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A00750	The rules and righte ample documentes, touchinge the vse and practise of the common almanackes, which are named ephemerides A briefe and shorte introduction vpon the iudiciall astrologie, for to prognosticate of thinges to come, by the helpe of the sayde ephemerides. With a treatise added hereunto, touchinge the coniunction of the planets, in euery one of the. 12. signes, and of their prognostications and reuolutions of yeres. The hole faithfully, and clerely translated into Englyshe by Humfrey Baker.; Canons & documents tresamples, touchant l'usage & practique des communs almanachz, que l'on nomme ephemerides. English	Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555.; Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.	1558 (1558)	STC 10878.7; ESTC S107419	38,281	107

from signe to signe and according vnto the nature accidentale of the 12. signes of the Zodiake likewise the sayd lightes and planetes in tourninge round about the earthe by the firste and vniuersal mouement of al the world frō the orient by the south into the accident within the time and space of 24. houres whiche we cal a natural daye do cause again euery day of the yeare diuers and perticuler effectes according as they be in the orient or occident and notably eleuated or depressed vnder y ● earth y ● thei haue more stronge or weake irradiaciō vppon the sayde thinges here belowe on earth For this cause the Astrologians haue distingued all the roundnes of the vniuersall worlde into 12. partes after the nombre of the said 12. signes whych are called houses of the which there are 6. aboue the earth and. 6. vnderneth parpetually and in all regions in the maner and forme as foloweth First it is to vnderstande that the meridian circle and the Horizont do deuide them selues into 2. halfes and with right angles towardes the South and North and they deuide the Equinoctiall into 4. quarters whereof there be 2. aboue the earth and 2. vnderneth two lykewise toward the East and 2. toward the West And euery 4. porcion contemeth 90. degrees You must thē imagen euery of the said quarters of the equino to be deuided into 3 egal parts of 30 degrees euery one of them by the pointes of the said deuisions to passe 4. great circles proceding frō the foresaid intersections of the meridian circle of y ● horizont by this menes the said 4. circles with y ● sayd meridian horizont which do make togither the nūbre of 6. do deuid the equl al the sphere of the world into 12. partes which we cal the. 1● houses of heauen the which are or dained distributed accordinge vnto the succession of the 12. lines of the zodiacke of the propre mouement of the lyghtes planets cōtrary vnto the first mouemēt vniuersall as it doeth somwhat appeare by this fygure folowinge MYne opinion notwithstandinge is that the saide 4. circles oughte to passe by the deuisyons of the Circle vertycall whiche doth deuyde the meridian circle with right angles and not by the equinoctial yf it be not in the right Sphere for many good causes and inuincible reasons as is noted in the Cosmographie or Sphere of the worlde publysshed by Orentius and in the. 12. Chapter of the seconde boke of the same ¶ The first house beginneth then in the orientale parte of the horizont and endeth in the next halfe circle which is vnder the said horizont the which house is named the angle of orient or ascendaunt and horoscope and it is the house to iudge of all the beginninges of life the beginninges of all workes For bycause the first and vniuersal mouement beginneth at the east parte and rayseth the sterres and planets aboue the earth in such wise that from the orient cometh all vertue and the heauenly goodnes The second house foloweth after vnder the said horizont The which is the house of substaunce as well of necessary thynges to the life as of other goodes of marchandises of byinges sellinges administrators and helpers ¶ The. 3. house folowinge endeth at the part of the meridiane whyche is vnder the earthe and bath signification vppon brothers and sisters cousynes neighbours and friendes and vpon smal and short viages ¶ The. 4. house beginneth at the sayde parte of the meridiane whiche is vnder the earth The which is called the angle of the point of the earthe or of midnight and of same the bottome or depth of heauen And it is the house for to iudge of diuisions and heritages of treasors hide and of all thynges vnmouable The. 5. house foloweth after the whyche is the house of chyldren of frendshippe legates and messengers The. 6. and folowing house is ended at the occidentall parte of the horizont and hath signification vpon sickenesses lordeshippes membres of the body vpon seruauntes prysoners and domestycall beastes 7. The seuenth house begynneth at the saide horizonte occidentall drawynge toward the south called the angle or point of occident opposite vnto the ascendant whiche beginneth