https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHRBCSfV300&list=PLWfUcScvQbEybS1VXn032uvcukNtqpLAl&index=5&t=3802s
Qote from Chris Brennan:
„Keiji Yamamoto and Charles Burnett released their .. translation of The Great Introduction to Astrology by the 9th century astrologer Abu Ma’shar. This was the first time this text has been translated into English in its entirety. …the most interesting thing I found was that Abu Ma’shar frequently cites a lost Greek text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. This appears to be the same text called the Panaretos that the 4th century astrologer Paulus Alexandrinus drew on for his treatment of seven planets Lots, although Abu Ma’shar shares much more from the text than Paulus did. The most interesting pieces of the Hermes material preserved by Abu Ma’shar is that it contains a set of rationales for the domicile and exaltation schemes that are unique, and it seems to preserve what may be the original conceptual rationales for both of those schemes. The exaltations chapter in particular provides a much more detailed explanation for the exaltations than any I’ve ever seen, and it is also unique because it provides an astronomical rationale for the exaltations degrees, not just the signs of exaltation and fall. …. Ben (Dykes) was able to confirm that most of the math for the exaltation degrees seems to work out …“