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A57689	Astrologia restaurata, or, Astrologie restored being an introduction to the general and chief part of the language of the stars : in four books ... / by VVilliam Ramesey, Gent. ...	Ramesey, William, 1627-1675 or 6.; Ramesey, William, 1627-1675 or 6. Introduction to the iudgement of the stars.; Ramesey, William, 1627-1675 or 6. Introduction to elections.; Ramesey, William, 1627-1675 or 6. Astrologia munda.	1653 (1653)	Wing R201; ESTC R20735	479,753	423

Aspect of love and amity causing generation and multiplication and by reason Sextile is not so perfect an Aspect as a Trine she is truly accounted the lesser Fortune And because Mercury is carried below the rest of the Stars Of ☿ the two remaining signs are given him viz. Gemini and Virgo preceding and following the houses of the Luminaries and because he is on neither side and never distant from the Sun above one sign he inclineth naturally neither to good nor bad but is adjudged to be participating of the nature of the Planet to which he is joyned CHAP. XI Of the Exaltations and Fall of the Planets and wherefore they were so constituted ENter we shall here as in the preceding Chapter with the Luminaries and first with the Sur as being the chief light and Fons vitae the Fountain of life the Sun then is said to be in the point of his Exaltation when he is in the 19. degree of Aries he being then in the highest Northern point of the Ecliptick Of the exaltation of ♀ by which all things are made to spring and flourish the heat of weather and the length of days being increased therefore for the same reason contrary is he said to be in his Fall in Libra it being the opposite sign in the heavens to Aries in the which he declineth Southward by the which the shortness of the days and cold is increased to the hinderance of the fertility of the earth The Sun in Aries then being the cause and original of all things Of the ☽ and because the Moon hath her light from him she being in conjunction with him in Aries shews her self first unto us in Taurus the first sign in which she hath Triplicity and therefore for these causes she is said to be in exaltation in Taurus in which she is also increased in light and in Scorpio she is in Fall for that it is the sign opposite to Taurus sign to the Suns exaltation when she is in her Fall being in her Fall being in Conjunction in Aries or receiving there her first light And because as you have heard before Saturn is most remote from the Sun Of ♄ contrary in houses and author of cold as the Sun is of heat therefore is he exalted in that sign in which heat is diminished and cold increased viz. Libra and in his fall where cold is diminished and heat increased viz. Aries quite contrary to the Sun Iupiter is exalted in Cancer and in fall in Capricorn Of ♃ for that Iupiter delighteth in the Northern part of Heaven stirring up Northern winds which causeth fertility and maketh things to grow and his greatest declination Northward is in Cancer wherefore he is therein exalted and by reason of the contrary is he in Fall in Capricorn Mars is naturally hot and dry Of ♂ and because he sheweth his effects more powerfully in Capricorn it being a Southern sign where the Sun is most hot viz. about noon is he said to be exalted therein and in fall in Cancer quite contrary to Iupiter Mars being violent Iupiter temperate And because Venus is naturally moyst and chiefly in Pisces Of ♀ by which the Spring is moistned and increased in strength is she said to be exalted in Pisces she being the cause of generation and procreation wherefore Autumn when all things wither and fade viz. in Virgo is she in fall Mercury for that he is dry and contrary unto Venus is exalted in Virgo Of ☿ and in fall in Pisces Virgo being both his house and joy CHAP. XII Of the Triplicities of the Planets and the Reasons why they were so appointed What a Triplicity is How many How nominated Of what signs they consist THus then first you must know that a Triplicity is no more then three signs of the Zodiack all of one nature making a perfect triangle and of these Triplicities amongst the signs there are four viz. the Fiery-Triplicity the Aëry-Triplicity the Watry-Triplicity and the Earth-Triplicity The Fiery-Triplicity consisteth of Aries Leo and Sagittary the Aëry of Gemini Libra and Aquaries the Watry of Cancer Scorpio and Pisces the Earthy of Taurus Virgo and Capricorn and these signs behold one another with a Trine as a Planet in a fiery sign beholds another Planet in another fiery sign being in equal number of degrees with a Trine as also a Planet in an Aëry sign another Planet in An Aëry sign one in a Watry sign another in a Watry sign in an Earthy sign a Planet in an Earthy sign And this Trine