conceive at the first bout except she be a maid before and then the first goes to another use but at the second it will not fail provided the party be capable and sufficient in such an exercise If your Ascendent be a Masculine sign and the Moon and Jupiter in masculine signs or the major part it is a Boy that is conceived if feminine a Girl But if thou canst not place Jupiter on the cusp of the tenth let him be on the cusp of the eleventh or fifth or in such a degree as that he may behold the Ascendent its Lord or the Moon with a Sextil or Trine or place the Moon or Lord of the Ascendent in the fifth within five degrees of the cusp thereof in good Aspect to the Ascendent for this signifieth the woman then made much of shall conceive CHAP. II. Of Delivering a dead Childe RArely yet sometimes doth it happen that the childe dyes in the mothers womb which without speedy help will also indanger the life of the mother it is necessary therefore before we go any further to elect you a fit time for applying remedies for this accident I might here set some remedies down but I conceive it belonging no wise to our work in hand it will be in a manner needless and I am confident of small benefit to the Students in such matters for that they will never be acquainted with any such thing little expecting to finde such matters in a discourse of this nature Astrology useful for all the parts of Physick though I must confess to all parts of Physick this Art is a great help and ought especially therefore to be studied by the Students of Physick * Look Chap. 1. Sect. 6. of my Lux Veritatis otherwise it is impossible for them to be throughly masters of their Art Therefore I say since in the Volumns of the learned in Physick such remedies are frequently to be rancountred I shall here pass it by and shew you only a fit and convenient time according to the influence of the superiours to apply your remedy c. To expel the dead childe Wherefore then see that you apply your medicine when the Ascendent is a feminine sign of right ascentions and let the Moon be decreasing in light and descending in your schem viz. at the least six or eight degrees past the mid-heaven and declining towards the seventh and let her be in Sextil or Trine if possible of the fortunes whether she be received or no or if she be beheld of Mars by these Aspects so it be with reception it advantageth neither is it amiss if it be not with reception provided the Moon be in a feminine sign and the Ascendant in a feminine sign of right ascentions as hath been said Moreover have a special care that the Ascendent its Lord the Moon and its Dispositor be not in signs of oblique ascentions place also if possible the Lord of the Ascendent and the Dispositor of the Moon declining towards the seventh as you have heard of the Moon or beholding some Planets in that part of heaven with reception CHAP. III. Of Christening or Circumcising of Children ARabians and others have delivered rules for electing such a time especially for that oftentimes through negligence or ignorance the childe hath been almost spoil'd in that the place sometimes did gangreen or fester c. but since we have that Ceremony in no use it being abolished by the death of our Lord JESUS it may seem here to be needless but since the rules may if observed tend to some other benefit and for that I would not willingly omit any thing that might be beneficial to posterity in these my weak endeavors I thought I would however spare one side of Paper for them Of Circumcision See then that Venus be exalted above Mars and applying to the benevolent Aspect of Jupiter also let the Ascendent its Lord and Venus and the Moon be free from the Aspect of Saturn for that he causeth putrefication and corruption to the generating of a Gangreen and perhaps the indangering of the life of the childe Let the Lord of the Ascendent also be ascending in latitude and the Moon and its Dispositor in septentrional signs and in succedent houses of heaven and look that the Moon be not in Scorpio nor Mars in the Ascendent or any other Angle The Arabians and Ancient Authors not using christenings were deficient in those elections These rules might serve also for Christening but since the Ancients were not so well acquainted with the use of Christening as we in this latter age they have been herein somewhat deficient and have not delivered the rules of Astrology thereon as is requisite many nay most of them wholly omitting it wherefore though Astrology medleth not with Divine matters nor causeth or procureth grace this Ceremony being a sign and seal of our admittance into the Church of Christ and number of the Elect if we live accordingly yet they act and incline though not compel or force I will give you here some directions concerning this matter Of Christenings Know then that your Ascendent and its Lord the Moon also and its Dispositor ought to be fortunate and if possible let the Ascendent be a fixed sign and Jupiter herein well dignified or in the ninth or in good configuration with the Planets therein or with the cusps of those houses and let the Planets either in the Ascendent or ninth be fortunes or at the least well dignified but let Saturn and Mars be in no wise either therein placed or in configuration with them or their Lords or the Planets therein placed and let the sign of the ninth be fortunate as also its Lord and place Venus and the Moon in a good Aspect of Jupiter and if possible with reception or let them be all in conjunction in the ninth or ascendent But if you cannot fully follow all these directions yet let the ascendent the ninth house the Planets therein posited the Moon its Dispositor and the Lords of the Ascendent and ninth be well dignified and in Sextil or Trine of Jupiter or Mercury And thus much of Christenings and Circumcisions let us now proceed to electing a fit time for giving of Gifts or Presents CHAP. IV. Of giving and receiving of Gifts or Presents MY intentions are now to treat of the rules of the Ancients for electing a fit time for giving and receiving of Gifts or Presents We have here already treated of some Elections which might seem needless but truly this of all we have hitherto mentioned I may say is most properly to be termed superfluous or needless Hospitality and Charity being things so different to the tempers and natures of most men of this age we live in But since we write not barely to this age but also to Posterity I shall soon resolve upon the business for since I have better hopes of their goodness I shall by no means omit this
