the distance that is betweene the point of the seventh house and the Moone if shee be beneath the Horizon count the distance which is from the first house unto the Moone which distance of signes and degrees you must search in the Table that followeth under the title of the Moone above the Horizon or beneath as truely you have found in the said figure In a right line of the said distance you shall find the time that the infant hath remained within the wombe of his mother in a certaine number of dayes the which you must reckon from the day of your nativity backward and there where the number endeth you must marke the day of the conception if the Moone be found in the signe of the ascendant estimative If you find her not in the same place goe backward or forward certaine daies of your account untill you have found the Moone within the said signe not farre from the degree ascendant in the said figure The day considered and in what houre go forward to the East point the place where you have found the Moone in the figure estimative and at that houre you must calculate the moving of the Moone For this degree and minute in the which you found her you must place it in the ascendant of your Nativitie And to know the houre in the which the place of the Moone of the nativity rose to the East point at the time of the conception take first the overthwart ascension of the said place of the Moone within the table of the directions of your country in the booke of Iohn de Regio monte of the same ascension take away 90. degrees and adde to the whole circle which is of 360. degrees when the substraction cannot be otherwise made the residue shall be the right ascension of the height of the point of the Meridian circle take afterward the right ascension of the Sun take out by the substraction of the right ascension of the said point of the Meridian and adde 360. degrees if it be necessary and turne that which is left into houres minutes in giving to 30. degrees two houres to fifteene degrees one houre to one degree 4. minutes of an houre to fifteene minutes one minute of an houre by this meanes you shall exactly come to the houre of the conception to the which you must calculate the place of the Moone and the same well calculated put it to the point of the first house in the figure of the Nativitie Divers for this verification do dresse and garnish the motions of the Planets foure figures One of that houre estimative of the nativitie the other of the precedent conjunction or opposition of the brightnesse the third of the verification by the Animodar the fourth of the conception The which besides the unprofitable and superfluous labour erre greatly thinking to find out the time of the conception by the Animodar of Ptolomy the which experience from day to day sheweth to be false and that it hath no ancient Author to maintaine it or hath made mention of this new doctrine being full of contention and disproved veritie The Table of the time that the Child doth remaine within the wombe of his Mother The Moone being under the Horizon reckon from the Ascendant The Moone being above the Horizon reckon from the seaventh fig. degr daies    0 0 273 Indifferent abiding 258 Little abiding 0 12 274  259  0 24 275  260  1 6 276  261  1 18 277  262  2 0 278  263  2 12 279  264  2 24 280  265  3 6 281  266  3 18 282  267  4 0 283  268  4 12 284  269  4 24 285  270  5 6 286  271  5 18 287  272  5 29 288 Long abiding 273  Chap. III. The manner to set downe perfectly the said figure verified HAving put to the point of the first House the degree and minutes of the Moone of the time of the conception take the overthwart Ascensions of the said degrees and minutes take out afterward 90. degrees of the said Ascensions and adde thereto 360. degrees if otherwise the substraction cannot be made that which remaineth shall be the right Ascensions of the highest point of the circle Meridian the which search in the table of the right Ascensions in the booke of Alphonce or of John de Regiomonte c. put to the point of the 〈◊〉 house the degrees and minutes of the signe you find answering to the right number of the said right ascensions The point of the fourth is alwaies against the signe degree of the tenth likewise the point of the seaventh to the point of the first The other houses sufficed take the Ephemerides because they do not desire exact calculation seeing that the most part of the Astrologians desire more to take of the equall portion of the eclipse than of the horizontall sect For to know the exact houre of the said figure verifie first the said right ascensions of the Meridian and take from them the right ascensions of the Sunne that which remaineth turne into houres and minutes giving to 15. degrees one houre to every degree foure minutes of an houre c. as we have said before At this houre you must newly count