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FROM WORKS ON ASTROIfOGY

OE
THE ART OF FORETELLING FUTURE EVENTS
CONIAINIHG
A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DIRECTIONS
IN GENETHLIACAL ASTROLOGY WITH EXAMPLES

VOL. II.

CMMIttfb AfRj TUHLWHRO

BY

%VSKICK iffeoMUN ^KATTERJEE

Compiler and Pulhelwr of

Exti acts from, worles on Palmistry Physiognomy andMetoposmpy,
Pallitajotisha, Indrajalady Shungroha, Tontroshar,
Poorans <!)C fyc 8fc

INHABITANT OF BOOTOONY ZILLA DACCA.

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The art of calculating nativities made plain and easy 1— 82

True time of conception by the Truetine of Hermes 35— 37
Rectification of Nativities by the Ammoder of Ptolemy 38
do do by the rules of Argol 39
do. do by the rules of Kepler do
do do According to Monnus 40
Several new methods of rectification 41- 53
To rectify the estimated time of birth to find the tiue time by
the rule of Zadlnel .. 53- 57
The rectification on nativities by past accidents ... 57— 60
The rule ... 60- 63
Of the form and temperature of the body 77- 79
Of the radical cause of blemishes, and bodily diseases ... 79— 83
Of the natural bent and quality of the mind 83— 88
Of the natural diseases incident to the mind 88- 90
Of wealth and riches 91
Of Dignities and Honours 92- 94
Of Natural Inclinations or ProfEessions 94- 100
Of Marriage 100- 103
Of Children ... 106- 103
Of Friends and Enemies .. 108- 111
Of the Natural inclination for travelling ... 111- 113
Of the Apheta, Hyleg, Prorogator or Sigmficator of Life, and
the places propei thereto ... ., 113--115
Of the anaretical, or killing-planet, and of the quality of death 115--119
Distribution of the doctrine of nativities 119--121
The Parents 121--124
Brothers and sisters ... 124--125
Male or female ... 125--126
Twins 120--127
Monstrous or defective birth* .. .. 127--128
Children not reared 128--130
The dwtation of Life > • 130
The proiogatory place* .. 130--U1
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The niiraLei of prmogatoiB, and also the Part of Foitune

Numbei of the modes of prorogation
ExempliGcation
The penodic d divisions of time
The effects of each planet m each of the twelve houses ..
G-eneial effects of the planets in each of the twelve signs of
the Zodiac
Geneial effects fiom the position of the loids of tne houses
Geneitil eftects pioduced by the aspects of the conjunction
Of the seitilo and tune
Of the quaiUle and opposition
Of the effects of the houses
Geneial judgments to be infened fiom duections
Judgments to be mfened fiom tiansits
Judgments to be mfeued from levolutions
The sigmBcation of seveial fixed stais m nativities
The signification of fixed stars m directions
Saturn m the twelve signs
Jupiter m the twelve signs
Mais in the twelve signs
The Sun in the twelve signs ..
Venus in the twelve signs ..
Meicmy in the twelve signs
The Moon in the twelve signs
Rudiments of the doctrine of radical elections
Use of the tables ..
The ascensional difference • ■
Semi diurnal or nocturnal arcs . .,
The horaiv times
Of circumstances legulated by ascensions
Table of latitudes, as shewn by the duiation of longest day
JExtiact from the table of ascensions (contained m the Almagest)
calculated for every tenth deciee of the Zodiac
Right ascension ,,,
Rignt distance
Oblique ascension and descension
To icduoe the right ascension, 01 oblique, to the degiee of
longitude in the ecliptic, 01 to any other place of latitude
01 longitude
Distance fiom the cusps ef the angles 01 other houses ,,,
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On tha ouclo of position, or tho pole's elevation of any planet 234-

The use of the Logauthms 23S-
To equate the aio of dnection . .
Of Dnections
How to direct the Sun being rrcai tho mid-heaven, to tho con-
junctions, and all 1333 238-
To dnect the Sun, when found near the cusp of the hotoscope,
or seventh house
To dnect the Sun, when found above the emth, fai distant fiora
cardinal houses, to the conjunction and all lays .. 239-
To direct the Sun, when found below the eaith, la the space of
the ciepusoulc, to the conjunctions and rajs 241-
To direct the Sun when m the space of the obscure arcs to tho
conjunctions and othei aspects « , 245-
0£ the Sun
To dnect the Sun, wheievei found, to the parallels
To dnect the sigmficator, wheievei it is found, accompanied
with latitude, to the conjunction and rays 247-
To dnect the significator with latitude, wheiever it is found,
to the parallels of declination 248-
To direct the sigmftcatois to then own proper rays in the Zodiao
To dnect the caidmal signs to tho conjunctions and opposition
To direct the medium ccch to the sextile, qnaitilc, and tune 250-
To direct the obhqne caidmal sign to the sextile, qnartde and trine 1
To direct the cardinal signs to the rajs of the qumtile, sesqui-
quadiate, and biqumtile 254-
To direct any significator, being placed aboar the cusps of tho
caidmal houses, to the conjunction and opposition
To direct any sigmficatoi, when near the caidmal houses, to the
gextile, square, or trine 2G0-
To direct any sigmficatoi, when found beyond the cusp of the
cardinals and houses, to the sextile, square, and trine 281-
To dnect any significator, wheiever posited, to the qumtile,
sesqui quadiate, or biqumtile 263-
To direct the sigmficators to then own lays 266-
To dnect any sigmficatoi whatever to tho paiallels 287-
To direct the Sun, when below the eaitb, to the aspects m the
world 269-
To direct any sigmficatoi whatever, m a conveise motion, to all
the aspects made m the wot Id 274-
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To direct the eignificator to the west, with the addition and

subtraction of'the parts winch is found from ths inter]."'sent
rays or stars, according to the precepts of Ptolemy - 275 277
How to equate the arcs of direction, whereby to ascertain the
length of time in which the events denoted by them, will
be in coming to pass 278—280
Of secondary directions 281—285
Secondary directions, progressions, ingresses and transits ... 285
Of secondary direction do
Of progressions 286—288
Of ingresses do
Of transits ... 288—289
Of the tables of declination 289—291
Tables of declination ... 292—303
Tables of right ascension . . 304—327
A tahlo shewing oblique ascensions to every degree of the
ecliptic, calculated for the latitude of Calcutta • ** 328—329
A Table of semidiurnal arc ... , 330—331
A Table of seminocturnal Arc, calculated for the latitude of
22° 35' 4 332—333
Tables of ascensional difference 334—342
Table of the poles of the houses 343
Tables of proportional logarithms 844—381
To find the decimation and from that, the longitude, in the
ecliptic 382
To find the ascensional difference ... 384
To find the semidiurnal or nocturnal aics do
To obtain the nght ascension 385-386
To descnbe a figure of th heavens ... 386
To erect a figure of the heavens by the rules of trigonometry
for any Latitude 387
The nativity of Mr Witchell 388
Example for the following figure ... 391
Figure of the nativity of Mr Witchell 394
A speculum of the foregoing figure 395
To take the tine pole of iupiter 397
To find the pole of Mars ... 398
To gain the true pole of Venus do
To obtain the pole of Meicury . 399
The KMthod of obtaining the pol« of the Moob ... do
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The method of obtaimng the pole of the Part of Fortune r

Of mundane parallels ...
The ru iidrne naiallol of Ma'-s and Venus
The Sun to the parallel of Jupiter in mundo '
The Moon to the parallel of Venus in mundo '
The Sun to the mundane parallel of Mais ...
Mercury to the mundane parallel of Jupiter . «
Saturn to the mundane parallel of Venus
The Moon to the parallel of the Sun in mundo
Mars to the parallel of Mercury m mundo ...
Of mundane aspects
The Part of Fortune to the mundane quartile of Mercury , .
The quartile of Mars and Jupiter in mundo ...
The mundane quarti'e of the Part of Fortune and Jupiter ...
The mundane quartile of Saturn and Jupiter
The Sun to the sextile of Jupiter in mundo
The Part of Fortune, to the sextilc of Jupiter in mundo
The Sun in trine of the Part of Fortune in mundo
The Moon in the time of Mercury in mundo
The Moon to the mundane sextile of Venus
The Part of Fortune in trine of Mercury in mundo ...
The Sun in trine of Mars m mundo
The Part of Fortune in sextila of Mercuiy in mundo
The Part of Fortune in trine of Venus in mundo
The Moon to the sextile of Saturn m mundo
The Moon to the trine of the Sun in mundo
The Moon to the opposition of Jupiter in mundo
The Part of Fortune in trine of Saturn in mundo
The Moon in trine of the Part of Fortune ip mundo
The Moon in trine of Mars in mundo
Mars to the time of Venus in mundo
The Moon to the quintile of the Sun m mundo ...
The Sun to the sesquiquadrate of Mars in mundo
The Part of Fortune to the sesquiquadrate of Mercury in mundo
The Sun to the semiquartile of Venus in mundo
The Moon to the quintile of Mercury in mundo
The Moon to the semiquartile of the Sun in mundo
The Moon to the semiquartile of Mercuiy in mundo
The Part of Fortune to the sesquiquadrate of Jupitei in mundo
The Moon to the quintile of Jupitei An mundo ...
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The Moon to the semiqimtile of Jupitei in mundo do

The Sun to the qiuntile of Saturn m mundo 425
To dneot the angles of the figmc 42G
The ascendant to the sextile of the Moon tf0.,
The ascendant to the qnartile of Saturn 427
The ascendant to the opposition of Jupiter ,. do
The ascendant to the quaitile of Mars 328
The ascendant to the quaitile of Venus do
The ascendant to the tune of the vSun 429
The ascendant to the se\tilo of Saturn do
The ascendant to the tune of Mais 430
The mtrlheaven, or medium coeh, to the tuna of the Sun do
The rmdheaven to the conjunction of the Pait of Fortune 431
The midheaven to the opposition of Saturn do
The midheaven to the conjunction of Coi Looms .. do,
The midheaven to the time of Meieury do
The midheaven to the quaitile of Jupiter 432
The midheaven to the conumetion of Mars do
The midheaven to the opposition of Venus do
The midheaven to the conjunction of the Dragron's Tail 433
The Sun directed to the qnartile of the Moon m the Zodiac
-without latitude 433
The Sun dnected to the qnartile of the Moon m the zodiac
with 'atitude 433
The Sun dnected to the sevtile of Satmn m the Zodiac 434
The Sun to the conjunction of Mercury do
The Sun to the seventh house, direct direction do
The Sun dnected to the trine of Mars m the Zodiac 435
The Sun to the sevtile of Venus m the Zodiac ... do
The Sun to the qumtile of Saturn m the Zodiac do
The Sun to the conjunction of Venus, by convoise motion . do
The Sun dnected to the tune of Luna m the Zodiac 430
The Sun dnected to the opposition of Mars m the Zodiac by
conveise motion do
The Sun directed to the Zodiacal paiallel of Venus do
The Sun directed to the Zodiacal paiallel of Mercuiy 430
The Sun dnected to the Zodiacal parallel of Mais 437
The Sun dnected to the Zodiacal parallel of Satmn . , do
The Moon dnected to the quaitile of Moicuiy m the Zodiac, with
Latitude 438
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The Moon directed to the qiuntile of the Sun

The Moon to the trine of Jupiter in the Zodiac, -with latitude
The Moon to the tune of Jupiter in the Zodiac without latitude
The Moon to the sextile of the Sun in the Zodiac
The Moon dnectcd to the conjunction of Saturn, with latitude
The.Moon dnectcd to the sextile of llercuiy in the Zodiac,
without latitude
The Moon dnected to the sextile of Mercury m the Zodiac, with
latitude
The Moon directed to the quartile of Jupiter in the Zodiac,
without latitude
The Moon directed to the quartile of Jupiter m the Zodiac, with
latitude
The Moon directed to the opposition of Mars m the Zodiac, with
latitude
The Moon dnected to the opposition of Mars in the Zodiac
without Latitude
The Moon directed to the Zodiacal parallel of Saturn
The Moon directed to the Zodiacal Parallel of Mais
The Moon dnected to the conjunction of Venus
The Moon directel to the Zodiacal parallel of Jnpitei
The Moon dnected to the Zodiactl paiallel of Mercuiy
The Part of Foitune dnected to Proimttors
The Part of Fortune directed to the conjunction of Cor Leoms
The Part of Fortune dnected to the conjunction of Mais
The Part of Foitune dnected to the quaitile of Jupiter
The Part of Foitune dnected to the opposition of Venus
The Part of Fortune directed to the conjunction of the Dragon's
Tail, or Moon's South Node
The Pait of Fortune directed as hileg to the Sun, which in this
nativity is anaieta, 01 the airection of death
A Table of directions in the foiegoing nativity of Mr Witchell,
with the several arcs theieof, the measure of time agreeing
to each of them, and the yeai and month when they began to
take effect
The essential and accidental dignities and debilities of the
planets m this nativity
The climacterical years of this nativity
Consideiations resulting fiom the fust house
1 —Will the Native live to jea-rs of matunty
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II —The tomppn^ure and complexion of tin- native

Conceptional figure .. 4
III—Form and stataie of the body . . 4
IV —Temper, quality and mental endowments of the Native 4
Considerations resulting from the second house 4
Considerations resulting from the third house 4
Considerations arising fiom the fouith house 4
Considerations resulting from the fifth house ... 4
Considerations resulting from the sixth house 4
Diseases produced by the Part of Foitune, \vl en hileg oi givei
of life and afflicted by the anareta, oi killing Planet
Diseases piodueed by the ascendant when hileg, oi giver of
life, and afflicted by the anareta, or destroying planet .. 4
The considerations arising from the seventh house . J
Considerations resulting from the eighth house 1
Coniderations resulting fiom the ninth house 1
Considerations resulting from the tenth house .. '
Considerations resulting from the eleventh house .. '
Considerations resulting from the twelfth house J
Part of Fortune to the trme of Mercury—Mars to the time of
Jupiter ... I
A Revolutional figure ... ■•
A Revolutional Table ...
A Table collecting all the days of the year, and serving
sucessively to find the month and day of any accident
The Nativity of Jesus Christ
Of the punctual hour of the day, and minute of that hour,
whereon Jesus Christ was born Proved by the unerring
Canons of Astrology
The directions of the Nativity, whereby this Genethhaoal
scheme of birth is venfied ,. .,
The Nativity of Coesar Charles V
A table to find from the sun's longitudes the duration of half
day-time throughout the year, calculated for the latitude of
Calcutta
A table to find from the suh's longitudes the duration of halt
night-time throuhout the year, calculated for the latitude of
Calcutta
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FROM WORKS OX

ASTROLOGY.

VOL II

THE ART OF CALCULATING NATIVITIES

MADE PLAIN AND EASY
A nativity, 01 Gemture, is the veiy moment of bnlb, or
pi ease time ot a child's coming into the woild, and in which he
is made a visible membei of the creation. In this moment it is
that the stais begin to act and opeiate then mflnence upon the
new-hot n infant, by the powei 01 intervention of those angels
who rule and govern the constellations then level with the
hoiizon, or that ascend upon the hoioscope, accoidmg to that
saying of St Jeiome, in his comment upon the eighteenth
chapter of St Matthew, wheie he says, great is the dignity of
souls, for eveiy one at their first coming into the world, have an
angel appointed for their custody and safety And as it is fiom
configuiatious that we are enabled to point out the incidents
of the native's futme life, so is it absolutely necessaiy that the
vety instant of bnth should be well and minutely asceitamed,
in oidei to amve at coiiectness and ceitamty m these specula-
tion? It must be obvious to eveiy one that the celestial bodies
aie in peipetual motion, and therefoie every quarter of an hour
must considerably vaiy their position, as does also diffeient
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paiallels fiom any one gnon point of tho hea^enrf, and hence
it ii that the latitude, as "well as tho tiuo time of birth, bo-
comes so absolutely necessaiy m calculating, 01 bunging up tho
dnections of a nativity.
By knowing the place of biith, tho latitude is easily ascei-
tained , but to doteimme the pieeiso time of a native's emcigmg
fiom tho womb, is a ciicumstance that has boon alvvajs found
difficult and piecanons , not only on account of the inattention
of nurses and mulwives to this most mteiesting event, but also
by leason of the ditfeience and unceitainty of almost all clocks,
■watches, and dials, m lefeience to the Sun Whciefoie tho
ancient piofossois of this ait, to lemovo the enois in tho com-
mon 01 estimate time of bnth, have contnved several wa3S of
rectifying a nativity , and have given snchmles foi this puiposo,
that the tiue time of bnth may be theieby coiiectly ascoitam-
ed This loctihoahon may bo effected in tinee diffeient vv ajrs ,
first, by the Trutmam Ilermetis, 01 Tintine of Ileimes, se-
condly, by the Ammodai of Ptolomy ; and tliudly, by tho
natural accidents of the native. These tlnoe methods I shall
evplain fully, when I come to tieat of tho rectifications of
nativities , suffice it heio to say, that tho method mostly in use,
and which is found liable to the least euor, paiticulaily in tho
genituies of giovvn persons, is that of loctifymg by such acci-
dents as might have befallen them duung their past life

As the doctrine of nativities is the very essence of Astrology, and

the principal criterion by which mankind will judge of the utility and
reasonableness of the science, it will be requisite for me m this place, to be
^s plain and circumstantial as possible It cannot be unentertainmg, nor
wholly useless even to a common reader, much less to those who moan to
study the ait, to know the true grounds upon which this part of the
science is founded , together with those aspects or configurations at birth,
f'om which our predictions are framed , and the time also wnon their
influence and effect Will nsibly operate upon the body or affairs of the
native, In elucidating this subject, I shall be principally guided by the
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Quddupdrhte of the gueat Ptolomy, the truth and excellency of nhose
doetrme the experience of many ages, and the obseivations of the most
intelligent piofessors of this art, ha\ e fully established and confirmed
It is manifest to the most supeilioial obseiver, that a ceitam seciet
powei is diftused through all things that aie near the eaith, accoidmg to
the natuie and propeities of the fiimament, and circum-ambient air, and to
the poivei and influence of the luminaries, and other celestial bodies The
sun, being the supenoi luminaiy, and the fountain of life, governs all
things that bear relation to the earth, not only by vaiymg the seasons,
and bringing to peifeotion the seeds of animals, and the fuutfulness
of plants, the flomug of wateis, and the mutation of bodies, but also
the changes of the day, of heat and moiatiue, of dijness and cold, as
it hath lespect to the meiidian, or nnd-heaveu—The Moon also, being
neaiest to the eaith, distds down an ama/ing influence, by which things
animate and inanimate die aftectcd and changed Rn eis are augmented
and diminished, accoidmg to hei light, the tides \diy as she uses and
sets, plants and animals, in whole 01 in pait, inciease and deciease with
her In the same mannei the stais, fixed and eiratic, as they keep on their
uniform comae, cause manj appeaiances aiound us , foi they pioduce cold
and heat, and wind and rain, by which also things on eaith aie suitably
govemed , and their mutual configuiations, as their influences co-operate
with, or oppose one another, pioduce vauations aceoidingly
The power of the Sun is on all hands admitted to be most pevahnt,
as it is obviously most umveisal The othei heaxenly bodies, according
to the variety of then aspects with the Sun, unite with, or resist his m
fluence, agieeable to the nature and foice of such aspects This happens
most frequentlj, and most foicibly, w ith the Moon, at all the changes But
these ailections in the stais opciate more obscuiely, and employ longer
time, according to their decimation, 01 as they appear or disappeai in our
horizon Hence then, by the mles of nature, and the testimony of our
own reason and expenence, it must be admitted, that of all the planets, the
mflnencp of the Sun is the most poweifnl , and that the influence of tlia
othei planets have most eneigy, when the beams of the Sun co opoiate
with them The Moon likewise, by reason of hoi swiftness, and proximity
to the eaith, modifies and convejs these influences to sublunary bodies,
with a foice supenor to all the othei stais And these nifliienees are always
most powciiul, most visible m then ofteots, when this mediation of the
Moon is exercised in conveying the influences of the stais to the Sun, 01
of the Sun to the other stais, and thenco to the cai th But m defining
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theae varying pio^oi ties and eilects, p-nticuUr legaid muat be had to tlio
latitude, declination, nsmg and setting of the stars both faxed and ei ratio,
especially those winch approach nearest to the ecliptic
Whoever contemplates these premises, and attentively observes the
aspects, will find that not only conjoined bodies aie subject to the confi-
gurations of the stais, but also the buddings and perfection of seeds die
framed and formed accoiding to the quality with ■which the heavenly
matter and circum-ambient air is endued The obseivant husbandman and
shepherd preconjeoture the propei seasons foi seed-sowing, planting, and
procreation of animals, by consulting the state of the winds, and the face
of the sky The skilful maiinei likewise prepaies against the dangeis of
an approaching storm, by similar obseivations , but they aie fiequently
deceived for want of bettor exponenco, and an adequate knowledge of the
courses and effects of the heavenly bodies, which when exactly undeistood,
conduce to an almost certain piescience hoiem For it is found, that he
who correctly knows the motions of the stais, and then configurations
with the Sun and Moon , and is not ignorant of the tunes, noi tlio place,
nor the aspects , and is well skilled m the simple ways of natuie, can
admirably foretell, in any season, the propei state and tempeiaturc of the
air , as that it will be hotter and moistci, 01 colder or dryer, according to
the natuie and properties of the respective rays of the stars and Moon
configuiated with the Sun And as these speculations aie founded upon
the most simple principles of nature, as that the sun is hot and diy, and
the moon is cold and moist, and the obseivations deduced hcrefiom are
seldom known to vary , so, by similar qualities and observations, and by
rules equally well founded, we obtain a legal and an extensive pieseionce
respecting Man Foi from the natural state of the ambient and heavenly
matter at the time of the construction of the body, it is easy to know m
general, the quality and tempeiatuie of each person born , that such shall
be the formation of his body, and such the disposition of his mind, and
such the future events, advantageous or disadvantageous, of his life, accord-
ing to the state of the heavens at that paiticular time, whether qualified
for the pioduction of such a tempei, or whether inimical to it Thus a
presage is not only possible, by the laws of nature, but proper and neces-
sary to the wisdom and well being of society
The enors of those who do not understand the fundamental principles
of this learning, have doubtless ufiorded stiong and plausible reasons to
the bulk of mankind, for discarding it altogether, and for conwdoung those
events \ hich others have moie successfully ascertained, to be the efects
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of mere chance But smely a doctrine is not to be icjocted, because some
of its followers are vicious or ignorant In this speculation, above all
others, reasonable allowances should be made, as well for the weakness of
human comprehension, as for the great and undefinable extent of the con-
templation Much depends upon the ability of the physician, m modifying
and proportioning his piescnption, not only to correspond with the state
of the disease, but also with the temperatuie and constitution of the patient
In the subject under consideiation, a judgment no less sagacious is ab-
solutely necessary, because the quality of the heavenly matter is often
conjectural, and the mixtures of differ ent aspects and influences are some-
times so complicated, that the bug litest undoi standing can scarcely arrange
them with piecision
But the consideiation of Nativities, in points which lelate to the par-
tioulai tempei and disposition of respective persons, hath other causes
in nature too apt to be forgotten, or perhaps lightly passed over as cueuin-
stances of no moment But it is undeniably true, and most be admitted on
all hands, that the place of birth, will often make consideiable difference
in those who are born , and though the seed be the same from which they
are procreated, and though the constitution of the heavens be the same,
yet the diveisities of countries wherein they aie bom, will naturally pro-
duce a difference m their bodies and minds Besides this, a different educa-
tion and custom, will form a different disposition and manner of life , as
does also the different situations or classes in which mankind are brought
up, and to which they are accustomed Therefore he who does not atten-
tively consider each of these distinctions, and unite them judiciously with
the causes produced by the ambient and heavenly matter, will meet with
great uncertainty m his conclusions For although the power of heaven is
confessedly the greatest, and with these all the others are conceived as
adjuvant causes, yet they do not always assume the circum-ambient matter
as a concause , consequently those who attempt to predict from the motion
of the heavenly bodies alone, without due reference to these considerations,
will entail contempt upon themselves, and disgrace upon the science
But thai astiological predictions are possible, and to be defined with
great precision, when properly managed, is an assertion most ture, and
which I flattei myself, I have already made manifest It lemams, there-
fore, that we speak of the advantages of this benevolent dispensation of
providence , for if a foreknowledge be advantageous 01 necessaiy to the
safety and future happiness of the soul, what can be more so m respect
of the body, since it affords not only tempoial delight, happiness, and
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pleasure, but enables us to undtisUnd things both diwiie aud human'
Whatever happens m the couise of natuie, cithei necessanly, 01 acci-
dentally, that materially afteots om prosponty or advoisity, and either
prolongs life or destroys it, if they happen suddenly and unexpected, con-
found with fear, 01 transport yith joy , but if they ate foieknown, they for-
tify the mind by such foieknowledge, and piopaio it foi sustaining the best
or worst occunenees, with calmness and seiemty In what icspect thoiefore
is man superior to the irrational pait of the ciention, if he cannot beat to
know the hour of his dissolution' The teims of oui existence, as eveiy
day's experience repeatedly shews, is that we must suitei death Whoie
then, to minds fiaught with leason and mtegnty, can bo the honoi, the die
tress, or calamity, of knowing the time when that ceitam event shall take
place ' To men of a vutuous habit, such a knowledge must be mvaliublo ,
and to those of less scuipulous punciplcs, it cannot be unwdiome, provided
reason or philosophy make up any putt of then oonsUtiitnm Toimn
of the most exemplaiy conduct, it aftoids fit oppoituruty of adjusting their
tempoial concerns, and leheves them undci the distiesses and afflictions
of this life, by ascertammg the penud of then sttiiciings, and by giving
them hopes of letiibutnm and leward in that winch will succeed To the
mconsideiate, and worldly minded, it not only gives the same advantages,
but begets m them a piopcr sense of the moie nnpoitanl concerns of that
endless state of existence, "from whence no tiaveller returns " Foi these
grand purposes chiefly, the all-wise and benevolent hand of pi evidence seems
to have pointed out to mankind the Ait of Piescience and Piudiction , not
to say any thing of the mnumeiable loss impoiunt coneeins of human
affairs, •tfhich may often times afford smguUi adv antage and happiness
to individuals, as well as to states and societies, by being thus timely
forewarned of what shall heieaflei come to pass And suiely I need not
mention a stiongor instance of the advantages of prescience, than what
will naturally arise from the obseivation of eveiy man ot expcnence, when
he looks back upon the occurrences of his past hie, and lecollccts but half
the losses and inconveniences he has sustained, onlj foi want of that fore-
knowledge in worldly affana, which the ait of piodictnm suppUos
We are not however to believe, ihat the accidents and events of life
so befall men, as though a law weie set ovei thorn by some indissoluble
cause from above, by which they are of hocessiiy brought to pass, no
other cause being able to oppose or ptcvent them It weie unphilosopht-
cal and absuid thus to imagine , for the mention of the lieaveuly bodies is
immutable by divine law, and the mutation of eaithly things is disposed of
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and levcaled bj a natural generation and oidtr, ^hich the superior cause
follows by aeceident It is also to be observed, that raanj*things happen to
man, not only by reason of the natural and propel quahtj of the heavenly
matter, but also by the operation of some more universal causes , as by
great mutations and mivtmes of the elements, plagues and pestilences, and
floods and conflagrations aie produced, by which multitudes are at once
sv. ept away, and perish under one common fatality Thus gieater causes
alv.nc s overcome the lessei, and the stronger the weaker , and whenever the
stionger powei prevails m any great mutation, the more geneial effects wo
have been speaking of, happen Ofchoi things hkcwisc happen to mdivi
duals, because the natural propeity of each is overcome by the contrariety
of the cireuin-ambient matter, w hether the antipathy thereof be small, or
fortuitous Now this being admitted it becomes appai ent that of those
things which happen generally and particularly, be the accident whatever
it may, whose first cause is strong and incsistible, and no other cause
having power to withstand it, come to pass wholly by necessity But
those accidents which have a weaker cause are overthrow n if any other
cause, able to withstand it, is found , and if such a resisting cause appears
not, then those accidents happen agreeable to the nature and impulse of
their fust cause , and they are produced not through the strength of the
cause, nor by necessity, but because the antipathy by which it might have
been destroyed, is neither known, nor to be defined Thus it happens to
all things that have a natural cause and beginning, as metals, stones,
plants, animals, wounds, sickness, affections, &c, some of which work
neeessarily, and others not, evcept when something is found of sufficient
strength to oppose their efficient power Hence it is demonstrable, that
though simple causes have natural properties peculiar to themselves, yet
there are other causes equally simple, which operate m contact with those
of the former, and by which the bare simple nature of each is changed
by mutation into a third quality, which differs m nature from either of the
former , according to which such simple natural properties are either partly
or wholly changed, or otherwise frustrated or diverted As for example,
in the weather, the Sun, m his own simple nature, is the fountain of
light and heat, but bemg joined with Saturn, never fads, if not prevented
by some other apparent cause, both m winter and summer, to produce
cold and cloudy weather But if Mare happens to be joined m configura-
tion with them, the case is altered, and instead of cold, the weather will
not fail, m summer, to be hot and sultry, though at the same time cloudy,
coroaeuous, and disorderly; and m winter, remarkably close and warm,
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though loweimg and turbulent , more sapecully if attended with a new
or full Moon These aie facts founded upon rational hypothesis, and
proved by long experience and constant observation
These prehmmanes being laid down, and consideied as the ground-
work of Astrology, it follows that those who would wish to he piolicient
in it, should learn to predict futurities after a natuial way, by such pre-
science as nature has pointed out, and not by anmconsideiate or vam opinion
that this shall happen, because, it hath many great and efScient causes,
which it is impossible to resist, or that this shall not happen, because it
hath resisting affections Calculators of nativities, theiefoie, when thoy
speak of those things which may oome to pass, can do it m no other way,
confoimable to tiuth and nature, but by the powei and effects of the
circum-ambient matter 01 aspects, which being moie 01 less inclined to
such a temperature, will produce such an accident, stature of body, or
disposition of mmd As when a physician asserts that an ulcer will eat
away or putnfy, or a natuiahst that the loadstone will attract non , not
because it is necessary that the ulcer should eat away or putnfy, or the
loadstone attract, but if the contraries are not known, nor their effects
prevented, these circumstances will assuredly happen, according to the cause
and consequences of things, as they have been from the beginning of the
world Thus it happens, and thus we ought to judge, in the calculation of
nativities , for those events which perpetually fall in upon all human affairs,
are produced according to the succession of natural order, either because
things that may oppose and prevent are not found, or because they are not
known And again, events known natuially, and according to order, and
those things being found which disagree and oppose, they are then either
wholly prevented, or else oome to pass with very small effect, and are
scarcely visible in their operation
Now seeing there is both in generals and particulars such a conse-
quence, it is cunous to remark, that though many people believe in generals,
and allow it is possible to prognosticate upon that system, and also think
it advantageous towards preservation and health , yet in particulars they
will not allow the same operations to have any force For many confess,
they know the proper seasons, and the signification of the fixed stars, and
the aspects of the moon, and they observe them for the establishment of
their health, and to reduce their constitutions to a good and regular tempera-
ture, in summer by cooling medicaments, and in winter by heating They
also observe the significations of the fixed stars, for the purposes of navi-
gation , and they plant, and sow, and forward vegetation, by observing
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the different aspects of the moon , and no one supposes these general
effects eithei impossible 01 useless But in particalars, as of cold or heat,
which meisase and deciease m then pioper tempei, and by the properties
and mixtures of other matter, they neither beheye it possible to foretell,
01 conceive that we may be preserved from the consequences attending
them But the cause of this opinion, is the difficulty of knowmg parti-
culais, and the management of them with precision and truth , and because
men are seldom found of so penetrating a comprehension, that none of
the contraries be hidden from their view , hence the opposing power 01
influence, foi the most part not being joined with a foreknowledge m the
effect produced by fhst causes without impediment, they judge of things
simply, as though iminutable and impossible to be prevented But as m
the ait of piediction its possibility appears worthy of consideration, al-
though it is not altogether infallible, this preservative part is certainly
worthy of particular regard, since it may bung relief to many, though not a
peifect cure to all Foi this leason the Egyptians, finding the efficacy of
this ait, cveiy where joined physic to piognostic astronomy , and hence it
is apparent, that if they had thought futurities could not be removed or
diverted, they would nevei have piescnbed certain lemedies and preserva-
tives against the effect of the ambient, present or to come, whether m
general or partieulai cases , they therefore sought out a method at onco
advantageous and profitable, that by astrology the quality of the subjacent
temperaments, and the accidents which come to pass by the influence
of the hevenly bodies, might be discoveied and known , but by the
medical ait, to distinguish the sympathies and antipathies of each, and
to understand the natuial cure of present diseases, and the tine mode of
preservation from future For without this species of astronomic know-
ledge the medical art is found in many cases to fail, tho' I am ready to
allow that there are not remedies to be found for all bodies and diseases
These observations become clear and obvious, from a consideration of
the planets and their aspects The Sun is found by natuie to cause heat
and dryness in a moderate degiee His power and influence is most visible
to our senses, by reason of his magnitude, and the manifest mutation of
the seasons , foi by how much the nearer he approaches to our vertical
point, by so much the more he stus up heat m us, and subjects us to his
nature But the natuie of the moon is chiefly moistening, for being
nearer the earth, she exhales tho vapours of all moist bodies, and thus
evidently affects all moist things, and putnfies them , but because of her
analogy with the Sun, she modeiately paitioipatcs of heat The planet
u
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Saturn cools atd dues, because be is fai distant fiom the heat of the Run
and vapours of the earth , but he cools most abundantly, and dries most
model ately The other planets also receive vntue according to the con-
figurations they make with the Sun and Moon Mais dncth much, and
bums, because of his hot and fiery natuic , but the influence of Jupiter
is temperate, because he moves between the coldness of Saturn, and the
heat of Mars Venus hath neaily the same temperature, but in a diffeient
measme, because of her vicinity to the Sun , she moistens most, as does the
Moon, through the gieatness of their light, by which they assume the mois-
tuie of the vapours of the earth Mercury sometimes dries, and sometimes
moistens, according to his position and configuration with other stars
Hence anse the four principal humours, from whence all bodies are engen-
dered Two of them aie generative and active, the hot, and the moist,
for by these aie all things joined together, and moieased and two are
coiruptive and hurtful, the dry, and the cold , foi by these all things
are dissolved, and destroyed Wheiefore two of the planets, viz , Jupitei
and Venus, are defined to be Benesioks, because of their benevolent
temperature, and because heat and moisture equally abounds m them , and
likewise the Moon, for the same reasons But Saturn and Mars being of
an opposite nature, are defined to be of a malevolent and destructive
influence, by reason of the extreme cold of the one, and the violent heat
of the other But the Sun and Mercury being of a controvertible nature,
are found to produce both these influences, according to the nature, force,
and quality of the aspects or configurations they make with other bodies
As there are four distinct humours or qualities incident to the planets,
go are there two primary sexes by which they are distinguished, namely
the masculine, and the feminine The feminine planets partake pim-
cipally of moisture , therefore the Moon and Venus are termed femi-
nine, because moisture chiefly abounds m them But Saturn, Jupiter, Mars,
and the Sun, are masculine, because they heat and dry with the greater
energy Mercury, in point of sex, is considered indifferently, because he
equally dries or moistens, as occasion may he The stars are likewise con-
sidered as to sex, according to their position with the sun When they aie
oriental, and going before the sun, they become masculine , but when they
are occidental, and follow the sun, they are femmme The two apparent
distinctions of time, called day and night, aie also divided mto sexes
The day, because of its heat and activity, is termed masculine , and
the night because of its moisture, and conveniency foi rest, femmme ,
theiefoic the Moon and Venus are nocturnal, and the Sun and Jupitoi
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diurnal , bat Mercury is in tins respect also mdifjeient, dmmal when in an
onental situation, and nocturnal, when occidental But flic two malevo-
lent planets Satmn and Mais are considered diurnal and nocturnal, not
according to their quality and nature, as heat to heat, but contraiy ,
foi a good temperament taking its like, maketh the good greater , and
unlike mixed withevil, destroys much of that evil , therefore Saturn, as cold,
is joined to the heat of the day , and Mais as dry, to the moisture of the
night So each of them becoming modeiate m their influences will appeal
consonant to the conditions which give the temperament It is also to be
remarked, that a planet is diurnal, when in a diurnal nativity above the
earth, and m a nocturnal nativity undei the earth , but noctwnal, when
m a nocturnal nativity above the eaith, or m a diurnal nativity under the
earth
Now the influences and effects of the planets have lesser
01 greater foice ) according to their aspects and configurations
with the Sun ; for the Moon along hei increase, from her
fust appeaiance to the first quaiter, is moistening , from the
fiist quai ter to her full, she warms, from the full to the last
quaiter she dries , and fiom the last quarter till she is hid,
she is cold The planets matutme to the fiist station, are
more moist, fiom the fiist station till they rise at night, they
aie more heating , from then* rising at night to the second
station, they diy moie , and fiom the second station they cool
moie The first station is when a planet begins to be retio-
gtade , and the second station when fiom retiogiadation it
becomes direct , and they begin to use at night, when in opposi-
tion to the* Suti Thus the powei of these various affections
The rising and setting of the stars are threfold , cosmical, achromcal,
and heliacal Cosmical rising, us when a star 01 planet ascends the
horizon with the same degree and minute of the ecliptic in which the Sun
is and Cosmical setting is, when a star or planet sets exactly when the Sun
rises Achromcal rising, is when a stai rises above the horizon at sunsettmg ,
and Achtomcal setting is, when a star sets with the Sun Heliacal rising, is
when a stai which before was hid by the rays of the sun, begins to appear
in the east , and Heliacal setting is, when a Star which before wag seen, is
hidden under the Sun beams, and disappears
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being miKed among thomselvcs, produce many difference of

quality in the circnm-ambient matter -nlncli continually sur-
rounds us , the proper and distinct power of ivhich alteinately
prevailing, is changed mote or less by the force of other con-
figuiations To these effects, the operation of the fixed stars
in general contribute not a little Those of the greatest
magnitude, are the most poneiful and efficacious, and those
m or near the ecliptic, have more energy than those remote
fiom it The bright stars have moie influence than the dull
and languid, those of aredcoloui, partake of the quality
of Mais, those of a lead colour operate with similar effects
to Saturn , and so of the others, according to then affinity
with the planets, as hath been alieady explained Stars which
have noithern latitude and declination, affect us most, and
with south latitude, the more southern Those situated in the
zenith, influence more than those which are moie remote ,
and such as are in partile conjunction or antiscian of any
planet, or which rise or set, or culminate with any planet, have
a moie than ordinary power and influence , but ©f themselves
the fixed stars emit no lays.
The four angles of the horoscope, or cardinal houses of
heaven, from whence the general winds take their rise, must
likewise be considered The onental angle is possessed of
great dryness ; for when the Sun arrives theie, those things
which were moistened by the night, begin to diy, and the
winds which blow from thence, commonly called east-winds,
are very drying, and without moistuie The angle of the
south is most hot, because the Sun being there culminate,
burns and heats with greater eneigy, because our mul-heaven
declines to the south , wherefore the winds proceeding fiom
thence, commonly called south-winds, aie hot and filling But
the occidental angle is moist, because when the Sun arrives
there, those things which weie dned m the day, begin to be
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moistened , consequently the •winds blowing fiom thence,
commonly called west uinds, are fiee ftom thickness or mois-
ture Tho noithern angle or point lying towards the Bears, is
most cold, because the culminating Sun, m lespect to that
part of the eaith which we inhabit, declines most fiom it, for
which mason the winds blowing from that qnartei are generally
cold and freezing The perfect knowledge of these things is
veiy necessary to enable us to distinguish the mixture of paih-
culars , for it is apparent, that accoiding to the constitution of
seasons, of ages, and of the angles, the efficient powei and
influence of the stars vaiy, and when theie is no contiary
constitution, the stars have a strongei influence because it is
unmixed , for m heating, they that are most hot, are most
poweiful , and in moist constitutions, those are most powerful
which are of a moistening nature But vihen the constitu-
tion is contrai y, they are weaker, by leason of the tempeia-
ment and mixtuie of coutranety, effected by the heating stars
in cold constitutions, and by the moist m diy. In the
same mannei each of the other constitutions have powei,
according to the propoihon of then mixtures To these
we may join the mutual properties of the twelve signs of the
zodiack , for their general temperatures aie agieeable to the
seasons subject to each sign , and they obtain some other
qualities atismg from then analogy to the Sun, Moon, and
stais , and these considerations of the agreement or disagree-
ment of the natuies and mixtures of the various influences
of the stars, signs, and paits of heaven, are of no small conse-
quence m astiological contemplations
01 the twelve signs, some are termed tropics, some equi-
noctial, some fixed, and otheis bicorporal The tropics aie
two, the fiist fiom the summei solstice, the thuty degrees of
Cancer, and the othei fiom the winter solstice, the thuty
degrees ol Capucoin. These ate called tiopios, because when
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the Sun is posited in the beginning of these signs, he nns

back out of ths~ couise of latitude or declination, to the con-
traries, making summer by his entering into Cancel, and winter
by his passage into Capucorn There are also two of the signs
equinoctial, one fiom the vernal equinox, which is Anes , the
other fiom the autumnal equinox, which is Libia These are
so termed, because whenever the Sun enteis the beginning
of them, he makes the days and nights equal all the world
over
Of the other eight signs, four are fixed, and foui bicorpoial
The fixed, are those which follow the tropical and equinoctial ,
because when the sun is posited m any of these, the cold or
heat, or dryness or moisture of the seasons, which began while
the Sun was in the tiopics or equinoctials, more strongly
affect us, and the constitution of the seasons is moie forcibly
felt, not because then condition is naturally such, but because
we being no longei undei such a constitution, become more
sensible of its powei The bicoiporal follow the fixed , and
because they aie between the fixed and the tiopics, they
partake of the nature of both constitutions
Again, six of the twelve signs aie named masculine and
diurnal, and six feminine and nocturnal And because the
night is always next to the day, and the feminine is joined to
the masculine, they are placed one aftei another by tuins The
beginning is taken from Aries, because the moisture of the
spring is the beginning of the seasons , and because the mas-
culine virtue is predominant, and the active pouei befoie the
passive Theiefore the sign= Aries and Libia aie esteemed
masculine and diuinal, for these descnbe the equinoctial citch
and the prime mutation, and strongest motion of all, is caused
by them The other signs are alternately placed one after
another, in then propel order , and fiom the form and quality
of them, some are termed foiu-footed , others tenestnal, some
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commanding, and others fimtful. And to lenew them in the

mind of the leader, it may not be impiopei to distinguish
them heie Anes, Gremim, Leo, Libia, Sagittauus, and Aqua-
nes, aie masculine and commanding Taums, Cancel, Virgo,
Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces, aie feminine and obeying.
Anes, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, and Capricorn are foui-footed.
Tauius, Vngo, and Capricorn aie tenestnal Cancer, Scorpio,
and Pisces are fiuitful Again, Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capn-
eom, are teimed moveable Tauius, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquanes,
fixed Gemini, Virgo, Sagittauus, and Pisces, common. Aries,
Tauius, and Gemini, vernal Cancer, Leo, and Vngo, estival.
Libra, Scoipio and Sagittauus, autumnal Capncom, Aqua-
nes, and Pisces, hyemnal Aries, Leo, and Sagittauus, are
hot, dry, and fieiy Taurus, Vngo, and Capncom, are cold,
dry, and earthy Gemini, Libra, and Aquanes, are hot, moist,
and any Cancer, Scoipio, Pisces, Gemini, and Leo, are
moist and viateiy , and Vngo is ban en

Notv from this disposition and temperature of the signs, are brought
about the great ends and purposes of natuie, by means of the aspects and
positions of the planets configurated m them, and it is upon these
aspects and configurations that the art of prediction is grounded, and
the events of futurity sought out and known These aspects are of two
sorts or classes, viz Zodiacal, and mundane The principal zodiacal as-
pects are the sextile, quartile, trine and opposition , and though the conjunc-
tion cannot properly be termed an aspect, yet it may come under the more
general name of a Familiarity, common to all the aspects The conjunction
is formed by two planets being bodily joined, or meeting m the same
degiee and minute of a sign The sextile is formed by two planets, when
they are two signs, or sixty degrees asunder, the quartile, when three
signs, or ninety degrees asunder , the trine, when four signs, or one hun-
dred and twenty degrees asundei , and the opposition, when six signs, or
one hundred and eighty degrees asundei , which being just one-half of the
gieat cncle, places the planets exactly facing one another The lesser or
inferior zodiacal aspects, are the semiquadrate of forty-five degrees , the
qumtile of seventy-two degiecs , the sesquiquadrate, of one hundred and
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thuty-five degiees , and the birpmtile, of one bundled and foity-fom de-
grees And these are either paitile, or plain, , paitile, when the oonjunc
tlon or abpeet is made m the same degiee and minute , and platic, when
not configurated m the same degree and minute, but only within the mbs
of the aapecting planet Moreover, these aspects are either dextei or
sinister , dexter, when contrary to the sneeession of the signs, as a planet
in Leo casts a sextile de\tei to another planet m Taurus Sinister aspects
are according to the succession of the signs , agieeable to winch, a planet
in Anes casts his tnne simstei to anothei m Leo , 01 one m Leo casts a
tnne sinister to another m Sagittarius
Mundane aspects are those which die made m the mendional cucle, in
reference to the earth, and consist of only the sextile, quartile, tnne, and
opposition , though theie are other famihanties which we call paiallels,
and these both mundane, and zodiacal Of these familiarities, the con
junction is good with benevolent stais , but with malevolent, bad The
qumtile, biqumtile, sextile and time, are also good and fortunate , but the
semiquadrate, sesquiquadiate, quartile, and opposition, are evil and unfoi in-
nate These good and evil influences proceed more from the nature and
quality of the stars, than from the nature of the signs they possess ^for it is
found that even good aspects of malefic planets will produce mischief, though
not m so great a degree as the evil configurations
Zodiacal Paiallels, aie what are commonly called Antiscians, and are
nothing more than parallels of decimation, 01 two points in the heavens at
equall distances from the beginning of any of the tiopics, 01 equinoctial
points For example , one planet m ten deigees of Anes, and anothei in
twenty degrees of Pisces, are m zodiacal parallel to each other, or, in
other words, one planet in twenty degrees of Pisces, casts its antiscian,
or one parallel to ten degrees of Anes, and its contra-antiscian, 01 another
parallel, to ten degrees of Libra But m taking these, paitieular attention
must be had to eqch of the planet's latitude, for want of which, gieat
errors have been frequently made For suppose the Moon to be posited
m twenty-two degrees of Taurus, with five degrees of noith latitude, hei
antiscian, or zodiacal parallel, taken m the common way, would iall iu
eight degiees of Leo, and her contra-antiseian in eight degiees of Aquaues ,
whereas the tine antiscian falls in ten degrees of Cancer, which is no loss
than twenty-eight degiees from that obtained in the common way, for
there exactly that difference between the echptical longitude of twenty-
two degrees of Taurus, without latitude, and twenty-two degrees of Taui us,
is ith five degrees of noith latitude
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A planet thus consideied, as having latitude, hathfoui zodiacal paiallels,
one at its body, one at its antiscional point, and the othei two, at their
opposite points And hence, accoiding to the example above stated, the
Moon's paialleU at hei body full in twenty degiees of Gemini, and at the
antiscional point m ten degtees of Cancel , and their opposite points, or
contia-antiscians, fall in twenty degiees of Sagittarius, and m ten degrees
of Capiicom These antiscians, and eontra-antiscians, are always of a
benign and friendly natuie, when formed by the benefiek planets , but
they are equally unbemgn and uufortunate, when made by violent and
malevolent stars
As zodiacal paiallels are only equal distances fiom the tropical and
equinoctial cnoles, so Mundane paiallels, by a panty of reason, are nothing
moie than a like equal distance fiom the horizontal or mendional points
of ciicles Foi example, a planet on the cusp of the twelfth house, is in
paiallel to the cusp of the second house, because it is exactly at the same
distance from the ascendant or hou/on that the twelfth is , and likewise
in paiallel to the eighth house, as being exactly the same distance from
the tenth house 01 mendian, that the twelfth is And as the zodiacal
paiallels are measmed by the cncle of the zodiac, so the mundane
parallels aie measmed by the diurnal, 01 nocturnal arches , for just so
long as the Sun, 01 any other planet will he in pioceedmg from the cusp
of the twelfth house to the cusp of the tenth , just so long the same Snn
or other planet will be m proceeding, on the same day, fiom the cusp of
the tenth, to the cusp of the eighth house , and just so many hours and
minutes of time as there are between the sun-nsmg and noon, just so many
hours and minutes are there, the same day, between noon, and sunsettmg ;
hence the distance between the Sun's rising and setting, is nothing hut
the diurnal arch, which the mendian, or Sun's place at noon, cuts into
two equal parts , and the distance between the Sun's setting and rising,
constitutes the nocturnal aich These mundane parallels have a two-fold
consideiation in directions , first simple, and according to natural order ,
and secondly, according to the rapt motion of the earth, or pnmum mobile,
both of which must be attended to m the calculation of nativities
Now there aie signs dissociate and separate , and these are such as
have no famihanty by any of the ways before mentioned , foi they neither
command noi obey, nor mutually behold each other, nor are of equal
power , but they are configurated by one or five signs, and do not at all
partake of the aspects, either by opposition, fnne, quartile, or sextile
Hence they are termed mjuct, for being configurated by one sign's distance,
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they ale as it «ue distortul fiom each othei , and tliose winch hi hold hy
fiae signs, divi&e the whole encle of the zodiac into unequal parts The
signs undei this desenption, aie Ancs, Gemini, Libia, and Sagittamih,
which have no faniilianty 01 aspect with Tauius 01 Reoipio , and the signs,
Cancer, Virgo, Capncoin, and Pisces, have no fainilianty with Leo 01
Aquanes.
But the planets have familiarity with all paits of the zodiac, by Houses,
Tngons, Evaltations, and Teims Cancel and Leo, approaching neaiei
to our veitical point than eithei of the others, and theieby pioducmg
heat and waimth, aie foi that leason defined to be the houses of the
two great and primaiy lurranaiies Leo is attubutodto the Sun as masculine,
and Cancer to the Moon, as feminine Hence the semiuicle of the zodiac
from Leo to Capncom is termed solar, and iiom Aquanes to Cancer
lunar , m order that each planet should possess one sign for its house in
each of the semicircles , the one beaimg configuration to the Sun, and
the other to the Moon, accoiding to the motion of the sphere of each,
and to their natuial qualities Satuin, therefoie, being in natuie cold,
and inimical to heat, occupying the highest oib, and being at the
greatest distance fiom the lummanes, takes foi his houses the signs which
are opposite to Cancel and Leo, namely, Aquanes and Capncorn, because
these signs are by natme cold and winterly, and the aspects which
are made by opposition do not combine to any good 01 benes olent pui -
pose Jupiter, because lus oib is next below that of Satuin, assumes for
his houses the two next signs, Sagittarius and Pisces, which aie windy
and fruitful, by leason of then tngonal lespect to the lummanes, which
is a situation proper for the pi eduction of good Mais being next m
order toJupitei, and diy by nature, takes foi his houses the two next
signs, Aries and Seoipio, which aie similai m then effects to Mais, by having
malefic and mischievous ladications with the lummanes Venus tempeiate,
has for hei houses the two next signs, Taurus and Libia, which aie of a
fruitful and prolific nature, and eoirespond with the luminaries by a
sextile ray, and is never mote than two signs distant fiom the Sun
Mercury being circumscribed by the orbs of all the othei planets, takes
for his houses Gemini and Virgo, and is never more than one sign
distant from the central Sun, being the first planet next him
The famihantes by tnplioity are next to be considered by calculators
of nativities , for whereas a tnphcity and figure of equal sides obtain
an agreement , so the circle of the zodiac is circumscribed by three
circles, the equmoctul, and the two tropics, and is hvided into tyur
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eqmlateia.1 tmngles, wlncli constitute these tuplieities The fiist is foimed
by the thiee mascuhne signs, Anes, Leo, and Sagittarius , and it has
foi its Lords, the Sun, Jupitei, and Mais , but Mars being of a con-
trary nature to the solar influence, he is excluded fiom beaung any
govemment m this tnphcity, and theiefore the Sun has the mle by day,
and Jupiter by night Anes occupies the equinoctial circle, Leo the
estival, and Sagittanes the winter This tngon is principally northern,
by reason of the dominion of Jupitei , audit is wmdy and fruitful It
is also north-we&t, and leceires a mixtme of the noith-west winds,
because it is the house of M us, which planet stns up and governs those
\unds
The second tnphcity, which consists of Tamus, Yngo, and Capn-
coin, is undei the go\einmeiit of the Moon and Venus The Moon
governs by night, and Venus by day Taurus is m the estival circle,
Virgo m the equinoctial, and Capncoin in the winter This tnphcity,
because of the dominion of Venus, is south , foi this star, being endued
with a waimmgand moistening powei, pioduces south winds , and because
Saturn has his house m Capncoin, m this tnplicity, it htewise partakes of a
mixtuic of the east-winds , foi Saturn being familial to the onental parts,
by leason of the condition of the Sun, pioduces and governs the east-
winds
The thud tnphcity is foimed of the signs Gfemim, Libia, and Aquanej,
thiee mafccuhne signs, and is placed undei the govemment ol Saturn
and Meicuiy , Saturn mles by day, and Meicury by night , G-emim is
situate m the suminei cncle, Libia m the equinoctial, and Aquanes m
the winter Tins tnphcity is chiefly eastern, on account of the govern-
ment of Saturn , but it becomes paitly noitli-east, by the influence of
Jupitei, on winch account it assumes a mixtuie of the north-east winds
The fomth tnphcity, consisting of Cancel, Scorpio, and Pisces, is
chiefly undei Mais, who deuves an influence heie, on account of having
his house m Scorpio , but because the signs in this tnphcity aie feminine,
the Moon by night, and Venus by day, rule jointly with Mars, and intei-
mur then qualities and influences togethei Cancel is situtate m the estival
circle, Sioipio m the winter, and Pisces in the equmoctidl This tnphcity la
western, because of the dominion of Mars and the Moon , but assum-
ing a mixture by the rule of Venus, it becomes m some measuie south-
west
The familiarities by exaltation are thus occasioned , the Sun, when he
enters Anes, makes his tiansit into the high and northern semicircle, fut
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when he enteis Libia, he passes into the low and southern semioucle Foi
this reason, the Sun has his exaltation m Aries, m which the days begin
to lengthen, and the heating natuie of the Sun begins to mci ease , and
for the contrary leasons he leceives his fall m Libia Saturn being of an
opposite nature to the Sun, has his exaltation in Libia, and his fall in Anes ,
for wheiesoever heat is incieased, cold is diminished , and wheie tlieie is an
augmentation of cold, heat is lessened So the Moon, because she makes
kei conjunction with the Sun in Aries, and makes the beginning of the
increase of her light m the fiist sign of her tnpliuty, which is Tauius,
that is assigned foi hei exaltation So Jupitoi, the pioducei of noithern and
fruitful winds, when m Cancel, becomes moie noithoily, and acquires a
gieatei mciease of power, he theiefoie takes Cancer foi his exaltation,
and Capucorn foi his fall And since Mais is chiefly of a burning natuie,
and becomes most heating in Capricorn, because he is then in his most
southern declination, he hath his exaltation m Capnooin, opposite to that
of Jupiter, and his fall in Cancer Again, Venus is natmally moistening,
but mostly so when in Pisces , for which leason she assumes her exaltation
in that sign, and takes her fall m Vugo But Meicuiy being of an opposite
nature, and mostly dry, takes the opposite sign Vugo foi his exaltation, foi
then autumn, the dnest pait of the season, appeals , and he has his fall m
the sign Pisces
Fazmlianties by Teims have been already largely explained m the foiniei
part of this work But it is neccssaiy to lemaik, that the beginning
of the signs, and of the teims also, ought to be made fiorn the begin
mng of the equinoctial and tiopical signs , and this is mamtest, because
we see then natures, and poweis, and familiarities, have not any othci
cause, but from the tropics and equinoxes , foi if other beginnings aie
appointed, we shall eithei be necessitated to use the nature of the signs no
longer in the theoiy of judgments, 01 if we do admit them, we shall
commit erroi by corrupting the distances, and dividing those fiom which
influences are afiorded them
Besides these familiarities of the stars and signs, they also possess what
are called their faces, thrones, and the like Then pioper faco is when
each stai keeps the same figure with the sun and moon, which its house
bears to their houses This is done when Venus makes a sexangular figure
to the lummanes , to the sun, when she is ocoidental, and to the moon
when oriental, according to the succession of houses They aie also said
to be m their thrones, when they have a power in the place they possess,
accoidmg to the foitgoing pieiogahves, by two 01 more testimonies , foi
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then their eneigy and influences are mcieased, hecanse the familiarity of
the ambient twelve signs co-opciates theiewith They are likewise said
to be in their joy, when, although they have no famihanty with the
ambient signs, yet aie so in icspect to otheis of the same condition with
them, and by which likeness there is found a communication by sympathy
So again, when they aie found of an unlike and contiary condition, much
of then powei is diminished, by a new and mixed vutue arising fiom the
diftcient temperature of the ambient signs Hence let it be understood,
that when Mercury is one sign distant fiom the Sun, he is m his face ,
Venus, when two signs distant, Jupitei, when four signs distant, and
Saturn, when five signs fiom the Sun —The same observation holds good
m icspect of the Moon, but then the mle must be made in signs antece-
dent to hei , as if the Moon weie in Meicmy, then Meicury would be so
dignified in Leo , Venus m Cancel , Mais in G-eimm, &e The thiones of
the planets are these , Saturn's thione is in Aquanes , Jupiter's m Sagitta-
rius , Mars's in Scorpio , the Sun's m Loo , Venus's m Tamus, Mercury's
in Vngo , and the Moon's in Cancel
The famihaiities, by application and sepaiation, aie likewise to be con-
sidered m the Doctrine of Nativities Those planets which pieceed, apply
to those which follow , and they that follow, sepaiate fiom those which
pieceed These applications and scpaiations aie likewnse to be considered
with lespect to then latitude , foi the lessei the latitude of planets m
conjunction aie, the more poweiful will be then influence , and if two
planets m conjunction have considerable latitude of difteient denomina-
tions, thou influence will be thcieby much lessened This observation
likewise holds good m dnections , foi the nearer any planet is to the
ecliptic line, the greater will his influence be Moreover, their effects are
either stiong or w eak, m respect of the hon/on , for when they are posited
m the mid-heaven, 01 pass into the place succedent to the mid-heaven, they
aie veiy stiong and powerful, the same also if they are m the horizon
itself, 01 m any of the succedent houses, and more particulaily when m
onental parts But when they are m the imum cceli, or otheiwise posited
under the eaith, their influence is veiy weak, and of but little effect
Fiom all the foiegomg consideiations, it is evident that the efficient
power of the stars, is deduced from their peculiar and natuial aspects, or
pioportional distances, consideied in lespcct of the Sun, the angles, and
the quality of the ambient signs , and by the power and influence of
these aspects, aie all astrological speculations goiemed But how these
aspects wuo first discovered, and their virtues and propoitions ascertained,
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does nn wlicrp appeal , though it might be no difficult task to account

foi both, upon philosophical, and mathematical pimciplcs, since natuie
every where, as well in the motions and cflxots o£ the heavenly bodies,
as m all othei aiithinetical and goomotucal icspects, particulaily celebiates
those pioportions above all otheis Pious, speaking of the aspects, thinks
mankind were led to the knowledge of them, by obsoivmg the diffeient
phases of the Moon , foi when she is new, homed, m hoi quaitois, gib
bossity, ox at full, hei foims aie still changed at these piopoitioncd dis
tanees from the Sun , besides which, it is to be obsoived that in hei annua]
revolutions she is constantly found about the tune of hei own place in the
beginning of the foimei year
Othei astronomers, of established leputation, have likewise obscived,
that nature particulaily points to cveiy configuiation, while wo considei
the motions of the othei planets Abohaaei -judiciously affiiras, that the
two inferior planets, m then stations, desenbe the ark propei to a quai
tile aspect, and Plmy also rocommends to oui obseivation the tune as-
pect, constantly formed by the stations of the thiee supcuoi planots —
But above all, it cannot be oonsidoicd without great admuation, how wondoi-
fully nature hath nobilitated all the aspects in the motions of Satin n
and Jupitei Foi as then conjunctions aie laic, and happen but once
m twenty yeais, so hath natuie evcimore disposed these conjunctions in
the most lemarkable paits of the zodmc, that is, m such signs only as
behold each other m an eqmlateial tnangle insciibed Foi btiween any
two great conjunctions of Saturn and Jupitei, there aie nineteen Egyptian
yeais, thiee bundled and eighteen days, and thnteen Louis, m winch space
of time those planets are moved fiom the place of then foi mm conjunc-
tions eight signs and almost thiee degiees, which excess of thiee degiees
is the cause why aftei ten conjunctions they pass fiom one tuphcity to
another, and one tuphcity continues one bundled mnoty-cight equal yeais,
two bundled sixty-five days, (the mteioakiy day of evciy fouith year
omitted) and ten hours But the revolution of all the triphutics is finished
only once m seven hundied ninety four equal yeais, thiee hundicd thnfy-
one days, and sixteen hours , oi othei wise, m seven hundiod ninety-four
Julian yeais, one hundied thuty thiee days, and sixteen Louis, winch being
doubled, amounts to one thousand five hundied and eighty eight, whirh
number of years those authois are thought to have lespectod, who consi
dered the year 1588, fiom the birth of Chnst, would piove so fatal
From hence theiefore it is, and not without sufficient cause, that they
are termed great conjunctions, both happening larely, and abiding in one
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tnpliat\ almost two handled yeais together and not cumpkating all
the tnplicitiea of the zodiac in much less than eight bundled years ,
consequently they have not yet gone tinough all the trxphcities eight
times since the beginning of the voild Neithei a^e the other aspects
foimed by these planets to pass unnoticed, for whofvei obsenes
when Saturn and Jupitei behold each other by an opposition or quartile
aspect, they will evidently peiceive that they still cam such a regard
to the signs 01 places of then pieceedmg and nevt conjunctions, aseiei-
more to madiate the one and the other with an opposition, sextile, quartile,
or trine aspect, which I think is a sufhcient nroof that nature hath
alluied us to the consicleiation of the aiohs foim,.d by these aspects, m
the paiticular motion of each respective planet
To confiim the vntues and effects of these aspect", we need only con-
sider what physicians aie taught by experience, namely, that the onsis of
all acute diseases hace a palpable and extraoidmary sympathy with all
these five configuiations of the Moon, made to her place at the beginning
of the disease Or as a further pioof, we need only refei to what has
already been said lelative to the tides, which constantly obseive the
motions of the Moon, their spring and highest floods always concurring
with her conjunction and 'opposition to the Sun, as the neaps and lowest
tides always do to hei quaiteis And it is equally letnai table that the
seas, m then daily ebbmg and flowing upon every coast, have respect only
to such azimuthal circles, as aie m a quaitile position when the Moon passes
by them Agam, the Sun most evidently manifests gicat eficcta by the
quartile aspect, since he modifies and governs the vicnseitudes of seasons,
01 four quarteis of the yeai, by his mgiess into the four equinoctial and
tiopical points of the zodiac
The powei of these aspects is not id judiciously stated by Juhua
Firimeus, in the arithmetical obseiva+ion which he mates of the number
of signs agreeable to the aspects 1, 2, 4, 6, answering m progressive
order to the conjunction, sextile, quaiufie, tune, apd opposition , for these
numbers only, and no otheis, will divide the zodiac, consisting of twelve
signs, for which leason he makes them the only aliquot parts of a circle
Ptolomy also added not a little to the dignity of these irradiations, when
he first discovered the geometrical proportion which the subtenses of each
of these aiths bear m respect to the diameter of a circle Otheis again,
with no less ingenuity, have observed, that amongst all regular or ordmate
figures that may be inscribed m a circle, though the same be infinite, there are
none whose sides and angles carry away the prerogativ e at the circumference
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and centre, but those whose sides and angles aie answeiable to the
subtenses and aidis of then aspects Foi amongst all oulmate planes
that may be mscubed, theie aie no two whose sides joined togethei, have
pie eminence to occupy a seimciicle, but the hexagon, quadiate, and equila-
teial triangle, answering to the sextile, quartile, and time madiated The
subtense therefore of a sextile aspect consists of trto signs, and joined to
the subtense of a trine, composed of fom, being icgulai and equilateial,
take up six signs, which is a complete semicircle In like mannei, the
sides of a quadrate mscubed, subtending three signs, and twice icckoned,
also occupy the moiety of a circle And what the foiegouig figuies aie
said to perfoim, either doubled 01 joined togethei, may also be found m
the aspect of opposition , for the diametucal line winch passes fiom the
place of conjunction to the opposite point, divides a cncle into two equal
parts, a circumstance which cannot be found m any othei msonpts Foi
example, the side of a regular pentagon subtends seventy-tw o degrees ,
of an octagon but foity-five., the remainders of which aichs, viz, one
hundred and eight, and one bundled and thnty five degrees, aie not sub-
tended by the sides of any ordmate figuie
And thus, as the subtenses of these aspects are the same with the sides
of the foiegomg mscnpts, and only take up the Cncumfeience of a cuele,
so it is evident, that the angles at which they concm, aie the same wheie-
■with the ordmate planes take up the whole space about the centre For
if we consider the angle of a sextile aspect at the eaith, it is all the same
with that of an equilateial tuangle consisting of sixty dcgices, and con-
tains two thirds of a right angle , but six times two-thuds of a light
angle make foui nght angles , wheiefore six sextiles, equal to six equi-
lateial triangles, fill the whole space about a point, which is equal to four
right angles Secondly, every angle of a quartile is a light angle, and
the same with the angle of a rectangle quadnlateial figure, foui
of which fill a whole space Thndly, the angle which two stais in a
trine make at the oentie of the earth, is measured by an angle of one
bundled and twenty degrees, which is equal to the angle of a regulai hexa-
gon, consisting of a nght angle, and one-thud , and taken thiee times,
makes four right angles, wherefore thiee equilateral hexagons, or tin ec
trine aspects, also fill the whole space about the oentie To these wo
may likewise add the aspect of opposition, which consists of two nght
angles, and therefore being doubled, will perform the like operation with
the rest, whilst any other figure of many angles, however joined
together, will either fall short of four right angles, 01 else exceed them
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Foi iivitdive, tIk' angle o£ a pent igou contain? i n^ht an^le anj one fitch
v\li, \tUerc£oie tluee such angles pln.ed ibout a point uill fall short of
four nght angles hj tNvo fifths of ,i light angle , whilst on the othei hand,
foui such angles will exceed fnui light angles b> foui-fifths
These speculations theiefoie duly consideted, it were senseless to ima
gme that natuie hath so nnny ways distraguished these remaikable irra-
diations of the stais m vain, 01 admonished us to a paitieular regard of
them, by so many laie and seciet opciations, as well m the motion of the
planets, as m then e/lccts and prupoitiuiis, if they were not endued
with more foioe and \utue than any of the others Hence it has given
scope to the ingenuity and abilities of the leamed to assign a cause, why
these few umfigmations, abo\ c all the otheis, should be endued with such
ootraoidinaiy efficacy Noi has any leason yet been given, with more
appaient piobabihty, than that these piopoitions, whereof the aspects are
found to consist, aic precisely the same with those which are found m
harmomcal concoids , for which reason it is supposed no less piobable,
that the lays of the stars m these proportioned distances, should pow er-
fully affect the mattei of all sublunaiy things, by the same rule that the
like geometncal symmetry m sounds and voices should stir up the sense
and passions of the hearer And it is an established obseivation through-
out the pioductions of natme, that wheie due proportion is not want-
ing, theie she nevei fails to endue all hei effects with such an height of
perfection, as cannot but strike the sense and undeistandmg of eveiy ob-
srrvei And thus it is even m aitificial compositions, and in medicines , for
we know those only to be most kind and sovereign, which obseive a compe-
tent symmetry or temperatuie of the active and passive qualities With
great propriety^, therefore, and with every appearance of truth, most of
the learned agree with Ptolemy, that the cause of this wonderful efficacy
in the foiegomg aspects, proceeds in a gieat measure from haimomcal
proportion
But more clearly to demonstiate this similitude or affinity between the
proportions of the aspects, and the like distances observed m musical
concoids, we must uudeistand that all harmony whatsoever originally
spnngs from three such terms of numbers as respect each other in such
a mannei, that their differences invariably retain the same proportion as
is found between then extiemes For mstance, in these three numbeis,
6, 4, 3, answenag to the signs of the opposition, trine and quartile con-
figurations, it is evideui, if we compare the extiemes with the mean,
that 2 will be the difference between 6, the first, and 4, the secon4
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number , and 1 is m like manner between the middle or leennd, and 1,

the third number , but 2 being double m proportion to 1, therefore b,
the first number, respects 3, the third number with the like proportion
The analogy of which proportions, as before stated, is found to be the basis
of all music, a nsmg wholly from these thiee simple concouhng distances,
wluch by musicians are termed diapente, consisting of a sesquialter propor-
tion, at 6 to 4 , or, which is all the same, of three to two , diatesiaron, com-
pounded of a sesquitertia, as 4 to 3 , and diapason, consisting of a double
proportion, as 6 to 3, or 2 to 1 , and is equal to the two liist distances
and proportions put together For a sesquialter added to a sesquitertia,
according to the rules of proportion, will produce a diapason, or double
proportion, exactly such as is found between the foimer evtremes com-
pared together, nz as 6 to 3 In like manner, by compiling the diapa
son with both these parts, that is, with the sesquialtei and sesquitertia,
according to the customary manner of supputatmg propoitions, we arc
brought to the two other compounded or imperfect concords, so constituting
the five first and natural distances m harmomcal sounds, that being du c rsely
and judiciously vaned between themseh es, produce an infinite variety of all
kinds of melody
After the same mannei we find it, with regard to the light and influ-
ence of the heavens For although theie aie othei aspects attributed
to the stars, both zodiacal and mundane, yet these five veie ancicnth,
and are even now observed as being most apt to action, and most poueiful
in their effects, namely, the conjunction, opposition, trine, quaitile, and
eextile , and there is nothing moie certain, than that by the harmomcal
mixture of these proportioned beams, the generation and cunuption of
this mortal world is infinitely varied and governed Wheiefoie, as the force
of all harmony, so likewise the effectual reason of all action m the
influence of the stais, is piopeily deduced fiom the afforesaid syinmctiy
of these distances But more fully to illustiate that the augles of
the aspects, compared between themselves, concur with these haimomc
proportions m music, let it be remembeied, that stais m an opposite
or diametrical aspect, are disjoined by the space of two light angles,
which are measuied with the arch of six signs, oi one hundred and
eighty degrees of encumference , and that the trne, consisting of four
signs, or one bundled and twenty degrees, constitutes one light angle,
and one third of anothei , also, that the quurtile aspect takes up one entire
right angle, and is subtended with the arch of three signs, Oi ninetj degiees ,
and likewise that a sextije is constituted but of two signs, of sixty degrees,
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which is two thirds of a right angle This being admitted, if we now
conipate the two right angles of the opposition, taken together with the
angles of the rest of the aspects, and either the time placed between the
opposition and the quartile, or the quartile between the opposition alid the
sc\tile, wp shall find cither way thiee numbers which admit all the taws of
harmonic piopoition, as becomes evident by the following figures c

\V ,
\ '-"gkialy? , /

f\0 ,

C
{elctrlt

-g&ft earn -1

The fust figure sufficiently e\pltiins itself , but m the second, let the
opposition he compared with the textile, and it will be found to have a
triple pioportion to the tame, compounded of a double and sc-sqinalter
proportion, as diapente is with diapason in music , and hence it is found
0
The first figme pioies the thiee concords to have tinec prefect
aspects , and the second shews the se\file to be an imperfect aspect, agree-
able to diapente cmn diapason, that is, a triple piopoition, as 60 is to 80
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no simple or peifeot aspect but exactly anstierable to B flat, the first
imperfect or compounded concoid m music, being a sixth from 6 folie
ut, nhich is nexertheless m some lespects esteemed peifect, because it
bears the same dmsioii compaied to D/oZ je, as the peifect coucoids do ,
for it is half a fifth, and situate m the centie between x ut and D fol re
Again, the sextile aspect compared with the time, is just one half there-
of, which has been already pi oved to be m a sesqmalter propoition to the
opposition, as D fol re is to r ut, and theiefoie exactly corresponds with
the diapente m music , which I here take occasion to mention again, be-
cause I may hereaftei allude to it, when I come to speak of the new
aspects What I have already said, will suffice to shew the philosophical
speculation of those who have ascribed the efficacy of the planetary
irradiations to the harmomcal ptoportions which are found between them
And since it is obvious that these aspects do really beai the same mutual
respect one tow aids another, as all haimomcal concords are found to retain
among themselves, what reason can be assigned, why natuie's opeiations
in the lights and influences of the heacenly bodies, should not be governed
by this symmetry of pioportion, in the same manner as we find to be
universally admitted m the science of music '
But all this idthei selves to illustiate a simile, and to piovo that nature
has indeed distinguished these pioportions with extiaordmaiy virtues
above any other, than to satisfy the mind vJhy, in the infinite variety of
sounds and lights, these piopoitions only should conespond so sweetly
m music, and be most efteetual m the opeiations of nature Kepler, with
a shew of plausibility, has endeavouied to demonstiate, that God, in the
creation of the woild, obseived the same pioportion m the magnitude and
distance of the celestial spheies, that is found in the regular solids which
in geometry have then ongin from the oidmate planes , and theiefoie
concludes, that the motions of the heavenly bodies coirespond most
sweetly, and co-operate most poweifully togcthei, when the nature of
sublunary things, endued, as he supposes, with a sensitiv e facultv, appiehends
and receives the beams of the stais by then concunence at the centre of
the eaith , which answers to the ordmate planes, from whence the leguUnty
of these proportions is dem ed, as the impiessed chaiacteis of that
admirable symmetry which God is said to have observed m the cieation of
the world And hence he supposes that as often as any eaithly subsTance
meets with these propoitions, it is affected as it weie by this idea, and
exercised m such a manner, that what it but oidmanly peifoims at other
Bines, it will now pioduce with much moie effect Not that these proper
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tions work any thing of themselvs , for in mubir, it is neither the sounds,
nor the propoitiou of the contoids, that work any thing of* themselves, or
beget any delight m the heaier , but the soul, approaching to the organs
of sense, there ftrot entei tains the sounds inwardly, then regaids their
proportions, and, finding the same good and geomehical, lastly exhilaiates
itself, and moves the body wherem it is, as with an object- wherein it
takes delight Such also is the sympathy between the heavenly influences,
and all sublunary matter, animate, or inanimate
But be this conceit of Kepler's as it may, we are not without sufficient
geometrical demonstiation, to shew the icason why these pioportions, or
irradiations of the stais, are more eftectual than any others For since it
is admitted that an union of beams afford the greatest influence, so it is
allowed that the conjunction and opposition aic foi this reason the moBt
potent and powerful configmdtions of all, otheis, as is shewn by the follow-
ing figure, V/here wc hud the beams, as well incident as reflected, to ba
united

Gr A ^

For let A be supposed m conjunction mth B, it is first manifest that

all the beams flowing from G and E, the points of -touch m the circum
fcrence of A. shall unite themselves with the beams that are sent from
B to C, the eaith's centre Secondly, we are also to obseive, that m this
case the beams A C. 01 B C, coming fiom the centre of the stais, reflects
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only into itsulf, as being perpendicular , wheieas thoso beams winJi are
sent from the points E and G- make an acute angle at C, and icfiect the one
into the other at equal angles , as Gr C reflect fiom 0 to E, and E C fiom G
to Gr Lastl), the union that happens m an opposition is mamfest without
any illustration, where the beams sent fiom the opposite points make but
one straight line, as G E, and E H, m the foiegomg figme
In like nunnei, m my eontempl ition, the conflguuitions of the sextde
and trme, have a concunence of then beams at the earth, and a mutual
reflection of the one into the othei, and so an union by rcflecUon, as m
the following figure is manifest

Foi admit A B C to be tluee stan, A and B m a soxtile configiuation,

and A C m a time tben for so much as B F, the beam incident of the
sextile, falls doliquely m lespect of A F, and makes an acute angle thwe
•with, it is evident to any one -who has the smallest undeistandmg m the
optics, that B F shall reflect to C, and so be united to C F, the incident
of the star C which is m a time configiuation with A For the same
reason C F chull leflect to the star m B, and he also united with B F, the
incident of the star at B And hence arise the giounds of that fannlianty
m these archs of heaven, winch Ptolemy has kid down as the most apt
for the Apheta of life, or the houses of the figuio
But the quartile aspect, whose beams only out each other ad angulos
rectos, and so reflect into themselves, denves its pimcipal virtue from the
exact proportion of its angles in taking up the centre of the earth - and
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hence the im^hry o£ these conliguratious wholly coisist an this, that
theee irudutions only, and those that ate dcnved from thon aie propor-
tionable nnto all patible mattoi, and theiefoie most efhcitual Tor that
these madutions only are etery wiy propoitionable, has been aheady
abundantly pro*> ed, uhethei we respect their taking up the circumference,
the power and proportion of their subtenses unto the diameter, or lastly
and principally, then occuptiag of place at the ccntie of the earth by
their angles, whereby they must needs shine upon all elementary matter
with a due and even mixtuie of light and influence And since no other
archs, subtenses, or angles, aie found to enjoy these prerogatives, it 13
evident that these, above all or'me s. hate that S}mmetry of proportion
which is neither detectn e, mteirupted, nor redundant, but such are the
archs, subtenses, and angles of these irradiations, that these and no other,
are exacrij pioportionablc Now as that which is defective, and wants
equality of piopoition, leaves the action frustrate, and without eftect, so
that which on the other hand offends in excess, must needs incur the
contrary fault, and oveichaige that which either nature or ait intended to
perform, wheieby it will necessarily follow, that wherever there is no
defect, nor eccess, but an equal and just mixture of the influence of tha
stars m these niadiatious, these only can be apt and proper to produce
perfect and agioeablc effects m the foimation and temperature of all
sublunary things P01 it happens in these effects winch ale pioduoed by
the mixtuie of light and heat, just the same as in chemical operations,
where a defect of heat pioduces nothing while, on the contrary, excess
will dcstioy the whole, either by sublimation, \ itnficdtion, eruption, and
the like
Haimg thus satisfactorily shewn how the points of the ordinafe planes,
whereunto these configurations have been compaied, often reiteiated, do
take up place, I shall now set forth how the beams of any two stars la
any one of the foimei configuiations, shall occupy more space than that
which is compiehended between then incidents or beams of true motion ,
and how by their beams, either incident, icflectcd, 01 opposite, thej occupy
and possess the whole eentie of the eaith at one instant with proportionable
angles To demonstiate this, m lespect to the conjunction and opposition,
whose font rather depends upon union than propoition, I net d < mly ref er
the icadei to a new of the last diagiam but one, where he will find that
the united beams of such stais as aie m conjunction and opposition,
sunonnd the centre, and all elementaiy mattoi whatsoever, eubiect to the
actions of heaven With regard to the quartrle, whose beams incident
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aud opposite tiaveise the ctntio of the earth at fom ught angles, n/,
at A F G, G F I, A F II ind H F I , and seeing four points of a lectmgle
quadrilateral figure hath been already pioved to occupy place, I likewise need
no other proof in this oonfigmation, than that the icadei will m the last figuie
observe how these four right angles, made by one quaitile aspect, take up
the centie of the eaith But cunceimng the trine and sextile aspects, wc
ha\e yet moie to consider, foi suppose two stars, A and B, in the last
diagiam, irradiate the earth with lien se\tile beams , although it be tiue,
that by protracting the opposite beam fiom B to F, the centie of the eaith
seems occupied mth propoitionable angles, B F A being subtended by
the arch of sixty degrees, which is befoie dechued to be the angle of an
ordmate equilateral triangle, and so leaves the outwaid angle B F I equal
to the angle of an oiditate hexagon, subtended heie bj the aieh of one
hundred and twent) degrees, which is the arch of a tune , and the like
being also found in the angles made by the opposite beams ad vei ticem ,
jet, nevertheless, we must here consider how the incident beam of B, vi/ ,
B F, reflects into C, and so takes up the whole semicircle A B C I with
throe sexhles, viz , A F B, B F 0, and C F I In like manner, if we
fcuppose C to be m a tnangulai configuration with A, it is evident that as
the opposite beam of A, nz , F I, makes a sextile with the incident beam
of a star at C, viz , C F , so C F, being the beam incident of the stai at C,
reflects also to the point B, and so makes the same tlnee sextile aspects
wherewith the aforesaid whole semicnele is occupied, as aboi e demons-
trated These considerations will undoubtedly satisfy the leader how any
two stars, m either of the aspects above alluded to, pioportionably occupy
the whole centre of the earth m the same moment of time, without
reiterating the same angle
i I have hitherto only spoken of what are termed the old configmations,
•which are indisputably the most excellent, but I shall now mention what
are called the new ones, as mtioduced by the ingenious Kepler, namely,
the qmntile, consisting of seventy-two degiees, the biqumtile, of one
hundred and forty-four degiees , and the sesqmquadrate, of one hundred
and thirty five degrees , winch aspects being added to the foi mer, make
eight configurations, answering to the eight consonant stops in a
monochord These nexv additions are by no means impropeily made, since
many eminent praotioners of this science have expeuonced then utility ui
speculations on the weather and meteors , as well ay in bunging up the
accidents of a nativity Neither is theie any want of philosophical or
mathematical demonstrations to support them , foi as in music there aie
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but thicc pcifcot concoiJ? uimclj, the diapason, ihajicule, and diatcs
saion , so m isliology thcie aie tjnt tlnce peifect aspects aiiswtiablo to
them, viz , the opposition, the time, and the quntale , the sc\ti]o having
nheady been pioved an impcifect a^peut, an^woung c\actljr to B flat, the
hist among the impcifoct and compounded concoids Wheicfoie, consi-
denng that the fimt tlueo poifoct concoids aie found to have then peifect
aspects ausiveiablc unto them, and that B flat, being an impeifcct concoid,
is also found to agtee exactly m piopoition avith the scxtde, being an
nnpoifcct aspect, this imrloubtcdly g.aae Ifeplci sufficient icason to conceive
that the othei haimomcdl piopoitions contained in the same monochoul,
might also have thou aspects, namely, the quintde, biqmntilc, and sesqui-
quadiate, which aio precisely found to concspond ivith them, and aie m
a bimilai dcgice elfectual m then mode of opeiation ^

Thus haymg explained what the aspects 01 configmations

of the planets leally aie, and pioved that then power and in-
fluences aie giounded upon philosophical and mathematical
pnnciples, I shall now pioceed to show then applications m
tho issues of human hfo, fiom the conception to the grave.
It is, I behve, umveisally admitted, that the hegimng of
human geneiation takes place at the time of conception* ; and
thercfoie we ought to be exact m asceitaimng this time, and
in consideiing the affective powei of the configurations of the
stais, as they then happen to bo posited and fiom thence
contemplate the qualities of the mind and body. Foi m the
beginning, although the seed at once assumes a quality by the
commumeation of the cucum-ainbient mattei, which at other
times of its foimation and inciease becomes ditfeient; yet
natmally, as it incieases, it letains its own piopei mattei, and
is lendaied moie like the peculiar nature of the fiist quality,
with which it was impiossed at tho time of conception But
if it be of some impoitance to know the time of conception,
it is infinitely moie so, to know the ti ue time of buth ; for

* | i-rftq «i\s,

v
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by the fitst the accidents only befoie bntli ate hnown , but
by the second, tho^e incidents (o om ^hole lives ate to bo
discoveied Wheiefoie one ma} be called a beginning, and
%9 otliei an aftei-beginmng, the fust, the geneiation ot
human seed , the second, that of Man Foi m this state tho
infant assumes many things which it had not whan m tho
womb, and these pecuhai to human nahne alone, and the foi
mation of the body And although the piopeities of tho
celestial and elementaly mattoi seoms to confei nothing at the
time of bnth, m lespect to the foi mation ol the child, yet it
opeiates most foicibly upon it m othei lespects, foi nature,
aftei peifoctmg the foi mation, disposes the ensuing effect
accoidmg to the state of the foimei at the beginning Hence
it is leasonable, m those si hose time of conception is unknown,
that the configuiations of the stais foimed at then bnth, should
be sigmficatne , not that it wholly contains an effective ponei,
but because it necessanly hath a powei by natuie snnilai to the
effective But it is ahvaj s best, if the time of conception can
be had, to compare it with the time of bnth , foi the tune of
conception shews what shall happen to the infant w-hile in the
womb , as whethei it shall be stiong or weak, fiim 01 mfiim,
peifeet 01 impeifect, male 01 female, single m twins, 01 whethei
it shall ailive to the full and perfect time of bnth But the
occunences of life aftei bnth aie to be consideied fiom the
position of the heavens at the bnth only.
Now since nothing can be piedicted m astiology without
this fundamental guide, namely, the ladiv, 01 tme time of
birth, vanous methods have been invented in diffeient ages, foi
the purpose of ascei taming this point with piecision, aftei tho
estimate 01 supposed time is given. And this is tenned the
lectification of nativities, because the time usually noted down
by paients 01 midwives is seldom correct, eithei thiough inat-
tention, 01 eriois m clocks , but by these rules, the diffeience
between the estimate or supposed time, and the leal, is dis-
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coveied and collected This iccLifieitton is done by vaiiou?

ivajs , fiibt, by the Tintme of Ilcimea , secondly, by the
Ammodei of Ptolemy , and tliudly, by accidents of the native's
lite, which is also fivefold , fiist, accouline to Algol, secondly,
occonhng to Kepler, tlmdly, accoulmg to Monnus , fomthly,
by the Inmuiaues ; and fitthly, by a new and moie couect
method.
By the Tmtino of Heimes, eiect the figme to the estimate
tune of bnth, and icctify the Moon's place tlieieto ; then take
hei distance fiom the ascendant, if she bo mulei the eaith, 01
fiom the seventh honsc, if above the caith, by subtiaetmg the
angles fioin the Moon's place , adding thereto the tlnee han-
dled and sixty degiees of the zodiac, if subtiaction cannot bo
made 'nitliout, then with the lemamdei entei the following
table nndei the column of Moon's distance, and even with it,
in the second colnnin, if the bnth was in Febiunry, m the
tlnul column, if m Jannaiy oi Dccembei ; m the fouith column,
if m Apnl oi Scptembei , oi m the fifth colnmn, if in Maich,
May, June, July, August, Octobei, oi November, will be found
an equation of days to be added to, or subtiacted fiom, the day
of bnth, aecoiding to the letteis A or S, at the top of each
lespaetne colnmn, whose sum or diffeience gives the day of
the month, in the month of conception , always obseivmg,
that if the yeai of bath be a leap ycai, one day moie mast
be added*.
"By the Trutme of Ilenims the Alocm's distance fiom tho ascendant
must bo found m sinns and degiees, if she tie undei tho eaitb, by sub-
tiaetmg the angle fiom it , hut if above, her distance must be found fiom
the 7tli hmi-e in a sinulai niannei If subti action cannot be made, 12
signs must be added to tho Moon's place
Entei the foilosv mg table with tho icmaimng number m the column
maiked Moon's "distance", and m the opposite columns, aeooiding to ttie
month of bnth, will be found a numhei of days, which must be added
to the day oi bnth oi feiibtiacted fiom it, accoidmg as '' add " oi " sub "
u. maiked abote the column, and the .sutn oi lemamdei will gito tho clay
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If the tinth vm m Januaiy, the month, of conception Mas
Apul , if Fohmaiy, the mouth of conception was May , if
of iho month, m the month of eoiicoption Should the j'cai of bnth
be a leap-^eaij anotliti day must be added

THE TABLE

Bikth in Bimii IN

Mai | Mai
Maj, j May,
Jan Api June, Jan Apul June,
oi oi July, Feb oi oi July,
Deem Sept Aue,t Deem Sept : Aunt
Octo Octo
Nov

Moon's S
distance add add j add sub distance I add I add add add

0 0 3 2 1 0 6 0 0 i 2 3
0 13 2 1 sub 1 5 17 1 2 3 4
0 26 1 sub 1 2 5 4 2 3 4 5
1 9 sub 1 2 3 4 21 3 4 5 6
1 21 1 2 3 4 4 9 4 5 6 7
2 4 2 3 4 5 3 26 5 6 7 8
2 17 3 4 5 6 3 13 6 7 8 9
3 0 4 5 6 7 3 0 7 8 9 10
S 13 5 6 7 8 2 17 8 9 10 11
3 26 6 7 8 9 2 4 9 i 10 11 12
4 q 7 8 9 10 1 21 10 11 12 13
4 21 S 9 10 11 1 9 11 12 13 11
5 4 9 10 11 12 0 26 12 13 14 15
5 17 10 11 12 13 0 13 n 14 15 16
S 0 11 12 13 14 0 0 14 15 1G 17

If the bnth was m Januaiy the conception was m Apul

If Febiuaiy, m May If August, m Noicmbei
If Maich, m June If Septembei, m Deccmbei
If Apul, in July If Octobei, in Januaiy
If May, m August If Nmemlia, m Fcbmuv
If June, in Septcmbei If Deccmbei, in Maidi
If July, m Octoboi,
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Mai oh, June , if Apnl, July , if May, August , if June, Sep-
tombei , if July, Octobci , if August, Novemboi , if Septem-
ber, December , if Octobei, Januaiy , if Novembei, Februaiy ;

WUen all this 15 found, get the Moon's place on the same tnno of the
day of conception as tho biith was on, and make this the tme degioe
and minute on tho cusp of horoscope
It may bo also done by suhtiacting the Sun's light ascension at the
tune of conception fioni its light ascension at the time of Until (taken
in the table of houses opposite the Moon's place, and adding 360 degiees,
if ix cannot be done without), and if it be m xmic, oi tinned into tune,
the lemamdoi will bo the tine houi and minute of coneoption , and the
degioc and minute in which the Moon was then in, is the minute ascending
at the buth
EXAMPLE —Suppose the native to bo bom March the 22nd, 1765, at
■2h 40m A M this is the estimate time
I find the Moon m 8 deeicos 12mm of Aues, and 7 degiees 31min
of Capiieoinus on tho cusp of the hoioscopc
8 Deg Mm
Moon's place. 0 8 12
Add foi subtiaction, 12 0 0

12 8 12
Cusp of the ascendant, 9 7 31

Moon's distance, 3 0 41
As the Moon is undoi tho eaith, I entci, that column at 3s 0 deg , and
undei column foi Mai oh, I find 7 days to be subtracted, which gives the
time of conception on the 15tli of Juno piocedmg , and the Moon's
place on that day at 40min aftoi 2 o'clock in the morning, is the mi-
nute that, acGOiding to Ileimcs, should ascend at the birth This ceitam-
ly mcnts a tnal, and, so fai as my exneiicnco extends, I hate little doubt
but that tins name sign ascends both at tho conception and at the bnth It
should he umaiked, that this Hi imos was not the Tnsmogistus of Egypt,
all of uho.e woiks ,ue lost, but a Chustnin authoi, who wiote m the
second ccntiuj "—WUson
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and if Decembei, Maicli Then bung the Moon's place, tho

day of concoption, to the sign, degiee, and minutes ascending,
at the estimate time, foi the hue time of conception Oi thin,
subtract the light ascension of the Sun at the estimate time of
conception, fiom the light ascension at the estimate time of
bnth, (talien m the table of Homes light against the Moon's
place, utidei the ascendant, adding the thiee bundled and si\ty
degiees of the zodiac as befoio, if subhaction cannot othenvise
be made) the lemamdei, couveited into time, is the hue Iioiu
and minute of conception The degiee and minute of tho
sign in t\Inch the Moon vras posited at conception, is tho tine
degiee and minute ascending at bnth, accoulmg to the tine
time of Hei mes
To lechfy by the Ammodei of Ptolemy, erect the figmo
as near as possible to tho estimate time of bnth, and consulei
m what sign, and m what degiee of that sign, the new Moon
happened that last pieceded the bnth , 01 if a full Moon moie
neaily pieceded the time of bnth than a new, then note
the degiee of the sign •nheiem eithci of tho Inminanes neio
posited, that weie above the eaith , but if one of the Inminanes
be exactly using, and tho othoi setting, piefci that which is
using Then obseive which of the planets hath moH dignities
by tuphcity, house, exaltation, teim, oi configuiation, m the
degiee of such piecedmg new Moon, 01 m the degiee of the
luminaiy above the eaith, 01 that ascends as such piecedmg
full Moon, and also what sign and degiee then ascends upon
the honzon, or that culminates 01 possesses the cusp of the
tenth hou»e , and if the degiee of the planet, dignified as above,
bo situated neaiai the degiee ascending, than to the degiee cul-
muiatnig, place the same dcgieo in numbei ot the sign ascend-
ing, upon the cusp of the ascendant, that such luhng planet
possessed of the sign he was in But on the conhniy, it the
planet be neaiei the degiee on the cusp of the tenth house oi
medium cosh, than to the ascendant, then tho degiee cuhm-
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aating, oi possessing tlie cusp of the mid-heaven, must be
made the same with the degiee the said planet vwis in, and so
accoiding to the sign and degiee thus asceitamed, must the
othei houses of the figuie be v.uied, and this mil be the tme
time of the native's bath Bat if it should happen that two
planets have equal dignities m the degiees afoiesaid, prefei
that which is posited the nemcst to (he ascendant. Ptolemy
fuithei obseives, that «hat sign the Moon is m at the time of
biith, is the veiy sign nhich ascended at the conception , and
again, whatevei sign the Moon is in at conception, that, oi the
opposite, will be the sign ascending al bnth
To lectify by accidents, acco.dmg to the method of Argol,
set the scheme exactly to the estimate time, and diaw it into a
speculum, then inn down the columns m the speculum, belong-
ing to the ascendant and medium eceh, considenng uhat dnec-
tions might most piobably signify the accidents given, obseivmg
the ascendant foi accidents befalling the bodv , the medium
cceh foi things ielating to ciedit or reputation, as tiade, honoui,
dishonoui, piefeiment &c , and conveit the time of the accident
into an aich of dnection, by Nnibod's measuie of time , and then
finding the tiue, light, 01 oblique ascension of the piomissoi
mth latitude, if he hath any, fiom n Inch snbtiactmg the aich
of direction, the lemamdei will be the light ascension of the
medium cceh, 01 oblique ascension of the ascendant If it be
the oblique ascension of the ascendant, substiact ninety degiees
fiom it, the lemamdei will be the light ascension of the medium
cceh collected, between which, and the light ascension of the
medium cceh of the supposed time, take the diffeience , which
add 01 subtiact to or fiom the supposed time, accoiding as
the light ascension of the medium cceh did inciease or
deciease, and the sum oi diffeience is the tiue tune of bnth
leqnn ed
Secondly, accoiding to Keplei, gathei a table of the SmTs
place, foi eighty, ninety, oi one bundled days, moie or less, imme-
 [ iO ]
diately succegdino the day of buth , then having the time of
the accident, immboL so many days of the Ban's motion, as
theie weio yeais elapsed fiom the bath, making piopoition
foi the odd days, and find the Sun's place at that time, with the
right ascension theieof, which subtiact from the oblique ascen-
sion of the piomissor denoting the accident, added to two
handled and seventy degiees, the lemaindei is the light ascen-
sion of time conected , wheie note, that having set the figmo
to the estimate time, calculate the Sun's place theieto, and find
the diffeience between that and his place at noon the day ot
birth, which, if it exceeds his place of buth, subtiact the
afoiesaid diffeience fiom his place at noon, agieemg with that
day signifying the numbei of years, in which the accident
happened, but if it be less, add , so shall the diffeience or sum
be the Sun's direction foi yeavs complete , then, foi the odd
days of the accident, if any be, find the Sun's diumal motion,
m the said collection against the day signifying the said numbei
of yeais, and say, as thiee bundled and sixty-five days, six
hours, is to the Sun's diurnal motion ; so are the the said odd
days to the odd minutes, which aie to be added to the Sun's
duection afoiesaid, which sum is the Sun's tiue place at the time
of bnth But to lectify it by an accident compared with the
Inedium cceli, subtiact the right ascension of the Sun, found by
the foimei rule foi the year and day of the accident, fiom the
right ascension of the piomissoi, by adding three bundled and
sixty degiees, if subtiaction cannot be made without, and the
remainder is the right ascension of time corrected
Thirdy, accoidmg to Mormus, to rectify the ascendant 01
medium cceh, by a duection to the conjunction or opposition
of the promissor of any accident, is exactly the same with
Argol, but if it be to the sextile, quaitile, 01 time of any
such promissoi , fast, find then latitude, and then m all ies-
pects follow the same method as is above gnen in the dnec-
tions of Algol.
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Tu lacbfy Ly tlio lammaiiosj pioceiiJ as follows * If no

