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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 36

Section 619 of 757

Canonical reference 5.36

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

οἷον ἡλίου μὲν ὕψωμα κριός, καὶ πρὸς ἀκρίβειαν ἡ ἐννεακαιδεκάτη τούτου μοῖρα, ταπείνωμα δὲ τὸ διαμετροῦν ζῴδιον, σελή- νης δὲ πάλιν ὕψωμα μὲν ταῦρος ταπείνωμα δὲ τὸ διαμε- τροῦν, Κρόνου ζυγός, Διὸς καρκίνος, Ἄρεως αἰγόκερως, Ἀφροδίτης ἰχθύες, Ἑρμοῦ παρθένος. καὶ ταπεινώματα τούτων, ὡς ἔφην, τὰ διαμετροῦντα τῶν ὑψωμάτων.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

For example, the exaltation of the sun is Aries, and, more precisely, its nineteenth degree; its depression is the opposite sign. The exaltation of the moon is Taurus, and its depression the opposite sign; that of Saturn is Libra, of Jupiter Cancer, of Mars Capricorn, of Venus Pisces, and of Mercury Virgo. Their depressions, as I said, are the signs opposite their exaltations.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Ainsi, l’exaltation du Soleil est le Bélier, plus précisément son dix-neuvième degré, et sa dépression le signe diamétralement opposé. L’exaltation de la Lune est le Taureau, et sa dépression le signe opposé; celle de Cronos est la Balance, celle de Zeus le Cancer, celle d’Arès le Capricorne, celle d’Aphrodite les Poissons et celle d’Hermès la Vierge. Leurs dépressions, comme je l’ai dit, sont les signes opposés à leurs exaltations.

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