succession of signes out of Taurus into Aries and is noted in the Ephemeris thus ℞ Frustration is when a swift Planet applies to the Body or Aspect of a superiour Planet and before he comes to it the superiour Planet meets with the Body or Aspect of some other Planet as Jupiter in 15 degrees of Cancer and Venus in 10 degrees of the same signe and Mars in 14 degrees of Taurus here Venus applies to a Conjunction of Jupiter but before they come to their partile Conjunction Mars comes to a Sextile of Jupiter and so frustrates Venus Peregrine is when a Planet is posited in a signe wherein he hath no Essential dignities Vnder the Suns Beams a Planet is said to be under the Suns Beams until he be removed 17 degrees from his Body Void of course a Planet is said to be void of course when he is separated from the Body or Aspect of another Planet and doth not apply to the Body or Aspect of another Planet while he remaineth in that Signe Cazimi a Planet is said to be in Cazimi or the Heart of the Sun when he is within 16 minutes of his body in respect of Longitude and Latitude Besieging a Planet is said to be Besieged when he is between the bodies of Saturn and Mars as Saturn in 15 degrees of Cancer and Jupiter in 18 degrees and Mars in 20 here Jupiter is besieged of Saturn and Mars Oriental is when a Planet riseth before the Sun and may be seen before Sun-rising Occidental is when a Planet sets after the Sun and may be seen after Sun-set Direct a Planet is Direct when he moves according to the succession of signes and out of 5 degrees to 6 7 and so forward Stationary is when a Planet moves not at all which they do before and after Retrogradation Increasing in light is departed from Sol or Sol from him Swift of course is when a Planet moves more in 24 hours than his mean motion and he is said to be slow of course when he moves less in 24 hours than his mean motion Longitude of a Planet or Star is the degree of the Ecliptick wherein he is posited being numbred from the first degree and minute of Aries Latitude is the distance from the Ecliptick either North or South Declination of a Star or Planet is his distance either North or South from the Equinoctial Right Ascention is the number of degrees and minutes of the Equinoctial which cometh to the Meridian with any Planet or Star numbring from the beginning of Aries Oblique Ascention is the degree of the Equinoctial that comes to the Horizon with any Planet or Star in an oblique Sphere Oblique Descention is the degree of the Equinoctial that sets in the Horizon with the degree of Longitude of any Planet or Star in an oblique Sphere Ascentional Difference is the difference between the right and oblique Ascention of any Planet or Star reckoned in the Equator CHAP. IX How to erect a Figure of the Heavens for any hour of the Day or Night by an Ephemeris and Table of Houses THe whole Sphere or Globe of Heaven is divided into four equal parts by the great Circles of the Meridian and Horizon and each of these is divided again into three other parts by the Circles of Position which intersect the Equator equally and do likewise meet in the points of the Grand Meridian and with the Horizon which are in all Twelve called by Astronomers the Twelve Houses of which there are Four principal Angles two of which fall equally upon the Horizon the other upon the Meridian that is to say the First the Fourth the Seventh the Tenth the following houses are called Succedent houses the other Gadent houses which we commonly draw in this manner A Figure of the XII HOUSES The Lines in the Figure do shew the Cusps or entring into the Houses But for the erecting of an Astrological Figure first in your Ephemeris you are to get the true place of the Sun and if the min. exceed 30 you are to adde one deg more to the Suns place then with those whole degrees enter the Table of Houses in that signe which you finde Sol in and in the Column of the 10th house finde the degree of the signe and right against it on the left hand under the title time from noon you will finde certain Hours Minutes and Seconds which you are to adde to the hour in which you erect your Figure and if the Sun amount to more than 24 hours cast away 24 and with the remainder seek in the great Column entituled time from Noon and right against it you shall finde the Signes Degrees and Minutes to be placed upon the Cusps of the 10 11 12 1 2 and 3 houses then you are to place the opposite Signes and Degrees upon the Cusps of the other 6 houses The Signes are opposite in this manner Signes ♈ Opposite ♎ Houses 10 Opposite 4 ♉ ♠11 5 ♊ ♠12 6 ♋ ♑ 1 7 ♌ ♒ 2 8 ♠♓ 3 9 Here you see that Aries is opposite to Libra and Taurus to Scorpio Gemini to Sagittary c. And so in like manner the 10th House is opposite to the 4th the 11th to the 5th the 12th to the 6th c. In the next place you are to take the places of the rest of your Planets in the Ephemeris and place them in the Signes of your Figure always remembring if the degrees of the Planets places be less than the degrees of the Cusp of your House you must place him before the Cusp thereof but if the degrees be more than the Cusp of your House you must place him behinde the Cusp thereof But if you erect a Figure for 8 or 9 hours after noon the Planets will require a reduction to the hour of the day for all Ephemerides and Astronomical Tables are calculated from Noon to Noon and so you are to reckon the time as if you would erect a Figure for two a clock in the Morning you must account it at 14 hours after Noon the day preceding but if it be onely for a Horary Question a mental reduction of the Planets places will be sufficient onely the Moon by the swiftness of her motion will require a reduction and by adding 30 minutes to her place for every hour after Noon and substracting in the Forenoon 30 minutes for each hour you may gain her place truely enough for all ordinary Questions But for those that desire more exactness I will give you a Table in the next Chapter for the reducing the Planets places to any hour of the day or night and proceed to give you an Example of erecting the Figure of Heaven Suppose it were required to erect a Figure the 6 day of January 1677 at three hours after Noon In the Ephemeris I finde the Suns place to be 27 degrees 6 minutes of Capricorn then I look in the Table of Houses for Sol in Capricorn then I guide
