the last by Gods assistance found out by the Antients Wherefore so called The are called Terms Ends or Bounds for that the Planets have their proportion so allotted them at the end of so many degrees begin the bounds term or ends of another Planet As for example from the first degree of Aries to the sixt is the term end or bounds of Jupiter from the 6. to the 14. is the term of Venus c. To know the greater years of the Planets by the Terms Ptolomie Albumazer and Bonatus shew that the greater years of the Planets are found out by their several terms through the Zodiack which is no more but this look what number of degrees every Planet hath assigned him in every sign and add them together and the make the just number of the great years as you have the before as for example more plainly  ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ ☿ Signs Terms ♈ 4 6 5 8 7 ♉ 2 7 6 8 7 ♊ 4 6 6 7 7 ♋ 3 7 6 7 7 ♌ 6 6 5 6 7 ♠6 5 6 6 7 ♎ 6 8 6 5 5 ♠3 8 6 7 6 ♠6 8 5 6 5 ♑ 6 7 5 6 6 ♒ 6 5 5 8 6 ♓ 5 6 5 8 6 Greater years 57 79 66 82 76 These being added together make just 360. degrees But the reason why the Planets are after this manner divided into terms is briefly this The Sages and Philosophers in former Ages followed this rule The reason why the terms are so attributed to the Planets first to observe what Planet had most dignities in a sign whether by Exaltation and House Triplicity and House or House Exaltation or Triplicity only and to that Planet that had two or more Dignities they assigned the first term whether he were a Fortune or Infortune and if an Infortune have not two dignities in a sign they placed them last and gave them the last term of the sign and the first term to the Lord of the Exaltation to the Lord of the Triplicity or the Lord of the House ever preferring him who hath two dignities before those or him that had but one except only in Cancer and Leo for because Cancer is the opposite sign to the exaltation of Mars viz. Capricorn therefore is the first term of Cancer assigned to Mars and because Leo is the opposite sign to the house and joy of Saturn is the first term of Leo given to him to the Infortunes are given still the last of all the signs except of Leo the last term is given to Jupiter the quantity of the terms are thus divided when Iupiter and Venus have not two of the aforesaid dignities in the same sign nor in the second third nor fourth they have seven degrees alotted them for their term Saturn and Mars because they are infortunes except in their own houses but five sometimes four three and two Mercury for that he is of a mixt nature and naturally neither good nor bad hath six degrees alotted him In like manner when a Planet hath the aforesaid dignities he hath assigned him one more as Venus in the first term of Taurus hath assigned her eight degrees and Saturn in the first term of Aquaries hath six degrees alotted him and where Venus hath eight you see Saturn hath but two in Taurus being so much diminished he being very weak in Taurus so also in Sagittary you see Jupiter is increased one being he is there strong and Mercury being weak is diminished one Jupiter hath eight Mercury but five but why they are so divided throughout the signs I finde no Author give sufficient reasons I mean for this Table according to Ptolomie which he saith he found in an old rotten worm-eaten book which was half consumed with worms and age in which he saith there was a long story of the utility and reasons of the terms but by reason of the so much decay of the Book it could not be legible so that he could not transcribe it and so leaveth the Reader still in doubt concerning this point the clearing whereof requireth much time and study which shall not be wanting hereafter in me to bestow God granting me life and health for the benefit both of the Art and Students therein In the interim be content with what I have now delivered CHAP. XIV Shewing the use which is to be made of the Terms REmember that a Planet in his own Term is strong and that the more dignities he hath there the stronger he is for Iupiter in the first term of Sagittary is stronger and more powerfull then in the first term of Aries yet they are both his terms the reason is because Sagittary is both his House and Triplicity Aries is but his Triplicity only wherefore you see in Sagittary he hath the first eight degrees for his term in Aries but six and so observe the neerer a Planet is in nature to the place of his term the stronger is the Planet therein for Iupiter being hot and moist hath but five degrees for his term in Virgo which is cold and dry yet in Gemini which is hot and moist he hath six it agreeing with his temper yet in Cancer which is cold and moyst you will perhaps say he hath seven which agreeth not so near to his nature but the reason thereof is Cancer is his house of Exaltation and so hath alotted him one for that as you have heard before for you must know the more dignities a Planet hath in a sign the stronger he is and hath the greater term alotted him In like manner if a Planet that is cold and dry be in a term so likewise qualified viz. cold and dry also his cold and dryness is the more increased and will work the more forcibly on the Inferiours he is significator of observe the same rule in all the rest of the qualities and humors still remembring that a Planet is so much the more increased in strength by how much the more he is located in the places of his own temper and nature Moreover a Planet that is hot and dry is lessened of his vigour in a term that is cold and moyst so likewise is he augmented in heat if he be naturally cold and moyst and in a term that is hot and dry In like manner note that if a fortunate Planet be in a fortunate term I say note in general his goodness is the more increased and augmented having more power and strength to operate in any thing whatsoever he is significator of as if he have signification of good he is then so much the better and on the contrary an evil or malevolent Planet in a malevolent sign and term is the more mischievous The Lord of a Termwhen he is in that Term let it be what sign it will hath more power therein then the Lord of that sign or the Planet that hath that sign for his Exaltation if he be Peregrine anywhere which is as much to say Possession is
and the Lord of the ascendant in a masculine sign or beheld of a masculine Planet in a masculine sign then is the nature and actions of the thing in question or signified masculine if in feminine signs the contrary being more effeminate So likewise if the Ascendant his Lord and the Planets beholding them be in movable signs the thing denoted by the Ascendant is fickle unconstant and wavering in all particulars if the abovesaid testimonies be through fixed signs the contrary if in common signs neither perfectly constant nor fickle yet both sometimes the one way and sometimes the other Also if the aforesaid testimonies be in feral signs the thing signified is of the nature and temper of that beast represented by the sign as if Leo be the sign ascending it is then bold strong couragious stately hot and dry c. If Taurus it is solid staid and resolved yet of a slow muddy condition cold and earthy Likewise if in any figure of the Heavens the sign ascending be a fruitfull sign and the sign of the fifth house a fruitfull sign also and the Lords of the ascendant and fifth and the Moon be in fruitfull signs it denotes fruitfulness So if the sign ascending be a humane sign and the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon in humane signs accordingly doth it signifie as hereafter will more largely be shown so likewise of all the rest c. CHAP. XXIV Demonstrating the Reasons of the names of the twelve signs and why there are just twelve and neither more nor less LEt us now descend to the several divisions of the signs it resteth now you know why they are so called and wherefore there are no more nor less then twelve which according to Albumazer and Bonatus is for these Reasons First as all things are made of the four Elements which are subject to the signs every sign through the whole Circle of Heaven ruling one element or other now there are four elements every sign-being over them and they divided into three parts as having relation to beginning middle and end as there is in all works make just the number of 12. Besides the number 12. is so compleat a number as none is to compare with it it having more particular divisions then any other number there being therein three fours and four threes two sixes and six twoes besides they are so constituted from the division of the Heaven as you have heard already divided into twelve parts every part being a sign the first called Aries the second Taurus the third Gemini c. The reason why Aries is called by that name The reason why they are called by these names are briefly thus the first sign is called Aries signifying a Ram because when the Sun is therein he approacheth to his highest point heat thereby being increased yet being mixed with the humidity of the preceding Winter makes the temperature of the ayr hot and moyst which is according to the complexion of the Ram but there are some of the Ancients say that the stars in the signs being particularly observed and as it were measured with a line the one from the other they resemble each the thing they are nominated The second sign is called Taurus signifying a Bull because the Sun being therein Why ♉ the heat is more fixt and fortified and the moisture consumed or expelled the temperature of the ayr tending rather to dryness which resembleth the nature of a Bull. The third sign is named Gemini signifying Twins because the Sun therein causeth a reduplication of heat and all Creatures couple and ingender Why ♊ every thing delighting in its mate The fourth sign is called Cancer signifying a Crab because the Sun being therein Why ♋ goeth as it were backward after the nature of the Crab retiring towards the Equinoctial from whence he came declining contrary to that of the Twins The fifth sign is called Leo signifying a Lion because the Sun being therein Why ♌ the heat is increased in great strength and dryness after the nature of the Lion which is of a strong hot and dry nature The fifth sign is called Virgo signifying a maid because the Sun therein hath his heat diminished and dryness ruleth so that things cease to increase Why â™ and the earth becometh barren being of the nature of a Virgin who is naturally tending to cold rather then heat and is of her self barren The seventh sign is called Libra signifying Balance for that the Sun being therein both the length of the days and nights as also the temper of the ayr Why ♎ are in balance as it were neither inclining one way nor other the days and nights being of an equal length through the whole World and the temperature of the ayr between the decayed heat of Summer and the approaching cold of winter is neither tending one way or other but as it were in a balance The eighth is called Scorpio signifying a Scorpion because when the Sun is therein cold and dryness is predominate which are obnoxious to nature Why â™ and by reason the natural temper of the ayr is hot and moyst the ayr is thereby corrupted so that dangerous diseases are ingendred thereby as pestilential Feavers Plagues and the like The ninth sign is called Sagittarius signifying an Archer or one using to cast darts because the Sun being therein Why â™ the heat is overcome by cold whereupon ensue Fogs and Frosts and such like being for the nature of the mischief and hurt they do as obnoxious or equivalent to venemous Arrows or Darts The tenth sign is named Capricornus signifying a Goat because the Sun being therein is farthest from the vertical point Why ♑ so that by reason of the cold mixed with dryness and the want of heat which at that time is the nature and disposition of the ayr is melancholy after the nature of the Goat The eleventh sign is called Aquaries signifying a Waterman Why â™’ or one pouring water because when the Sun is in this sign dryness is overcome by moisture beginning yet the cold remaining which causeth the temper of the ayr to be cold and moist after the nature of water The twelfth sign is named Pisces signifying â—â—shes for that when the Sun is therein Why ♓ the ayr is inclined to cold and moisture yet â—â—â—ng some small heat after the nature of Fishes who are cold and moyst by reason 〈◊〉 â—â—eir Element the water yet they retain some little natural hâ—â—â— so the ayr is then foâ— what participating of some small quantity of heat by reâ—â—◠〈◊〉 Suns approach to 〈◊〉 equinoctial point And thus much concerning 〈…〉 of the names of the â—welve Coelestial signs we come now to shew the Reason 〈…〉 reckoned from Aries and so in order to Pisces and not from Taurus 〈…〉 sign as also the Reasons why they are not placed according to the order o◠〈…〉 â—â—â—ents viz. Fâ—â—e Ayr Water and Earth but
