Astrology is a science which has had an uncertain status throughout its history, from its beginnings in Greco-Roman Antiquity to the medieval Islamic world and Christian Europe which led to frequent debates about its validity and what kind of a place it should have, if any, in various cultures. Written in the second century A.D., Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos is not the earliest surviving text on astrology. However, the complex defense given in the Tetrabiblos will be treated as an important starting point because it changed the way astrology would be justified in Christian and Muslim works and the influence Ptolemy’s presentation had on later works represents a continuation of the method introduced in the Tetrabiblos. Abū Ma‘shar’s Kitāb al-Madkhal al-kabīr ilā ‘ilm akām al-nujūm, written in the ninth century, was the most thorough surviving defense from the Islamic world. Roger Bacon’s Opus maius, although not focused solely on advocating astrology, nevertheless, does contain a significant defense which has definite links to the works of both Abū Ma‘shar and Ptolemy. As such, he demonstrates another stage in the development of astrology. These three works together reveal the threads of a trend of a rationalized astrology separated from its mythical origins which began with Ptolemy and survived through both medieval Islam and medieval Europe. In the two examples of defending astrology I have used, Abū Ma‘shar and Roger Bacon, Ptolemy’s influence can be seen to have persisted from the second century through to the thirteenth, and the nature of the differences in their defenses illustrates the continuation and evolution of the tradition of defending astrology.

This is the story of Spanish belonging in New Spain and the creation of New Spaniards. Tracing Spanish perceptions of place, the body, belonging, and Indian mortality, as well as constructions of “nativeness” and “Spanishness” from the conquest, this work does three things. First it examines the ideological constructs behind Spanish belonging, and the ideas that Spaniards brought with them about their bodies and their relationship to the environment. Second it follows the progression of these ideas through the first three generations of Spanish colonization, paying particular attention to the way that political rivalries, the exigencies of the crown, and Indian mortality affected discourse on belonging and identity. Finally, it captures a moment at the turn of the seventeenth century, when residents of New Spain began to re-imagine their belonging and their relationship to the land and its original inhabitants. / text

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Astrology is a science which has had an uncertain status throughout its history, from its beginnings in Greco-Roman Antiquity to the medieval Islamic world and Christian Europe which led to frequent debates about its validity and what kind of a place it should have, if any, in various cultures. Written in the second century A.D., Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos is not the earliest surviving text on astrology. However, the complex defense given in the Tetrabiblos will be treated as an important starting point because it changed the way astrology would be justified in Christian and Muslim works and the influence Ptolemy’s presentation had on later works represents a continuation of the method introduced in the Tetrabiblos. Abū Ma‘shar’s Kitāb al-Madkhal al-kabīr ilā ‘ilm akām al-nujūm, written in the ninth century, was the most thorough surviving defense from the Islamic world. Roger Bacon’s Opus maius, although not focused solely on advocating astrology, nevertheless, does contain a significant defense which has definite links to the works of both Abū Ma‘shar and Ptolemy. As such, he demonstrates another stage in the development of astrology. These three works together reveal the threads of a trend of a rationalized astrology separated from its mythical origins which began with Ptolemy and survived through both medieval Islam and medieval Europe. In the two examples of defending astrology I have used, Abū Ma‘shar and Roger Bacon, Ptolemy’s influence can be seen to have persisted from the second century through to the thirteenth, and the nature of the differences in their defenses illustrates the continuation and evolution of the tradition of defending astrology.

從1988年起，星座在台灣即展開大規模流行，時至今日成為當紅的話題之一。無論是在報紙、雜誌或是電視媒體、網站等，開闢專欄提供星座運勢的資訊已經成為不可缺少的內容；同時，在行銷上之運用也越來越多。 雖然星座在台灣蔚為風潮，但國內關於星座的研究卻非常缺乏，並且尚無學術性之科學驗證。因此，本研究從現象觀察出發，初步分析不同星座對於人格特質和購物傾向之影響是否有所差異、星座和人格特質是否同時對購物傾向產生影響、以及探討星座自我歸因（self-attribution）之效果是否存在。 研究結果發現有三大部分：首先，星座對於人格特質以及購物傾向皆具有顯著的影響力；其次，人格特質與購物傾向不但有顯著的相關性，並且當星座和人格特質同時存在時對於購物傾向之影響是最大的；第三，星座對於人格特質和購物傾向之影響並不在於星座自我歸因的效果，而是星座本身就具有預測的效果。 由於本研究為初探性研究，所得之結果及經驗仍有不足，有待未來相關研究繼續探討。因此，建議實務界可以針對大台北地區，年輕、具上網習慣之學生族群使用星座作為行銷宣傳工具，其訊息及產品之吸引力會更大。同時，建議學術界對於星座不該再以完全迷信之態度對待，而是可以多進行相關之星座學術探討以及學理驗證，為這個世界上最古老的天文科學注入新的學術研究生命。

Zugl.: Berlin, Freie Univ., Diss., 2003/2004

Thesis (M.M.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70).

