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The Thema Mundi ("World Theme", with 'theme' being a word that also means chart) was a mythical horoscope used in Hellenistic astrology that shows the supposed positions of the seven visible planets (including the Sun and Moon) at the beginning of the universe.〔Macrobius in his ''Commentary to the Dream of Scipio'', Book I, ch.21 has been the most popular source.〕 It purports to exemplify the logic behind the sign rulerships, exaltations, and meanings of the aspects, among other things. The purely symbolic nature of the chart is readily perceived from the impossible positions of Venus and Mercury in it.〔Venus is at 60° from the Sun and Mercury at 30°, while in reality the angular distance for Venus is never more than 47.8° and for Mercury it is less than 27.8°.〕 In the late Middle Ages there has been a confusion between a horoscope of the world and the thema mundi.〔Most conspicuously seen in the writings of Pierre d'Ailly, cf. Laura A. Smoller, ''History, Prophecy, and the Stars: The Christian Astrology of Pierre D'Ailly, 1350-1420'', Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ; 1994) ISBN 0-691-08788-1.〕 The chart significantly diverges from the theory that the houses and the signs are directly correlated. Modern astrology assumes that Aries, the first sign, conveys its character to the first house. Instead, the thema mundi has Cancer in the ascendant, suggesting that nature, rather than being aggressive (in correspondence to Aries and Mars), is nurturing (in accord with the symbolism of Cancer and the Moon). ==Structure== The Thema Mundi shows: *Cancer rising, with the Moon in Cancer *The Sun in Leo *Mercury in Virgo *Venus in Libra *Mars in Scorpio *Jupiter in Sagittarius *Saturn in Capricorn 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thema Mundi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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