In Aristotelian physics and Greek astronomy, the sublunary sphere is the region of the geocentric cosmos below the Moon, consisting of the four classical...

and the fixed stars to be perfectly concentric spheres in a superlunary region above the sublunary sphere. Aristotle had asserted that these bodies (in...

air and fire - with fire at the top, Aristotle saw the sublunary world as surmounted by the sphere of fire. Aristotle's conception became prevalent in the...

form the sublunary sphere. According to Aristotle, air is both hot and wet and occupies a place between fire and water among the elemental spheres. Aristotle...

first, concerned with the influences of the celestial bodies in the sublunary sphere. Thus explanations of a sort are provided for the astrological effects...

Moon is described as the boundary between the corruptible and changing sublunary world and the incorruptible and unchanging heavens above it. Ptolemaic...

motions are ruled by principles other than those of bodies in the sublunary sphere. The latter are composed of one or all of the four classical elements...

distinction made between good and evil spirits. Under Iranian influence, the sublunary sphere was traced to inspiring angels. Philo of Alexandria already identified...

the sublunary sphere. According to Aristotle, water is both cold and wet and occupies a place between air and earth among the elemental spheres. In ancient...

face was to position astronomical bodies with respect to the celestial sphere along the ecliptic, in reference to the observer's position on the Earth...