Juoction of 01 anolos \m1I answoi to the accident giveiij
and it bo oimiiont, coneidoi tho poaition of tlio lummaues, and
soo what dncetion of cithoi of them might most piobably
sigmfy the same , winch done, find tho lummancs pole of
position exactly foi its place m the estimate figme, undei
v.hich pole ducct the «aid lammaiy to the said piobable pio-
imssoi, and find the cliftcience bctueon that, and the time
of the accident convoitod into an arch of dnection , then
make a second supposition, at tho pole of position, woiking as
befoie , and noting the dirfeienco between the aiches of tho
two dnoctions, say, as the diffoienco of these two aiches, is
to the diif'eionco in tho poles of position, so is the fiist afoie-
? ud diffoienco, to tho diffeicnco between tho fiist supposed
pole of position, and the tiuo polo of tho lummaiy pioposed ;
but it ia necossaiy horo, that the estimate time be given pietty
exact Thus, having found the tine pole of position, it gives
the tine oblique ascension oi descension of tho lummaues,
with its distance fiom the meudian , by which may bo
found the meduun cuch couect, and theicby the true tune of
bn th
Besides these, theio aie sovoial new methods of lectily-
mg nativities by accidents. Foi instance, set the figme to
the estimate time, and diawa speculum theioto, m which,
besides the aspects of the planets, mscit also the aspects which
the ascendant and medium coeh make with ovoiy sign, this
done, considoi what piomissois occm to a conjunction, sex-
tilc, quaitilo, time, oi opposition of the ascendant oi medium
cmh, might piobably signify it, and foi evoiy yeai account
one day m the Ephcmoiio, to the yeai emient, m which tho
accident happened, find that piomissoi's place (in that day
.idheung to tho yeai cuueut) ioi tho estimate time of bnth ;
saymg, as twenty torn horns is to the planet's dimnal motion,
so aie the houis and minutes elapsed liom noon, to the
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minutes to be added 01 subtiacted to 01 fiom the planet's
place at noon Unit day , accoulmg as the s.ud planet was
eithei dnect 01 letiogiade , then lastly, as thue bandied
and siKty-five days six bouis are to that piomissoi's duunal
motion, so is the numbei of days elapsed fiom the buth, at
the teimination of which, the accident fell out, to the
minutes to be again added 01 subtiacted to 01 fiom the
aforesaid place of the said piomissoi, as he was dnect 01 letio-
giade , to which veiy degiee and minute the ascendant 01
medium cceli mast be brought But if theie be no duectiou
of the ascendant 01 medium cceli to signify that accident ,
consider what othei sigmficatoi, being dnected to any likely
piomissoi, might effect the same , and in the Ephemens against
that day, signifying the numbei of the yeais current , foi the
estimate time of buth find the place of the said piomissoi ,
then say, as thiee hundied and sixty-fiye days six houis aio
to twrenty-fom hours , so aie the days elapsed, in which
the accident happened fonn the birth-day, to their piopoi-
tioned paifc . secondly, as twenty-four houis aie to the sigm-
ficatoi 's diurnal motion, so is the afoiesaid piopoitional part
to the minutes and seconds, which aie to be subducted out
of the place of the afoiesaid piomissoi , and the lemamder
is the exact place of the said sigmficatoi at the tine time
of buth In this case it will be necessaiy to have the estimate
time veiy near, and that the Sun, Venus, Meicury, 01 the
Moon, be significators, and Satuin, Jupitei, 01 Mais, 01 then
aspects, promissois , otheiwise if the moie weighty planets be
significatois, take the diurnal motion of the piomissoi, and
work as befoie ; subducting these minutes and seconds fiom
the sigmficatoi, and the lemamdei is the exact place of the
promissor, at the tme time of buth If yet no direction
appears, which may signify the given accident, consider the
Moon's directions on the light hand page of the Ephemens,
against the day signifying the year cunent in which the
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accident happened , and allowing two horns ioi a month, sub-
tiact the days elapsed hom the buth-day, iiom the horns
and minutes, adhenng to the lunai aspect, and the lemam-
dei will be the hom and minute ot bnth collected The
same obseivation likewise holds good with lespect to the mutual
aspects
But the shoitest, easiest, and most simple "nay of lectifymg
a nativity, and which includes all the peifections of the foie-
going, piovided the estimate time does not exceed two houis
of the leal, is as follows Having elected the figme to the
estimate time, obseive vhethei either of the luiniuaiies be
posited in the centie of any one of the thiee pume angles,
namely, the ascenaaut, medium coeh, 01 seventh house, 01 near
them, and if so, bung eithei of them to the cusp of the angle,
and the degiee and minute they weie in, is the true tune of
bnth But if neithei of these aie found thus centiically posi-
ted, noi neai the cusps of either of those angles, then bung
them to a light paiallel fiom angles, and that will be the tiue
time If thou positions will not admit of this, observe the
two benefic planets Jupitei and Venus, and note whether
either of them aie situated as above specified, namely, m the
centre of the angles, or m a light paiallel with either of the
luminanes, that is to say, with the Sun by day, 01 the Moon
by night, and eithei of these biought to the cusps as befoie,
will give the tine time of birth So likewise eithei of the
malefic planets Saturn and Mais, if found posited m the centre of
the angles, 01 neai then cusps, 01 in paiallel to eithei of the
luminanes as above, will be the piorogatoi of life, and likewise
shew the tiue time of bnth, but these last positions aie
raiely if evei found m the schemes of giown person's nativi-
ties, because then influences, if not collected by the lays of
benevolent stais, aie of so deshuciive a tendency, that they
gcnciully cut oft hie in a shott time, eithei m luiaucy, or at
least in the hist stage ol life.
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Now having brought a nativity fiom itb estimative 01 sup-
posed time, to that of the leal, we are next to considei its
proper and contingent paits and sigmScations, so fai as they
relate to accidents befoie bnth, and to those aftei the subject
comes into the woild , as also to paients, bicthem, and rela-
tions of the native The paiticulai consideiatiors befoie bnth
relate to sex , as whcthei the infant be male 01 female , and
likewise to numboi, as whethei theie bo twins 01 not The
causes of defomnty, of monsteis, and of those which perish
m tho womb foi want of nourishment, aie also included in
this pait of the doctime of nativities Eat the paiticulai sub-
jects of enquuy aftei bnth, lolato to the length of hfo, and
foim of the body , to bodily diseases, and accidental hints and
blemishes of the membeis , to tho faculties of tho mmd, and
mental affections They hhewiso includo the futmo foiiuno
of tho native, as well in possessions, as indignities, and also
in the quality of his actions Then concerning marriage and
piocieation , the haimony of fuends, and animosity of enemies ,
next of tiavelhng , and lastly, of death—But the considoia-
tion concerning death, is naturally joined to that which ielates
to the space of life, since it shews the quality and mode of its
termination.
It may natmally bo asked, how these events aie severally
and lespoctivoly distingm&hed ? To explain this, let it bo always
romobmcrcd, that foi any paiticulai event, wo aie to icfei to
such poculiai place in tho zodiac, which is piopci to that
species of action m the gemtme, coacoming which wo mo
about to enquue. And whatcvci stai is found to have domimon
in such place, eithci by tnphcity, house, exaltation, tonn, 01
configmation, such stai shall have dominion of tho cicufc
But if two or moio stais shall bo found m these sevcial posi-
tions, then that stai which has fnmihauty by most ways,
namely, that has tho majoiity of dignities, shall be taken as
inlei of the event, and shill assume the dominion accoidingly
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The quality of the event is always known fiom tko nature of
these ruling stais, adiled to that of the signs m which thoso
stais aio posited, and the fcimihauhes thoy have with the other
significant paits of the heavens The extent and impoitance
of the event is known fiom the lordships and domnnons of
these lulmg stais, accoiding to then* strength 01 weakness m
icspect of then aspects in the woild and the gemtuie. They
aie stiong in icspect of the woild, when they aio m piopcr
places, 01 onental, 01 augmented, and m lospect of the gem-
tine, when they make then tiansitson the angles, 01 succeedent
houses, but particnlaily when they occupy the cusps of the
ascendant 01 midhcaven And thoy aie dccnicd weak m icspect
of the woild, when thoy aie m occidental places, and slow,
ictiogiadc, and dninmshmg then comsos , but weak in icspect
of the gemtuie, when they are m cadent houses, 01 falling
fiom the angles The general time of the event is knewn fiom
these niltng stais being onentally 01 occidontally posited in
lespect of the Sun and the hotoscopc, and fiom their being in
the angles 01 succcodent houses , foi when they aie matutme
oi angular, thoy aio quick , but vhen occidental oi "vespeitine,
slow.
Those things being piomisod, it folloivs that the fiist consi-
dciation upon the face of a gemtuie, is that "which relates to
the paients of the native The Sun, theicfoie, and Saturn,
icpicscnt the poison of the f.ithei , and the Moon and Venus
that of the motkci And as those aio found afflicted among
themselves, oi otheiwise, so we undeistancl the accidents appei-
taming to parents will be The stais that aie configuioted
with the luminaiias, show what ielates to their foitunes and
possessions, foi if they are suuounded by the boiiefics, and
by such as aio of the same nattue, and m the same signs, oi
the succeeding, thcii foitunes will lie illnstiious and splendid ,
paihculaily if the Bun bo couiigunited with onental stars, oi
the Moon by occidental It Saturn and Venus be onentally
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posited, 01 nngulai, they foieshew happiness accoidmg to tho
particulai cncumstances of each patent If the lummaiios
are void oj comse, and m no good aspect with the foitunafce
stars, a low condition, 01 an ignoble life, is pienoted But it
the lummaiies aie vanously configniated with good and evil
sfcais, a mediocnfcy and inequality m the fortunes of the paients
is theieby demonstrated, as when Mais ascends to tho Ban,
or Satuin to the Moon, and the benefics m diffeient condi-
tions Again, if the part of foitune m the nativity is found
in a pood position, with the stais configuiatcd with the Sun
and Moon, the affans of the paionts will be piospeious , but if
it be discoidant, and situated in a bad place of the figuie,
with malefic stais, then concerns will turn out mjuiious and
unprofitable.
The length and shoitness of life must be considcicd fiom
other configuiations. If Jupitei oi Venus aie any way joined
in aspect with the Sun oi Satuin, oi if Satuin hath an hai-
momzmg configmation with the Sun, that is, if they behold
each other by a sextile oi tune, and stiongly dignified in othei
respects, they piomise long life to the fathei. But if these
positions aie found weak, with Mais dignified above tbe Sun,
and Saturn in qnaitile oi opposition, the fathei will be taken
off in the eaily pait of his life The distinctions which ielate
to the mothei, aie these If Jupiter is configniated to the
Moon oi Venus , oi Venus alone beholds the Moon by a sextile
or trine aspect, the mothei will enjoy health and longevity
But if Mars be posited m any of the angulai oi succeedant
houses, beholding the Moon oi Venns with a quaitile oi opposi-
tion , oi if Satuin is thus configniated with the Moon, slow m
motion, and declining from angles, they mdnco tho duect con-
tiaiy effects, and pioclann a diseased and short life to tho mothei
Thus fiom the nativity of a child, may the pnncipal concems
of the father and mothei be sought out, and ascei tamed , ami
such is the sympathy existing by this bond of nature and
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con^annnimty, that little diffeience ill bo found if compaied

■with the piopei nativity of each paient
But to give judgment m such cases with conectness,
sefiaiate schemes must be elected foi the fathei and mothei,
by the following mle In the figure elected for the fathei, if
the nativity bo chuinal, note the degice in which the Sun is
posited in the child's natnity, and make that the degree ascend-
ing upon the hoioscope for the fathei ; and confoimable to that,
oulei the cusps of all the othei houses, by the inles heieto-
loie laid down If the figuie be eiectcd foi the mother, then
take the degiee of Venus, instead of the Sun, ind proceed m
all othei lespects the same But if the nativity be nocturnal,
faho the degiee of Saturn for the fathei, and that of the Moon
foi the mother And m all these cases it must be obseived,
that the nativity of the fiist-bom is to be piefened, then that
of the second, and so on And that v\ hntever is prenoted
m ielation to the paients fiom these figmes, is only such as
shall happen to them aftei the bath of the child, and not to
any thing befoie. The time m which any 01 each of these
events will happen, is to be sought out by the aiches of dir-
ection, 01 distances of that star which hath the dominion, in
icspect of the Sun, and the angles of the world, and this
I shall make perfectly easy to the meanest undeistanding, when
I come to tieat of dnections m geneial
Now the next consideiation m the native's genitme, is the
jilace of biethern, and this is taken fiom the sign on the mid-
heaven, and the maternal place, which is the position of Venus
by day, and the Moon by night Foi as this can only relate
to childien bom of the same mother, this sign, and that which
succeeds it, being maternal, natmally constitutes the place of
bietbem. This place theiefoie being configurated by benevo-
lent stais, denotes plenty of biethem, because the increase of
biothers and sisteis happen aecoiding to the multitude of stais,
and fiom then being situated in double bodied signs, or m
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tiioso of one joim—But il tlio makfics bare supouontj m

numbci 01 po^Tci, 01 aic advcise by opposition, paucity oi
biothcm will happen, paiticulaily if unbemgn stais cncmn-
scube the Sun If the contiaiioty of aspects be m angnlai
houses, especially m the ascendant, Saturn Mill piocuie those
that are Bist uouiished, and flist bom and Mais will induce
to fewness and death Moieoici, if the stais winch give
biethein aie well affected accouhng to mundane situations,
the gcneial foitunes of the biethein mil bo glonous and
famous, but mean and obscme if the coutiaiy positions happen
If the malefics be supenoi m nmnbci and stiength to the
stais which gne biethein, then constitutions will be puny, and
then Inesshoit
And heie also we may obseu'e, that fiom the gcnitmo of
one biofchei, the pimcipal incidents of the life of anothoi may
be discoveied, by constituting the place of the given planet
as an hoioscope, that is, the planet which has puncipal inlo
m the house of biethein, whethei by day 01 night Tho
method is, to place this uiling planet, with the same degieo
he is found m, upon tho ascendant, famishing the cusps of all
the other houses by this stand aid, as befoic stated m tho case
of paients It must howcvei always bo lemembcred, that
masculine stais pioduce males, and feminine, females Also
if the stais which denote biethein, and that which has mle m
the house of biethein, agiee by any haimomous configuiatiou,
they will be well affected towaids each othoi, and live m fnend-
ship and coneoid But if these stais aie found m contiaiy
positions, and m signs inconjunct, enmity and hate will m;uk
then conduct towaids each othei
The foiegomg speculations aic deduced fiom an nivestiga-
tion of the position of the heavens, at the time of bath , but
in oidei to know whether the infant be male 01 female, dining
tho state of pregnancy, the tune of conception only must be
considered Foi this puipose, we must paiticulaily obsenc
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the position of both the lumuiaiies in lespect to the hoioscope,

at the time of conception, togethei with the situations of all
the stais which have a legal d to them, and whether the rul-
ing stais aie constituted of a masculine or feminine nature
Foi the pioduction of males and females, is accoidmg to the
dist action of masculine and femiinne stars, which I hare already
shewn, p'aaeeds fiom the natme of the signs m which they are
posited, and fiom then mutual and mundane respect, for being
onental, they ate masculine , but occidental, feminine The
same likewise in lespect to the Sun, for being oriental,
they aie lefened to the male, and occidental to the female.
Therefoie those which have the gieatest power in these respects
at the time of conception, will give sufficient grounds to con-
jecture at the sax of the infant for months befoie it is born.
So likewise the same considerations hold good, in some
respects, concerning twins, or more ; for herein we are
principally to tegaul the two luminaries and the ascendant.
For it happens tlnongh the mixtuies which are occasioned
when these possess bicoiporal signs, or when the lulmg planets
aie situated in them, and many piohfic stars cast their rays
to the same, that it will be a plural conception The number
that are generated is known fiom the star which induces the
propnety of the number , but the sex, from the stars con-
fiiguiated wntli the Sun, Moon, and horoscope Foi we find
from observation, that when both the luminaries aie in
the mid-heaven, twins are pioci eated, when Saturn, Jupiter,
and Mars, have configuiation with the assigned places in
bieoipoial signs, three males are generated , but three females,
when Venus, Luna, and Meicmy aie configurated after
the same mannei. Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus thus disposed,
produce two males and one female , but Venus, Luna, and
Mais, two females and one male. These configurations but
rarely happening at the time of conception, render it a kind
of phenomenon whenever it does occm , and hence we generally
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Ead th-e births ttufc follow in consequence ate ranked among the
wonders of tBe day in the public punts, though the cause has a
radical found ition in natme. And hence too it is, that as these
configurations are more or less nnpeifectly made, so will be the
-quality of the conception, either Ininguig all into life uni-
form and perfect at the birth, 01 else bunging one with good
conformation, and another-with puny, imperfect, or monstrous
members.
There are also certain configurations of the stars, which
absolutely pioduce moles or monsters,* in whatevei conception
takes place under them. Tlias it happens when the luminaries
decline fiom angles, and fall cadent, without any kind of
aspeet'to the ascendant, and when the cardinal houses are occu-
pied by the malefic planets. But -to describe the species of
unnatural birth, it is necessary, in these configurations, to
observe the plaCo of the last full Moon preceding the time
of conception, together with the ruler thereof, and the loid
of the luminaries , for if the places of these significatois have
no familiarity with the place of the said preceding full Moon,
what is then generated will be of unnatural conformation. If
the luminaries are at the same time posited in fourfooted signs,
and the two malefic planets in angular houses, what is then
conceived will not be in human shape , but if Jupiter or Yenus
interpose their benevolent lays, and give testimony to the lumi-
naries, then what is conceived will be of human conformation,
but of a fierce and savage natme. If Metcmy corresponds
with the luminanes, the disposition will be agreeable to nature,
but the form of the body will be unnatural; or if the lumi-
naries be m human signs, and the ruling planet discordant,
then the offspring will be of proper conformation, but monstrous
m qualify. If one of the malefic stars gives testimony m any

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of tho foregoing positions, v\ hat is thou gonarated will La
irrational, or of ungovernablo qnalites, but if Jupiter or
Venus give tostimony, the oftspung will naturally possess
tho mental accomplishraouts, with an lieimophioditical coufoi-
mation If Merciny alone gives- testimony to the aforesaid
positions of the lum-m mes, that which is piocreated vrill ba
deaf, and pe-rbaps dumb, thocglv iiitellectually well qualified,
and ingenious. These speculations are doubtlessly abstruse,
because such coiifigmattons seldom, happen, and the result of
them is very little known; but to confiiirr their effect, I have
only to recommend to those who have their doubts, to be guide I
by obseivation, and to decide by the result for the more wo
enquue into the pathless ways of nature, the more readily we
deduce a ladical cause for all her pioductions.
But here I must not omit to-remark, that the time of con-
ception, and that only, is to be referred to foi the conformation
or accidents of the child m the womb , and the time of birth
for what shall happen after ; notwithstanding theie is always
such a concumng agieement between the conception and buth,
that whatever is pioduced by the foimer, is in a great measure
to be discovered fiom the latter, though not wholly eoneet, or
to be lelied upon as infallible. Those theiefoie, who-aie bom
m their natuial shape, and aftetwaids become crippled and lame,
even to a monstiosifcy, yet since not biought into the world
with the native, they fall under the desciiption of blemishes,
or bodily infirmities, lathei than the result of monstions and
nunataial confoimations.
Distinct from this species of conception, is that which
though peifectly natuial and well confoimed, yet is void of
stamina, and hence teimed an embryo not noxtrished. This kind
of conception happens when one of the luminaries, in an
angular position, is joined with a malefic sfcai, and that lumi-
nary giver of life. So likewise if the paiallel of longitude
between the malefic planet and the lumuuiy be partile, or
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according to a figme of equal sides, and none of the foitunes
conespondmg, and at the same time the lord of the lummaues
be posited in a discoidanfc place, what is then generated cannot
be nounshed, but decays in the womb, or expires soon after
the bnth Oi if they ate not equilaterally configmated, but
the two malefic planets nearly inadiate the places of the lumi-
naries, afflicting both, or only one of them, no matter whether
the malefics be succedent 01 opposite, so one or both of them
be in partile configuiation with the lummaues, foi whatever
is horn under such influences will be of no duiation, since the
greatness of the power of the malefics will destioy what should
necessarily conduce to the nourishment of life
It is particularly to be obseived, that Mais afflicts the Sun
by successions, and Saturn the Moon , but L/ oppositions the
contrary happens , for in these the Sun is afflicted by Satuin,
and the Moon by Mars, and this affliction is the more eminent
when the malefic stars aie sigmficatois, and by that means
become superior both to the luminaries and the hoioscope
From these obseivations, suboidmate effects Lave been ascei-
tamed , for when theie are two oppositions of the malefic stais,
and the lummaues situated m angles, whatever follows that
conception will be still-born But if at this time the luminaries
are separating fiom the benefic planets, 01 aie m any other
aspect with them, casting then beams at that time m a conveise
direction, the foetus will obtain animation, and be found alive
gmd perfect at the birth', but will live only so many months,
days, or hours as theie aie degiees, minutes, or seconds, of
the solar motion, between the beams of the Apheta, and tbo
nearest malefic planet But if the malefics cast tbeir beams to
the parts piecedmg the luminaries, and the benefics to the
degrees following, what is boin will suffer gieat afflictions,
and stiuggle much with infhmities, but shall lecover and live
And hence the consideration that natuially follows, icgaids
the duration or space of life, w hich taking in the whole com-
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pass of human pursuits, and the duiation and vicissitudes of
them, doubtlessly becomes the most interesting pait of the
doctime of the stars The mode of ascertaining this important
point, namely, the space or duiation of the native's life, is
defined from a companson of the Aphetic, Hylegiacal, or
pioiogatory places, with the killing or anaretic places in
the genethliacal figure, at the time of bn th The Aphetio
place is the situation of the Apheta, Hyleg, Prorogator,
Significator, or givei of life, for they have all the same
meaning, and the anaietic place is the situation of the
Anaieta, or killing planet, and whenever these shall meet
togethei, or be conjoined in a bodily aspect, the native will
find a teimination of life , consequently the length of time, in
which the Apheta and Anareta, as posited in each respective
figuie of a nativity, will be m forming a conjunction, or coin-
ing togethei m the same point of the heavens, is the precise
length of the native's life , and this period is ascertained by
what we teim aichs of direction, equated by the solar motion,
ieduced to common time The method of ascertaining these
aphetical and anaretical places, of finding the aichs of duection,
and of reducing them to the common measme of time, shall be
copiously explained, after we have taught the mode of ascer-
taining the particular occuuences of the native's life, fiom the
face of the horoscope, or genethliacal figuie —■

SiUy.

" Unless the time of a child's birth be accurately noted "by an astrologei,
01 foi astrological purposes, it is very likely to he mcoirect, and as an
enor of half a minute may throw a duection out six weeks, and an eiror
of two minutes cause the direction to be wrong by six months, it becomes
impoitant to know how to learn the tiue time of bnth, when we have only
what may be termed the estimate time
To effect this puipoae, enect the figmc of the heavens foi the esti-
mate time, and complete the speculum of the planet's places foi that time ,
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then, if the hirth be that of a person who has liveJ a few years, leain
some two or tifree important events which have happened to the nam e,
and the periods at which they occurred, and then calculate the sola/ arc
for each of those periods

"To calculate iKe Solar Arc

Rule —Turn the age at which any event happened into days and hours
after birth, by allowing a day for a year, and two hours for a month , add
this number of days and hours to the time of birth, and1 look m the Ephe-
mens for the longitude the Sun will have arrived at that period , then find
the A R corresponding to that longitude, and subtract the Sun's A R fromi
it the difierenco will be the solar arc required.
Example—In the nativity of Ada wo have the estimate tme as given,
by Lord Bj ron (see Chap VIII Book I ), which is one hour, P m , 10th of
Dec 1815 , for which, having erected a figure of the heavens, and found
the planet's places, &c , we will proceed to rectify, to find the true moment
of birth
The death of the native's father took place on the 19th of April 182 i,
at which time the native was 8 years 4 months and 9 days old Call this
8 years 4 tnoptbfl, which will be equal to 8 days 8 hours of time after
birth
Dajs Hours
Time of birth December 1815, at ... 18 1
Add the time of the father's death .. 8 8

Time of the acwdent ... .. 18 9

The Sun's longitude at 9 hours p m , on the 18th of Dec 1815, wag

Sagittary 26 deg 9 mm , the A R of winch is 265 dog 48 mm —Sun's A R
at birth, 256 deg 35 mm =solar arc for the time of her fathoi's death,
9 deg 13 mm
Having found the solar arc, see if any direction fall near, the nature
of which coregponds with the nature of the accident, according to the
rules " To judge of the Effects of Directions" (Chap XI Book I ) , and
then, if it be a direction to any of the angles or a rapt parallel, you have
only to find the difference between the solar arc and the ABC of MBECriON,
to know the error of the estimate time of bii th.
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E)eg Mm
Example —Solar arc for the father's death . 9 13
The arc for Sun's rapt par, to Saturn .. 9 7

Error in minutes of a degree ... ,,, 0 6

Then, if ere take off 6 mm. from the A E of M 0, it will become

273 deg 16 rern , and the true tune of birth is shewn to have been 24
seconds earlier than the given time.
This error, being so trivial, will cause only about a month error m
the predictions made from directions to the angles , and it will have no
sensible effect on the other directions, and none at all on those made to
Sun or Moon in the zodiac.
If however, you would be correct, add 6 mm to the arc of direc-
tion for each rapt parallel and for each aspect to the ascendant or M C.
The directions to the parallel's converse and direct should be worked over
again, as they may require a correction equal to two months in the native's
life
Should no direction to an angle or rapt parallel apply nearly (for it
is rare that births, if noted at all, are not correct within 5 minutes), you
must see whether any parallel or other mundane aspect applies to the
accident, and if you find it does, but that the error exceeds 10 mm of
a degree (or, if you choose to he very correct, if there be an error of above
2 or 3 minutes of a degree), apply the following
"■Rule to find the True Time of Birth
Rule 1 —Eeduce the meridian distance of Sun or Mson, whichever you
direct to, into minutes, and call it the first position , then add to that
meridian distance one degree, reducing that also to minutes, and call it the
second position , then opposite the second position place the error of the
arc of direction, multiply them together, and call the amount A Work
the same direction with the altered meridian distance (taking care to cor-
rect by one degree the meridian distance of the planet employed also) ,
find the error of that arc of direction, and place it opposite the first posi-
tion Multiply these together, and call the amount B
Rule 2 —If both errors be greater or less than the solar arc, find the
difference between the errors, and make it a divisor , find also the difference
between A and B, and make it a dividend the quotient will be the true
meridian distance of Sun or Moon at the moment of birth, the difference
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between winch md the amount of the mendian distance, which was made
the first position, is the enoi of the A R of M C at the estimate time of
birth
Stile 3 —But if one enoi be gt eatei and the othei less than the solcn at r,
take the sum of the enois foi a divisor, and the sum of A and B foi the
dividend , and the quotient is the tme meridian distance as above
Obseive—"When you have gained the tiuc mendian distance of Sun 01
Moon by tins opeiation, and found how much you have to add or to dimi-
nish the M C to asceitam the tme A R of M C , turn that collection into
time, and add it to 01 deduct it fiom the estimate time of birth, and you
will have the tme time of baih And obseive also, that all the duections
you may have woiked to the angles, including lapt paiallels, must be cor-
rected by that amount
Example —Suppose the estimate A R of M C 273 deg 22 mm , meri-
dian distance of Moon 86 deg 7 mm , meridian distance of Venus 63 deg
5 nun , and that I find the arc of Moon to paiallel of Venus D D to be 22 deg
22 mm , while the event which I believe it, pioduced gives a solai ate
of 22 deg 38 mm , the fiist euor is 16 nun too small
Add 1 deg to the fiist position, and the second ettoi will become (as
found by woikmg the duection) 2 deg 20 mm oi 140 mm too small
1st Position 86 deg 7 mm oi 5167 x 2nd enoi 140 B=723380
2nd Do 87 „ 7 „ oi 5227 x 1st „ 16 A= 83632

124 )639748
Here =5159 mm or 85 deg 59 mm, the tiue mendian
distance of Moon , which diffeis 8 mm from that of the estimate time,
and only 2 mm from that of the time aa lectified by Sun's rapt paiallel
to Saturn This latter time is, doubtless, the true time of birth as it
gives us the Moon to par of Venus D D 12th May, 1836, at which time the
native had a son and heir, winch this influence would bring about
Obseive—-The best directions to rectify the estimated time of biith by
those of Mais, as the effects do m geneial answei very closely to the
time of the dnection Whereas m duections to Saturn the event may
come on slowly, and the dnection may measure some minutes more oi less
than the solar arc And I advise to correct by accidents to the person, if
they can be known , such as serious falls or hmts, sudden attacks of disease,
The othei directions must be woiked ovei again, and the poles of Sun
and Moon and the meridian distances coirected
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&c The measles, scmlatina, 01 small pox, aie geneially caused bj Mais,
but sometimes by Sun, especially if ho be aspected by Mais It is generally
found, that if Sun 01 Mais come to semi-quartile 01 sesquiquailrate of the
ascendant m the eaily pait of life, such complaints fall out at that time
The death of the native's parents, if it have occmied, is also a safe acci-
dent to lectify by, as it geneially happens upon some poweiful duections
But I recommend to take at least two, and, if you can, three events, or
"accidents," as they are termed by astrologeis, to rectify the given time
of the nativity by And beai in mmd, tint if you do not at length get the
tine time of bnth to loithzn half a minute, you cannot possibly be coirect
m youi piedictions of the time at which many events will happen to the
native m the course of his existence "—
ZadLiel
"■The Hectijication on Nativities hy past Accidents
First note down the times of tlnoe, four, or five remaikable past
accidents or events which have happened to the Native , and it would
be best that these events should not be all of one nature, all bad or all
good , but endeavom to Icaru from the Native the conect dates of some
of the most remaikable events that have occurred m their past life, both,
fortunate and unfoitunate, as by this means you have a much better
chance of compaung the ip.sults of your calculations Having thus noted
down a list of past events, find by the Planispheres, or by the Ephemens,
what the tiue Solar Arc [see Sect 544] of Direction will be coriespondmg
to so many years and months, &c of the Native's age for each and for
ereiy accident given, placing the tine arc m each case m a line with its
corresponding accident or event
In tins mode of Rectification tire Ascendant is generally dnected
for the accidents of the body, such as smkness, broken limbs, &c ;
the Midheaven is dnected to the conjunction or other good Aspects
of the Sun or Moon, or to those of the fortunate planets, Jupiter and
Yenus, or even to the Aspects of the Loid of the Tenth, for honor, digni-
ties, and piomotions m life, and for the setting up m business, &c Some-
times the Sun or Moon, or whatever planet happens to he the Apheta or
Hyleg, is directed to the Conjunction, Seimquartile, the Quartile, the
Sesqmquadi ate, or to the opposition of othei Planets for sicknesses and
other accidents of the body , but this last named method of dnecting
the Apheta is generally attended with a great deal of trouble and waste of
vm
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time, wlieilioi I he Dncctions be peilouuecl m the Zodiac 01 m Slttnuo,
( vt (.pt my Kuw Unle of Itei tilic.ifion be employed
See Seotions 124, 125, 120, diid 127 of this book, wheie the method
of etputio'i, oi iiodiry the tnie Aics accoulmn to the Phu ah n piin-
i'piles is so amply hhisti cited, that it is not neccssaiy to gnc say
jnstiuotion on that suhjer I: in tins pait of my Woik, and that nothinp
nii2,lit be lemting to aiatify the aishrs of eieiy student and idnuui.
(d these -sabhme St itaioes, in addition to the Plm idian stale of yeai ^ upon
tlu PI imspheie of the Zodiac, the Anthoi has also enpi'ncd auofiun,
adapted to Naibod's mcasine of tune, and lias extended it to 100 }saii
If the Dneition he m the Zodi tc, the Aic.s of Dneetion si ill he
r iind, oi ineieased, oi deeica'-ed, ici oulmg as the Polai Eh \ alum oi.
tlu Planet eauiul on to tlu Asiieet is mcicised oi deeu. isi d by Inane
pdaeed neai to oi T otlm fiom the nppei oi losvei meudian, oi v/hcthei m
signs of long oi slioit dseeusion find if the Thu etion be m Miindo, the
Are of Dnectiun anil also be vaned aceoidiindi a no take the pum uy
distance of the Planet (nlnsh is earned fomoiJ to the aspeet) neam to
or faithei from the cusp of the 10th oi 4th, oi fiom the east oi nesl angle
And if the old tentative methods be med, it si ill sometimes legunc
the same piocess to be peifoimed fifteen oi twenty times to obtain the
icetification of one Naiinly7 only, compiling the Aies oC Dnechon
calculated fui eicb time one with anolhei, still altenng the tune, and cal-
culating oi ei and ovei agum, until a time beat last found out iilueli ml!
bung out the Aie of Pneclion foi the accident oi event which shall bo the
same as the solai Aic iorpined , and sometimes it is ncaily impossible to
find the exact aie icquued by such a tednms method
But the Rule I am now pn sentuig to the student's notieo will, by
assumuig one tune only, eithei latei oi oaihei than the guen time of
bnth, geneiaily bung out the icetifird time mth the gieatest exactness,
seldom diilenng nioie than six oi eight seconds fiom the poifectly hue
tune of bnth
It may be heie piopei to icmaik, that m the yeais 1809and 1810
I tued many expenmenU on this and otluu methods of concctmg
the Polai Elevation of the Apheta, and theieby succeeded m discoveung'
the method which saves so many elections of the figmes of bnth, and
othei tedious calculations, and geneiaily finds the Polai Elevation of the
Apheta, oi of the Planet to be directed to a ceilara aspeet of the Apheta,
which is leipuied to give the tine Aic of Dneetion sought, by only elect-
ing one oi at most two figuies, besides that foi the estimito tnuo of bnth ,
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uut in mo^t cases I lia\ e ^uccccdetl In i icctin^ one adaitonal figiut ou^y
1 elides tint foi the estimate time In Inmf teims the Rule is this —
JLinn^ eiccted the fi»iue conectly to the estimate time, and lia\ing
cleleimmed the Right Ascension and Polai Ele"\ ations. &c , of the Fldnet
that is to he cdiiied foiwaid to complete the aspect, calcuhte the
Aic of Dnection of that planet tn the Aplu trt 01 of the Apheta to the
aspect of any Planet whuli would gn e an aci ulpni: oi event of a smnln
nitiue v ith that noted down , and obsen e, tint the Aic of Dnection may
come out one, two, 01 tlnec degiees, Ac , nioie ui lcs-> than the piopei
solai Ait , next eiect anotlici iiguie foi tv cU e, sixteen, t\\enty, thuty,
01 forty nuuutes soom i oi later than the estimate tune, and humg dctei-
nnned ag nn tlie Pol a EUnation of the Apheta, oi ut the Planet caim d
on to the icquned expect of the Aphetn to this ^econd ligme of bnih
calculate the afoiesaid Dnection osei igam md ub->ei*i the diticieiue
between the fimt and second Aics of Direction, as aho the cliftcicnces
hcivreen the first and second Aies of Direction and of the lequned soldi
Aie of Dnection, and also the difLerencc bctv c. n the estimate and the
second oi assiinicd time of hntli , then, h^ the process of Algebiaic
Eq itioirp jui l. j d uniu'ire nnini dntel} tlic time w Inch v ill give the
tiuo Aic of I):h (fion, vhu.li is, the lefoic, tlu. true time of hnth
Oi, instead of the algebiam piocess, bj siibstdutnig the nioie simphfied
fomi thcueof, the Autbmetical Rule foi the Ehnnnauon of Euois,
commonly Imown as the Rule of Position And > ct mv Rule is quite
diileient to any tinng to be found in books of AntlnneLie, and was
nei oi used oi adapted to the purposes of lechfymg hTatnitic^ until adqittd
and exemplified by mjsdf I ba\c had m my possessionduung m ally
ioity }cars past ill the he^t books on the Astral Sciences m the English
language, as also some m uthci language^, and hca ei met with tin Rule
in any oi* them I hive also i groat lamlg of the best nntheinaticul
books by the most eminent Atithois , but in nori< of thuu can nu Rule
foi the Recniication of Natiuties be found , dial I can with tlu most pel*
Act tmlh asseit, that m vim maj the Astral stuaent look Loi this Rule m
any oi in all the books, Aiitlimctmal, Mhthenuticah Astiologic d, oi Astio-
nomical, tlidt h ive evei been pubb^hod pieiious to the hist edition of my
Celestial Phuinpbeioo , and a^ this RuE cannot he found in anv book punted
ptewoutdy to mine, it must be peifi < thr cIcai and most dc mmmfnibly c\ ident
to e\ei;y candid pciuon, tliat the Rub heie given is an onjiudl m the Ash a I
equally as much us if the Rule foi the Elimmation of Enois,
o: as if the Rule of Position bad uc\ei been taught and bad ucvei custcd
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It is absurd apil useless for men of nairnw minds and foi plagiarists to
tell us that the pnnciple of it was aln ady known, or has lon^ existed let
all such pel sons lemember, that it is the pcifect adaptation and the piopcr
application of punuples to nctv and useful puiposes that constitute the
claim to authoislup and to the merits thcieof Many instances of this
truth might be cited,—one will suffice steam was known many thousand
yeais ago , but the apphcauon of its powoi to the puiposes of the steam
engine is a modem invention 01 disooveiy The only book my Rule has
appealed in bisides my own woik is die " Giammai of Astiology," pub-
lished a few yeais aftei mine, by a highly talented and respected inend,
who tiansenbod it into his woik without the acknowledgment when it
was got riom, leaving his icaduis, who had not seen my book, natuially to
suppose that himself was the authoi of it
"27ie Rule
1st When the artist has calculated the Directions m any Natisity
for the past events given to hmi £01 his guidance, and he finds the
Arcs do not conespond with the lequned Sohu Aios, he may then safely
conclude that the Estimate is not the tme time of Bnth, and thoiefoie
the gn en time requires Roctihcation To save the tioublo of icpeatcdly
calculating the Longitudes, Latitudes, Deehnations, Right Ascensions,
Semi-duunal, and Semi noeturn.d Aics of the Pioimttoi and Signihcatoi,
let this be done with exactness fm the gn on time of Bnth, and let the
same be done for exactly one hom befoie m one houi aftei the given tune
of Birth I piefei finding these numbeis foi one hour aftei the Estimate
Time of Bnth The dirleunee of Right Ascensions, Semi-aics, &c , be-
tween which and the Estimate Time is the houily motion of the same
Then aceouhngly as you assume a Position of the Heavens so nnny
mmutes soonei or latei than the Estimate Time of Bnth, the propor-
tional pait for so many minutes of Right Ascension, Semi arc, &o taken
from 01 added to the Right Ascensions, Semi aics, &e , foi die Estimate
Time, will be the tme Right Ascensions, &o foi the New Position
2nd Eiom the list of Accidents given to conect the Estimate Timo
bv, select one of the pnneipal Dueetmns eonespondmg to a remaikable
event, or accident , calculate the same, and obseme whethei the Ah
of Dnection come? cut gioalei oi less than the Solai Measuie the chifei-
euce is the Fust Enoi
3id Letthe Piomittoi's oi Sigmficatoi's distance fiom a given House
oi Angle in the Estniute Figuie be called the Fust Position
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4ih Assume a time, twelve, sixteen, twenty, twentj-four, thirty-two,
thnty Six, or foity minutes, sooner or latei than the Estimate Time;
that is, make the Eight Ascension of the JI Coeli 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or
10 degrees less or greater than that in the Estimate Figure of Birth To
this assumed time let the Right Ascensions and Semi-arcs of the Promittor
and Signifioator be made correct according to S 555
Then to this assumed time find the pnmaiy distances of the Promittor
and Sigmficator from a certain Angle or Eouse Then calculate the
given Direction oi Aspect to this assumed time or second Position of
the Heavens, and observe whether the Arc of Direction comes out greater
oi less than the Solar measure the difierence between the said Arc of
Direction last found and the Solar Measuie is the Second Error
N B If the Enoi m the Aic of Dnection of the Estimate Figure
of Birth should exceed a quarter of a degree, it will m such case
generally be best to alter the Right Ascension of the Mid-heav en of the
Estimate Time as much as 8 oi 10 degiees
5th Anange the results in three lines m the following
oidor —
a Positions, Sigmficatoi's or Promittor's In Minutes Enors Products
Distance m Degrees, &c
b 1st Position
c 2nd Position
Then opposite to the Piomittor oi Sigmficator's distance, belonging
to the Fust Position, place the Erroi of the Second Position
6th Opposite the Promittor oi Sigmficator's Pnmaiy distance of the
Second Position place the En or which belongs to the Fust Position
7th Let the numbers of the distances, and of the Enois m degiees,
&c be all reduced into minutes of a degiee, so that all may be integer
numbeis Then, foi the pioducts, multiply the Positions by the Eirors
which stand opposite to them
8th If the Enois be of the same kind, that is, if both the Arcs
of Direction aie greatei or both of them less than the Solar measure,
take the diffieience of the two Enors for a divisor, and the difference of
the Products for a dividend
9th But if the Errors are unlike, namely, one Aic of Direction
greatei and the other Arc of Direction less than the Solar measure,
then take the sum of the two Enors for a aivisor, and the sum of the
Products foi a dividend , the quotient will be the Promittor's or Sigmfica-
toi's rectified distance (from the given Angle or House) expressed in
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imntiLes oi atk^iLO Ami tliii loclihed (IisUhol buma; known, -,0 bki wme
is tlie tuic Timo oi Bnth known by compamo the disiancc 111 llie E'-buwlu
Tuuc with tho leoblicd (list,moo, 01 by taking tho rliftcicnco of Higbt
Asconnon ot tho lOlh lloust of tlie Estimate Timi, and of (lie Iloetiln d
Tune, allowing 1") ilcgiees I'm one lioui, and for e\oiy smgle degiee leckon
foiu mumtos of Uiuo, &< "—■
Oilnj
" Theio ficriuentlj, anscs some imoeitainty as to tho pirciso tauo of
"butli, and some appieheusiun lust it should not beaoouiaUlj, noted In
most oases, the actual imnute of the lioui, at wlndi tho bnth happens,
can only be asceitamcd by making a soientiho observation, at the time,
with an lioioscopical astiolabe , foi all othei instiumcnts, emplojcd in
asecitammg the bom, aie almost alwajs fallacious, although used by
many poisons vvith much caie and attintion Tho tkpsjdia, loi in-
stance, is subject to cnoi, because the flow of the watei will, fiom canons
causes, pioceed meguhuly and tlie sun dial is oftenniconectlj pfu ed, and
its gnomen often distoited fiomthc tiuo nicmban line To obviate tin
difficulty ansmg fiom tho maccuiacy of these instinineiits, it set ins
highly nccebsaiy to piebent some method by winch the actually ascend-
ing dogiee of the aodiac may be easily asceitainod, m a natuial and con-
bistent mannoi
And m 01 dei to attain this essential point, it is ncocssdiy ilist to set
down the oulmaiy dcgioe which, by the Doctnne of Ascensions, is
found noai the ascendant at tho pn Mimed bom Aftoi this lias boon done,
tho new 01 full Moon, wluchcvu it may be, that 11113 take place nevt
befoie the tune oi paitimtion, must be obseic cd and, if a new Moon, it
ccul bo necessaiy to muk e\actly the dcgiee oi tho conjunction of the
two Uumiiaiies , hut, if a iull Moon, the dcgiee of tint Inuunaiy only
ccbich may be above the each duinig the paituiifion Attci this, it must
bo obseivcd what planets have doiuuuun o\ oi the said digice and tin u
dominion depends always on tho five following pieiogative , \ 1/ , on tiiph-
city, house, exaltation, tenn-,, and phase m contigmation , tiiat 1 tosav,
a planet, cligihlo to dumunuii, must bo connected with the tk pee m tpa >-
tion eithei by one, or 111010, oi all of these pic-iogatiw s
If, theiefoic, thete may bo found any one planet piopulj ipi 1I1I11 d
m all 01 most of these pioiogatives, the exact cb git 1 , vvhn h it m 1 upit s
m that sign 111 which it miy be posited dining flu' jiailrii Uum, n to
bo lemaikcd , and it is then to be uifuiod that a deguo ol tin -amcs
 [ C3 ]
mimciieal Jencmmatjon actually asuending, at the piccise tune of
luith, in that sign ttliicli appeals, by the DoLtmic o£ A^cnsions, to be
ncaicst to the ascendant
Brt vvhen o planrt-, 01 moie, may be equally quahfiud m the
main ei pioscubed, it must be sucn \liich of them may t)imsit, dunng
the paituution, a degiee neaiest m mimbei to the oidmaiy dcgiee sdiewn
by the Doctrine of Ascensions to ho then ascending , and tliat said degicc,
neaiest m nunibei, is to bo consuleied as pointing out the numeneal denomi-
nation of the dcgice actualH as^onding And y-hen the dc-giees of two
planets, 01 moie, may closely and equally appioxain its m numeneal denomi-
nation to the oulmaiy degiee found by the Doctune of Ascensions, the
degiee of that planet winch possess fuithci chunn, by connection yith the
angles and by its own condition, is to legulate the numhci of the actually
ascending degiee
It must howcvei be obseivcd, that if the actual distance of the degiee,
m y Inch the lulmg planet may be posited, f:om the oidmaiy degiee ascend-
ing, bo found to exceed its distance from the oidmaiy dcgicc of the nnd-
hcaven , the numeneal denomination, found m the way abo\c mentioned,
is then to be con^ideied as applicable to the actual degiee m culmination ,
and the othei angles aie to be ananged in confoimity theiey ith "—

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Of the Form and Temperateee of the Body

If tlie space of life appeals likely to exceed childhood,
we aie next to consider and define the shape and figure
of the native's body, accoiding to the rules heietofoie laid
down. The paits of the body aie fonned before the soul ;
and because it is infinitely moie gioss, hath a connate and
almost appaient endowment of tempei But the soul, not
being oommuincated to the body, till the entire confoima-
tion thereof be wholly peifected, manifests by degiees an
aptitude proceeding fiom the fiist cause but much later than
those of the extetnal accidents, and theiefore it requires
some length of time befoie the natme and piogress of this
mental aptitude can be known As to the foim and tempera-
tme of the body, that is geneially descubed fiom the onental
bonzon, and fiom such of the planets as beai mle m it, or
have the dominion thereof, togethei with* their paiticulai and
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respective configmations \Mtli the Moon , for accoidmg to the

quality of these two places, and the natme of the mhng stars,
the formative virtue, and the temperament in each species-,
with xefeience to the declination of the ascending fixed stais,
is the paiticular formation of bodies defined.
To what has been already said, concerning the effects of
each planet respectively, m giving shape to- such infante
over whose nativities they pieside, we must likewise add
the peculiar force and opeiative faculty of the luminaries,
mth which they may then happen to be configuiated—If
the sun co-operates, it contnbutes much towaids the pi educ-
tion of a more comely and majestic personage, and of a
mild and good habit, aud the Moon, when she- withholds
her defluction, causes a moie proportionate, slender, and
moist temperament, but variously, according to the nature
and qualities of her several quarters. Again, if the luminanes
correspond with onental rajs, they add to comeliness and
stature ; or if stationaiy, they make the native strong and
Robust. But when they occidentally concur, disproportion-
ate formations, and evil temperaments are cominonnly the
result.
In this speculation, the diffeient effects of the four qna-
diants aie likewise to be consideied , that fiom the vernal
equinox to the summer tropic, gives the native an excellent
complexion, comely, of a good statuie, abounding with heat
and moisture. But the quadiant from the summer tiopic to
the autumnal equinox, gives but an indifferent complexion,
though the body is well proportioned, healthy and vigoious,
abounding with heat aud diyness That fiom the autumnal
equinox to the winter tiopic, gives a sanguine complexion,
with a slender, lean, and sickly habit, abounding with diy-
ness and cold The quadiant fiom the winter solstice to the
spring equinox', gives a daik complexion, with a moderate
stature, squaie aud strong, abounding with sold and moistme.
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Thisj is to be understood m leference to the siuns ascendm^,
and in which the Moon and other significators respectively bear
rule But it is raoie paiticulaily to be obseived, that the
signs which aie of human form, both in the zodiac and with-
out it, make bodies of a most excellent symmetiy and pro-
poition ; while those which aie not of human foim, act
contianwise, deranging the propei rules of pioportion, and
influencing fiom the pioperties essential to an elegant shape,
to that of dispiopoition and defoimity.

Op the Radical Cause of Blemishes, and Bodily

Diseases.
From a similar hypothesis to the above, we derive the obser-
vation of external blemishes, and bodily diseases, with all the
common accidents of the human fiame, to which the native
is exposed during the couise of his life. The most approved
mode of ascertaining and distinguishing these, is by regard-
ing the eastern and western angles of the horizon, but parti-
cularly the western, and the pait pieceduig, which is the
sixth house ; foi that is mconjunct with the onental angle.
These angles being properly taken, we should next observe
the malefic stais, and how they are configuiated , for if both
or either of them aie posited upon the ascending parts of the
said angles, either bodily, or by quartile or opposition, theie
will be external blemishes, or bodily infirmities, inseparable
fiom the peison then bom Oi if both the luminaries, or
only one of them, be angular, as above described, either in
conjunction or opposition, with a malefic star ascending, they
will pioduca such infiimities 01 blemishes as the particulai
places of the horizon and signs then ascending, and as the natuie
of the jnalefic and ill-affected stars shall lespectively manifest;
for m this case, as m all similar ones, the degiees of the
signs which aie upon the afflicted pait of the honzon, will
shew the paiticular part of the body wheiein the mfirmity
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is, ^hethei it'be a Llomlsli oi disease, oi both , and the nahne
of those stais will likewise point out the cause and quality of
the sj rapfcom
Blemishes and bodily kmts foi the mostpait happen when
the malefics aie ouental , but diseases when occidental. And
as their canse is different, so .also is then effect, foi a hui t
oi blemish suffeis p.un only once, and is not prolonged,
but a disease fiequently comes by fits, or continually affects
the patient, inducing along and lingering dissolution, or
consumptive habit These are geneial considerations , but the
more particulai doctune of blemishes and diseases, hath
another speculation of figmes, by which, for the most part,
similai accidents follow. Foi blindness of one eye is indicated,
when the Moon is posited in eithei of the aforementioned
angles by heiself, or at the piecise tune of becoming new oi full ;
or when she is configmated in a qua:tile aspect, and applies to
any of the nebulous conversions m the zodiac. The same
misfoitune happens when Saturn or Mars, being ouental,
ascend to the Moon, posited in an angle , but whenever they
aie thus configurated to both the lummanes, either m the
same sign, or m the opposite, and oiientally posited m les-
pect of the Sun, but occidental m respect of the Moon, they
cause blindness m both the eyes Mars usually denotes blindness
by the effects of a blow, or thiust, and by lightning, burning,
&o , but if configuiated woth Venus, it generally proceeds fiom
an accident m play oi exercise, or from the sudden attack
of assassins or desperadoes
Saturn produces blindness by cataracts and colds, oi by
pm and web, aud by such like accidents , but if Venus be
posited in any of the above mentioned angles, paiticularly
in the west, configuiated oi joined with Saturn, and M.us
at the same time elevated, oi m opposition, the males then
Loin will be incapable of piopagating then species, and the
females eithei wholly ban en, oi subject to aboition, or to
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the bunging forth of still-born childien, 01^ to such as
adhere to the womb, and aie obliged to be separated by
manual operation, 01 biought away m pieces Tins most com-
monly happens in the signs Cancel, Vngo, and Capiicorn. But
if the Moon be at the same tune in the ascendant, configuiated
with Meicuiy or Satuin, and applying to Mais, what aie then
bom will paifcicipate in the nature of both sexes, and peibaps
be void of a natuial passage. It is likewise found, that if the
Sun be configuiated with Meicuiy, and both the luminaues
disposed aftei a masculine niannei, the Moon decieasing, and
the malefic stais asceiuhug in the following degiees, the males
will be deplived of the members piopei foi geneiation, or be
uieparubly blemished 01 insufficient in them, paiticnlarly in the
signs Aues, Leo, Scorpio, Capucom, and Aquanes ; and the
females will be natuially batien all then lives
Impediments 01 blemishes m the speech are found to arise
ftom the configuiations of Sutmn and Meicuiy with the Sun,
in the afoiesaid angles ; paiticulaily when Meicury is posited
m the west, and beholds the Moon either by an opposition or
qnaitile aspect And if these configuiations happen to ha
made in mute signs, as in Cancel, Scoipio, oi Pisces, the impe-
diment will prove consideiably greater Again, if the malafia
stars aie posited in angles, and the luminaues ascend to them
eithei by conjunction or opposition , or if the malefics ascend
to the luminaues, and the Moon be in Lei node m huitfal
signs, as Aties, Tauius, Cancel, Scoipio, oi Oapncom, the
defects of the body will be by lameness, gibbosity, distoition,
or luxation. If tho malefic stars are m conjunction with tho
luminaues, these affections will take place fiom the bnth ; but
if they are situated m the mid-heaven, elevated above the lumi-
nanes, 01 m opposition to them, they will anse fiom tho con-
currence of vanous accidents, such as falls, blows, wounds, and
the like, duung their progress thiough life.
Blemishes happen foi the most pait when the Moon is in
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iiopical or ecrmnoctial signs. In the vernal signs they are
chiefly occasioned by morphew , m the sunamei, by tetteis ;
m the autumn, by the scuivy , and m the winter, by boils, and
othei moibid eruptions But diseases mostly happen n hen the
Eialefie stais aie configurated m the aforesaid angles, but con-
tianly as to the lumiuaiies, viz, occidental to the Sun, and
onental to the Moon In these positions Satuin induces to
unusual coldness m the belly and reins, and subjects the
native to phlegmatic humours, bloody fluxes, jaundice, and the
whole tiara of hysterical affections. Mars occasions melancholy,
diseases of the lungs, fistulas, hot ulcers, and putiefactions.
If Metcury co operates with either of these ungracious planets,
it is foi the inciease of evil, adding fiesh violence to the disor-
der, and peihaps sooner inducing a fatal termination.
But the piopeities of some bodily diseases arise fiom the
vanety of signs uhich possess the foregoing configurations,
npon the two angles—For instance, Cancel, Capncorn, and
Pisces, cause diseases fiom putrefaction, tetteis, scurvy, or
King's-evil, hut Sagittanus and Gemini by falls, epilepsies,
falling sickness, and the like If the planets aie in the lattei
degiees of these signs, they produce bodily diseases and
blemishes in the extiennties, by teason of fluxations or injunes
from whence arise elephantiasis, gouts, cramps, and rheumatic
complaints And here it must be caiefully noted, that if none of
the benevolent planets are configurated with the malefics which
possess the cause of these vanous disoiders, noi to either of
the luminaries m angular positions, then these bodily diseases
will be wholly incurable, and the blemishes never to be re-
moved, but if the benefics possess a considerable shaie in the
configurations which induce the cause, 01 oveicome the malefic
lays by an equal 01 superioi powei, then the diseases will be
infinitely mote moderate, and the blemishes not so obvious, if
more than baiely discernible It must here, as m all other
cases of the like kind, be obseived, that the stiongei any ruling
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planet is, whether benefic 01 maleffc, the moic eminent and
powerful its effects w ill be , and also that a planet is
stiongei when oriental, than when occidental , wheiefoio a
malefic planet orientally posited gives blemishes , but an occi-
dental, diseases It is likewise to bo lemaiked, that if the
position of the planet inducing tho cause be veiy strong, the
defect will be fiom the bnth, but if weak,, it will arise fioira
some accident aftei bn th.
Or the Natural Beht and Quality of the Mind
Such is the doctrine of bodily accidents, as deducible from the face
of a genethhacal figure , but the qualities of the nund, as rational and
mental, are judged of from the constitution of Meicuiy, -vvith legaul to
different signs and planets That which appoitama to the sense alone,
or that lenders it irrational, is considcted fiom the more coiporeal state-
of the luminaries , that is, of the Moon and stars configurated by sepa-
ration or application But since the animal mchnation is vanous, this
speculation is contemplated from many and divcis observations, according
to the diversity of signs which contain Meicuiy and the Moon, 01 the
ruling stars which have dominion m them, and that confer their influences
to the temper and quality of the mmd , together with the configurations
of those stars which haie lespect to the Sun and the angles, consideied
as to the pioper and distinct natuie with which each of them act upon
the mental motions of each individual It is theiefore generally found
that tropical signs render the native's mmd highly ingenious, full of
invention, eager m the pursuit of iiioial and political knowledge, and of
gieat foititudc and perseveiance Double-bodied signs agitate the mmd
xv ith a variety of xvhimsical and unpiofitable pumuts, lead the tongue to
loquacious habits, and induce to negligence and folly Fixed signs foitify
the mmd with prudence and virtue, and give a bias to economy, chastity,
and tempeiance Again, onental configurations piodnce mental qualities
of a stiong and ingenious nature, free, open, and undissemblcd, quick of
apprehension, constant, judiciouR, benevolent and chaste , but occidental
configmatfons act upon the mmd in a veiy opposite manner, inclining the
native to piofligacy and intempeiance, and nnp.uiing the intellect by a
natural vicious disposition
It is likewise a just obsetvaiion, that if the stais which h:u o rhmnninn
are posited m good places of the figuie, and well conhguutcd, thej rendw
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tht. mfuta] endowments exquisitely perfect, and mdnce to a genetal good
foitune This ris most remarkably obvious m those gemturos winch ha^ o
Metcury well configurated, and ]omed with the separation or application
of the Moon But if Mercury and the Moon are not thus disposed, or
are afflicted by the evil rays of the malefics, they will even then imprint
the quality of their natures upon the soul, though not so eminently, but
m a less obvious and more obscure degree , not tending so much to good
fortune and advancement m the common concerns of life Hence the
property of the ruling planet, whether good or evil, instils its own nature
into the animal spirit, with a power and energy equal to its piedommancy
m the heaitns at the hour of birth , and this energy is either strengthened
or dimiuibhed, according to the force and action of suboidmate configura-
tions , foi those who by reason of strong malefic rays, are prone to vio-
lence and injustice, hac e not their vicious inclinations hindered, unless
these eiil rajs are opposed by some eontiary effect, but if a contrary
aspect opposes this farmhauty of the malefics, the evil inclination is then
proportiunabh corrected, and the mind is more easily biought to a proper
sense of its intemperate pursuits By the same rule, those who are good
and just, because born under a familiarity of benefic stars, willingly and
chearfully pmsue a life of rectitude and virtue , and being naturally
fortunate, as v ell as prudent, their undertakings generally pro\ e advan-
tageous and profitable , but if a contrary aspect opposes this happy
farmhauty of the benefics, either a less esemplaiy conduct, or a more
unprofitable pin suit of worldly concerns, is sure to mark the chaiacter of
the native through all the different stages of his life
Thus far w e have considered the influences of Mercury and the Moon
upon the mind of man, m a general way, unconnected with the operation
or effect of any particular planet, which may happen to assume the domi-
nion, ancl^thcieby imprint its own peculiar influences upon the mental
faculties, in pioportion to its superiority over the other planets Let us
now turn our observation to that piodigious variety of affections of the
ammal or intellectual part of man, which each distinct planet is found to
produce, when they alone govern the mind at the time of birth
Saturn, having alone the dominion of the mental faculties, and ruling
Mercury and the Moon, if he be eligibly situated m lespect of the woild
and the angle--, will induce the native to an impenous and covetous dis-
position, leniark ibh sordid, self sufficient, and envious But if he be but
mdiffoiently posited in respect to the angles and the woild, he disposes
the mmd to treaeheious mclmations, fiaught with supeisiition, oowaidioe,
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and meanness If be is found in a concordant familianty with Jupiter,

and both m good positions of the figuie, he qualifies the miSd with better
inclinations, and disposes it to acts of benei olence, prudence, and magnani-
mity , but if they are configurated m evil places of the figure, they work
a contrary effect, disposing the mind to turbulence and cruelty, and to
various acts of hypocrisy and fraud If Saturn be in good aspect with
Mars, and well posited m the figure, he disposes the inclination to great
and arduous undei takings, remarkable for intrepidity and courage m war,
and for a watchful, laborious, inflexible, and collected mind, though much
disposed to acts of violence, tyranny, and oppression , but if they are
found m bad positions of the figure, they piodncc a mind given up to
every species of fraud and imposition, and wholly abandoned to impiety
ane wickedness If united to Venus, m elevated positions, be renders
the mind libidinous and lustful, given to dissipation and intemperance, but
subject to suspicion and jealousy in respect of women , but if unhappily
disposed in the houses of the figure, he will induce the mind to the most
filthy uncleannese, and to other acts of the basest and most reproachful
kind If Saturn hath familiarity with Mercury, m a good position, ho
addicts the mind to the sobei study of the polite aits, or bends the inclina-
tion to the pursuit of some particular improvement 01 new discovery m the
sciences , and m general renders the disposition sedate, careful and indus-
trious , but if he be configurated with him m evil places, he inclines to
treachery and unfaithfulness, disposes the mmd to the recollection of past
injuries, and uiges to malice and premeditated revenge This vanety of
mental affections chiefly proceed from the influences of Saturn, but they
are moderated, and differently disposed, according to the nature and forco
of those rays, winch, as we have seen, are respectively contributed by the
presence of other planets
Jupitei Uai mg alone the dominion of the mmd, and being well posited
in the figure, influences the animal soul to the most noble and exalted
ideas of honour and rectitude, disposing to magnanimity in the cause of
morality and virtue, and loading the operative faculties to every praise-
worthy act of gencrOMty and benevolence But if Jupitei is posited in any
discordant pait of the figure, his influences have less effect, for though
they imprint the same natural impulse upon the mind, leading to all good
and moial pmsuits, yet it is in a much moic faint and obscure mannei,
being accompanied with a great degree of indolence and inactivity If
Jupiter hath oonfiguiatiou with Mars in a good position, he pioduces a
fioiy and impetuous disposition, bold, daring, and comageous, and given
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to the pursuit of great and arduous enterprises But enlly diaposect
with Mars m^the figme, he induces to an unmercifudj seditious, and
unstable mind, prone to turbulence and faction, and given, up to all
the irregularities of an evil and dissipated'inclination If Jupiter be in
familiarity with Venus, and well posited, he disposes the mind to senti-
ments of liberality and justice, gives ingenuity and perseverance, and
strengthens the intellect by a capaeious memory, but if placed m discoi-
dant parts of the figure, he disposes to the pursuit of sensual and lasciM-
ous pleasures, and gives a turn for loose and disorderly conversation If
Jupiter hath configuration with Mercury, and m good places, he disposes
the mind to the pursuit of learning and wisdom, and gives those natural
endowments of a refined intellect, which produce the most accomplished
politicians, orators, poets, painters, or mathematicians , and is indeed one
of the most happy configurations that actuate and govern the mental'
faculties But if he hath an evil oonfiguiation with Mercury, he induces
the mind to vanity and enthusiasm, leads to selfconceitedness and supersti-
tion, and gives levity, loquaciousness, and supeificial ideas
Mara having alone the dominion of the mind, and well posited m the
figure, produces a bold, confident, and intrepid spint, given to violence
and war, impatient, tyrannical, and abntiary, intermixed with an externaF
shew of leetitude and generosity; but if unhappily disposed, he influences
the mind to barbarity and malevolence, given to implacable hatred, and
inhuman revenge, and disposes the soul to the perpetiation of the most
dark and malicious acts of cruelty and fraud. Having famihaiity with
Venus, and happily situated in the figure, he gives a mind fiaught with
liberality and cheerfulness, disposed to sincerity and friendship, to cncums-
pection and sobnety, and fond of mirth and pleasure, but if m an
evil position of the figure, he inclines to diunkenness and debauchery,
and furnishes a mind given to treachery, deceit, and every species
of immorality If Mars hath familiarity with Mercury in a prosperous
stahon, he gives a mmd happily formed for the conducting of military
or naval affairs, furnishes the soul with a thirst foi great and noble
actions, and fortifies it with temper, deliberation, coolness, confidence,
and magnanimity , endowing the mmd, at the same time, with the finest
feehngs of honour, generosity, humanity, and benev olence But if evilly
disposed, he furnishes a careless and inconstant mmd, pi one to wicked
and mischievous practices, and fond of discord, stnto and sedition
Venus alone having government of the intellectual faculties, and well
placed m the figure, endows the mmd with complacency and softness,
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render? the sentiment? delicate, modest, and well disposed, and the manners
sweet and engaging , but contianly situated, she indiices*to wantonness,
sloth, and effeminacy, fraught with cowardice and piofligacy Having
famihanty with Mercury, and m a piosperous position, she leads the mind
to a relish foi philosophy and science, gives eloquence and ingenuity, and
foims an intellect for divinity, law, or physic, but e\ illy disposed, she
gives a treacheious and unstable mind, bent on perverseness and conten-
tion, and given to slander, hypocrisy, and intempeiance
If Mercury alone hath the dominion and government of the mmd, he
inclines it to the pursuit of prudence and wisdom, gives a turn for ingeni-
ous speculations, and a taste for poetry and science , the retentive faculty
is geneially strong, and the wit lively and penetrating , but if he be
posited in an unpiopitious part of the figure, he disposes the mmd to for-
getfulness and indolence, and influences to the puisuit of mean and crafty
objects , rendering the native mutable and unsteady m mmd and judg-
ment, and in most cases rash, inconsiderate, and subject to error.
The lummaiies likewise have their peculiar operations upon the mind
and mental faculties of the native , for the Moon, being in her gieatest
north and south latitude, renders the motions of the animal soul more
various, crafty, and mutable , but when she is m her nodes, she makes
them more quick, active, and spughtly In oriental positions, and in-
creasing m light and motion, she gives a more open, fiee, and ingenious
mmd , but if decreasing, she lenders the imagination dull, languid, and
heavy, and of a changeable and uncertain temper The Sun contributes
his effects according to the familiarity or configuration he makes with the
planet which is ruler of the mental faculties If the aspect be good, and
m a fortunate part of the figure, he conduces to foim the mind more
honourable, just, and peifect, but m the contrary positions, he influences
to a more abject, cruel, and unworthy disposition
From the foregoing premises, the ingenious student will readily infer,
that the qualities and affections of the mmd are consideied, fiist, from
the places and positions of Meicury and the Moon , secondly, from the
lords of the diffeient places of the figure , thudly, fiom the nature and
constitution of the planets with those places, or their respect to the Sun
with their lords , fourthly, from their positions m respect to the angles ,
fifthly, fiom the nature and piopeity of each star m conjunction with,
or beholding those places , and sixthly, iiom the powei or debility of
e\eiy such sigmhcator respectively consideied Nor ought the fixed stais
of the fiist and second magnitude, 19 01 neai the ecliptic, or that aio
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nearly vertical to the phee of birth, and m conjunction with the siifm-
ficators, to be iti any ruse ncgleoted.
We may likeiuise add, that Jleicuiy m conjunction with the Sun, pro-
duces a mind fitlj foimed for the piudent and successful management of
any kind of business , but if they 11 radiate each other at a distance of
twenty or tiventj-foiu degrees, the mind will be altogether unfit for busi-
ness, or any activ e line of life, but mostly disposed to study, or to a
sedentaiy calling In equinoctial or tropical signs, Mercmy has the same
incitement to actnity and public business, as uhen bodily configuiatcd
to the Sun , but in wateiy signs he acts eontranly , m othei signs moie
variously, but ahiavs best where best dignified
It Mercuiy be afflicted with malevolent planets, the w it is always
dull, slow, and stupid , if swift m motion, he rendeis the mind quick, but
inconstant , if retiograde, dubious and unfked , if under the Sun-beams,
the mind will lean to the pursuit of useless and unpiofitable speculations ,
if posited m oriental houses, the disposition will be open and ingenious ,
but if m occidental, it will be wily, subtle and dissembling If Mercury
be better dignified and stionger than the Moon, the reasonable faculties
will be strongei than the sensitive, particularly if Mercury be m signs of
long ascension, and the Moon in those of short ascension , but if Meicury
be m commanding signs, and the Moon m obeying, the native's intellect
will be naturally weak and impaned , and if the Moon chance to be at
the same time irradiated by the afflicting rays of either of the infortunca
the nativ e will be irrational, and a perfect idiot
Of the Natural Diseases Incident to the Mind
The affections and properties of the mind, are of a sepaiate and dis-
tinct consideration from the chseasee of the mind, such as madness, insanity,
the falling sickness, and the like , but are equally deducible from the
face of the native's geniture For this purpose we must again refer to
the configurations of Mercury and the Moon, and obseive how they are
posited m respect of each other, and m reference to the angular houses,
and also to the malefics For if Meicury and the Moon are in an incon-
junct position in respect of themselves, or the oriental horizon, and are
irradiated by eontraiy and malefic configmations, wheieby supenors
rule or oppose, they thus constitute various diseases in the qualities of the
mmd , the paiticular species of which is known from the qualities of the
stars which possess the places Hence it is obvious that the moie moderate
diseases of the mmd, have their radical cause from an excess or defect of
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those operations, which induce the mental qualities , foi the piedominancy
of such quahtics unturally promote an excess of evil, and constitute a
disease, m propo tion as the ambient matter is unmixed, and above or
below a pioper mediocrity, but the moie obvious and fatal diseases of
the mind anse from a dispioportion or defect of matter infinitely greater,
and v iiolly beside nature
Those who are born when Mercuiy and the Moon are mconjunct, either
in respect of themselves 01 the onental honzon, Saturn and Mars being
angular, and beholding the configuiation, Mais by night, and Saturn by
day, will be naturally subject to the falling sickness all then lives , but
if Saturn happens to take this position by night, and Mars by day, the
native will be subject to phrenzy and madness, more especially if the
aspects fall in Cancel, Vngo, 01 Pisces Again, if the Moon, being m her
phasis, is overcome by malefic rays, namely, by the concurrence of Saturn
when approaching to a new, or by Mais at her full, eithei in the signa
Sagittarius or Pisces , whoever 13 bom uudei such configurations, will be
subject to lunacy Theiefore the malefic stars overcoming, or predomi-
nating in any configurations, induce a vanety of mental diseases, which
are either remarkably violent, or obscuie and latent, according to the
nature and eneigy of each respective inling planet
If the benevolent planets Jupiter and Venus have familiarity, m oriental
positions, and angular, with the malefics occidentally posited, these
mental diseases, though strong and violent, will be curable , if Jupiter
presides, they will be removed by medical help , but if Venus, by the
natural strength of the mental faculties But if these positions happen
to be reversed, the malefic stars angular, and in oriental stations, and the
benefics setting, the diseases will become more manifest, and be wholly
incurable Hence we derive the cause of the ever raiymg mutation of
the animal spirits, which are alway s more or less affected, m proportion
as Mercury and the Moon are agitated by the good or evil influences of
other concurring and adjuvant causes
Such are the moibid affections in the active part of the lational soul,
produced by the planetaiy configurations , but the great change which
arises m the patient, that is, in the matjonal part of the soul0, is induced
9
To prevent the reader from being innocently led astray, and tha
designing critic from explaining away the author's meaning, it is just
necessary to remark, that what 13 said heie of the mind and soul, is not
to be understood of the snpei natural soul, which never dieth, but of tha
mtellectudl rational pait of the animal soul, which is foimed, mled, and
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cIiilJIj fiom exjicqi or dofeot, according to the paiticular confoimation
of male 01 female, m ^Iroh tbcy eithei exceed, or aio deficient, in the
paits pioper to their sex FOi it is fonnd, that if the Sun be configui ited
Tvirh the lloon in the place of Merciuy, and llais and Venus have fami-
liarity with them, the lummnies being m masculine signs, the men will
excxad m that which is natrial, having those parts m excess, that aie
piopci to man , and the women will have a conformation of paits pietei-
nat-uial and mixed But if Mais and Venus should be one or both consti-
tuted with them after a masculine manner, the men will be subject to
mixtuies of sex, and the women to violent lust, and mtempeiate wanton-
ness If Venus alone he disposed after a masculine mannei, this sensa-
uon will bo less stiong, and the parties will conduct themselves with
moie decency and modesty , but it Mars and Venus both aie so consti-
tuted, they will be moved to carnal embiace® by the most violent and
mesistible sensations

If the KiTiinanes alone aie configmatcd in feminine signs, the women

then boin will be of immoderate confoimation, and will have strong and
continual desues after men , but the men then born will be changed to
that confoimation which is mfenor to natuie, and will inherit an effemi-
nate and tendei constitution of body and parts And if Venus be disposed
with them m a femmme manner, the women will be moie lascivious and
prone to venery, and m whatever line of life they chance to glide, this
passion will always be predominant, and most piobably subject them to
disgiace and infamy The men under this constitution aie still moie
effeminate and impotent, but if Mais be thus constituted instead of Venus,
they become lobust and vigorous, and lust after women The onental
oi duunul configuiations of Mars and Venus, contribute to a moie mascu-
line and lobust confoimation, but the occidental and vespeitme, to
then being moie effeminate and debilitated If Saturn happens to be
configmnted with them, he contributes to more lust and wantonness but
m an unnatuial wraj , if Jupitei madiatcs the aspect, he conduces to
moie modesty and decency , but Meicury mfluenoos to a greatei mobility
of passion, to a fiequent change of objects, and to a continual love of
variety, wketliei the native he male or female

wholly governed by these supreme and sole second causes midu God the
stais but pimo'pallj by the Moon and Meicury, ''
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Of Wealth and Eiches.
We have hitheito consideied only such paits 5f the native's
gonitme, as ielate to the accidents of his body and reind, and
the geneial qualities incident to them, as well befoie, as aftei
the butli From these the speculations naturally follow, which
legaid the contingencies of them, vbcieof those appeitammg
to tempoial possessions seem peculiaily to agicc with vbat
concerns the body, and those vluch ielate to honom and dig-
nity, seem,more pai ticulaily to flow fiom the qualities of the
mind
To ascertain, thoiefoie, the hmd and qual"^ of voiluly
possessions, in any lational degiee, we are to considei tho
position of the Fait of Foitune, with the nntuie and stiength
of the planet which mles it, together with his configuiations
and positions m lespect to other stais Foi whatever planet
assumes the loidship of Pait of Foitune, if stiong and well
dignified, he will assmedly contiibuto wealth and riches, but
moie abundantly and lasting, w hen the Inminaiues give testi-
mony to him, by irradiating the place of his position It is
to be observed that Satmu gnes an increase of wealth by the
impiovement and cultivation of lands, oi by buildings, or
navigation- Jupitei contubutes iiches by the confidence and
love of fnends, which produce legacies and patinnony , also
by piefeiment m the chuich Mais conduces to wealth by
waifare, mtiepidity, and good geneialship Venus, by fuend-
ship, gifts, and marnage. Meicuiy by science, oiatory, 01
peiseveimice in business
Saturn having familiaiity with the Pait of Foitune, and
configurated at tho same time with Jupitei, piomises lands and
hereditaments, paitionlaily if posited in a supeuor angle, and
Jupiter occidental m a double-bodied sign, 01 in application
with the Moon ; for then being adopted, the native will become
the hen of otheis And if those stai s w Inch are of the same
Hidnio with Hie significatoi pr the Paii ol Foitune chip icsti-
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mony of dominion, the possession vwll lemain with the native ;

hut if those of a contiary quality aie elevated above the lord
nhich has donnmoiij the possession will be of no duration, and
futnie riches piecanous The general time of these events is
taken fiom the inclination of the stais which pioduce the
cause, in lespect to the angles and succeedants It may also
be further observed, that if these lords of the Pait of Foitune,
commonly called significatois of riches, aie in an angular posi-
tion, the acquisition of wealth will happen m youth , and if
on the cusps of those angulai positions, still eaihei. If they
are posited in succeedents, the iiches will pieseqt themselves
at a middle age , if in cadent houses, eithei late, or in extreme
old age The same cuenmstances aie likewise pioduced by
oriental and occidental positions, in lespect of the Sun and
the woild.
Of Dignities and Honouks
Things which lelate to honour and dignity, are deduced
fiom the disposition of the lummaiies, and the famihanty of
the stars by which they are surrounded. Wherefore if both
the luminaries at the time of bnth are found in masculine
signs, angular, and attended by the five planets, the Sun by
oriental stars, and the Moon by occidental, those persons will
aspire to extraoidinaiy power and dignity, and excieise au-
thority and dominion over others, from whence gieat tubute
and honour will flow. And if these smrounding planets are
angular, or configurated to a caidmal house above the earth,
they will be gieat and powerful m a supenor degree ; but still
more so, if the attending planets make a dexter configuration
to the angles above the eaith, with the Sun in a masculine
sign, and the Moon m a feminine , foi then the native will
arrive to a power like that of pnnces, having absolute dominion
and government, disposing, in a compaiative degree, of the
issues of life and death.
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But if the luminaries happen to be thus posited, and none
of the surrounding planets are in angular stations, noi give
testimony to the angles, the native will be great and honour-
able, as magistrates or geneials, but not as having dominion
or princely dignity So if the suiioundmg planets aie some
or most of them in angular stations, or configurated to the
angles, yet if the luminaries are not in angulai positions also,
the native will not arrive to such illustrious piefeiment, and
■will but modeiately excel in dignity and honour But if
neithei of the attending planets is configmated to the angles,
the native will be obscure, and pass his whole life without
promotion or dignity ; and if neither of the luminanes are at
the same time found m a masculine sign, nor angular, nor
attended by the benefic rays of good planets, the native's life
will be abject and miserable, and his fortune hard.
Thus the geneial consideration and mutability of dignity
and honoui is sought out and determined. But many things
between the two extremes of dignified stations, and abject
seivihty, must be taken into the account, before any reasonable
judgment can be formed from the native's gemture , for we
must lecollect, that every person born under the same propiti-
ous configuration, cannot alike anive to the self-same height
of digmity and honour, because the difference of birth and
station will at once destroy the possibility of it, not to say
any thing of cross aspects, and other baneful familiarities, which
may either cut the thread of life, or tend to lessen the grateful
influences of benefic configurations. It therefoie follows, that
we are not only to judge of personal honour and dignity,
under certain restrictions, fiom the nature, quality, and place
of birth, but likewise from a due consideration of all concuir-
ing and suboidinate rays, which may in any shape be liable
to affect the sigmficators of dignity. "We must not however
forget, that when these significatois aie so dignified in a nati-
vity, that no evil rays, either mundane oi zodiacal, or any
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subordinate parallels conspno to afflict 01 dimmisLi then good

Influences, &nd the proiogator of life is strong and duiable, be
the quality of birth what it may, and the obscunty of the
parents ever so remarhahle, yet the infant thus bi ought into
the woild, shall be exalted to a degree of eminence and
grandeur, infinitely beyond ivhatever could haYe been expected
And it is just the same in respect of nches, pleasuie, wedlock,
children, fuends, enemies, fciavelhng,. and all other events com-
mon to human life , for if the place of the nativity piopci to
either of them be thus stiongly and happily configuiated, the
effects will be produced m an eminent and glonous mannei ;
but when there happens cross and latent familiarities to oppose
and afflict the respective significatois, and paiticularly if there
are testimonies of short life, death will of comse ensue, and all
inferior or dependent incidents naturally cease, and aio pie-
vented.
Or Nattoal Inclhtations or Professions
Since the consequences of the fall produced that unalteiable
decree of heaven, that man should eat h eacl by the sweat of his
brow; and since the increase of mankind upon the face of the
eaith rendered a vanety of professions rreeessaiy , so it is natural
to believe, what obseivation has long confirmed, that the bent of
every man's mmd is more or less disposed towaids the pmsmt
of some particular avocation, by which the calls of natuie may
be supplied, and the deciees of heaven fully accomplished.
And hence it is that the stars, as second causes under Q-odr
derive the power of influencing mankind to a natural choice
of these professions , out propensities to which are so deeply
rooted, and so strongly impimted on the mental faculties,
that no human bias is able to counteiact them, noi the most
elevated station in life, not even that of majesty itself,
sufficient to lepel the inclination fiom an attachment to
some blanch of mechanism 01 science b\ which xn advantage
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might m some measuie be Jonved eithei umveisallj, 01

claally
To enfei upon ibis speculation, we must consider the lord
of the profession, 01 planet that assumes the dominion, which
is taken two ways, either from the Sun, or the sign upon the
inid-heaven , wheiefoie we ought to observe the star that makes
4111 onental appearance nest to the Sun, 01 inid-heaven , but
-more paiticulaily when approached by the application of the
Moon , and if one and the same planet passes both, or makes
the nearest appicaches to the Sun or mid-heaven, we take that
planet fot loid of the piofossion But if one planet be posited
befoie the Sun, and another in the mid-heaven, having fami-
liaiity with the Moon, both aie to be considered, and that only
piefeired as sigmfieatoi, which is appaiently the most strong,
•and best digmficd. In cases wheie no planet is found approach-
ing the Sun, nor posited m the mid-heaven, then that shall be
iaken which hath dominion, or is lord of the mid-heaven.
To endeavoni to asceitam the veiy piofession or mechanical
irade each native will follow, is an idle and absurd attempt,
and savours of folly and fanaticism For though it is possible
io descube the kind and quality of the piofession in lespect to
its general tendency and genus ; yet it is impossible to aseer-
taui paiticularly whether a man shall be a common carpenter,
a wheelright, 01 cabinet-maker What wo aie able to discovei,
as made known bj' the piopeities of the thiee planets, Mais,
Venus, and Meicury, consideied in lespect of the signs in
which thoy aie posited Meicuiy influences to the love of
liteiatuie, and the polite aits , and if he be lord of the piofes-
sion, will naturally incline the active qualities of the mmd to
such puisuits as aie coufoimable theieto, and which come under
the various blanches of the sciences and philosophy Ho
theiefoie pioduces excellent oratois, students m law, physic,
oi divinity , eminent poots and historians , togethei with the
whole tiam of dependant and infenoi avocations of this class,
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"which me discoverable by the presence or assisting rays of the
othei planetary configuiations , for if Satuin gives testimony
to Mercmy, the piofession will be of an mfenoi older , but if
Jupiter, they will be moie excellent and hououiable
If Venus assumes the dominion of the piofession, she will
dispose the native to the study of fioneis, and of botany in
geueial, and consequently to the knowledge and pieparation
of unguents, tinctuies, essences, spices, aiomatic wateis, wines,
coidials, and other pioductions of herbs and floweis, some or
othei of which the native will piobably deal in. If Satuin
gives testimony to her, she makes chemists, apothecanes, dealers
m dyes and colouis, 01 such as have to do with weaiing apparel,
or the materials of which they aie composed. But if Jupiter
gives testimony, the native will aspire after some eminent
office, 01 place of tiust undei government, or to some post of
honoui, or official department in the state , 01 will obtain soma
honourable profession m the navy 01 aimy by a perseverance
m that line
If Mars is ruler of the piofession, and irradiated by the
Sun, he leads to all those blanches of the mechanics which
are wrought by the operation of the , whence he produces all
the artificers in brass and non, and the woikers and refiners
of metals. But being in conjunction with the Sun, he influences
to husbandry, agncultuie, and workers in wood and stone. If
Saturn gives testimony to him, he carries the inclination
towaids a seafaimg life, or to a love of gain by tiavellmg, or by
tiaffic in foreign countnes, 01 by dealing in slaves or cattle.
If Jupitei gives testimony, the native's piofession will be that
of the aimy or navy, or some place, office, or employment
dependent thereon
If Mercury and Venus are so configurated in the gemture,
as to become joint mleis of the piofession, they will produce
excellent musicians, and good compileis of musical pieces;
also, musical instrument makeis, composeis of songs and glees,
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puJ admnable singers, likewise comedians, opeia dancei,",

tumbleis, and all the tube of exhibitionists And if Satuin gives
testimony, he will make jewelleis, toymen, and dealers in
ornaments and precious stones But if Jupiter gives testimony
to them, he will dispose the ramd to the study of politics, or of
national and constitutional la\V, or he will make the piofession
that of a teachei or schoolmaster ; 01 the luler and manager
of some public seminary of learning.
If Mars and Meicuiy aie joint loids of the piofession, they
lead the inclination to the choice of painting 01 diawing; to
statuaiy, sculptuie, caiving, engiavmg, and such like ingenious
aits But because the happy configurations which conspiie to
the piodiiction of taletits propel foi these piusuits, are not
often to be found in any gem tin e, without soJne malevolent
01 afflicting rays, wheieby the native's genius is impaired, it
seldom happens that we find veiy high peifection, 01 super-
extiaordmary merit, among the numerous piofessors and fol-
lowcis of the polite aits ; whence comes the foundation of the
common saying, so stuctly confoimable to tiuth and reason,
that painters, poets, and musicians, must be so born , that is,
must inhent fiom natuie a strong bias foi either of these
piofessions, to make any extraoidinaiy progress in them And
it is remarkable, that if Saturn gives testimony to this joint
mle of Mais and Meicury, all the above ingenuity and taste
w ill be destroyed, and the native become wholly nntractable
and indolent, and given up to theft, swindling, sharping, and
other species of fiaud and violence, foi the means of a subsia*
tence.
If Mars and "Venus jointly take dominion of the piofession,
they produce workeis and denleis m vaiious kinds of metals;
likewise husbindmen, apothecaries, physicians, and all proficients
m the nature of planets and heibs If Saturn gives testimony
to them, they will make ignorant pre tend eis to music and
divinity ; and in all ofchei piofessions under this configuration,
iUl
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the native will bet.iay a waut of ingennity and capacity. IBut

it Jupifcei gives testimony, the contraiy effects will happen;
and m whatevei puisuit the native engages, propel to this
mixtuie of the ruling planets, he will have the satisfaction of
demmg both honoui and piofit fiom his laboars
It musk also he observed, that the quality of the signs m
which these cougiesses aie made, and wherein the lotds of the
profession aie posited, confer to the vauety and advantage of
such profession. Those of human shape conduce amazingly
to the peifection of all those sciences and avocations, winch
aie for the improvement and information of the mind Four-
footed signs contnbute to the gieater peifection of metallic
arts, navigation, and architecture. Tiopical and equmoxial
signs forwaid the pursuits of husbandly, agnculture, the mathe-
matics, chemistry, and theology Eaithy and watery signs to
the perfection of physic and surgery, to the art of consfciuet-
ing ships, and to the profession of a merchant.
Again, if the Moon possesses the place of the profession,
having configuration with Mercury, at her conjunction with
the Sun, either in Tamus, Capricorn, or Cancer, she will con-
duce vo greater sagacity and penetration m whatevei piofession
the native happens to follow If this configuration happens in
Sagittarius or Pisces, it conduces to a melancholy and timid
puisuit of business, and bm thens the mind with enthusiastic
and supeistitious affections. If it happens m Yngo or Scorpio,
it contributes profound wisdom and knowledge to'the profes-
sion of physicians, lawyers, or divines j and to the followeis
of science or philosophy If m Libra, Aries, or Leo, it makes
enthusiastic pieacheis, and fills the mind with idle and immo-
derate ideas of gain by each respective business or avocation.
Thus the kinds and qualities of professions are to be sought
out m a geneial way, and described accordingly, but the impor-
tance and extent of them must be considered from the strength
smd dignity of the iding stars. For being oriental or angular,
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ihey make the ptofession eminent and piofitable„ but if occi^
dental, 01 declining fiom angles, it will be unimpoitant, mean,
and unprofitable If the benefics are superior, the profession
will be eminent, honouiable, and conducire to great riches j
but if the malefics are superior, it will be mean, inglorious,
and wholly unprofitable. Saturn is found to destroy the bene-
fits of an active piofession, by taidiness, indiffeience, and
inactivity; but Mars thiough boldness, loftiness, and piesump-
tion , wherefoie both act m opposition to the success and advan-
tage of the native's profession But the general causes of the
failure or prosperity of business, must be judged of fiom the
disposition and quality of the stars which pioduce the effect ;
and this in reference to the oriental and occidental angles The
east angle denotes the beginning of life, tbe west angle the
end, and the mid heaven the middle part, ft om about thirty
to for ty years ; and as the sigmficatoi s ai e disposed in the
radical figure, so will the effects theieof be at the set time of
life confoimable thereto.
It must ever be remembered that the doctime of professions
here laid down, and the effects arising fiom them, relates only
to such as are followed in consequence of the natuial impulse
of the mind ; in which cases alone we are to seek for adequate
success and perfection m the prosecution of them. Among
the ovservations we make of the common occurrences of life,
fve too often find youth consigned to such employments, by
tbe will or caprice of their parents, as they are neither designed
for by nature, nor have the least inclination t» follow And
hence it is that so many bunglers rise up m all trades and
professions, who finding their business a continual load of
oppression and perplexity, either abandon it altogethei, or else
become indolent, sottish, and inactive, to the uttei nun of
then families, and to the general annoyance of the moie mdus-
tnouspaitof mankind Fiom this consideiation, parents and
guaiduus should be ciuoful to educate and bung up the using
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geneiation, a? fai as prudence will admit, accoiding to the

natmal bent and genius of then own inclinations, winch is the
only dnect road to excellence and peifection Tins I think is
a fact that needs no fuilhei illustration, since the obseivations
of most men will furnish them with instances of peisons being
regulaily bred to some piofessions, which even at an advanced
time of life they wholly abandon, in pmsuit of some othei
calling more consonant to then nature and abilities, and in which
they often succeed, to the astonishment of then competitois.
Of Marriage,

To what has been said, follows the consideration of Mania^e,

01 the fit conjunction, and living together of man and woman,
according to the divine ordinance of the Supieme Being And
as this law was evidently established from the beginning of
things, as well foi the pi opagation of the species, as foi the
mutual comfoit and happiness of the sexes, it weie senseless
to suppose human nature void of the impulse of lecipiocal
love , or that the involuntary actions of the soul, by which it
is moved towards the object of its affections, have not a ladical
cause m the ordei of natme If this be admitted, it cannot
suiely be deemed a subject of ridicule, to believe that this, as
well as the other important transactions of our lives, may bo
sought out by a contemplation of the celestial bodies
To investigate this point, therefore, m respect to men, let
the positions and constitutions of the Moon bo particulaily
considered JFor when she is found m the onental quadiants,
at the time of birth, she influences the native to the consumma-
tion of marriage at an early period of his life, but if posited
in the occidental quadrants, ho will probably live single till
the appioach of old ago, and then many a very young woman
If the Moon be afflicted by the Sun beams, and m configura-
tion with Saturn, m eithei of these positions, the native will
Eevei mairy at all. If she be found m a sign of one foim, and
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making application to one planet only, the native will marry
but once , but if posited m a bicorporal 01 sign of many foims,
and making application to several stars m the same sign, he
will be several times mained And if the stais which receive
the Moon's application, either by conjunction, sextile, or tune,
aie banefic, the wives will be good and virtuous , but if the
application be made to malefic planets, and by evil configura-
tions, they will be altogether of an opposite descnption There-
fore if Saturn receives the Moon's application, it indicates a
laboilous, but sullen, fiowaid, and ungovernable wife If it
be made to Jupiter, she will be free, open, and generous, truly
viituous, and a good housewife. If to Mars, she will be bold,
stubborn, and refiaetory If to Venus, chearful, complacent,
affable, and chaste. If to Mercury, wise, prudent, loving, and
constant But if Mars irradiates the place, she will be surly,
passionate, talkative, and unsteady.
For the particulais of mamage in respect of women, we
aie to consider the positions of the Sun, instead of the Moon ;
for if he be situated in the onental houses, at the time of birth,
the native will either many very young, or else at an advanced
time of life to a young man ; but if the Sun be found m the
occidental houses, she will marry late, or to a man far advanced
in years. And also, if he be situated m a sign of one form,
ehe will marry but once , but if m a sign of many foims, or
configmated to many oriental stais, she will have more hus-
bands than one, who will partake of the same nature and
qualities as the stais to which the configurations are made.
Thus, Saturn, if configurated to the Sun, will indicate sober,
giave, and labouous husbands, but cold and phlegmatic.
Jupiter disposes them to more openness of mmd, and generosity.
Mars makes them violent, warm, unruly, passionate, and aibi-
tiary Venus foieshews them to be indulgent, fond, good
natuied, apd handsome Meicury disposes them to be caieful,
piudent, mdustiious, and faithful. But if Saturn be joined
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Witfi Meicury, they will be churlish and leseived , if with-

Venus, they will be dull, sour, and inconstant, if with Mais,
quack, lively, lustful, and fond of vanety Those aie here to
be consideied the onental quarters m respect of the Sun, which
precede the oriental and occidental sign of the zodiac , and
in respect of the- Moon, those fiom her new and full, to hei
other quartei s j and the occidental houses- are those which fall
opposite to the foregoing.
As to events that occur aftei marriage, that is a diffei en t
speculation, and requires great attention to the follow ing pai ti-
culars, "YVhenevei the gemtures of both husband and wife,
have the luminaiies configurated in mutual agreement, that is,
in trine or sevtile to each othei, they will live together in com-
fort and harmony, and for a long continuance of time, if the
luminaries happen to be in mutual reception And this dura-
tion will still be more firm and lasting, if the position of the
husband's Moon agrees with that of the Sun in tbe wife's
geniture. But if the positions of tbe luminaries are placed in
signs mconjunct, and configmated by quartile or opposition,
they will either live together m discoid and enmity, and be
rent by violent jealousies and centention, or else be fully and
finally estranged fiom each other.
Again, if the benefic rays of the fortunate planets behold
the confignrations of the luminaries, in mutual reception, the
marriage will be durable, constant, happy, and piofitable But
if the malefic planets iriadiate the places, the marriage will be
unhappy, contentious, and miserable. If tbe luminaiies are
not configurated in mutual reception, yet if the benefics give
testimony to them, the manlage will be moderately happy and
durable; and when stufe and disagreements happen, the same
will wear off, and reconciliation will take place between them ,
but if the malefics give testimony to the discordant positions
of the luminaries, inconstancy and infidelity will ensue, and
the marriage will be dissolved With scandal and disgrace If
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Meicuiy be joined with the mnlefics, the separation will be for

hatred and dislike, and by mutual consent , but if Venus
gives testunony to them, it will be a divoice by due couise of
law, for infidelity and adultery
Mamages, in othei respects, aie considered from the fami-
lianties and connexions of Venus, Mars, and Saturn. For if
-these are all thiee configmated with the luminaries, the marriage
will be good, domestic, and profitable, by reason of the
affinity which the benefic planet Venus hath with Mars and
Saturn, with Mais, because of youth and florid countenance,
seeing they have exaltation in mutual trigonal signs, as Mars in
Oapucom, the tuplicity of Venus, and Venus in Pisces, the
tuplicity of Mars ; 01 Mars in Pisces, the exaltation of Venus,
and Venus in Capucoin, the exaltation of Mais So likewise
Capucoin and Libia are common to Saturn and Venus , for
Venus in Libia hath house, and Saturn tuplicity; and in
dapricorn Saturn hath house, and Venus tnphcity ; and hence
she beais relation to Saturn by an older complexion, seeing
Ahey have then houses trigonal to each other. Wherefore
Venus with Mars conduces to make the inclinations more fond
.and amorous ; and Meicuiy giving testimony to them, qualifies,
the passions, and keeps the sensual appetite within rational
bounds. If Venus be found in any of the above familiar and
promiscuous signs, she indicates mamages between kinsmen and
aelations, or if she be with the Moon in a masculine gemture, it
piedicts that two sisteis, or near relations will be mamed to the
same man ; but if she be thus configurated to Jupiter, or the
Sun, m a feminine gemture, it shews the woman will marry two
biothers, or two men that aie nearly related.
It is likewise observable, that m all cases Venus is thus
configmated to Saturn, in the place of mamage, that the
connubial state will be blissful and happy to the native ; and
if Meicury be joined with them, he adds prosperity. But if
Mais be substituted in his place, the mamage will be altogether
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wiotclieJ, coatentions, nud unhappy. If Mais be configmated

to Venus, Saturn, and Metcuiy, the native mamea nith a
peison neaily of an equal age ; but if lie be posited in an
oneutal 01 easteily station, the native inanies with a peison
much youugei ; and if an occidental 01 vvesteily station, with
a peison much oldei If Ventis and Satum be found m pio-
miscuous signs, such as Oapiicorn 01 Libia, the native will
many among his own kindiecL But if this configuiation is
made upon the cusps of the hoioscope 01 mid-heaven, madiated
by the Moon, and the gemture be masculine, the native will
lust after his own sistei, aunt, 01 mothei-m-law, 01 if the
gemtme be feminine, she will have desne unto hei own biother,
uncle, or daughter's husband Should the Sou ii fadlate the
place, instead of the Moon, then the males will have desne
towaids their daughters, or son's wife ; and the females to
then sons, nephews, or sistei's husband.
Observation likewise pioves, that if Venus and Satum ai'6
configurated neither m a masculine 01 feminine sign, but m
those of an opposite quality, which aie alike m sex, but con-
trary in nature , 01 m those that are mled by places of a
contraiy nature, as Capucorn is mled by Saturn and Mais, and
Pisces by Jupitei and Venus ; the native will be pione to
lust, of a loose conver»ation, and immodest cainnge ; moie)
paiticularly if the configmation be made m the fiist 01 latter
degrees of Aries, neai the Hyades, in the latter degrees of Leo,
01 upon the face of Capneom And if these planets occupy
the two principal angles, namely, the ascendant or mid-heaven,
these libidinous affections v ill be the moie stiong, open, and
offensive, making the paity gloiy, as it weie, m luscmousness
and debauchenes, but it is a most exti ordinal y circumstance,
that the same aspects m the noithern and western angles, not
only conduce to an opposite disposition, but mndei the native
eithei barren, deficient, 01 of eul confoimation, m lespect to
the paits ueeessaiy to geueuitwn.
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the disposition of men, as to modest or viciona babits, very

much depend on the positions and configurations of Mais , for
if he be separating fiom Saturn and Venus, and applying to
Jupiter, men boin at that time will be discreet and modest,
decent in their intercourses with the other sex, and disposed
only to the natural use If Jupitei and Venus be configuiated
to Saturn and Mars, the native will be easily moved on, and
have a secret desire to acts of venery, but will have an exter-
nal shew of chastity, and labour to avoid the shame If Mara
and Venus aie alone configurated togethei, or if Jupiter bears
testimony, the native will be openly lascivious, and indulge in
the most luxuriant enjoyments of the opposite sex If one of
these planets be oriental, and the other occidental, he will ba
disposed towaids men as well as women ; but if both are found
configurated m the occidental quarters, the native's company
should be avoided, foi he mil burn with unnatuial desnes
after men or boys ; more particulaily if the aspect falls in mas-
culine signs, in which case the inclination is most astonish-
ingly moved towaids this infamous and shocking practice It
is likewise to he remarked, that if Venus be alone in an occi-
dental position, the native will for the most pait have inteicouisa
With none but the meanest and most prostituted part of the
sex ; but if Mais be alone in this position, he influences to
gi eater delicacy and fastidiousness, and marks the chaiacter
with a desire aftei married women, 01 to the more continent
and modest among the single ones
Such are the causes which vary the sensual appetites of
men , we will now consider those peculiar to women. If
Venus be configurated to Jupiter, and Mercury gives testimony,
the native will be sober, pme, and moderate in her desnes aftei
men, but having familiarity with Mercury alone, she will
privately give herself up to sensual embraces, though remark-
ably coy and reserved in public So likewise if Venus ba
configurated to Mais alone, the native will be wanton and
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lascivious ; and if Meicuiy has familiarity with them, she will

be wholly given up to lustful pleasures and prostitution. If
Jupiter concurs in this aspect, and Mars be combust of the
Sun, the native will be mean and abject, submitting to the use
of the most vulgai and lowest class of mankind , but if Venus
be combust instead of Meicury, she will submit with more
reserve and caution, and mostly with decent and genteel pei-
sons. If these planets be configurated after a feminine manner,
the sensual appetite of the native will be only passive , but
if disposed after a masculine manner, it will be active also.
Saturn having famihanty with these configuiations, adds to
the greater lust and licentiousness, but Jupiter to greater
share of modesty, decency, and external decorum.

Of Children.
After the consideration of marriage, follows that of children.
This speculation is deduced from the stars configurated in the
mid-heaven, or succedant, which is the eleventh house , but
if none of the planets are found m these places, then the oppo-
site ones are to be considered. The Moon, Jupiter, and Venus,
are the givers of children, hut the Sun, Mars, and Saturn
occasion sterility, or paucity of children Mercury, as in all
other cases, contributes his influences according to the natuie
and quality of that star or planet with which he is configurated s
adding to the increase of children when m fee east, but to
sterility and barrenness when occidental, or in the west. When
therefore these stars which are givers of children, are thus
posited, and by themselves, they foreshew only one child to
the native , but if they are formed in double bodied 01 feminine
signs, they cause the generating of twins - so likewise in
fruitful signs, as Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio, they will produce
two or three childien at a birth. If they are of a masculine
nature, by being configurated to the Sun, and in masculine
-signs, they cause males, but if they ate disposed after a
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ftminme nature, they give females If they are overcome
by malefic planets, and posited in barren places or signs, such
as Leo, or Vugo, they will give children, but not of any
stability or duration', they will be naturally weak and puny,
by being void of a proper share of vital heat and nourishment.
If the Sun and malefic stars jointly possess the mid-heaven 01
eleventh house, m masculine or sterile signs, without either
of the benefics- concurring, they indicate perpetual barrenness
to the native, and shew an utter want of children , but if
they be m feminine or fiuitful signs- or aided by the benefics,
they foreshew the production of children, but such as are
either hurt or blemished in their bodies; or of a short and'
unhealthy life.
In all these cases it must be remembered, that whenever
the malefic stars have the dominion, and the benefics give
testimony, being configurated in, or having respect to prolific
signs, there will' happen a rejection of children according to-
the excess- which the stars giving testimony have m each
condition, either of all the children, or of a few, or most, as
they are found more powerful, by being more oriental or angu-
lar, or more elevated or succedant. If therefore the lords of
those signs, being givers of children, are-orientally posited,
or in good places of the figure, the children will be fortunate
and aspiring, and will arrive at singular fame and honour : but
if the position1 be occidental, or in evil places of the figure, the
children will be altogether mean and obscure Moreover, if they
agree with part of fortune and horoscope, they foreshew mutual
love and confidence, and a good- understanding always to exist
between the children and parents, and-that they will become the
heirs and inheritors of their fortunes. But if these be found
nnconjomed. and disagreeing, the children will be vicious and
incorrigible, losing the esteem;, and wearing out the patience
©f their parents, and thereby perhaps missing the inheritance
of their substance. If the stars which assume the dominion
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©f childien, are agreeably configurated among themselves, they

foreshew love and harmony among brothers and sisters, and that
they will help and assist one another duung their lives But as
to other paiticulars lelative to the fortunes and general pursuits
of childien, they are to be sought out by placing the sign and
degiee m which the sigmficutoi of childien is found, upon the
ascendant, and making the signs upon the cusps of all the
other houses agreeable theieto. in the same manner as if it was
the piopei nativity of each child, and then judge of the disposi-
tions of the figme, according to the rules heietofore laid down.