temper the heat and so also in her Change c. Moreover there is no Hearb nor fruit that is either set or sown in the wane of the Moon but the taste thereof is neither so good as naturally the fruit is nor so kindely except Pease only which you have already heard being set or sown in the increase of the Moon will still bloom and blossome So also that Vines may not spread and grow too fast and be too forward they are pruned and cut in the Wane and such Timber or Wood which we desire to keep long un-worm-eaten we cut in the wane for that then the Moons light being abated so is the sap and humidity of the Tree which causeth corruption being once lopt thus much concerning what we would not have grow but as touching such Vegetables as we would have increase it is but observing the Moon contrariwise and we shall soon accomplish our desires therein as if we be desired any thing should grow up in heighth we take care she be at the time of setting or sowing thereof increasing in light and motion and in an aiëry sign but contrariwise if to take deep root and to grow downwards we place her in an earthy sign A remarkable thing of the Pomegranate c. And it is reported of the Pomegranate which is a thing worthy the noting that it will not grow longer then so many years as the Moon was days old when it was first set and this is most credibly reported by Lucius Bellantius in that Treatise of his in answer to Picus Mirandula But Pliny and others will at large testifie of the admirable power and influence of the Planets and stars over Vegetables wherefore what hath been already said is sufficient to evince any man who hath not wholly given himself over to obstinacy of the verity and certainty thereof for since you have already heard how evident and clear it is that the Heavens have Dominion of and shew their effects on sensitive things I suppose there it none will render themselves so weak and ignorant after a serious consideration thereof as to deny contrary to the opinions and testimonies of all learned Philosophers the Heavens and Planets to have influence over Herbs Corn Plants and all Vegetables for if the vegetative faculty be comprehended and included in the sensitive as there is none so stupid as to deny then as a Triangle is contained in a quadrangle so is this most certain and consequently an assured truth And thus much shall suffice at this time for the manifestation and clearing that the Moon hath influence over as well men bruit-beasts sensitives and vegetables plants herbs c. as over things without life viz. of the sea causing as hath been said its ebbing and flowing humours in men and women diseases critical-days c. I might here but for tediousness deliver unto you the fivefold government of the moneth by the Moon viz. of the latitude of the Moon apparition synodical periodical and medicinal but of these God willing I may hereafter say somewhat and that at large God sparing me life and opportunity c. In the interim I say let what hath been said suffice as to the proving the influence of the Sun and Moon and now let us hear what we are taught by Saturn The influence of Saturn proved Not to insist long then on the Planets since their influence is not by the rational in the least denyed and we are anon to handle their effects at large we shall therefore be as brief as with convenience may be in my Lux Veritatis chap. 1. Sect. 6. P. 35. I have declared how that Climacterical yeers happen The cause of Climacterical yeers and are caused by the profection of the Planets and first house to the Square and Opposition of their places in Nativities being more especially occasioned by the motion of Saturn he having as much power in the decree several of yeers The power of Saturn in diseases as the Sun hath in moneths or the Moon in days he coming every seven yeers to the Square or Opposition of his place in the Radix of any mans Nativity Again there is no skilfull Physitian that is acquainted and verst throughly in his Art as Galen and Hippocrates say none are but who are skilled and acquainted with and in Astrology but knows that he after the Revolution of the Sun be cometh chief ruler and orderer of the Disease and critical days and many times by his configurations with the Moon hinders the Crisis in acute and sharp Diseases and observation as hath been said and the manner taught will cleerly evince all the ignorant that Saturn is cold and Melancholy as the Sun is hot and inclining to mirth for as he is opposite to the Sun in nature so is he opposite in relation to the signs and mansions of the Heaven he rules and therefore inclines always to cold as the ☉ doth to heat whence the ☉ in ♒ being the house of ♄ and opposite to ♌ his own house the weather inclines more to cold And by reason the light and so consequently the influence of the Sun and the Moon is most manifest and apparent unto our sense yet I say though the other stars by reason of their obscurity and remote distance from us cannot so easily be discerned a short time spent in the observation thereof will soon cleer the truth of their several influences and inclinations But to speak more plainly and home to the matter Nota. do we not at every Conjunction Square and Opposition of the Luminaries with him finde all inclination of the ayr to moisture and cold and that it never fails but at the Square Opposition or Conjunction of the Sun and him except the body of Jupiter or Mars interpose or some of their Aspects cold ayr and wet weather is thereby produced according to the season of the yeer notwithstanding the natural inclination of the Sun to heat and dryness and this since so manifest and that even in the heat of Summer we may well conclude he is of a cold nature especially since by often experience we so finde its effects The inclination of any one who hath in their Nativity Saturn Signifitor Moreover there is none born that hath either the Sun Moon Mercury or the Lord of the Ascendant disposed of by Saturn and he located in the ascendant or in square or opposition thereunto or to Sol Luna or Mercury or the Lord of the Ascendant as hath been said but the native will be much addicted to melancholy and surly chumpish dispositions and in configuration of Mercury as I can justifie by many testimonies for truth the native shall be of slow and ill utterance of a dull and hard wit and capacity And thus much of Saturn and we are next in order to descend to Jupiter and so hasten to proceed since this point is so cleer viz. That the Planets have influence on sublunary and
of times and seasons as the Sun of the Year and its parts viz. Spring Summer Autumn and Winter by his Ingress into the Equinoctials and Propicks the Moon of the moneths and weeks by her Conjunction Square and Opposition to the Sun c. Your chief Significator being Oriental will work his effects chiefly towards the latter end of the Year if Occidental towards the beginning Moreover you are to have regard that you may be the better enabled to your work to the nature of of the sign ascending at any Lunation time or quarter of the year the Planet Lord thereof and the nature of those Planets located in the Ascendent or in any Configuration thereof and in what Mansions all these are as also the Planets in Conjunction or Aspect of the Moon see also from what house she is beheld or in what house corporally joined to any and according to the major testimonies judge if wet wet if dry dry c. and if the testimonies be equal judge an indifferency Consider also the Angle the Moon is next to enter into for if most Planets are therein located or cast their Aspects to the Cuspe thereof or are therein accompanyed with the most notable fixed Stars it is a sure testimony of rain and that general throughout the whole Region especially if the Lord of the Ascendent be in that Angle and chief Significator also if the sign ascending belong to the Dominion of Saturn Venus or the Moon or if they be in the Ascendent or behold it with any Aspect it prenotes also rain and a moist ayr and weather Also if a Retrograde Planet especially if it be one of the Superiours be with the Opener of gates also when Venus is in any Configuration of the Sun especially Square Opposition or Conjunction in seasons convenient See also you have an especial regard to Mercury for as soon as he changeth his habitude either in the Zodiack or in his Orb though never so little the ayr and weather is altered observe also to what Planet he is joined either by Body or Aspect in the opening of gates for if it be Saturn he causeth fierce blasts darkness of the ayr and rain If Venus clowds and showes in times and places convenient and so of the rest It is also an approved rule that when Saturn goeth out of one sign of the Zodiack into another the ayr and weather doth immediately alter let it be at what time of the year it will and sometimes causeth thunder and lightning and very tempestuous stormy weather Also when the Moon after any Conjunction Square or Opposition of the Sun applyeth to the chief Significator or to the degree ascending at the time of the same Conjunction Square or Opposition the weather will he disposed according to the nature of the Significator in the Figure What opening of Gates is Opening of gates is when a Planet applyeth to another who ruleth the sign opposite to his house or when another Planet separeteth from any and applyes immediately to another that hath Dominion by house in the signs opposite to those ruled by the Planet from whom he last separated as for example If the Sun apply by any Aspect or Conjunction of Saturn it is an opening of Gates or windowes as it is termed by Moses in the 7. of Gen. 11. because Aquaries which is a house or Sign under the Dominion of Saturn is opposite to Leo which is the house of the Sun so likewise if any other Planet should separate from the Sun and immediately apply next to Saturn or separate from Saturn and apply to the Sun it is also an Opener of Gates because that Planet transferreth the light and nature of the Planet with whom it was last joined either by Body or Aspect to the Planet it next applies unto and so causeth an alteration of the ayr as rain ever followeth upon Opening of Gates Now you may soon know the Opening of Gates in all the other Planets by having regard to the houses and signs appropriated to each Planet as you have been taught in the 8 Chapter of our Introduction to the judgement of the STARS But if you please you may have regard to this following direction Any of these four applying to a ☌ ⚹ □ △ or ☠♃ ♂ ☉ ☽ Of these three opposite unto them or they to these or any Planet translating the light of each to the other ☿ ♀ ♄ Is an opening of Gates for that their Houses are opposite the one to the other viz. ♃ ♠to ♊ ☿ ♓ ♠♂ ♈ to ♀ ♎ ♠♉ ☉ ♌ to ♄ ♒ ☽ ♋ ♑ ♃ rules ♠and ♓ ☿ ♊ and ♠♂ ♈ and ♠♀ ♎ and ♉ ☉ ♌ ☽ ♋ ♄ ♒ and ♑ according as you may see them places So that the Planet from whom any Planet separteth openeth the Gates of the other to whom he applyes as if from Jupiter to Mercury or they be in each others Aspect they raise fierce North windes If Mars and Venus according to the season and place and signs they are in they shall denote rain hail snow and thunder If the Sun and Saturn dark ayr many clouds and much wet c. CHAP. X. Shewing how to judge of the weather by the Aspects of the Moon to the other Planets and by the several Aspects of the Planets amongst themselves Nota benè EVer remember you be wary in pronouncing judgement touching weather and the alteration of the ayr for in some places and Regions rain is more natural and usual then in others and again which is wonderful rain is never seen in Egypt which is watred with the overflowing of the River Nilus onely and therefore let your judgements be framed according to discretion considering the nature and quality of the Climate concerning which thou art to judge How to judge of the alteration of the ayr by the Conjunction or Malevolent aspects of the Moon to the other six Planets The Moon in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Saturn in moist signs signifies cloudy weather cold and moist ayr that day and so according to the nature of the sign judge and if she separate from Saturn and apply to the Sun by any Aspect or Conjunction the weather will be tempestuous and very hard and uncomfortable If she be in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Jupiter either in Aries or Scorp she denotes fair weather and white clowds with Mars in watry signs promiseth rain in fiëry divers coloured clowds throughout the whole heaven In Summer often thunder With the Sun in moist signs denotes rain especially if she immediately after apply to Saturn In aiëry signs and applying to Jupiter afterwards denotes a temperate ayr and moderate weather In fiëry and applying to Mars hot and dry weather and much lightning If the Moon be in like manner in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Venus rain is threatned especially if they be in moist signs with Mercury if she be so beheld or he so aspected by
