goods by fire and wind and houses lands and possessions destruction of trees dispending of his goods evill end by wounds effusion of blood evill renowne after death and short life of the father The Sunne denoteth faire possessions Lordships government inheritance and faire houses praise honour and good fortune in his old yeares and good renowne after death an honourable sepulcher and maketh him given to divination and prevent things to come Venus denoteth the same that Jupiter doth Mercury fortunate yeeldeth the man industrious providing and foreseeing things to come a buyer of rents houses and possessions a planter of trees and curious in husbandry affaires inclined to gather gold and silver If it be unfortunate it yeeldeth him quarrelsome striving and hated of his neighbours alwaies angry and full of dispites and little esteemed Luna signifieth that which is said of Mercury except that she is given to mills ponds and watry places and yeeldeth the man in the beginning unfortunate and in the end happy principally when the nativity is by day And when the head of the Dragon is in airie and fiery Signes it signifieth that which Jupiter doth and in earthly and watry that which the taile of the Dragon doth The taile of the dragon maketh the father die quickly and scatter his goods unmoveable In the fift house Saturne signifieth sadnesse necessity rudenesse uncivill evill-faced evill entertainment deprivation of death of children unnaturally going in evill and filthy clothing Jupiter giveth grace honesty prudence civility bravery riches profit in messages and embassages abundance of faire children well nurtured and well instructed and beloved good fortune by Church-men gifts and a dealer for gold jewels precious stones sweete and precious savours Mars destroyeth and maketh the children die or wholly depriveth them of children maketh a man happy in all significations of the fifth house when hee is out of his principall dignities Within his house or exaltation he yeeldeth him very lecherous and impudent timerous a scoffer abounding in bastards and evill children The Sunne denoteth faire children honourable companies good renowne messages gifts of great Lords and a dealer with Jewels and precious stones and sweet perfumes and savours Venus maketh a man pleasant delectable joyfull dancing vaunting playing and laughing Gentleman-like a Musitian happy in children lecherous and jealous Mercury maketh him a merry jester a mocker brave to write well a good painter industrious with his hands â—ngenious a musitian voluptuous not caring greatly for his affaires or tribulations indifferent happy in children and given to embassages and messages and to goe on viages Luna maketh him an Atturney and of counsell a Bencher a Legate an Embassador by election of the people and had in great account with the people abounding in banquetting and happy in children The head of the Dragon signifieth as Jupiter doth The taile signifieth what Mars and Saturne signifie for children In the sixt house Saturne signifieth paine of the belly and teeth much sicknesse an ill servant unluckie to sheepe and like beasts Jupiter good servants health of the body good fortune in bringing up beasts Mars within his house or exaltation good servitours in warres profession of physicke Out of the same places hot sicknesses pestilence evill impediments and evill servants to be rebels and theeves Sol sicknesse of the heart imbecillity of the body hurts by his servants Venus imbecillity of the reines and parts of generation otherwise soundnesse of body good and faithfull servants good fortune in nourishing beasts and commonly impudent love of Maids and in nativities of women maketh him love servants and signifieth perill of death in child-bearing Mercury signifieth him to be a deceiver of women and to be deceived by them and his servants and yeeldeth him a deceiver a dissembler a detester of evill memory If he be with Saturne or Mars hee threatneth death by prison a conspiracie of servants or in prison Luna denoteth weaknesse in the eyes and braine great and fervent sicknesse strife against parents enmity of women a company of men ill conditioned when shee is unfortunate When she is fortunate giveth health and profit in nourishing young beasts and good servants The head of the Dragon preserveth from sicknesse giveth good servants and good lucke in keeping beasts The taile unfaithfull servants losse of cattell The seventh Saturne out of his principall dignities signifieth marriage of an evill wife blotted with some infamie proper to himselfe or parents ruine of enemies and perill of evill death In watry signes it denoteth Emrods Fistulaes Constitution of the sinewes and diseases of the backe In his house or exaltation he signifieth the woman to be rich and enemies mighty Jupiter happy marriage the woman honest shamefac'd vertuous faire rich victory against enemies and fortunate in age Mars in his house or exaltation or out of his dignities alwaies signifieth mighty and terrible adversaries bruite of women or husbands in Nativities of women impudencie of the man timerous lecherous in danger to be killed to have blowes on the feet and hands Sol mighty enemy rich wise well brought up and honourable age Mercury lecherous strife and debate between man and wife evill by reason of impudent desire crafty knowledge in numbring love of vertue If hee be with Saturne or Mars he shall kill his wife and shall be killed or put in prison and put in exile or condemned to die by sentence of a Judge Luna profit of wives thousand strifes and suits desire of change of countries If she be fortunate she signifieth all well in all significations of the said house and unfortunate the contrary The head of the Dragonsignifieth as Jupiter The taile maketh the woman die quickly and destroyeth the enemies In the eight Saturne out of his principall dignities signifieth strange death sorrows complaints lamentations long torments sadnesse anguish and Poverty in his house or exaltation inheritance and goods unlooked for death by flixe or plague or of some cold or long sicknes Jupiter long life to 72. yeares inheritance goods by women happy death Mars out of his principall dignity signifieth hastie death pestilence impediment slaughter and other sorts of violent death If he be with the head of the Dragon he shall be hanged if in his house or exaltation he giveth goods not without great strifes and suits Sol causeth death presently after honour short life to the father inheritance to the child losse of goods by violence of great men except when he is oppressed with evill fortune for then in any airie signe it signifeth strangling by force burning in fire and kild and buried in the earth death by a fall ruine drowning in water Except in Scorpio where it often causeth death by poyson mad dogs or of venimous beasts Venus good death inheritance riches long life short life of mother and Nurse and his wife more ancient than himselfe Mercury enmity of neighbours vaime hope of inheritance death by over study of his affaires and businesse Luna inheritance riches by
