greater fifty eight The lesser years of Jupiter are twelve the meaner years forty and the greater accordingly are forty seven The lesser years of Mars are fifteen his mean years forty and the greater years forty seven The lesser years of the Sun are nineteen his mean years forty five and his greater years eighty two The lesser years of Venus are eight her mean years forty five and her greater years eighty two Mercury's lesser years are twenty his mean years forty nine and his greater years eighty The lesser years of the Moon are fifteen her mean years thirty nine and her greater years a hundred and seven And also look if Mars or Saturn shall be in the first house the Lord of the eighth with them and if the Sun shall be in the eighth the Querent shall not live likewise if the Lord of the Ascendant shall happen to be void of course and Mars be in the eighth the Querent shall not live but if the Sun and the Moon shall be in conjunction in the seventh house Venus in the second he shall live well The accidents of the nativity are likewise to be considered If you find Saturn or Mercury in the first he is foolish and talkative if it be Mars and Mercury he will not be servile but a wrangler and scoffer if the Sun and Mercury he will be a speaker of truth and if the Sun be in Aires he will apply himself to learn whatsoever he shall hear if Venus be in the seventh he will be luxurious and if Saturn Mercury and Venus be in their fall he will be a Sodomite if the Sun Venus be in the tenth the Moon in the first he will be very liberal if Venus Mercury the Dragons Head be in the first he will be covetous if the Moon and Mars be in the first he will be subject to great bondage and if Mars be Lord of the nativity he will be rich and an evil speaker and litigious and if the Sun be in the first he will be envious having a fair body not very lean nor very fat and if Venus be in the first he will be white and fair if Mercury be in the first he will not be staple but always in motion but if the Moon be found there it denotes him to have a graceful face breast and arms if Saturn be there the man will be black and filthy if Jupiter he will have a round face a fair forehead a ruddy complexion mixt with a little white If you would know his office or art if the Moon be in the seventh with Saturn or in the fourth or in the tenth or in the first it is not good for him to build any house in a City nor to build a ship neither is it good for him to be a tiller of land or to dress vines or plant trees but to be imployed about some office belonging to the water or concerning marriages or to be a Post or a Messenger neither let him apply himself much to his Master because he shall gain no repute from him if the Moon be in the fifth or third it will be good to him in the second eighth sixth and twelfth neither good nor evil Jupiter signifies Bishops Prelates Nobles Potentates Judges Wise men Merchants and Userers Mars signifies Warriors Incendiaries Homicides Physicians Barbers Hangmen Goldsmiths Cooks furnaces and all fire-works And if Mars be in the strong signs he will be poor and die in captivity unless he put himself in arms with some Soldier or vassal The Sun signifies Emperors Kings Princes Nobles Lords and Judges Venus signifies Queens and Ladies Marriages Communications Friendship Apothecaries Taylors and such as make Ornaments for plays sellers of Cloth Jesters Vintners Players at dice Whores and Roâ—beâ—s Mercury signifies Clerks Philosophers Astrologers Geometricianâ— Arithmeticians Latin writers and Painters and all subtil Artist as well men as women and their Arts. Concerning the intentions of the Querent look unto the sign ascending and his Lord where you find the Lord of the Ascendant he comes to inquire about something pertaining to that house and if the Sun be Lord of the Ascendant his Question is concerning fear which he is in of some man if Venus he enquireth of arts that he may know some proper Arts or he enquireth concerning things belonging to women If Mercury be Lord of the Ascendant he seeketh after some thing thâ—t is lost or enquireth concerning some infirmity If the Moon he seeketh also for something lost or enquireth about sickness or some disease in his eyes If Saturn be Lord of the Ascendant he enquireth about some sickness or concerning a Prince and keepeth silence but hath some great grief or anguish in his heart If Jupiter be Lord of the Ascendant his Question is concerning some infirmity or restitution or for some office which he desireth to have If Mars he enquireth for some fear or of an enemy death sickness riches or substance Questions of the second house IF you would be informed concerning the substance of any man whether he shall be rich or not behold the Lord of the second which if he shall be with a good Planet a good Planet likewise in the second he shall be rich but if the Lord of the second be joined with evil Planets and an evil Planet shall be in the second he shall be poor If you would know whether you shall have again a thing lent or not look if there be an evil Planet in the second and disagreeing with his Lord then he that detaineth the thing lent will not willingly render back the same But if there be a good Planet in the second and agreeing with his Lord it shall easily be recovered and if the Lord of the second be exalted and be evil or if an evil Planet be with him in the second or if the Lord of the second be exalted he which keepeth the thing deposited will not willingly restore the same but he shall do it whether he will or not And if an evil Planet be in the second it 's to be recovered but if Mercury be in the second so that he be his Lord and bringeth contrarity then it shall be recovered and if a good Planet be in the second house he signifies recovery although he be the Lord thereof Mark therefore the concord and discord of the Planets the Moon and Jupiter are friends the Moon and Mars enemies Mercury and the Sun are friends Mercury and Venus enemies Venus and Jupiter are friends Jupiter and the Moon are enemies The Planets are said to be friends when they agree in one nature and quallity as Mars and the Sun because both their natures is hot and dry Venus and the Moon do agree in cold moisture or when Planets do agree in substance and nature as Jupiter and Venus are friends or when the house of one is the exaltation of another or on the contrary Questions of the third House IF that you
and fifth and the sixth out of the tenth and second of the seventh and eleventh the thiâ—d and of the fourth and eighth the twelfth And now you have the whole figure of true judgment constituted according to true eâ—â—icacious reasons whereby I shall shew how you shall complete it the figure which shall be in the first house shall give you the sign ascending which the first figure sheweth which being done you shall attribute their signs to the rest of their houses according to the order of the signs then â—n every house you shall note the planets accordâ—ng to the nature of the figure then from all these you shall build your judâ—ment according to the â—ignification of the planets in the signs and houses wherein they shall be found and according to â—heir aspects among themselves and to the place oâ— the querent and thing quesited and you shall judge according to the nature of the signs ascendâ—â—g in their houses anâ— according to the nature â—nd properties of the figureâ— which they have placed in to the several houses and according to commisture of other figures aspecting them the index of the figure which the Geomancers for the most part have made how it is found in the former figure But here we shall give you the secret of the art of finding out the Index in the subsequent figure which is thus that you number all the points which are contained in the lines of the projections and this you shall divide by twelve and that which remaineth project from the ascendent by the several houses and upon which house there falleth a final unity that figure giveth you a competent judgment of the thing quesited and this together with the significations of the judgments aforesaid But if on either part they shall be equal or ambiguous then the index alone shall certifie you of the thing quesited The example of this Figure is here placed There remains out of the division of the projections 6 points wherefore Jupiter in the sixth house sheweth the index It remaineth now that we declare of what thing and to what house a question doth appertain