or impediment let her also be in Conjunction if possible of Jupiter or in Sextile or Trine of him and let Jupiter be no wise impedited and be in the ascendent tenth eleventh fifth or fourth and if possible also let Part of Fortune be free from the Malevolent coufigurations of the afflicting Planets and in one of the aforesaid houses CHAP. XII Of Sowing of Seeds in the ground DO thou be sure in Sowing of seeds because it is a thing in which speedy gain is expected thy ascendent be a movable sign and the Lord thereof in a movable sign as also the Moon and the Lords or Dispositors of the Lord of the ascendent and the Moon beholding them out of movable signs or if this cannot be common may be chosen but fixed by no means Place the Moon in an earthy or watry sign of the movable signs viz. Cancer or Capricorn but if she be in Aries let some Planet behold her out of some watry sign especially out of Cancer least the herbs or seed dry and wither That Seeds sown may prosper and come to good Let the Lord of the Ascendent be free from misfortune and in good aspect to the Ascendent and let the Ascendent be also free from the configurations of the malevolents Let the Moon also be free from the Sun beams and in essential or accidental dignities increasing in light and motion for if the Moon be decreasing in light and number or motion and under the Sun beams the Seeds sown will not come to good But know that in Sowing of Pease Note the Moon must be decreasing in light and motion especially in light for otherwise they will never leave blooming c. And if the Seeds be seeds of Trees or such as ingender or produce Trees let the Moon be in Taurus as you have already heard c. CHAP. XIII Of ridding Houses or places from evil Spirits EVil spirits and the way of commanding them or ridding houses of them is best known to such as practise and make use thereof it being no part of the study of an Astrologian however since often times mischief is done in such actions for want of understanding I thought good here to set down a fit time for such businesses it being otherwise very dangerous There have been several instructions for this matter given to us by the Antients but most and those most authentick too say as followeth See that the Moon be not in the Ascendent and that neither the Ascendent or the Moon be in Cancer Leo Scorpio or Aquaries but in some other signs and let the Moon separate from the Malevolents and apply to the Fortunes c. And thus much concerning Elections appertaining to the fourth house it resteth now we proceed according to our promise next to the fifth house c. SECTION VI. Containing Rules for Electing a time for any Work or thing appertaining to the fifth House THere are many curious Spirits I know which will not be a little taken with the Elections appertaining to this House they being indeed all so necessary in the ordinary course of a mans life I shall not in the delivering thereof in the least be covetous or desirous to keep to my self the least thing that may advantage posterity herein for since the cause of these my undertakings was for the benefit and instruction of the illiterate in these matters I shall be free and liberal therein according to that small Talent of knowledge God hath given me wherefore since the getting of children is the chiefest thing appertaining to this house I will begin with it CHAP. I. Shewing a fit time for getting of Boys or Girls To ingender a Boy or man-childe HAve regard first to the sign ascending the sign of the fifth the Lords thereof and the Moon and its Dispositor that they be in Masculine signs and let the Moon be free from impediment as also the Lords of the Ascendent and the fifth and the Dispositor of the Moon this for boys But in getting of Girls let the aforesaid significators and places be in feminine signs A Boy is conceived A Girl And if you cannot observe all this let your significators be the major part of them masculine for a Boy and so the contrary for a Girl but if the significators be equal you must have regard to the Lord of the hour and the Planet to whom the Moon applies and judge by the major part viz. if most Masculine Planets a Male may be expected if feminine a female but if it so happen that yet notwithstanding the significators are equal viz. that there is the same equal number of masculine Planets and signs that there is feminine the conceived Infant will be an Hermophrodite An Hermophrodite Twins or if the Moon the fifth and Ascendent be in signs of double bodies perhaps there will be Twins conceived To get boys But moreover know that in Electing a time for getting of Men-children it is necessary you place a fixed sign in the Ascendent and the rest of the Angles also the Fortunes free from all impediment or affliction let the Ascendent also be a masculine sign and a sign of right Ascensions free from the malevolent Aspects of the Infortunes but