my eye down the second Column marked at the top dom x. which is the Column of the 10th House and near the bottom of the Table I finde 27 degrees and against that in the great Column on the left hand intituled Time from Noon I finde 19 hours 56 min. 12 sec which I adde to 3 hours the time of erecting my Figure and it makes 22 hours 56 minutes 12 seconds which number I seek in the Column intituled Time from Noon and the nearest number to it is 22 h. 57 m. 24 s Then I look in the column of the 10th House and I finde 13 degrees and ♓ at the top for the Cusp of the 10th house and in the column of the 11th house I finde 21 deg 16 min. of ♈ and in the column of the 12th house I finde 12 degrees 31 minutes of ♊ And for the Ascendent I finde 14 degrees 54 minutes of ♋ For the second House I finde 4 degrees 21 minutes of ♌ For the third house I finde 21 degrees 18 minutes of ♌ And so you have the Cusps of the 6 Oriental Houses and upon the other six Houses you are to place the opposite Signes Then I seek in the Ephemeris for the places of the Planets and against the 6th of January 1677 I finde them thus The Places of the Planets  deg min.    deg min.  ℞ ♄ 19 13 ♉ ℞ ♀ 17 2 ♠ ♃ 2 52 ♒  ☿ 25 22 ♑  ♂ 8 26 ♊ ℞ ☽ 29 25 ♊  ☉ 27 6 ♑  ☊ 11 11 ♠The ☋ is always opposite to the ☊ Having thus found the Cusps of the Houses and places of the Planets I place them as you see in the following Figure A Figure of the Heavens January the 6th 1677. 3 hours P. M. ☽ à ☌ ♂ ad vacuum Lat. 51 deg 32 min. Here you see the Signe and Degrees placed upon the Cusps of the six Oriental Houses which we formerly found in the Table of Houses and the opposite Signes upon the opposite Houses and for the placing the Planets therein first I found Saturn as aforesaid in Taurus which is not upon the Gusp of any House but intercepted between the Cusps of the 11 and 12th Houses therefore I placed him in the 11th House as you may see in the Figure Next I finde Jupiter in 2 degrees 52 minutes of Aquarius I finde Aquarius both upon the 9th and 8th houses but finding the degrees of Jupiter nearest the degrees of the 8th therefore I placed Jupiter before the Cusp of the 8th Also I finde Mars posited in 8 deg 26 min. of Gemini which I finde upon the Cusp of the 12th but finding the degrees of the House more than the degrees of Mars therefore I place Mars before the Cusp thereof but still he shall be accounted in the 12th because he is within 5 deg of the Cusp thereof The rest of the Planets you may finde posited in the Figure as was before directed CHAP. X. How to reduce Planets Motions to any hour of the Day or Night IN reducing the Planets to any hour of the Day you are first to get their Diurnal motion by substracting the places of your Planets the day subsequent from the day going before and the remainder shall be the diurnal or daily motion then work by the rule of Proportion thus If 24 hours give so many degrees or minutes in a Planets motion what shall your proposed time give But to save you this labour I have inserted the following Table whereby you may finde the hourly motions of the Planets with more ease but first you must get the diurnal motion of the Planets as you are before directed and with the diurnal motion enter the Table with degrees or minutes and right against it you have their hourly motion always remembring that if you enter with degrees then degrees will answer your Question if you enter with minutes then minutes will answer your Question c. And if you cannot finde it at once enter your Table again Note that D. signifies degrees M. minutes S. seconds I will give you one Example from the preceding Scheme and so conclude with the explanation of the Table  d. m. January the 7th the Suns place ♑ 18 7 The 6th day Sol's place at noon is ♑ 17 6 Which leaves for the Suns D. motion 1 1 One deg one min. or 61 minutes And if you enter the Table with 61 min. you shall finde his hourly motion towards the right hand 2 min. 32 seconds 30 thirds A Table of the hourly motion of the Planets whereby you may reduce their motions to any hour of the day Diurn mot One hours motion D D M S M M S T S    1 0 2 30 2 0 5 0 3 0 7 30 4 0 10 0 5 0 12 30 6 0 15 0 7 0 17 30 8 0 20 0 9 0 22 30 10 0 25 0 11 0 27 30 12 0 30 0 13 0 32 30 14 0 35 0 15 0 37 30 16 0 40 0 17 0 42 30 18 0 45 0 19 0 47 30 20 0 50 0 21 0 52 30 22 0 55 0 23 0 57 30 24 1 0 0 25 1 2 30 26 1 5 0 27 1 7 30 28 1 10 0 29 1 12 30 30 1 15 0 31 1 17 30 32 1 20 0 33 1 22 30 34 1 25 0 35 1 27 30 39 1 30 0 37 1 32 30 38 1 35 0 39 1 37 30 40 1 40 0 41 1 42 30 42 1 45 0 43 1 47 30 44 1 50 0 45 1 52 30 46 1 55 0 47 1 57 30 48 2 0 0 49 2 2 30 50 2 5 0 51 2 7 30 52 2 10 0 53 2 12 30 54 2 15 0 55 2 17 30 56 2 20 0 57 2 22 30 58 2 25 0 59 2 27 30 60 2 30 0 61 2 32 30 62 2 35 0 63 2 37 30 CHAP. XI Of the Astrological signification of the Twelve Houses of Heaven Of the First House THe first House is call'd the East-angle or Ascendant and in a Question or Nativity it hath signification of the life of Man his Disposition Complexion and Understanding and of the parts of mans Body it represents the head and face The Consignificators of this House are Aries and Saturn for as this is the first House so is Aries the first of the Signes and Saturn the first of the Planets In Eclipses and great Conjunctions and upon Sol his ingress into Aries it signifieth the common people and general State of the Kingdom where the Figure was erected This House is Masculine and of colours it hath the white so that if a Planet be posited herein that hath signification of white the complexion of the party is more white and pale Of the Second House This House hath signification of the Querents Estate Goods Money Riches and Profit Gain or Loss by commodities and also of Money lent and of Wages due in suits of Law it signifies