Then what every Figure doth shew or signify â—oncerning all questions in every house First therefore we shall handle the significations of the houses which are these The first house sheweth the person of the querent as often as a question shall be proposed concerning himself of his own matters or any thing appertaining to him And this house declareth the judgment of the life form state condition habit disposition form and figure and of the colour of men The second house containeth the judgment of substance riches poverty gain and loss good fortune and evil fortune and of accidents in substance as theft loss or negligence The third house signifieth brethren sisters and collaterals in blood it judgeth of small journeys and fidelities of men The fourth house signifies father and grandfathers patrimony and inheritance possessions buildings fields treasure and things hidden It giveth also the description of those who want any thing by theft losing or negligence The fifth house giveth judgment of legates messengers rumours news of honour and of accidents after death and of questions that may be propounded concerning women with child or creatures pregnant The sixth house giveth judgment of infirmities and medicines of familiars and servants of cattle and domestic animals the seventh house signifieth wedlock whoredom and fornication rendereth judgment of friends strifes and controversies rendereth judgment of Judges The eighth hath signification of death and of those things which come by death of legates and hereditaments of the dowry or portion of a wife The ninth house sheweth journeys faith and constancy dreams divine sciences and religion The tenth house hath signification of honours and of magisterial offices The eleventh house signifies friends and the substance of Princes The twelfth house signifies enâ—miâ—s servants imprisonment and misfortune and wâ—â—tsoever evil can happen besides death anâ— sickness the judgments whereof are to be required in the sixth house and in the eighth It rests now that we shew you what every figure before spoken of signifieth in these places which we shall now unfold Fortuna major being found in the first house giveth long life and freeth from the molestation of diseases it demonstrateth a man to be noble magnanimous of good manners mean of stature complexion ruddy hair curling and his superior members greater than his inferior In the second house he signifies manifest riches and manifest gain good fortune and the gaining of any thing lost or mislaid the taking of a thief and recovery of things stolen In the third house he signifieth brethren and kinsmen nobles and persons of good conversation journeys to be prosperous and gainful with honour it demonstrateth men to be faithful and their friendship to be unfeigned In the fourth house he represents a father to be noble and of good reputation and known by many people he enlargeth possessions in cities increaseth patrimonies and discovereth hidden treasures In this place he likewise signifies theft and recovers every thing lost In the fifth house he giveth by children and causeth them to attain to great honours Embassages he rendereth prosperous but they are purchased with pains and prayers he noteth rumours to be true he bestoweth public honours and causeth a man to be very famous after death foresheweth a woman with child â—o bring forth a man child In the sixth house he freeth from diseases sheweth those that have infirmities shall in a short time recover signifieth a physician to be faithful and honest to administer good Physic of which there ought to be had no suspicion household servants and ministers to be faithful and of animals he chiefly signifies horses In the seventh house he giveth a wife rich honest and of good manners loving and pleasant he overcomâ—th strifes and contentions But if the question be concerning them he signifieth the adversaries to be very potent and great favourites In the eighth house if a question be proposed of the death of any one it signifies he shall live the kind of death he sheweth to be good and natural an honest burial and honourable funerals he foresheweth a wife to have a rich dowry legacies and inheritances In the ninth house he signifieth journeys to be prosperous and by land on horseback rather thâ—n on foot to be long and not soon accomplished he sheweth the return of those that are absent signifies men to be of good faith and constant in their intentions and religious and that never change or alter their faith Dreams he presageth to be true signifieth true and perfect sciences In the tenth House he foresheweth great honours bestoweth public Offices Majestracy and Judgments and honours in the courts of Princes signifieth Judges to be just and not corrupted with gifts bringeth a Cause to be easily and soon expedited sheweth Kings to be potent fortunate and victorious denoteth victory to be certain signifieth a mother to
be noble and of long life In the eleventh house he signifieth true friends and profitable a Prince rich and liberal maketh a man fortunate and beloved of his Prince In the twelfth house if a question be proposed of the quality of enemies it demonstrateth them to be potent and noble and hardly to be resisted But if a question shall be concerning any other condition or respect of the enemies he will deliver from their treacheries It signifies faithful servants reduceth fugitives hath signification of animals as horses lions and bulls freeth from imprisonments and eminent dangers he either mitigateth or taketh away Fortuna minor in the first house giveth long life but incumbred with divers molestations and sicknesses it signifieth a person of short stature a lean body having a mold or mark in his forehead or right eye In the second house he signifies substance and that to be consumed with too much prodigality hideth a thief and a thing stolen is scarsely to be recovered but great labour In the third house he causeth dicord amongst brethren and kinsfolk threateneth danger to be in a journey but escapeth it rendereth men to be of good faith but of close and hidden minds In the fourth house he prejudiceth patrimonies and inheritances concealeth treasures and things lost cannot be regained but with great difficulty he signifieth a father to be honest but a spender of his estate through prodigality leaving small portions to his children Fortuna minor in the fifth house giveth few children a woman with child he signifies shall have a woman-child signifies Embassages to be honourable but little profitable raiseth to mean honours giveth a good fame after death but not much divulged nor of lasting memory In the sixth house he signifies diseases both sanguine and cholerick sheweth the sick person to be in great danger but shall recover signifies faithful servants but slothful and unprofitable and the same of other animals In the seventh house he giveth a wife of a good progeny descended but you shall be incumbred with many troubles with her causeth love to be anxious and unconstant prolongeth contentions and maketh ones adversaries to circumvent him with many cavillations but in process of time he giveth victory In the eighth house he sheweth the kind of death to be good and honest but obscure or in a strange place or pilgrimage discovereth Legacies and possessions but to be obtained with suit and difficulty denoteth Funerals and buryings to be obscure the portion of a wife to be hardy gotten but easily spent In the ninth house he maketh journeys to be dangerous and a party absent slowly to return causeth men to be occupied in offices of religion sheweth sciences to be unaccomplished but keepeth constancy in faith and religion In the tenth house he signifieth Kings and princes to be potent but to gain their power with war and violence banished men he sheweth shall soon return it likewise discovereth honours great Offices and benefits but for which you shall continually labour and strive and wherein you shall have no staple continuance A Judge shall not favour you Suits and contentions he prolongeth A father and mother he sheweth shall soon die and always to be affected with many diseases In the eleventh house he maketh many friends but such as are poor and unprofitable and not able to relieve thy necessities it ingratiates you with Princes and giveth great hopes but small gains neither long to continue in any benefice or offices bestowed by a Prince In the twelfth house he sheweth enemies to be crafty subtil