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A45203	Demonstration of astrology, or, A brief discourse, proving the influence of the sun, moon, stars, over this terraqueous globe grounded on the fundamental rules of the Copernican system and philosophy, and verified by practical examples and experience : illustrated by diagrams : whereby the art is rendered almost mathematically demonstrable : to which is added, an astrological and philosophical appendix, or second part, treating of this summer's effects, both in the macrocosm as well as microcosm : wherein we have great cause to fear, that the sword, pestilence, and famine will annoy our European territories this ensuing summer / by William Hunt, a lover of the mathematics and natural philosophy.	Hunt, William, lover of the mathematics and natural philosophy.	1696 (1696)	Wing H3762; ESTC R7694	25,280	47

explain my Method and as I have in the foregoing Chapters explained the most material Circles c. of the Sphere and also how by the Motion of the Sun or Earth our Seasons are constituted viz. Day Night Winter and Summer together with the Natures and Aspects of the Planets So now in this and the following Chapter I shall demonstrate why some Winters are warmer than others and some Summers are colder than other-some and the reason why our Spring sometimes is late and at other times early coming sooner by five or six Weeks some Years than other First Know that the general Constitutions of the Seasons are caused by the Diurnal and Annual Motion of the Earth as before treated of But the Reason of their Variations must be examined by the Annual and Revolutional Motion of the rest of the Planets especially the Superiors the Inferiors having most to do in the daily Mutations of the Air. Now the Motion of the Planets is to be considered in a threefold manner 1. According to their Revolution in respect of the Ecliptick whereby they sometimes as the Sun though with some difference of Latitude are in Estival Signs and sometimes in Winter Signs 2. They are to be considered according to their Motion in this Copernican Projection whereby they are sometimes near to the Earth and sometimes at remoter distance having great Influence at some times and at other times in abject Places and almost void of Influence in respect of us 3. They are to be considered as to their Aphelions and Perihelions they moving in Eliptick Circles as also their Diurnal Revolutions passing by the Motion of their Satellites which as yet have no known Influence 4. Their Natures are chiefly to be noted both Simple and Complicated These are the chief relating to the several Constitutions of the Seasons But in the Diurnal and Horary Vicissitudes we consider the Motion of Venus and Mercury and chiefly the Lunar Motion as also their Aspects and Transits And the Diurnal Motion of the Earth whereby the Sun Moon and Stars become sometimes upon the Meridian or Zenith and sometimes under the Earth or Nadir and sometimes upon the Horizon either rising or setting And note that those Planets are of greatest Force which are nearest to us both in respect of their Perigaeons as well as being Vertical and having North Declination and Latitude as also that Planet which is above the Horizon and the more vertical he is the stronger he is which also is augmented or diminished according as he is beheld by the Sun or the rest of the Planets These and many more Phenomena's are to be considered and well poised in Judgment of which I shall treat in some following Tracts This Tract only treats of the general Nature and Constitution of the Seasons And I shall farther explain the Copernican Projection or Diagrams which ought well to be understood by every one that would be a Proficient in the Knowledg of the Weather Which Diagrams are a new Projection and never before made publick They shewing the true Motions of the Earth and other Planets about the Sun and represent to you the true Geocentrick Places of the Planets as well as Aspects but in the Heliocentrick Places and Aspects of the Planets they vary a little from Truth because of their apparent Eliptical Motions And note that what I say concerning the Demonstration of the third Diagram understand the same of the rest In the said Diagram the Sun is the Center the other Planets move about him in their several Orbits as I have demonstrated in the third Chapter of this Book In this Diagram you may see that the Lunar Orbit is divided into 12 equal Parts being the Right Ascensions of the 12 Zodiacal Signs viz. ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ to those who live under the Zodiack Now when a Planet is in the Point ♑ then I say that Planet 〈◊〉 in Heliocentrick Conjunction with the Earth and in Perigaei● or at his nearest approach to the Earth when in the foresaid Position But note that I call a Planet in Perigaeon when that he is elongated from the Point ♑ as far on either side as the two next Signs viz. ♐ and ♒ that is 30 Degrees on each side And a Planet posited within a few Degrees of the Lines ♏ or ♓ on either side then I say that Planet is in △ with the Sun And a Planet upon or near the Lines ♎ or ♈ then is that Planet in Square to the Sun And when upon the Lines ♍ or ♉ then in Sextile of the Sun And when in or near the Line A ♋ then he is in ☌ with the Sun But when in the Space between the Points ♍ and ♋ or ♉ and ♋ then I say that Planet is in an Abject place or place void of Influence or at least having very weak Influence And note when two Planets are in both in Abject places as suppose ♄ in 15 Degrees of ♌ in Quartile of ♃ in 15 Deg. of ♉ then is that Aspect of much less Force than if they were in Aspect in other places posited nearer the Earth which Aphorism ought well to be heeded And note farther that what I have here said relates chiefly to the Superiors the Phenomena of the Inferiors being something different to them for the Demonstration whereof I shall say nothing until my next appears And what I have said of this Diagram I would have you understand the same of the 5th and 6th Diagrams and in all others of the same Projection Mars is called by me the Sun's Deputy who if near or at a fit distance he becomes hotter than the Sun himself who by reflecting the united Rays of the Sun upon us like a Burning-glass doth make them the more strong and forcible to us but if he be in an Abject place then he hath little or no Force for place a Burning-glass in an Abject place or so far off that the reflected Rays do not reach the Matter or Object to be calcined it cannot fire it Saturn is famed on the other hand for Cold who being composed of Nitrous Particles doth when near the Earth and not opposed or hindred by ♂ his Rays by his Nitrous Particles stop or slacken the Motion of the Atmosphere and thereby as I have said before cause Cold. But Jupiter simply considered viz. when powerful or near the Earth in Perigaeon and in Estival Signs causeth Serenity and wholsome North Winds in Winter seasonable Frosts and in Summer a serene sweet temperate and prolifick Air being rather a favourer of Cold than Heat CHAP. VII IN this Chapter I shall demonstrate my former Method by Examples which shall be done by the cold Summer in the Year 1695 and the succeeding warm January and February And first for the reason of the cold Summer 1695 view the fifth Diagram which is drawn for the Sun's Ingress into the Tropical Sign ♋ viz. June the 11th at Sun-set in which Diagram you

the last Chapter And as the Earth is carried round the Sun from East to West both in respect of her Axis as well as Orbit so likewise are rest of the Planets though with different Spaces of Time both in respect of their Diurnal as well as their Annual Revolutions who as the Earth are carried round in the Obliquity of the Ecliptick through the 12 Zodiacal Signs in their several Orbits whereby they appear to us as the Sun doth viz. sometimes in Summer and sometimes in Winter Signs so that we have a Saturnine Year a Jovial Year a Martial Year as well as a Solar Year and also a Lunar Year Venus and Mercury being within the Perimeter of the Earth's Orb seem to us to be the Sun 's particular Attendants or Lacquies Venus never being above 48 Degrees and Mercury never above 27 Degrees from him either before or after him However they have their several Revolutions or Years in respect of themselves Authors pretend to tell us their Diurnal Motions about their own Axis Among whom Rheita affirms that Mercury's Day or Motion about himself is about six hours that the Motion of Venus about her Axis is 14 hours Mars his Day or Motion about his Axis is in 45 hours The Diurnal Motion of Jupiter is performed in 11 of our Days and 20 Hours The Diurnal Motion of Saturn is performed in 29 of our Days and ten Hours But these are uncertain and not pertinent to our Purpose therefore I shall not impose the belief thereof upon you but for their Annual Revolutions we are certain of and find it very material to our Purpose and necessary to be known CHAP. IV. A brief Discourse of the five old Planetary Aspects BY reason of the different Motion of the Planets in their several Orbs they become sometimes in Conjunction and sometimes in Opposition and sometimes beholding one another with different Angles and Faces both in respect of the Earth and themselves Which Angles or Radiations