Cities and Regions under Saturn his Dominion and the Dominion of the sign which he doth then possess Humours Of Humours he is author of Melancholy And such men if they take to love any one let them be man or woman which happeneth but very seldom they love most constantly and intirely and if they hate as most commonly they do they hate to the death and with a perpetual hatred hardly to be removed Profession or mastery when well fortified If he be fortunate of professions and Mastery he denotes such as are profound and occult antiquities things and callings belonging to labour care and rarities and such as belong or have any relation unto water or neer water Saylers Tankerd-bearers Plummers Ship-Carpenters and the like and such as belong to the earth as Curriers Broom-men Bearers of dead corps Hostlers Brick-makers Plow-men Scavengers Colliers Ditchers Carters Chandlers Gardners Herds-men Dyers of black cloth Shepherds Coach-men and Cow-herds Brick-layers c. Profession when weak Nature When unfortunate he denotes generally labourers emptyers of Jakes Diggers of Cole-pits and the like fordid and base occupations He is cold dry Melancholick author of solitariness Corporature or shape of body Corporature or shape of the body he gives a middle stature pale swarthy or muddy small black eyes looking downward a broad forehead black or very dark hair and it rugged or harsh great ears lowring eye-brows thick lips and Nose thin beard a lumpish heavy countenance large shoulders stooping and many times crooked a short lank belly thin thighs indecent feet shuffling against one another Oriental Oriental the stature is more short but decent and well composed As touching this and other terms of Art have recourse to the 43. chapter Occidental Without latit Meridional North latitude Occidental more black and lean less hair If he want latitude he is more fat if it be Merdional but quick in motion fat and fleshly and so of the rest of the Planets If the latitude be North hairy and much flesh his greatest North latitude is two degrees 48 minutes South latitude His South latitude is two degrees 49 minutes and more he hath not 1. Station In his first station a little fat 2. Station In his second station fat il-favoured bodies and weak observe this in all the other Coelestial bodies Qual of men Quality of men in general he signifyeth fathers grand-fathers old men day-labourers Beggers Clowns Husbandmen Monks Jesuits c. Savours Savours bitter sowre sharp In man In man he ruleth the spleen Herbs plants and trees Herbs Hemlock Starwort Bears-foot Wolf-bane Fern white and black Helebor Henbane Burdock Dragon Parsnip Poppy Pulse Mandrake Vervine Nightshade Moss Angelica Box Tutsan Orage Sage Bithwind Spinach Cummin Fumitory Shepherds-purse Horse-tail Tamarisk Capers Polipody Sene Hemp Savin Rue Willow-tree Pine-tree Yew-tree Cyprus-tree Birds Crow Owl Crane Thrush Ostritch Lapwing Peacock Bat Black-bird Cucko Stones subject to him are the Saphir Lapis Lazuli Stones or that stone of which Azure is made unpolished black and blewish stones Minerals Minerals he governeth Lead the Load-stone the dross of all Mettals Fishes Fishes the Tortois Eel and shel-fish Beasts Beasts the Ass Cat Hare Mouse Mole Dog Wolf Bear Elephant Basilisk Crocodile Scorpion Serpent Adder Toad Hog all manner of creeping creatures breeding of putrefaction Places Places he delighteth in deserts woods obscure vallies dens caves holes sepulchers Church-yards ruinous buildings cole-pits sinks muddy dirty stinking places wells and houses of offices Weather Weather cloudy dark obscure ayr cold and hurtfull thick black and condense clouds this is but generally his particular and immediate alteration of weather is to be known from his several positions and aspects with other Planets Fortitudes and Debilities c. of the which more hereafter according as I have leisure Winds He delighteth in the East quarter of Heaven and causeth Eastern winds Gathering of Herbs In gathering of his herbs turn thy face towards the East in his hour when he is in an Angle and well fortified essentially and no wise accidentally impedited and let Luna apply by a Sextile or Trine to him Observe this method in the rest of the Planets mutatis mutandis Signs Triplicity Of the signs he ruleth Capricorn by night and Aquarius by day and the aiëry triplicity by day Age. Old Age. His Angel is Cassiel Angel His Friends are Jupiter Sol and Mercury Friends His Enemies are Mars Venus and Luna Enemies Day of the week He ruleth Saturday beginning the first hour after Sun rising and that night we commonly call Tuesday night Regions he ruleth Bavaria Saxony Stiria Romandiola Ravenna Constantia Regions Ingolstad Orbe His orbe is 9. degrees before and after any Aspect which is to say his influence begins to operate when either he applies to any Aspect of any Planet or they to him and is within nine degrees of the perfect aspect and continueth in force untill he is fully separate nine degrees from the aspect Partill What a Partill aspect is you shall have anon in the 28. chapter but note this in all the rest of the Planets Conception Years In generation he ruleth the first and eighth moneths after conception His greatest yeers he signifies are 465. His greater 57. His mean 43. and a half His least 30. The meaning hereof is no more but this If a Kingdom City Town Family or the like have its beginning when Saturn is essentially and accidentally well fortified its probable the Monarchy City Building c. may continue firm and in good condition as at the first 465. years and so of the rest c. Journeys In long journeys when he is Significator he portends long and laborious travel perilous dangers and imprisonments Diseases caused by Saturn are the Falling-sickness Flegmatick humours Defluctions Diseases Melancholy Leprousie Fistulas Morphew Aches and Colds in the joynts Deafness Tooth-ache pains in the bones in the bladder all cold diseases the Gout Scab Palsie Consumptions Black-jaundies Quartan Agues the Iliack-passion Dropsie Chin-cough Catarrs c. Stationary He is Stationary before Retrogradation five days and five days before direction Retrograde He is Retrograde 140. days CHAP. II. Of the Significations and Nature of IVPITER The nature and complexion of ♃ The globe of ♃ IN the next place we are to proceed to Jupiter who is in height next unto him he is masculine and temperate the greater fortune bright shining and clear the biggest star in magnitude as to our sight except Venus yet according to Tycho he exceeds the globe of the earth in bigness 14 times Albotegnius saith 81 times Alfraganus 95 times yet many of late hold him to be equal in bigness with Saturn Mean and diurnal motion He is swifter in motion then Saturn as to us his middle motion is 4 m. 59 s his
Aspect of love and amity causing generation and multiplication and by reason Sextile is not so perfect an Aspect as a Trine she is truly accounted the lesser Fortune And because Mercury is carried below the rest of the Stars Of ☿ the two remaining signs are given him viz. Gemini and Virgo preceding and following the houses of the Luminaries and because he is on neither side and never distant from the Sun above one sign he inclineth naturally neither to good nor bad but is adjudged to be participating of the nature of the Planet to which he is joyned CHAP. XI Of the Exaltations and Fall of the Planets and wherefore they were so constituted ENter we shall here as in the preceding Chapter with the Luminaries and first with the Sur as being the chief light and Fons vitae the Fountain of life the Sun then is said to be in the point of his Exaltation when he is in the 19. degree of Aries he being then in the highest Northern point of the Ecliptick Of the exaltation of ♀ by which all things are made to spring and flourish the heat of weather and the length of days being increased therefore for the same reason contrary is he said to be in his Fall in Libra it being the opposite sign in the heavens to Aries in the which he declineth Southward by the which the shortness of the days and cold is increased to the hinderance of the fertility of the earth The Sun in Aries then being the cause and original of all things Of the ☽ and because the Moon hath her light from him she being in conjunction with him in Aries shews her self first unto us in Taurus the first sign in which she hath Triplicity and therefore for these causes she is said to be in exaltation in Taurus in which she is also increased in light and in Scorpio she is in Fall for that it is the sign opposite to Taurus sign to the Suns exaltation when she is in her Fall being in her Fall being in Conjunction in Aries or receiving there her first light And because as you have heard before Saturn is most remote from the Sun Of ♄ contrary in houses and author of cold as the Sun is of heat therefore is he exalted in that sign in which heat is diminished and cold increased viz. Libra and in his fall where cold is diminished and heat increased viz. Aries quite contrary to the Sun Iupiter is exalted in Cancer and in fall in Capricorn Of ♃ for that Iupiter delighteth in the Northern part of Heaven stirring up Northern winds which causeth fertility and maketh things to grow and his greatest declination Northward is in Cancer wherefore he is therein exalted and by reason of the contrary is he in Fall in Capricorn Mars is naturally hot and dry Of ♂ and because he sheweth his effects more powerfully in Capricorn it being a Southern sign where the Sun is most hot viz. about noon is he said to be exalted therein and in fall in Cancer quite contrary to Iupiter Mars being violent Iupiter temperate And because Venus is naturally moyst and chiefly in Pisces Of ♀ by which the Spring is moistned and increased in strength is she said to be exalted in Pisces she being the cause of generation and procreation wherefore Autumn when all things wither and fade viz. in Virgo is she in fall Mercury for that he is dry and contrary unto Venus is exalted in Virgo Of ☿ and in fall in Pisces Virgo being both his house and joy CHAP. XII Of the Triplicities of the Planets and the Reasons why they were so appointed What a Triplicity is How many How nominated Of what signs they consist THus then first you must know that a Triplicity is no more then three signs of the Zodiack all of one nature making a perfect triangle and of these Triplicities amongst the signs there are four viz. the Fiery-Triplicity the Aëry-Triplicity the Watry-Triplicity and the Earth-Triplicity The Fiery-Triplicity consisteth of Aries Leo and Sagittary the Aëry of Gemini Libra and Aquaries the Watry of Cancer Scorpio and Pisces the Earthy of Taurus Virgo and Capricorn and these signs behold one another with a Trine as a Planet in a fiery sign beholds another Planet in another fiery sign being in equal number of degrees with a Trine as also a Planet in an Aëry sign another Planet in An Aëry sign one in a Watry sign another in a Watry sign in an Earthy sign a Planet in an Earthy sign And this Trine Aspect consists of an hundred and twenty degrees c. ☉ and ♃ Rule the Fiery-Triplicity The Sun and Iupiter have dominion in in the Fiery-Triplicity the Sun by day and Iupiter by night the Sun for that he is not and fiery of the nature of these signs and Iupiter for that he is temperate and to moderate the extremity thereof therefore he ruleth this Triplicity in the night yet some of the Ancients have added in government with the Saturn that by his cold nature he may temperate the excess of heat This is the Eastern Triplicity ♄ and ☿ the Aery Saturn and Mercury have dominion in the Aëry-Triplicity which is Western Mercury by night and Saturn by day Libra is his Exaltation and you have heard for what reasons Aquaries is his house and sign wherein he most doth joy Gemini is Mercurys house wherefore Saturn hath chief Dominion in this Triplicity yet some have joyned Iupiter in signification with them by reason of his temperancy ♂ only the watry Mars both night and day hath assigned him chief Dominion of the Watry Triplicity this Triplicity is Northern certainly the reason why Mars was assigned chief Rule of the Water was to cool his courage and abate his heat for we see he is more powerfull to work his mischievous pranks in Leo then in Cancer for he having dominion and rule in Cancer he worketh not altogether so much mischief yet is he in Fall in Cancer but Peregrine in Leo wherefore a Planet Peregrine is worse then a Planet in Fall if he be but in a term yet some of the Ancients have joyned Venus and the Moon with Mars by reason Cancer is the Moons house and Pisces the Exaltation of Venus ♀ and ☽ the Earthy Venus and Luna are appointed chief Governesses of the Earthy-Triplicity which is Feminine and Southern cold and moyst causing South-east winds cold and moyst Ayr and therefore assigned to these Feminine Planets CHAP. XIII Of the Terms of the Planets wherefore so called and so assigned to every of the five Planets What a term is HEre now you must know the Sun and Moon have no terms A Term is a certain number of degrees which in each sign whether it be exaltation or house every of these five Planets viz. Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus and Mercury have a priority which by long study and experience was at