and fraudulent and studying to circumvent you with many secret factions signifies one in prison to be long detained but at length to be delivered Animals he sheweth to be unfruitful and servants unprofitable and the changes of fortune to be frequent from good to evil and from bad to good Via in the first house bestoweth a long and prosperous life giveth signification of a stranger lean of body and tall of stature fair of complexion having a small beard a person liberal and pleasant but slow and little addicted to labour In the second house he increaseth substance riches recovereth any thing that is stolen or lost but signifies the thief to be departed without the City in the third house he multiplies brethren and kinsfolks signifies continual journeys and prosperous men that are publicly known honest and of good conversation Via in the fourth house signifies the father to be honest increaseth the patrimony and Inheritance produceth wealthy fields sheweth treasure to be in the place inquired after recovereth any thing lost In the fifth house he increaseth the company of male Children sheweth a woman with child to bring forth a male child sendeth Embassages to strange and remote parts increaseth public honours signifieth an honest kind of death and to be known through many Provinces Via in the sixth house preserveth from sickness signifies the diseased soon to recover giveth profitable servants and animals fruitful and profitable In the seventh house he bestoweth a wife fair and pleasant with whom you shall enjoy perpetual felicity causeth strifes and controversies most speedily to be determined adversaries to be easily overcome and that shall willingly submit their controversies to the arbitration of good men In the eighth house he sheweth the kind of death to proceed from Phlegmatick diseases to be honest and of good report discovereth great Legacies and rich inheritances to be obtained by the dead and if any one hath been reported to be dead it sheweth him to be alive Via in the ninth house causeth long journeys by water especially by sea and portendeth very great gains to be acquired thereby he denoteth Priesthoods and profits from Ecclesiastical employments maketh men of good religion upright and constant faith sheweth dreams to be true whose signification shall suddenly appear increaseth Philosophical and Grammatical sciences and those things which appertain to the instruction and bringing up of children In the tenth house if Via be found he maketh Kings and Princes happy and fortunate and such as shall maintain continual peace with their Allies and that they shall require amity and friendship amongst many Princes by their several Embassages promoteth public honours offices and Magistracy amongst the vulgar and common people or about things pertaining to the water journeys or about gathering Taxes and Assessments sheweth Judges to be just and merciful and that shall quickly dispatch Causes depending before them and denotes a mother to of good repute healthy and of a long life In the eleventh house he raiseth many wealthy friends and acquireth faithful friends in foreign Provinces and Countries and that shall willingly relieve him that requires them with all help and diligence It ingratiates persons with profit and trust amongst Princes employing him in such offices as he shall be incumbred with continual travels Via in the twelfth house causeth many enemies but such as of whom little hurt or danger is to be feared signifies
servants animals to be profitable whosoever is in prison to be escaped or speedily to be delivered from thence and preserveth a man from the evil accidents of fortune Populus being found in the first house if a Question be propounded concerning that house sheweth a mean life of a middle age but inconstant with divers sicknesses and various successes of fortune signifies a man of a middle stature a gross body well set in his members perhaps some mold or mark about his left eye But if a Question shall be proposed concerning the figure of a man and to this figure if there be joined any of the figures of Saturn or Rubeus it sheweth the man to be monstrously deformed and that deformity he signifies to proceed from his birth but if in the fifth house if he be encompassed with malevolent Aspects then that monstrousness is to come In the second house Populus sheweth a mean substance and that to be gotten with great difficulty maketh a man also always sensible of laborious toil things stolen are never regained what is lost shall never be wholly recovered that which is hidden shall not be found But if the question be of a thief it declareth him not yet to be fled away but to lie lurking within the City In the third house Populus raiseth few friends either of brethren or kindred foresheweth journeys but with labour and trouble notwithstanding some profit may accrue by them denotes a man unstable in his faith and causeth a man often to be deceived by his companions In the fourth house it signifies a father to be sickly and of a laborious life and his earthly possessions and inheritane to be taken away sheweth profit to be gained by water sheweth treasure not to be hid or if there be any hidden that it shall not be found a patrimony to be preserved with great labour In the Fifth house he sheweth no honest messages but either maketh the messengers to be porters or public carriers he devulgeth false rumours which notwithstanding have the likeness of some truth and seem to have their original from truth which is not reported as it is done it signifies a woman to be barren and causeth such as are great with child to be abortives appointeth an inglorious funeral and an ill report after death In the sixth house Populus sheweth cold sicknesses and chiefly affecting the lower parts of the body a Physician is declared to be careless and negligent in administering physic to the sick signifies those that are affected with sickness to be in danger of death and scarcely to recover at all it notes the deceitfulness of servants and detriment of cattle In the seventh house it sheweth a wife to be fair and pleasant but one that shall be solicited with the love of many wooers signifies her loves to be feigned and dissembling maketh weak and impotent adversaries soon to desert prosecuting In the eight house it denotes sudden deâ—th without any long sickness or anguish and oftentimes sheweth death by the water giveth no inheritance possession or legacies from the dead and if any be they shall be lost by some intervening contentions or other discord he signifieth the dowry of a wife to be little or none Populus in the ninth house sheweth false dreams personates a man of rude wit without any learning or science in religion he signifies inferior offices such as serve to cleanse the Church or ring the bells and he signifies a man little curious or studious in religion neither one that is troubled with much conscience In the tenth house he signifies such Kings and Princes as for the most part are expulsed out of their rule and dominions or either suffer continual trouble and detriment about them he signifies offices and magistracy which appertain to matters concerning the waters as about the navy bridges fishings shores meadows and things of the like sort maketh Judges to be variable and slow in expediting causes before them declareth a Mother to be sickly and of a short life In the eleventh house he giveth few friends and may flatterers and with Princes giveth neither favour nor fortune In the twelfth house he sheweth weak and ignoble enemies declareth one in prison not to be delivered discovereth dangers in waters and watry places Acquisitio found in the first house giveth a long life and prosperous old age signifieth a man of a middle stature and a great head a countenance very well to be distinguished or known a long nose muâ—h beard hair curling and fair eyes free of his meat and drink but in all things else spâ—ring and not liberal In the second house he signifies very great riches apprehending all theâ—ves and causeth whatsoever is lost to be reâ—overed In the third house many brethren and they to be wealthy many gainful journeys signiâ—â—es a man of good faith In the fourth is signified a patrimony of much riches many posâ—essions of copious fruits he signiâ—ieth that treasure hid in any place shall be found and sheweth a fâ—ther to be very rich but covetous In the Fiâ—th house Acquisitio signifies many children of both sexes but more