death If in the points of the angles by any fixed star of the first or second greatnesse or other having the nature of luminaries it is a signe of incredible advancement That which happeneth also when the said starres be joyned to the luminaries temporall or to the part of Fortune or to his Lord or to the Planets and parts that be in the angles They which have Saturne in the tenth burnt or the Lord of the tenth burnt or be by Saturne oppressed or that have the taile of the Dragon in the tenth receive commonly some forme of dishonour and often be deprived of their estate when the fortunes do not intermingle their favourable beames except when they be also unfortunate in their proper houses or exaltations or in the signes of Aries and the Lion You must note that Saturn and Mars hinder greatly the good fortunes untill that the man hath passed the number of yeares correspondent to the number of the small years of the said Planets and if they hinder any more time it shall be untill that the man shall accomplish the number of yeares answering to the number of degrees of the overthwart ascensions of the signe in the which they shall be at the nativity Chap. XXIX Of Companions and Friends YOu must for the Companions and Friends have respect to Jupiter the eleventh house the part of friends the part of honourable companions The Planet having most dignities in the said places shall be principall Significator of friends the which after his good or evill disposition shall denote honourable faithfull and profitable friends or unprofitable disloyall and of base condition Jupiter and the Sun in the said house signifie honourable companies and profitable so doth Venus the Moone and Mercury also in the said place Saturne in the eleventh fortunate witnesseth grave friends ancient and honourable Mars Men of warre Captaines Lords Saturne or Mars in theeleventh out of their principall dignities deprived of the beames of the favourable Planets signifie some great sute against his friends or some great evill by reason of them as it happeneth commonly to the Answerers and Suerties The parts of honourable companions and of praise with their Lords fortunate signifyeth profit honor on the side of friends unfortunate denoteth the contrary The part of friends denoteth as much The head of the Dragon in the eleventh house giveth favour of friends the taile denoteth a thousand mischiefes by reason of them XXX Of Suites and enemies THe fortunes in the seaventh and twelfth house give victories against enemies when they be in good aspect to the Lord of the ascendant And commonly those which have these 2. houses with their Lords fortunate be happy in their suites the contrary you must judge when they with their Lords be unfortunate The ill fortunes in the said places signifie much strifes and enemies That doth also the parts of enemies and of discord and accord whey they and their Lords be evill disposed The Lord of the twelfth house fortunate it denoteth little puissance of enemies unfortunate denoteth the contrary If one of the two ill fortunes be in the twelfth and the other in the sixt in evill aspect of the luminaries temporall or of the Lord of the ascendant the child shall be killed by his enemies They which have Saturne or Mars or the Moone opposite to the Sun in the Signe of Cancer be commonly contrary to all the world Mars in any of the foure angles ingendereth naturally strife suites debates enmities against all the world except when he is in a good aspect of Jupiter and Venus For then hee doth expell his ire and anger against the vices and of great zeale maintaineth the right of every one The Lord of the ascendant or the Moone or the Sun unfortunate in the twelfth house denoteth great persecutions and calamities of the enemies The Lord of the ascendant by the Lord of the twelfth oppressed testifieth that he shall die by the hand of his enemies The Lord of the twelfth and the Planets that be in the seaventh and twelfth house signifie the quality of enemies that is to understand the Sun signifieth the Princes and great Lords the Moone all the world and Mars the men of warre c. Chap. XXXI Of Imprisonments and Captivities THe Lord of the ascendant or the Moone or the Sun greatly unfortunate in the 12. 6. 8. and 4. house do signifie imprisonments and death within the prisons or in captivitie principally when they be burned out of their principall dignities and out of the signes of Aries and the Lion and when they be oppressed by Saturne Lord of one of the said houses Saturne and Mars in the angles of Heaven signifie alwayes some imprisonment and principally Saturne Mercury in the angles under the beames of the Sunne receiving an evill aspect of ill fortunes signifieth as much If Mercury or the Lord of the ascendant give his vertue to Saturne being in the 8 house it signifieth that the child shall dwell long in prison captivity If the Lord of the ascendant be in the 12. in a signe of a humane figure without aspects of fortunes or of luminaries he shall be captive and a slave in his youth If the Lord of the 9. be burned in any of the angles of Heaven he shall be taken by the high-wayes and put in prison The parts of prison and of paine travell and affliction with their Lords burnt or otherwise unfortunate signifieth imprisonment and captivity That doth also the unfortunes when they be well dignified in the said places The parts of all envies and of the perilous yeare doth signifie as much when they with their Lords be greatly unfortunate The said parts with their Lords fortunate preserveth from prison and from captivity Chap. XXXII Of Horses Muttons and other Beasts THe Fortunes and Planets fortunate within the 6. and 12. house yeeld the men happie in horses and nourishing of beasts The Lords of the said houses fortunate and coupled with the significators of riches signifie as much Naturally the 6. house denoteth Sheepe and Goates and other small beasts the 12. Horses Oxen Kine Camels and other great beasts The ill fortunes within the said houses or the Lords of the said houses unfortutunate signifie losse and damage of the said beasts Saturne and Mars in the 12. make the horses to fall with notable losse The which they do also when they be elsewhere in the signe of Sagittarius The Lord of the nativity in the 12. house in evill aspect of the Lord of the 12. maketh him fall from his horse in great perill of death when the fortunes and luminaries do not yeeld their amiable aspects If the 12. be of Sagittarius or the Lyon and the Lord of the ascendant or the Sun or the Moone be unfortunate he shall fall from his horse and die if the fortunes within the eight house do not hinder the evill The end of the first Booke OF THE ASTRONOMICALL judgements upon the
