Umar al-Tabari
Definition
Umar al-Tabari was an early medieval Persian astrologer represented through Persian Nativities III and its annual-predictive source family.
Life and context
The edited source places Umar within the Arabic and Persian transmission of natal and annual predictive techniques, alongside other authors preserved in the same volume.
Work and ideas
The represented collection covers revolutions, profections, annual lords, planetary periods, and the comparison of natal and annual testimony.
Scope and limitations
The page does not attribute every rule in the edited collection to Umar. Author-level claims remain bounded by the volume's internal attribution.
Source texts
Documented rules
4 documented rules
The first subdivision of a planetary firdaria major is allotted to its own lord. This self-partnership marks the opening part of the major period before the other planetary partners take their turns.
Firdaria divides life into a sequence of planetary periods. The major lord governs the broad period, while its natal condition provides context; identifying a time lord alone does not establish particular events.
In the selected firdaria sequence, the Head of the Dragon receives three years and the Tail two. These nodal majors have no planetary partners or subperiods, so their meaning is the distinct nodal time allocation rather than an ordinary planetary subdivision.
A planetary firdaria major period is divided into seven equal subperiods. The sub-lord acts as a partner within the major lord's period, giving a more specific temporal emphasis; nodal majors have no such partners.