males than females sheweth a woman to be with child and that she shall be delivered without dangerâ— and if a question be propounded concerning anâ— sex he signiâ—â—es it to be masculine encreaseth gainful profitable embassages and messages but extendeth fame not far after death yet causeth a man to be inherited of his own and signifieth rumours to be true In the sixth house he signifies many and grievous sicknesses and long to continue maketh the sick to be in danger of death and often to die yet he declareth a Physician to be learned and honest giveth many servants and cattle and gains to be acquired from them In the seventh house he signifies a wife to be rich but either a widow or a woman of a well grown age signifies suits and contentions to be great and durable and that love and wedlock shall be effected by lot In the eight house if a man be inquired after it sheweth him to be dead signifieth the kind of death to be short and sickness to last but a few days discovereth very profitable legacies and inheritances and signifies a wife to have a rich dowry In the ninth house he signifieth long and profitable journeys sheweth if any one be absent he shall soon return causeth gain to be obtained from Religious and Ecclesiastical persons or scholars and signifies a man of a true and perfect sciencs In the tenth house he maketh Princes to enlarge their dominions a Judge favourable but one that must be continually presented with gifts causeth office and magistracy to be very gainful signifieth a mother rich and happy In the eleventh house Acquisitio multiplieth friends and bringeth profit from them and increaseth favour with Princes In the twelfth house he signifieth a man shall have many powerful or potent enemies reduceth and bringeth home servants fled away and cattle strayed and
signifies he that is in prison shall not be delivered Laetitia in the first house signifies long life with prosperity and much joy and gladness and causeth a man to out-live and be more victorious than all his brethren signifies a man of a tall stature fair members a broad forehead having great and broad teeth and that hath a face comely and well coloured In the second house it signifieth riches and many gains but great expence and various mutations of ones state and condition theft and any thing lost is recovered and returned but if the question be concerning a thief it declareth him to be fled awaâ— In the third house Laetitia sheweth brethren to be of a good conversation but of a short life journeys pleasant and comfortable men of good credit and faith In the fourth he signifies happy patrimonies and possessions a father to be noble and honoured with the dignity of some princely office sheweth treasure to be in the place inquired after but of less worth and value than is suposed and causeth it to be found In the Fifth house he giveth obedient children endued with good manners and in whom shall be had the greatest joy and comfort of old age signifies a woman with child to bring forth a daughter sheweth honourable embassages and declares rumouâ—s and news to be altogether true and leaveâ—h â—â—od and ample fame after death In the sixâ—â— houâ—â— iâ— shâ—weth it sheweth the sick shall recover denoteth good servants good and profitable câ—ttle and animals In the seventh house Laetitia giveth a wise fair beautiful and young ovâ—rcometh strifes and contentions and rendereth the sucâ—ess thereof to be love Laetitia in the eighth house giveth legacies and possessions and a commendable portion with a wife if a question be proposed concâ—rniâ—g the condition of any man it â—ignifâ—es him to be alive and declares an honest quiet and meâ—k kind of death In the nâ—nth house Lâ—etitia signifies few journeys and those â—hat do apply themselves to travel their journeys â—ithâ—r are about the messâ—ges and 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 or pilâ—rimages to fulfil holy 〈…〉 of a good religion of 〈…〉 who â—â—sily apprehendeth all 〈…〉 gâ—nuity In the teâ—th 〈…〉 princes to honour 〈…〉 famous by 〈…〉 times signifies 〈…〉 offices and 〈…〉 thâ—ngâ— which are exerâ—iâ—ed 〈…〉 affairs schools or the 〈…〉 sheweth a mothâ—r 〈…〉 shall be married agâ—in 〈…〉 increaseth 〈…〉 friends And in the twelfth house Laetitia giveth the victory over enemies causeth good servants and families delivereth from imprisonment and preserveth from future evils Puella in the first house signifies a person of a short life weak constitution of body middle stature little fâ—t but fair effeminate luxurious and one who will incur mâ—ny troubles and dangers in his life time for the love of women In the second house it neither increaseth riches nor diminisheth poverty signifies a thief not to be departed from the city and a thing stolen to be alienâ—ted and made away if a question be of treasâ—re in a place it is resolved there is none In the third house Puella signifiâ—s more sisters than brâ—thren and increâ—seth and continueth good friâ—ndship and amity amoâ—gst them denoteth journâ—ys to be pleâ—sâ—nt and joyous and men of good convâ—rsations In the fourth house Puâ—lla signifâ—â—s a very â—mall pâ—trimony and a fathâ—r not 〈…〉 but maketh the Fields fertile with gâ—od 〈…〉 Fifth house a woman with châ—ld to brinâ— fâ—rth â— woman-child denotes no 〈…〉 much commerce with womâ—n and 〈…〉 be obtained from them Puella in the â—irth house signifies much weakness of the sicâ— but cauâ—eth the sick shortly to recâ—ver and sheweth a Physician to be both unlearned and unsâ—ilful but one who is much esteemed of in the opinion of the vulgâ—r people giveth good servants handmaids cattle and animals In the seventh house Puella giveth a wife fair beautiful and pleasant leading a peaceable conversation with her husband notwithstanding one that shall burn much with lust and be coveted and lusted after of many men denoteth no suits or controversies which shall depend before a Judge but some jars and wranglinâ—s with the common people one amongst another which shall be easily dissolved and ended In the eighth house if a question be of one reputed to be dead Puella declareth him to be alive giveth a small portion with a wife but that which contenteth her husband In the ninth house Puella signifies very few journeys sheweth a man of good religion indifferent skill and knowledge in sciences unless happily music as well vocal as instrumental In the tenth house Puella signifies princes not to be very potent but notwithstanding they shall govern peaceably within their dominions and shall be beloved of their neighbours and subjects it causeth them to be affable mild and courteous and that they shall always exercise themselves with continual mirth plays and huntings maketâ— judges to be good godly and merciful giveth offices about women or especially from noble women In the eleventh house Puella â—iveth many friends and increaseth favour with women In the twelfth house Puella signifies few enemies but contention with women and delivereth prisoners out of prison through the intercession of friends Amissio in the first house signifies the sick not to live long and sheweth a short life signifies a man of disproportioned members of his body and one of a wicked life and conversation and who is marked with some notorious and remarkable defect in some part of his body as either lame or maimed or the like Amissio in the second house consumeth all substance and maketh one to suffer and under go the burden of miserable poverty neither thief nor the thing stolen shall be found signifies treasure not to be in the place sought after and to be sought after with loss and damage In the third house Amissio signifies death of brethren or the want of them and of kindred and friends siâ—nifieth no journeys and causeth one to be deceived of many In the fourth house Amissio signifies the utter destruction of ones patrimony sheweth the father to be poor and son to die Amissio in the Fifth house sheweth death of children and afflicts a man with divers sorrows signifieth a woman not to be with child or else to have miscarried raising no fame or honours and disperseth false rumours In the Sixth house Amissio signifies the sick to be recovered or that he shall soon recover but causeth loss damage by servants and cattle In the seventh house Amissio giveth an adulterous wife contradicting her husband with continual contention nevertheless she shall not live long and it causeth contentions to be endâ—d In the eighth house Amissio signifiâ—s a man to be dâ—ad consumeth the dowry of a wife beâ—tâ—weth or sendeâ—h no inheritances or legaciâ—s In the ninâ—h house Amissio causeth no journâ—yâ— but suâ—h as shall be compassed with great loss signifies men to be inconstant in religion and oftâ—n changing their opinion from one sect to another and altogether