Circle above the Horizon it is high noon and the opposite point under the Horizon or earth is mid-night all places then according as they are more Oriental or Occidental have their proper Meridian and they which lie alike East or West Know then that every Meridian is a right Horizon to some places and every right Horizon a Meridian CHAP. XXII Of the twelve Coelestial Signs and their manifold divisions I Have shewed you the Heavens are divided into twelve equall parts called Signs and the Reasons why they are so called it resteth therefore now I shew what they are called with their several Characters and why just the number of twelve and called by those names and why they begin at Aries and not at Taurus Gemini or Cancer or any other sign and so placed as also of their Natures and significations But first let us speak of their divisions and the several manners thereof and then proceed Know then that the 12. signs are thus named and charactered Aries ♈ Taurus ♉ The names and characters of the signs Gemini ♊ Cancer ♋ Leo ♌ Virgo ♠Libra ♎ Scorpio ♠Sagittary ♠Capricorn ♑ Aquaries ♒ and Pisces ♓ Of these signs there are some of a fiery nature some of an earthy others of an aëry and some of a watry What fiery earthy aery and watry Fiery signs are Aries Leo and Sagittary Earthy signs are Taurus Virgo and Capricorn Aëry signs are Gemini Libra and Aquaries Watry signs are Cancer Scorpio and Pisces What masculine what feminine There are also some Masculine and some Feminine the Masculine are Aries Gemini Leo Libra Sagittary Aquaries Feminine are Taurus Cancer Virgo Scorpio Capricorn and Pisces Ever remember the fiery and aëry signs are masculine earthy and watry feminine There are also some moveable others fixed and some common moveable signs are Aries Cancer Libra and Capricorn Equinoctial Tropick signs of which two are Equinoctial two Tropical Equinoctial signs are Aries and Libra Tropick signs Cancer and Capricorn and these signs as the masculine signs are so called for that they are hot and dry and diurnal the feminine for that they are cold moist and nocturnal What are moveable and why called moveable What fixed and why termed fixed So are these called moveable because when the Sun enters into any of these signs the weather and season of the year is moved or changed Fixed signs are Taurus Leo Scorpio and Aquaries and they are so called for that the Weather he being therein is more permanent either to heat or cold according to the season of the year and fixed Common signs being between moveable and fixed both in place and nature are therefore so called and they are Gemini Virgo Sagittary and Pisces Note that there is among the moveable signs one fiery one earthy one aëry and one watry and so likewise have the fixed and common for which cause also they are divided into four parts as answering to the four seasons and quarters of the year viz. Aries Taurus and Gemini are the Spring quarter Signs answering to the seasons of the year for that when the Sun is in these three it is the Spring Season when he is in Cancer Leo and Virgo it is the Summer Quarter in Libra Scorpio and Sagittary Autumn in Capricorn Aquaries and Pisces Winter which is the reason why the year begins in March when the Sun enters Aries which is the first sign so likewise are all the moneths in order attributed to the government of the Coelestial signs It is the opinion therefore amongst the learned that the Sun was in the first point or minute of Aries when the World began whence they judge the general accidents of the World as the fates and affairs of any Kingdom or place c. by the Sun his Revolution to the first point of Aries What signs are northern and southern and why so called There are also some signs Austral or Southern others Boreal or Northern Southern signs are Libra Scorpio Sagittary Capricorn Aquaries and Pisces these are called Southern for that they decline Southward from the Equinoctial Northern signs are Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo and Virgo and these are so called for that they decline from the Equinoctial Northward Bicorporeal signs Bicorporeal signs are Gemini Pisces and the first part of Sagittary being double-bodied as twins c. What signs are fruitful barren humane feral and mute There are also fruitfull barren humane feral and mute signs fruitful signs are Cancer Scorpio and Pisces barren signs are Gemini Leo and Virgo humane or courteous signs are Gemini Virgo Libra and Aquaries feral signs are Leo and the last part of Sagittary and mute signs or flow of speech are Cancer Scorpio and Pisces especially if Mercury be in any of them in Conjunction Quadrat or Opposition of Saturn he causeth also an ill utterance in any sign in the aforesaid aspects of Saturn What are commanding obeying of long and short ascention There are also in the divisions of the signs signs commanding and obeying signs of long ascention and signs of short ascention signs commanding are Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo signs obeying are Libra Scorpio Sagittary Capricorn Aquaries and Sagittary Signs of short or oblique ascentions are Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio and Sagittary Signs of short or oblique ascentions are Capricorn Aquaries Pisces Aries Taurus and Gemini There are also some signs that are whole and intire others broken some fortunate others unfortunate some sweet others bitter whole are Libra Aquaries Gemini Virgo broken are Leo Pisces fortunate are Aries Gemini Leo Libra Sagittary Aquaries unfortunate are Taurus Cancer Virgo Scorpio Capricorn Pisces sweet signs are Gemini Libra Aquaries bitter Aries Leo Sagittary There are also weak signs and strong weak signs are Aries Sagittary and Capricorn strong are Leo Scorpio and Aquaries Note also that by the several places of the Heavens some signs have contrary operations in divers places as Taurus in the East quarter of Heaven is inclining to heat or luke-warm in the West cold Gemini in the East is hot and dry in the West cold and moist Cancer in the East is hot and dry in the West cold and moist Leo in the East is hot and dry in the West cold and moist Virgo in the East is hot and warm in the West cold and moist Sagittary in the East cold and moist in the West hot and dry Capricorn in the East is cold and dry in the West cold and moist Aquaries in both East and West is cold and moist Pisces also cold and moist both in East and West This will be necessary for the judging of weather CHAP. XXIII Shewing the use which is to be made of the former Chapter LEarn now the use which is to be made of all this if in any scheam or figure of Heaven you find a masculine sign ascending
ground The fourth house its Lord and Planets therein placed and the Moon are significators of the house land or heritage to be bought and sold The price of the land or house The tenth the Lord thereof and Planets therein located signifie the price viz. whether it will be cheap or dear it signifyeth also the wood or timber on the ground Having thus rightly understood the ground of your Work you will be the better able to go through with the same wherefore then in buying or purchasing houses land and heritages fortifie chiefly the fourth House and Lord thereof also the Moon and its Dispositor and Part of Fortune and its Lord and those Planets therein placed let them be no wise impedited or Retrograde in Fall or Detriment or in any Aspect of the Malevolents especially of Mars for these cause the house or land so purchased to be soon lost and of no continuance with your Posterity That the Land may be purchased by the Buyer and that at a good rate or to his advantage But in making your Bargain or that your Bargain may be good and to your advantage also that you may assuredly have the Land or thing to be purchased if you please fortifie the Ascendent its Lord the Planet from whom the Moon last separated also the Moon her self and her Dispositor the fourth its Lord and Planets therein and Part of Fortune and its Dispositor also place the Moon in Cancer or Taurus if possible and let her behold the Lord of the Ascendent or sign ascending with a Sextile or Trine and be in good houses of Heaven and the Lord of the seventh applying to the Lord of the Ascendent or disposed of by the Lord of the Ascendent or in reception therewith let the fourth house also be in Taurus Leo or Aquaries and the Lord of the Angles Oriental and free from combustion Let also the Fortunes in purchasing Lands or Heritages have chief power in the Angles if not in all the Angles yet in the first and fourth and in the other two place the Luminaries beholding the Ascendent and fourth or one of them especially the Ascendent with a Sextile or Trine and see that the Lords of the Angles be not Retrograde nor a Retrograde Planet placed in any of them nor in the eleventh or ninth nor the Lord of the fourth of a fiery nature nor any of that nature therein placed especially if they are not beheld by the Benevolent Aspects of the Fortunes And note that if the Lord of the fourth be of a watry nature or of a cold and moist temper let not Saturn behold him or it and let not the Lord of the tenth be unfortunate The Land is good and pleasant Fortunes or Planets essentially dignified in the fourth or the Lord of the fourth and the sign of the fourth fortunate denote the goodness and pleasantness of the Land House or Heritage also that it is a fertile and good soil and the seeds already sown or to be sown therein shall be fruitfull c. The Plants are good and fruitfull Such in the seventh and the sign and the Lord thereof so disposed shew the Herbs Sets and Plants and the culture thereon are pleasant good and fruitfull The Timber is good and high or tall In the tenth the Trees are tall sound fruitfull and good that there is much timber or what is there is excellent good and commodious Know also that the Infortunes or weak Planets in these places cause mischief and impediment according to the nature of the Planets and the places in which they are therefore look that these Angles be free from them and especially the seventh house for the Malevolents there cause mischief malice and deceit of the Husband-men or Tenents of the ground or houses Saturn therein placed shews their cozening and lying Mars denotes them lyars unconstant and thieves CHAP. VII Of Buying of Land or ground for Husbandry and not to build on IN buying of Land then not to build on but for to manure and husband for thy profit and advantage fortifie the Ascendent and its Lord the Moon and its dispositor Part of Fortune also and its Lord also Saturn and if it be possible put him in Libra or if the Land be to be bought in the day time place him in Capricorn or Aquaries but if in the night put him in Aries Leo or Sagittary or Libra let him also be in a Trine of Jupiter or in a Sextile with him or the fourth house but by all means see that Mars behold them not by any Aspect and let the Moon be in the increase of her light viz. in the first Square or Quarter beholding Saturn with a Sextile or Trine or that Planet that beholds him Many labourers in the land it shall be fruitfull c. And if the Moon behold Jupiter it signifieth that the land shall have labourers enough that there shall be many fruitfull Trees and Plants and that the land shall be very fertile the same understand if he be in configuration with Saturn c. But if Saturn cannot be made to be beheld of Jupiter yet let Venus behold him and fortifie the watry signs for the Fortunes shall be stronger in them then in the aëry let the Moon be in the tenth in Taurus beholding the lord of the Ascendent with a benevolent Aspect and let the Moon and the sign ascending be free from all manner of misfortune CHAP. VIII Of bringing of Water to a house either by Conduit Pipe or Pump and of digging of Wells AS in the foregoing Elections so in this it is necessary you fortifie the Ascendent and let it be one of the watry signs as also its Lord and let him be oriental and free from all manner of Impediment and in an Angle in his own dignities essential Let Saturn also be oriental and free from misfortune and in the eleventh house but look that the Moon be not in Conjunction with them Fortify also Iupiter and let there be no Infortune or malevolent planet in the tenth house for that it will cause rather discension then ascension of the water Let the Moon also and its dispositor be well dignified and in the third or fifth houses of Heaven in an Earthy sign but if she will needs be above the earth place her in the ninth tenth or eleventh Alkindus adviseth to place the Moon Ascendent or any other Angle free from all manner of misfortune or impedition and let her be in her first Quarter or from her Conjunction to the first Square of the Sun increasing in light and motion But know that if the Moon be in any house under the earth you must fortifie her well and place her in configuration of a benovolent Planet in the tenth if possible or however of one above the earth and if she be above the earth let her by no means behold any Planet below the earth except with reception by house or exaltation and in
