m.  ☉ ad ♂ ♃ in Crepuse  43 27 47 7 1604. â™ ad â–¡ ☽  45 13 49 2 1605. â™ ad par ♂ in mundo d. d.  46 29    ♠ad par ♂ in Zod. 53 2    ♠ad par ♃       My Learned Italian tells us That Cardinal Simoncellus was born November the 5th at 49 minutes past 7 of the Clock at Night in the Year 1536. under the Elevation of 43. And also says he was created Cardinal on the 22d day of December 1553. by Pope Julius III. and this at the age of 17 years and 2 months almost on the Midheaven to the Body of Jupiter and Trine of Mercury This was a very young Cardinal in my Opinion but old enough I judge to take the profits of his Trade And that he dyed in the month of February about the middle of it Anno 1605. by a difficulty in his Urine at the Age of 68 years and 3 months and this says Sir Andrew was from the Moon Lady of the Ascendent directed to the Antiscion of Saturn in an obedient Sign and the Ascendent to the Square of Mercury imbuted with the Nature of Mars which he says naturally gives a Retention of Urine I can by no means believe that Mercury is afflicted or hurt by Mars because he is in exact Trine to Jupiter by his Longitude and by his Latitude in exact Conjunction with Venus and for those Reasons I think he can do no great hurt And therefore the whole Charge must lye upon Saturn for it is his Turn to murder now because he is Lord of the Eighth House and therefore that you may see it all before you take the Scheme before I come to the Correction which is the same Argol printed This is a very odd sort of Doctrine and perfectly unintelligible to let the Ascendent pass the Body of the Moon Square of the Sun and Antiscion of the Sun and at last kill him with the Moon to the Antiscion of Saturn and the Moon under the Earth and no ways like to be Hileg a very likely story Pray observe you see he kills Cardinal de Comitibus on the Ascendent to the Body of the Moon and so he doth Philip Columna He kills Cardinal Placentinus and Cardinal Zacchia with a single Square of the Sun each of them and yet here where the Square of the Sun falls exactâ—y on the the Body of the Moon and both near the Lyon's Heart which adds to their Violence extreamly they will not do his business but at last a little sneaking Antiscion which is indeed no Antiscion must be called in and had not Saturn been Lord of the Eighth I believe his Antiscion could not have done it neither Is there any man living that can justifie this Doctrine and bring it into Rule that it may be made useful to those that depend on it What man is there that had seen those Examples mentioned before and believed them that would not have been extravagantly positive in this Nativity that the Ascendent to the Body of the Moon to the Square of the Sun and the Lion's Heart would have killed which you see did not Away away with this foolish stuff But besides this if the Directions of the Moon have power to kill why did not the Moon to the Body of Saturn Square of Mercury and Square of Mars do it when there was no Help or Reliet to save Life In my Correction of this Scheme I alter Argol's Figure and make it 5 minutes later which I judge no body will quarrel at that considers how little it is The R. A. of the Midheaven is 349 degrees 47 minutes Jupiter is in the Midheaven and Mercury and Mars in Conjunction on the Cusp of the Sixth House and the early preferment that he had was from the Midheaven to the Body of Jupiter and the Part of Fortune to the Trines of Mercury and Mars at which time being but 17 years of age he was made a young Cardinal The Midheaven to the Body of Jupiter came up 2 years before his Preferment and paved his way to it by Interest and good Friends which made it come easy afterward The Directions on which this Native did expire were the Part of Fortune giver of Life to the Opposition of the Sun and Zodiacal Parallel of Saturn and the Moon to the Zodiacal Parallel of Saturn also at the same time who is radically in Square with Mars and Mercury I have told you already That the Part of Fortune is not to be directed in the Zodiack but in the World only and in order to that take notice its Right Ascention is 33° degrâ—â—s minutes its distance from the Tenth House 13 degrees 42 minutes its Tempora Horaria Diurna 17 degrees 58 minutes the distance of the Sun from the Cusp of the Fourth is 60 degrees 38 minutes to this I add the part proportional 13 degrees 47 minutes and that gives the Ark of Direction of the Part of Fortune to the Opposition of the Sun 74 degrees 25 minutes This turned into time gives 68 years and 3 months The Part of Fortune to the parallel of Saturn hath Ark 76 degrees 50 minutes And these two I do allow for his Death which was a Retention of Urine but this last which is the Poiothanatos gives the Disease and its Quality and is likely to produce it either by a paralitick Accident in the Bladder and Nerves adjacent or by impairing the expulsive Faculty in the Reins both which are the natural effects of Saturn and his Terrene Quality And I am of Opinion that he had been subject to this Disease for 3 years before he dyed being first began by the Ascendent to the Body of Saturn which doth for the most part cause a deficiency in all parts of Nature though he had not power to kill See the Directions  de m. y. m.  ♠ad â–¡ ☽ 62 2 56 9 1593 Ascend ad ♂ ♄ 71 35 65 7 1602 â™ ad 8 ☉ 74 25 68 3 1605 â™ ad par ♄ in Zod. 76 50 70 5 1607 ☽ ad par ♄ in Zod. 76 50 70 5 1607 And seeing I have made use of these Directions often in this Treatise I care not if I take a little pains and demonstrate the thing to the young Student which I am sure is generally unknown to the Astrologers of our Nation I mean to direct the Moon to the Antiscions of the Planets and therefore I will here do it once for all And to that end take notice That Antiscions are nothing else but parallels of Declination which are to be taken with the Planets Latitude and not otherways and those that take them without make haste to discover their Ignorance and shew you they grope in the dark without Reason or Skill having taken up a false method delivered to them by they know not who and â—ow they are loth to part with it and whether I am