ignorant of learning In the tenth house Amissio râ—nderâ—th Princes to be most unfortunate and sheweth that they shall be compelled to end their lives in exile and banishment judges to be wicked and signifies offices and magistracy to be dâ—mâ—geable and sheweth the death of a mother In the eleventh house Amissio signifies few friends and causeth them to be easily lost and turneth to become enemies causâ—th a mâ—n to have no favour with hiâ— prince unlesâ— it be hurtful to him In the tweâ—â—â—h house Amissio dâ—â—troyeth all enemies detaineth long in prison but preserveth from danger Conjunctio in the First house maketh a prosperous â—ife and signifies a man of a middle stature not lean nor fat long face plain hair a little heard long Fingers ang thighs liberal amiable and a friend to many people In the second house Conjunctio doth not signify any riches to be gotten but preserveth a man secure and free from the calamities of poverty detecteth both the thief and the thing stolen and acquireth hidden treasure In the third house he giveth various journeys with various success and signifies good faith and constancy In the fourth house Conjunctio sheweth a mean patrimony causeth a father to be honest of good report and of good underâ—tanding In the Fifth house he giveth children of subtil ingenuity and wit sheweth a woman pregnâ—nt to hâ—â—e a male-child and raiseth men to honours by â—heir own proper wit and ingenuity and disperseth their fame and credit far abroad and also signifies news and rumours to be true In the Sixth house Conjunctio signifies sickness to be tedious and of long continuance but foresheweth the physician to be learned and well experienced and sheweth servants to be faithful and blameless and animals profitable In the seventh house he giveth a wife very obedient conformable and dutiful to her husband and one of a good wit and ingenuity causeth difficult suits and controversies and crafty subtil and maliâ—ious adversaries In the eighth house him of whom a question is propounded Conjunctio signifies him to be dead and pretendeth some gain to be acquired by his death sheweth a wife shall not be very rich In the ninth house he giveth a few journeys but long and tedious and sheweth one that is absent shall after a long season return Conjunctio in this house increaseth divers arts sciences and mysteries of religion and giveth a quick perspicuous and efficacious wit In the tenth house Conjunctio maketh princes liberal affable and benevolent and who are much delighted and affected with divers sciences and secret arts and with men learned therein causeth Judges to be just and such who with a piercing subtil speculation do easily discern causes in controversy before them enlargeth offices which are concerned about letters learning sound doctrines sciences and signiâ—â—es a mother to be honest of good ingenuity and wise aâ—d also one of a prosperous life In the eleventh house Conjunctio signifies great increase of friends and very much procureth the grace and savour of princes powerful and noble men In the twelfth house Conjunctio signifies wary and quick-witted enemies causeth such as are in prison to remain and continue so very long and causeth a man to eschew very many dangers in his life Albus in the First house signifies a life vexed with continual sickness and grievous diseases signifies a man of a short stature broad breast and gross arms having curled or crisped hair one of broad full mouth a great talker and babler given much to use vain and unprofitable discourse but one that is merry joyous and jocund and much pleasing to men In the second house Albus enlargeth and augmenteth substance gained by sports plays vile and base arts and exercises but such as are pleasing and delightful as by plays pastimes dancings and lauâ—hters he discovereth both the thief and the theft or thing stolen and hideth and concealeth treasure In the third house albus signifies very few brethren giveth not many but tedious and warisome journeys and signifies all deceivers In the fourth house he sheweth very small or no patrimony and the father to be a man much known but declareth him to be a man of some base and inferior office and employment In the Fifth house albus giveth no children or if any that they shall soon die declareth a woman to be servile and causeth such as are with young to miscarry or else to bring forth monsters denoteth all rumours to be false and raiseth to no honour In the Sixth house albus causeth very tedious sichnesses and diseases discovereth the fraud deceit and wickedness of servants and signifies diseases and infirmities of cattle to be mortal and maketh the physician to be suspected of the sick patient Albus in the seventh house giveth a barren wife but one that is fair and beautiful few suits or controversies but such as shall be of very long continuance In the eighth house if a question be propounded of any one albus shews the party to be dead giveth little portion or dowry with a wife and causeth that to be much strived and contended for In the ninth house albus denoteth some journeys to be accomplished but with mean profit hindereth him that is absent and signifies he shall not return and declareth a man to be superstitious in religion and given to false deceitful sciences In the tenth house albus causeth princes and judges to be malevolent sheweth vile and base offices and magistracies signifies a mother to be a whore or one much suspected for adultery In the eleventh house albus maketh dissembling and false fâ—iends causeth love and favour to be inconsâ—â—â—t Albus in the twelfth house denoteth vile impotent and rustical enemies sheweth such as are in prison shall not escape and signiâ—â—es a great many and various troubles and discommodities of ones life Puer in the First house giveth an indifferent long life but laborious raiseth men to great fame through military dignity signifies a person of a strong body ruddy complexion fair countenance and black hair In the second house puer increaseth substance obtained by other mens goods by plunderings rapines confiscations military laws and such like he concealeth both the thief and thing stolen but discovereth no treasure In the third house puer raiseth a man to honour above his brethren and to be feared of them signifies journeys to be dangerous and denoteth persons of good credit In the fourth house puer signifies dubious inheritances and possessions signifies a father to attain to his substance and estate through violence In the Fifth house puer sheweth good children and such as shall obtain to honours and dignities he signifies a woman to have a male-child and sheweth honours to be acquired through military discipline and great and full fame In the Sixth house puer causeth violent diseases and infirmities as wounds falls contusions bruises but easily delivering the Sick and sheweth the physician Surgeon to be good denoteth servants and animals to