and evill renowne because of women principally if they be evill conditioned and defamed an impudent lover of women defamed for the which he shall be imprisoned and suffer great dishonour If she be in the signe of Virgo o◠Capricorne or of Aquarius joyned with the Sunne and Saturn or to Mars signifieth great perill of death by love Mercury giveth great knowledge principally in sciences that shall bring small profit maketh a man a Philosopher Mathematician and ready in all knowledge a little foolish by reason of the lightnesse of the spirit having many enemies given to voluptuousnesse evill fortune hated by men of knowledge likely to be slandered and imprisoned If Saturne be well disposed he giveth good fortune in horses and other beasts Luna giveth many enemies which daily shall grow and increase if she be unfortunate signifieth imprisonment exile if she be burnt and joyned with Saturne or Mars the child shall be ever miserable and of a short life which shall receive hurt by beasts of like proportion and dyeth by plague to be killed or drowned If she be fortunate it betokeneth escape from all these evills The head of the Dragon betokeneth that which Jupiter The taile damage by beasts of like proportion and ruine by enemies And generally when a Planet is well dignified or otherwise well disposed and regarded of fortunes within the said houses it signifieth good lucke in all significations of the said houses but when it is unfortunate it yeeldeth mischiefe in all the said significations Chap. VIII The significations of the Lords of the Houses by the places of the figure THe Lord of the first house within the first fortune betokeneth long life health of body goods and riches by his owne proper meanes honour of his parents In the second riches In the third often voyages agreement and concord with his brethren In the 4. inheritances houses and goods unmoveable And it noteth that he shall be a great builder a planter of vines and trees a medler with mines of gold and silver and other things according to the nature of the said Planet in the 5. betokeneth many children which he shall love greatly to be given to banquets playes dancing bravery and to all voluptuousnesse and pleasure and shall have many friends to enrich him In the 6. a buyer of small cattell abounding in servants the which hee shall teach and make diligent he shall be sickly In the seventh quarrelsome given to strife and suits in matters of marriage unfortunate in all his acts In the 8. sad fearfull and of short life In the 9. an interpreter of dreames of Oracles secret things and visions given to know divine mysteries to travell and to abide in strange Countries In the 10. goods riches dignities and honour by the meanes of Princes and great Lords good fortune in his profession In the 11. happy enterprises good friends honourable companies prosperity few children In the 12. evill manners perverse nature great enmity good fortune in cattell If he be unfortunate in the first the child shall not live long if in the second he shall be destroyed and poore If in the third hee shall receive great evill by his brethren If in the fourth he shall be unhappie in lands inheritances labour and possessions and die in prison In the fifth it denoteth sadnesse and tribulation because of children and of messages and gifts and shall many times die by too much drinke or by too much pleasure In the sixth signifieth great sicknesses and piteous death In the seventh by meanes of the wife by poyson if he be in the signe of Capricorne by 〈◊〉 if he be in a fiery signe by fall from on high if in an earthly In the eight short life danger of death in travell In the ninth in perill to be slaine by theeves In the tenth imprisonment wracke condemnation death by meanes of Princes In the eleventh a thousand evills and mischiefes for friends In the twelfth death in prison The Lord of the second in the first house signifieth much gaine and to be rich In the second that he shall have much goods and be very rich and avaricious In the third losse by brethren and profit in small voyages In the fourth innumerable inheritances augmentation of patrimony In the fifth profit in all things of pleasure and magnificence children to come to honour and shall be rich givers In the sixth profit by meanes of servants and of keeping beasts In the seventh goods of women and by sutes In the eighth great dowries some inheritances otherwise scattering of goods In the ninth goods of the Church fortunate in long pilgrimage In the tenth profit profit in his profession goods by great Lords and offices and dignities In the eleventh goods riches and honour by friends In the twelfth profit in horses and beasts otherwise losse and injustice by the meanes of gaining The Lord of the third house in the first signifieth greater riches and praise than his brethren that he shall make many voyages In the second he shall have suit with his brethren for goods In the third he shall often goe abroad for pleasure and his brethren and friends accompany him In the 4. he shall go oft to visit his lands and possessions and his brethren shall leave him and with-hold part of his right In the 5. his brethren shall be brave pleasant and gracious and given to voluptuousnesse and make agreement with his children In the 6. that he shall hold question of injuries with his brethren and that they shall not answer him In the 7. suit against brethren and friends a voyage to be married In the 8. short life to brethren flying for feare of plague or murther In the 9. pilgrimage of friends and voyages to obtaine pardons In the 10. voyages by reason of profession and for dignities and death of brethren and friends In the 11. good friendship among brethren voyages to meete with good fortune In the 12. enmities of brethren and voyages because of enemies The Lord of the fourth in the first house signifieth good disposition and honour richer than other of his kindred a great man in building and possessions shall build houses plant vines trees and a diligent husband in his grounds In the second a good traffiquer in corne oyle wine and fruits a deare seller and a good cheape buyer and a buyer and seller of lands and houses In the third he shall have the goods and inheritance of his brethren In the fourth he shall have great fortune in goods lands Houses and labours and happen upon treasure In the fifth the riches of the father children happy in their inheritance In the sixt signifieth no great estimation of the Father but physicke surgery and government of sicke folkes and a nourisher of beasts in the seventh inheritance by women enmity betweene the father and children a good huswife of his wife in the eight the father of short life inheritance death out of his countrie in the ninth
