From the first time that humans looked toward the sky and began to chart the movement of the sun, moon and the planets, men have been assigning meaning to what they saw.
It was not enough to simply record where the sun moved, when an eclipse happened or when a planet was brightest, complex and varying stories and myths were given to each celestial event to help explain things that were happening in the life of the observer.
If crops failed, it was blamed on the stars. If war broke out, it was blamed on the stars. Let us take a look at ten of the heavenly bodies that astrologers assigned meaning to and what each body meant.
1) The Sun
Not only was the sun the easiest body to see in the sky, it provided light, warmth and life. Most cultures saw the sun as a life giver, not vengeful or angry, but almost judgementless. A benign and powerful giver of life and wellness.
2) The Moon
The moon, to many early astrologists, represented the unconscious mind and stood for emotion and desire. It often had a negative connotation, simply because it was thought the moon help power over the weak to indulge in their inner most desires.
The old superstition of a full moon altering the behavior of people or even turning some into werewolves stems from the idea of the moon holding a mysterious power over your emotional side. The Moon is also associated with Monday, short for MoonDay.
2) Mercury
This planet is named after the Roman messenger god of the same name and thus the planet Mercury is thought to be the body that rules things like communication, rationality and logic, as well as transport. It is thought to bring out our curious nature, as well as being vivacious and inconsistent.
Mercury is thought to rule over Wednesday. In astrology practiced in China, Mercury is ruled over by the element of water. In India, Mercury stands for intelligence.
4) Venus
Venus is one of the brightest objects in the sky after the sun and the moon. It is named after the Roman god of love and the planet is thought to control love in astrology.
The planet is also thought to affect things like beauty, harmony and it plays an important role in people wanting or not wanting to get along. Throughout time and culture, Venus has represented peace, love and human potential. Venus is the planet for Friday and in Chinese astrology it is associated with metal.
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5) Mars
Maybe no other planet is better known than Mars. Famously known as bringer of war, aggression and terror, it is is well known in most every culture. It is also associated with confidence and impulsiveness. Mars is usually associated with Tuesday and it is a fire element in Chinese astrology. Mars role as a bringer of war is apparent throughout human literature highlighted by H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds where invaders from Mars come to Earth to wipe out human civilization.
6) Jupiter
The biggest planet in the solar system is associated with happiness and joy. Jupiter rules over Thursday and is also associated with higher education, religion and growth. Many also believe Jupiter plays a role in protection, since it does protect the Earth from many wayward comets and asteroids by using its gravitational pull to absorb many hits that would otherwise strike the Earth.
7) Saturn
The final planet in the original seven planets that ruled astrology for years, Saturn is seen as cold and lifeless and is associated with ideas such as structure and sadness. In India, the planet is thought to bring bad luck. Saturn is tied in with the day Saturday and it is an Earth element in China.
8) Uranus
While some astrologers do not even acknowledge Uranus because it was not one of the original seven bodies, to the rest of the astronomers who have accepted it, Uranus stands for ideas and genius. It is also associated with controversial or extreme politics, as well as modern inventions. The association of Uranus with these things stems from the time of its discovery being so closely associated with the French Revolution and the American war for independence.
9) Neptune
The interpretations of Neptune are all over the place. It can stand for spirituality and religion, just like Uranus, but it is also associated with drug use and altered mental states. The discovery of Neptune happened around the same time that anesthetics were discovered, hence the association with altered mental states.
10) Pluto
While Pluto is not a planet anymore, it is still given astrological significance. It is associated with renewal and also associated with great and terrible power and corruption because of the time of its discovery coincided with the height of power of Stalin.
Astrology is filled with colorful and interesting stories about how heavenly bodies influence us. It may seem strange at first, but there might just be more of a link between these objects in the sky and human behavior than you might think.
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Showing posts with label Astrology in Judaism. Show all posts
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Thursday, 1 January 2009
Astrology & Judaism
According to Jewish tradition, Abraham was born in the city of Ur in Babylonia in the year 1948 from Creation (circa 1800 BCE). He was the son of Terach, an idol merchant.
The night before Abram was born, King Nimrod’s astrologers were gathered at Terah’s house. Looking out into the night sky, they read in the constellation of the stars that the newly born child was to become the chief and the father of a mighty nation.
From his early childhood, Abtaham questioned the faith of his father and sought the truth. He came to believe that the entire universe was the work of a single Creator the Lord, and he began to teach this belief to others.