Of Friends and Enemies.

The things which relate to fuendship and enmity, are con-
sidered by observing the principal places of the gemtme,
wherem the sigmficatois thereof have famihanty or aspect j
together with the weakness or strength of them The great
and more durable famihanties or differences of these stars, are
termed sympathies and enmities ; and the small and tempoiary
familialities are called societies and contentions. To discover
these, we must carefully observe the places of the Sun and
Moon, in respect to the horoscope and part of fortune , for
if these happen in the same signs, or if they change places
when using, and not rnoie than seventeen degiees distant, they
foreshow long and faithful friendship But if they are mcon-
junct, or posited in opposite signs, they pi oduce great and
implacable enmity and hatied. If the luminnnes aie not found
in any of these situations, but are only configurated m signs,
either by trine 01 sextile, they shew slight and piecanous
fuendship , but if by quartile, small and impotent enmity.
Hence it happens that friendships cease and appear as it were
at an utter end, while the malefics tiansit the configurations
and yet when these are over, the fuendship is again renewed,
and mutual civilities and good offices take place, as if no such
circumstances had happened. So in like maunei the malicious
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objects of ha. tied and enmity seem to cense and die doi mailt,
wben the benefic stars are making their ingress upon the con-
figuiation ; but aie renewed with fiesh rancoui soon after these
ingresses are at an end.
Fuendship and enmity aie therefore considered under three
kinds ; for men aie observed to be so disposed either by elec-
tion, or for piofit, or for sorrow 01 pleasure , and when either
all or most of the forementioned places have familiarity with
each other, friendship is constituted by these three kinds ; but
if these places aie found unagreeable, then enmity arises m a
similar manner. When the places of the luminanes alone have
familiarity, friendship will arise fiom election, involuntary
choice, or natural regard, which is the most fitm and lasting ;
but if the places of the luminaries are contranly disposed,
hatied is after the same manner pioduced, and is the most
inveteiate and fatal When the place of part of foi tune hath
familiarity, 01 is otherwise found, then these affections aiise
from motives of self-interest, 01 gam , but when they aie from
the hoioscope, they aie pioduced by those actions of the mind
which arise from melancholy and choler, 01 fiom vivacity and
good humour But in all these cases we must particulaily
obseive the stars elevated above, or configurated with each of
these lespective places j for that place shall give a higher
degree of friendship 01 enmity, than any other, to which the
elevation or succession of stars is the nearest, whether m the
same sign, or the adjoining But the place which passes the
stais m configuration, if the stars aie fiisndly, denote advan-
tage and mteiest to be the cause of friendship j or if discordant
stars occur, enmity will aiise fiom interested motrves, which
will expire with the cause of it,
The foregoing observations are applicable to the most extia-
vagant and lasting instances of fuendship and enmity , but
those which aiise fiom more tempoiary and tuvial causes, have
a different speculation. The common occasions of fuendship
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©r animosity "which arise in the general pmsmt of business op
pleasure, or wlhch>ause from mixing with the world, aie only to
be deduced-from'the motion of the stars taken m both genituies,
in order to find! when the sigmficators m one nativity, shall come
to the same point in the other nativity , for at such periods theie
will arise particular friendships or enmities; which will have
duration no longer than the respective familiarity or connexion
of these stars exist Saturn and Jupiter coming m this manner
to each others places, cause friendship, by meeting in societies
or company j or by agreement m husbandly and agriculture,
or by the Joint inheritance of fortunes. Saturn and Mais-
produce strife and contention, and often foreshew premeditated
fraud and villainy. Saturn and Yenus denote love and friend-
ship through the mterfeienee of kindred, but has no duration.
Saturn and Mercury produce friendship by conversation or
connexion in business, science, or confederacy Jupiter and5
Mars produce enmity by politicsy improper preferment, or in--
terested measures of government. Jupiter and Yenus occasion
friendship through the interference of women, ecclesiastics, or
teachers. Jupiter and Mercury thiough mutual attachment
to literature, science, and philosophy. Mars and Yenus cause
friendship by a like disposition to lascmous-ness, dissipation,
and intemperance. Mars and Mercury produce enmity by
similar interests in business, or by the same parties following
the same avocation; but Venus and Mercury by means of
jealousy, learning, correspondence by letter, or love of women.
The increase or decrease of friendship and enmity is dis-
cerned from the nature of the possessed places ©f each signi-
ficator, compared with the first four principal places of the
figure , for if they apply to the place of the part of foitune,
or to the luminaries angular, they render the friendship or
enmity more conspicuous, but sepai ated and disjoined, they
make them obscure and seci et. To know whether these affec-
tions shall be more or less injurious, or advantageous, we aie
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to observe the force and power of the stars which behold the
abovementioned places, and judge according to their quality
and disposition either to good or evil. But if it relates to good,
or evil from servants, the place of the ruling disposition in
lespect of them in the figure, must be taken from the sign
in the twelfth house, and from the stars which behold the place
in the geniture itself, with the ingresses or opposition ; but
more particularly when the rulers of the signs have either
famihaiity with the principal places of the geniture, or are
contrauiy and unhappily configurated , from which judgment
must be made accordingly.
Or the Natural Inclination for Travelling.

The circumstances which relate to travelling, are considered

from the position of the luminaries in respect to the angles ;
hut chiefly from those of the Moon For if she be found in
the seventh house, and declining from angles, she denotes a
continual disposition for travelling, and perpetual change of
.place, to the native. Mars himself being occidental, or declin-
ing from the mid heaven, and having an opposite or quartile
position to the luminaries, will produce the same inclination in
a somewhat less degree But if the part of foitnne falls m the
same sign with the sigmficator of travelling, the pnncipal part
!
of the life and actions of the native will be spent m a foreign
•country.
Whenever the benevolent planets irradiate the above-men-
itioned places of the luminaries, of Mars, or the part of fortune,
4>r succeed to them, the native's travelling will be glorious
and profitable ; and his return safe, and without impediment.
But it the malevolent stars behold or succeed, the contrary
•.effects will be found to happen. In all these cases, however,
.the quality and temperament of the lesser familiarities, as they
add to, or take from the power and force of their configurations,
mast be invariably attended to. If the luminaries incline or
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fall to the ouental quadrants, the travelling will be towaids
the eastern or southern patts of the globe, considered in respect
to the place of birth , but if they aie found in the occidental
quadiants, the peiegimahon will be towaids the noith or west.
It the signs m which the significatois of tiavelling aie posited,
be of one fonn, eithei m lespect of themselves, or of the stais
■which have the lordship over them, the travelling will be far,
but at intervals; but if the signs aie double-bodied, or of two
foims, it will be perpetual, and of vast extent It must
however be heie obseived, that though the cause and success
of travelling, are influenced by Mais and the pait of foitune,
yet the quarter towaids which the peregrination shall be, aie
only to be known fiom the position of the luminaries
If Jupiter and Venus are ruleis both of the luminaries and
places of the figuie which induce travelling, the jomnies will
not only be completed n ithout danger, but they will also be
pleasant, healthy, and agreeable , foi by the good government
of the countnes he visits, and the accidental meeting of fnends,
he will meet with hospitality and kindness ; the constitution
of the air, and the plenty of necessary accommodations, contri-
buting at the same time to his health and preservation And
if Meicury be joined to the aforesaid configuiation, an addi-
tional share of honour, profit, and infoimation, will be derived
fiom the journey. But if Saturn and Mars possess or govern
the places of the luminaries, at a great distance from each
other, they will occasion great dangeis, and a variety of ill
fortune in the comse of the journey Being m moist signs,
they denote misfortune by shipwieck, or falling into desolate
and inaccessible places, m fixed signs, by precipices, or tem-
pestuous and conti ary winds , in tiopical and equinoctial signs,
by want of provisions, by a spoibutic or epidemic disoider, or
by a sickly temperature of the an , m human signs, by the
sudden attack of mountameeis and robbers, of savages, or
ambuscades. In eaithy signs, by the attack of wild and feiocmus
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animals, or by falling into pits, or subterraneous pKices. But if

Meicuiy gives testnnsny in any of the foiogoing cases, the
danger may ause ftom venomous creatuies, or by poison, or
some villainous accusation.
These ate the geneial considerations ; but the moie parti-
culai, such as lelate to the pecuhai advantage or injuiy of each
event, must be deduced from the nature and pioperty of the
pi mcipal places and significatois of profession and substance,
of dignity and houom, 01 of bodily and mental endowments,
according to the mles aheady piemised But the knowledge
of the tunes when these various incidents are to happen, is
only to be acquned fiom the result of the dnections of each
respective significator, by the method which we shall presently
lecommend.
Op the Apheta, Hyleu, Prorogatos, or Significator of
Life, and the Places* Proper Thereto.

The liylegiacal or prorogatory places, aie in number five,

viz, the ascendant, the seventh, ninth, tenth, and eleventh
houses, and aie taken fiom the five degrees nest and imme-
diately above the cusp of the ascendant, to the twenty-five
degiees below the cusp of the same, computed by oblique ascen-
sion, In the same manner the prorogatoiy places are deter-
mined in the seventh, ninth, tenth, and eleventh houses ; for
instance, it is computed from the five degrees in the eighth
house, to the middle of the eleventh house, towards the twelfth ;
which middle is easily found, by adding half the semidiurnal
aich to the right ascension of the medium cceli, and wheie that
0
The aphetic, hjlegiaoal, 01 proiogatory places, are those paiticalar
places of the figure, 01 of the he ii ens, fiom wheace the apheta, hyleg,
proiogatoi, or signmcatoi of life is to be taken These appellations have
all the same meaning, and signify that plant 01 stai which is loid of life.
The fiist is denved fiom the Gieek, the second fiom the Ilebiew, and the
lattei fiom the Latin
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ends -is the middle of the eleventh house , the pait beyond
which is not hylegiacal m proiogatory. Now these only are
the places in which the planet who assumes the power of hyleg
oi giver of life, can be found , foi whatsoevei is under the
earth, is not fit for such dominion ; nor is any position above
the eaith, which has not configui ation to the horoscope The
twelfth house, therefore, which is called the eml angel, is not
piorogatory, because it not only declines fiom the angle, but
also makes the influence of the stars posited theiem of an evil
tendency, since it disturbs, and as it were destioys the thick
vapour proceeding fiom the moisture of the earth, whereby they
become contrary to nature both m colour and magnitude
If the native's bnth be by day, the Sun shall be taken for
ihyleg, prorogator, or giver of life, if he be found m any of the
foregoing hylegiacal places , if he be not, then obseive whether
the Moon be posited in either of them, and if so, then she shall
be taken foi significatoi of life. But if neither of the lumi-
nanes be so found, then any planet whatsoever, that hath most
dignities in the place of the Sun at the preceding conjunction
wifh the Moon, and m the horoscope, shall be preferred as
significator of life. It must howevei be remembered, that this
planet must be dignified three ways or more, m one of the
above-mentioned places, to be so prefeired , but if no planet
should be found so dignified, or if dignified not in an aphetical
place, then take the ascendant foi giver of life.
If the time of birth happens to be by night, the Moon shall
be preferred for giver of life, if she be posited in any of the
aphetical places of the figure If she be not, then the Sun shall
be prefened, if found m any of these places, but if neither
Sun nor Moon be so situated, then any planet whatever, which
was most dignified in the place of the preceding full Moon, and
in the place of the part of fortune, shall be pieferred If none
such are found in the gemture, the ascendant shall be taken for
giver of life, if a conjunction preceded , but if it was a full
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Hoon, then the part of fortune must be preferred If both the'
luininanes, or several of the planets which assume the pover
of significator of life by the above-mentioned conditions, are
found together in the aphetical places, and seem to contend
for dominion of prorogation, then-that shall be preferred which
is found in the most principal place of the luminaries, whether
it be the Sun, Moon, or any other planet whatever. The pnnoi-
pal places of the luminaries are these , first, in the medium
eoeh, next, in the ascendant, then in the eleventh house , next
to that, the seventh , and lastly, the ninth house. According
to this order, theiefoie, by the genethhacal figuie at the time
of bath, shall the significator of life be sought out and ascer-
tained.

Of the Ahareticax, or Killing-planet ; and of the

Quality of Death.
The Anaretic or killing places, are the places of Saturn and'
Mais, which kill according to the direction of the hyleg to
the succeeding signs, when they meet either bodily, or cast
their rays fiom any place of the figure, whether it be by quai-
tile or opposition ; and sometimes it happens by sextiles, when
they pioceed' from- signs obedient or beholding, because they
have then the same efficacy with the quartile or opposition. So
likewise a quartile, configuiated fiom the following or succeed-
ing signs to the aphetic place; and also a sextile evilly affected,
when in signs of long ascension, and even the trmes, in short
ascensions, have sufficient force to kill, when unimpeded by
benefic lays, as will also the solar place, if the Moon be byleg
But it must be remembered that these places are only anaretic,
when they are evilly affected, for then anaretic or killing
power is impeded or destroyed, whenever it falls in the terms
of a benefic star, or whenever the benefics cast a sextile, quai-
tale, time, oi oppositional lay to the veiy anaietical point, or
to those points which follow Hence lite is geneially found to
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be preserved, when Jupitei is not above twelve degrees distant

fiom the ana?ota or killing planet, 01 when Venus is not more
than eight. The zodiacal aspects of the anaietic 01 killing
stars will be likewise of little force, whenevei the latitade of
the apheta or giver of life, and that of the anaieta or destioyei
of life, doth not correspond
When the assisting v I anaietic raj-s are found two or moio
on each side, we must obscive which of them e\ceed most in
number and power, which is to be nndeistood when the benefics
01 anaretas aie some of them m pioper places of the figure, and
others not; paiticnlarly when some are oriental, and othets
occidental, either in respect of the Sun, or the figuie itselt ;
for in geneial no planet under the beams of the Sun hath
powei to kill 01 save, unless when the Moon is giver of life ;
in which case the place of the Sun being afflicted by some
jnalefic planet joined to it, and receiving no help ftom benefic
rays, will ceitamly produce death; but if any benevolent
configuration irradiates the place, the native's life will be
preserved
To define the cause and quality of death, vre must consider
whether it is likely to happen by means of the beams of the
malefic stars being cast orientally , for the place of the malefic
pr anaretical planet, if joined by body, if not, the place of the
aspect, ought caiefully to be observed, in older to judge of the
quality of death If these destiuctive beams flow occidentally,
consider the occidental place of the stai, foi such as they are
which have dignities in the anaietic place, such will be the
quality of death , oi if no planet hath dignities tbeiem, then
such as before others are earned by their motions to these
anaretic places, are to be esteemed the causers of death, and
our judgment should be regulated theieby, the configura-
tions of the stars made thereto, being likewise consideied,
together with the natuie of the signs, and the terms in which
they fall.
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Salnrn possessing the dominion of death, causetli death by

chronic distempers, phthssics, fluxions, agues, diseases of the
spleen, dropsies, eeliac and hysteric distempers , and, in a word,
by all those disorders arising fiom abundance of cold Jupiter
pioduces death by the qninzay, inflammation of the lungs,
apoplexy, ciamp, and cardiac affections ; and by those disorders
which happen with vehement and stinking breathing Mais
causes death by continual fevers, semitei tians, sudden strokes,
and Nephritic affections, spitting of blood, and hemonhage,
by abortion and birth, and Saint Anthony's fiie, and by all
disoideis which ause from abundance of heat Venus induces
death by affections of the stomach and liver, img woims and
bloody flux, also by putiefuction and fistulas, and giving of
poison ; and, in a word, by all those complaints which proceed
from abundance of moisture, or through want or wasting thereof.
Mercuiy destroys life by madness, exiasie, and melancholy;
falling sickness, coughs, and spitting affections, and by those
which happen simply through much dryness, 01 a want thereof
And these deaths happen naturally, when the rulers of death
aie in their proper and natural quality, and none of the malefies
concur
Violent and remarkable deaths happen when both the male-
fies are lords of the anaretrc places, or when both or one of the
two are joined, of square or oppose, or evilly affect both of the
luminaries, or the Sun alone, or the Moon ; for then the mis-
chievousness and violence of death is pioduced by the evil
affections of the malefies. But the remarkableness and extra-
oidinary circumstances of the death proceeds from the testi-
mony of the lights ; and its quality is known from the rest of
the aspecting stars, and the signs containing the malefies.
Saturn therefore, in quartile or opposition to the Sun, orientally,
and in fixed signs, causeth doath by suffocation, tumults of the
people, or by hanging or strangling In like manner he doth
the same if he be occidental, and the Moon follow , or if he be
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in bea&tlike^signs or places, he causeth to perish by beasts £

and Venus being Joined to them, causeth death by poison, or
by the treachery of vromen- If he is m Virgo or Pisces, 01 in'
moist signs, configuTated to the Moon, he will cause death by
water, by being suffocated and drowned if he be about Aigo,
by shipwreck , if he be in tropical or equinoctial signs, the
Sun being with him, or opposing, or if Mais be there, he nill
cause death by the effects of a fall; if they are in the tenth
house, death will happen by precipitation from on high , thus
Saturn causes these effects, being configuiated to the lumi-
naries.
Mars in quartile or opposition to the Sun, and the Sun or
Moon onental, in signs of human form, will cause death by
slaughter, either civil or hostile, or by laying violent hands upon
himself If Venus give testimony, death will ensue by means
of women; if Meicmy Be configurated to them, death will
ensue byrobbeis, and evil doers, and pirates If he be in'
mutilated or impeifeet signs, or with the Gforgon of Peiseuli, he
will induce to death by beheading, or by the effect of amputa-
tion. Being fonnd in Scorpio or Taurus, he will cause death-
by medical cutting or burning, or by conti actions , but if he be
found in the mid-heaven, or opposite to the mid-heaven, he will
cause death by hanging, paiticularly if he be found about
Cepheus and Andromeda If he be found in the west, or
opposite to the horoscope, he will cause death by fire , but if
he be found in fourfooted signs, he will cause death by falling,
or by the breaking of limbs If Jupiter gives testimony to
Mars, and he evilly affected, death will happen through the
anger of princes, 01 by condemnation. If the malefics especially
agree togethei, and both of them evilly affect any of the
said places, they make the cruelty of the death the greater.
The quality of death, and the ruling thereof, always will be
shewn by the stai that is in the Anaietic place, but death-
will happen in strange places, when the stars which possess the
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jinaietic point, fall fi-om angles ; and especiall* when the

Moon is eitliei found with, 01 in quaitile 01 opposition to the
^aid places "—
Sibly.
FROM PTOLEMY'S TETRABIBLOS
Distribulwn of the Doch me of Nativities
■"After due attention to the preceding instructions, the doctrine of
genetlihacal prognostication should be separately and distinctly considered,
for the sake of order and perspicuity, m its fiist, second, and successive
divisions or heads of inquiry It will thus be found to present a mode of
investigation, at once piacticable, competent, and agreeable to nature
One division is applicable only to certain cncumstances established
pre\ lously to the buth , as, for instance, to those which concern the
parents , another to cncumstances, which may be established both before
and aftei the bnth , as those lespectmg brothers and sisters, another to
circumstances actually occurring at the veiy time of birth, and immediately
consequent thereupon and this head of inquiry embiaces various points,
and is by no means simple and the last division relates to events liable
to take place after the birth, at various periods, earlier or later , and it
involves a still more diversified theory
Thus, the questions to be solved, in regard to the actual cncumstances
of the buth itself, are, whether the production will be male or female ,
twins, or even more , whether it will be monstrous , and whether it will
be reaied
The questions of the penods subsequent to the birth relate first to the
duiation of life, (which is distinct fiom the question of reaimg), then to
the shape and figuie of the body, to the bodily affections, and to injuries
mr defects m the membeis Aftei these, fuithei inquiry 13 instituted as
to the quality of the mind, and the mental afreet 10ns , then, as to fortune,
m regaid to lank and honours as well as wealth In succession to these,
the character of the employment or profession is sought out, then, the
questions relative to maruage and offspring, and to consentaneous friend-
ship, aie to be considered , then, that concerning travel , and, lastly, that
concerning the kind of death which awaits the native The question of
death, although depending, m fact, upon the same influence as the question
of the duration of life, seems yet te find its pioper situation m being
placed last m the series
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On each of^the foregoing points of inquiry, the doctnne and precepts

to be folloived shall be thoioughly and succinctly detailed , but all idle
conceits, piomulgated by manj peisons urlthout any foundation capable of
sustaining the test of leason, shall be utteilj aioided, m defeience to the
only tiue agencj, winch is denved fiom pnmal Nature heiself It is only
upon clearly efiective influences that this tieatise is established and alt
muteis, which aie open to an authonzed mode of mquuy by means of
the theoiy of the stars, and their positions and aspects with regard to
appiopnatc places, shall be fully discussed here , but the divination by
lota and numbeis, unregulated by any systematic causation, must remain
unnoticed
The buef remaiks, immediately following, are applicable to all cases,
generally, and aie now at once stated, to avoid the lepetition of them
under each particulai division or head of inquiry
Fnstly, notice must be taken of that place m the zodiac which cones-
ponds, accoidmg to the scheme of the nativ ity, with the paitioular division
of inquiry for example, the place of the mid heaven is adapted to ques-
tions compnsed under the head of employment or pioression , and the
Sun's place to those relative to the concerns of the fatkei
Secondly, after the pioper place has thus been duly asceitamed, the
planets holding right of dominion there, by any of the five pieiogatives
hereinbefoie mentioned, aie to be observed , and, if any one planet be
found to be loid by all these prerogatives, that planet must be admitted
as the mler of the ev ont liable to happen under that particular head of
inquiry If, howevei, two 01 thiee planets hold dominion, that one among
them, which may have most claims to the place m question, must be
selected as the mler
Tlmdly, the natuies of the ruling planet and of the signs, m which
itself and the place which it thus contiouls may severally be situated, are
to bo consideiod as indicating tlre-auality or the event
Foiuthly, the proportionate vrgour and stiength, or weakness, with
which the dominion is exeicised, as exhibited either by the actual cosmical
position of the lulmg planet, or by its position m the scheme of the
natn itj, will point out to what extent and with what foice the event will
opeiate And a planet is found to be cosmically poweiful when m one of
its own places, 01 when onental, 01 swift m comse , and it is strong in
the scheme of the nativity, when tiansitmg an angle or succedent house ,
especially those of the ascendant, or of the mid-heaven But it is
cosmically wcakei, when not ip one of its own places, or when occidental,
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or retaidetl m its couise , and m lespect to the scheme of the nativity, it
is weak when cadent from the angles
Lastly , the geneial time, about which the event will take place, is to
be mfened fiom the lulmg planet's matutme or vespertine position, m
regaid to the San and the ascendant, and fiom the cucumstance of its
being situated m an angle, 01 a succedent house As, if it be matutme,
or m an angle, its influence opeiates earlier and more promptly , but, if
x'espertme 01 m a succedent house, latei and moie taidily And, in
reference to this point, the quadiant v. hi oh precedes the Sun, and that
which precedes the ascendant, togethei with the quadiants opposite to
these, are onental and matutme , and the othei quadianw, following the
formei, are occidental and vespertine

The Patents
Under eaeh head of inquiry, the pioposed investigation must be entered
upon m the manner mentioned m the pieeeding ehaptei and, to proceed
in due ordei, the circumstances relating to the parents lequue to be first
disposed of
In confoimity to natme, the Sun and Satuin are allotted to the peison
of the father , and the Moon and Yenus to that of the mothei and the
mode in which these lummanes and planets may be found posited, with
reference to each othei, as well as to othei planets and stais, will intimate
the situation of affairs affecting the parents
Thus, for example, the degree of their fortune and wealth will be
indicated by the doiyphory, or attendants of the lummanes If the
luminaries be accompanied, (either m the same signs m which themselves
aie placed, or m the signs next following,) by the benefics, and by such
stais or planets as aie of the same tendency as themselves, a conspicuous
and brilliant foitune is piesaged especially, should the Sun be attended
by matutme stars, and the Moon by vaspeitme, and these stais be also
well established m the prerogatives before mentioned Likewise, if Saturn
01 Venus be matutme, and m proper face, or m an angle, it foreshews the
piospenty of either parent respectively, according to the schemfi If,
.however, the luminaries hold no connection with the planets, and be
unattended by any doryphoiy, the adverse fortunes of the parents, their
bumble state and obscurity, are then denoted , especially, if Saturn and
Venus may not be favouiably constituted The parents aie also subjected
to a state of vicmsitude, never using above mediocnty, when the luminanea
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may have a dorjphoiy of a condition 01 tendency foieign to then

own as, foi isstance, when Mars, may ascend near m succession to the
Sun, 01 Saturn to the Moon, 01 if the henefics be found constituted
unfavouiably, and not in confomnty with their own natuial condition
and tendency But should the pait of fortune, as shewn by the scheme
of the nativity, bo Hound m a favourable position, and m consonance with
*he c jyphoiy of the Sun and Moon, the estate of the paients will then
.e nam steady and seem e If, however, the position be discoulant and
aa .i;c, 01 if the mclefics compose the doiyphoiy, the paients' esiate will
be onpioductive and even burthensome
The probable duiation of the lives of the paients is to be mfened by
meana of other configurations And, in the case of the fathei, a long
life rs piesaged, if Jupiter, or Venus, be m any mode whatever configma-
ted with either the Sun, or Saturn , oi, also, if Saturn himself make an
haimonious oonfigmation with the Sun , (that is to say, eithei by the con-
junction, the sextile, or the tune ,) provided such oonfigmation be fully
and strongly established and confiimed —and, when not so established
and confirmed, although it does not actually denote a short life, yet it
will not then equally piesage a long life
If, however, the planets be not posited in the manner just described ,
and if Mars be elevated above, or ascend m succession to the Sun, or to
Saturn, or, even, shoul Saturn himself not be m consonance with the Sun, but
configurated with it by the quartile or opposition, and if, when thus cncums-
tanced, both he and the Sun should be posited m cadent houses, it is then
indicated that the father is liable to mfiimities , but, if m angles oi succedent
houses, the father will live only a short life, and suffei from vanous bodily
injuries and diseases The shortness of his life is particulaily intimated by
the position of the Sun and Satuin m the first two angles, viz the ascendant
and the mid-heaven, or m their succedent houses, and his affliction by
diseases and injuries, when they may be posited m the two other angles,
the western and the lowei heaven, or m the houses succedent theieto
And, if Mars be aspected to the Sun m the way before-mentioned, the
fathei will die suddenly, or receive injury m his face or eyes, but,
should Mars be so aspected to Saturn, he will be afflicted with contrac-
tions of the muscles or limbs, and with fevers and disorders proceed-
ing from inflammation and wounds ,—or even death may be the con-
sequence And even Satuin himself, if badly configuiated with the
Sun, will also inflict disease and death on the fathei, by inducing such
particular disorders as are incidental fiom wateiy humom
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The foregoing 0 servatioas are applicable to the father, and those
which follow must be attended to m the ease of the mother
Should the Sun "be configuiated, m any mode whatevei, with the Moon
01 Venus, or, should Venus heiself be harmoniously configuiated with the
Moon, eithei by the sextile, the trine, or the conjunction, the mother will
lire long
If, however, Mais be succedent to the Moon and Venus, 01 m quartile
or opposition to them, or, if Saturn be similaily aspected to the Moon
only, and both of them be void of course or retrograde, or cadent, adverse
accidents and disease will attend the mothei , should they, on the other
hand, be swift m motion and placed m angles, they portend that hei life
will be short, 01 grievously afflicted Then position m the ouental angles,
01 succedent houses, paiticulaily denotes the shortness of hei life , and,
m those which aie occidental, hei affliction In the same manner, should
Mars be thus aspected to the Moon, (and should that luminary at the same
time he oriental) the mother's sudden death, or some injury m her face or
eyes, will be produced and, if the moon be then occidental, death will
be occasioned by miscarriage m paitmition, by inflammation, or by wounds
Such are the effects which ensue from these aspects made by Mais to the
Moon , but, should he make them to Venus, death wall then take place
from fevei, some latent disease, oi sudden sickness Saturn's aspect to
the Moon, when she is oriental, inflicts on the mother disease and death
fiom extieme colds, or fevers, but, should the Moon be occidental, the
danger anses from affections of the womb, or fiom consumption
In the investigation of all these cucumstances, is is highly essential
that the propeities of the signs, m which are situated the stais actuating
the influence, should be also taken into consideration , and that, by day,
the Sun and Venus should be principally observed , and, by night, Saturn
and the Moon
If, however, after due attention has been paid to the foiegomg points,
a more specific mqimy should still be demanded, it will then become
necessaiy to assume the place allotted to the paternal oi maternal condition,
as the case may be, foi an hoioscope or ascendant, m ordei to puisne the
investigation And by this means, which m this respect will an&wei ths
puipose of a nativity, all other paiticulars concerning the paients may be
viewed succinctly, according to the general forms hei em after given, as
adapted foi practice and applicable to all events
In these and m all other cases, the mode, m which the influences are
commixed, must he caiefully kept m view , and it must be obsen eel
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whether any ^particulai stars possess, in themselves alone, the operative
cause, or whethei otheis share dominion with them , and it is then to be
seen which among them all are moie poweiful, and which of them take
the lead m establishing the event so that due infcience may be drawn
agieeably to their seveial natures And should the sevei al stars, which
may happen to be combined in dominion, be also equal m power, the
diveisity of then several natmes, and the admixture of qualities thence
arising, must then be taken into consideiation , and, by fauly weighing
this various admixtuie, the nature and quality of the futuie event may be
apprehended
Stais, posited separately or at a distance from each othei, distribute,
at then appropriate times and periods, the events operated by each thus
the earlier events are biought about by stais which are moie oriental than
others, and the lattei events by those which aie moie occidental For it
is indispensibly requisite that the star, undei the influence of which some
particular event is expected to happen, should be originally connected with
the place to which the mquuy, concemmg that eveht, is allotted , and, if
such connection should not have existed, no effect of any importance can
possibly be produced , because a stai does not exeicise a vigorous influence,
unless it was fully m oommumcation at the beginning But, howevei, the
time, at which the effect wall take place, is further regulated by the rela-
tive distance of the stai, governing the effect, fiom the Sun and the angles
of the World, as Well as by its primary position of dominion

Biotheis and Sisteis

Undeb this head of inquny, a geneial and cursory investigation, only,
can be peiformed and an attempt to dive into minute paiticulais would
be fruitless, and would piove to be merely a vam seaich after things not
open to discovery
The place, whence inferences are diawn lespectmg brotheis and sisters,
is to he considered as being applicable only to childi en of the same mother,
and it is consequently, agreeably to natuie, presumed to he the same as
the maternal place , viz, the sign occupying the mid-heaven , 01, by day,
that which contains Venus, and, by night, the Moon This sign and
its succedent ale considered as indicative of the mother and her chil-
di en, and the same place is therefore propeily allotted to hi otheis and
sisteis
Hence, provided this place be configurated with the benefics, theie
will be several brothers and sisters the number of them depending
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upon the numbei and positions of such benefic stars, whethw m bioorpoieal
signs, 01 m signs of single form.
If, howerei, the malefics should be m elevation over this place, or be
hostilely situated m opposition theieto the biotkeis and sisters will then be
few in numbei , and this fewness especially follows when the malefics
may surround the Sun Should the hostile configuration be piesented from
the other angles, and, particularly, if fiom the ascendant, Saturn will then
represent the older boin , and Mars, by inflicting death, will dimimsh
the total number of brothei s and sisters
Again, should the stars, which promise brethem, befavouiably circum-
stanced as to their cosrmcal position, the brethern will be eminent and
illustuous , but humble and obscure, if the cosmical position be of an
adverse natlue If, also, the malefic stars should be m elevation over
those which give brethein, the life of the biethern will then be only of
short dmation
Stars, constituted mascuhnely, represent brothers , those femininely,
sisters The more oriental stars likewise represent the elder born , and
those which are more occidental, the younger
Moreover, should the stars, which give brethem, be harmoniously con-
figmated with that one which has domimon of the sign allotted to brethern,
the brethem will be mutually friendly and affectionate and, if an har-
monious configuration be also extended, by the same planets, to the part
of fortune, the brethern will live together in communion But, if the
stai s, which give brethem, should, on the contrary, be in situations uncon-
nected with each other, or be m opposition, the brethem will then live at
variance, mutually practising enmity ane fraud.
Male or Female
After the indications which regard brothers and sisters have been
investigated by the foregoing rules, consonant with natuie and reason ,
the actual native, or the person to whom the scheme of nativity is specially
appropriated, demands attention and the first and most obvious inquiry
is whether the said native will be male or female
The consideration of this question rests not on a angle basis, nor can
it be pursued m one sole du action only it depends, on the contrary, upon
the several situations of the two luminaries and the ascendant, and upon
Such planets as possess any prerogatives m the places of those situations ,
and all these circumstances should he specially observed at the time of
conception, and, in a general mannei also, at that of biith,
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Obserration<"of the said three places, and of the mode in tvhioh the
planets nihng them may he constituted, is wholly mdispensible , it must
he seen whether all, or most of them, may be constituted mascuhnely or
femininely , and prediction must, of course, be regulated m conformity
with their disposition, so obsei ved , as tending to produce a male or female
birth
The masculine or feminine natme of the stars is to be distinguished m
the manner alieady pointed out in the commencement of this treatise
For instance, by the nature of the signs m which they are situated, by
their lelative position to each othei, and also by their position towards the
earth , as, when m the east, they are mascuhnely disposed, and, when in the
west, femininely Their relative position to the Sun also affords guidance m
distinguishing them, since, if they should be matutme, they are con-
sidered to signify the male gender , and if vespertine, the female Thus,
fiom the sex chiefly prevalent, as observed by these rules, that of the
native may he rationally inferred
Turns
With respect to the probability of the birth of twins, or a greater
number at once, the same places must he observed, as those mentioned in
the preceding chapter, that is to say, the places of both luminaries and
the ascendant.
When two, or all three, of the said places may be situated m Incor-
poreal signs, births of this kind will occur, in consequence of the com-
bination which then arises , especially, provided all the planets, which
controul those places, should also be similaily circumstanced or although
only some of them be posited m Incorporeal signs, while the rest may be
placed by two or more together Because even more than twins will be
born, m a case wherein all the ruling places may he m Incorporeal signs,
most of the planets being, at the same time, posited m the same way, and
configurated with them The number of childien, howeiei, to be pro-
duced at the birth, is to be inferred from that planet which exeicises the
right of determining the numbei and the sex or sexes aie to be pre-
dicted by means of the planets m configuration witti the Sun, Moon and
ascendant.
And, should the position of the heavens he airanged so that the angle
ef the mid-heaven, and not that of the ascendant, may be connected with
the luminaries, theie will, in that case, be produced, almost alwajs, twins ,
and sometimes even more
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To speak, liowpvei, more paiticularly, three males will *je born, as in

the nativity of the Anactoies, when Saturn, Jupitei, and Mars may be
configuiated with the places before appointed, m bicoiporeal signs,
and thiee females, as m the nativity of the Giaces, when Venus and
the Moon, with Meicury fennnmely constituted, may be configurated
m like manner When Saturn, Jupitei, and Venus may he so configurated,
two males and one female will be horn , as m the nativity of the
Dioscuri , and, when Venus, the Moon and Mars may he so configurated,
two females and one male , as in the nativity of Ceres, Core and
Liber
In cases of this kind, however, it most usually happens that the con-
ception has not been eomplete, and that the children aie bom with some
remarkable impeifections or deformities And, m some instances, owing
to a ceitam concurrence of events, these numeious productions are quite
extiaordmary and amazing
Jlfonstious or defective Buihs
The same places, as those pointed out in the two chapters last preced-
ing, are again to be considered, m mqumng into the probability of a
monstrous or defective birth For it will he found that, at a birth of
this description, the lummaiies are eithei cadent from the ascendant, or
else not m any manner configurated with it , while, at the same time,
the angles are occupied by the malefics
It therefore becomes necessaiy, when such a position of the heavens
may occur at the time of birth, to observe forthwith the preceding new or
full Moon and its luler , as well as the rulers of the luminaries at the said
time of birth For, if all the places, m which the ruleis of Ihe lumi-
naries, and m which the Moon herself and Mercury may be situated, at
the birth, or, if most of those places should be totally mconjunct and
unconnected with the places of the said pieceding new or full Moon and
its ruler, the birth will then be monstrous And if it should he further
found, m addition to this absence of connection, that the luminaries may
be also posited m quadrupedal or bea&tial signs, and the two malefics
m angles, the birth will m that case not be human And should the
luminaries, when so circumstanced, be not at all supported by any
benefic planet, but only by malefics, the creatui e bom will be wholly
indocile, wild, and of evil nature if, however, they should receive
support from Jupiter or Venus, the offspring will then be like that of
dogs or cats, or other cieatures held in religious veneration and used
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in woiship bfft, if Meicury support the luminaries, it will resemble

that of fowls, oxen, or swme, 01, of other animals adapted to the service
of mankind.
When the luminaries may be m signs of human shape, while other
circumstances m the scheme of the nativity may exist as befoie described,
the creature bom will then be human, or will paitake of human natuie,
although it wall still be defective m some peculiar quality And, m older
to ascertain the natuie of that defect, the shape and form of the signs
found on the angles occupied by the malefics, as well as of those wherein the
luminaries aie situated, must be taken into consideiation and, if in this
instance also, no benefic planet should lend suppoit to any one of the
pi escribed places, the offspung produced will be utterly void of leason,
and indeed indefinable. If, howevei, it should happen, that Juprter or
Venus give support, the defect will be veiled by a specious outwaid
appearance, sumlai to that of hermaphrodites, and of those persons called
Harpocratiaci, or others of like impeifcctions And should Meicuiy also
give suppoit, m addition to that of Jupiter or Venus, the offspring will
-then become an interpreter of oracles and dmnations , but, if Mercmy
support alone, it will be deaf and dumb, although clever and ingenious
in its intellect

'Children not reat ed

The question which now remains to be considered, m order to complete
the investigation of circumstances taking place simultaneously with the
nativity, or immediately consequent thereon, is, whether the child, then
born, will or will not be reared
This inquiry is to be handled distinctly from that regarding the dura-
tion of life, although there is an apparent connection between them The
questions themselves aie, indeed, similar , for it is much the same thing
to inquire whether the child will be nurtured, or how long it will live ,
and the only distinction, between these two questions, arises from the
different modes m which they are tieated For instance, the mquiiy into
the duration of life is to be pursued only m oases wherein there is
allotted to the native some space of time, not less m duiation than a
solar penod , that is to say, a year Therefore, since time is also mea-
sured by smaller portions, such as months, days, and hours, and since the
question, whether the native will or will not be reared, belongs to cases
wherein some exuberance of evil influence threatens speedy destruction,
and where life is not likely to endure tluoughout a whole yeai, the inquiry
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into the duration of life must consequently involve a moie multifarious

consideration, than that which ielates to leaung , winch may be at onoa
disposed of, m a more geneial and summaiy mannoi
Thus, if eitliei of the tvo lurmnanes be m an angle, and one of the
malefics be eithei m con]uneUfin with that luminary. 01 else distant m
longitude fiom each lummaiy, in an evict]v equal space , so as to fonn
the point of junction of two equal sides of tuangle, of which sides the
two lummanes form the extiemities, while, at the same time, no benefic
star may partake m the connguration, and while the mleis of the lumi-
nanes may be also posited m places belonging: to, 01 contfouled bjq the
malefics , the child, then born, will not be susceptible of nuituie, but will
immediately perish
Should the configuiation, made between the malefic planet and the
lummanes, not eyist precisely m the mode just mentioned , that is to say,
should the said planet not be equally distant fiom both lummanes, so as
to foim the point of junction of two equal sides of a tuangle , yet should
it then happen that the rays of two malefics may nearly appioach the
places of the two lurmnanes, casting an injurious influence eithei on both,
or only one of them, and if both the said malefics be togethei snccedent,
or m opposition, to the lummanes, or if one of them be sucoedent, and the
other m opposition, or even if only one may particularly afflict one of the
lummanes, then, in any such case, no duration of life will be allotted
to the child for the supremacy of the powei of the malefics extin-
guishes the influence favourable to human natme, and tending'to pi olong
existence
Mais is exceed'.ugly pernicious when sucoedent to the Sun, and Satmn
when snccedent to the Moon But a conveiae effect takes place when
either of these planets may be in opposition to the Sun 01 Moon, or m
elevation above them , foi the Sun will then be afflicted by Saturn, and
the Moon by Mars ,and especially so, piovided the said planets should have
local prerogatives m the signs oontammg the luminaries, 01 m the sign on
the ascendant And, should a double opposition exist, by the circumstance
of the luminanes being placed m two opposite angles, and by the two
malefics being each so posited as to be equally distant fiom each luminary,
the child will be bom almost, if not quite, dead Nevertheless, if the
lummanes should be separating from, oi be othei wise configuiated with
benefic planets, whose lajs may be pi ejected to paita pieceding the saqi
luminaues, the child will then live as many days, 01 hoars, as there are
degiees, numbered between the piorogator and the neaiest malefic
xvn
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If raalefios should cast then rays to paits preceding the Inminanes, ind
benefics to paits following them, the child will be abandoned at its birth ,
but will aftei wards meet with adoption, and will live Yet, if the male-
fics should be m elevation above those benefics which aie thus configurat-
ed, the child, so adopted, will lead a life of miseiy and servitude if, on
the contraij, the benefics should be in elevation, then whoever may adopt
the deserted child will supply the place of its pal ents And, prov ided a bene-
fic planet should either ascend with, 01 near in succession to the Moon, or
be applying to hei, and one of the inalefics be occidental, the child's own
parents will, in that case, take it again under their protection
Rules similai to the foregoing are to be observed, when more than one
child is born , for, if any one of those planets, winch may be eonfigmated
towards the production of two, or even more, children, should be under the
west, the children wdl be born half dead, 01 defoi mod, and imperfect in
body And, if the planet so situated should also be beneath the malefics,
the chddien will not be susceptible of nuiture, or their life will be of the
shortest span
THE D USA TION OF LIFE
Of all events whatsoever, which take place aftei buth, the most essen
tial is the continuance of life and as it is, of course, useless to consider,
in eases wherein the life of a child does not extend to the penod of one
year, what othei events contingent on its birth might otheiwise have subse
quently happened, the inquiry into the duration of life consequently takes
precedence of all othei questions, as to the events subsequent to the birth
The discussion of this inquiry is by no means simple, nor easy of execu-
tion , it is conducted in a diversified process, by means of the governance
of the ruling places And the method now about to be laid down seems,
of all others, the most consonant with reason, and with nature because
the influence of the prorogatory places, as well as of the rulers of those
places, and the disposal of the anseretio places or stais, perform the whole
operation of regulating the duration of life Each of these influences is
to be distinguished in the mode pointed out m the chapters immediately
ensuing
THE PROROGA TOR Y PLA CES
Fikstly^ those places, only, are to be deemed prorogatory, to which the
future assumption of the dominion of pioiogation exclusively belongs
These several places aie the sign on the angle of the ascendant, from the
fifth degiee above the hornson, to the twenty-fifth degiee below it ,—the
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thirty degrees m dester textile thereto, constituting the eler enth house,
called the G-ood Dasmon ,—also the thirty degiees m dexter quartile, form-
ing the mid heaven above the eaith ,—those in dextei tune making the
ninth house, called God ,—and lastly, those in opposition, belonging to the
angle of the west
Secondly, among these places, the degiees which constitute the nud-
heaven ai e entitled to prefeience, as being of a more potent and puiamount in-
fluence —the degrees m the ascendant are next m virtue ,—then the de-
grees m the eleventh house succedent to the mid-heaven ,—then those m
the angle of the west ,—and, lastlj, those m the ninth house, v.Inch pre-
cedes the mid-heaven
No degiees under the eaith are, m any manner, eligible to the dominion
now in question , except such only as enter into light actually above the
succedent, or, m other words, with the ascendant And any sign, although
it may be above the earth, is still incompetent to partake in this dominion,
if it be inconjunct with the ascendant hence the sign which precedes
the ascendant, and constitutes the twelfth house (called that of the Evil
Dasmon) is incompetent , and not only for the above reason, but also
because it is eadent, and because the beams cast by the stars posited there-
in, towards the earth, are impaired by the thick and daik exhalations aris-
ing from the earth's vapours, which pioduce au unnatural coloui and mag-
nitude m the appearance of stars so posited, confusing, and m some
measure annihilating, their beam;
Thus far with regard to the places of prorogation
The Number of Piorogators, and also the Pait of Poitune
After due attention has been given to the instructions in the preceding
chapter, the Sun, the Moon, the Ascendant, and the part of Fortune, are
to be consideied as the fom puncipally liable to be elected to the office
of prorogatoi , and then positions, together with those of such planets as
mle in the places of then positions, are to be obseived
The part of Foitune is ascertained by computing the number of degiees
between the Sun and the Moon , and it is placed at an equal numbci of de-
giees distant fiom the ascendant, m the oidei of the signs It is m all cases,
both by night and day, to be so computed and set down, that tht Moon
may hold with it the same lelation as that which the Sun may hold with
the ascendant , and it thus becomes, as it i\eie a lunar hoioseope or as-
cendant
Among the candidates foi prorogation, as bcforementioned, by day the
Sun is to be piefened, provided he be situated m a proiogatoiy place ,
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and, if not, the^loon , but if the Moon, also, should not be so situated, then
that planet is to be elected which may have most ekims to dominion, m refer-
ence to the Sun, the antecedent new Moon, and the ascendant that is to
say, when such planet may be found to have dominion over any one of the
places where these aie situated, by at least thiee pieiogatii es, if not more ,
the vhole number being five, If, however, no planet should be found so
cireumstaneed, the Ascendant is then to be taken
By night, the Moon is to be elected as proiogator, piovided, m like man-
ner, she should bo m some piorogatory place , and if she be not, the Sun
if he also be not m any pioiogatoiy place, then that planet which may have
most lights of dominion m reference to the Moon, and the antecedent full
Moon and the part of Fortune But, if theie be no planet claiming domi-
nion m the mode piescnbed, the Ascendant must be taken, m case a new
Moon had last pieceded the bnth , but, if a full Moon, the part of Foitune
If the two luminaries, and also some ruling planet of appiopnate con-
dition, should be each posited m a piorogatory place, then, piovided one
luminary may be found to occupy some place more important and influen-
tial than the others, that luminary must be chosen , but should the ruling
planet occupy the stronger place, and have pieiogatives of dominion suit-
able to the conditions of both lummanes, the planet must then be prefer-
red to cithei of them

NUMBER OF TEE MODES OF PSOROGA TION

When the piorogator has been determined as above dnected, it is also
neeessaiy to take into consideration the two modes of piorogation , one
into succeeding signs, undei the projection of lays, as it is called , and,
when the prorogatoi may be m an oriental place, that is to say, m any place
between the imd-heaven and the ascendant, this mode only is to be used
The other mode extends into signs piecedmg the prorogator, according to
what is called horaiy proportion , and, m cases when the proiogator may be
situated m any place lecedmg fiom the mid-heaven, 01, mother voids,
between the mid-heaven and the angle of the vest, both modes of pioro-
gation are to be adopted
It is next to be obseived, that ceitnin degrees aie anasietie , though, m
the prorogation made into signs piecedmg, the only degree which is strictly
anairetic is that of the western horizon ,—and it becomes so because it ob-
scures the lord of life ,—while other degrees, of stars meeting with or tes-
tifying to the pioiogator, both take away fiom and add to the aggiegate
amount of the prorogation, which would otherwise continue until the
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descension or setting of the prorogator Of these last-mentioned degrees, how-
ever, heie are none pi operly anseretio , since they are not borne to the proro-
gatoiy place, but, oh the contrary, that place is earned to their positions
In this manner the benefics increase the piorogation, but the malefics dimi-
nish it , and Mercury assists the influence of either part}' mth which
he may be configuiated The amount of the increase or diminution is in-
dicated by the degiee, m which each star, so operating, is exactly situated ,
for the numbei of years mil depend upon, and correspond with, the horary
times pioper to each degree , and if the birth be by day, care must be
taken to calculate the diurnal horary times if by night, the nocturnal
These duections are to be understood as applicable to instances wheremthe
degrees m question may be in the ascendant , if farther advanced, a deduc-
tion pi opomonate to the distance is to be made, unless they should be on
the occidental honzon, m which case there can be no remainder
But, in the prorogation made into succeeding signs, the places of the
malefics, Saturn and Mars, are anseretic, whether meeting the prorogator
bodily, or by emission of rays in quartile, from either side, or m opposition ,
they are also sometimes anseretic, by a sextileray, if in a sign of equal power,
obeying or beholding the sign of the prorogator. and even the mere de-
gree, m signs following, m quartile with the piorogatory place, as also the
degiee m sextile, if badly afflicted, which is sometimes the case m signs
of long ascension, and, still furthei, the degree in trine, if in signs of
short ascension, are all anseretic so also is the Sun's place, should the
Moon be piorogatory But, although the meetings which occur in the
couise of pioiogation thus made, have, respectively, some of theman anasre-
tic, and others a preservative, power, in consequence of their oceumng
by means of an actual tiansmission to the pioiogatoiy place , yet their
anaei etic tendency is not alwa} s effectual, but only in cases where the places,
so bi ought to the proiogatory place, may be badly afflicted For should
those places be situated within the teims of a benefic, the operation of
then anreietic degiee becomes impeded ,and it will likewise be impeded, if
either of the benefics should cast a ray in quaitile, trine, 01 opposition, to
the said anreietic degree itself, or to some other degree neai in succession,
and not faithei distant from it than twelve degrees, if the benefic be Jupi-
ter , nor than eight, if Venus the like impediment will also subsist, if
both the piorogator and its opponent should be bodies, and not have the
same latitude
Theiefoie, whenever theie may be found two or more conflicting confi-
gurations, auxiliaiy on the one hand, and hostile on the other, due obser-
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vation must b^made to ascertain which party suipasses the other, 10 power
as well as m number The pre-eminence m number will be, of course, ob-
vious, from the greater number on one side than on the other , but, for
pre-eminence in power, it must be seen whether the stars, auxiliary or hos-
tile as the case may be, aie, on the one side, in places appropriate to them-
selves, while they are not so on the other , and especially whether those on
the one side may be oriental, and those on the other occidental It is also
to be observed, m all cases, that not any one of such stars, whether hostile
or auxiliary, is to be left out of the present calculation, on account of its
casual position andei the Sun-beams. This rale must be particularly attend-
ed to, because, even though the Moon be not prorogatory, the solai place
itself becomes ansretic, if shackled by the simultaneous presence of a
malefic, and not restored to freedom of operation by any benefic
The number of years, depending on the distances between the proroga-
tory and anseretie places, cannot be always gathered simply and at once
from the ascensional times of each respective degree , but only in cases
when the ascendant itself, or some other specific degree or body, actually
ascending m the oriental honzon, may possess the prorogation Foi, if it
be desired to calculate agreeably to nature, every process of calculation
that can be adopted must be directed to the attainment of one object , that
is to say, to ascertain after how many equatorial times the place of the
succeeding body, or degree, will arrive at the position preoccupied at the
birth by the preceding body, or degree and, as equatorial time transits
equally both the honzon and the meridian, the places in question must be
considered, in respect of their proportionate distances fiom Jboth these,
each equatonal degiee being taken to signify one solar year
In conformity with the foiegomg lemarks, when it may happen that
the prorogatory and preceding place may be actually on the oriental hon-
zon, it will be proper to reckon, at once, the ascensional times which may
intervene until the meeting of the degrees , because, after the same num-
ber of equatonal times, the anaareta will anive at the piorogatory place ,
that is to say, at the oriental honzon Should the pioiogatory place be
found on the meridian, the whole number of degrees by right ascension, m
which the whole mteicepted are will transit the meridian, must then be
taken And if the prorogatory place be on the occidental horizon, the
number of descensions, in which every degree of the distance will be
earned down, (or, in other words, the number of ascensions, in which their
opposite degrees will ascend), is in that case to be reckoned
When, however, a prorogatory and preceding place may not be situated
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on any ona of the three aforeaaid points, but in some intermediate station,
it must be observed that other times will then bung the succeeding place
to the preceding one , and not the times of ascension or descension, or
transit of the mid-heaven, as above spoken of For any places whatever,
which have one pai ticular position, on the same degree, m regaid to the
horizon and mendian, are alike and identical This is the case, foi instance,
with all places lying on any one of those senuciicles which are drawn
through the arcs of the mendian and horizon , and each of these semi-
circles (all of which have position at the same equal distance from each
other) marks one temporal hour , and, as the time occupied in proceeding
through the places above described, and, arriving at the same position of
the honzon and mendian, is rendered unequal to and diffeient from the
time of transits m the zodiac , so, also, the tiansits of other spaces are
made, agreeably to their position, m time again distinct from this
There is, however, a method by which the proportion of time, occupied
in the progress of a succeeding place to a prorogatory and preceding place,
m whatever position, whether oriental, mendianal, or occidental, 01 any-
other, may be easily calculated It is as follows —
When it has been ascertained what degree of the zodiac is on the mid*
heaven, as also which are the preceding and succeeding degrees, the period
of whose meeting is to be calculated, the position of the preceding degree,
and its distance m temporal hours fiom the mendian, aie next to be noted,
because any part of the zodiac, on becoming distant from the mendian in
the same temporal hours, must fall on the same individual senncncle For
ascertaining this distance, the number of ascensions, in a nght sphere, found
in the intermediate space between the said preceding degree and the mid-
heaven, either above or under the earth, is to be divided by the number of
the diurnal or nocturnal horary times of the said preceding degree for
instance, if that degiee he above the earth, by its diurnal horary times ;
and, by its nocturnal, if it be under the eaith It is then to be discovered
m what number of equatorial tunes the succeeding degree will be distant
from the same mendian, by as many similar temporal hours as those by
which the preceding degiee is distant from it And, to effect this, the
hours m question must be noted, and it must first be observed, by the nght
ascensions again, how many equatorial fames the succeeding degree, at its
original position, is distant from the degree on the mid-heaven , and then
it must be seen how many equatorial times it will be distant, on eommg to
the preceding degree's distance m temporal hours from the said mid-heaven .
this will be found, by multiplying those hours by the succeeding degree's
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horary times , diurnal, if the future position be above the eaith, nd noc-
turnal if under , and the difference in amount, of these two distances, in
equatonal times, will piesent the number of yeais mquned for
Exemplification

Is order to exemplify the foregoing mstmctions, let the first point of Anes
be supposed as the preceding place, and the fiist point of Gemuu the succeed-
ing , and let the latitude of the countiy, to which the opeiation lelates, be
Bilch as will cause the longest day to consist of fomteen houis , and
where the horaiy magnitude of the beginning of Gemini will be about
seventeen equatonul times
Let the first point of Aries be first placed on the ascendant, so that the
beginning of Capricorn may be on the mid-heaven above the eaith, and the
first point of Gemini be distant fiom the said mid-heaven 148 equatorial times
Now, since the first point of Anes is distant six tempoial horns fiom the
mid-heaven above the earth, the times of that distance will be found, by
multiplying the said six hours by the seventeen equatorial times of the
horary magnitude of the first point of Gemini, to be 102 The whole sum
of the distance to the mid-heaven above the earth, is 148 times , and as
148 times exceed 102 by 46, the succeeding place will consequently devolve
into the preceding place after 46 tunes , (being the amount of the said ex-
cess, and also, as near as possible, the amount of the times of ascension
of Anes and Taurus ), since, in this instance, the proiogatory place is es-
tablished m the ascendant
In like manner, let the fiist point of Aries be next placed on the mid-
heaven, culminating , so that the first point of Gemini, m its fiist position,
may be distant from the said mid-heaven 58 equatorial times Now, as it
is required to bnng the first point of Gemini, m its second position, to the
mid heaven, the whole distance is to be reckoned, viz 58 times, in which
Aries and Taurus pass the mid-heaven , because, again, the prorogatory
place was culminating
In the same way, let the first point of Aries he descending , so that the
beginning of Cancer may occupy the mid heaven, and the first point of
Gemini precede the mid heaven at the distance of 32 eqnatonal times
Therefore, as the first point of Aries is on the west, and again distant six
temporal hours from the meridian, let these six hours be multiplied by the
seventeen times , which will produce 102, making the sum of the distance
of the first point of Gemini, at its future descension from the meridian
But, as the first point of Gemini, at its fiist position, was alieadj distant
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from the meudian 32 tunes , which numbei 102 exceed bv 70 , it will con-
sequently aviixe at its descension after 70 tune^, the aiiiount of the excess T
iq which space Aries and Tauius will hare descended, ,111(1 then opposite
signs Libra and Seoipio ausen
Again, let the fiist point of Ancs hare anothei position, not many angle,
but, foi instance, at the distance of three tempoial hours past the meudian ,
so that the 18th degree of Taurus may be on the nud-hearen, and the fiist
point of Gremim be approaching the mid heaven, at the distance of thirteen
equatorial times The sev enteen tunes must, therefoie, be agam multiplied by
the three hours, and the fiist point of G-emmi, at its second position, will be
found to be past the mendian, at the distance of 51 times The distances of
13 times of the first position and 51 times of the second position aie then both
to be taken , and they will pioduce 64 times In the foimer instances the
prorogatory place perfomed in the same succession , viz occupying 46 times
m coming to the ascendant, 58 m commg to the mid-heaven, and 70 m commg
to the west , so that the present number of times, depending on the inter-
mediate position between the mid-heaven and the west, and being 64, also
diffeis fiom each of the other numbers, m proportion to the three hours
difference of position For, m the other cases which proceeded by quadiants,
according to the angles, the times piogressively diffeied by twelve, but, m
the present case of a minor distance of tlnee hours, they- differ by six
There is, however, another method which may be used, and which is still
moie simple , for instance, should the preceding degree be on the ascendant,
the following intermediate times of ascension, between it and the suc-
ceeding degree, may he reckoned , should it be on the mid-heas en, the
times of ascension must be leckoned on a right sphere , and, if it be on
the west, descending, the mteimediate times of descension are to he
reckoned But, should the piecedmg degree be between any two of these
angles, as, for instance, at the distance of Anes, yust spoken of, the propei
times for each angle must first be considered And, since the fiist point of
Aries was assigned a position between the two angles of the nud-hearen
and the west, the pioper times of the distances from these angles to the
first point of G-emmi would be found to be 58 fiom the mid-heaven, and
70 from the west. The distances, m temporal hours, of the preceding de-
gree from each of these angles, are then to be ascertained , and whatever
propoition these same temporal hours, contained m such distances between
the said preceding degree and each angle, may beai to the tempoial houis
of the whole quadrant, the same piopoition, out of the excess of the times
of distance of one angle ovei those of the other, is eithei to be added to, qr
xvm
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deducted fiom, the actual number of times of the respective angles Foi
instance, in the e\ample befoie set fmth, 70 times exceed 58 times by 12 ,
and the piecedmg place was distant from the angles three equal tempoial
hours, which aie the half of six, the number belonging to the whole quad-
lant Now, thiee being the half of six, and 12 being the amount of the
excess, the half of 12 is theiefore to be taken, giving 6 to be either added
to the 58 times, or subtiacted fiom the 70 thus, in either way, producing
64, the required number of times
If, however, the preceding place should be distant fiom eithei angle two
temporal hours, which aie the third pait of six, then, in that case, the thud
pait of 12, the amount of the excess, must be taken, \iz 4 and, the said
t^o houis be the distance, as calculated fiom the mid-heaven, the said 4
times are to be added to the 58 times , but, if it be the distance from the
occidental angle, the 4 times aie to be subtracted from the 70
In confoimity with these rules now laid down, the amoumt of the times
must necessarily be obtained
The anasretic and critical influences of all meetings oi descensions of
prorogators remam to be deteimined , beginning, in due oider, with such as
are accomplished m the shortest time And whatevei else may happen, by
means of any affliction or assistance offered (m the manner heretofore
piescnbed) during the actual tiansit of the meeting, is also to be decided
on, as well as whatever may occur through othei cncumstances, ansmg out
of the ingresses taking place at the time because, should the places of
both the significators be afflicted, and should the tiansit of the stars, at the
then existing ingress, opeiate mjuiiously on the chief ruling places, it is
then altogethei piobable that death will ensue , and, even though one of
the places may be disposed favomably to human nature, the cnsis will still
be impoitant and peulous , but, if both the places he so disposed favom-
ably, some debility only, oi transient malady, or hurt, will then happen It
is, however, necessary m these cases, to consider also what familiarity, or
analogy, the peculiar properties of the places, thus meeting, may beai to
the cncumstances of the nativity
In order to obviate the doubts which fiequently arise, as to the particu-
lar star oi place to which the anaeretic dominion ought to be assigned, all
the meetings should be duly contemplated and consideied, each by each ,and
thus, aftei considering those chiefly corresponding with the events alieady
past, and with the future events about to follow, or with the whole
together, it will he practicable to found an obsei \ ation on the eqnalrty oi in-
equality of then influence
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Thepeiwdical Divisions of Tune
In addition to the foregoing buef obseivations, applicable to the vanous
foims of death, further attention is demanded with isspect to the dmsion
of time, which requires to be contemplated in its natural ordei and suc-
cession
Now as, in all genethlialogical cases, a certain common and geneial
arrangement, affecting the region or country, and the race or generation, is
pie-supposed to be m operation, to which arrangement paitioular inferences,
relating to the form of the body, the properties of the mind, and national
habits and variations, must each be subservient , and as, m these respects,
ceitam causes more general and predominating aie pre-supposed in exis-
tence before particular causes, due care must consequently be taken, in
order to make an inference consistent with the course of nature, to obsene
always the original and predominating cause, and never to lose sight of it ,
lest some similarity m nativities (if any such should exist) might induce an
assertion, when the original predominating cause proceeding fi om the re-
gion itself has been overlooked, that the native of ^Ethiopia will be boin
of white complexion, and with long and straight hair , or, on the othei
hand, that the native of Germany or of Gaul will be black m complexion,
and have curled hair , or, that the said nations aio polished in manneis, and
cultivate learning, but that the people of Gieece are barbarous and illite-
rate and so, m short of any other countnes ,—without duly considering
the pational differences and variations m then several comses of life —So
also, with regard to the division of time, it is m the same manner essential
to considei the different qualities of the several ages of life, and to prede-
tei mine the appropriate fitness of every age to such events as may be ex-
pected , m Older to avoid the gross erroi which might arise from a meiely
vague consideiation. of the subject, by attnbutmg to infancy some deed or
circumstance of too complete a nature and belonging lather to manhood,
or by ascribing to extreme old age the piocreation of childien, 01 some
other action belonging to youth , and to adapt, on the contiaiy, to each se-
paiate age such circumstances as seem, by due obseivation of the periods,
to be suitable and appiopnate thereto
The mode of consideration applicable to human natuie, is universally
one and the same , and it is analogous to the anangement of the seven
planetary oibs It, therefoie, duly commences with the first age of human
life, and the first sphere next above the eaith, that of the Moon , and it
terminates With the final age of man, and the last of the planetaiy sphcies,
which is that of Saturn , and, m fact, it aoooidingly happens that the
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appropi wte quahtieb of each sphere take effect m a corresponding age of life,
each age being subjected to one particular sphere These observations are
necessary, because the geneial divisions of time must be considered by means
of the spheres, as a primal y arrangement , although mmoi distinctions aie
to be made by means of the cvistmg pecuhanties found m natu ities
Hence, the fiist age of infancy, which endures for four years, agreeing
in number with the quardrennial penod of the Moon, is consequently
adapeted to her , being m its nature moist and incompact, presenting rapi-
dity of growth, being nouushed by nioist things, and possessing a highly
vanable habit Its mental incompleteness is likewise m accordance with
its famdiai i elation to the Moon, and her opeiative influence
The age after this continues for ten years, and accommodates itself to
the second sphere, that of Mercuiy In this period, the intellectual and
reasoning faculties of the mmd begin to take then charactei, imbibing the
seeds of learning and developing, as it n ere, the elements and geims of
the genius and abilities, and then peculiar quality The mmd is also aious-
ed to discipline and mstiuction, and to its fiist exercises
Venus coiresponds with the next and thud age, which lasts thioughout
the following eight yeais, the number of her own period fioni her, the
movement of the seminal vessels ongmates, as well as an unrestrained im-
petuosity and precipitancy m amouis
The fourth and adult age next succeeds, and is subject to the fomtk
sphere, that of the Sun it endures for nineteen years, accoidmg to the
Sun's number Authonty of action now commences m the mmd, the career
of life is enteied upon, distinction and gloiy aie desired, and puerile me-
gulanties aie lehnqmshed for more orderly conduct, and the pmsmt of
honour
Mais, next aftei the Sun, claims the fifth age, that of manhood, agree-
ing m duration with his own penod, viz fifteen yeais He induces great-
er austenty of life, together with vexation, care, and trouble
Jupitei occupies the sixth sphere, and influences the matuier age, du-
ring the twelve years corresponding to his own penod He operates the
rehnqinshment of labour, of kazaidous employment and tumult, and pro-
duces gieatei giavity, foiesight, piudenoe, and sagacity, favounng the
claim to honour, lespeot, and puvilege
Saturn, moving m the last sphere, regulates the final old age, as agree-
ing with its chillness He obstructs the mental mo\ ements, the appetites
md enjoyments , rendering them imbecile and dull, in conformity with
the dullness of his own motion
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The common propeities attributable to the vanous tunes of life are
subject, m a general manner, to this previous adaptation , but there are
particular periods, arising fiom the respective peculianties of nativities,
which also require determination, and must be ascertained from the ruling
prorogations , that is to say, from the whole of them, and not fiom any
single one only, as m the case of the duration of life For example, pro-
rogation made from the ascendant is to be applied to events affecting the
body, and to travelling, 01 change of residence , that from the part of
Fortune, to incidents affecting the substance or wealth that from the
Moon, to affections of the mmd, and to communion and cohabitation , that
from the Sun, to dignities and gloiy , and that from the mid-heaven, to
other partieulai circumstances of life, such as employment, friendship, and
the possession of childien So that thus, at one and the same time, any
single planet, whether benefic or malefic, will not possess the sole domi-
nion , for many conflicting e% ents frequently occur at the same period, and
a person may, at one and the same time, lose a kinsman, yet inherit his sub-
stance , or be at once ill in health, yet prosperous and advantageously
established in regard to fortune , or be struggling with adversity and m
want, yet, notwithstanding, be also a father and beget children , or he
may experience other similar contrarieties because individuals are sub-
ject to occun ences which may affect either the body, the mmd, the rank,
or the condition of wealth, and which are not altogether fortunate or un-
fortunate at the same period Something of the kind will, however, fre-
quently happen in cases of perfect good fortune or distress, when meet-
ings of all the benefics or malefics may concur m all or most of the pro-
rogations Still such cases are but raie, because human nature m general
is not subjected to the extremity either of good or evil, but rathei to their
modeiate alternation and counterchange
The pioiogatoiy places must, therefore, be separately distinguished in
the mode before pointed out , and the planets meeting the prorogations
must again be all taken into consideiation , not only those which may be
anairetic (as in the case of the duration of life), nor those only which may
be configuiated bodily, or m opposition or quaitile, but also those m trine
or sextile And, first, the times in each proiogation will be governed by
the planet occupying 01 configurated with the actual prorogatory degree
itself if, however, there be found no planet thus constituted, the nearest
preceding planet will govern the times until another, which may be m
aspect to the degiee following m the order of the signs, shall take them ,
and this one, again, will do the same until the next m succession shall
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take them TJie like mle obtains with respect to any other planets receiv-
ed into dominion, and with respect to those m occupation of the terms
Further, in proiogations of the ascendant, the degrees of distances will
be equal m number to the ascensional times of the particular latitude ,
bat, m prorogation from the nud-heaven, to the times of culmination ;
and, in other prorogations, they will be in proportion to the ascensions, or
descensions, or culminations, and will depend on their proximity to the
angles , as has been already said in treating of the duration of life
The arbiters of general times are to be determined by the foregoing
method , but arbiters of annual penods as follows • viz after the number of
years which have elapsed since the buth has been ascertained, the amount
is to he projected from each place of prorogation, m the succession of the
signs, at the rate of one sign for a year, and the lord of the last sign is to
be assumed as arbiter And, with regard to penods reckoned by months,
the same rule is to be observed for m this case also, the number of the
month, as counted from the month of the nativity, is to be projected ftom
such places as possess the dominion of the yeai, m the proportion of
twenty-eight days per sign So, likewise, m the case of periods reckoned
by days, the number of the day, counted from the day of bnth, must be
projected from the monthly places of dominion, allowing for each sign
two days and a third
It is, however, necessary to notice the mgresses made on places allotted
to different penods , for they take effect in no small degree on the events
of the period Thus, the mgresses made by Saturn, on places of general
penods, require special observation , those made by Jupitei, on places of
annual penods , those made by the Sun, Mars, Venus, and Meicury, on
monthly places , and the Moon's transit over daily places It must also be
remembeied, that arbiters of general periods are chiefly paramount over the
events , and that, to then influence, the arbiters of particular periods (each
of whom acts by its own proper nature) present either co opeiation 01 ob-
struction ; and that the mgresses also operate on events, by mcieasmg or
diminishing then force and extent
The general characteristic piopeity, and the duration of the penod,
will be indicated by the place of prorogation, as also by the loid of the
general times, and by the planet in possession of the terms , by means
of the familiarity subsisting, from the actual birth, between each planet,
and the places of which they may have respectively and originally taken
dominion The arbiters of time will also give indication whethei the event
will be good or evil, by means of their own natuially benefio or malefic
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propeity and tempeiament, and by their original famihauty 01 vanance
with the place of which they have become lords But the period, at which
the event will become more strongly evident, is shewn by the relative posi-
tions of the annual and monthly signs towards the places wherein the causes
evist, and also by the ingresses of the planets
The mode m which the Sun and Moon may be disposed, In reference to
the signs relating to annual and monthly periods, is also indicative For
example, should they, from the date of the nativity, be posited m concord
with the operative places, and keep a position of concord at the ingresses,
they will produce good , but, if adveisely posited, evil And also, if they
be not m concord with the said places, and provided they be contrary in
condition, and m opposition or in quartile, to the transits, they will cause
evil should they, however, not be in quartile, nor m opposition, but other-
wise configurated, their influence then will not be equally malefic
Should it happen that the same planets may be lords of the times, as well
as of the mgrcsses, the effect will be extreme and unalloyed, if of a fa-
vourable nature , and more particularly unmitigated, if evil And should
the said planets be not only lords of the times, but likewise hold dominion
from the date of the nativity, and provided also that all the prorogations,
or most of them, should tend, to, or depend on, one and the same place, or,
should the pioiogations not be so constituted, yet notwithstanding, if the
meetings occurring at the periods be found to be either all, 01 most of them,
benefic 01 malefic, they will wholly produce, m all respects, good or evil
foitune, respectively.
It is in this method, which preserves a natural order and sucoession, that
times and seasons require to be contemplated "—Ptolemy By J M A
The Effects of each PLANET %n each of the TWEL VEHOUSES
Satuhn m the first house or Ascendant, shews melancholy, with many
soirows , if near the Ascendant short life ; if at a distance, innumerable
tioubles In the second, destroys the substance In the third, hatred be-
tween brethren , and danger and loss m journeying In the fourth, death
of father and mother before the native , loss of inheritance and friends
In the fifth, barrenness, death of children, or disobedient ones if living
In the sixth, much sickness, crosses by servants, and losses by cattle In
the seventh, an ungovernable wife , shoit and wi etched life, with many
public enemise In the eighth, a violent death and loss of legacies In the
ninth, many losses by sea In the tenth, dishonour, imprisonment, short
life to the paieats, death by sentence of a judge In the eleventh, despan,
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filse friends, death of ohddien In the twelfth, sonow, tiouble, impnson

inent, and peiseeution by pmate enemies These are the comraon effects
of Saturn, when significator and weak 01 meanly dignified
JtiPlTER m the fiist, gives a good, happy, and long life, just and honest
In the second, piofusion of riches In the thud, fnendslup of biethren,
and fortunate joumies In the fourth, lands and inheritances, with an ho
nourable life and end In the fifth, many children obedient and virtuous
In the sixth, health, and faithful servants, profit by dealing m cattle In
the seventh, an honomable mamage, a good wife, an honest, wise, discieet,
virtuous woman In the eighth, a natural death, long life, legacies In
the ninth, a true Christian, ecclesiastical preferment, piofitable sea
voyages In the tenth, pieferment, gieat and durable honours, and
riches by tiading In the eleventh, increase of riches, faithful and gieat
fuends, the fulfilling of all his desires In the twelfth, profit by cattle,
victory, over pnvate enemies , this if he be stiong , if weak, the good will
be much abated
Mars m the first house denotes shoitness of life, quanelsomeness, scais
in the head or face In the second, poverty, want, and many troubles In
the third, evil brethren, danger m travelling, an Atheist, an ungodly person
In the fourth, short life to the fathei, strife between him and the native,
destruction to his inheritance In the fifth, wicked childien, and of short
life, or sickly In the sixth, fevers, bad servants, loss of cattle In the
seventh, quarrels, law-suits, public enemies, an evil wife, sickness, a fol-
lower of lewd women In the eighth, a violent death, loss of substance,
poverty In the ninth, changing of religion, loss at sea by robbeis, an
Atheist In the tenth, unfortunate honour, troubles from magistiates, sick-
ness to the mother, martial preferment. In the eleventh, false friends, loss
of substance In the twelfth, imprisonment, loss by servants and cattle,
many private enemies , this if Mars be weak and afflicted , if strong, these
evils abate, and sometimes the contiaiy good takes place
Sol, m the first, gives honour, glory, and long life In the second, a
flow of riches continually, but a consumption of it In the third, good
brethren and jouimes, a stickler for his religion In the fourth, honoui
in age, a great and noble inheritance In the fifth, few childien, yet such
as will be good and vntuous In the sixth, diseases of the mind In the
seventh, a good wife, honourable adversaries, and sickness In the eighth,
a good portion with a wife, danger of a violent death In the ninth, tiuly
religious, ecclesiastical pieferment, gam by the sea In the tenth, great-
ness, honour, glory, and power, from kings, punces, and noble women,
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much exceeding the quality of the native's buth, the finjpdship of pei-
sons of high degiee In the eleventh, gieat and noble fnends, and veiy
faithful, the fulfilling of one's hopes In the twelfth, poweifuladversanes ,
this if strong , if weak, in many tilings the contiary
Venus m the fiist gives health, but inclines to the pleasure of -women
In the second, riches m abundance by womens means In the third, reli-
gious, loving bietlnen, good jouimes In the fomth, an mhentance, honoui-
able old age In the fifth, many children, comel3r, obedient, and vntuous
In the sixth, sickness from womankind, faithful pleasing seivants, piofit
in small cattle In the seventh, an incomparably good and viituous wife,
a happy mamage, and having but few enemies In the eighth, a good
dowry with a wife, a natuial death In the ninth, ecclesiastical preferment,
a real lehgious man, piofit by sea In the tenth, honour and preferment
by women's means, the favom of great women In the eleventh, honoui-
able and faithful female fiiends In the twelfth, profit by great cattle, free
fiom the power of pnvate enemies , this if stiong , if weak the contraiy
Mercury in the fii st gives noble thoughts, good invention, graceful elo-
cution, a lover of arts and sciences In the second, profit by aits and
sciences, books, wntmgs, and the like In the third, a mathematician, swifs
and prosperous jourmes, a scholar, one of an excellent invention, crafty bre-
thren, a moral person In the fourth, the getting of an inheutance by cun-
ning or deceit In the fifth, ingenious children In the sixth, thievish ser-
vants, diseases of the bieath and biam In the seventh, a fomenter of
quarrels, vexatious law-suits , a discreet wife. In the eighth, an augmenta-
tion of estate by wills and legacies, death by a consumption In the ninth,
an incompaiable artist, and one that understands all sciences, even the
most obscure and occult things, a findei out of many new and excellent in-
ventions In the tenth, libeial pieferment, or a seeietaiy to some gieat
peison In the eleventh, inconstant fnends In the twelfth, his private
enemies will be of little effect This if Mercuiy be stiong and not afflicted ,
if weak, the good will much abate
Luna m the first, shews the native will travel , will gam supenorfty and
rule ovei others , the favour of pnnces and noble women, and great advan-
tages theieby In the second, sometimes riches, sometimes poverty, an
unstable fortune In the third, manypuimes In the fourth, gam by tiavel-
Img In the fifth, many children In the sixth, diseases of the brain, good
servants, and gam by small cattle In the seventh, an honomable mamage
In the eighth, danger of drowning, but otherwise a long and healthful life
In the ninth, travels beyond sea, inconstancy m religion, acquaintance with
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aits and scieiuies In the tenth, great honoui unto the native, profit by
sea voyages , the favour of some noble woman In the eleventh, the fnend-
ship of gieat ladies, and noble friends In the twelfth, the common people
will be his piivato enemies This if Luna be stiong and freo from affiic-
tion , if weak and afflicted, the contiary
The Diagon's Head m the first, shews honesty In the second, a good
estate In the thud, fortunate jouimes and honest kmdied In the fomth,
gam by land and travels In the fifth, long life , happy and vntuous
childien In the sixth, health, good servants, and profit m cattle In the
seventh, an honest and \ ntuous wife In the eighth, many legacies, and
a natural death In the ninth, sincere piety, prospenty at sea In the tenth,
durability of honour In the eleventh, eveilastmg and fatihful fnends In
the twelfth, open enemies , but the position of the Dragon's Tail m the same
places, signify the contraiy The position of the pait of Foitunate, gives sub-
stance, from'all those things signified by that house m which it is posited ,
unless afflicted by the piefence or beams of a malevolent planet
Geneial Effects of the P L A N E T S m each of the TWELVE
SIGNS of the ZODIAC
Saturn m his own house, signifies wisdom, prudence, and stability
of f 01 tune In the houses of Jupitei, a just man, and one that will be
rich, and acquire honour In the houses of Mars, a stiong body and fun-
ous In the houses of Sol, greatness and honour In the houses of Venus,
a secret lover of women In the houses of Mercury, one that is studious
of arts and sciences In the house of Luna, infirmities of the hi east and
lungs
Jupiter in the houses of Saturn, signifies avance and covetousness,
living always m fear of poverty In his own houses, infinite riches,
honours, and dignities, and that among gieat persons, and clergymen In the
houses of Mars, the native may rise to honour by wai In the house of
Sol, shews honoui, gloiy, and treasure fiom kings and gieat persons In
the houses of Venus, riches by women, 01 an honourable wife In the
houses of Mercury, good rhetoncian In the house of Luna, increase of
substance beyond expectation, with honour and renown , for Cancer is not
only the exaltation of Jupiter, but also a Cardinal sign, and the northern
tiopic
Mars m the houses of Saturn, shews a lofty and magnanimous spirit,
and wise In the houses of Jupiter, it shews the acquaintance of kings,
princes, and noblenieu , m his own houses, a great and ingenious wit, a
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matliematiGi,in , m the hou&e of Sol, soreness of the ejes, danger of a vio-
lent death , in the houses of Venus, luxunousnoss, a boaster, given to false-
hood, and a deluder of women In the houses of Mercu-y, one ingenious
in arts and sciences, but covetous, hnavish, and deceitful In the house of
Luna, a wavering, furious, rash man, one that may arrive to honour, but
will precipitate himself therefrom afterwards
Sol m the houses of Saturn, shews a dejeeted forlorn matt In the
houses of Jupiter, one that shall attain honour and glory m the world, and
be a companion of princes In the houses of Mai s, a great and eminent man,
a commander, captain, or general of an army, a subtle, crafty, politic
statesman. In Ins own house, one that may attain the height of honom,
glory, and renown, quod capax, according to the quality of his bnth In
the houses of Venus, one that wall use or fall by the means of women In
the houses of Meicury, a good engmeei, a soldier, and mathematician In
the house of Luna, honour by different women, but such as he afterwaids
shall receive piejudice from
Venus m the houses of Saturn, signifies hopes of honour and friends,
many childien, and old age In the houses of Jupiter, short jourmes, sick-
ness, impusonmeut or death In the houses of Mars, private and public
enemies, and many jouraies , as also a lover of different women In the
bouses of Sol, a sincere lover of his friends, and a lover of his children
In her own houses, a healthful, long-lived person, just and religious In
the houses of Mercury, one covetous, but sickly, lehgious, yet an enemy to
himself In the house of Luna, a traveller, and one that will arrive to
great honour and piefeiment.
Meiouiym the houses of Saturn, shows honour and travelling by sea,
•with much pleasure, but sickness withal In the houses of Jupiter, lands,
inheritances, an honom able wife, and good friends. In the houses of Mars,
private enemies , sickness, many jourmes, and a short life In the houses of
Sol, lands and inheritances, yet subject to imprisonment, and private
enemies In the bouses of Venus, much wealth and riches, tiavelhng by sea,
one religious with some sickness In his own houses, wit and ingenuity,
knowledge of arts and sciences, honour and renown, and a lover of
children In the house of Luna, many good fnends, and many jourmes by
land.
Luna in the houses of Saturn signifies one lehgious, and having many
adversanes, as also soie eyes, In the houses of Jupiter, a sickly body, but
one that shall attain honom, gkuy, renown, and the favouis of gieat men
In the houses of Jlaie, a lovei of friends and childien, In the house of
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Sol, one that be veiy noh, through his own industry In the houses
of Venus, a great lover of children, and one that shall have many friends
In the houses of Mercuiy, inheritances, lands, and pnvate enemies In hoi
own house, happiness and long life
General Effects fiom the Position of the LORDS of the HOUSES
The Lord of the Ascendant in the Ascendant, shews a foitunate and
happy life, and one that shall overcome all his enemies In the second,
riches and wealth by his own industry In the third, many jouraies In
the fouith, lands and inheritance In the fifth, children, and one given to
ploasme In the sixth, sickness In the seventh, public adveisaries, the
man will be an enemy to himself In the eighth, legacies In the ninth,
one religions, learned, and a tiavellei into foieign countries In the tenth,
honom, preferment, and favour of princes In the eleventh, fnends In
the twelfth, dangei of imprisonment
The Loid of the second m the second, impoits great wealth In the
third, wefilth by brethien and tiavelling In the fourth, by the father In
the fifth, by gaming In the sixth, wealth by dealing m cattle In the
seventh, by marriage, and womankind In the eighth, by legacies In the
ninth, by the church, aits and sciences, religion, and the sea In the
tenth by honour, preferment, trade, merchandise In the eleventh, by
friends In the twelfth, by great cattle In the ascendant, by birth, or good
fortune
The Lord of the thnd m the third, shews affectionate brethren, good
jourmes In the fourth, gain by travelling In the fifth, pleasure m tra-
velling In the sixth, sickness m travelling In the seventh, thieves and
robbeis, and sometimes the native meets with a wife In the eighth, death
in travelling In the ninth, religious jourmes In the tenth, for prefei-
ment, trado, and the like In the eleventh, for study and improvement
In the twelfth, imprisonment m tiavelling In the Ascendant, foi ploasme,
and m pursuit of useful discoveries In the second, for profit, wealth,
and riches
The Lord of the fourth m the fouith, foreshews a good estate or inhe-
ritance, a fathei of long life In the fifth, that the estate shall go to the
native's ehildi en In the sixth, that an estate may be acquired by physio
In the seventh, that lie may have an estate with a wife In the eighth, by
some gift, legacy, or wife's portion In the ninth, by merchandise, by arts
and seinnces, 01 by the church In the tenth, by some office, dignity, or
piefeimcnt In the eleventh, by means of a fueud In the twelfth, by
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dealing m great cattle In tke Aacendaot, by mheiitance Jn the second,
by purchase In the third, by travel and death of brethren
The Loid of the fifth m the fifth, indicates strong, lively, and virtuous
children In the sixth, that is children shall be industrious to gam wealth,
and it may be, by his servants In the seventh, that they will travel, and
that the native and they will disagree In the eighth, that they shall
possess the mother's dowry In the ninth, that they shall be given to pleasure,
and go to sea, for the father In the tenth, that they shall be sickly,
and follow the father's trade In the eleventh, that they shall have many
public adversaries, and prove enemies to themselves In the twelfth, that
they shall have many legacies, but prove enemies to their parents In the
Ascendant, they will prove religious, and learned, and love their parents.
In the second, they will piove honourable, and possess the native's sub-
stance In the third, that they shall have many friends and such as will be
of their own kindred. In the fourth, that they will have many private
enemies
The Lord of the sixth m the sixth, foreshews sickness, yet just ser-
vants In the seventh, sickness by women, and quarrelling In the eighth,
danger of a violent death, and dangerous sickness In the ninth, sickness
at sea In the tenth, sickness from hard labour and employment m some
tiade In the eleventh, by loss of some friend, or frustration of Ins
expectations In the twelfth, by vexation of private enemies In the
Ascendant, by irregularity of life In the second, by loss of some estate
In the third, by reason of some journey In the fourth, by loss of inheri-
tance or disappointment in trade In the fifth, from vexatious children and
looseness of life.
The Lord of the seventh m the seventh, shows sickness or death to the
native , yet a good wife In the eighth, danger of losing the wife's for-
tune In the ninth, she will be a stranger to him, and a traveller In the
tenth, she will be hononrable, and possess a good inheritance In the
eleventh, she will be an entire lover of him, and of his children In the
twelfth, she will be his private enemy. In the Ascendant, she will be a
very gloat lovei of her husband In the second, she will be the augmenta-
tion of his estate In the thud, she will be a lover of her husband's
kindied, and desire to go beyond sea In the fourth, she will be very ho-
nourable, and the native shall have land by her In the fifth, a lover of
the native's children In the sixth, she will he a great affliction to the na-
tive and herself
The Loid of the eighth m the eighth, shews the native shall <lie a
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natural deatli,apd that lie shall Ime a nt-h wife In the ninth, he will he m
dangei of drowning In the tenth, his death may be by sentence of the
judge In the eleventh, by the conspiracy of some pretended fnend In
the twelfth, by conspiracy of a puvate enemy In the ascendant, by the
native's own irregularity In the second, by means of some monies or
goods In the third, either by the conspiracy of some brothei, kinsman,
neighbour, or thief In the fourth, by means of the loss of an estate, 01
some grief In the fifth, by drunkenness and debauchery. In the sisth,
by sickness In the seventh, by a public adversaiy, or eminent gnef
The Lord of the ninth m the ninth, shews good sea voyages, knowledge
of arts and sciences, a religious person In the tenth, that religion will bo
profitable, and honourable, and the native shall be famous for his learning
In the eleventh, church dignity, and meichandise, by means of a fnend In
the twelfth, church lands, and that the native will have clergymen for his
enemies In the Ascendant, makes the native truly religious, and learned ;
and a merchant In the second, riches by sea, aits, sciences, and the
church In the third, a sectarian Inthe fourth, gam by the church In
the fifth, one of a loose religion In the sixth, honourable church prefei-
ment , and yet that then ative may be a slave m his religion In the
seventh, an enemy to the church In the eighth, death, or persecution
for his religion
The Lord of the tenth m the tenth, great honour, glory, and renown
In the eleventh, by means of a fnend In the twelfth, through an enemy.
In the Ascendant, by the native's own industry In the second, by moans of
his money In the thud, by a brothei, kmsman, or neighbour, or by travel.
In the fourth, by his father In the fifth, by a wife's friend In the sixth,
by means of a servant In the seventh, by a wife In the eighth, by a
wife's fortune, it may also signify a violent death In the ninth, by reli-
gion, arts, sciences, and navigation
The Lord of the eleventh in the eleventh, denotes great friends In the
twelfth, pnvate fi lends In the Ascendant, friends indeed to the native.
In the second, such as shall augment the native's fortune In the thud,
such as are of his kindred or neighbours, or as he shall find m travelling.
In the fourth, his father In the fifth, some friends of his wife In the
sixth, his servants In the seventh, his wife In the eighth, some biothei's
servant In the ninth, a clergyman, merchant, or lover of aits In the
tenth, kings, princes, noble and great persons
The Lord of the twelfth m the twelfth, denotes strong and powerful
pnvate enemies. In the Ascendant, such ss are among bis own family 01
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IiousehoM In the second, some person envying Ins sitnotiop or estate In
the thud, kmdied and neighbours In the fourth, his father In the fifth,
his ctuldren In the sixth, his servants In the seventh, his wife In
the eighth, some distant relation In the ninth, some merchant, foreign
dealer, or dignitary m the church In the tenth, kings, princes, or men m
power In the twelfth, some particular reputed friend.
GENERAL EFFECTS produced by the A S P E C T S.
Of the CONJUNCTION
The Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter shews inheritances of houses and
lands, possessions, and many worldly profits ansing fiom cultivating the
earth and tillage, if Mars afflict not, nor the evil beams of Sol If Jupiter
is significator, the native is mistrustful.
The Conjunotion of Saturn and Mars shews much evil, the native will
be afflicted, and vexed, shall undergo many troubles, and go through great
difficulties If you would know the cause of the good or evil, you must
consider the house m which the configuration happens, and what house the
configurated planets are lords of, and accordingly you may nearly speak to
the particular matter or accident, be it good or evil , for things arc much
varied according to the diversity of position and domination of the planets,
by which you must necessarily vary those judgments
The Conjunction of Saturn and the Sun, shews the loss of inheritance,
danger of houses being burnt, the native likely to be cheated, to receive
much detriment, and, it may be, loose all and become poor , except a for-
tunate planet bo posited in the second house
The Conjunction of Saturn and Venus shews one libidinous, and that
he shall many a woman wholly of an opposite temper and disposition to
himself, get dishonom among womcn-kmd, be unhappy m marriage, and
lead by reason of his wife, a very disconsolate life If Venus be sigmfica-
tnx, she is much afflicted , but if Saturn, then the Conjunction is benefi-
cial , and this is to be observed m all similar cases.
The Conjunction of Saturn and Mercury shews craft, subtilty, and po-
licy, that the native will dive into many seciet, deep and occult things, find
out mystenes, be covetous and proud, mixed with a certain kind of gravity.
If Saturn be significatoi, the native has a good elocution, but if Mercurry,
he has a great impediment mhis speech,
The Conjunction of Satmn and Luna, shews one poor and obscure , if
Saturn be significator, the man is changeable, seldom an hour m one mind,
often doing things, and then repenting of them again , but if Luna be
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S!£jmficatni, h# is grave, cautious, malepait, ovsi-wise and conceited, and
for the most pai t wilful in all things
The Conjunction of Jupiter and Mais, if Jupiter be significator makes
the native choleric, hasty, angiy, bold, pioud, presumptuous and danng ,
gives him some maitial command, and gloiy and renown m waihke undei-
tabings but if Mais be significator, it makes him milder, religious, good,
just, gives him preferme nt m the law, or he becomes a pnest, deacon,
bishop, or other dignitary m the church
The Conjunction of Jupiter and Sol, if Jupiter be significator, lie afflicts
the native severely, casts him into a deep melancholy or despan, seizes him
with a fever or frenzy, bungs the body to a consumption, and afflicts the
estate with eonsideiable loss, even to Ins utter rum and destiuction , yet,
when by direction, Jupiter frees himself from Sol's beams, these evils will
cease , but if Sol he significator, he so debilitates Jupiter that the configu-
ration can promise nothing , but it makes the native religious
The Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus , if Jupiter be significator, the
native is superlatively happy (more especially if the configurations happen
in Pisces, the house of Jupiter, and exaltation of Venus) he increases m
wealth and substance, m honour and giory, m health of body, and tianquil-
lity of mind, having m general the love of woman-kind , hut if Venus he
sigmfieatnx, the native has beauty, health, and riches, attains to greathonour
and renown, is tmely virtuous, pious, and religious, and has generally
ecclesiastical or junsprudential preferment This is one of the most happy
configurations that can be
The Conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury, if Jupiter be significator,
makes the native vntuous, religious, wise, of gieat knowledge, and of good
elocution, makes a general scholar, and gives him the knowledge of most
arts and sciences , he may prove to be the ambassador of a prmee, or such
like , hut if Mercury be significator, the native is solid, senous and grave,
pious and religious, and probably may acquire a good estate by meichan-
dize or some ecclesiastical promotion
The Conjunction of Jupiter and Luna , if Jupiter be significator, the
native proves a travellei, it may be beyond sea , he is generally of a change
able and mutable mind, and although natuially of a very good humour and
condition, yet sometimes pettish, froward, and peevish If Luna be sigm-
fieatnx, it gives great riches and treasures, according to the native's capacity
or birth, makes him prudent, wise, religious and honouiable , gives him
the acquaintance of great and worthy men, clergymen, and such like, and
probably cliuich piefeiment
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The Conjunctiou of Mais and Sol shews a hot and thy coastitution, dan-
ger of short life, and death by hectic fevers, marasmos, 01 by fire or lightning
If Mars be sigmficator, the native has the favour of kings and punces, and it
may bs their frowns too, to his utter undoing , he may rise hastily, but per-
haps to a precipice If Sol be sigmficator, the native proves valiant and warlike
attains some martial command, or preferment , but if he goes into war he is
killed m the battle, or at best comes off wounded, or with the loss of a limb
The Conjunction of Mars and Venus , if Mars be sigmficator, the na-
tive is given up to women, and retains the acquaintance of such as have
an infamous life and conversation , he is kind, gentle and courteous,
and though sometimes hasty, yet of a good humour and disposition,
in so much that his kindness is oftentimes his undoing , but if Venus
be sigmficatnv, the native is lustful, lascivious, a foimcatoi. adulterer ,
given over to wicked and lewd courses, hasty, rash, proud, inconsiderate,
quarrelsome, and running himself into many hazards, dangers, troubles
and losses
The Conjunction of Mara and Mercury , if Mars is sigmficator, he makes
the native pragmatical, talkative, a smatterer m learning, a babbler, and
deceiver, yet industrious foi the promotion of his own ends and designs, it
gives no gieat preferment, he may be a knavish apparator, cheating petty
fogger, or pedantic pedagogue , but if Mercury be sigmficator, the native
pioves one of harsh manners and conversation, of an ill life, a thief, high-
wayman, felon, murderer, traitor, &c
Tne Conjunction of Mars and Luna , if Mars be sigmficator, the native
is of evil manners and infamous conversation , rises to no gi eat pi efer-
ment, but if it should so chance, that the scale should turn, his rise may be
by means of some great lady , but if Luna be significatnx, the native is boldr
rash, adventurous, quarielsome, furious, given to cruelty and base actions,
may prove a thief, murtherer, or traitor , seldom lives long, for this position
signifies a short life, and that the native may die a violent death, by the
means of fire, iron, a fall, blow, wound, or by the hands of the executioner
The Conjunction of Sol and Venus , if Sol be sigmficator, it makes the
manneis of the native soft and effeminate, yet he is bom to gloiy, and to
do and perfoim great actions , he obtains the love of women, but asso-
ciates himself with such as are base, obscure, libidinous, infamous, and
much below his rank and quality If Venus is significatnx, it shews a ehoit
life, one aiming at glory, but not attaining it , the native is hectic or con-
sumptive, melancholy, meets with many ciosees, losses, and vexations, lives
not out half his days
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The Conjuaction of Sol and Mercury , if Sol be sigmficator, the native
is adorned with wit, ingenuity, learning, arts, sciences, policy, understands
languages, and the power of woids , and because Meicuiy delights to be
under the Sun beams, not being there by hurt, as are the other planets, the
native has excellent elocution, and pioves a good rhetoncian and logician
If Mercmy is significator, he bends all his wit, craft and policy for the ac-
complishing of high matters, and the attaining of gieat things , he becomes
the favourite of king, prince, or a gieat man
The Conjunction of Sol and Luna , if Sol be significatoi, though he
generally gives a great and high spirit, and aiming at magnificent things,
yet this configuration gives only mean and low acquaintance, and the so-
ciety of the common people, makes the native mutable and changeable, and
his fortunes as unstable If Luna is sigmficatnx, the native shall aim at noble
and gallant things, but not attain them , many crosses shall befal hnn and
his life shall be short
The Conjunction of Venus and Mercuiy , is Venus be sigmficatnx, it
gives a delicate beautiful body, adorned with wit, ingenuity, and eloquence,
makes the native courteous and complaisant, furnishes him with variety of
arts, and learning, and is a configuration of very good import , if Venus be
lady of the second, it gives a good augmentation of fortune through mer-
chandize, or the study of arts and sciences If Mercuiy be significator, it
makes the native an orator, furnishes him with courtship, soft and efferm-
nate words, makes him pleasant m all company, gives him the society and
love of women , and if Venus be strong, of great ladies , in a word, it
makes him exceedingly happy
The Conjunction of Venus and Luna , if Venus he sigmficatnx, makes the
native mutable and changeable, a mere Proteus, yet with a deal of pleasants
and satisfaction to others , it makes him of many words, a great promisor,
but no peiformer , proud, lofty, conceited, and gives him profit by the sea,
and all lunar and moist commodities If Luna be sigmficatnx, the native
is very effeminate and courtly, having a voluble tongue, free language and
excellent discourse, inclined to the love of women, which if Venus be
strong, is only to such as are virtuous , delights m music, dancing, and
merry company, nevei thinking of sorrow, or laying any thing to heart
The Conjunction of Mercury and Luna , if Mercury is significator,
makes the native travel into foreign countries, desirous to see new things
fashions, and places , gives him fa\ our and esteem among the ladies, and to
he m great estimation among the popularity, by means of whom he rises to
a good fortune and to great prospenty m the woild If Luna is sigmficatnx,
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it makes tile native ingenious, and a lover o£ learning, seeking after tlia.
knowledge of most arts and sciences , chiefly the mathematics, geography,
cosmography, and navigation, by which he uatains credit and reputation ,
he delights in jourmes and embassies, being of a mutable and constant hu-
mour and disposition
Of the Sextile and Tbine
The sextile and trine of Saturn and Jupiter, if Saturn be sigmficator,
makes the native grave, sober, wise, religious, pious, and endows him with
riches and ti easures of this life, gives him the favour and acquaintance of the
rich and great, or the native becomes a merchant, and gains considerably
by it If Jupitei is sigmficator, the native is more propense to melan-
choly, is inclinable to dig and dehgbt in the earth and follow husbandry ,
some estate, inhentance, or houses may fall to him , and he may be promo-
ted to some ecclesiastical dignity for his worth, learning, and virtue , how-
ever Saturn shews cowai dice
The sextile or trine of Saturn and Mais , if Saturn is sigmficator, his
natural slowness and wariness turns into lashness and boldness, (jet with
a kind of temerity) he runs into piecipitate actions, and strange adventures ,
it commonly gives martial preferment If Mais is sigmficator, the lash-
ness and darmgness of disposition is much abated, and the native is guided
by very consideiate and delibeiate councils , if he proves religious, (as
such seldom do) he is an absolute sectarian, following pertinaciously the
sentiments of his own mind it shews an estate m land or legacies
The sextile or tnne of Saturn and the Sun , if Saturn is sigmficator, tho
native has an austeie countenance, a lightish biown ban, large bones not
\ ery fleshy, stooping a little m his going, he has a show of generosity and
nobleness m his actions, hut passionate and seeking revenge, yet without
any great courage or valour if put to the tual, he probably may attain pre-
feiment at court If Sol is sigmficator, the man is more corpulent, yet with
a very decent body and a full round face , given to boasting and ostenta-
tion, wilful and conceited, yet without any kind of malice, scarcely injur-
ing any but himself, by his too much extravagant expence and piodigalitj'
The sextile or trine of Saturn and Venus , if Saturn is sigfmficator, the
native is comely, having brown ban, a delighter in women's company,
wasting his patrimony upon the famale sex, scarcely leaving any estate he-
hind for his successors, given over to pleasuie and voluptuousness If
Venus is sigmficator, the native is modest, shamefaced, yet loving his belly
well, very affable and couiteous, and inclinable to few vicious actions ,
gams by the dead, from ancient people, and from the ti afis and profits of
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the earth , he jhas a good repute and conversations, and scarcely marriea
till after thirty years of age
The sextile 01 tnne of Saturn and Mercury if Saturn is significator,
the native is conceited, full of chimeias and whims, of plots and contri-
vances yet not often with effect , though earned on with a great deal of
ingenuity , he loves curiosities, and is studious, subtil, and reserved If
Mercmy is sigmficatoi, the native is peevish, discontented and dejected m
his own nnnd, has strange fancies, and is very wilful, even sometimes to
his own ram, yet given to the study of arts and sciences and finding out
many cunous mv entions
The sextile or trme of Saturn and Luna if Saturn is sigmficatoi, the
native is wilful, though very changeable of disposition, subject to jealousy
and mistrust , if Satum be well fortified, the native becomes popular, and
gams much wealth and estimation by the common people , he also attains
the favour of some eminent lady, and becomes famous m his geneiation
If Luna is sigmficatnx, the native is cold by nature and of an ill comple-
xion, inclinable to sordid and mean actions, yet he is delibeiate, and if he
does ill, he does it with preconsideration , he is apt for invention, but very
wilful m all things, conceited of himself, so that he thinks nothing well
done but what he does himself
The sextile or tnne of Jupiter and Mars if Jupiter is significator, it
shews one of a free and noble disposition, bold, valiant, and honourable,
attempting and attaining brave and honourable exploits, generous to his
friends, obliging to his enemies, yet desmng and endeavouring to rule , he
is also resolute and subtle If Mais is significator, the native is a man of a
laige soul, cheerful and merry, of a jovial disposition, active, courageous,
pious, and a very just man, enobled with valour, victoiy, and virtue, one of
good fame, and obtaining the favour and good will of great and worthy person
The sextile 01 tnne of Jupiter and Sol if Jupiter is significator, it
shews a strong, tall, well proportioned body, of a fresh, ruddy complexion,
a noble, generous, couiagious soul, and of a magnanimous mind, one attempt-
ing and achieving great and honoui able tilings , or becomes the favounte
of some king, pnnce, or great person, and nses to the top of prefeiment
If Sol is significator, the native is born to honour and glory, and quod capacc,
arrives to the highest of all worldly felicities , he is a man of gieat spmt,
performing beneficent and honourable actions , as Jupiter endows him with
t fund of tieasure, so the liberal spmt of Sol makes him. waste it by his
too gieat generosity
The sextile or tnne of Jupiter and Venus , if Jupitei is sigmficatoi, giv es
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a tall and complete person, of a pleasant, lovang, courteous dispositioo,
kind to the female sex, of an exceeding good nature, and the patron of hos-
pitality , it is the aspect of lore, concord, agieement, good fortune, and
riches , the native is preferred and rises to honour If Venus be sigmfica-
tnx, the person is comely and lovely, one generously diposed, aiming only
at things biave, honourable, virtuous and good , it is the aspect of virtue
and piety, of honoui, preferment, and vast fortunes m the 'world, the na-
tive has the acquaintance of persons of the highest ecclesiastic order, and,
it may be, attains the like prefeiment himself
The sextile or trme of Jupiter and Mercury if Jupiter is sigmficator,
it shews a just, virtuous, good man, ingenious, and of a very subtle wit ;
it is the aspect of ingenuity, eloquence, and learning , the native is afiable,
courteous, mild, and a general lover of learning, one who by his worth and
virtue may be the secretary or ambassador to some king or punce If Mer-
cury is sigmficator, it shews one very ingenious, and whose wit is mixt
with virtue and honesty, of a deep understanding, piofound wisdom, sound
judgment, and successful m any enterpnze , a person fit to be the coun-
sellor of a king, 01 manager of the affairs of a kingdom or commonwealth,
generous, free spmted, and perfectly trusty
The sextile or trme of Jupiter and Luna if Jupiter is sigmficator, the
native is natuially good, just and virtuous, but of a very mutable mind,
changing his opinion with the least persuasion , it is the aspect of popula-
rity and general applause, and he becomes famous m his generation, and
Uiaws after him the love of the common people , he is loquacious, highly
conceited of himself, fortunate by water and women if Luna is significa-
tnx, it shews one of a generous, noble, just mind, aiming at high and honour-
able things , he gams by the church and churchmen, and is an exact obser-
ver of justice and truth , and a person who Toy his good nature "would oblige
the whole world
The sextile or trme of Mars and Sol if Mais is sigmficator, the native has
a using fortune, proves great, famous and eminent m the world, meets with
pi tferment at Court, or has the especial favour of some king oi prince
It is the aspect of action and honour, he is witty, ingenious and trusty ,
faithful even to Ins adversaries , of a nimble wit, quick fancy, courteous
and friendly , he may prove a general or commander of an army If Sol is
sigmficator, it is the aspect of valourjmd victory, the native is of a high
spirit and couragious, attains military honour and preferment, loves warlike
exercises, appears a terror to his adversaries, and rises far superior to his birth
The sextile or trine of Mars and Venus if Mars is sigmficator, it is
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the aspect of liberty and love , if Mars is out of his dignities, the native
is vicious above measure, loves gaming, wantonness, women, and all man-
ner of lewdness and debauchery, he is ill-natuied, unless among his own
party, and wastes and spends his fortune upon women , but if Mars is m
■his dignities, it shews one witty, ingenious, a searcher out of mysteries, and
one who shall gam a considerable fortune m the world If Venus is sigm-
ficatn-r, it is the aspect of pride, vanity, and vam-glory the native is
comely, bold, rash, adventurous, fearing nothing, aiming at great things, and
promising himself mountains, but perfecting httle , and if Venus is weak,
the person is debauched, and guilty of many lewd actions
The sextile or trine of Mars and Meicury if Mais is significator, it is
the aspect of confidence and craft , the native has a pregnant fancy, capable
of any thing , prudent, subtle, bold, very ingenious, eloquent, and studi-
ous m most arts and sciences, yet something hasty, and subject to passion,
which being over, the man is good humoured again If Mercury is signi-
ficator, the native is valiant, couragious, ingeniojas, a lover of military exer-
cises, physic, surgery, and chemistry , and may probably get a foi tune by
the fire, or dealing in martial commodities , the native has generally a good
opinion of himself
The sextile or trme of Mars and Luna if Mais is significator, it is the
aspect of loquacity and mutability , the native gets,by the common people,
or by travel, often changing his station or place of dwelling , he is
turbulent, furious and rash, but as easily,persuaded again to a complacent
humour If Luna is significatnx, the native is passionate, ambitious of
honour, aspiring to great things, and pursuing them even to a precipice ,
and when attained, they seldom continud with him , and the reason is, be-
cause of the mutability and changeableness of his own nature, mmd, and
disposition, which beget a change of bis fortunes
The sextile or trine of Sol and Venus if Sol is significator, it is the as-
pect of candour and generosity the native is exceedingly good natuied
of an heroic disposition, having nothing but gallantry m all his actions , he
gets by women, and has the favour of some rich lady, by whom he meets
either with a good fortune or promotion , he is witty, ingenious, and of an
active fancy If Venus is significatnx, it is the aspect of giandeur and
magnificence , the native meets with court preferment, or has the favour
of some pnnce , rises to high honoui and glory in the woild, of a good die
position, yet a little passionate, soon angiy, and as quickly appeased again ,
of a free, liberal disposition, lofty, and a httle given to piide and vain glory-
but in general sociable, meiry, good humoured peison,
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The sextJe or trine of Sol and Mercury if Sol is significator, tlie na-
tive is proud, ambitious, conceited, j et very courteous, and without any
seeming resentment, passes over small affronts, lest the taking notice ot
them, should be any prejudice to his grandeur , he is nimble witted, lo-
quacious, and very good at invention If Mercmy is sigmficator, the native
seems to nse in the world, wholly by his own wit and ingenuity, and with-
out doubt will attain to a degiee of honour, above that of his bnth and an-
cestor's quality
The sextile or trine of Sol and Luna if Sol is sigmficator, it is the as-
pect of credit and fame, makes the native eminent m the world, born to
great actions, and to perform extraordinaiy undertakings amongst the com-
mon people , he is cued up for a god among the multitude , if he be a
priest or a physician, he has a vast number of followeis , he is pleasant,
cheerful, and good natured If Luna is sigmficatnx, the native is proud,
ambitious, coveting after honour and glory, and generally born to enjoy a
great measure thereof, but very mutable in his resolves, and if Luna be
weak, he falls into dishonour again
The sextile of Venus and Mercury if Venus is significatrix, the na-
tive is very comely, witty, ingenious, subtil, and of a good nature, seldom
guilty of any dishonourable action, a good orator, and of an aspiring fancy,
yet seldom bringing things to perfection If Mercury is sigmficator, the na-
tive is of an exceeding courteous nature , amorous, one delighting m wo-
men's company, by whom he meets either with fortune or preferment , he
is wise, prudent, just, virtuous, a lover of learning, and embellished with
many excellent parts, both natural and acquired , but if Mercury is weak
and out of his dignities, the native proves vicious instead of virtuous.
The sextile or trine of Venus and Luna if Venus is sigmficatnx, the
native will certainly arrive to honour, and be made great or nch, by means
of some eminent lady , he also has the estimation of the common people,
and becomes very popular , but is one of inconstant, unstable mind, by
reason of which he performs no great things , he is a comely, engaging
person, neat and genteel, and very apt to be taken with courtship If Luna
is sigmficatnx, the native is very effeminate and amorous, of a gentle, oblig-
ing disposition and temper, one sober, just, and having the love of most
women that he converses with , but if Luna is weak and otherwise unfor-
tunate, the native inclines to vice
The sextile or trine of Mercury and Luna , if Mercury is sigmficator,
the native is witty and ingenious, a lover of novelties and all manner of
new inventions and fancies, and mutable and changeable in his mind,
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resolution, and m all undertakings , a man purely given to the ait of dissi-
unulation , though a pleasant companion If Luna is significatiix, the na-
tive dives into arts and sciences, is subtle, ciafty, covetous, a lover of him-
self, resen ed, and a little melancholy , if Luna is strong, he makes an ex-
cellent orator, good advocate, and may be a secretary to some prince or
nobleman , if Luna is weak, the native is a complete mastei of the art
of deceiving
Of the QUARTILE and OPPOSITION
The quartile or opposition of Saturn and Jupiter if Saturn is sigmfi-
cator, shews trouble and vexation , if the man be a sectarian, he is pel sc-
ented by the clergy, tormented and molested , if the conjunction falls m
the ascendant, twelfth, eleventh, tenth, or ninth houses, the mischief falls
m forepart of life, and the native, through his ovn folly, loses a great pait
of his fortune or estate If Jupiter is sigmificatoi, it is the aspect of un-
ceasing troubles and miseries The native is a continual loser, has great
crosses, meets with disgrace and contempt, and was he bom to a prince's
estate, would be m danger of becoming a beggar , the native is of a poor
low spirit, eioss, peevish, inactive, dull, miserable, and unfoitunate in the
world
The quartile or opposition of Saturn and Mars if Sutum is sigmficator,
it is the aspect of cruelty and murder , the native is base, treacherous, per-
fidious, envious, quarrelsome, cholenc, proud, scornful, unsociable, rash,
ungrateful, and a very ill natured person , he has good store of wit, but 'tis
only to do mischief with, and he himself meets with many troubles
by war , if Mars is sigmficator, it is the aspect of treason, and icbellion,
the native is wilful, melancholy, subject to many lingering and continuing
diseases, and will be m danger of an untimely death by falls, blows, treaeheiy,
or poison ,the native has an unhappy father , fiom whom he in part denves
his turbulent spirit, which extiemely hurts both himself and others
The quartile or opposition of Saturn and the Sun if Saturn is sigmfica-
tor, it is the aspect of contempt and infamy, it shews danger of a violent
death and it may be by the hand of justice, the native aims at high and
great things, but always misses his expectations, for his veiy attempts only
are his rum, both of goods and estate, and may sometimes cost his life
The native has a shew of boldness, couiage, and revenge, but his valour is
but a vapour If the Sun is sigmficator, it is the aspect of treason and
cowardice, the native is inwardly very spiteful and malicious, false even to
his dearest friend, studying revenge only by ways occult and cowardly , he
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IS wilful, feaiful, and hmoious, yet impudently boasting iff gieat things,
fai above Ins spheie, capacity, understanding, 01 andeitatmg
The quartile or opposition of Saturn and venus if Saturn is signiflca-
tor, it is the aspect of infamy and vice The native loves women, de-
snes unlawful things , his carriage is rude, his condition base, given over
to lusts and pleasuses of the flesh, inclinable to nothing but vicious and
soidid actions, prodigal m his enpences, wasteful to the consumption of his
foi tunes If Venus is sigmficatnx, it is the aspect of defoimity and baseness,
the native is of a pooi, low, base, timorous spiut, afflicted with the greatest
of all misfortuness and catastrophes, loses by the fruits and products of
the earth, and is indeed a gainer by notkthig. It is the destiucttion of the
significatux.
The quaitile or opposition of Saturn and Mercury if Saturn is sigmfi-
cator, it brings many evils fiom meieunal men and things, and from prose-
cution and lawsuits gives the native an impediment m his speech, and
makes him stuttei, 01 stummei, dulls the fancy, spoils the ingenuity, and
makes the native wholly intent upon mischief, wickedness, deceit, cheating
and thieving If Mercmy is significatoi, the native will be unfortunate m
all his actions, be perpetually pooi, of a perveise self-willed, evil, malicious,
envious, treacherous disposition, and it may be a murderer, foi Saturn stirs
up meicuual men to all manner of wickedness , he will be deceitful
above measure, of a dejected mind, revengeful, and bunging nothing to
perfeotion
The quartile, or opposition of Saturn and Luna , if Saturn is significator,
it is the aspect of travel and discontent , the native is of an indlffeient
stature, dark or black hair, a disproportioned body, sometimes crooked, a
tiaveller, wanderer, or vagabond, one having the ill will and reproach of all
people, and not undeseivedly , a meer deceivei, and subject to great and
manifold misfortunes from the rmlgar If Luna is sigmficatnx, it is the
aspect of jealousy, suspicion and mistrust, the native is ciooked both in per-
son and mind, malicious, deceitful, strongly vicious, scandalous, and de-
bauched , he is afflicted all the days of his life with innumerable troubles,
crosses fiom adveisanes, want of health, wasting of his estate, poverty,
death of his mother, a short life, and danger of a violent death
The quaitile or opposition of Jupitei and Mars if Jupiter be significa-
tor, it is the aspect of fury and ingratitude , the native is lash, furious,
adventuresome, quarrelsome, choleric, and sometimes is vexed with ma-
lignant fevers, is m danger of a violent death by a wound or blow , a waster
and destiojer of Inmself, running headlong into piecipices, desirous of
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rule, resolute, ill natured, subtle, and perpetually ungiateful to all his
fuends, forgetting all then kindnesses , if Mars is sigmficator, it is the as-
pect of Atheism and infidelity , the nati\ e wastes and destroys his fortune
and substance , he is bold, audacious, impudent, and incorrigible , of a
proud, scornful, scoffing, haughty, insolent humour, a despiaer of religion,
virtue, piety, and moial honesty, and is the abomination of all good men
The quartile or opposition of Jupitei and the sun if Jupiter is sigm-
ficator, it is the aspect of arrogance and vain glory , the native is profuse
and riotous, given to all sorts of excess and prodigality, and loses his expec-
tation , this configmation deprives him of all manner of honoui and prefer-
ment , he is noble, lofty, and biave, but only m outwaid appeaianoe, and
does nothing but to be seen of men If the Sun is sigmficator, the native
wastes his patrimony, is proud, lofty, and pragmatical , a despiser of the
church and lehgion, and a gieat lover of pleasure and dissipation, to his
own infamy and ruin
The quartile or opposition of Jupiter and Venus if Jupiter is sigmfi-
cator, it is the aspect of fornication and lust , the native is given over to
debauchery, more especially if Venus disposes of Jupiter If Venus is lady
of the second, the native wastes his foitune and state, and will become in-
digent and pool , he follows base and lewd women, and gets an infamous
name m the world If Venus is sigmficatnx, the native is proud, pragma-
tical, conceited, given over to carnal pleasures, a despiser of piety, virtue,
honesty, and religion, one having a mere outside, a flatterer, deceiver, a
waster of his own fortunes and patrimony , he will have many enemies
created by his own evil ways, chiefly among those of the church, and
people of an honest conveisation
The quaitile or opposition of Jupiter and Mercury if Jupiter is sigm-
ficator, it is the aspect of strife and contention , the native will be involved
m many troubles, controversies, and perplexities, have many lawsuits
and mcumbrances, to Ins very great prejudice, and to the injury of his
health as well as of his estate , he will be lash, humouisome, and very un-
stable m all his ways, being generally deceived m all his expectations ; for
Mercury thus afflicted, repiesents things wrong to the imagination If Mer-
cury is sigmficator, it is the aspect of folly and impudence, the native is
overseen m all he undertakes, makes silly resolves, and as foolishly repents
of them to his prejudice, a repining simple creature, given over to simpli-
city and absurdity, to his own utter undoing
The quartile or opposition of Jupiter and the Moon if Jupiter is sigmfica-
tor, it shews a wasting and loss of substance by many ordmarj people,
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makes the native mutable, foolish, without resolution, and one full of words,
without any depth or reason m them , it shews also loss of credit and
tstimation, and brings many popular evils on him if the Moon is sigmfica-
tnx, the native is perplexed with unequal foitunes in the woild, many
ciosses and afflictions hefal him , false friends, and deceitful confederates
ensnare him, his substance is made a prey to merciless enemies, and him-
self the object of their cruelty
The quartile or opposition of Mars and the Sun , if Mars is significator,
it is the aspect of confusion and ruin, the native aims at great and high
things, but falls at last into an abyss of trouble and misery , he imscarnes
in all his undertakings, heaps upon himself torrents of sorrow, and foie-
bodes a nolent death, which, if the Sun is lord of the sixth, seventh, or
eighth houses, will be by means of a fall, or of a wound with a weapon ,
but if Lord of the tenth, by sentence of a judge If the Sun is significa-
tor, it is the aspect of vanity, fuiy and madness , it shews danger of the
loss of an eye, violent death, 01 death by a malignant fever , the native is
rash in all his actions, squanders away his substance, and makes his life and
fortunes miseiable and desperate
The quartile, or opposition of Mars and Venus , if Mars is significator,
the native is given to vanity, wickedness, lustful pleasures, and all manner
of abominations of the flesh, gluttony, gaming, and dunking , he is
tieacherous, ill-natured, and very unfortunate , when he mumes, he com-
monly mames a woman of ill fame , he is much given to boasting, and
ostentation If Venus is significatrix, the native is infinitely wicked, a
thief, felon, highwayman, 01 murderer, takes to all manner of vice and
mischief, unf01 tunate both to himself and otheis, given to stnfe, conten-
tion, and every kind of debauchery and wickedness
The quartile or opposition of Mai s and Mei cury , if Mars is significa-
tor, the native is bold, impudent, base, treacheious, deceitful above measure,
ei en to his most endeai ed friend , an Atheist, a despiser of God and all
goodness, a superficial, inconstant, unsettled, wretched creature, a shifter
up and down, a thief, and one that lives by dangerous courses , one ill
brooking, and long retaining the sense of an injury , humoursome, conceited,
difficult to be pleased, and unfortunate m all things If Mercury is signi-
ficaior, the native is guilty of many crimes, is of a veiy wicked and evil
nature, likely to be guilty of murder or robbery , a breeder of contention
and mischief, and a follower of almost every dishonourable practice
The Quaitile or opposition of Mars and the Moon , if Mars is significator,
the native is lU-tongued, a perfect scold, gives railing and base language
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m allmoat all his discomse, is ungrateful and a forgetter of kindnesses, a

