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

after the carrecter of the cōiunction or opposition of the sunne and of the moone do signifye the howre and the seconde and ryghte nombre the mynutes that the said coniunctions or oppositions shall fall vpon Howe the newe and full mones and eclypses maye be reduced vnto what meridiane you will differynge from the same of the Ephemerides ▪ The. 13. FOr so muche that the sayde new and full moones and the eclypses of the sunne and of the moone whiche happen in theim are calculated in the sayde Ephemerides for the meridiane of the afore named cytie of Tubinge in Almaigne it is conueniente ●● reduce for the leste the tyme of the sayde coniunctions oppositions and eclypses of the sunne and of the moone vnto your meridiane wytheoute hauynge care of the other aspectes the whyche you shall easelye doo by the table entituled Tabularegionum prouinciarum et oppidorum insigniorū europae thus as followeth Take the name of youre Citye or of the place most nearest to the same in the table aboue sayde you shal fynd at the ryghte syde vnder this tittle Tempus the howers and mynutes or the mynutes onely whiche you must adde or substra ●rom the howres and minutes of the said coniunctions and oppositions and eclipses of the sunne and of the moone as the ●ettre A. or M. written at the lefte syde of ●he sayde howres and mynutes shall shewe you Of the aspectes of the sunne vnto the planettes and of the planettes amonge theim selues and of the dragon of the moone The. 14. AFterwarde there foloweth vpon the ryghte syde of the sayde face of the Ephemerides the aspectes of the sunne vnto the planettes and of one planet vnto a nother whiche are figured as well by the carracters of the sayde plannettes as by the characters of the sayde aspectes of the which the interpretation hathe beene heretofore declared Consequently amonge the saide aspectes is noted when the moone is in the head or in the tayle of the dragon whiche are their intersections or diuisions of his circle and of the Zodiake as we haue said a● fore When she is in the head she is thus figured ☽ ☊ and whē she is in the taile she is figured after this maner ☽ ☋ ¶ When the planets are oriental or occidental 15. rule FInally is noted ouer the head of euery columpne of the. 5. planets vnder their propre charecters when the sayd planets are orientall or occidentall by these sillables or and. oc and it is to be noted that saturne Iupiter and mars are orientall whiles the sunne departeth frō them after the couiunction of him and of the sayd planets comminge vnto the opposition and occidentall from the said opposition in approchinge him selfe nere vnto them vntill the coniunction nexte ensuing But Venus and mercury are called orientall when they do precede ▪ the sunne from the east parte and are seene before the sunne rising and occidentall when they do folowe the sunne from the west parte and are seene after the sunne is sette For to knowe the quantitie of the artificial daye and of the nighte and at what houre the sunne rysethe and setteth 16. rule ANd too the ende that all menne maye knowe if they canne see the eclipses of the sunne or of the moone which happen nere vnto the horizont aboute the sunne settinge or the sun risinge it is necessarye to knowe the quātitie of the dayes and of the nightes artificiall and at what howre the sunne ryseth and setteth There is than before the table of the Ephemerides a table intituled Tabula quantitatis dierum that is to saye a table of the quantitye of the dayes the whyche conteyneth in the hedde the latitudes or eleuations of the pole of al places vpon the earth from 36. degrees vntill 55. degrees and at the left hand there are 6. sygnes of the zodiack other 6. at the righte hande whyche are distributed from 3. degrees to 3. in the middes of the sayd table are comprehended the houres and mynutes of the halfe of an artificial daye whyche are from the sunne risyng vntyll noonetide or from noonetide vntyl the sunne settyng when the sunne is in the signes septrentionalles or eles the howres minutes of half of the nyghte whyche are from the sunne settynge vntyll mydnyghte or from mydnyghte vntyll the sunne rysyng whan the sōne is in the sygnes meridionalles knowe then in what signe and degree the sunne is and howe muche the poole is eleuated aboue your horizont as before hath be●sayd And take the sayde sygne and degre at the ryghte or lefte syde of the aboue sayde table and procede ryghtelye in the same table vntyll that you be ●ustelye at the nombre of youre pole and there you shall finde the howers and minutes of the halfe of the artificiall day if the sunne be in the septentrionall parte of the zodiacke or elles of the haife of the nyghte if he bee in the meridionall parte what sygnes are septentrionalles and what meridionals hath beene declared in the fifte Rule The whiche is likewise euident by the sayde table by these woordes Sig ▪ Bor. fig. Aust Yf you double then