Abram had watched the sun and the moon and the stars coming and going, each in its own time. He had noticed the sun giving way to the moon, despite its apparent divine power, and the moon giving place to the sun in the morning.
And so Abraham reasoned that there must be a power above and beyond all the visible forces of nature, an entity Who had created them, and Who regulated and controlled them at all times. Behind the limited power of all nature, young Abrham perceived the unlimited and timeless existence of Lord.
Then Lord made Himself known to Abrham and taught him the right way of living.
And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”Genisis Chp 15/5.
The book of the Zohar Interpretation is that Abraham foreseed in the stars that he should not have any descendants, but the Lord said to Abrahm, saying you shell not look it too the wisdom of the stars, but in to the secrete wisdom of my name, there you wil find out the feuture. Sefer Hazohar , Perush Hasulam Vol IV L’ech L’lecha
Rabbi Yochanan gives his interpretation to this episode saying namely, that Abraham left the influence of the stars, sinc e he cecome bleesed to be above the zodiac impact. Abraham the Astrologer forsee in the stars that he shoud not have any sons in his desteny, Abrahan told the Lord what he predict about his descendants, than the Lord took him out and toled Abraham look atthe stars and try to caunt them,as much stars are in the sky as much will be your descedants,from now you (Abraham) are above the influence of the zodiacl system.
Jewish tradition attributed to Abraham the books “S’efer H’yetzira -The Book of Creation”, this book is containing a few pages only, and this book outlines the influence not only of the stars but also the constellations familiar to Western Astrology. How ever this book is written like a book of codes, and those codes are the secrets of the time and space, all the hidden secrets of the universe
See “The Secrets of Time “ by Rabbi Dr’ Philip S. Berg
Thus Abraham was first of all an astrologer, up to the time that the Lord ordered him to live the zodiacal system. The Lord thought Abraham the secrets of the Lord’s names, and how to manipulate the Alfa Beta characters, since that point in time, Abraham is a prophet which recieves his knololedge in a direct communication with the Lord, knowing the Lord names secretes and powers, strength and might.
How ever although abaham chaneged his way ( since he was not under the influence of the zodical sysytem), a grate respect to Astrology remins.
We can learen about his respect to astrology from the scene which took place at the encounter of Abraham and Malkchi-Zedek, Malkchi-Zedek was a high prist for the Lord, living in the city named Shalem which is the city of Jerusalem, Malkchi -Zedek was under the patronage of the planet Jupiter (ZEDEK). Abraham acknowledge the important of Malkchi-Zedek and there for submited hid with giftes as they condacted thire meeting at the enterence to the city Shalem
See Dov Schwartz “ Astral magic in Medival Jewish Thought”
Balaam
“Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time, So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me. “Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land”.Numbers 22/1
Balaam, the far-famed soothsayer, operated to a certain extent in genuine spiritual power, he was sensitive to the spiritual realm, and he knew how to operate in it very well. Balaam curses were regarded as all-powerful,.
Balaam utilized his gift for destruction and damnation, seeking to manipulate divine will against the victims of his wrath. Balaam intended to apply his usual tactics,namnly sorcery and soothsaying. But, in an ironic twist of faith, the Lord pulled the curses from Balaam's mouth and implanted instead a beautiful ode to the Jews--an ode that ranks as the highest praise of Jewish people in all of the Torah.
Balaam knew how to manipulate the heavenly powers on the ertly inhabitants, since he (Balaam) knew the secrets of the signs and planets.
See.: Ibn Ezra, “ Interpretation to the Thora Numbers 22/25”
Ibn Ezra’s aim was to underestemate Balaam’s powers as a person how can change the natur’s caurse.Ezras whish was to reduce Balaam ability to astrology only , but probebly Balaam’s powers were much mor developed and powerful than just Astrology can do, Balaam had deep unrevealed powerful secrets that now one can match with them.See: Dov Schwartz “Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Thought”
The Nahmanides consept was that all Balaam action were according to his Astrological ability and not according to his magical ability, which means that someone has disterbed Balaam’s powers in action. See: Nahmanides and his “Intepratation to the Thora Numbers 22/33, 23/23.”