Aspect consists of an hundred and twenty degrees c. ☉ and ♃ Rule the Fiery-Triplicity The Sun and Iupiter have dominion in in the Fiery-Triplicity the Sun by day and Iupiter by night the Sun for that he is not and fiery of the nature of these signs and Iupiter for that he is temperate and to moderate the extremity thereof therefore he ruleth this Triplicity in the night yet some of the Ancients have added in government with the Saturn that by his cold nature he may temperate the excess of heat This is the Eastern Triplicity ♄ and ☿ the Aery Saturn and Mercury have dominion in the Aëry-Triplicity which is Western Mercury by night and Saturn by day Libra is his Exaltation and you have heard for what reasons Aquaries is his house and sign wherein he most doth joy Gemini is Mercurys house wherefore Saturn hath chief Dominion in this Triplicity yet some have joyned Iupiter in signification with them by reason of his temperancy ♂ only the watry Mars both night and day hath assigned him chief Dominion of the Watry Triplicity this Triplicity is Northern certainly the reason why Mars was assigned chief Rule of the Water was to cool his courage and abate his heat for we see he is more powerfull to work his mischievous pranks in Leo then in Cancer for he having dominion and rule in Cancer he worketh not altogether so much mischief yet is he in Fall in Cancer but Peregrine in Leo wherefore a Planet Peregrine is worse then a Planet in Fall if he be but in a term yet some of the Ancients have joyned Venus and the Moon with Mars by reason Cancer is the Moons house and Pisces the Exaltation of Venus ♀ and ☽ the Earthy Venus and Luna are appointed chief Governesses of the Earthy-Triplicity which is Feminine and Southern cold and moyst causing South-east winds cold and moyst Ayr and therefore assigned to these Feminine Planets CHAP. XIII Of the Terms of the Planets wherefore so called and so assigned to every of the five Planets What a term is HEre now you must know the Sun and Moon have no terms A Term is a certain number of degrees which in each sign whether it be exaltation or house every of these five Planets viz. Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus and Mercury have a priority which by long study and experience was at

known by observation wherefore to descend to particulars That the Sun hath influence If we have regard first to the Sun we shall finde that the power of the Sun and the quality of the Heavens cause the inhabitants of the Torrid Zone to be black such are they which we call vulgarly Blackmoors or Negroes and causeth them also to be of constitution Cholerick their hair curled of mean stature by reason of the temperature of their bodies which is hot and dry Look Ptol. lib. 2. cap. 2. de quadripar We further know the Sun doth also tan even us in this our climate and is the cause also of Spring Summer Autumn and Winter day and night and the chief cause of the generation of all living creatures but more especially those which proceed from putrefaction c. every one knows bringeth also to maturity all the fruits of the earth and extimulateth all creatures to the act of generation for the procreation of their several kinds But to be short that 33. of Deut. ver 14. before mentioned and the testimony of Moses Gen. 1.14 of which anon that the Sun and the Moon were constituted for signs and seasons as well as other stars is cleer We know also he is of a drying and attractive Nature That Chronick diseases follow his course as acute and sharp the course of the Moon cum multis aliis but here I shall pass them by since there is no Peasant but can acquaint us with some one effect or other of this clearly by experience known unto him And who is so ignorant but knoweth that the Moon hath a great influence on the ebbing and flowing of the Sea which every waterman on the Thames can justifie The Moon Object Answ Why there is no Tides or such as can hardly be discerned in the Atlantick seas Why there is no Tides in fresh waters and why in some places there are no Tides but if some urge that in the Atlantick sea there is no Tides and so think by this their ignorance to make ought against this most heavenly Art they are mistaken for as touching this their idle and vain conceit I shall not need for the answering thereof use many words but let them know that by reason of the profundity and vast wideness of those seas I must confess little or no Tide can be discerned yet is it most probable there is an increase and decrease of that current as I shall appeal to all the learned in Navigation for by reason of the indisposition of the subject the influence I must confess of the Moon is not so much discerned as in other things as all moist and watery bodies that she wholly rules as in fresh waters