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Abû Ali al-Hayyat (c. 770 – c. 835). Better known as Albohali. A disciple of Mâshâ'allâh and a specialist in natal astrology he authored more than ten works on this subject. His books were translated from Arabic into Latin by Abraham bar Hiyyâ and Plato Tiburtinus (Plato of Tivoli), and later consulted and quoted by William Lilly.
In his article on Arabian astrology James Holden has quoted the following passage from his English translation of Albohali’s work, based on a 1546 Nürnberg edition of the Albohali Arabis Astrologi antiquissimi…
“Decide the condition of friends from the 11th house and its lord, and from the planets that you find in it, and from Venus, and from the Part of Friends. If most of these are fortunes, it signifies that the native will have many friends and companions, and especially if there is an application between the lord of the 11th and the lord of the ASC. And if you find fortunes in the 11th sign, or in square or opposite aspect to it, it signifies that the native will have many friends and associates, and that they will be fortunate. And if you find evil [planets] in it, or in square or opposite aspect to it, it signifies few friends and associates and that their assets will be scanty.
And if the planet that has the most dignities in the house of friends is Saturn, it signifies that most of his friends will be old men, slaves, and captives. But if it is Jupiter, many of them will be nobles and rich people of great worth and repute. And if it is Mars, most of them will be [military] leaders and princes and warlike men. But if it is the Sun, most of them will be [military] leaders and princes, kings, and nobles. But if [it is] Venus, they will be women and effeminate men. But if it is Mercury, they will mostly be writers and businessmen and wise men and artisans. But if it is the Moon, most of his friends will be nobles, but many [others] will be commoners. And so every star signifies according to its own nature; and according to its strength and fortunate or unfortunate [condition], the native will have advantage or disadvantage.
Besides all this, look at the lord of the ASC and the lord of the 11th, and the application that is between them and their mutual reception, and how much one of them makes the other fortunate or unfortunate, and their places in the circle. For if they are in mobile signs, it signifies that the native's friends will seldom be constant in their attitude towards him. But if [they are] in common signs, it indicates that sometimes there will be friendship and at other times it will break up. But if they are both in fixed signs, it signifies firm and lasting friendship of the friends towards the native.
But where the lord of the ASC impedites the lord of the 11th, the friends will suffer some impediment from the native. But if the lord of the 11th impedites the lord of the ASC, the native will receive some harm from his friends. And if each of them makes the other fortunate, the friends and the native will have mutual good and benefit among themselves. But if the lord of the 11th does not aspect his own house and Venus does not aspect the lord of her domicile, and the lord of the Part of Friends [does] not [aspect] the Part, it signifies that the native will be odious to men, nor will he delight in their company, being a lover of solitude. But when the house of friends is made fortunate and is essentially good, it signifies good circumstances and good fortune for the friends. [But] if it is made unfortunate, conversely it threatens them with bad luck and poverty.”
Albohali Arabis Astrologi antiquissimi, ac clarissimi de iudiciis Nativitatum liber unus, antehac non editus. Epistula nuncupatoria Ioachimi Helleri Leucopetræi, ad clarissimum virum Philippum Melanchtonem. Impressus Norimbergæ, in officina Ioannis Montani, et Ulrici Neuber, Anno Domini 1549.
James H. Holden. Abu 'Ali al-Khayyat The Judgments of Nativities. Temple: AFA Inc., 1988.
“Arabian Astrology”, http://cura.free.fr/xxv/23hold1.html. Last accessed on 21 May 2006.
Helen Lemay. “The Stars and Human Sexuality: Some Medieval Scientific Views”, Isis, vol. 71, n. 1, 1980, pp. 127 – 137.
“The concept of destiny in Islamic Astrology and its Impact on Medieval European Thought”, ARAM, Journal for Syro-Mesopotamian Culture, vol. 1, n. 2, 1989, pp. 281 – 289.
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