contend with such Antagonists I am sâ—fe enough But methinks I see some and hear others dissatisfied with what I have already said on this Nativity and think it is nothing else but Talk and Flourish and that I am not able to make good what I have said by plain proof That he dyed by the Force and Power of other Directions to the Giver of Life as I have before intimated Pray have but a little paâ—ience and you shall be entertained with that too What the estimate time of this Prince's Birth was I know not that is indeed the Fault of all our Authors for they think we ought to rely on their Skill in Correcting and for that Reason give no estimate time but believe it to be something nearer Sun rise than the Time Mâ—rinus takes for truth however because I will pull no Controversies about my ears I will work all my Directions according to this Position of 6 degrees of Sagitary ascending and the Pole of the Sun in this Figure and they are these that follow i. e. the Sun to the Parallel of Saturn to the Opposition of Saturn and Square of Mars thus ☉ ad Parall ♂ in Zod. 32 55 29 6 1624. ☉ ad Parall ♀ in Zod. 35 3 31 8 1626. ☉ ad Corp. ♀ sine Lat. 38 51 35 5 1629. ☉ ad Parall ♄ in Zod. 41 50 38 5 1633. ☉ ad Oppos. ♄ sine Lat. 43 52 40 5 1635. ☉ ad Quad. ♂ in Zod. 44 19 40 10 1635. ☉ ad Oppos. ♄ cum Lat. 46 7 42 8 1637. Here you see I bring Four Directions for his Death the Parallel of Saturn that toucheth first the Opposition of Saturn S. L. the Square of Mars in the Zodiack and the Opposition of Saturn C. L. Object But this is false that you endeavour to prove true for your Direction that you call the Parallel of Saturn and comes up first gives 38 Years and 5 Months which is 6 Months after he dyed for he was killed when he was 37 Years 10 Months and 19 Days old and I hope you will not make your Stars kill him after he is dead as we do Answer No no soft and fair my Friend I will clear this Doubt to you presently I told you before That the Scheme is not the estimate Time but of Morinus's Correction and I am certain it is false and that it was altered to make the Square of Saturn kill him and the Time was undoubtedly a little later I likewise told you That all these Directions that I have wrought are by the Oblique Ascentions under the Pole of the Sun in this Figure of his Now if you will permit me to alter the Pole of the Sun but one degree or not so much which will not alter the Ascendent 2 degrees and instead of 6 make 8 of Sagitarius there and all will agree very well and the Aâ—k of the Sun to the Parallel of Saturn will be about 41 degrees and 12 minutes which gives in time 37 Years and 10 Months Anno 1632. And by altering that Pole all the rest of the Directions will proportionally vary as much as this doth This is my Judgment of the Cause of Death and I am sure a great deal more rational to give it and its Violence than those before alledged But if any of you think they are not pray produce me better Authority than I have for it in Quadripart lib. 4. cap. 10. where he begins that Paragraph thus Erunt autem Mâ—rtes Violentae Insignes c. Perhaps I may meet with a second Objection and that is Why the Sun to the Zâ—diacal Parallel of Mars did not kill as well as that of Saturn In answer to this I shall refer you to my Opus Reformat pag. 161 and 163. and the better to assist you in your Search I have wrought that Direction and those that attend it that are of concernment in the thing you propound The next Nativity I find brought by him as an Example is that of the Duke of Montmorancy and that is brought to prove the same Foolery that this last was i. e. That the Midheaven to the Square of Saturn took off his Head October the 30th 1632. he being then 37 Years and 6 Months old He lets him pass the Midheaven to the Opposition of the Sun and Square of the Moon Lady of the Eighth and kills him on the single Square of Saturn which is indeed no Square and for the better deciding this Point I wish he had given us the estimate time of his Birth The Figure follows the Planets Places from the Rudolphine Tables Here you see the Birth is Nocturnal and all the Planets under the Earth except Saturn in the Eighth House so that the Ascendent or Part of Fortune must be Hileg If the Ascendent be Giver of Life there can be no Pretence to any Direction to that Point nor is it vitiated by any Malignant Beams at that Time as I can discover nor doth he take any notice of the Part of Fortune Argol I confess in de Diebus Criti. pa. 239. tells us the Part of Fortune is Aphaeta and that it was directed to the Antiscion of Mars for his Death but withal he brings in likewise the Midheaven to the Square of Saturn I must needs say Morinus is the fairer man of the two for he depends solely on the Midheaven to kill but Argol hath two Strings to his Bow the Part of Fortune and Midheaven both And yet when all is done I do not believe that he ever understood how to direct the Part of Fortune to the Antiscion of Mars nor could it be done in that Nativity that he hath given us I shall have little or no occasion to say any thing in particular to the Direction it self that he says killed or to the Improbability of it as to the Rule I having done that largely in the last Example which is a parallel Case to this And both indeed built upon one bottom and by him both imbellish'd with the same Arguments to create a Belief in the Reader that they are true And therefore I will proceed to give you my Opinion concerning this Nativity and its Correction according to those Principles of Astrology that I am Master of for as to the Scheme he hath given us I am sure it is false because there is no ground nor reason for it in Nature nor will it hold in other Nativities no not one in twenty nor is there any Rule in substantial Authors to justifie it I have already told you That either the Ascendent or the Part of Forâ—une must be giver of Life and to make his Death correspond with Rational Rules we must alter Morinus his Figure If the Ascendent is admitted then it must be directed to the Square of the Sun or to the Body of the Moon and Opposition of Saâ—â—rn If to the first it must be about 38 minutes sooner than the time that he prints if the latter is allowed then it must
caused by the Direction of Jupiter and Mercury in Conjunction to the Body of Mars which certainly can never be allowed nor believed by any man but him that can believe any thing And the better to enforce and fortifie his Doctrine he tells us That Jupiter Lord of the Seventh with Mercury Lord of the Ascendent are directed to Mars Lord of the Seventh so that he hath two Lords of the Seventh to effect the business And had the Direction been in the Seventh by this Rule and Opinion of his it would certainly have been more forcible But suppose this were all true Why should Jupiter c. being directed to Mars be more likely to give Marriage at 38 than the Sun to the Body of Mars at about 22 years of Age even in the Heat and Fury of Youth at which Age Women are generally more bent to Marriage than at 38 and yet at both Ages under proper Directions we find such Examples frequent enough Nay he tells us That his Friend Monsieur Goulas from this only Direction predicted this Queen a Second Marriage while her First Husband was living If he did it was a bold Venture attended with a good Fate more than the Direction he gives nor indeed is there any thing in it worthy of our imitation or credit though it did his business as well as if it had been true for it got him the Queen 's good Opinion and Favour But it would have been no small Service to us had either of them told us by what Rule the First Husband should dye so soon which would be of more use than this new Project For Jupiter Lord of the Seventh is strong and so is Mars and both Lords of the Seventh as he says And so I come to correct the Figure and give my Reasons and Directions for these Four Accidents The estimate time is 3 minutes after 8 manè and the Figure by my Correction is 58 minutes after 7 and is but 5 minutes differing from the time given the Right Ascention of the Midheaven is 87 degrees 24 minutes and the Directions are these following  d. mi y. m.  