to descende vnder the horizont And it is the house to iudge of women mariages debates and contentions of the one halfe of the humaine lyfe 8. The. 8. house foloweth after approching toward the South The whiche is the house of death and interfection and of the ende of life 9. The. 9. and house folowing is ended at the part of the meridiane which is aboue the earthe and hathe signification vppon long vsages peregrinations fayth religion wisedom and dreames 10. The tenthe house begynneth at the saide meridiane verticall aboue the earth the whyche called the angle or poynte of the south or of the middes of heauen opposite vnto the fourth house which is the angle of the earthe and is the house royall imperiall of exaltacion and honoure noblenesse and good renoume 11. The eleuenthe house foloweth affer drawing towardes the Easte the whiche is the house for to iudge of hope cōfidēce and the fortune of man 12. The twelfe and last house endinge at the oriente is the house of sadnes enuye malice deception and craft And by this maner there be foure angular and principall houses that is to saye the first the fourth the seuenth and the tenth And foure whiche are named succedinge that is to saye The seconde the fyfthe the eyght the eleuenth whiche do folowe the other foure abouesayd The other foure whiche come next after the succedinge houses are called falling or coming after which be these The thirde the sixt the ninth and the twelfth Of the whiche houses this is the figurefolowing after the iudgemente of our Astrologians and as they are accustomed to vse them and to put them in platfourme The Figure of the xii hovvses of heauen after the Iudgementes of the Astrologians The fyrste howse the Angle of Orient ♈ The second house succedinge ♉ The third house fallynge ♊ The fourth house the Angle of the earth ♋ The fyf●e howse succedinge ♌ The syxte howse fallynge ♍ The vii house the Angle of the Occident ♎ The viii howse succedinge ♏ The ix howse fallynge ♐ The x. house the Angle of the middes of heuen ♑ The xi howse succedinge ♒ The xii house fallynge ♓ And it is conueniente finallye to note that the lyghtes and planettes do reioise and haue certeyne power and accidentall vertues in some houses more then in other as dothe heareafter folowe ♄ Saturne doth reioyce in the xii howse ♃ Iupiter xi ♂ Mars vi ☉ the sunne ix ♀ Venus v ☿ Mercury i ☽ the moone iii ¶ Howe to erecte and distyngue the. 12. houses of heauen after the order of the sayd Ephemerides 18. rule TO erect thē or caculate the. 12. houses of heauen is no other thinge but to finde the pointes of the Zodiacke

♃ mars ♂ Venus ♀ mercury ☿ The hed of the dragon ☊ The tayle of the dragon ☋ And it is requisite to note that euerye colompne hathe two orders of noumbers wherof the lest is of degrees the righte of the minutes of the signe whereof the carecter is nerest collocated or set ouer the head betwene the sayde degrees and minutes of which carrecters here ensueth the interpretacion Signes septentrionalls Aries ♈ Taurus ♉ gemini ♊ Cancer ♋ Leo ♌ virgo ♍ Signes meridionales Libra ♎ Scorpio ♏ Sagitta ♐ Capri. ♑ Aquari ♒ Pisces ♓ And thus you haue ryghte againste euery daye in what signe degree or mynute is euery one of the sayde planettes and the saide section of the heade of the Draggon of the moone vpon the pointe of noone of the same day Of the equallitie and vnequallitie of the naturall daies the. 6. BUt it is to bee noted y ● the natural daies are supposed to be equall the one to the other in the saide Ephemerides althoughe they bee not so that for by cause of the obliquitie or crokednes of the zodiacke and of the mouement irreguler of the sunne aboute the centre of the worlde the tyme then at the whyche the sunne departeth from the Merediane whiche is the true noonetide and goeth into the occident vnder the earth retournynge by oriente vnto the saide meridiane againe is the true quantitie of a naturall deye and the tyme at the whyche all the equinoctiall circle is passed and reuoluted or tourned backe vnder the sayde merediane wyth 59. minutes and. 8. secondes of a degree more is the measure of a natural daye equall and measurable according vnto whiche are ma●e the supputations of the meane and reguler mouementes astronomicalls And although that there be difference betwene the true and the meane or equall dayes naturall aboue sayde yet notwythstandynge ther can folow no notable errour for the true place and mouement of the sonne and of the. ● planettes whych are of mouement slowe ynoughe but onely of the mone by reason of the swiftnes of her mouement The manner too bringe the true place and mouemente of the moone vnto the true noonetide The. 7. VVhen thou wylte then reduce or bring the true place and mouemēt of the mone vnto the true vulgare or common noonetide at the whyche the true naturall dayes do begynne and end that is to saye when the sunne is ryghtely vpon the meridianc thou shalt do thr● as