be good strong and profitable In the seventh house puer causeth a wise to be a virago of a stout spirit of good fidelity and one that loveth to bear the rule and government of a house maketh cruel strifs and contentions and such adversaries as shall scarcely be restrained by Justice Puer in the eighth house sheweth him that is supposed to be dead to live signifieth the kind of death not to be pâ—inful or laborious but to proceed from some hot humour or by iron or by the sword or some other cause of the like kind sheweth a man to have no legacies or other inheritance In the ninth house puer sheweth journeys not to be undergone without peril and danger of life yet nevertheless declareth them to be accomplished prosperously and safely sheweth persons of little reliâ—ion and using little conscience notwithstanding giveth the knowledge of natural philosophy and physic and many other liberal and excellent arts Puer in the tenth house signifies princes to be powerful glorious and famous in warlike atchievments but they shall be unconstant and changeable by reason of the mutable and various success of victory Puer in this house causeth judges to be cruel and unmerciful increaseth offices in warlike affairs signifies magistracy to be exercised by Fire and sword hurteth a mother and endangereth her life In the eleventh house puer sheweth noble friends and noble men and such as shall much frequent the courts of princes and follow after warfare and causeth many to adhere to cruel men nevertheless he causeth much esteem with princes but their favour is to be suspected puer in the twelfth house causeth enemies to be cruel and pernicious those that are in prison shall escape and maketh them to eschew many dangers Rubeus in the First house signifies a short life and an evil end signifies a man to be filthy unprofitable and of an evil cruel and malicious countenance having some remarkable and notable sign or scar in some part of his body In the second house Rubeus signifies poverty and maketh thieves and robbers and such persons as shall acquire and seek after their maintenance and livelihoods by using false wicked and evil and unlawful arts preserveth thieves and concealeth theft and signifies no treasure to be hid nor found In the third house Rubeus renders brethren and kinsmen to be full of hatred and odious one to another and sheweth them to be of evil manners and ill dispositon causeth journeys to be very dangerous and foresheweth false faith and treachery In the fourth house he destroyeth and consumeth partimonies and disperseth and wasteth inheritances causeth them to come to nothing destroyeth the fruits of the Field by tempestuous seasons and malignancy of the earth and bringeth the father to a sudden death Rubeus in the Fifth house giveth many children but either they shall be wicked and disobedient or else shall afflict their Parents with grief disgrace and infamy In the Sixth house Rubeus causeth mortal wounds Sicknesses and diseases him that is sick shall die the physician shall err servâ—nts shall be false and treacherous cattle and beasts shall procure hurt and danger In the seventh house Rubeus signifies a wife to be infamous publicly adulterate and contentious deceitful and treacherous adversaries who shall endeavour to over come you by crafty and subtil wiles and circumventions of the law In the eighth house Rubeus signifies a violent death to be inflicted by the execution of public justice and signifies if any one be inquired after he is certainly dead and a wife to have no portion or dowry Rubeus in the ninth house sheweth journeys to be evil and dangerous and that a man shall be in danger either to be spoiled by thieves and robbers or to be taken by plunderers and robbers declareth men to be of most wicked opinions in religion and of evil faith and such as will often eâ—silâ— be induced to deny and go from their faith for every small occasion denoteth sciences to be false and deceitful and the professors thereof to be ignorant In the tenth house Rubeus siâ—nifies princes to be cruel and tyrannical and that their power shall come to an evil end as that either they shall be cruelly murdered and destroyed by their own subjects or that they shall be taken captive by their Conquerors and put to an iâ—nominious and cruel death or shall miserably end their lives in hard imprisonmâ—nt signifies Judges and officers to be false thieves and such as shall be adicted to usury sheweth that a mother shall soon die and denoteth her to be blemished with an ill report In the eleventâ— house Rubeus giveth no true nor any faithful friends sheweth men to be of wiâ—kâ—d lives and conversation and causâ—th a maâ— to be rejected and cast out of all society and conâ—â—rsation with good and noble persons Rubâ—us iâ— the twelfth house maketh enemies to be â—â—â—â—l and traiterous of whom we are circumspâ—ctly â—o beware signifies such as are in prison shâ—lâ—â—ome to an evil end and sheweth a great many inconâ—â—niences and mischiefs to happen in a mans life Carcer in the â—irst house being posited giveth a short life signifâ—es men mostly to be wicked of a filthy and cruel unclean figure and shape and such as are hâ—ted and despised of all men Carcer in the second house causeth most cruel and miserable poverty signifies both the thief thing stolen to be taken regained sheweth no treasure to be hid In the third house Carcer signifies hatred and dissention amongst brethren evil journeys most wicked faith and conversation Carcer in the fourth house signifieth a man to have no possessions or inheritances a father to be most wicked and to die a sudden and evil death In the fifth house Carcer giveth many children sheweth a woman not to be with child and provoketh those that are with child to miscarry of their own consent or slayeth the child signifieth no honours and disperseth most false rumours In the sixth house Carcer causeth the diseased to undergo long sickness servants to be wicked rather unprofitable physicians ignorant In the seventh house Carcer sheweth the wife shall be hated of her husband and signifies suits and contentions to be ill ended and determined In the eighth house Carcer declareth the kind of death to be by some fall mischance or false accusation or that men shall be condemned in prison or in public judgment and sheweth them to be put to death or that they shall often lay violent and deadly hands upon themselves denieth a wife to have any portion or legacies Carcer in the ninth house sheweth he that is 〈◊〉 shall not return signifieth some evil shâ—lâ— happen to him in his journey it denoâ—â—s pâ—râ—onâ—â—f no Religion a wicked conscience and ignorant of learning In the tenth house Carcer causeth Princes to be very wicked and wretchedly to perish because when they are established in their power they will wholly adict themselves to every voluptuous lust
pleasure and tyranny causeth Judges to be unjust and false declareth the mother to be cruel and infamous and noted with the badge of adultery giveth no Offices nor Magistracies but such as are gotten and obtained either by lying or through theft and base and cruel robbery In the eleventh house Carcer causeth no friends nor love nor favour amongst men In the twelfth house it raiseth enemies detaineth in prison and inflicteth many evils Tristitia in the first house doth not abbreviate life but afflicteth it with many molestations signifieth a person of good manners and carriage but one that is solitary and slow in all his business occasions one that is solitary melancholly seldom laughing but most coveteous after all things In the second house it giveth much substance and riches but they that have them shall not enjoy them but shall rather hide them and shall scarce afford to themselves food or sustenance therefrom treasure shall not be found neither shall the thief nor the theft Tristitia in the third house signifieth a man to have few brethren but sheweth that he shall out live them all causeth unhappy journeys but giveth good faith In the fourth house Tristitia consumeth and destroyeth fields possessions and inheritances causeth a father to be old and of long life and a very covetous hoarder up of money In the fifth housâ— it signifies no children or that they shall soon die sheweth a woman with child to bring forth a woman child giveth no fame nor honours In the sixth house Tristitia sheweth that the sick shall die servants shall be good but slothful and signifies cattel shall be of a small price or value In the seventh house Tristitia sheweth that the wife shall soon die and declareth suits and contentions to be very hurtful and determined against you In the eighth house it signifies the kind of death to be with long and grievous sickness and much dolour and pain giveth legacies and an inheritance and indoweth a wife with a portion Tristitia in the ninth house sheweth that he that is absent shall perish in his journey or signifies that some evil mischance shall happen unto him causeth journeys to be very unfortunate but declareth men to be of good religion devout and profound Scholars In the tenth house Tristitia signifies Princes to be severe but very good lovers of Justice it causeth just Judges but such as are tedious and flow in determining of causes bringeth a mother to a good old age with integrity and honesty of life but mixt with divers discommodities misfortunes it raiseth to great offices but they shall not be long enjoyed persevered in it signifies such offices as appertain to the water or tillage and manuring of the earth or such as are to be employed about matters of Religion and wisdom In the eleventh house Trstitia signifies scarcity of friends and the death of friends and also signifies the