Ascend ad â–¡ ☽ 13 46 15 00 1626 Dangerously sick ☉ ad Par. ♂ Zod. 16 28 18 00 1629 Courted to Marry ☽ ad 8 ♀ S. L. 17 30 19 02 1630 ☽ ad 8 ♀ C. L. 18 57 20 08 1632 ☽ ad Corp. ♂ 19 19 21 01 1632 ☽ ad Pa. ☿ mo rap 30 29 33 10 1645 Married first ☽ ad Par. ♃ mo rap 30 30 33 10 1645 ☉ ad ♂ ♀ mo conv 31 14 34 07 1646 M. C. ad ♂ ♀ 31 51 35 03 1646 ☽ ad Par. ♀ in Zod. 34 49 38 04 1649 Married again ☉ ad âš¹ ♀ in Zod. 36 42 40 02 1651 ☽ ad Par. ☉ mo rap 38 46 42 03 1653 If I understand the business these Directions are far more agreeable and more natural too than those given by Morinus and besides I am nearer to the estimate time than he is which seems to be given very exact even to 3 minutes as you may see The Ascendent to the Square of the Moon for her Sickness is no ways strained but a true and a fair Direction and yet Morinus himself never knew what made it so violent as to be like to kill her for in his own Nativity it gave nothing at all nor doth he take notice of it Nor did he ever know what saved her Life under those two Directions of the Moon and Saturn for in that of Zaga-Christi he makes the single Square of the Moon kill him and yet here it gave a disease and did not kill And in my opinion it would have been worth your knowing had he been so free as to have told us the reason of these things for every Astrologer that is Master of his Profession doth or ought to know this Mystery The Sun ad paral Mars in Zodiaco and at the heels of it the Moon to the Opposition of Venus looks like a Courtship but to her injury and discontent as we may suppose because two such great People as the Qâ—â—en-Mother and the Cardinal undertook to break the business and prevent the Marriage Pray consider whether these are not much more likely than the Ascendent to the Sextile of Jupiter The Moon to the Parallels of Jupiter and Mercury and the Sun to the Body of Venus motu convers are Directions probable to give Marriage as well as that Direction of the Body of Venus to the Midheaven and though that doth not touch in this of mine yet it is just at the door and doth certainly influence the matter But the Cause of her Second Marriage is the great and only thing in dispute as you have heard for which I say she had the Moon to the Zodiacal Parallel of Venus and at the same time under the Influence of the Midheaven to the Body of Venus that began its effects in 1647. But perhaps you will say That the Direction of the Moon to the Parallel of Venus in the Zodiack comes up at 38 years and 4 months and she was married at 37 years and 9 months and therefore this is not to the purpose To this I answer I have followed Origanus for the Latitude of the Moon as having no other for that year and you know he is none of the exactest in those Calculations Therefore if the Moon 's Latitude be allowed to be 12 minutes too much and I am certain it is greater than it ought to be the Direction will touch exactly at the time she Married and the former of the Body of Venus gave the beginning of that Second Courtship But besides those Zodiacal Parallels are generally in Operation before they perfectly touch and the nearer the Tropicks the longer So that it is possible one of these Directions falling near the Tropicks may be in operation 10 years nay I may say 20 tho' there are many I know that will think it is very improbable and so let them and welcome Thus I have endeavoured to shew you That this Nativity was to be proved by the same Accidents and yet by other Directions than those given by this Learned Author and this by keeping closer to the estimate time than he did But perhaps you may say You do not understand some of these Directions and therefore you have nothing but my word for it Why really I think you may as well take my word for these as take Morine's word for his for I am certain there is not a Reader in the world can imagine why the Square of the Moon should be taken with 4 degrees of Latitude in the Ascendent when her Body hath not two as you have already heard The next Nativity we meet with is that of Lewis XIV King of France whom he says was born September the 5th at 15 minutes past 11 before noon S. N. 1638. in the Latitude of 49 but he corrects it to 4 minutes sooner which we shall immediately consider with the
of Pope Urban the Seventh who was made Captain General of Christ's Church Pope I mean the 15th of September 1590 and dyed within twelve days afterward H◠was born the 4th of August at 22 minutes past 7 of the Clock in the Morning 1521. Lat. 42. and ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ ☽ are Calculated by the Caroline Tables as you see ♄ 11 15 ♒ Latitude 0 56 S. ♃ 13 36 ♠0 35 N. ♂ 7 55 ♎ 0 6 N. ♀ 20 14 ♌ 5 0 S. ☿ 0 10 ♠1 8 N. ☽ 11 52 ♠2 56 N. ☉ 20 35 ♌  ☊ 17 32 ♎  The right Ascention of the Midheaven is 72 57 and they tell you that the Midheaven to the Trine of Jupiter gave him his Preferment and the Ascendent to the Square of Saturn gave his Death But how they will manage the Stars to make it out remains a mystery to me For he was chosen Pope the 15th of September sickned the 17th and dyed the 28 of the same Month 1590. being then 69 Years of Age and almost two Months Now consider the Midheaven to the Trine of Jupiter in Zodiaco is by Direction Ark 63 8. and the Ascendent to the Square of Saturn is Ark 69 53. the difference is almost 7 degrees then how could these two come together and you see the preferment and death fell out both in a Month and therefore there must be some other cause for both these Accidents than what is here asserted in their own way and to be further plain and open with you in the point the Ascendent to the Square of Saturn true came up 6 or 7 years before his death and the Midheaven ad Trine Jupiter a long time after it Now upon the result of all I am of the opinion that the Midheaven to the Body of Venus gave him his Preferment and the Ascendent to the Square of the Sun and semiquadrate of Mars gave his death which came all up at a time and 't is possible there might be a little poison in the way as he says there was a suspicion of for Venus who is concern'd in his Death as well as in his Preferment is indeed imbuted with the Rays of Saturn and may be justly suspected But if this is allowed we must make an alteration in the Figure of about 15 Minutes in time which is no great matter in the thing according to their Rules and Practice Object But perhaps some may say Why did not the Rays of Venus save seeing you tell us they do even by their Squares and Oppositions Answ. 