Shemuel Ibn Tzartza interpreted that episode by saying that Balaam was trying to manipulate the planet Saturn, since Saturn is the ruler of the evil, he devastates lands, he arouses wars, and destroys kingdoms, moreover Balaam was in a hesitation should he use Mars’s powers or Saturn’s, finely he decided to use Saturn’s influence. See: Dov Schwartz “Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Thought”
Balaam challenged Moses on the pre-Sinai system, hoping to turn the Lord against his own children. Moses opposed him on the post-Sinai system, which actualized the truth that even on the most transcendent level Jacob would always be the favorite because his conduct is better, but because he is the chosen one. Here we had a straggle between two of the most spiritual powerful prophets figures in the Bible, one how was against the Lord trying to manipulate his will, and the other hand one who is serving the Lord and his obeys.
Moses
Moses (1393-1273BC) The greatest profhet to ever lived. Moses son of Amram and Jocheved’brother of Miriam and Aahron.
Moses was born in Egypt, and was raised by Pharaoh’s daugther Betiyah.Moses after killing an Egyptian during a struggle fled to Midian, where he marrid Zipporah.Moses were sent beck to Egypt by the Lord to led the Israelites out, Moses led the Israelites for forty years while they were traveling in the dersert of Sini, all the while Moses was performing astonishing miracles and wonders. Moses died in the Plains of Moabb.
The day approached when, according to the Egyptian astrologers, the liberator of the children of Israel was to be born. Since they did not know whether he would be of Jewish or Egyptian descent, all male children born that day, were to be thrown into the water by order of King Pharaoh. This same day, the seventh of Adar, Jochebed, Amram's wife, gave birth to her third child, a boy.
“Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile…..
The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water”.
See :"Exodus 2/.2-10
Moses, as Pharaoh's adopted son, was well versed in Egyptian astrology. As the adopted son of pharaoh's daughter he was well educated in all the mystery school wisdom of Egyptr. He correlated the attributes of the twelve signs to the twelve tribes of Israel, then took the people from the tabernacle in the wilderness on their pilgrimage, lined up by zodiacal order. Rabbinical tradition asserts that the signs of the zodiac have represented the twelve tribes since antiquity.
Moses as a Prince was heir to Pharaoh Thutmose III, being his "Great Army Commander" - role ascribed to Moses by Hebrew tradition. Moreover, Moses led victorious military campaigns against Ethiopia (Cush), then married the king's daughter, becoming Egypt's Viceroy there. A short time later, the Prince was mysteriously struck out of Egyptian records, while the Bible hints Moses was cast into exile. Exploring some of the more esoteric aspects of the prophet's life.
The book uncovers the Hermetic star knowledge (Astrology) which Moses gleaned from the White Brotherhood, a secretive Egyptian mystery school who met in the halls of Karnak. This knowledge was cryptically infused into the early Biblical scriptures, revealing the Israelite ancestors were once devoted Astrologers.
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The night before Abram was born, King Nimrod’s astrologers were gathered at Terah’s house. Looking out into the night sky, they read in the constellation of the stars that the newly born child was to become the chief and the father of a mighty nation.
From his early childhood, Abtaham questioned the faith of his father and sought the truth. He came to believe that the entire universe was the work of a single Creator the Lord, and he began to teach this belief to others.
Abram had watched the sun and the moon and the stars coming and going, each in its own time. He had noticed the sun giving way to the moon, despite its apparent divine power, and the moon giving place to the sun in the morning.
And so Abraham reasoned that there must be a power above and beyond all the visible forces of nature, an entity Who had created them, and Who regulated and controlled them at all times. Behind the limited power of all nature, young Abrham perceived the unlimited and timeless existence of Lord.
Then Lord made Himself known to Abrham and taught him the right way of living.
And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”Genisis Chp 15/5.
The book of the Zohar Interpretation is that Abraham foreseed in the stars that he should not have any descendants, but the Lord said to Abrahm, saying you shell not look it too the wisdom of the stars, but in to the secrete wisdom of my name, there you wil find out the feuture. Sefer Hazohar , Perush Hasulam Vol IV L’ech L’lecha
Rabbi Yochanan gives his interpretation to this episode saying namely, that Abraham left the influence of the stars, sinc e he cecome bleesed to be above the zodiac impact. Abraham the Astrologer forsee in the stars that he shoud not have any sons in his desteny, Abrahan told the Lord what he predict about his descendants, than the Lord took him out and toled Abraham look atthe stars and try to caunt them,as much stars are in the sky as much will be your descedants,from now you (Abraham) are above the influence of the zodiacl system.