denotes encrease of mischief and not good and ☋ loss to and by great Cattell that few men shall during that Revolution be imprisoned and if they be they shall not so continue Note but I shall desire thee to remember that according to their affliction or assistance thou art to judge good or bad and not always according to these general Rules as you have been sufficiently taught of the Planets so also touching the places where their effects shall be manifested observe the same Rules you have been already taught viz. those subject to the signs in which they are c. CHAP. XIV Shewing the Significations of the Planets in any of the Triplicities when any of them is Lord of the Year in any Annual Revolution of the years of the World EVen as we have before promised to give you some Rules more at large for the better and further illustration of what hath been already delivered so though what hath been said is sufficient we shall yet further persist and endeavour to make every thing so clear that there shall not be the least complaint thereof now therefore as touching the signification of every Planet when they are either Lords or Ladies of the year in any of the four Triplicities what a Triplicity is and how and wherefore so divided you have been already shewn in the 12. Chapter of our Introduction to the Judgement of the Stars and then what may be expected by their being in any of the twelve signs as also the Head and Tail of the Dragon and so we shall proceed to the third Section that we may the sooner hasten to a conclusion I might hereon inlarge as have the Ancients but it shall be needless to say more then thus much That look what Planet is Lord of the year and the sign he is then placed in and ponder exactly his Debilities and Fortitudes and according to his strength you know and have been sufficiently already taught you are to judge good or bad according to his nature the nature of the sign he is in and the nature of the place of Heaven he is placed in as if Saturn be in Aquaries or its Triplicity this being both his house and Triplicity by day and so consequently if the Revolution be Diurnal strong and well dignified as also having exaltation in Libra the same Triplicity you shall judge what he signifies and denotes shall be advantagious and good to the Common People and Nation but it shall chiefly be manifested and effected in the Western parts because this is a Western sign For whatever your Planet Lord or Lady of the year denotes whether by her or his natural Complexion or Accidental Fortitudes good or bad it shall be chiefly manifest in those Regions subject to the sign wherein he or she is and the Countreys also subject to that Triplicity but more particularly in the quarter signified by the said Triplicity as for example if Saturn be in Aries he shall denote mischief and dammage to all Noble Rich and Great men because they are denoted and signified especial by fiery signs which also you have heard in the 23. Chapter of the second Treatise of this Volume are regal also to the Common People and Nation in general because he is Lord of the year and so becomes significator thereof or of them now I say mischief shall be unto these losses and crosses because Saturn in this sign as also in the whole Triplicity is weak Aries being his Fall and Le◠his Detriment c. And this shall be in the Places Cities Regions Countreys and Kingdoms signified by Aries and all the Triplicity which you have also been shewn in the aforesaid Book and 27. Chapter especially in the Eastern parts thereof because they are Eastern signs c. this is clear So that if thou hast but regard to the Natural and Accidental significations of the Planet Note sign he is in his strength and debilities therein what Triplicity the sign is of and what Regions and Quarter of Heaven it denotes together with the Triplicity and do but judge according to what thou hast been shewn and I need say no more for thereby mayst thou easily and exactly judge of the rest CHAP. XV. Demonstrating the Significations of Saturn when he is Lord of the Year in any of the twelve Signs YOu have been promised this plain jog trot way and therefore I shall here deliver it you though to the ingenious what hath been already said is sufficient and this superfluous Of the significations of Saturn when Lord of the Year and in Aries In Aries and impedited Wherefore then know that if Saturn be Lord of the year and in Aries he stirreth up many great winds and those Eastern and causeth the death of many Matrons and old Women or such as are Overseers of Nunneries scarcity of Provisions and a leanness and barrenness of the earth And if he be impedited he causeth many Thefts and Robberies Cutters by the High-way anxiety sadness and tribulation during that Revolution Also if he be the only Lord or Significator of the year and be Cadent from the Ascendent and behold it not and be direct he shews anxiety and trouble to Rich and Noblemen or such as are the Grandees of the earth and if he be Retrograde their houses substance and coffers of wealth shall be visited and destroyed or taken away and so much the rather if he be beheld by the malevolent Aspects of Mars for then he shall denote grievous cold weather the death of Cattel especially Sheep and such as are signified by Aries and that by some rot or the violence and rudeness of Wars and if he do not behold Mars or Mars him the Winter shall be extream cold according to the nature and quality of the Climate and there shall be a destruction or death of Cattel also if he be not Retrograde there shall be dissentions and quarrels amongst men Sackings Robbings and Spoilings and a great deal of mischief especially if he be beheld of Mars out of an angle but if he behold him from a Cadent house it shall not be so bad Also if Saturn be direct and in an angle he signifies much rain discords amongst great and rich men especially if he be aspected by Mars for then the Common People shall assuredly disagree and contend with their King and Superiours and if he be Retrograde the state and condition of the People shall be grievous and if both Mars and the Moon behold him with a malevolent Aspect together there shall be terrible cold weather Cattel shall die and there shall be dissentions and Wars Saturn Lord of the year and in fixed signs In any Revolution of the World if you finde Saturn in a fixed sign he denotes mortality poverty scarcity and great want of the fruits of the earth if he be Lord of the year this is meant especially in Leo because he is therein afflicted and in detriment being the sign opposite to his
own house Aquaries not altogether so bad in Scorpio and in Taurus a great deal less mischievous then in Scorpio for the more he is impedited the more evil shall he be the occasioner of especially if he behold Mars or be aspected by him except Jupiter do moderate the matter by his benevolent beams If Saturn be Lord of the year and have Septentrional Latitude Saturn when Lord of the year and hath North latit When South latitude or more plainly North Latitude because every one understands not Septentrional he denotes thick gross and corrupt ayr also dark and cloudy If he have Meridional or South latitude he signifies much hard cold weather and frost Saturn Lord of the year and Oriental If he be Oriental also he shall be the occasioner of trouble sadness grief and sorrow to Great and Noblemen perhaps through the coldness and frostiness of the weather Saturn Lord of the year and Occidental Again if he be Occidental there shall be Earthquakes during that Revolution especially in the Eastern parts this is if he be in Aries or any sign signifying that Quarter if he denote Earthquakes and be Oriental joy shall not be so great if he be Retrograde it will be the worse and so judge of the quality and greatness of the good or evil still signified by any Planet according to his strength or impediment and affliction Saturn in Taurus and Lord of the year Thus much touching the significations of Saturn when Lord of the year and posited in Aries wherefore now as touching this position in Taurus when he is Lord of the year who if he be then in an angle and direct he signifies War and Discords or Quarrels chiefly in the Regions and Places subject to Taurus and in the Southern parts of the Nation in which the Revolution is made also destruction to the Seeds and Plants in the earth because Taurus is an Earthy sign and he no ways essentially fortified so as to do there any good and being naturally evil unless the good aspects of the Fortunes do prevent and alter his influence he shall also cause Catterpillers Worms and such kinde of Creatures as shall destroy the Fruits of the Earth also Tribulations and Sorrows in the earth destruction of Houses Cities and Towns also Earthquakes chiefly Southward because Taurus is a Southern sign c. and in those places subject unto Taurus Moreover if Saturn be Lord of the year and located in Taurus he signifies Wars Scarcity and Famine or a want of such things as are produced out of the earth and if he be impedited he also denotes mortality and that also to the great Ones of the earth and if Mars and the Moon be joyned either in Conjunction or Aspect with Saturn in what ever sign it be or what ever then ascends they shall denote mortality and famine or a scarcity and if they be joyned to Mars it signifies trouble and vexation to the King and chief Rulers also Quarrels and Wars in the Southern parts and if he be then Retrograde he denotes destructions and violencies generally over all the Region Wars and Bloodshed especially if he be in the tenth for then it shall be more universal also mischief and dammage to children and young men but if he behold the Ascendent and be direct the evil shall not be so great and general and if he be Cadent from the Ascendent nor in Aspect therewith and be direct nor beheld of Mars the evil is thereby still declared not to be so great but if he be retrograde and impedited by Mars he denotes destruction to the fruits of the earth and mortalities according to the nature of the sign he is in Saturn Lord of the year and in Gemini When Saturn is Lord of the year and in Gemini and in an angle direct he stirreth up many great and high Western winds and causeth very sharp cold weather in Winter according to the nature and quality of the Climate the Birds of the ayr shall suffer Detriment of which there shall be a scarcity also men shall be afflicted with cold and dry Diseases commixed with heat and moisture and men shall be lyars contentious and shedders of blood there shall be much Frost in Winter and in Summer corruption of ayr thunder lightning and rain and if he be Retrograde dissentions and discords shall happen between Kings Nobles and great men also they shall during that Revolution be in great fear of death it signifieth also Earthquakes and these towards the Western parts and if he be remote from an Angle he signifies as well Eastern as Western winds and abundance of Cold and men shall suffer many changes so also judge they shall be if Saturn be then Retrograde and that there shall be many infirmities through winds storms unnatural Dews and Rains but if he be Cadent and not beholding the Ascendent and be direct these things shall happen in the sign in which Saturn then is and shall cause many Southern and Southwest winds Also if Saturn be in the fourth house in Gemini or its Triplicity and Lord of the year or if he be not Lord of the year yet if he be in aspect of the Lord of the Ascendent he signifieth that in the Western parts during that Revolution many men shall die through Earthquakes but if he be in Aspect with the Lord of the tenth there shall be many controversies and dissentions about Rule and Government and the power and right of one another also many inundations and abundance of overflowings of Waters by which the fruits of the earth shall be damnified Again Saturn Lord of the year having Septentrional lat in ♊ if Saturn have Septentrional Latitude there shall be many grievous high winds corrupt foggy dark ayr and earthquakes and these chiefly in the Western parts and places subject to Gemini If he be Meridional Oriental But if he have Meridional Latitude there will be a hot and dry ayr mortality and little or no rain if he be Oriental he denotes infirmities and sickness also trouble to the Grandees of the earth and Nobles of those Regions under Gemini Occidental so if he be Occidental there shall be a very dry ayr and little or no rain c. Saturn Lord of the year and in Cancer Again if Saturn be in Cancer in any Revolution and Lord of the year there shall be an increase and abundance of Water Fish and Locusts or Caterpillers rather in our Country and such Worms and creeping Creatures as are destructive to Fruits and are ingendred by immoderate rain with which the year shall abound as also with Fishes and if Mars behold him not there shall be grievous and terrible cold weather and many infirmities in those places under the sign wherein Saturn is as also under the signs in Square and Opposition to him and they shall be such Diseases as shall be of the nature of the sign he possesses