see that there be in no ways an Infortune in an angle or a Feminine Planet and let the Lord of the Ascendent be fortunate both in the seventh eighth ninth and tenth moneths after the Conception for that sometimes the Birth falls out in these moneths as well as in the ninth Let the Luminaries also be fortunate or free from impediment and let the Moon be in Sextile or Trine of the Sun Conception is hindred Chiefly have respect to ♀ and the ☽ that they be essentially dignified or at least free from misfortune for if ♀ be afflicted and weak the place of Conception or the receptacle for the seed will be deficient and weak to perform its office and if the Moon be impedited and weak it debilitates the seed Some of the Ancients also have advised that this should be done in odde or uneven hours as are the first third fifth seventh ninth and eleventh for the getting of Boys they being accounted masculine hours but for a Girl in even as the second fourth sixth eighth tenth and twelfth they being feminine To cause conception Let your Ascendent be Libra and place the Moon therein and Cancer on the tenth being a fruitful sign but place the rest of the Significators in masculine signs and this causeth conception and that of a Male childe but it is to be understood then that the woman be sound in health and nature and of capacity for such matters Your Significators in feminine signs cause a Girl All these Rules it may be are too tedious or difficult to observe yet at least at the time of copulation let the Ascendent and the Moon be strong and Jupiter upon the cusp of the mid-heaven fortunate for this signifieth the woman shall
it is impossible the Marriage should be good where Venus is impotent or afflicted neither can it be very bad if she be strong and well aspected of the Fortunes for in Marriages she is the chief significatrix wherefore if possible make Jupiter to be in Sextile or Trine with Venus or she in reception with him and the Moon in the house of either Jupiter or Venus or in one of their terms and if possible also in good aspect with them or place the Lord of the seventh in Sextile or Trine of Venus the Moon or Lord of the Ascendent but make the Lord of the seventh apply or else be disposed of by them either by house exaltation triplicity term or face but by house or exaltation is best c. Let the Moon Note Jupiter and Venus if possible be in Sextitle or Trine of each other but the Trine is best and out of the watry triplicity but be sure then you let them not be in such signs or parts of signs as are to be avoided For the Ancients have taught that the Moon or indeed as I hold any of the significators Jupiter or Venus is not to be placed in the Ascendent at the time of Marriage in any of these signs following which are to be avoided or shunned What signs or parts thereof are to be avoided or chosen Aries Cancer Libra and Aquaries are to be avoided in Marriage yet I conceive with some of the Ancients Libra may be chosen for betrothing or contracting though not for marrying Taurus from the first degree to the twentieth is good from the twentieth to the end bad The first fifteen degrees of Gemini are good the last bad The whole sign of Leo is good only it causeth the one to deceive the other of their substance Virgo signifieth the woman shall soon lose her husband wherefore it may be beneficial to her though pernicious to him women seldom loving so affectionately as men The first fifteen degrees of Scorpio are good to Marry a Maid or Virgin in for that it denotes she will be obedient good and chaste also loving to her husband but the latter fifteen degrees are altogether to be rejected in that it causeth the Woman to be of disposition quite contrary viz. lewd a Brawler Perfidious unconstant envious malitious and disobedient c. Sagittary is indifferent as some of the Ancients hold I for my part cannot agree to reject it The first ten degrees of Capricorn are to be neglected yet the other two last faces are good and signifie the woman shall be loving and tractable to the will and desire of the man and they are better in a Widow then a Maid excepting they cause but few children Note that the Moon in Aquaries at the time of Marriage causeth the woman to be of a manly spirit and disobedient to her husband Pisces is good in that it denotes the woman to be loving and just yet it will also cause her to be addicted to twatling and prating which will now and then lessen the mans love towards her Understand this when the Moon is in any of these signs Note or the Cusp of the Ascendent or if Venus be therein yet their significations will be most manifest the Moon being therein Yet hadst thou Venus the Moon Ascendent the Sun and Lord of the Ascendent fortunate in the Radix thou needest not much to observe these or if they be but indifferently well dignified and located it is but making the significators in the Womans * This will not hold true on such as live in the feat of God and are guided by reason c. Radix if it could be procured apply by a benevolent aspect to the significators in thy own or let thine dispose of hers or let hers translate the light of the benevolents to thine or be in reception with thine by House or Exaltation and out of good Houses or but indifferent Houses so they be in reception and thou shalt assuredly find the match in all respects fortunate and agreeable to thy desire if thou desirest to live contentedly and lovingly with her If at the time of marriage Iupiter be in a feminine sign and Venus in a masculine Note the marriage shall conduce more to the good of the man then the woman but if the sign wherein Iupiter is be a masculine and the sign wherein Venus is be a feminine judge the contrary See that in Marriages