Astrology and the seventeenth century mind: William Lilly and the language of the stars

Preface: 'Astrology Proved Harmless, Useful, Pious': Astrological Revisionism

1. 'For Astrology Wants its History': Astrological Historians

2. 'Aenigmaes, Metaphors, Parabols, and Figures': Seventeenth Century Encrypting

3. 'The Stars Chiefest Ambassador': William Lilly, Primus Inter Pares

4. 'The Mirrour of the World': Natural Phenomena as Portents

5. 'That Hidden and Sublime Science': The Astrological Tradition

6. 'Ars Longa, Vita Brevis': The Starry Language Decoded

7. The King Must Die: Charles I Death Prophecies

8. The 'Hieroglyphic King': Death by Cipher

9. Epilogue: 'This World's Spent': The Decline of Astrology as a Symbolic Language System.