the moving of the Moone and of the Sun and of the other Planets and upon this figure you must ground the parts and judgements Astronomicall Chap. IV. Of the parts of Nativities AFter you have well sought the Planets in the said figure verified you must consider their above certaine proportions of the Planets and parts of the heaven taken of their distances as followeth The parts concerning the significations of the first House The part of the quality of the life is taken by the distance of Jupiter from Saturne counting as much 〈◊〉 from the ascendant as when the Nativitie is by day for when it is by night they take it to the contrary the distance of Saturne unto Jupiter following the naturall order of the signes counting likewise as much space since the ascendant The part of life by day and by night is taken of the degree of the precedent conjunction or opposition of the 〈◊〉 unto the 〈◊〉 counting from the ascendant The part of the Spirit many do call the part of earthly things secrets the other the part of things to come the others the part of the Sun in the day frō the Moon unto the Sun from the ascendant in the night to the contrary The part of the understanding by the day is from Mercury unto Mars from the ascendant at night to the contrary Of the second House The part of Fortune by the day is from the Sunne unto the Moone from the ascendant at night to the contrary Ptolomy doth take it as much by day as by night from the Sunne unto the Moone The part of the
Truths unto us now living every day then our forefathers were sensible of shall we like beasts be mute and not magnifie his holy Name therefore Or shall we refuse to study Astrology Divine Astrology Celestial Astrology because it hath been very little understood formerly or abused by some former Artists God forbid that the abuse should take away the pious use of any creature No Let us magnifie the Lord God of Heaven and admire his wonderful Works in the Heavens let us fear to offend his holy Name Let us love and obey this Parliament this Councel of State and this Army this Power which now governs and let us say A Fig for all their Enemies So saith Thine JOHN POOL The Contents of the first Book HOw to erect a figure of Heaven Page 1. How to verifie the Nativity by Accidents or Animodar or Trutine of Hermes 3. Of the several Parts in a Nativity and by what means to find them out and their use 6. Of the Planets Latitude 10. Of the Fortitudes and Debilities of the Planets 11. If the child born shall live long or not 15. Of Hyleg and its signification 16. Of Alcocodon the meaning of the word 18. Of the Planets who give or diminish the number of years 21. The Almuten or Lord of the Nativity who he is 22. Of the wit manners and natural inclination of the child 24. Of his estate and fortune 28. By what means attain it 30. The time thereof 32. Of Brethren and Kinsfolks 34. Of Father and Mother Lands Tenements 35. Of Inheritances 36. Of Children 37. Of Servants and small Cattel 37. Natural inclinations of every Planet 38. Of Sicknesses 39. Of Marriage 41. The estate of Wife or Husband 43. Of the death of the Native and who is Significator 43. Of Journeys by Land or Sea 47. Of Religion 48. Of the Trade or Profession of the Native 48. Of Honour and Preferment 50. Of Friends and Friendship 51. Law-suits open and private Enemies 52. Restraint of Liberty or Imprisonment Pag. 53. Of Horses Oxen and small Cattel 54. Contents of the second Book The several natures and significations of the seven Planets 55. The twelve Signs and their proper signification 60. Signification of the Planets in their own Houses and the Houses of others 65. Signification of their several aspects each to other 68. Several significations of every one of the twelve Houses 76 Of the several Trygons or Triplicities of the Planets 78. The signification of every Planet in any of the twelve Houses 79. The length or shortness of life by the Position of the Planets in Houses 91. Contents of the third Book Of Directions what they signifie 99. Of the signification of the word Algebuthar 101. Of the several Lords of the Triplicities 102. Of Revolutions or the Return of the ☉ to his proper place in the Radix 102. How to judg a Revolution 102. Of the Fridaries or Government of the Planets by years 104. Of Profections 107. Of Eclipses and great Conjunctions and how to make use of them in any Nativity 109. Of the Transit of the Planets 110. OF THE IVDGEMENTS ASTRONOMICALL UPON NATIVITIES The first Booke Chap. I. Of the Celestiall figure of a Nativity FOr to judge of Ascendants and Nativities after the Traditions of the Ancient and learned Astrologians it is convenient first to explaine the Celestiall figure and in the same to apply the seaven Planets with the head and taile of the Dragon Lunaire together with the part of Fortune and the part of the spirit and others