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A75109	The womans almanack or, prognostication for ever: shewing the nature of the planets, with the events that shall befall women and children born under them. With several predictions very useful for the female sex. / By Sarah Ginnor student in Physick.	Jinner, Sarah, fl. 1658-1664.	1659 (1659)	Wing A1848; Thomason E2140_1; ESTC R208366	6,229	16

The Womans Almanack OR Prognostication for ever Shewing the nature of the Planets with the Events that shall befall Women and children born under them With several Predictions very useful for the Female Sex By Sarah Ginnor Student in Physick London Printed for J. J. 1659. To the Reader COurtious Reader The gift of learning being so little set by in these days amongst those of our Sex is the chief invitation which hath caused me to publish this smal Tract thereby to stir up others not to let their great worth with other learned Authors of our Sex ly in obscurity I need not quote them for I think few of our Sex so ignorant but they have either read or heard of them and though some of them have been abused by the quacksalving Mountibanks that would engrosse all knowledge into their own hands yet have great wonderful cures been done by our Sex after these paper-sculd Mongrels have left them Why then should we suffer these Cater-pillers to eat up our vine Let me tell you it is as lawful for us to be Judges plead our own Causes in our own gowns as Lawyers to plead for others Then le ts rowse up our spirits and show forth our Verues for the knowledg in this Art will animate our husbands to excel us no doubt but we shall make them sencible where the sign lies and make them be in our studies many times when they would be in an Ale-house nay we shall find the nights will be more comfortable and the days more pleasant By this means we shall be counted instead of Mobs maps of modesty and for tattling Gossips but Emblems of vertue and parterns of civiliy to all the world Yours whilst S.G. A ROGNOSTICATION for ever Astrological Observations FIrst I shall begin with what concerns our own Sex viz. If we find Mercury in a feminine House with Venus then we must allow Mercury a female in a feminine Sign and drawing to a conjunction with Venus Mercury to a Quartile of Mars and Pisces and Gemini denotes some of our sex not too much loaded with vertue have a rare faculty in scolding in other some sullenness and perversnesse Venus in the 12 house in exaltation applying to combustion with the Sun denoteth that women will be more free then usual in bestowing the P on their Clients But if Luna go to Saturn in the sixth house in Libra it shews that old covetious fools will dote on young wenches therefore beware of marrying in the Spring for if Scorpio be in the 7th house intercepted it denotes unseemly wantonnesse let chery and lightness in women If Luna be in the 7th house in Pisces it denotes frequent marrying and is a fortunate position for Oyster-women Fish-women others who are under the sign Pisces If Luna and Jupiter be in reception the Moon in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer it is a fortunate time of marrying many of our Sex shall obtain gallant matches nay some better then they deserve If Mercury and Venus be in Cancer in conjunction in the eleventh house to marry a Seaman is fortunate If Venus be in Scorpio the wantons of our Sex as well as the other sex will be pepper'd with the P and then wo to your Noses for its a fatal plague to the roof of your mouth besides the downfal of Narrow-bridge and the drying up your Fish-ponds by the opperation of malignant fire-works For this my Judgement do not take distast But as I am I wish you all be chast This is the only way if you desire To be preserved from the Frenchmans fire The Names of the Planets and the Dayes governd by each Planet As Saturn stands for Saturday so Luna Sunday Mars to Tuesday Sol stands up to Monday Jupiter boldly doth to Thursday fly To Fryday Venus Wedensday Mercury The 12 signs ruling in the body are Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces IAnuary If it be on New-years day that the Clouds in the morning be red it shall be an angry yeare with much War and great Tempests If the Sun do shine on the 22. day of January there shall be much wind If the Sun doth shine on Saint Pauls day the 25 day of January it shall be a fruitfull year and if it do Rain or Snow it shall be between both If it be very misty it betokeneth great death If thou hear it Thunder that day it betokeneth great Winds and great death and most especially among rich men that year February On shrove-Shrove-Tuesday whosoever doth Plant or Sow it shall remain alwayes green Item how much the Sun did shine that day so much he shall shine every day in Lent And alwayes the next new Moon that falleth after Candlemas day and after that the next Tuesday shall be alwayes Shrove-Tuesday And when the Sun riseth and shineth early then prospereth well all manner of Fruit if you hear it Thunder that it betokeneth great Wine and much Fruit. Saint Bede saith there be three dayes and three nights that if a Child be born therein the body abideth whole and shall not consume away untill the day of Judgment that is in the last dayes of January and the secrets thereof are full wondrous And if a Tree be hewed at on the same day it shall never fall March The more mists that there be in March the more good doth it and as many dayes as be in March so many hoar frosts shall you have after Easter and so many Mists in August All manner of Trees that shall be cut down unto the two last Holy days in March shall never fall Item If on Palm-Sunday be no fair weather that betokeneth to goodness If it do Thunder that day then it signifieth a merry year and death of great men April If it rain never so little on the Ascension day it betokeneth dearth of all manner of food for Cattel But when it is fair weather it is prosperous and there shall be plenty of Tallow and much Wooll May. If the Sun do shine on the 25 day of May Wine shall prosper well but if it doth rain it doth much hurt Item if it rain on Whit-Sunday it is not good Item in the last of May the Oak Trees begin to bear blossoms if they blossom then you shall have a good year of Tallow and plenty of Fruit. June If it rain ne'r so little on Midsummer-day that is the 24 day of June then do not the Hasel Nuts prosper If the holy Sacraments day of our Lord be fair then it is good and causeth Fruit plenty and the Lambs to dye July If it Rain the second day of July such weather shall be forty days after day by day yet some imputed it to Swithin the 15. August If the Sun do shine on the 15 day of August that is a good token and speciall for Wine September If thou wilt see and know how it shall go that year then take heed to the Oak

