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Firmicus was a lawyer and astrologer from the 4th century who wrote one of the longest surviving texts on astrology that has survived from antiquity, which is titled Mathesis.
Firmicus' work is unique because it was written in Latin, and it preserves a lot of material from earlier Greek sources that did not survive into modern times, such as the works of Asclepius or Nechepso and Petosiris.
The text also contains huge amounts of delineation material, where Firmicus explains how to interpret different placements in a person's birth chart.
During the course of the interview we discuss Firmicus' life and work, Ben's motivation for translating this book, and some of the interesting features of the Mathesis.
You can get a copy of Ben's new translation of Firmicus here:
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Timestamps
00:00:00 A new translation of the Mathesis
00:09:52 The life and dating of Firmicus Maternus
00:19:50 Firmicus' philosophy and religious views
00:30:40 Later conversion to Christianity
00:37:00 Mathesis as the first comprehensive astrological text in Latin
00:57:00 Mitigating conditions
01:10:00 Firmicus views on fate
01:31:28 The Thema Mundi
01:38:33 Firmicus using whole sign and equal houses together
01:49:29 Firmicus' emphasis on the Moon
01:55:47 Apotelesmata and chart synthesis
01:59:35 Lots as houses/places
02:08:08 Fixed stars
02:13:32 Popularity of Firmicus in later tradition
02:17:53 Ben's upcoming projects
02:19:14 Patrons and sponsors
Views : 8,726
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Date of upload: May 17, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.946 (6/439 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-04-18T20:25:05.928316Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
How wonderful to see you two together again. This is an excellent dialogue, a classic!
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Every time Ben Dykes is on, it’s a freaking delight!
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These last two are exceptional and erudite. Great work all around. Much appreciated!
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Thank you Chris. And also many thanks to Benjamin. I love Benjamin translation book of Abu Mashar. This book reminded me a lot of an astrologer, teacher guru in the very "far past" of mine. We are all relive our past lives to repeat the cycle of reincarnation. The missions of our soul and karmic cycle need to be fulfilled to fruition. Especially with humans who bring knowledge to the masses collective humanity. Enlighten the human consciousness. Through writings, books and transferring knowledges. In my very humble opinion, Firmicus might have read the whole context of configuration charts and made his predictions for the whole life of the natives by his INTUITION. I have been doing this quite a lot for some times through out my astrology practices. This might be why he did not explain much in his books the techniques. Astrology have to be mainstream. Because it is more than an amazing tool to help humans improve their life.
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Everything you record is so educational ✨❤️ thank you for being awesome!!! ✨😽😽
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We're using the James Herschel Holden translation in my Year III Fundamentals of Astrology class with Austin Coppock, and this video still managed to add layers upon layers of illuminating insight and understanding of the Mathesis and the potentials of Astrology it illustrates. Book VII is very interesting!
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I'm glad Firmicus is finally getting the deserved recognition. And btw, I like his bombastic style 😉
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I had Holden’s version on my list, but as soon as I saw Ben’s, I bought it. So excited to get it (and glad I held out!)
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I have been waiting for this episode and it's so good. Thank you both!
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Exciting episode and translation! Thank you Ben! Looking sharp too 😁😉. Thanks Chris! Very fun to have these episodes accompany these books and translations! Motivating to dive into them.
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Fabulous podcast as usual...and thank you Ben for all that you do, you are amazing and I've ordered the book...much love from the UK.
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Great conversation, thank you, I look forward to Ben's future translations.
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This was another outstanding episode. I watched on Patreon and literally took notes (and bought the book!) I'm excited and looking forward to your episode about Heliadora!
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Namaste, and Thank you, with DEEP regards!
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Yet again I am here, ready to enjoy a fresh upload from yall 😎
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So fascinating; thanks for teasing out the finer points!
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this sure adds a considerable amount of complexity to what we knew about the hellenistic tradition
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made my week !
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Thanks Chris this was great!
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@TheModernHermeticist
11 months ago
I'm working on the medieval Hermetic Book of Six Principles of Things and Firmicus is a really important source, so thank you as always for all this.
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