39  18 1 57  36  15  55 8 5  16  37 7 58  18  39 12  21  42 4 2  23  44 8 5 12 18  50  28  6  45  22 12  38  16  54  32  10  48  12  10  32  54  16  38 12  22  44  6  28  50  12 18 12  54  31  9  46  23 12  37  14  51  28  5  43  17  6  29  52  14  37 12  23  46  9  31  54  17 24 6  58  30  10  46  24 12  36  13  49  22  3  40  20  3  27  50  13  36 12  24  47  10  33  57  20 The Explanation and Vse of the Table of Planetary Hours In the first Column on the left-handpage you have the place of the Sun to every six degrees through the Twelve Signes under that you finde ♈ and â™ and under Aries you finde 0 6 12 18 24 and under Virgo you finde 30 24 18 12 6 by which you see that the Sun riseth at the same hour when he is in 6 deg of Aries as he doth when he is in 24 deg of Virgo The Planetary Hours are noted at the top of the Table 1 2 3 4 c. both before Noon and after Noon In the second Column you have the first Planetary hour after Sun-rise as when Sol is in 6 deg of Cancer or 24 deg of Leo you shall finde the first Planetary hour continues from Sun-rise till 16 min after 5. The second Planetary hour continues till 37 min. after 6 c. In the first Column on the left hand you have the hour and minute of Sun-rising to every six degrees of the Twelve Signes The rest of the Columns shew the Planetary hours for the Night at the Table directs you Then when you finde the Planetary hour you may know what Planet governs the hour by the following Table A Table shewing what Planet rules every hour of the Day and Night The Hours of the Day Hours of the Night  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sunday ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ Munday ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ Tuesday ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ Wednesday ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ Thursday ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ Friday ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ Saturday ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ You must understand that for every day in the Week there is assigned a several Planet and that Planet governs the first hour of that day as you see in the first Column of the Table against Sunday ☉ which governs the first hour after Sun-rise Then in the second you finde ♀ and 2 at the top which shews that Venus rules the second hour and under 3 you finde ☿ which shews that Mercury rules the third hour after Sun-rise And so of the rest as the Table directs you An Example of finding the Planetary Hour Suppose it were required to finde what Planet ruleth on Tuesday the 31 day of July 1677 at 3 hours after Noon I finde his place in the Ephemeris to be 18 deg 5 minutes of Leo with this 18 deg I enter the Table and guide my eye right on until I come at the Planetary hours after Noon and in the second Column for the Afternoon I finde 2 hours 29 min. and at the top of the Table I finde 8 which shews that the 8th Planetary hour ends at 2 hours 29 min. Afternoon Then in the next Column I finde 3 hours 44 min. which includes the proposed time and at the top of the Column I find 9 which shews that it is the 9th Planetary hour which hath yet 44 min. to rule Then I look in the next Table which shews that Planet ruleth every hour of the day and I seek for Wednesday on the left hand and the 9th hour at the top of the Table and in the Angle of meeting I finde ☽ which shews that she governs that hour And thus much may serve for the Use and Explanation of the Tables The Second PART Shewing THE RESOLUTION Of all manner of HORARY QUESTIONS CHAP. I. Questions appertaining to the first House Shall the Querents life be long or short IN this Question as in all others the Ascendant his Lord and the Moon are the Querents Significators If therefore you finde the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon free from Combustion of Sol from the Conjunction Quadrate or Opposition of the Lord of the eighth sixth twelfth or fourth Houses you may judge the Querents life to be long Signes of long life and of a healthful Constitution especially if you finde the aforesaid Significators in their Essential Dignities and in good Houses Jupiter Venus or Dragons Head in the Ascendant well fortified and Lords of good Houses is an argument of a long life The Lord of the Ascendant in the Ascendant or fortunate Planets in Sextile or Trine to the Ascendant his Lord or the Moon is an argument that your Querent is of a long life But if you finde the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant Peregrine or Combust in the eighth â—…nes of â—…ort life or Lord of the eighth unfortunate in the Ascendant or in Quadrate or Opposition to the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant it is a very great argument of a short life to the Querent If you find the Dragons Tail Saturn or Mars in the Ascendant or with the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant Peregrine or Retrograde and be Lords of the sixth or eighth Houses or having dignities therein you may judge the Querents life to be short or that some sickness or misfortune is approaching The fixed Stars of the nature of the Infortunes or Lord of the eighth House in or near the degree ascending or with the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant promiseth the same To what part of the world may the Querent direct his course to prosper For the resolution of this Question you must first understand that the whole figure of the Heavens is divided into four quarters viz. The first House is called the East-angle the tenth House is called
In fine your skill it cannot be exprest By man this BOOK alone can do it best ☿ Mercurius Ignotus alias Guil. Surius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A Table of the CONTENTS of the Book CHap. 1. The number of the Signes Planets and Aspects together with their Names and Characters 1 Chap. 2. Of the division of the 12 signs 6 A Table shewing the degrees Masculine and Feminine c. in each signe of the Zodiack 8 Chap. 3. The Description and Signification of the 12 Signes of the Zodiack 11 Chap. 4. Of the Description and natural Signification of the 7 Planets 20 Chap. 5. The Description and natural Signification of the Seven Planets in any of the Twelve Signes of the Zodiack 31 Chap. 6. Of the Houses Antiscions Friendship and Enmity and of the Orbs and Latitude of the Seven Planets 52 Chap. 7. Of the Essential and Accidental dignities of the Planets 59 A Table shewing what Member of the Body every Planet governs by being posited in any of the Twelve Signes 64 Of the Kingdomes and Cities under the Twelve Signes and Seven Planets 65 Chap. 8. Of the Terms of Art that every Student ought well to understand 68 Chap. 9. How to erect a Figure of the Heavens for any hour of the day or night by an Ephemeris