by reason of the rarity and subtilty thereof she not having that fit subject to work on which is requisite causeth no Tide there also expert Navigators can testifie that in some places of the Ocean Tides are letted by the strength of a contrary Current c. But there is no female of twenty one yeers of age though some at sixteen nay sooner but can testifie its effects on their bodies by causing their menstrues once a moneth this they finde by experience though perhaps all know not the cause or reason thereof you have already heard her influence on lunaticks causing their fits sometimes to be more grievous then again at other times wherefore then if we further look to shell-fish we shall see cleerly that they are made by her divers illuminations of or with the Sun both to increase and decrease this there is no Oyster-wench but knows the same effect she hath in the humours of all bodies sublunary And there is none so ignorant but knoweth also that those who sleep in the open fields in Moon-light-nights she filleth them with dulness and heavy drowsiness and their heads with moisture moreover flesh newly slain being hung forth in moon-light-nights doth soon putrifie and Pease sown in the increase of the Moon never leave blooming and blossoming and that she is the cause of critical days and also judicial you have had shewn you in my Lux Veritatis wherefore here I shall not insist thereon but refer you thereunto and to Galen de diebus decretoriis and you shall there finde what admirable vertue and power he assigns her over all alterations of ayr and other inferiour Elementary things as well as over diseases especially acute c. And not only shell-fish and the humours in men and women do increase and decrease according to her increase and wane but also the Brain of man and other living creatures Again there is no Sow-gelder but can justifie he observes the age and configurations of the Moon with the Sun for gelding of Cattle and every husband-man or Peasant knoweth that it is very useful for him to observe a time of the Moon to put his cattle to ingender and as it is reported by Gesner in his 300 page of beasts Democritus affirmeth that if a Horse cover a Mare the third day before the full Moon the Mare shall conceive a male foal if the third day after the Full a female If a Horse cover a Mare the third day before the Full Moon a male Foal will be conceived and also in his 207 page testifieth that Pliny knowing the strange secret operation of the Moon in Elephants doth as it were ascribe a kinde of Religion in this creature for from the Change of the Moon till the prime and appearance thereof they take boughs from off the Trees and first look or lift them up to Heaven and then look upon or towards the Moon which they many times together do as it were in a supplication or adoration thereof He further relateth of the Baboon who by the influence of the Sun and Moon on him in the equinoctial times of the yeer barks every hour once viz. twelve times a day The third day after the Full Moon a female and as often pisseth and at the Change of the Moon the male Baboon will neither look up or eat but in a forlorn condition through the sence of that conjunction of the Luminaries goes up and down and the female purging her self of abundance of blood But this is further handled in the fourth chapter of the second Book of this Volumn viz. That which we call the Introduction wherefore here I shall hasten to proceed Those born at the time of an Eclipse or Change of the Moon live not long and why Again we see that those that are born at the time of an Eclipse of either of the Luminaries or at the Change of the Moon cannot live long for the Sun or Moon being eclipsed he being fons vitae and she the mother as it were of moisture the native then by this defect must be deprived in the eclipse of the Sun of natural heat and nourishment he being deprived of his light and in the defect of the Moon of convenient moisture to mitigate and to

first a fiery sign next an 〈…〉 ●hen an aëry and lastly a watry c. CHAP. XXV Shewing the Reasons why the signs are reckoned from Aries and not from any other sign as also why they are not placed according to the order of the four Elements I Have said before my intention in all these my Writings is not to treat of any thing that hath been already delivered to the Students of this noble Art by the wel-willers thereof in a plain manner and our vulgar tongue farther then to give me occasion for what is my drift viz. to render to my loving Countreymen and wel-willers of this Science the reasons and grounds of the Art according to the most rational of the Antients that they may be both confirmed in their way as also the better able to answer the weak Arguments or rather cavils of their