wanderer, a vagabond, a detractor fiomothei men's worth, one stupid, and of
a servile life, unfortunate m all his undei takings If the Moon is sigmfi-
Catui, the native will be m danger of losing one of his ejes, die a violent
death, or be subject to many crosses, troubles, and afflictions of foitune
and justice , he is subject to hurts, wounds, and other mischiefs, and is mu-
table, rash, passionate, ambitious, piodigal, malicious, treacherous, and
subject to innumerable miseries
The quartile or opposition of Sol and Venus , if Sol is sigmficator, the
native lives m a dishonourable repute, receives many great troubles and
misfortunes by means of women , he is bold, confident, pioud, one delight-
ing in stufe, contention, and opposition, unfortunate m most of his actions,
and coming off m most of his undertakings with dishonour If Venus is
sigmficatux, the native deludes himself with vanities, and expectations of
things which will never he , he is angry, passionate, and given up to pude,
boasting, and vam gloiy , receives much hurt by great men, and sometimes
may be m danger of his life, by sentence of the judge
The quaitile or opposition of Sol and Mercury , if Sol is sigmficator,
the native is subject to many losses and vexations by the law , or receives
hurt by mercurial men and tilings, is unfortunate, and has an impediment
m his speech one that is deceitful, false, and not to be trusted If Meioury
is sigmficator, the native is of a middle stature, dull, swarthy complexion,
tanned or sun-hurnt, with light brown hair, full face and eye, high nose,
hastly, choleric, proud, angry, and insolent , a boaster, ambitious, highly
conceited of himself, and subject to the frowns of punces and great men
The quaitile or opposition of Sol and Luna , if Sol is sigmficator, the
native's fortune is mutable, and unstable, he falls into contempt and
reproach among the common people, and ments the hatred or displeasuie of
some great lady or person , he is a cheat, deceiver, or impostor If Luna
is sigmficatiix, the natiie is full-faced, of a clear visage, and light coloured
ban, very ambitious of honoui, which flies fiom him like a shadowpuisued ,
one aiming at, and attempting many gieat things without success, but meets
with many mosses, losses, tioubles, sorrows, and obstructions m his way to
preferment
The quartile or opposition of Venus and Meioury , if Venus is sigmfi-
eatnx, the native is crafty, subtle deceitful, and given to thievery , he has
an impediment in his speech, is of dull undei standing, fiowaid, self willed,
cross, and indeed a perfect knave, one whose ill conditions, and base mind,
always keep him pool If Meioury is signifioatoi, the native is deceitful,
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dishonest, slothful, given to indolence and ease, and delights in the
company of lewd women , a mere dissembler, and one that wastes and spends
his fortune in debauchery
The quartile or opposition of Venus and Luna ; if Venus is significa-
trit, it shews mutability, strife, contention, quarrelling, debate, one of an
ill tongue, and a worse life, unfortunate in marriage and children, one idle,
indolent, and laz3', subject to poverty and beggary If Luna is significa-
tnx, the person is of a bold, impudent, audacious disposition, given up to
lust and lewdness , a mere vulgar, sordid creature, a wanderer, fugitive, and
vagabond , deceitful, and subject to a multitude of misfortunes, especially
from and among women
The quaitile or opposition of Mercury and Luna , if Mercury is sigmfi-
cator, the native is mutable, unstable m all his ways, foolish, arrogant,
void of reason and good manners, locquacious, and very much conceited
of himself , he shall meet with many troubles and oppositions, and that
from the common people, lose the favour of some noble women, and be
reduced to an abject state of poverty the frowns of a prince are not so
formidable as the hatied of the common people, for that so precipitates a
man, that it prevents him for ever from rising again without some extraor-
dinary aid if Luna is sigmflcatnx, let the native take what care and pains
he will, he shall never do any thing commendable ; it signifies a defect in
the tungue, and makes the native m every undertaking very unfortunate,
and for the most part exposed to contempt and infamy
OF the EFFECTS of the HOUSES
first house —If one or both of the mfortunes vitiate the degiees ascend-
ing, or the light of time be eclipsed or afflicted, or the lord of the ascen-
dant combust, or retrograde and pengrine, or the birth was exactly upon
a new or full Moon , or Luna be m conjunction, quartile, or opposition of
Satuiu or Mars, or both, in the fourth, sixth, eighth, 01 twelfth house, or be-
sieged of the mfortunes , the native will be of short life , but contrari-
wise, if theie be significations of long life , that is, if the ascendant, planet
therein, or its lord, or all of them be m a good house of heaven, essentially
strong, and free from affliction, encreasmg in number, light, and motion ,
the native will then have a long and happy life , otheiwise unhappy Now
the afflicting planet, by considering what house he is lord of, and posited
m, will shew the cause
Second house —The cusp of the second house, free from affliction, or
assisted with the piesencc or beams of fortunate planets, or part of Fortune,
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or lord of Ihe second , or the lord of the second strong', free from afflic-
tion, and in a good house, or m conjunction, sextile, or tone of fortunate
planets, or in conjunction of benevolent fixed stars, of the first or second mag-
nitude, are all evident testimonies of much wealth, and great nches , hut if
the cusp of the second house, the planet therein, or the lord thereof be com-
bust, weak, afflicted by conjunction, quartile, or opposition of the infortunes,
decreasing in number, light and motion, or in an evil house, they are evident
testimonies of poveity and extreme want
Third house —The cusp of the third, free from affliction, fortified with
the dragon's head, or good planets, or their aspects, or the presence of its
loid , or the lord thereof strong and free from affliction and in a good
house, m sextile or trine with good Planets, or the Moon, shews good, plea-
sant, and safe joumies , but if the cusp thereof, or its lord be afflicted with
the coujuction, quaitile, or opposition of the infortunes , or the lord there-
of be weak, perigrme, and in the seventh or eighth house, it ipdicates mis-
fortunes, and losses by robbery or otherwise
Fomth house—The lord of the fomth, m the fourth, (and generally
any planets there) shew an inheritance m land, if they are fortunes, and
stionly dignified, or if the cusp of the fourth, or its lord, be in sextile or
trine with Saturn 01 Jupiter, it denotes the same but if infortunes, or afflict-
ed by the quaitile or opposition of any planet, chiefly Saturn or Mars, or
the lord of the fourth be weak or retrograde , there is either no inheritance,
or else it is much mcumbered, and in danger of being lost
Fifth house The angles and cusp of the fifth, and sign in which the
lord of the eighth is, being in fruitful signs, many planets m the fifth, es-
pecially Jupiter, "Venus, Mercury, and Luna , or they casting their tnnes
to the fifth, 01 its lord, or if there be any translation or reception, or mu-
tual position between them and the loi d of the fifth ; or the lord of the fifth,
and the lord of the ascendant, or the planet m the ascendant, or chagon's
head be there, these aie sigmficators of a plentiful issue , but Saturn, Mars,
Sol, or dragon's tail there, especially m barren signs, and Luna, and the lord
of the ascendant, m barren signs also, and the loid of the ascendant, or fifth,
in quartile or opposition of one another, or with Saturn or Mars, are evident
testimonies of barrenness
Sixth house —If the Lord of the sixth or planet m the sixth, afflict not
the ascendant or the Loid theieof, or the Loid of the ascendant be not m
the sixth, or in its Lord's dignities, or in quaitile 01 opposition-of Saturn or
Mars , or combust of Sol m the sixth, seventh, or twelfth houses , or
the lord of the sixth, or any planet of his nature, he not in the ascendant ,
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then will the native be healthful, and of a strong body, and, very free from
diseases , and so contrariwise If the lord of the sixth or planet therein be
m quartile or oppsition of the lord of the ascendant or second, or planet
therein, or exalted therein, or the lord of the second be in the sixth in
quaitile or opposition of the lord of the ascendant, or sixth, the native's
servants will prove treacherous and thievish to him , and so on the
contrary-
Seventh house —If the Moon or any light planet, translate the light of
the lord of the ascendant, or planet therein to the lord of the seventh or
planet therein, or there be any mutual reception between the sigmficators
either by house or position, or they apply one to another by conjunction,
sextile, 01 tnne, but especially with reception, or the Moon apply to the
conjunction, sextile, or trine of the lord of the ascendant, 01 planet theiem,
and the sigmficators be in fmitful signs, the native will marry , so also,
if she translates the light of Mars to Venus , and so contrariwise The
Lord of the ascendant near a partile aspect of many planets , or the loid of
the seventh and planets therein, applying jointly to the loid of the seventh,
many planets m the seventh, and they m good aspect with Luna or Venus,
or the lord of the seventh, are arguments of marrying moie than once , and
So contianwise The agreement between both is discerned from the quality
of the application, reception, translation, position and digmities of the
sigmficators ; and in these words, the whole business of public edveisanes
is comprehended , save that significator which is strongest, freest fi ora
affliction, most assisted, and best posited shall overcome, and that person
shall live longest
Eighth house —The lord of the ascendant strong, oi m a good house,
and in good aspect with the lord of the eighth, or planets in the eighth ,
or if Jupiter or Venus he lords of.the eighth, or posited in the cusp thereof ,
or Luna translates the light of the lord of the eighth, Or planet, in the
eighth to the lord of the ascendant, or planets therein by good aspect , or
when the lord of the ascendant, the luminaries, loid of the eighth, or cusp
of the eighth be m violent signe, the native will die a natural death , hut
if the sigmficators of death be essentially fortified, and in the eighth, or in
qnartile or opposition of the lord of the ascendant, Sol and Luna-, or planets
m the ascendant, and in violent signs, or in opposition to the ascendant, the
native will be in danger of dying a violent death The cusp of the
eighth adorned With fixed stars of the first and second magnitude, or with
the presence of Jupiter, Venus, Sol, Luna, dragon's bead, or part of for-
tune, or with the good aspect of the said planets , or the lord thereof
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ahohg, fiee fi**m affliction, and f01 tified with the conjunction, sextile, or
trme of benevolents, are signs of a good dowiy , and so contianwise
Ninth house —If the loid of the ninth, oi planets m the ninth, be m
mutual reception with the loid of the ascendant, or planets m the ascendant,
01 the Moon 01 any light planet makes any translation, 01 there be anj po
sition , or any application between the principal sigmficatois by good as
pect, the native will tia\ el, pnn e a merchant, a scholar, or clergyman,
and if Jupiter, Venus, Moicmy, Luna, the part of Fortune, or Dragon's
head, be theie , or the loid of the ninth, 01 planets therein, being m good
aspect with any benevolent, the native will be truly religious, and gam
much by any thing he undertakes The lord of the ninth m the ascendant,
m trme to a planet in the ninth, the same , but if Saturn, Mars, or the lord
of an evil house, or Daogon's tall be posited there , or the loid thereof be
weak, combust, afflicted, on letiograde it foiebodes much evil
Tenth house —The only signs of honoui are the strength of the lords
of the ascendant, medium cosh, and their disposition either by good appli-
cation, position, reception, or tianslation , or the presence or good aspect
of Jupitei, Sol, Venus, Mercmy, or Luna , or the position of the Dragon's
head or part of Fortune m the tenth or eleventh houses , the contrary as-
pects shews dishonour, disgrace, shame, contempt, and at length endanger
a violent death
Eleventh house—The lord of the eleventh, or any othei planet theie,
shew friends , so also, if they be m mutual reception, or position, or if
there be any translation or application between them and the lord of the
ascendant, or planets therein , or if Jupiter, Venus, Sol, Luna, or dragon's
tail be there, they are arguments of great, noble, generous, and faithful
fuends , but if the sigmficatoi s hav e malignant aspects, and there be no
translation, reception, nor position , or if Saturn and Mars or the lord of
the twelfth he posited there, they shew either few or no friends, or else
very bad and false ones
Twelfth house —No planet in the twelfth, nor the lord thereof in any
aspect with the loid of the ascendant, or planets m the ascendant, or ascen-
dant itself , or the lord of the ascendant not posited m the twelfth, 01 m
aspect with the lord of the twelfth, are arguments of few private enemies
but if the ascendant, its lord, or planets therein be in conjunction 01 evil
aspect with the lord of the twelfth, or Saturn and Mars, and they loids of
evil houses or if they be posited m the ascendant, seventh, or twelfth
houses, or m combustion, the native will have many and great enemies,
and be subject to imprisonment, and many other troubles , but if instead
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of evil, the aspects be good, with the sigmficators in bad houses, the nature
Will be deluded and diawn mto troubles thiough fan pietences , and his
pirvate enemies will always be such as outwaidly expiess a kindness for him
General Judgments to be inferred from Directions
The loid of the ascendant to promissms—To the ascendant, it signifies
much happiness , to the second house or its lord, it has signification of
substance , to the thud 01 its loid, of jomtues , to the fomth or its lord, of
inheritances , to the fifth 01 its lord, of children , to the si^th 01 its lord, of
sickness and seiwants ;to the seventh or its lord, wives, public enemies, and
law-suits , to the eighth 01 its loid, death and legacies , to the ninth or its
loid, learning, ecclesiastical preferment, meichandize, going to sea , to the
tenth 01 its loid, honoui, piefeiment, office, dignity, trading , to the eleventh
or its lord, friends, hopes, and expectancies , to the tivelfth or its loid,
imprisonment, and private enemies
The lord of the second to promissois—To the second, a great morease
of wealth and riches , to the third or its loid, gam or loss by k.ndied,
neighbour, or travelling , to the fomth 01 its lord, gam 01 loss by houses,
lands, or parents , to the fifth 01 its loid, by children, or by gaming , to
the sixtn or its lord, by servants, 01 cattle , to the seveiith 01 its lord, by
ma.nage, women, public enemies, la %-suits , to the eighth 01 its lord, by
death, or legacies , to the ninth o- its lord, by learning, aits, sciences, the
sea, lehgion , to the tenth, 01 its lord, by trade, honour, pieferment, or
dignity , to the eleventh or its loid, by friends , to the tv elfth or its loid,
by gieat cattle, private enemies, imprisonment , to the ascendant 01 its
lord, by the native's own mdust y
The lo'i d of the lh,rd to pi omissoi s —To the thn d, many pleasant jourmes ,
to the fourth house or its lo'd, orm by travelling, or to see his fathei,
or some estate ; to the fifth or u-, laid, ti&vellmg foi pleasuie, or on ac-
count of children , to the sixth house or its lord, jourmes about small cattle ,
to the seventh or its lord, journeying on some law -nu, Vic advetsary,
01 woman , to the eighth house oi its loid, conteinui-, legacy, or
wife's portion , to the ninth oi -Is lord, foi the sake of lehgion, meichan-
dize, learning, or to sec foreign countnes , to the tenth oi ris loid, for
honour, pieferment, tiade, oi to see his mother , to the elovci.Ji or its
lord, to see a fnend, or m hopes of advantage , to the twelfth or its loid,
because of pnvate enemies, or fear of impiisonment , to the ascendant oi
its lord, for health or pleasure , to the second or its loid, foi substance oi
wealth
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The loid of the fomth to piomissors —To the fomtli house, mheiitances ,
to the fifth 01 us loui, an eotate to some of the native's, childien , to the
sixth 01 its loid, an estate to fall to the native fiom some lelations, 01
mJ^s and aunts by the fathei's side , to the seventh 01 its loid, by mam-
age, or the lav , to the eighth oi its loid, by some legacy 01 poition by
a wife , to the muth 01 its loid, by leaimng, tiadmg to sea, the chuich, oi
wife's kmdied to the tenth 01 its loid, by the wife's fathei, 01 the king
61 some noble o1 gieat man , to the eleventh 01 its loid, by moans of a
tiiend , to the twelfth 01 its loid, by dealing m cattle , to the ascendant
oi its loid, bj his own mdustiy , to the second oi its loid, by piuchase ,
to the third oi its loid, by dea+h of kmdied
The loid of the fifth to piomissois—To the fifth house, it guvea to the
native a child , to the sixth oi its loid, that his childein may become
seivants to him , to the seventh oi its loid, that they may travel, oi that
his wife may hai e anothei child , to the eighth oi its loid, dangei of
death, thiough some excess of pleasuie , to the ninth or its loid, that the
native will chiefly delight m lehgion, arts, sciences, oi the sea , to the
tenth oi its loid, sickness to the native's childien , to the eleventh oi its
lord, the love of a special fuend, oi the mimage of one of his childien , to
the twelfth oi its loid, the death of a child, or danger theieof, oi a legacy
left to ix , to the ascendant oi its loid, the love oi hate of the native's
eMdren to him, oi then tiavellmg beyond sea , to the second oi its lord,
that they shall have honour and renown in the world, and have some gifts
from their father , to the thud oi its loid, that the native shall take leoieations
m the conntiy, and among his kmdied , to the fourth oi its loid, that the
nat.ve's childien may deal m gieat cattle, and have many pnvatc enemies
The loid of the sixth to piomissors—To the sixth house, thriving by
tiade and husbandry , to the seventh or its lord, dangei of sickness tlnough
some women, or by quairellmg , to the eighth or its lord, dangei of moitil
siciness , to the ninth oi its loid, sickness at sea, oi fiom too much study ,
to the tenth or its loid, gnef foi some dishonoui, or not attaining the
honour desned , to the eleventh oi its loid, infection among cattle, oi gnef
of the native foi some special fuend's sake , to the twelfth oi its loid,
loss of cattle by thieves, sickness, oi infection , to the ascendant oi its
lord, sickness tkiough the native's own folly , to the second oi its loid, foi
want of money, oi lo.s of an estate , to the thud oi its loid, by leason of
some journey, oi uukmdness of kmdied , to the fomth or its loid, by
reason of his father, oi gnef foi loss of mheutance , to the fifth oi its loid,
from some unlawful pleasuie, disobedience, oi death of a child
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The laid of the seventh to piomtssors—To the seventh house, sicknc"iq,

or illness to the native , to the eighth 01 its lord, the vife's poition , to
the ninth or its lord, she goes into the counti y, or is concerned with hoi
kindled , to the tenth or its lord, takes possession of an inheritance , to the
eleventh or its loid, she has a child, 01 comes moie mio the hiishjnd's
favoui , to the twelfth 01 its loict, she is sickly, or some way concerned
with hei hushancVs pnvate enemies , to the ascendant or its loid, she and
her hushand become greater friends 01 enemies than foimeily , then also
lawsuits eithei begin or end , to the second oi its lord, a wife, politic enemy,
or a law-suit pioves good 01 bad to the native's substance , to the thud 01
its loid, she eithei goes beyond sea, or takes some long puiney , to the
fourth 01 its lord, she brings him lands to the fifth 01 its loid, childien
and friends , to the sixth 01 its lord, she meets with private enemies
The loid of the eirjhth to pi ormesors—To the eighth house, legacies , to
the ninth or its loid, legacies by some of the wife's bretliren, or by a cleigy-
man , to the tenth or its loid, by his wife's fattier 01 his own mothei , to
the eleventh 01 its loid, by some friend , to the twelfth or its lord, by some
of his wife's uncles or aunts by the fathei's side, or some of his own by
the mothei's side , to the ascendant 01 its loid, dangei of death , to the
second or its loid, receiving of the wife's poition , to the third 01 its loid,
a legacy by a hi other or kinsman to the fouith 01 its loid, by a fathei ,
to the fifth or its lord, danger of death to a child, 01 the falling of an inhei i
tance to it , to the sixth 01 its loid, a dangoious sickness to the native , to
the seventh or its loid, the wife's dowiy, or legacies by means of a Wife
The lord of the ninth to pi omissoi s—To the ninth house, good success at
sea, church preferment , to the tenth 01 its loid, preferment and honour by
means of learning, the sea, 01 the church , to the eleventh orits loml, that the
native gets manyfnends lay his leainmg and sanctity , to the twelfth oi its
lord, many private enemies ,to the ascendant or its loid, that the nitive shall
attain to learning, arts, sciences, 01 ecclesiastical pieferment thiough his
own mdustiy , to the second 01 its lord, by means of his wealth, and that he
may get or lose substance theieby , to the thud m its lord, that he may attain
those tilings by means of a brotliei. kinsman, or neighbour, or mnj iiavel foi
impiovement , to the fouith or its loid, by means of a fathei oi of an mhen-
tance, or he may get an estate thereby , to the fifth 01 its loid, that he shall
be industrious, and delight in the education of Ins childi en , to the sixth 01 i's
loid, sickness tluough ton much study, or caie foi business , to the seventh
01 its lord, church piefeimout bv means of a wife or woman , to thr eighth
or its loid, by means oilier ioitune ,01 dangoi of death foi some misdemeanov
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The hid of the tenth to piommorg—To the tenth house, gieat and emi-
nent honour and pieferment , to the eleventh house or its lord, piefeiment
through fnends, and that he shall attain honomable fnends by his' prefer-
ment , if he be a tiadesman, he will gam nmch thereby, through Ins fnends
and acquaintance, and so on, considei atis considerand/is , to the twelfth or
its lord, dishonour and loss, 01 danger of nnpnaonment by means of a pri-
vate enemy to the ascendant 01 its loid, honour, gloiy, or dignity by his
own industry , to the second, or its loid, by means of money , to the third,
01 its loid. by tiavel, kmdied, neighbouis, or the like , to the fourth, or its
lord, by means of a father, or an mhentance , to the fifth oi its loid, by
means of ehildien, or pleasant companions ; to the sixth oi its lord, by
means of a seivant , to the seventh oi its loid, by a wife, or some woman ,
to the eighth oi its lord, by a legacy, or wife's poition , to the ninth oi its
lord, by the sea, meidnndize, the church, arts, sciences, &c
The lo-d of the eleventh house to pienissors—To the eleventh, sme
fnends , to the tveif th, or its loid, friendship from enemies , to the ascen-
dant or its lord, endeared fnends for the native's own sake , to the second
oi its loid, piofitable fnends , to the third oi its lord, friendship of kindred,
brethien, oi neighbouis , to the fourth, o1 kcs loid, friends by means of an
estate , to the fifth, or its loid, by means of jovial companions, oi ehildien ,
to the sixth, oi its lord, by means of a servant , to the seventh, or its
lord, by a wife, or the leconcikation of an enemy , to the eighth, or its loid,
legacies by means of a fnend, also honourable fnends , to the ninth, or its
lord, friendship by leason of the ohmch, sea, aits, soiences, meiohandize,
&c religious fnends , to the tenth, or its loid, the friendship of the king,
queen, or some nobleman , honourable fnend,, and such as are fnends to
him, by reason of his profession, dignity, or greatness
The lord of the twelfth to promissoi s —To the twelfth house, private
enemies , to the ascendant, or its lord, danger of imprisonment , to the
second, or i > uid, loss or gain of substance by private enemies oi by cattle ,
to the third, oi its loid, enemies amongst kindred oi leM'ons , to the
fourth, or its lord, prejudice to inheritances , to the fifth house, or its loid,
sickness, falsity of ehildien , to the sixth house, oi its loid, loss of
cattle by robbery oi the like , to the seventh, oi its lord, death of private
enemies , to the eighth, oi its lord, gifts oi legacies , to the ninth, oi
its lord, enemies among chuiehmen, merchants, and leained men , to the
tenth, oi its loid, the notice of gieat and noble men, oi loss of credit ,
to the eleventh, or its loid, loss of fuonds, or that fnends may beeome
enemies
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These directions may either signify good or evil to those things winch
we have specified them to signify, atcoiding to the naturS and quality o£
the piomissor , foi if the dnection was to the sevtile or tune of the pro-
missor, without doubt, the things piormsed by that dnection may be
eminently good , if to the quaitile or opposition, very bad , and if to the
conjunction, then accoidmg to the nature and quality of the planet, and the
houses he is lord of, be he good or evil
As the Ascendant signifies the body, mind, and life , the second, estate
and substance, and the tenth, preferment, credit, tiade, and favour of gieat
men , so also Sol, Luna, and the part of furtune, besides what they impoit
by being posited m, or loids of any paiticular house, signify the body,
mind, substance, life, health, dignity, offices, affections, estate, fortune, and
friendship of gieat persons These things being undeistood, he that would
tiuly judge of the effects of dnections, ought to considei the true signifi-
cation of the sigmficator, of the proimttor, and of the house , fiist, what
they signify essentially, and what accidentally , secondly, what by domi-
nation, and what by position , for those things signified by the sigmfica-
tor, shall either be augmented or diminished, preserved or destioyed,
stiengthened or weakened, attained or lost, accoidmg, fiist, as the house 01
point wheie the direction falls is fortified or vitiated, by the presence 01
beams of good 01 evil stais , secondly, according to the emmency of the
sigmficator , and lastly, as the promissor is good or bad, strong or weak —
Theiefoie the signifieator signifies the thing promised , the house in which
the direction falls, its relation or quality , and the promissoi the means
of the accomplishment , wheiem must be considered the radical fortitudes
of both, foi accoidingly the effects of the direction will opeiate, and be
durable, whether good or evil, till this or some other sigmficatoi meets with
another promissor, t * e contrano , wheiem note, that if the sigmfica-
tor be strong, the thing promised will be veiy good and great , which if
the promissor answeis m strength, the direction will gloriously appeal
but if the piomissor be weak or mean, the native may attain the thing sig-
nified, but not without great delay, laboui, care, and toil But contrariwise,
it the sigmficator be weak , foi then the matter will not be gieat nor emi-
nent, let the prormsRor be what it will
If the sigmficator disposes of the place of the direction, though an evil
one, the promissor will not do so much hurt as it otheiwise would , but if
the promissoi be disposer of the place of an evil dnection, it will then
opeiate with double force, aceoiding to the gieatness of its malignity But
if another planet disposes of the place of the direction, then according as
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Hi at planet ivm^athises nitli the sigmficatoi eithe-i by natuie, body, or
Ijtains 7 so the good 01 r\il signified the duection shall be meieased 01
clunmished
If Satmn, Jupitei, or Mais be sigmficators, they \ull not be so much
impedited by cm! piomissois as me otlici planets are , but ivheneiei they
aie pionnssms, and afflicted b> malific aspects, they effect- what they poi
tend with violence
If two directions, the one good, the other evil, shall opeiate at one and
the same time, unless they aie diametiically opposite one to anothei, the
effects of both will appeal, but that most appaiently, which colieies with
the revolution of the yeai
The signifieatoi and promissor shall sympathise togethei , and if the
good direction shall fall in sevtile to the ladical place of the signifieatoi,
01 near the body of an eminent fixed stai, cohcnng in natuie , that dwec
tion will famously manifest its influence , for dnections to the bodies of
fixed stais of the first, second, 01 thud magnitude, accmchng as they in
nature agiee or disagiee with the signifieatoi, so they will suddenly and
unexpectedly either help 01 impede him, and chiefly m and by those things
signified by the house in which the duection fails
Judgments to be inferred from Transits *
Tiansiis of good planets by good places or piomissors =igm£> good, but
by evil places, evil , and so contianwise And wbatsover we have bcfoic
said of dnections, the same things, m an mfenoi degree, aie to be undei
stood of tiansits, with this diffeience, that wheieas direction's signify the
good 01 evil to be eminent, tiansits signify much smallei matters of die
same kind , and vheieas the foice oi effects of a duection lasts long, the
effects of a tiansit is geneially oaei c-s soon as the tiansit , the one often-
times lasting years, the othei but daj'S oi weeks at most
But the transits of the supenors, as Saturn and Jupiter, aie ieiy emi-
nently to be oonsideied, for they ncvei pass without obnous effects, wh h
often last a whole year, be they good oi evil , foi if they be loids of dl-
honses, or radically m an ill house, if they tiansit the ascendant, ihe quai-
tile, oi opposition, oi place of its loul, they tin eaten life , if the second
oi its loid, the substance , if the thud oi its loid, "|Ournies , if the fouiih
or its lord, dangei to the father, oi loss of mheiitance , if the fifth oi its

if?(■«!<[ yn cdftg 5^1

i fjin «n;>st ^ n^to i
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Soid, loa^ by gammg, and death of childien , it the sixtli ot its loid, doatii
of cattlo , it the seventh, oi its lord, sichness of the wife , if the eighth
or its loid, loss of substance, because they cast then opposition unto the
second , if the ninth or its lonl, loss at sea, robbing by land, empy of chmch-
men , if the tenth 01 its loid, the king's displeasuie if a comiiei , but loss
of tiade, if a tradesman , if the eleventh, or its loid, evil friends, 01 their
affliction, the loss of hopes , if the twelfth or its loid, death, and loss by
cattle
Observe on what day the moon 01 other planets cast then tune or sev-
tile to the cusp of the second, 01 tiansit the tune 01 sextile of its loid, 01
planet near its cusp, 01 cast then tune m sextile to the part of foitune, for
those days will be good to the native, and veiy profitable , and if he mini
his business he may then hare astonishing success, but those dajs m
which the said planets tiansit the quartile 01 opposition, will be as bad,
wheiem if he loses not money, he is sure to get none , and this I have found
moie than a thousand tunes true , the some if an evil planet ti msits the
conjunction of the loid ot tire second 01 pait of fortune , but the tiansits of
a good planet to their conjunction is advantageous
Satuin and Jupitei, if they be loids of good houses, and tiansit the
good aspect or conjunction of any sigmficator, with whom they agioe in
nature, 01 weie radically in good aspect with, they signify much good
If good planets 01 the lord of the ascendant tiansit the medium coeli,
or place cf its lowl, ox its sex tile 01 time, the native gets honom, 01 tiade,
and if he be in puisuit of any preferment, he attains it
The loid of the ascendant, tiansittmg the ascendant 01 his radical place,
shews health to the native , the second, or the conjunction, sextile, 01 trine
of its loid, gam , the third, 01 conjunction, sextile, 01 trine of its lord, good
jo'unies, and the fuendship of kindred and neighouis, &c
The loid of the second tiansittmg the cusp theieof, 01 his radical place,
denotes gam , the thud house, or the conjunction, sextile, 01 time of its
loid, 01 planet theiem, shews gam by tiacellmg, neighouis, kmdicd, &c
The transits of the Moon diseoxei all things whethei good 01 ex il,
which happen to a man daily, through the whole eomse of his life , her
application to, 01 tiansits of sextiles and tnnes, shew good of quaitiles
and oppositions, evil, concerning all those things signified by that house
m winch the transit is made , wheie, if she be significatiix, the good or evil
will also fall m part upon the things signified by hei, according to the
house she was lady of, 01 posited m the irdix , but if not, the good or evil
will fall upon those things signified by the siguificatoi which is tiansited
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J UDGMENTS TO BE INFERKED FKUM REV0LDTI01t8>

The judgments of a revolution are easy to be detennined, by oonsidenng

m what house and sign in the revolution the radical sigmfioatois are posi-
ted , for accoiding to those revolutional positions and configurations wo
aie to judge So that if the loid of the second house be m the thud, it
shews gain to come eithei by travel, 01 by kmdied, 01 neighboms , and if
he be also m se^tile 01 time with the loid of the thud m the radix, the
same , if with the loid of the fouith, by a father , if m the medium coeli,
or in conjunction, sextile, or trine with his radical loid, gam by tiade, office,
piefeiment, 01 noble nen Hence it appears, that the sigmficatoi of sub-
stance in a revolution, is not the lord of the second m the revolution, but
the lord of the second in the ladix the sigmficatoi of lands is not the loid
of the fouith in the revolution, hut the lord of the fouith in the radix , the
same is to be undeistood of the rest , but if the same sign which ascended
radically, ascends m the revolution, its effects will be the moie film,
because the sigmficatois aie the same , the like, if the same planets which
were lords of the several houses in the ladix, be loids of the same m the
i evolution, though they possess not the same sign
Whatsoever good or evil is presaged unto the native, either by direction,
transit, or revolution, we aie to measure the gieatness thereof, according
to the radical stiength or foititudes of the sigmfieators, compared with
their strength or fortitudes at the time of dnection , wheie, if they aie
radically strong, the good or evil will be great and permanent, the which is
confiimed if they be stiong also at the tune of dnection or transit , if indi-
cally weak, the good or evil will but meanly manifest itself , and scarcely
at all, if weak at the time of direction or transit , but if radically weak,
and stiong at the time of the dnection or transit, the effects theieof may
appeal much beyond the expectation of the native, hut will not be veiy
dm able
The SiauiFicATioN of Several Fixed Stars in
Nativities
The significator of life or manners, joined to Caput Algol, makes the
native suily and cholenc, and shews danger of sudden death To the
Pleiades, it shews wantonness, ambition, and scorn To Aldcbaian, couiage
in war, and a martial inclination , the lord of the ascendant and the Moon
or Saturn in conjunction with this stai, shows a muideiei, 01 one that beais
a very wicked mind To Hncus, shews curiosity, one desiring novelties ,
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wtaeaieful md blutdy pemou To Cmgula OnoiiU, a haip uwand
"uiiduistanding, ouo judustiioufe To S\iius aa angiy, pioud, tauoy,
uiady, impiudoiit peiboa To IIciculcs, subldi}" cudt, lioldnobb, aiid
uuulty To Eonulut., gieatne&s of spint, a ceaeious and maguanimoufo
uuncl, one ambitioub of mlc and doiumion To Aniaies -in uuudy lash
poibon, and one likely to mm himself lay Ins ohbhudea To AiisLa, a
bivect, noble, goneious soul a lo\ei of aits and sciences, and if Memuiy
be with it, i emious mi entei of nue things, but if Satum, n violent
ngid fellow, and sometimes a fool To Aqmla, boldness, conhdence
taloiu, but a wicked peison To Cauda Dclphma, one delighting m
•spoits, games, shooting, hunting, and the like The signilicatoi of suli-
stance, 01 cusp ox the second, pait of foitune, 01 its dispositoi m conjunc-
tion with Eegulus, 01 with Amta, she-as much iiches'
The sigmlicatois of substance, pait of foitune, 01 its loid, m conjunc-
tion with Aldebaian 01 Caput Algol, shew losb of estate, and povoity
The Sun 01 Moon with tne Pleiades, 01 Pi esepe, Antaies, 01 Dcueb, the
natne will suAei some hint 01 defect m his eyes , and it is mcuiable if
that light be angulai The Moon m conjunction with Cmgula Qnoms,
and combust, shews blindness of one ej o at least The sioniflcutois of
konoui m conjunction, 01 within five degrees of eonjunehon foiwaid 01
baokwaid, with Aldebaian oiviti Heiculos, Regulus, Ansla, Lanv Boio-
alis, 01 Antaies, show gieat hor.oui and piefeiment Tlie Sun 01 Moon m
conjunction with the Pleiades, 01 the Iliades, shews militaiy piefeiment ,
the same if those stais culnnnaie Caput Algol culminating, gives tho
native authonty ovei otheis , so also Aldebaian, 01 Antaies, m conjunction
of Sol 01 Luna in the ascendant, oi medium cceli give the native honom,
but with many difficulties and casualties Ansla asoendmg oi culminating,
gives the native icligious piefeiment Fomahaut, and Eigel m the ascen-
dant, oi medium cceli, give an immoitel name Eegulus, Aroluius, oi
Ilumeius Ononis, m conjunction of Sol, Luna, oi Jupitei, m the tenth,
give ample foi tunes, and veiy gieat jnefennent Sj nus, oi Piocyou, m
conjunction with Sol in tho ascendant oi tenth, gives 103al piefeiment
and favoui
The luuiinaues, one 01 both m conjunction with Caput Algol, 01 with
Aldebaian, Ileicules, Humcms Onoms, 01 Antaies, presage a violent death
Sol m conjunction with Caput Algol, 111 the eighth, and his dispositci m
(iuaililo 01 opposition to Mais, the nam e will be m dangei of ioung ins
head , if the light culunnatcs. he may die by some wound Luna with
Heicuies, 01 Aictuuis, 111 the ascendant, sev entii 01 tenth 111 1 un-jmictioii
xxui
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ujIU ; tlic ^ )li\o be iQ ibui^'Ci of beint; juftooateJ Luna with

Autaios, anJ II111- m the luiiith, seventh, eleventh, 01 twelilh houses
vitli Ahkbaim, the native wilKlie hy the suotd, 01 by a blow, 01 a
sudJonfill Luna v ith Antaies m opposition of Saturn with Aldebaian,
shews, that if the natne be not hanged, he will at least die a violent
death Satinn 01 Mais with Caput Algol, and Luna with Deneb , he dies
bv the sentcnee of the judge The Moon with Cor Hydia, afflicted by
Sitnm or Mas, he will be m dangei of position, 01 of diowmng , and i£
the mfoitnne be angular, it is so mneh the raoie ceitam The Moon with
Piocyon, and Sol 01 Mais with Lucida Vultuns, oi Fomahaut, 01 Ultima
111 doiso Capncoim, shews dmgei of being bit by a venomous beast
The Moon with Syiius and Satum, or Mars with Ultima m ala Pegasi, a
siolent derth by the fury of viclent beasts, 01 maitial men The Moon
with Cmgula Ononis and Satmn, 01 with Caput Heicules, 01 Antaies,
shews the native will be m dangei of peushing by watei, 01 by wicked
pu-sons The Moon with the Pleiades, and Saturn 01 Mais with Eegolus,
shews the loss of one 01 both the ej es and this judgment is confnmod,
if Luna at the same time be combust
The Pleiades in conjunction with Mais, and Rcgulus with Saturn, aie
feiniuenl significations of a violent and untimely death Fixed Stars of
the fiist magnitude neai the cusp of the seventh, shew a good and uch
wife , but hei conditions will much sympathise with the natuie of the
stiis Sigmficatois joined with fixed stais of the first 01 second magni-
tude, neai the ecliptic, shew gieat piefeiment, and eminent honouis
Fixed stais of the natme of Satmn m conjunction with Sol, involves
the native m many nnseiies Fixed stais of the natuie of Mais and Sol,
01 Meicury and Luna, give gloiy and lenown , of the natuie of Jupitci
and Venus, oi Mercuiy and Venus, honour and wealth Fixed stais m
angles, give admiiable piefeiment, and many great gifts, and elevate
fiom poveity to an extieme height of foitune
The Signification of Fixed Stars in Directions
The ascendant, a planet theiem, oi its loid, dnected to Ultima m ala
Pegasi, Oculus Tauii boiealis, Lucida pedis Gemini, m femoie Leoms,
shews unto the native good foitune, woildlj happiness, with the love of
women To the Plendes, Hjades, Castor, Pollux, oi Pimsepo, wounds
or hints in the face, aims, oi eves , impnsonment, captivity, banishment,
oi other obscurity , the native has often soie ejes upon these dneetions ,
falls into many troubles thiough lust engages m quanels, meets with
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loss of leput.ition, cind sometimes death itself To the Aselh, a bmmnq,
fovei, loss of eye-sight, especially the loft oyc, 01 soieness of the eyes
thiough distillations of sharp iheum , huits by ficice and violent boas's
01 quanels, malicious slandois, and othei mconvenionciea To Oingula
Oiionis, Lanx Boiealis, Axilla Sagittam, Coinu Capncorm austiahs, Tibia
doxtia Aquaru, denote legacies by mlientanee, gam by jovial men and
things, occasions moidinate love, and gives a land of giai ity To Alcloba-
lan, Hegulus. fions Scoipio, Antaies, Ifumcias piiecedcns Orionfs, II u in cm ,
sequens Oiionis, honom and wealth m a large mcasuie, estimation among
persons noble and gieat , yet these dncctions shew some danger to the
native's health, and may give him an acute fevei, oi othci violent disease
To Ansta, honom and lenown m the chuich, ecclesiastical piefeiment,
applause and estimation among all men , it makes the natne ingenious,
industrious, honourable, and beloved To Cauda Lconls, much -woildly
happiness, but accompanied with melancholy, troubles, and discontent
To Lucida Maxilla Ceti, Genu Castons, Genu Pollucis, Ventic Gemini, 01
Cynosma, shews dangei of life, honour, 01 estate, by evil men, tlneies,
and the like , yet these dneotions often give the native possossiont,
Inhentances, and legacies To Lucida Colh Leonis, Ala Leoms, Doiso
Leonis, Lanx austiahs, Genu & tibia dcxtia Ophinci, Deneb, TJUnnd in
Doiso Capnoomi, Simstei humcrua, & cubitae dexter Aquani, makes the
native soheitous about houses, possessions, buildings, mines, 01 the like,
gives him much labom, caic, hazaid, chstuihance, and vexation, and a
melancholy disposition , with disgiace, slandei, and scandal thiough
women To Hircus, it makes the native eminent ui nuitial affaus, and
fetus him up to valoui, making him subtle, witty, and Jiscieet, but a moic
dissembloi , spending and wasting himself upon lusts and wantmmcs...,
winch ruins his cicdit and estimation, reduces his tiadc if ho has any,
and at last bungs hitn to thieving, swindling, lobbmg, and the like des
pei ate pui suits.
The medium coeli, planets thoiein, 01 its loid, dnocted to Ulhtna in >1,.
Pegasi, Zona Andiomeda, Pcs AndiointcLe, Oculus Taun Buicalis, Lucida
pcchs Goinim, m femoie Leonis, or Lucida Coionro, gives Uic native
honom, glory, and renown, and makes his foituno geneially use by means
of women To the Pleiades, Hyades, Humoms Oiioms seqnens, & pie
eedens, Castoi, Pollux, Piocyon, oi Pnesepe, bimgs the native', honoin
into question, wounds his loputation, inv oh es him in many tioublos anil
contiov cisios , poitends dangei of a stab, of impiioomiicnt, oi oi some
tiagical end of hi^ life To the A elh, C.iput Ilcicuk , Maichab, ]jt itc<
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humeuis AminT-e. foiobhow an e\ eilasting wound m the natn o's honoin,
and moie espceidll^ if the Dragon's Tail be neai them , he then ums
himself into every spocies of sm and wickedness To Cmgula Onoms,
lanx Boiealis, Axilla Sagittam, Comu Capncoim austialis, Tibia dextia
Aquaru Caput Andiomeda, Collo Serpentani, shews honour, gloiy, lenown,
the fa\om of great men, clergj men, ecclesiastical prefoiment , and if a
tiadesman 01 merchant, a good tiade, and happy letmns fiom soa, with
gioat piofit To Aldebaian, Frons Scorpn, Antilles, Hucus, Sjnus , thc^e
aie piospeious dnoctions and exalt the native infinitely, both in wealth
and honoui , ho pi01 es of an ingenious, magnanimous, and noble mmd ,
gams favoui fiom pnnoes and noblemen, and authority ovei othois ,
becomes go^einoi o\ei an aimy, town, foit, 01 castle, and pcifoims
gieat actions with honoui and applause To Eigol, Ansta, Regulus,
Arctuius, Fomahaut , these aio the best directions that can over happen to
any native, for they not onlj' laischim to honoui, gloiy, icnown, and wealth,
to the enjojment of pleasure and riches, and to tlio favoui of kings,
pimce-i, pi dares, and eminent ladies , to power, authonty, and dominion,
with a healthful constitution of bodr, but also crown him with an
immoital name To Cauda Looms, Caput Algol, Cm Iljdia, exiicme
dangci by mason of imudei, robboiy, 01 some sudden death, from the
hands of otheis , 01 the native acting the same upon otheis , these aie
veiy evil directions To Lucida Maxilla Ceti, Genu Castons, Gcnn
Pollucis, Ventie Gemini, Cynosma, Sinister humoius & dextei cubitus
Aquam Luoida Yultuns, Sclicat Pcgasi, Cauda Cell Austialis, show unto
the natne many troubles, stufe, contention much dishonoui, the loss of
the favoui of some gieat 01 noble man, 01 eminent fncnd, gives the native
many Bncmics and much discontent To Lucida Golh Looms, Ala Leoms,
Lanx Austialis. Germ et tibia dcxtia Ophmci, Dencb, Ultima m Doiso
Capncoim, foiedicw snifc and oontcntion with ancient men, loss of
estate Oi good name, the falsity of eminent and ancient fucnds. with
many othci tioubics, if net nnpiisomncnt To the second stai in ala
Simstia Looms Lucda Feisei Doiso Looms, Ymdcmiatux, honoui and
picfeinniit among scholai' learned men and govcmois of towns 01
ritics it mev bo the native maj become mastci of a school m tlio coun-
tij, 01 fellow of o college m the univeisity, 01 a migistiate m a c>t> oi
town coipoi itc
The second hon-e, its iml, 01 planets' thetcm, to Ultima m ala Peg i,si,
Oati w Tann Bnioli® Luc d pel" Gemmi in Irmoo Looms ■shew an
mT'isC of ,so w-sii--. ub tini To the Pic- we- Hyido- Castoi Pollux,
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PitOMjpe, loss of sub Unco and estate by quauclhn;;, (.onLyiLinn, cn\iou-
neighbouis, kindiod 01 ickiions, tedious and vexatious law suits, and
whoiedom To the Aselli, those aio the woist of all dneotions, foi they
signify the consumption of an estate, though it consisted oi mountains of
gold To Cmgula Oiioms, Lanv Boicahs, Axilla Sagxttam, Coinu Capu-
coim austialis, tibia dextia Aquam, an inoioasc of substance, g'reat gains,
gifts, legacies, and augmentation of wealth by the means of gioat ladies,
and honomablc women To Aldebaian, Rcgulus, Fions Sooipii, Antaies,
Ilumcrus pi<ecederis Oiioms, Ilumeuis soquens Ononis , an augmentation
of substance by honoins, piefeimcnts, 01 some office or dignity, by the
means of gioat and noblo poisons , by militaiy poisons, &c To Ansta,
an mcieusc of substance by means of the chuich, or ecclesiastic poisons,
01 to ecclesiastical piefeiment by ingenuity, industry, and honouiable
women To Cauda Looms, an mcicase of wealth, but with much caic,
laboui, and souow , if the dncction happen ncai the Diagon's Tail, 01
the quaitile 01 opposition of Saturn 01 Mais, it pi eves almost fatal to the
native's estate To Lucida Maxilla Ceil, Gcnu Castons, Gcnu Pollucis,
Ventie Gemini, Cynosma, an evil and huitful tame, a lime of loss, of
cares, of sonows, tioublos, and \ oxations, the native's estate wastes he
knows not how To Lucida Colli Looms, Ala Leoms, Doiso Looms, Lanx
Austiails, Gonu & tibia dextia Ophmci, Dencb, Ultimo m doiso Capncoini,
Simstei humcius & cubitus dcxtci Aquaiu, gain by houses, lands, inlicii-
tanoos, by buying and selling of them, &c , yet with oaic, pains, industiy,
and much laboui To Hncus This shews gam by maitial men and
things, aits, sciences, and the like , if the direction falls in the thud, by
kindiod, ncigliboms, fuends, travels, ichgioffs ailaus, &c
The Sun to the last stai in Ala Pogasi, Oonlus Taun Boieahs, Lucida
Podis Gemini, in iomoio Looms, shews the beginning of good fortune,
maitial command, and waihkc honoui, but m tlio end, the native loses all
agam, honoui, estate, and libcity To the Pleiades, Hyades, Castor,
Pollux, Piffiscpc, dangerous and violent diseases, contentions, quairollings,
he commits imudeis, lapes, 01 othci msolencics , he will bo m danger of
death by the shot of a gun, the cast of a stone, 01 a stab, 01 may be
beheaded, 01 banished, 01 wrecked , I have known these directions to
cause violent fcveis , and Sol to the Pleiades, a pestilential disease of
winch the native aftoiwaids died , but to Piaisepc, dangci of being mui-
duiod To the Asclli, sickness, and shaip burning fcveis , in dangci
of flip, loss of honoui and foitune , mischiefs fiom maitial men , the
mine may be m dangci of hanging, beheading, ni impnsonmLnt To
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C'm^uh Onom>, Lanx TJoiuh AmIU Sagittam, Cotnu Capncoiiii aiio-

tialis., tibia clc\tia Aqnam, tboic signify a noble, lioalthful, pleasant and
piofitable tune, and all things go according to the native's desne To
Aldebaian, Ecgnlus, fions Scoipio, Antaies, Hmnems, Prsecedens &
Sequens Ouoms These duections piesage sichncss to the native, it may
be some violent or putrid fovei, they often o\alt him to the top of honom
and picfoiment, but make him factious and proud, and thereby endangei
the loss of all his happiness To Ansta , this cei tamly gives the native
eminent honotus, with a gieat augmentation of his foitune ;nd estate,
if Ansta culminates, and the Sun comes to it by dnection, it shon s
occlosiashcal picfeiment, 01 some eminent place under government To
Cuuda Leoms, though no veiy good dnection, yet it augments the natn o's
estate, and laises hun to some honom, but withal destroys it again, causing
much melancholy, and diseases fiom thence To Lucida Manilla Ccti,
Gcnu Castons, Gcnu Pollucis, Ventic Germm, Cynosma , these dnections
foieshew much evil to the native's body, estate, honom, and hbeity , and
betoken, if not the destmction, yet the mjmy of them all, as sickncs0,
loss of lunney,''scandal, and d mgoi of impnsonment To Lucida Colh
Leoms, Ala Looms, Doiso Lenois, Lanx austialis, Genu & tibia dextia
Oplunci, Deneb, Ultima m doiso Capncorni, Sinister Humeius, & Culutu-
destei Aquam , these dnections piecipitate the native's honom and ciulit,
and make him go under many evil lepoits, to his great picqudicc To
Hircus, it shews maitial piefeiment, honour m war, esalts the native both
m wealth and dignity, makes him ingenious, and apt to find out many
laic inventions
The Moon to the last stai iff Ala Pegasi, Oculus Tauu Boiealis, Lucida
Pedis Gemini, in femoie Leoms , foipshews a healthful time, with an aug-
mentation of wealth and honom To the Pleiades, Hyades, Gastoi, Polluv,
or Pisesepe, make the native suffer the scandal of evil tongues, vexes,
and afflicts him with cioss neighboms, law-suits, and othei tioublcs To
the Aselh , this dnection afflicts the body with many evils , and if it
falls ncai the opposition of Satuin and Mais, 01 the Sun, 'tie much if the
native he not bhnd , 01 have some continual dislempci m the eyes, 01
pains m the head To Cingula Ononis, Lanx Boiealis, Axilla Sagittam,
Carnu Capiicorm austialis, Tibia dextia Aquam, new fuends, the acquain-
tance of ladies and noble women, and gifts by their means To Aldebaian,
Regulus, frons Scorpn, Antares, Humoms piecedons & sequens Ononis ,
tlic^e directions foreshew honom, gloiy, icnown, and wealth fiom the
king and othei noble peisons, gi\es the natn e a command ovei otluns, and
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'nakts timi Eunoii-, m his geneialion To Austa, hoiion^ gloiy ami

piofoimenl botli m cliuicb and state, the oveicommg of an adveisaiy ,
dotmmon ovei the coinmon people, and gam by them To Caudn Leoms,
gives honoui, and a good estimation among the vulgar, but withal
tlncatcns scandal, loss, and contempt To Lucida Maxilla Ceti, Gtnu
Castous, Genu Pollucis, Ventie Gemini, Cynosma, scandal, odium, and
scoine\eno£ the common soit, the ill will of some eminent lady 01
woman , danger of thieves, and such like peisons To Lucida colh Looms,
dla Leoms, dorso Looms, Lanx austiahs, Genu & tibia dextia ophinoi, Deneb,
Ultima m dorso Capneoim, Sinister hutnerus & cubitus dextei Aquaiu , these
aie evil diiections giving the native melancliolly diseases, especially m those
paits signified by the sign m which the stai is, lie goes also undci scandal
and reproach To Hucus, is a veiy noble dnection, md may signify the
advancement of the native in all things, chiefly in mibiaiy affans , yet
involves him in seveial vices and tioubles with women , and bids him
beware of some seveie wound by a fall, blow, 01 stab The significations
of the pait of fmtune, being dneeted m like mannei, aie altogethoi the
same with what we hinted m the dnections of the second house
In all these directions we must hai e gieal legaid both to the sign and
the house In dnections which conecin the body, we have lespect to the
sign, because thai most commonly indicates the pait afflicted , so also does
the house , foi it the dnection falls m the ascendant, the affliction falls in
the head, as on the ejes, nose, eais, 01 biam , if m the second, m the
thioat, &c In dnections which concern the estate, honoui, 01 foituno, we
chiefly take notice of the house, foi that indicates the means by which the
thing shall be attained , the natme of the stai, the quality of the peison ,
if in the thud, bj a kinsman, 01 by tiavel, if in the seventh, by a wife,
oi woman
In dnecting any planet to these fixed stais, consulei whether the star
sympathises with the sigmficatoi in natme and quality, or not , if it does,
the direction may be good, although it bo to an evil stai , foi sweet to
sweet, is sweet, like to like bleeds no discoid , an union and agieement
of natmos takes away the evil eflects , foi if the lonl of the ascendant
wis Saturn, and he should be dneeted to Caudn Leoms, a stai of his own
)ij.tuie, this could be no evil dnection, 1101 any way afflict the native eilhei
in bofy oi estate , but would have famous and glonous effects, both foi
h ■!i' p and wealth, according to the place it falls m In these dnections
n [iimcipally to legaid the magnitude of the stai , fm slais only of
tu tu-t magnitude pierage things emiuently glonoin oi dane,eionsly
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.It ,{i.n ti\c ^incl tbohe wlnuh tie of the secmul, come ven 1W n Hid"
Tlicn llie piece of the daeetioli is to be noted, foi if it falls m an antik,
the dneetioLi nil! not onlj be famous and eminent, but also mimfcst itself
"nitli a gieat deal of life and vigoui , and that on a sudden , m a succcdtni
house, the effects will be moie languid , m a oadent, not only iveak and
slow, but it may be a question whethei they will evei opeiate at all
Regaid must also be had to the latitude , foi Stais having soutlq, latitude,
operate not so much upon om noithein heimspheie, as those which ha\ e
noith , those which have no latitude, shew then efiect, be they good 01
evil, with stnet equality, and those which hav e noith latitude™inaniftat
then force with gieat vigour
The Sign also m which the star is posited is much to be consideied ,
foi fixed stars in caidmal signs, exceed the otheis in powei, by so much
as their place is moie excellent and icmaikable And if a dncction to
any eminent fixed stai, falls m sextile 01 time to the places of any of the
foitunes, oi of the lummaiies , 01 coheies with an}' otliei eminent dncc-
tion, at or neai the same time, to the body 01 aspect of any planet of the
natuie of the same stai, the effects will not only be indubitably evident,
but also vciy staking and wondeiful
The duiabihty of then effect lemains only to be consideied , wheiem
must be noticed, whethei theie be a continued senes of dnections attend
mg, of the same purpoit and effect, foi if theie be, and nothing contra-
dicts their influence, the effects of them will, we may safely conclude, be
durable and lasting
Apiiorisms foe guiding the Judgment upon Nativities
Considei the degiee ascending, Sol and Luna , and see whethei they aie
afflicted, or not, if they aie extiemely afflicted, 01 eithei of them, it is an
aigument of shoit life, and theiefoie it will be m vam to foim long dnec-
tions for such a nativity These points shall be said to bo afflicted 01
unfoituuate, when either the conjunction, quaitile, 01 opposition of the
infoitunes vitiate then places, 01 when many violent fixed stais of the
natuie of the loid of the eighth, ascend with the degiee ascending, 01 with
the himinanes
Considei the loid of the ascendant also , foi if he be essentially stiong,
fiee fiom the affliction of the infoitunes, not combust, noi ictiogiade,
noi nnpedited by the loid of the fouith, sixth, eighth, 01 twelfth houses,
but ineieasmg in numbei, light, and motion, it shews long hie If the
Sim in a bnth by day, 01 the Moon in a bnth by night, be stiong, fice
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fiom affliction, and as.sis.tcil bj tha foitunes, it shews lonir l»fo , but those
uho aie bom exactly upon the veiy change, 01 full of the moon, seldom
live long , the Moon besieged between Saturn and Mais aigues sboit life
That planet which has most dignities essential and accidental in a
fignie, is the lend of the genituie, moie especially if he be loid of the
ascendant also
The planet or planets in the ascendant, are the chief significators of
manneis , but if no planet be m the ascendant then the planets from winch
the Moon separates, 01 to which she applies, shall be the significatois
The sigmficator of manners m Aries, shews one witty , m Taums, one
labonous , in Gemini, a lover of learning , m Cancel, inconstancy , in Leo,
sobnety and discietion , m Virgo, eovetousness , m Libra, inconstancy and
conceitedness , m Scoipio, wisdom, subtilty, and boldness , m Sagittanus,
valom , m Capncom, lascivionsness , m Aquaues, complacency and kind-
ness , in Pisces, a meie hypocnte
Mercury and Luna in conjunction, sextilc, 01 time m anj sign, shews
ingenious persons , the quartile shews wit, but more tmbulent, the opposi-
tion shews one seditious, stubborn, impiudent, and destiuctue Mercurj'1
m Taurus 01 Capncom, m a cadent house, and retrogiade, or combust
or afflicted by Saturn or Mais, shews the native to be simple, and of lude
undeistandmg Meicury m his own houses, 01 m Aries, or Aquanes, m
reception With Mais 01 Saturn, shews a sharp wit, and one of an admirable
invention Mercury leceived of the Moon oithei by house or exaltation,
gnes a fertile genius Meiciliy m conjunction, sextile, 01 trme of Saturn,
shews a waiy, constant wit , of Jupiter, an honest upright mmd , of Mars,
a confident opinion , of Sol, a pioud heart , of Venus, a pleasant wit ,
and of Luna, a leady and pieicmg wit
If many planets be strong and essentially fortified, especially Saturn,
Jupitei, and Mars, 01 Sol, the native will enjoy a manifest and ample
foitune, live nobly, and m great esteem, above the ordmaty quality of his
bnth, managing the actions of his whole life with glory and success ,
and this judgment will be more confiimed, if more or all the planets be
essentially foitified at the same time But contiariwise, when most of
the planets aie m then detiiment or fall, pengrme, cadent, letiogiade,
afflicted, or combust, the native is then continually involved m a thousand
misfortunes, one upon the heels of another, and his whole life is nothing
but a vale of imseiy But a mediocrity of testimonies shew a various
fortune, sometimes miserable, sometimes extieinely happy, according to
the times of evil 01 good dnections
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Saturn sigmficatoi of substance, shews riches by building, husbandly,
gardemng , Jupitei, by the chuicb, lehgion, go%eminent, tmst, cloath-
ing . Mais, by ywh, instruments of wai, law, surgeiy, 01 physic , Sol,
by honour, command, office, dignity, 01 prefeiment, Venus, by fuends,
gifts, 01 women , Meicury, by arts, sciences, learning, oratory, merchandise ,
Luna, bo navigation, bj the common people, or women
The Moon fortunate m the ascendant gives wealth and estimation all
the life long The Sun and Luna m tune, and he m his exaltation, fiee
from the affliction of Saturn or Mais, are ample testimonies of a large
foitune , the same if Jupitei 01 Venus be in the second The dispositor
of the part of foitune m the eighth, or the loid of the eighth essentially
fortified m a good house , the native gets an estate by the death of friends
The Moon combust, or m conjunction, quartile, or opposition of Saturn,
destroys an estate though never so large, and ieduces the native to poverty ,
the same happens if the loid of the second be so
If the sigmficatoi of substance be essentially fortified, well posited, fiee
from affliction, oi in a fixed sign, the native's substance will be firm and
durable all his life An mfortune m the second, stiong, the estate may
continue, but with great difficulty , but weak, it will come to nothing ,
but if a fortune be there, the native's estate will be fiim If no planet be
m the second, considei the lord of the second, and the dispositoi of the
part of foitune, and judge by them, and by their directions to good or
evil promissois The sigmficators of substance oriental and swift in
motion, shew the native will be nob quickly , but occidental, slow m
motion, or both, or retrograde, not till old age
The lords of the ascendant, and thud house, m good aspect, or
mutual reception, shews concord among brethem, kindled, and neigh-
bours, but if m evil aspect the oontiary If Saturn 01 Mars be pen
gnne in the thud, or dragon's tail be there, the native and his km
died will be at perpetual variance, and by them ho will leceive many
ciosses and losses If Saturn or Mars, 01 the dragon's tail, be m
the third house, or in conjunction, quartile, or opposition of the lord
of the thud, the native loses by tiavel , and will always be in dan
ger of thieves or robbers upon the highway , and have many evil neigh
bours
The Sun or Moon in Via Lactoa, afflicted with the conjunction, quartile,
or opposition of Saturn and Mars, or with nebulous stais, protends blind-
ness, if both luminaries be afflicted , if the sun only be afflicted, it is the
right eje , if the moon, the left The same if the Moon be in conjunction,
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quaitile, or opposition with Sol or Saturn, with nebulous ^ais , or if Sos
he in conjunction with Mars in the eighth
The Sun in good aspect with Saturn or Jupiter m a diurnal gemture,
or the Moon so conjoined in a nocturnal, especially in the second 01
fourth, or if they have dominion m the fourth, they sigimfy a good
patrimony to descend to the native, and an augmentation of his paternal
inhentance But the Sun afflicted by Mars by day, or by Saturn by night,
and not assisted by the fortunes or Luna by night , decreasing and afflicted
by Saturn or Mais, or both , or if the lord of the second, or the fouith
house, 01 its loid, be afflicted in like manner, it shews the native will
waste his fathet's estate, and bung it to nothing The same if Saturn be
in conjunction with the loid of the fourth m the twelfth , or the infoi-
tunes in the fourth m conjunction with the lord of the fifth , so it is also
if Mars be in conjunction with Sol, and pengrme, afflicting the second
In a diurnal genesis, Sol and the lord of the fourth shall signify the
fathei, and the Moon, the mother but in a nocturnal, Saturn with the loid
of the fouith, the father , and the Moon, the mother Now if these
behold the ascendant or its lord by sextile or time, there will be concoid
and love between the native and his parents , but if by quartile or opposi-
tion, much strife, discord, and contention The significators which cast
the best or greatest aspect to the ascendant or its lord, shew that the
person signified by them will love the native best
Saturn in the fourth, in his house or exaltation, direct, swift in motion,
and m sextile or tune with Jupiter, Venns, or the lord of the second ,
the lord of the fourth in reception with either luminaues, and they in
good aspect to the fourth, or planets therein, shew an ample fortune by
managing quarries, mines of metal, coals, stones, minerals, &c
The lord of the ascendant in the sixth or twelfth, and he, or the ascen
dant afflicted by malific planets, shews a sickly person If the sign
ascending, and all the planets be in signs of one tnphcity, the native will
always be afflicted with diseases of the natuie and quality of that tngon ,
if the fiery, with fevers and inflammation , if the airy, superfluities and
diseases of the blood , if the watery, dropsy, and other watery diseases ,
if the eaithy, consumptions, melancholy, and the like
The Sun m the sixth, seventh, eighth, 01 twelfth houses, and afflicted,
or afflicting the lord of the ascendant, gives few years, with much sn k-
ness, and many afflictions The Moon applying to conjunction of Sol,
shews lean and infirm people, afflicted with such diseases as the physician
can neithei cuie noi diecovei The Moon afflicted by the conjunction,
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quamle, 01 opuoaition of Saturn 01 Mais, in conjunction with the diagon'a

toils m tiie ascendant, 01 second, shews the falling sickness, or the native's
whole life to be sickly , and fixed stars of the natuie of Saturn being
joined with the lummanes, do the same, making the peison also lean and
pale Mais in the ascendant, shens diseases in the head, and scars and
wounds in the face , Saturn m the medium coeh, sudden hurts by falls,
bruises, and the like, as also loss of honour , but m the ascendant, pains
of the teeth The moon afflicted by the opposition of Satuin, Mais, or
Mercury, shews madness 01 folly , the same if Saturn and Mais be m
partile opposition, 01 applying to it fiom angles
If Mercmy be loid of the sixth, 01 the planets m the sixth be strong,
essentially foitified, and m good aspect with the ascendant, or second, or
then lords, it shews that the native's seivants will be honest, just, and
profitable to him , the same if the significators be angulai , and so con
tranwise A fortunate planet in the sixth or twelfth, shews good servants,
and profitable , but the diagon's tail, Saturn, or Mars, m the sixth, and
pengrme, denote base, sordid, and thievish servants
Planets m the fifth, and the Moon and Venus, or their dispositois free
from affliction , signs upon the ascendant and fifth, and signs m which
their lords aie, being fmitful, shew many children , the same if Venus or
the Moon be m the ascendant, 01 Jupiter m the seventh Jupiter or
Venus, oi the lord of the fifth m trine to Luna, m humane or fiuitful
signs , all or most of the planets m fruitful signs, and m good aspect to
the loid of the fifth, 01 planets therein, shew a plentiful issue Saturn m
the fifth declares stubbom and undutiful childien , Mars, such as will be
bold and daung , but Sol m conjunction, quaitile, or opposition of Satuin
in the fifth or eleventh, shews banenness , the same if the loid of the
fifth be retiograde, or combust, oi in conjunction, quartile, or opposition
of Saturn or Mars, and they pengrme Saturn or Mars, or both pengnne
m the fifth or eleventh , Sol m the fifth joined to an infoitune , Sol,
Satuin, Mais, 01 Meicury, m quartile 01 opposition of Luna in the medium
cceh , Jupiter m opposition of Saturn or Mars or both , the lord of the
fifth in the eighth, 01 twelfth , or m conjunction, quartile, or opposition
of Saturn or Mars, arc all ceitain arguments that the children will die
In mamages, obseive the motion of the sigmficatois, foi if they are
direct and swift, the natii e maines eaily , but if retiogiade and slow,
or stationan, they piolong the time very much The paiticulai time of
ruainage is discerned by dnect and conv eise directions of the ascendant,
or medium cceh. 01 then loids or the Sun 01 Moon to the conjunction,
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6(!\ble, quarhle, 01 tune of the loid of the se\enth. o_i planets in the
seventh, 01 by dnections of the ascendant or medium cceli or their lords
to the conjunction, sextile, quaitile, or trine of Jupiter, Sol, Venus, 01
Luna , and if any of them are in the seventh house, 01 ascendant, con-
joined to many planets, they shew many wives , and so also does the loid
of the ascendant m configmation with many The Moon configurated to
one planet only, shews but one wife , and if the Moon be strongest, the
man out-lives Ins wife, but if the planet with whom the Moon is con-
joined be strongest, he dies fiist
The Moon applying to Saturn, well affected, shews a serious, indus-
trious, sober, laborious woman , but being ill-affected, a suspicious, cross,
envious, fioward woman, indolent and careless , applying to Jupitei
well affected, a sobei, honest, godly, leligious, chaste, and vntuous woman,
and a good house-wife , but being ill-affected, the "woman may have
virtues, but they aie generally clouded , applying to Mars well affected,
it shews one of a lofty, honourable, open, and generous mind , a true
friend, yet scorning to receive any affront or mjuiy, and one that "will
deene to be master , but being ill affected, an evil, quarrelsome, proud,
petulent woman , applying to the Sun, being w ell affected, shews an
honourable and tiuly noble cieature, full of geneiosity and humanity,
affecting high and gieat things , but if ill-affected, she will be idle, vain,
foolish, proud, insulting, and domineering , to Venus well affected, a
beautiful, fair, pleasant, civil, couiteous, loving, good conditioned, and
virtuous woman , but if ill-affected, she is an impudent, bold, arrogant,
piodigal, talkative, lustful, base woman , lastly, the Moon applying to
Meicuiy well-affected, shews a loving, neat, ingenious, pleasant, well-
spoken, caieful woman , but if ill affected, an intruding, piattlmg,
inconstant, dissembling, trubulent creatuie
The loids of the tenth and seventh, or second and seventh in each
others houses of the figuie, 01 m mutual isception, shew a good wife , but
the loids of the sivth or twelfth m mutual reception or position with the
lord of the seventh, shew a veiy mean, obscuie, ill-bred woman Saturn
01 Mais m the seventh, very stiong, shews a good and rich wife, yet her
substance not attainable without trouble , if perignne there, it shews one
of low bntb, poor, and ill-conditioned , if Jupiter, Sol, or Venus be theie,
the contiary If the sigmficuto:s of man and wife be in quaitile or
opposition of one another, or m quartile m opposition to the Moon, there
will be many quariels, and that upon veiy slight occasions , the contiaiy
if they be in conjunction, sextile, oi time, oi in mutual leception oi
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position , 01 if ths Moon makes any translation between them by good

aspect The lord of the seventh in quartile or opposition to Saturn or
Mars, shews an evil woman, immodest and shameless , and if the lord
of the seventh be m the twelfth, althougl^in trine with Venus, the woman
will piove inconstant to her husband
If Mercury and Luna be in conjunction or reception, 01 the loid of
the ninth be m the ascendant, or the lord of the ascendant be in the ninth,
or Mercury or Luna be in the ascendant, third or ninth, or mutual recep-
tion of their lords, or in conjunction with them, the native will travel
beyond sea, or take many long journies The cause of tho loumey appeals
from the nature of the sigmficator, and the house in which he is posited ,
if Saturn be sigmficatoi, the cause is from some inheritance, legacy,
or things and commodities saturnine , if Jupiter, the cause is fiom religion,
ecclesiastical preferment, honour, or law , the like of the other planets
If the sigmficatoi be in the ascendant, the native is possest with a natural
desire of seeing stiange countries , in the second, he tiavels for a design
of enriching himself , and so of the otbei houses
If the lord of the ninth be in the ascendant, the native will travel
much , if in the second house, he will gam considerably by his travels, if
m the third, he will cohabit with stiange women, and often shift his resi-
dence , if in the fourth, his parents will have some occult infirmities, and
he will die on his travels , if in the fifth, he will have children in another
country, if in the sixth, he will gam by his slaves or seivants, and Ins
cattle will fall sick m his travels , if m the seventh, he will obtain a good
and obedient wife When the sigmfioators of journies aie essentially
strong, well posited, and free from affliction, and in sextile or trine of a
good planet, they denote honour, piospenty, and secunty m travels, quod
capaa, according to the quality of the person , and contranwise, if Satuin
01 Mars afflict the sigmfioators, it shews, in the twelfth house, danger of
imprisonment , m the second oi third, tieachery by kmdied or neighboms,
or danger by common thieves , but in this judgement, Saturn shews
rather poveity and want of money , Mars bodily wounds The countries
into which the native had best travel, are chiefly those subject to the
signs of the ascendant, second, ninth, tenth, and eleventh, or those
signs in which Jupiter, Venus, part of fortune, or diagon's head aie
posited , but those subject to the signs m which the mfoitunos oi dragon's
till aie posited, will piove unfaiouiable to the traveller , and so also will
those that are subject to the signs of the fouith, sixth, se\ enth, eighth,
or twelfth houses
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Sattun Mars, 01 the diagou'a head in the ninth, 01 Saturn or Mars in
the third, opposite to the ninth, Jupitei being pengime, cadent, and
afflioted, shews either peimcious sectanes of no leligion, or atheists But
Jupitei, Venus, or the diagon's head in the ninth, shews a truly religious
peison , the same if Sol, Mercury, Luna, 01 part of foitune be theie m
sextile 01 tune with Jupitei 01 Venus If no planets aie m the ninth,
considei its loid and Jupiter , if they or eithei of them be essentially
fortified and stiong, 01 angulai, 01 in reception with Sol 01 Luna, 01 with
the loid of the ascendant 01 planets thei em, or posited m the ascendant,
the native will be truly pious, honest, and lehgious , and so contianwise
Saturn in the ninth, essentially strong, shews stiong zeal, chastity, and
faith, Sol theie, shews piety, and makes an excellent pieacher If Sol
or Jupitei hath dominion in the ninth house, 01 m the ascendant, and hath
dignities m the places of Merouiy or Luua, the woids of the native will
be like oiacles
The sigmfioators of honour m their houses, exaltations, 01 mutual
reception or position with the lord of the ascendant, or angular, being also
free from affliction, bestow on the native honour, glory, tiust, and com-
mand Jupiter, Sol, Venus, or Luna, in the medium cceh, the same , moie
especially if they aie essentially foitified The Sun and Moon in the
degiee of then exaltations, not afflicted, shew, quod capax, the greatest
piefermecit The light of time culminating, and in sextile or time with
Jupiter and Venus, 01 with the otbei light, shews gieat honoi But those
who have neithei of the luminanes angular, or in a masculine sign, 01 m
sextile or time of Jupitei or Venue, will all then days be abject and poor,
and of the Vulgar soit
If the planet or planets which have dignities m the places of Sol,
Luna, or sign ascending, shall be stiong and essentially fortified,
and, if it be Saturn, Jupitoiu or Mars, oriental, oi, if it be Venus 01
Mercury occidental , the native shall raise himself, though low, to a
veiy high condition So also Sol cuhmnating in Aues, Leo, 01
Sagittanus , 01 Sol and Luna in leeeption, oi m sextile, oi trme ,
oi if the Sun, or light of time be m conjunction with Aldebaian,
Regulus, Austa, Pleiades, Antaies, Bigel, Hircus, Oor Hydia, Aic-
tuius, Fomahaut, oi Maiohab, and more especially if those stais cul-
minate also, the Sun, Moon, and Jupitei m trme with each other , the
Sim and Mais m mutual recoption, oi m tune from fieiy signs , Jupitei,
Venus, and Luna m conjunction oi paitile tune, especially in angles ,
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Jupitei ami Venus m eoniunct'on m auj' angle, but clncfl) in

tin tenth, with the diagon's head theie, ate all testimonies of pmniont
honoui
The Sun m Cancer, the Moon m Sooiplo m conjunction with Jupiter,
01 in time with him fiom Pisces, aie aiguments of gieat prefennent
The Moon m the ascendant, neai the full, 01 m conjunction, sextile, 01
tune with Jupitei, Sol, 01 Venus, 01 with fixed stais of then natme, and
of the fiist magnitude, shews gieat mciease of honoui and pieferment
Sol or Luna in conjunction with Regulus or Ansta , 01 m conjunction with
the diagon's head and Jupitei m the tenth, m tune to then), 01 to Mars oi
Venus, will raise the native from obscurity, to sit with princes What-
soevei pieferment is signified, if Saturn or Mais cast their quartile or
opposition to the tenth house, its loid, the Sun, or Jupiter, it will be lost
again If the lord of tenth and ascendant apply one to anothei, and aie
both onental, and in their essential foititudes, the native will be gieat,
and be beloved
Saturn in the tenth nevei lets the native enjoy his honour and prefer-
ment long, but casts him down head-long, when least excepted , from
which dejection he nevei uses The loid of the ascendant m textile 01
tune with the Sun, and onental , or m time 01 sextile with the lord of
the medium cosh, the native will attain to honour and dignity, and be
beloved of kings, princes, and noblemen The loid of the ascendant m
the sign ascending, or m his own dignities, he will use to honoui and
esteem by his own mdustiy , more especially if he applies to a planet
angular and mhis own exaltation The quality of thepiefeimentis discerned
fiom the planet 01 planets which apply to the lummaues, or to which the
lammaues apply , if Saturn be that planet, preferment oomes by means
of an estate, inheritance, possessions, or favour of ancestors , if Jupiter,
by means of vntue, honour, 01 learning, or honesty, gravity, justice,
religion, or wealth If Mars, by valoui, or.by merit as captain 01 geneial
m the army, or by being a physician, surgeon, chemist, &c If Venus,
by courtship, pleasantness, or thiough the means of women If Mei-
cmj', by wit, judgment, oratoiy, or learning, by the law, meichandize,
&c , wheiem also consider the house m which tins planet is If no planet
beholds the luminaries, 01 is beheld by them, then consider the planet m
the tenth, and the strongest planet there, if theie be many , if no planet
be m the tenth, consider the loid of the tenth, and disposer of the light of
time, 01 that lummaiy whieh is either abov e the eaith or stiongest, and
judge ut supia, foi if the planets shev mg the piefeiment be essentially
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strong-, free fiom affliction, and assisted by other planeis m quartile or
trme, the native's honour vull be permandnt, othenvise not
Mais m his detmnent, and m opposition to the ascendant, shews an
unfoitunate and infamous man Mercury in. quartile 01 opposition to
Satmn, causes an impediment m tfie tongue or speech , m conjunction,
sestile, or tune, Jnpitcr makes excellent orators, of gieat leason, under-
standing, and justice, and gn es him great fuends among chuichmen and
lawyers , m aspect wihi Mais, he inclines to pliysic, suigciy, chemisliy ,
m quartile oi opposition of Sol, to coming money , m sevtile or time with
Luna, gives him a good undeistanding, and inclines him to the hnowledge of
things to come, to aits and sciences, as philosophy, philology, maLliFmatics,
medicine, &e , if liei application be m Vugo 01 Scoipio the native proves
a lovci of the matliematics Mais in aspect with Sol, gives the native
po.vei, anthouty, and magisi-iacy, mkng him fa. ions J ipitei, Sol,
Venus, 01 Luna m the eleventh, essentially foitified, and m conjunction,
sestile, or time with the h-rd of the ascendant, shews gieat and good
fnends, and eontianwiso if Saturn and Mais be theie and weak The
Dragon's Tail m the eleventh, always shews falsity m fnends, winch is
found ne\ei to fail , in the tlmd the same Foi tunes m the fiist, fifth,
seventh, ninth, and eleventh houses, many fnends , mfortunes m the
twelfth or m angles, many enemies
Those planets which aie m opiposition to the luminaries, lord of the
ascendant, or are poshed m the twelfth house, signify the n, tive's enemies ,
no planets m the tvelfth 01 seventh, nor m opposition or the lummanes,
few or no enemis The lord of the ascendant m the seventh or twelfth,
m lo'd of the seventh ci twelfth in the ascendant, argue many enemies
Thcoe planets in sepvma, or in opposition of the lumirr lies will discover
then mahoe openlj , thwe m the twelfth or cadent, wd] act their malice
closely and cunningly The lord of the ascendant either disposing of the
sigmficator of enemies, oi much stiongei m essenhal dignities, and angnlai,
the native overcomes all his enemies, and contiauwise Significatois of
enemies cadent, peregime, retrogiade or combust, argues mean peisons
Eithei of the luminaries afflicted by conjunction, qu i- nle, or oj position,
Saturn oi Mars m angles, and disposed of also by the said mfoitnnes,
aigues imprisonment So if Sol or Luna he m the twe1ftli in conjunction
with Saturn Saturn and Mais m conjunction, out of then own ugmties,
or dignities of the lummanes the same , the same if Sol and Luna be
m conjunction m the eighth, m any sign, except Tamus, Onacei, or Leo
The loid of the ascendant combust m the twelfth, impiisonment and
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rtjain sono^i jn the tenth, death by sentence of a inrlge , m the eighth,
sono^s, and an infamous end The loid of the ascendant m quaitile 01
opposition of the loid of the eighth, 01 any planet theiem, 01 m oonjunc
tion with evil fixed stais of the natme of the loid of the eighth, 01 m the
fourth sixth, eighth, 01 twelfth, m conjunction, quartile, 01 opposition
of Satmn Mais, 01 comb «i, and out of all his essential dignities, aie
all demonstiatinps a violent death If these configuiations happen m
fiery signs, it may be by beheading , m any signs, hanging, m earthy
signs, by falls, blows, 01 the like , m watery signs, by water 01 drowning ,
in angles, the death will be moie honourable , m succedent, by accidents ,
m cadent, very shameful If the sigmficatois of manners be with Gaput
Medusse, the native will be of a violent nature, e^'en to murder or be
murdered , if with Aldebaian, he will be fieice and given to warlike
actions , if with the Pleiades, he will be ambitious, turbulent, and hhidi
nous if with Cmgula Onoms, he will be witty, of gieat undeistandmg,
and have a i ast memoiy , if with Regulus, he will be magnanimous, noble,
generous, and aiming at ude and dominion , if with Antares, lie will be
rash, head strong, without lule 01 government, obstinate even to his own
destruction , if with Hercules, ne will be rash, hold, impudent, ciuel,
subtle, crafty, with a show of valom and honoui , if with Ansta, he is
noble, geneious, and biave, of a gentle, affable, and courteous disposition,
just, honest, faithful, tiue heaited, studious, and ingenious , if with Lyra,
wanton and luxurous , but pi etendmg to grai ity and honesty, if with
Aquila, hold, confident and valiant
Saturn oriental, 01 m the ascendant, gives a statme somewhat above the
middle size , occidental a mean statme, mclinmg to brevity Jupiter
oriental gives a tall, large, and comely peison , occidental middle sized,
but large boned and well set Mais oriental gives an mdifEeient large
corpoiature and stiong body , occidental one of a middle size, but full
body Sol gives a large and comely coipoiature , Venus onental, gives a
tall, straight, and slender person t occidental, one shoit and well set ,
Mercury onental, gives a complete, tall, upright, and slendei body , occi
dental, one low and small The moon mcieasing, gives a full, fat, plump
person inclining to tallness , decieasing, a shoit, low, squat body Planets
having noith latitude, shew laige and gioss bodies but of a moie dull and
sluggish nature , planets having south latitude, shew lesser pioportion,
and such as are nimble and active Saturn shews a long visage, swarthy,
black, 01 tawny, and lowering , Jupitei, a fair, full, comely visage Mais a
full, sun-burnt, oriuddj visage Sol a full round face, high bold forehead
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and tawny complexion , Venus a fan beautiful Msage , .Meicuiy accoid-
mg as he is conjoined, of himself he gi^es a long swarthy complexion .
Luna full ficed if increasing , pale, wan, and long visaged, if near liei
change If Satuin is loid of the gemture, o: m the Ascendant, the native
is melancholy, envious, and feaiful even of his own shadow , if Luna
is m qiuitiie or opposition of him, he pioves ambitious, and falls his sullen
fancy with glorious conceits , but if Mais, it is much if he pioi es not
mad , if Meicuiy, an enthusiast or dmner If Saturn be in the medium
coeh, it destioys the natue's honour and fame, though nevei so gieat, and
he evei so deseiving , so much the nioie if he be m queitile 01 ooposmon
to Sol 01 Jupiter , but if Jupjtei 01 Venus be theie undei foilunate dnec-
tions, he may with mm h labour pieseive it, ^et at last it will be destioyed
Satum m conjunction with Luna m an angle, though toe native were
evei so nob, yet shall he be reduced to poverty , so the Dragon's Tail
in the second, destroys the native's estate and fortune, be it nevei so great ,
and he will be dm en to many exigencies and wants , and Saturn 01 Mars
retiogiade, peiegune, and cadent, being m quartile 01 opposition to the
second house or its loid, makes the nati\ e perpetually poor Saturn m, 01
lord of the ascendant m one man's nativity, being upon the cusp of the
seventh m another's, foieshewe perfect hatred, and the lattei will be the
injmed person Saturn in the ascendant, m Gemini, Vugo, Libi i, Capn
com, 01 Aquanes m good aspect with Mercuiy, makes scholais and learned
men , with Jupitei, divines and lawyers , if he be m the eighth ma
nocturnal gemtme, he foieshews a violent death Saturn loid of the
seventh, makes the native long befoie he mames , scarcely befoie tinny,
unless Jupiter, Venus, Mercuiy, or Luna be m the ascendant , or some
of the other thiee, and the lord of the ascendant be m good aspect of
Luna Saturn m quartile or opposition with Sol or Luna fiom angles,
portends blindness , the same if the lummanss be m quartile or opposi
tion of Mais Saturn m the imum cceh although m a fortunate genesis,
foreshews an evil end to the native, though he be a prince
Jupitei lord of the gemture, or m the ascendant, makes the native of a
noble and brave spnit, aiming at good and honest things, without the
sense or least imagination of evil But if either of the luminaries, 01
Saturn, or Mais be m quartile or opposition to him, he proves proud,
tieacheious, and a peifect villam, who undei the notion of sanctity may
shroud a thousand enoimities Jupitei 01 Venus posited in the ascendant
01 medium cceh, fiee fiom affliction, makes the natn e beloved of all sorts
of peisons, though his birth be evei so mean , and gives Lirn a ynu.,
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upnght, and honest soul Jupiter, Venus, 01 the Dragon's Head m the
fifth, m a fiuitful sign, shews many childien , and if Luna be m any
good aspect with them also, she shens still the gieatei uumliei
Satmn or hlais m the ninth, and Dragon's Tail in the ascendant, gene-
rally makes the native an Atheist m judgment, though a pnest by
profession Saturn upon the cusp of the second, makes the native always
pool, let him have what assistance soevei , unless he be essentially
foitified there, and m good aspect of the fortunes Saturn and Mais m
opposition to equinoctial signs, makes (if a king) a gieat tyrant , and if
they be m quaitile vith Jupiter, he may be anobservei of law and leligion,
but it will be for his oi\n ends Saturn m opposition to Luna, or Mais m
opposition to the ascendant, makes an absolute knave and a tiaitor
Mais loid of the gemtuie m the ascendant essentially foitified, makes
a comageous peison, a good soldiei, surgeon, 01 phjsician, and one honour-
able m his piofeSMon Mais stiong m a nativity, and loid of the seventh,
m no good aspect to the lummaucs 01 ascendaut , the native will be unfor-
tunate m nai, oontroveisies, and law suits , foi the seventh house signifies
his enemies, and m tins lespect they will be too powerful for him Mais
in the medium coeh bungs scandal and dishonour to the native m many
things, whether he deseivs it 01 not Mais m Anes, Scoipio, 01 Capncom
m the ascendant of a nativity, makes the native invincible , and this
more especially if he be in good aspect of the lummanes, or planets
essentially foitified Mais m conjunction, quaitile, or opposition to Luna
and Saturn m the samo aspect of Sol ficm angles, shews a violent death
If so posited m violent signs, though out of angles, the same Mais and
Sol m the second house, essential!}' fortified, the native may have a good
estate, but will have wav s enough to spend it , but if they be weak,
peregime, 01 afEmted, the native will be duven to want Mais and Sol
m the ascendant, m aeixal or fieiy signs, make pioud, scornful, prodigal
persons, conceited of themselves Mais m opposition to Jupiter 01 Venus
destroj s the issue of the native though eve* so great and nmneious
Sol loid of the gemture, 01 strong m the ascendant, makes the native
aim at SQ"eieignty, nile, and dominion , who, quod cajpax, will be veiy
famous , vhe same if Anes, Leo, or Sagittauus, ascend, and the Sun be
strong and in tune with Jupiter Sol m the ascendant makes a great
boaster and veiy proud peison , Mars there, denotes a notorious liar,
romaneei, an mventer of fables, and a contuver of mischief, given ovei
to perjury, violence, and oiuelty Sol 01 Luna m quartile or opposition to
Saturn or Mars from angles, chiefly the medium cceh, shews a violent
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death , if t® Mais only, and m humane signs, the native wil> We slam by
the hands of his enemies , if to Satuin, he will eithei have a gieat fall,
be imprisoned, or staived to death m a pnson Sol and Luna afflicted m
wateiy or airy signs, afflict the native greatly with the gout, Sol and
Luna m conjunction of Venus m Cancel 01 Capricorn give the native a
gieat fancy and a Idige undeistandmg Sol, Luna, or the medium cceh
dnected to the conjunction, sextile, oi tune of Jupitei or Venus, the
native, if in years, geneially mames Sol, Luna, 01 the ascendant, being
Hyleg, dneeted to the conjunction, quaitile, 01 opposition of Satuin, and
the dneclion being in Anes, Cancer, or Leo, the native laiely escapes death
when these dnections come up, because those signs lepiesent the most
vital paits m man's body, and Satuin in the opposite signs has most powei
to do mischief Sol and Mercuiy in conjunction m the thud 01 fourth,
mates the peison skilful m occult aits and sciences Sol, Luna, 01 the
ascendant, m a gemture of short life, directed to the Dragon's tail,
generally pi oves mortal
Venus, lady of the gemture, or strong in the ascendant, mates the
native a gieat lovei of pleasme, of an upnght, just, honest heart , but if
she be weak, and afflicted by Satuin or Mars, the native is libidinous,
sensually and beastly inclined, and will be afflicted with venereal diseases
Venus and Meicuiy m conjunction m Gemini, Libia, or Aquaues m the
ascendant, in tune with Jupitei in the ninth, make gieat eoholais, and
learned men Venus and Meicuiy posited m the medium cceh eithei m
Aiies, Gemini, Vngo, or Scorpio, makes the native very eminent m arts
and sciences Venus in the ascendant, and Meicury loid thereof, m
leception with liei, denotes a good undeistanding, and a woithy honest
man Venus posited m the medium cceh, makes the native, whether man
or woman, many very advantageously
Meicuiy lord of the gemtuie, or strong m the ascendant, gives the
native an admnable fancy and great elocution , if he be m good aspect
with Luna oi Venus, or m reception with either of them, he proves a
famous orator , if in good aspect or reception with Satuin 01 Jupiter, he
makes an excellent philosophei or divme , if with Mais, a good physician,
surgeon, or mathematician Meicuiy m casuni, and m his own dignities,
makes the native a great oratoi, or subtle counsellor, m the estimation
of all men Mercury m square 01 opposition of Mais, gives a shaip, but
a turbulent and troublesome wit and undeistanding, one never content,
but always seeking out new things and strange inventions Meicury in
an angle m Pisces, afflicted of Mars or Sol , and the Moon in angle.
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afflicted of S'tmn, make? a fool 01 a madman, for these configuration?