you let the Moon be increasing in light and motion Note but be sure she increase in light and if possible let it be before she be past the first Square of the Sun The Radix of the parties nativities are to be considered To know the love between two married or any other couple Have regard also to the Radix of both parties if they can be procured for if there be fortunes in the mid-heaven at the time of their Nativities or such Planets as are in configuration with the fortunes the new-married Couple shall have Issue the first year of their marriage If in their Nativities you find in one and the same place fortunate Planets they shall assuredly be loving the one to the other And this is a rule which will serve in the Nativity of any two If in the Radix thou findest the Lord of the tenth in the ninth there shall be no Conception the first month as say some of the Learned Note a little observation will soon verifie it wherefore till then I shall leave it in doubt being a thing not much material Who shall be Master of the two But if thou wouldst know which of the two shall be most Master or bear greatest sway look into both their Nativities and see as say some of the Ancients if the ☽ of eithers Radix be in the twelfth House of the others Nativity and that party which hath the ☽ of the others in his Radix thus located shall be predominant That party is most subordinate to the others disposition that hath the Lord of the Ascendent ☽ or the ☉ in the Nativity of the man and Ascendents Lord the Moon and Venus in the Radix of the Woman disposed of by the significators in the others Nativity or applying to any aspect with them except there be strong reception and that causeth a mutual amity I have observed also that that party which had their significators in their Nativity strongest and most essentially fortified to have the most respect and bear chiefest rule over the others inclinations and humours c. A fit time for marriage To conclude Know that it is a fit time having considered what hath been already said to marry when the Ascendent is assisted by the benevolent aspects of the Fortunes or they therein located but if it be afflicted by the Malevolents either by body or aspect judge the contrary The joy not of long continuance Note also that when the ☽ and ♀ are in moveable signs the joy and mirth between those
he is accidentally placed in any of the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution whether he be Lord of the Year or no. THus have you heard plainly and fully the true significations of Saturn as he is located in any of the twelve Houses in any Revolution whatsoever whether he be Lord of the year or no it resteth therefore now we descend to Jupiter who as you have heard in our Introduction is the next under Saturn and therefore we shall in this place speak first of him and then of all the rest in order as they are accordingly located in the Heavens Jupiter in the Ascendent or first House of Heaven in any Annual Revolution of the years of the world and what he thereby signifies If Jupiter then in any Annual Revolution of the years of the world be in the Ascendent and strong and in good aspect of his dispositor as you have heard of Saturn in the former Chapter he signifies the People of that Climate or Region shall be successful and fortunate on every side healthy in their bodies shall have much joy honour and peace men shall be desirers and searchers of and in Divine Mysteries and the Law and the Students thereof shall be in great and high esteem and they shall build and repair Churches and Courts of Judicature c. and if he be weak men shall be negligent and careless of Divine Duties and the Law and though thou mayst not judge altogether the contrary to what hath been said yet mayst thou say the People shall be little the better for his presence in their Ascendent or receive little or no good from him for the good he would and is naturally willing to do you see he is altogether unable to perform being weak or having no power or ability in like manner judge of his consistence in any other House when he is in the like case indigent Jupiter in the second If he be in the second and strong he signifies abudance of prosperity and riches to the People especially in such things and commodities as are signified by the sign wherein Iupiter is also if the Lord of the second apply unto him their riches will come tumbling on them they know not how but if he apply to the Lord of the second it will be by their own labour and industry that they shall augment their riches By this rule mayst thou if thou hast well considered what hath been said in the preceding Discourse judge of every thing appertaining to the signification of any House If Iupiter be weak and in the second he neither promiseth riches nor poverty in himself except by accident wherefore you are warily to consider as hath been said the signification of each Planet as he is in your Scheme significator of any thing and not wholly as he is naturally and so judge of the good or evil portended by his signification and aspect sign and quarter of Heaven he possesses Jupiter in the third Also if he be in the third and strong the People shall be pleasant and delight to associate themselves with their neighbours acquaintance and kindred shall delight also in charitable and alms deeds and be prosperous and successful in all short Journies and give themselves to the study of Arts and Sciences but if he be weak they shall not have the like strong inclinations unto these things Jupiter in the fourth Again If Iupiter be in the fourth and well dignified men shall infinitely abound in wealth and prosper by their labours on the ground especially husbanders and manurers thereof