Foundations Of Astrology

Question 1

3 substances of Astrology

Answer 1

Sulfur, mercury, and salt

Question 2

4 qualities of astrology

Answer 2

Hot and cold- agent (active force)
Wet and dry - patients(passive force)

Question 3

4 elements of astrology

Answer 3

Fire (hot and dry)
Air (hot and moist)
Water (cold and moist)
Earth (cold and dry)

Question 4

The foundational building blocks of the universe is

Answer 4

Elements (4)

Question 5

Fire is

Answer 5

Hot and dry

Question 6

Air is

Answer 6

Hot and moist

Question 7

Water is

Answer 7

Cold and moist

Question 8

Earth is

Answer 8

Cold and dry

Question 9

The four vital substances that maintain and sustain life within the human organism

Answer 9

4 humours

Question 10

What are the 4 humours

Answer 10

FIRE is hot and dry= humour: red/yellow bile (choler)
AIR is hot and wet= humour: blood
WATER is cold and wet = humour: phlegm
EARTH is cold and dry = humour: black bile

Question 11

What refers to our psychological condition based on our physiological constitution as seen through the lens of the humoural theory

Answer 11

Temperament

Question 12

The idea that there are 4 vital substances that maintain human life is called the

Answer 12

Humoural theory

Question 13

What are the 4 temperaments for the 4 elements

Answer 13

FIRE is hot and dry; Hum: is Red/yellow bile (choler); temperament: choleric
AIR is hot and wet; Hum: blood; temperament is Sanguine (the best)
WATER is cold and wet; Hum: Phlegm; temperament: Phlegmatic
EARTH is cold and dry; Hum: black bile; temperament: melancholy

Question 14

The word triplicity emphatically corresponds with the

Answer 14

Elements

Question 15

Chaldean order of planets

Answer 15

Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Sun
Venus
Mercury
Moon

Question 16

Saturn’s qualities

Answer 16

Cold and dry - corresponds with the earth, black bile, and melancholy temperament
The father of melancholy
Viz. depression

Question 17

Jupiter’s qualities

Answer 17

Hot and wet/moist. Corresponds with with Air element, blood, and the sanguine temperament

Question 18

Mar’s qualities

Answer 18

Hot and dry. Corresponds with the Fire element, red (yellow) bile, and choleric temperament

Question 19

Sun’s qualities

Answer 19

Hot and dry. Corresponds with the Fire element. Red (yellow) bike, and the choleric temperament

Question 20

Venus’s qualities

Answer 20

Hot and wet. Corresponds with Air element, blood, and the sanguine temperament

Question 21

Mercury’s qualities

Answer 21

Wet and dry. Corresponds with no element. No humour. No temperament.

Question 22

Moon’s qualities

Answer 22

Hot and wet(Claudius Ptolemy)-Corresponds with the Air element based on her qualitative combination (of hot and wet), however the water element based on her nature, blood, and sanguine temperament.
Medieval astrologers- say cold and wet