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
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
Truths unto us now living every day then our forefathers were sensible of shall we like beasts be mute and not magnifie his holy Name therefore Or shall we refuse to study Astrology Divine Astrology Celestial Astrology because it hath been very little understood formerly or abused by some former Artists God forbid that the abuse should take away the pious use of any creature No Let us magnifie the Lord God of Heaven and admire his wonderful Works in the Heavens let us fear to offend his holy Name Let us love and obey this Parliament this Councel of State and this Army this Power which now governs and let us say A Fig for all their Enemies So saith Thine JOHN POOL The Contents of the first Book HOw to erect a figure of Heaven Page 1. How to verifie the Nativity by Accidents or Animodar or Trutine of Hermes 3. Of the several Parts in a Nativity and by what means to find them out and their use 6. Of the Planets Latitude 10. Of the Fortitudes and Debilities of the Planets 11. If the child born shall live long or not 15. Of Hyleg and its signification 16. Of Alcocodon the meaning of the word 18. Of the Planets who give or diminish the number of years 21. The Almuten or Lord of the Nativity who he is 22. Of the wit manners and natural inclination of the child 24. Of his estate and fortune 28. By what means attain it 30. The time thereof 32. Of Brethren and Kinsfolks 34. Of Father and Mother Lands Tenements 35. Of Inheritances 36. Of Children 37. Of Servants and small Cattel 37. Natural inclinations of every Planet 38. Of Sicknesses 39. Of Marriage 41. The estate of Wife or Husband 43. Of the death of the Native and who is Significator 43. Of Journeys by Land or Sea 47. Of Religion 48. Of the Trade or Profession of the Native 48. Of Honour and Preferment 50. Of Friends and Friendship 51. Law-suits open and private Enemies 52. Restraint of Liberty or Imprisonment Pag. 53. Of Horses Oxen and small Cattel 54. Contents of the second Book The several natures and significations of the seven Planets 55. The twelve Signs and their proper signification 60. Signification of the Planets in their own Houses and the Houses of others 65. Signification of their several aspects each to other 68. Several significations of every one of the twelve Houses 76 Of the several Trygons or Triplicities of the Planets 78. The signification of every Planet in any of the twelve Houses 79. The length or shortness of life by the Position of the Planets in Houses 91. Contents of the third Book Of Directions what they signifie 99. Of the signification of the word Algebuthar 101. Of the several Lords of the Triplicities 102. Of Revolutions or the Return of the ☉ to his proper place in the Radix 102. How to judg a Revolution 102. Of the Fridaries or Government of the Planets by years 104. Of Profections 107. Of Eclipses and great Conjunctions and how to make use of them in any Nativity 109. Of the Transit of the Planets 110. OF THE IVDGEMENTS ASTRONOMICALL UPON NATIVITIES The first Booke Chap. I. Of the Celestiall figure of a Nativity FOr to judge of Ascendants and Nativities after the Traditions of the Ancient and learned Astrologians it is convenient first to explaine the Celestiall figure and in the same to apply the seaven Planets with the head and taile of the Dragon Lunaire together with the part of Fortune and the part of the spirit and others more appertaining to the high and notable significations of the Starres then to set downe plainly the Celestiall figure you must in the first place note the yeare the day and the houre with the most nearest minute of time of the Nativitie that you have undertaken The number of the houres and minutes you must set them downe after the manner of the numbring of the Astrologians within their Tables alwayes set downe the houres after-noone as well by day as by night and never say one houre two houres three houres after midnight but number 13. houres 14. houres 15. after noone This done search in the Ephemerides in the Table of the yeare of your nativity in the right month day proposed the degree of the signe wherein the Sun is looke afterward in the Table of houses which serve for the latitude of your Country and search there the said degree of the Sun under the line of the tenth house And having found in the same place the same degree of the Sun you shall find directly upon the left hand of the same Table a number of houres and minutes the which write apart To which number you must adde the houres and minutes that have beene given you of the same nativity and that which resteth by your addition you must seeke in the table of houses and there where you find the same number of houres and minutes comming of the same addition you must take to a right line the points and beginnings of the six houses which you shall finde marked the which you shall direct upon your figure beginning at the point of the tenth and continuing towards the left hand The beginning of the other sixe