![]() However, many modern astrologers struggle with understanding the relationship between signs and newly discovered bodies such as modern planets. ![]() Neptunian rulership of Pisces would break with the established scheme and rationale of planetary sign rulership, so I don’t advocate it in this sense (see my lesson on the signs). Modern astrologers assert that Neptune is a ruler of Pisces, in addition to, or instead of, its traditional ruler, Jupiter. Interestingly, in the passage, we find what is likely to be the first association of Neptune to the sign Pisces. However, there is also an aside in which Manilius assigns additional Roman gods to signs, possibly for the purpose of religious practice or to teach them by analogy. In the work, the signs of the zodiac are ruled by the classical planets in the typical fashion. It contains many techniques that are not found in other authors. It is one of the oldest complete astrological texts that has survived. The Roman astrologer-poet, Marcus Manilius, wrote a poem in five books called the Astronomica (1st century CE). ![]()
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