little love or favour In the twelfth house it sheweth no enemies wretchedly condemneth the imprisoned and causeth many discommodities and disprofits to happen in ones life Caput Draconis in the first house augmenteth life and fortune In the second house he increaseth riches and substance saveth and concealeth a thief and signifies treasure to be hid In the third house Caput Draconis giveth many brethren causeth journeys kinsmen and good faith and credit In the fourth house he giveth wealthy inheritances causeth the father to attain to old age In the fifth house Caput Draconis giveth may children signifies women with child to bring forth women children and oftentimes to have twins it sheweth great honours and fame and signifies news and rumours to be true Caput Draconis in the sixth house increaseth sicknesses and diseases signifies the Physician to be learned and giveth very many servants and chattel In the seventh house he signifieth a man shall have many wives multiplies and stirreth up many adversaries and suits In the eighth house he sheweth the death to be certain increaseth legacies and inheritances and giveth a good portion with a wife In the ninth house Caput Draconis signifies many journeys many sciences and good Religion and sheweth that those that are absent shall soon return In the tenth house he signifies glorious Princes great and magnificent Judges great offices and gainful Magistracy In the eleventh house he causeth many friends and to be beloved of all men In the twelfth house Caput Draconis signifieth men to have many enemies and many women detaineth the imprisoned and evilly punisheth them Cauda Draconis in all and singular the respective houses aforesaid giveth the contrary judgment to Caput And these are the natures of the figures of Geomancy and their judgments in all and singular their houses upon all manner of questions to be propounded of or concerning any matter or thing whatsoever But now in the manner of proceeding to judgment this you are especially to observe that whensoever any question shall be proposed to you which is contained in any of the houses that you shall not only answer thereunto by the figure contained in such a house but be holding and diligently respecting all the figures and the Index it self in two houses you shall ground the face of judgment You shall therefore consider the figure of the thing quesited or enquired after if he shall multiply himself by the other places of the figure that you may cause them also to be partakers in your judgment as for example if a Question shall be propounded of the second house concerning a thief and the figure of the second house shall be found in the sixth it declareth the thief to be some of ones own houshold or servants and after this manner shall you judge and consider of the rest for this whole Art consisteth in the commixtures of the figures the natures thereof which whosoever doth rightly practice he shall always declare most true and certain judgments upon every particular thing whatsoever Book the Fourth of OCCULT PHILOSOPHY OR OF MAGICAL CEREMONIES Written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa IN our Books of Occult Philosophy we have not so compendiously as copiously declared the principles grounds and reasons of Magick itself and after what manner the experiments thereof are to be chosen elected and compounded to produce many wonderful effects but because in those books they are treated of rather Theorically than Practically and some also are not handled completely and fully and others very figuratively and as it were Enigmatically and obscure Riddles as being those we have attained to with great study diligence and very curious searching and exploration and are heretofore set forth in a more rude and unfashioned manner Therefore in this book which we have composed and made as it were a Complement and Key of our other books of Occult Philosophy and of all Magical Operations we will give unto thee the documents of holy and undefiled verity and inexpugnable and unresistable Magical discipline and the most pleasant and
spirits which were so formidable to the inhabitants that sometimes in the day-time and when they were watching they would cast them into dreams so always that the shapes and forms which they then saw were ever present in their memory Where at length a certain Philosopher named Anthenodorus happened to purchase that house and prepared and furnished the same for himself to dwell in and because all men had an evil suspicion of that house he forthwith commanded his servants to provide him a bed and tables that after he had completed and finished his study he might go to bed He therefore saith Pliny when he went in in the evening and applied himself to his study suddenly heard the locks to shake open and the chains to be moved nevertheless he did not lift up his eyes nor stirred from his book but stopped his ears with his fingers lest that furious tumult might work a vain fear upon him but the noise still approaching nearer unto him at length he looked up and saw an effiges like unto a finger beckening and calling unto him which he little regarded until it had touched him three times and the noise drew near unto the table and then he looked up and took a light beheld the spirit as it were an old man worn away with withered leaness and deformity his beard hanging down long horrible and deformed hair his legs and feet were as it were laden with chains and fetters he went towards a gate which was bolted and there left the Philosopher and vanished away Castor What fearful things thou relatest Pollux but what was the event of this sad spectacle Pollux The next day he related the whole matter to the Magistrates in order as he had seen the same admonishing them that they should dig diligently about the threshold of the door for there it was probable they might find something which might cause the house to be quiet and habitable Castor What did they find Pollux Having digged up the earth Pliny saith they found a dead carcase bound and intangled in chains and fetters his flesh being consumed with devouring time which without delay they caused to be buried according to the Christian ceremonies Castor But this being performed did the house afterwards become quiet and habitable Pollux Yes very well Castor What madness therefore possesseth them who prophane and destroy Church-yards where the sacred organs of the holy and blessed spirit do rest and do give the bones of the dead for meat to the spirit Zazelus of whom mention is made in the 3 of the Kings and we read in Pausanias amongst the histories of Delphos that he was called Eurynomus Poll. Thou shalt find that the Governors of Cities that were of the opinion and judgment of Christians did subvert destroy and prophane these holy places that herein the youth might dance their mocking interludes after the furious sound of the drum or tabor and sing Iopaeen or there the poor inferior old women did sell base trumpery or Lupines which God would have to be purged with holy prayer for the salvation of souls or breaking of bread to the hungry Castor But it is an impious and heathenish thing so to have touched the anointed of God Pollux And worse than heathenish for the heathens did highly esteem the rites and ceremonies of burials as Elpinor is witness in Homer where he yeildeth up his life and in Homer he speaketh to Ulysses I intreat thee O Ulysses to be mindful of me and not depart away hence and leave me uninterred lest that not being ritely buried I shall be made the wrath of the Gods And Achita the Philosopher in Flaccus thus speaketh to the Mariner Me quoque divexi Rapidus comes rionis Illyricis Notus obruit undis At tu Nauta vagae ne parce malignus arenae Ossibus capiti inhumato Particulam dare si quodcunque minabitur Eurus Fluctibus Hesperiis Venusinae Plectantur silvae te sospite multaque merces Unde potest tibi defluat aequo Ab Jove Neptuno sacri Custode Tarenti Negligis immeritis nocituram Post modo te natis fraudem committere fo rs Debita Jura vicesque superbae Te manent ipsum praecibus non linquar multis Teque piacula nulla resolvent Orion's rapid Comrade Notus me O'erwhelmed in th' Illyrian Sea Oh Seaman frowning not forbear to spread Upon my bones and inhum'd head A â—ittle fleeting sand what th' east doth threat Hesperian waves may only beat Vainly Venusimu's woods whilst safe and rich Thou climbst to fortunes highest pitch Jove kind and Neptune too Tarentum's power Thou