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        The Ptolemaic System

        1 - The Empyreal Heaven, the Habitations of God and of all the Elect (Stable, incorruptible, above the realm of time.)

        - The Tenth Heaven, the First Mover (Primum Mobile) (The envelope containing the universe which has a clockwise

        rotation period of 24 hours; the motion is imparted to the 7 planetary spheres.)

        9 - The Ninth Heaven, the Crystalline Sphere (not represented in the diagram)

        8 - The Eight Heaven, the Firmament or Sphere of the Fixed Stars

        7 - The Sphere of Saturn (Counter-clockwise rotation period of about 30 years.)

        6 - The Sphere of Jupiter (Counter-clockwise rotation period of about 12 years.)

        5 - The Sphere of Mars (Counter-clockwise rotation period of about 2 years)

        4 - The Sphere of the Sun (Counter-clockwise rotation period of 1 year; the "King of the planets.")

        3 - The Sphere of Venus (Counter-clockwise rotation period of 224 days.)

        2 - The Sphere of Mercury (Counter-clockwise rotation period of 88 days.)

        1 - The Sphere of the Moon (Counter-clockwise rotation period of 27 days.)

        - The Belt of Fire

        - The Belt of Air

        - Earth (A stationary globe at the center of the universe, smaller than any of the other planets save the moon; the earth and all that exists on earth, animate and innanimate, are a corruptible compound of the four elements - fire, air, water, and earth.)

        The Medieval Theory of the Humors

        Element Fire Earth Air Water
        Qualities Hot and Dry Cold and Dry Hot and Moist Cold and Moist
        Humor Choler (yellow bile) Melancholy (black bile) Blood Phlegm
        Complexion Choleric (irascible,passionate, bilious) Melancholic (sullen, dejected, bad tempered) Sanguine (ardent, cheerful, venereal, liberal) Phlegmatic (cold, dull, cool, apathetic, calm)
        Zodiac Sign that Corresponds to Element Aries
        Leo
        Sagittarius
        Taurus
        Virgo Capricornus
        Gemini Libra Aquarius Cancer Scorpio Pisces
        Planet with Corresponding Qualities Mars (the lesser evil) Saturn (the greater evil) Jupiter (the greater fortune) Venus (the lesser fortune)
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