The planet sequence for Gemini is Lilly's variant. See "Christian Astrology" by W.
Lilly. But the Tetrabiblos says this sequence is (in meaning as above) "Mercury 0-6,
Jupiter 7-12, Venus 13-19, Mars 20-25, Saturn 26-29". See: Ptolemy. Tetrabiblos /
Edited and translated by F.E.Robbins. - Cambridge, Massacusetts; London: Harvard
University Press, 2001. [A.Z.]The series of terms according to the Egyptians, were as follows:
...Aries....... Jupiter 6, Venus 6, Mercury 8, Mars 5, Saturn 5.
...Taurus...... Venus 8, Mercury 6, Jupiter 8, Saturn 5, Mars 3.
...Gemini...... Mercury 6, Jupiter 6, Venus 5, Mars 7, Saturn 6.
...Cancer...... Mars 7, Venus 6, Mercury 6, Jupiter 7, Saturn 4.
...Leo......... Jupiter 6, Venus 5, Saturn 7, Mercury 6, Mars 6.
...Virgo....... Mercury 7, Venus 10, Jupiter 4, Mars 7, Saturn
2.
...Libra....... Saturn 6, Venus 8, Jupiter 7, Mercury 7, Mars 2.
...Scorpio..... Mars 7, Venus 4, Mercury 8, Jupiter 5, Saturn 6.
...Sagittarius. Jupiter 12, Venus 5, Mercury 4, Saturn 5, Mars
4.
...Capricorn... Mercury 7, Venus 6, Jupiter 7, Mars 5, Saturn 5.
...Aquarius.... Mercury 7, Venus 6, Jupiter 7, Mars 5, Saturn 5.
...Pisces...... Venus 12, Jupiter 4, Mercury 3, Mars 9, Saturn 2.
Testimony. A partial judgment based upon the influence of a certain planet as conditioned by
Sign and House, strength of position and aspects, or of a certain configuration of planets in a
Figure. The synthesis of several testimonies constitutes a judgment. The term as used by
Ptolemy is approximately synonymous with Argument.
Tetrabiblios. Literally four books. The oldest record of the astrological system of the
ancients which has survived. It dates from about 132-160 A.D. In it the author, Claudius
Ptolemy, the great Egyptian mathematician, says that it was compiled from "ancient" sources.
v. Ptolemaic Astrology.Tetractys - ten symbolic dots. A theory advanced by Pythagoras, who affirmed the existence
of ten bodies in our Solar System. The ancients knew only seven such bodies, but modern
astronomers have discovered the other three: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.