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A34603	Ouranoskopia, or, The contemplation of the heavens, in a perpetual speculum, or general prognostication for ever wherein is succinctly demonstrated the names and natures of the signs, planets and aspects, terms of art, order of the spheres, the colours, magnitudes, motions, solid proportions and distances of the seven planets from the earth ... / by Iames Corss ...	Corss, James.	1662 (1662)	Wing C6347; ESTC R32521	53,179	98

URANOSCOPIA SIR could I dictate to Apollo's lyre His sacred Anthems were my fancy high'r Then wit Meridianiz'd could feign yet I Should justly fear my insufficiency In this endeavour for he who would praise Thee wel must first court bright Vrania's rayes Dazling yet dear Vrania O that I Could once but taste thy sweetnesse e're I dy But cease fond confidence wave those endeavors For blessed Corss ingrosseth all her favors He 's her Adonis she to him imparts Her sacred Secrets her abstruser Arts By which he raises Monuments of Fame Perpetuates his thrise ingenious Name And thou fam'd * The Citie of Glasgow Town whose occidentall Towers Exults in his Production when the powers Of rigid Fates Illustrious Cities dooms To be intomb'd within their ashy wombs Thou needs not fear that black oblivion shall Triumph upon thy glories Funerall For while bright Titans Chariot doth run Thy Corss shall prove thy fam'd Mausolium Tho. Wood. Upon my Ingenious and much honoured Friend Mr. James Corss his URANOSCOPIA GReat Glasgow's glory Oh that I could raise A Monument might magnifie thy praise But that 's an Herculean task yet thine Own Works have done it thus thy praises shine Best from thine own Atchievements but lest I Shadow thy praise with my obscurity I will be silent Let who list aspire To speak thy praise I rather will admire Thy matchless Arts that makes thee soar so high To know the language of the spangled sky Observ'st their order what news their thou hears Thou tells us all the wonders of the Spheres Thy boundlesse skill with such unmated glory Hath crown'd thy name that it's a living story Of thy great worth which may be well enrol'd Not into Paper but rich leaves of Gold Tho. Mackconvy Upon my honoured Friend Mr. James Corss his URANOSCOPIA LEt heaven and earth and all their hosts conjoyn Their lights together all in one light let shine To shew the glory is in astrall Art That God and Nature doth to man impart Which doth expresse a Divine Dialect Whose beams from earth to heaven it doth reflect From worldling wit such knowledge is abstract But this our Author in Art is exact In sublime manner manifests his skill To Mathematicks he doth shew good will The knowledge whereof could not be the worss That every village had but such a Corss Alex. Auchmuty Philom A Crostick to my Ingenious Friend Mr. Iames Corss his URANOSCOPIA Ingenious soul great sounds of fame sets forth A name to thee but far below thy worth My lines may derogate thy works doe praise Enough thy skil and pains for which the bayes Shall on thy head be set in glorious rayes Continue then in this thy astrall strain O'r looking what this Orb can give for gain Resume thy works in honour of thy Nation So when thou dies hes remov'd thy Nation Scotland wil say thou' rt turn'd a constelation J. Hamilton a lover of the Mathemat VRANOSCOPIA CHAPTER I. Of the Names and Natures of the Signs Planets and Aspects HE that resolves to be an ingenious Student or would attain any knowledge in the Sacred Coelestial Sciences of Astronomy and Astrology must first necessarily know that there be twelve Signs in the Zodiack whose Names and Natures are as followeth Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitary Capricorny Aquary and Pisces The nature of Taurus Virgo Capricorny is cold and dry Earthly The nature of Gemini Libra Aquary is hot and moist Airy The nature of Aries Leo Sagitary is hot and dry Fiery The nature of Cancer Scorpio Pisces is cold and moist Watry The twelve signs are divided into Moveable Common Fixed Masculine and Faeminine Aries Cancer Libra are moveable signs Taurus Leo Scorpio are fixed signs Gemini Virgo Sagitary Pisces are common signs Masculine signs be Aries Gemini Leo Libra Sagitary Aquary Foeinine signs be Taurus Cancer Virgo Scorpio Capricorny Pisces Every one of these twelve signs is said and found true by experience to rule certain distinct Members of Mans Body as Aries rules the Head Taurus the Neck Gemini the Shoulders Cancer the Breast and Ribs Leo the Heart Virgo the Belly and Bowels Libra the Reins Loyns and Kidneys Scorpio the secrets of both Sexes t is not fitting