the sayde howres and minuttes of the halfe of the artificiall daye you shall haue the whole day and if you do substra them from 24. howres there resteth the nyghte Or yf you double the howres and mynutes of the halfe of the nyghte you shall haue the nyghte wholye and if you substra them from 24. howres there restethe the artyfyciall day and by thys meanes you maye knowe at what howre the Sunne rysethe or settethe euerye daye in the yeare For the daye artificial dureth from the sunne risinge to noone vntill the sunne setting and the night artificial from the sunne setting vnto midnight and so vntil the sunne rising And the natural day of 24. houres dothe comprehend them both ¶ Of the 12. houses of heauen and of their nature accidentall accordinge vnto the iudgement of the astrologians 17. rule FOr to gather any sruyt of the thynges abouesayd according to the habilitie that god hath geuen vnto mē it is conuenient to treat of the. 12. houses of heauen and of their accidentiall nature and how they must be distingued and erected in all regions In leauinge then a heape of superfluous and vnprofitable wordes whiche are in the latine rules of the Ephemerides and the varietis of the opinions of the Astrologians touching the said houses I wil declare the opinion and maner howe to do them according vnto the which the Tables are calculated which are in the Ephemerides and that all men do commenlye vse now adayes To come then vnto the poynt you muste note that as the sunne and the moone and the. 5. planettes makinge their reuolution by their propre mouementes vnder the Zodiake doo cause diuers effectes and sensible mutacions in earthly thinges according vnto the diuers proiection of their beames and diuers dispositions of natural thinges here belowe in makinge their peregrinacion

Descendant The which dominations whē they do chaūge are likewise noted by the chaūge of y e sayd capital letters put or set amōg the noumbers of the true mouementes As if ouer the head you haue S. A. and then you mete belowe vnderneth in any of the colomnes this letter D. it betokeneth y ● the planet which was septentrional ascendant is made septentrional descendāt so must you vnderstand if it chaunce contrary and it you haue ouer the head S. A. or S. D. and then you mete M. that denoteth that the latitude septentrional is conuerted into the meridionall and contrary wise if after M. there do folow the letter S. which is a thing righte easy to be vnderstande we call the planet descendant whan the centre of his epicicle descēdeth from the point of the eccentrike the most farthest parte of the earth whyche is called Axe tree towardes hys opposite whych is the most nearest and is called ascendant when from the said point opposyte he mounteth towardes the sayd poynt most farthest of the earth Of the Latytude of the moone the. 11. THe latitude of the moone is founde in the sayde Ephemerides by his owne table intituled Tabula latitudiais lunae thus as foloweth Take the true mouement of the mone of the dragons head ☊ of the same at the day and hower proposed as hath bene said hereto fore and resolue the caracters of the sygnes of the same mouemēts into the nombers of the saide signes whiche are these that folowe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ ¶ Then substra the true mouemente of the head of the dragon of the moone frō his owne proper and true mouement in adding 12. signes if the substcaction cā not be otherwise made and that whyche resteth shal be the true argument of the latitude of the moone with the which argumente you shall enter the table of the latitude of the same in taking the noumber of the signes of the sayde argument at the head of the sayde table and the de grees at the lefte side in the line intituled linea numeri which procede in descending from the toppe downeward or els in taking the nomber of the signes at the foote of the sayde table and the degrees at the right hand in the line which amoūteth from beneth vpwarders for in the place at the which y ● lines of the nōbers of the sayd signes degrees do agree together you shall find the latitude of the moone in degrees minutes the which latitude shall be called septentrionall if you haue taken the nombers of the sygnes at the head of the table or els meridionall if the saide signes haue bene taken at the foote of the table And further the moone shalbe called ascendant if the nūbre of the signes of the argument of the latitude be 0. or 1. or 2. in the head and. 9 or 10. or 11. at the foote of the saide table And if the saide nombre of signes aboue saide bee in the heade 3. or 4. or 5. and at the foote 6. 