houses you must take the opposite signes and if it happen that the number of houses and minutes come to more than twenty foure houres it is then convenient to substract twenty foure houres of the same time and the residue seeke out as wee have aforesaid If the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 nativitie be upon the point of twelve houres of noone you must take the houses in a right line of the degree of the Sunne in the Table of your Latitude without making any other addition or substraction and that when in the figure estimative within the which it is needfull by all meanes to apply the moving of the Moone exactly calculated according to the vulgar Canons of the Ephemerides for to verifie afterward your nativity by the houre of the conception as followeth Chap. II. Of the verification of the houre of the Nativitie LEaving the Animodar of Ptolomie and the meetings of Schoner and all other uncertaine waies although they have their Authors to verifie the houres of Nativities I will presently follow the method of Hermes approved by long experience and confirmed by Ptolomie in his Centiloque and by Abraham Avenesrus by Alphonse Leopold Holy and other most expert Astrologians Hermes saith that the ascendant of a nativitie hath beene the place of the Moone at the time of the conception and that the ascendant of the conception is the place of the Moone at the houre of the Nativity Who would be more neere certified of the houre and minute of a nativity and of the true ascendant it is convenient that you follow the doctrine of Hermes by the method following First of all that you looke into the figure estimative whether the Moone be above the Horizon or beneath If shee be above the Horizon count
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
lands and possessions joyned to the Church or in subjection to the Church-men and the father a stranger in the tenth the father to be knowne of great Lords by the which shall come great profit to the child and shall have Lordships lands and possessions by meanes of great Lords In the eleventh short life to the father inheritance by friends in the 12. the father a stranger and of base condition and shall hate his sonne and shall have some moveable goods of his enomies not without long suit and great difficulty The Lord of the fifth in the first house signifieth feasting banqueting dancing voluptuousnesse and faire children In the second rich children and joy of their gaining In the third voyages for pleasure In the 4. goods of parents and allies In the 5. feasts banquets playes bravery dances pleasure and faire children In the 6. witnesse that hee shall be a peace maker and not greatly given to pleasure but in servants and keeping cattell In the 7. the children shall hate the father and shall have suits one against the other yet alwayes contentment by his wife rejoyce in her In the 8. joyfull because of unlooked for inheritance and short life to children In the 9. joy in pilgrimages vowes holy religion good children that feare and love God In the 10. pleasure in honour In the 11. pleasure in friends and many children In the 12. short life of children enmity betweene the father and the children pleasure in horses The Lord of the sixth in the first signifieth many sicknesses of the said Lord and that his servants and beasts shall die quickly In the second that he shall be rich by keeping of cattell In the third sicknesse and going here and there from home a poore kindred In the 4. that his father shall be of very base condition In the 5. sicknesse by overmuch pleasure children of more base condition than their father In the 6. health if the Lord of the ascendant do not regard him otherwise sicknesse by over labour In the 7. sicknesse by women of strifes and suites and strife betweene his servants and him In the 8. death by reason of servants In the 9. sicknesse out of his Country by travell In the 10. sicknesse by over-travell in his profession or by over-labouring for honour In the 11. acquaintance of men unknowne and sicknesse by meanes of friends In the 12. sicknesse by means of enemies and of imprisonment and enemies of his owne servants The Lord of the 7. in the 1. signifieth gaine by traffique peace and agreement by exercise of physicke and Astrologie and that he shall be well loved of his wife and have goods with her but he shall be quarrelsome and have suits In the 2. short life of his wife suites for her goods and riches In the 3. strife and suits against friends kinsfolkes and they shall love his wife impudently In the 4. inheritance by women suites against parents In the 5. a young wife honest and vertuous beloved of her husband and suit against his children In the 6. strife for cattell and servants marriage with some woman of base condition or noted of some infamy proper to himselfe and parents In the 7. suits for women houshold-strife profit and to agree and communicate his goods In the 8. strife for inheritance great goods by women In the 9. strife and accusations for matters of faith marriage with strange woman In