and if he be Retrograde let the King have a care of death or some prime and chief Ruler during that Revolution and if Mars behold him with any Malevolent aspect it signifieth Mortalities to the aforesaid places and many evils and mischiefs And if Saturn behold not the Ascendent there shall be much cold rain and dew but if he be direct the evil shall not be so bad except then the Moon be in the Ascendent for that signifieth the evil shall fall on the King or chief Rulers of the Region in which the Revolution is if not death it self but if he be retrograde and beheld of Mars it signifieth death and mortality in those Regions aforesaid and if he be Cadent and not beholding the Ascendent and be direct and Mars Cadent from him it signifieth that men shall be secure and safe and so much the more assured will this be if he be past the first fifteen degrees of the sign yet shall there be infirmities in the Regions and Places subject unto the said sign but if he be retrograde and beheld of Mars and neither of them in the Aspects of the Fortunes many tribulations and troubles shall be incident unto those Regions also abundance of rain and cold weather also Shipwracks and Disasters by Sea and much danger to Navigators and such as make Voyages also death to fish and the creatures lying in the Sea and other Waters Saturn in Cancer and having Septentrional latitude Meridional Oriental Occidental If that Saturn be in Cancer having Septentrional Latitude he denotes a scarcity of Waters and a drought of fountains and rivers and but little rain Also if he be Meridional that men shall labour and take much pains in their Trades but shall gain little or nothing thereby if he be Oriental he denotes dark thick and obscure unwholsom ayr also in the Winter time grievous cold raw weather and dammage to fruits by Northern winds if he be Occidental also much rain And if he be retrograde the evil shall be augmented and the King or Rulers of the Countreys and Nations under the sign wherein Saturn is shall undergo grievous aspersions reproaches and disgraces even equivalent to death it self but if he be direct it will lessen and diminish the evil a little for look how much your significator is fortified and so much the less shall the evil signified be and so much the more the good c. And this thou wilt plainly see by what follows if thou hast diligent respect to what shall be expressed so as to ponder throughly the reason of every Judgement the which I would advise thee to do for then shalt thou be assuredly an expert Philosopher and be soon able to deliver Judgement most rationally on any Configuration of the Heavens without recourse to thy Books for that Astrologer whose brains remains in his Library shall never come to the accomplishment of this Science but he that makes his Library remain in his brains shall not erre Et ille erit mihi amicus Saturn Lord of the year and in Leo. But if Saturn be Lord of the year in any Revolution and in Leo having Septentrional or North latitude he causeth much rain and corruption of things both to the prejudice of great and small Rulers and People also bringeth to nought the designs and works of mens hands If he be Oriental he denotes many infirmities to the People of the Climate under that Revolution and if he be Occidental many Mortalities and Pestilencies shall happen unto the People and so much the more grievous will the Evil and mischief be if he be retrograde less if direct Saturn Lord of the year in Virgo Also if Saturn be in Virgo and be Lord of the Year and Septentrional he signifies good wholsom and sweet gales and blasts of wind also convenient and seasonable gusts in Harvest-time and if he be Meridional there shall be a drought of Fountains and a scarcity of waters but if he be Oriental the women that shall conceive during that Revolution shall miscarry by reason of wind or carnal copulation after conception but if he be Occidental he causeth acute and sharp Fevers and if he be Retrograde the King and Rulers shall fear their Enemies but if he be Direct they shall not thus fear but be provided for by them Saturn Lord of the year in Libra Again if Saturn be in Libra and Lord of the Year Septentrional he denotes a hot and dry Ayr and little or no rain during that Revolution and a scarcity of Waters And if he be Meridional a good wholsom sweet Ayr and no noysom Blasts and if he be Oriental men shall have a lustfull inclination to women but if he be Occidental he denotes infamy and disgrace which shall come of such Doings If he be Retrograde he signifies Infirmities to Servants and the Baser Sort of People And if he be direct there shall be pretty Plenty of the Fruits of the Earth especially of Barly c. Saturn Lord of the year in Scorpio Saturn Lord of the Year and in Scorpio Septentrional signifieth abundance of Rain and increase of Waters both in Rivers and Fountains also that they shall be corrupt and if he be Meridional he shall denote a scarcity of provisions appertaining to the life of man especially such as are produced by the Earth And if he be Oriental there shall be many dissentions and quarrels amongst Great men but if Occidental he signifies destruction and trouble on the Sea also loss and dammage to such as have their Livelihood thereon also if he be Retrograde there shall happen Pestilential Diseases but if direct Babylon as say some of the Antients shall be safe Saturn Lord of the year in Sagittary Again if Saturn be Lord of the Year Septentrional and in Sagittary he denotes the increase of Fountains and extremity of Cold in Winter according to the nature of the Climate if he be Oriental Noble and Rich men shall be put out of their Countries and Habitations and if he be Occidental there shall be many dissentions quarrels and wars between Kings and Great men also if he be Retrograde it shall go ill with all manner of men and their affairs and quarrels shall be amongst them and if he be Direct Travellers both by Sea and Land shall be in a good Condition and successfull Saturn Lord of the year in Capricorn Moreover if Saturn be Lord of the Year and in Capricorn and Septentrional the Ayr shall be temperate and healthy and there shall be moderate and seasonable Rains but if he be Meridional or have Meridional Latitude in Winter there will be dark cloudy cold weather and if he be Oriental the state of Great and Noble men shall be but sad and troublesome neither shall they agree with the Common People and if he be Occidental the fruits of the Earth shall be wasted and consumed by and through extremity of heat and creeping things as
her signifieth rain also and winde and that the more if she then go to any Aspect of Jupiter or from Venus to Mars because these are Openers of Gates as you have heard How â—o know the state of the weather by the mutual Aspects of the Planets Thus much of the Malevolent Aspects of the Moon with the other six Planets now it resteth we see also what may be predicted touching the alteration of the ayr when the Planets are mutually aspected the one by the other Saturn then in Conjunction of Jupiter in fiëry signs signifies a great drought In watry floods continual rain also inundations and overflowings of water In aiëry signs plenty of wind In earthy Earth-quakes and the fall of Houses and eradication of trees judge also the same when they are in a malitious Square or Opposition c. Saturn in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Mars in watry signs Of Saturn denotes rain in Winter Autumn and Summer as also in Summer oftentimes thunder and lightning especially if in fiëry signs but in Autumn and Winter windy dry weather as also in the Spring And in aiëry signs both Spring Summer Autumn and Winter promiseth great windes and sometimes rain Saturn in Conjunction Square or Opposition of the Sun in the Spring denotes cold rain or hail in Summer much rain thunder and lightning according to the nature of the sign In Autumn tempestuous stormy weather and in winter grievous cold and snowy slabby weather Saturn in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Venus promiseth in the Spring rain and cold in Summer sudden cold in Autumn much rain and in Winter rain and snow especiall if in these times the sign be watry but if otherwise judge according to discretion and the nature thereof Saturn in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Mercury signifieth windes and rain in the Spring especially in watry and aiery signs as also in Summer winde and showres but if they be in fiery signs thunder lightning and rain In Autumn winde and cold according to the nature of the sign and in Winter cold and snow Jupiter in like manner in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Mars Of Jupiter Spring to be windy and tempestuous a thundering and lightning Summer rain and storms in Autumn and in Winter cold snows and sharp windes according to the nature of the sign Jupiter in Conjunction Square or Opposition of the Sun in the Spring signifieth high windes in Summer thunder and lightning and in Autumn vehement windes and very dry cold frosty weather in Winter for the most part they signifie thus in every sign Jupiter in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Venus shews a temperate ayr according to the nature of the season all the year long yet if they be in watery signs they will incline somewhat to misling showers Jupiter in Conjunction Square or Opposition of Mercury denotes great and vehement windes in every quarter they are so aspected if in aiery signs In watry rain In fiery thunder and lightning but of no great continuance ♂ in ☌ â–¡ or ☠of ☉ in fiery signs promiseth drought in Summer in the Spring a dry ayr also in Autumn and in Winter frost in watry signs shewers in the Spring Summer thunder and rain and in Autumn shewers in Winter rain and cold ♂ in ☌ â–¡ or ☠of ♀ in the Spring causeth sudden great and violent rains Tempests in Autumn and in Summer but if in fiery signs or in each others house great thunders and lightnings ♂ in ☌ â–¡ or ☠with ☿ in fiery signs causeth heat and drought in Summer rain in watry signs and sometimes thunder and lightnings in Autumn and Winter sudden great windes also cold in Winter Of the Sun ☉ in ☌ of ♀ in the Spring causeth rain in Summer thunder tempests and rain in Autumn shewers and winde and in Winter much moisture in â–¡ or ☠of ♀ he can never be ☉ in ☌ of ☿ denotes windes and moisture especially in watry and aiery signs but in fiery a serene ayr in Summer and frost in Winter in â–¡ or ☠he can never be neither â— by reason of his proximity as you have heard in the 2 Book Chap. 6. Of Venus ♀ in ☌ of ☿ Rain in the Spring Summer and Autumn as also snow in Winter and sudden high windes also in Summer they raise storms and tempests judge also the same in every one being in âš¹ or â–³ as you have heard of these Aspects but you must know they are not altogether so bad CHAP. XI Demonstrating the alteration of the Ayr by the Combustion Orientality and Occidentality of the Planets in every of the 12 Signs SAturn in ♈ Combust denotes a dark obscure cloudy misty ayr Orientall fair weather Occidental great and vehement winde In ♉ Combust causeth thick clouds Oriental Thunder Occidental a turbulent ayr In ♊ Combust and Occidental drought Oriental fair windy weather In ♌ Combust and Occidental dark ayr fogs mists and troublesome weather Oriental somewhat calmer In ♌ Combust Oriental or Occidental causeth rain and misling at the best and sometimes thunder In â™ Combust maketh an infectious ayr and turbulent if Occidental but Oriental it will not be so bad In ♎ Combust causeth a defect in the sight of men and women Oriental winds Occidental whirlewindes and a turbulent ayr In â™ Combust cold ayr Occidental frosts Oriental cold North windes In â™ Combust and Occidental a cold rainy ayr Oriental cold and frost In ♑ Combust denotes a dark obscure ayr with South windes Occidental cold Oriental North windes In â™’ Combust cold ayr Occidental tempests Oriental rain In ♓ Combust clouds Occidental rain Oriental a more temperate ayr ♃ in ♈ Combust is a token of rain being Occidental he causeth clouds and Orital fair weather In ♉ Combust indifferent weather Occidental pleasant shewers Oriental close calm weather In ♊ Combust Occidental or Oriental fair temperate weather In ♋ Combust Occidental or Oriental brings a calm and pleasant ayr In Leo Combust Occidental or Oriental pleasant windes In Virgo Combust Occidental or Oriental causeth weather fit for the production of seed and the fruits of the Earth In Libra Combust Occidental or Oriental indifferent weather In Scorpio Combust rain Occidental bitter weather Oriental more temperate In Sagittary Combust much rain Occidental worse weather Oriental better In Capricorn Combust moist ayr Occidental it is worse Oriental better In Aquaries Combust and Occidental rain Oriental fair In Pisces Combust Occidental and Oriental calm windes Mars in Aries Combust and Occidental bad weather Oriental the contrary Mars In Taurus Combust a quiet ayr Occidental stormy Oriental windy In Gemini Combust and Occidental heat Oriental somewhat more temperate In Cancer Combust and Occidental great heat Oriental not so violent In Leo Combust and Occidental drought Oriental not altogether so dry In Virgo Combust Occidental and Oriental signifieth the same as you have heard of Saturn In Libra Combust causeth moisture
