This book contains a translation of the Eight Books of the Mathesis by the 4th century astrologer Julius Firmicus Maternus along with some useful Indexes of Occupations, the Causes of Death, and Personal Characteristics.•Book I: An essay on what astrology is•Book II: The twelve signs•Book III: Aspects and house placement of planets•Book IV: Chart Interpretation•Book V: The angles and the terms•Book VI: The aspects•Book VII: Life and death•Book VIII:The degrees of the signsThe translator, James H. Holden, is a well respected astrological scholar who has translated more than twenty astrology books that were written between the 2nd and 17th centuries. He is also the author of A History of Horoscopic Astrology.