'T is true I do assert it and say the Rule will hold but in this case she is excepted by the Rule because she is under the Sun-beams and therefore cannot The next I have pitched upon is the Nativity he gives us for Ascanius Cardinalis Columna's time of Birth and it is a pretty Remarkable one both for Arguments of Greatness and Directions for Death as you may see by the Figure that followeth set to his time but my Division of the Heavens This is indeed a very good Position for Preferment for here we find Jupiter on the Ascendent the Sun in it in his Exaltation the Moon strong in Trine to the Ascendent Mars who hath dignities in the Tenth is in Sextile to the Moon and in Trine to the Midheaven Venus is in her Exaltation and in a Zodiacal parallel with Jupiter Sure this man could not want friends in his time nor indeed did he for you see he was made a Cardinal early and this by the Intercession of the King of Spain and had Nature been so kind to have prolong'd his days he had certainly obtained the Infallible Chair and been called his Holiness but we have but two Accidents to correct by and they are these following Aged 26 years and almost 10 months he was made Cardinal and as Argol says on the Midheaven to the Square of the Sun and the Part of Fortune to the Body of the Moon Aged 48 years one month and 14 days Anno 1608. May 17. he dyed of a Fever and a Cholerick Disease he had then says Argol the Ascendent to the Bull 's Eye As to the First of these Directions it seems so improbable to suit to the Accident of Preferment that no body I think can in reason allow it For if he had been under two or three good Directions at that time the Midheaven to the Square of the Sun would have knockt it all dead and have made it ineffectual for the Midheaven to the Square of the Sun creates Foes not Friends and therefore I am of opinion some other reason must be given for that Preferment than those laid down by our Author As to his death and the reason given for it I cannot imagine Argol himself thought it would be believed and I dare say my Reader will be of my opinion when he hears what I have to say in the case The Horoscope meets the Bull 's Eye in the 14th degree of Gemini with Latitude and I hope he doth not intend it without if he doth the Error is the greater for there is no such Direction so that he lets the Ascendent pass by the body of Mars Lord of the Eighth near the Pleiades After that the body of Saturn in a violent part of Heaven And a little after that to the Square of Venus out of the Twelfth and after these three Directions he kills him with this silly foolish thing not to be imagined by any Artist that hath had either Reading or Experience To pass the bodies of both the Maleficks nearly in Conjunction and let him dye on the Direction to a fixed Star that hath at least 5 degrees of Latitude Can you imagine Reader that Mars or Saturn or both together had not as much power to kill as the Bull 's Eye Or can you give me any reason why Saturn or Mars should not kill If you can I am sure you know much more of Astrology than I am Master of provided the reason you give will hold in any other Nativity where the same Directions or either of them happen But that which makes the thing more improbable is That the Sun is in the Ascendent and Giver of Life And though I know that the Ascendent to the bodies of Mars and Saturn could not kill yet the stress of my Argument lieth in this That if it was possible or probable for the Bull 's Eye to kill Why should not the bodies of Saturn and Mars do it more effectually before These things considered are sufficient to convince any doubting Reader that this is not a true Nativity nor can I judge what Scheme may be because it is not the faculty of these kind of Astrologers to give us the Estimate time with the Correct as they call it but if the time should be near this I think it is reasonable to conclude That the Sun to the Mundane parallel of Mars followed by the Mundane parallel of Saturn is a very suitable
pleased to correct it by as he says for among all those Accidents of Proof there are but few that I can allow but if it be true I would fain know what it is he will allow for his Death which was I think about the beginning of 1684. being then 64 years and an half old The Ascendent was then under no â—â—l Direction it having passed the Opposition of the Sun Lord of the Eighth 10 years before also the Opposition of Mercury and Squares of Saturn and the Moon The Sun passed the Oppositions of the Moon and Saturn 5 years before and the Moon passed her own and Saturn's Squares about 3 years before so that none of these Points and Parts of Heaven can be charged with killing But because we will not dance about from one Aphetick point to another let us come to the strict Rule of the Hileg who ought to be only directed for Death and that is Mercury in this Figure he gives us who under their Pole of Position is got into 3 degrees of Capricorn but that I will not allow to kill if he were come to the Square of the Sun exactly at that time Because the Square of Jupiter is just behind it and the Trine of Venus a little after that So that here is no Direction to be pretended to that can be regularly allowed to kill no not so much as a Parallel either Mundane or Zodiacal to crowd in to help out the Sham. I will not give the Figure because I think it is not worth while but in regard there may be some ingenious men that may be desirous to see the Scheme and perhaps willing to try their Skill upon it I will give them the time of his Birth that I have from our Author and he tells us He was born die Solis Septemb. 19. hor. 2. min. 14. P. M. 1619. sub Lat. 54. And I should be glad to see it corrected to the purpose I shâ—ll not say any thing to his Friend Cap. Bray because he hath laid nothing down that is either positive or particular and perhaps it is but a made one at last and to tell you the truth I doubt it is no other and seems made by the Midâ—eaven to the Body of Saturn for his Trouble and Imprisonment at 26 years of age Nor shall I take any notice of Mr. Eastwood's nor Mr. Richardson's no nor the Merchant of Genoua All which I pass by Mr. Hooper a Merchant born July the 5th hor. 7. min. 43. manè 1612. sub Lat. 51. 32. We have no Accident to prove this by but his breaking for Threescore thousand pounds at 27 years of age for which our Author says he had his Moon to â—â—e 8 â—â— Venus and Midheâ—ven to the â–¡ of Saturn And his Death at 31 years of age and 8 months from the Sun directed to the Opposition of the Moon and the Part of Fortune to the Square of the Sun I remember he says The Midheaven to the Square of Venus made Major General Lambâ—rt Warden of the Ciâ—que-Ports and if that should be true Why should we think the Moon to the Opposition of Venus was the cause of his Breaking And for the Midheaven to the Square of Saturn there is nothing in it for that came up at 21 and he tells of nothing he had then either of Sickness or Trouble That he dyed on the Sun to the Opposition of the Moon I cannot really or readily believe because the Zodiacal Parallel of Jupiter falls within 5 degrees after it and his Body within 7 degr and besides he never flincht for the Square of Mars and do you think the Sun to the â—quare of Mars Lord of the Fourth and Eighth is not more likely to kill than to the Opposition of the Moon Lady of the Eleventh Consider and think your selves out of these improbable Rules and when you have done that you will soon conclude this to be a mâ—de Nativity It is most certain the Sun is not Giver of Life here and it is a hard matter to say which hath most Title to that Power Mars or Mercury for to one of them it will certainly fall and to endeavour to decide it is in vain unless we were more certain of the Figure than we are Mr. Woâ—sey is said to be born on Monday the 28th of November â—or 14 miâ— 27 P. M. 1637. sub Lat. 51. 