foloweth Take ryghte with the daye proposed the true place of the sunne ●nd of the moone then entre wyth the sygn● and degree of the saide place of the sunn● into the table entituled Tabula motus lun● in takynge the signe ouer the heade an● the degree at the lefte syde of the saide table and you shall fynde vnder the sayde signe righte wythe the sayde degree the nombre of minutes whyche you muste take awaye and substra from the true place of the moone taken in the Ephemerides for to bryng them vnto the true noone tide proposed And for by cause the degrees which are at the left side of the said table do procede from two vnto two you shal take the degre which shalbe most nerest vnto the sayd place of the sunne not hauyng any regard vnto the minutes in case they passe not 30. when they passe 30. you maye then adde ▪ one degree with out any errour for the sayde mynutes To know y e true place mouemēt of y e lightes planets at euery howre that a mā please whether it be afore or after noone The. 8. Rule ANd if it be cōueniēt to haue y e true place of the sunne or of the moone or of any planet at what howre so euer it be either before none or after you shal take his true place mouement aunswering vnto the nonetide past and also the same of y e nonetide folowing as hath ben said before After you shal substra the mouemente from the greatest and that whiche doth remayne shalbe the mouement of the sayd plan●●e answering vnto the same natural daye frō one noone tide to the other the whyche mouement you shall deuide by ▪ 24. in resoluinge the degrees into minutes and the minutes into secondes if there be nede then thou shalt adde so manye times the. 24. parte of the sayd dayly mouemēt vnto the mouement of the nonetide past as there be howers past since the same nonetide yf the planet be direct Or els you shal substra the same 24. parte so many times if he be retrograde if you haue one quarter one third or halfe of an houre more you maye likewise adde or substraye the fourth or the thirde or the halfe of the aboue sayd 24. parte of the sayd dayly mouemēt and by this meane you shal haue that which you demaund ¶ For to bringe the true mouement of the moone vnto what meridiane you please 9. rule ANd although that the Ephemerides last imprinted are calculated and reduced vnto the meridiane of a Citie of Almaigne called Tubinge yet neuerthelesse it is no neede to reduce or brīg the true places mouemētes of the sunne and of the. 5. planetes whiche are slowe inoughe of mouement vnto anye other meridiane what so euer it be except onely the place of the moone for the swiftnes of his mouement The whiche you shall do after this maner Take the name of your city or of y e place most nerest to the same in the table which is called Tabula regionum prouinciarum et oppidorum insigniorum Europae and drawinge toward the right hande you shal finde vnder the charecter of the moone the numbre of minutes which must be added or substraed from the true mouemente of the said moone which hath bene calculated by the sayd Ephemerides accordinge as the letter A. or M. being at the left hand shal shewe you for the letter A. signifyeth that ye must adde and the letter M. that you must dimynishe or substra the sayde minutes and therewith you shall finde al at once at the right hande of the sayd minutes in the laste columpne the degrees of the latitude or eleuatiō of the pole Articke of the sayd citie or region of the which you may haue to do withal as here after you shal see Of the latitude of the. 5. planetes ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ and. ☿ Furthermore vnder euery columpne of the. 5. planetes are noted their latitudes that is to say how much th●● decline from the eclipticke calculated onely for the. 1. 10. and. 20. day of euery moneth by the meanes of the which you may easely proportionate the latitudes of those planetes for all the other dayes whiche are betwene both of the which latitudes the denominations are noted aboue y ● head of euery of the sayd columnes by the Capital letters which hereafter folowe S. A. which doth signify the planet to be Septentrional ascendant S. D. Septentrional descendāt M A Meridional Ascendant M. D Meridional