but if he be unfortunate there shall happen much sadness and trouble unto them towards the end of the year c. Jupiter in the fifth Moreover if he be in the fifth men shall delight in feasting sporting and all manner of recreation and pastime shall be pleasant merry and receive much joy and content from and by their Children women shall be apt to conceive with Child and they shall bring them safely forth perfect and without danger but if he be weak it will not be so well if any thing at all good Jupiter in the sixth In the sixth and well dignified the good condition and state of Servants is promised also health both unto them and the People in general if the sign wherein he is be humane if bestial to beasts of that nature the sign is of c. as you have heard in the preceding Chapter where we spake of Saturn his being in the same House if he be afflicted judge not so much good but if you see other testimonies concuring say rather there will be the clean contrary and diseases such as are Impostumes unnatural windy swellings obstructions of the Liver and the like be sure you derive your judgement according to discretion and the nature of the Planet and Sign he is in c. Jupiter in the seventh Jupiter in the seventh fortunate denotes many Marriages and Contracts shall be made and Men shall delight themselves with Women but if he be unfortunate they shall not agree shall jarr clash and fall out one with another during that Revolution Jupiter in the eighth If he be in the eighth there shall not be any great mortality if he be then strong but if he be weak judge the contrary or there shall be some affliction according to the nature of the sign in which he then is Jupiter in the ninth Also if he be fortunately placed in the ninth men shall make safe and prosperous Journies and Voyages by Sea and also thrive by removing from one place or house to another and men shall love and delight in the Law both of God and Man Moral and Divine but if he be weak it will not be so good By what hath been already said and rightly apprehended thou mayst easily judge when it will be contrary or bad in any degree Jupiter in the tenth Again If he be in the tenth and dignified the King and Superiours shall be good shall honour his or their People and do Justice generally and impartially and they shall thrive under their Government and be successful but if he be weak in dignities he cannot be so strong as to perform this good so effectually and there shall be both Law and discord amongst the People c. Jupiter in the eleventh If he be in the eleventh the People shall be most successful or fortunate also faithful just and honest shall not be deprived of their hopes nor confidence and shall be merry but if he be weak it will not be so good Jupiter in the twelfth Lastly If Jupiter be in the twelfth the People shall profit and gain by their Enemies shall be quiet love and cherish one another and shall be free from malice and envy but if he be weak judge the contrary as you shall have occasion and reason CHAP. VIII Containing the Significations of Mars in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in
good condition of the People and that there shall be kindness and love betwixt them for the People shall willingly obey and the Superiors shall conferr honour and priviledges on the People The Sun in the eleventh And if he chance to be in the eleventh the People generally shall have joy and gladness and shall be merry and solace themselves with their friends acquaintance and familiars and their hopes shall not be frustrated the chief Rulers shall love the People also and be advantageous unto them The Sun in the twelfth Lastly if he be in the twelfth Rich and Noblemen and the Grandees shall be eclipsed in their honour and ignoble persons shall affront and prejudice them and the People generally shall hate and despise their Superiours and their Superiours shall oppress and torment them CHAP. X. Shewing the Signification of Venus in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution whether she be Lady of the Year or no. Venus in the first AFter the Sun follows Venus who if she be in the Ascendent strong and well dignified the people shall be strong and healthy and have much joy and gladness shall endeavour to live neatly and in a comely spruce manner both for matter of meat and raiment and all other things necessary for the perfecting of a mans pleasure in this life Venus in the second Venus in the second causeth profit and gain by Women happiness and fertility of the Fruits of the Earth Venus in the third If she be in the third men shall hate one another and no wise desire the society of their friends and neighbours also be careless of Religion Law and all goodness Venus in the fourth Also if she be in the fourth men shall be jealous of their Wives and shall therefore shut them up also sadness and anxiety caused by Mothers but yet the latter end of the year shall be better then the beginning Venus in the fifth If she be in the fifth damage is portended through the occasion of Children but the latter end of the year will be better then the beginning and the grief and sadness converted into joy such Creatures as are with young shall go safely and be delivered but the most part will be Females Men shall be Captivated with the love of Women and shall be merry with them shall delight in singing dancing feasting and seeming spruce and neat Venus in the sixth Also if she be in the sixth and the sign humane men shall profit by servants in like manner if the sign be bestial they shall also gain thereby viz. by such beasts as are thereby signified and they shall be free from sickness and other accidents and women shall be sick through surfets and weakness of the