more appertaining to the high and notable significations of the Starres then to set downe plainly the Celestiall figure you must in the first place note the yeare the day and the houre with the most nearest minute of time of the Nativitie that you have undertaken The number of the houres and minutes you must set them downe after the manner of the numbring of the Astrologians within their Tables alwayes set downe the houres after-noone as well by day as by night and never say one houre two houres three houres after midnight but number 13. houres 14. houres 15. after noone This done search in the Ephemerides in the Table of the yeare of your nativity in the right month day proposed the degree of the signe wherein the Sun is looke afterward in the Table of houses which serve for the latitude of your Country and search there the said degree of the Sun under the line of the tenth house And having found in the same place the same degree of the Sun you shall find directly upon the left hand of the same Table a number of houres and minutes the which write apart To which number you must adde the houres and minutes that have beene given you of the same nativity and that which resteth by your addition you must seeke in the table of houses and there where you find the same number of houres and minutes comming of the same addition you must take to a right line the points and beginnings of the six houses which you shall finde marked the which you shall direct upon your figure beginning at the point of the tenth and continuing towards the left hand The beginning of the other sixe houses you must take the opposite signes and if it happen that the number of houses and minutes come to more than twenty foure houres it is then convenient to substract twenty foure houres of the same time and the residue seeke out as wee have aforesaid If the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 nativitie be upon the point of twelve houres of noone you must take the houses in a right line of the degree of the Sunne in the Table of your Latitude without making any other addition or substraction and that when in the figure estimative within the which it is needfull by all meanes to apply the moving of the Moone exactly calculated according to the vulgar Canons of the Ephemerides for to verifie afterward your nativity by the houre of the conception as followeth Chap. II. Of the verification of the houre of the Nativitie LEaving the Animodar of Ptolomie and the meetings of Schoner and all other uncertaine waies although they have their Authors to verifie the houres of Nativities I will presently follow the method of Hermes approved by long experience and confirmed by Ptolomie in his Centiloque and by Abraham Avenesrus by Alphonse Leopold Holy and other most expert Astrologians Hermes saith that the ascendant of a nativitie hath beene the place of the Moone at the time of the conception and that the ascendant of the conception is the place of the Moone at the houre of the Nativity Who would be more neere certified of the houre and minute of a nativity and of the true ascendant it is convenient that you follow the doctrine of Hermes by the method following First of all that you looke into the figure estimative whether the Moone be above the Horizon or beneath If shee be above the Horizon count
5. abundance of children banquets joy and good fortune In the 6. fortune in good husbandry In the 7. rich and fortunate marriage and good friends strife and debates against friends and that he shall be poore in his youth and rich in his age In the 8. inheritance death of friends In the 9. profitable journies friends out of his Country and good fortune in strange places In the 10. goods and honour by meanes of men of authority and dignity in youth In the eleaventh aboundance of friends and children great goods and honour and favour of men in authority good renown and prosperity In the 12. small friends few goods and debate with his friends The Lord of the twelfth in the first signifieth poverty in youth sadnesse long travell enmity and conspiration against him In the second evill manners quarrels for goods In the third quarrels with friends and kindred In the fourth strife and suits for inheritance and moveable goods and discord with the father In the fifth rebellious children to the father and strife among themselves In the sixth strife and anger among the familie In the seventh that he shall take wives of base condition and not love them long and by their meanes shall have great paine and travell and shall be in griefe for them aâ—d his friends shall conspire against him and his enemies shall take away part of his goods and in the end of his daies be poore and miserable In the eight hatred and treason for livelihood and goods of women death of enemies In the ninth quarrell with Church-men and mischiefes