Virgo Sagietarius Pisces cômune or meane ¶ Of the nature and complexion of the lightes and of the .v. planetes The .xx. rule AFter this it is necessarye to haue the complexion vertue nature as well of the sunne of the mone as of the .v. planetes the whiche is such as foldweth here in orde● The Sunne is hote and drie louing geuynge lyfe and lyghte vnto all naturall vertues And of the members humayne he rulethe the brayne the marowe the sight the syuewes and generally all the members of the righte parte of the bodye ¶ The mone is colde and moist louyng of whome the effectes are manifeste hauing dominatton ouer the stomacke the bellye and of the mother of women and generally ouer the members of the lefte parte of humayne bodye Saturnels colde and drye enemye of nature malitious and enuious destroyer of life and of the bodye he gouerneth the right eare the milte and the bladder and of humors the inclancholye and parte of the fleume Jupiter is hoate and moiste louinge sanguine hauinge regarde ouer the langes the sides the gristels and of the sede or naturall humour of man Mars is hote and drye cruell and of the humaine bodye is attributed vnto him the lefte eare the vaynes the genetories and of the humors the choler and after the opinion of some men he gouerneth the liuer Uenus is colde and moyste louinge flewma●ike and of the bodye humayne he gouerneth the backe bone the buttockes the lower partes of the bellye the matrice with the mone and the fa●te and the sede with the signe of Leo. And it is to be noted that Jupiter and Uenus are called good and fortunate but Jupiter is the greatest good fortune and Uenus the leaste Saturne and Mars are called vnfortunate or euill fortunes but Saturne is the greatest vnfortunate and Mars the leaste The Sunne and the Mone are called meanes or betwene both that is to say neither fortunate nor vnfortunate but indifferent Neuerthelesse Mercury taketh parte alwayes of the nature of the Planete with the whiche he is cont●yned or nearest vnto for with the good he is good principally when he beholdeth him with a trine or sextile aspecte And with the euill he is euill likewise when he is opposite or comoyned with them or when he beholdeth him with a quadrate aspecte Of the force and accidentall nature of the aspectes The. 21. ● ule FOr somuche that the lightes and planets do chaunge their influence accordinge vnto the varietie of the asectes whiche haue ben declared in the 12. rule it is conuenient to note the goodnes and malice comming of the saide aspectes in the fashion and maner as foloweth Fyrst as touchinge the coniunction whiche properlye is no aspecte you must note that although the coninnctiō be defined to be one whan the planetes are vnder one like degree of the zodiake according vnto the longitude of y ● same neuerthelesse in matter of influence one planete is saide to be conioyned with the other when the one is entred vnder the beames of the other although that they be not in one like degre and foreseynge that the distaunce of the one vnto the other be lesse thē 12 degres And the mone or planet so conioyned wyth the Sunne is sayde to be combuste by the beames of the Sunne and such coniunction is not proprely a coniunction And it is to be noted that when two good planetes are conioyned together the same denoteth manifest amitie and good wyl of the one vnto the other encreasemente of their goodnes And the coniunction of the good with the euill diminisheth the malice of the euill planete and weakeneth somewhat the goodnes of the good Planete As touchinge the opposition it is an aspect of manifest discord and inimitie The quadrate aspect is hate and vnper fite inimitie The trine aspect signifieth perfect and manifest loue of the Planetes The sextile aspecte is of hidde secrete beneuolence and vnperfect amitie ¶ A declaration of the table of the fixed sterres whiche is in the Ephemerides The. 22. rule FOr to knowe the aspectes not onely of the one planet vnto the other but also of the sayd planetes fixed sterres you haue before the Ephemerides a table intituled tabula stellarum fyxarum insigniorum That is to saye the table of the mooste notable fixed sterres rectified in the yeare 1499. The whiche conteineth first of al at the left side the names of the most notable fixed sterres after the members dominations of the images con stellatiōs in the which they ar brought The afterward doth containe their lōgitude that is to say their true place distaūce frō the beginning of Aries After the which longitude there foloweth the latitude of the sayde sterres which is the deuiatiō distaūce of y ● same fixed sters from the zodiake or Ecliptike li●e or towarde the parte meridionall Consequentlye foloweth the declination of the sayde sterres from the equinoctial circle and the difference or denominatiō of the saide declination that is to be knowen if she be septentrionall by this lettre S. or if she be meridionall by this lettre M. Afterwarde foloweth the right ascention of the same sterres that is to saye the arche of the Equinoctiall beginninge at the diuision of the springe time and heade of Aries ascending aboue the horizont with the saide sterres in the right spheare and vnder euery merediane For all m●r●dianes are euery one as a right horizonte and euery right horizont is that whiche passeth by the poles of the worlde finally is noted the greatnes or magnitude and then the nature of the sayde sterres referred vnto the Planetes as the titles inscriptions and characters of the saide table doth shewe plainely inough Of the 28 mansions or abidinge places of the mone The 23. rule COnsequentlye is to be noted that euen so as the sunne doth