and Table of Houses 74 Chap. 10. How to reduce the Planets motions to any hour of the day or night 81 A Table of the hourly motion of the Planets whereby you may reduce their motions to any hour of the day 83 Chap. 11. Of the Astrological signification of the Twelve Houses of Heaven 84 Of the quarters of Heaven signified by the Twelve Houses 91 Chap. 12. How to compute the Part of Fortune ibid. A Table of the Fortitudes and Debilities of the Part of Fortune 93 Chap. 13. Of the Significators of the Querent and of the thing enquired after 94 A general Rule to know whether a Question be radical or sit to be judged 95 What Marks Moles or Scars the Querent hath 97 To know if the thing demanded will be brought to perfection or not 99 Who shall be the furtherance or hindrance of the thing enquired after 101 Of varying the Houses in your Judgement according to any Question propounded 102 Of the time of receiving a Horary Question 104 Chap. 14. Of the Planetary hours and how to finde them either day or night 105 The Second PART shewing the Resolution of all manner of Horary Questions CHap. 1. Questions appertaining to the first House Shall the Querents life be long or short 111 To what part of the world may the Querent direct his course to prosper 113 Shall the Querent finde the party at home he would speak withal 114 If an absent party be dead or alive 116 Of a thing suddenly happening whether good or evil is signified thereby 117 Of a ship at Sea her safety or destruction 118 Chap. 2. Of the second House and Questions thereunto belonging Shall the Querent be rich or poor 122 By what means shall the Querent attain riches 123 Shall the Querent obtain his Wages or Stipend that is due from the King or any Nobleman c. 124 A Figure erected to know if the Querent should obtain his Wages due from his Master 126 Judgement upon the preceding Figure ibid. Shall the Querent obtain the Money which he lent or the Goods pawned 127 Chap. 3. Judgements properly belonging to the third House The particular parts and members of the body which the Planets generally rule 182 The particular parts of the body governed by the twelve Signes of the Zodiack 184 Of the Diseases the Planets signifie 185 The Diseases signified by the twelve Signes 187 To know what part of the body is afflicted 190 Is the disease in the Body or Minde or both 191 To know the nature and quality of the disease 193 Whether the Disease be Chronick or Acute 195 Signes of life or that the sick party will recover of the infirmity afflicting 198 Signes of death or that the party will die of the infirmity afflicting 199 Whether a Servant shall prove just or knavish to his Master 200 If a Servant shall get free from his Master 202 Of small Cattle shall the Querent gain by them or not 203 Chap. 7. Of the seventh House and Questions thereunto belonging Shall the Querent marry 204 In what time shall the Querent marry 205 Shall the Querent marry more than once 206 Whether the Marriage intended shall be effected or no 207 What shall be the hindrance 209 What manner of person shall the Querent marry 210 Who is the more noble and which will be Master 211 Shall they agree after marriage 212 From what part one shall marry 213 If she be a maid that asks the question 214 Shall the Querent marry in what time A Figure and Judgement 216 If marry the Woman desired 218 Shall the Querent or his Adversary overcome in a Law-suit 219 Shall two Partners agree in their Partnership 222 Hath the Querent any publick Enemies 223 Shall a person return safe from the Wars 224 Shall the Town or Castle besieged be taken 225 Of Fugitives Strays Theft c. Whether Cattle be stoln or strayed of themselves 227 Whether the Beasts lost be dead or alive 228 Shall Cattle sirayed be had again 229 Whether Cattle be in Pound or not 230 Which way are they gone what distance 231 If a Fugitive shall be found or come again 232 Of a Thief and his Significator 234 Of the age of the Thief 235 Whether the Thief be Man or Woman 236 Is the Thief a Stranger or Familiar ibid. Is the Goods far from the Owner 238 Which way the Thief is gone what distance 239 Doth the Owner suspect the Thief ibid. If the Goods stoln be recoverable or not 240 In what time shall the Goods be recovered 241 If an absent Husband were dead or alive If alive will he return and in what time A Figure and Judgement 243 Chap. 8. Of the eighth House and Questions thereunto belonging What death the Querent may die whether natural or violent 245 In what time the Querent shall die 246 Shall the Querent obtain his Wives Portion 248 Chap. 9. Of the Ninth House Of a long Journey or Sea-voyage and the success thereof 249 Shall the Voyage be long or short 250 Towards what part of the world is it best for the Querent to go 252 Shall the Querent profit by the Science intended 253 Shall a Parson obtain the Benefice enquired after 254 Chap. 10. Of the tenth House and Astrological Questions thereunto belonging Shall the Querent obtain the place of Preferment desired 257 Shall the Querent continue in the Office or Employment he possesses 258 What Profession is best for the Querent to follow 260 Shall the Querent obtain the place of preferment desired A Figure and Judgement thereupon 263 Chap. 11. Of the Eleventh House Shall the Querents Friends prove faithful 265 Shall
a mans Friends or Assistants Upon Sol his ingress into Aries or in Eclipses and great Conjunctions it signifieth the wealth or poverty Allies and support of the Commonwealth The Consignificators of this House are Jupiter and Taurus In Mans body it rules the Neck and Throat It is a Feminine and succedent House of colours it signifieth green Of the Third House From the Third House is judgement given of the Querents Brethren Sisters Kindred and Neighbours of short or inland Journeys of removing from one place to another It also signifies Messengers Epistles Letters c. In the parts of Mans body it governs the Arms and shoulders The Consignificators of this House are Gemini and Mars It is a Masculine House and of colours it signifieth red and yellow or sorrel colour Of the Fourth House The Fourth House hath signification of the Querents Father it also signifieth Lands Houses Orchards Inheritances Tillage of the earth and the quality and nature of the ground enquired after It hath signification of Minerals hidden