32. The only Direction he corrects this Scheme by is the Ascendent to the Square of Saturn at 12 years of age which give him an Ague for 18 months Now by their own Rule this could not have any suâ—h â—ffâ—ct they I mean who can direct the Angles to the Antiâ—cions for the Antiscion of Jupiter fell the very next degree after it and forbids any thing of ill but the Square of Saturn came up at 3 years of age I am informed this Native did dye at the Age of 28 years and 11 days of the Plague i e. in December 1665. But what we shall find out for his Death I can no ways imagine and should be glad to be informed by the Author The Moon hath not got to the Body of Mars nor the Sun to his Square nor do I know what to allow for it either in my way or theirs and therefore I will leave it as a doubtful Nativity Johannes Regiomontanus Erasmus Rheinholdus and Georgius Trapezontius are all to be doubted As to the first of those three Mr. Gadbury and Origanus say He was born Anno 1536. But Cardan and Junctine say He was born 1436 they differ only 100 years The second by Mr. Gadbury and Origanus is said to be born in the year 1551. but Garcaeus and Junctine say he was born in the year 1511. differing only 40 years a small matter The third is said by Mr. Gâ—dbury and Origanus to be born 1396. but Gauricus says he was bâ—rn Anno 1395. so that we find in all of them a sufficient ground to doubt their truth and therefore I will leave them with the Author and when he hath adjusted â—nd corrected them I will call for them again and give him my Opinion on the whole Dr. Geoffery le Neve was born as it is said April the 15th hor. 14. min. 22. P. M. 1579. sub Lat. 52. He had a burning pestilential Fever at the age of 44. the Sun then to the Conjunction of Mars and he dyed at the age of 75 on the Ascendent to the Body of Mars as saith my Author As to the first for his Fever I will not contend with him but for his Death I cannot allow it because the Part of Fortune is in my Judgment Giver of Life but beyond all doubt it must fall to Venus or the Part of Fortune and therefore the Ascendent hath nothing to do in the matter of Dâ—â—h And a man would think the Ascendent to the Body of the Sun and the Square of Saturn should have done it long before if the Ascendent to the body of the Sun can kill
now It is not easy to determine what Direction to the Part of Fortune did kill because the Figure is not certain but the Rule must be kept to or else there is nothing to be done to any certainty You may observe he says This Native was subject to much Trouble and many Infelicities in his Life time and particularly at 64 years of age he was plundered and forced to fly to Oxford and this on the Midheaven to the Square of Jupiter It is not usual for Jupiter to give such destructive Troubles as these are his ill Rays do for the most part give Vexations for some time but at last they go off and leave the Native in a capacity to live what he speaks of seems to be the â—ffects of Saturn and Mars's Fury Besides if you look into the Figure you will find Saturn in 5 degrees and Jupiter's Squâ—re in 9 degrees of Aquary So that he lets the Midheaven to the Body of Saturn go off without any mischief and 4 or 5 years after the Square of Jupiter plundered and destroyed him for his Loyalty is this probable risum â—eneatis And if you please to look over his Nativities in his Collection you will find he often lets the Square of Jupiter pass by without any effect at all in comparison to this and I must confess I do not know why this Nativity should produce so many Troubles and this Ray of Jupiter in particular so much Mischief Mr. John Mallet was born August the 21st bor 11. min. 15. P. M. 1615. Lat. 51. 32. and he says He dyed in October 1646. of the Plague the Sun then to the Body of Mars and the Ascendent to the Square of Saturn If he can prove the Ascendent to the Square oâ— Saturn I will excuse his Body of Mars for in this Nativity you may be certain the Ascendent is Giver of Life and I think soon after the time he dyed the Ascendent was directed to the Trine of Jupiter in Mundo as it ought to be and then Jupiter will follow the Body of Saturn and Venus follow the Body of Mars so that we must find out something else to kill him or else I cannot allow his Death upon these Directions alledged by our Author And if you please but to look into his Examples you will find the Ascendent to the â—quare of Saturn did not kill Mr. Woolsey nor the Opposition kill Mr. Hoâ—per nor the Body of Saturn kill the Merchant of Genoua with abundance more I could give you out of his own Book that thwart this of Mr. Mallet's Mr. John Booker was born March the 24th hor. 8. min. 10. manè 160â— Lat. 53. 26. Our Author hath given us no Directions nor Accidents for this Nativity nor had I taken notice of tâ— but that I have tâ—e time of his Death which was April the 8th 1667 he dyed of a Dysentery under the weakness of which Disease he had layn for a long time and by the Figure following we shall be put to it to find a Direction that may be regularly allowed for his Death and the time of it The Estimate Time that was given him he was used to say was about 8 of the Clock in the Morning which doth not differ much from this of our Author And my Friend tells me He had the Bloody Flux Three Years and an half and there is no Direction to hit it by this Figure neither in my method nor theirs The only Direction they can pretend to is the Ascendent to the Square of Saturn and when they bring the Ascendent back to make that give Death then I have the Horoscope in my way to the Square of the Sun and the Ascendent being Hileg is not likely to pass that with safety and therefore if you will take my Opinion for his Disease and Death it was thus His Flux began on the Sun to the Rapt Parallel of Mars and the Square of Mars in the Zodiack and he dyed on the Ascendent to the Square of the Sun there being no Help nor Relief I confess the Ascendent to the Square of Saturn in the Zodiack doth come up much about the same time and therefore I do not expect to be believed by some who have nothing to say for their method but thâ—t they have used it a long time and they will not now be convinced of its Errors and therefore lâ—t them go on Mr. Vincent Wing was born April the 9th hw 5. min. 48. P. M. 1619. Lat. 52. 