are by Astrologers called Aspects and were taken notice of by the Antients to be of singular Efficacy and Power in the Mutations of the Air. The Reasons why they embraced only these Positions are too long and tedious for me to treat of here but I shall explain them and say something thereof and in some other Tract I shall inlarge further thereupon In the mean time if you be impatient I refer you to that learned and incomparable Piece wrote by Sir Christopher Heydon And for the Explanation of the aforesaid Aspects c. I have drawn the fourth Diagram which is drawn for the same Time that the third Diagram is drawn for viz. the 11th day of June 1696 at Sun-set and is only to shew the Planetary Aspects that are then in the Heavens and is the same as the Lunar Orbit in the third Diagram and is drawn larger on purpose to demonstrate the Aspects Which are five in number viz. Conjunction Opposition Sextile Quartile and Trine A Conjunction is when two Planets are in one Sign and Degree or within seven or eight Degrees of one another in distance for the Planets admit of their Rays and are said to be in Conjunction or Aspect though not bodily conjoined and that Aspect is called a Platick Aspect but when they are in perfect Aspect to a Degree and Minute then that is called a Partile Aspect And note that the nearer they are the Aspect is the stronger and of more force A Conjunction as I said before is when two Planets are both in one Sign and Degree whereby the Earth and they come into a Diametrical Line and when the two Planets are partilely joined both in respect of Longitude and Latitude then is the highest or Superior eclipsed by the lowest or Inferior Also the two Planets do then rise South and set both at the same time and this Aspect or ☌ is shewed by Jupiter and Mars in the fourth Diagram where you may see how they send their mixed and united Rays to the Earth They may also be seen in the Firmament if the Air be clear at the same time the Diagrams are drawn for viz. June the 11th after Sun-set to be near the West within a Span's breadth of one another a beautiful Sight to behold An Opposition is when two Planets are 180 Degrees or half the Zodiack in distance the Earth being in a Diametrical Line between them And to them who live under the Equinoctial Line always when one riseth the other sets as is evident by Saturn and Mercury in the fourth Diagram Mercury being at his farthest Elongation almost from the Sun may at the aforesaid time be seen to set North-West after him and Saturn at the same time to rise South-East in opposition to him A Quartile Aspect is when two Planets are elongated 90 Degrees or a fourth part of the Zodiacal Circle making thereby a Right Angle at the Earth This Aspect is demonstrated by the Sun and Moon she being in her last Quarter view them in the fourth Diagram And note that to them who live under the Line where the Meridian is their Zenith always when one Planet is upon the Horizon either rising or setting then the Planet in Quartile to him is in the Zenith or Nadir viz. upon the Meridian Which Aspect is of great force for divers Reasons which shall hereafter be made appear but for brevity must be omitted here the Influence of a Planet upon the Horizon or Meridian is vulgarly known even to the Rustick who when he meets with a misling or hazy Air in the Morning he remains in doubt until the Sun hath mounted the Meridian and then he tells you that the Day will either clear up and be fair or else prove rainy down-right the Reason though unknown to him is this that the Sun then coming to his Virtical strength hath more Power to dissolve the Vapours or Clouds if not beheld by some other Planet which then may rise above the Horizon As suppose ♄ or ♂ and then that Planet getting above as aforesaid causeth it to rain downright which before was only misly A Sextile Aspect is when two Planets are a sixth part of the Zodiack or 60 Degrees elongated making thereby an Equilateral Triangle at the Earth which is delineated by the Moon and Saturn in the fourth Diagrams A Trine Aspect is the distance of two Planets a third part of the Zodiack and is an Angle of 120 Degrees making an Equilateral Triangle in the Heavens and is delineated by Saturn in Trine to Jupiter and Mars who send their Rays to the Seven Stars as you may see by the aforesaid Diagram These two last Aspects are not of such force in the Mutation of the Air as the other which shall be made appear in my next together with the Reason of their Influence If you have a mind to view these Distances or Aspects in the Heavens you may see them at the aforesaid Time viz. near an Hour after Sun-set when you may see