Luís Campos Ribeiro, Ph.D. (2021), is a researcher and author on the history of astrology and its practices, the history of science and art. He is the co-founder of the Astra Project: Historical Research on Astrological Techniques and Practices, hosted at CIUHCT–University of Lisbon.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of TablesAbbreviationsTranscription and Citation NotesAstrological SymbolsIntroductionPart 1: Astrology in the Early Modern EraIntroduction to Part 11 Early Modern Astrology: An Overview1 The Practice of Astrology2 A Changing Knowledge3 Astrology in Print4 Pico’s Critique2 The Church and Astrology1 A Clash of Doctrines2 An Art Divided3 The Regulation of Astrology3 The Mathematization of Astrology4 The Marginalization of Astrology1 Astrology as Science2 A Changed KnowledgePart 2: Jesuits and AstrologyIntroduction to Part 25 Jesuits against Astrology1 Benito Pereira (1590)2 Martín Del Rio (1599–1600)3 Alessandro De Angelis (1615)4 The Bibliotheca selecta (1593)5 Later Examples6 The Anti-astrological Discourse6 Jesuits Accepting Astrology1 Francisco Suárez on Astrology2 Further Examples3 Standing in Ambiguity7 Astrology in Jesuit Science1 The Ratio Studiorum, Mathematics and Astrology2 Clavius and Astrology3 Astrology in Jesuit Printed Works4 Between Print and Manuscript5 Astrology among Jesuit Scholars8 Astrology as Cultural Currency: Jesuits in the East1 China: New Astrology for an Old Empire2 Notes on Japan and India3 European Astrology in the East9 Brave New World: Jesuits and Astrology in the Americas1 Different Skies, Different Influences2 Jesuits and Astrology under Southern Skies3 Catholic Constellations: Astrology in Religious Discourse4 Under New SkiesPart 3: Jesuits Teaching AstrologyIntroduction to Part 310 The Aula da Esfera of Santo Antão1 The Astrological Manuscripts and Their Authors2 Other Astrological Texts3 The Students of the Aula da Esfera4 Astrology at the Aula da Esfera: A Timeline5 The Example of the Aula da Esfera11 Teaching Astrology1 A Jesuit Astrological Programme?2 Defending Astrology3 The Astrological Syllabus4 Gonzaga’s Baroque Astrology5 A Jesuit Astrology?Part 4: Jesuit AstrologersIntroduction to Part 412 Practicing Astrology1 Judgements on Comets2 An Astrological Report to the Court3 The Calendar of Trnava4 Nativities5 Other Applications6 The Practice in PerspectiveFinal ThoughtsAppendix 1: Bull Coeli et TerraeAppendix 2: Teachers of the Aula da EsferaAppendix 3: Jesuit Astrological ManuscriptsAppendix 4: DocumentsBibliographyIndex