oppieas the biam, and lepiesent a thousand fancies Meicuiy in Cuulli,
letiograde, m squaie to Mais and Jupitei, and they in opposition to each
other m the nativity of a divine, make a gieat enthusiast Mercury afflicted
by Saturn m those gemtmes vvheie Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces ascend,
the native is either dumb, or has a veiy great impediment m his speech ,
the same if Meicuiy be with the dragon's tail , if afflicted by Mar? in
such a genesis, the native stammers veiy much Mercuij- fiee fiom
affliction m gemtuies vvheie Gemini, Vugo, Libia, Sagittarius, 01 Aquaues
ascend, gives the natn e a graceful speech, and an excellent elocution
Meicuiy and the Dragon's tail m the ascendant m Libra, and the Moon in
Aries m the seventh, makes the native a promoter of scindil and f dsehood
Mercmy m either of the houses of Satuin, gives a sound undei?tanding ,
and if he be in sextile, trine, oi leception of Satuin, the native comes into
gieat lepute by his ingenuity Mercury m the houses of Mais, in good
aspect of Luna and lord of the ascendant, gives an excellent under-
standing
Luna lady of the gemture 01 strong m the ascendant, the native lov es
novelties, is subject to mutation, and desnous of tiavellmg to see distant
countries , of a gentle natuie and disposition, and timoious , if she be m
aspect with Meicuiy, the native will be mastei of many languages Luna
m conjunction with the Pleiades, and in quartile of Mars from an angle,
shews great defects m the eyes, if not total blindness Luna in conjunc-
tion or opposition of Sol in any genesm, shev s that the native will live
but a short time , unless the Moon has great latitude , foi that sometimes
may make the conjunction or opposition eight or nine degrees distant
Luna m conjunction of Satuin m an earthv sign, and an eaithy sign ascend-
ing, makes the native v ery melancholy and low spmted Luna m lecep
tion and tune of Mercury, gives a good undei standing, and makes the
native able to oveitum the aiguments of most men Luna in the twelfih,
m quartile to Caput Algol in the medium cceh, shews loss of honoui, if
not eaptivitj-, 01 death m prison Luna in Via Combust, and Sol m Via
Laotea, denote gieat danger to the eyes , if the mfortunes be in the
ascenduat, 01 m opposition theieto, it piesages blindness Luna, Sol, or
the ascendant dnected to the conjunction of Mais, shew the amall-pox
or measles m childicn , m men it denotes malignant feveis , and m cldeily
people, death Luna m good aspect of the almuten of the medium cceh,
and in the same with the lord of the ascendant, gives the native eminent
honoui Luna or Sol, or both, or the ascendant, afflicted by the body
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oi paitilp aspect of the lufoitunes, denote that thej wil]»be of a^eiy

short, and sickly life
pi^ed stars of the fiist or second magnitude m the ascendant 01
medium eceh, give the native extiaoidmary fame and honoui, make him
eminent and prospeious, and one v^hom the vorld will admire Fmed
stars of a violent nature, upon the cusp of the medium eceh, and its loid
posited with such, shew destruction to the native's honour ana fame
Fixed stais aie to be consideied m geneial positions 01 dnections, m
respect of then aspects as well as the planets
The medium cceh afflicted by the diagon's tail, and both the liunmanes
afflicted by Mars, m a violent sign m the fouith, shew a wietched end,
both to the honoui and life of the native The medium cceh well foitified,
gives the native not only great honoui, but such as shall be fi^ed and
durable , though sometimes upon bad dnections it may be subject to
mtenuptions The medium coeh dnected to piomittois, uevei kills, unless
m the genesis theie be signs of a violent death
All the planets, 01 most of them, above the eaith, makes the native,
of whatsoevei capacity, eminent and famous beyond it , and if they shall
be so posited m their dignities, he shall, like a comet, out-slune all olheis
m the place wheie he lives All the planets m a nativity retrogiade, and
under the earth, though the native be of gieat and noble buth, shew him
not of a using, but of a falling fame and fortune The loid of the
ascendant stionger than the loid of the seventh, shews the native always
overcomes his adveisanes, and so contianwiee Anes, Leo, or Sagittarius
ascending, and the lord of the ascendant m the medium cosh, shews the
native will always be aiming at things beyond the capacity of his bnth 01
present foituue
The inferior planets many times shew great honour to the fame of a
native, but will not be of long continuance The foitunes m the ninth,
make famous ehniclnnen, lavvyeis, and nch merchants , the same, if the
benevolents trine the ninth or loid thereof Many planets m the ninth,
m the nativities of any class of peisons, give them the highest honoui
and dignity m their piofession If Virgo ascend, the native is generally
very ingenious, unless Merouiy be in Sagittarius or Pisces , and then the
native is gencially conlident and conceited of his own abilities, though a
mere fool The lord of the medium coeh in the twelfth, and the loid of
the twelfth m the ascendant, denote captivity 01 imprisonment, the like
if the Moon oi loid of the ascendant be posited m the twelfth The
g-reater the planet's dignities aie, the moie splendid and glonous is tha
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native''! honqpi and foitune , the gieatei then debilities, the moie obsonie
will be his The medium cceh directed to the body of Saturn, he being,
posited m the tenth 01 eleventh house, the native will lose all his honour
and offices, and will scaicely ever rise agam to prefeiment , and if m such
a genesis theie be significations of a violent death, the aforesaid direction
puts an mglouous penod to the native's life
A continued series of good dnections make a bad nativity sometimes
veiy good, but that good lasts not long Two, three, or moie planets
in the eighth, upon good dnections unto them, mcreaso greatly the native's
Bubstanee by wills and legacies of the dead The eleventh house foitified
by the pieseuce of good planets, shews many gieat and poweiful fnends,
but by the piesence of evil planets, and they ill affiected, it shews few and
faithless filends The lord of the eleventh stronger than the loid of
the seventh, declares the native's fuends to be more powerful than Ins
enemies
All the planets undei the eaith, when they piomise honour, dignity
and fortune, which is chiefly when they aie essentially fortified in noctuinal
gemtuies, geneially perform it in the latter part of the native's life
All the planets m a nativity out of then essential dignities, shew obscuie
peisons , who, if they ever attain any honour, glorj, 01 renown m the
world, they nevei long enjoy it A fortunate planet m the eighth house,
always denotes a natuial death , the loid of the eighth m the medium
cceh, shews the native will die by the sentence of a judge Such as have a
satelhum, or crowd of planets m angles, have at some time or other of
their hve's piodigious success or detnment, according to the occumng
directions Many planets m leception, or m good aspect of each othei,
give the native many and good fuends Planets squaring or opposing
each other fiom angles and caidmal signs, denote great misfortunes to
the native, and that at last he shall die a violent death Caidmal signs
possessing the angles of a nativity, make the native, if of any capacity,
most eminent and famous in his generation, and to do such acts, that after
ages shall admne him Dnections to the bodies or aspects of planets m
the descending pait of heaven, although they denote the gieatest happi-
ness, yet it piov es not very duiable
In a femrame genesis, the loid of the seventh being posited m the ascen-
dant, makes hei govern over hei husband , and if the lord of the ascendant
be a snpenor planet, and the sign thereof commanding, she will bo a gieat
virago, and hector ovei him Allowance is many times to be given m
the measuie of tune m directions, when tiansits of weighty planets,
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contrary to the natme o£ the directaon^, shall neai that time ocem , fot
good and evil dnections. may he hoth anticipated 01 continued [ by the
foioe of the tianeits Some peisons, although they have bad genituies,
use wondeifully, because then gemtmes symjoathise with the nativities
of those by whom they aie laised The gieatest sympathy that can he m
my tiro nativities, is by having the foitnnes in one upon the places of the
luaunanes in the othei , anil the Inminaiies m the lattei upon the places
of the foitunes m the fonnei The gieatest antipathv is, wheie the mfoi-
tuues m the one possess the places of the lummanes in the othei , and the
lutmnaues in the lattei, possess the places of the mfoitunes in thefoimei ,
the same happens if the loid of the ascendant m the one he m opposition
to the loid of the ascendant m the nthei, and so contianwise The lord
of the ascendant m the ladix in conjunction with the loid of the eighth, m
the levolntinn, and m the eighth house, will be veiy dangeious to the life
of the native
Mercury pengime, and m detnment 01 fall, retiograde or combust,
m quaitile 01 opposition of Luna fioni angles, slow in motion, cadent, 01 m
via combasta, or afflicted by Saturn 01 Mais, sheivs the native not to be
wise, but lathei stupid, and dnll of undeistanding, impertinent, tiouble-
some, a dissembler, and a veiy silly cieatme , but the quaitile 01 opposi-
tion of Mais and Meiciuy causes a tuibulent and nnqmet wit, and makes
the natn e the authoi of many inventions
Sibly

DESCBIPTIOM OP PERSONS ACCORDING AS THE SIGNIPICATOR

MAY BE POUND IN EACH OP THE TWELVE SIGNS
Satukn in the Tutlvis Signs
Saturn m Anes
Gives a inddy complexion, a spaie, law boned peison, full-faced, dark
hair, not much beaid, addicted to boasting, resolute, quairelsome, and veiy
ill-natuied
Satu: n m Taut us
Gives a peison in no wise comely, but a heavy, lumpish, awrkward
appearance, claik han, middle statute, not well made, lough in carnage,
soidid, vicious, &c
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Satwn m Genum
Bepiesents a peison of lathei tall statuie, daik, sanguine complexion,
o^al visage, daik blown 01 black hair, ingenious but unpolished, pen else,
and generallj unfoitunate in most of his undeitakings
Saturn m Cancel
Denotes a poison of middle statuie, lathei shoit than tall, sickly and
feeble, meagre face, duk han, languid eyes , the body sometimes ciooked ,
jealous, malicious, and deceitful m his dealings
Satm n m Leo
Gives a peison of modeiate laige statuie, bioad, round shouldeis, ■wide
chest, lightish han, laige boned, smly aspect, eyes sunk, apt to stoop
Qualities toleiably good, generous but passionate, not ovei valiant 01
coiuageous when put to the test
Satwnm Vugo
Bepiesents a peison of a tall, spaie body, swaithy, daik 01 black ban,
and it plentiful , a long head, solid countenance , geneially unfoitunate ,
inclined to melancholy, letunmg angei , a projectoi of many cmious
matteis to little pmpose , studious, subtle, reseived , inclined to pilfenng
and indirect dealings
Saturn m Libia
Desenbes a peison above the middle stature, comely biown han, oval
face, large nose and foieliead, cleai complexion , one opinionated of him
self, prodigal of expense They aie given to debate and contioveisy, and
seldom leave any wealth at then death
Satui n m Scmpw
Bepiesents a person of a mean stature, squat, thick, tiussed body,
broad shouldeis, black 01 daik han, which is usually shoit and thick ,
quairelsome, mischievous , one who will undertake violent and dangeious
actions, though to his own detriment
Satm n in Sagittal ms
Gives a large body, Drown han, good make, toleiable complexion ,
obliging disposition, not covetous, modeiately frugal, raiely piofusc, but
somewhat eholenc One who will not bear an affiont, yet willing to do
good to all, a lover of his fiiend, and meieiful to an enemy
Satui n in Capicoin
Peisonates a lean, law boned body, daik 01 black hail, middle stature,
daik complexion, small leeung eyes, long visage, and a stooping awkwaid
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postme in walking1 OnB who is poeMbli, discontented, melancholy,

covetous, of few woids, feaiful, letams angei, and is of gieat gia\ity
Saturn in Aquai ius
Gives a reasonable full-bodied person, a large head and face, rather
inclined to coipulency, middle stature, and brown hair, a cleai complexion,
a sobei, giaceful depoitment Affable, couiteous disposition , of an
excellent, seaixliing fancy, and generally veiy proficient m what they
undeitake in aits or sciences , a peison of a piegnant genius, yet subject
to be conceited
Satia n in Pisces
Descubes a middle-statmed peison, pale complexion, sad 01 dark black
han, a laige head and full eye, sometimes the teeth are distoited A
peison not veiy comely Active to do mischief, malicious and given to con-
tention and dissimulation Anunceitam, fickle peison in every thing ,
though often ptesentmga good outside, yet fiaudulont and deceitful m the
end They aic not loquacious, hut delibeiative, and do evil with malice
aforethought They aie said to impiove as they giow aged
jY B—Saturn always gives bad teeth , and m this sign they aie
generally discoloured and rotten
Jupiter in the Twelve Signs
Jupiter m Aues
Descubes a middle stature, but not stout, lathei lean than corpulent, a
quick and penetiatmg eye, a high nose, oval visage, with gererddy pimples
01 a peouhai ledness m the face They aie of a fiee, nohlc, and geneious
disposition , veiy obliging, polite, and complaisant, especial]} to thou
fnends
Jupda in Tauius
Gives a middle statme, stout, well-set body, but, though compact, not
handsome , han brown, rough and curling Complexion swarthy , and
fiequently the skin looks shmmg oi oily The disposition reasonably good,
judgment sound, depoitment good, behaviom fiee and ohantable , fond of
the female sex, and very humane and compassionate to the chstiessed
Jupitci m Gcnnm
Represents a well made compact body, plump, yt t above the middle
statme, sangume copplcxion, thongh lathei dusky , brown ban, and full,
expressive eyes The depoitment giaceful, afLibkp comtcous, gemlo, mild.
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obliging, ami !>ood natured An admnei of the female sgt, and a lover of
learning But if JupAei be near Occulw; Tmnui, (m Gemini 6 deg
15 mm , with 2 deg SGrmn south Lit) he uill be addio+ed to women And
if near Aldebai an, (m Gemini 7 deg 10 mm , with 5 deg 29 mm south lat )
he v,ill be iisli and unstable, inimical to himself, and disagieeable to otheis
If "with the Bull's Nmih Horn, in Gemmi 20 deg 20 mm, with 5 deg
22 mm north Lit, he will be lash and violent
Jupitei m Cancel
Gives a pel son of middle stature a pale, sickly, and unwholesome
complexion , oval face , hau, daik brown , body, rathei plump, but dis-
piopoitioned A busy, loquacious chaiactei, very conceited, and apt to
mteimeddle with othei people's conceins A lovei of women, and fond
of the vatei, wheieon he is usually foitunate Unless Mais tlnow a good
aspect to Jupitei, he is not couiageous
Jupitei in Leo
Bepiesents a stiong, and w ell-piopoitioned, tall body , the ban is a
light oi jellowish biown, and cmlmg , complexion, 'uddy , eye, full and
fiery , peison, lathei handsome The disposition is noble-mmded, courage-
ous, and magnanimous, but lofty, and proud, and ambitious , one who
delights in w at hi e actions, is a ten oi to his enemies, and who scomes to
bend to them , fond of contending fox honouis, &c , and full of dairag
and enterpiise
Jiqntei in Vago
Gives a peison of a icasonably full statme, well built, and what may be
teimed handsome, sad blown oi black han, mddy complexion, but not
cleai oi fair One who is choleuc, and given to boasting , studious, yet
cosetous, -and by his lashness often meeting senous losses , he is not easily
imposed or wrought upon by any person
Jupiter m Libia
Eendeis the body complete and elegant a handsome form, and mvifmg
face , upught, tall sta+me, lathei slondei , cleai complexion, a full eye,
oval face, light blown Inn, subject to have pimples or a rash m the face
Disposition and tempei, mild , behaviour, winning, and obliging to all ,
partial to exercise and iccieation much esteemed, and honomed
Jupitei in FSioipw
Gives a middle statme stout uimpict hods daik rouse ban. fleshs
and full fa* e muddv, dull enmpleiuon Manncis, pioud and lofty , one
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who IS ambitious, and desires to bear rile over his equals, lesolutc, covet-
ous, ill-natured, and selfish, veiy subtle and ciafty, theiefore to be v ery
wanly dealt with
Jupiter m Sagittarius
Gives a fine, tall upnght body, good form and make, oval face, ruddy
completion, brown chestnut coloured hair, full beard and whiskers , but
the hair falls oft early m life, especially about the temples , a good eye,
and much expiession m the face The mind is just and noble , disposition
comteous humane, afiable, and agreeable , manners, polite and accom-
plished One fond of horses and hunting
Jupiter in Capricorn
Describes a small statme, pale complexion, thm face, little head, not
much beaid, weakly peison, dark biown han, said to be darker than the
beaid The mind is ingenious, but peevish, inactive, helpless, indolent
Jupiter in Aquarius
Peisonatos a middle stature, well set, brown ban, clear complexion,
i-ithoi coipulent, compact make , and one of a cheerful, obliging disposi-
tion, hurtful to none , well conducted, and moderate m recreations , just
and meiciful, goodhumoUred, industrious, communicative, inclined to be
scientific, and but little given to extravagance
Jupiter m Pisces
Describes a peison of middle stature, obseuie complexion, plump,
fleshy body, lightish-brown han Disposition harmless, studious, and
possessed of excellent talents and good acquirements , fuendly, kind, and
inoffensive They delight in good company, and to be upon the water,
where if the Moon throw not an evil aspect to Jupiter, they aie found to be
foitunate
N B—Jupiter usually gives good teeth, and fieqnently an apparent
maik m the foie-teoth In an airy sign, he gives broad fore-teeth , m a
ficiy sign, eiooked , in earthy they aie discoloured , and m a watery sign,
the teeth decay suddenly, and grow black and rotten, especially if he be
in Conjunction with Descending Node, 01 m any evil aspect of Saturn or
Mais If he be m a wateiy sign, m Quadratuie, or Opposition of Mricnry,
the paity has some defect in his dehveij 01 speech Jupitei in an airy
sign, the body is moie strong and corpulent , m a fiery sign moie squaie
made, and stiong , in an earthi, a well composed body, and m a vvatciv,
moie fat and comeh
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Maes in the Twelve Signs
ilfajs in Anas
Rcpiesents a miclclle-statured person, well-set, large boned , swarthy
complexion, light hair, and cuilmg, fiequently led , austere countenance,
and, if Mais be onental, mddy, and smooth , bold and undaunted, cholenc,
and pioud , fond of wai and dispute , one who often gams by those
means
Mars m Taunts
Gives a middle stature, well set, lathei shoit , dusky complexion, dark
01 black hair, which is lough and coaise , bioad face, wide mouth , he will
geneially have some scar 01 other mark in the face, which is often ruddy,
but nevei fan He is gluttonous, debauched, given to dunking and wench-
ing , also a gambler, and \eiy quanelsome, tieacheious, and illnatuied
He is generally unfortunate, but, if Mars be near the Pleiades, lemaik-
ably so
il/ai s in Gemini
Gives a tall person, with black or dark biown hair, (though if Mais bo
m the fiist seven degiees of Gemini, the terms of Mereuiy, it will be
light), sanguine complexion, and well proportioned body He is lestless
and unsettled, but ingemius , unfoitunate m most things, living m a mean
way, generally shifting here and there, leaving his debts unpaid, and
exercising his wits foi a livelihood , m short, a chevahei d'mdustne, 01
mere swindler But good aspects of Sun, Jupiter, or Venus, will mitigate
tins e\ il judgment
Ilais m Cancer
Describes a short figure, and a bad complexion, without much han, and
it brow-n , the body is generally ill made, and crooked The tempei is
soui and bad , one who is given to sottishness , a mean seivile, unfor-
tunate creature , usually he is employed m some low business, being in-
capable of better
Mat s in Leo
Shews a well-propoitioned body, lather tall , light brown hair, oval
face, sanguine or sunburnt complexion, large eyes, stout limbs, and a busk,
-cheerful aspect A lover of women, given to boasting , fond of lobust
spoits, as hunting, riding, shooting, Vc , and icady foi wuilike occupation
at any time He dresses well, and is a faiomite with the ladies, but it is
generally to his piejudice
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Mais in Vugo
"Piodac.p.s a middle-sized body, and well made and pioportioned , black
ban 01 veiy daik brown , the fiist seven degiees give hghtei han than
the lest of the sign, being the teims of Meicury , the complexion is
swaithy 01 darkish, and genetally some scai, maiks, oi blemish m the face.
A hasty, pioud, revengeful, and spiteful mind , one who letains an mjmy,
is haid to please, conceited, and geneially very unfoitunate m all he
undei takes
Mais in Libia
Gives a neat made, rather tall pel son , Ins face oval, complexion
sanguine, and hair light biown, and soft, but, if m the last six degiees,
Ins own term, it is moie wiry and ieddish The disposition is busk and
cheerful, but fond of boasting, and veiy conceited , one who is fond of
diess, effeminate m appeaiance, much attached to women, by whom he is
also much beloved, and frequently mmed
Mais m Scmpio
Produces a well-set foim of middle statme, rather coipulent , swarthy
complexion, black cuilmg hair, broad and plain face The temper is very
unsociable, and rash , they aie geneially revengeful, ungrateful, quairel-
some, and wicked , yet of good genius and leady appiehension, excelling
m mjsteiy, &c
Mai s m Sagittarius
Denotes a tall person, with a well-proportioned body, compact and
well made, sanguine complexion, oval visage , a quick, penetrating eye ;
the romd is cheerful, meny, and jovial , but disposition hasty and passion-
ate, high minded, and lofty, comageous, loquacious, and fond of applause ,
on the whole, a good chaiacter
Mais in Capiitoin
Eejoiesents a mean oi small statme, thm, lean body, little head, thm
face, bad complexion, being sallow and obscme , black, lank han An
ingenious mind, witty, shiewd, and penetiating , geneially fortunate, and
successful m his undertakings
Mars m Aquarius
Gives a well-composed body, uther corpulent, and inclined to be tall
(though fiequently not above the middle size), fair oi clear complexion ,
sandy ban , a turbulent disposition, and addicted to controversy, &c , ,
not very foitunate in general
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Mais m Pisces
Repies"iits a mean stature, lather short and fleshy , a bad complexion,
fat itotn handsome, a debauched look, light bi own Iran ; sottish and
stupid , a great lover of women (if m his own teims or those of Metcuiy,
sly and artful), deceitful, idle, and woithless , not friendly to any one
N B—If Mais be m Conjunction, Qnadiature, 01 Opposition of Saturn,
or with Descending Node the disposition is veiy evil, especially if they be
m angles , when the peison he describes is veij' fieice and violent He is
the giver of couiage and lesolution, which, if he be weak and afflicted, aie
verj" deficient If Mare be m fieiy signs he is hasty and cliolenc , and
there is generally observ ed to be a falling in of the cheeks, and a lightness
of feature, with an angry look , in eaithy signs, a sullen, dogged tempei ,
m any signs, more fiee and obliging , in watery, sottish, dull, and stupid,
unless he be well aspeoted by Jupitei, the Sun, or the Moon
The Sun in the Twelve Signs
The Sun in Anes—Descnbes a good statm e, strong and well made , a
good complexion, though not v eiy clear , light hair, flaxen 01 yellowiah,
and large eyes The man is noble, valiant, and oouiageous , delighting in
waihke actions and enterpnse , he gams victory, is famous, and a tenor to
his enemies, &c
TJie Sun til Taui us—Gives a short, well set, rather ugly person , dusky
complexion, brown han, huge broad face, wide mouth, and gieat nose A
confident, pioud, and bold man, fond of opposition, proud of his physical
shength, and one who generally is victorious
The Sun in Gemim—Represents a well-pioportioned bodj, above the
middle stature, sanguine complexion, blown hair He is affable, courteous,
and kind , not veiy fortunate, as he is so meek and mild-tempeied, that he
is controlled and imposed on by others
The Sun in Cancel—Gives a mean, ill-formed body, deformed in the face,
with a very unhealthy aspects , the hair brown A harmless, cheeiful
person, but indolent, and not fond of employment , one who spends his
time in sports and pastimes, dancing, &c, and is greatly addicted to
women
The Sim vi Leo—Gives a strong, well-piopoitioned body, and a very
portly person , sanguine complexion, light brown or yellowish ban, a full
face, and large staring eyes, veiy piomment, there is generally a maik 01
scar on the face A very just, upright, and honourable man, who scorns to
do anv meanness , punctual, faithful to his friends, "nd magnanimous even
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to his enemies , m shmt, a right roj'al disposition . a«verj ambitious
man withal, fond of rule and authority, and given to war and dominion,
conquest, &c
The Sun m Vugo—Makes a person something tall of stature and alendei,
but very well proportioned, good compleiion, duik hair, and much of it,
but not black, the mmd ingenious, cheerful, and fond of honest recrea-
tions, especially agieeable, convivial parties, &c
The Sun m Libra—Produces an upnght, tall, and slender body, full
ej es, oval face, i uddy complexion, light hair, and frequently a lash or
pimples m the face The mmd is honorable, and disposition good , but the
party is always unfortunate, especially m all matters of war or ambition
The Sun m Scorpio—Gives a remaikably square-built, full, fleshy person,
bioad face, cloudy complexion, duu or sunburnt . brown hair The mmd
ingenious, but the tempei rugged and overbearing , manners disagreeable,
disposition ambitious , one who will not admit of an equal , they are for-
tunate upon the seas, 01 as surgeons, physicians, &c
The Sun in Sagittal lus—Makes a tall, handsome, well-propoitioned body
oval face, sanguine complexion, or rather olive brown or sun-burnt, light,
brown hair, but in the first eight degrees of the sign it is darker, one who
is very lofty and proud spirited, aiming at great things, austere and seveie,
and one who pet forms some honourable exploits, and often becomes
ennobled, or leceives titles, honorary distinctions, &o
The Sun m Capi icomus—Represents a mean statuie, ill-made, spare, thm
body, oval face, sickly complexion , biown, soft hair, not curling, and if
m the first six degiees of the sign, it is light brown , the party is just and
honourable m his principles, a tolerably fair temper, and gams love and
fnendship by his agieeable conversation , one who is very hasty at times,
and much given to women
The Sun m Aquarius—Descubes a person of middle stature, well-made,
corpulent body, round full face, clear complexion, and light brown hair
(in the tenn of Saturn it is dark brown) The disposition toleiably good,
free from malice or deceit, but yet yam, pioud, desirous of bearing rule,
and ostentatious
The Sun m Pisces—Gives a stature lather shoit, body plump and fleshy,
a round full face, and mdiffeient complexion , light brown hair , in the first
eight degrees of the sign it is flaxen, and veiy soft the party is extiemely
paitial to female society, very eifemmate, fond of pleasure, &c , and though
harmless to others, rums himself by exti avagance, debaucheiy, gaming,
uitempeiance, feasting, &c
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t
Vevus i\ the Tweoe Signs
Yemi" m Anes—Descubcs a middle stature, rather tall and slender,
hsdit han, (if in the teim of Jupiter, dark), good complexion, a pensive
aspect, and usually a mark 01 scar m the face, (often maiked more or less
with small-pox, according as Venus mav be afflicted or not) They are
generally nnfoitunate both to themselves and^otheis, unless Venus have
a Sextue or Trine of Jupiter
Venus m Taurus—-Gives a handsome person, though the stature is not
great, the body is extiemely well made, plump, but not gross , and if
Venus be w ell aspeoted, they aie very handsome , the complexion is iudd\,
but not fan , generally females aie handsome brunettes, and have much
the form and figure of the Venui, de Medicis The han is geneially blown,
and, it Venus be m her own teim, it is voiy soft and luxuriant , if m the
term of Jupiter, it is a shining black The eves are geneially black, and
very expressiv e The tempei is mild and winning, the disposition kind,
humane, obliging, &c They generally gun much respect fiom those with
whom they conv erse, and are fortunate
Venus m Gemini—Gives one above the middle height, slender, upnght,
and well made body The complexion clear and fair, with soft brown
ban , frequently brown or hazel eyes They aie goodhumoured, loving,
liberal, -just and charitable , and rarely guilty of any thing dishonourable
Venus in Cancel—Represents a short person, a fleshy body, round,
pale, and sickly face, with light han , and if the Moon be with Venus,
and they in the ascendant, the face will be quite white and wan, and the
hair veiv light colouied , but if Vinus be in the term of Mars, the hair
may be reddish, and a tmge of coloui appeal m the cheeks They have
generally small grey or greenish eyes The disposition is idle and dull ,
they aie iond of low company and v icious pleasures and pursuits , if it
be a female of the pooler classes, she is a fiequentei of spirit shops, &o
They aie veiy fickle and timid, put the best side outwards, and seem to be
m earnest when they are not , ever mutable and inconstant
Venus in Leo—Gives a person reasonably tall of stature, well com-
posed body, clear complexion, round face, full eye, freckled and fair
skm, hair leddish, or if in the term of Venus, it may he flaxen They are
petulant and passionate, soon angiy, and soon pleased again , free, genei-
ous, sociable, and good humoured, but rathei pi cud, and frequently indis-
posed, though not seriously
Venus in Virgo—Shews a tall, well-propoitioned figure, oval face, dark
han, 01, if m her own term, sad biown, and a dusky complexion They
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aic ingenious, eloquent, actne, and clevei, of an aspiring turn, but larely
successful in their pursuits , general!}' unfoitunate
Venus m Libia—Describes an upnght, tall, elegant person, extremely
'well made with a genteel carnage The face is oval, and rather beauti-
ful, having pleasing smiles and beautiful dimples , but they are fre-
quently freckled , the hair is brown and soft, but rather grows long
than plentiful They are kind, aftectionate, and veiy obliging , and
generally well-beloved by all with whom they ha\ o any dealings If Venus
be m the ascendant and there be no dffhctmg aspects, but Jupitei
cast a Time from Aquanus, the party, if a female, will be a perfect
beauty
Venus mi Scoipio—Denotes a short, stout, well-set, corpulent body, bioad
face, dusky complexion, and daik or black han, (unless Venus be m the
terms of Mars 01 Venus) , one who has nothing very pleasant m the
countenance They aie envious, debauched, and vicious , given to conten-
tion , and if Venus be afflicted by Satiun 01 Mars, to vei\ dj&giaceful
actions , and if both Saturn and Mars afflict, aud there be no assistance by
the Sun 01 Jupiter they are possessed of vei"" evil piopensities
Venus in Srrgitt/uius—Repiesents a .^eison lather tall than othm-
wise, well made, clear or sanguine complexion, fair, o\al face, and Inown
hair They are generous, spmted, aiming at no mean things, lather proud,
passionate, 3 et, m general, good-iernpered kind, and moffcensive They
delight m innocent recreations and arc, m short, very obliging fortunate
peisons
Venus in Cnpncornus—Describes a small-sized person, ^hoit stature, a.
pale face, thin and sickly , daik hair, (but if Venus be m hn own term,
a sad biown) They are generally persons who love their belly, fend of
enjoyment, not foitunate, subject to sudden changes m life and sbange
catastrophes
Venus m Aquanus—Gives a handsome, well formed person, clear com-
plexion, rathei corpulent or large body, blown hair, if she be in her
own teim flaxen A good disposition, quiet, affable, courteous, not at all
inclined to vicious actions, peaceable, obliging to all, fo1 tuuate m his
affairs, and respected by lus fnends and acquaintance m general
Venus in Pisces—Personates a middle stature, a fleshy plump body,
a round full face, with a dimple m the chain, good complexion,
between pale and mddy Good huinomcd, just, kind, mild and peace-
sble, ingenious, but souicyvhcit unstabh , yet mudeiatel} foitunate m the
wo ila
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Mebcubi in the T* elt i Signs
Maciay iii-Aue*—Gives a. meaa stature, spaie and thin body, oval
face, light brov. n and curling hair, dull completion A nnnd rather ill-
disposed, addicted to dispute, to he, steal, and many tricks and unwoithy
actions , in shoit, a meie knave
Meicwy ui Tctuius—Gives a middle-sized, curpulent, thick person,
stiong and Yell set, swaithy sun burnt complexion, daik short and thick
hair He is idle, slothful, one who loves ease and gluttony, and who rums
himself among the female sex
M® cmy to Gretmni—Shews a tall, upright, straight body, well foitned,
brown ban, good complexion, and a veiy intelligent look An ingenious
pregnant fancy, a good oratoi, a cunning lawyei, 01 clever bookseller , one
who perfectly understands his own mteiests, and (if Mercury be not
afflicted) one w ho is a subtle politician, not easily deluded by the most
cunning knave he may encounter
Mercwy in Cancel—Personates a low, shoit statuie, or squab figure, an
ill complexion, a thin skaip face, small eyes, shaip nose, daik ban , one who
is given to drink, hght-fingeied, ill-natmed, dishonest, and very deceitful
and changeable , a reiy mean little wretch, if Meicury be afflicted
Meieiay m Leo—Gives a full large body, and good stature, dull,
swarthy, sunburnt complexion, light brown hair, round face, full eyes, a
bioad or high nose A hasty, proud, conceited, ambitious, boasting, and
contentious troublesome ohaiacter
Mercury m Virgo—Denotes a tall, slender, well-propoitioned person,
dark brown hair, (or if Meicury be m the teims of Jupiter 01 Saturn,
black hair), not a cleai complexion, a long visage, and austere countenance
A veiy witty, ingenious, talented mmd , and if Mercury be free fiom
affliction, a profound scholai ui linguist, and capable of any undeitakmg
which lequnes gieat ability
Meicmy in Libia—Personates a tall body, well made, but not thin ,
light brown, smooth ban, a ruddy 01 sanguine complexion A just,
vntuous, piudent man, a lover and promoter of leaimng, and having gieat
natuial abilities, and many acquired accomplishments
Meicmy m Scoipio—Gives a short, mean, statuie, full and wellset
but ill-made body, bioad shoulders, swaithy, dark complexion, blown
curhng ban Not any way elegant or pleasing, yet ingenious and studi-
ous, very caieful of his own interests, fond of the female sex, and
partial to company and men} making
Meuuiy in Sagitlaiw;—Denotes a peison of tall statuie, well formed,
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not coipulent, but rather laige boned and epaie , an o\al face,
a Jaige nose and mddy complexion A man who is hj-.ty but soon
reconciled, rash in many things to his own injury, yet well disposed,
stnving after honourable things, but seldom attaining them , not very
fortunate
Meicuiyvn Capricoimis—Gives a mean, small stature, often crooked
make and bow-legged, a tkm face and figuie, dusky complexion, and brown
ban A very peevish, discontented, dejected, sickly, feeble person, yet
active , one who is unfoitunate to himself and disagreeable to otheis,
owing to Ins suspicious natme and ill temper
Mercwry %n Aquaiius—Shews a person of middle height, rather fleshy
and corpulent, a good complexion and clear skin, with biown hair and
full face An ingenious, obliging character, inclined to study, fond of
arts and sciences, very inventive, and remarkable for his talent, as well
as being a humane, kind, chantable person
Mercury m Pisces—Gives a short, squab, dumpy figure, though if
in his own teim or that of Satnm, rather thin, pale face, brown han, sickly
look, and veiy hany body A veiy peevish, icpmmg, foppish peison,
addicted to wine and women , very effeminate and contemptible
The Moox in the Twelve Signs
The Moon %n Anes—Descubes a person of indifferent stature, rather
fleshy or plump, lound face, tolciably good complexion, light brown or
flaxen hair The mind is lash, angry, ambitious, and aspinng, often chang-
ing , and he undergoes various mutations m life , not often foitunate
The Moon m Taui us—Gives a strong, corpulent, well-set body,
rather short, pretty good complexion, dark brown or black han A
gentle, obliging, kind, sober, just, and honest man , one who gams
esteem, is much respected, and attains prefeiment accoidmg to his situation
in life
The Moon m Gemini—Descubes a tall, well formed, upright, comely
person, brown hair, good complexion, between pale and sanguine The
mind is ingenious, jet ciafty and subtle to excess , not of the best dis-
position, noi very fortunate, unless other good testimonies by aspects of
Jupiter, Sun, or Venus concur
The Moon in Cancel—Itepiesents a middle stature, well proportioned,
and fleshy person, a round, full face, pale, dusky complexion, sad-brow n
hair The mind is flexible, given to change , a merrjq easjL pleasant,
disposition, verj' harmless and peaceable, fond of good company , one
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■who is generallj well beloved, and fortunate m most affairs , unsteady
but free fiom passion or lash actions
The Moon m Leo—Denotes a person above the middle sire, well pro-
portioned, stiong, and large boned, sanguine complexion, light biown
hair, laige and piominent eyes, and full face A lofty, proud, aspmng
person, very ambitions, and desirous to bear inle , one who abhois servitude
or dependence, and is generally an unfoitunate person
The Moon m Vi>go—Describes a rather tall person, dark brown or black
hair, oval face, rather ruddy, but tolerably clear complexion An ingenious,
reserved covetous, meUncholv, unfortunate peison , not m gpneial very
well disposed, and one who seldom peiforms any veiy commendable
actions
The Moon m Libi a—Gives a tall, well composed body, with smooth,
light brown hair, handsome and pleasant cheeiful countenance, fine red
and white complexion They are merry, jocund, and pleasant, and much
admned by the female sex , veiyfondof amusement, and, if a female,
she is courted bj numbers, but yet unfortunate, unless Venus, the disposi-
toi, be very strong and well aspected, &c
The Moon m Siorpio—Denotes a thick, and ill-shaped peison, a fleshy
obscuie complcMon d irk hair, often black, (especiallj if Moon be in the
term of .Tupitei ni Saturn) They are sottish and vulgar, malicious,
bmtish, and treacherous , and if it be a female, she is generally infamous
in her desires, and if the Moon be afflicted by the Square 01 Opposition of
Saturn 01 Mars, she is openly scandalous
The Moon m Sagittanvb—Represents a handsome and nell-pioportioned
rather tall person , oval face sanguine complexion, rather bronred, and
bright brown or shining chestnut han The disposition is good open and
generous, but hasty and passionate, yet forgiving , one who aims at gieat,
things, is fortunate, and much respected by those with whom he associates
The Moon in Capncoinus—Gives a person of low statuie, a thm, small,
weak body, bad health, and feeble, especially about the knees , the com-
plexion bad, black ban and small featmes , one who is mactn e, dull, not
ingenious, generally very debauched m his conduct, and held m low esteem
bv his companions, &c
The Moon in Aqiiai ius—Represents a middle sized person, well made,
and rathei corpulent, brown ban, clear skin, and sanguine complexion
They are ingenious, affable, courteous, and inoffensive , a lover of ouuous
and scientific studies, having much invention, and a peison raielv guilty
of unworthy aot-ons
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TAe Moon in Pisces,—Describes a person of a mean or lovs stature, but
plump or fit, pale and bloated iace, light brovrn ban, and sleepy eyes ,
one not inclined to action unless of the worst kind , unfoitunate both to
himself and others given to dunk
N JB—If Moon be well aspected, and m a good house, the disposition
is much impro^ ed
Lilly
Rudiments of thf Doctrine of Radical Elections
If any thing be really intended to be obtained, the time of the be-
ginning and undei taking thereof ought to be elected fiom the iadix of life,
and nothing; else For at that time, once for all, the great God deputed
e^ery sigmficater to a certain puipose or sigmfioation, and firmly
established the same, forever unalterable by the powei of nature There-
fore in making an election, first coriectly learn what planet is the true and
leal sigmficatoi of the thing desired, for without the true knowledge
thereof, all is m vain secondly consider the natuie and quality of the
thing, whether it be proportional to the capacity of him who desnes it, 01
impossible
Consider also to what house of heaven the same doth appertain, and
what eminent fixed stars were upon or neai the cusp thereof, and what
planets m the tadix beheld it by fuendly aspect Note likewise the
revolution, what sign is upon the cusp of the same house, wrhat planet is
lord theieof, or beholds it by good aspect Consider the pronnssoi, or
planet, or house signifying that or them, by 01 from whom the thing
hoped for is to be obtained or perfonued Then considei in eveiy elec-
tion the fomth house, from the house signifying the thing, its lord and
planet posited (if any he) therein , for that hath signification of the end
f the matter
Let the radix be directed, with a speculum completely fitted, thereby
teachly to observe, with a glance of the eye, all the transits of eveiy
t?;gnifictor, whether good or evil This done, observe at what time the
sigmficdtors come by dnection or tiansit to the body 01 good aspect of the
promissor m the radix, 01 to the loid of the fourth, 01 planet posited
therein, or eminent fixed stai of the nature of the promissor , or at what
time there is any translation made by the pionnssor, Sun, or Moon, by
good aspect, to the cusp of the ascendant, loid thereof, or planet posited
therein , as also at -what time m the Epheinens they come to any good
aspect, and make youi election for the same accordingly
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Obsen e T^hen tho&e ladical sigmficatm a come by direction or transit
to the body or good aspect of the aforesaid rovolutional piomissors —
Observe also "when the cusp of the fourth from the house signifying the
thing, 01 its lord by direction or transit comes to the body or good aspect
of the ascendant or its loid, or translates the light of the significatoi or
promissor theieto , or comes to the house or loid theieof signifying the
thing Note also, when the revolutional significatois come by tiansit to
the body or good aspect of the aforesaid piomissois, whether radical
or revolutional, and whether theie be no evil dnection or transit at the
same time, neither radical or revolutional, accompanying the afoiesaid
configurations
Let the sigmficators, but especially the promissors, be essentially fm ti-
lled, or m conpinction, sextilo, 01 time with then places in the iadi\, if
possible Let the medium cosh m the ladix, as also the Sun and Moon
and lord of the eleventh be fiee from all affliction, and hastening by dnec-
tion or transit to some good configuration And let the same sign and
degree if possible ascend, at the undertaking, which did m the radix, for
then the sigmficators are the same , if that cannot be, let those upon the
cusp of the house signifying the thing, ascend , or let the Sun or Moon
he posited m the house signifying the thing , taking heed that the radical
mfoitunes may be cadent if possible, and not angular Obseive if theie
he any reception between the radical sigmficators and promissors , the
same obseive m the revolution , 01 whether the radical and i-evolutional
sigmficators are in reception one with another at the time of the dnections
01 transits, for that is veiy piomismg , and those aspects only aie propiti-
ous to make elections in
Lastly, if the radical significatois be weak or unfortunate, theie can be
no strong or firm election made for the native , for what good can be.
expected to proceed from weak, afflicted, impotent, and unfortunate pro.
imssors or helps ? "Tis tme there may be an accidental good, but thai
never can ovei come the power of an essential or radical evil, yet if an
election be made foi such a one, let the sigmficators be essentially strong
at the time of the election, and if possible m tune to then radical places
Now if the exact time be lequned m which any tiring- signified should
eome to pass that must be found by the direction of each significatoi to
their lespective promissois both by piogressive and converse operation , or
by drawing a speculum for the mundane aspects, which will at fiist sight
point out ttie year, month and day m which all the material accidents of
human life shall appeal, and be made manifest If you would know how
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winy cliildien the native 'lull have, J ou must hue coiisnlenitiun to the
fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, first, and tlmd houses, toi those signify
the native's chikhcn, foi as the fifth fiom the ascendant signifies clnldicn,
so it signifies the fiist and seventh child , the seventh signifies the second
child, foi it is the house of hiethern fiom the fifth , the ninth signifies
the thud child, because it is the third fiom the seventh, and so m liho
mannei the eleventh signifies the fouith child , the fiist, the fifth child ,
the third, the sixth child , the fifth, the seventh child as afoicsaid , the
seventh, the eighth child, and so on , the sex of the infant is discoveied
by the natme of the sigmfieatois
In legulating and ascertaining these judgments, the discieet Astiolo-
gian must likewise undeistand, that all fieiy signs incline men to ho
cholenc, hasty, funous, quanelsome, levengeful, pioud, ambitious, impeu-
ous, impoitnnate, haidy and lash , involving themselves m many tioublcs
and misfoitunes , yet they aie mostly ingenious, but often changing then
opinions and pm suits
Airy signs shew men choeiful, aftahle, courteous, libeial, fiee heaitod,
faithful, good-natmed, and loving mntb, such as singing, dancing, musie,
and all civil lecreations , of modest deportment and manners, and of sound
reason and undei standing
Earthy signs denote peisons of isseived thought, slow m speech, and
dehbeiate m all then undeitakmgs, keeping close then counsel and inten-
tions They also fiequently piove to be veiy fiaudulont, covetous, and
suspicious, seldom forgetting or foigiving mjuuos , often soirovvful and
low-spmted , loving no man's esteem but then own, foi the most
part piudent and caieful, but austere and suily in then manners and
depoitment
Watery signs make men cowaidlj-, luvuuous, wanton, mutable, dull,
and sluggish , with low, effeminate, whining voices, veiy timerous and
feaiful, having much deceit m them They aie usually pretty much
given to the schools and nursenes of Venus, which often piove a gicat
injuiy to them, and sometimes then total nun
It must also be lemembeied, that Saturn is oxtiomcly cold and dry,
Jupitei is lenussly hot and moist, Mais extiemely hot and diy, 1he Sun is
meanly hot and diy Venus is hot and moist, Mercuiy is lennssly cold
and diy, the Moon is meanly cold and moist If Saturn be m Anes his
chyness is mcieased, and his coldness abated, 01 he is intensely diy, or
lennssly cold In Taurus he acts with a double foice, viz , he is Intensely
cold and dry, m Gemini he is remissly cold and diy, in Cancel lie 13
xxvm
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intensely colJ , 10 that it Situi 11 aspect the ascendjut fiom any of these
signs, he fants his mfluenoe auLordmg to the sign he is in A planet m
his house, as the Sun 111 Leo, letains his own natuie, is well aftected m
his influence, but if 111 his detument, as m Aquanes, he is then ill aftected
or depraved If he be only pengrme he is meanly aftected as to good
or evil, vu;, neither essentially strong noi v eak , if m his fall, he flags in
his motion, and is as a man indisposed and uneasy Tlieiefore a planet m
his tall 01 detriment eftects no good to the native, if any, it is depiaved,
and consequently dangeious or pernicious
A planet direct and swift 111 motion, or on the contm j, is as those vciy
terms import, theiefoie then celentj, onentality, and then position, if
superiors, enpici teiram, makes them moie manifest and poweiful Anes
as cending giies a maitial wit and inclination, but if the Sun be m partile,
as tune 01 sextile to it, or its loid, 01 m conjunction of Jupitei, who may
be in platic sextile or time to eithei of them, then it is made solai and
jovial, but chiefly solai Undeistand the like 111 othei signs ascending,
according to their natuie, and the nituie also of those planets that behold
them
The natuie and state of ei eiy planet must be attended to , foi a planet
may be consideied 111 ielation to the poitents or signification of any sign 01
mansion of heaven , thus, First as to position , second, dominion , thud,
exaltation , foiutk, aspect, fifth, opposition thereunto, as foi example,
Saturn in Aries must be consideied as Maitiahzed and Solahzed, because
Anes is the house of Mais, and the exaltation and tnplicity of the Sun,
and so in otheis The ascendant m any nativity is to be obseived, also
the loid of the ascendant and Ins position, 01 a planet posited theiein ,
all which aie to be consideied by the leadei or student as to the piotenta
or signification of the ascendant The sixth house signifies diseases, but
yet the twelfth shall be a consigmhcatoi m all eoipoial afflictions, as
being m opposition theieto
Fiom the lord of the ascendant, or any othei house, pioceeds the chief
vutue or most poweiful pait as to the signification of that house , if
Saturn and the Sun be 111 conjunction m Leo in the tenth house, the lattei
being neaiest to the cusp theieof, then the native amves to some degree
of dignity 01 honom from the analogy, position, dominion, or fortitude
of the Sun, as also his piopmqmty to the cusp But Saturn being of a
contiary nature, and adveise to what the Sun poitends, also hating the
place of his lesidenee and partly afflicting the Sun, will theiefore cause
some unhappy misfortune to anse, and cloud the gloiy piomised by the
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San in the end Satian m conjunction with Jupiter m Vngo is most
powerful, and oveioomea in his eftects, but if they are conjoined m
Anes, then Jupiter is stiongest, and becomes victor This reupioeally
by each being m his fall
The luminaries aie to bo considered as moie powerful and signiiicant
than tlio last of the planets , and theiefore any of the superiois m con-
junction with the Sun in Leo influences much pov er and honoui to the
natu e by virtue of the Sun, &c So if Saturn be m conjunction with
Jupiter in Sagittary the house of Jupiter, then S&tmn acts in depen-
dence to his dispositor Any planet stiong in a good house, it of good
signification, but much better if the planet be a foitnnate one by nature
A malefic planet, weak m the tenth house, demos honour, if they behold
eithei the cusp or the loid theicof by any malevolent aspect the® many
impediments 01 obstiuotions piejudice 01 lunclci the natiio's advancement
Mais m the mtd-heaven stiong, usuallj poitends nnhtaiy pcifeiment,
dignity, or piofession
Satuin 01 Mais stiong m a good house of a (iguie, aio as discoids m
iiiusio, conoeted to effect a concoid 01 haimony m sounds , for being
well affected, they cause a peifect good, though it be attended with diffi-
cult means or methods to aocompany it In fine, then good is always
tempeicd with something of evil, because they are naturally moie pre-
pense to effect evil than good , as foi evamplc, Satuin m the second house,
01 loid thereof, and shong, gives riches by lapine and coi etousness , m
the sec enth he denotes the death of the wife A malefic planet meanly
affected m a good house, oftentimes obstnicts oi picvents what is natmally
Bignifled thereby, oi at best but meanlj effects a good As foi example,
Saturn meanly aftccted, vw, porigune in the second house, gives not
nches, yet retains them when gatheied, by being spaimg and pemmous
Mars so posited and ill-aftested, dissipates oi destiojs an estate by pro-
digality, and such othei impiudent expenoes Satuin debilitated m the
eleventh house of a nativity, pioduces tiouble w ith oi by the rneaas of
fnonds uniclated , and the analogy is aeooidmg to the debility of the
pLnot, and how they aie beheld and mitigated by sextiles and times, oi
contiaidy inflamed by quaitdes or oppositions
An infoitune in conjunction with a foitunate planet, is eithei impeded
oi depmed of tlie good signified , foi though the fortunate planet be m
hi-, own house, jet he partakes something of the natme or analogy of the
malefic, with whom he is conjoined Thioe planets or moie m conjunc-
tion, act jointly and soveially accoiding to then icspeoiive natuics, and
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to then ticavonI> states, but pimcipally accoidmg to the natiuo and slate
of the most stiong and mlmg planet If an mfoitnne, especially Sitmn,
be pi iced between two planets winch aie m conjunction, he pievents or
i etui da the good piomised by the othei two planets , the nature or kind
theieof is discovered by the house of heaven wherein such a oongiess is
made
The loul of the ascendant applying to the conjunction of the Sun m
any nativity, shews the native apt, or dehghts to cons else with honourablo
peisons, giandees, and such like , as also will be ambitious of fame,
honour, and dignity, &c If he apply to Saturn, the native affects to
oonveise or associate himself with poisons of an mfenoi rank, viz , uis-
tic, plebeians, &c He is subject to envy, feai, pensiveness, and
covetousness Two planets in icception, act 01 dispei se their influence in
an amicable method, which if benevolent by natuic, then vntues aie the
moic poweiful Many planets in cardinal signs m any gemtiuc, always
effect some gieat things , if in one house, the nutne leceivcs oi suffois
an excess of good or evil, aooouhng to the natuie of that house The
benevolent planets Jupitci, Venus, and Meicuiy also, ictrogiade m any
nativity, is of eminent impoit, adding to the felicity of a native, and this
is the uioie poweiful if they are applying to the conjunction of the eaith ,
but the letiogiadation of Saturn 01 Mars m angles, is e\er attended with
difficulties and unhappmesses, fiom which positions I shall alwajs pi ay,
Ubeui 'lus Domme

Silly
 USE OF THE TABLES.

The table of declinations contains sis signs m the first part, and sis
m the last , those under the left columns have the degiee of longitude
descending, but those on the light, ascending it is divided into two parts,
viz , into noith and south latitude, the degrees of which latitudes are seen
nndei then denominations It is likewise divided by the mtei mediate
scale into noith and south declination , that m the former place, r e above
the scale, is noith, and below the scale is the southern If the given
place, whoso decimation you want to know, has no latitude, seek foi that
undci the column of latitude 0 deg , which is m the ecliptic , and if it be
in the mtegial paits, as, for example, m Leo, 24 deg 0 mm , undei the
column of latitude 0 deg , ovei against Leo, 24 deg , you will have the
declination 13 deg 34 mm but if the given place be m degiees and
minutes, suppose in 24 deg 10 mm of Leo, the pioportional pait belonging
to the 10 mm must be taken from the difieience, which is between the
decimation of 24 deg of 25 deg of Leo , the decimation of 24 deg of
Leo is 13 deg 34 mm But 25 deg gives 13 deg 14 mm decimation
the difference between the two decimations is 20 mm , wheiefoie, by the
golden mle, I say, if the integial part, i e bO mm, gives 20 mm, what
will 10 nun give? Answei, 3 mm , which is to be taken fiom the declina-
tion 13 dog 34 mm , which is facing 24 deg of Leo , becauso the declina-
tion is less (but if it slioirid be moieased it ought to be added), and there
remains for the decimation of 24 deg 10 mm of Leo, 13 deg 31 mm
But if the given place has latitude, and is in the mteigial degiees both
foi longitude and latitude, at one view you will have its decimation , viz ,
m the common angle Suppose, then, the given place 24 deg of Leo with
2 deg noith, in the common angle, you will have the decimation 15 deg
27 mm But if it bo accoidmg to longitude in degiees and minutes, and
foi latitude in the mteigial degree, the piopoitional part is to be taken
fiom the chfEeience of the declination of the gieater and lessei degiee of
longitude, between which is the given minute, under the column of the
said latitude
Let the place be m 24 deg 10 mm of Leo, with 2 deg noith, undei
the-column noith, latitude 2 deg to the longitude 24 deg 0 mm, the
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dtchnation i 15 deg 27 mm , and to the longitude 25 deg 0 mm , under

the same column, the decimation is 17 deg 7 mm , the diEcience of
those decimations is 20 mm , fromMhich for the 10 mm , 3 mm is to he
subtiacted, as before If the given place be by longitude in the integral
degree, and latitude in degrees and minutes, the propoitional part must be
taken from the diifeience of the decimation of the gieaterand lesser degico
of latitude, between rvluoli is the given mmute, and to the same longitude ,
as if the given place be 24 deg of Leo, with north latitude 2 deg
51 mm, under the latitude 2 deg, the decimation is 15 deg 27 mm ,
under the latitude 3 deg , the declination is IS deg 24 mm , and the difiei-
ence is 57 mm , from which, for the 51 mm, will be found by the
golden rule to give 48 mm to be added, because the decimation is increased
by latitude Lastly, if the given place be by longitude and latitude m
degrees and minutes, as in the nativity of Sebastian, King of Portugal,
the Moon s place, accoidmg to longitude, as m 24 deg 10 mm of Leo,
with 2 deg 51 mm north, the pioportional part must be taken doubly ,
wherefoie, subtiactmg the 3 mm fiom 15 deg 27 mm , there lemanis
the Moon's declination 16 deg 12 mm To take the proportional pait, you
have the logistical loganthms, or se\agenary table its use is shewn m the
fomteenth Canon, though the golden mle may likewise serve , but this
method of calculating is to be rightly understood , foi in all the tables it
would be too tedious always to repeat it In the scale which divides the
northern declination fiom the southern, care should be taken as often as
it happens to pass through the scale, fiom one part to the other, eithei m
longitude oi latitude, to bar e the decimation conjoined, and there will be
a very gieat diifeience , from which, subtiactmg the piopoitional pait, if
it bo less than the decimation of the foimer angle which belongs to the
mtegial degieos, either the longitude oi latitude is to be taken fiom the
decimation of that angle, and there will icniam the decimation of the same
denomination, but if on the contraiy, the piopoitional pait taken bo
gieater, the former must be taken fiom the latter, and the lemammg
decimation changes the denomination
Let the Moon be in 9 deg 10 mm of Libia, with latitude 4 deg noith,
I add the 6 mm to the 18 mm , and the diifeience is 24 mm , fiom w Inch,
to the 10 mm , 4 mm is due , these as thoy aie less than 6 mm , I sub-
tiaet from the 6 mm , and theie icinams the decimation 2 mm noith
Suppose the Moon m 9 deg 40 mm of Libra, fiom the diifeience for the
40 mm , 16 mm is due , which, as they aie moie than 6 mm , I take b nun
fiom the 16 mm , and tkme icmams the Moon's decimation 0 deg 10 mm
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south, but if the Moon m this case should lta\ e 4 dfig 30c!mn noith, I
add 18 m:n to the 38 imn , which are under 4 deg and 5 dtg , and the
diflorence is 56 mm , from which, foi the 30 mm , 28 mm are due iiom
these, as they are more than 10 mm , I subtiact the 10 mm, and theie
remains the declination 0 deg 18 nun noith Again, if they aie less,
suppose 5 mm , I should take these 5 nun fiom 10 mm , and the declina-
tion is 0 deg 5 mm south. The given decimation is brought hack to the
degree m the ecliptic in this mannei, howe\ ei, if it be not gieatei than
23 deg 28 mm, for otherwise it would fall out of the ecliptic Undei
the column of latitude 0 deg 0 nun , that is, of the decimation of the
ecliptic, let the given decimation be sought foi, and above the scale if
noithem, but below if southern but if it should bo found even to its
minutes, the degrees of the signs m the ecliptic corresponding with it aie
those which aie placed opposite on both sides , hut if the minutes of the
given decimation are not expressed the propoitional pait is to be taken,
instead of the minutes that are wanting to be added oi subtiacted fiom
the degree in the ecliptic, &c , m this mannei —Let the declination be
south 7 deg 28 mm under the scale, and m the column of latitude 0 deg ,
I find it opposite to 19 deg of Libia, or in 11 deg of Pisces, theiefoie it
answers to these degrees In the nativity of Sebastian, King of Poitugal,
the decimation of Saturn is 7 deg 47 mm , which is not expressed in the
table , but I take the next less, 7 deg 28 mm , then the next greatei is
7 deg 51inin , the difference of these is 23 mm the decimation of
Saturn exceeds the less by 19 mm I then ask, if the whole diffeienee of
23 mm give GO mm of longitude how many will 19 mm give' Answer
50 mm , which are to be added to the 19 deg of Libia , so that Satinn's
declination conesponds with 19 deg 50 mm of Libia, or with 10 deg
10 nun of Pisces the same happens if the proportional part be taken
differently ; foi the next gieatei declination exceeds Saturn's declination
by 4 mm , foi which the proportional pait is 10 mm , which aie added to
10 deg of Pisces, or the 20 deg of Libia, fiom the place of the ecliptic,
as befoie
The Ascensional Difference
In the upper pait of the table of ascensional differences look for the
Pole's elevation in the latitude of the countiy, and m the first column
the decimation of the given place , which, it it be with the integral
degrees, the ascensional diffeienee icquned is placed in the common
angle , but if the declination be with dcgiocs and minutes, then take the
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piopoitional pait, as m Canon I Aa if the given declination he 16 ,

dt the Pole's elevation 42 deg , the ascensional difteicnce is phced in the
common angle, 11 deg 2 mm , but if the decimation be given 12 deg
25 mm , the ascensional diffeience at decimation 13 dtg , is 12 mm , whoio-
foie the difference between this and the foimer is 58 nun, fiom which
24 mm is due, i e to be taken in then room, 25 mm to be added, and the
ascensional diffeience becomes 11 deg 26 mm—Anotkei way If you have
alteidy by you the tables of oblique ascension of the given place, and
the light ascension, subtiact the less fiom the gioater, and the lemamdei
is tho ascensional difference In like mannei, if you have aheady the
semi-diumal oi nocturnal arc, sub tr act it fiom 90 deg, if it he less, if
greater, subtiact 90 deg therefiom, and the lemamder is the ascensional
difference
iSeww Diurnal or Nocturnal Arcs
The semi diuinal oi nocturnal aics are thus obtained , the semi diumal
in degiees and minutes, by adding the ascensional difference to 90 , when
a stai has noith decimation, by subtracting it from 90, when south On the
contraiy, the sami-nootumal is found by subtracting the ascensional diffei-
ence fiom 90 deg, when a stai declines to the noith, and bj adding it to 90,
when the star declines to the south , foi either the lemamdei oi sum will be
the semmocturnal or diuinalarcin degiees and minutes If the decimation
above given, viv, 12 deg 25 mm , be northern, the semi-diurnal aic will be-
come 101 deg 26 min,bj adding the ascensional diffeience 11 deg 26 mm
to 90 deg if the declination be south, the semi-nocturnal will be the same ,
if the declination be noith, and subtiacted fiom 90, there will icmam the
senu-noctuinal aic 78 deg 34 mm , but if it be southern, the semi-diurnal
will be the same If you would leduce the semi-diurnal or semi-nocturnal
arc into hours and minutes (see Canon XI), you will likewise hav e the semi-
diurnal and semi-nootuinal aic of the places in the ecliptic fiom the tables
of semi-diurnal and nocturnal arcs At youi Pole's elevation, if tho sign
of the given degree be in the uppei pait, look for its degree in the descen-
dant degiee placed to the left, but if it be at the lowei pait, m the ascen-
dant degiee, which is to the ngh+, and in the common angle of meeting,
you will have the arc lequired, whose denomination you will perceive
under the veiy sign, whetkei diuinal oi nocturnal And lemember, if
tbeie aie minutes, to take the piopoitional paits , but if it he denominated
semi diuinal, and you want the semi-noctmnal, oi the contiaiy, subtiact
the aic found fiom 12 honis, and the remainder is the othei arc lequned
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In the nativity of Charles V the Sun is in 14 deg SOmin o^Pieoes at the
Pole's elevation 52 dag , I find the eign Pieces in the loner part, where-
fore, to the 14 ascendant degrees, I take in the common angle the seun-
nocturnal arc, 6 hours 33 mm , hut "because the Sun has above 30 mm, I
subtiact one minute, and theie lemams the serm-nocturnal arc, 6 hours
32 nun whereas, if I want the semi-di irnal arc, I take 6 hours 32 mm
from 12 hours, and there remains 5 hours 28 mm Of the latitudinal planets,
provided their declination does not exceed 23 deg 28 mm , the said seim-
diumal oi nocturnal arc, m hours and minutes, may be had thus After
ieducing their decimation to the longitude of the ecliptic, in the manner
explained in Canon I with this degree of the ecliptic, I enter the table of
seim-dmmal arcs, and take out the hours and rmnutos corresponding
thereto, in the manner we have mentioned, &c, as m the nativity of
of Sebastian Saturn hath decimation 7 deg 47 mm , and is ledneed to
19 deg 50 mm of Libra, or 10 deg 10 mm of Pisces, whose senn-
nocturnal arc at the Pole's elevation 40 dog , is 6 deg 27 mm
rhe Horary Times
These may be taken several ways , first, the diurnal from the paiti-
tion of the semi-dmmal arc in degrees and minutes taken by six , the
nocturnal fiom the paitition of the semi-nocturnal, likewise by six, wJucli
six temporal hours the cardinal signs of the world are mutually distant
let the semi-diurnal aic be 104 deg 45 mm , the 104 dog divided by 5
make 17, and theie remains 2 , which, reduced to mmutes, and these added
to the othei 45, makes 105 , which, when divided by 6, the quotient is
27 mm , and makes the horary times 17 deg 27 mm diurnal Secondly,
the horaiy times of thepaitsof the ecliptic aie collected m the proper
tables , as to the pole's elevation 45 to 15 deg of Taurus, m the ecliptic,
the hoiaiy times diurnal aie 17 deg 51 mm Thirdly, the semi-diurnal
are taken m houia and minutes, if multiplied by two and a half, is con-
verted mto the diurnal horary tunes, and, in like uiftnner, the eenu-
nooturnal are into the nocturnal horary tunes , as the seini-diiircal arc of
15 of Taurus, at the Pole 45 dog, is 7 hours 9 mm , which multiplied by 2
and a half, becomes 17 deg 62 rain Fourthly, of the planets having latitude,
let their given declination he brought back to the ecliptic in the manner as
explained m Canon I and with that degrees of the ecliptic m the table of
horary times, they may be taken as above-mentioned , but if the planet has
a greatei decimation than 23 deg 28 mm ,the horary times cannot be taken
any other way, except by the help of the ascensional diSereilce But if
you have the diurnal horary times, and want the nocturnal, or the contrary,
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subtiact your Cam fiom 30, and the leet will be the hoiaiy tunes requited
as in the given example, I subtract 17 deg 51 mm from 30, and theie
lemams the horary times nocturnal 12 deg 9 mm "— Plaudus
Of Oircunistances regulated by Ascensions
—"In any climate whatever, the magnitude of a given day oi night 13
to be computed by the number of ascensional tunes proper to that pmh-
cular climate For example, the magnitude of the day will be ascei tamed
by numbering the times between the Sun's zodiacal degiee and the
degree diametucally opposite, in the succession of the signs, and that of
the night, by numbering the times, from the degree diametrically opposite
to the Sun, onwards, in the order of the signs, to the degree actually
occupied by the Sun because, by dividing the respective amounts of
these times so obtained, by fifteen, the number of equatorial hours belong-
ing to each space will be exhibited , and if the division be made by twelve,
instead of fifteen, the result will shew the numbers of degrees equivalent
to one temporal hour of either of the said spaces respectively*1
The magnitude of any temporal hour may be, however, more easily
found by refemng to the annexed Table of Ascensions, and taking the
difference between the respective aggiegate numheis, inserted theiein
tinder the heads of the equinoctial parallel or right sphere, and of any
particular climate for which the magnitude of the temporal hour is ie-
quired , and, if the said hour be a diurnal hour, the aggregate times as
stated against the zodiacal degree occupied by the Sun , but, if nocturnal,
those stated against the degree diametrically opposite, are to be compared ,
and the sixth part of the difference between them is to be added, if the
0
Thus (according to the Table inserted at p 213), in the climate oi
latitude of Lower iEgypt, the times of ascension between the first point
of Gemini and the first point of Sagittarius, diametrically opposite, are
205 deg 18 mm, which, being divided by 15, give 13 hours 41 minutes
and a fraction of equatorial time, as the length of the day of the first
point of Gemmi And the same number of times of ascension, divided
by 12, give 17 deg 6 mm and a fraction of the equator, as the length of
the diurnal temporal hour In the latitude of Southern Britain, the- times
of ascension between the same points as abovementioned are 236 deg
2 mm , which, divided by 15, give 15 hours 44 minutes and a fiaction of
equatorial time as the length of the day of the first point of Gemini, and,
if divided by 12, they produce 19 deg 40 mm and a fraction of the
equator, as the length of the diurnal temporal hour
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said degree be in the northern signs, to the ftfteen times o| an equatoml
hour , but subtracted therefrom, if in the southern signs The amount
thus obtained will be the required number of degrees of the temporal
hour in question0
And if it be required to reduce the temporal homs of any given day
01 night, in a certain climate, into equatorial hours, they must be multi-
plied by their proper hoiary times, whether diurnal 01 nocturnal, as the
case may be , the product is then to be divided by fifteen, and the quotient
will necessarily be the number of equatorial hours in the climate m ques-
tion, on the given day or mghtf On the other hand, equatorial hours

• Thus, the aggregate times of ascension, m a light sphere, of the

first point of Gemini are 57 deg 44 nun , and, in the climate of Lower
iEgypt, 45 deg 5 mm the sixth part of the diiference between them is
2 deg 6 mm and a fraction, which, added to 15 deg, again makes the
diurnal temporal hour of the first point of Gemini equal in 17 deg 6 mm
and a fraction of the equator In the climate of Southern Butain, the
aggregate times of ascension of the fiist point of Gemini are 29 deg
43 mm the sixth pait of the difference between that sum and 57 deg
44 mm of right ascension is 4 deg 40 mm and a fiaction, which, added
to 15 deg , makes the diurnal temporal hour of the first point of Gemini,
m South Butain, equal to 19 deg 40 mm and a fiaction of the equator,
as befoie shewn.
•f For example,
Diurnal hoiary times of the first point of Gemmi Deg. Mm Sec
in the latitude of Alexandria . , ... .. 17 6 30
Number of temporal hours ,,, 12
15)205 18 0
Diurnal equatorial hours of the fiist point of Gemini
m the latitude of Alexandna . . 13 41 12
Diuinal horary times of the first point of Gemini
m the latitude of Southern Britain . 19 40 10
Numbei of temporal hours . 12
15)236 2 0
Diurnal equatorial hours of the first point of Gemini
in the latitude of Southern Butain 15 44 8
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aie also to be induced into temporal hours by being multiplied by ififteen,

the product of which is to be divided by the horary times proper to the
given day or night m the said climate
The degree ascending m the ecliptic, at any given temporal hour, may
also be ascertained by multiplying the number of temporal hours since
sunrise, if the given hour be diurnal, but if nocturnal, smoe sunset, by
their proper horary times, and the product is to be added, in the succes-
sion of the signs, to the aggregate number (as shewn by the ascensions
pioper to the climate) of the Sun's degree, if the gnen hour be dmmal,
but, if nocturnal, to that of the degree diametrically opposite, and that
particular degree of the ecliptic which shall correspond with the total
number thus found in the ascensions of the climate will be the degioa
then ascending3
But, in order to ascertain the degiee on the meridian above the eaith,
the number of temporal hours,since the piecedmg noon are also to be
multiplied by their proper horary times, and the product is to be added to
the aggregate numbei of the Sun's light ascension , and that degiee of
the ecliptic, ivith which the total number as found in the aggiegate times
of right ascension shall correspond, will then be on the mendianf The
degree on the oriental honzon will, however, also shew what degree
Occupies the meridian , for, by subtracting 90 tunes (the amount of the

®Let the first point of Gemmi be on the meridian above the earth ,
the number of tempoial horns since sunrise will then be 6, by which
17 deg 6 mm 30 sec are to be multiplied The product will be 102 deg
39 mm this, added to 45 deg 5 mm , the aggregate number of the fiist
point of Gemmi m the latitude of Aleicandna, will give 147 deg 44 mm ,
which, m the ascensions of the climate m question, will correspond to
the 3rd degree of Virgo, and shew that to he the degree ascending In
the latitude of Southern Britain the total number would still amount to
the same , viz , 147 deg 44 mm , but it would shew 7 deg and about
30 mm of Virgo to be ascending
•(■Let the first point of Gemmi be three temporal hours past the meri-
dian these hours reduced to degrees, m the latitude of Alexandria, will
give 51 deg 19 mm , which, added to the nght ascension of the first point
of Gemmi, make 109 deg 3 mm , shewing the 18th degiee of Cancer on
the meridian In the latitude of Southern Britain, these hours would
pioduce 59 deg, which, added to the right ascension, would make 116 deg
44 mm , and shew the 25th degree of Cancer on the mendian
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qiwdiant) from the aggregate number aecnbed to the sard aacending
degree m the Table proper to the climate, the number so reduced will
bo found, in the aggregate times of the Table of Eight Ascension, to
correspond with the degree on the meiidian. And again, on the other
hand, by adding 80 to the aggregate times ascnbed by right ascension to
the degree on the meridian above the earth, the degree ascending may be
obtained, for it will bo that dcgreo which Corresponds to that total number,
as stated m the Table proper to the climate®
The Sun always preserves an equal distance m equatorial hours from
all parts of the same meridian , but his distance m equatorial hours from
different meridians vanes according to the degrees of distance between
meridian and meridian

"Thus, in the latitude of Alexandria, when the first point of Gemini

is three temporal hours past the meridian, the 16th degree of Libra will
be on the ascendant, and the aggregate times of ascension of that degree
in the said latitude are 199 deg 3 mm by subtracting 90 from this sum,
the remainder will be 109 deg 3 mm ,the right ascension of.the mid-heaven
answering to the 18th degree of Cancer In the latitude of Southern Biitam,
the 18th degree of Libra would be on the ascendant, of winch degree the
aggregate times of ascension m that latitude are 206 deg 41 mm , from
which, if 90 be subtracted, the remainder will be 116 deg 44 mm , the right
ascension of the mid-heaven answenng to the 25th degree of Cancer—The
converse of these opeiations seems too obnous to need explanation
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TABLE OF LATITUDES, AS SHEWN BE THE DURATION

OF THE LONGEST DAY
[J") om the A Iniagest ]

Longest day Latitude Longest day Latitude

w
Alexandria t Southern Bntam
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Extract fum the Table of Ascefisiorn (contained tn the Almagest),
calculated for every tenth Degiee of the Zodiac.

In a Right Sphei e 3id Climate, tlno'

Lower iEgypt,
| 8th Chmato, thio'
under the Equa- Lat Southern Bntam,
£ tor, Diuinal Arc N OOdeg 22mm Lat 51 deg 30rmn
0

g? 12 Hours Diurnal Arc N Dminal Aic

Q 14 Hours IGhouis SOmmts
a Times of •^Si|re" Times of ■^-SS16' Times of AS8re-
^ A80sn Thmes Ascen
Tmres ^ I tSS
D M D M D M D M D M D M
10 9 10 9 10 6 48 6 48
20 9 15 18 25 6 55 13 43
30 9 25 27 50 7 10 20 53
10 9 40 37 30 7 33 28 26
20 9 58 47 28 8 2 36 28
16 57 44 8 37 45 5
34 68 18 9 17 54 22
47 79 5 10 0 64 22
55 90 0 10 38 75 0
55 100 55 11 12 86 12
47 111 42 11 34 97 46
34 122 16 11 51 109 37
16 132 32 11 55 121 32
58 142 30 11 54 133 26
40 152 10 11 47 145 13
25 161 35 11 40 156 53
15 170 50 11 35 168 28
10 180 0 11 32 180 0
10 189 10 11 32 191 32
15 198 25 11 35 203 7
25 207 50 11 40 214 47
40 217 30 11 47 226 34
58 227 28 11 54 238 28
16 237 44 11 55 250 23
34 248 18 11 51 262 14
47 259 5 11 34 273 48
55 270 0 11 12 285 0
65 280 55 10 38 295 38
47 291 42 10 0 305 38
34 302 16 9 17 314 55
16 312 32 8 37 323 32
58 322 30 8 2 331 34
40 332 10 339 7
25 341 35 346 17
15 350 50 353 12
10 360 0 360 0

Ptolemy by Ashmakd
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Right Ascermon
This yo'tt will take from the proper table , and if flic given place be in
the ecliptic, so as to have no latitude, look for the right ascension under
the column 0 deg 0 mm , and in the common angle you have it, by
taking the proportional pait for the minutes of longitude, if there are any,
as m Canon I In the nativity of Charles V the Sun is in 14 deg 30 mm
of Pisces , the right ascension of 14 of Pisces, is 345 deg 16 mm ,
foi the 30 mm , 28 mm are due, to be added, and the Sun's right ascension
becomes 345 deg 44 mm If the given place be not m the ecliptic, but
has latitude from it, and is in the integral degrees, both according to lon-
gitude and latitude m the common angle, you will have the right ascension
but if there are likewise minutes, let the proportional part be taken, as m
Canon I
Right Distance
To know the distance by right ascension of the stars in a right circle,
subtract the lesser from the greater, that is, the right ascension of the
preceding place from the right ascension of the following, and the remain-
der is the right distance required And this caution is to be observed, that
as the right ascension is an arc of a circle, numbered in degrees of the
equator, which are 360, commencing at the beginning of the sign Aries,
and terminating with the end of Pisces, when it happens that the light
ascension of the preceding place is loss than a circle, as in Pisces,
Aquarius, &c , and the following place greater than the beginning of the
circle, as Anes, Taurus, &c , a whole circle, or 360, must be added to the
right ascension of the following places, and from their sum subtract the
right ascension of the preceding place Let the 18 deg of Aquarius
be upon the Medium Coeli, whose right ascension is 320 deg 30 mm , and
the following place be 15 deg of Aries, whose right ascension is 13 deg
48 mm , you cannot subtrat 320 deg 30 mm from 13 deg 48 mm , unless
you add 360 deg , which makes the sum 373 deg 48 mm , fiom winch
lubtractmg the 320 deg 30 mm , there remains 53 deg 18 nun , the light
distance required And this caution is to be observed m all subtractions
of ascensions, whether right or oblique, and whether in degrees and
minutes, or hours and minutes
Ohhque Ascension and Descemion,
Will be had by snbti acting the aecentional difference from the right
ascension of the star, if its decimation be northern , but, if south, by
adding the ascensional difference to the right ascension, and the sum, or
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romainclei, is the oblique usccn .ion 'L<istlj,if it Ins no dtclnifiiion, tint
light ascension becomes oblique ascension On the contnny, the oblique
descension will be found, by adding , if the deolination be noithem, by
subtidotiug , if south, to 01 fiom the light ascension Evemple to 1 deg
23 m:n of Ttiuius, the decimation is 12 deg , its ascenhional diSeicnce at
the Pole's elevation 42 deg , as we have mentioned m Canon II, is 11 deg
2 mm , the right ascension is 29 deg 13 mm , hut as the decimation is
noithem, subtiact the ascensional dilteience 11 (leg 2 nwu ftom the light
ascension, and theie leinams the oblique asccnsioii 18 deg 11 mm Now
1 deg 23 mm of Scoipio, has the same dechmtion and ascensional
diffeience, which is to be added to the light usionsion 209 deg 13 mm,
because the decimation is southern, and the oblique dmension io 220 deg
15 mm , besides, theie aie evtant many tables of obhquo ascensions by
which they may be gained , as those of Argoil's, and seveial olheis
To i educe the Right Ascension, oi Oblique, to the Degi ea of Longitude m the
Ecliptic, oi to any othei Place of Latitude oi Longitude
Look foi the given right ascension of the ecliptic in the body of the
table of right ascensions unclei the column of latitude 0 deg 0 mm , and
you will have the places in the ecliptic, coirespondmg to it, by taking the
piopoitional pait foi the minutes, if theie bo anj' L it A, when the light
ascension of a latitudinal planet is given, you aie desnous to know to
what longitude m the ecliptic it oonesponds, look that light ascension
undei the column of the given latitude, and m the column of longitude
you will have the degiee of the ecliptic coirespondmg to it as, foi
e-cample, the right ascension of 157 deg 48 mm m the ecliptic answeis to
6 of Vngo , but if the right ascension 157 deg 48 mm be, foi example,
foi the Moon, m latitude 5 deg southom, it answeis to 8 of Vugo ,
but with this caution, because the Moon then mediates the mid-heaven
with 6 deg of Virgo, but has the lays m the Zodiac to the other planets
from 8 deg of Vngo In like manner you must leduce the oblique
ascension to the ecliptic fiom the table of the oblique ascensions of
the Pole's elevation , as the oblique ascension of the ecliptic 168 deg
9 mm to the Pole's elevation 45 deg is reduced to 21 of Vngo m the
ecliptic , but, if the oblique ascension be of the Moon in south latitude
5 deg , I say it is leduced to 19 deg of Vugo with latitude, as is tbcie
posited, but with the same distinction , for then the Moon co-ascends m
the same cncle of position with 21 deg of Virgo, but has the lays to the
othei planets in 19 deg of Vngo This levocation is of service, m order
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to know what longitude and decimation the sigmficator enoompasaes by

the duection, and consequently with what planets it contiacta the aspect
when m the Zodiac, which is, bj adding the arc of direction to its right
ascension, if it be found m the light enele in the nativity , or to the ob-
nque ascension, if eieswhere
Distance ft om the Cusps of the Angles m othei Houses
The distance from any caidmal sign 01 house (that is) from their cusp,
will be easily obtained aftei the ascension of that house or caidinal sign,
and likewise the ascension of a stai is given , foi subtiactmg the lesser,
which is the preceding place, fiom the gieatei, which is the following,
the lemamdei will be the distance of the star fiom that house 01 caidmal
sign , but if the house or angle be m the descending part of heaven, taking
the descensions of the house, and the same of the stai, 01 the ascensions
of the opposite places, and subtiactmg, m like manner, the lesser fiom the
greatei, the lemamdei will be the distance lequued the preceding place
is that which is m the lesser degiees , the succeeding m the greater as
the beginning of Aiies piecedes, the beginning of Gemini follows , and
thus in all The distances of the stais fiom the cusps of the houses may
be taken without the oblique ascensions , but the right ascension is to be
known, togethei with the semidiurnal and nocturnal aics, 01 the tempoiaiy
hours , foi aftei taking then pnmaiy distance fiom the culminations, the
secondary distances aie made at the cusps of the houses , and the ninth
and eleventh houses are distant fiom the mendian, by the double horary
times, or the thud part of the semi diurnal arc , the eighth and twelfth,
by double gemmation, &c Wheiefoie, the primary and secondaiy dis-
tance of a stai fiom the mendian being given, always subtract the lesser
from the greater, and you will have the staTs distance fiom the gnen
house, by pnmaiy distance I mean that which the planets have ma
nativity, hut the secondary, that which they acqune by direction Theie
are several examples in the nativities which are shewn farthei on
On the Cucle of Position, m the Pole's Elevation of any Planet
Under the oncle of position, later authors are to be undeistood of the
natme of that passing thiough the common sections of the horizon and
mendian , and upon such circles they direct then moderators, and consti-
tute the intervals of the nouses But how fmolous and remote from
natnr-.l futh ibis cpmiO" is, may De seen in my Celestial Philosopy, where
it is la.gely and plainly demonstrated , but it is also contr^y to the doc-
trine of the Prince of Mathematicians, Ptolemt, who has transmitted to
 [ 235 ]
po^feuty this umreisil science, founded only on the most ^ubhme prin-
ciples of Philosophy, -dhich, I think, mnumeiable examples fully prove
Those whoiefuse to follow him, doubtless pioceed tluough confused ways,
which have no claim to the least commendation whatever I desue no other
guides but Ptolemy and Reason I have no idea of circles of position which
aie dnected thiough the common sections of the horizon and mendian, hut
those that are dcscubed by the propoitional distances of the stais tow aids
the angles , and we may, by means of a veiy easy method, know the Pole's
elevation upon the Ptolemaic cncle of any star whatevei In the first
place, let the quantity of the house be taken , which the stai, whose polai
elevation is sought foi, measuies by lustration This quantity of the
house may be had seveial ways (I) The hoiaiy conditionaiy tnxips
that star, when doubled, pioduce the quaut.ty of the stany house (I )
The thud pait of the semi diurnal aic of the stai, is the measme of the
house above theeaith , of the semi-noctuinal, undei theeaith (3 ) The dis-
tance of a star fiom the piecedmg house, joined with the distince of the
same stai from the succedent, taking the distance as mentioned in
Canon IX , I say, these distances, added togethei, pioduce the space 01
quantity of the house I then let the diffeience of the Pole's elevation
be taken, which is between the succedent and piecedmg houses, as befoie,
between which the stai is found by the table of the poles of houses , then
let the distance of the stai be taken, eithei f loin the succedent 01 pieced-
mg houses, as befoie meutioned (4) By the Golden Rule Quae, If
the whole quantity of the stany house give the polai diffeience between
the succedent and piecedmg houses, what pait of the diffeience will the
distance of the stai fiom eithei house give? Let the fouith numboi,
which is the pioduct, if the Pole's elevation be augmented by the house
fiom winch the distance of the stai is taken, be added to the house's
elevation, if diminished, subti acted , and the lemaindei or sum will be
the polar elevation of that stai, of which many examples follow in the
nativity of Fiancis, the first King of Fiance, Cauhnal Sahatius, &c
Heie we must be cautious, because the polei elevations of the houses aie
not increased oi diminished umfoimly, that is, for example, to the
latitude of the conntiy 45 deg , the polai elevation of the eleventh house
is mcieased 18 deg 50 mm , the twelfth house is augmented 15 deg
nearly, and the hoioscope is mcieased 11 deg , so that you see they have
no equal increase When a stai is about the mean distance fiom the
centies of the piecedmg and succeeding houses, if any one desue to have
a true polar elevation of that stai, he ought to avoid this mcquality , as,
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suppose the aiai to be m the nnJdle distance fiom the medium tteh to tlte
ele% enth, whcie, by the golden inle, the pole mcieases 9 deg 25 mm ,
which is the half of 18 deg 50 mm, to which the eleventh house is
elevated A stai m this case hath, in leahty, a polai elevation gieatei
than this half, and the reason is, because the ditfeience of the polar eleva-
tion is ahwavs diminished fiom the medium cceh to the hoi scope , and,
theiefore, m the tenth house, the polar elevation has a greater augmen-
tation in the fiist moiety than m the lattei The ditfeience of the Pole's
of the houses are these, 11, 15, and 19 if we divide 11 into 5 and 6, but
15 into 7 and 8 , lastly, 19 into 9 and 10, the division will appear very
agiecable to lenson, m/ , into 5, 6, 7, 8 9, and 10, which aie the difference
of the Pole's elevation m the middle of each of the houses , vvheiefoie,
to the given stai placed in the middle distance fiom the culmination to
the 11th, you will have the Pole's elevation 10 But the caution is only
to be obseived when a stai stops about the mean distance fiom the eusps,
vheie, first taking the piopoitional puits, by the golden inle, neai one
degiee, as mentioned abov e, should aftuvvaids be added oi subtiaoted ,
but, when it lemams about the cusps of the houses, it may be entuely
neglected, as it makes but little difference
The Use of the Logcmtlnm
We bav e placed the loganlhms of absolute numbeis, because m that
mannoi of Ptolemean dnection, which we follow, they aie of veiy great
seivice m evluhitmg the fonith piupoitioual numbei , theiefoie the thiee
numbeis Cs ^ n, i hw , of parts oi liouis, if tliey aie minutes, let
each of them be leduced to minutes, adding them as they aie disposed m
then places , then take the logauthms of the 2nd and 3id numbei, add
them togctbei , fiom this sum subtiact the logarithm of the fiist, and look
foi the lemamdei m the middle of the table , opposite to which, take the
numbei foi the foitk leqiined, which divide by 60, and with the lemamder
vou will have paits oi houis with then minutes foi example, let the
numbeis be giv en, the fiist 95 deg 25 mm , the second 35 deg 45, the
tlnul 100 deg 15 mm, icduced to minutes aie 5725 mm—2145 mm—
6bl5 mm , the logaiithm oi the fiist 3 75778, of the second 3 33143, of the
thud 3 82055 I add the second and thud togethei, and I make the sum
715196, fiom which I subtiact the fiist, and them lemams the logaiithm
3 39413, ausweung to the numbei 2478, vvlnoli, itdueed to degiees, makes
41 deg 18 mm , the fomtb numbei lequned But because the logarithm
consisis of eight hgiues, the civ hist of these aie sufhcient foi this pui-
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pobe, and it seemed not good to issomd the icst, by leason of other ad-
\aiitages lesuUmg fiom them, you may only make use of tne six first, pio-
Mded you think proper, £01 it is of tittle use or consequence, but if
the seventh figure, be five 01 gieater, you should add unity to the sixth
figure, winch will bo your last , and if the seven figuies he 4, 3, 2, 1, 0,
omit it entirely In the given example of the fiist number 5725, the
logarithm of eight figuies is 3 7577755, I leave out the two last figmes 55,
and add the unit to the sixth, winch make it 3 75778 Obseive also, that
the logaiitlnns aio easiei collected by taking two figures for eveiy change ,
thus fiist collect 37, then 57, lastly 78

To equate the Ate of Dnection

Add the aic of direction to the right ascension of the natal Sun, look
foi this sum m the table of right ascensions undei the ecliptic, and take the
degiee and minute of longitude conespondmg with that sum then in the
best Ephemens leckon m how many days and houis the Sun fiom the day
and houi of bnth, lias aiuved at that degiee and minute The numbei of
days indicate as many ycus, cvciy two horns ovei, reckon a month —

Plaadus
 OF DIRECTIONS.