passe the 12 signes of the zodiake in 365 days and almost 6 houres whiche maketh the whole yeare doth cause here below vpon the earth diuers effectes according vnto the nature of the 12 signes the diuers protection of his beames and the disposition and varietie of inferiour thinges so likewise doth the mone as touchinge his influence passinge the saide Zodiake in 27 dayes and almost 8 houres accordinge vnto the metinge together of her with the fixed sterres whiche are principally in the 12 signes of the Zodiake for she causeth diuers alterations and mutations in the elementall region By menes of the which and to discerne and knowe the effectes abouesaide the aunciente Astrologians haue deuided the same time of 27 dayes and 8 houres into 28 egall partes wherof euery one comprehēdeth 2● houres and 25 minutes and almooste 43 secondes and to euerye one of these sayd 28 partes do aunswere 12 degrees 51 minutes and almoost 26 secondes the whiche are called the 28 mansions of the mone of the which the distinctions and beginninges iustified in oure time and vnto the ninthsphere with their natures

moderation of the ●eate and in hoate and moiste signes greate aboundaunce of windes And if this happen in waterye signes they will cause then great haboundaunce of rayne whiche will make the ayre very intemperate in winter and of a moderate heate in sōmer And so is to be vnderstande and to iudge conformablye of all lyke thinges accordinge vnto the nature of the planets and signes and the ▪ qualitie of their aspectes Also hauinge regarde with the same vnto the nature of the ▪ fixed sterres likewise of them whiche are most n●●est vnto the Zodiake And that not onely in all elections but also in the mutation of the ayre lykewise as shalbe perticulerlye recited hereafter ¶ Perticuler rules of the aspectes of the planetes amonge them selues FIrste the coniunction of Saturne with Jupiter diligentlye obserued in hoate and drye signes cause the greate drougth many dayes before and many dayes after the sayd coniunction and in moist signes continuall inundation of waters and perticuler flouds because they abide longe together for the slowenes of their mouementes Likewise the opposition quadrature or sextile aspecte of the sayde Saturne with Jupiter is the cause of great mutations in the ayre and engēdreth raynes hayles and windes many dayes before and many dayes after the sayd opposition or aspect Also there foloweth greate mutations of wether at altimes and as often as ther is sextile aspect of Saturne with the Sunne or of Jupiter with Mercurye or trine aspecte of Mars with Uenus or contrarywise the which aspects are commonly called of the astrologians the openinge of the gates of heauens for so much that they do moue and trouble the ayre and do cause notable chaunge of weather The coniunction opposition or quadrature of Saturne with Mars in moist signes engendreth raine hayle and thōdre ▪ with tempestes ● dayes before and as many dayes after the sayde coniunction The coniunction ▪ quadrature or opposition of Saturne with the Sunne cheifly in cold signes engendreth haile raine darke wether thunder and colde dayes and notable mutasion of the ayre The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Saturne with Uenus in winter engendreth colde and rayne principally in watery signes And in sommer mit●gation of heate The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Saturne with Mercury in moist signes bringeth rayne in hote and drye signes causeth droughte and in Somer thonder lightninges and tempeste The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Jupiter with Mars in moyste signes causeth raynes lightninges and thunders in Winter shewe and cloudy weather and in hoate signes and dry● ▪ causeth excesse heate The coniunction quadrature or opposition of the said Jupiter with the sunne ▪ causeth greate and mooste vehemente windes dryuinge away all raynes The coniunction quadrature and opposition of Jupiter with Uenus in moist signes caiseth colde and mislinges and that more cer●at●●elye in case there happen any coniunction ▪ quadrature or opposition of the mone but when they be co●●o●ned with other signes causeth fair wether and windes The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Jupiter with Mercurye causeth great windes and alteration of wether The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Mars with the Sunne in fyrye signes causeth drougth in waterye signes thonder and rayne The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Mars with Uenus in moyste signes causeth rayne and tempest The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Mars with Mercurye in hoate and drye signes causeth great heate and drougth in waterye signes rayne some times thonders and lightninges with so dayne fierce windes The coniunction of the sunne with Uenus in moist signes by meanes of the opposition or quadrature of the moone ▪ causeth raynes