goods as well by day as by night is from the Lord of the second house unto the said second house taken upon the quality of the Eclipse from the ascendant Of the third The part of brothers by the day is from Saturne unto Jupiter from the ascendant at night to the contrary The part of the love of brethren by the day is from the Sunne unto Saturne from the ascendant at night to the contrary If Saturne be under the beams of the Sunne take Jupiter in his place Of the fourth The part of father by the day is from the Sun unto Saturne from the ascendant at night to the contrary This same is like the love of brethren then if Saturne be underneath the beames of the Sun in his place take Jupiter The part of inheritances and possessions by day and by night is from Saturne to the Moone from the ascendant The part of fortune in tillage and sowing by day and by night is from Venus unto Saturn from the ascendant Of the fift The part of Infants is as the part of the quality of the life The part of male children by day by nighe is from the Moone unto Jupiter and is numbred from the ascendant The part of daughters by day and by night is from the Moone unto Venus and is taken from the ascendant Of the sixt The part of diseases inseparable in the day is the distance of Saturne unto Mars and it is cast from the degree ascendant and in the night from Mars which is contrary The part of servants by day and by night from Mercury unto the Moone is from the ascendant The part of prison captivity by day from the Lord of the place of the Sunne unto the Sunne and is reckoned from the ascendant By night from the Lord of the place of the Moone unto the Moone If the Sunne by day or the Moone by night be in their proper houses or exaltations they shall be signifiers of this part Of the seventh The part of the marriage of men by day and by night from the Sunne unto Venus is from the ascendant The part of the marriage of women by day and by night from Venus to Saturne is from the ascendant The part of marriage common to men and to women by day and by night is from Venus unto the point of the seaventh house accounting from the ascendant The part of kindred by day and by night from Saturn unto Venus is from the ascendant The part of discord agreement by day is from Mars to Jupiter from the ascendant by night to the contrary Of the eighth The part of death by day and by night from the Moon unto the degree of the eight house taken upon the equality of the Eclipse accounting from the place of Saturne The part of the mortall Planet by day is from the Lord of the ascendant unto the Moone from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of the perilous yeare of death or poverty or of any other misfortune by day and by night is from Saturne unto the Lord of the foresaid conjunction or opposition of the light from the ascendant The part of all envies by day is from Saturne unto Mars by night to the contrary accounting from the place of Mercury Of the ninth The part of faith and of religion by day is from the Moone unto Mercury from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of waies by land by day by night is from the Lord of the ninth unto the ninth taken upon the equality of the Eclipse from the ascendant The part of travell by water by day is from Saturne unto the fifteenth degree of Cancer from the ascendant at night to the contrary If Saturne do meete in the said fifteenth degree of Cancer he shall be signifier of this part with the ascendant Of the tenth The part of Nobility by day is from the Sun unto the nineteenth degree of Aries accounting from the Ascendant by night from the Moone unto the third degree of Taurus If the Moone by night be in the said degree of Taurus or the Sunne by day in the said degree of Aries they shall be signifiers of the said part The part of government by day is from Mars unto the Moone from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of Magistrates as the part of the understanding written upon the first house The part of conquest and victory as the part of father The part of suddaine advancement by day is from Saturne unto the part of fortune from the ascendant by night to the contrary If Saturne be burned take in his place Jupiter The part of estimation by day and by night is from Mercury unto the Sun accounting from the ascendant The part of governments and feates of warre by day is from Mars unto Saturne from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of the profession and action by day and by night is from Saturn unto the Moon from the ascendant The part of honour proceeding of the profession by day and by night is from the degree of the Sunne unto the degree of the tenth house from the ascendant The part of the industry of the hands by day is from Mercury to Venus from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of the feat of Merchandize by day is from the part of the spirit unto the part of fortune from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of felicity and profit by day is from the part of fortune unto Jupiter from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of the mother by day is from Venus unto the Moon from the ascendant by night to the contrary Of the eleventh The part of friends by day and by night is from Mercury to the Moone from the ascendant The part of praise by day is from Jupiter unto Venus from the ascendant by night to the contrary The part of honourable companies by day is from the part of fortune unto the Sunne from the ascendant by night to the contrary Of the twelfth The part of enemies by day and by night is from the Lord of the 12. house unto the said 12. taken upon the equality of the Eclipse from the ascendant The second part of enemies as the part of diseases inseparable written in the sixt house The part of paine travell and affliction by day and by night is from the part of the spirit unto the part of fortune Chap. V. Of the latitudes and aspects of the Planets HAving applyed the planets in the said figure and ordained as wee have said in the former Chapter the parts proceeding of the proportions of the said Planets you must consequently draw out of the Ephemerides their latitudes and put apart all the aspects which is among them and towards the said parts and 12. houses also the radiations after the last proposition of the booke of Directions of John de Regiomonte upon the which note