A dneotion, 01 an arc of dnection, i1! the pathway or

tiaok described m the heavens by any planet that is significatoi,
01 that assumes the dominion ot government of life, 01 of any
other incident 01 event pecuhai to the native, fiom the moment
of bnth, to its meeting or forming an aspect with the anaretas,
or promittois, at which time the event, be it what it may, that
is indicated theieby, comes to pass Foi as all the heavenly
bodies constantly move m elides, then piogress, whether for
a long or short time, will necessauly foim aics, the content
or degrees of which being accurately found, and measuied, or
equated by the solai motion, will descube the length of time,
whethei it be yeais, months, or days, in which the significator
will be m forming the arc of dnection, which produces the
event blow these duections are to be known by the following
mles, and are of two distinct classes, the fiist of which is
zodical, or according to the circle of the zodiac , and the
second, mundane, or accoidmg to the motion of the planets
round the eaith, or m relation to their piopoitional distances
fiom the seveial houses of the figure
Sibli/.
How to direct the Sun being neat the Mid-heaven, to the
Conjunctions, and all Rays
The Sun is accounted neai the cusp of the house when he
is not more than 3 deg distant Fust, take the Sun's right
ascension, then that of the aspect, whether it be the conjunc-
tion 01 opposition, oi any othei mteimediate lay, by alwavs
taking the right ascensions, and omitting the latitude m this
case, even m the conjunction and opposition, if, however, the
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pronuttor hath not gieatei latitude than the oib of his light (for
this^is the diffeienee between the zodiacal and mundane aspects,
the foimer being caused by a gieatei pioxmnty to the gieater
distance of the stais between each other, and upon their real
way in the Zodiac, the gieatei proximity happening m the same
paitile longitude, though their distance and diffeienee be accord-
ing to latitude, if the distance of latitude in the conjunction
and opposition, as I have said, be not gieater than the spheie
of activity of light of the stars, foi if it be greatei, the con-
junction is not poweiful, noi the opposition m the Zodiac, as I
have demonsti ated in the Celestial Philosophy) Lastly, sub-
tiact the Sun's right ascension from that of the aspects, and
the remainder is the arc of direction Example • In the nati-
vity of Gfeorge Aldobrandinus, the Sun's right ascension is
215 deg 58 mm, but the light ascension of Venus, taken iu
the ecliptic, is 262 deg 8 mm , from which, subtracting the
Sun's right ascension, there lemams the aic of direction, 46 deg
10 mm.
To direct the Sun, when found near the Cusp of the Horoscope,
or Seventh House, to the Conjunctions, and all the Rays
Take the Sun's oblique ascension, if iu the ascendant, under
the latitude of the country, or the descension, if m the seventh,
or the oblique ascension of the opposite place , then the
ascension or descension of the place of the aspect under the
same Pole, leaving out the latitude in this case, provided that,
in conj'unction and opposition, the latitude of the planet does
not exceed its orbs, as befoie mentioned, and take the Sun's
oblique ascension from that of the lay, and the remainder is
the aic of direction required.
To direct the Sun, when found above the Earth, far distant from
the Cardinal Houses, to the Conjunction, and all the Rays.
If the Sun remains above the earth, and his distance from
the caidmal house is moie than 3 deg fiom the cusp, fiist
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take the Sun's light distance from the mendian , and fiom
the same, tne light distance of the aspect which the Sun rt to
be dnected to, which call the pumaiy, the semi-dmmal aic,
and that of the aspect, and by the Grolden mle say, if the
Sun's semi-duunal aic gives the light distance of the same,
what distance will the semi-diumul aic of the pionnttoi, 01
oceunent place give multiply the second and thud, and the
pioduct divide by the fiist, which is the secondaiy distance
of the aspect Then, if both the pnm.ny and secondary
distance of the aspect be fiom the same caidmal house, and
m the same hemisphere of Heaven, ascendant 01 descendant,
subtract the lesser fiom the gieatei, and the lemamder is the
aic of duection , but if one is in the ascendant, and the othei
in the descendant, add both distances togethei, and the sum is
the aic of direction You may take the semi-diumal aic, both
of the Sun and the aspect, eithei in horns or minutes, or
degiees and minutes, 01, instead of the semi diurnal aic, you
may use the tempoial houis
Example—In the nativity.of Cardinal Fachenetti, I have a
mind to dnect the Sun to the qumtile of Jupitei m the Zodiac,
which happens in 19 deg 41 mm Anes, the light ascension of
the medium cceh being 326 deg 26 mm.
Hi Mm Hi Mm
Semi-dmi aio of the Sun 6 0 Semi-diui aic of 19 deg
41 min Anes 6 30
Eight ascension ..0 8 Right ascension . 18 9
Diet, a medium cceh ... 33 42 Pnmaiy distance . . 51 43 fiom
[ medium cceh
How, by the Golden rule, if the Sun's semi-diurnal aic, viz ,
6 houis, give its distance fiom the medium cceh 33 deg 42 nun ,
what will the semi-diuinal aic of Aiies, 19 deg 41 mm , viz ,
6 hours 30 mm give 9 Answer, 36 deg. 30 mm , which is the
secondaiy distance of the aspect's place. But because both
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the ptnnaiy and secondaiy distances aie pioducedin the ascend-
ing pait of heaven, I subtiact the secondaiy distance fiom the
pi unai y, and the lemamdei is the <110 of dnection. Thus,
Deg Mm
Pianaiy distance at medium eceh is 51 43
Secondaij distance, ... . . 3t> 30

Subtiact and aic, == 15 13

Foi the equation, I add the arc of diieotion to the Sun's light
ascension , and I make the sum 15 deg 21 mm , which ansneis
to 16 deg 40 mm Anes, to which the Sun, fiom the day and
houi of the nativity, arrives in 16 days, and some houis,
which aie the compass of so many yeais.
Another way—To dnect the Sun by the oblique ascension,
uudei his Pole of position, take the Pole's elevation, in the
manner explained in Canon XII, and the oblique ascension of
the Sun, and of the aspect, and subtiact the oblique ascension
of the one fiom the othei, &c , which moie examples will be
given ; we having laid down a table of the Pole's elevation of
the eleventh, twelfth, second, and thud houses, foi the latitude
ot the countrj, to 60 deg aho, in the tables of the houses,
there is placed, above eveiy house, its polai elevation
To daect the Sun, when found below the Earth, xn the Space
of the Crepuscule, to the Conjunctions and Rays
The leason why the Sun, when found in the ciepuscular
space, should be diiected upon the cucles paiallel to the hori-
zon, and not upon the hoiaxy circles, as when the Sun is above
the Earth, has been given m the Theses, and demonstiated m
the cleaiest manner in the Celestial Philosophy, but now attend
to what peitams to the piactice of calculation. If the Sun is
found in the morning ciepusculo, hist daect the Sun to the
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degiee of the aspect, uudei the latitude of the countij', that is,
to the elevation ot youi pole, though indeed the Sun does not
lemam tLcra but below, and in a sepaiate place You must
-L - . he no a! 1 act _ i, md tbuu mite the Sun's distance
: hs uoioscope, by its oblique ascension, which call the
Sun's pumaiy chstauce , and observe, that if this distance be
gieatei than the whole quantity of the crepusculme to the pa-
lallel of depiession, 18 deg , the Sun is not in the ciepusculmes ,
and, m this case, you aie to calculate by the lollowmg Cinon
But if the Sun is in the space of the ciepuscules, with the Sun's
distance fiom the hoioscope, above taken, entei the table ot cie-
puscules at your Pole's elevation, placed m your hist column ,
and with the Sun's sign, and degiee, accoiding as they aie
placed, in the beginning or end, and when, m the body ot the
table, you have found this distance of the Sun fiom the east on
the back of the same opposite to it, you aie to observe what
degree of the ciepusculine parallels the Sun possesses, viz. m
the second column, by taking the part pioportionate only to the
Sun's degree of longitude, as I shall mention afterwaids, and
under the same parallel see what the distance of the place or
occurrent degree is, by dnection, that is, what the Sun's dis-
tance is fiom the horoscope, in the same crepusculme paiallel,
after the dnection is finished, and this distance I call the se-
condary, and if the primary and secondaiy distances are equal,
the true arc is that which you have calculated above viz the
Sun's arc m the hoioscope, but if they are unequal, subtiact the
lesser from the gieater, and the remainder call the ortive diffei-
ence. Lastly, if the secondary distance be less, and the pn-
mary greater, add that remainder, oi oitive difference, to the
Sun's arc of dueet on, calculated in the horoscope , but, if
the secoflCaij ... •wuice be gieater, and the primary less, sub-
tiact the Oitive difference from the arc of dnection, and you
will have in the remainder the tme arc of dnection calculated
in the crepusculme circle, which is to be equated the usual
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way, as in Canon XVI And obseire, thai in seeking for the

Sun's primary distance fiom the horoscope m the tables of the
ciepusculine, it is sufficient to take the paifc pioportional to the
degree of the Sun's place, which 13 found at the degree of the
crepusculme, 01 parallel's depiession, opposite to which you
■will find the distance which you have taken, with the piopoi-
tional part near it, omitting that primary one of the nafcm-
al Sun , for it is of no consequence to take the degiee and
minute of the ciepuscuhue depiession, but it is enough if vou
take the integral degiee nearest the Sun's longitude chshince
taken with the proportional pmt F01 example, In John
Duke Raimitius Famese, the Sun's distance fi om the horoscope
is 18 deg 56 mm, to the latitude ot the country 44 deg ,
opposite to 13 deg of the depression, uudei 10 deg of Aries,
the distance is 18 deg 32 mm , under 20 deg of Anes the
distance is 19 deg 1 nnn , the difference 13 29 mm , from which
foi the 6 deg (foi the Sun is m 16 deg of Aires) 17 mm
aie due, which, when added together, the distance is 18 deg
49 mm,, but the Sun's distance 18 deg 56 mm , yet this is
uothmg to the purpose, as the distance is but small, therefoie
make use of the foimoi 18 deg 49 mm , without any legard
to that of the Sun, 18 deg 56 mm To the same depiession
of the ciepusculmo 13 deg , under 0 deg Omni of Oancei,
the place of the quuitileof Mais, I take the seconclaiv dis-
tance, 24 deg 45 mm, fiom which I subtract the Sun's dis-
tance obfamed after taking the pait pioportional, which is
18 deg 49 nnn , and I suppose that the Sun in the nativity
might have this distance fiom the horoscope, that I may place
it undei the crepusculme circle 13 deg exactly But if you are
desirous to have the crepusculme circle m minutes, take the
propoi hioual part , but it would be attended with gieater
tiouble than advantage, for yon will find the drffeience m the
ascensions almost rmpec eptihlo, and not gieatei than that
which arises fiom the difference of some minutes of the pole's
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elevation of, the cucle of position, in whioli all piofessois en-
tuely omit the minutes "VVherefoie, when you have occasion
to use the oitive diffeience, do as aheady mentioned, &c , ot
which examples follow m G-ustavus King of Sweden, Odoaidus
Caidmal Fauiese, Itamntins, of whom we have just now spoken,
and Jhon Columna, which aie given by Argol Had I met
with moie examples of othei authois, lelating to this point, I
would have undei taken to give yon a thoiongh examination
I alledge nothing of my own obsei vations, lest they should be
lejected as spmious and false , but ftom these four, and all
examples that Algol gives of this natme, I think, that to any
one diligent m seaichmg into the truth of things, my opinion
on this subject will appeal highly satisfactoiy. But if, again,
the Sun possesses the evening twilight, the same method en-
tnely is to be obseived, except only changing the niannei Let
the Sun's dnection be to the place ot the aspect, by the oblique
descension, 01 the oblique ascension of the opposite places
nndei the Pole of the couutij , then let the Sun's distance be
taken fiom the west, by the same descensions 01 opposite ascen-
sions , let this distance be leqnned m the table of twilioht,
which, it it be gieater than the whole quantity of the ciepns-
culme to the infeiioi paiallels, 18 deg , the San is no longet m
the ciepusculine , and then we must make use of the following
Canon LastL, let the secondaiy distance under the same
ciepusculine cucle he taken, namely, of the occunent place,
and let the lessai be subtiacted fiom the gieatei, and the
remauidei added to the aic of dnechon found above, if tbe
secondaiv distance be gieatei than the piimaiy , but let it be
subti acted, if less (that i^, m a mnnnei contiary fiom that we
spoke of aboie) , and the sum 01 lemaindei is the tme uicof
the dnection
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To dueci the Sun u hen found m the Spa< e of the oh sew e Aits
to the Conjunctions and othet Aspects.
When the Sun is unJei the Eaith, and distant fxom the
houzon, either eacfein 01 Yiestern, moie than the whole Ciepus-
cular Aic, it is then m the obscuie arc. Enst, take the Sun's
semi-noctuiual aic, fiom nhich subtract the nhole cicpuscuhne
aic, which ion will have at the infenor parallel 18 deg , and
the lemamdei is the obscuie aic, vshich you must observe in a
sepai ate place; then take the senu-noctumal arc of the place
of the occoutse, fi om which subtiact the whole aic ciepuscu-
hne, that is, that which is found theie by the Sun , and this
you will haie, undei the degiee of the occunent place to the
mfenor paiallel, 18 deg, and there will remain the obscuie
aic of this place of the occourse Thudly, take the Sun's
right distance fiom the imvm cceh Lastly by the rule of
propoition, say, if the obscuie aic of the Sun gives his distance
fiom the imum cceh, what distance will the obscuie aic of the
occunent place give'1 and 3 ou will knew the seeondau dis-
tance of the place of the occourse, and you must proceed to
the end m the same manner as set foith in Canon XIX, as if
the obscuie arc were semi-dmi nal or semi-nocturnal
Suppose the Sun to be in 29 deg 31 mm of Capricomns,
as in the fomth example produced by Argol in his fiist edition
of Cntical Days , if Jupiter be m 3 deg 21 mm of Libia,
wdli 11 deg 40 mm north latitude, as it is placed m the more
couect tables , m the imam cceh, 24 deg of Sagittalius, whose
light ascension is 263 deg 28 mm , but as Jupitei's declina-
tion is 0 deg 12 mm 1101th, it happens that its parallel of
decimation falls m 29 deg 30 mm of Pisces in the ecliptic, to
which the Sun moves by dnection.
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Oj the San

Fiom the semi-noctmnal arc ... 7 23

Arc of the ciepusculai, take 1 48

Arc which remains obscuie 5 35

Eight ascension 301 42

Distance fi om the imum call 38 14
(2/ the Pait 29 deg 30 mm of Pisces
Hr Mm
Semi nocturnal arc . . ... 6 0
Ciepusculme aic . . 1 42

The obscure arc ... .. -4 18

Eight ascension . . 359 33

Pumary distance from the imum cceh 95 5
Now, by the golden inle, if the Sun's obscure aic, 5 boms
35 mm , gives its distance fiom the imum cceh, 38 deg 14 mm ,
the obscme arc of the aspect gives its secondaiy distance ftom
the imum cceh 29 deg 26 nnn , v, hich, suhtiacted fiom the
pumaiy, as both that and the secondary distance of the aspect
or place aie fiom the same caulmal house and descendant
hemispheie, leaves the aic of dnection 66 deg 39 mm Then
foi the equation, add this to the Sun's light ascension, and it
makes the aggregate 368 deg 21mm , fiom which, subtiact-
ing the mtegei cncle 360, theie lemams 8 deg 21 mm , which
answers to 9 of Anes at which the Sun, fiom the houi of the
nativity, ai lives m 67 days, comprehending so many \ eais of
age, at which time the native shewed himself capable of dis-
chaigmg the highest honoms, and accoidmgly was imsed to
them the rays meeting m the place of direction, aie the
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quinhle of Venn'', ami the sextile of the Sun, piopei See

another example of Ccvid Salvuitis, exfilained fnitliei onto the
47th J ear, nlieiem is a calculation of the Sun's diiection to
the parallel of JapUei's declination You may likewise pei-
fonn these calculations by logistical logaiithins These two
examples some also foi the subsequent Canon, and aie a con-
vincing pioof that I am noht m my opinion See other
examples oalcu'attd in (Jhaiies V, Fiaiius I, King of Fiance,
and others
To duect the ftun, wherever found, to the Paiallels
It xvas thought piopei to call those parallels, w Inch are
commonly called autiscions, it being necessaiy to pieseive
the latitude of the planets m taking them And, as I have
said, those stais only aie alternately m the antiscions which
desenbe the same paiailel or parallels, as Ptolemy sajs , that
is, those which have the same decimation, both m number, and
name, aie called pnmaiy antiscions , 01 only m number, which
are places of authority, and subjection ; wherefoie, if you
want to direct the Sun to the parallels of a planet, first take
their decimation, by observing then latitude, then take the
degree and minute of the ecliptic answenng to the same decli-
nation How when the Sun, by the motion of dnection,
arrives at the same declination, 01 degiee, and minute of the
ecliptic, it will be said to have reached the paiailel 01 antiscions
of those stars, take, theiefore, the light or oblique ascension
of that degree and minute of the ecliptic, the semi-diurnal or
nocturnal arc, the hoiary times, and every thing else, accoid-
mg as the situation of the Sun requires See the example m
the former Canon.
To direct the Sigmftcator, wherever it is found, accompanied
vnth Latitude, to the Conjunction and Rays
As the Sun, whilst he is moved in a right direction, advances
on his real way, which is the ecliptic, even so the other
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modciatois, wbose motion is latitudinal, wlnkt they aie moved
by duection, advance upon than tiua and leal \va) , which is
that ot then successive latitude , I say, successive latitude,
bv leason that it is not always the same as in the nativity, 01
m the bemnnins:
O O of the direction's motion,70 but is chaneed
accoidingas such pioiogatois vaiy the distance fiom their
nodes, as has been obaei ved , then, as the conjunction 111 the
.Zodiac happens when the stais aie 111 the same longitude and
become alternately neaier, and the opposition in the greatei
alternate distance, not omitting their latitude, when it happens
tobegieat, consequently the directions of the pioiogatois
moving latitudinally to the conjunctions and rays m the Zodiac,
upon their tine and real latitudinal wajs, should be calcu-
lated, omitting the latitude of the occouises, eithei through the
conjunctions 01 rays But the ways of dnecting diffei in
nothing fiom the abovementioned, except that, what has been
said of the Sun, constituted below the Earth, is omitted in the
othei proiogators, for, having found the direction's place,
according to longitude and latitude, that is, according to the
latitude of the sigmficator in the duection's place, in propor-
tion to the distance there from then nodes, take thenghtoi
oblique ascension of that place, the semi-diuinal 01 semi-
noctuinal arc^ the horary times, right distance, &c, always
in the same manner, both above and below the eaith, of
which mention has been made. See examples in Charles V,
Hemy IV, &c. Ac.
To iiiect the Sigmficator with Latitude, wherever it is found, to
the Parallels of Decimation.
Fust find the declination of the star, to whose paiallel the
sigmficator is said to be carried , then in the body of the table
of declination, look up or down according to the order of
degiees and signs from the significatoi's place, changing also
the latitude in the same manner as the sigmficator varies in
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his motion, till yon come to the decimation of the ynoimttoi or

stai found as above , and when you have obtained it, take tho
light ascension or oblique a&cen&ion of that place accoidmg to
its latitude and longitude, &c , and you null have eveiy thing
entnely in the same manner as befoie explained You have
examples m Sebastian King of Poitugal, Feidinand Gonzagius,
Caidmal Salviata, Zachia, Veiospus, Spmelh, and otheis See
likewise the seven nativities, which, foi my own pmpose, I
lately extiacted out of Magmus , m all u hich, by an exact
calculation, you will find that the true pioiogatoi of life, when
chosen as the doctnne of Ptolemy teaches, aruved at such a
paiallel of decimation, at the time of death You will know
whethei the piorogator may fall on the paiallels of decimation
of the stais, by observing the following inle If the pioiogator
leaves the tiopics, so as to lessen his decimation, he will fall on
tho paiallels of those stais, whose decimation is less than his j
and if it departs fiom the equinoctial, on the paralles of gieatei
decimation

To duect the Signijicatoi s to then own piopei Rags m the

Zodiac

Fust make out the propel lay of the significator longitudi-

nally in the ecliptic, if it be the Sun, or latitudmally if the
Moon, preserving that latitude which it hath m the place cf the
lay, accoidmg to its distance there fiom its nodes, then take
the light or oblique ascension of the aspect, longitudinally and
latitudmally, and work accoidmg to the foiegomg mle See
an example m Chailes Y Meanwhile, observe that the angles
are not directed to the planetary lays m the Zodiac , neithei to
the parallels, noi the propei la^s, foi they icceive only the lays
of the stars taken in the w 01 Id
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To duect the Canhnal Siqii? to the Con]uyichom

and Opposition

If you direct the light cardinal =ign, take its light ascension
from that of the occuuent star, presetvmg its latitude, and the
remamdei is the arc of dnection lequued In like mannei to
the opnosition. keeping to the conti.uj latitude If jou duect
the caulmal sign of the ascendant, take its oblique ascension
fiom that of the oecunent stai, canjing the oblique ascen-
sion of both to the latitude of the country, but al\v,i}s
preserving the latitude of the occurrent stai, the remainder
will he the aic of dnection lequued. To the Opposition use
the ascensions of the opposite places The ascendant may he
directed to the stars without the oblique ascension , foi if you
subtract the semi-diumal aic fiotn the stai's light ascension,
and from the remainder take the right ascension of the medium
cceli, what remains is the arc of direction leqnned Oi, if you
subtiact the stai's prmiaiy distance, that is, betwixt it and the
ihiurn cceh, from its seim-noctuinal aic, the remamdei is the
aic of dnection But if the stai has not leached the imum cceh,
add its pnmaij'- distance fiom the imum cceh to its sezni-
noctuinal aic, and the sum mil be the aic of direction
These calculations aie easy, and need no example , and
from what will be said afterwaids, they will still be easier To
the fixed stais, in like manner, by the ascensions, &c , by taking
their oblique ascension, with the help of the ascensional diffei-
ence, if their latitude be extensive
To direct the Medium Cceh to the Seattle, Quai tile, and
Trine,
Now, it is plain from what has been said, that the inteime-
diate rays to the angles are taken by dividing the semi-noctuinal
or seim-drarnal aic into three equal parts, oi, which is the
same, by doubling the hoiary times of the aspecting stars, by
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which is known the space of the houses, as to longitude, what the

measuie in degiees ami stay of those stais m then motions round
the woild is When this is known, it is veiy easy to calculate the
directions of the angles to the mtennediate lays of the shus,
for the sextile is the distance of two houses, the square thiee, the
trine fom , and these aie called secondaiy distances fcjo, if you
want the soxtile to the medium coeh, winch begins fiom the
eighth house, add two diurnal houses, that is, the stai's diuinal
honuy times twice doubled to the right ascension of thestai. If
you want the other Sextde, which is pioduced by the 12th house,
subtract, in the same manner, the twro diurnal houses fiotn the
right ascension, and from the sum 01 remanidei take thenglit
ascension of the medium coeh, and it will give the aio of duee-
tion But if you '-eek foi the lime, which onguiates fiom the
sixth house, subtiact two noctmnal houses from the stai's
light ascension it you seek foi the othei Time, which comes
fiom the second house, add the tvs o nocturnal houses to the
stai's right ascension, and from the remamdei or sum subtiact
the light ascension of the imuni coeh, the remamdei will be the
arc of dnoetion of the medium cceh to the Tune and imum cwh
to Sextile of the stai Lastly, it you want the aic of duection
to the squaie, duect the stai to the honzon, as above mentioned
But if vou have aheady the pmnaiy distance of the stai fiom
the medium coeh, it the star is in the ascending pai t of heaven,
subtiact the second.uv of the sexiile fiom the pnmaiy of the
stai fiom the medium coeh, and \ on will have the aic of dnec-
tion of Sextile to the medium rceh , subtiact that stai's pnmaiy
distance fiom the in mm coeh fiom the sextile's secondDiy, and
will have the aic of duection to the time of the medium cceh.
But if the stai is in the descending p.u t of heaven, suhti.ict
its pumary distance fiom the medium call fiom tha*- of the
sextile'S secondaiv, and you will have the arc of duection to
the sextile Subtiact the second.uv of the sextile to the mvtm
cceh from the stai's pumaiy distance, and you will have the aic
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of dnection of the tune But if the star passes ftom the

ascendant to the descendant pait of heaven, ot on the contiaiy,
add both distances together, and you will have the aic of
dnection
"Note —The Time my to the medium coeh is the Sextde to
the imum coeh, and the Seville to tho medium cceh is the Time
to the imam coeh Lastly, the ia}s to the angles aio easily
calculated by the oblique ascension of eveiy house , foi after
taking the stai's oblique ascension, undei the pole of that
hou-e, fiom uhich it omits the lay to the medium coeh, and
taking the oblique ascension of the house fiom that of the
stai, there will lemam the aic of direction requned But if
tho stai goes to project the lay to the descending part of heaven,
use the oblique ascension of the opposite place, and this method
is of use also in the following Canon, and is, of all, the most
expeditious

To dnect the Oblique Cardinal Sign to the Seville, Quartile

and Trine

If you requne the laj s to the hoioscope, which aie piojec-

ted fiom supia-tenaneous places, divide the semi-diurnal aic of
the aspectmg stai into thiee equal paits, or into two diurnal
hciary times, and you will have the spaces of the bouses that
are above the eaitb If you add two of these to the star's
oblique ascension, taken m the hoioscope, and fiom the sum
subtiact the hoioseope's oblique ascension, what remains is the
horoscope's aic of dnection to the sevtile of tho stai, produced
fiom the eleventh house , but if you add foui bouses, and fiom
the sum subtiact the helioscope's oblique ascension, you will
haiethe aic of dnection to the trine which is caused by the
ninth house.
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Another v:ay —Subtract one house from the star's right

ascension, and ftom the reniamder take the right ascension
of the medium coeh, and there will lemuin the dnection's
aic to the se\rtile j add one house to the stai's light ascen-
sion , nom the sum subtract that of the medium cceh, and
you will have the duectioa'a ai c to the tune, that is^ to the
hoi oscope
But it you aie desirous to find the rays that are emitted
fiom aubteuaueous places, divide the stai's semi-noctumal aic
into thiee equal paits, oi its double nocturnal hoiary times, and
you will have tho space of the houses that are below the eaith ;
of these, for the sextile, which pioceeds from the thud house, hy
subtiachng two , and foi the time, which is pioduced fiom the
fifth, by subtracting fom fiom the stai's oblique ascension
taken in the lioioscope , and if from the lemaindeis you sub-
tiact the hoioscope's oblique ascension, you will have the aics
of duection to the sextile and tune You may also use the
imum coeh by the ught ascension, as has been said of the
medium coeh Quadrate rays aie pioduced by the medium coeh
and the imum coeh , theiefoie, for these, dnect the stais to the
medium and imum coeh, as has been said in Canon XXVI Let
there be an example for both Canons, under the Pole's elevation
45 deg , the ascendant 13 deg 30 mm of Capricorn In the
medium coeh, let us suppose 12 deg 0 nun of Scoipio, whose
ught ascension 219 deg 33 mm , the hoioscope's oblique ascen-
sion 309 deg 33 mm Let the Sun be m 1 deg 0 mm of
Capucorn, within the twelfth house, the Sun's ught ascension
271 deg 5 mm , the oblique ascension to the Pole 45 deg , is
296 deg 51mm , the diurnal horaiy times 10 deg. 42 mm,
which, being doubled, constitutes the diurnal house, oi the
thiulpaitof the Sun's seim-diuinal aic 21 deg 24 min If
I want to dnect the hoioseope to the sextile of the Sun, I add
to the oblique ascension the Sun's hoiary times, twice doubled,
which nickeb 339 deg 39 mm Fiom vslnoh I subtiact the
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horoscope's oblique ascension, and there remains the arc of
dnection BO deg 6 mm. And observe, that the arc of direction
consists of 8 deg 44 nun piecedmg the dnection, and likewise
of the Sun's duplicate kotaiy tunes , that is, of one house, oi
21 24 Wherefore, fiom the baie adding of this one house to
the computed direction ot the sextile to the medium coeh, theie
anses the aic of dnection of the hoioscope to Sextile of
Sun
I want to dnect the hoioscope to the Squaie of the Sun
I subtiact the light ascension of the medium coeh fiom that of
the Sun, and theie remains the arc of direction, 51 32 , or to
the sextile's arc of dnection 30 6, above calculated I add the
Sun's duplicate diurnal horaiy times 21 24, and the aic of
dnection is 51 30 In like mannei, if to this I add the dupli-
cate, hoiaiy tunes, I make the aic ot dnection to the time of
the hoioscope, 72 54 Again, if I add to this the gemmated
hoiaiy tunes, the direction's aic of the medium coeh, to the
Sun's sextile, will be 94 18, and so m all of them Under the
eaith, we must make use of the nocturnal hoiary times, and
the seini-noetuuial aic , but the dnection both of the cardinal
signs and houses to the lays of the sextile, quartile, and tune,
aie calculated (in a mannei much easiei than any of the afore-
mentioned) by the oblique ascension of those houses hom
which the stais pioject the lays, as is befoie recited, and as
may be seen m the formei Canon This Canon needs no
othei example, neveitheless yon will meet, with seveial in the
sequel

To chietf the, Cauhnal Signs to the Rai/s of the Qnmtile, Sesqui-quadrate,

and JBiqmntile
Besides the usual lays of the Sextile, Square, Time, and Opposition, I
onls suppose the qnmtile, sesqiu-qiudiate, and biqnmtile, to bo poweiful,
as expcnence evinces fiom the synimetuoal conceits of sound, fiom which
the \eiy excellent Keplei, in a must exquisite rumnei of leseinblanee,
collects the rajs of the stars in the heaiens Whatever may be the
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opinion o£ otliei®?, with reganl to the semi-^oxtile ^emi-quadiate, and
Beveral others, to which it seems quite absurd to assign any efftcacy (with
tins one exception), I confess, that m the semi-quadiatcS distance, sounds
begin to amve at a de^iee ot haimony, bat altogether impeifect , to tins,
theiefoie, some portion of ehicdcy um} be attuhntcd , and, on tins pnn-
ciple, I think that neithei tlie Sun noi Moon become the piorogatois of
life, except they be semi-quadiate distance fioni the hoioscope, 01 halt of
their senii-dminal aic above it We may easil} calculate the seini-quadiate
lay to the caulmal signs, foi it consists of the quaitei of the v. orld, and
half of another quaitei , 01, of the seuu-dminal or noctuinal aic , and,
also, of half of the same, 01 anothei, so that the stais have this lay to the
medittin aeh^ and the east, m the mean distance between the west and
itMimcceh , to the medium cceZtand west, m the mean distance fiom the vnum
call to the east , to the west and imum call, m the middle distance between
the cast and the medium cceh, to the tmum and east, m the middle distance
between the medium cceh and west Foi the calculation, divide the senn-
diumal aic into two equalpaits , or, as occasion lequaes, the seim-noctiunal
aic of the star, and this half part is the secondary distance fiom both the
caidmal signs, as befoio mentioned—In the example of the foimei Canon,
the Sun foims the sesqiii-quadrate to the w cst, and to imunx call when
it is the mean distance between the east and medium cceh, the Sun's semi-
diuinal aic is 64 12, the half of which is 32 6 , wkeiefoie I subtract this
secondaiy distance fiom the priinarj", which is betwixt it and the medium
cceh, being 5132, and theie lemams the aic of duection 19 26 But as
this secondaiy distance, as well from the pieoedmg as the succedant cardi-
nal house, is the same, the Sun's pnmaiy distance fiom the east is 12 40
I subtiact tins fiom the secondaiy, and the lemumder is the same aic of
duection, 19 26 Likewise, half the same semi-dminal aic consists of the
tuplicate hoiaiy times, wheiefore, if we add the Sun's hoiaiy times to
its distance fiom the twelfth house which was the aic of dnection of the
medium cceh to the Sun's Sextile, that is, 8 deg 44 mm , the Sun's horaiy
times aie 10 deg 42 mm , the sum is the arc of duection 19 deg 26 mm
You see, therefore, there aie seveial wajs of directing the angles to the
aspects of the stars , hut to calculate the rajs quintile and biqumtile
with ease and exactness, we must undeistand the following Pentagonal
figure,
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■nheiem the point A may lepre^ent any cairlmal sign of the world, or any
othei significator to bo dneeted to the qumtile and biqmntile the points
F, G, H, aio the othei three oardmal signs , B is the end of the qumtile, C
of the biqumtile, D the point of another qumtile, E of anothei biqumtile,
and F of the opposition , the four lines AG, CF, FH, HA, are the quadiates
01 quarteis of the world, or aics, which are effected by the stais in those
quaiteis, and aie semi-diurnal 01 semi-nocturnal, which may be various m
quantity, according to the variety of the decimation of the stais, and alti-
tude of the pole If the point A may be said to be the medium iceh,
divide the semi-dminal aio of the aspectmg star into five equal paits, foui
of which constitute the lay qumtile, both in the points D and B also let
the semi-noctumal arc he divided into five equal paits , thiee pails added
to the whole senn-dimnal arc, constitute the biqumtile rays m the point
EC , so that two parts out of five of the senn-nocturnal aio aie wanting
to the opposition But if the point A lepiesents the hoioscope, four out
of five parts of the semi diurnal aie makes the qumtile above the eatth,
and so man-y of the semi-noctumal aie undei the eaith , and adding the
other foui to both of them, makes the biqumtile It is to be known,
likewise, that the qumtile lay, compaied to the Sexiile, is gieatei than
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tho Sextile by its fifth pait , foi it consigts of twelve doiriees. mote than
the Sestile, which is the fifth pait of the Se-itile, 01 50 dag , compaied to
the quadiata, it is less by the five paits of the same quadrate, that is,
18 deg , which are the fifth part of that Square, or 90 deg , and the
biqumtile is greater that the Trine, by its fifth pait, viz 24 deg , which
aie the fifth of the tngon or 120 deg, but is less than the Opposition by
five paits, that is, 36 deg of the Opposition, viz, 180 deg , oi three paits
out of five of the Sextile, that is, made at the Opposion , fiom these it is
inferred that there are two ways veiy easy to calculate the dnections of
these lays
The first is, by adding the qumtile's distance to the ascension of the
aspectmg stai, if it precedes the cardinal sign that is duected , or by sub-
tracting, if it follows , and fiom the sum oi icmamdei, subtracting the
cardinal ascension, for the remaindei is the aic of direction lequned
Let there be an example of the Qumtilc
"We have said, m the above given example, the Sun's oblique ascension
is 296 deg 51 mm , that is, to the latitude of the countiy , the semi-
dmmal arc 64 deg 12 mm , the fifth pait of which is 12 deg 50 mm ,
which taken fiom the whole semi diurnal aic, leaves four of the five paits
of that semi-cliumal aic, viz, 51 deg 22 mm I add these to the Sun's
oblique ascension taken in the hoioscope, as it piecedes it, and I make the
aggregate 348 deg 13 mm , fiom which I subtract the horoscope's oblique
ascension, and theie remains the aic of direction 38 deg 40 mm , viz, the
qumtile of Sol to the hoioscope Or I subtiact 51 deg 22 mm fiom the
Sun's right ascension, which is 271 deg 5 mm , by leason it succeeds the
medium cceli, and the remainder is 219 deg 43 mm , from these subtiact-
mg the light ascension of the medium cceh, which is 219 deg 33 mm,
leaves the aic of direction of the medium cceh to the Sun's qumtile 0 deg.
10 mm , or I subtiact the qumtile's secondaiy distance, which is
51 deg 22 mm, fiom the Sun's pnmaiy distance fiom the medium cceh,
which is 51 deg 32 mm , and there remains the same arc of direction
Odeg 10 mm
Of the biqumtile, care must be taken that if we want to subtiact the
distance of this ray, which consists of eight paits out of tec of the whole
diurnal oi nocturnal arc, when to those lays we dnect either the medium
or mum cceh , instead of these five paits, we must take the whole semi-
dimnal or nocturnal aic of the aspectmg stai of the othei hemisphere ,
the other three of the same henusphere m which the star remains , but of
the biqumtile, let us reject this method The easier way, which also
WXilU
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selves foi all these ia>s, whfnevei the sigmficatois, as wo call them, aie
fouijd oat of the caidmal signs, is this
"When you have found the aic of duection, eitLei to the se\tile,
quaitile, oi opposition, by only adding or subtiacting the piopoitional
parts, by which the qumtile, sesqiu quadiate, and biqumtile, aie gieatei or
less tmn the otnei ray, we shall obtain the aio of duection , foi, if you
have the a-c of duection to the Sextile, and want the same to the amw1
add, if the qumtile be subsequent, or sobtiact if »t tuc uiui pait
of the sexule to or from its aic of duection, and the remaindei 01 aggie-
gate is the arc of duection lequned But, lemember the Sextdo consists
of the diuinal horary times, fom times computed, if the aspooting stai be
above the earth , of the nocturnal, if below Or if you have the aic of
duection to the quaitile, foi the qumtile add, if it succeed , or subtiact,
if the qumtile precede the fifth pait of the quadiate, to 01 from that
quaitale's aic of duection
If you have the aic of dnechon to the trine, and want that of the
sesqui-quadiate, add, if this follows, 01 subtiact, if it precedes, the hoiary
tunes of the aspectmg stai, by which the sesqm-quadiate is greatei than
the time When I say horaiy tunes, undeistand dmmal, if the aspectmg
star be above the earth, and nocturnal if below
If you lequue the dnection's arc to the biqumtile, and have aheady
the aro of direction to the trine, multiplv foui times the diumal hoiaiy
times of the aspectmg star, if it he above the eaith , the nocturnal, if
under the earth , and, fiom the pioduct, take two of the five parts, which
add, if the biqumtile succeeds the tune , but, if it piecedes, subtiact fiom
the tnne's aic of duection, and the lemamdei 01 sum is the aic of duec-
tion to the biqumtile , but if you have the dnection's arc to the opposition,
take two of the five paits of the star's semi-diurnal aio, if it is above the
earth , or senu-nootumal, if below , and if the biqumtile succeeds the
opposition, add to the same direction's aic , but, if it piecedes, subtract
these two paits, and the remainder, or sum, is the aio of duection to the
biqumtile As m the example of the foimer Canon, the aio of duection
of tne medium cceli to the Sun's sextile is 8 deg 44 mm , the Sun's diuinal
horaiy times, as being above the Eaith, aie 10 deg 44 nun , fom times
computed makes the sextile's quantity 42 deg 48 mm , whose fifth pait is
8 deg 34 mm , I therefore take 8 deg 34 mm from the sextile's aio of
direetion, for the qumtile to the medium cceh, because it precedes the
sextile, and there remains the aic of duection to the Sun's qumtile 0 deg
10 mm The direction of the imum cceli to the Sun's sesqui-quadrate (as it
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follow* t'lir rune), ir had by adding the Sun'b diurnal horary times 10 deg.
42 mm , to the arc o£ dncction of the medium cceh to its SeAUe, which is
the Time to the imum cosh, and the aic of dnection becomes 19 deg
26 mm, a* above
Of the iinuiii cceh, to the Sun's biqmntile, by adding (as it succeeds the
Time), two of the fifth psits of the Sun's diumal Sertile, because it is
above the Eaith, which, as we have said, is 42 deg 48 mm whose fifth
pait 8 deg 34 mm , doubled, makes 17 deg 8 mm , wheiefore the ate of
dnection becomes 25 deg 52 mm
Anotheo way—The arc of dnection of the medium coeh to the Sun, or
of the imum each to the Sun's Opposition, is 51 deg 32 mm , fiom this I
subtiact (as the biqumtile piecedes) thiee parts out of fire of the Sextila
of the Sim diurnal, that is, 25 deg 40 mm , and there remains the aic of
dnection 25 deg 52 mm , as aborc
The dnection of the hoioscope to the Sun's qumtile is thus obtained
We have ah eadj , in the foiiner Canon, calculated the Sun's sevtile to
the hoioscope, which was 30 deg 6 mm , to this I add (as the qumtile
succeeds the sextile) the iifth pait of the Sun s sexlrle lay, which is
8 deg 34 nun , and I make the hoioscopo's arc of direction to the qumtilo
of the Sua 33 deg 40 mm
Anothei method—The Sun's senn-dnnnal aic, which is the quadrate to
tjie horoscope, is 64 deg 12 nun (that is, of the distance, not of direc-
tion), its fifth part is 12 deg 50 mm, winch is the Sun's secondary dis-
tance fiom the nipdimn cceh the piuir ii} is 51 deg 32 mm , from which,
subtiacting that of the secondaiy, leaves the arc of dnection 38 deg
42 mm gi cater th in the iomiei by 2 mm , by leason of the fractions that
are to be met with in the difunent calcilatiors
Wo liar c said, that the hoioscope's dnection to the Sun's time was
72 deg 56 nun , to this I add the Sun's hoiaiy tunes, 10 deg 42 mm,
and I make the hcioscope'b aic of dnection, to the Sun's sesqui quadiats,
83 deg 38 nun , or, I add the Run's semi diurnal aw, 64 deg 12 mm, to
the arc of dnection of the mium coeli to the Sun's sesqur-quadrate, which
was, as we hare said, 19 deg 2G min , and it pioduees the same arc of
dncction, 83 deg 38 mm
And it 19 the same m all of them , so that by addition and subtraction
only, theme of dnection of those lajs may be calculated vith the
gieatest exactness But, if any one would provide himself wiih a Ptole-
maic PUmspheie, with the hoiaiy cncles, ciepusoulos, tho Zodiac s lati-
tude, and all othei things icqui&ito, it would be of veiy great semes
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towards foiescemg the aspects, before the calculation, both of this and
following CanOns
To dii ect any Significator, being placed about the Cusps of the
Cardinal Houses, to the Conjunction and Opposition.
Undei stand this, as vwtlnn 3 deg bej'ond, or on this side
the cusp, the nght ascension ot the Prorogatoi, if he possesses
the light cucle , 01 the oblique, if the oblique, is to be taken
to the polar eleiation of the house in which it ipmams , which
subtiact fiom the light ascension of the occunent, 01 the
oblique taken to the same pole pieseivmg the latitude of both,
and the lemamdei is the aic of dnection required In the
opposition, the contrary latitude of the occurrent place is pre-
seived , the diffeience m regard to preseivmg the latitude,
between this Canon and XVII and XVIII, is, that the Con-
junction and Opposition aie there taken m the Zodiac, but
here m the woild , those aspects in the same real longitude, but
these in the hoi aiy circle as m the example. Canon XVII,
the light ascension of Venus, with latitude, is 261 deg 52mm.,
from which, subtiactmg the light ascension of the Sun, which
is 215 deg 58 mm , theie remains the Sun's aic of dnection
to the Conjunction of Venus m the woild 45 deg. 54 mm.
Concerning the Sun constituted below the Earth, the things
to be avoided shall be mentioned m a pioper Canon, viz ,
XXXV The sigmficatoi, when found distant from the cusp
of the house, is directed m the manner explained m Canon XIX,
except only that the latitude of both should, as we have
remaiked, be preserved.
To direct any Significator, when near the Cardinal Houses, to the
Seatile, Squaie, or Tune
If the significator has the same ascension exactly to minutes,
as the angle, oi the othei houses, wherein he is found, then, as
it is on the cusp, the directions to the sextile, quartile, and
tune, aie made like those of the angle, as before explained :
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but if it is not on the cusp, exact to the minutes, provided its
distance bo not more than 3 deg of the equator, add the ascen-
sion 01 desceusion of the significator to that of the angle, or
house, so that the significatoi may be constituted on the cusp
of the angle oi house According to this situation, by adding
or subtiaeting 30 deg you ivill constitute the ascensions of the
othei houses as usual, and by subtiaeting the ascensions of
the houses (Fiom whence the star aspects the significator) from
the ascension of that star, taken undei the pole of the same
house, you will have the aic of direction As, for example, in
Caulmal G-ymnaseus, the Sun is in the ninth house, not 3 deg.
of the equatoi distant fiom the cusp, the oblique ascension of
the Sun's opposite place under the pole of the third house,
which is 18 deg , is Sid deg 0 mm I want to dnect the Sun
to the sextile of Jupiter, which Jupitei has to the Sun fiom
the cusp of the seventh, wheiefore I subtract 60 fiom the
oblique ascension of the thud house, constituted in the Sun's
opposition, and theie lemams the hoioscope's oblique ascension
254 deg 0 mm , that is, supposing that the Sun remains on the
cusp of the ninth house, though, indeed, it is about 3 deg dis-
tance Lastly, I subtract this oblique ascension of the hoioscope
254 deg fiom the oblique ascension of Jupiter's opposite place,
taken m the hoioscope, vrhich is 296 deg 52 mm , and there
remains the aic of direction, 42 deg 52 mm For the subse-
quent squaie which Jupiter has to the Sun fiom the sixth house,
I add to this aic of dnection the duplicate nocturnal horary
times of .lupitei, by reason that the sixth house is below the
Eai th : foi the Tune I add again the duplicate nocturnal
horaiy times of Jupitei, &c
To dn ect any Significator, when found beyond the Cusp of the
Caiduiali and Mouses, to the Seattle, Square, and Trine
Find the horaiy times of the significator, oi its semi-dimnal
aic, if it bo above the eai th , oi semi noctuinal aic, if below,
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and its distance from the cnsp of the preceding 01 succeeding

house, as you please Find, also, the horary times, the semi-
diurnal aic, or semi-noctuinal aic of the promittor, with this
pioviso :—If the piomittoi's ray, to which you dnect the sigm-
ficatoi, piojects from places above the earth, take the diurnal
hoiaiy times, 01 semi-dmmal arc; and below the earth, the
nocturnal hoiaiy times, 01 the semi-nocturnal aic ; but that
you will know fiom the houses , for the whole tenth house has
all the twelfth and eighth houses for the sextile , the fiist and
seventh, foi a quartile , the second and sixth foi the tune , and
so of the rest—Queiy, By the Golden Rule, if the hoiaiy
times of the sigmficatoi give its distance fiom the house, what
will the distance of the promittoi's horaiy times give ? The
fourth numbei that is pioduced, is the secondaiy distance of
the promittor fiom the cnsp of eitbei the pieceding 01 succeed-
ing house, aftei the same manner as you have seen of the
sigmficatoi , and from this house, the ray is emitted by that
promittor to the sigmficatoi , wherefoie, if that house precedes
the promittoi in both distances, pnmaiy and secondaiy, subtiact
the lesser from the greatei. So, also, if it follows in both dis-
tances But, finally, if m the one distance it piecedes, and m
the othei it follows, so that the piomittoi, by the motion of the
dnection, has passed thiough its cusp, add both distances, and
the remamdei 01 sum is the aic of duection leqmied Let the
example be in Cardinal Salmatis I would dnect the Moon
to the Squaie of Jupiter, uhioh has this lay to the Moon fiom
the sixth house. The Moon's hoiaiy times duiinal, aic 19 deg.
5 mm ; distance fiom the medium cceh, 10 deg 24 mm Jupi-
ter's horaiy tunes noctnmal is 14 deg 32 mm, and distance
fiom the seventh house 8 deg 59 mm Now the oblique ascen-
sion of the Opposition of Jupiter is 193 deg 1 mm , fiom
which subtiactmg the oblique ascension of the hoioscope, theie
remains the distance of Jupiter 8 deg 59 mm. But by the
Golden Rule, there ansas the secondary distance of Jupiter
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from the west 7 <Ieg. 55 mm , which, added to the pnmnry,

because Jupitei m the nativity is above the ^ est; and is placed
below when the dnection is complete, makes the aic of duec-
tion 16 deg 54 mm. To this dnection, if the duplicate hoiaiy
times noctuiual of Jupiter be added, as he now lustrates the
lowei hemispheie, it makes the aic of dnection to the Tune of
Jupitei 45 deg 48 mm , but if you want the Moon's dnection
to the Sex tile of Saturn, take the hoiaiy times diurnal of
Saturn, together with its piunary distance fiom the twelfth
house, the fouith emeigmg numbei is the secondary distance
from the twelfth hou^e , fiom which, subtiaetnig the pnmaiy,
because the distanca fiom both is fiom the succedont house,
the remainder is the aic of direction rcquued If you want
the Moon's direction to the Trine of Venus, find the honuy
times nocturnal of Venus, as it is below the Eaith ; and its
distance fiom the sixth house, by the oblique ascension of the
opposite places at the twelfth house The fouith number that
is pioduced, is the secondaiy distance of Venus from the sixth
house , from which subtract the pnmaiy, winch is less than the
secondaiy, as the distance of both is fiom the succedent house,
and the remainder is the aic of dnection requned And observe,
that the fiist number of the G-olden Rule is always either the
semidiurnal aic, or the horaiy times of the significatoi , the
second is the distance of the same from the neaiest house.
To direct any Sigmjicator, wherever posited, to the Quintile,
Sesqui-guadrate, or Siqumtile
The method is neaily the same as that explained in Canon
XXIX, for when any dnection is knoiMi, whetkei it be of the
sextile, quaitile, trine, or opposition, fiom only adding or sub-
tracting the piopoitional pait, wheieby the lays of the quintile,
sesqui-quadrate, and biqumtile, eithei exceed or are less than
the othei rays, is produced the arc of dnection As, m the
example of Cardinal Salviatis, the Moon's arc of direction to
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the Trine of Jupiter is 45 deg 48 mm If ire add the noctur-

nal horary times of Jupitei 14 deg. 32 mm , we make the
Moon's arc of dnection to the sequi-quadiate of Jupiter 60 dog
20 mm. But, if to the same arc of dnection of the Time
45 deg 48 mm , we add two of the five paits of Jupiter's
nocturnal Sextile, which consists ot his quadruplicate nocturnal
horary times, that is, 58 deg 8 mm, the two fifth paits of
these are 23 deg 16 mm , we make the Moon's aic of dnection
to the biqmntile of Jupitei 69 deg 4 mm But, fiist of all,
caie mast be taken, that if the rays aie emitted fiom the superior
places above the Eaith, the piopoitional paits of the lays to be
added oi subtiacted, should be taken by the dimnal horaiy
times, or by the semi-diumal aic of the aspeetmg stai , but,
if from the inferior places, oi undei the Edith, by the noctui-
nal, as you have seen m the given example. The second
necessaiy caution is, that, to the adding oi subtracting foi the
lay which is projected fiom the subterraneous places, we can
not make use of the ray which is emitted fiom those subter-
raneous places, oi the contiary, because their tiansit is fiom
one quantity of the horary times to another, fiom one hemi-
sphere to the other , fiom the semi-dminal to the semi-noctumal
aic, or the contiaiy, fiom which a tme proportion cannot bo
had ; but it is necessary, that, for the lay which is pi ejected
fiom the subterraneous places, we add or subtract the propor-
tional part to or fiom the lay which is found above the Earth,
and likewise nnder the Eaith, as m the example of Cardinal
Sahiatis, the direction of the qumtile of Jupitei to the Moon
cannot be taken by subtraction fiom the direction of the quartile,
as the Square falls below the Earth, the qumtile above Whoie-
fore, m such cases as these, let the distances of the rays of the
Sextile, Square, and Tune, be taken in the same hemisphere
m which the sigmficator lemuns, if they fall upon that same
hemisphere , but if they fall in the other, in which the opposi-
tion of the sigmficator falls, they must be taken m the other,
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as in the example of Sahnatis, foi the qumtile of .Tupitei to the

Moon I fiisttake the quantity of Jnpitei's dminal ^ Sextile ,
that is, from the diurnal hoiaiy times, which arc 15 dog 28 mm.,
four times computed, and the ^ Sextile becomes 61 deg.
52 mm. , the fifth pait of these aio 12 deg 22 mm and, added to
61 deg 52 mm , they make the quantity of the ray qumtile
74 deg 14 mm , and are the secondaiy distance of Jupitei fiom
the Moon The oblique ascension of Jupiter's opposition to the
pole of the Moon, is 190 deg 6 mm , this subtiacted fiom the
oblique ascension of the Moon's opposition, which is 265 deg.
53 mm., leaves the piimaiy distance of Jupitei fiom the Moon
75 deg. 17 mm , which being gi eater than that of the ray by
1 deg 3 mm , this qumtile lay had preceded, and Jupiter had
this lay to the Moon in the nativity In the example of Cardi-
nal GynmaseuS) the # Sextile of Jupitei to the Sun falls above
the Earth, the qumtile below , foi which reason we cannot add
to the (4fc's) Sextile's arc of direction the qumtile's excess
above the ray But I directed the Sun'tothe quartde of Jupiter,
and from that duection 1 subtiact the fifth part of the nocturnal
quadrate or semi-noctumal aic of Jupiter, thus
The Sun's direction to the □ Square of Jupiter is thus ob-
tained • From the Sun's semi-diuinal arc 7 hour 18 mm., is
given its distance fiom the medium cmh 33 deg 31 min. ;
wherefore from Jupiter's semi-noctumal arc 7 hour 33 inin.=
113 deg. 24 mm , you have his secondary distsnce from the
west 34 deg 40 mm ; the oblique ascension of Jupiter's op-
position is 312 deg 33 mm. ; from which, subtracting the
oblique ascension of the horoscope, there remains the primary
distance of Jupiter from the west 61 deg 28 mm , but because
Jupiter is above the west, and posited below, by the direction
I add both his distances togethoi, and make the aic of duec-
tion of Jupiter's □ Square to the Sun 96 deg 8 mm , the
semi-noctumal arc of Jupiter is 66 deg 36 mm , whose fifth
part is 13 deg 19 mm. ; which I subtract from the quadrate's
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arc of dnectlan 96 deg 8 mm , and theie remains the Sun's

arc of dnecfcion to the qmntile of Jnpitei 82 deg 49 min
Theie is not any difficulty in the Canon, if due attention be paid
to the rays, -whether they aie pi ejected fiom places above the
Eaifcb, oi below, which cases seldom happen
To direct the Signijicators to their own Rays
The Sun and Moon, only by reason that they possess the
virtue both of the sigmficator and pronnttoi, if dnected to
their own rays, have lemaikable effects, but the houses aie
entirely excluded from their own lays , the arc of dnection
of each luminary's proper sextile is that which aiises from its
horary times, foui times computed , of the qumtile, with the
addition of the fifth pait of that sextile , the quaitile's arc of
dnection is eithei the semi-diurnal or nocturnal arc , and so
of the rest. It, howevei, the significatoi m these lays passes
not from the uppei to the loner hemisphere, or the contrary, as
we have said, then we must calculate m the manner laid down
in Canon XXXII, as if the Sun m the pumum mobile was
another promittor , and we shall know when it happens that the
sigmficator passes to the other hemispheie, by the oblique
ascensions from which will appear the significatoi's distance
from the honzon, which distance, if it be less, and the ray
greater, that lay falls on the other hemispheie . if the distance
be greater, the lay less, it falls on the same Asm Cauhnal
G-ymnaseus, the Sun's pioper sextile is, indeed, a proof of itself,
that it falls above the Earth, that is, above the west, because
the Sun is above the cusp of the 9ch house, yet, if we inquire
by calculation, the Sun's horary times are 18 deg 15 mm ,
which, four times computed, makes the ^ Sextile ray 73 deg ,
but the Sun's distance from the west is 75 deg 56 mm , which
is gieater, and the % Sextile ray less, and, therefore, the
Sun's % Sextile lay falls upon the same hemisphere, and ifs arc
of direction will be from the diurnal hoiaiy times, four times
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computed^ 73 dsg., but the Sun's proper quaihle fulls below th©
Eai tk, and is to be calculated as in Canon XXXII, as if the Sun
was anothei promittor Other examples follow , and lemember,
that if the Stm is below the Earth, he must likewise be directed
to the proper lays, in the mannei shewn m Canon XXXYI
To du ect any Sigmficator whatever to the Pai allels

I call a parallel in the world, that distance which two star©

have m an equal proportion from the same angle, the on©
remaining beyond, the other u ithin, as if one possesses the
cusp of the ILth, and the other the 9th, then they are equally-
distant fiom the medium cosh, oi inendian ; and if one is found
in the twelfth, the other in the second, they are equally distant
fiom the ascendant, or horizon But it is to be observed, that
m this aspect it not only happens that an equal proportionate
distance is formed from one of the angles, but likewise in some
manner fiom eveiy one of them ; as a star in the ninth is
equidistant fiom the medium cosh, as another star m the 11th j
and these two stais are at an equal distance fiom the mmm cceh,
and fiom the east and west horizon. This will be evident,
fiom the calculation, and should be taken as a pioof of the
virtue and efficacy of this aspect, and likewise for tho ease of
calculation Thom hence it is mfened, that the calculation of
this aspect may be made seveial ways, of which the easiest is
by the distance from the medium, cceh, whether these two stais
foun a paiallel to the menJian oi honzon, that, is, whether
both are found above the Eaith, oi below it I mean when the
direction is finished, foi it matteis not where they lemain in
the nativity. If both are found above, when they have this
parallel, take the sigmficatoi, and promittor's light distance,
which they have in the nativity, fiom the medium cash, and this
distance I call the pumary Then say, by the Rule of Thiee,
if the horary times, or semi-diurnal aic of the sigmficator, give
his distance fiom the medium cceh, what distance will the
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promittoi's hoiaiy times give ? When you have found that,

proceed accoidmg to Canon XIX But if they form this
aspect, ivhile they are both belmv the E.uth, take the distances
from the immn cceh m the same mannei, and the distances fiom
the hoioscope may be taken by the oblique ascension If one
be above the Eaith, and the othei posited below, 01 the contraiy,
take the distance of one fiom the medium cosh, and the other
fiom the nnum cceh, 01 make use of the opposite place of one.
Examples follow
Hitheito m this Canon, mention has been made of the
direction to the paiallels in the world, with the supposition
that the sigmficatois lemain immoveable in the hoiary circle
of position. But because, in the nativity, the virtue both of
the significator and piomittoi is impressed m the pnmum mobile,
and this agieeable to the opinion of all piofessors, theiefore
both then vntues aie conveyed, by the pi imum mobile, from
east to west , consequently it may sometimes happen, that the
sigmficatoi and piomittor aie posited m an equal propoitionate
distance from the same angle, that is, m a mundane parallel of
the same kind, of which, in this Canon, we give the calculation ,
and how gieat the active vntue of this application is, will be
seen m the examples following • but it may happen that, by
direction, even the significator and piomittor, both may be posi-
ted above the Eaith, 01 both below, or the oue above, the other
below, though m the nativity they aie diffeient If both aie posi-
ted above the Earth, take the semi-diurnal aie, and the sigmfica-
tor's pnmaiy distance fiom the medium cceh, and the semi-diuinal
aie of the piomittoi, with his distance, in light ascension from
the sigmfiuatoi, subtiacting the lesser fiom the greater , then
add then semi-dimnal aics togethei, and say, as that sum is to the
semi-diuinal aie of the piomittoi, so is the promittor's distance
fiom the significator to the piomittor's second my distance from
the medium cceh , n&e this distance, as m Canon XIX You may
likewise make use of the pioimttors place, as significator.
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togefchei with its semi-dimnal arc, right distance, &c. called a

conveise dnection. If both are below the Eaith, use the semi-
noct-uiual ai cs and distances from the imum ccdi, in like mannei.
Lastly, if one be above, and the othei below the Earth, take its
opposite place, and use the semi-diurnal aic of that above the
Eaith, and the other's opposite place Examples in Heniy IV,
King of Fiance, Caidmals Pius and G-yinnaseus.
To direct the Sun, when below the Eaith, to the Aspects in the
Woi Id
As the situation of the immobility, 01 position of the Sun,
constituted below the Earth, is not the hoiaiy cncle aftei the
mannei of otheis, but eithei the ciepusculines parallel to the
hoiizon, if the Sun is m the crepuseuhnes, or that which is
made in the pioportional distances from the obscure aic, as has
been mentioned before, then doubtless the Sun receives the
piomittoi's aspect m the world, when the promittor is piopor-
tioiiully distant tiom a Oaidmal, 01 othei house, as the Sun's
distance is in the afoie-menuoued places aftai the dnection is
finished, where his distance is different from his piimaiy one
in the nativity, as has been lemaiked ; foi the Sun changes
successively his secondaiy distance ; wherefoie, the calculations
of the Sun's dnections to the aspects in the voild, are attended
with somewhat inoia difficulty If the Sun is in the ciepuscules,
fiist calculate the Sun's dnection to the promittoi's lay, whether
it be sextile, quaitile, 01 tune, m the manner of other sigmfica-
tois, that is, fiom the pioportional distances ftom the angles,
and other houses, by the horaiy times, &c , as hath been said
above, which aic of dnection may be called a fictitious one.
Secondly, you may know what degree of the Zodiac the Sun at
that time hath aiuved at, by taking his polar elevation, in the
usual m.innar, and in the same place the oblique ascension ;
and by adding theieto the false arc of direction above taken,
foi this sum of the oblique ascension, will give the degiee of
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the Zodiac, at ^hich the San ainves m its revolution , foi it is
of veiy htile, 01 no consequence, in case j'ou do not knou its
tiue place in this calculation Thirdly, with the Sun's pnmaiy
distance from the horizon, see what crepuscular paiallel it
possesses, and in the same, take his secondaiy distance under
the degree to which the supposed feigned dnection shall come ,
then say, fouithly, As the Sun's nocturnal horary tunes is to
his secondaiy distance fiom the hoiizon, so is the piomittoi's
hoiary times to his secondary distance from the angle or other
deteiminate house, to be applied as usual, and you will have the
tine arc of direction Let the e\ample be m Cardinal Odoardus
Tainese, I want to dnect the Sun to the A Tune of Jupitei in the
woild, which he has to the Sun m an equal pioportional distance
fiom the cusp of the fifth, as the Sun is distant from the east,
the Sun's hoiary times nocturnal 19 deg 17 mm , bis pumuy
distance fiom the hoioscope 20 deg 57 mm , Jupitei's hoiaiy
times 11 deg 51 mm , to the pole ot the eleventh house 18 deg ,
the oblique ascension of Jupiter's opposition is 242 deg 38
mm ; by subtracting fiom this the oblique ascension of the
eleventh house, theie leniams Jupiter's distance fiom the
fifth house 34 deg 3 mm By the Ru e of Thiee, you have
from the pnmaiy, Jupitei's secondary distance 12 deg 59 mm ,
which, subtiacted as both distances are fiom the pieceding
house, leaies the aic of dnection 21 deg 4 mm , which aic is
necessaiy, in oidei to know the degiee which the Sun may
aime at
I require the Sun's polai eleiation If its duplicate noc-
turnal times gives the polai diffeience between the first and
second houses 11 deg, the Sun's pmnaiy disiance from the
horoscope, 20 deg 57 mm , will give 6 deg neaily, and there
remains the Sun's polar elevation 38 deg, to which the Sun's
oblique ascension is 284 deg 35 mm To this I add the aic
of dnection 21 deg 4 mm , and make the sum 305 deg 39 mm ,
auswoiing m the same table to 15 deg 20 mm, of Capucoin.
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In tie tables of ciepuscules for the pole 44 clet^, I look for
the Sufi's pumary distance fiom the horoscope, undei 25 deg.
of Sagittalms, and I find the Sun in the ciepusculme cncle
13 deg 28 mm , undei 15 deg 0 mm. of Capricom, I take
the Sun's secondaiy distance 20 deg. 46 mm , always keeping
the piopoitional pai t, wheiefore again, by piopoition, I say,
As the Sun's hoiaij times 19 deg. 7 mm , is to bis secondary
distance fiom the hoioscope 20 deg. 46 mm , so is Jupitei's
hoiaiy tunes, 11 deg 51 mm. to Jupitei's secondary distance
fiom the fifth, 12 deg 52 mm , which, being subtiacted from
the pnnnuy, leaves the true arc of direction, 21 deg 11 mm
To equate this, pioceed as directed in Canon XVI, and it gnes
18 yeais, at which tune he was made a Cardinal (vide the
Gemtuie) If the Sun is found in the obscure nocturnal
place, fiist calculate the false direction, vihethci it he to the
sextile, quaitile, or tune lay, as we said m the fiist pait of this
Canon ; secondly, find the degree of the ecliptic to which the
Sun arrives by this duection ; thndly, let it he requned, if
the Sun's obscuie arc gives his pmnaiy distance from the 4th,
what secondary distance of the same will the obscuie aic of
that degree of the ecliptic give, at which the Sun anives by
the aforesaid direction , and when this secondary distance of
Sun from the nmim cieli is known, if the Sun be m the third
oi fourth house, use this distance , but if it be in the second or
fifth house, subtract the Sun's duplicate nocturnal horary times
fiom this distance, and the leinamdei will be the Sun's secon-
dary distance from the thud oi fifth house , that is, when the
dn action is finished, then again say, As the Sun's noctuinal
hoiary times is to his secondaiy distance fiom the determinate
house, so is the promittoi's hoiary times to its distance fiom
that house from which it projects its proposed ray to the other
house, fiom which you have taken the Sun's secondaiy distance,
&c , you must finish as usual Let the example be in Cardinal
■Zachia : m this I want to calculate the Suii,s duection to
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the ^ Sex.tile of Mercury, in the world, which Meicuiy has to

the Sun, in a proportional distance fiom the thud house, as the
Sun is from the fifth ; the Sun's horaiy times nocturnal aie
14 deg. 26 mm , the oblique ascension of the Sun's opposition
■under the pole 18 deg of the eleventh house in 189 deg 7 mm ,
fiom which subtract the oblique ascension of the eleventh,
which is 175 deg 22 mm,, and theie remains the Sim's distance
from the fifth house, 13 deg 45 mm , Mercurj's hoiaiy tunes
noctuinal is 16 deg , his oblique ascension, undei the pole of
the third house, is 354 deg 13 mm , wherefore theie lenuuis
his primary distance fiom the thud 58 deg 51 mm. I therloie
say, if the Sun's horary times, 14 deg 26 mm , give his dis-
tance fiom the fifth house, viz. 13 deg 45 mm , what distance
will Mercuty's hoiary times 16 deg 0 mm give fiom thud ?
Answei, the secondaiy distance of Meicury is 15 deg 15 mm ,
which, subtiacted from the pnmaiy, leaves the false arc of
direction 43 deg 36 mm, which is necessaiy to know the
degree of the ecliptic, at which the Sun may arrive in its revolu-
tion. The Sun's pole, taken as usual is 25 deg ; the oblique
ascension of the same m the place of his opposition is 189 deg
35 mm ; by adding to this the feigned am of dnection, the sum
is 233 deg 11 mm , answeimg m the same table to 17 deg
30 mm. of Scorpio, so that the Sun must remain m 17 deg
30 mm of Tauius Now it remains to know what is the Sun's
distance from the imum cceh, oi fifth house under 17 deg
30 mm. of Taurus, accoidmg to the pioportional paits of Sun's
obscure aic, and also of 17 deg ?0 mm of Taurus The
semi-nocturnal aic of the Sun is 5 his 46 mm ,the aicof the
whole ciepusculme 1 hr 44 mm , the Sun's obscme arc is,
by subtiaction, 4 his 2 mm
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His Mm.
The semi-nocturnal arc of 17 dag 30 mm of Tauiusis 4 50
The arc of the whole crepusculine ... ... 2 4

The obscure arc of Taurus, 17 deg 30 mm. ... 2 46

The Sun's light ascension is 8 deg , fiom which subtiact

the light ascension of the imum coeh, gives the Sun's pnmaiy
distance theiefiom 42 deg 38 mm Now say, if the Sun'a
obscure arc 4 hrs 2 mm gives his primaly distance fiom the
imum cceh 42 deg , 38 mm, what vull be the distance of the
obscuie arc of Taurus 17 deg 30 mm., which is 2 hrs 46 mm ?
And theie arises the secondaiy distance 29 deg 15 mm. , fiom
which I subtract the Sun's duplicate hoiary times 28 deg.
52 mm., for the fouith house, and theie lemams the Sun's dis-
tance from the fifth 0 deg 23 mm. Lastly, I demand, if the
Sun's hoiaiy times 14 deg. 26 mm give his distance from the
5th, 0 deg 23 mm., what will the horaiy times of Meicury,
16 deg 0 mm , give' Answei, Meicuiy's secondaiy distance
from the third, 0 deg. 26 mm ; which being subtracted from
the primary distance of the same, 58 deg 51 mm., theie
remains the tine aic of dnection 58 deg 25 mm : more exam-
ples you will see afterwards m then places To the other rays,
qu in tile, sesqui-quadiate, and biquintile, aftei you have calcu-
lated the false arc of direction to the sextile, quartile, or trine,
add or subtiact the piopoitional parts, as we have said above,
then see what degree the Sun has aruved at, and in that his
secondaiy distance fiom the angles and houses , and what
distance he hath, the promittor always should be at the same
distance. See also, what I have said elsewhere in an example
given for illustration, To this Canon pertains the mode of
directing the Sun to the proper lays in the woild, for his place
is to be taken under the primum mobile, as if it was another
promittoi diffeient from the Sun, always remaining immoveabla
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andei the same polar •elevation , wherefore let all bo done as

has been said. The Sun's virtue is impressed on the pnrnmn
mobile, under the determinate degiee of the ecliptic, and in
mundo to a determinate pol.u elevation, and in eithei place
their vntue continues immoveable, but that which is impressed
in the prvmrnn mobile, is moved round the woild with the same
pnmmn mobile, and is separted fiom the mundane impiession ;
and this remaining immoveable, undei its polai elevation, is
moved to the more eastern parts undei the privmm mobile, and
so amves at the lays of the othei virtue impiessed undei the
pnmum mobile , this, in a dnect motion, is the same as the
promittor, in a converse, as a sigmficator, on the contiaiy, the
other, &c ; the leasons of which distinction you may see in the
Celestial Philosophy,
To direct any Sigmjicaior whateoer, in a converse Motion,
to all the Aspects made m the World.

If you have rightly understood all the Canons in this thud

pait, this, likewise, befoie you will be found very easy , for it
contains nothing more than what we have said in this third
part, with this difference only, that m a contrary manner, not
the promittor, but the sigmficator, lemaming immoveable under
the pnmum mobile, is carried to the plaoe of position of the
promittor, or to theii rays, which continue immoveable in a
mundane situation , therefore the rules given, concerning the
significator, are to be undeistood of the piomittor, and, on the
contrary, those given relative to the pioanttoi, are to be under-
stood of the sig-nificater ; for which reason, theie is an altera-
tion in the order of numbers of the Golden Rule , so that, in
the first place, the horary times of the promittoi are to be
taken; and, m the second, its distance from the angles or
houses, m the thud, the horary times of the sigmficator , and
the feurth numbei will be the secondary distance of that
significator, which is to be compared with the primary distance
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of the same from the cardinals or houses, in the manner before
explained, i elating to the promittor in Canon SIX. There
aie moie examples aftev.vaids, together with their effects. The
angles aie not directed m a converse motion., fen they have
none to the preceding places
To du ect tTw Sigmjicaior to the West, with the Addition and
Suht■) action of the Pai ts u huh is found from the inter-
jacent Rags ov Stars, according to the Riecepts of
Ptolemy,
By the oblique descensions or the ascensions of the opposite'
places to the horizon of the country, direct the sigmficator to
the west, not omitting bis latitude, if it has any ; mean while,
you must consider what stars 01 mundane rays ate intercepted,
between the sigmficator and the west, which you will know fiom>
the direction of the stais or rajs to the west , fen those that
ailived first, that is, by a less arc of direction than that of the
sigmficator to the west, aie mteiposited but those that follow
by a gi eater arc of duection are not mteijacent, and yon must
obstive then aie of duection, whethei of the stais or lays to the
w est. Then of every one of the planets, which either he between
01 mteipose the rays, take the conditionaiy aie, the hoiary times-
to the hemisphere, wbeiein the stais, and not the iaj'S, may be ,
foi it is thus, the nocturnal fiom the night, and dminal fiom the
day, as Ptolemj' mfoims us Lastly, say, by the Golden Rule, if
the whole conditionary aie of a stai give its-horaiy times, what
will a star or laj s aie of dn ection to the west give ' Multiply
the second and thud, and divide by the fust „ add the lesult, if
treating of the foitunate , but if of the unfoitimate, subtract
it fiom the signifieatoi's ate of direction to the west, and it
will give the arc of direction, augmented ei diminished, accoid-
ing to Ptolemy, winch is to be equated in the usual mamiei.
Suppose the example be in Cat dmal Dominic Gymnaseus, the
Sun's aie of direction to the west is 75 deg 56 mm. ; Jupiter
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is inteijacent, whose semi-diurnal arc is 113 deg. 24 min *

horary timesr18 deg. 53 mm , his aic of dnection to the west
is 61 deg. 28 mm I then require if the whole diurnal arc
of Jupiter, 226 deg 48 mm , give his horary times 18 deg.
53 mm , how many will the arc of direction 61 deg 28 mm.
give ? The answer is 5 deg 7 mm f Venus inteiposes the
Sextile, the right ascension of Venus is 160 deg 46 min ;
which, subtracted from the right ascension of the medium cceh,
makes the distance of Venus fiom thence 0 deg 19 mm , which,
subti acted from the duplicate horary times of Venus 33 deg.
14 mm, there remains the arc of direction of Venus to the
Sextile of the west 32 deg 55 mm If, theiefore, the whole
diurnal arc of Venus, which is 199 deg 36 mm gives the horary
times 16 deg 37 mm , how many n ill the arc of dnection 32 deg.
55 mm give ^ and I receive foi answer, 2 deg 45 mm Venus
likewise interposes the quintile I compute the four hoiaiy
times of Venus, and they make 66 deg. 28 min , the fifth part of
which is 13 deg 28 min ; I subtiact this fiom the % Sextile's
arc of dnection, and there remains the aic of dnection of the
quintile of Venus to the west 19 deg 27 mm , fiom which, m the
fourth place, arc had 1 deg. 38 mm , all which make 9 deg.
24 mm of the fortunate to be added , so that the Sun's arc of
dnection to the west is augmented to 85 deg 20 mm. Mais
interposes the □ Squire, whose aic of dnection, by the right
ascensions of the medium cceh, is 7 deg 57 mm , if, therefore
the whole diurnal arc of Mais, which is 189 deg 48 mm gives
his horary times 15 deg 15 mm, the direction's aic 7 deg.
57 mm will give 0 deg 40 mm Satuin interposes the sesqui-
quadiate , his distance fiom the imum cceh is 18 deg 13 mm.,
which I subtract from his duplicate horary times, which are
35 deg 24 mm , and theie lemams his distance from the thud

f If you divide the arc of dnection to the west by 12, it gives the
piopoitional part lequned.
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house, 17 cleg 11 mm. , to this I add his hoiary times, and I
make the aic of duection of the sesqni-quadiate of Saturn to
the west 34 deg 53 mm If, tkeiefore, the whole nocturnal arc
of Saturn 212 deg 14 mm. gires his horary times 17 deg.
42 mm , the aic of dnection 34 deg 53 mm will give 2 deg.
54 mm, iiInch, added to Mars's 0 deg 40 mm., make 3 deg.
34 mm to be subtracted liorn the Sun's arc of direction, 85 deg.
20 mm , and theie lemams the true arc of dnection 81 deg.
46 mm , calculated according to Ptolemy's method, which shews
the years the native has lived, as yon may see afteiwaids m its
proper place. That you may not look upon what we have said
as a dieam, and theiefore to be lejected, see the example of
Uiban VIII In the Celestial Philosophy, page 277, you
may likewise do the same m the example of Leonora TJisma,
Duchess of Sfoitia. But how largely and differently authois
have spoken of this direction of the siguificator to the west,
putting vanous consti notions on the woids of Ptolemy, is
known to eveiy one See Caidan in his Commentaries,
JLiginus m his Pnmum Mobile, and the Use of Legal Astio-
logy in Physic, c via where he deliveis the sentiments of
Haibod Aigoll censures wholly this doctrine of Ptolemy's,
ot dnectmg the modoiatois of Life to the west, as ram and
useless But I say, it is woithy of lemaik, and altogether
confoimable to truth , because, then the lays and intermediate
stais of the malign only lessen the aic of dnection to the west,
and do not destioy life; when, by a right dnection, the
moderatoi of life does not remain at the same time with the
malignant planet, for should this happen, they kill, without
any inanuei of doubt, as m Salviatu, and seveial other
examples.
PlACIDUS.
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How to Equate the Aim of Daechon, ttJieitby to atrntain the length
of Time "n which the Events denoted by them, will be m coining
to pass

The art of bringing vtp the dnections of a nativity, from the disuse
ivhich this science hai foi some j ears past fallen into, is a matter that
has ptuzled most of it" pie-.ent followeis , and the method of ecjuating
these duocrions when found, bj a measure that shall m all eases corres-
pond to tuith and natuie, has been the sulrject of many control evsies
and disputes among modem authors, , ansing, I coneene, from their
ignorance of the plain and genuine system handed to us bj the immortal
Ptolemy, and from a want of leflecting that the revolutions of all the
heavenly bodies, as well as the penods of all eaithly events, are only
reducible to one universal standard measure of time, namely, the Sun's
geocentric motion in the ecliptic It is theiefoie surpnsmg that so many
inventions should have arisen, and so many enors in consequence adopted,
m equating dnections, since it must be evident to the most unletteicd.
mind, and a fact bej ond the reacli of conhadiction, that the same rule
which estimates the dajs, months, and jeais of a man's life, from the
moment of his birth likewise estimates the progressive motion, m days,,
months and years, of every lummaiy within our cognizance, m the vast
extent of space i This rule is nothing mors than the Sun's appaient
progress through every degree and minute of the ecliptic, measuicd by
the degrees of the equatoi , to which uneirmg s+andaid eveiy matter
that refers to anyr descnption or portion of time, must he ultimately
biought, or all our labour, and all our accuiacy, will prove aboitivc and
piemature
According to the common adage, when the disease is known, the cine
is half peiformed , and so wo may say of the moasuie of dnections , for
when the standard is known, the process is easily accomplished, as
follows When the true arc of direction is found, by any of the fore-
going rules, and is to be equated, take the light ascension of the Sun's
place at the time of bnth, and add the arc of direction to the Sun's
right ascension , with this sum enter the tables of light ascension, and
find what degioe and minute of the ecliptic ansvveis thereto , then take
the Ephomens foi the yeai of birth, and note how many days and houis
the Sun will be, from the tune of bnth, in conung to that degree and
mmuto of the ecliptic, and for every perfect day, which is twenty four
hours, account a year, and for every two houis over and above the even
days, a month, and so m the same propoition foi mmutes and seconds of
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time, and the arc of direction will be truly equated , as will be skewa
by lepeated examples, in equutm'j the dnections of the following nati-
vities
I flatter myself that the Rules given in this System of Directions, if
carefully attended to, "Will be amply sufficient to funulianze any of my
readeis m this important blanch of the occult sciences, siithout the aid
of which, little 01 nothiug can be done m the Calculation of Nativities
Foi though it be admitted, that a student may make great advances m
the knowledge of futunty, by acquiring an adequate comprehension of
the natuie and effects of the various configurations and famihantics of
the celestial bodies, and of then particular influences both benefic and
malefic upon the human lace . and though we may by this means attain to
'know tint such and such events will ceitamly come to pass , yet even
this acquisition in the science must bs consideied vuy incomplete, without
the ability of pointing out, by some fixed and ceitam mle, the precise
time when these events shall happen This is not to be attained by the
methods used m the vulgar astrology, as already laid down m the former
part of this woik, where the conmion astiology is tieated of, but with
great risk and uncortamty, and was theicfore only introduced for the
puipose of answering horary questions, wheie coriettness, m this parti-
eulai, is little attended to by any modem professors
This giand acquisition is therefore not to be obtained by any other
mode, than that of bringing up the arc of diteetion of each respective
Kigmficatoi m the native's figure of bnth, to the aspect which denotes
each respective event, and this arc of dnectioa, as I have before
observed, is nothing moie than the track or circle in the heavens formed
by the signnfieator, m moving from that particular point in the heavens
where he is found at the birth, to the precise point where he forms the
aspect with the promittor that indicates the event, which, upon his amval
there, is to happen It is consequently apparent, that if this track or
circle can be found, and its content m degices and minutes accurately
taken, and leduced In to common tune according to the motion of the
Sun, which regulates all our accounts of time, it will shew us at one view,
the exact time when that event, accoidmg to the common course of
nature, shall infallibly come to pass
In this piocess consists the whole mystery of ascertaining the period
of man s life, which is thought so wonderful a matter by some, and con-
sideied as altogether impossible by others, and yet it is no more than a
simple operation of nature, deduced fiom an intimate knowledge with
second causes For this is a rule that will never be found to fail, if cur
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arithmetic be true, that at the very time the pnncipal sigmficator m a

nativity, that is, the giver of life, shall aim e at the anaietical point of
the aspect of the killing planet, the native shall suiely depart this life ,
piovided no henefic rays at the same time irradiate the place, or in any
respect concm to impede the killing foice, ulncti may always be known
from the disposition of the benefic planets m the nativity If this assei-
tion be true, which has been pioved by mnumeiable examples in all ages
of the woild, and which I tiust will be confirmed by the nativities follow-
ing, it is evident than we can, by the foregoing rules, bung up the dnec-
tions with sufficient accuracy to asceitam the pieeise length of time m je us,
months, and dajs, in which the sigmficator of life will be in moung to the
anaietical oi killing point, and jnst so long will be the life of that native
Where then is the mysteiy or impossibilit} of ascei taming the pcuod of
human life, and with extiaoidmaiy precision ' But this accuiacy who'ly
depends upon the tiue time of bnth being obtained , foi a failuie here, in
the ladical point, will destroy the whole calculation, and nothing piedicted
therefrom can possibly happen, but by the effect of chance
But it is heie necessary to remaik, that m such nativities as aie vital,
and afford sufficient testimonies of a stiong and healthful constitution,
one dnection alone is seldom found to kill, for m such nativities there
is requned a train of malevolent dnections to concui to death , and the
interposition of one single dnection of the henefies, even if it be a quar-
tile or opposition, irradiating the very anaietical point, will most times
preseive life But wheie seveial malevolent dnections of the malefic
stars concur togetliei, without the aid or mteifeience of the benevolent
planets, they never fail to destroy life And here it must be obsen ed,
that m such trams of directions we aie to distinguish between the killing
planet, and that which is the causei of the quality of death , foi one planet
doth not shew both The foremost of the malefic tram is the killing place,
and shews the time of death , but the following dnections, though benevo-
lent, shew the quality of it If this train falls all together, and none
follow, then obseive those which precede, though at a distance, and
benefic, for the quality of death , foi though the benevolent stars contri-
bute to the pieservation of life, j et they frequently specify the disease
which is the cause of death, as we ha^e already abundantly shewn And
With these concur the configurating stais, the quality of the stais and
signs, and the terms m which the nihng planets happen to be posited
But m violent deaths the genethhacal position of the lurmnaiies aie to be
obseived, and how the malefios affect them, and aie also connected by
dnections in the quahtj of death
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OF SECONDARY DIRECTIONS
All the duections hitherto tieated of, aie termed pt imaiy directions,
because they are the fiist, and most important of any thing of the kind
m the doctune of nauvities , and without the aid of these, all astrological
calculations would be vain and delusive, as must appear obvious fiom
what has been already piemised But secondary duections aie by no
means of such an extensive consideration , noi of any gieat utility in the
science, that I have as yet been able to discovei, paiticulaily if accuracy
and truth are to be piefened m these speculations Foi by the use of
the primaly duections m the calculation of natnities, we are not only
enabled to judge of the quality and influence of the aspects, but can
likewise trace them to the precise time of their opeiation , wheieaa the
secondary duections at best only afford the aitist mattei for supeifioial
enquiry, and vague conjecture I shall nevertheless explain the nature and
use of them in this place, since it is the plan of this woik to comprebend
every practice hitherto introduced into the science of astrology, with a
view to enable the leader to distinguish the useful and rational, from tha
inutile and redundant parts of it
By secondary directions then, we are to undeistand those configuiations
and familiarities of the planets which anse daily from the time of birth,
and are applied to the prediction of events that are to come to pass in
the some successions of yeais from the birth, as coriespond with those
days For example, all aspects of the stars, both to the luminaries and
cardinal houses, that happen on the first day after birth, are applied to tha
first year , those of the second day after birth, to the second year , those
of the third day, to the thud year , those of the fourth day, to the fourth
year , and so on in progiessive rotation, as far as this speculation can
extend
In the management of these directions, We are principally to observe
what configurations the Moon has to the other planets , for if she bo
Joined with benefic stars, or madia ted by their good aspects, or even by
the good aspects of the infortunes, it denotes a happy, healthful, and
prosperous year to the native, in nature and quality peculiar to the prin-
cipal sigmficator in each configuration, and to the houses and signs in
■which they fall m the radical figuie But on the contrary, if the Moon be
joined to malevolent stars, or irradiated by them, or in parallel declination
of the infortunes, it forebodes to those years pointed out by the days
in which these evil cofiguiations happen, great afflictions either in mind,
body, 01 estate, and if a primary dnection should correspond with thetBj
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of the same malignant nature, a complication of tempoial misfoitunes

•will most piofcably ensue
In tne consideration of these (Erections, we aie paiticulaily to attend
to the critical dajs, and climactencal years for at those times the good
-01 evil configurations of the planets are moat poweiful m their opemtion
If upon either of those occasions the Moon be found m quaitila or
opposition to the place m which she was posited at the time of bnth, and
an eiil pnmaiy dneotion of the sigmficatoi of life eonespond theiewith,
death is -men at the dooi, or at that time reiy much to he appiehended
esen m the stiongest constitutions And so hkdwise if the Sun or Moon
m the secondaiy dnections, aie afflicted by the malignant lays of inaus-
picious configuiations, with an evil pnmary dneotion, with which both
the revolution and transit agiee, it is considered an meiocable indication
of death to the native
These secondaiy dnections, I understand, have always been in reputa-
tion among the Arabs and Egyptians, who, m common piactice, prefer
this method of predicting- from the genethliacal figme, to the moie com-
plicated and labounous mode of calculation by the pnmaiy directions.
The foimer piactice has doubtless the advantage m point of expedition ,
for by the use of it m those countries, they will, upon the baie inspec-
tion of a nativity, gi\e an account of the geneial and paiticular incidents,
during the whole com se of the native's life , and yet, by repeated tnals
of it myself, I have found it in many instances enoneous, and theiefoie
not to be adopted m the serious investigation of nativities, where accmacy
.and truth aie to be desired It is a doctrine much on a level wirh that
of Horary questions, and may be used to give a geneial idea of the native s
figure of birth, and of his probable bent of f01 tune, whei e time or cir-
cumstances will not admit of particular calculations
But upon delivering judgment upon either species of directions, whether
pnmary, or secondaiy it is absolutely necessaiy to pay the gieatest atten-
ition to the nature and quahty of the aspects we duect to, as well those
in die world, as those m the Zodiac For it often happens that a zodiacal
aspect jnay import mueh good, when at the same point of time a nulig-
nant mundane configuration may come up, of so stiong and powerful a
nature, as to frustrate all the beneficial effects portended by the foimer.
The want of attending to, or knowing this, has frequently confounded
joux modern practitioners , who confiding m the bemgnant tendency of
some extraordinary good aspects m the zodiac, have promised an advance
of forfgne to the native, which has never come to pass, because counter
.aspects ip tjte world, vvhich have the strongest and neaiest iplation tp
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suMunary tilings, have conspned at the same instant of time, to supeicede
the beneficial effects of the zodiacal configurations , anij ivhxoh would
perhaps have been felt in an extraoidmaiy degiee of malignity, weie It
not that the above-mentioned salutaiy aspects weie opposed to them.
Hence it must appear to every lational mind, that the strictest cautioHr
and the utmost deliberation is necessary, in forming our opinion upon the
dnections of a nativity , fox if at last we err m this, all our labour is lost,
and the unfoitunate enquuet is deluded with vain expectations of a happy
run of great good fortune, or tenified with the appioach of some dread-
ful catastrophe, nuther of which, by the natuie of the stais, was ever
intended to happen. That this want of judgement has of late > ears been
too commonly practised upon the public, cannot be denied,.noi too seveiely
reprobated But still, let not the iclentless unbeliever of Astiology
raise his exalted ciest too high on this occasion , noi insist, because these
enois have been common, that the science of Piediotion., has no existence
m truth and natme , foi his unbelief must clearly aiise fiom a •want of
inclination to contemplate the cunous effects of second causes
Biute cieatures may peihapes enjoy the faculty of beholding visible
things With a moie penetiutmg eye than ouiselves , but spintual objects
aie as fai out of then reach, as though they had no being Neaiest,
therefore, to the brute cieation aie those men, who suffer themselves to
he so fai governed by external objects, as to believe nothing but what
they see, and feel, and can accommodate to their own shallow imagina-
tions Let such men doubt whether they have a soul m then body, be-
cause then eyes nevei saw it, or that there aie stars in the firmament at
noon day, because they appear not, or that it is not air m which they
breath, because nothing appears to them hut an insensible vacuity J
Suiely all that know they possess a soul, must of necessity believe the
mle and government of angles, which they see not , and if ftom no
other giounde, they must, I think, fiom that apparent analogy, which they
cannot but peiceiva between the gieatei and the lessei woild , foi as the
little woild Man, consists of an outwuid visible body, and an mwaid
spintual soul, which gives life and motion to the oigamcal fiame, so
possessing all parts as to be wholly in all, and m each distinct pait wholly ,
so mast it be also m the great Universe, the sensible and material part
wheieof hath being and motion fiom those spintual poweis, which dwell
in, and wholly fill and actuate it theiefoie the Astiologian icgaids nature
with the eyes of St Paul, 2 Coi iv 18 he looks not at the things which ate
seen, hut at the things which at e not seen foi the things which »i e been are
temporal, but the things which aie not seen arc eternal
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Having new completely laid down the rudiments of the Science of

Astrology, m #s comprehensive, plain, and intelligent a manner as possible,
I shall immediately proceed to teach the application thereof, in calculating
the following nativities It is my wish to peiform this task m such a
manner, as to enable the most superficial reader to accompany me through
every mmute process m the business, and to follow me m bringing
up eveiy direction to their propei aspects, as th^y shall respectively
occur in the genethhacal figuies If I can do this, I have no doubt
of soon convincing the most obstinate unbeliever of the science, that
it has both utility and tiuth on its side , and that the beings of Reason,
who bear the image of their beneficent creator, are not wholly left
without the help of foresight and foreknowledge, in a very ample and
ertiaordraaay degree, if they will but adopt the necessary means of
acquiring it
The nativities that follow, fall immediately under my own observation
and knowledge, and I have chose them in preference to any that have
been befoie published, or to those of peisons not now living, because I
would ar oid putting it m the power of any person to say, that our calcu
lations aie at all founded upon enquiries mto people's way of life, of
their good or ill fortune, of their sickness 01 health, of the particular
incidents of their life past, 01 of the external causes of their death , for
if the rules that I have laid down, will not enable us to accomplish all
this, from the situation of the planets m the figure of birth, oui science
is indeed a mere delusion, and its followeis nothing better that jugglers
and impostors
But to make this enquiry easy to my readers, and to save them as
much as possible the trouble of long and tedious calculations, I shall in
this place mtioduee a set of Tables, which are so contrived as to resolve
every question that will arise in the magagement of nativities or hoiaiy
questions , as well m respect to the places and positions of the planets and
their aspects, as to the bringing up their proper directions I shall
likewise add a short explanation of each distinct set of Tables, and
reduce them to piacttce, m calculating the following nativities, m such
a manner as to make then use easy and familiar , hoping by this means
to remove, if possible, that dden impression of difficulty and embar-
rassment, which is felt by most readers on the fiist view of mathematical
Tables I am peisuaded no difficulty whatecer will attend the acquisi-
tion of a competent knowledge of these, if a proper attention be paid
to them , without which, little progress can be expected The most
accomplished artist of us all could never yet bestow the gift of inspuation ,
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and therefore, tvithout suitable endeavoura, let none attempt the mtnoatc
paths of science Sibly
SECONDARY DIRECTIONS, PROGRESSIONS,
In&hesses, akd Teansits
Having already calculated and obtained the number of
yeais of thepnmary direction? of the significators to their
pionnttors, and likewise taken the lords of the Terms, all
which Ptolemy, in the last chaptei of the fourth book, calls the
General Aibiters of Times, for this reason, because they
pieoidam the general tipies of their effects, which, as its motion
is slow, and its perseveiance long, discovers its effects after a
veiy long time , that is, after months and years. In order that
we may know, in this extent of time, on what particular month
and day the effects appear, Ptolemy proposes these motions for
observation, wherein, when the majority of the causes agree
together, then, doubtless, and effect is accomplished, or most
clearly manifests itself: whence we ought to conclude, that
though, with oui greatest caie and exact calculation, we have
obtained the true time, not only to the jear, but also month
and day of the pmnaiy direction, we cannot aigne fiom thence,
that the effect has happened on that very day, and therefoie it
matteis not, though the piiminy duection has been even ex-
ceeded, 01 not quite exactly accounted to a few minutes, as
notwithstanding the paiticular tunes of their effects, may
depend upon other motions of the causes now proposed , for
which leason the tunes of these subsequent motions of the
causes demand oui gieatest attention , and we must not insist
upon the first places which pieseut themselves but inquire
fuither, till we find where pioof may be had, viz, by the
method we are now going to speak of.
Of Secondary Direction.
Under this name, I undeistand the motion of the celestial
causes which aie mads ou the days succeeding the nativity.
 [ 286 ]

according as tbey are marked m the Epkemens ; foi the aspects

to the luminaries and angles, which happen on those days,
have their effects from every day to eveiy year , so that the
fiist day may be refeired to the fiist yeai, as a measuie to the
•mensuiate; the second to the second, &c, foi which leason we
must observe, when the lunnnanes are posited m any aspect of
the stais , for if with the foi tunes, they conduce to happiness
and good health , if with the unfortunate, and fiom a hostile
ray or parallel of declination, they portend miseiy and distiess
in those years which depend on those days these aspects happen
on. But, v ithout doubt, these effects are remarkable, if at that
time theie are primary dnectious of the same kind and natuie ;
and, moreover, from such motions originate the climactencal, or,
more properly, cutical joais, foi, on the days the Moon 15
posited m the d Conjunction, □ Squaie, or ^ Opposition, to and
with the place of the natmty, she makes the jeais which
depend on those days obnoxious to dangers and infiimities But,
if at that time any unfortunate pnmaiy dnection of the vital
pioiogator is powertul, life may be said to be in dangei, and,
particulaily, if m the secondaiy dnection, the Moon is afflicted
by the malignant planets But, if the Sun is so too, the danger
is still greater. Lastly, if the piimary direction is unfoitunate,
when the ingress and transit agree, death is inevitable See the
examples 111 the Exposition of the Nativities
Of Pi egressions
That piogiessions, or, if we should say, equal piocesses,
taken as usual, according to the geneial opinion and custom
hitherto received, aie fictions, impossible, and contiary to natuie
has been sufficiently proved m my Celestial Philosophy The
method which you are to take as natuial, we now explain and
piove in every one of the futuie examples Know, theiefoie,
■that progressions ate denved fiom embohsmical lunations
succeeding the nativity, every one oi which aie formed m thp
 [ 287 ]

space of twenty-nine days neaily, in -wlncli time the Moon

sepaiates fiom hei 6 Conjunction, with the Sun fonning the
□ Sqnaie and c? Opposition, and letums to a a Squaie and
6 Conjunction again, in which cncuit she passes ovei almost
thnteen signs, and the Sun one sign,
Piogressions, if we may give our judgement, originate from
these motions of the luminaries ; for the fiist lunation succeed-
ing the nativity, or the Moon's circuit, bounds the progression
of the first year of the native , the second, the progression of
the second year , the thud, of the third, &e , in such a manner,
however, that the first pait of the Moon's cncuit may measure
oi bound the fiist part of the year; the middle, the middle j
the last, the last, &c
To calculate the progiessions, and know with ease where
they will ainve at ; so many embohsmical lunations succeeding
the nativity, must be computed, as there aie years which have
elapsed of the age of the native, by always placing the Moon
m that appearance and distance fiom the Sun she is at in the
nativity. Lastly, for eveiy month to the Moon's place, there
must be added 32 deg 30 mm , which are twelfth pait of one
lunation,, but if you desire to obtain a ready calculation of the
progressions for seveial yeais, take notice that the Moon does
not finish the twelve lunations in one whole year, but in eleven
days less, having, therefoie, the Moon's distance fiom the Sun
in the nativity, look for this eleventh day befoie the end of
the fiist year aftei the nativity , and when you have found
it, then the piogression of twelve yeais aie completed; in
like manner, twenty-two days before the end of the second
yeai after the nativity, the progiesston of twenty-four years
aie completed, &c. Thence proceed from every lunation to
eveiy year of the native's age, and from every one of the signs
with 32 deg 30 mm of the Moon's motion to every month ;
and whenever the luminaries aie well affected, as well m the
piogressions as towards the places of the favourable planets of
 [ 288 ]

the nativity, they induce to happiness , and on the contiary,

&o. See examples in eveiy one of the nativities
0f Ingi esses.
Of these we have said some are active, some passive
Active ingresses are the famihanties of active stais, acquued
by an univeisal daily motion, with the places of the piinury
and secondaiy dnections and processes of the sigiuficatois
Passive are the familiarities of the univeisal pioiogatois in
the whole woild with the active stars of the secondaiy dnec-
tions and processes. Undei the name Of active stars, we
mean whatever hath the quality of acting, and aie usually
posited in the promittor's place, as Saturn, Jupiter, Mais,
Venus, Mercury, and the Sun and Moon also, when they
assume the natuie of any of the afoie-mentioned ; and such
ingresses, whether of the benign to the places of the motions
of the significatois, or of any of the sigiuficatois to the places
of the motions of the benign , that is, both active and passive
are good, but of the malign, m the same mannei, aie huitful,
as will be obseived in the examples.

Of Transits
Some of these, also, are active, some passive , the active are
the familiarities of active stars acquired by an univeisal daily
motion with the pioiogatois of the nativity , that is, with then
immoveable places Passive Transits are the familial ities of any
of the sigmficators in the world with the active stais of the
nativity , that is, with their immoveable places, according to
their immobility, of which we have fiequently mentioned, so
that in this, ingresses diffei fiom tiansits , that ingiesses lespect
the places of themoveable motions , but tiansits, the fixed places
of the nativity. But the most of all to be observed, aie the luna-
tions in the daily motions, whethei it be 6 Conjunction, a Square,
or cf Opposition of the Moon, with the Sun upon the obnoxious
 [ 289 ]

places, foi when the subject of the diiection is on the piogiesa

to h,ippiiie«s, if the lunations uie good. In leasontit the aspects
of foitunate stais, they gieatly conduce to the piocnung of
happiness m then eflects , but ifj on the continiT,, ive aie
speaking of the duections and piocess to the unioitunuta
planets, and those lunations aie unfoitunate, on account of tha
hostile lays theie of the malignant stais, the native must be
supposed to be m veiy gieat dungei , and, doubtless, theie is
gieat leason to feu it, fiom the unhappy event of the things
signified Hence it is ewdent, that piomotions to dignity veiy
fiequently happen m lunations uheu'in the luinmaiies aie
suriounded by the benefms On the contiaiy, tubulatioiis,
diseases, muideis, &c, m lunations uheiem the lununaues aie
besieged by the unfaiouiable planets : and this is found never
to fail.
And this is the tine doctune of Ptolemy, and the whole of
this most noble science
Placidus.

Of ml Tables of DEeLiKATioit
To find the declination of a planet, the longitude must be given, with
which entei the Table of Diclmations on the left hand , and m the column
of latitude, against the degiee of longitude, is the decimation sought
If the star hath latitude, either noitli or south, cuter the Tables under the
latitude, as the titles dnect, always lemembeiing, that if the stai be in
Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libia, Scorpio, 01 Sagittal ms, the dcgiees of longi-
tude to the left hand, beginning at the top of the Tables, are to be
taken , but if the star be m Capucorn, Aquanes, Pisces, Anes, Taurus,
or Cancer, then the degrees of longitude to the light hand, beginning
at the foot of the Table, must be resoited to Example , suppose a star
in ten degrees of Virgo, with one degiee twenty-seven minutes north
latitude , I enter the Table of Decimations, finding Vngo m the head of
the Table ; and against ten degrees under one degiee of latitude I find
eight degrees forty-seven minutes, and against ten degrees under two
degrees of latitude I find nine degiees forty-two minutes, th» difference
IS fifty-five minutes Then foi the part proportional agreeing to the odj
XXiVU
 [ 290 ]

torautea of latitude, I say, If sixty gives fifty-five , what shall tiventj'-

aeven give' It gives twenty-five, which added to eight degrees forty-seven
minutes, leaves the decimation of the point sought, nine degrees twelve
minutes But if the star had been m twenty degrees of Anes, I must
have entered at the foot of the Table , and having the same latitude,
the same deehnation would emerge
Op the Tables op Risht Ascensions
To find the right ascension of a star, the longitude must be given,
with which enter the left hand clumn of the table , and under the sign
and latitude at the top of the columns, in the angle of meeting, is the
right ascension required Bor example, suppose a planet to be posited m
ten degrees of Anes, and to have two degrees north latitude , enter the
tables of ngbt ascension with ten degrees of Anes, in the left hand
column, and m the angle of meeting, under two degrees of noith latitude,
will he found the right ascension thereof, viz., sight degrees twenty-
three minutes
Op the Tables op the Ascensional Difpeeences op the Planets
The ascentional difieience is a certain arch of distance, between the
nght and oblique ascensions of any star or planet, m any degree of the
Ecliptic , and to find it by the following Tables of differences, observe
the following rules Enter with the degrees of decimation on the left
hand of the Table, and under the circle of position or latitude m the head,
in the eommon angle of meeting, with equation, will he found the ascen-
sional difference required. Example ; suppose a planet to have ten
degrees of declination, and his circle of position be fifty-one degrees
forty-two minutes, I enter with ten degrees on the left hand under the
circle of fifty-one degree, and there I find twelve degrees thirty-five
minutes , but having forty-two minutes more, I take the part proportional,
between fifty-one degrees and fifty-two degrees, viz
Deg Deg Mm

Decimation ten degrees latitude, jr[ 5i 12 35

52 13 3

Difference 0 28
Then I say, by the rule of proportion, if sixty give twenty-eight, what
ahall forty-two, the odd minutes of the circle of position, give ' It gives
 [ 291 }
twenty nearly , 'which added to twelve degrses thirty-five minutes gives
the true ascensional (Jifterence, twelve degrees fifty-flws minutes of the
point sought
Having obtained the ascensional difference, the use of it in the art of
directions, is as follows First, if the decimation be north, subtract
the ascensional difference from the nght ascension, and the remainder
will be the oblique ascension , but if you add it to the nght ascension,
the sum will be the oblique descension Secondly, when the declination
is south, add the ascensional difference to the right ascension, and the
sum will be the oblique ascension but if you substract it from the right
ascension, the remainder will be the oblique descension And note, that
the ascensional difference is only of service when the planet or star hath
atitude
SlBLY.
 [ 292 ]
TABLES
OS"
DE CLINATI0N
JSoiih Latbtade

Clfcp c
So So

1123 4 24
12 22 59 23
13 22 53 23
14 22 47 23
15 22 4123
16 22 34 23
1722 27 23
18 22 19 23
19 22 1023
20 22 2i23
——-i—
21 21 53122
22 21 4322
23121 33 22
2421 23 22
25 21 13 22
'6 21 122
27 20 50i21
28 20 38121
>9 20 2fv21
30 20 13:21
 TABLES

DECLIN ATIOJN'.
South Latitude.