for me to name them Sagitary the thighs Capricorn the Knees and Hams and Pisces the Feet In the twelve signs of the Zodiack are constantly moving according to nature seven Planets which by reason of their different and various motions from that of the 8 Sphere in which the fixed Stars move are called wandring or erant Stars whose Names and Natures are these following viz. Saturn Jupiter Mars Sol Venus Mercurius and the Moon Of these 7 Planets two viz. the Sun and Moon are most perspicuous and universally known by every vulgar eye but the other five are carefully observed only by the Sons of Wisdom in all ages throughout the earth The seven Planets are of different Natures for Saturn is cold and dry and hath Capricorny and Aquary for his houses Jupiter is hot and moist and hath Sagitary and Pisces for his houses Mars is hot and dry and hath Aries and Scorpio for his houses Sol is hot and dry and hath only Leo for his house Venus is cold and moist and hath Taurus and Libra for her houses Mercury is convertible in nature and hath Gemini and Virgo for his house Luna is cold and moist and hath only Cancer for her house These seven Planets moving in the twelve signs do make several Angles and mutual Aspects from whose influence the generation and corruption of all Sublunaries are caused and they are five especially whose Names and Natures are these following viz. A Conjunction is either good or bad A Sextile is an aspect of imperfect friendship A Quartile is imperfect enmity A Trine signifies perfect amity A Opposition signifies nothing but mischief c. And thus much shall serve for the Names and Natures of the Signs Planets and Aspects CHAP. II. Of several Terms of Art necessary for all Students to understand BEsides the Names and Natures of the Signs Planets and Aspects which I shewed you before there are some other Terms of Art used by Astronomers which seem difficult to be understood unlesse first explained as Applications Separations Prohibitions Peregrinations Retrogradations Combustions c. of the Planets 1. The Aspects of the Planets are either partile or platique A partile Aspect is when Planets behold one another directly to the same degree and minut be it either Sextile Quartile Trine or Opposition But a platique Aspect is when Planets are within the mediety of others Orbs which Orbs are as followeth The Orbs of Saturn are 10 deg 00 min. Jupiter are 12 deg 00 min. Mars are 7 deg 30 min. Sol are 17 deg 00 min. Venus are 8 deg 00 min. Mercurius are 7 deg 00 min. Luna are 12 deg 00 min. 2. Their 's Application of Planets and that 3 wayes

and the Moon in Conjunction Quartile or Opposition alters the quality of the air according to the signs they possesse but generally a temperate season 14. Mars and the Sun in Conjunction Quartile or Opposition in fiery signs portends heat and drynesse In the watry hail thunders and lightning in the airy clouds and in the earthly violent winds c. 15. Mars and Venus in Conjunction Quartile or Opposition in or from moyst signs argueth abundance of if not too much rain especially in Spring and Autumn In Summer showres in Winter remission of cold and snow if Saturn behold them 16. Mars and Mercurius in Conjunction Quartile or Opposition in Winter and Spring argueth snow in Summer hail and thunder in Autumn great winds in fiery and dry signs excessive drowth and winds 17. Mars and the Moon in Conjunction Quartile or Opposition in moist signs rain in fiery drynesse red clouds and sometimes rain in Summer hail lightning and coruscations 18. The Sun and Venus in Conjunction commonly produceth moisture in Spring and Autumn rain in Summer showres and thunder 19. The Sun and Mercury in Conjunction in the airy signs produce winds in the watry rains in the fiery warm winds 20. The Sun and the Moon in Conjunction Quartile or Opposition in moist signs portends rain in fiery fair weather but generally it alters the air according to the nature of the season and ruling Planet 21. When the Sun shall enter the 18 degree of Scorpio if Venus be then in a moist place it 's a sign of rain 22. In Winter if Venus be direct and Oriental it signifies but little rain at the beginning but more at the end 23. When Venus applieth to Mars in Scorpio it brings rain immediatly 24. When the Sun and the Moon Venus and Mercury shall be all conjoyned together it argueth continuall showres that day 25. At the time of the Conjunction or Opposition of the Luminaries if Venus shall be in an Angle it 's a certain sign of rain 26. The Lord of the Ascendant in Conjunction or Opposition of the Luminaries a moist sign produceth rain 27. When