of the second house the child shall be covetous of money and gaine as that which happeneth when Capricorne is ascendant When the Lord of the second house shall be within the first the goods come without labour Likewise when the Lord of the second house giveth strength to the Lord of the ascendant When the Lord of the ascendant shall be in the second the goods shall not come without travell nor when the Lord of the ascendant shall give strength to the Lord of the second Saturn Mars Mercury depraved the Sunne and the taile of the Dragon Lunary within the second destroy the man and disperse his goods except when they have at the least foure dignities or when they be received When the Lord of the ascendant shall regard with evill aspect the second house or the part of goods and of fortune or their Lords the child of his owne proper will shall disperse his goods If the Lord of the ascendant be unfortunate in the second house the child shall be too large a giver and prodigall If any misfortune have domination upon the ascendant and in the second the child shall be destroyed by others which shall destroy his goods and rob him When the said significators of goods shall be unfortunate the child shall be all his life in paine and travell without any advancement or profit Abraham Avenesre saith that if the Lord of the second be burnt and Jupiter evill disposed that the child shall be alwayes poore And Hermes saith when the Lord of the profession of the which we shall speake in the 27. chap. shall be burnt or retrograde or in the 6. or 12. house and not any planet regarding the Moone the child shall seeke his living from doore to doore like a begger Jupiter Venus and the head of the Dragon in the second allwayes enrich Venus in the fifth promiseth some good The Sunne in the ninth fortunate giveth benefices or other goods of the side of the men of the Church Mars in the sixt well disposed giveth good or nourishment to Beasts and exercise of Physicke The Sunne in the signe of Leo will never suffer the child to be poore Chap. XIV By what meanes riches and poverty come HAving well noted the places which promise and bring riches in regarding the situation of the said significators wee will know by what meanes ought to come the good and the evill For if the significator be in the first house received and fortunate it easily inricheth the person by his industry and proper labour and if hee be in the said place unfortunate it is that his industry and labour doth profit him nothing and the sooner from thence to losse and damage If he be in the second house well disposed it profiteth to talke with Merchants and lend merchandize and money and of them make gaine And if he be there evill disposed the said businesse bringeth great damages If he be within the third house fortunate it bringeth the goods from the side of brothers and sisters and cousins allyes or from the side of the men of the Church in taking charg of their affaires or to traffique here and there about his Country If he be in the 4. well placed he is inriched of inheritances goods of our fathers and predecessors of laboring and tilling of ground of houses oftentimes doth meet with treasure If it be within the fift it profits to be a good dancer a good Player to be brave gracious pleasant and delightfull and sometimes to be voluptuous alwaies well because of God-fathers and God-mothers and of their proper children or because of gifts or to make some voyage and do some embassage Those things that come appertaining to bravery and voluptuousnesse and making ready delicates odours perfumes of this house they very suddenly draw their profit If the said significator be in the sixt well placed he shall make his profit in nourishing and buying and selling of sheepe muttons and other small beasts or shall become rich by the diligence and faithfulnesse of his servants or shall gaine by the exercise of Physicke The Gaolors and others which have the charge of prisons draw oftentimes their profit from this house If the significator be in the seventh fortunate it promiseth great good of the side of women by marriages or like agreements and oftentimes to have pleaded and gayned his suite in the law or having beene in the warres pilled the enemies If it be in the eight well disposed it giveth great dowry and great good because of women and sometimes heritages of the which he shall not greatly thinke of If it be in the ninth fortunate he shall be enriched of the goods of the Church or by traffique and travelling in strange Countries If it be well in the tenth he shall have his profit of the side of Kings Princes and Lords and be made of them governours of Townes and honourable Officers or be enriched by their owne vocation and profession If it be within the eleventh in good disposition he profiteth by reason of friends by favor of men in authority If it be in the twelfth fortunate it giveth gaine by nourishing and selling of horses mares oxen kyne cammels and other great beasts or to have charge of prisoners or of the persecution of enemies with profitable victory in the end As oftentimes it happeneth to some which accusing others cannot prove the crimes intended be condemned to make a good amends to the party after all which persecution the party doth find himselfe content Saturne by himselfe enricheth by heritages labours nourishing of all cattell with trading with auncient men or with country-men mariners and other vild men in corne wines oyles fish oade rosen allum leather tyles stones plaister chalke lyme and such merchandize Jupiter by offices benefices and businesse of men of the Church and all gaines that are made without deceit Except when he is infortunate for then under the shadow of vertue he doth his affaires craftily Mars by warres suites or thefts or by slaughter selling of cattell or if it be in aspect of Venus by physicke The Sunne by honourable offices dignities and Lordships by great credit by charges to keepe and gather the money of Princes and Common-weales Venus by musicke pleasure grace and vertue by bravery by play and sometimes by voluptuousnesse and sometime to serve some great Ladie Mercury to speake well and write well and to be very skilfull to be a Secretary a Register a Poet an Orator a good advocate to be a Geometrician Arithmetician Astrologian and a good trader The Moone for voyages navigation wandring and trading in far Countries to have the charge of small affaires of the common-wealth If the said Significator be unfortunate in the same places they bring dammage and interests and if they be within the houses of Saturne Jupiter or other Planets we judge the profit and interest after the nature of Saturne Jupiter other planets