40. and the Figure was saith our Author done by himself That he was not only an ingenious man but also a very laborious man in his Study the whole Kingdom can testify and that his Endeavours were succeeded with Applause and Reputation as a just Reward to his Merit every man bookishly inclined in this way will readily acknowledge But it was not because his Angles were possessed by Cardinal Signs as our Author doth fondly imagine for had not the Moon Sun and Mercury been in Cardinal Signs and Venus Lady of his Ascendent in her Exaltation and Jupiter her Dispositor in Trine to the Tenth notwithstanding his great Parts he might have been as obscure a man as some others are for all the Cardinal Signs on Angles But if any are disposed to believe that Foolery I will not be their Hindrance Si Populus vult decipi Decipiatur The Figure followeth Perhaps In some men'sOpinion it may be doubted and disputed who is Giver of Life in this Nativity because both Luminaries are in Aphetical Places and in their own Dignities but I think there is no ground for any Doubt of that nature if a man rightly understands the Text and will be guided by it Let him remember Interdiâ— Sol anteferendus est And by that Rule the Sun is here Hileg without dispute I am not punctually certain when he dyed but as I think it was in the end of the Summer in the year 1668. or 1669. at the age of 49 or 50. Nor do I know what Disease he dyed of but do believe it was a lingring sort of a Disorder attended with a Hectical Habit of Body and a Consumption because Mars who is first in the Train of Death is in Opposition to Jupiter and also Jupiter's Square in Mundo falls in with them but cannot save and therefore specificates the Disease which I do think is some Disorder of the Lungs See the Directions ☉ ad â–¡ ♂ in mund d. d 46 24 47 6 1666 ☉ ad ♂ ♄ in Zod. sin Lat. 47 51 48 11 1668 ☉ ad Aldâ—baran sine Lat. 48 34 49 8 1669 ☉ ad â–¡ ♄ motu converso 49 44    ☉ ad ♂ ♄ in Zodiaco c. L. 50 23    ☉ ad â–¡ ♃ in mundo d. d. 50 31    This is that Train of Directions that I do assign for his Death and this done without altering the Figure he gave a minute and besides I keep to my Hileg If any skilful man is
Heaven and those immediately concerned in his Honour and Preferment are under the Earth and some of them Cadent But take Cardan's Opinion in this Case Cum Sol Jupiter Luna bene disponuntur cum fixis fuerint fortunatis Directiones ad tempus juventutis bonae terminantur plâ—res Revolutiones fortunatae tunc heros maximus vir evadit Lib de Judi Geniturarum Cap. 26 Cardini Si Sol Jupiter Mars vel Saturnus in trigono igneo fuerit vel in locis sublimibus vel cum fixis nobilibus vel se aspâ—ientes erit natus magni nominis ratione patentiae Et si Sol cum Joâ—â— Mercurio in aereis eodem modo fuerit ratione industriae Seg. 3. Aphâ—ris 135. Cardani VI. Of his Friends and Friendship Enemies and Imprisonment It is most certain that every popular man must naturally contract Friendship and Envy Friends and Enemies and I dare engage that this Native will have a large share in both as all men meet with that have such Positions from Cardinal Signs and Violent Rays and were not Jupiter strong in his Ascendent and the Moon in Trine to the Sun both in Mundo Zodiaco he would feel the Fury of his Enemies more than the Favour of his Friends He will have Enemies and those malicious ones but his Friends and the Friendship he will receive will screen and defend him from the greatest of their Fury and yet his Enemies no small people neither Notwithstanding I think the Square of the Sun and Mars and the Opposition of Sâ—turn to the Sun and Venus will give him Troubles yet they will be in the latter part of his Life and not attended with Imprisonment or Confinement for Jupiter in his Ascendent will defend both his Person and Reputation And it is my Opinion That in all Nativities that have such popular Positions as this Native hath he must have many Friends and also many Enemies and both sorts men of great and eminent Quality but Jupiter in his own House in the Ascendent will give him that obliging Temper that will make his Friends the greater number by far by his fair and genteel Carriage VII Of his Sickness and Diseases Losses Troubles c. In this case the Great Ptolâ—my adviseth us to consider the Two Angles of East and West and whether the Luminaries are there and joyned to either of the Maleficks which in this Scheme you see is not so but on the contrary Jupiter defends the prime Angle and doth irradiate the other with his opposite Rays Nor is there any Malefick in the Sixth House afflicting or afflicted which by our Author is much to be minded in judging Diseases which he distinguisheth from Laesiones or Hurts of the Body I therefore conclude he will not be subject to any fixt perpetual Disease or Infirmity of Body but to such as will return at some Intervals on proper Directions c. and these are Disorders from the Spleen mixt with Nephritick Pains and when grown into years vertiginous disorders of the Head and perhaps the Gout but generally of a healthy Constitution otherways His Troubles are to be considered first in their nature and so we must judge them to proceed from Saturn and Mars who afflicts his Sun the persons by them signified are false and fly Friends and malicious Enemies to hinder his progress in publick Affairs And 2dly as to the time they will happen which may be known by the Directions preceding and those will not appear till the after part of his Life some few fall in the former part of it but they are not considerable if compared with the good Directions that will attend him Lossâ—s and Damage to his Estate may happen divers ways for we find Satura Lord of his Second in Square to Mars and Opposition to Vâ—nus and the Part of Fortune in a perfect â—undane Square to the Mâ—on from the Fifth and Seventh This threatens him with Loss by Play or Gâ—ming and indeed I would advise this Native to shun Gaming of all sorts for it will be destructive to him and his Estate and I dare venture to tell him positively That whatever he plays for he will lose and always be unsuccessful in Pleasures of that kind There seems to be other Losses likely to attend him also signified by Venus afflicted by Mars and Saturn Women will projudice him if he is too intimate and familiar with them but especially Lewd Women because Venus is nearest in Opposition to Saturn Lord of his Second Therefore it will be his great Wisdom to avoid these ruinous Courses and all ill Company or Acquaintance VIII Of his Profâ—ssion and Employment and â—hat he may be inclin'd to I would not have my Reader think by the Title of this Paragraph that I intend to pitch upon a Trade or think he will ever settle to one no he that hath Jupiter in his Ascâ—ndent and Five Planets in Cardinal Signs will employ his Thoughts in things of another nature and quality than a Trade and also endeavour to find business suitable to his humor In this Nativity Mercury is the prime Significator of his Business and Inclination and