been used as a primary source of information by modern astrologers seeking to understand the roots of Western astrology.
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