him evill disposed deprived of beauty and of vertue lecherous infamous by reason of women The opposition of Saturne and Mercury an imperfect speech separation of brethren knowledge and science The opposition of Saturne and Luna dispersion of his mothers goods griefes happening to the mother troubles and tribulations with great danger of violent death according to the nature of the signe wherein Luna is The opposition of Jupiter and Mars rashnesse dispersion of goods enemy to them which have beene friends unconstant fortune The opposition of Jupiter Sol maketh him disperse his Fathers goods and sell his offices and his honour The opposition of Jupiter and Venus signifieth unconstant friends ungratitude of them where he hath done good otherwise sufficient fortune The opposition of Jupiter and Mercury common seditions envies conspirations strifes sutes enmities of brethren of the which he shall see the death The opposition of Jupiter with Luna sufficient fortune after long travell The opposition of Mars and of the Sunne spoyle of the eyes maketh him to be killed or fall froÌ„ on high maketh him disperse his patrimony his father die quickly The opposition of Mars and Venus yeeldeth the man voluptuous and a little vitious weake unconstant maketh his wife children to die in signes tropiques maketh him marry wives of base condition or otherwise defamed The opposition of Mars and Mercury without aspect of Jupiter maketh the man a falsifier of evill conscience accompanied with evill children accused of many crimes for the which he shall be a fugitive or banished principally if Mercury be in the houses of Saturne The opposition of Mars and the Moone signifieth spoyle of the eyes and the body by blowes and hurts and other sicknesses and giveth great adversities maketh him hate marriage and causeth violent death and often Canon principally when the Moone increaseth in the angles with sufficient aspect of fortunes The opposition of the Sun of Venus and of Mercury signifie that which we have said of Jupiter The opposition of the Sunne and of the Moone changeth the fortunes of goods and honour poverty after riches dishonour after honour weaknesse of body after health mutation of good to evill and great unconstanâ—ie of manners The opposition of Venus and Mercury envies quarrels enmities by reason of women otherwise grave eloquence beauty and bravery The opposition of Venus with the Moone unfortunate marriage injuries by women deprivation of children The opposition of Mercury and of the Moone conspirations against him envies treasons feare and lecherous Likewise you must regard the part of Fortune the part of the Spirit and of their Aspects with the said Planets you must judge as of the Aspects of the Planets with the Sun and the Moone For if the part of fortune be part of the Moone part of the Spirit part of the Sun which would consider the Aspects towards the other parts and houses of heaven he may judge as of the Planets of the which the projections of the said parts shall be made c. Chap. V. Of the significations of the twelve Houses THe first house signifieth the life nourishment and disposition of the body of the spirit and complexion and representeth the head face braine eares and nose and â—s called Horyscope angle adorning and ascending The second house signifieth goods traffique riches gaine companies to get profit and gaine men that helpe to gaine It signifieth also gold and silver and all moveable goods and is called The house succedant to the Ascendant and beneath the earth and raigneth over the neck The third house denoteth the brethren sisters cosins and allies and little voyages and the liver and divinations of dreames and is called The house cadant of the ascendant otherwise goodnesseâ— and hath government over the shoulders legs and armes The fourth house signifieth the Fathers and Parents possessions inheritances houses fields orchards vineyards labouring wood and other goods moveables treasures and goods hidden and mynerall matters prisons and obscure places and in the end all things that which commeth after death as the grave and good report c. and is called The angle of the earth and the depth thereof and raigneth over the breast and lungs The fifth house signifieth infancie and daughters nephewes gifts presents pleasures voluptuousnesse ornaments bravery dancing playes banqueting messages gold and silver and the riches of the Father the profit of inheritances possessions tillage and is called The house succedant to the fourth and otherwise good fortune and raigneth over the heart and stomach The sixt house denoteth servants sicknesse wild beasts ryding hunting of and by dogs sheepe and muttons goates and pulleine and hath some signification over prisons unjustice and false accusations and is called The house cadant of the fourth and otherwise ill fortune and hath government over the belly and bowels The seventh house denoteth marriage wives sutes quarrels strife debate knowne enmity and men appertaining to gaine and profit and signifieth agednesse and strange places and is called The angle of the occident and raigneth oves the reines The eighth house signifieth sadnesse envie long torments the quality of death dowry with wives inheritance and other benefits provided by parents and those that belong to gaine riches of the which one hath not greatly thought and is called The house succedent to the angle occidentall and otherwise is entred on high and governeth the parts of generation The ninth long viages long pilgrimages and navigations faith religion sacrifices ceremonies science wisdome divination of dreams prodigious interpretations new sects paradoxes signes of heaven divine punishment and is called The house Cadant of the angle occidentall otherwise the house of God governeth the buttocks The tenth signifieth honour dignities offices magistrates administratious government rulers conductors good renowne estimation profession action and the mother and is called The middle and heart of heaven the Meridian point and angle Meridian It gardeth and governeth the knees The eleventh house signifieth friends companions hope confidence favour helpe succour praise estimation and renowne counsell of friends and is called The house succedent to the angle Meridionall and otherwise called the good angle and governeth the legges The twelfth house signifieth hidden enemies prison captivity bondage sadnesse torment complaint lamentation teares and hate treasons villanies horses and great beasts of like and just proportion and is called The house cadent of the angle Meridionall and otherwise an evill spirit and governeth the feete Chap. VI. Of the Lords of the Triplicities of the said houses THe first Lord of the Triplicitie of the first angle denoteth the nature and life of the child and his cogitations and will that which hee loveth and hateth and that which is to come health or sicknesse good or evill entertainment perill of his life in the first age The second Lord of the triplicity of the said angle signifieth force and strength of the body and the midst of the life The third