2319 2318 2S17 2316 2315 2314 23 24

2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2023
1719 1718 1717 1716 1715 1714 1722
1319 1318 1317 13 IS 1315 1414 1421)
919 913 917 1016 1015 1014 10 20!
419 518 5 17 516 515 614 619
5919 018 0,17 016 115 114 1 18
5318 5417 54;i6 5415 5514 5513 5517
4718 4817 4816 4815 4914 4913 4916
4118 4217 4216 4215 43;i4 4313 4315
 TABLES
OF
DECLINATION.
Notth Latitude.

1023 924 725 626 427 328 128 5930,

5722 56 23 5424 53 25 5126 49 27 4728 4529!
4422 42 23 4024 39 25 37 23 35 27 3328 3128
3022 2823 2624 25 25 23 23 2127 19 28 1727
1622 1423 1224 1125 926 727 528 326
2 22 022 5823 56 24 54 25 52 26 5027 48 25
 r 295 ]
TABLES
OF
DE OLINATION.
South Lahtude.
 [ 29G ]
TABLES

DECLINATION
Noith Latitude

JO 0> \ O OI«

11 17 7 18 318 5919 51,,'30

4616 4517 41 18 37,19 3129
2816 2417 20118 1619 21'28
616 2 16 5817 5418 49|27
4415 40 16 3617 31 19 27126
2215 1316 1417 918 4j25
014 5515 5]{16 4(> 17 41124
3714 33 H 28 16 2317 18123
 TABLES
OF
DECLINATION
South Latitude
40: 4 33 5 30, 6 25; 7 20 8 15 3
16 4 11 5 6 6 1 6 56 7 51 2"
52 3 47 4 42 5 34 6 32 7 27 28
20 3 24 4 19 5 10 6 9 7 4 27
5 3 0 3 55 4 60; 5 43 6 4026
41 2 36 3 31! 4 261 5 21 g jq 25
 I 299 ]
TABLES
OF
DECLINATION
South Latitude
 C 300 I
TABLES
OF
DECLINATION.
North Latitude.
 r sol ]
TABLES
OF
DECLINATION.
South Latitude.
 f 302 ]
TABLES
OF
DECLINATION
Noith Latitude

a =1
33 a I =» a« m
33 Si11 Si" s g5 tp e 1 ;o a
<5 Q ^ Q <3 Q S ^ S JS P ^ s ;Q ^
1815 2014 21 13 2212 24!ll 26 30
1315 3214 3313 3ol2 3fa|ll 37 23
4215 44 14 4513 4612 48)11 49 28
5415 5514 57 13 5812 49 12 0 27
o lb 7:15 814 913 1012 11 26
17,16 1845 19 14 1913 2012 21 25

49.14 4913 4914

55114 55 13 55 13'
ljl5 114 1 12'
6115 6 14 6 11
10.15 1014 10 10
14;15 1414 14 9
17115 1714 17 8
20!l5 2014 20 7
23T5 23 14 23 b
26,15 26 14 2b 5
2815 28 14 28 4
30,15 3014 30 3
31115 31 14 31 2
3l!l5 31 14 31 1
32il 5 3214 32 0
 [ 303 ]
TABLES
OP
DECLINATION
South Latitude

2123 13 24 1325 13 26 1327 12 32 12 9

22 23 17 24 17 25 17 26 17 27 16 32 16 S
23 28 20 24 2025 20 26 2027 19 32 19 7
24 23 23 24 23 25 23 20 23 27 22 32 22 6
25 23 2G24 26 25 26 26 26 27 25 32 25 5
26 23 28 24 28 25 28 20 28 27 28 32 28 4
27 23 30 24 30 25 3026 30 27 3032 30 3
28 23 31 24 3125 3126 3127 3132 31 9
2923 3124 3125 3126 31 27 31 32 31 i
30 23 32 24 32 25 32 26 32 27 32 32 32 o
 [ 304 ]
TABLES
OP
RIGHT ASCENSION
Nmth Latitude
 f so;, ]
r A b l n b.

RIG H f ASCENSION
South Latitude

a =o cr-J'-y=? CM c | ao
rS i—-i ^ Q ^ r-i ^
47 1 11 1 SI 1 59 2 23 2 47 3 12 3 86
421 2 6 2 30 2 54 3 18 3 42 4 6 4 30
571 3 1 3 21 3 49 4 13 4 37 5 15
1 5 25
32 3 56 4 20 4 44 5 8 5 32 5 56 6 20
2 4 51 5 15 5 39 6 3 6 27 6 51 7 15
22 5 46 b 10 6 34 b 58 7 22 7 4b

1413 37
914 32!
415 27
5916 21|
5417 1
4918 11
4419 6
39 20 1
34 20 56
2921 51
24 22 4
19 23 41
14 24 36
10 25 32
5 26 27
0 27 22
56 28 17
5129 12'
47 30 8
48 31

SXXiX
 [ 306 ]

TABLES
O'P
EIGHT ASOENASIQN.
North Latitude
 r 307 ]
TABLES
OF
EIG-HX SACENSION.
South Latitude

E S^^EnJ •" m M
IEK^BstS SBg 0!
\ WSA iBni ■j
3HBS BM 11
BE i^mn if^B 1'

4 41 2'
142 1:
5S43 15
56 44 12
54 45 10
5146 7
49 47 4
47 48 2
45 48 59
43 49 57
41 50 55
40 51 53
38 52 51
37 53 49
36 54 48
35 55 47
34 56 46
33 57 45
32 58 44
32 59 48
 TABLES

SIGHT ASCENSION
Xoith Latitude

■+CIO
■> C C i O -MO c^ -4-COo CO -ho
-WO CO CO co "SC
SS I, CJD
c £- , oCO ~fl oiiD £--OTo ^£ 7b
o " ;p
5 ^ lJ2ncM uTlJ?
3 M S
^ 1 ^P Q ygniQ r-%
i
0 57 18157 35,57 21 57 7 56 58 56 3856 23 56 8 55 53 55 38
158 51jo8 38 58 24 58 10 57 57 57 42 57 28 57 13 56 59 56 34
2 59 53 59 4159 27 59 14 59 1 58 47 58 33 58 19 58 5 57 50
3 60 56 60 44 60 3160 18 60 5 59 52 59 38 59 2559 1158 57
461 5901 4" 61 35 61 22 61 10 60 5760 44 60 3160 17 60 4
563 362 5162 39 62 27 62 15 u2 2 61 50 61 37 61 24 61 11

21jS0 12,80 59 79 5479 40 79 4479 39 79 3179 28

22;9l 17181 5 81 180 50 80 52 80 48 80 43 80 37
23,82 22:82 11 82 882 482 081 5781 5281 47
24j83 2883 1883 1583 1183 983 683 282 57
2584 33 34 25 84 22 64 2084 17 84 15 84 17 84 7
2..;,t!5 SS'So 32 85 29 85 28 85 25 85 24 85 2185 18
39 86 87 86 3686 3486 3386 3186 28
46 87 44 87 4487 42 87 42 87 4087 39
53 88 52 88 52 88 5188 5188 50 88 49
090 090 090 090 090 090 0
 I 309 j
TABLES

SIGHT ASCENSION
South Latitude

Xfd ©OCO XTc -X-

-j
S CO c ~rj

32 65 40
32166 40
33,67 40
33 68 40
33 69 40
34 70 40
35,71 41
33 72 41
3773 42
SS1?! 43
3975 44
4076 45
42 77 4b
43 78 47
44:79 48
46 80 49
47 81 50
43,82 51
5083 52
5184 53
53 85 54
5586 55
5687 57
5888 58
090 0
 t 310 !
TABLES
or
EIGHT ASCENSION
Aro? th Latitude
 L 311 ]
TABLES
OF
EIGHT ASCENSION.
South Latitude.
 1 A R 1. E S

RIGHT A UEN8I0X
Noith Latitude

12 122 2 j 122 39 122 53 123 22 123 37123 52 121 7 124

141123 2^ 123 57124 11 124 26 124 42 121 57! 125 12 125
lb 124 31124 0125 15 125 39 125 46 126 2 12b 17 120
18 125 33 125 3126 18126 34|126 5 )|l27 6;1'27 22 127
'20 12b 3o 126 6 127 23127 38,127 o4!i28 11428 27 128
•22127 38127 9,128 25 '28 42528 5^)129 15429 32iJ29
 T A I! L Evi

H I Gr II T ASUENSIOK
South Latitude,

0122 12;121 58 121 45; 121 31 121 18|121 5 120 5-5 120 40 120
112*1 14 1-23 0 1 22 47 122 33 122 1012-2 6 121 53 121 40421
2 12 4 101121 2 1-23 48 121 34123 20123 6 122 53 122 40 122
3125 10! 125 ,1 124 49 1-24 35424 -21 124 7 1-23 53 123 39 123
412G 20 12-0 5 125 51 125 33J125 22125 7124 53 124 39124
5127 22127 7126 5-2 120 30 126 22 126 7 125 52 125 38 125
6128 24 1-28 8 127 53127 37|127 221127 7126 52126 37426 23126 9
7 129 2") 129 9 128 54X28 374-28 22 128 7127 51 127 33427 22127 7
8 130 26 130 10 129 54129 37!l-29 22129 , 3128 50128 35128 20 128 J
9 1,31 27 131 10 130 54 130 37!l30 21130 5 129 49129 33;i29 18 129 SI
1104.32 28 132 11 131 54131 37131 21 131 4|l30 45 130 32|13J 17 139 if
2013-2 3131 47 131 31il31 15 139 5s|
19 133 2132 46132 •29;132 13131 6(J
18 131 1 133 45 133 27(133 11 132 5 if
17 135 0134 43134 25!134 9 133 Oil
16 135 58 135 41 135 23435 6 134 48|
15136 57 136 39 136 2l|i35 4 135 451
14 127 55 137 37 <37 194o7 2 136 421
13 j 33 53138 35(38 17(187 50 187 34|
KlISO 51 189 33 130 16133 5j [38 351
8440 -49 14') Si!<49 12:183 53 189 331
21 143 24143 4 142 45142 21 142 Gill 47141 2(8 144 9440 5)140 30
22 144 23-144 3 1-43 33 143 23:143 4 142 45 1 42 25 142 G'l41 47 141 27
23 145 22 145 ( 144 41 144 SljH-l 2 143 42 143 22 143 3(142 44 142 24
24 146 20 145 59 )45 39 145 19|l44 59 114 39 141 1° 143 59(143 40 143 20
25 147 18 146 57 146 37 140 17145 56 145 36 145 16 144 56(144 37 144 16
20 148 16147 55 147 35 147 1-1140 53146 33146 13(145 53445 33 145 12
27 149 14148 53 148 32 148 11 147 50(147 29 147 9 146 49(146 29 146 8
28 150 11 149 50159 29149 8148 47(118 26148 G 147 4()|l47 25 147 4
29151 9150 47 150 -2G150 51149 44|ll9 23149 3 148 42(148 21 148 0
30152 6151 44151 23 151 S'loO 41 150 20 119 5 (149 3414.9 17 148 561

xl
 I su;

TA DL ES

R I G- IIT ASCENSION
Noith Latitudb

0 ! 1

c «p a!w

(1180 0 ISO 23180 17 181 11 181 35 191 59 182 23JS2 47 183 12183 37
1 180 55 181 18 181 42 182 0 182 30 182 51 183 18 183 421181 6184 31
21S1 60182 lo 182 37 133 1 183 25 133 49 194 43 jgj 37:135 4 135 25
8 182 45 183 8 iS3 32 183 5C 184 20184 44[ 185 8 185 32185 5G186 20
4 183 40 184 lei 27134 51 135 15 185 3 )ilSG 318(1 27|lSG 5C187 11
5 184 '25134 58 185 22 185 4G 18G 10186 34186 58187 22(187 45188 8
1 5 1 5 5 186 15 188 42 127 0
27186
^ £9 9
2d 186 499 i87 13 187 37 188 1 187
igs 30187
25 188 53 183
48189 17
12 188
189 40189
35189 573
8 187 21 187 44 188 3 183 3'2 188 56 189 90189 43 190 7 190 30190 52
9 188 16 188 39 189 3 189 27189 51 190 15 190 38 191 2 191 25191 46
10 189 11 189 34 183 58 190 22 190 4G 191 10191 33 191 57,192 19192 41
11 190 6 190 29 190 53 191 17 191 41 192 5 192 28102 52193 14193 36
12 191 2 191 25 191 48192 13192 30 I93 0193 23 193 47 194 9 194 31
13 191 57 192 20 192 43 193 8193 31 193 55 194 18 194 41 il95 4195 26
If m3 48 191
101 12
10 194
m 3Dr loi o?194 450196
JHot 21195
194 58195
13195 3G495
519G gjgg 31j196
59196 21
54l97 lt)

16 194 44195 7 195 30195 53 196 16196 40197 3197 96197 49198 11
1 197 35197 58198 21 198 44199 8
l8iv 3? 196 58 m 21 197 - 198
9 97 3^97 5I1Q« QQ !n!no ' 199 30 198 53199 16 199 39200 1
25199 48200 11 200 34200 50
90 98 2- 198
98 00
50 199
99 133 99 fa ill J
_ 1" 36 199 58 200 21 200 43 201 7 201 29 201 51
21 199 23199 46 200 9 200 32 200 54 201 16'01 30 209 2 2(17 21 202 46
59202 12202 34201 57203 49203
-3-01
s'oS 16
16^01
20? ^02
38 202 5$
1 202 24
M 202 40 203 8-203 30 203 52 904 14 204 ^
36
9 203 31 203
AS >03 ^OS >03 03
"3-04
10! 16 204 H 204 4 204 28204 48205 10205 31
38 205 0 205 21 205 43 206 5 206 26
28204 8204 2 204
? 5° -'05 22 205 34 205 56 206 17206 39 207 0207 22
>8 105 59 206 91 ff A0» r in6 30206 52207 13207
5 207 2b
35 1207
| S®'208 17
99 106
29 -.06 57 207
107 19
1^207 ffl
40 208 1208 22 207
208 48 208 9208
44209 5^09 30208
90^09 51:209
47 210 128
a0 207 54 208 16 208 37 208 58 209 19 209 40 210 1 210 22 210 43211 4
 [ 317 ]
TABLES

RIGHT ASCENSION.
South Latitude

II ma j:c i cro CTCO .JJj 05 cr 05 j-' !1 05a Ka

^50 .o a; GiGO O
^ 1 ob c ,! Sb =b 5 bC be § 1■ -ce £
i—p& ;QGO P 3GO P ifS
0180 0 179 37 179 13 178 43 178 25 L78 1 177 Sl'm 131176 48 176 24
1 180 55 180 32 180 8 179 44 179 20 178 56 178 32 178 8!l77 43!l77 19
2 181 50 181 27 181 3 180 39 180 15 179 51 179 27 179 3:178 38 178 14
3182 4 j 182 22 181 58 181 34 181 20 180 46 180 22 179 58179 34179 9
4183 40183 17 182 53 182 29 182 5 181 41 181 17 180 53180 29130 5
5 184 35 184 11 183 48 183 24 183 0 182 36 182 12181 48181 24181 0
0 185 30185 7 184 4' 184 19 183 55 183 31183 7 182 43182 19181 55
7 186 25 188 2 185 38 185 14 184 50 184 2b184 2 183 38183 14182 50
8 187 21 186 57 186 33 186 9 185 45 185 21 184 57 184 33 184 9183 45
9 188 16 187 52 187 28 187 4 186 40 186 lb 185 52 185 28184 4184 41
10189 11 188 47 188 2'.187 59 187 35 1S7 11 186 47 186 23185 69 185 36
11 190 6 189 42 189 18 188 55 188 31 188 7 187 43 187 18 186 55 18G 32
12 191 2 190 33 190 14 189 51 189 27 189 3188 39 188 14187 51 187 27
13 191 57 191 3' 191 9 190 4b 190 22 189 58189 34:189 10188 46188 23
14 192 53 192 25 192 5 191 42 191 18 190 54 190 30490 6189 42 189 18
15 193 48 193 25 193 1 192 38 192 14191 50191 26 191 2190 38 190 14
194 44 194 20 193 57 193 34 193 10192 46192 22 191 58 191 34 191 10
L 195 40 195 10 194 53 194 30 194 6 193 42193 18 192 54192 30192 6
13 196 3 198 12 195 49 195 2b 195 2 194 39195 15193 51193 27193 2
191197 31 197 8 19b 45 19b 22 195 58 i95 35195 11 194 47194 23193 58
21 :198 27 198 4 197 41 197 18 196 54 196 31196 7 195 44 195 20 194 55
21 199 23 199 C 198 37 198 14 197 51 197 28 197 4196 41 196 17 195 52
22 100 20 199 56 199 33 199 11 198 48 198 25198 1 197 38197 14196 44
2 S 201 16 200 53 200 30 200 8 199 45 199 22198 58 198 35 198 11 197 46
24:202 12 201 51 201 27 201 5 200 42 200 19 199 55 199 32 199 8 198 44
20 203 9 202 47 202 24 202 2 201 39 201 16 200 52 200 29 200 5199 41
2! >04 6 203 44 203 21 202 59 202 36 202 13 201 50 201 27 201 3 200 39
21 205 2 204 41 204 19 203 57 203 34 203 11 202 48 202 25 202 1201 37
28 >05 59 205 38 205 16 204 54 204 31 204 9 203 46 '203 23 202 59 202 3b
29 >06 57 206 35 206 13 205 51 205 29 205 7 204 44 204 21 203 57 203 34
3( >07 54 207 33 207 11 200 49 206 27 206 4 205 42 205 19 204 56 204 33
 r sis ]
TABLES

RIGHT ASCENSION.
Noith Latitude

a'a ^la aa i^'a aa aiQ

0 207 54 208 16 208 37 208 58 209 19 209 40 210 1 210 22 210 43 211 4
1 208 51209 13 209 34 209 55 210 16 210 87210 57 211 18 211 39 211 59
2 209 49 210 10 210 31 210i 52211 13211 34211 55 212 14 212 35 212 55
3 210 46 211 17 211 28 211 49 212 10 212 31 212 51 213 11 213 31 213 41
4211 44 212 5 212 25 212; 46 213 7 213 27 213 57 214 7 214 27 214 47
5 212 42213 3 213 23 213143 214 4 214 24 214 44 215 4 215 23 215 43
6 213 40 214 1214 21 214 41 215 1215 21 215 41 216 1 210 20 216 39
7 214 38 214 59 215 IS 215 39 215 58 216 18 216 38 21b 57 217 10 217 35
8215 37 215 57 216 1721b 37216 5C 217 15 217 3o 217 54218 13218 32
9 216 3b 216 56 217 15 217 35 217 54 218 13 218 32 218 51 219 10 219 29
10217 34217 54218 13 218 33218 52 219 11219 29219 48 220 7 220 26
11 218 33 218 5 3 219 12 219 31 219 5 0 220 9 220 2 7 220 4 5 22 1 4 221 23
12 219 33 219 52 220 11 220 30 220 48 221 7 221 25 221 43 222 1222 20
13 220 32 220 51221 10 221 28 221 46 222 5 222 23 222 41222 58 223 17
14 221 31221 50 222 9 222 27 222 45 223 3 223 21 220 39 223 50 224 11
15 222 31 222 50 223 8 223 20 223 44 224 2 224 19 234 37 224 54 225 11
16 223 31 223 49 224 7 221 25 224 43 225 0 225 17 225 35 225 51 226 81
17 2-24 31 224 49:225 6 225 24 225 42 225 59 226 15226 33 226 49 227 5
18 225 31-225 491226 6 226 23 226 41226 58 227 14227 31 227 47 228 3
19 226 32 226 49^227 6 227 23-227 40227 57 228 13 228 29 228 45 229 1
20227 32 227 49:228 6 228 23 228 29 228 56 229 12 229 28229 43 229 59j
21228 33228 50229 6229 23 229 39 229 55 230 11230 27 230 41230 57
22 229 34 229 50 230 6 230 23 230 38230 54 231 10 231 25 231 40 231 55
23 230 35 230 51231 6 231 23 231 38:231 53 232 9 232 24 232 38 232 5°.
21231 30 231 52 232 7 2 52 -23 232 38.232 53 233 8 233 23 233 37 235 51
25 232 38-232 53 233 8 233 24 233 38233 53 234 8 234 22 234 36 231 40
2b 233 401203 55 234 9 234 24 234 38 234 53 235 7 235 21 235 35 235 49
27 234 41|234 57 235 11235 25 235 39;235 53 236 7 236 21236 34 236 47
28235 43 235 58 236 12 236 26 236 40! 236 54 237 7 237 20 237 33 2.37 40
29236 461237 0237 14 237 27 237 41 237 54 238 7 238 20 238 32 238 45
30 237 481238 2 238 15 238 29 238 42:238 55 239 7 239 20239 32 239 41
 [ 319 ]
TABLES

RIGHT ASCENSION
South Latitude

^ ^ Q
I0|2O7 541207 5 205 421205 19 204 5fi 204 3d
| 1'208 511208 ?, 200 40:21)6 17 205 54 205 31
2'209 49:209 1 207 38 207 If) 206 53 205 30
0 210 46|210 59 208 37 208 15 207 52 207 29
4:211 441211 58 209 of. 209 14 203 51 203 28
51212 42 212 57 210 35 210 13 209 50 209 28
JGLIS 30 214
7:214 38 214 I82I0 -'■l
58:213 38:212
37 213 17211
16212 56 211
55 212 .34
35 211
212 12 210
12 211 50 210
50 211 28
28
8|215 37 215 17 214 57 214 36 214 15 213 54 213 33 213 12 212 50 212 28
9 210 3G216 L'-.lo 06 215 36 215 15 214 5-1 211 33 214 12 213 51 213 29
10 217 34] 217 lu 216 00 216 So 216 15 215 54 213 3 5 215 12 214 51 214 30
11218 33 218 14 217 1 21 1 216 54 216 33 2
12219 33219 itm
14218
14 218 -fL
o4 218! o^
33 218! 15? 217 55 217 34 217
13 13 215
14-213 52 215
53 216 31
32
13 220 32 220 13 219
14 221 31221 ^>n
13 220 51219 15 219
220 16 218 67
56 219
218 3G2
35 218 W 2178 54 217 34
15 222 31 222 iaoD?
13 221 54 221 t?
36 221 17 220 58 220 38 22019 I1862219
! 5(1 218
58 219
3I>
38
16 223 31223 13 222 59 2-21 39 221 19 221 0 220 40
17 224 31224 13 223 0 222 40 222 21 222 2 221 43
18 225 31225 14 224 1 223 42 223 23 223 4 222 46
19 226 32 226 14 225 3 224 44 224 25 224 7 223 46
20 227 32i227 15 226 5 225 46 225 28 225 10 224 52
2l|228 33i228 16 227 59 227 42 227 25I227 7 226 49 226 311226 ID 225 55
22j229 34|229 17 229 0 228 44 228 271228 9 227 52 227 34:227 16;226 59
23 230 351230 18 230 2 229 46 229 291229 12 228 55 228 37 228 20)228 3
24 231 36:231 20 231 4 230 48 230 32:230 15 229 58 229 4] 229 24 229 7
25 232 38 232 22 232 6 231 51 231 35 231 18 231 2 230 45 230 28 230 12
26 233 40 233 24 233 9 232 54 232 38 232 22 232 6 231 49 231 33 231 17
27 234 41234 27 234 12 233 57 233 42 233 26 233 10 23-2 54 232 38 232 22
28 235 43 235 29|235 15 235 0 234 45 234 30 234 14 233 58 233 43 233 27
29 236 4b 236 321236 18 236 3 235 491286 34 235 18:235 3 234 48 234 32
30 237 48 237 801237 21 237 7 236 53!236 38 236 23:235 3 235 55 23) 38
 [ 320 ]
T A B L K rf

EIGHT ASCENSION
Notth Latitude

a cfl
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SO SO SO S lO
0 237 481238 2 238 15 238 21 238 42 238 55 239 7 239 20 230 32 239 1!
1 238 511239 4 239 17 239 30 239 43 239 55 240 7 210 20 240 32 240 44
2239 531240 6 240 19210 31 240 44210 56.241 8241 202H 32241 1>
3 240 56 241 9 241 21 241 33 241 45 241 57 242 9 242 21 212 32 242 4!
4241 59242 11242 23212 35 242 46 242 58 243 9243 21 243 3224! 4!
5;243 3 243 14 243 25 243 37 243 48 243 59 244 10 244 21 244 32 2 41 4 !j
6244 6 244 17 244 28 244 39 244 50 245 1 215 11245 22 245 32 21,5 4!
7 245 9 245 2J 245 31 215 41 245 52 246 2,246 12246 22 216 32.246 43:
8 246 18 246 23 246 34 246 44 246 54 247 4 247 13 247 23 247 33 247 43
9 247 17 247 27 247 37 247 47 247 56 248 6 248 15 248 21 248 33 218 13
10 218 21 248 30 248 40 248 49 248 58 249 7 249 16 249 25 249 33 249 43
11 249 25 249 34 249 43 249 52 250 0 250 9 250 17 250 26 250 34 250 44
121250 20 250 38 250 46 250 55 251 3 251 11251 19 251 27 251 35,251 44
13 251 34 251 42 251 49 251 58 2^2 5 252 13 252 21252 2S 252 36 252 44
11 252 38 252 4 6 252 5 3 253 1 253 8 253 15 253 2 3 253 30 353 3 7 253 45
15 253 43 253 50253 57 254 4 254 11254 18 254 25 254 32 254 38 254 45
16 254 47 254 54| 255 1 255 7 255 14 255 2 0 255 2 7 255 33 255 39 255 46
17 255 52 255 58 256 5 256 11 256 17 256 22 256 29 256 35 256 40256 47
18 256 57 257 3 257 9 257 15 257 20 257 25 257 31257 37 257 42 257 48
19 258 2 258 7 258 13 '258 18 258 23 258 28 258 33 258 38 258 43 258 49
20 259 7 259 12 259 17 259 21 259 26 259 31259 35 259 40 259 44 259 50
21 260 12 260 17 260 21260 25 260 29 260 34 260 38 260 42 260 46 260 51
22 261 17 261 21261 25 261 28 261 32 261 36 261 40261 44 261 47,201 52
23 262 22 262 23 262 29 262 32 262 35 262 39 262 42 262 46 262 48 232 54
24 263 28 263 30 263 33 263 36 263 39 263 42 263 45 263 48 263 50 263 54
;25 264 33 264 35 264 37 264 40 264 42 264 45 264 47 264 50 264 51 264 55
26 265 38 265 40 265 41 265 44 265 45 265 48 265 49 265 52 265 51265 56
27 266 44 266 45 266 46 266 48 266 49266 51 206 52 266 54 266 55 266 57
28 267 49 267 50 267 50267 52 267 52 267 54 267 54 267 56 267 50 267 58
■29 268 55 268 55 268 55 268 56 268 56 268 57 268 57 268 58 268 58 268 59
30 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0
 L 321 ]
TABLES
OF
RIGHT ASCENSION
South Latitude

=j 0 1 213 4 5 b j 7 j 8 9
CC1j:^ ^!D
IS- JI C-UO
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S -O <131?
7:73
"tS 23 *-13
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■*CJ- !| 1313 ID' Z)13
ui - ss OJGJ
03113 w n 4,as 03s* G303
. -13 *^03 ~<-5Q3
^•<13"b ^S j a
J —E [^Sib S ~b
J S ^5j 51 a JZ5 S>
0^1° ^ e I Jp lJ^o05: S '■ 5j
jzl 0
® ^S
r ^ Q >g=:Q Q ^r. C) r< j^) rS i^a'O r*
0 237 48 2^7 35 237 21 237 7 236 53 236 38 236 23)236 8 235 53 235 38
T238 51 -238 38 238 24 238 10 237 57 2 37 42 237 28:237 13 236 59 236 45
2 239 53 239 41 239 28 239 14 239 1 238 47 238 33238 19 238 5 237 51
3 240 56 210 44 240 31 240 18 240 5 239 52 239 38,239 25 239 11 238 58
4 241 59 241 47 241 35 241 22 241 10 240 57 240 44:240 31 240 17 240 5
5 243 3 242 51242 39 242 27 242 15 242 2 241 50j241 37 241 24 241 12
6 214 6 55 243 43 243 32 243 20 213 8 242 56i242 44 242 31212 19
7 245 9 244 59 244 47 244 37 244 25 214 13 244 2:243 50 243 38 243 26
8 246 13 246 3 245 52 245 42 245 30 245 19 245 81244 56 244 45 244 34
9 247 17 217 7 246 57 246 47 246 36 246 25 246 14:246 3 245 52 245 41
10 248 21 24,8 XI 248 2 247 52 247 42 2T7 31247 21247 10 247 0 243 49
11249 25!21^ 16249 7 248 57248 48 248 38 248 28248 19 258 8 247 57
12 250 29,250 -211-250 12 250 3 249 54 249 451249 35:249 26 259 16 249 6
13 251 34 251 26 251 17 251 9 251 0 250 51 250 42:250 33 250 24 250 14
14;252 38 252 3ll25'2 22 252 15 252 6 251 58 251 49,251 41251 32 251 23
15 253 4B253 36:253 23 253 21 253 13 253 5 252 57 252 49 252 41252 32
16 254 47 254 41!'254 33 254 27 254 19 254 12 254 41253 57 253 49 253 41
17 255 52 255 461255 39 255 33 255 26 255 19 255 19 255 5 254 58 254 51
18 256 57 256 51 256 45 256 39 256 33 253 27 256 20 256 14 256 7 256 0
19 258 2257 56 257 51257 45 257 40 '257 34 257 28 257 22 257 16 257 10
-20 259 7 259 2 258 57 258 52 258 47 258 41 258 36 258 30 258 25 258 20
21 260 12 2eo 8 260 3 259 59 259 54 259 49:259 44 259 39 259 34 259 30
22 261 17 261 13 261 9 261 .5 261 1 260 56:260 52 260 48|260 43 260 40
23 262 22 262 18 262 15 262 11 262 8 262 4:262 0 261 57|261 52 261 50
24 263 28 263 24 263 21-263 18 263 15 263 12 263 9 263 6 263 2^263 0
25 264 33 264 30 264 27 264 25 264 22 264 20 264 17 264 15 264 llj264 10
26 265 38 265 36 265 33 265 32 265 29 265 28 265 261265 24 265 21265 20
27 266 44 286 42 266 40 266 39 266 37 266 36 266 34 266 33266 31266 30
28 267 49 267 4 8 267 46 267 46 267 4 4 267 4 4 267 43 267 42 267 40267 40
29 268 55 268 54 268 53 268 53 268 52 268 52 268 52!2S8 51-268 50268 50
30 270 01270 0 270 0 270 0 270 0270 0 270 01270 0 270 0 270 0

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 1 322

TABLES

EIGHT A30ENRI0N
yoith Latitude

0 270 0 270 0 270 0 270 01270 0 270 I 270 ( 270

1271 0 271 5 271 4 271 3;271 3 271 2 271 2 271
2 272 11 272 10 272 8 272 61272 6 27'2 4 272 4 272
3 273 16 273 15 273 11:273 9|273 8 273 ' 273 f 273
4 274 22 274 20 274 171274 12:274 lll274 1 174 7 274
i 5 275 27 275 25 275 18|275 15J275 1 iU75 1( 275 1
275
6278 32:278 30276 27276 24276 21 276 181276 I I276 12 276 K 27b 8i
7 277 38,277 35 277 31277 28 277 2j277 ilhll 1^ 277 14 277 12 277 1ft
8 278 43:278 30 278 35 278 32 278 28 278 24-278 20 278 1< 278 1 278 11
9279 48;279 43 279 39279 35 279 31279 261279 22 279 16 279 14 279 12
10(280 53:280 48 280 43280 39 28& 34 280 291280 25 280 2( 280 It 280 1 ij
11 281 58 281 53 281 47281 4.2 281 STMSl 32 231 27 281 22-281 17l 281 14:
12 283 3282 57 282 51282 45 282 40282 3* 282 29 232 2 232 l 232 15
13 284 81284 2 283 55 283 49 283 43 283 37 283 31 283 2 283 2i 283 15!
14 285 131285 6 284 59 284 58 284 46 284 40 284 33 284 2" 284 21 284 16
15 236 171286 10 286 3 285 56 285 49 285 42 285 35 285 28 285 22 285 16
16 287 221287 14287 7 286 59283 52 286 45 286 37 286 31-286 23 286 lb1
171288 26 288 18:288 11 288 2 287 55 287 47 287 39 287 32 287 21 287 17:
18 289 31^289 22 "289 14 289 5 288 57 -288 49 288 41 238 So 288 25 288 17
19 290 351290 26 290 17 290 8 290 0 289 51 289 43 289 31r 289 26 289 17
120291 39j391 30 291 20291 11291 2 290 5S|290 44 290 3 290 27 290 17
21 292 43(292 33 292 23 292 13 292 4291 55)291 45 291 30 291 28 291 17
22 293 47)293 37 293 25 293 16 293 6 292 56)292 47 2n3 37 ,>92 28 292 17
2o 294 51:294 40294 29 294 19 294 8 293 58)293 48 293 38 293 28 293 1"
24 295 54-295 45 295 32 295 21 295 10 294 59 294 49 294 38 294 2c- 2 J4 17
20 290 57 296 46 290 35 296 2329b 12 296 1 295 50 295 39 295 28 295 17:
26 298 1297 49)297 37 297 25 297 14)297 2 296 51 296 39 296 28 296 17-
27 299 4 298 51)298 39 298 27 298 15 298 3 297 511297 39 297 28 297 10
28 300 7 299 54)299 41 299 29 299 16 299 4 298 52 298 40 298 28 298 16
29 301 9 300 561300 43 300 30 300 17 300 5 299 53 299 40 299 28 299 16)
30 302 12 301 58(301 45 301 31301 18 301 5 300 53 300 40 300 28 300 16
 f 323 }
TABLES

RIGHT ASCENSION
South Latitude

0 270 5 270 01270 0 270 0 270 0i270 0 270 0 070 0270

1 271 5-271 6271 7 271 7 271 8;171 8 271 0 271 9 271
2 272 11 272 12 272 14 272 15 272 161272 16 272 18 272 18 272
3 272 16 273 18 273 20 273 23 273 23;273 24 273 20 273 27 273
4 274 22 -274 241274 31 274 311274 32'274 34 274 36 271
5 275 27-275 30 275 33 275 38 275 38 275 40 275 43 275 45 275 48 275 50
6 276 32-276 Sf>276 39 273 45 276 45 276 48 276 51 276 54 276 5b >77 0
7 277 88277 41 277 45 277 52 277 52 277 56 278 0178 3 278 7 278 10
8 278 43-278 47 278 51 278 59 278 59-279 4 279 8 279 1-2 279 17 279 20
9 279 48 270 52 279 57 280 6 280 6 280 11 280 16 280 21 280 2b >80 30
10 280 53 280 58,281 3 281 13 281 13,281 19 281 24281 30 281 3o28I 40
11 281 53 282 4 282 9 282 20 282 26 282 32 282 38 282 44
12 283 3 983 9:283 15 283 27 283 27-283 33 283 40 283 46:283 5 3 283 59
13 284 8-284 14 284 21 284 34 284 34281 41 284 48 284 55 285 2 ggg 9
14280 iSgsg 49285 27285 41 285 41-285 48 285 56 286 3 286 11 28b 1»
15 286 17286 24,286 32 283 47 286 47,286 55 287 3 287 11 287 19 287 28
16 287 22 987 29287 38 287 54 287 54288 2 288 11288 19 288 28-288 37
17 288 2(j.2g8 34:288 43 289 0j289 0 289 9 289 18 289 27 289 3b >39 45
18 289 31-289 39 289 48 290 61290 6-290 15 290 25 290 34 290 41 299 54
19 290 00 290 44290 53291 12:291 12 -291 -22291 32291 42 291 52 000 \,
20 291 39294 49:291 58 292 18 292 18 292 29 292 39 292 50 293 0 293 H
24 293 Sl'aO? 8 594 I'i
301-294 30,294 lb 295 27l
351295 35 295 22 206 3 .1
401296 40 296 29 297 421
45:297 45j297 39 298 5M
50:238 50299
55 299 55 290
59 300 ,59 501
3 302 3 302
" 50 5 7 303
 TAB LES

EIGHT ASCENSION,
Noith Latitude

i tyo csa©to «!©

c a
^© 'aH © a cd -.©
.-"o a a op a bp j-"a
i a a q a 'a a a a a aa aa aa aa a
0 302 12 301 58 301 45 301 31 301 18 301 5 300 53|300 40 300 28 300 16
1303 14 303 0 302 47 302 33 802 1' !02 6 301 53;30l 40 301 28 301 15
2 304 16304 2 303 41 303 34 303 2( 303 6 302 53|302 40 302 27 302 14
3 305 18305 3 304 5( 304 35 304 2 1 304 7 303 53,303 39 303 26 303 13
4306 20306 5 !05 51 305 3, 305 22 305 7 304 53304 39 304 25 304 12
5 307 22 307 7 306 52 306 3b 306 22 506 7 305 521305 38305 24 305 10
6 308 24308 8 307 53 307 3, 307 22 «7 7 306 52 306 37 306 23 306 9
7 309 26309 9 308 54 308 37 308 22 308 7 307 51307 36 307 22 307 7
8 310 2b 310 16 309 54 339 37 ^09 22 309 6 308 50308 35 308 20 308 5
9 311 27311 10 510 54 310 37 310 21 310 5 309 49309 33 309 18 309 3
10312 28312 11511 54311 37311 21 311 4 310 48)310 32 310 17 310 1
11 313 28 313 11 312 54 312 37 312 20 312 3 311 47311 31311 15 310 58
12314 29314 11 313 541 313 37 313 19 313 2412 46312 29 312 13311 57
13315 29 315 11 514 5- 314 36 314 16 314 1313 45)313 27 313 11 312 54
14316 29316 11 -45 5. 315 35 3i5 17 515 0 314 43,314 26314 9 313 52
15317 29317 10 316 52 316 34 316 16 315 58 315 41315 23 315 6 314 50
16 618 29318 13 317 11 317 33 317 15 316 57 316 39 316 21316 4 315 47
17319 28319 9 318 56 318 32 318 14317 55 317 37317 19 317 2 316 44
18 320 27 320 8 319 49 319 30 319 12 318 53 318 35 318 17 317 59 317 41
19 321 27321 7 320 48 320 29 320 10 319 61319 33 319 15 318 56 318 38
20 322 26322 6 521 47 321 27 321 8 320 49 320 31320 12 319 53 319 35
21323 25 323 4 322 45 322 25 322 6 321 47 321 28 321 9320 50 320 31
22 324 23324 3 323 49 323 23 323 4322 45 322 25322 6321 47 321 28
23325 22 325 3 524 41 >24 21 324 1323 42 323 22323 3 322 44 322 24
24326 20325 59 325 39 125 19 324 51 324 39 324 19323 59323 40323 21
25 327 18326 57 526 37 326 17 325 56 125 36 325 16324 56 324 37 324 17
26 328 16 327 55 127 35 327 14 326 53 326 33 326 13 325 53 325 33 325 13:
27 329 14 328 53 328 32 128 11 327 53 327 30 327 10 326 49 326 29326 9
28 330 1132') 50 32 9 2 9 32 9 8 32 8 47 3 28 27 3 28 6 32 7 4 6 327 2 5 32 7 5!
29331 93.30 47 330 26 330 5 329 44 329 26329 3 328 42 328 211328 1
30332 6 331 44 331 23 331 2 330 41 330 20329 59329 38 629 17328 56;
 [ 325 ]
TABLES
OP
RIGHT ASCENSION
South Latitude

MB MWa gu»j|2] Sgw? iJS| !

Me
I^KVS SESi ffiSt! BSi
gMSg USE
H£(l gjjwfl BtSS »^BI| rcSg
jwjl «l •u
6 308 24308 40 308 56 309 121309 28309 45'310 2 310 19 310 36 310 53
7|309 25 309 42 309 58310 14310 31310 48 311 5 311 23 311 40311 57
8 310 20 310 43 311 0 311 16'311 33 311 51 312 8 312 2G 312 44 313 1
9;311 27311 44 312 1312 181312 35312 53313 11313 29313 47 314 5
10312 28 312 45 313 2 313 201313 37 313 55 314 14 314 32 314 50 315
11313 28313 46314 3314 21314 39 314 57315 16315 35 315 53316 11
12 314 29 314 46 315 4 315 22 315 40 315 59 olG 18 316 37 316 56 317 14
i 3 315 29 315 47 316 5 316 23 316 41 317 0 317 20 317 39 317 58 318 17
14 316 2931b 47 317 6317 24|3]7 42 318 1 318 21318 41319 0319 19
15 317 29317 47 318 6 318 24 318 43 319 2 319 22 319 42 320 2 320 2:
16 318 29! 318 47 319 b!3l9 251319 44 320 3 320 24 320 44321 4 321 24
17 319 28 319 47 320 61320 25 320 45 321 4 321 25 321 45 322 6 322 26
18 320 27 320 4 321 6|321 25 321 45 322 5 322 26 322 46 323 7 323 28
19 321 27321 46 322 6;322 25 322 45 323 6 323 27 323 47 324 8 324 29
20 322 20 322 li'diS 41323 25 323 45 324 6 324 27 324 48 325 S 325 30
!
21323 25:323 44 324 5324 24 324 45 325 6 325 27 325 48 326 9 326 31
22 324 2 3 324 4 3 3 25 31325 2 4 325
24 4455 326 6 3 26 2 7 326 4 8l 327 10 327 31
2 5 325 22 325 42 326 21326 23 326 44327
44 327 5 327 27 327 48 328 10 328 31
21 326 201626 40 327 01327 22)327 43 328 4 328 23 328 481329 10329 31
25 327 18 327 3 328 l!328 21 328 42 329 31329 25 329 47:330 10 330 31
26 o28 16 328 3- 328 58 329 19 329 41 330 2 330 24330 46,331 9 331 30
27 329 14 329 35 329 56 330 17 330 39 831 1 331 23 331 45 332 8 332 30
28 330 11 630 33 380 54 3ol 15 331 37 331 59 332 22 332 44,333 7 333 29
29 331 9 331 30 331 52 332 13 332 35 332 57 333 20 333 43 334 6 334 28|
30 332 6 332 27 332 49 333 11333 SS'saS 55 334 18 334 4ll335 4 335 27l
 [ 32(1

TA B I ES

EIGHT ASCENSION
North Latitude

G 337 48 337 25 337 3 i3G 40 336 18 335 56 335 34 335 12'334 50 334 27
7 338 44 338 22 337 5' S37 36 337 14 336 52:336 30 336 8 335 46 335 22
8 339 40 239 18 338 5j338 32 338 10 387 481337 26 337 3 336 41 336 17
9 340 37 340 14 '39 51 339 28 389 G 338 43 333 2ll337 59 337 36 337 12
10 341 33 341 10 340 47 140 21340 2 339 39 339 17|338 54 338 31 338 7
11'342 29 342 6 341 43 341 20 340 58 340 35 340 12I!339 49 339 261339 2
14 313 25 343 2 342 3" 342 16 341 53 341 30 341 7 340 44340 2T339 57
19)344 20 343 58 343 3 343 12 342 49 342 23 342 2i341 39 341 lbl340 32
11|346 16 344 53 344 30 344 7 313 44 343 20 342 57:342 34 342 ll|341 48
15 316 12345 48 315 25 345 2 344 39 344 15 343 52!343 29 343 6:342 43
16 347 7[346 44 346 21 345 57 345 34 345 10I 344 47 314 24 344 li343 38
17|348 3 347 40 347 17 346 52 346 29 346 5 345 4>345 19 341 51344 33
181348 58jo48 85 348 12 347 47 817 24 347 0 84G 37 346 13 845 51845 28
19:349 54 349 31 349 7 348 43)348 19 347 55 347 32 347 8 346 46!'346 23
20)350 49 350 26 350 3 349 33 349 14 348 50 348 27 348 3 347 411347 19
1)351 44351 24350 57 350 33350 9 349 45 349 221348 58 348 36 348 14
22 352 39 352 16 351 52 351 28 351 4350 40:350 1" 349 53 349 30:349 9
26 353 35 353 11 352 47 352 23 351 59 351 35 351 1/350 48 350 25!350 4
21351 30 354 6 053 42)353 18 352 54 352 30 352 7)351 43 351 20)350 59
23 355 25 355 1 354 38,354 14 353 50 353 26 353 2'i>2 38 352 15j351 53
26,366 20355 57355 33355 9S51 Ijlgol 21353 57.353 33 353 10 352 49
27 357 15356 52 356 28 356 4 355 401355 16 351 52:354 28 354 41353 42
28 358 10 357 47 657 23 356 59 356 SS'SSG 11 355 47)355 93 354 SO'S&i 3b
2^ 359 5 358 42 358 18 657 54 357 30)357 6 356 42)356 18o55 54355 30
>0,360 0359 37 359 13 358 49 358 25)358 1 357 37)357 13 356 48)356 24
 f 327 |
TABLES

RIGHT ASCENSION
South Latitude

0|382 r>!332 281332 41 333 11 333 SS'SSS 18 334 41 335 4(335 27

M333 4 333 251333 471334 9 334 31:334 10 335 39 330 3 33D 26
2|334 1:334 22|334 44:335 61335 29)335 14|31G 37 337 1 3.37 23
3]334 SS'SSS l1-' 335 411336 3)336 26336 12)337 35 3,37 59 338 23
41335 551336 16)336 391337 1 337 24 337 101338 33 338 57 339 21
5|336 511337 13)337 36 337 581338 2l|338 8 339 3ll339 55 349 18
□ 337 48 338 10 338 33 338 55(339 18 369 41 340 5 340 28)310 52 341 16
7 338 44339 7 339 301339 521340 15340 38 341 2 341 2.5 341 49 542 13
8 339 40 340 4 340 27)340 49j341 12 341 35 341 59 342 221342 46 313 10
9 340 37 341 0 341 26j341 4(0312 9 342 321342 56 343 19,343 4ri 544 7
10|o41 33 341 561342 19(342 42)343 6 343 29(343 53 344 13:344 40 545 4
11 342 29 342 52 313 15 343 381344 2 344 25 314 49 345 13345 37 54G 1
12,343 25,343 48 344 11 344 34 314 58 345 21 345 45 346 9 346 33 343 58,
13)344 20 344 44 345 7 345 30 345 54 346 18 346 42 347 5)347 30 347 54
14|345 16 345 40 346 3 346 26 346 50 347 14 347 38 348 2 348 26 348 50
15:346 12 346 35 346 59 317 22 347 46 348 10 348 34 348 58)349 22 349 46
16'347 7,347 ,31 347 55 348 18 348 42 349 6(349 30 349 54 350 18 350 42
17,348 3 348 27 348 51 349 14 349 38 350 2 350 26 350 50 351 14 351 38
18(348 58 349 22 349 46(350 9 350 33 350 57)351 21 351 45 352 9 ,352 33
19:34S 54 350 18 350 42 351 5 351 29 351 53 352 17 352 41 353 5 353 29
201350 49 351 13 351 67 352 1 352 25 352 49(353 13 353 37 354 1 354 24!
21!sd1 44 352 8 352 32 352 56 353 20 353 44 354 8 354 32:354 56 355 20,
22(852 39 353 3 353 27 353 51 354 15 354 89 355 3 355 27 355 51 356 15
23:353 35 353 58 354 22 354 46 355 10 355 34,355 58 .356 22;356 46 357 10
24(354 30 334 53 335 17 355 41 356 5 356 29(356 53 357 17 357 41 358 6
125(355 25 355 48 356 12 356 85 357 0 357 24(357 48 358 12 358 36 359 1,
'20:336 20 35S 43 357 7 357 31 357 55 358 19:358 43 350 7 359 31 359 56
27(357 15(357 38 358 2 358 26 358 50 359 14)359 38 360 2 360 26 359 52
28)358 10(358 33 338 57 359 21 359 45 369 9:360 32 360 57 361 22 3bl 47
29(359 5(359 28(359 52 360 19 360 40 361 4!361 28 3bl 52 362 17 362 42
30(360 0(360 23(360 47 361 11 361 35361 59,362 23 362 47 '363 12 363 37

Plaoidus
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A table tlieunng the ollupie ateensums la
T D Banetjea joi the latitude oj

80 41 114 33 148 22
81 47 115 41 149 29
82 53 116 49 150 35
84 0 117 5S 151 41
85 6 152 47
86 12 120 15 153 53
87 19 121 24 154 58
88 26 122 32 156 4
89 33 123 40 157 11
90 40 158 16
91 47 125 56 159 22
92 55 126 4 160 27
94 3 128 13 161 32
95 11 129 20 162 38
96 18 163 44
131 37 164 48
98 34 132 44 165 54
99 43 133 52 166 59
100 51 168 5
169 10
(ME 170 15
104 16 171 19
105 25 172 25
106 33 173 30
174 35

The above table will be of great use to the Bengali student,

 [ 329 ]
every degiee of the JSehptic, eahmiated by
Calcutta, 22 degtees, 35 minutes. North

186 30 219 25
187 35 220 32
188 41 221
189 45

228 23
229 32
230 40
198 28 231 47
199 33 232 56
234 4
235 11
236 20
237 28
238 36
239 45

when directing the ascendant to any aspects m the Zodiac,

xfct
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A TABLE OP
CALCULATED BY T D BANERJEA FOR

r 8 ii 25 a

23 93 46
24 93 66
25 94 4

This table will be of great use to the Calcutta-student,

 [ 331 3
SEMIDIURNAL ARC,
THE LATITUDE OF 22 DEGREES 35 MINUTES

when dneeting the sun to any aspects in the Zodiac.

 A TABLE OF
CALCULATED BY T D BANE11JEA FOB

79 49
0 12 79 52
0 8 79 55
0 5 79 58
0 1 80 1
80 5
80 8
80 12
80 16
80 21
21 85 34 82 13 79 45 80 25
22 86
85 24 82 6 79 43 80 29
23 85 14 59 79 41 80 34
24 85 5 79 40 80 39
25 85 56 80 44
38 79
31 79 37
25 79 36
19 79
13 79

This table will be of gieat use to the Calcutta-student,

 L 333 ]
SEMINOCTURNAL ARC,
THE LATITUDE OF 22 DEGEEES, 35 MINUTES

irhen diieehng the sun to any aspects m the Zodiac.

 [ §34 ]
TABLE OF ASCEN-
CALCULATED BY T D BANERJEA, FOR THE LATITUDE
TJa following table will be veiy useful to the student

1 16
1 47
2 19
2 52
This table will enable students to find the ascensional diffeience of any planet or
spot is known This ascensional diffenence is added to oi subtracted frpjp §0 degrees
 r 335 ]
SIGNAL DIFFERENCE,
OF CALCUTTA, 22 DEGREES, 35 MINUTES, NORTH
itAen dn ectmg the moon to any aspects m the Zodiac

4 8
28 4 30 4 34
4 51 53 4 56 5 0
5 17 19 5 21 5 26

7 37 7
8 5 8
8 33 8
9 2 9
9 26 9 35 9 38
9 55 9 5 10 8
0 25 10 .35 10 37
0 55 10 6 11 9
1 26 11 29 1 34
1 58 12 1 2 6
2 30 12 33 2 39
3 3 18 6 3 12
of any spot in the heavens with ease, when, the declinatioa of that planet or of that
to find the semi-aic See Rule, Page 290,
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TABLE OF ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCE

72 OC IJJ OS^
s-sO oV O "U
C -0 C n— Z)bo ^5 &tii
siJa sijp s« s o

7 0 8
5 0 7
2 0 25

13 0 14 0 28 0 42 0 56 1 9[ 1 23 1 37 1 52 2
14 0 15 0 30 0 45 1 0 1 15 1 30 1 45 2 1 2 16.
la 0 16 0 32 0 48 1 4 1 21 1 37 1 53 2 10 2 26
16 0 17 0 34 0 521 l 9 1 26 1 44 2 1 2 19 2 36,
17 0 18 0 37 0 55 1 14 1 32 1 50 2 9 2 28 2 47'
18 0 19 o 39 0 59 1 18 1 38 1 57 2 17i 2 37 2 57
0 21 0 41 1 2 1 23 1 44 2 4 2 25 2 46 3 8,
20 0 22 0 44 1 6 1 27 1 49 2 12 2 34 2 56 3 18,
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TABLE OF ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCE

Latitude or Polar Elmatiom

15 0 16 0 17 0 18! 0 19
30 0 62 0 34 0 37! 0 39
45; 0 48 0 52 0 54! 0 59'
0) 1 4 1 91 14 1 1"
15 1 21 1 26 1 32 1 33
30 1 37 1 44 1 50 1 57
45 1 53 2 1 2 9 2 17
0 2 9 2 19 2 28 2 37
16 2 26 2 36 2 47 2 57
31 2 42 2 54 3 5 3 17
47 2 59 3 12 3 24 3 37
2 3 16 3 30 3 44 3 58
3 3 18 3 33 3 48 4 3 4 18
18 6 34 3 50 4 6 4 22 4 39
33 3 50 4 7 4 24 4 42 5 0
48 4 6 4 24 4 43 5 2 5 21
3 4 22 4 42 5 2 5 22 5 42
18 4 39 5 0 5 21 5 42 6 4
31 4 55 5 18 5 40 0 3 6 26
49 5 12 5 36 5 59 6 24 6 46
5 5 30 5 54 6 19 6 45 7 10
24 5 47 6 13 6 39 7 6 7 33
37 6 5 0 32 6 59' 7 27 7 56
54 0 23 6 51 7 20 7 49' 8 19
ll! 6 11 7 11 7 41 8 8 43
28 6 59! 7 311 8 2- 8 35 9 7
45 7 18 7 51 8 24 8 58 9 32
3 7 271 8 11 8 47: 9 21 9 57
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TABLE OF ASCENSIONAL DIFFEHENCE.

 I 339 1

TABLE OF ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCE.

13 7 3 7 21: 7 40 7 58j 8 18 8 37 8 58 9 18 9 39
U 7 37 7 ftG 8 17 8 37 8 &8 9 19j 9 41 10 310 26
15 8 11 8 32 8 51 9 16 9 3810 JllO 25 10 4911 14
16 8 40 9 8i 9 32 9 50 10 19 10 44 11 9 11 3512 2
 t 340 ]

TABLE OF ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCE

1310 110 24 10 46 11 1011 33 12 012 2Gll2 5313 21

U10 5011 14 11 3') 12 412 31 12 58 13 27;i3 5,14 26
1511 £ 12 3211 013 2- 13 58 14 2844 015 32
1612 29ll2 57 13 26 13 5514 2^ 14 5815 Sl'lG 51b 40
17 13 ISjlS 4 14 20 14 5215 2515 59 16 3417 1017 48
18i14 I0jl4 42 15 15 15 491b 2417 1 17 3818 1718 58
1015 2'l5 36 16 11 16 48 17 25'18 418 4419 2120 9
2015 55116 31 17 8 17 4718 2719 8 19 5120 35 21 21
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TABLE OF ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCE

LAinuDK or Polar Elevaiion

£ts] r-OJD C33 l be

^

11 2 1 4 1 7 1 9 1 12 1 14 1 17 1 20 1 23
2 2 4 2 9 2 13 2 18 2 23 2 28 2 34 2 39 2 45
.3 3 7 3 13 3 20 3 27 3 35 3 43 3 51 3 59 4 8
4 4 9 4 18 4 27 4 37 4 47 4 57 5 8 5 19 5 31
5 5 12 5 23 5 35 5 47 5 59 6 12 6 26 6 40 6 55
6 6 15 6 28 6 42 b 57 7 12 7 27 7 44 8 1 8 19
7 7 18 7 34 7 50 8 7 8 25 8 43 9 2 9 23 9 44
8 8 22 8 40 8 59' 9 18 9 3810 0 10 2210 3511 9
9 9 2b 9 4710 810 3010 5311 17 11 4212 812 35
1010 31 10 5411 1811 42 12 812 35 13 213 3214 3
1111 57 12 112 2S12 55 13 24 13 53 14 2414 5715 31
1212 4313 1113 3914 914 4015 1315 4916 2317 0
1313 5014 2014 5115 2415 5816 2417 1117 5018 32
1414 5815 3016 5 1b 40 17 1717 5618 3719 1620 4
1316 7 16 4217 1917 5718 3719 19 20 420 5021 38
1617 16 17 54:18 3419 1619 59 20 44 21 32 22 22 23 15
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TABLE OF ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCE

2o 1 41 45 43 48 45 54 48 16 50 54 53 52
26 44 9 46 18 48 41 51 19 54 16 57 39
27 4b 41 49 4 51 41 53 38 58 1 61 57
28 49 24 52 1 54 58 59 19 62 14 67 4
 [ 343 1

TABLE OT THE POLES OF THE HOUSES

From the Eqiiator to 60 Degrees of Latitude»

|1 Pole of the Pole of the Pole of the Pole of the

T 1 Lth, Sid ! 12th, 2nd, T , 11th, Sid, 12th, 2nd,
i 5th, and 9th, | 6th, and 8th, 5th, and 9th, 6th, and 8tii,
I Houses Houses Houses Houses

0 42 31 11
1 22 32 11
33 12
34 12
35 13
36 13
4 40 37 14
38 14
39 15
40 15
41 16
42 17
43 17
44 18
45 18
10 50 46 19
47 20
48 21
12 57 49 21
13 41 50 22
51 23
52 :
24
53 25
16 .36 54 26
17 22 55 23
18 5 56 28
18 52 57 22
28 10 19 37 58 30
10 32 59 31
30 10 60 32

Zadkiel
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOG-ARITHMS

3 2553 2 2139 1 9331 1 76 W j 16425 15477 1 4699

7 31883 2 2073 1 9296 1 7616 1 6407 1 5463 1 4687
89 3 1303 2 2009 1 9262 1 7592 1 6390 1 5419 1 4676
10
3 0792 2 1946 1 9228 1 7570 1 6372 1 5435 1 4664
3 0334 2 1883 1 9195 1 7516 1 6855 1 5420 1 4652

21 2 7112
22 2 5910
23 2 3717
24 2 6532
25 2 6355
26 2 6184
27 !
2 6021
28 2 5862
29 2 5740
30 2 5563
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS

2 0291
2 024i8
2 0206
2 0164
2 0122

2 3259 1 9881
2 3174 1 9842
2 3091 19803
2 3010 1 9765
9, 2930 1 9727
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

Degiees Degrees Degrees Degrees Degiees Degiees Degrees

l HI

42
1 o034 I 1 2574
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.
 [ 349 ]

A.
TABLE
Off
OPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

93 4 1 0645
92 9 1 0640
92 4 1 0635
91 9 10631
91 4 1 0626
90 9 1 0621
4 1 0617
89 9 1 0612
89 4 1 0u08
88
1110503
88 4 1 0598
88 mm1 0594
87 5 1 0589
87 mm1 0584
86 5 10580

iiiil
limb:
tmr
Emb]
 [ 330 ]

A
TABLE
OP
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

« 22 23
a
2 Leg Deg

16 9076
17 9073
18 9070
19 9066
20 9063
21 9060
22 9056
23 9053
24 9050
25 9047
26 9044
27 9041
28 9037
29 9034
30 9031
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

8470 8304
8467 8301
8464 8298
8462 8296
8459 8293
8456 8290
8453 8288
8450 8285
8448 8282
8445 8279
8442 8277
8439 8274
8437 8271
8434 8268
8431 8256
8428 8263
8424 8260
8422 8258
8420 8255
8417 8252
8414 8250
8411 8247
8408 8244
8406 8242
8403 8239
 [ 352 ]

A
TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS

■tV iMK:
■nt UsHs !
jv t
Ho* •ESMi1i
•«HHi

6958 6839
6956 6837
6955 6836
6952 6834
6950 6832
6948 6830
6946 6828
6944 6826
6942 6823
6940 6822
6938 6820
6936 6818
6934 6816
6932 6814
6930 6812
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TABLE

rROPOHTJONAL LOGARITHMS

35 I 36 I 37 38 39 40 j 41
Deg 1 Deg j Deg Deg Dog Deg I Deg

31 7431 7300 7172 7048 6928 6810 6696 6585 6476 6370
32 7429 7298 7170 7046 6926 6808 6694 6583 6474 6309
-S3 7427 7296 7168 7044 0924 6807 6092 6581 6473 6367
34 7425 7293 7160 7042 6922 6805 6090 6579 0471 6365
35 7423 7291 7104 7040 6920 0803 6389 6577 6409 6303
36 7421 7289 7162 7038 6918 6801 6087 6576 GIG 7 6362
37 7418 7287 7160 7036 6916 6799 0685 6574 G4G5 6360
38 7416 7285 7158 7034 6914 6797 6083 0572 6464 6358
39 7414 7283 7156 7032 6912 6795 0081 6570 6462 6357
40 7411 7281 7153 7030 6910 6793 6679 6568 6460 6355
41 7409 7278 7151 7028 6908 6791 6677 0560 6458 6353
42 7407 7276 7149 7026 6906 6789 6676 6500 0157 6351
43 Ena 7274 7147 7024 6901 6787 6074 0563 6455 6349
44 7403 7272 7145 7022 6902 6785 6672 6561 6453 6348
45 7401 7270 7143 7020 6900 6784 6670 6559 6451 6846
40 7398 7268 7141 7018 6898 6782 6608 6557 6449 6344
47 7396 7266 7139 7016 6896 6780 6666 6556 6448 6342
48 7394 7264 7137 7014 6894 G778 6064 6554 6446 6341
49 7392 7261 7135 7012 6892 6776 6662 6552 6444 6339
50 7389 72 59 7133 7010 6890 6774 6660 6550 6442 6337
51 7387 7257 7131 7008 6888 6772 6659 6548 6441 6336
52 7385 7255 7128 7006 6880 6770 6657 6546 6439 6314
53 7383 7253 7126 7004 6884 6768 6655 6545 6437 6332
54 7381 7251 7124 7002 6882 6766 6653 6543 6435 6331
55 7378 7248 7122 7000 6880 6764 6651 6541 6434 6329
56 7376 724G 7120 7998 6878 6762 6649 6539 6432 6327
57 7374 7244 7118 7996 6877 0761 6o48 6538 G430 6325
58 7372 7242 7116 7994 6875 6759 6046 6536 6428 6323
59 7370 7240 7114 7992 6873 6757 6644 6534 6426 6822
bO 7368 7238 7112 7990 6871 6755 6612 6532 6425 6320

xl-
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS
 [ S55 ]

TABLE

PROPOKTICXNAL LOGARITHMS.

42 43 j 44 45 46
leg Deg Deg Deg Deg

594,7 5853 5497 5412

5945 5852 5495 5411
5944 5850 5494 5409
5942 5859 5492 5408
5941 5847 5491 5406
5939 5846 5490 5495
5938 5844 5488 5404
5936 5842 5487 5402
5935 5841 5486 5401
5933 5839 5484 5399
5931 5838 5482 5398
5930 5836 5481 53)7
5928 5835 5480 5395
5927 5833 5478 5394
5925 5832 5477 5393
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS

Deg Deg Deg Deg

5b 5315 ",234 0154 5070 4999 4923 4849 4776 4704 4633
57 5314 5233 5153 5075 4998 49*22 4848 4775 4703 4632
58 0312 5231 5152 5073 4996 4921 4846 4773 4702 4631
59 rin 0230 5150 5072 4995 4919 4845 4772 ! 4700 4630
60 5310 5229 5149 5071 4994 4918 4844 4771 1 4699 4629
 [ 358 ]

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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

taZ5 64 65
Eh 62 63 66 67 68 69 71
a Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg
s

4345 ) 4280
4344 4279
4343 4278
4342 4277
4341 4276
16 4610 4340 4275
17 4609 4339 4274
18 4608 4338 4273
19 4606 4336 4271
20 4605 4335 4270
4334 4269
4333 4268
4332 4207
4331 4266
4330 4265
4329 4264
4328 4263
4327 4262
4326 4261
4325 4260
 [ 359 ]

A
TABLE
OF
PBOPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS

[Nny m
liisji 40(
1O68 40(
Wn 40!
:066 40(
 [ 360 ]

A
T A U r 15
OF
FROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS
 [ 361 ]

TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.
 [ 362 ]

A
TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS,
 [ 363 ]

A
TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

H R? S.R SI SS RR R7 Sft fiQ on

iI

77 38
76 83
 [ 364 ]

TABLE

PROPORTIOiNAL LOGARITHMS

97 98 99 100 101
Detc Deg Dec: Deg Deg

0 2915 : 2808 2685 2640 2596 2553

1 2914 2867 2684 2640 2596 2552
2 2913 2866 2C83 2639 2595 2551
3 2912 2866 2683 2638 2594 2551
4 2912 2365 2682 2637 2593 2550
5 2911 | 2864 2681 2637 2593 j 2549
1
28') 3 •2817 2771 | 2725 2681 2636 2592
2363 28 lb 2770 2725 2bo0 2591 25 l8
286 2 2315 2769 2724 2679 2634 2590 2517
2861 2815 2769 2723 2678 2834 2590 2546
2360 2814 2768 2722 2678 2633 2589 2545
11 290G ! 2859 2677 2632 2588 2545
12 2905 2359 2676 2632 2588 2544
11 2905 2858 2675 2631 2587 2543
11 2904 2857 2675 2630 2586 2543
15 2903 -2856 2674 2629 2585 2512
16 2902 2855 2673 2629 2585 2541
17 2901 2355 2672 2628 2584 :
2540
18 2901 2354 2672 2627 2583 ; 2540
19 2900 2853 2671 ' 2626 2582 i 2539
20 2899 2852 2670 2626 2582 1 2538
21 2898 2852 2669 2625 2581 2538 2494
22 2898 2851 2669 2624 2580 2537 2494
21 2897 2850 2668 2623 2580 : 2536 2493
24 2896 2849 2667 2623 •2579 i 2''35 2492
25 2895 2848 2666 2622 2578 ! 2535 2492
26 2894 2848 2666 2621 2577 2534 2491
27 2894 2847 2665 2621 2577 25)3 2490
28 2893 2846 2664 2620 2576 2532 2489
29 2892 2845 •2663 2619 2575 2532 2489
30 2891 2345 2663 2618 2574 2531 2488
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS

ob 2871 2824 2778 2753 2688 2643 2599 2555 2512 2470
57 2870 2824 2778 2732 2687 2G43 2599 2555 2512 2469
53 2869 2823 2777 2731 2686 2642 2598 2554 2511 2468
53 2869 2822 2776 2731 2686 2641 2597 2553 2510 2467
60 2868 2821 2775 2730 ; 2685 2640 2596 2553 2510 2467
 [ 366 ]

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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

0 2467 2424 2382 2341 2300 2259 2218 2178 2139 2099
1 2466 2424 2382 2340 2299 2258 2218 2178 2138 2099
2 2465 2423 2381 2339 2298 2257 2217 2177 2137 2098
3 2465 2422 2380 2339 2298 2257 2216 2176 2137 2098
4 2464 2421 2380 2338 2297 2256 2216 2176 2136 2097
5, 2463 2421 2379 2337 2296 2255 2215 2175 2135 2096

M!
Ill
?!
Hi li
z;
5I■

2830 2289
2329 2288
2328 2287
2328 2287
2327 2286

26! 2448
27 2448
28 2447
29 2416
30 2445
 [ 367 ]

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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

IW
jSnti
51

51 2431 2105 2066

52 2430 2105 2066
53 2429 2104 2065
54 2429 2103 2064
56 2428 2103 2064
56 2427 2102 2063
57 2426 2101 2062
58 2426 2101 2062
59 2425 2100 2061
60 2424 2099 2061
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TABLE

PROPORriONAL LOGARITHMS

3 Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg Deg

0 20ol 2022 I 1984 1946 1908 I 1871 3761 1725

1 2060 2021 1988 1945 1907 } 1870 1760 1724
2 2059 2021 1982 1944 1907 1370 1760 1724
3 2059 2020 1982 1944 1906 1369 1759 1723
4! 2058 2019 1981 1943 1906 1368 1758 1722
51 2057 2019 1980 19-1.3 1903 1868 1758 1722
f,! 2057 ; 2018 j 1980 1942 1904 18o7 1757 1721
7j 205G ! 2017 1 1919 1941 1904 1867 1737 1721
8i 2055 ! 2017 j 1979 1941 1903 1866 1756 17-20
111 2055 ! 2016 ! 1978 1940 1903 1863 1755 1719
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TABLE
OP
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

41 2034 1920 1883 1846 1809 1772 1736 1700

42 2033 1919 1882 1845 1808 1772 1736 1700
43 2033 1919 1881 1844 1808 1771 1735 1699
44 2032 1918 1881 1844 1807 1771 1734 1699
45 2032 1918 1880 1843 1806 1770 1734 1698
46 2031 1917 1879 1 1842 1806 1739 1733 1697
47 2030 1916 1879 | 1842 1805 1769 1733 1697
48 2030 1916 1878 1841 1805 1768 1732 1696
49 2029 1915 1878 1841 1804 1768 1731 1696
50 2028 1914 1877 1840 1803 1767 1731 1695

xlvii
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or
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS
 [ 371 ]

A
TAB LE
OF
PROPOKTIONAL LOGARITHMS

1633 [ 1508 1427 1393

1632 1 1597 1426 13'13
142b 1392
1631 i 1596 1425 1392
1630 ! 1695 1424 1391
1630 1595 1424 1390
1629 1594 1423 1390
1628 1593 1423 1389
1628 1593 1422 1389
1627 1592 1422 1388
1627 1592
1626 1591
1626 1591
1625 1590
1624 1559

1415 1382
1415 1382
1414 1381
1414 1381
1413 1380
 [ 372 ]

TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

Deg I Deg i Deg j Deg I Deg I Deg I Deg I Deg j Deg I Deg

0 1347 1314 1282 1249 1217 1186 1154 1123 1091 1061
1 1346 1314 1281 1249 1217 1185 1153 1122 1091 10G0
2 1346 1313 1281 1248 1216 1184 1153 1121 1090 1039
3 1345 1313 1280 1248 1216 1184 1152 1121 1090 1059
4 1345 1312 1279 1247 1215 1183 1152 1120 1089 1038
5 1344 1311 1279 1247 1215 1183 1151 1120 1089 1058
6 1344 1311 1278 1246 1214 1182 1151 1119 1088 1057
7 1343 1310 1278 1246 1214 1182 1150 1119 1088 1057
8 1343 1310 1277 1245 1213 1181 1150 1118 1087 1056
9 1342 1309 1277 1245 1213 1181 1149 1118 1087 1056
10 1341 1309 1276 1244 1212 1180 1149 1117 1086 1055
11 1341 1308 1276 1243 1211 1180 1148 1117 1086 1055
12 1S40 1308 1275 1243 1211 1179 1148 1116 1085 1054
18 1340 1307 1275 1242 1210 1179 1147 1116 1085 1054
14 1B39 1307 1274 1242 1210 1178 1147 1115 1084 1053
15 1339 1306 1274 1241 1209 1178 1146 1115 1084 1053
16 1338 1305 1273 1241 1209 1177 1146 1114 1083 1052
17 1338 1305 1272 1240 1208 1177 1145 1114 1083 1052-
18 1337 1304 1272 1240 1208 1176 1145 1113 1082 1051
19 1337 1304 1271 1239 1207 1175 1144 1113 1082 1051
20 1336 1303 1271 1239 1307 1175 1143 1112 1081 1050
S21 1335 1303 1270 1238 1206 1174 1143 1112 1081 1050
22 1335 1302 1270 1238 1206 1174 1142 1111 1080 1049
23 1334 1302 1269 1237 1205 1173 1142 1111 1080 1049
24 1334 1301 1269 1237 1205 1173 1141 1110 1079 1048
25 1333 1301 1268 1236 1204 1172 1141 1110 1079 1048
26 1333 | 1300 1 1268 ] 1235 1203 1172 1140 1109 1078 1047
27! 1332 1300 1267 1235 1203 1171 ir40 1109 1078 1047
28] 1332 1299 1267 1234 I 1202 1171 1139 1108 1077 1046
29 1331 1298 | 1266 1234 1202 1170 1139 1107 1076 1046
30 1331 1298 1266 1233 1201 1170 1138 1107 1076 1045
1 i
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

1193 1161 1130 1099 1068 1037

1192 1161 1129 1098 1067 1036
1192 1160 1129 1098 1067 1036
1191 1160 1128 1097 1066 1035
1191 1159 1128 1097 1066 ! 1035
— 1 — |- —■
1190 1159 1127 1096 1065 1034
1190 1158 1127 1096 1 1065 1034
1189 1158 1126 1095 1 1064 1033
1189 1157 1126 1095 1064 1033
1188 1157 1125 1094 1063 1032
1188 1156 1125 1093 1063 1032
1187 1156 1124 1093 1062 1031
1187 1155 1124 1092 1062 1031
1186 1154 1123 1092 1061 1030
1186 1154 1123 1091 1061 1030
 [ 374 ]

TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

145 143 147 148 149 150 151

Leg. Deg Deg Leg Deg. Deg Deg

0 1030 0999 0969 0939 0909 0880 0850 0821 0792 0763
1 1029 0999 0969 0939 0909 0879 0850 0820 0791 0762
2 1029 0998 0968 0938 0908 0879 0849 0820 0791 0762
3 1028 0998 0968 0938 0908 0878 0849 0819 0790 0762
4 1028 0997 0967 0937 0907 0878 0848 0819 0790 0761
5 1027 0997 0967 0937 0907 0877 0848 0818 I 0789 0761
6 1027 0996 0966 0936 0906 0877 0847 0818 0789 0760
7 1026 0996 0966 0936 0906 0876 0847 0817 0788 0760
8 1026 0995 0965 0935 0905 0876 0846 C817 0788 0759
9 1025 0995 0965 0935 0905 0875 0846 C816 0787 0759
10 1025 0994 0964 0934 0904 0875 : 0845 0816 0787 0758
11 1024 0994 0964 0934 0904 0874 0845 0815 0787 0758
12 1024 0993 0963 0933 0903 S 0874 0844 ' 0816 0786 0757
13 1023 0993 0963 0933 0903 ! 0873 0844 0814 0786 0757
14 1023 0992 0962 0932 0902 0873 0843 0814 0785 0756
15 1022 0992 0962 0982 0902 0872 0843 0814 0785 0756
16 1022 099] 0961 0931 0901 0872 0842 0813 0784 0755
17; 1021 0991 0961 0931 0901 0871 0842 0813 0784 0755
18' 1021 0990 0960 0930 0900 0871 0841 0812 0783 0754
19 ^ 1020 0990 0960 0930 0900 0870 0841 0812 0783 0754
20 1020 0999 0959 0929 0899 0870 0840 0811 0782 0753
21 1019 0989 0959 0929 0899 0869 0840 0811 0782 0753
22 1019 0988 0958 0928 0898 0869 0839 0810 0781 0752
23 1018 0988 0958 0928 0898 0868 0839 0810 0781 0752
24 1018 0987 0957 0927 0897 0868 0838 0809 0780 075]
25 1017 0987 0957 0927 0897 0867 0838 0809 0780 0751
26 1017 0986 0956 0926 0896 0867 0837 0808 0779 0750
27 1016 0986 0956 ■ 0926 0896 0866 0837 0808 0779 0750
28 1016 0985 0955 0925 0895 0866 0836 0807 0778 0750
29 1015 0985 , 0955 0925 0895 0865 0836 0807 0778 , 0749
30 1015 0984 0954 0924 0894 0865 0835 0806 0777 0749
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

5G 1001 I 0971 0941 0911 0882 0852 0823 0794 0765 0736
57 1001 0971 0941 0911 0881 0852 0822 0793 0764 0736
58 1000 0970 0940 0910 0881 08,51 0822 0793 0764 0736
59 1000 0970 0940 0910 0880 0851 0821 0792 0763 0735
60 0999 0969 0939 0909 0880 0850 0821 0792 0763 0734
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS

0668 G6iO 0584 0557

0667 0669 0584 0556
0657 0639 6583 0556
0666 0638 0583 0555
6G66 0638 0582 0555
0665 0637 0o82 0554
0665 0637 058] 0554
0664 0636 0581 0553
0664 0636 0580 0553
0663 0635 0580 0552
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS

51 0710 0682 0651: I 0626 0598 0570 0513 ! 0516 0489 0462
52 0710 0681 0653 j 0625 0597 0570 0542 j 0515 04S8 0461
53 0709 0681 0653 ! 0625 0597 0569 0512 0515 0488 0461
54 0709 0680 0652 j 0624 0595 0569 0541 i 0514 0487 0460
55 0708 0680 0652 I 0624 0596 0563 0541 ! 0514 0487 0460
56 0708 0679 0651 0623 0596 ! 0568 0541 0513 0486 0459
57 0707 0679 0651 0623 0595 0568 0540 0513 0486 0459
58 0707 0678 1 0650 0622 0595 0567 0540 0512 0485 0458
59 0706 0678 | 0650 ! 0622 0594 0567 0539 0512 0485 0458
60 0706 0678 0649 0621 0594 0566 0539 0512 0484 0458

xlrm
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TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS
 r 379 ]

TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

Deg De

31 0444 0364 033S 0286 0261 0235 0210

32 0443 0364 0338 028S 0260 0235 0209
33 0443 03G3 0337 0285 0260 0234 0209
34 0442 03 63 0337 0285 0259 0234 0208
30 0442 0363 0336 0285 0259 0233 0208
36 0442 0362 1 0336 0284 0258 0233 0208
37 0441 0362 j 0336 0284 , 0258 0232 0207
38 0441 Odbl [ 0335 0283 0238 0232 0207
39 0440 0361 ;; 0333 0283 1 0257 0232 020G
40 0440 0360 0334 0282 0237 j 0231 0206

46 0437 0410 0384 0358 0332 0300 0280 0254 0229 0203
47 0437 0410 0384 0357 0331 0305 0279 0254 0228 0203
48 0436 0410 0383 0357 0331 0305 0279 0253 0228 0202
49 0416 0409 0383 0356 0330 0304 0279 0253 0227 0202
50 0435 0409 0382 0356 0330 0304 1)278 0252 0227 0202
 t 380 )

A
TABLE
OF
PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

6 0190 0170 0140 0120 0095 0071 0046 0022

7 "194 0169 0144 0119 0095 0070 0046 0021
8 0194 0169 0144 0119 0094 0070 0045 0021
9 0194 0169 0143 0119 0094 0069 0045 0021
10 0193 0168 0143 0118 0093 0069 0044 0020
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TABLE

PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS.

46 0178 -OlIS 0128 ■ 0103 I 0079 0054 f 0030 0006

47 0178 0153 0128 0103 0078 0054 ! 0029 0005
48 0177 0152 0127 0103 0078 0053 I 0029 0005
49 0177 0152 0127 0102 0077 0053 0029 0001
50 0176 0151 0126 0102 0077 0053 0028 0004
 [ 382 ]

The many etrors contained m the old astronomical tables,

as well as the gieat want of new ones adapted to the modern
discoveries and impiovements in astionomy, render it
essentially necessary foi all who would make their calculations
with any degree of accuracy, to perform then operations by
the rules of tngonometiy , which, if they should at fiist
appeal difficult to a beginner, will moie than doubly recom-
pense him for his laboui m then attainment
In all cases wheie precision is lequued, tngonometry
becomes not only the most exact, but also more concise than
any other mode of calculation, for which reason I have heie
mseited the tngonometrical piecepts necessary for calculating
the Aics of Direction, and refened them to their eorresponding
canons in this work.

CANON I.
To find the Decimation, and from that, the Longitude,
m the Ecliptic
If the declination is lequired, and you have the longitude
given
To the sine of 23 deg 28' add the sine of the distance fiom
the neaiest equinoctial point, and the sum is the sine of the
declination
Example —In the following figuie the © is m 7 deg. 25'
of }£, which is 22 deg 35' fiom T•
To the sine of 23 deg 28' .. ... 9 60011
Add the sine of 22 deg 35' .. ... 9 5843S

Sum is sine of 8 deg. 48' ... ... 9 18447

which is the ©'s decimation

If the decimation is given, to find the longitude cones "
ponding
To the authmitical complement of the sine of 23 deg 28',
 [ 383 ]

mid the sine of the decimation, and the snm is the sine of the
longitude fiom the neatest equinox, as m tEe foicgoing
example
The nntb comp of sine of 23 deg 28' 0 39389
Sine ot ©'s decimation 8 cleg 48' ... 9 18465

Sum is sine of 22 deg 35' y 58454

■which is O's longitude fiom T, or 7 deg 25' of

If the declination of a planet is loquuod with latitude, the
most easy method is as follows :
Example —Let Tj> be m 15 deg 20' of in., with 2 deg 29'
north latitude , required his decimation
To the sine of Tp's long fiom ^ 45 deg 20' .. 9 85110
Add the tangent of 23 deg 28' • ... 9 63588

Sum is tangent of fiist angle 17 deg 4' ... 9 48698

dog in in.
To ip's lat 2 deg. 29' add 90 deg., sum is • 92 29
From which subtract the first angle ... 17 4

And there remains the second angle • 75 25

Then as cosine of first angle 17 deg. 4', 0 A 0 01956

Is to cosme of second angle 75 deg 25' . 9 40104
So is cosme of 23 deg 28' ■ ... 9 96251

To sine of Tj's, decimation 14 deg. 1' S ... 9 38311

If the longitude and latitude are of the same denomination,

viz both noith, or both south, the decimation is of the same
denomination also , but if the longitude and latitude aio of
different denominations, viz. one north and the other south.
 [ 384 J

then obseive wlietliei the declination found is greatei or less

than the hfutude, and if the decimation is less than the
latitude, it is of the same denonmiution as the latitude , but, if
it is gieatei, it is of the same denomination as the sign wheiem
it is placed , noith, in a noithem sign, and south, in a
southern one
CANON II
To find the Ascensional Difieience
Add the tangent of the latitude of the place to the tangent
of the planet's decimation, and the sum is the sine of the
ascensional difference
Example—In the same figui e, the latitude of the bnth is
53 deg , and U Jupitei's declination 15 deg 54' , requited his
ascensional diffeience
To tangent of latitude 53 deg 0' ... 10 12289
Add tangent of it's declin 15 deg. 54/ 9 45460

Sine of it's ascen. diff. 22 deg 13' .. 9 57752

CANON III
To find the Semidiurnal or Nocturnal Arcs.
Having found the ascensional diffeience by Canon II, if the
planet's decimation is noith above the eaith, oi south below,
add the ascensional difference to 90 deg , and the sum will be
the arc requued • hut, if the planet's declination is south above
the earth, or north below, subtiact the ascensional diffeience
fiom 90 deg , and the diffeience will be the arc requued , and
which, being divided by 3, will pioduce the space of the house.
In the last example, if Jupiter's ascensional diffeience was
found to be 22 deg IS', and as if Jupiter has north decimation,
and is above the eaith, 90 deg must be added, which makes
112 deg 13' for his semidiurnal am , and,divided by 3, gives
37 deg. 24' foi the space of % Jupitei's house.
 [ 385 ]

CANON Y.
To obtain the Right Ascension.
The most convenient rule for practice is as follows • To the
anthmetical complement of the cosme of the planet's declina-
tion, add the cosme of the longitude from the 'neaiest equinoc-
tial point, and the cosine of the planet's latitude, the sum,
rejecting radius, is the cosine of the right ascension fiom the
same equinoctial point fiom which the longitude was taken :
and, if the longitude is in T Aries, $ Taurus, or II Gemini,
the aic found is the light ascension , if in ss Cancer, SI Leo, or
""E Vugo, subtract the arc found from 180 deg , for the right
ascension ; if it is m it Libra, iq Scorpius, or / Sagittarius,
add the arc to 180 deg ; and, if in Vf Capricornus, $5 Aquarius,
or ^ Pisces, subtract the arc found fiom 860 deg. foi the right
ascension requned
Example —In the following figure, if Jupiter is in 20 deg.
of ft Leo, with 1 deg. 8' of latitude, and his decimation is
15 deg. 54' , requued his right ascension.
deg. min.
As cosine of i(.'s declination 15 54 C A. 001695
Is to cos of his long from it 40 0 9 88425
So is cosine of it's latitude 1 8 9 99991

To cosine of his right ascen. 37 13 9-90111

Which, subtracted from 180 0

Remains • • 142 47 it's right ascen.

For the ©'s right ascension,

deg min.
To cosme of ©'s declination 8 47 C, A. 0 00513
Add cos. of its long, from T 22 35 9-96535

■srli-r
 [ 386 ]

Sum is cos. of O's R. A. & r 20 53 9 97048

Whichj sifbtract from ... 360 0

Remains 339 7 O's right ascen.

Here it is to be observed, that when a planet is in the

beginning of T Anes, with gieat north latitude, or the be-
ginning of it Libia, with south, the above method will not
answei the purpose, and you may then proceed thus, foi
example. Let the J) Moon be in 56' of — Libra, with 4 deg. 32'
south latitude , required her right ascension.
As radius ... ... ... 10 00000
deg. min.
To sine of J)'s long, from 0 56 8 21189
So is cotangent of ))'s latitude 4 32 11 10079

To tangent of first arc 11 36 9 31268

Subt. from obliquity of ecliptic 23 28

Remains second arc ... 11 52. Now say,

deg mm.
As sine of fiist arc • • 11 36 0. A. 3 69663
To sine of second aic ... 11 52 9 31309
So is tang, of long, from ££... 0 56 8 21195

To tangent of R. A from ^ 0 57 8 22167

Which, subtract from ... 180 0

Remains 179 3 ])'s right ascen.

CANON X.
To describe a Figure of the Heavens
This may be done two ways besides the common method by
the tables of houses, viz. either by the tables of oblique
 [ 587 ]

ascension, or trigonometrically. The first method is taught in

almost all astrological authors, as well as in this work, in its
proper Canon.