puny Antagonists I mean the vain-glorious ignorant praters and scriblers against this Heavenly Science I come therefore now God enabling me to shew you the Reasons of the Ancients why the signs are still reckoned from Aries and so forward since the Zodiack as well as the Heavens is round and what is round hath no beginning and what hath no beginning must needs have no ending and what wanteth beginning and ending must needs have no middle yet the twelve Coelestial signs are said to begin at Aries which is called the first and so forward to Taurus which is the second to Pisces which is the twelfth and last for these reasons Why we reckon from ♈ and not from any other sign First because the Equator cutteth and divideth the Circle of the Zodiack in the beginning of Aries and also the opposite sign Libra so that six signs are Northern and six Southern but the reason why the beginning is from Aries and not from Libra is for that that part which is Northern is stronger and of more force efficacy and power and is more noble then that which is Southern and Aries is the first Northern sign and so are all to the latter end of Virgo the rest are Southern or declining Southward wherefore since by all in general the Northern signs are accounted stronger and more noble then the Southern did the Ancients appoint Aries the first of the signs it being the first of them Other reasons Secondly the Ancients began to number the signs from Aries for that when the Sun enters into Aries all things increase and multiply the days increase in length the Trees flourish the earth brings forth fruit and all things are as it were revived or raised from ●●●th being to outward appearance as it were by the preceding Winter barren an●●ead also when Sol enters Aries it is the beginning or chief principium of the 〈◊〉 causing every thing to receive vigour and strength resembling youth which is ●●●●●me and most pleasant time and beginning of life c. which are the reasons wh●● Ancient have named Aries the first of the signs Aries is a fiery sign and 〈◊〉 ●nto him they have placed Taurus which is an earthy sign after him Gemini a 〈◊〉 aëry ●●d then Cancer which is a watry sign and then again beginning with a 〈◊〉 sign t●en an earthy one after an aëry and lastly a watry and so following t●● 〈◊〉 orde●●hroughout the twelve signs and not according to the order of the fo●●●●en●s ●iz Fire Ayr Water and Earth but the reasons hereof are briefly th● 〈◊〉 we ●ill hasten to conclude this our first Treatise being meerly an In●●●●●y ●●●course before we come to peruse the following Tracts Yet if you finde any be●●● 〈◊〉 by I shall be very glad and esteem my pains well bestowed for my 〈◊〉 to benefit young Students that they may give reasons and grounds for 〈◊〉 ●●●rt as I said before I write not to the learned but to such as these for 〈◊〉 I ●ook these pains knowing they may happily by some ignorant Antagon●● and enemy to the Art be questioned wherefore such and such things are held by them c. Why the signs are not placed according to the order of the four Elements But let us proceed the Ancients then as abovesaid have placed first a fiery sign then an earthy sign after an aëry and lastly a watry sign for divers good Reasons first then for that the four Elements receive an alteration and corruption one with the other by the incessant motion of the Coelestial signs of which corruption and alteration there are generated four special qualities incident to elementary bodies viz. Generation Conservation Corruption and Destruction Now for that Generation is the chief and more noble quality they began with that sign which is the author of Generation viz. a fiery Next unto which quality is conservation fixation durability or continuance which is caused by those signs by which nature is moved to constancy or duration as corruptible things receive permanency and fixation and they are earthy After which is corruption the more inferiour quality wherefore they placed in the third place that sign which is author thereof according to that of Aristotle Aer vita est vivorum destructio mortuorum Ayr is the life of every living thing but the death or corruption of every dead thing viz. an Aëry sign Lastly the most ignoble and rejected is destruction which is caused by the watry signs wherefore they placed in the fourth place a watry sign Secondly they have placed the signs in this manner for that heat and cold are active Drought and moisture passive and heat being strong and more noble then cold signifying or causing generation as most deserving is placed first viz. a fiery sign so likewise for that dryness is the stronger of the Patients it is put first of them and next after heat being an earthy sign cause of durability and therefore placed next to generation and