the 10. trouble for offices and honour an honourable wife and dignity by the wives friends In the 11. suits against friends or by their means and shall be married by his friends In the 12. controversie against enemies marriage with women of base condition and not long love together The Lord of the 8. in the first signifieth iâ—e sadnesse angry for that he cannot bring to passe and shall not be of long life In the 2. inheritance In the 3. death of brethren In the 4. death in his house and shall see the death of his parents and shall have inheritances In the 5. death of children In the 6. death of his family before him and shall be unfortunate in cattell In the 7. death of wife by whom he shall have inheritance and thereby become rich In the 8. that he shall thinke suddenly to die and yet sound of body trouble in spirit shall have dowrie by his wife and inheritance and other goods In the 9. that hee shall have evill courage and shall die out of his Country In the 10. honourable death or otherwise by the meanes of great Lords and of Judges or because of his honour In the 11. death amongst his friends In the 12. death amongst his enemies or by reason of themselves The Lord of the ninth in the first signifieth prudence religious vertuous divine a lover of Church-men and shall make many voyages In the 2. that hee shall make many voyages by the which he shall become rich In the 3. marriage out of his Countrie or take a stranger and shall make journeyes because of his brethren In the 4. death from home pilgrimage by perswasion of parents In the 5. have children from home out of his Country and shall make journeyes for them In the 6. marriage of a maid or woman of base condition sicknesse from home and shall travell for his servants and cattell In the 7 voyages and suites by reason of women and their goods and signifieth the woman to be devout moderate and well mannered In the 8. desire of riches travell for his wives goods In the 9. good understanding a lover of vertue fearing God knowledge in divine mysteries oracles secret things and true dreames travell for devotion In the 10. travell for profession and honour In the 11. good friends from home In the 12. evill courage and enemies out of his Country travell by reason of enemies The Lord of the tenth in the first signifieth that by his industry he shall come to great honour and shall have dignitie offices and governments In the 2. honour for his wealth In the 3. honour by his brethren or by travell In the 4. unmoveable goods sumptuous houses In the 5. honour by his children In the 6. little honour except of his houshold and servants or in governing of the sicke In the 7. honourable marriage In the 8. goods by marriage inheritance and perill of death to the mother at the time of her travell and delivery In the 9. Ecclesiasticall dignitie honour in strange countries and estimation by his travell In the 10. dignities offices and great honour by his owne meanes and favour of Princes In the 11. prosperity honour and favour of friends In the 12. honour by his enemies honour and estimation of men of evill condition The Lord of the eleventh in the first signifieth good fortune happy enterprises good friends and many children In the 2. goods and riches by friends In the 3. amitie of brethren journies and travels for friends In the 4. good fortune in unmoveable goods In the
5. abundance of children banquets joy and good fortune In the 6. fortune in good husbandry In the 7. rich and fortunate marriage and good friends strife and debates against friends and that he shall be poore in his youth and rich in his age In the 8. inheritance death of friends In the 9. profitable journies friends out of his Country and good fortune in strange places In the 10. goods and honour by meanes of men of authority and dignity in youth In the eleaventh aboundance of friends and children great goods and honour and favour of men in authority good renown and prosperity In the 12. small friends few goods and debate with his friends The Lord of the twelfth in the first signifieth poverty in youth sadnesse long travell enmity and conspiration against him In the second evill manners quarrels for goods In the third quarrels with friends and kindred In the fourth strife and suits for inheritance and moveable goods and discord with the father In the fifth rebellious children to the father and strife among themselves In the sixth strife and anger among the familie In the seventh that he shall take wives of base condition and not love them long and by their meanes shall have great paine and travell and shall be in griefe for them aâ—d his friends shall conspire against him and his enemies shall take away part of his goods and in the end of his daies be poore and miserable In the eight hatred and treason for livelihood and goods of women death of enemies In the ninth quarrell with Church-men and mischiefes by the way In the tenth quarrell with great Lords persecution by reason of his profession of his offices and honour The eleventh signifieth that his friends shall be his enemies