Thesis (MA(Bybel en Godsdienskunde)--Universiteit van Pretoria, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-126)

[pt] Na modernidade, em que as relações são definidas como líquidas (BAUMAN, 2005), este trabalho procura entender, a partir da análise narrativa (BASTOS; BIAR, 2015), a popularidade/produtividade do sistema de crença da astrologia, especialmente na construção de um discurso essencializante sobre a identidade. Para isso, apresento 22 entrevistas de pesquisa (MISHLER, 1986) sobre o tema, realizadas com estudantes da PUC-Rio no período de 2016 a 2017 nas quais emerge uma considerável quantidade de pequenas histórias e histórias de vida (LINDE, 1993), aqui analisadas qualitativa e interpretativamente. Compreendo a narrativa como um importante instrumento para a construção de sentido no mundo social (BASTOS; BIAR, 2015) e para a formação de identidades autobiográficas (BRUNER, 1990; MOITA LOPES, 2001). Nestes termos, observo quais estratégias discursivas os entrevistados utilizam-se para construir histórias sobre si/outros, esforçando-se para apresentarem-se da melhor forma possível neste teatro (GOFFMAN, 1980, 2002 (1959), 2011 (1967), 2013 (1979)) que é a entrevista de pesquisa. Nota-se que muitas dessas histórias são costuradas a partir do sistema de coerência da astrologia (LINDE,1993). Isto é, os entrevistados constroem accounts (DE FINA, 2009) ou relações de causa e efeito, com o objetivo de reivindicar certo assujeitamento (BLOCK, 2012) no discurso, especialmente para comportamentos considerados socialmente negativos. Desse modo, os signos, ao livrarem seus narradores de agência, atuam no trabalho de face (GOFFMAN, 2011(1967)), colaborando para uma apresentação favorável dos entrevistados. / [en] In modernity, where relationships are defined as liquid (BAUMAN, 2005, 2006), this paper seeks from the standpoint of narrative analysis (BASTOS; BIAR, 2015), the popularity / productivity of astrology, especially in the construction of an essentializing discourse on identity. For this, I present 22 research interviews (MISHLER, 1986) on the subject, carried out with students from PUC- Rio from 2016 to 2017, in which a considerable amount of small histories and life stories emerge (LINDE, 1993), analyzed here qualitatively and interpretatively. I understand narrative as an important tool for the construction of meaning in the social world (BASTOS; BIAR, 2015) and for the formation of autobiographical identities (BRUNER, 1990; MOITA LOPES, 2001). In these terms, I observe which discursive strategies the interviewees use to build stories about themselves / others, striving to present themselves in the best possible way in this theater (GOFFMAN, 2002 (1959), 2011 (1967), 2013 (1979)), which is the research interview. It is noted that many of these stories are stitched from the system of coherence of astrology (LINDE, 1993). That is, the interviewees construct accounts (DE FINA, 2009) or cause-and-effect relationships, with the purpose of claiming some assumption (BLOCK, 2012) in discourse, especially for behaviors considered socially negative. In this way, signs, in relieving narrators of agency, act in the face work (GOFFMAN, 2011(1967)), collaborating for the favorable presentation of the interviewees.

A close reading of the gospel of Matthew highlights the striking reports of the observation of distinct celestial phenomena in the narrative (e.g. 2.1-12; 3.16-17; 17.5; 24.29-31). However, the motif of celestial phenomena in Matthew lacks a full or even comprehensive investigation. These have been addressed only in part both in journal articles and in individual chapters of various books. Looking at these celestial phenomena as interrelated parts of the evangelist’s wide theological perspective in the gospel, this study explores Matthew’s description of these occurrences in relation to the contemporary perspective on celestial phenomena and astrological application. It seeks to assess what meaning and significance the Matthean representation of celestial phenomena was designed to have in the process of the gospel narrative and for the readership. In so doing, this study discusses the conception of heaven and the attitude towards celestial phenomena in the Graeco-Roman world in the Second Temple period, the Sitz im Leben of the Matthean community, and the significance of the heaven motif in the gospel narrative, as preliminaries to the investigation of Matthew’s portrayal of celestial phenomena. This study will show that the motif of celestial phenomena in Matthew carefully crafted and thoughtfully arranged plays a significant role in authenticating the identity of Jesus.