because corruption goeth before destruction is an aëry sign placed before the watry and because generation is the first beginning of any living thing and therefore first placed so is destruction being the last placed last continuation and corruption in the middle c. They have also thus appointed the order of the signs and placed a fiery sign first for that heat ruleth in fire by which all things are quickned and vivifyed and therefore being the more noble quality as abovesaid they place it first and next unto it an earthy sign by reason of the nearness of its quality with heat it being a dry substance after it they place an aëry sign and preceding the watry as participating with the humidity thereof and lastly is the watry sign placed last as the fiery is first being contrary thereunto in nature and quality the passives being placed in the middle between the actives which are placed in the extreams There are several other reasons may be produced for this order of the signs but one or two may suffice to put to silence any caviller against this most noble Art let us

Scorpio Again when Mars is Lord of the year and accidentally located in Scorpio he signifies much misty and cloudy weather also much cold in winter and very excessive heat and intemperate ayr in Summer for which cause the fruits of the earth shall be much damnified as also the herbs and seeds shall be much hurt men shall be molested with pains and griefs in the eyes thefts and robberies quarrels and debates as also deceits and frauds and a scarcity of fruits and provisions Also if he be Septentrional Septentrional Meridional Oriental Occidental Retrograde Direct there shall be a scarcity of water if Meridional abundance of water if Oriental many infirmities shall be incident to man especially in the lower and secret parts if other testimonies concur if Occidental small Piety among men if Retrograde he denotes many tribulations fears and troubles if Direct things will be so much the better Mars Lord of the year in Sagittary Also Mars in Sagittary if he be Lord of the year he signifies wars shall happen in the Eastern parts also damage and mischief unto the inhabitants of those parts and the Regions subject to the sign Sagittary death infirmities coughs and infirmities in the eyes as also in the loyns and back little or no rain and extream cold weather in winter as also the spring so that the fruits of trees shall be blasted and nipt also plants herbs and seeds shall be very much damnified and the year generally shall be scarce and indigent of provisions also honey shall not be plentiful for by reason of the scarcity of herbs Bees shall many of them be destroyed and if therein he be well aspected and free from the Malevolent Aspects of the Infortunes all such as bear arms or have any relation thereunto of what degree soever shall be in good condition fortunate and successful Some of the Ancients with Albumazar say that if Mars be in the last fifteen degrees of Sagittary If strong and Lord of the year in any Revolution or in any humane Sign he denotes wars tumults and insurrections of the people against their King and Superiors sudden death feavers both Tertian Quartan and Pestilential and many other infirmities robbings sackings and polings bloodshed fire and sword and lightnings and if he be Infortunately aspected by the Malevolents and otherways also debilitated If weak he signifies all these things you have now heard but more mischievously unless the Benevolent Aspects of Jupiter prevent and contradict his fury Septentrional Meridional Oriental If his latitude be Septentrional he signifies the ayr shall be good pleasant and temperate if Meridional Merchants and Trades-men shall be on the thriving and gaining hand if he be Oriental he denotes peace quietness and security and no war Occidental the safety of trees and much fruit and if Retrograde he denotes coughs Occidental Retrograde Direct and pains in the hinder part of the head and neck also in the thighs if Direct a death or mortality amongst cattel Mars Lord of the year in Capricorn Again if Mars be Lord of the year in any Revolution and located in Capricorn he denotes wars tribulation and slaughter to yong men perplexities and fears to the Eastern parts also rain in due season and that moderate plenty of all provisions and a fruitful and plentiful year North latit Meridional Oriental And if he have North latitude he signifies much snow in those parts where it is usual and requisite if he have Meridional latitude he denotes a close hot ayr if Oriental let the Roman Emperor have a care of a stob and so much the more assured will this be if the Moon be in the eighth house or joyned by body or aspect to the Lord thereof or joyned to Mars in any of the Angles or indeed