the Moon shall come to the sign ascending of her Quartile Conjunction or Opposition the time shall be changed according to the quality and nature of the sign and Asterism 28. A special regard must be had to the nature of the earth and air you live in or write for I mean peculiar to your Horizon because that in all places they are not of alike nature neither do the winds blow alike in all Horizons some being Tropical and peculiar to one place others Chronical which come at a certain time of the year c. CHAP. XVII Vulgar Observations of the changes of the Weather IN the preceeding Chapters I have given you the choicest Aphorisms for giving judgement upon the weather and I am confident that he which understands them which I fear will not be many may not only give a probable conjecture of the weather for one but many years to come But because the preceeding Aphorisms may happen to some to be of difficult understanding to the illiterate I shall therefore shew even the most rural how to foretell the changes of the weather if he have but the eyes of sense and understanding in his head and for his greater facility I shall Marshal the method in these seven Devisions 1. Signs of fair weather 2. Signs of rain 3. Signs of wind 4. Signs of hot weather 5. Signs of drought 6. Signs of cold weather 7. Sings of frosts continuance This is the method now to the matter 1. Signs of fair weather 1. The Sun rising and setting clear 2. The Moon clear three dayes after the Change or before the Full 3. Spots appearing in a Full Moon 4. Clouds with golden edges towards Sun setting 5. A cloudy sky clearing against the wind 6. The Rain bow appearing only Red and Yellow 7. A Red Evening or a Gray Morning 2. Signs of rain 1. When the Sun in his rising is hidden with a black cloud 2. When the Moon within three or four days after the Change is blunt on both horns 3. The Rainbow appearing in a fair day the greener the more rain 4. The extraordinary chattering of the Pyets 5. Cattell licking their hoofs behind 6. When the greatest Stars only appear and that misty 7. Lute or Viol-strings breaking untouched 3. Signs of wind 1. Red clouds in a morning 2. Often shooting of Stars 3. Clouds flying swiftly in a clear air 4. The Rain-bow red 5. Black circles with red strakes about the Sun or Moon 6. Stars dimn and fiery it 's a sign of winde and showres when the Sun beams appear before he riseth 7. If the Sun sets pale or be enclosed with a black circle when he is near the time of his setting 4. Signs of hot weather 1. Many Bats flying abroad sooner then ordinary 2. A white mist rising out of Moores and Waters before the Sun rise 3. The Kyts or Gleds flying high in the air 4. Crowes or Ravens gaping against the Sun 5. Great store of Flyes and Midges playing in the Sun-shine towards night 5. Signs of drought Stars seeming dimn or fiery red signifies both drought and wind Signs of cold weather As frost snow or hail 1. Clouds flying low seeming to touch the tops of hills 2. Great flocks of small Birds gathered together 3. If in the Winter the Sun shine clear towards night 4. The extraordinary twinkling of the Stars 5. Clouds upon heaps like Rocks 6. An obscure circle about the Sun or Moon 7. Signs of frosts continuance Snow falling small in the beginning of a frost but if the snow fall bigg viz. in great flakes then it 's like to thaw very suddenly especially if the Southwind blow CHAP. XVIII Of the Winds their Names and Natures DAyly experience sheweth that the disposition of the Air is much varied by the Scituation of Winds for according to their different bea●ing is the Season much inclined sometime to Wind Rain and Snow and sometime to fair weather The wind it self is nothing else but an exhalation or earthly humor passing over the Superficies of the Earth or it is an Elisian or drawing forth of the Air out of a cold Region The four principal or Cardinal Winds which comes from the four Angles of the World are called the East West North and South the Latins calls them Septentrio Auster Favonius and Subsolanus Septentrio the North wind is cold and dry is very wholsome bringing serenity preservating all things from corruption albeit it be hurtful and pernicious to Flowers young and tender Plants by reason of its excessive coldnesse Auster the South wind is warm and moist sultry hurtfull and dangerous hurts the sight stuffes the head makes men slothfull engenders Diseases putrid Feavers Plurisies Inflamations of the Lungs and when this wind produceth serenity it 's with great heat Favonius the West wind called Zephyrus is moist and watry begetting Rain and Thunder but