stomack Venus in the seventh Again If she be in the seventh Women shall make and conclude Marriages and delight themselves with their Husbands if she be strong but if she be weak they shall fall out and scold with their Husbands and shall be disobedient unto them and shall run scolding and prating out of their houses and separate and divorce themselves many of them from their husbands Venus in the eighth Moreover if in the eighth she denotes the death of Matrons and great Women also generally mortality to all Women if she be then weak Venus in the ninth If she be in the ninth she shews Men of Religious Orders shall flit and remove from one place and house to another and that Men shall dream true Dreams and perform long Journeys and Voyages with safety and profit and gain thereby Men shall be Lovers of the Law both of God and Man and esteem of all good Learning and strive to be vertuous Venus in the tenth But if she be in the tenth joy and gladness will be occasioned by and from the King and Superiours the Grandees also shall love and delight themselves with Women whom they shall adorn and deck sumptuously they shall also take much pleasure in Jesters all merry conceits and tricks also in Musick Songs and the like the People shall be in a good condition and shall be beloved and honoured by their Superiours Venus in the eleventh Also if she be in the eleventh the People shall be fortunate successful and happy by reason their faith trust and hope shall not fail them they shall also accompany themselves with Women and shall be taken in love one with another and commit Fornications and transgress the Law yet shall they spend the year with great jollity and mirth Venus in the twelfth If in the twelfth Tribulation is threatned and enmity with Women for Men shall hate them and no wise be assistant unto them so that they shall be during the time of that Revolution most unfortunate CHAP. XI Of the Significations of Mercury in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution whether he be Lord of the Year or no. Mercury in the first MErcury in the twelve Houses of Heaven comes now to be considered who if he be in the first he shews the year shall be good and successful Men shall be ingenious and also Children and Youth so that they shall during that Revolution be apt to attain to any thing that shall be taught them or that they shall incline their minds to understand Mercury in the second If he be in the second and strong Merchants and Trades-men shall profit and gain by their Merchandizings shall be faithful and justly perform the trust reposed in them shall be honoured famous and in great esteem of their Superiours but if he be unfortunate it denotes loss and decay of trading infidelity and breach of trust and that men shall give themselves over to gain by unlawful and indirect means and the like Mercury in the third Also if he be in the third men shall love and delight in the Law and in all kind of Knowledge and Religion and shall love and associate themselves one with another and shall delight in short Journies Mercury in the fourth Again In the fourth he causeth discords and jarrings in words betwixt man and man also vexation and sadness also many Scribes shall be captivated or such as keep Books of Accounts or Secretaries of State and if the sign wherein he is be fixed they shall continue long in Prison if moveable judge the contrary and if Mars do then maliciously aspect him they shall be grievously beaten and tormented and perhaps slain Mercury in the fifth Also if he be in the fifth he denotes success and joy by and in Children messages sports pastimes and ingenious recreations by which sadness shall be totally abolished also such as are with Young shall go their time safely and be at length well delivered and these for the most part shall be ingenious Creatures but if he be unfortunate no Conception shall be brought to perfection and judge the contrary to what you have heard
Mercury in the sixth Moreover if he be in the sixth contentions trouble and vexation shall happen through the default and actions of servants and vile ignoble persons or such as belong to a mans own family or by small Cattel viz. such as are signified by the sign wherein he is or by sickness c. Children also and Young men shall many of them dye and be diseased according to his affliction in this House Mercury in the seventh If he be in the seventh he denotes men will be addicted to lasciviousness and the company of women carnally and if he be weak they shall fly out and commit many fornications and filthy acts Mercury in the eighth In the eighth he shall cause the death of many Young men Women and Children also discords and contentions between men concerning Wils Legacies and the mind of the deceased Mercury in the ninth Also if in the ninth long Journies will be performed with safety and pleasure also men shall mutually desire each others society and delight in all honest and good Learning and apply their minds to the finding out of hidden secrets and mysteries but if he be weak their study will be impious and wicked and so of all the rest judge the contrary Mercury in the tenth Again If Mercury be in the tenth Merchants and Scribes also Scholars and Ingenious men shall be honoured by their King and Superiours also all such men as are signified by Mercury but if he be afflicted judge the contrary according to the nature of the Planet afflicting and the Sign and Quarter of Heaven he is in ☿ in the 11th Moreover if he be in the Eleventh men shall love and associate themselves one with another they shall mutually give gifts and profit one by another ☿ in the 12th In the Twelfth the People shall be plotted against by their Enemies also Servants