by the way In the tenth quarrell with great Lords persecution by reason of his profession of his offices and honour The eleventh signifieth that his friends shall be his enemies and shal have great mischiefe for his friends In the twelfth many envies and enemies that shall imagine many mischiefes against him Likewise you must judge of all the parts of the 12. houses as the part of fortune in the first signifieth that he shall be rich and fortunate by his industry In the second that he shall become rich in all that is signified by the second house c. All these be the foundations and rootes of the judgements Astronomicall from the which you may not swarve or depart except in as much as be mitigated prohibited or augmented by the concurrences and aspects of the planets and conjunction of the fixed starres The end of the second Booke OF IVDGEMENTS ASTRONOmicall upon Nativities containing the directions and revolutions The third Booke Chap. I. Of Directions THe art of Directions so diligently entreated upon by John de Regiomount that there is no more place fitly to speake of the same Except that with the aid of God we have purposed to translate into French his problemes and documents appertaining to the said matter Neverthelesse we will here touch the principall point To direct which terme I use being most commonly used and of long time received although it be not proper it is no other thing than to stay the meeting of one place of the heavens with another consequently following according to the naturall order of the signes and that the moving of the first mobile The first place is named the significator the second the promittor as if the ascendant were in the 20. degree of Sagittarius and Saturne in the 10. of Capricorne one might direct the ascendant to Saturne and the ascendant shall be significator of life and Saturne promittor of death or sicknesse and then the judgement shall be danger of death there is another forme of direction attributed to the parts and planets retrogrades which do make following the naturall course of the first mobile to the contrary of the consequence of the signes of the which the craft is like to the first there is no difference but that we have called Significator which is here promittor and the Promittor is here significator The point meridionall of the tenth house you must direct by the right ascensions The point of the ascendant by the ascensions obliques found in the Table of the latitude of your Region The points and starres that shal be betweene the Meridian and the Horizon by the oblique ascentioÌ„s under the circle in the which they be the which you call The circle of Position the which for to find likewise to have the ascensions of every place having latitude or no you must follow the method following First you must take the longitudes of Planets fixed stars and other places that you would direct that is to say the signe degree minute that they hold in the Zodiack in the Ephemerides or other tables Astronomicall c. Secondly you must calculate their latitudes in degrees and minutes placed in the Ephemerides Thirdly their declination by the fâ—rst probleme of the booke of directions of Regiomont Then their right ascensions by the third probleme of the said house Then againe the distances of the circle Meridionall by the 19. probleme Incontinent the circles of their positions by the 20. probleme consequently the differences ascentionall by the Table expressed And finally the oblique ascensions by the tenth Canon if the said starres be betweene the point meridionall of the tenth house and the point of the fourth or the discentions of obliques by the eleventh probleme if they be betweene the point of the fourth and the tenth This done take out the number of the oblique ascensions of the Significator of the number of the oblique ascensions of the Promittor take to the Table of the position of the Significator or the contrary if you direct the parts and Planets retrogrades that which resteth of degrees minutes turne into yeares months dayes and by this meanes you shall have exactly the time of good or evill that shall happen unto you by direction intending that one degree is here signified a yeare five minutes a moneth one minute 6. dayes and some odde houres he that would helpe the seconds he shall touch the end more perfectly For to know the sicknesses and danger of death you must direct the five vitall places that wee have considered searching the giver of life in sixed starres of violent nature in the point of the fourth sixt seaventh and eighth and the taile of the Dragon to the ill fortunes and their evill aspects in the parts of death and by and by to the Sunne and to the head of the Dragon Likewise for the same consideration you must direct the said pernicious places to the five vitall places And they meeting they judge that the man is in great danger of death when the fortunes do not shew forth their favourable beames For the goods honor dignities friendships and other considerations you must direct the one significator of goods with the other and the one significator of honour with the other of the which we have made mention in the first Booke following the particular judgements of the Nativities Chap. II. Of the