Jewish tradition attributed to Abraham the books “S’efer H’yetzira -The Book of Creation”, this book is containing a few pages only, and this book outlines the influence not only of the stars but also the constellations familiar to Western Astrology. How ever this book is written like a book of codes, and those codes are the secrets of the time and space, all the hidden secrets of the universe
See “The Secrets of Time “ by Rabbi Dr’ Philip S. Berg
Thus Abraham was first of all an astrologer, up to the time that the Lord ordered him to live the zodiacal system. The Lord thought Abraham the secrets of the Lord’s names, and how to manipulate the Alfa Beta characters, since that point in time, Abraham is a prophet which recieves his knololedge in a direct communication with the Lord, knowing the Lord names secretes and powers, strength and might.
How ever although abaham chaneged his way ( since he was not under the influence of the zodical sysytem), a grate respect to Astrology remins.
We can learen about his respect to astrology from the scene which took place at the encounter of Abraham and Malkchi-Zedek, Malkchi-Zedek was a high prist for the Lord, living in the city named Shalem which is the city of Jerusalem, Malkchi -Zedek was under the patronage of the planet Jupiter (ZEDEK). Abraham acknowledge the important of Malkchi-Zedek and there for submited hid with giftes as they condacted thire meeting at the enterence to the city Shalem
See Dov Schwartz “ Astral magic in Medival Jewish Thought”
Balaam
“Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time, So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me. “Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land”.Numbers 22/1
Balaam, the far-famed soothsayer, operated to a certain extent in genuine spiritual power, he was sensitive to the spiritual realm, and he knew how to operate in it very well. Balaam curses were regarded as all-powerful,.
Balaam utilized his gift for destruction and damnation, seeking to manipulate divine will against the victims of his wrath. Balaam intended to apply his usual tactics,namnly sorcery and soothsaying. But, in an ironic twist of faith, the Lord pulled the curses from Balaam's mouth and implanted instead a beautiful ode to the Jews--an ode that ranks as the highest praise of Jewish people in all of the Torah.
Balaam knew how to manipulate the heavenly powers on the ertly inhabitants, since he (Balaam) knew the secrets of the signs and planets.
See.: Ibn Ezra, “ Interpretation to the Thora Numbers 22/25”
Ibn Ezra’s aim was to underestemate Balaam’s powers as a person how can change the natur’s caurse.Ezras whish was to reduce Balaam ability to astrology only , but probebly Balaam’s powers were much mor developed and powerful than just Astrology can do, Balaam had deep unrevealed powerful secrets that now one can match with them.See: Dov Schwartz “Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Thought”
The Nahmanides consept was that all Balaam action were according to his Astrological ability and not according to his magical ability, which means that someone has disterbed Balaam’s powers in action. See: Nahmanides and his “Intepratation to the Thora Numbers 22/33, 23/23.”
Shemuel Ibn Tzartza interpreted that episode by saying that Balaam was trying to manipulate the planet Saturn, since Saturn is the ruler of the evil, he devastates lands, he arouses wars, and destroys kingdoms, moreover Balaam was in a hesitation should he use Mars’s powers or Saturn’s, finely he decided to use Saturn’s influence. See: Dov Schwartz “Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Thought”
Balaam challenged Moses on the pre-Sinai system, hoping to turn the Lord against his own children. Moses opposed him on the post-Sinai system, which actualized the truth that even on the most transcendent level Jacob would always be the favorite because his conduct is better, but because he is the chosen one. Here we had a straggle between two of the most spiritual powerful prophets figures in the Bible, one how was against the Lord trying to manipulate his will, and the other hand one who is serving the Lord and his obeys.
Moses
Moses (1393-1273BC) The greatest profhet to ever lived. Moses son of Amram and Jocheved’brother of Miriam and Aahron.
Moses was born in Egypt, and was raised by Pharaoh’s daugther Betiyah.Moses after killing an Egyptian during a struggle fled to Midian, where he marrid Zipporah.Moses were sent beck to Egypt by the Lord to led the Israelites out, Moses led the Israelites for forty years while they were traveling in the dersert of Sini, all the while Moses was performing astonishing miracles and wonders. Moses died in the Plains of Moabb.
The day approached when, according to the Egyptian astrologers, the liberator of the children of Israel was to be born. Since they did not know whether he would be of Jewish or Egyptian descent, all male children born that day, were to be thrown into the water by order of King Pharaoh. This same day, the seventh of Adar, Jochebed, Amram's wife, gave birth to her third child, a boy.
“Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile…..
The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water”.
See :"Exodus 2/.2-10
Moses, as Pharaoh's adopted son, was well versed in Egyptian astrology. As the adopted son of pharaoh's daughter he was well educated in all the mystery school wisdom of Egyptr. He correlated the attributes of the twelve signs to the twelve tribes of Israel, then took the people from the tabernacle in the wilderness on their pilgrimage, lined up by zodiacal order. Rabbinical tradition asserts that the signs of the zodiac have represented the twelve tribes since antiquity.
Moses as a Prince was heir to Pharaoh Thutmose III, being his "Great Army Commander" - role ascribed to Moses by Hebrew tradition. Moreover, Moses led victorious military campaigns against Ethiopia (Cush), then married the king's daughter, becoming Egypt's Viceroy there. A short time later, the Prince was mysteriously struck out of Egyptian records, while the Bible hints Moses was cast into exile. Exploring some of the more esoteric aspects of the prophet's life.
The book uncovers the Hermetic star knowledge (Astrology) which Moses gleaned from the White Brotherhood, a secretive Egyptian mystery school who met in the halls of Karnak. This knowledge was cryptically infused into the early Biblical scriptures, revealing the Israelite ancestors were once devoted Astrologers.
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Secret Behind The Secret - Fast Selling Book About Law Of Attraction. Click Here!
The Numerologist. Numerology Readings That Will Shock You! Click Here!
123 Astrology. Offers Birth (natal) Astrology/horoscope Charts And Astrology For Lovers Compatibility/relationship Reports. Click Here!
AstrologySource. Professional Astrology Services, Original Content For Your Site. Yahoo Award Winning Astrologer. Click Here!
Kozmik Horoscopes. Unique 25-page Astrology Report. The Most Advanced Readings On The Planet. Click Here!
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Saturday, 27 December 2008
Astrology in Judaism
Shabbethai Donalo Doctor and Astrologer (913-970) was borne in south Italy. At the age og 12 he was coptured (925) by an Arabic Batalion, his relatives had redeem him by paying for him a large amount of money.
At first he educated him self by the medicine discipline, since in those days a part of the diagnosis was done by astrology matters, he thought himself all that were known in this period in his soundings. How ever he decided to widen his knowledge by studying the Greek, Babylonian, and Indian Astrology.
In the city of Baghdad Donalo found a wise man in the name of Bagdsh who was a great scholar in mathematics and astrology, his (Donalo) conclusion about astrology was that the real basics of astrology are written by an Hebrew Talmudic Rabbi by the name of Rabbi D’Shemuel in an essay named Berayita D’rbbi Sehmuel.
Donalo settle dawn in the city named Modina in Italy serving as M.D for forty years, there Donalo wrote books on medicine, medication and astrology among other books he wrote a commentry on the astrology of the Book of Creation “Sefer H’Yetzirah” which by Hebrew tradition was written By Abraham the ancient Hebrew forefather
“ I went to explore the wisdom of the Greeks, the Arabs, the Acadian’s and the Indian’s, I did not rest until I was skilled in all nation astrology wisdom, and I compeard them with the Israelies Astrological knowledge and wisdom, and I find them all equal in there knowledge, Itookup on me to transleate all thoes books, and all my conclusion I wrote in my book “Chckmoni”which is the my commentry on “Sefer hyetzira” See: Shabbethai Donalo,the introduction in “The book Chokmoni”
Iben Ezra
Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1164 C.E. Spain) Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela Sapin. He led Spain in 1140,for the next three decades he wandered through Europe, spending time in Rome, Lucca, Rouen, London, and Béziers, Israel.
Ibn Ezra's literary legacy consists of short and extremely popular handbooks in a wide variety of fields: grammar and poetics, astrology and arithmetic, astronomy and religious speculations, as well as both short and lengthier biblical commentaries.Ibn Ezra wrote following astrological treatises, the most important are:
Beginning of Wisdom.
The Book of Reasons.
The Book of Nativities.
The Book of Elections.
The Book of Lights.
The Book of the world
The Treatise od the AstrolabeAn itroduction the the Book of Muhammed Ibn Al-matani, translated by Ibn Ezra.
A Translation from Arabic into Hebrew of a book by Masha’ allah on the Eclipes of the sun and the Moon
See : The Book of Reasons . translaed by Meira Epstein.