the end of the life The first Lord of the triplicity of the second house betokeneth riches the second the manner of the same riches the third the intent and confidence in getting The first Lord of the triplicity of the third house denoteth the most ancient and first brethren the second the middle the third the least The first Lord of the fourth denoteth the Parents the second lands possessions and houses the third imprisonment and end of things The first Lord of the fift denoteth children the second love pleasure grace bravery the third messages and embassages The first Lord of the sixth house denoteth sicknesse trouble the second servants the third cattell prison and the profit of the significations of the said house The first of the seventh house women the second strife and suit the third division The first Lord of the eight house death the second antiquity the third inheritance The first Lord of the ninth house denoteth pilgrimages long viages navigations the second faith religion and devotion the third science divination dreames prophecies sorts of crosse and prodigall sects The first of the tenth denoteth profession honour dignitie and advancements the second audacitie and the meanes to worke in his profession and the third preservation in such fortune The first of the eleventh house denoteth constancie hope the second friends the third the profit of the eleventh house The first of the twelfth house denoteth enemies the second paine and travell the third beasts of like proportion and other that be appointed to charge and labour Chap. VII What the Planets signifie in the twelve houses IN the first house Saturne out of his principall dignities signifieth that the child shall have short life unfortunate deformed evill favoured and shall die because of other lands and possessions neverthelesse he shall be first of his brethren Jupiter in the said house signifieth long life good fortune beauty honesty love of vertue feare of God honour and favour and makes him the first of his brethren Mars in the said place signifieth hurt alwaies in the head or face maketh him dispend a part of his goods and maketh him intermedle in many discords and contentions if he be in his house or exaltation it maketh him a mighty and valiant man hardy fortunate in armes out of his principall dignities it doth yeeld him evill mischievous furious seditious mutinous and quarrelsome principally when the fortunes do not intermingle their beames The Sunne giveth honour and praise and estimation credit and great advancement fovour of great Lords riches by the meanes of Princes and maketh the child first borne or most advanced of all his brethren Venus giveth him grace beauty bravery civility love of women healthfull and prospercus and yeeldeth the man lecherous joyous loving musicke dancing and something unconstant Mercury maketh him ingenious skilfull diligent apprentice of good judgement of good memory a good Reader a good Writer a great Mathematician and apt to all knowledge The Moone yeeldeth him unconstant vagabond which taketh divers affaires and given to many viages a man healthfull fortunate faire and something spotted in the face and shall be numbred among great Lords The head of the Dragon lunarie honour dignitie and favour of great Lords and Prelates The taile of the Dragon losse of goods and honour deformity obscurenesse of eyes and great danger of the losse of life In the second house Saturne out of his principall dignities destroyeth the man and maketh him spend and scatter his goods and yeeldeth him poore and unprovided of succour And in his house or exaltation maketh him rich proud and with all his goods miserable Jupiter giveth great riches by honest meanes Mars maketh him spend his goods and in the end doth yeeld him poore many waies Sol maketh him honourable a great man liberall brave which in his magnificence shall spend his goods Venus giveth aid and succour and greatly enricheth by women and men of the Church Mercury profit in merchandize and in Scripture and very industrious in the Mathematiques and a thousand meanes to become rich Luna riches advancement by embassages messages and imployments when she is fortunate unfortunate signifyeth paines and travels for the goods of the world without going forward and hinderance in whatsoever he doth The head of the Dragon riches great gaines profit inheritance or goods of the Church The taile of the Dragon destruction prodigality follie dispense in playing and falling from on high without expectation In the third house Saturne destroyeth brethren and maketh them see their death and intermedleth strifes and suites among brethren Yeeldeth a man unfortunate in small viages an hypocrite superstitious rash fearfull astonied at prodigious dreames Jupiter signifieth peace and concord amongst brethren not without profit maketh a man prudent happy in viages neere hand and that his dreames shall be true Mars signifieth great injuries strifes and suites among brethren and causeth the brethren to die quickly and yeeldeth the man a terrible blasphemer forsworne a deceiver not fearing God which shall be unfortunate in all his waies and after in danger of theeves and robbers and shall be tormented in many terrible and vaine dreames Sol honour dignities offices out of his Country long pilgrimages honourable brethren and true dreames Venus love among brethren happy viages feare of God and true dreames Mercury profit in traffique and viages in faire markets and giveth good fortune at all times and places concerning the good of the Church In the signe of Gemini or Libra it maketh the man a good Musitian and a sounder of musicall instruments principally in conjunction or good aspect of Venus The Moone maketh him given to go here and there on pilgrimages so that he resteth not long in a place neverthelesse in his deeds he shall be honoured and praised and meete with good fortune friends and great Lords that shall imploy him in Embassages in messages and other voyages and hee shall be loved and praised of his brethren The head of the Dragon signifieth that his brethren shall be of greater estate and authority than he neverthelesse it denoteth some Ecclesiasticall goods The taile of the Dragon destroyeth the brethren and maketh them die quickly In the fourth house Saturne out of his principall dignities maketh him scatter his patrimony and yeeldeth the man poore and unfortunate in unmoveable goods as in houses lands and possessions plowing and sowing and signifieth that the mother shall be of an infamous condition and shall not live long If he be within his house or exaltation hee giveth inheritance houses lands possessions and signifieth the mother honourable and of long life Jupiter yeeldeth him happy in unmoveable goods giveth him great store of inheritance and sometime causeth him meete with treasure and goods of the which he never greatly thought And signifieth the Father of long life and happy and signifieth his child shall be esteemed after his death and hee shall be honourably laid in his grave Mars losse of