Apples about Saint Michaels day for by them you shall know how that year shall be If the Apples of the Oak-Trees when they be cut be within full of Spiders then followeth a naughty year If the Apples have within them Flies that betokens a meetly good year If they have Maggots in them then followeth a good year If there be nothing in them then followeth great dearth if the Apples be many and early ripe so shall it be an early Winter and very much Snow shall be afore Christmas and after that it shall be cold If the inner part or kernall be fair and clear then shall the Summer be fair and the Corne good also but if they be very moist then shall the Summer also be moist If they be lean then shall there be a hot and dry Summer If it Thunder in this moneth it presageth plenty of Wine and Corne that year October When the leaves will not fall from the Trees then followeth after a cold 〈…〉 or else a great number of Caterpillars on 〈◊〉 ●●ees November Whether the Winter be cold or warm go on Alhollows day to a Beech Tree and cut a chip thereof and if it be dry then shall the Winter be warm if thou wilt try on St. Andrews even whether it shall be a moist or dry year that followeth you shall know by a glass full of water if the year shall be moist and much Raine shall fall then shall the Water in the Glass run over And if there shall follow a dry year then shall not the water arise to the brink thereof When there followeth a foggy Night a good year after ensueth that is when it commeth on the Thursday Night or on a flesh day at Night and not on the Friday or Saturday wherein some men will eat no other meat but Flesh if there be Thundring that betokeneth plenty of Fruit. December When Christmas day commeth while the Moon waxeth it shall be a very good year and the nearer it commeth to the New Moon the better shall that year be If it come when the Moon decreaseth it shall be a hard year and the nearer the lat●er end thereof it commeth the worse and harder shall the year be And if any Wood be cut off on the two last dayes of December and on the first day of January it shall not rot nor wither away nor be full of Worms but alwayes wax harder and in his age as hard as a stone W●…●●ristmas Eve at midnight the wind waxeth 〈◊〉 ●●etokens a fruitfull year and when the Sun shines on Twelfth day in the morning it betokeneth foul weather if it be fair that day it is happy and fortunate To find the time when the Sun shall be Eclipsed and when not by his distance from these two sections called the head and tail of the Dragon If the apparent latitude of the Moon at the time of the visible Conjunction be lesse then 30. min. 40 seconds there must be an Eclipse But if the apparent latitude of the Moon be more then 34 min. 51 seconds there can be no Eclipse If the apparent latitude be more then 30 min. 40 seconds and lesse then 34 min. 51 seconds there may be a smal Eclipse as in this following Figure North South East West Of the Eclipse of the Moon If the Moon at the Noon at the time of her t●●● opposition to the Sun shall be distant from either of the two forementioned points lesse then 10 degrees 21 mm. and 20 seconds then must the Moon suffer an Eclipse But if her distance be more then 13 degrees 5 min. and 13 seconds then the Moon cannot be Eclipsed If her distance be more then 10 degrees 21 min. 20 seconds then she may Happen to be Eclipsed but not necessarily I shall not treat further on Eclipses in regard the happiness of our Sex doth appeat in most splendour when the Moon appears so clouded as in this following Figure dark nights being to us as a fountain whence flows all our mirth joy pleasure sports and melodious recreations Expound you may the piece 't is but a Riddle The pleasure of our Sex lies in the middle The signification of Moles in these of our sex If the Woman have a Mole on the left Breast it denotes her undoubtedly wicked If she have a Mole on her Belly it denotes her a Clutton or great feeder If a Mole right against the Spleen it denotes she shall be often sick If on the bottom of the Belly it argues much debility and weakness If near the privy Members it denotes unspeakable desires after Venery and unsatiable in coacting If a woman have a Mole on the right Knee it denotes her honest if on the left many Children If on the Ankle of the foot she shall take on her the mans part Moles on the right side betokeneth honesty Riches on the left side Calamity and Poverty If on the Forhead it denotes that she shall come to high dignity If she have a Mole about the overbrow it argues she shall marry a rich comely person But if on the overbrow she shall have five Husbands If she have a Mole on the Nose somewhat Ruddy and another in the privy place it doth shew such a person is over much given to Venerial acts If a Woman have a Mole on the neither jaw it denotes she shall lead her life in sorrow which shall hinder her from bearing Children If a Mole on any of the Lips it doth portend that shee s a great glutton If on the Chin it portends wealth If a Mole on any of her Ears it portends she shall be Rich and much reverenced and hath the like Mole on ber Thigh or Ham. If on the Neck it likewise denotes Riches If a Woman shall have a Mole on her Loyns it denotes poor Kindred and alwayes wanting If on the shoulders it denotes Imprisonment and sorrow If she have a Mole on the Throat it signifies she shall Marry a Wealthy and Comely man If in the Hand a Mole shall appear it denotes good Luck and Prosperous Children If a Mole on the Breast it denotes she shall be harmed by much poverty How to know whether a VVoman be with Child of Boy or Girl Write the proper names of the Father or Mother and of the Moneth that she conceived with Child and adding likewise all the numbers of those Letters together divide them by seven and if the remainder be even it will be a Girle if odd it will be a Boy To know whether the VVife be Honest or no. Write the name of the Wife and of he● Mother and put all the number of those Letters together and put to the totall sum 15 and divide it by 7 and if the remainder be un-even she is honest if even she is dishonest Alwayes write the proper names in Latine The same may be to know whether a Man or his Wife shall dye first only add not the number 15 but divide by seven if even the