slights what on the guiltless score Of thy ensuing sons may fall like Urne Like funeral and proud return May wait thee too my curses shall have force Whence no Attonements get remorse And Polinurus to Aeneas in his sixth book of Virgils Aeneids Nunc me fluctus habent versantque in littore venti Quod te per Caeli jucundum humen auras Per genitorem oro per spem surgentis Juli. Eripe me his invicte malis aut tu mihi terram Injice namque potes I 'm now i' th' waves winds toss me 'gainst the shore By heavens rejoicing light I thee implore And by the Air by old Anchyses too And by the hopes of young Julius thou Unconquer'd Hero help me but away From these sad troubles or my body lay I' th' earth for thou canst do 't Castor Have the Gentiles so greatly esteemed the ceremony of burials Pollux Yes very much for their religion did hold that the soul of a body which was uninterred was void of any intelligible essence and left to the power and command of a raging furious phansie and subject to the torment and affliction of corporal qualities so that it being an airy body sometimes the departed shadow would speak unto his remaining friends and sometimes evilly vex and torment his enemies with revenge as in the Poet Dido threathneth Aeneas saying Omnibus umbra locis adero dabis improbe penas My ghost shall every where attend thee Villian I will torment thee Suetonius as we have shewn before addeth the like concerning the dead body of C. Caligula the Emperor in the Garden of Lamius being not duly buried for this body because it was only covered with a light turf did very much disquiet and trouble the possessors of the Garden with violent incursions in the night until by his sisters who were returned from banishment it was taken up again and ritely and duly by them buried Castor And the house wherein the same Emperor died could by no other way or means be freed from the fury of these shadows or spirits as history makes mention but by burning thereof Pollux Aristotle speaking of miracles mentioneth a certain mountain in Norway named Hechelberg environed about with the Sea that continually sent forth such lamentable voices like the yelling and howling of infernal devils insomuch that the noise and clamour of their terrible roaring might be heard almost
the West If in Sagittary in the East nigh the North. If in Capricorn full South If in Aquary in the West towards the North. And if in Pisces in the North towards the West If you would know whether the thief hath carried all the things stolen away with him see the Lord of the seventh and the eighth and if the Lord of the seventh be in an Angle he had a desire to carry away the same with him but could not If the Lord of the eighth be in a mean house or in a cadent house and the Lord of the second in a strong house he hath carried the theft wholly with him And if the Lord of the seventh and the eighth be both in cadent houses he neither carried it away nor hath it See by the seventh who is his companion and what is his gain If you would know the descent or nobility of a man or woman look unto the Lord of the seventh which if you find him in Angles and the Lord of the first in succedents or cadents the woman is more noble than the man But if the Lord of the Ascendant be in an Angle and the Lord of the seventh in a succedent or cadent house the man is more noble than the woman And after the same manner thou mayest judge of two companions or of any other persons whatsoever And if the Lord of the seventh be in the ninth House he will take a wife out of a foreign Country If you desire to know whether an intended marriage shall take effect or not look to the Ascendant and his Lord and the Moon for the Querent and the seventh house and his Lord for the woman And if the Lord of the Ascendant or the Moon be joined to the Lord of the seventh or be in the seventh the marriage will be effected or if the Lord of the seventh be in the first or with the Lord of the first it will easily be brought to pass and the woman be more desirous thereof than the man If you would know whether thy wife or friend hath any other lover or not look if Mars be in the seventh so that he be not in his own house for then she hath not any other lover And if Saturn be there she loveth another but he lieth not with her And if the Dragons Tail be in the seventh he lieth with her And if Jupiter be there she hardly containeth herself chaste If Venus she is merry and much given to play and laughter by reason whereof she may be accountted a whore and is not so If Mercury be in the seventh she had a lover but now hath none But if the Moon be in the seventh she hath had no lover as yet but will have one and will be common But if the Sun or the Dragons Head be there she is chaste And after the same manner may you judge in the * ninth* concerning friends or lovers If you would know which of them shall live longest see the Lord of the first and of the seventh which of them shall be in the stronger better place or joined to the strongest Planets and that person who is most free and remote from the Lord of the eighth and his participation to whom the Lord of his house answereth shall live longest If you desire to make a society or alliance and would know whether it shall be brought to pass or not or what shall happen thereupon see if there be good Planets in the seventh and the first and if so the fellowship will be made and good will come thereof and you may judge it to continue so many years months or days as the Lord of the seventh hath signification of If you would know when such society shall be look what Planet is in the seventh for if he be good it shall come to pass that same year or wedlock * R* if the Question be thereof If you would know whether they will well agree see the first and his Lord which is the signifier of the Querent and the seventh house his Lord which is the house of companions wives and concubines which if they be concordant amongst themselves there will be peace and union between them and they shall profit but if the Planets be in discord there will be strife between them and the society will not profit If you would know which of them shall gain most see the first and his Lord and the seventh and his Lord and which of them standeth best or if they be evil which of them falleth and he that falleth shall lose and he that is exalted shall gain Or otherwise and which is better see the second and his Lord and the eighth and his Lord and in which house is the better Planet or his Lord that shall be found in the better place or joined with the better Planets he shall be the greater gainer The second House of his Lord signifies the gain of the Querent and the eighth house and his Lord signifies the gain of his fellow or his part and if they be both good they shall both gain and if both evil they shall both lose and if one be good and the other evil he whose significator is good shall gain and he whose is evil shall lose And if you would know if two fellows shall love one another look if the Lords of the first the seventh be friends and agreeing then they will love one another but if they be enemies disagree then they will not If you desire to know who shall overcome in any cause matter or controversie behold the Lords of the first and the seventh which if they be in Angles neither of them shall overcome and see which of them is joined with an evil Planeâ— because he shall overcome and if the Planet be evil from them both the victor shall kill the conquered if one of them be strong and the other weak and the Planet which is in the strong house do not fall nor hath not an evil Planet with him and if he which is weak be not in his own house nor in his exaltation nor with a good Planet he whose Planet is in the strong house shall overcome likewise he whose significator is in a mean house shall have great fear and doubt in his heart because sometimes he shall hope to conquer and otherwhiles fear to be overcome And note that in a question concerning war and kingdom it is said that there is more power and efficacy or fortitude in the exaltation of a Planet than in his house but in all other Questions the contrary If you would be informed concerning any one being that is gone to any fight whether he shall return safe see the Lord of the Ascendant if he be good that is with good Planets and a good Planet in the first he will return safe but if the Sun be with the Lord of the first in any part of the Question let him not go because the Sun burneth