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Introduction
Nature and significance
- Significance of astral omens
- Purposes of astrology
Historical development
- Astral omens in the ancient Middle East
- Astral omens in Egypt, Greece, India, and China
- Astrology in the Hellenistic period (3rd century bc to 3rd century ad)
- Astrology after the Hellenistic period
  - In India
  - In Sāsānian Iran
  - In Islam
  - In Byzantium
  - In western Europe
- Astrology in modern times

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