next Venus and Mars the one Lady of the Tenth and the other her Dispositor And all these we find in Equinoctial and Tropical Sigâ—s and both Venus and Mercury in Conjunction with the Sun in his Exaltation this shews his Employment will be business of Credit and Honour And if we consider the Moon applies to the Trine of Mercury and she in his Terms the Ascendent Saturn Mars and Venus all in the Terms of Mercury from whence I conclude his Employment will be Mercurial belonging to the Pen Accounts or such like bookish Business that he will incline to Secondly As the Sun Mercury and Venus are in Mars's House and the Sun's Exaltation so I judge his Employment will be among those concerned in the Government of a Nation or an Army or the like business of Credit Honour and Publick Affairs perhaps something of a Secretary Publick Minister or Envoy and this the rather because of the Virgins Spike on the Angle of Honour I do not desire to predict the particular thing because Cardan says Cumquâ— hoc scire exquisitè emnino sit impâ—ssibile per genera res erit diduâ—â—rds Seg. 6. Apho. 43. Cardani â—ut I have been the larger on this part as well as some other parts of my Judgment because I am of opinion that this young Gentleman will come to understand this Art himself when he arrives at years of Maturity there being an Aphorism in Cardan that takes place in this case exactly thus Quando Luna in Occidente Jupiter in Oriente in Marâ—is ospectu natus fato Astrologiae credet Aphor. 181. Seg. 5. Card. If he believes it very probable it is he may also study it IX Lastly Of his Death the Cause Kind and Time of it Death you know is the natural Consâ—quence of Life and it
is hard to say whether it is a Blessing or a Punishment to us But be it as it will no man lives that shall not taste of it and therefore as I have begun with his Life in a natural way so I will go on to his Death and the time of it as near as I can According to this Correction we have before us the first Direction that is or can be allowed dangerous to Life is the Moon Giver of Life to the Cusp of the Seventh at 39 years and 7 months old but I am partly certain that cannot kill because the Moon at the same time comes to the Mundane Parallel of Jupiter just after it motu conversâ— and within 9 degrees of his Square so that I cannot allow that to hit him yet he will have some Illness at that time but without eminent Danger But when the Moon comes to the Opposition of the Sun at â—1 years of age almost I do not think he will escape it because it is followed by such a train of Directions after it no less than 10 but the next and immediate Direction that succeeds iâ— is the Square of Mars and from him we must seek the Species of the Disease Mars you see is in Capricorn in Square to the Sun Saturn and Mercury hence I judge his Distemper to be a Fever complicated with disorders of the Reins and Head perhaps Delirious and Nephritick if not a Suppression of Urine totally The Direction toucheth in the end of the year 1737. but the precedingRevolution being no ways violent Saturn being then with Mars in 9 degrees of Gemini and Jupiter in 7 degrees of Pisces I judge it will not affect him till the beginning of the year 1738. about the time of the Ingress or a little after Saturn then being in 19 degrees of Gemini and Mars in the middle of Aquary and when Mars comes to the beginning of Aries or the lâ—tter end of Pisces he will influence the place of Direction at which time it is probable he may feâ—l the Influence of his rugged Stars I have already told you That the Estimate Time was a little after I mane and my Rule generally is That Children are born sooner than the time commonly given and so may this for ought I know for the Direction that I principally rely on in the Correction is but a single one to suit to a single Accident which tho' they seem rational and probable yet I dare not be positive to the truth of the Correction though I believe it to be true But if he should happen to be born at 1 of the Clock or a few minutes before then the Moon will not be Giver of Life but the Ascendent if so the Cause and Time of Death must be sought from the Horoscope and not from the Moon and therefore I will give you the Directions to the Ascendent in a Figure set to that time Ascendens ad ☌ ♃ 7 45 8 6 1695 Ascen in Ascendens ad â–´ ♄ 22 23 24 4 1711 15 â™ Ascendens ad ☌ ♂ 22 33 24 6 1711  Ascendens ad âš¹ ♀ 24 3 26 4 1713  Ascendens ad semiquad ☉ 29 45 32 5 1719  Ascendens ad semiquad ♃ 35 57 39 1 1726  Ascendens ad sesquiquod ♄ 37 3 40 2 1727  Ascendens ad 8 ☽ 40 23 43 8 1730  Ascendens ad semiquad ♂ 51 12 54 10 1741  If the Ascendent is Hileg when it comes to the Body of Mars it will be a severe time for danger to his Life but I do not think he will dye of it because he hath a favourable Revolution no evil secondary Directions and Jupiter on the Place of Direction to a degree and in his radical Horoscope all that year and what is more it is a strong vital Nativity At the Age of 32 years and 5 months the Ascendent comes to the Semiquadrate of the Sun which will give him another dangerous fit of Sickness but not so bad as the other yet both of them attended with danger but I think he may outlive them But at the age of 40 years if the Horoscope is Apheta he will certainly dye without a Miracle from Heaven for according to my Skill in Astrology I can by no means see any ground to judge his Life will be continued beyond that time And to say the truth his Nativity cannot be exactly and truly corrected till the Ascendent comes to the Body of Mars it being the first Direction of consequence to an Angle and no other Directions can correct true either in this or any other Nativity Directions to the Sun and Moon will come near but the Angles exact And so I come to say something to the effects of his Directions in the former Table At the age of 4 years and 3 months he was taken into the particular care of a Gentleman and ever since hath been plentifully and genteely provided for by a Relation and a Person of Quality He had then the Ascendent directed to the Body of Jupiter At the age of almost 8 years he had the Small Pox and at 8 and 10 months he fell down a pair of Stairs for this I allow the Sun to the Opposition of Saturn cum sine Lat. with some other things already mentioned Aged 16 years he hath the Moon to the Sextile of Saturn and to the Trine of the Sun just after on these Directions he will be placed out in the world perhaps sent to the University or otherwise disposed Aged 17 or 18 years the Sun to the Square of Jupiter mundo the Moon to the Sesquiquad of Jupiter mundo and the Part of Fortune to the Parallel of Saturn in mundo his affairs of Life will be uneasy and he hindred in his Preferment according to his Capacity Aged 19 years and 6 months the Moon to the Trine of Venus and Sol ad Tr. Jovis this gives a healthy Constitution all things go easy and pleasant and some Preferment seems to offer it self Aged 20 years and 6 months the Ascendent comes to the Body of Mars this will give a Fit of Sickness and a ruggedness in his Affairs his Friends seem to be but indifferent in his Interest and all things for a short time go but untoward Aged 22 years the Moon comes to the Mundane Parallel of Jupiter and the Part of Fortune to the Trine of Mars he grows vigorous in his Health new Friends appear with Interest and Preferment and perhaps some attempt at Marriage Aged 24 years the Moon to the Parallel of Mars about this time he wâ—ll be subject to a feverish Hâ—bit and a Sâ—rfeit but a fit of illness will happen with a little Trouble or Disappointment in his affairs and I do think he will keep some wild Company under the Influence of this Direction Aged 25 years the Midheaven to the Sextile of Jupiter this Direction will certainly introduce the Native into the Acquâ—intance of new and honourable Friends by