8 17 ♀ ♂ 16 10 9 ♀ ☉ 18 0 0 ☿ 19 10 9 ☿ ☽ 21 8 17 ☿ ♄ 23 6 2 ☿ ♃ 25 5 14 ☿ ♂ 27 3 13 ☿ ☽ 29 1 22 ☿ ♀ 30 0 0 ☽ 32 3 13 ☽ ♄ 33 6 26 ☽ ♃ 34 10 9 ☽ ♂ 36 1 22 ☽ ☉ 37 5 5 ☽ ♀ 38 8 17 ☽ ☿ 40 0 0 ♄ 41 6 26 ♄ ♃ 43 1 22 ♄ ♂ 44 8 18 ♄ ☉ 46 3 14 ♄ ♀ 47 10 16 ♄ ☿ 49 5 6 ♄ ☽ 50 0 0 ♃ 52 8 17 ♃ ♂ 54 5 4 ♃ ☉ 56 1 21 ♃ ♀ 57 10 8 ♃ ☿ 59 6 26 ♃ ☽ 61 1 22 ♃ ♄ 63 0 0 ♂ 64 0 0 ♂ ☉ 65 0 0 ♂ ♀ 66 0 0 ♂ ☿ 67 0 0 ♂ ☽ 68 0 0 ♂ ♄ 69 0 0 ♂ ♃ 70 0 0 ♌ 73 0 0 ♌ 75 0 0 The Table of the Fridaries by Night  Years Months Dayes ☽ 1 3 13 ☽ ♄ 2 6 26 ☽ ♃ 3 10 9 ☽ ♂ 5 1 22 ☽ ☉ 6 5 5 ☽ ♀ 7 8 18 ☽ ☿ 9 0 0 ♄ 10 6 26 ♄ ♃ 12 1 22 ♄ ♂ 13 8 18 ♄ ☉ 15 3 14 ♄ ♀ 16 10 9 ♄ ☿ 18 5 6 ♄ ☽ 20 0 0 ♃ 21 8 17 ♃ ♂ 23 5 4 ♃ ☉ 25 1 21 ♃ ♀ 26 10 8 ♃ ☿ 28 6 25 ♃ ☽ 30 3 13 ♃ ♄ 32 0 0 ♂ 33 0 0 ♂ ☉ 34 0 0 ♂ ♀ 35 0 0 ♂ ☿ 36 0 0 ♂ ☽ 37 0 0 ♂ ♄ 38 0 0 ♂ ♃ 39 0 0 ☉ 40 5 50 ☉ ♀ 42 10 10 ☉ ☿ 43 3 15 ☉ ☽ 44 8 20 ☉ ♄ 46 1 25 ☉ ♃ 47 7 0 ☉ ♂ 49 0 0 ♀ 50 1 2 ♀ ☿ 51 3 13 ♀ ☽ 52 5 6 ♀ ♄ 53 6 26 ♀ ♃ 54 8 20 ♀ ♂ 55 10 8 ♀ ☉ 57 0 0 ☿ 58 10 9 ☿ ☽ 60 8 17 ☿ ♄ 62 6 26 ☿ ♃ 64 5 4 ☿ ♂ 66 3 13 ☿ ☉ 68 1 21 ☿ ♀ 70 0 0 ♌ 73 0 0 75 0 0 ☽ 76 3 13 ☽ ♄ 77 6 26 ☽ ♃ 78 10 9 ☽ ♂ 80 1 22 ☽ ☉ 81 5 5 Chap. VII Of Profections FOr the Profections you must resolve the twelve houses of your Nativity in equall parts upon the Eclipse so farre as the ascendant is in the first degree of any signe the second house shall be in the first degree of a signe following and the third in the first degree of a third sgine and to conclude that every house begin by the first degree as the first house Also every house will containe thirty degrees and the first thirty degrees of the first house shall appertaine to the first yeare wherein the infant is borne the thirty of the second to the second yeare the thirty of the third to the third yeare and so consequently untill twelve Twelve yeares passed you must begin againe at the first and then come to the second third fourth c. and so from twelve to twelve you must renue the same circuit If you find the revolution within the thirty degrees serving to your yeare it signifieth some good or evill according to his nature or good or evill disposition signification of the place of which shall be the said profection that is to say of the places of life sicknesse death or good health of the places of goods riches losse or poverty c. Commonly they seeke the profection of five places of one nativity that is to say of the place of the Sunne for honour of the place of the Moone for the qualities of the spirit towards the body and externally goods of the place of the part of fortune for gaine and profit of the tenth house for the actions of the ascendant for the life If the Sunne be giver of life it must be considered as giver of life and giver of honour likewise the which you must do also in other places when they import many significations If then you find any planet within the thirty degrees of your profection would know what moneth or day the accident by him signified shall happen Looke what distance you have betweene the first point of your profection and the faid Planet if there be 15. degrees betweene them the said accident shall happen out in the end of sixe months if there be twenty five degrees at the end of ten moneths for here two degrees and an halfe value one moneth one degree valueth twelve daies and foure houres thirty minutes value sixe daies five minutes one day Of this there is a very exact Table among the documents of Peter Pitat upon the Ephemerides Example of the profections Suppose that the ascendant of a nativity was the fifteenth degree of Scorpio I would know where the profection shall light of the ascendant at the end of ten yeares after the child borne I account tenne signes from the ascendant after that I find the fifteenth degree of Virgo serving after ten yeares accomplished to 11. currant I say then that in the said time the profection of the ascendant is come in the fifteenth degree of Virgo shall end that yeare in the fifteenth degree of Libra and also shall contain thirty whole degrees within the which if any Planet be found it shall signifie good or evill of the life according to the nature and disposition as if in the said time Mars being in the fifth degree of Libra I would say that the infant should be troubled that yeare at the end of eight months because that Mars was in the place profectionall of life distant from the first point twenty degrees We have shewed before that two degrees and an halfe value one month five degrees