Occidental high windes Oriental more temperate In Scorpio Combust moisture Occidental storms Oriental gales of winde In Sagittary Combust drought Occidental the same but Oriental it will not be so very dry In Capricorn Combust clowdy Occidental some heat Oriental more temperate In Aquaries Combust drought Occidental and Oriental plenty of windes In Pisces Combust and Occidental drought Oriental thunder and lightning The Sun now should follow in order The Sun but he as you have heard before can never be either Combust Oriental or Occidental the Planets being thus termed in respect of him besides you have been also shewn that neither the Sun nor Moon are to be admitted chief Rulers in any Scheme because they are general significators of times and seasons therefore let us now have regard unto the significations of Venus when she is either Combust Occidental or Oriental in any of the signs of the Zodiac Venus in Aries Combust and Occidental causeth moisture and great windes Venus Oriental thunders and rains In Taurus Combust thunders Occidental fair Oriental pleasant weather In Gemini Combust and Occidental winde Oriental a calmer ayr In Cancer Combust Occidental or Oriental a quiet calm time In Leo Combust Occidental or Oriental drought In Virgo Combust and Occidental drought Oriental the contrary In Libra Combust moist ayr Occidentall rain Oriental fair In Scorpio Combust Occidental or Oriental rain In Sagittary Combust rain Occidental winde and cold Oriental not so bad In Capricorn Combust cold ayr Occidental and Oriental rain In Aquaries Combust clowdy Occidental hot Oriental rain In Pisces Combust cold Occidental and Oriental disposed to snow Mercury in Aries Combust promiseth tempests Occidental and Oriental Mercury fair windy weather In Taurus thunder and storms being Combust Occidental and Oriental a clowdy dark muddy ayr In Gemini Combust and Occidental winde Oriental temperate ayr and small gusts of winde In Cancer Combust and Occidental tempestuous stormy weather Oriental calmer In Leo combust Occidental and Oriental winde In Virgo Combust drought and often tempests so also when Occidental but when Oriental the contrary In Libra Combust Occidental or Oriental windes In Scorpro Combust and Occidental raging weather chiefly Oriental In Sagitary Combust and Occidental rain Oriental clear ayr In Capricorn Combust Occidental and Oriental rain In Aquaries Combust snow Occidental more cold Oriental rain In Pisces Combust Occidental or Oriental moist ayr CHAP. XII Containing further Instructions touching the alteration of the Ayr from the application of the Moon to the other Planets having separated from the Conjunction or Opposition of the Sun ENdeavour thou but to understand this Chapter well and thou shalt be sufficiently furnished with ability to judge of the weather for every moneth In the ninth Chapter of this Book you have heard that the Planet the Moon next applyes unto after her Conjunction and Opposition with the Sun is especially to be regarded for the exact judging of the state of the weather wherefore I thought good for thy better Instruction to insert this Chapter which teacheth largely how to judge by her application unto any other Planet after her aforesaid Configurations with the Sun of the mutation or alteration of the ayr Because Saturn is the higest of all the Planets as you have heard and therefore we have still began with him in all the progress of this our labour we shall here also follow the same method and shew what is to be expected when she separates from the Conjunction or Opposition of the Sun and applyes next unto Saturn and then to Jupiter and so in order of the rest Having erected your figure then for the Conjunction if that be your time or for the Opposition of the Luminaries if you are to consider that have regard to the place of the Conjunction or Opposition the nature of the signs and Mansions they are in and the Square Aspects of the Malevolents unto these places and accordingly judge judge the time when the effect will be manifested from the number of degrees they want of the Partil Aspect and the nature of the signs fixed common or moveable and so according to reason judge dayes or houres but if your Significators or the Moon be swift of motion it will be the sooner if slow the contrary c. The Moon separating from the Conjunction or Opposition of the Sun and applying to Saturn If the Moon after her bodily Conjunction or Opposite Aspect with the Sun do immediately next apply unto Saturn in moist signs and mansions let it be by what Aspect it will rain shall follow in some measure more abundantly if she apply by Conjunction Square or Opposition not so much if by Sextile and if by Trine yet there will be mislings and dark clowdy obscure ayr c. Remember according to the nature of the signs aspects and mansions to pronounce judgement But if Saturn be then in a fiery sign and a dry Mansion and the Moon also so posited there shall rather be a turbulent dark obscure ayr then rain To Jupiter On the contrary if she then apply next unto Jupiter although she and he both be in moist signes and mansions yet shall they denote onely sweet showers and moderate dews and the like but in other signes and mansions hardly any rain at all how ever it will be but very moderate seasonable and pleasant if there be any which sometimes as other causes may concur perhaps may be But if either Venus or Mercury or both do then cast their beams unto either the Moon or Jupiter or both there will happen rain in some measure judge the quality from the natuâ—e of the mansions and nature of the signs they are in as if moist then it will be the more wet if dry the less if in signs aiery windes and showers by fits but seldome is any rain or weather produced or occasioned by Jupiter that is destructive or unseasonable but it is still moderate temperate and wholsome Again if the Moon apply next unto Mars after her Conjunction or Opposition with the Sun and Saturn be then also in any Aspect with her or Mars To Mars or with the Sun rain is threatned and that immoderate if they are in moist signs and mansions and if in temperate and yet the Moon be in a moist sign and mansion it shall denote rain though not so much but if she be in a moist sign and mansion and they in a dry there shall be but very little wet but if Venus do then Aspect Mars also you shall judge the contrary that there shall be much rain and if it be in summer thunder and lightning with all To the Sun Also if at the time of the Conjunction or Opposition of the Luminaries you finde them in Aspect with none of the Planets nor any with them judge it will be fair weather and little or no rain but if Saturn or Mars especially Saturn behold either of them or any other
Planet in a moist sign and mansion especially from an Angle and the Sun then Peregrine much rain shall follow and so on the contrary judge To Venus To Venus if in aiery or watry signs and moist mansions without doubt rain will thereon follow but it will not be so much if the signs be aiery especially if they or either of them be beheld of either Saturn or Mars but it will be infallibly true if then they be beheld of both Saturn and Mars especially if Saturn behold the Moon and Mars Venus because these are Openers of Gates as you have heard but you must note the rain will not be so great if but one of them behold the Moon and Venus or either of them But if Jupiter behold them in like manner judge there will be no rain but contrariwise fair weather or at least such moderate gentle showers as shall be very seasonable and acceptable and if Venus be free from impediment when she is thus aspected of the Moon and fortunate and not in moist signs nor mansions there shall not be any rain on their then Configuration whether it be Conjunction or Aspect but clowds and dews To Mercury And if she immediately apply to Mercury and they be in moist signs and mansions there shall be continual rain and that dayly especially if Saturn and Mars doe then behold them also if Venus have then any dignity in the place of the Conjunction or Aspect of the Moon and Mercury there shall be unusual wet weather so likewise if when the Sun and the Moon are in Conjunction Mercury be also in the same degree with them in a moist sign and and mansion and apply to Venus And if you finde these Configurations in other mansions and signs you shall also judge wet weather is threatned but not so abundantly And if Mercury and the Moon be alone in Conjunction or Aspect dews and gentle showers are most commonly produced but if Jupiter behold them when they are in Conjunction or Mercury at any time he shall cause much rain and windes according to the nature of the signs and mansions and thus much shall suffice to be said of the Moon her application of the other Planets having been immediately before in Conjunction or Opposition of the Sun I know the Antients have been more large but I question whither all their rules will be agreeable to the nature of the Climate wherein we live wherefore if what hath been already delivered unto thee and what is beneath on this particular further said be not infallible rules for the judgeing of weather as I said before being very intricate especially in Islands I shall desire thee lovingly to accept of my weak indeavours and well wishes to the propagation of this Divine Science and also to study by a diligent observation and trial of these rules and others thou shalt in thy practise find out to perfect some rules which may exactly and infallibly point out unto us the true state of the weather in any quarter of the year or day in any quarter CHAP. XIII Teaching by other Rules how to judge of the alteration of the Ayr and to know when Rain is to be expected YOu must still remember to erect your Figure for the exact time for which you require judgement and place the Planets therein being reduced to the time of the day and see what Planets are then in Conjunction or Aspect with the Sun and Moon especially if the figure be made at any Lunation for if it be Jupiter or Venus and they corporally joined to the Sun and Moon or Jupiter in a Sextile or Trine of them and they be then free from the Conjunction and Aspect of all the Malevolents neither apply unto them after their separation from Jupiter it is an assured testimony of fair weather but if Jupiter behold them by a Square or Opposition and they free also from the Malevolent Configurations of the Infortunes as hath been said he shall denote gentle pleasant shewers But if any of the Malevolent Planets especially Saturn be in Aspect with them or Conjunction although by Sextile or Trine or they apply unto him after their Conjunction especially if by Square or Opposition rain shall inevitably follow for it is the natural property of the Malevolents to disturb and thicken the Ayr with offensive gross vapours as it is the disposition of the fortunes to disperse them and clear the ayr thereof resisting the quality of the Malevolents Now you must know that although Venus be one of the fortunes yet doth she by reason of her moist nature dispose the ayr and weather to moisture especially if she be in any Configuration with the Sun in moist signs and mansions or have any commixture or participation with the malevolents but yet she seldome sends noisome or unseasonable wet weather unless when she participates with the infortunes she be then also very weak and afflicted for then she is not able to lessen their malicious influence If the Sun be in the South part of heaven and Venus under his beams and the Moon be then in Conjunction with either of them especially with Venus or applying unto her by any Aspect you shall assuredly judge when that Configuration is viz. that very day and hour there shall be rain and shewers and if then Mercury also be in the same part of Heaven applying to the Moon by Conjunction or Aspect it shall prenote rain especially if the Moon be in Scorpio so also if Mars and Venus be in Conjunction especially also in Scorpio and when the Sun is in Aquaries and the Moon applying by Opposition unto him and Venus be also placed as aforesaid you shall judge rain at that very hour so also when Mars applyes at that time to either the Sun or Venus and the Moon in Square or Opposition of the Sun and when Venus applyes unto the Sun and Mercury then also in Conjunction with her or she with him rain is to he expected at that very instant again if the Sun be in Libra and Venus in Sagittarius in the same number of degrees and the Moon applying especially to Venus that very day and hour you may predict rain also when the Sun is either in Aries or Aquaries and the Moon in Opposition unto him many shewers follow in that day from the hour of their Opposition judge the same if the Moon be in Sagitary yet Leo is a cause of more shewers a great deal also if the aforesaid Configurations be out of the houses of Mars and Venus judge the same viz. wet-weather also thunder lightning rain in great drops and sometimes hail Again if the Sun be in Aries or Pisces and the Moon in Libra or Virgo or Sagittary there shall be shewers in that hour wherein they come to a Partil Opposition or Square In like manner if Venus and Mercury in any of the aforesaid places behold the Sun out of Leo and the Moon apply also then unto
