A History of Horoscopic Astrology

James Herschel Holden served for decades as Research Director of the American Federation of Astrologers, and this book is the standard reference history of Western horoscopic astrology, tracing its Babylonian and Hellenistic origins through the medieval Arabic and Latin traditions to modern practice across more than 2,800 indexed entries. Its standing rests on that documented breadth and on independent citation: other historians of astrology cite Holden's own classification of house division systems into ecliptic, space and time based methods, a checkable scholarly contribution rather than a claim resting on the American Federation of Astrologers' name. This record has not independently traced further scholarly disagreement with Holden's specific historical claims since 2006. Use it for the historical origin and comparative development of a named house division method; it is not a source on any single modern practitioner's preferred system as currently taught.