Astrology Collection (page 9)

Depiction of Pollux with a horse, 1st century
Depiction of Pollux with a horse from the Pillar of the Boatman of Paris, found in Notre Dame and from the Musee de Clunys collection, 1st century

Japanese Netsuke of an owl, used as a talisman against ingratitude

Japanese Netsuke of a dog, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection

Japanese Netsuke of a snake, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a snake, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a tiger, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a tiger, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a rat, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a rat, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a dog, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a dog, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a cockerel, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a cockerel, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a monkey, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a monkey, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a goat, 18th century
Japanese Netsuke of a goat, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection

Japanese Netsuke of a hare, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection

Netsuke carved in the form of a tiger, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac
Netsuke carved in the form of a rat, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac. A netsuke is a fastening for attaching a pouch for carrying personal items (inro) to the sash of a kimono

Netsuke carved in the form of a rat, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac. A netsuke is a fastening for attaching a pouch for carrying personal items (inro) to the sash of a kimono

March, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
March, 1412-1416. A farmer uses an ox-drawn wheeled plough on his field in the foreground, while in the distance, people are tending vines, keeping sheep and preparing to sow corn

Antonius de Monte Ulmi (fl1384-1390), Italian physician, necromancer, magician and astrologer, 1493. Antonius was physician to Francesco the Younger (1393-1406), despot of Carrara

Chinese zodiac figures, late 18th century. From a Tibetan manuscript

Edward Kelley, English astrologer and alchemist, c1790. Kelley (1555-1597) with his assistant raising a spirit in a churchyard

Relationship of the organs of the body, the Humours and signs of the Zodiac, 1508. For example, Leo sole house of the Sun governs the heart - hence the term Lion-Hearted

Astrologers preparing a horoscope, 1617-1619. From the title page of section on casting horoscopes in Utriusque cosmi historia, Oppenheim, [1617-19]

Table of Aspects at the nativity of George Witchell, astronomer, born 21 March 1728. From Illustration of the Celestial Art of Astrology by Ebenezer Sibly. (London, 1817)

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, King and Queen of France, 1795. Nativitys of birth charts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, showing a profile portrait of each, the Palace of the Tuileries

Constellation of Leo, 1775. Artist: Jean Fortin
Constellation of Leo, 1775. A number of distant galaxies can be observed in Leo by astronomers, and the constellation is associated with several meteor showers, most notably the Leonids

Constellation of Leo, 1723. From Uranometria by Johannes Bayer. (Ulm, 1723). German astronomer and lawyer Johann Bayer (1572-1625)

Luna, 1531. Artist: Sebald Beham
Luna, 1531. Female planet, moist and cold. Those born under Moon loved geometry and related arts, had phlegmatic temperament. Metal silver, Spring its season and water among its elements

Horoscope drawn up by Ebenezer Sibly in 1779. This horoscope was produced by Sibly at the request of some naval gentlemen to predict that the British West Indies Fleet under Admiral Rodney would be

Mercury, 1531. Artist: Sebald Beham
Mercury, 1531. Male planet, dry and passive; those born under Mercury eloquent, inventive and love science, especially mathematics, and were tall, slender and delicate

William Lilly (1602-1681), English astrologer, 1673. Lilly was the model for Sidrophel in Samuel Butlers satire Hudibras, 1663-1678. Portrait engraving from Lillys Merlini Anglici Ephemeris

Bernard Abattia, 16th century French astrologer, 1572. Portrait from his Prognostication sur le marriage de Henry, roy de Navarre, et de Marguerite de France. (Paris, 1572)

Vase depicting the animals of the Chinese zodiac, 6th century
Vase depicting the animals of the Chinese zodiac, from the Six Dynasties period, from the British Museums collection, 6th century

Saturn, Roman god of time, 1569. Saturn (Greek Kronos) riding in his chariot drawn by dragons. He devoured all his children except Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto

Geocentric universe, 1493. God enthroned surrounded by the chosen and Angels, sits above a diagram of the geocentric Ptolemaic universe, with the Earth surrounded by water, air and fire

Dr Faustus (1488-1541) conjuring up Mephistopheles. Faust formed subject of dramas by Christopher Marlowe and Goethe. Goethe version basis for Gounods opera

Rose window in the south transeit of St Denis, 12th century
Rose window in the south transeit of St Denis in France, showing the signs of the Zodiac, 12th century

Repeat of Foucaults demonstration of the Earths rotation, May 1851 (c1890)
Repeat of Foucaults demonstration of the Earths rotation made at the Polytechnic Institution, London in May 1851 by Dr Bachhoffner. Engraving published c1890

Edward Kelley, astrologer and alchemist, (1575) c1700
Edward Kelley (1575) English astrologer and alchemist. Assistant to John Dee. Copperplate engraving c1700

Nicholas Culpepper (1616-54) English physician, herbalist and astrologer Frontispiece from his School of Physickshowing him with hand on a skull and with blank horoscope chart. Copperplate engraving

Nicholas Culpepper, (c1650) 19th century
Nicholas Culpepper (1616-54), 19th century. English physician, herbalist and astrologer and, bottom, Red Lion House at Spitalfields, London, where he lived

Philip Melanchthon the German Protestant reformer, c18th century. Engraving after original likeness by Durer

Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) the German Protestant reformer
Philip Melanchthon the German Protestant reformer, 1497-1560. Portrait after Holbein

German Almanac, 1484. Creator: Unknown
German Almanac, 1484

Prediction of Nostradamus from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Astronomy, from The Seven Liberal Arts, plate 7, 1544. Creator: Monogrammist B
Astronomy, from The Seven Liberal Arts, plate 7, 1544. [Dialectics, Geometry, Music, Astrology]

Craftsman by the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Craftsman by the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, 19th century

The Celestial Map- Northern Hemisphere, 1515. 1515. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Celestial Map- Northern Hemisphere, 1515

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