and Children shall disagree and clash with men and women also losses by great Cattell if the Sign be Bestial c. CHAP. XII Of the significations of the Moon in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution whether She be Lady of the Year or no. EVen as we have already treated of the Six fore-going Planets let us yet continue to shew also the significations of the Moon in the Twelve Houses of Heaven ☽ in the first Wherefore if the Moon in any Annual Revolution be in the first House whether she be Lady of the Year or no she denotes the People shall be fickle ever wavering and going out of one Opinion into another and one house and place to another and men shall have joy and profit by women especially such as have Mothers shall gain much by them The Year shall be prosperous men shall be successfull and in health of Body and strong this if she be fortunate but if she be impedited and weak judge the contrary ☽ in the 2d Also if she be in the Second and Fortunate men shall gain and profit and abound in Riches having plenty of all things but if she be infortunate they shall be indigent poor and vile c. shall have many losses and crosses ☽ in the 3d. If she be in the Third men shall delight and joy in the society and company of their Friends Acquaintance and Kindred and all enmity and former heart-burnings shall be forgotten and laid aside they shall delight in all goodness and charitable Alms-deeds also short journies shall be performed with all the security and profit that may be ☽ in the 4th In the Fourth and the Revolution be diurnal she denotes misfortune at the beginning of the Year but towards the latter end amendment but if it be nocturnal the People whether at the beginning or ending of the Year shall not have any success but contrariwise many tribulations crosses losses vexations and imprisonments but if she be strong and well dignifyed the evill will not be altogether so bad ☽ in the 5th In the Fifth men shall be fortunate in and through their Children in whom they shall rejoyce and take pleasure there shall be plenty of every thing men shall juncket banquet feast and be merry and the like delight to get Children and many shall be conceived and all things with young shall be safely and well delivered in a word every thing appertaining to the signification of this House shall be successfull if she be fortunate but if afflicted judge the contrary ☽ in the 6th Also if she be in the Sixth men shall leave off their accustomed wickednesses and apply themselves more to goodness then usually they were wont gain by Servants and small Cattell but if unfortunate loss and dammage thereby and the clean contrary is to be expected ☽ in the 7th Again if in the Seventh men shall be fortunate and happy in women and gain and profit much by them ☽ in the 8th And if in the Eighth Mortalities shall happen amongst men and if she be then unfortunated it shall be so much the worse and if she be in any of the houses of Mars there shall be many and grievous slaughters also tribulations and anxieties amongst men and that about Legacies and the like and men shall endeavor to prosecute one another and to cast one another out of their Possessions c. ☽ in the 9th Moreover if she be in the Ninth men shall make many journeys and Remove out of one place into another if the Sign be watry they shall make Voyages by Sea if an earthy long and tedious journies by land Men shall be lovers of Arts and Sciences for if the Sign on the Ninth be one of the Houses of Saturn they shall delight in Alchimy and Chimical preparations if it be one of the Houses of Jupiter in Divinity Law and Justice if of Mars in wars feats of Arms c. if belonging to Sol in all noble Sciences if to Venus in Musick singing and dancing if to Mercury in Astrology and all curious Sciences and ingenious Arts to herself in all water-works or things pertaining thereunto and if she be therein afflicted then mayst thou judge inconveniency will come thereby expences and trouble according to the nature of the Planet afflicting c. ☽ in the 10th If she be in the Tenth the People shall be in a good and prosperous condition shall be honored and beloved by their King and Superiors and this shall the more assuredly happen if she behold the Lord of the Tenth or be in reception therewith and the revolution Nocturnal ☽ in the 11th If in the Eleventh the year shall be fortunate and successfull in every thing appertaining to that houses signification if she be strong but if weak judge the contrary Lastly if the Moon be in the Twelfth ☽ in the 12th she denotes the instability and uncertainty of every thing and the People subject to the Sign wherein she is shall have many quarrels dissentions and discords if not
head especially if the sign ascending be Aries In the second If they be in the second House afflicting the Cuspe thereof or the Lord thereof or both as abovesaid of the Ascendent judge the evill to fall in and to mens estates and riches especially to the common people who shall many of them be exposed to poverty and want and in some measure even the Nobles also and best of them shall have losses and crosses in such matters it signifies also that there shall many maladies and infirmities in the Ears Throat and Neck afflict men such as are Impostumes Catarrs and Rheumes c. especially if the sign of the second be Taurus In the third If in the third the evill shall happen to those that go short journies and they shall be unprofitable strife contentions and discords amongst brethren neighbors and kindred without cause or any occasion given many grievous infirmities and those cheifly in the Arms Hands and Shoulders or Shoulder-blades especially if the sign of the third be Gemini In the fourth In