7. or 8. she shall be named descendant as the titles and inscriptions of the said table doth declare being secur y ● head fote of euery colūne of the same ¶ And if it happen that your argument haue any nombre of minutes ouer besides the degrees it behoueth to enter the sayd table two times to take firste the latitude whiche aunswereth vnto the degrees precedinge immediatlye the sayd minutes and then the latitude aunswering vnto the degrees which next do folowe the said minutes After it is cōuenient to take the difference of both the latitudes in substraing the least from the greatest That done put 60. for the first nombre the nombre of the sayd minutes for the second and the said difference for the third and multiply the third nōbre by the seconde and that whiche cometh of the multiplication deuide by the first you shal haue the fourth noumbre proportionall the whiche you must adde vnto the first latitude yf it be lesse then the second or els substra the same from the sayd first latitude if it do surmounte the secōd latitude for that which cometh or remayneth therof shal be the true latitude of the moone answering vnto the minutes of the sayd argument And who that would make shorte there is no daunger if he leaue the sayd minutes if they be lesse then 30 or els to adde one degre vnto the degrees of the sayde argument if the sayde minute do excede or passe 30. and then to finde the latitude as aboue hath bene sayd Of the aspectes of the moone vnto the sunne and planetes other thinges conteyned in the righte and seconde face of the saide Ephemerides the. 12. rule Consequently in the right and second face of the saide Ephemerides are comprehended the aspectes of the moone vnto the sunne and vnto the. 5. planetes and from one of the planets vnto the other as the superscription of the said face doth shewe And firste of al is declared the nombre of the yeare and the nombre of the monthe and vnderneth the same the nombre of the dayes of the sayd moneth ioyning vnto the sayd noumbre are noted the coniunctions oppositions quadratures trines and the sextiles aspect of the moone vnto the sonne then frome the moone vnto Saturne Iupiter Mars Venus and Mercury as it appeareth by the caracters of the sunne and of the said planets being set above the head of the. 6. colompnes and the sayd aspectes are noted by their figures and caracters wher of the interpretacion and diffinicion foloweth ☌ signifieth coniunction that is to say when 2. planettes are vnder one like degree accordinge vnto the lōgitude of the Zodiake ☍ Signifieth opposition that is to say when two planets are diametrallye constituted distante 6. signes the one from the other □ Signifieth quadrate aspecte which is made when 2. planets are distant the one from the other by 3. signes whyche make the fourthe parte of the. 12. sygnes of the Zodiacke △ Sygnyfyeth trine aspecte whyche happenethe when two plannettes are distante the one from the other by foure signes whyche do make the thirde parte of the sayde 12. signes of the zodiacke ⚹ Signifieth sextile aspecte whiche is caused by the distaunce of two sygnes betwene two planettes And it is soo named by cause two sygnes doo make the syxte parte of the. 12. signes of the sayde zodiacke and it is too bee noted that the nomber sette after the character of eueri aspecte sheweth the howre in the whyche the sayde aspecte shall happen in reckenyng from the noonetide of the same day righ●● with the whiche is noted the saide aspecte Excepte the coniunctions and oppositions of the moone and of the sunne that is to saye the newe and full moones of the whyche not onely the howres but also the mynutes are written for the first nombre

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

taking the degree of the sunne vnder the signe in the columne of the tenth house and note apart the houres and minutes of the time whiche you shall finde at the lefte side of the sayd degre And if there be minutes besydes the degrees you shall take the difference of the sayde time and of the time next folowinge and the parte proportional of the same difference by the abouesaid table intituled tabula proportionum ad 60 minut● c. with the sayd difference and the minutes of the sunne The whiche part proportionall you shall adde vnto the sayde time which was taken right against the degree of the sudne Then afterward vnto y ● time so iustified you shall adde your time which is past after none the minutes with the minutes the houres with the houres in addinge for 60 minutes one houre vnto the sayd houres the whiche houres if they do passe 24 you muste substra them and note the rest Likewise as many times as you shall haue 6 houres after noone you shall adde vnto the saide time one minute by this meanes you shall haue the time iusti●ied for to fynde youre houses Then take the sayde tyme at the lefte syde of the table of the houses vnder the title tempus a meridie or the moost nearest vnto it yf you fynd not the same precisely and you shall finde at the right hand of y ● said time the 6 houses orientalles aboue sayd as you may se by the example whiche foloweth calculated for 8 houres after none of the saide laste daye of June 1540 and for the aboue said latitude of 48 degrees the sunne beynge then in the 17 degree and 59 minutes of Cancer The houses aunsweringe to the sayde time