and shal have great mischiefe for his friends In the twelfth many envies and enemies that shall imagine many mischiefes against him Likewise you must judge of all the parts of the 12. houses as the part of fortune in the first signifieth that he shall be rich and fortunate by his industry In the second that he shall become rich in all that is signified by the second house c. All these be the foundations and rootes of the judgements Astronomicall from the which you may not swarve or depart except in as much as be mitigated prohibited or augmented by the concurrences and aspects of the planets and conjunction of the fixed starres The end of the second Booke OF IVDGEMENTS ASTRONOmicall upon Nativities containing the directions and revolutions The third Booke Chap. I. Of Directions THe art of Directions so diligently entreated upon by John de Regiomount that there is no more place fitly to speake of the same Except that with the aid of God we have purposed to translate into French his problemes and documents appertaining to the said matter Neverthelesse we will here touch the principall point To direct which terme I use being most commonly used and of long time received although it be not proper it is no other thing than to stay the meeting of one place of the heavens with another consequently following according to the naturall order of the signes and that the moving of the first mobile The first place is named the significator the second the promittor as if the ascendant were in the 20. degree of Sagittarius and Saturne in the 10. of Capricorne one might direct the ascendant to Saturne and the ascendant shall be significator of life and Saturne promittor of death or sicknesse and then the judgement shall be danger of death there is another forme of direction attributed to the parts and planets retrogrades which do make following the naturall course of the first mobile to the contrary of the consequence of the signes of the which the craft is like to the first there is no difference but that we have called Significator which is here promittor and the Promittor is here significator The point meridionall of the tenth house you must direct by the right ascensions The point of the ascendant by the ascensions obliques found in the Table of the latitude of your Region The points and starres that shal be betweene the Meridian and the Horizon by the oblique ascentioÌ„s under the circle in the which they be the which you call The circle of Position the which for to find likewise to have the ascensions of every place having latitude or no you must follow the method following First you must take the longitudes of Planets fixed stars and other places that you would direct that is to say the signe degree minute that they hold in the Zodiack in the Ephemerides or other tables Astronomicall c. Secondly you must calculate their latitudes in degrees and minutes placed in the Ephemerides Thirdly their declination by the fâ—rst probleme of the booke of directions of Regiomont Then their right ascensions by the third probleme of the said house Then againe the distances of the circle Meridionall by the 19. probleme Incontinent the circles of their positions by the 20. probleme consequently the differences ascentionall by the Table expressed And finally the oblique ascensions by the tenth Canon if the said starres be betweene the point meridionall of the tenth house and the point of the fourth or the discentions of obliques by the eleventh probleme if they be betweene the point of the fourth and the tenth This done take out the number of the oblique ascensions of the Significator of the number of the oblique ascensions of the Promittor take to the Table of the position of the Significator or the contrary if you direct the parts and Planets retrogrades that which resteth of degrees minutes turne into yeares months dayes and by this meanes you shall have exactly the time of good or evill that shall happen unto you by direction intending that one degree is here signified a yeare five minutes a moneth one minute 6. dayes and some odde houres he that would helpe the seconds he shall touch the end more perfectly For to know the sicknesses and danger of death you must direct the five vitall places that wee have considered searching the giver of life in sixed starres of violent nature in the point of the fourth sixt seaventh and eighth and the taile of the Dragon to the ill fortunes and their evill aspects in the parts of death and by and by to the Sunne and to the head of the Dragon Likewise for the same consideration you must direct the said pernicious places to the five vitall places And they meeting they judge that the man is in great danger of death when the fortunes do not shew forth their favourable beames For the goods honor dignities friendships and other considerations you must direct the one significator of goods with the other and the one significator of honour with the other of the which we have made mention in the first Booke following the particular judgements of the Nativities Chap. II. Of the