two months and fifteene degrees sixe months and by course twenty degrees eight moneths You must note that the profections ought to fit to the yeares currant or compleat It is to be understood the tenth signe as for incontinent after nine yeares compleat which is ten yeares currant c. Chap. VIII The Lord of the Circulation from the Lord of the houre of the Nativitie THe Babylonians hold for a great secret the Circulation of the Lord of the houre of the Nativity It is to be understood that the Lord of the said houre signifieth of the life as the ascendant and the Lord of the houre following of goods as of the second house and the Lord of the third houre of brethren as the third house and so consequently of others In revolutions they give the Lord of the houre of the Nativitie to the first yeare the planet following to the second and so consequently following the naturall order of the Planets As if one were borne in the houre of Venus that Planet should raigne the first yeare the second yeare Mercury the third the Moone the fourth Saturne the fifth Jupiter the sixth Mars the seventh Sol the eighth Venus the ninth Mercury and so by order And you must note that we take here the yeares currant and not compleat for to fit the
said circulation of the Planets Chap. IX Of the circulation of the Lord of the Ascendant and of the Planets which be in the Ascendant THe circulation of the Lord of the Ascendant and the Planets and parts which be in the ascendant they be even as we have said of the Lord of the houre of the nativity and by the same order you must place them The yeares of the age of the child by judgement we have made mention and proofe of Revolutions Chap. X. Of the Eclipses and great Conjunctions appertaining to the Revolutions of Nativities THe Eclipse of the Sunne and the conjunctions of the superiour planets causeth commonly many evils after the congruence of the starres and nature of the signes and planets raigning in the said places to men causeth sicknesses when they be within the five next degrees of the Ascendant or to the giver of life if they touch the other parts Planets or Houses they pronounce evill fortune appertaining to the significations of the same places principally if in the same time of the nativity any such constellations were in force If they touch the places profectionals they do almost the same effect as in nativities Chap. XI Of the particular meetings of all the yeare COncerning the particular meetings of all the yeare Ptolomeus John de Regiomonte Ganrique and many others do rest hard upon the Profections Mensturnes and Diurnes of the which you have a perfect Table in the Booke of directions of John de Regiomonte having more subtilty and curiousnesse than truth as I have often found by experience It answereth better my opinion Schonor which every day considered if any planet touch the places of the Planets parts houses of the nativitie or their good or evill aspect that I do apply to the places profectionall As for example let the ascendant of a nativity or the place of his profection be the twelfth degree of Libra the Sunne in the fifteenth of Gemini Mars in the fifteenth of Leo alwayes and as often as the Sunne or the Moone do passe over the 15. degree of Leo the man shall be moved by angry accidents as of displeasure of some alteration paine of the head fevers hot imposthumes tetters c. Likewise when it toucheth the fifth degree of Scorpius or of Taurus there where the quadrate aspects be within the place of Mars or the fift of Aquarius which is the place opposite to Mars If any Planet touch the fifth degree of Libra or of Gemini there where the Sextile Aspects be or the fifth of Sagittarius and of Aries which make the Trine Aspects of the said Mars it shall signifie some favourable meetings of Captaines and men of warre If the ill fortunes touch not the said twelfth degree of Libra as we have said in the Ascendant that shall be signe of some evill meeting as well to life as to the body Likewise you must judge of other attouchments according to the nature of the aspects by us explained in the second Booke You must contemplate the places profectionals For I do apply every degree and minute to the dayes in the which their signification fall and regard the good and evill aspects of the Planets every day if they touch the degree profectionall As for example of the said nativity in the which was the Ascendant Libra suppose that the profection was come to the twelfth degree of Cancer in the ninth yeare compleat and the tenth currant The thirteenth degree of Cancer serveth to the twelfth day after the proper day of the revolution Wherefore I consider then the Aspects of the Planets towards the said thirteenth degree Likewise so I do of other degrees and minutes fitted to those dayes in the which they governe And so much for Revolutions FINIS