Treasures c. also of Towns Cities or Castles besieged and all antient Houses Gardens c. and the end of all things Also from this House is judgement given of Reports or common Rumours whether they be true or false The Consignificators of this House are Cancer and Sol. It is the North Angle and a House Feminine Of colours it signifieth red Of Mans body it governeth the Breast and Lungs Of the Fifth House This House hath signification of Children Embassadors and Messengers Taverns Alehouses Plays Pleasures Joys Banquets Gifts Bravery and all manner of Delights also the estate or riches of the Native or Querents Father the Ammunition of a Castle or Town besieged The Consignificators hereof are Leo and Venus It is Masculine and of the Body of man it rules the Heart and Back It is a succedent House of colours it signifieth black and white or honey-colour Of the Sixth House The Sixth House hath signification of Servants Day-labourers and of the lesser sort of Cattle as Sheep Hogs Goats Hares Coneys c. It signifieth the Nature and Qualities of Sicknesses Shepherds Warreners and such as look after small Cattle It signifieth Uncles or the Brethren and Sisters of the Querents Father It rules the Belly and the inferiour parts c. The Consignificators of this House are Virgo and Mercury It is a House Feminine and cadent of colour it signifieth black Of the Seventh House This House hath signification of Marriages Wives Sweet-hearts c. of publick Enemies Law-suits quarrels and contentions all men we have common dealing with In questions of Astrologie the Artist himself in Physick the Physician It hath signification of Thieves and Thefts In Eclipses and great Conjunctions and at the Sun's ingress into Aries it signifieth the publick Enemies of the Kingdom or place which the Figure was erected for It is called the West Angle and is by nature Masculine Its Consignificators are Libra and Luna of Mans Body it governs the Haunches and Navil to the Buttocks Of colours it signifieth sad brown or black Of the Eighth House The Eighth House signifies the death of the Native or Querent its nature and quality the Estates of men deceased their Wills Legacies and Testaments the Portion or Dowry of the Wife in suits of Law the Defendants Friends in Duels the Adversaries second The Consignificators of this House are Scorpio and Saturn In Mans body it governs the Privy parts It is a Feminine and succedent House and of colours it signifieth green and black Of the Ninth House From this House we give judgement of long Voyages Dreams Pilgrimages and Religion and all sorts of Ecclesiastical persons and Ministers Books Learning Church-livings or Benefices and the Brethren and Kindred of the Querents Wife Of mans body it governeth the Hips and Thighs The Consignificators of this House are Sagittary and Jupiter Of colours it hath the green and white it is a Masculine and cadent House Of the Tenth House The Tenth House signifies Honour Dignities Offices Magistracy Kings Princes Dukes Earls Judges and all Commanders in general and all persons in Rule and Authority It signifies the Querents Mother and hath signification of preferment whether it be attainable or not also what Profession it is best for any one to follow It is a Feminine House and is called the Medium Coeli or Mid-Heaven The Consignificators of this House are Capricorn and Mars Of the Body of man it rules the Knees and Hams of colours red and white Of the Eleventh House This House hath signification of Friends and Acquaintance the thing hoped for or desired the Fidelity or Falseness of Friends As to Kings it represents their Houses Allies Counsellors their Associates Treasure Ammunition and Souldiery The Consignificators of this House are Aquarius and Sol. Of mans Body it rules the Legs It is a Masculine House and of colours it signifies yellow or Saffron-colour and is a succedent House Of the Twelfth House This House hath signification of secret Enemies great Cattle as Horses Oxen c. also of Prisons Captivity Witches and evil Spirits malicious persons c. The Consignificators of this House are Pisces and Venus Of the parts of man it rules the Feet It is a Feminine and cadent House of colours it signifies green Of the quarters of Heaven signified by the Twelve Houses The First House is East The Second House is N.E. by E. The Third House is N. N. E. The Fourth House is North. The Fifth House is N. W. N. The Sixth House is W. N. W. The Seventh House is West The Eighth House is SW by S. The Ninth House is S. S. W. The Tenth House is South The Eleventh House is S.E. by S. The Twelfth House is S. S. E. CHAP. XII How to compute the Part of Fortune THe Part of Fortune is taken either by day or night by substracting the place of Sol from the place of Luna in signes degrees and minutes remembring to adde 12 signes to the Moons place if substraction cannot be made and to the remainder adde the signe degrees and minutes of the Ascendant the sum thereof shall be the place of the Part of Fortune marked or charactered thus ⊕ Suppose it were required to finde the Part of Fortune ♈ 0 ♉ 1 ♊ 2 ♋ 3 ♌ 4 ♠5 ♎ 6 ♠7 ♠8 ♑ 9 ♒ 10 ♓ 11 in the former Scheme on the 6th of January 1677 I finde the place of Luna to be Gemini 29 deg 25 min. which you ought to number as you see in the Margent accounting from the beginning of Aries to the beginning of Taurus one whole signe c. and then her Longitude is 2 signes 29 deg 25 min. the place of Sol is in Capricorn 27 deg 6 min. which is 9 signes 27 deg 6 min. And because the Longitude of Sol exceeds the Longitude of Luna we must adde 12 signes to the Moons place and it makes  sig d. m. The