middle but about the edges more rare those resembling beards have their extreams more rare and dispersed and those that are much extended in length are more rare and subtil The distinct significations of every Comet or Blazing Star The Antients have delivered moreover these nine following several Comets or Blazing-Stars and their virtues or Portences which I could no wise omit being so necessary to Instruction The first then is callâ—â— Veru for that it resembleth a spit or dart and appeareth in the day time very terrible to the beholders It denotes a scarcity of fruit both of the Earth and trees mutations in Church and State grievous slaughters and the death of Kings Nobles and such as are of their adherence The second Tenaculum of the colour of Mars and hath raies under it like the flames of burning coals it signifieth there shall not be such plenty as formerly yet not famine wars also are thereby stirred up to the great prejudice of the godlier sort of people who shall be very forward therein The third Pertica which sometimes emitts obscure raies and again at other times bright this denotes a drought both of the Earth and Waters and a scarcity of Provisions the which if corporally joined to any Planet signifyeth events according to the nature of that Planet the nature of every Planet you have been taught before as if it be joined to Saturn there shall be mortalities troubles to old men and those of the religious Orders to Jupiter it extends its effects to Kings and Grandees whether good or bad according to their fortitudes to Mars many wars tumults slaughters and effusion of bloud to the Sun it will not appear by reason of the Suns splendour yet it portends the death of Kings and many tribulations plagues and sicknesses to Venus it signifies drought and a diminution of great waters to Mercury it denotes the death of young men wits and ingenuous souls to the Moon it signifies death and grievous mortality to men especially common people The fourth Miles consecrated to Venus and hath an hairy tail or main emitting Moon-like beams or rayes it signifieth mischief to Kings Nobles and Great men and that men shall rise that will endeavour to alter the Laws and antient Customs and set up new but the greatest evil portended thereby will be incident to those places towards which it extends its tail or rayes it denotes also wars The fifth Ceruleus of a blew or azure colour appropriated to Mercury it denotes the death of Kings and Grandees Nobles such as are chief Rulers and chiefly towards the part towards which it extends its rayes also wars The sixth Aurora five Matutina assigned to Mars it hath a tale and is of a fiery complexion when it appeareth towards the East bending its head downwards it signifies war combustions fire and sword pestilence and famine in Arabia and Egypt drought and a scarcity of waters and this shall extend also to the Western Regions The seventh Argentum sive Argenteus and this is the brightest and clearest of all Comets it hath pure bright beams when it appears Jupiter being then in Cancer or Pisces it promiseth abundance of corn and fruit in those parts where it appeared but if Jupiter be then in Scorpio it will not be altogether so good The eighth Rosa this is a great round Comet and is of the form and similitude of of a man it causeth the death of Kings Great Noble and Rich men and the alteration of things The ninth and last Niger appropriated to Saturn being in colour like unto him it denotes mortality both natural and also by the sword beheadings and the like If a Comet appear in the Ascendent of any Town Note Kingdom City Family or in the Ascendent of the Revolution of the World it signifieth destruction of the things signified by the Ascendent and the sign thereof and if it appear in the sign of the mid-Heaven at the time of any of these it bringeth danger to such as are promoted to honour The signification of Comets in Earthy signs watry aiery and fiery Comets appearing in earthy signs denote sterility through drought in watry through abundance of rain and floods and causeth also Pestilence in aiery they promise Winds Seditions and Pestilence yet not alwayes Plagues in fiery Wars slaughters and commotions CHAP. IX Of the signification of Comets and Blazing-Stars appropriated to the seven Planets REceive these Rule following as from the Chaldeans Arabians and such as were very expert in these matters in former Ages The Portences of such Comets as belong to Saturn Wherefore know that if any Comet of the nature and complexion of Saturn appear in the Ascendent of the Revolution of the World it denotes many evils Famine Pestilence Banishment Want Anxiety terrour and trouble Chronick diseases and Melancholy distempers Catarrs Quartane Agues Falling Sickness Leprosies Palsies Cancers and those diseases which are of continuance lingring Consumptions and the like destruction to Beasts appertaining to the use of man excessive cold weather in winter Note but you are still to remember the Nature of the Climate for this inordinate cold in Aethiopia will cause but a temperate Ayr c. and therefore this is to be understood of these Northern parts clouds frost and snow strong and high winds tempests shipwracks destruction of Fish as also of Fruit by Caterpillers Locusts and such like Vermine great Inundations and storms to the anoyance of Cattel and all things Men and Kingdoms under the Dominion of Saturn shall suffer detriment and be in danger of destruction Comets of the nature of Jupiter and their portences Such as are of a silver colour bright and of great splendor and of the nature of Jupiter cause a plentiful year when they appear in the Ascendent as you have heard wholsome blasts of Ayr with many seasonable showers especially if it be a watry sign it denotes also such infirmities as are of the nature of Jupiter which you have heard in the second Book of this Volume and many alterations and changes in such Kingdoms Regions and Places subject unto him the which I have there also at large set down Comets of the nature of Mars and their significations Those Comets which you have heard we have understood by the names of Veru and Pertica are of the nature of Mars wherefore they denote horrible winds storms and tempests a drought of Fountains and a destruction of Fruit by corruption and all the diseases portended by Mars c. frequent Thundering and Lightnings to the destruction of many Ship at Sea wrath quarrels heart-burnings slaughters and blood-shed amongst men tumults seditions and wars alterations of Kingdoms Laws Government and Customs and such like evils appropriated to the nature of Mars and the shall chiefly be incident to such men as are under his Dominion Towns Cities Kingdoms and Places as also to those parts towards which the Comet extendeth its tayl as you have heard
charactered 83 c. why reckoned from Aries and not placed in the Heavens according to the order of the four Elements 85 A time to learn to Sing 196 Sinister Aspect what it is its nature 93 A time for buying of small Cattel 173 of taming of them 174 A time for making sweet Smels 150 A time for administring Sneezings 165 Snow what it is 304 Southern Inhabitants why quickwitted 15 A time for ridding houses of Spirits 151 A time to purge the Spleen 168 Spring-time the cause thereof 9 11 Square Aspect its Nature why so called and charactered why malevolent 92 Standard-bearers their significators 220 Stars portencies what * 4 cause of sterility and fertility proved by the Word of GOD 5 most effectual and never perverted but by miracle * 4 both Signs and Causes warranted by the word of GOD 35 influence proved 3 6 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 maintained by sacred writ in spite of its Antagonists 23 31 and 33 The Annual motion of the Starry-sphere 7 10 Stationary what 110 Sterility and fertility on what they depend 10 how to judge thereof in any Year 284 A time for Storming Castles and Towns 182 To know the Strength of any Planet in any Sign 66 A time for Studying divine matters or ought else 141 Summer the cause thereof 9 11 why not alike hot every Year 9 what Physick is therein most safe to be taken 166 Sun his Influence proved 10 18 his nature complexion magnitude distance from the Earth mean and diurnal Motion Revolution Quality of men 56 Corporature Savours Colours Part in man Hearbs Spice Trees Birds Stones 57 Minerals Fishes Beasts Weather Places Winds Sign Triplicity Exaltation Fall Detriment Age Angel Friends Enemies 58 Day of the week Regions Orb Moneth after conception Years Diseases 59 Significations when Lord of the Year 235 in any of the twelve Houses 241 his Presence or Absence not alone the cause of heat or cold 9 Mock-Suns the reason thereof 303 under the Sunbeams what 111 Superiour what ibid. T. Tables of the Number Names Nature Magnitude Latitude and Longitude of the most notable fixed Stars in every Sign from 94 to 105 of the Essential dignities of the Planets according to Ptolomy or rather an unknown Author 95 of their fortitude and debilities 66 c. of the Aspects of the Moon to the other Planets and Elections thereby 129 of the mansions of the Moon 130 A time for Taming small Cattel 174 Taurus its Nature Quality Corporature 86 Diseases Angel Colours Places Regions Cities and Part of man under its rule 87 why ruled by Venus 68 why the Exaltation of the Moon 69 the Number Names Nature Magnitude Latitude and Longitude of its most notable fixed Stars 95 Term what it is wherefore so called and why so attributed to the Planets 71 their use 72 Terms of Art explained 110 c. A time for apprehending Thieves 184 to make them confess truth 185 Third book its subject * 2 Thirds how many in a second 79 Thunder what it is 304 A time for Tilling the ground 148 A time to cut Timber to keep long 12 What Time is best to use Physick 166 Phlebotomie 170 A Time for all things under the Sun 145 A convenient time to set Children to a Trade 132 Tradition in some kind censured * 3 * 6 Translation what 111 Translation of light among the Planets and what is thereby portended in Revolutions 279 A time for planting of Trees 150 Trine aspect its Nature why so called and charactered 93 why good and benevolent 92 93 Triplicity what it is how many how nominated by what Planet ruled and wherefore 70 Tydes not so apparent in the Atlantick Sea as in others and why in some places they are hindred 11 V. Venereal sports a time for them 178 A time for applying Ventosies 170 Venus her Nature Complexion Magnitude Distance from the Earth mean and diurnal Motion Revolution Quality of men 58 Coporature Part of man Beasts Hearbs Spice Trees Perfumes Birds Stones Mineral Fishes Weather Winds Places Signs Triplicity Day of the week Regions Years Diseases ruled by her her Age Angel Exaltation Fall Detriment Enemy Friends 60 her joy 75 why so called and charactered 77 is sometimes a malevolent and interficient Planet 124 216 Significations when Lady of the Year 235 in the twelve Houses 243 in the twelve Signs from 261 to 263 when Lady of an Eclipse 314 How to order the matter for Victory 179 How to judge of Victory in any year 282 When to prune and cut Vines 12 Virgo its Nature Quality Corporature Diseases Angel Colours Places Regions Cities and Part of man under its rule 88 why ruled by Meâ—cury 68 why his exaltation and fall of Venus 69 the Number Names Magnitude Latitude and Longitude of its most notable fixed Stars 99 Vertue of Hearbs Stones Minerals Drugs and other Medicinal things how found out 280 Vnfortunate Planets 127 A time for making of Vnguents 158 A time for Voyaging 195 Void of Course what 111 W. A time for War 179 to judge of the event 181 how to judge of it in any year where and when it shall happe 281 who shall be the beginner thereof 283 A time to bring Water to an House by pipe or otherwaies 148 A time for Weaning of Children 133 Weather how to judge of it from 288 to 303 A time for digging of Wells 148 How to know the Whisperings of any two 185 Will of any one if to be altered or stand in force and how to judge of the state thereof 189 How to Win at any game 186 Wind what it is 304 Winter the cause thereof 9 11 why not all alike cold 9 what physick is therein best to be taken 166 Women their significators general 220 their Darling toys described * 19 Word of God the chiefest Good * 22 World how governed by GOD since he finished his six days work * 5.4 ruled by Planets 328 the vanity thereof in general * 7 its description and vanity more particularly from * 14 to * 19 turned topfie turvy * 17 Writing of Letters a time therefore 158 Y. Year whether likely to be turbulent or obnoxious 278 plentiful or scarce 284 Greater Years of the Planets how known 71 Youth and its vanity and folly described * 9 * 10 From my Study at my Fathers House in Holborn within two doors of the wounded Heart near the Kings Gate this 17 of January 1652. FINIS Reader AS in all Volumes you shall finde the Printers faults so in this by reason it is a work wherewith they are unacquainted mayest thou abundantly finde their failings which I would intreat thee candidly to pass by and amend with thy pen before thou adventurest to read the same especially or that some are so gross and absurd they may otherwise lead thee into an errour unless thou art well acquainted with this manner of learning I have put the fault all along according as it should be amended in a different letter