Hyleg

Hyleg

In Hellenistic astrology, the hyleg is the Arabic term for the planet with the greatest essential dignity in five important natal chart positions (according to Ptolemy's "Tetrabiblos"):ref|Ptolemy

* the degree of the Sun
* the degree of the Moon
* the Ascendant
* the Lot of fortune
* the pre-natal "syzygy" (that is, New Moon or Full Moon, whichever most closely preceded the birth.)

Some ancient authorities (viz. Vettius Valens) used slightly different chart positions to obtain the "hyleg."

The word "hyleg" also appears in "Chamber's Dictionary" (1999) with the definition stating "the ruling planet at time of birth". The origin is obscure but it is possibly from the Persian word "hailaj" meaning "nativity".

Note

#Claudius Ptolemy. "Tetrabiblos." Greek work from ca. 150 A.D. Various English translations. The Loeb Library translation by F.E. Robbins is available on the web [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ptolemy/Tetrabiblos/home.html] See section II, Chapter 10.

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