any other house especially in the eighth or be beheld by the Square or Opposition of the Lord of the eighth and the more assuredly will this be and thou mayest be confident thereof if there be mutual reception also betwixt them or either of them and the Lord of the eighth for if then Jupiter prevent not by his Benevolent beams and cast his aspect unto Mars or the Moon he will not escape with life that Revolution unless God miraculously shew his infinite mercy towards him if he be Occidental botches boyls Occidental Direct Retrograde and such like shall molest the bodies of men if Direct abundance of plenty is promised during that Revolution if Retrograde want scarcity and penury Mars Lord of the year in Aquaries Moreover if Mars be in Aquaries and Lord of the year tribulation and trouble is threatned to men during that Revolution abundance of rain snow and cold weather in winter and such times as it is usual a probability of degrading and unthrowning Kings and great Hogens of the times in those places for which the Revolution of the year is a scarcity and want of provisions and fruits of the earth especially in the Western parts but if he be beheld then by Venus or the Lord of the Ascendent and she be then also Septentrional the spring shall be good and seasonable and if he be Septentrional Septentrional much snow and cold hard weather in winter if Meridional much hot weather but a thick obscure muddy ayr if he be Oriental it shall be well with great noble and rich men and they shall be jovial Meridional Oriental Occidental Retrograde and merry if Occidental it will not be so good but if he be Retrograde he denotes very hot weather and detriment to trees and their fruits by reason thereof if Direct there shall be many Catterpillars and such like creatures Direct that shall destroy trees especially if then the Dragons head be also in this Sign or in Gemini Mars Lord of the year in Pisces Lastly if Mars be Lord of the year and in Pisces he signifies much snow and rain also destruction to fish and such creatures as live in the water for men shall catch many during that Revolution the slaying and massacring of Kings and Great men scarcity of provisions and the fruits of the earth and generally it shall be a turbulent and hard year both for man and beast and if Venus behold the Ascendent there shall be much thunder and lightning also much death and mortality amongst men and grief and pains in their eyes Septentrional Meridional and if Mars be Septentrional the ayr shall be good pleasant and healthy and if he be Meridional there shall be many Caterpillars and Locusts in such places as shall be natural for them and such like noysom creatures but they shall not do much hurt if he be Oriental Oriental he signifies the slaughter of rich and great men if Occidental Occidental Direct many infirmities shall fall on servants and the inferior sort of people and if he be Direct they shall be safe and in health also sheep and small

aiery sign and in any Aspect of Mercury and no wise assisted by the Fortunes it signifieth detriment in the ayr and much hurtful rain and that for some continuance but if he be in the fourth House as hath been said in an earthy sign and in any Configuration with Mercury and no wise beheld by the Fortunes there shall happen Earth-quakes and there shall be much black water upon the Earth and the like but if he be in a watry sign in the fourth posited as aforesaid and not at all helped by the Fortunes there shall be a scarcity of waters and all things abiding therein whither living creatures or other things shall suffer detriment also if he be in 〈◊〉 earthy sign placed in the same manner he signifies damage to the Earth and the things thereon and growing out of it But if Mercury do not behold him by any Configuration neither be joined bodily to him the aforesaid Significations shall not be so grievous but more tolerable and if he be beheld of the Fortunes the mischief will be yet less and less and if by a Sextile or Trine and they strong essentially it will be totally taken away Note that every Planet hath its own peculiar property Note for the superiour are as Spirits the inferiour as bodies of which all the corruption and generation in the World hath participation by their Configurations and Commixtions one with another according to the preordination and will of God Moreover the radix from which you are to judge of the alteration of the ayr is the Ascendent of the Conjunction or prevention of the Luminaries before the Ingress of the Sun into every sign and have regard to the Lord also of the Ascendent and the Lord of the place of the Conjunction or Prevention for if these places and their Lords be in moist signs and mansions it signifieth wet weather shall follow also if