Longitude of the Moon 14 29 25 Substract the Longitude of Sol 9 27 06 And there remains 5 02 19 Unto which you are to adde the degree and minute ascending and 3 14 54 The sum is 8 17 13 which shews the Part of Fortune to be in Sagittary 17 deg 13 min. Note that so far as Sol is distant from Luna so far is Part of Fortune distant from the Ascendent so that if you take it upon a new Moon the Part of Fortune is in the Ascendent upon the first quarter in the fourth House upon a full Moon in the seventh House upon the last quarter in the tenth House You may examine the Fortitudes and Debilities of the Part of Fortune by the following Table A Table of the Fortitudes and Debilities of the Part of Fortune Dignities Debilities The Part of Fortune in ♉ or ♓ 5 The Part of Fortune in ♠♑ ♒ 5 ♎ ♠♌ ♋ 5 ♈ neither gets nor loses 0 ♊ 3 twelfth 5 ♠2 8th house 4 the Ascend or 10th 5 6 h house 4 7 4 or 11 houses 4 ☌ with ♄ or ♂ 5 2 or 5th 3 ☌ with ☊ 3 the 9th 2 ☠of Saturn of ♂ 4 the 3d 1 □ of ♄ or ♂ 3 not Combust 5 Terms of ♄ or ♂ 2 ☌ with ♃ or ♀ 5 ☌ with Caput algol in in 21 d. of ♉ 4 △ with ♃ or ♀ 3 Combust 5 ☌ with ☊ 2   ☌ with Regulus 25 ♌ 6   ☌ with Spica ♠19 ♎ 5   CHAP. XIII Of the significators of the Querent and of the thing enquired after THe Querent is that person be he of what degree or quality soever that propounds the Question to the Astrologer and the Ascendant his Lord and Luna are always his significators let the Question be what it will the Querited is the person enquired after or any thing whatsoever the question is propounded for As for Example Suppose Taurus ascend upon the Cusp of the first House then Venus Lady thereof shall be the Querents significator In the next place you are to consider to what house the Question properly belongs if it be concerning riches and Gemini be upon the Cusp of the second Mercury is Lord therefore of the second House because Gemini is one of the houses of Mercury so then Mercury is the significator of the Querents riches or estate If the Question be concerning an absent Brother a short or inland Journey then you are to take the third House and Lord thereof to be the significator of the absent Brother c. and so of the rest of the Houses in order as you are already taught where I shewed the signification of the Twelve Houses A general Rule to know whether a Question be radical or fit to be judged Before you give Judgement upon your Figure you ought carefully to consider whether your Figure be Radical or fit for Judgement lest the Querent come purposely to abuse you for the discovery of which the Ancients have left us these following Rules If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant and Lord of the hour of one and the same Triplicity or when the Lord of the hour and the sign ascending shall be of one Triplicity the Question is then radical and fit to be judged When the Signe ascending and the Planets posited in the Ascendant or Lord of the Ascendant doth exactly describe the Querent then the Question is fit to be judged and the Artist may boldly proceed The Lord of the Ascendant in a Signe of the same Triplicity of the Lord of the hour or if the Signe ascending in a Question be of the same Triplicity with the Ascendant of the Querents Nativity or Revolutional Figure for that year it signifies the Question is radical and fit to be judged If you finde the Moles or Marks signified by your Figure do correspond with the Moles in the Querents body that is a very good argument that the Figure is fit to be judged When the beginning of a Signe ascends upon the Cusp of the first House or the first or second degrees thereof ascend or if the latter degrees of a Signe ascend viz. the 28 29 or 30th except the significators do exactly describe the Querent and you have the hour of the day very exactly you are not to give judgement for it is an argument the matter is forged or the Querent hath been at others about the Question As the Ascendant signifieth the Querent so the 7th house and his Lord signifieth the Astrologer himself If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the 7th have a care in giving judgement lest the Querent come to abuse you If the Lord of the seventh be Combust or afflicted by the Infortunes or Dragons Tail the Astrologer gets no credit by his Judgement If you finde the Moon in via Combusta which is from the last 15 deg of Libra to the first 15 deg of Scorpio it is not safe for the Artist to pass Judgement What Marks Moles or Scars the Querent hath Herein you are to consider the signe ascending and what part of mans Body it signifies for the Querent hath a Mole Mark or Scar in that part of his body Observe what Signe the Lord of the Ascendant is posited in the Querent hath another Mole c. in that part signified by that signe Consider the Signe the Moon is in for it 's probable there is another Mole in that part of the body represented by the signe she possesses Also consider the Signe of the sixth and the Signe wherein the Lord of the sixth is posited for the Querent hath some Mark Mole c. in that part of the body represented by these Signes If Saturn Mars or Dragons Tail be in the Ascendant the Querent commonly hath a Mole Mark or Scar in the Head or Face If Saturn be the significator of the Mole c. it shews it to be of a dark obscure or black colour If Jupiter a purple or blewish colour Mars signifieth Scars Cuts or sports of Gun-powder c. or red Moles c. The Sun an olive or chesnut-colour Venus a honey-colour Mercury a pale whitish or leaden colour Luna a whitish colour but herein you are to mix her signification according to the Planet she is in Aspect withal The significators Masculine and in Masculine signes it signifies the Mark Mole c. is on the right side of the body if they be Feminine Planets and in Feminine Signes it shews they are on the right side of the body When the significators of the Moles c. are above the earth the Mark Mole c. is visible to the eye and on the forepart of the body but if they be under the earth they are then on the back-part of the body If the significators be in few degrees of the Signe it shews the Mark Mole or Scar lies in the upper part of the member represented thereby To