proposed   hour mi. 10 11 12 1 2 3 The time aun●ring vnto the ●e of the sunne 7 18 ♏ ♐ ♐ ♑ ♓ ♈ ●e time after ●e 8 0 gr gr gr gr gr gr ●e time iusti●●●● 15 19 22 9 25 21 11 28 ¶ The thirde parte or difference when the time proposed is before none IF the time proposed be before none there shall be no difference or other difficultie to calculate except that you must substra the time that you do adde when it is after none Then after that you shall haue taken the true place of the sunne and haue proportioned the time aunsweringe vnto the degree of the sunne as before hath ben said you shall substra from the saide time the distaunce of the time proposed vntyll none and as many minutes as the sayde distaunce shall haue of times 6 howres in puttinge therunto 24 houres yf the sayde substraction cannot otherwise be made and with that whiche shall reste of the sayde time you shall finde the sayde houses by your table in the fashion and maner as hath bene sayde before of the time after none And if you do not precisely finde the sayde time you shal then take the most nerest or elles if ye will be so curious that you will haue the extreme certaintie you shall take the houses whiche are right with the time that is nexte lesser then yours and then with the minutes whiche do reste and the difference of euerye house you shall take the parte proportionall in minutes or in degrees and minutes by the aboue sayde table quatuor minutorum temporis as it hath ben declared and done of the time of the iuste none The whiche partes proportionals you shall adde vnto the saide houses for to haue them more precisely And for the more better vnderstanding you may examine the example whiche foloweth calculated for 8 houres in the morninge which are foure before none of the aboue sayde last day of June 1540 and for the saide latitude of 48 degrees the sunne beinge then in the 17 degree and 21 minutes of the signe of Cancer hou mi. The sixe houses orientals The time aunswering vnto the degrees of the sunne 17 15 10 11 12 1 2 3 The distannce of the time proposed vntyll none ● ● ♓ ♈ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♌ The time iustified which resteth 2● 14 g m g m g m g m g m g m The lesser time most nerest 23 12 17 0 2● 0 1● 0 14 0 5 0 23 0 The difference   2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 The parte proportionall     0 30 1 0 0 30 0 30 0 30 0 30 The sixe houses iustified     17 30 26 0 13 30 14 30 5 30 23 30 ¶ Of the sixe houses occidentals opposites or contrarye vnto the sixe goinge before VUhan you haue the sixe honses orientals aboue said by one of the thre rules or differences aforesayd you shall haue then forthwith the sixe houses occidentalles by the signes and degrees opposites for because that euerye greate circle deuideth in the sphere all other great circles into two halues or equall partes As if the .x. house beginne at the xvii degree of Pisces the fourth house whiche is his opposite and deuided by a lyke circle shall beginne at the. xvii degre of Uirgo whiche is opposite vnto the saide signe of Pisces and so it is to be vnderstand of all others by meanes wher● of no man doth describe in the tables any other but the sixe houses orientalles For it suffiseth to take the partes opposites for the sixe houses occidentalles as we haue saide here aboue The houses and signes opposites be heare noted to thende you may haue the more easye vnderstanding vse of y ● thinges aboue said The signes septentrionalles ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ The signes meridionals oppos ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ The sixe houses orientales 10 11 12 1 2 3 Sixe houses occidētals opposi 4 5 6 7 8 9 These thinges thus declared you shal make the figure of the. xii houses at the houre proposed and you shall put at the beouer all humayne membres are such as do here folowe Triplicite cholerike Aries Are hoate and drye of the nature of the fier masculines of the daye orientalles and of the humayne members they do rule the heade Leo the backe and sydes Sagittar the thighes ▪ Triplicite sanguine gemini ▪ Are hote and moyst of the nature of the ayre masculines of the daye and occidentales and of the humayne members they do rule The shoulders armes hādes Libra the nauell lower parte of the belly Aquar the legges Triplicitie flewmatike Cancer Are colde moiste and watery femenins of the night septentrionales and of the humayne mēbers they do gouerne the breste stomack loūgs Scorpio the priuie partes Pisces the fete Triplicite melancholike ▪ Taurus Are colde and drye of the earth femenines and of the nighte me ridionals and of the humayne members they do rule the necke ▪ virgo the belly in ward parts Capricor the knees Lykewise the sayde signes haue other affections and accidentall natures seruinge to the mutation of the ayre for Aries Cancer Libra Capricornus are moueable Taurus Leo Scorpius Aquarius fyxed Gemini

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