whose means he will advance to some place of Honour and Profit it is a great Direction and will give something suitable to it self But I do not so much look on the present Prefermâ—nt as what it will lay the ground-work for heâ—eaâ—ter but it must give some profitable thing now because the Part of Fortune just before is directed to the Sextile of Venus which shows Profit by Marriage or Women Aged 26 years and an half the Moon comes to the Trine of Venus and Jupiter those supply him with Health Pleasure Plenty Preferment and all things to make him happy and easy and under the Influence of these two Directions I think he will marry and the year following he will have a slight Fever Aged 31 and 32 the Sun comes to the Trine of Mars and rapt Parallel of Jupiter these likewise will be Directions for his further Preferment And now he begâ—ns to rise toward the Meridian of his Glory and Preferments and so it will hold till the age of 38 and 39 in which years he will receive Checks to his Advancement and at last a fit of Sickness but I think without Death tho' there will be danger to his Life It is upon the Moon Hileg to the Cusp of the Seventh that I predict that Sickness He will also have some little disorders in his Health and Affairs at the age of 34 but I look on those things as inconsiderable and so I pass them by and about 33 or 34 perhaps marry a second time Aged 40 and 41 the Sun comes to the Sextile of the Moon and the M. C. to the Sextile of Mars with the Part of Fortune to the Sextile of the Moon these are good Directions but they will give little besides making him easy and happy in his general affâ—irs of living and preparing Friends for him against the M. C. comes to the Trine of the Sun which will be a great and a glorious Direction and the most popular one that hath passed in his whole Life before Aged 44 his Midheaven comes by Direction to the Trine both of Mâ—rcury and the Sun which I take to be one of the best and most â—ourishing Directions in the whole Scheme This certainly sets him in a Post aâ—d Condition beyond what he could ever imagine or think and indeed it looks like some eminent and honourable Preferment to the Service of a Prince attended with a Knighthood and publick Imployment perhaps an honourable Journey for the Sun is a Travelling Planet or something as great and considerable In a word its effects must be both honourable and profitable and the Influence of this Direction will sway and govern all the after part of his Life which I think will not be long afterward I have told you before That I am not exact and câ—rtain in the exactness of the Angles though I am sure we are not far wide of truth and if the time were sooner then this Direction may come up later in his Life by 2 or 3 years But let it come when it will the Charâ—cter I have given of it will be true and the most happy part of his fate if he lives to see it as I dare be certain he will if this Scheme be true and the Moon Apheta Aged about 47 years he hath the Part of Fortune to the Square of the Sun this will give Loss and Damage to his Estate and Fortune either bâ— a Suit of Law or Injury done him by some great and eminent man or the like in which I will not be particular but let it suffice in Directions to name the Quality of the thing Aged 51 years he hâ—th the Moon Hileg directed to the Opposition of the Sun and Mercury and to the Square of the Sun mâ—tu conversâ— this time will be I fear the most dâ—ngerous that he ever yet saw and in plain words the ultimum vitae Beyond this time I do not think he can live it threatens him with a Fever Delirium Nephritick Accidents and such like Disorders of the Body which may seem violent But he dyes in Honour and Reputation and leaves a plentiful Estate and hopeful Children to inherit it behind him The Second is of a Gentleman a very good Friend of mine but an unbeliever that gave me his Nativity himself and desires me to shew my Skill upon it in relation to Life the Estimate time he gave me is August the 11th hor 3. manè or rather before He hath had but few Accidents to correct it by the most principal are Between 16 and 18 preferred according to his age at about 33 and a few months he had the Gout in his Stomach and by these I will endeavour to correct it The Planets places I have taken from Durret except Saturn and Mars who are calculated by T. S. in Longitude and Latitude You see I have altered it little or nothing from the Estimate Time and yet I think things agree pretty well to justine its truth but the great point will be Who is Giver of Life in this Figure The Astrologers in general will swear the Moon is Hileg and I will swear she is not notwithstanding she is in the Eleventh House and that I know will seem a mighty mystery to them nay to them too that tell you in their Almanacks That they teach the Art in all its parts and have also Secrets that others know nothing of I wish we could see the effect of some of them I can scarce decide the Point who is positive and sole Hileg for they seem to stand equally Competitors for the Power i. e. Mercury and the Part of Fortune and it is no great matter which of them is allowed or both for that is out of their way and practice nor would I have any of our forward Teachers think that I doubt and so ask their Advice in the case and indeed when you see their Directions together you will say it is no great matter or difference indeed which we take and seeing they both agree in their Equality of Power and their Aâ—ks of Direction I will give the Operations in both and will engage for the effect I work it for which is the Terâ—inus Vitae but if you will have me speak positively I think Mercury ought to be allowed the Power but see them together in their Directions  d. m. y. m.  Luna ad â–³ ♃ in Zod. 14 28 16 10 1667 Luna ad ☌ ♄ cum lat 22 53 25 2 1675 Luna ad ☌ ♄ sine lat 25 27 27 9 1678 Sol ad â–¡ ☽ in Zodiaco 26 58 29 8 1679 â™ ad ☌ ☽ 30 30 33 8 1684 Luna ad ☌ ♂ cum lat 37 8 40 8 1690 Luna ad par Pleiad Zod. 53 59 59 2 1709 â™ ad pâ—r Pleiad Zod. 53 59 59 2 1709 Luna ad paral ♂ Zod. 55 14 60 5 1710 â™ ad paral ♂ Zod. 55 14 60 5 1710 â™ ad corpus ♄ 55 21    Luna ad