know if the thing demanded will be brought to perfection or not Herein you are to give the Ascendant his Lord and the Moon to signifie the Querent and that House and his Lord to which the Question appertaineth to the Quesited then consider what application is between the Significators if they apply to a Conjunction in Angles swift in motion in any of their Essential Dignities it shews the thing enquired after will be perfected with speed if in succedent Houses not so soon if in cadent Houses with much loss of time When the Significators apply by Sextile or Trine from good Houses and they in any of their Essential Dignities and free from the malevolent Rays of the Infortunes it is an argument the matter will be brought to perfection with speed If the Significators apply by a Quadrate Aspect in good Houses and they be in their Essential Dignities it shews the thing enquired after will be brought to perfection although with not so much ease nor so good success Things are sometimes brought to perfection when the Significators are in Opposition but this happens when the Significators are in mutual reception by Houses but if it be brought to pass it is with so much trouble and vexation that the Querent will repent he sought after it Matters are also brought to perfection by translation of light and vertue when the Signification do not behold each other but some more lighter Planet separateth himself from the one Significator which he was in mutual reception with and then immediately applieth to the other Significator before he come to the Body or Aspect of any other Planet and you may judge that the thing enquired after will be brought to perfection by such a person as that Planet signifieth which thus translates the light and vertue of the one Significator to the other The is some hopes of perfecting the business enquired after when the Significator of the thing enquired after is posited in the Ascendant or if the Lord of the Ascendant be posited in the house of the Quesited but this signle Testimony seldom perfects the business without some of the aforesaid arguments happen or the two Significators cast their several Aspects to some more weighty Planet than themselves of whom they are both in reception with and then the person signified by that Planet who collects both their lights may bring it to perfection Who shall be the furtherance or hindrance of the thing enquired after When you finde the Significators applying to Conjunction or Aspect and before they come to their partile Aspect some other Planet comes to the Conjunction or Aspect of one of the Significators and that Planet hinders the thing from being brought to perfection consider the nature of that Planet also what House he is Lord of and from hence you may know what person will be the hindrance If it be the Lord of the third it shews some Neighbour or some of the Querents Brethren If it be the Lord of the fourth the Querents Fathers c. will be the hindrance Also when the Significators apply by Body or Aspect and before they come to their partile Aspect one of the Significators falls Retrograde and so hinders the thing inquired after from being brought to perfection if it happen that the Lord of the Ascendant fall Retrograde the Querent will hardly proceed any further in the business By these Rules rightly understood you may know the furtherance or hindrance in any Question Of varying the Houses in your Judgement according to any Question propounded In all Questions whatsoever the Ascendant his Lord and the Moon are the Significators of the Querent so the second House shall shew his Estate the third House his Brethren c. the fourth House his Father the fifth House his Children the sixth House his Servants the seventh House his Wife and so of the rest of the Houses in order as you are already taught in the twelfth Chapter If a Querent propound a Question concerning the Estate Riches or Money lent or due to his Brother the Ascendant shall signifie the Querent the third House and Lord thereof shall signifie his Brother the fourth and Lord thereof his Brother's Estate because it is the second from the third the fifth shall be his third House and signifie his short Journeys the sixth shall be his fourth the seventh shall be his fifth and signifie his Children the eighth shall be his sixth and signifie his Servants c. the ninth shall be his Wifes Significator c. In like manner if a Question be made concerning a Wife or Sweet-heart the seventh House and Lord thereof are her Significators the eighth House which is the second from the seventh shall shew her Estate or Portion the ninth her Brethren the tenth shall be her fourth and signifie her Father the eleventh shall be her fifth the twelfth shall be her sixth and signifie her Sicknesses the first House shall be her seventh the second House shall be her eighth and signifie her Death the third shall be her ninth and shew her Religion the fourth shall be her tenth and signifie her Mother c. the fifth shall be her eleventh and signifie her Friends the sixth shall be her twelfth and signifie her secret Enemies And by these Rules you may vary all the Houses upon any Question which every Artist ought well to understand Of the time of receiving a Horary Question It is agreed upon by all Modern Authors that we ought to take that very moment of time in which the Querent propounds his Question to the Artist and desires a resolution thereof viz. the very hour and minute as neer as we can and thereupon erect the Figure or if a Letter be sent to an Artist whereby he is desired to resolve some doubt but he perhaps hath not an opportunity to read it at the time of receiving it he is to accept of that moment of time wherein he reads the Letter and knows the minde of the Querent and so accept of that time for the Basis of his Work CHAP. XIII Of the Planetary Hours and how to finde them either day or night FOr the finding of the Planetary hours you must understand that every artificial day viz. from Sun-rising to Sun-setting is divided into twelve equal parts each of these parts is called a Planetary hour Also the night viz. from Sun-setting to Sun-rising is divided into twelve parts making the Planetary hours for the night For Example when the days are 14 hours 40 min. long then the length of the Planetary hour for the day is 90 min and for the night but 30 min. But for more readiness behold the following Table calculated for the Latitude 52 but may indifferently serve any part of England without sensible errour  Hours before Noon  Hours after Noon  Hours before Midnight  Hours after Midnight ☉ Pla. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ☉ R. 1 2 3 4 5 6