Astrology was one of Ibn Ezra's major interests, and it plays an important role in his thought ,the central place of astrology in Ibn Ezra's thought promothed and strnghnd the legitimacy of astrology, in the jewish community, scholars and layman.
There is no difference between Jews and non-Jews with regard to astral governance, in his astrological writings, the Jews are no different from other peoples, in that they too are associated with certain planets and signs; this point was not lost upon his super-commentators. Ibn Ezra's astrology, like his philosophy overall, is humanist and universal, not Jewish and particularist.
While we are going to assess Ibn Ezra writings, we should bear in mind that Ibn Ezra is not exposing to the reader all his knowledge, on the contrary, the reader is getting the impressing that Ibn Ezra is hiding his knowledge, and revealing bits hear and there, mostly regarding Astrological Astral Magic.
Maimonides
Moshe ben Maimon or Moses Maimonides- The Rambam (March 30, 1135 – December 13, 1204). Maimonides was a Rabbi, Physician, and Philosopher,
he was borne in Spain and died in Israel. Maimonides conducted his work in Spain Moroccoand Egypt and israel.
On face of it, Momonides concept and approach towards, astrology was negative namely, once should not exercises astrology. Maimonides answered an inquiry concerning astrology, addressed to him from Marseille. In this answer to inquiries from scholars of southern France, Maimonides exposes foibles and fallacies of astrology, while touching upon such questions as the sources of knowledge, creation of the world, divine providence and free will, and the Messiah. Inasmuch as this letter was intended for general circulation, with no pretense to esotericism.
Maimonides responded that man should believe only what can be supported either by rational proof, by the evidence of the senses, or by trustworthy authority. He affirms that he had studied astrology, and that it does not deserve to be described as a science. He ridicules the supposition that the fate of a man could be dependent upon the constellations; he argues that such a theory would rob life of purpose, and would make man a slave of destiny.
According to Maimonides the Heberw Astrological wisdome was lost and forgotten during the years in the long past,overviewing cearfully Mimodidas writings we cam learn about the Mimonides duality apparoch , in one aspect the Mimonides sees in Astrology the top of sciences, and on the other hand his stand is against Astrology,
See Shlomo Sela “ Astrology and Biblical Exegesis in Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Thought”
Iben Tzarza and his friends could not assimilate Mimonides opposition to astrology. Looking in to his work they came to the conclusion that so to speak, the Mimonides take a stand against Astrology,but this was only when he was referring to the crowd, to mass of people, however when the Mimonides was speaking to his peoples or to the Intellectual Jewish elite, his views were entirely different.
See : Dov Schwarrtz “Amulets,Properties and rationalism in Medieval Jewish Thoght”
Trachtenberg is another scholar who is supporting this view namely Maimonides was not opposing astrology, his opinion is that Mimonides was accepting the Astrology discipline regarding the Medical use, (in those days every Medicine Doctor was skilled in the astrology discipline) which means Maimonides give his blessing to use astrology for Medical proposes.
See: Trachtenberg, J ‘ “Jewish Magic and Superstition”
Thus Maimonides concept towards Astrology was ambivalent and dual. Maimonides had one concept for the esotericism group of scholars, and another concept for the common layman, which means, only the intellectual elite should exercises Astrology, al the others should stay away from it, because thy wont understand the discipline and material, moreover there is a danger that the common layman will believe in determinism, which will led him a way from the Jewish belief, the Jewish belief is saying:” Everything is Foreseen, but the Permit is Given. This is an Anti-thesis to determinism.
Nahmanides
Nahmanides – Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi -Ramban (1194-1270) was a Biblical commentator, Kabbalist, Philosopher and Physician.
Nahmanides studied medicine which he practiced as a means of livelihood; he also studied philosophy In his writings Nahmanides reveals a conservative tendency that distinguished his later works — an unbounded respect for the earlier authorities.In the view of Nahmanides, the wisdom of the rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud, as well as the Geonim (rabbis of the early medieval era) was unquestionable.
Nahmanides was an adversary of Rabbi Abraham Ib Ezra. Nahmanides disagrees with him; especially with regard to Kabballa (Jewish mysticism), which is considered part of the normative Jewish tradition. Notwithstanding, he had tremendous respect for ibn Ezra, as is evidenced in his introduction to his commentary on the Five books of Moses.