women long life of she be fortunate short life imprisonment slaunder by false witnesse strife suites quarrell and vexation of spirit as mad or distract of wits The head of the Dragon inheritance riches honour liberality prodigality and good death The taile horrible death small endeavour no goodnesse in the signification of his house In the ninth Saturne betokeneth horrible dreams terrible visions hypocrisie and superstition ceremonies preachers Friers men of Religion and a thousand troubles by the way and perturbation of spirit Jupiter giveth faith constancy in his religion profitable journies feare and love of God and knowledge of divine mysteries interpretations of dreames revelation and profit in the state Ecclesiasticall Mars out of his principall dignity danger by the way unfaithfulnesse shaking of the faith and terrible opinions and more than an hereticke timerous violent impudent horrible dreames and false dexterity in armes and valiantnesse when he is otherwise fortunate in his house or exaltation it maketh the man very terrible a negromancer happy in his journey or pilgrimages hardy ventrous and of great courage Sol Benefices Abbies Bishoprickes Ecclesiasticall dignities Cardinalls Popes Legates principally in a masculine signe good faith constant religious a reverencer of holy things a lover of God and vertue true dreames profitable journeyes and honor in his profession Venus true dreames except in the imagination of women Ecclesiasticall dignities constant Religion love and reverence of God long pilgrimage by the World profitable journies honour in profession which taketh away the desire of marriage Mercury goods Ecclesiasticall high knowledge divine mysteries admiration of justice and providence of God cogitation of God and Angels and of spirits profitable journeyes great knowledge in Divinity Astrologie and in all other Philosophie interpretation of dreams oracles and strange things profit in traffique infarre Countries good renowne Luna long pilgrimage perverse cogitations unconstant in manners and fortune true dreames knowledge of starres When the 9 house is the house of Mercury or of other things answerable to the nature of the Lord of the 9. house The head of the Dragon variable dreams honour and profit in travell Ecclesiasticall goods The taile lacke of faith terrible dreames perillous journies and full af envie and little honour in his profession In the tenth house Saturne out of his principall dignities signifieth short life of the mother many ill fortunes sighs plaints and imprisonments If the the tenth house be in the signe of Leo and any of the Luminaries be with Saturne he shall die in prison If Saturne be with Jupiter in the houses of Jupiter he shall be condemned of wrong if he be with Mars in the houses of Mars he shall be condemned according to his crime If he be with Mercury he shall die a very shamefull death by false witnesses If with Venus and Mars he shall be whipped and racked and condemned to die Saturne in his house or exaltation in the tenth house doth licence dignities preheminence and government Jupiter great honour in profession Ecclesiasticall dignities and great renowne Mars out of his principall dignities maketh a man terrible cruell seditious quarrelsome arrogant a despiser of his goods usurper of the goods of other hated of father mother brethren and others and many times to be imprisoned and punished by justice In his house or exaltation it maketh him valiant hardie couragious in feats of armes In the houses of Jupiter well disposed and regard of furtunes maketh him a President Counsellor or soveraigne Judge Sol giveth honour offices dignities preheminencies rules governments great credit and favour of many great Lords in estimation of the common people honour in profession with riches and great goods principally if he be in fiery signes if the child be poore and of base condition he lifteth him up to honour and great dignities Venus honour in his profession goods of Princes and great Lords great credit long life of the mother with prosperity and honour Mercury maketh him a Chancellor Secretary Counseller President put in great dignities skilfull in Arithmeticke Geometry and Astrologie well renowned rich and abounding in goods If he be unfortunate by Mars hee shall come to an evill end for having taken too much upon him or for taking quarrells against his betters Luna signifieth praise honour of great Lords shall be happy in all enterprises and esteemed in all the world The head of the Dragon signifieth as Jupiter The taile maketh him receive dishonour and losse of his calling and falling from an high and denoteth the short life of the mother In the eleventh house Saturne out of his principall dignities betokeneth acquaintance and to be a companion with men defamed and of base condition mischievous sadnesse of friends vaine hope to come to things undertaken difficulty in affaires losse of friends if he be in his house or exaltation he giveth love of Saturnities as by great and ancient Lords Jupiter maketh him happy in all his devoyers giveth favour of great Lords great credit abundance of friends advancement by friends riches and faire children of the which the first shall be a Major Mars in his house or exaltation love by men of warre and fortunate in feats of armes and out of those places signifieth despaire unhappy enterprises losse of friends enmity with his friends he shall not be loyall to his Lords and friends by which shall ensue great damage Sol happy enterprizes goods honour dignities by meanes of friends which shall be men of authority and great Lords Venus giveth good friends which shall be honourable men and of good authority and of good will signifying good fortune happy enterprises and many children Mercury knowledge and company and love of men of knowledge and vertue and good renowne among friends happy enterprises Luna giveth good riches honour good renowne good friends which shall be great Lords happy enterprises The head of the Dragon that which Jupiter signifieth The taile that which Saturne and Mars signifieth In the twelfth Saturne out of his principall dignities maketh unhappy in horses and other great beasts from the which he shall fall receive hurt and signifieth feare of Justice imprisonment or exile In his house or exaltation victory against his enemies good fortune in horses and other beasts fit for burthen and labour Jupiter out of his principall dignities mighty enemies and adversaries of men in authority imprisonment exile condemnation poverty well dignified he signifieth the contrary Mars the fall from horses hurt or other damage by beasts abundance of enemies imprisonment slanders and a thousand persecutions great evill in legges and feete Sol good fortune in horses and other great beasts great persecution by enemies great Lords and mighty confiscation and losse of goods imprisonment exile slander false witnesse evill report condemned to a great fine deprivation of his estate by perverted traiterous and houshold servants Venus giveth good fortune to horse strife and enmity to woman disprayse in marriage mischievous