The coniunction of the Sunne with Mercury in moist signes causeth raine and in wyndye sygnes as are Gemini Libra Aquarius ▪ do engender winds ▪ The coniunction quadrature or opposition of Uenus with Mercury in moiste signes causeth rayne in case they be not ●et by anye other euell planete And in ●ommer they prouoke tempeste the more if they be in watry signes And note that ●ll the Planettes aboue sayde haue great force when the mone is in coniunction opposition or quadrature wyth them and accordinge to the varietie of the nature of the signes and the qualitie of the houses of the said mone Note also what is sayde of the coniunction quadrature and opposition the same is ment likewise of the sextile and trine aspect but they are of lesse signification ¶ Perticuler rules by the aspectes of the mone with the planetes THe coniunction quadrature or oppositiō of the mone with Saturne in moist signes bringeth a cloudy daye and colde ayre according vnto the nature of the signe And if the Mone do go frome Saturne vnto the Sunne by coniunction or otherwise harde wether ensueth The coniunction quadrature or opsition of the moone with Jupiter in the signes of Aries and Scorpio sheweth fayre wether with white dispersed cloudes And if Mars be disposed to the same by anye aspecte it causeth thunders and lightninges or elles great windes After the which coniunction if the mone come vnto Mercurye there foloweth greate windes the whiche are mittigate and layed by the opposition or quadrature of the sayde mone with Jupiter but if the planetes whiche be of slowe mouement be not disposed thervnto the abouesayde coniunction shall bringe fayre weather The coniunction quadrature or opposition of the mone with Mars in watery signes causeth rayne yf the mone be seperate from Mars and commeth vnto Venus there foloweth notable chaunge of wether but in hote signes causeth diuers coulered cloudes all ouer the elemente in sommer often thunder bringinge with them sometimes small mislinges principally if the planetes be in aspects disposed thervnto The coniunction quadrature or opposition of the moone with the Sunne in moist signes bringeth raynye weather the more if the mone go from the Sunne vnto Saturne The coniunction quadrature or opposition of the mone with Venus cheiflye in moist signes rain foloweth the mone going from Venus vnto Mars by opposition quadrature or sextile aspecte be to keneth greate varietie of weather The coniunction quadrature or opposition of the mone with mercury in moist signes sheweth great rayne and windes to ensue the more if she go from Jupiter and come vnto the sayde Mercury or if Saturne and Mars be in opposition or quadrate aspecte duringe the sayde coniunction Wherefore you must note in all coniunctions of the mone with the planets The coniunctions and quadratures of them and likewise of the fixed sterres after their nature abouesayde And when the mone is without any aspect in moiste signes and mansions the same denoteth rayne wherefore he that will iudge more perfitely and more surely it is conuenient in all and euerye of the thinges abouesayde that he considre diligentlye the nature of the signes and of the mansions of the moone and the disposition of the foure times and

sayd you shal discretlye entremingle the applications of the moone vnto the planettes and of the one planet vnto the other for to indge more certeynly of the perticuler days And to make an end of this matter you shall yet note these .ii. lessons wherof the firste is that the sygnyfycation of the tyme thus found as hath bene sayde aboue his effect principally shall appeare and come forth when the moone after the coniunction quadrature or opposition abouesayde shalbe conioyned or comme vnto some stronge planet with the sygnificatour of the sayd time ¶ The seconde is that when the moone shall come vnto the signe ascendant during the sayd coniunction quadrature or opposition the time shalbe disposed vn to the nature and qualitie of the sayde signe And this suffiseth for the disposition of the time and chaunge of the weather ¶ Of the aspectes and constellations which must be obserued and chosen for to beginne and ende happelye all workes and humayne businesse The .xxvii. rule THe dysposition of the heauenly bodyes do grea●lye inclyne the inferiour thinges to bee happely done or begonne and dothe aduaunce theyn or elles make late theyr comminge to perfection and their full and hole effecte to comme forthe for this cause are here sette forthe by order the elections whiche must be obserued or auoyded in these places beginninge at Saturne and then at the other planettes in order Saturne beinge with the moone in Coniunction ¶ Causeth an euell vnluckye daye for all matters and principally it is not good to haue to doo with aged people ne w t rural folkes nor laborers sextile aspect ¶ It is good to haue to doo with olde folkes and of good counsel to edefy castelles and houses and