Nahmanides formed part of the Spanish school of Cabalists. He was intruded into the Gnostic type of mysticism that had hitherto reigned in Jewish mysticism. This Gnostic mysticism had originated in a rabbinic gnosis of the 1st and 2d centuries A.D.The Neoplatonic trend of Nahmanides's mysticism centered on the sefirot, or "soul" or "inner life," of the hidden transcendent God. On this basis Nahmanides formed his mystical theory of history
Nahmanides was a key figur in Kabblistic esoteric persona in Spanish 13th century.Regarding his astrological atettude Nahmanides wrote a stating that while one may not ask an astrologer for a prediction, astrology itself is real. He states rules that one must ultimately trust in God, and not in any lesser force. As such, he concludes that one is forbidden to ask an astrologer for a prediction, but one may act on the words of an astrologer if advice is freely given. Ultimately he holds that while the stars give a person certain inclinations, people have the ability to overcome their own inclinations, and thus maintains free will.
Thus it is adviseble to emphesiss that the persons who were infulensive of Nahmanides concepet were Ibn Ezra and Yhuda Halevy
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At first he educated him self by the medicine discipline, since in those days a part of the diagnosis was done by astrology matters, he thought himself all that were known in this period in his soundings. How ever he decided to widen his knowledge by studying the Greek, Babylonian, and Indian Astrology.
In the city of Baghdad Donalo found a wise man in the name of Bagdsh who was a great scholar in mathematics and astrology, his (Donalo) conclusion about astrology was that the real basics of astrology are written by an Hebrew Talmudic Rabbi by the name of Rabbi D’Shemuel in an essay named Berayita D’rbbi Sehmuel.
Donalo settle dawn in the city named Modina in Italy serving as M.D for forty years, there Donalo wrote books on medicine, medication and astrology among other books he wrote a commentry on the astrology of the Book of Creation “Sefer H’Yetzirah” which by Hebrew tradition was written By Abraham the ancient Hebrew forefather
“ I went to explore the wisdom of the Greeks, the Arabs, the Acadian’s and the Indian’s, I did not rest until I was skilled in all nation astrology wisdom, and I compeard them with the Israelies Astrological knowledge and wisdom, and I find them all equal in there knowledge, Itookup on me to transleate all thoes books, and all my conclusion I wrote in my book “Chckmoni”which is the my commentry on “Sefer hyetzira” See: Shabbethai Donalo,the introduction in “The book Chokmoni”
Iben Ezra
Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1164 C.E. Spain) Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela Sapin. He led Spain in 1140,for the next three decades he wandered through Europe, spending time in Rome, Lucca, Rouen, London, and Béziers, Israel.
Ibn Ezra's literary legacy consists of short and extremely popular handbooks in a wide variety of fields: grammar and poetics, astrology and arithmetic, astronomy and religious speculations, as well as both short and lengthier biblical commentaries.Ibn Ezra wrote following astrological treatises, the most important are:
Beginning of Wisdom.
The Book of Reasons.
The Book of Nativities.
The Book of Elections.
The Book of Lights.
The Book of the world
The Treatise od the AstrolabeAn itroduction the the Book of Muhammed Ibn Al-matani, translated by Ibn Ezra.
A Translation from Arabic into Hebrew of a book by Masha’ allah on the Eclipes of the sun and the Moon
See : The Book of Reasons . translaed by Meira Epstein.
Astrology was one of Ibn Ezra's major interests, and it plays an important role in his thought ,the central place of astrology in Ibn Ezra's thought promothed and strnghnd the legitimacy of astrology, in the jewish community, scholars and layman.
There is no difference between Jews and non-Jews with regard to astral governance, in his astrological writings, the Jews are no different from other peoples, in that they too are associated with certain planets and signs; this point was not lost upon his super-commentators. Ibn Ezra's astrology, like his philosophy overall, is humanist and universal, not Jewish and particularist.
While we are going to assess Ibn Ezra writings, we should bear in mind that Ibn Ezra is not exposing to the reader all his knowledge, on the contrary, the reader is getting the impressing that Ibn Ezra is hiding his knowledge, and revealing bits hear and there, mostly regarding Astrological Astral Magic.
Maimonides
Moshe ben Maimon or Moses Maimonides- The Rambam (March 30, 1135 – December 13, 1204). Maimonides was a Rabbi, Physician, and Philosopher,
he was borne in Spain and died in Israel. Maimonides conducted his work in Spain Moroccoand Egypt and israel.