the Significator in chief be Occidental Retrograde or slow in motion it signifies rain and so also if he be Combust unless Mars hinder it for he being Combust hindereth and prohibiteth rain Also note that if the chief Significator be descending in Latitude or in his Epicycle he signifieth rain and so on the contrary if he be ascending Moreover note that when rain is occasioned by the Signification of the Infortunes it is still hurtful if it be Saturn he causeth eruptions and over-flowings of water if Mars he causeth for the most part extraordinary heat When rain is to be expected Now if thou wouldst know when it is most probable and likely to rain according to Haly have regard unto the chief Significator of rain for if he be in an Angle from the Ascendent or entring therein judge rain at that time as also to the Ingress of the Sun into the twentieth degree and one minute of Scorpio and see what Planets signifying rain that year are received of him and especially of the Moon and which he is in Conjunction Square or Opposition with for upon those days wherein these Configurations happen rain is to be expected but if these Aspects be without reception the rain will not be of long continuance nor very much Moreover if the Significator be in an Angle as hath been said and in Conjunction with the Moon it signifies Rain Thunder Lightning Earth-quakes and such like but if you would know what rain is to be expected for all the year Of the state of the weather for the whole year have regard unto Venus Mercury and the Moon and if you finde them all in Conjunction in Pisces at the time of the Revolution of the year it signifieth rain moisture and many clouds that year but if they be so joined in Aries or Taurus the year shall be dry and shall want rain Also if Venus apply to Mercury in any of his Houses it signifieth much rain and that of continuance that year so likewise if the Moon be in Opposition to either the Sun Saturn or Venus it signifieth much rain and dark clouds that year also when Mercury and Venus are in one and the same term there shall be great rain and if it be in a moist sign and the Moon in a Sextile or Trine of them there will be tempestuous storms and rain until one of them go out of the aforesaid term also at the time of the Sun his Ingress into Aries if Saturn be in Square or Opposition of him or of the Moon or Jupiter and Mercury or Venus and Mars so posited much rain is to be expected in that year especially if the Aspect be by Opposition and they be in Reception by House for this is Opening of Gates or Windows as you have heard Also if Venus be before the Sun it signifieth there will be many clouds that year dews and moisture of ayr but little rain And if Venus be retrograde whilest the Sun is in Aries or Taurus there shall be much rain that year especially in the Spring but if she be Retrograde in Capricorn Aquaries or Pisces there shall not be so much rain in the Spring but very much in the Winter Moreover when Mercury is stationary in what ever sign it be he denotes a moist ayr rain and clouds according to the season also many storms and tempestuous showers follow when Openers of Gates and the Significators of rain are placed in moist and watry signs also if Venus be so posited judge the same also if Mercury be in a fiery dry sign and the Moon and Venus in watry and moist signs there shall be temperate and moderate rain and if Saturn behold them and he being in a cold sign there will be rain and snow and much cold with an obscure and dark ayr And thus much shall suffice to be said touching the judgement of the weather and alteration of the ayr by the Positions and Configurations of the Planets and Stars the secondary causes of all sublunary accidents if these rules in every particular hold not endeavour thou the more to finde out the truth and let my failings be rather an incouragement to thee to search further into the secrets of Nature wherefore I shall say no more on this point in this Nature but conclude our last Chapter touching the alteration of the ayr with some particular observations from the aforesaid causes wh●ch are common and may be observed even by the most illiterate and rural Pesant that is CHAP. XV. Shewing how to judge of Weather from common Observation of the rising and setting of the Sun colour of the Moon appearance of the Rain-bow Comets Clowds Brightness of the fixed Stars also by the prime day and from the time of the day wherein Thunder happeneth IT doth no wise seem unto me unnecessary to deliver this Chapter unto the world although it be not altogether so Astrological as the preceding Chapters are yet by reason it containeth Observations deduced from the Stars and other Superiour things it cannot be absolutely rejected as not agreeing with