to erecte thinges that are in ruyne to plowe to plant and nought to requyre the loue of women quadrature ▪ ¶ You must beware and kepe your selfe from olde folkes and from labouring or planting it is nought also to iourney and leaue to accomplishe thy desire especiallye if it bee euel trine aspecte It is good to haue to do with aged people to labour y ● earth vines to sowe and to plante trees to fortfye castelles and to make the foundacion of cityes and townes opposition It is neither good to sowe nor to plant nor to beginune any matter what so euer it be it is requisite to auoyde y ● cōuer satiō meting w t olde folkes Iupiter beinge with the moone in coniunction ¶ It is good to be conuersant with noble men with religyous persons and lawyars to giue supplications and requestes and to demaunde right and iustice Sextile Aspect It is good to speake vnto iudges and ecclesiastical and religious persons and to begin all good workes quadrature ▪ It is a mete time to studye in philosophy to mete with iudges and religious persons to require right and iustice Trine aspect It is good to beginn all good matters and to haue to doo with lawyars iudges religious persons and their prelates and to require of theyn the thinge which they would obtayne Opposition It is a mete time to studye in philosophye and to haue conuersation with ecclesiasticall persons and with noble men and to go before Judges Mars beinge with the moone in Coniunction It is good to auoyde warriours and all noises debates and strife sextile aspect It is good to leade and encourage men of warre vnto the battell to haue to do with princes and captaines to buy horses for the warres and thinges of redde coloure and to finish all firy workes quadrature ▪ It is an vnmete time to mete with gentlemen and knightes and to worke in firie workes trine aspecte It is good to be with warriours and to deuise of things perteininge to the warres to buy beastes and to make fyer for the alch●mye opposition It is an vnmete tyme to treate of loue and frendships to take seruauntes and to beginne any thinge whatsoeuer that it be Sol beinge with the moone in coniunction It is good to finishe hidden matters and secrete counsels that one would not haue to be knowen and naught to do any other thinge Sextile Aspect It is good to haue to do with kinges princes wise mē and of counsell and good to require right offices and dignities quadrature ▪ It is not good to mete with princes and noble men Tsine aspect It is good to mete with kinges princes counsellers people of estate and to require of them right and iustice and that thinge which a man wold obtaine of theim and to seke loue and frendship of princes Opposition ▪ It is a very vnhappye daye for all matters therefore at tempte nothinge ne any manner of sute neither plant build nor iourneye Venus be iuge with the moone in ●oniunction It is good to take a wife to treate of loue to haue cohabitation with wemen and good to take seruauntes sextile aspect It is good to attempte mariage to seke the loue of wemen to put on newe apparel and to speak vnto noble men quadrature It is good also to take a wife good to woo and to obtayne sutes of womenne to combe the heade and to putte on newe apparell trine aspect It is lykewise good to take a wife to combe the heade to seke the loue of women to be conuersaunte with theym and to putte on newe apparell Mercurye beynge with the moone in eomunction It is good and a lucky day to bye and sell to iourneye to geue accomptes good to entre children in liberall artes and to demaunde benefices sextile aspect It is good for the versifier to pleade causes to geue accomptes to iourneye to bye and sell to vse marchaundise ▪ and good to entre chyldren to learninge quadrature It is good to calculate and to render vp accomptes to send embassage good to haue to do with penne menne and wryters to bye and sell and to iourneye Opposition It is good to meete with writers to bye and sell to vse marchaundise to send embassage and messengers ●good to set children to studye and learninge Likewise when the moone after her coniunction with anye fortunate planette shal be notably remoued farre from the sayd planet the daye shal be vnfortunate and when she shall be notablye remoued farre from her coniunction with any vnfortunace planet it is the good to worke in all matters especiallye the moone being in the signe of Cancer Taurus Pisces or Sagittarius or in the house of the Sunnne hauynge Trine or Sextil e aspect with the sayd Sunne ¶ Besides this the moone hath certeyne and propre effectes in euery one of the. xii signes in case she bee not then letted by any stronge signification or constellation The whyche are suche as foloweth Aries It is good to begin that which a man would haue sone ended and nought to beginne anye thinge that a man would haue to be firme and stable and to haue to do with kinges and riche men good to bathe nought to clippe heare to scarifye