may finde separating from a Trine of Mars Lord of the 5th and applying to a Trine of Jupiter who is posited in the Ascendant and by substracting the Longitude of Luna from the Longitude of Jupiter you shall finde she wanted but 3 deg 15 min. of his Trine aspect and because I found Luna in a movable signe and Jupiter Retrograde in a common signe I allowed for every degree one Week by which computation I judged she would be delivered about the 27 of June following The truth is she was delivered of a Son the 29 of June but if you please to allow two days for the odde 15 minutes it directs us to the very day of birth which as I said before is the 29 day of the same moneth I will onely give you another Example and so conclude with the fifth House Shall the Querent ever have Children April 28th 8h P. M. 1674. ☽ à △ ♄ ad vac Astrological Judgement upon the Figure At the time before noted the Querent propounded this Question in a general way Whether she should ever have any Children Whereupon I erected the precedent Scheme and finding the signe ascending viz. Scorpio a fruitful signe and Mars Lord of both the Ascendant and 5th House in Pisces another fruitful signe I from hence judged the Querent should have Children Also finding the Moon in Trine to Saturn and he posited in the 5th House which did something confirm the former judgement together with Mars applying to a Trine of Jupiter who hath dignities in the signe of the 5th and he in a fruitful signe I told the Querent she would have Children which hath already proved true And so I conclude with the fifth House CHAP. VI. Of the Sixth House and Questions thereunto belonging FRom this House is Judgement given of Sicknesses Servants and small Cattle c. Of Sicknesses In this Judgement you ought carefully to observe the time of the party 's falling sick not that time in which the party first had a feeling of a sickness approaching but that very time in which he was so extreamly oppressed that he was enforced to take his bed and erect your Figure upon that very time and herein you ought carefully to rectifie the place of the Moon for she is a general Significatrix in this case But if that time cannot be obtained then accept of the time wherein the Patients Urine was brought to you to enquire of the Disease or when the Patient enquires of the Physician of the nature of the Disease himself Then be pleased to consider that the Ascendant and his Lord are the Significators of the sick party the sixth House and his Lord signifies the Sickness the seventh his Physician the eighth death the tenth his Physick the fourth the end of the Disease And so I proceed to the parts of mens Bodies under the Seven Planets The particular Parts and Members of the Body which the Planets generally rule Saturn rules the Spleen the right Ear the Bones the Teeth and the retentive Faculty Jupiter rules the Lungs Livers Ribs Sides the Veins the Blood the digestive Faculty the natural Vertue of man Mars rules in the Body of man the Gall the left Ear the Apprehension and the Taste Sol rules the Heart the Back the Arteries the Sight the right Eye of a Man the left Eye of a Woman Venus is the Governour of the Womb Testicles the Yard and Instruments of generation the Throat Reins Kidneys also womens Breasts the Milk and the Seed Mercury Under the dominion of Mercury is the Brain the rational part of it the Imagination the Tongue Hands and Feet the motional part of mans Body Luna governs the bulk of the Brain or Nerves the Bowels the Bladder the left Eye of a man the right of a Woman The particular Parts of the Body governed by the Twelve signes of the Zodiack Aries governs the Head and Face the Bones in the head the Brain Hair Beard Eyes Ears Nose Tongue and Teeth and every part belonging to the Head Taurus rules the Neck and bones thereof the Channel-bone the Shoulder-blade the Throat and the Voice Gemini rules the Shoulder-bones the Arms Hands and Fingers and in one word every part from the shoulder to the finger-ends Cancer rules the Breast Ribs Lungs Pleura the Ventricle of the Stomach the Liver and womens Breasts Leo governs the Heart the Back the Vertebre of the breast the Appetite the Pericardium Virgo governs the Belly and Bowels the Navil and Spleen the Omentum Libra rules the Reins Loyns and Kidneys Scorpio hath dominion over the secret parts of men and women and all vessels dedicated to the act of generation also the Bladder and Fundament Sagittary governs the Thighs Os sacrum the Thigh-bone the Rump-bone c. Capricorn governs the Knees and Hams Aquarius rules the Legs and all parts of them from the Knees to the Ancles Pisces rules the Ancles the Feet and all the bones thereunto belonging Of the Diseases the Planets signifie Saturn causeth Gouts Tooth-ach quartan Agues Leprosies Rheums Consumptions Palsies black Jaundies Trembling vain fears Fancies Hemorrhoids Dislocations broken bones Deafness and all Diseases which proceed from Melancholy cold and dryness Jupiter causeth all infirmities of the Liver and Veins inflammations of the Lungs Plurisies and other Imposthumes about the Breast and Ribs all Diseases proceeding of putrefaction of bloud and winde Mars causeth Pestilences burning Feavers Tertian and Quotidian Agues Megrim Carbuncles and Plague-sores Ring-worms Blisters burning and scalding Phrensie sudden distempers in the head coming of heat yellow Jaundies bloudy Flux all distempers in the Instruments of generation the Stone in the Reins and Bladder Scars and Pock-holes in the face all hurts by Iron and Fire all Diseases proceeding from Choler Anger or Passion The Sun causeth Pimples and Burles in the Face all afflictions of the Heart as heart-burning trembling fainting rotten Feavers sore Eyes flux in the Eyes c. Venus causeth all diseases of the Womb as suffocation precipitation dislocation c. all diseases incident to the Members of generation the Reins and Navil the French-Pox the Running of the Reins and all diseases that come by inordinate love or lust Mercury causeth diseases in the Brain as Vertigoes Madness also diseases in the Lungs Asthma Ptysick Apoplexies defects of the Tongue Stammering Lisping c. Hoarsness Coughs Snuffling in the Nose defect of Memory stopping of the Head Dumbness Simplicity Folly all afflictions of the Intellectual Faculty The Moon causeth Palsies Cholick Belly-aches stopping or over-flowing of the Terms in Women Dropsies Fluxes all cold and rheumatick diseases Sciatica Worms in the Belly Rheums hurts in the Eyes Surfeit rotten Coughs Convulsions Falling-sicknesses Kings-evil Apostumes small Pox Measles Tympanies Dropsies Lethargies all diseases proceeding from Flegm The Diseases signified by the Twelve Signes Under Aries are all pushes whelks pimples freckles and Sun-burning in the Face Polypus or Noli me tangere all diseases in the Head as Head-ach