On face of it, Momonides concept and approach towards, astrology was negative namely, once should not exercises astrology. Maimonides answered an inquiry concerning astrology, addressed to him from Marseille. In this answer to inquiries from scholars of southern France, Maimonides exposes foibles and fallacies of astrology, while touching upon such questions as the sources of knowledge, creation of the world, divine providence and free will, and the Messiah. Inasmuch as this letter was intended for general circulation, with no pretense to esotericism.
Maimonides responded that man should believe only what can be supported either by rational proof, by the evidence of the senses, or by trustworthy authority. He affirms that he had studied astrology, and that it does not deserve to be described as a science. He ridicules the supposition that the fate of a man could be dependent upon the constellations; he argues that such a theory would rob life of purpose, and would make man a slave of destiny.
According to Maimonides the Heberw Astrological wisdome was lost and forgotten during the years in the long past,overviewing cearfully Mimodidas writings we cam learn about the Mimonides duality apparoch , in one aspect the Mimonides sees in Astrology the top of sciences, and on the other hand his stand is against Astrology,
See Shlomo Sela “ Astrology and Biblical Exegesis in Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Thought”
Iben Tzarza and his friends could not assimilate Mimonides opposition to astrology. Looking in to his work they came to the conclusion that so to speak, the Mimonides take a stand against Astrology,but this was only when he was referring to the crowd, to mass of people, however when the Mimonides was speaking to his peoples or to the Intellectual Jewish elite, his views were entirely different.
See : Dov Schwarrtz “Amulets,Properties and rationalism in Medieval Jewish Thoght”
Trachtenberg is another scholar who is supporting this view namely Maimonides was not opposing astrology, his opinion is that Mimonides was accepting the Astrology discipline regarding the Medical use, (in those days every Medicine Doctor was skilled in the astrology discipline) which means Maimonides give his blessing to use astrology for Medical proposes.
See: Trachtenberg, J ‘ “Jewish Magic and Superstition”
Thus Maimonides concept towards Astrology was ambivalent and dual. Maimonides had one concept for the esotericism group of scholars, and another concept for the common layman, which means, only the intellectual elite should exercises Astrology, al the others should stay away from it, because thy wont understand the discipline and material, moreover there is a danger that the common layman will believe in determinism, which will led him a way from the Jewish belief, the Jewish belief is saying:” Everything is Foreseen, but the Permit is Given. This is an Anti-thesis to determinism.
Nahmanides
Nahmanides – Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi -Ramban (1194-1270) was a Biblical commentator, Kabbalist, Philosopher and Physician.
Nahmanides studied medicine which he practiced as a means of livelihood; he also studied philosophy In his writings Nahmanides reveals a conservative tendency that distinguished his later works — an unbounded respect for the earlier authorities.In the view of Nahmanides, the wisdom of the rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud, as well as the Geonim (rabbis of the early medieval era) was unquestionable.
Nahmanides was an adversary of Rabbi Abraham Ib Ezra. Nahmanides disagrees with him; especially with regard to Kabballa (Jewish mysticism), which is considered part of the normative Jewish tradition. Notwithstanding, he had tremendous respect for ibn Ezra, as is evidenced in his introduction to his commentary on the Five books of Moses.
Nahmanides formed part of the Spanish school of Cabalists. He was intruded into the Gnostic type of mysticism that had hitherto reigned in Jewish mysticism. This Gnostic mysticism had originated in a rabbinic gnosis of the 1st and 2d centuries A.D.The Neoplatonic trend of Nahmanides's mysticism centered on the sefirot, or "soul" or "inner life," of the hidden transcendent God. On this basis Nahmanides formed his mystical theory of history
Nahmanides was a key figur in Kabblistic esoteric persona in Spanish 13th century.Regarding his astrological atettude Nahmanides wrote a stating that while one may not ask an astrologer for a prediction, astrology itself is real. He states rules that one must ultimately trust in God, and not in any lesser force. As such, he concludes that one is forbidden to ask an astrologer for a prediction, but one may act on the words of an astrologer if advice is freely given. Ultimately he holds that while the stars give a person certain inclinations, people have the ability to overcome their own inclinations, and thus maintains free will.
Thus it is adviseble to emphesiss that the persons who were infulensive of Nahmanides concepet were Ibn Ezra and Yhuda Halevy
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