the fourth as you have heard of the Ascendent or in Conjunction with the Lord thereof evill and mischief is threatned to the Earth and its Fruits it signifies also wars and contentions amongst men and one City and Place with another also dissentions and quarrels between Fathers and Children and the end of mens actions shall be evill also if any shall purchase Land Houses or Heritages they shall not finde that profit and good therein which they expected and there shall be many Infirmities and diseases in the Breasts and Lungs and parts adjacent especially if the sign be Cancer In the fifth Also in the fifth if they or any of them be found afflicting the Cusp thereof or its Lord much evill shall happen to Children Parents shall not be so affectionate and careful as they ought Women conceaved shall miscarry such as are not conceaved shall continue unfruitful friends also and loving acquaintance shall disagree and clash and Men shall suffer detriment in and by such things as they most delight in and many infirmities will be incident to man also especially in the Back Reins and Parts or Vessels of Generation and in the Stomach cheifly if the sign of the fifth be Leo. In the sixth Again if in the sixth c. mischief shall happen to small Cattel servants of both sex it signifieth also there shall be no gain or profit in Merchandizing and Trading in small Cattel and many infirmities in the Belly and Intrals if the sign of the sixth be Virgo especially In the seventh In the seventh or any of them in Conjunction with the Lord thereof as you have heard c. denotes wars dissentions amongst great ones also quarrels and dissentions amongst Associates and Lovers and between Man and Wife Kings and their Subjects and Associates and they with their King or Superiours mens hearts shall be hardned neither shall there be any mercy or pity amongst them nor faith nor truth and promises tyes and protestations shall be violated and lightly esteemed and men shall not care for the use of their Trade Profession or Calling but shall be given to looseness and it signifieth also there shall be many Infirmities in the Bladder Ureters and Reins especially if the sign of the seventh be Libra In the eighth In the eighth it denotes the evill condition and trouble of Theeves and Robbers also that men shall quarrel and disagree that have inherited the Goods and Legacies of the late deceased and to be short impediment loss and damage in to and by all things appertaining to the signification of the eight House which you have been abundantly shewn in the 41. Chapter of the second Book it signifies also many Infirmities in the Secrets if the sign be Scorpio especially also Plagues Mortalities and Malevolent infectious and poysonous Diseases In the ninth Also if in the ninth judge mischief to happen to the Religious sort of men and such as bear Office in the Church and Ecclesiastick affairs Sects Schisms and new Tenets shall be allayed perhaps extirpated and totally beaten down and quasht c. Much damage it also signifies to such as travel and go long journeys and no success or profit therein It signifies also that men shall be corrupt Heathenish and of ill conversations there shall be little or no war and men shall be perplexed with many accidents and Infirmities in the Thighs especially if the sign of the ninth be Sagittary In the tenth Again if any of the Malevolent fixed Stars be in the tenth afflicting the Cuspe thereof or the Lord thereof it denotes much damage and detriment sorrow and trouble to those in Authority also dissention quarrel and discord amongst them and they shall be so put to it for mony that they will de induced to tax the people neither indeed will they contribute to their necessities as formerly nor have so venerable an esteem of them but shall slight deride and scoffe at them and set up themselves if possible in their room Nobles will be dejected and Rusticks erected and elevated and there shall be many infirmities in the Knees especially if the sign be Capricorn In the eleventh Also if in the eleventh strife dissention and discord shall happen among friends and acquaintance and one shall abuse and slander the other and study to injure and prejudice each other hopes shall be frustrated and the Treasure of the King or chief Rulers shall be exhausted and those in whom they most confide shall deceive them and leave them helpless at their greatest extreamity and men shall be perplexed with many Infirmities in the Legs especially if the sign be in Aquaries In the twelfth Lastly if in the twelfth It denotes many theeves and much theeving and robbing by the High-way also deceit and falsehood of servants towards their Masters and much detriment by them a diminution of indigent and poore people the Commons shall be kept under by their Superiours damage shall be to great Cattel and there shall be many infirmities incident to man in the feet especially if the sign be Pisces In like manner judge the contrary if you finde the benevolent Stars so posited they are benevolents that you find are of the nature of Jupiter or Venus or both or of the nature of Jupiter and Saturn Jupier and Mars or Venus and Saturn Venus and Mars and of the nature of Jupiter and Mercury Venus and Mercury and of the nature of Mercury only especially if assisted by the benevolent Aspects of the Fortunes And thus much shall suffice for Instruction in the judging of the Annual Revolutions of the world let us now descend to Eclipses and so hasten to a conclusion of these our labours SECTION IV. Teaching how to judge of the Natural Mutations and Accidents of this Elementary World by the appearance of Eclipses Comets great Conjunctions and Blazing Stars IN the Sixteenth Chapter of this very