To erect a Figure of the Heavens by the Rules of Trigonometry

for any Latitude.
To the given clock time apply the equation of time, and
you will have the appai ent time, which is to be added to, or
subtracted from, the O Sun's right ascension m time, as
occasion requites, for the light ascension of the M. 0. m time,
which convert into degrees and mmutes, and, to that, add 30
deg. for the oblique ascension of the eleventh house, 30 deg.
more foi the oblique ascension of the twelfth, &c., till you
come to the thud. Then, to obtain the degree of the ecliptic
upon the cusp of the M. C. •, to the cosine of the obliquity of
the ecliptic, add the cotangent of the It. A of M. C from the
neaiest equinox, and the sum is the cotangent of its longitude
fiom the same equinoctial point. For the othei houses you
must obtain their polar elevation, and then, to the cosine of the
oblique ascension of the house, add the cotangent of the pole
of the house, and the sum is the cotangent of the fiist aic, to
which, if the oblique ascension of the house is nearest to 7'
Aries, add the obliquity of the ecliptic 23 deg. 28' ; but if it is
neaiest to ii Libra, subtract 23 deg. 28' from it, and the sum or
difference is the second arc Then say, as the cosine of the
second arc is to the cosine of the first, so is the tangent of the
oblique ascension of the house to the tangent of its longitude
fiom T Aries or Libra, which, if the second angle is less
than 90 deg, is to be accounted fiom the same equinoctial point
which the oblique ascension was reckoned from, but, if more
than 90 deg , it is to be accounted from the contrary equinoc-
tial point.
Example.—In. the following figure, where the R. A. of
M. 0. is 110 deg. 15'.
 L 388 ]

deg. min.
To cosine of obliquity of ecliptic 23 28 9 96251
Add cotangent of B A fiom i 69 15 9 57849

Sum is cotang. of long, from i 70 50 9 54100

But as 2B 0 is 90 deg , subtract it from 90 0

Bemains longitude of M 0 19 10 of 35

I now proceed to the teal calculation of nativities, according to the Pla-

cidian method, ag laid down and exemplified m this work I shall begin
with that of my learned and very ingenious friend, Mr Witohell, Master
of the Eoyal Academy at Portsmouth, a gentleman well known m the
literary world , as well on account of his valuable discoveries m the longi-
tude, as foi his very useful mathematical publications
Por the ease and instruction of the reader, I shall go through every cal-
culation of this nativity, m the most practical and intelligent mannor, m
order that it may afford every necessary example for duectmg sigmficators
to promittors, m all cases whatsoever, as well as to shew the probable
effects to be deduced therefrom, m nativities in goneial
The scheme of Mr Witchell's nativity, m the annexed plate, was
erected by himself , and from his great veneration for the science, he gave
me leave to publish it, and to make what observations I thought necessary
m the calculation of it
On examining the figure, I found it wanted rectification , and therefoic
according to the method I proceeded to bring the estimate time to the
true tune of birth It is here to be observed, that neither of the
luminaries are m the centre of the angles, nor fortunes in parallel of
angles , but as a noctuinal nativity, the Moon's situation with Saturn,
presented itself most eligible for the purpose of rectification My business
therefore was to bring them m a right paiallel from the fourth house,
which is done thus ,
deg mm
Pirst, take the right ascension of Satmn, (no latitude) ... 325 58
Then the right ascension of the Moon, (no latitude) ... 288 23

Subtract, and the difference us the distance of Saturn

from the Moon ... 37 35
 [ 389 ]
h m. a
Then seek the semmoctmnal arc of Saturn and the SM/son,
in the table of semraocturnal area for the latitude of Lon-
don , and by entering the sign Capricorn on the top column
■with seventeen degrees, on the left hand side, m the common
angle of meeting, it is declared that the semmocturnnl arc
of the Moon is .. ... . •••8 5 0
"Which is the space of three houses , but as the Moon is
not elongated obovo one house, it is to be divided by three ,
the third part is ... ... ... ... 2 41 40
deg mm.
And is to be turned into degrees of the
equator, by the table, and it gives . 40 25
The same process may be observed witti respect to Saturn
The seminoetmnal aic of Saturn is ... ... 7 11 & 0
Divided by thiee, the third part gives .. ... 2 23 40
deg mm
Turned into equinoctial degrees by the table, gives 35 55
To this third part is to be added that of the Moon 40 25

And their ares make .. ... .. 76 20

Then say by the rule of proportion, is seventy six degrees twenty mi-
■nutes give thirty-seven degrees thirty-five minutes, being the distance of
Saturn fiom the Moon, what will forty-degrees twenty-five minutes, the
third pait of the seminocturnal arc of the Moon give
deg. mm
Answer, It gives ... .. ... 19 53
To which add the Moon's place m the zodiac,... 16 56

And they make ... ... ... 39 49

Which by allowing for Opncorn thirty degrees, makes the cusp of
the fourth to bo six degiecs foity-mne minutes of Aquarius, consequently
there will be six degiees forty-nine minutes of Leo on the tenth house,
and twenty-seven degiees thirty-three minutes of Libra ascending Thus
the figuie is biought to rcotified time, having the right ascension of the
mid-heaven one hundred and twenty-nine degrees fourteen minutes, the
oblique ascension of the ascendant two bundled and nineteen degrees
fourteen minutes, and by adding ninety degrees to each of the other
angles, the nght ascension of the fourth house, or imum cceh, will bo three
 [ 390 ]

hundred and nine degrees fourteen minutes, and the oblique deseension
of the seventh Souse thirty-nine degrees fourteen minutes.
The nest thing to be observed in the copper plate figure, is the part
of fortune , which must also he rectified , for it is very mconectly
placed by Mr Witchell Its true position, m this nativity, is of the
greatest consequence, both as to its pole and place , paiticnlarly as it is
Hyleg, and directed for the native's death , and as the part of fortune in
this figure depends wholly on the Moon for declination, right ascension,
distances, &c and hath its dmmal and noctmnal arcs increased 01 di-
minished as the Moon rises or sets, it may be tiuly deemed a lunar hoios-
cope , I shall therefore give the following rules for its rectification, which
will hold good on every similar occasion First, find the oblique ascension
or deseension of the Sun, according to his position m the figure, under
his own pole, subtract the oblique deseension of the Sun from the oblique
ascension of the ascendant, and the remainder leserve , then obtain the
pole of the Moon, and under the pole obtain her oblique ascension or des-
eension, as before observed, by the Sun , and from the oblique ascension of
the Moon, subtiact the distance of the Sun from the ascendant, as above
reserved, and the remainder will be the oblique ascension or deseension of
the part of fortune , which may be known by its being a greater or less
number of degrees than the mid-heaven , for by allowing thirty degrees
for each house, it will declaie m what house the part of foitune falls ,
and to know what degree of the Zodiac is answerable thereto, only re-
quires to find the pole of the part of fortune, and by giving it the same
latitude and declination as the Moon, it shews its ascensional diffeicnce,
which must be added to or subtracted from the aforesaid oblique ascen-
sion, as it is found either m a Northern or Southern sign, and the right
ascension is found , which by looking in the table of right ascensions,
allowing its latitude, if any, the degree and minnte of the z odiac is pointed
out for the place of the part of foitune , as exemplified in the following
figure deg mm.
The pole of the Sun is to be obtained thus , The Sun is in
twelve degrees seventeen minutes of Aries, and his seminoctumal
arc under the latitude of birth .. ... ... 5 36
The third part of which divided by three, is ... ... 1 52
Which turned into degrees of the equator, is ... 28 0
The pole of the seventh house, is ... ... ... 51 31
The pole of the sixth, as may be found by the table in
this work, is ... ... ... ... ... 40 48
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deg mm.
SuMraeted, leaves the difEerenoe of the two poles ... 10 43
Then take the distance of the Sun from the seventh house,
thus The ohhque descension of the seventh house, is ... 39 14
The oblique descension of the Sun under tho pole of the
seventh, is ... ... ... ... ... 17. 18

Subtract, and the distance of the Sun fiom the South, is ... 21 56
Then, by the rule of proportion, if twenty-eight degrees, the Sun's
semmoctuinal arc, give ten degrees forty-three minutes, being the dif-
ference between the pole of the seventh and six houses, what will twenty
one degrees fiifty-six minutes give, which is tho distance of the Sun
from tho seventh house '
The answer is pointed out by the table of logarithms, thus Seek the
loganthm of the second and thud number, and add them together , then
subtract the loganthm of the fiist numbei theiefrom, and the remainder
is the loganthm of the sum icqmred
Example foe the following Eighee
Seek the logarithm of the second number, wich is 10 deg 43 mm
In the fiist column, at the head of the table, seek ten, and on the side
column on the left hand, enter with forty-thiee minutes, and m the
angle of meeting will he found the logarithm. ... . 7481
In the same manner seek the third number, viz, twenty one
degiees at the top, and fifty-six minutes at the side, and m tho
angle of meeting is the logarithm required ... 4370

Add them together, and they make ... ... ... 11851
Then by the same rule seek the logarithm of the first number
28, which is ... ... ... ... •• 3310

And subtract it from the sum of the other two ... ... 8541
deg mm
Seek this remainder in tho logarithms, and it will givo very
near eight degiees twenty-three minutes, this being the number
sought for, it is to be subtracted from the pole of the seventh
house, thus, the pole of the seventh ... ... 51 31
The number required is ... ... ... 8 23

Subtracted leaves for the pole of the Sun ... ... 43 8

 [ 392 ]
dog mm
And under yus pole the oblique deicension is to be obtained,
thus; Giro the ascensional diffeienoe under the pole of forty-
three degiees eight minutes, and the ascensional diHeience is 4 35
Ai.U as the Sun is in a northern sign, the ascensional diffe-
rence^ is to be added to the light ascension, The light ascen-
sion is ... ... .. ... .. 11 18

And the oblique descension is . .. ... 15 53

Now, as the ascendant is in a southern sign, in order to make
subtiaction, the circle must be added, ... ... . 360 0

And the sum is .. . ... ... 375 53

From which subtract the oblique ascension of the ascendant 219 14

And the distance of the Sun from the ascendant is obtained 156 39
H M. S
Then obtain the oblique ascension of the Moon under her
pole, by the following method first, find the semmocturnal
arc of the Moon undei the latitude of birth, which is ... 8 5 0
The Moon not being above the distance of one house from
the fourth, this are must be divided by three ... 2 41 40
deg mm
And turned into equinoctial degrees, by the table, ... 40 25
Then take the right ascension of the fourth house, . 309 14

Subtract, and the Moon's distance from the fourth is . 20 15

Then by the rule of propoition, if forty degrees twenty-five minutes
give twenty-three degrees twenty-seven minutes, being the polo of the
third house, what will twenty degrees fifteen minutes the distanoo of the
Moon from the fourth house give ' By the logistical logarithms it gives
eleven 'degrees forty-five minutes for the pole of the Moon, which is
coirect
B M
The ascensional difference of the Moon under that pole, is ... 6 0
The Moon's right ascension being in a Southein sign, must
be added ... , ... ... ... ... 288 59

Andthe Moon's oblique acension remain* ... 294 59

 [ 693 ]
D M
Fiom which suhtiact the distance, as bofoie obtained, of the
Sun flora the ascendant .... ... , I5t> 39

And the remainder is the oblique ascension of the part

of f01 tune , • ., , . 138 20
Its tuie place m the zodiac is obtained thus take tho light ^
ascension of the mid-heaven, which is , .. ,129°

And subtract it fiom tho ohhqns ascension of the pait of

foituno, and its place is distant fiom the medimn ccelo . 9 6
Then by the lulo of piopoition, say, if thnty dogieos, the distanco of
one house, give twenty-tinee degrees twenty-seven minutes, the polo of
the eleventh, what will nine degiees aix minutes, the distance of tho pait
of foituno from the tenth house, give? By tho logarithms it gives seven
degrees six mmntes foi the pole of thepaitof fortune Lot it bo oh-
eeived, that if the ascensional diileience is obtained by tho Moon's decli-
nation, undei tho above polo, which is thieo degiecs thnty-fivo minutes,
add it to the oblique ascension of the pait of foitune, thus .. 3 35
The oblique ascension of the pait of fortune, . 138 20

Makes ... , . 141 55

Which is the right ascension, with latitude, of tho pa: t of foi tune ,
and by looking into the table of right ascensions, it asceitains the /odiacal
degree of the place of the pait of foitune, winch is in twenty dog'ees
forty-thieo minutes of the sign Loo, m tho tenth house
Thus, this nativity is lectifiod, aocoidmg to tho following scheme, an
the part of foituno suptulated in its hoiary circle, by the tiue doctuno ol
Ptolemy , and having equal degrees fiom tho ascendant, constitutes vihat
is esteemed a lunai hoioscope , m which tho pait of fortune is* Pioiogatoi,
oi givei of life

0
Ptolemy says m his quadupartite, that the Sun if he is in an aphetio
place, is to be prefered by day, if ho be not, the Moon sball be piofercd , but
if she be not in an aphetio place, that planet shall tint had tlnec dignities m
the place of the Sun, at the pioceodmg conjunction oi the Sun and Moon ,
but if no planet has those titles of dominion, tho hoioscope shall bo taken ,
but if it should be a full Moon, and no such planet in an aphotio place,
tho pait of foitune shall be taken
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The above e\lnbits a speculum of some neoessaty calculations at ono

view , but m oiioi to icmove oveiy embanassmont out of the way of the
young student, I shall now piocecd legnlaily thioughout the whole piae-
tical pait oi every calculation in this nativity, m so plain a mannoi, that
the meanest capacity may soon become mastei of it I shall thciefoio
piocced to shew how to gam the pole, 01 oncle of position, of the othoi
planets
Saturn being in twenty-three degioes thnty eight minutes of Aquanus,
enter with this degiee and minute in the tables of sominoctuinal aics
foi the latitude of bnth, which is in London, and it gives seven houis
eleven minutes, which being answeiable to the space of thioe houses, or
ninety dogiees of the zodiac, I divide it by thiee. and one of these tlnee
paits will be the distance fiom the cusp of the fotuth to the ousp of the
fifth house, then by the lule of piopoition find tho distance of Saturn
fiom the fouith house, as follows The third pait of seven houis eleven
minutes is two hours, twenty-tluee minutes, and foity sooonds, which
time conveit into degieos by the table for that puipose , by which
it is found to give ihnty-five dogiees fifty-five minutes foi the space of
one house The polo of the fifth, as may be found by the table is twenty-
tlnee degiees twenty-seven minutes D M
The right aseension of Satuin, with latitude, is ... . 326 21
The light ascension of tho fouith is .. 309 14

Subtraet, and there remains . 17 7

The distance of Satuin fiom tho fouith house Then say, by tho lule
of piopoition, if thnty fi\ e degiees fifty-five minutes, the spaco of ono
house, give for tho pole of the fifth, twenty-three degiees twenty-seven
minutes, what will seventeen degrees seven minutes, being the distance of
Satuin fiom the fouith, give ?
To find this proportion, make use of the logistical loganthms, as
bofoie, and seek the logaiithm belonging to the two last mentioned num-
beis, which add together, and then find the logaiithm of the fiist, and sub-
tiaet it from them, and the lemamdei is the propoition lequned Thus,
seek m the uppeimost column at the head of the logarithms foi twenty-
tluee, and m the side column foi twenty-seven, and m the angle of meet-
ing is tho logaiithm ■ . ... 4080
In tho same mannei seek seventeen on the top, and seven on
tho sido, and in the angle is ,,, t, , 5447

Add them together, and thoy give

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Then &ook the logauthm of tlmty-fivo degiecs fifty-live
minates by the sume mle, and it is 2229

Which is to bo subtuioted from the above .. ... 7298

This lemaindei I seek among the loganthms, and find, by casting my
eye on the head of the table foi degiees, and on the fiist column on the
left hand, that it gives eleven degrees eleven minutes, winch is the pait
piopoitional, and consequently the true pole of Saturn.
To TAKE THE TBTJE POLE OF JtrPIIEB
Jupitei is m twenty-nine degrees fifty-five minutes of Tauins
11. M S
His semiduunal aic under the latitude of birth, is ... 7 50 0
Dn ided by three, and multiplied by two, gives .. 5 13 40
deg mm
Turned into degrees of the equator by the table, . 78 25
The polo of the seventh, ... . . 51 31
The pole of the ninth, ... ... 23 27

Subtiaot one fiom the othei, and the difleienee is . 28 4

The oblique descen&ion of Jupitei with latitude, . 84 33
The oblique descension of the seventh® house ..." 39 14

Subtiaot, and Jupiter's distance fiom the seventh is . 45 19

Then by the lule of piopoition, if seventy-eight degiees twenty-five
minutes, being two paits of Jupitci's semidiumal are, give twenty-
eight degiees fom minutes, being the diileionee of the pole of the seventh
and ninth houses, what will foity-live degiees nineteen minutes, Jupitci's
distance, give , viz Sixteen degrees thnty-six minutes
deg mm
Which I subtiaot from the pole of the seventh .. 51 81
. . 16 36

And the remainder is the pole of Jupiter ... 34 55

* The oblique descension of the seventh house is gained thus Take the
light ascension of the mid-heavon, and subtiact ninety, being a quiuter of
the uicle, and thme iciiiams the oblique dceoension of the seventh
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To fisd the Pole of Maes

H M S
Mara is in foity-four minutes of Virgo The somi-
diuinal arc of Mars, under the latitude of the ascendant, is 6 58 0
Being divided by three, gives for one house ... ... 2 19 20
deg mm.
Turned into degrees by the table, gives ... . . 34 50
The pole of the eleventh house, .. .. 23 27
The light ascension of Mais, ■vvith latitude . . 153 58
The light ascension of the midheaven , . ... 129 14

Subtract one from the other, and the remamdei is the

distance of Mars from the midheaven ... ... 24 44
Then by the mle of proportion, if thnty-four degrees fifty minutes,
the thud pait of the semidiurnal aic of Mais, give twenty-tlnee degrees
twenty-seven minutes, the polo of the eleventh, what will twenty-fom
degiees foity-four minutes, the distance of Mars fiom the tenth, give ?
I now entei the table of logauthms, and find it gives sivtcon degrees
thirty-nine minutes, which is the tiue pole of Mars requned
The pole of the Sun has been already obtained, and is foity-thice
degiees eight minutes
To GAIU THE TRUE POLE OF ViNUS.
Venus is in five degiees twenty-one minutes of Pisces.—1
EMS
The scmmocturnal arc of Venus, is ... 6 49 0
Being divided by three, the thud part, is ... ..2 16 29
deg mm
Turned into degiees of the equator ... ... 34 5
The pole of the fifth house, • • ... ... 23 27
The right ascension of Venus, with latitude, ... 337 53
The light ascension of the fouith, ... .. 309 14

28 39
Then by the rule of piopoition if thirty-four degrees five minutes, the
thud pait of Venus semiuoctuinal arc give twonty-thiee degiees twonti-
seven minutes, the pole of the fifth house, what will twenty-eight degrees
tiiirty-nme minutes, being tho distance of Venus fioin the fouith, give'
Answei, nineteen degrees foity-thiee minutes
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To OBTAIN THE POLE OP MfBCUEY
Moicuiy's place in the zodwc, is twenty-fiie degrees fifteen minutes
of Anes
H M S
His seminoctm n il mo foi tint point, is 5 10 0
Being divided by thioc, the tlmd pait will be 1 43 20
deg mm
Turned mto degrees of the equator, bjr tlie table 25 CO
The pole of the cusp of the seventh 51 31
The cnolo ol position of the sixth house, ... 40 43

Suhtiaotj and the diffcienoe of the two poles, is . 10 43

The oblique desconsion of the seventh, .. 39 14
The oblique desoension of Mercmy, undei the pole of
buth ... ... -. . . 39 4

Subtiact, and the distance of Meicury from the seventh 0 10

Then, by the inle of piopoition, if twenty-five dogieos fifty mmntos
give ten dogiccs foity-thioe minutes, being the dilfeiencc of poles, what
will ten minutes give, wluch is the distdncc of Meiouiy fiom the
eevonth houso '
dog mm
Answei, it gives four minutes, which is to be thus
subtmcled fro r the pole of the seventh ... . . 51 31
0 4

And the remamdei is the tiue pole of Moieury .. 51 27

The Method of obtaining the Pole of the Moon
this figure has been alieady shewn, and was found to be eleven de-
giees foity-five mmutes, as was also
The Method of obtaining the Pole of the Part of Fortune,
which was found to be se\ en degrees six minutes
With a view to make this woik entirely complete, I have given the
system laid down by Argol and Momms, for finding tho antiseions of
the planets, but as that method is found to be oironeous, I shall, according
to a formei pioimse, give the Plandean method of taking them , which is
the tiue vay, and winch I lecommond to oveiy student to practice
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The place of Satmn ih the zodiac, if twenty-thiee dogiocg tlintj-eight

mmutcg of Aqd.uiui, and his decimation hventj dcgrccg ti\enh-foiu mi-
nutos South , now as thcie is no table immediately foi the declination ot
Aquanus m tins woik, yet as Leo is situate opposite Aquarius in the Zo-
diac, it only requues to entei into the table of dtclinalions undei Loo,
with contiaiy latitude, that is Noitk instead of South, and it will bo
found to answei exactly the same purpose , foi Saturn's declination,
answetalile to one degiee six minutes KToith Latitude, is twenty dcgioes
twontj-fom minutes To hud the zodical paiallel unsweinblc to that
dec lination, I examine the fiist column of declination in the table, undei
0 latitude, and seek for twenty degices twenty-foui minutes, but not
finding that declination m that column, I tiacc back into Cancer, wheie
1 find it answeiable to twenty-nme degioes ten minutes of that planet,
winch shews that Saturn's parallel falls m twenty-nme dcgiccs ten
minutes of Cancer and Capneoin, and fifty minutes of Sagittaly and
Gemini, and those points being equi-distant fiom the tropics, are called
the antiscions
In the same mannci is found the antisoion or zodiacal paiallel of Jupi-
toi, whose place is twenty -nine degrees hity five minutes of Tamus and
Ins declination nineteen degiees thnty-nmo minutes, with tbnty five mi-
nutes of South Latitude But as there is no table of declination for Tau-
uis, that of Stoipio, being opposite, must be enteied undei Noith Latitude,
which is equally the same as having a table of declination for Tamus,
by obsemng always to entei with contiaiy latitude , and seek in the fiist
column undei 0 foi nineteen degiees thutj-nine minutes, and it will
give twenty-seven degrees twenty-six minutes of Scoipio and Tamus for
Jupitei's zodiacal parallel, and also two degiees thirty-four minutes of
Leo and Aquanus, as may be found by the aforenamed table of
antiscions
The position of Mars m the heavens, is m forty-fom minutes of Vugo,
and his decimation fourteen degiees fifteen minutes, with thice degiees
twelve minutes JToith Latitude I entei the table of decimations m Virgo,
under the column 0 but find no such decimation, thoietoie I seek m the
table of Leo, m the same column undei 0 at the top, and find it point
qo twenty-two degrees two minutes of Leo and Aqi aims, and seven de-
giees fifty-eight minutes of Scorpio and Taui us , which are the zodiacal
paiallel of Mars
The mode of finding the Sun's antisoion oi zodiacal parallel, is exactly
the same as given by Argol and Monnus , and the reason is, because the
Sun never vanes, but always moves m the same line tin oughout all the
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si^m of the zodiac The antisciona of the Sun, theiofoie, fall in twelve
decrees seventeen mmuios of Anes and Libia, and sevenloen degioes fuity-
t'moc minutes of Vngo and Pisces
The mode of asoeitdimng the antiscions or zodiacal paiallcls of Venus,
difEei fiom that of the Sun, because Venus has latitude The place of
Venus m the zodiac is five degiees twenty-one minutes, her declination
is eight degiees foity-seven minutes, and hei latitude fifty-two minutes
south, and as there is no table of decimations ioi the sign Pisces, I tako
the opposite sign Vngo, as befoie, and seek foi eight degiees foity-soven
minutes in the column with 0 on the top, and it will he found answeiahle
to seven degiees thirty minutes of Vngo and Pisces, and twenty-two
degiees tlmty mmutes of Libia and Anes, those places being equi-distant
floin the two tiopics
The antiscion oi zodiacal paiallol of Mercmy is gained m the same
mannei as the formei , his place being in twenty-live degiees fifteen mi-
nutes of Anes, his latitude thiee degiees seventeen minutes Noith, and
hn declination twelve degiees fifty-two minutes in Anos , but as theie
is no table foi Anes, it is to be worked by the contraiy sign Libia , but
not finding in the column of no latitude that degiee of decimation, I enter
the sign Scorpio, and find it answeiablo to thiee degrees fifty-five minutes
of that sign, and thiee degiees fifty five mmutos of Tauius, and twenty-
siv degrees five mmutes of Leo and Aquanes
The antiscion or paiallel of the Moon cannot m any case be directed,
she having twenty-six degiees fortytwo mmutes of decimation, and tho
greatest decimation of the ecliptic is hut twenty thieo degioes tlmty-two
minutes, and theiefoie theie can he no zodiacal paiallel of the Moon
foi duection
of Mundane Pahallels
Let it be remembeied, that the cusps of the ascendant, seventh, mid-
heaven, and imum cceh, are angles m the woild, and are described by tho
sphoies, to out tho globe of tins eaith m foui equal paiIs oi quaitors ,
each quarter contdfbimg ninety degiees of the equator A mundane pa-
iallel, theiefoie, is no other, than when two stais or planets aic equally
distant from any of these foui angles , oi are brought into that situation
by the motion of tho pnmum mobile. And as an exact method of takino-
them, is absolutely necessaiy to be known, wheie any dogioc of accmaoy
is requned , and as they constitute the most considerable dueotions m
human life, I shall give the following examples in this nativity, by way of
initiating the young beginner m a correct mode of taking them
h
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The Mundane Pahallel of Mahs and Venus

dog mm
The distance of Mais fiom the mid-heaven, is ... ... 24 44
hoi nun
The semidiurnal are of Saturn .. ... 6 58
The semmoctuinal arc of Meicuiy, 6 49
The distance of Venus fiom the fourth house, by light
ascension, is ... 28 39
Then, by the rule of proportion, if the semidiurnal arc of Mais, viz ,
six horns fifty-eight minutes, give foi his distance twenly-fom dogioos
foity-four minutes, what will six houis forty-nme minutes, the senn-
nocturnal aic of Venus, give?
Answer, twenty-foui degrees twelve minutes,
deg mm
Which is to be subtiacted fiom the distance of Venus fiom
the fouith house , thus, the distance of Meicuiy fiom the
fouith ... ... 28 39
The proportional part ... ... ... ... 24 12

Remains for the arc of direction ... .. 4 27

To turn this arc of dnection into time, add the Sun's
right ascension ... ... ... ... 11 18

And it is augmented to ... ... ... ... 15 45

Which seek in the tables of right ascensions, m older to find what
degree and rmnuto of the zodiac answers thereto, wluoh, on examina-
tion, will be seventeen dogiees five mmutes of Aiies This being found,
refei to the ephemens, and examine what length of time the Sun will
take m going from twelve degrees seventeen minutes of Anes, being his
point at birth, to seventeen degrees five minutes of the same sign, and it
will be found he is four days and neai twenty-one hours, which by be-
ing computed according to the doctrine of Ptolemy, by allowing one
day's motion of the Sun for a year, and two hour's motion for a month,
declares the native was four years, ten months, and fifteen days old,
when Mars came to a paiallel of Venus m Mundo
The Sun to the Paraliel of Jupiter in Mundo
The Sun being m the sixth house, and the paiallel made from the
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seventh, the Sun's distance is to be taken fiom the seventh house by
obhque desoeusiou, under the pole of the seventh, viz , dfty-one degrees
thirty-one minutes
deg mm.
The distance of the Sun fiom the seventh ... ... 21 56
hor mm.
The semmoctuinal arc of the Sun .. ... 5 35
The senndimnal aio of Jupiter ... ... 7 50
The distance of Jupitei fiom the seventh ... ... 45 19
Then say, by the inle of proportion, if five hours thnty-
five minutes, being the nocturnal arc of the Sun, give its
distance, twenty-one degiees fifty-six minutes, what will seven
houis fifty minutes give '
Answer ... ,,, ... ... 31 43

Which is to be subtiacted fiom Jupitei's distance, and the

lemamdei is the aic of dnection ... ... . . 13 36
Which, by adding the right ascension of the Sun, and turning it into
time, as in the foiegomg example, points out the native to be fifteen
yeais, foui months, and twenty-one days old, when the Sun came to the
Mundane Parallel of Jupitei
Tee Moon to thb Paballei. of Ventjs in Mundo
deg mm.
The distance of the Moon from the fouith house by light
ascension, is ... ... ... ... ... 20 15
hoi '' mm
The semmoctuinal aic of the Moon . 8 5
The sennnocturnal aic of Venus is .. ... 6 49
Distance of Venus fiom the fouith is ... . . 28 39
Then, by the rule of pioportion, if eight hours five mmutes give
twenty degrees fifteen minutes, being the distance of the Moon fiom the
fouith house, what will six hours foity-nine mmutes, the semmoctuinal
aic of Venus give ?
Answer, seventeen degrees five mmutes
Tins proportional part is to be subtiacted fiom the distance of Venus,
thus
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hor mm
The distance of Vonus from the fouxth, is ... 28 39
The pxoportional part subtract .. ... 17 5

And thoie remains for the arc of direction . 11 34

Which, by being tmned into time by the foregoing uilc, gives twclvo
years, eight months, and about seven clays of the native's life
The Sun to the Mundane Parallel or Mars''.
deg mm
The distance of Mars from the Midkeaven is 24 44
hor mm
The semidimnal arc of Mars, ... ... 6 58
The semmoctuinal arc of the Sun . 5 35
Then, by the rule of proportion, if six hours fifty-eight
minutes give twenty-four degrees forty-foui minutes, what
will five hours tknty-five minutes give '
Answer . .. ,. 21 40
Which must be subti acted from the distance of the Sun
from the fouith house, thus , the distance of the Sun fiom
the fourth, by light ascension, is ... . 62 4
The proportional part . . . . . ... 21 40

And the remaindei is the arc of direction . ... 40 24

Which by adjusting according to the former examples, give foity-
three years of the native's age
Mercury to the Mundane Parallel or Juriter
deg mm
The distance of Meicuiy fiom the seventh house, by obli-
que desoension, undei the pole of the seventh, is .. .1 21
hor mm
The seminootnrnal aic of Mercury . 5 10
The seimdmmal aio of Jupiter . 7 50
The distance of Jupiter fiom the seventh, by oblique de-
soension, undei the pole of the seventh, is . 45 19
Then, by the rule of proportion, if five hours ten minutes
give one degree twenty-one minutes, the distance of Merouiy,
^ Theie can be no Mundane Paiallels to the pait of Fortune, because
the Part of Foitune emits no rays.
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deg mln.
what will seven houia fifty minutes, the eeminoctuinal arc of
Jupiter, give 9
Answei, ... • ... ... 2 3

Which, hemg subtracted from Jupiter's distance, leaves for

the arc of dnection . .. ... ... 43 16
Which being turned into time by the foregoing rule, gives forty-five
years, ten months, and about twelve days of the native's life, when
Meicury came to the parallel of Jupiter m mundo

Saturjt to the MraDANE Parallel of Venus.

deg mm
The distance of Venus fiom the house is ... 39
CO

hoi mm.
The seminocturnal arc of Venus, . 6 49
The seminocturnal arc of Saturn, ... 7 11
The distance of Saturn fiom the fourth house . . ..17 7
Then say, by the rule of propoition, if sis hours forty-nme minutes,
the semmoctumal arc of Venus, give her distance from the fourth house,
viz., twenty-eight degrees thiity-nine minutes, what will seven hours
eleven minutes give, being the seminocturnal arc of Saturn 9
deg. mm
Answer .. ... .. ... ... 30 12
To which is to he added the distance of Saturn from the
fourth, because that planet is not past the cusp, ... ... 17 7

And the are of direction will be ... ... . . 47 19

Which being turned into time, declares the native to be forty-nme
years and near ten months old, when Saturn comes to the mundane pa-
rallel of Venus
The Mooir to the Parallel of the Sun in Mundo
deg mm
The distance of the Moon from the fourth house is ... 20 15
hor. mm
The seminocturnal arc of the Moon, .. 8 5
The seminocturnal arc of the Sun, . 5 35
The distance of the Sun fiom the fourth house ..62 4
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deg mm.
Then, by the rule of proportion, If eight horns five mmutea
give twenty degrees fifteen mmntes, whet will five hours
thirty-five mmutes, the scmmocturnal aro of the Sun give ?
Answer .. .. 13 59
Now as the Moon is past th6 cusp of the fouith house,
the piopoilional pait must be subtiaoted from the distance of
the Sun fiom the fourth,

And there lemams foi the aio of direction ... • • 48 5

Which aio of dnection, turned into time, declares, that when the
Mundane Parallel of the Moon and Sun came up, the native was fifty
yeais, eight months, and about sixteen days old
Mabs to the Pahallel of Mercuey in Mundo
deg mm
The distance of Mais fiom the midheaven is ... 24 44.
hor mm.
The semidiurnal aro of Mais ... . 6 58
The seminoctumal are of Mercmy ... . 5 10
The distance of Mercury fiom the fourth house . , 73 8
Then, by the rule of proportion, if six houis fifty-eight
minutes give twenty-four degrees forty-four mmutes, what
will five degiees ten mmutes give' Answer, . . 18 22
The pait pioportional is to be subtiaoted from the dis-
tance of Meicury from the fourth house,

And the remamdei is the arc of direction ... ... 54 46

Which aro of direction, being turned into time, declares the native
fifty-seven years, five months, and twenty-six days old, when Mais came
m parallel with the planet Mercury
Of Mundane Aspects
Mundane aspects are formed by the position of the twelve houses of
heaven, as they aie opposed to, or aspect each othei For instance, the
cusp of the midheaven, beholds the cusp of the seventh house and the
cusp of the ascendant, with a mundane quartile , and the cusp of the
fourth with an opposition The cusp of the ninth house beholds the
cusp of the eleventh with a sextile, and the cusp of the fifth with a tune ,
so the cusp of the twelfth beholds the cusp of the second with a sextile,
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and the cusp of the fourth with a tune And thus the Mundane aspects
go round the twelve houses, ami have a measuie pccuhui To thomseh es,
being distinct trora the measuie used foi bunging up zodiacal aspects,
where sixty degiees make a sextile, and a hundied and twenty make a
tune , hut these tuo measured by then distances fiom a given angle, and
by the seinidiuinal and semmoctuinal aics , so that to piopoitumate or
limit a Mundane aspect, it only lequiies to bung the stai oi planet to the
cusp of any of the houses, aeeoiding to the aspect it is to be dnected
to , which may be done, by looking into the table of Mundane Aspects,
wheie, by enteung with the semidimnal or scnunoctinnal aic of the stai
01 planet, is shewn the limited propoition of then vauous aspects, as m
the following examples
Tins Pabt of Fokitune to the Mundahe Quaetile of Meecuev
deg mm
The distance of Mercury fiom the seventh house, under the
pole of the seventh, is ... ... ... .. 3 17
hoi nun
The semmoctuinal arc of Mercury .. .. 5 10
0
The semidiurnal aic of the Pait of Foitune . 8 5
Then say, by the lule of piopoition, if live houis ten mi-
nutes, being the semmocturnal aic of Meicuiy, give his distance
fiom the seventh, viz, tbiee degrees seventeen minutes, what
will eight hours five minutes, the diurnal arc of the Part of
Fortune, give ? Answer, ... .. .. 5 8
Then take the distance of the Pait of Fortune fiom the
midheaven, thus -
The right ascension of the Part of Fortune, with the Moon's
latitude, is .. ... ... .. 141 44
The right ascension of the midheaven ... ... 129 14

And the distance of the Part of Fortune from the

mid-heaven .. ... ... ... ... 12 30
To which add the above propontonal part ... ... 5 8

And the sum-total is the arc of Direction ... 17 38

* The Part of Fortune hath its diurnal and semmocturnal aics incicased
or diminished, m proportion to those of Moon, being wholly dependent
on her for declination, latitude, &a, so that m this Nativity of Mr.
Witchell's, it forms a Lunar Horoscope
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Thou, by adding the light ascension of the Sun and turning the are
of duection fiito time, a& by the ioimer examples, it will be evident that
the Quaitile of thepait of Foitune and Meiuuiy in Mundo, came up
when the native was mnteen yeais, two months, and about twenty-tinee
days old
The Quaetile of Maes ahd Jtipiier in Mundo
deg mm
The distance of Mais fiom the midheaven, by ught ascen-
sion, is , 24 44
The distance of Jupitei, by oblique descension, undoi the
pole of the seventh, is 45 39
hoi mm
The semidiurnal are of Mars .. 6 53
The semidmical ate of Jupitei 7 50
Then say, by the mle of piopoition, if six hours fifty-
eight minutes give Mars's distance from the midheaven, what
will seven houis fifty minutes giv o' Answei, . 27 52
Which must be subtiaclod fiom Jupiter's distance fiom
the seventh house,

And the aie of dnectionis .. . 17 47

Which, turned into time, points out the native's age, when Mais came
to the Mundane Quartilo of Jupitei, to be nineteen yeais, six months,
and about five days
The Mundane Quartiie of the Part of Fortune and Jupiter
dog. mm
The distance of the Pait of Foitune fiom the midheaven . 12 30
The distance of Jupitei from the seventh .. 45 39
hor nun
The semidiurnal arc foi the Part of Foitune . . 8 5
The semidminal aic of Jupiter 7 50
Then say, by the rule of propoition, if eight hours, five
minutes, give twelve degrees thnty minutes, what will seven
hours fifty minutes give ' Answei . .. 12 8
Which is to be subtracted fiom. Jupitei's distance,

And the arc of direction is ... , ... 33 31

Which, turned into time, gives thuty-five years, eleven months, and
about thiee days
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The Mundane Quabtile of Satubn and Jupiter

dog mm.
The distiinoe of Saturn from the fourth house
The distance of Jupiter from the seventh . . ..
hor mm
The Beminocturnal arc of Saturn ... ... 7 11
The semidiurnal are of Jupiter ... ..7 50
Then say, by the rule of proportion, if seven bouts eleven
minutes give seventeen degrees seven minutes, what will
seven homs fifty minutes give ? Answer, .. ...
Which subtracted from the distance of Jupiter fiom the
seventh, ,,, ...

And the arc of direction is ,. ... ... 26 59

Which, being turned into tune, gives twenty-nine years and two
months, when Satuin came to the Quartile of Jupitei m Mundo
The Sun to the Sextile of Jupiter in Mundo
deg mm
The distance of Jupiter from the eighth house, by oblique
descension, taken nnder the pole of the eighth, is
hor mm
The semidiurnal are of Jupiter ... ... 7 50
The seminocturnal arc of the Sun ... .. 5 35

Add these arcs together, " and they make ... 13 25

Then by the rule of proportion, if thirteen houis twenty-five minutes
give the distance of Jupiter, viz six degrees thirty-four minutes, what
will five kouis thirty-five minutes, the arc of the Sun give ?
deg mm
Answer, ... . 3 0
To which add the distance of the Sun from the sixth, taken
undei the polo of the sixth, ... ... ... 6 7

And the arc of direction is .. .. 9 7

* A Sextile being less than a Quaitile, and a Tune more, it must always
be remembered, to add the two Diurnal oi Uocturnal Ams togethei , and
thus let the compliment of both, be the fiist numbei in all proportional
demands.
hi
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And, being turned into time, by addtng the nght ascension of the Sun
to the arc of jjireotion, gives nine years, ten months, and about twenty -
two days, when the Sun came to Mundane Sextile of Jupiter

The Pabt or Fortune, to the Seitile of Jupiter m Mundo

deg. mm.
The distance of Jupiter from the eighth is 6 84
hor mm.
The semidiurnal arc of Jupiter ... 7 50
The semidiurnal arc of the Part of Foitune ... 8 5

Being added, make ... . 15 55

Then, by the rule of proportion, if fifteen hours fifty-
five minutes give six degrees thirty-foui minutes, what will
eight hours five minutes give ? Answer, . 3 20
To which add the distance of the Part of Foitune from
the tenth house ... ... ... ... 12 30

And the arc of direction is ... ... ... 15 50

Which being turned into time, gives seventeen years, three months,
and about four days.

The Sun in Tibne oi the Part of Fortune in Mundo.

deg mm.
The Sun's distance from the sixth house, is ... 6 7
hor mm.
The seminoctumal arc of the Sun ... 5 35
The semidiornal arc of the Part of Fortune ... 8 5

Being added, make ••• ... •*• 13 40

Then, by the rule of proportion, if thirteen hours, forty minutes give
six degrees seven minutes, what will eight hours five minutes give ?
deg mm.
Answer, ... •• ... ... 8 7
To which add the distance of the Part of Fortune from the
mid-heaven, »•» *•» ... 12 30

And the arc of direction is ... 16 7

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\Vhi«h being turned into time, gives seventeen yeais, four months, and
about twenty-three days.
The Moon ih the Thine of Mercury in Hundo
deg min.
The distance of Mercury from the seventh Is ... ... 3
hor nun
The seminocturnal arc of Mercury ... ... 5 10
The seminocturnal arc of the Moon ... .. 8 37

Being added together, make . . 13 47

Then, by the rule of proportion, if tbnteen hours fotty-
seven minutes give thuee degiees seventeen mmutes, what will
eight home thiity-seven minutes give ? Answer, . ... 2 3
To which add the Moon's distance from the thud house,
which is obtained by the oblique ascension, under the pole of
the third house, ... ... ... ... 22 21

And it makes the arc of direction ... ... ... 24 24

Which, turned into time, gives twenty-siv yeais, four months, and
neaiHwcnty-two days, from the native's bnth, when the Moon came to
a Trine of Meicuiy
The Moon to the Mundane Sextile of Venus.
deg. mn
The distance of Venus from the fifth ... ... 6 12
hor nun
The seinmocturnal arc of Venus ... ... 6 49
The semmoctuinal arc of the Moon . ... 8 37

Added together, make ... . 15 26

Then, by the rule of proportion, if fifteen hours twentj-six minutes
give six degrees twelve minutes, being the distance of Venus fiom the
fifth house, what will eight hours thnty-seven minutes, the seminocturnal
arc of the Moon give ?
deg mm
Answer, ... ... ... 3 21
To which add the Moon's distance fiom the thud ... . 22 21

And the aic of dnection is

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And, turned ^mto time, 'Will point to twenty-seven years, nine months,
and about eight days of the native's age, when the Moon oame to the
sextile of Venus
The Paet of Foetune in Trine of Mercury in Mundo
deg nun
The distance of Mercury from the sixth house, by oblique
descension, ... . .. . . 22 44
hor nun
The seminocturnal arc of Mercury . 5 10
The semidiuinal arc of Part of Foitune ... 8 37

Added together make ... ... ... 13 47

Then, by the rule of proportion, if thirteen hours forty-
seven minutes give twenty-two degiees forty four minutes,
what Will eight hours thirty seven minutes give ' Answer, . 13 53
To which add the distance of the Part of Foitune fiom
the mid-heaven .. .. ... ... . . 12 30

And the arc of direction is found ... • ■ ... 26 23

Which, turned into time, gives twenty-eight years six months, from
the time of birth, when the Part of Fortune came to the Tune of Mer-
cury
The Sun in Trine of Mars in Mundo
dog mm
The distance of the Sun from the sixth is .. ... 6 7
hor mm
The seminocturnal arc of the Sun ... .. 5 35
The semidiurnal are of Mais .. 6 58

Being added, make .. .. ... 12 33

Then, by the rule of proportion, if twelve hours thirty-three minutes
give six degrees seven minutes, what will six houis fifty-eight minutes
give ?
deg mm
Answer, . ... ... ... ,,, 3 0
To which add the distance of Mars from the nud-hcaven . 24 44

And the Sun is the arc of direction .. 27 44

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Which, being turned into time, by adding the right ascension of the
Sun to the aic of direction, it will give, from the tune of"5 birth, twenty-
nine yeais, eleven months, and near seven days, when the Sun came to
the Time of Mars
The Paet op Fortune in Sextile of Mercury in Munpo
deg mm
The distance of Mercury from the seventh is . 5 17
hor mm
The seminOcturnal arc of Mercury .. 5 10
The semidiurnal arc of the Part of Fortune 8 37

Added together, make ... . 13 47

Then, if thnteen hours foity-seven minutes give three
degiees, seventeen minutes, what will eight hours thnty-seven
minutes give ? Answer, . 1 38
To which add the distance of the Pait of Fortune fiom the
ninth house, which is found by taking the oblique ascension
under the pole of the ninth house, ... .. ... 29 54

And the sum of the are of direction is ... . 31 32

Which, tinned into time, gives thirty-three years, ten months, and
about fifteen days of the native's life
The Part of Fortune in Trine op Venus in Mundo
deg. nun
The distance of Venns from the fifth house, ... ... 6 12
hor mm
The semmocturnal arc of Venus . . ... 6 49
The semidiurnal aic of the Pait of Fortune 8 37

15 23
Then, if fifteen hours twenty-six minutes give six degrees
twelve minutes, what wnl eight hours thirty-seven minutes
give ? Answbr, .. •■ ... ... 3 26
To which add the distance of the Part of Fortune from the
ninth house, taken under the pole of the ninth, by oblique
ascension, as befoie ... .. •• 29 54

And the sum-total is the aic of Fnection ... . 33 20

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"Which, being turned into time, declares the native was thirty-five
years and nine i£onths old, when the Part of Fortune came to the Tune
of Venus.
The Moon to the Sextile of Saturn in Mundo.
deg mm
The distance of Saturn from the fifth house, by oblique
descension, under the pole of the fifth, is ... . . 22 27
hor mm
The semmocturnal arc of the Moon ... 8 37
The semmocturnal arc of Saturn ... ... 7 11

15 48
Then say, by the rule of proportion, if fifteen hours forty-
eight minutes give twenty-two degrees twenty-seven minutes,
what -will eight houis thirty seven minutes give ' Answei, ..12 15
To which add the Moon's distance fiomthe thud house, ... 22 21

And the arc of dnection is ... ... ... 34 36

Which, being turned into time, by adding the right ascension of the
Sun to the arc of dnection, it shews that the native was thnty-six yeais,
ten months, and twenty-two days old, when the Moon came to the sextile
of Saturn in Mundo
The Moon to the Trine of the Sun in Mundo.
deg mm
The distance of the Sun from the seventh ... ... 21
hor mm
The semmocturnal arc of the Sun ... .. 5 35.
The semmocturnal arc the Moon ... ... 8 37

Being added, make ... ... ... 14 12

Then say, by the rule of proportion, if fouiteen hours
twelve minutes give twenty-one degrees forty-six minutes,
what will eight hours thirty-seven minutes give ? Answer ... 13 22
To which add the Moon's distance from the third house ... 22 21

And the arc of direction is ... ... ... 35 43

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Winch, being' turned into time, gives tlmty-seven years and two
months o£ the natiac's hie, when the Moon came to the Tisnc of the San
in Mundo
The Mvon to the OppostUon of Jupiter tn Jfuitrfo
(leg mm
The distance of Jupitei fiom the ninth • 32 19
hor mm
The Bcraidiumal arc of Jupiter ... .. 7 50
The semmoctiundl oic of the Moon ... 8 37

Added, make ... 16 27

Then, by the rule of pioportion, if sixteen horns twenty-
seven minutes give tlmty-two dogiees nineteen immitcs, what
will eight horns thnly-sevon inmutes give ^ Answer, 16 53
Which must be added to the distance of the Moon fiom the
third house, viz 22 21

Being added to the Part Piopoitional, makes foi the arc

of dn ection 39 17
Winch, being turned mto tune, gives foity one yeais and about ten
months of the native's age, when the Moon came to the Mundane Opposi-
tion of Jupiter
The Part of Fortune m Trine of Saturn m Mundo.
deg mm
The distance of Saturn from the fifth 22 27
hor mm
The senunoctuinal arc of Satuin 7 11
The semidiurnal aio of the Part of Poitunc ... 8 37

Added together, make . 15 48

Then, by the rule of Propoition, if fifteen boms fioity-
eight minutes give twenty-two degrees twenty-seven ininutes,
what will eight hours thirty-seven minutes give ? Answer, 12 29
To which add the distance of tho Part of Fortune from the
ninth house, viz. ... .. . . 29 54

And the aic of direction is ... 42 23

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Which, being turned into tune, gives forty-four years, eleven month,
and about fifteen days, when the pait of Fortune came to tho Mundana
Time of Saturn
The Moan m Ti me of the Pai t of Fortune m Mtmdo
deg mm
The distance of the Part of Fortune fiom the mid-heaven, by
right ascension, is 12 30
hor nun
The semidiurnal arc of the part of Foituno 8 37
The semmocturnal arc of the Moon 8 37

Added, make 17 14
Then, by the rule of Pioportion, if sventeen hours fomtoen
rr,mutes give sixty-five degrees thirty-one minutes, being the
distance of the Moon from the second house, what will eight
houis tlmty-seven minutes give ' Answer, 32 45

Which being added to the Pait of Foitune, tho aic of

dnection is 45 15
Which gives foity-seven years, ten months, and about eighteen days
of the native's life
The Moon m Time of Man in Mundo
deg mm
The distance of the Moon from the second house

The semmocturnal arc of the Moon 8 37

The semidminal arc of Mais 6 58

Added together, make ,, , 15 35

Then, by the rule of proportion, if fifteen houis thuly-Jh e
nunutes give sixty-five degrees thntj one mmutos, what will
six hours fifty-eight minutes give0 Answei, , 29 16
The distance of Mais fiotn the midheavea is . 23 34

Add the distance of Mars to the proportional pait, and the

arc of dtrection is found . . 52 50
Which, turned into time, gives fifty-five years and about five months
of the native's life, when this direction came up.
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Mara to the. Tune of Venus in MiZndo.

The distanco of Vonua fiom the fifth liou.se

hoi mm
Ths seminoctumal arc of Venus 6 49
The semidiurnal arc of Mars 6 58

Added together , . 13 47
Then, by the rule of proportion, if thirteen houis forty-
seven minutes, give six degiees twelve minutes, what will six
houts fifty-eight minutes give ? Answei, , 3 57
The distance of Mars from the ninth house, by oblique
ascension, under the polo of the ninth, is . 48 24

Then add the proportional pail to the distance of Mais, and

the arc of direction is . . 52 21
Which, being turned into time, gives fifty-four years, eleven months,
and about fourteen days of the native's ago, when Mars came to the Tnnd
of Venus in Mundo
The Moon to the Qumtile of the Sun m Mv/ndo.
dog mm
The right aaceilsion of ths Sun, added to the whole circle, is 371 18
From which subtract the Qumtile ... 75 0

And the remainder is , .. ... . 296 18

Seek for this sum in the table of light ascensions, and it
will point m the zodiac to twenty-four degrees twenty-tin eo
minutes of Capricorn, the decimation of which point is
twenty-one degrees twenty-nine minutes. Then find tho
ascensional difference under tho pole of the Moon, whieh is . . 4 39
Add it to the light ascension, above gnen,

And the oblique ascension of the Qumtilc of tho Sun

will be ... .300 57
From winch subtract tho oblique ascension of the Moon
taken under her own pole, ... .. 292 14

And the remaindei is . ... 8 43

liu
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Then find the semmoctuinal arc of the Moon, accoichng to hoi hiti-
tude, which 19 e^ht houis thnly-seven minutes
hor mm
f The Beinmocturnal arc of the Qumtile of the
Snn is 7 54
Then say, by the rule of proportion, if eight horns thirty-seven
minutes, being the semmooturnal aio of the Moon, give eight dogiecs
thiee minutes, the distance of the Sun's Quintile fiom the Moon, what
will seven boms fifty-four minutes, the nocturnal aio of the Quintile
give ?
deg mm.
For the are of direction ... ... ,.8 0
Which is to be tinned into time, by the foiegoing rule, and it will
shew the native was eight yeais, nine months, and about eighteen days
old, when the Moon came to the Quintile of the Sun
0
The method of taking the Moon's semmoctuinal arc with latitude,
w thus Find hei decimation with latitude, and theicby obtain hci
ascensional diSerence under the Pole of the ascendant, which ascension-
al difference is either to be added to, or subtiaoted fiom ninety degiecs
according whethei it be a nocturnal or diurnal arc, oi a noithcrn oi sou-
thern sign
fThe semmocturnal or semidiurnal arc of an aspect is thus found
Take the degiee of the planet (which is the piomittoi) possesses in the
zodiac, and add or eubtiaet what dcgiees are necessary for the aspect,
and with that degiee m the zodiac find the semidiurnal or semmocturnal
arc under the latitude of buth , foi example , suppose the semmocturnal
aic of the qumtile of the Sun be roqmiod as above , proceed thus The
place of the Sun, which m this example, is piomittor, m the zodiac, is
twelve degiees seventeen minutes of Anos, fiom which subtract the qum-
tile, viz, seventy-five degrees, and it points to twenty-seven degrees
seventeen minutes of Capncoin , find the decimation without latitude,
viz, twenty degrees foity-seven minutes, and then gain its ascensional
difference, which is twenty-eight degiecs tlmty-two minutes add it to
ninety, because in a southern sign, and noctuinal , and it makes eighteen
degrees ttuity-two minutes , which, by the table foi turning degrees
and minutes into time, gives seven hours fifty-four mmutes, which is the
semmocturnal aic leqmied In the same manner the seminoeturnal or
diurnal are may be obtained for any other aspect
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The Sun to the Sesquiquadi ate of Mai s m Mwndo
do& mm
The light ascension of Mars with latitude 153 58
The sebquiquadiate aspect fiom Mara 153 0

Subtiaot, and the light ascension of the aspect Is 18 58

And, being sought in the tables o± light ascensions, points
to twenty degrees thuty-three minutes of Aues, the declina-
tion of which is eight degioes tlnee minutes , by this, gam
the ascensional diffeioncc undei the pole of the Sun, via. 7 37

Add the diEoreneo to the light ascension above, and the

oblique desoension of the sesquiquadrate of Mais is 2S 35
Subtidct the oblique descension of the Sun 15 52

And theie remains 10 43

hoi. mm.
The sominocturnal arc of the Sun is 5 35
The seminoctuinal aic of the sesquiquadrate of
Mars, aecouhcg to the above rule, is 5 29
Then say, by the inleof propoition, if five bouis thirty-five
minutes give ten degrees forty-thiee minutes, what will five
hours twenty-nine minutes give ? Answer, 10 32
Add to it the light ascension of the Sun, to turn it into time, and it
will give eleven years, siv months, and about fifteen days of the native's
life, when the Sun came to the sesquiquadrate of Mavs.
The Ten t of Foi tune to the Sesquiquadi ate of Mercw y m Mundo
deg mm.
The right ascension of Meicury, with latitude, is 22 12
The sesquiquadrate of Mercury's aspect 135 0

Being added mate the right ascension 157 22

Which being sought m the table of light ascensions, points
to five degrees thirty-five inmutee of Sooipio , the decimation
thoieof is nine degiees thnty minutes, and the ascensional
difeience undei the pole of the Bait of Fortune is 1 11
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deg mm
Which ascenfcional difference, subtract fiom the right ascen-
sion, it being in a Northern sign, and the oblique ascension of
the sesquiqnadrate is 156 11
Ihom wbjch subtract the oblique ascension of the part of
Ifoitune 138 8
Remains 18 3
hor mm
The semidiurnal arc of the part of fortune, be-
ing the same aic as the Moon, is 8 37
The semidiurnal aic of the Sesquiquadrate of
Mercury, is ... 6 40
Then say, by the rule of pioportion, if eight hours thirty
seven minutes give eighteen degrees three minutes, what will
six hours forty-mmutes give ? Answer, 13 58
Which is the arc of dnection, and-being turned into time,
will give fifteen yeais, three months, and about ten days of
the native's life, when this dnection begins to operate
The Sun to the Sermquartile of Venus m Mundo
The right ascension of Venus with latitude, is 337 53
To which add her Semiquartile 45 0
Venus's first distance is , 382 53
Fiom which subtract the cncle 360 0
And the right ascension will be 22 53
Which points in the zodiac to twenty-four degrees forty-
five minutes of Anes , the decimation is nine degrees thnty-
seven minutes, and the ascensional difference, taken under the
pole of the Sun, is 9 8
Which being added to the above right ascension, makes the
pblique descension of the semiquaitilo of Venus 32 1
From which subtract the oblique desconsion of the Sun, 15 52

16 9
hoi. mm
The senuflocturnal aic of the Sun, is 5 35
The seminocturnal arc of the semiquartile of Venus 5 20
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dog. mm.
Thon say, by tho iuIo of piopoihcm, if five houis tl'sity-
five minutes, give sixteen degiees nine minutes, wliat vyill
five hours twenty minutes give toi the are of dncction ?
Answei, .. ... 15 26
Which being turned into time, by adding tho light ascension of the
Sun, in order to gam its true place m the zodiac, the diurnal motion
of the Sun will moasuie sixteen years, eight months, and about twenty-
four days of tho native's life, before tins semiquai tile of Venus m
inundo will begin to operate.
The Moon to the Qmntile of Mei cury m Mwido
dog min
The light ascension of Mercuty, With tho ciicle, is 382 22
Ihoin which subtiaot the qumtilo . 75 0
And the right ascension of the point is .. 307 22
Which answeis to five degrees of aqnanes, the declination
of which is nmteen degiees live minutes
The ascentional diheienee under the polo of the Moon, is .. 4 8

And by being added to the above light ascension, makes the

oblique ascension of the qumtile of Venus, . . 311 30
Fioin which subtiaot the oblique ascension of tho Moon, . 292 14
And there lemains ... 19
hor mm
The seimnocturnal arc of the Moon, .. 8 37
The sermooctuinal aio of Mercury's qumtile, ... 7 31
Then, by the rule of propoition, if eight houis thirty-
gcven minutes give nmteen degrees sixteen minutes, what will
se\ en hours thirty-one minutes give for the are of direction ?
Answer, . . ... ... 15 49
Whieh turned into time, gives eighteen years and about four months,
when this direction of the Moon in qumtile of Mercuiy oomes up.
The Moon to the Semiquartile of the Sun m Mundo
deg mm.
The light ascension of the Sun, with the cncle, is ... 371 18
Tho seuyqudrtile subtiact ... ... 45 0

326 18
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This right ascension answcis to twenty-thiee degrees fifty-eight

minutes of Ac^iaues, the declination of which is thirteen degrees thirty-
three minutes
deg. mm
And the ascensional difference, under the pole of the
Moon, is ... . „ ... ... 2 52

Which subtiact fiom the above right ascension, and the

oblique descension is . .. 323 25
Prom which subtiact the oblique ascension of the Moon, . . 292 14

And there remains . .. ... ... 31 12

hor mm.
The semmocturnal aic of the Moon . 8 37
The seminoetumalarc of the semiquaitile of the Sun 7 5
Then say, by the rule of proportion, if eight hours thuty-
seven minutes give thnty-one degrees twelve minutes, what
will seveu houis five minutes give for the are of direction'
Answer, .. ... . 25 39
Which joined to the Sun's iignt ascension, measures the time of the
coming up of this direction to be, thirty-three yeais, two months, and
about eight days
27ie Moon to the SemiquarUle of Mercury in Mundo,
deg men
The right ascension of Mercury, with circle, is . 382 22
The seuuquaitilo must be subtracted . 45 0

And the right ascension remains . ... 337 22

This pomts to five degrees thirty five minutes of Pisces, the declination
of which is nine degrees thirty minutes.
deg mm.
The ascensional difference, under tho pole of the Moon, is ... 2 0

Subtract the ascensional difference from the above right

ascension, and there lemams .. .. 335 22
Pi om which subtract the Moon's oblique ascension, ... 292 14

And the are of difference is ,,, t.. 43 8

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hoi mm (leg, mm.
The scmmocturnj,! aie ot Luna ... .. 8 37
The bemmooturnal aic o£ Meicurj's semiquaitilc G 40
Then say, by the rule o£ piopoition, if eight hours thirty-
seven minutes gn e forty-tluee degrees eight imnutes, what
ivill six hours foity imnutoa give for the aic of dnectionl'
Answer, .. ... ... .. . 33 23
Which arc of dnection being tinned into tune, shews that it will bo
thnty-five yeais, nine months, and about hfteon days of the native's life,
beiuie it will come up, oi have any effect upon the ludix of his nativity
Tlid P ait of Fortune to the Sekqmquadrate of Japitei m HI undo
dog mm
The light ascension of Jupiter ... .. ... 57 51
The bcsqunpiadiate must be added .. .. 135 0

And the light ascension of Jupiter's sesquiquadinte is 192 51

Which points in the zodiac to thirteen dogiees fifty-nine minutes of
Libia, the decimation of which, is five degiees thntj'-tlnoo rnmutes
The ascensional dillcionce obtained undei the pole of the
deg mm.
paitof foitune, is ... .. ... 0 42

Being added to the above right ascension, makes ... 193 33

Prom which subtiact the oblique ascension of the part of
foitune ... ... ... ... 138 8

And the arc of difference will be ... . 55 25

hor mm
The semidiurnal arc of the part of fortune . 8 37
The semidiurnal aic of the sesquiquadrate of
Jupitei .. .. ... 5 30
Then say, by the rule of proportion, if eight kouis tluity-
seven minutes give fifty-five degiees twenty-five minutes, what
will five houis thirty mmutes give? Answer, ... ..35 38
Which is the aic of dnection, to be turned into time, by adding it to
the right ascension of the Sun as before, and the result will give, thnfy-
mght years, one month, and about eight daj s of the native's life, when
he pait of fortune came to the sesquiquadrate of Jupitei
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Tim Moon to the Quintile op Jutiteb in Mundo

deg nun
Tho right asoenslon of Jupitoi, with the cncle, 417 51
The quintile is 75 0

Subtract, and the right ascension of Jupiter's qumtile is 342 51

Winch gives eleven degrees twenty-one minutes of Pisces in tho
zoduc —The decimation of the point is seven dogioos twenty nnmitos
deg mm
Tho ascensional difEerence, undei the Moon's pole, is •• 1 32

Subtract, and tho oblique descension of Jupitei's quintile is 341 19

The oblique ascousion of the Moon subtiact, . , • 292 14

Aud there remains for the aie of difference 49 5

hor mm
The seminoctmnal arc of the Moon 8 37
The seminoctmnal arc of Jupitei's quintile 6 30
Then, by the rule of piopoition, if eight houis thnty-
seven minutes give forty-nine degrees live minutes, what will
six houis thnty minutes give for the arc of dnootion ? Answer, 37 2
Which are'of direction being turned into time, declares the native was
thuty-nine years six months, and about sixteen days old, when tho Moon
came to the quintile of J upiter
The Moon to the Semiquabtile oe Jupitek in Mundo
deg, mm.
The right ascension of Jnpiter, with the oirclo, is , 417 51
The senuquaitile is . 45 0

Subtract the semlqnaitile, and theio remains ,, 372 51

Which points out tlintccn dcgiees fifty-eight minutes of Aiics in the
zodiac —The declination is five dogices tknty-one minutes
deg mm
The ascensional difEcrcnce under the polo of the Moon, is1 9
Add the ascensional dilfeience to tho above right ascension
and the oblique descension is found 374 0
Fiom which subtiact the oblique ascension of tho Moon 292 14

And there lemains ,,, ,,, 81 4b

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hoi mm
The "sommoctmnal arc of the Moon 8 37
The &enunootuLnal mc of the soimqnaitilo of Ju-
pitei 5 30
dog mm.
Then, by the mle of piopoition, if enjht horns tintty-sevon
nimutes give eightj-ono degiees foity-si\ minutos, what will
five houis thnty mmutos give for the die of dnccfcion '
Arts wet, 48 0
Which being tinned into time as befoie, ducl.tios the native was fifty
yeais, seven months, and about fomtcen days old, ivhcn the Moon came
to the semiquaitile of Jupitei
The Sun to the Quintie of Satttun in Mundo
dog mm
The light ascension of Saturn, with latitude, is 32G 21
The quintile is . 75 0

Which add to the light ascension . ... ,. 401 21

Subtiaot the oncle . ..... 3G0 0

And the lemaindei is the right ascension of Saturn's qumtile 41 21

Winch points to thirteen degioes foity mitiutoa of Taurus,
the declination of which is sixteen degrees, and the ascensional
difference undei the pole of the Sun, is . . 15 33

Winch add to the above light ascension, and the oblique

dcscension of Jupiter's quintile, is 57 54
Ihom which subtract the oblique descension of the San . IS 52

And theie remains .. 41 2

hor mm
The semmoctumal arc of the Sun, . ... 5 35
The semmocturnal are of Jupitei's qumtile, 7 1G
-Then, by the mlo of piopoition, if five hours tlmty-five
minutes give forty-one degieos two minutes, what will seven
houis sixteen minutos give ? Answer, . 53 25
Which is the arc of dnection, and by the measure of time gives fifty-
six yeais and about thiee days, befoie the Sun comes to the quintile of
Satin n
hv
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To Dirfct the Angles oe the Fig ere

The angles of the hoioscope, rue dnectod by the same rules, as all the
othci dnections m the world, viz , by the aid of the semidimnal and
eeminocturnal aics , and accoicung as the planets have greatei or los^ei
latitude, so must their positions be taken , foi a stai is said to touch the
honzon by dueotion, 01 by any other motion, when it begins to leave the
subtenanean heimspheie, and is emeigmg into oms And although the
meudian and hoilzon are only two miagmaiy cncles, yet we aio sine there
aie two such points which is demonstiatcd eveiy mortnng when the Sun
uses, and equally so when it sets , and icason dictates there must be a hall
way between which we call the meudian Now a stai comes sooner or
later to these angles, m piopoition as it has eithei north 01 south latitude
and may either be dnected by the globes, or by the method following

Method of directing the Ascendant to the ■various Aspects of the

Planets
The Ascendant to the Be hide of the Moon
dog mm
The light ascension of the Moon without latitude is , 288 24
Fiom which subtiaot the sextile ... .. 60 0

And there remains . ... . 228 24

From which subtiact the oblique ascension of the ascendant 219 14

And the distance of tho-sextile of Luna from the ascendant

will be ... ... 9 10
Then obtain the semraocturnal aic of the Moon thus , fiist
find the decimation of the Moon with latitude, and undei the
pole of the ascendant, gain her ascensional diffeienee, and add
to't .. ... 90 0
Ascensional diffeienee ... ... ... 39 ig

129 16
This sum being turned into hours and minutes will give eight houis
thnty seven minutes
The seminocturnal arc of the ascendant is next to he taken, winch by
examining the table of seminocturnal aics it will be found that twenty-
seven degrees thirty-three minutes of Libia will give six houis fifty-
five minutes
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I take these t-wo seinmootmnal arcs, and say, if six hoars

fifty-five minutes (being the scminocturnal aic of the ascencPant^
give nine degiees ton minutes, the distance of the Moon's sex-
tile, what will eight houia thnty-seven minutes, the sennnoc-
turnal aic of the Moon give ' Answer, 11 25
Which is to he turned into time, by adding the right ascen-
sion of the Sun . ; 11 18

The light ascension of Sol being added, make ..... 22 id

Winch being sought m the table of right ascensions, points to twenty-
four degiees thuty minutes of Aues ; to which place the Sun came m
twelve days twelve houis , and by allowing one day of tbe Sun's motion
f01 a 3reai of the native's life, as befoie, declaies the native to bo twelve
jeeis and six months old, when the ascendant came to the sextile of
the Moon-
The, Ascendant to the Quarhte of Saturn.

Fust seek what latitude Saturn has at the Qnartile from Ins place,
which is in twenty-three degrees tlmty eight minutes of Vngo, and lias
foi latitude two degiees eight minutes north.
deg mm
Secondly, take Saturn's light ascension with that latitude . 324 ?5
Fiom which subtract the quartile . . ... 90 0

And theie remains 234 55

From which subtract the oblique ascension of the ascendant 219 14

And theie lemams for the aic of direction 15 41

And by adding the right ascension of the Sun, and turning it into lima
as befoie, will pioduce seventeen yoais one month and about seven days,
when the ascendant came to the quartile of Satiun.
The Ascendant to the Opposition of Jupiter.
deg ?n in
The right ascension of Jupitei without latitude 237 43
The decimation of Jupiter, with latitude . . 19 39
The ascensional diffeience, with latitude .. ..26 42
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dog mm
Add tho fisdfcnsional difEeience and the oblique aeconsion of
the opposition of Jupitei 204 25
Fiom which subtract the oblique ascension of the ascendant 219 14

And the remamdei is the aio of duection . . 45 11

Which turn into time by adding the ught ascension of the Sun, &c
and it will pioduce forty-seven yeais and about ten months, when the
ascendant came to the opposition of Jupitei

The Aicendant to the Quaitile of Mais

The quartile of Mais falls in forty-foui minutes of Sagittal his, tho
latitude which Mars possesses at that point is fifty fom minutes south
dog mm
The right ascension of Mais with that latitude is 152 29
To which add the quartile „ . 90 0

And the sum is , 242 29

Subtiact the oblique ascension of the ascendant , 219 14

And there lemains foi the aic of duection 23 15

Add it to the light ascension of the Sun, and turn it into tune by
which it will appeal to have been twenty-five yeais and about tluce
months when the ascendant came to the square of Mars

The Ascendant to the Qum tile of Venus.

The quartile of Venus falls m five degiees twenty one minutes of Sa-
gittanus and the latitude Venus possesses at that point is tlnee dogiccs
foity-seven minutes noith
dog uin
The right ascension of Venus with that latitude is 335 50
Fiom which subtiact the quaitile .. , 90 0

And the remainder is . . , 245 50

From which also subtiact the oblique ascension of the
ascendant ... ... . , 219 14

And the lemaindci is the aic of duection , 20 30

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Wlueb. turn into time, by adding the right .iscenbion of the Sun, and
it will produce twenty-eight yean and about facvcn njontlia, when the
abcandant came to the quaitile of Venus
Tim Ascendant to the Tbine op the Sun
deg mm
The light ascension of the Sun with the cnelc is . d71 18
Jhoin which subtiact the time .. ... ... 120 0

Anil tlioie remains . . .... 251 18

The oblique ascension of the ascendant ... . 219 14

Which subtiact fiom the above remaindei and thcio remains 32 4

bor nun
The semmoctmnal aic of the Sun . 5 35
The seininoctuinal aic of the ascendant . 6 55
Then say, by the mle of propoition, if six liouis fifty-live imnntes
give tlmty-two degrees foui minutes what will five liouis tlui ty-fiv o
minutes give' Answer, for the aic of dnechon, twentj-fivo degiees
fift> tluee minutes, which bemg tuinod into time, pioduccs twenty-seven
yeais and about eleven months when the ascendant came to the trme of
the Sun
The Ascendant to the Sextile op Satubn
deg mm
The light ascension of Saturn, without latitude .. 325 58
Fiom which subtiact the sextilo, \iz, ... 60 0

And theie remains ., , , .. 265 58

Then subtiact the oblique ascension of the ascendant 219 14

Which leaves .. ... ... ... 46 44

lior nun
Obtain the semmoctumal arc of Saturn accoiding
to the latitude ho lias at the scxtile ploce, which is .. 7 16
The semmoctumal arc of the ascendant . . 6 55
Then by the rule of piopoition, if six liouis fifty-five
minutes give forty-six dcgiees foitj-four minutes, what will
seven horns sixteen minutes give' Anywei, (±oi the aic of
dncction) . .... 49 6
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Turn the arc of direction into time, by adding the right ascension of
the Sun, and it» will pioduce fifty-one years six months and seven days,
■when, the ascendant came to the sextile of Satmn.
The Ascendant to the Tbine of Maes.
deg mfn
The light ascension of Mars without latitude ••• . 152 49
Add the trine ... .. ... . 120 0

And it makes ... ... ... . . 272 49

Fiom which subtract the oblique ascension of the ascen-
dant ... ... ... 219 14

And there remains .. .. ... ... 53 35

hor mm.
The semidiurnal aic of Mars according to the lati-
tude he possesses at his tune place, is . . 6 53
The semmocturnal arc of the ascendant 6 55
Then, by the rule of proportion, if six horns fifty the
minutes give fifty-three degrees thnty-five minutes, what will
six degrees fifty-three minutes give ' Answer 53 20
Then, by turning this arc of dnection into time, it allows fifty-five
ySaff3~eleven months, for the ascendant to come to the time of Mais
The Midheaven, ob Medium Cieli, to the Tbine of the Sun
deg mm.
The right ascension of the Sun . .. 11 18
The declination of the Sun fom degrees fifty-two minutes
north
The ascensional difference under the pole of the sixth ... 1 13

The Sun being m a noithem sign, add the ascensional diff-

erence to the light ascension, and the remainder will be the
oblique descension . 12 31
Fiom which subtract the oblique descension of the sixth 9 14

And the remaindei is the arc of direction ... 3 17

Which being turned into tune, declares the native was thiee yeais,
seven months and twenty days old, when the midheav en came to the time
of the Sun
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T/ie Slidheaven to the Conjunction of the Pait of Foitune
deg mm
The light ascension of the pait of Portuno . 141 44
Tho right ascension of the Midlieaven . .. T29 14

Subtract, and tho <uc of direction is . 12 30

Which being turned into time, gives thiiteen years fom months and
about seven days, when the imdhoaven uuno to the conjunction of the
pait of foitune
[The Midheuven to the Opposition of Saturn
deg mm.
The light ascension of Saturn's opposite point, with con-
tiaiy latitude, is ... . .. 143 21
The right ascension of the midheaven ... ... 129 14

Suhtiact, and tho remaindei is the arc of dnaction . 17 7

Winch being turned into time produces nineteen years eight months
and about sixteen days, for the completion of this aspect
The Midhecwen to the Conjunction of Co? Teams.
deg. mm
The light ascension of Coi Leonis with twenty-six minutes
noith latitude, is .... ... 148 9
The right ascension of the midheaven .. . . 129 41

Suhtiact, and the lemamder is the aic of direction ... 18 55

Which being turned into time, gives twenty yeais and about seven
months foi the coming up of this dnection
The Midheaven to the Tune of Met cm y
deg mm.
The light ascension of Mercury, with half latitude, . . 22 52
The declination of Meicury, with latitude, is twelve degrees
fifty-two minutes
The ascensional difference nndei the pole of the sixth . 11 22

And being m a northern sign, add the ascensional diffeience,

and the same will be the oblique descension of Meicury 34 14
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dog nun
Fiom •vvhiehc subtiact the oblique dosoension of the sixth,
and the oblique descension of the sixth will bo 9 14

And thoie lomains, foi the aio of duootion, 25 0

Wbioh tmn into tune, by the inles foieooine;, and it mil show the
native (o be twenty seven jc.us and about one month old when the nnd-
lie,i\ en came to the tiino of Meicmy
The Midaeaven to the Quat tile of JupiUi
deg min
The light ascension of Jupiter, with the latitude he possess-
es at Ins quaitile, viz , fiftj -one minutes noith is .. 57 41
To wlncli add its quartile . 9o 0

And it makes 147 41

Subtiact the right ascension of the midheavon 129 14

And the lemaindoi is the aic of dnection .. 18 27

Winch being turned into time, gives twenty years one month and
about seven days, foi the completion of the aspect
The Midheo/oen to the Conjunction of Mats
deg mm
The right ascension of Mais, with htitude is 153 58
Fiom which subtiact the light ascension of the Midkeaven 129 14

And there remains for the arc of dnection 21 44

Which turned into time, pioduces twenty-six yeais, nine months, and
about three days, foi the operation of this aspect
The Midkeaven to the Opposiiion of Venus
deg mm
The light ascension of the opposition of Venus, with con-
tiaiy latitude 157 29
The right ascension of the midheaven 129 14

Subfiaet, and the remaindei is the arc of dnection 28 15

Which turned into time, will produce tknty yeais and about six
monthb of the native's life
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The Midheaven to the C'oq/unchon of the Dutgon's Tail
de?" nun
Tho right ascension of the Dwgon's Tail, is 1G2 IS
Ihom which subtiact the light ascension of the midheaven J20 14;

There remains for the arc of direction ,. 33 4

Which turned into time, according to the former etamples, declare
the native was thuty-five yean and six months old when the midheaveu
came to the conjunction of the Dnigou's Tail
The fun dnected to the Quarfale of the Moon in the Zodiac without Latdudc
The quartile of the Moon is six degiees fifty-six minutes of Anes
The declination of that point without latitude, is six degiees forty
minutes —The pole of the Sun, foitj-thiec degiees eight minutes
(leg mm
The light ascension of the quaitile of tho Moon 15 36
The ascensional diffeienee under the pol? of the Sun 6 17
The oblique descension of that point, by adding the ascen-
eion.il diffeience to the right ascension is 21 53
Trom which subtiact the oblique descension of the Sun 15 59

And the remainder is the arc of direction ... 5 54

Which being turned into time, declares the native was six years six
months and about ten days old, when the Sun came to tho quaitile of
the Moon, without latitude.
Tub Sun dikected to the Qeahtilb of the Moon in the Zowatc with:
Lahtcdb
The quartile of the Moon falls m sixteen degrees fifty-six minutea
of Aries
Look into the Ephemens, and find what latitude tho Moon has at that
point —and it has three degiees north latitude
The declination of that point with lalitade, is nine degrees twenty-
seven minutes.
deg mm
The right ascension of the quartile of tho Moon with latitude 14 2G
The pole of the Suh, is forty-three degiees eight minutes
The ascensional diflcorenoe under that pole 6 17

If
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dpg mm
To which idd (he ii«lit aRcension, and the oblique descension
of (he Moon's qimi tile, with latitude, is 20 42
Subti.ict the oblique descension of the Sun, 15 59

And the i em,under is the aio of direction 4 43

Which turned into time, gives five yeais and about two months, when
the Sun came to the square of the Moon with latitude

The Sun directed to the Sextile of Saiorn in the Zodiac

deg mm
The oblique descension of the sextile of Saturn .30 36
The oblique descension of the Sun 15 59
Subtract the oblique descension of the Snn from the oblique
descension of the sextile of Saturn, and there remains for the
arc of direction 14 37
"Which being converted into time, declares the native was about
sixteen years old when the Sun came to the sextile of Satnin

The Sun to the Conjunction of Mercury

deg mm
The oblique descension of Meicury with latitude taken undei
rue pole of the Sun, is .34 44
The oblique descension of the Sun . 15 59

Subtract, and the arc of direction is . . 18 45

Which turned into time, gives twenty years and about five months
when the Sun came to the conjunction of Mercury

The Sun to the Seventh House, Dnect Direction

deg mm
The oblique descension of the seventh house 39 14
The oblique descension of the Sun 15 59

Subtract, and the arc of direction is .. , 23 15

Which turned into time, produces twenty-five years, two months, and
twenty-five days, when the Sun came to the seventh house
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The Sun dbected to the Ti me of Mat 3 in the Zodiac
dog. nun
The oblique descension of the time of Mara , . . 39 50
The oblique descension of the Sun . 15 59

Siibtract, and the remainder is the arc of direction 23 51

Which turned into time, declares the native was twenty-five ycais,
nine months and fourteen days old when the Sun came to the tune
of Mais
The Sun to the Sextile of Venus m the Zodiac.
deg. mfn.
The oblique descension of the sextile of Venus 45 53
The oblique descension of the Sun 15 59

The arc of dnection 29 54

Which turned into time, gives thirty-two years, four months, ami
about twelve days, when the Sim came to the sextile ot Venus
The Sun to die Quwtile of Saturn m the Zodiac.
The quintile falls in Taurus, eight degrees thirty five minutes.
deg 111111.
The oblique descension of that point under the polo of the
Sun . . 50 8
The oblique descension of the Sun . . 15 59

The arc of dnection . .. 34 9

Which turned into tuna, produces thnty-six yeais and about sot eu
months when the Sun came to the quiutile of Satuin.
The Sun to the Conj unction of Venus, by Conoei se Motion

The oblique descension of the Sun, with the circle 373 3

The oblique descension of Vtnus, under the pole ot Venus 334 43

Subtract, and the arc of dnection is 38 20

Which turned into time, produces forty-one yeais) and about one
month, when the Sun came to the conjunction of Venus, by com ens®
motion
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Tht Sun dii tckd to the Ti me of Zuaa tn the Zodiaa

deg inln.
The oblique deseenaion of the time of Luna
The oblique desoeiision of the Sun

The arc of direction ... . 45 4

Which turned into tune, pioduces foity-seven yeaia and about eight
months* when the Sun came to the tune of the Moon in the zodiac
The Sun directed to the Opposition of Mars vi the Zodiac, by Comet se Motion
deg mm
The oblique descension of the the Sun, with the cncle, un-
der the pole of Mars, is 372 46
The oblique descension of Mars at the opposite point . 329 36

Subtract, and the remamdei is the arc of dnection 46 10

Which tinned into time, gives forty-five years and about nine months,
when Sol came to the opposition of Mais by conveise motion
The Sun dnected to the Zodiacal Parallel of Venus
The parallel of Venus falls m twenty-two degiees thirty minutes of

deg min-
The pole of the Sun is 8
The declination of Venus 8 47
The ascensional difference 8 19
The right ascension of the parallel of Venus •20 48

Add the ascensional difference to the nght ascension, and

the sum is the oblique descension 29 7
The oblique descension of the Sun is 15 52

Subtract the oblique descension of the Sun from the oblique

descension of the parallel of Venus, and the arc of direction it 13 15
Which turned into time, gives fcuuteen yeais and about siv months,
when the Sun came to the zodiacal paiallel fo Venus
The Sun dnected to the Zodiacal Paiallel of Mercury
The parallel of Mercmy falls in three degiees fifty-five minutes of
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deg. mm,
The declination of Mercmy 12 52
The pole of the Sun .,
The ascensional difleience ,
Add the ught ascension to the nsconsiondl difieienca

And the oblique descension of Mercury's parallel is 44i 1

The oblique descension of the Sun.is 15 52

Snhtiact, and the remamdor is the arc of dnection 28 9

Which being tinned into time, declaies the native was tluity yeai-s six
months and about twenty days old, when the Sun came to the zodiacal
piuallel of Meiemy.
T/ie Sun directed to the Zodiacal Parallel of Mai i
The zodiacal parallel of Mais falls m seven degrees fifty-eight minutes
of Taurus
deg mm
The pole of the Sun . ... 43 8
The declination of Mais ... ... 14 51
The ascensional difference is .. 13 43
The ught ascension of Mars'zodiacal paiallel .. 35 35

To winch add the ascensional difference, and the sum is the

oblique descension, viz. . . 49 21
The oblique descension of the Sun ... ... 15 52

Subtiact, and the aic of dnection is .. .. 33 29

Which being turned into time, produces thuty-five yeais and about
eleven months, when the Sun came to the zodiacal parallel of Mai s
Tub Sun directed to the Zodiaoal Pakllel oe Saturn
The zodiacal paiallel of Saturn falls m nine degrees thnty minutes
of Tauuis

The pole of the Sun

The decimation of Satin n
The ascensional diiforenco
The nght ascension of the zodiacal parallel of Saturn
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deg iniD,
Add the ascensional difference to the above right ascension,
and the oblique descension is 51 21
The oblique descension of the Sun . 15 52

Subtract, and the arc of dnection is , . 35 29

Which being turned into time, pioduces thirty-seven years eleven
months and about ten days, when the Sun eame to the zodiacal paiallei
of Saturn
Method of directing the Moon to the various Aspects in the
Zodiac, wijh ok without Latiiude
The Moon directed to the Quartile of Mercury m the Zodiac, with
Latitude
The quartile of Mercury falls m twenty-five degrees fifteen minutes
of Capricorn, and by the time the Moon comes to that point m the zodiac,
Meicuiy will have tbiee degrees eight minutes noith latitude —With this
latitude Merouiy's quaitile is to be taken undei the pole of the Moon, vi/.
deg mm.
The pole of the Moon . ... . . 11 45
The decimation of twenty-five degrees fifteen minutes of
Capucoin, with latitude ... . 18 5
The ascentional difference undei the pole of the Moon 3 54
The right ascension of the quaitile of Meremy, with thiee
degrees eight minutes noith latitude . . 296 37

Add the right ascension to the ascensional difference, and

the oblique ascension of the quartile of Mercury is . 300 31
The right ascension of the Moon, with latitude .. 288 59
The decimation of the Moon, without latitude . . 22 27
The ascensional difference under her own polo 4 56
Add the ascensional diffeience to the Moon's light ascen-
sion, and her oblique ascension will be . 293 55
Then to gain the arc of dnection, subtiact the oblique
ascension of the Moon from the oblique ascension of the quar-
tile of Mercury, thus
The oblique ascension of the quartile of Meicmy ... 80') 31
The oblique ascension of the Moon ... ... 293 55

And the arc of direction is ... ... ... 6 86

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Which being added to the right (iscenaion of the Sun, and turned into
time, gives seven jeais and near four months, when tffe Moon carne to
the quaitile of Meiouty, with latitude in the zodiac
The Mooit dieectld to the Quintile of the Sent
The quintile of the Sun falls m twenty-seven degrees of Cupncorn
deg mm.
The decimation of that point without latitude, (for the Sun
never has any) is 20 50
The pole of the Moon 11 45
The ascensional difference of the quintile of the Sun under
the pole of the Moon . 4 32
The right ascension of the quintile of the Sun . 299 4

Add the light ascension to the ascensional difference, and it

mates the oblique ascension . . 303 36
The declination of the Moon, with latitude .. 26 42
The ascetisional diffeienee under her own pole 6 0
The light ascension of the Moon, with latitude 288 59

Add the ascensional difference and the light ascension to-

gether, and the sum will he the oblique ascension 294 59
Subtract the oblique ascension of the Moon fiom the obli-
que ascension of the quintile of Sol, and the lemainder will
be the aic of dnection
The oblique ascension of the quintile of the Sun . 803 36
The oblique ascension of the Moon 294: 59

The arc of direction, .. ■ 8 37

Which turned into time, produces nine years fhe months, and about
foui days, when the*Moon came to the quintile of the Sun

The Moou to the Trine of Jupiter in the Zodiac, with Latitude.

The trine of Jupiter falls in twenty-nine degrees fifty-five minutes
of Capricorn
dog mm
The latitude the Moon has at that point, is south, .. 3 29
The declination of that point with that latitude is 23 38
The pole of the Moon 11
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depr mm
The aacensional diffeienco of the above point .. 5 13
The rifjht ascension of that point with latitude

Add the asoensional difference to the right ascension, and

the sum will be the oblique ascension of the point 308 7
Then take the oblique ascension of the Moon with latitude 284 59

Subtract the oblique ascension of the Moon from the obli-

que ascension of Jupitei's tune, and the lenumdei is the aio
of dneotion . ... 13 8
Which turned mto time, proves the native was fourteen >eais fom
monshs and about six days old, when the Moon came to the tune of
Jupiter
The Moon to the Trine of Jutiter in the Zoeia"1, without Latitude
The declination of twenty-nine degrees fifty-five minutes
of Capucorn without latitude, is . 20 12
The pole of the Moon . , 11 45
The ascensional difference under the pole . 4 23
The right ascension of the trine of Jupiter, without latitude 302 6
- The oblique ascension . 306 29
The declmatio-n of the Moon with latitude ... .. 26 42
The ascensional diffeience under her own pole 6 O
The light ascension of the Moon, with latitude • 288 59

Add the ascensional difference and right ascension together,

and the sum will be the oblique ascension . 294 59
Then subtract the oblique ascension of the Moon from the
oblique ascension of the time of Jupiter, and the remainder
will be the arc of direction
The oblique ascension of the tune of Jupiter . 806 29
The oblique ascension of the Moon .. 294 59
The aio of dnection 11 30
Which turned into time, produces twelve years and about seven
months, when the Moon came to the trine of Jupiter
The Moon to the Sextile of the Sun in the Zodiac
The sextile of the Sun falls m twelve degrees seventeen minutes
of Aquanus,
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Tin1 decimation of that point, without latitude 17° 12'
The ascensional dilfeieuco 3 42
The light aacensiou 311 40

Add the aseonsional difference to the light aseoneion, and

the sum will bo the oblique ascension of the point 318 23
The oblique ascension of the Moon, with latitude, 294 59

Subtiact the oblique ascension of ihc Moon fiom the oblique

ascension of the sexlile of the Sun, and the icmamdei is the
mo of dnoction . .»» 23 29
Which being turned into tune, pioduces t\\cntj-fi\e yoais fne montha
and about foul dajs, when the Moon eauie to the sextilo of the S un in
the zodiac
The Moon directed to the Conjunction of Saturn, with Latitude
The polo of the Moon 11° 45'
The decimation of Satuin, with latitude ... . . 14 43
The latitude of Satuin is south 1 b
The ascensional diffcience of Satuin .. 3 a
The ught ascension of Satuin with latitude 320 21

Add the ascensional diffoienee and right ascension togethci,

and the sum will be the oblique ascension, vi/ 329 29
The oblique ascension of the Moon with latitude, is 294 59

Subtiact, and the remainder is the aic of dnection 34 30

Which turned into time, produces tlmtj-six jems, eleven months and
about eighteen days, when the Moon came to the conjunction of Satuin,
by dnect dnoction.
The Moon directed to the Seattle cf Mercjiiy in. the Zodiac, mthovt Latitude
The sextile of Mereuiy falls in twenty-five dogioes fifteen minutes
of Aquauus.
The declination of which point is . , 13° 9'
The pole of the Moon 11 45
The ascensional diilerenco belonging to the soxtile of Mei-
cuiy, is 2 47
The right ascension of the same point , . 327 33

lYl
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Add the ascensionfil duficiencc and ught ascension togotlici,

and the '-inn wiP bo the oblique atoension, viz 330° 20"
Fiom which subtiacl the oblique ascension of the Moon, with
latitude 294 59

And the lemamdei is the aic of dncction 35 21

Which tmneil into lime, pioduces thnty-scven ^ ears nine months and
about twenty dajs, when the Moon came to ihe Seville of Meicuiy in the
zodiac
The Moon directed to the Sextih of Meicury m the Zodiac, with Latitude

The pole of the Moon 11° 45'

The Latitude the Moon has at the sextile of Mcicmyis
one degiee twenty-five niiantes south
The decimation of the sevtile of Meiem j, with latitude . 14 30
The ascensional difCeienoc 3 6
The light ascension of the serhle of Meicury, with latitude 328 3

Add the ascensional diifeience to the light ascension, and the

oblique ascension of Meicuiy's sextile place is obtained 331 9
Fiom which subtiact the oblique ascension of the Moon
with latitude ,, 294 59

The lemamdei is the arc of direction ... 35 10

Which being tinned into time, declares the native was thuty eight
yeais and about eight months old, when the Moon came to the sextile of
Meicury with latitude.

The Moon da ected to the Qaat tile of Jupitei m the Zodiac, without Latitude

The quartile of Jupitoi falls in twenty-nme degrees fifty-live minutes

of Aquauus
The pole of the Moon . . . 11° 45'
The decimation without latitude . .. 11 33
The ascensional difference . 2 2G
The right ascension of Jupitei's quaitile, no latitude 332 1
Add the ascensional diffeience and light ascension together,
and the sum will be the oblique ascension .. . 334 27
The decimation of the Moon, with latitude , 26 42
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The ascensional (hffcience of the Moon ,, 6° 0'

The light asceneion of the Moon, without latitude .. 288 22

Add the ascensional diilieienoe and the light ascension togc-

thci, .md then sum will be the oblique ascension 234 22
Subtiaof the oblique ascension of the Moon fiom the oblique ascension
of the quaitile of Jupitoi, and the icmaindoi is the aic of ducction
The oblique ascension of the quaitile of Jupitoi . 27'
The oblique aseonsion of the Moon . 291 22

The aic of dnection . 40 5

Winch, tinned into time, pioducos foity-two yoais eiald nimiths and
about eight dnjs, when the Moon canic to the quaiule of Jupitoi in the
zodiac, without latitude
The Moon daected to the Quattilc of Tupilet m lite Zodiac, lodh Latitude
The quaitile of .Tupitoi falls m twenty-nine dogiees fifty-fivo tmmiles
of Aquaims , and by the time the Moon conies to that point m the zodiac,
Jupitei has tlmty-fivc minutes soutn latitude
The pole of the Moon . „ 11°' 45'
The decimation of the quaitile of Jupitoi, with that latitude 12 G
The ascensional diHeience is . '2 33
The light ascension, with the above latitude, is 3T2 13

Add the ascensional dilfeienee to the light ascension, and

the sura is the oblique ascension 334 40
The decimation of the Moon, without latitude 22 28
The pole of the Moon . , 11 45
The ascensional difference of the Moon . 4 50
The right ascension of the Moon, with latitude 288 59

Add the ascensional difference and nght ascension togethci,

and the oblique ascension of the Moon 1a . 293. 55

Subtract the oblique ascension of Jupiter fiom the oblique

ascension of the Moon, and the aic of duoction will ho , 40 51
Which, tumcd into (nnc, pioduccs foity thice qeais live imnnlis and
about fom days, when the Moon came to the quamlo of JupUci m tho
zodiac, with latitude.
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The Moon dii ected to the Opposition of Mars %n the Zodiac, with Latitude

The opposition of Mais is m foity-fom minutes of Pisces.

The latitude of Mais at that point is tlnee degrees twelve minutes
south
The decimation of Mais, with that latitude .. .. 14° 15'
The pole of the Moon . . . 11 45
The ascensional difCcience, undei that pole , . ... 3 10
The right ascension of Mais' opposite point, with latitude 333 58

Add the ascensional diffeience to the light ascension, and

the sum will be the oblique ascension, viz ... . . 337 8
The declination of the Moon, with latitude 28 42
The ascensional diffeience is ... 6 0
The light ascension of the Moon, with latitude 288 59

Add the ascensional diffeience to the light ascension, and

the oblique ascension of the Moon is . 294 59
Subtract the oblique ascension of the Moon fiom the oblique
ascension of Mais, and the lemaindei is the arc of ducclion ... 42 9
Which, tuined into time, produces foity four ycais eight months and
about ton days, when the Moon came to the opposition of Mais, with
latitude

The Moon directed to the Opposition of Mars in the Zodiac, without Latitude

The declination of Mars, without latitude, is . . 11° 15

The pole of the Moon . .. ,. . . 11 45
The ascensional difference ... . 2 22
The right ascension of Mars' opposite place, no latitude . 332 49

Add the ascensional difference to the right ascension, and

the sum will be the oblique ascension 335 ll
Then take the oblique ascension of the Moon, thus
The pole of the Moon is .11 45
The decimation of the Moon, without latitude ... 22 28
The ascensional difference of the Moon 4 53
The nght ascension of the Moon, no latitude ... 288 22
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The ascensional difiiciencc being added to the nght ascen-
sion of the Moon, gives the oblique ascension of the Moon 293° 18'

Subtiact the oblique ascension of the Moon fiom the

oblique ascension of Mars' opposite place, and the remainder
is the aic of dnection .. 41 53
Which, being turned into time, produces foity-four yeais five months
and about twenty days, when the Moon came to the opposition of Mais m
the zodiac, without latitude
Tha Moon dvected to t7ie Zod meal Paiillel of Saturn
The zodiacal paiallel of Saturn falls in tvionly decrees Unity minutes
of Aquaims
The pole of the Moon ... 11° 45*
The decimation of Saturn . 14 43
The ascensional difference .. 3 8
The nght ascension of the parallel of Saturn . 322 55

A Id the ascensional ditfeicnce to the right ascension, and

the sum is the oblique ascension 326 3
The oblique ascension of the Moon, with latitude . 294 59

Subtract the oblique ascension of the Moon from the oblique

ascension of Saturn's parallel, and the lemainder is the arc of
dnection . .. 31 4
Winch, being tmnod into time, produces tlnrty-thiee years foui months
and about twenty-five days, when the Moon came to the zodiacal paiallel
of Saturn
The Moon directed to the Zodiacal Parallel of Mais
The zodiacal paiallel of Mars falls in twenty-two degrees two minutes
of Aquarius
The pole of the Moon . ... 11° 45'
The declination of Mais •• 14 15
The ascensional difference . 3 2
The right ascension of the parallel of Mais 224 25

Add the nght ascension to the ascensional diifoicncc, and

the oblique ascension is .. 327 27
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The oblique ascension of the Moon ... 294 59

Subtiaot, and the aio of diroctiou is .. 32 28

Winch, being turned into time, pioduces tlnvty-foui yeais and about
ten months, when the Moon came to the zodiacal parallel of Mais
The Moon dibeoted to the Conjunction of Venus.
The decimation of Venus, with latitude .. 8° 47*
The pole of the Moon . .. .. ... 11 45
The ascensional diftoiencc undei the pole of the Moon 1 57
The light ascension of Venus, with latitude . 337 53

Add the ascensional diffoionce to the light ascension, and

the sum will be the oblique ascension .. . 339 50'
The oblique ascension of the Moon, with latitude . . 294 59'

Subtiaot the oblique ascension of the Moon fiom the oblique

ascension of Venus, and the lomamdei is- the aio of duco-
44 51
Which, turned into time, produces forty-seven yeais five months and
about eight dajs, when the Moon came to the conjunction of Venus

The Moon directed to the Zodiacal Pabaliel oe Jupiter

The zodiacal paiallol of Jupitei falls in two degiccs thnty-foiu mi-
nutes of Aquanus
The pole of the Moon . ... 11° 45*
The decimation of Jupiter .. . 19 39
The ascensional dilleience • 4 15
The light ascension of the parallel of Jupitei . 304 49

Add the ascensional dilference to the light as'cension, and

the sum will be the oblique ascension, viz . . . 309 4

Fiom which snbtiact the oblique ascension of the Moon 294 59

And the lemmnder is the aic of dnootion .. 14 5
Which, being turned into time, pioduces fifteen yeais foni months
and about Iwenty-siA days, when the Moon Game to the zodiacal paiallol
of Jupitei
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The Moon DiitEcrEi) to the Zodiipal Paiialiee oe MEitcnnT,
The /odiaeal paiallel of Mcicmy fallt. in twenty-gix dogiecs five mi-
nutes of Aiiuanus
The polo of the Moon . , .11° 45'
The declination of Meicuiy .. .. 12 52
The ascensional difference 2 I?
The ught ascension of the paiallel of Moicmy 328 21

Add the ascensional diffoionoe to the light ascension, and

the sum is the oblique ascensusn , . 331 4
Ti e oblique ascension of the Moon 294 59

Subtiact, and the aio of duection is 3<) 5

Which, tin nod into time, gives thnty-oight yeais and about seven
months, when the Moon came to the zodnoal paiallel of Mcicmy
The Paet of ToitTums bibectid to PnoMirrons
The Part of Porthne directed to the Oitosition of Saittrn
The pole of the pait of foitune is . 8° 0'
The declination of Satnin 11 48
The light ascension of Saturn's opposite place, with latitude 14G 21
The ascensional diffeionec • . ... 2 7

Subtiact the ascensional differenoe from the light ascension,

and the lemamdoi will"he the oblique ascension, viz 144 14
Then hud the oblique ascension of the pait of fortune, thus
The pole of the pait of foitune is 8 0
The declination is the same as the Moon's, vi,j . . 2G 42
The light ascension . 141 44
The ascensional differenoe ... 4 4

Subtiact the ascensional dilferonoe from the right ascension

and the lemainder is the oblique ascension . 137 40
Subtiact the oblique ascension of the pait of foitune fiom the oblique
ascension of the opposition of Saturn, and the icmamdci is the aio of
duection, thus
The oblique ascension of the opposition of Saturn 144° 14'
The oblique ascension of the pait of fortune . . 137 40

The aic of duection

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Which, tuined into time, by adding to it the light ascension of the

Sun, it will piodilce seven yeais two months and about five days, when the
pait of foi tune came to the opposition ol Saturn
The Part or Fosiune directed to the Conjunction op Cor Leonis
The place of Cor Leonis at the time of bnth, was iu twenty-five
dogiees foity minutes of Leo
The declination of that point ... .. IS® 7'
The pole of the pait of foitune ... 8 0
The light ascension of Coi Leonis . . 147 56
'The ascensional difference .. 1 5d

Subtiact the ascensional diffeience fiom the light ascension,

and the leinaiudei is the oblique ascension .. 146 3
The oblique ascension of the part of foitune is 137 40
Subtract the lessei oblique ascension fiomtho greater, and
the remainder is the aic of duection 8 23
Which, bemg tuined into time pioduces nine yeais two months and
about eight days, when the pait of foitune came to the conjunction of
Cor Leonis

The Part op Fortune directed to the Conjunction of Mars

The pole of the part of foitune > 8° 0'
The declination of Mais, with latitude 14 15
The right ascension of Mars, with latitude .. 153 58
The ascensional diffeience , ., ..2 2

Subtract the ascensional difference fiom the right ascension,

and the lemaindei is the oblique ascension 151 56
The oblique ascension of the pait of fortune ,. . . 137 40

Subtiact, and the aic of direction is 14 16

Which, being tuined into time, pioduces fifteen yeais and about seven
months, when the pait of fortune came to the conjunction of Mais
Tee Part of Fortune directed to the Qu^ritle of Jupiter
tn the Zodiac, viz , Twenty nine Degreei Fifty five Minutes of Leo
The pole of the pait of fortune . . 8° 0'
The decimation of the quaitilo of Jupitei ., ., 11 33
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The light ascPnsion of the quaitile of Jupitei ... 152° 1'
The j.bcensioiia.1 dilleienue 1 3y
HuhtKioL the ahoension d (liileioncc fuiin the nght n^ccnuou,
and (he icmuindei ib the ohlnjae asocnbion 1)0 22
The obli(£Lie aseonsion oi: the pait of foituno 137 40

Sulrtiaet the obhqao ascension of the pait of foitune fiom

the obhrpio ascocsion of the qiuutile of Jupilei, and the
luiiinmder is the aic of duection 12 42
Wlneh, turned into tune, pioduces tlmteen jeais ton months .md
fthout twenty-eight dajs, when tho pait of foituno came to the qu.utile
of Jupitei

The Part op Portunb directed to the OrrosmoN oj Yenus

The pole of the part of foitune . 8° 0'

The decimation of Venue, with latitude 8 47
The light ascension of Venus's opposite place, with latitude 157 5.1
The ascensional diffeionce 1 11

Subtiact the ascensional dilfeience fiom the light ascension,

and the lemaindei is the oblique ascension 15G 38
The oblique ascension of the pait of foitune 137 40

Subtiact, and the aic of duection is . .18 58

Which, tuined into time, pioduces twenty yeais seven months anil
about eight days, when the pait of foitune came to the opposition of
Venus

The Pait of Foitune directed to the Conjunction of the Diaqon'b Tail,

or Moon's South Node.
The pole of the part of foitune 8° 0'
The declination of the Dragon's Tail 7 31
The right ascension of the Dragon's Tail 1G2 19
The ascensional difleieuec 1 5

Subtract the ascensional dilfeience fiom die light ascension,

and the residue is the oblique ascension 161
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The oblique ascension of the part of foitune is 137° 40'

flubhact the oblique ascension of the pait of foitime from

the oblique ascension of the Diagon's Tail, and the remainder
is the arc of dnection .*» 23 34
Which, tinned into time, produces twenty-five yeais siv months and
ahont eight days, when the pait of foitune came to the conjunction of
the Diagon's TaiL

Tee Past of Fortojte directed as IIileg to tee Sen, which in this

Nativity is Anareta, or the Dnection of Death
The pole of the pait of fortune 8° 0'
The decimation of the Sun 4 42
The light ascension of the Sun's opposite point 191 18
The ascensional difference 0 41
Add the ascensional difference to the right ascension, and
i sum is the oblique ascension 191 59
The oblique ascension of the part of fortune 137 40

Subtract, and the arc of direction is 54 19

To turn it into time, add the right ascension of the Sun 11 18

And it mates , .. 65 37
Which points m the zodiac to seven degrees twenty-seven minutes of
Gemini, and refenmg to the ephemeus, it will be found the Sun came to
this point of the heavens m fifty-six days twenty hours ,—which, by
allowing a day's motion for a year, pioves Mr Witchell to have been
fifty-srx yeais and ten months old, when the part of foitune came to the
opposition of the Sun, at which time he died, viz the 29th of
January, 1785
Now to ease the learner, and to assist the speculative reader, I have
collected the whole of these directions progressively into a table, in order
that they may be referred to with correctness and facility, m the follow-
ing observations upon their astral effects, both as they affected the tem-
poral affairs, and the health and life of the native
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A Table of Directions in the foregoing JSfatioitg of Mr Witchell,
with the several Arcs thereof \ the measure of* time agtemig
to each of them, and the year and month when they began
to fate effect
w
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o
NOMINA DIRECTIONUM, Sw

lection
rection

Domini
Mensur
Q

Arcus

Anno
P

tne a or 001 ... o

f Lnna .. 4
tme to the £ of
... 6
of Mercury • 6
. of Sol ... 8
une to the 6 of
is ... . 8
of Jupiter in
... 9
of Mars ... 10
of Jupiter 11
Paiallel of Venus
) ... 11
une to the Mid-
12
;ane to the □ of
12
allel of Jupiter in
... 13
ne to the Ssq of 5
»»• •s• 1.i C
odiacal Parallel of
... 14
ne to d of Mars 11
f Saturn .. 14
q of Venus It
the □ of Saturn .. !lf
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A Table of Directions m the foregoing Natunty of Mr Witt hell,

with the several Arcs thereof, the measure of time ayieeuig
to each of them, ami the year and month when they began
to take effect

a % fig! 1
NOMINA DIRECTIONUM ^2 S 2 | 5

MY M D

Part of Foifcime m A of Sol in

Mundo 4 2313 Aug 174 5
Luna to the Q of Mercmym
Mundo 4 Oiil July 174<)
■Midheaven to the cf of Saturn 8 16 6 Dec. 1746
Pait of Poitune to the □ of 3
Mercmy rn Mundo 2 2313 June 1747
Mars to the o of Jupiter m
Mundo 6 5 26 Sep 1747:
Midheaven to the □ of Jupiter . 1 7 28 Apr 1748'
Sol to the 6 of Mercury 5 0 21 Aug 1748
Midheaven to the d of Cor
Leonis 7 0 21 Nov 1741*
Pait of Poitune to the £ of i
Venus 7 8 29 Nov 17-18
Ascendant to the * of Luna . 6 021 Sep 1751
Ascendant to the □ of Mars .. 2 526 May 1753
Sol to the £ of the Ascendant . 2 5 26 May 1753
Part of Porfune to the d of the
South Node 6 8 29 Sep. 1753
Luna to the * of Sol 5 4 25 Aug 1753
Sol to the A of Mars 9 14 4 Jan 1754!
Luna to the a of Mercury m
Mundo 4 2212 Aug 1754
Midheaven to the d of Mars 9 3 24 Dec. 1754
Midheaven to the A of Mercury 1 0 21 Apr 17551
Luna to the Srnq of Sol in
Mmido . . 8 8 29 Nov 1755
Luna to the # of Venus m
Mundo 9 829 Dec. 1755
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A Table of Directions m the fo'iegoing Nativity of Mr Wilchell,
ivith the several Arcs theieof, the measui e of tune agreeing
to each of them, and the year and month when they began
to take effeit

s a a»P
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p DO P a;
KOMINA DIEECTIONUM
35 oa> M■D
oe

lectu
Areas
Q

P MY M D
r.ut of Foifnne to the A of
Meremvin Mnndo 2G 32 28 6 0 21 Rep.
Ascendant m □ of Venus 26 36 38 7 0 21 Oot
Jupitoi to the □ of Siitum m
MnniJo . . ... 26 59 29 2 0 21 May
Sol to the a of Maib in Mnndo 27 44 29 11 7 28 Feb
Midh e.iieu to the Opposition of
Venns ... . 28 15 30 6 0 21 Sep
Sol to the # of Venus . . 29 54 32 4 12 2 June
Pait of Foitune to the • of
Meicmy in Mnndo 31 32 33 10 15 5 Feb
Lun.i to the Zodiacal Parallel
of Saturn . 32 3 34 4 0 21 Juty
Lima to the Zodiacal Parallel of
Mais , . . 32 28 34 10 0 21 Jan
Midheaven to the Di agon's
Tail .. . 33 4 35 6 0 21 Sep
Pait ot Foitune in A of Venus
m Mundo .. 33 20 35 9 0 31 Dec.
Luna to the Smq of Mercury m
Mundo ... 33 2? 35 9 15 5 Jan
Part of Foitune m □ of Jupi-
tei in Mundo . . 33 31 35 11 3 24 Feb
Sol to the Q of Saturn 34 9 36 7 0 21 Oof.
Luna to the o of Saturn . 34 30 36 9 18 8 Jan.
Luna to the » of Satuin, Con-
veise Motion 34 36 36 10 2212 Feb.
Luna to the # of Meicury 35 20 37 9 20 10 Jan
Part of Foitune Hmo ot Jinn- i
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A Table of Directions in the foregoing Nativity of Mi Witchell,
with the several arcs thereof the measure of time agreeing
to each them, and the year and month when they began
to take effect

NOMINA DIKBCTIOOTM

D M Y M. DJ
Luna to the Trine of Sol in
Mundo 43 38 2 0 21 May
Luna to the Zodiacal Paiallel
of Meicuiy 5 38 7 021 Oct
Luna to the * of Meicury 10 38 8 0i21 Yov
Luna to the Smq of Meicury in
Mundo 2 39 6 16 6 Oct
Sol to the o of Venus, by Con-
verse Motion 20 41 1 0 21 Apr
Luna to the cf of Jupiter in
Mundo 17 41 10 0 21 Jan
Luna to the o of Jupiter 542 8 8 29 Nov
Parallel of Sol and Mars in
Mundo 24 43 0 0 21 Mar.
Luna to the £ of Mars 53 44 5 20 10 Sep
Pait of Foitune in A of Saturn
m Mundo 23 44 11 15 5 Mar
Sol to the of Mais, by Con-
verse Motion 1045 9 0 21 Dec.
Parallel of Jupiter and Mer-
cury Mundo ... 1645 10 12 2 Feb
Luna to the d of Venus ... 5147 5 8 29 Aug
Sol to the a of Luna 447 8 0 21 Nov
Ascendant to the d of Jupiter . 1147 10 0 21 Jan.
Luna m □ of Pait of Fortune
in Mundo 1547 10 18 8 Feb
Parallel of Saturn and Venus in
Mundo 1949 10 0 21 Jan.
Luna to the Smq of Jupitei in
Mundo 0,50 7 ul 4 Nov.
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A Table of Diieetions m the foregoing Nativity of Mr. Witchell,

with the sevet al arcs thei eof, the measure of time agreeing
to each of them,I and the yeai and month when they began
to tahe effect.

NOMINA MEEOTIONDM

D M Y M D
Parallel of Sol and Moon in
Mnndo .. ... 48 5 50 8 16 6 Jan. 177
Ascendant to tlie * of Saturn 49 6 51 6 7 28 Sep 177
Mars to the A of Venus in

The following are the essential and accidental Dignities and

Debilities of the Planets m this Nativity.
Dignities. Debilities
Saturn in his own house 5 Saturn—hath no debility
,, in the fourth 4
„ direct 4
,, not combust 5
„ oriental 2
„ swift in motion 2
,, in the terms of Jupiter 1

Total dignities in ^
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Dignities Debilities
Jupitei in leception of Venus 5 Jupitei in the eighth house 4
,, fiee ftora combustion 5 „ in the tenn-i ol Mats 1
,, dnect 4 „ occidental 2
„ switt in motion 2 —
— Total debilities m U 7
Total numbei 1(3
Subtiact debilities 7

Suiplns of dignities in "4. 9

Mais m leception of Venns 5 Mus letrogiade 5
„ in the mid heaven 5 ,, occidental 2
,, fieo fiom combustion 5
7
Total numbei 15
Subtiact debilities 7

Sui plus of dignities m £ 8

The Sun m exaltation 4 The Sun m the sixth house 4
,, in tnphcity 3
,, in the tenns of Venus 1
Total number 8
Subtract debilities 4

Suiplus of dignities m 0 4
Venus m exaltation 4 Venus onental 2
,, in leception of Jupitei 5
„ fiee fiom combustion 5
„ in the torn th house 4
„ dnect 4
„ Svi ift in motion 2
,, in term 2
Total number 26
Subtiact debilities 2

Suiplus of dignities in 9 24
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Dignities. Debilities.
Mercuiy in reception 5 Metcuiy letiogwule 5
„ occidental 2 „ under the Snn beams 4
„ fiee fiom combus- „ in the sixth house 4
tion 5 —
— Total number — 13
Total number — 12 Subtiact dignities — 12

Sui plus of debilities m 5 1

Moon in tnphcity 3 Moon slow in motion 2
,, fiee fiom combustion 5 „ oriental 2
„ in the thud house 1 „ m detumenfc 5
,, in the terms of Jupiter 1 —
— Total number — 9
Total number — 10
Subtiact debilities — 9

Sui plus of dignities — 1

The Climactencal Ymi a of this Naiimty
The Climactencal Years, as we have before shewn, are nothing more
than the times or periods m which the Moon makes her quarters, or ro-
nccupios the place she possessed at the time of buth, measured by hei
own motion, and applied to the years of the native's life To ascertai i
the climacterics of tins nativity, note the exact point the Moon occupied
at the timo of birth, which is sixteen degiees fifty-six minutes of Capn-
coin Rater to the Ephcmeris calculated for the year in which the native
was born, and observe what length of time she took in coming to six
degrees fifty-six minutes of Anes, which completed her first quarter
It will be found that she was seven days eleven hours and thnteen
minutes in going that space , and if we allow for each day's motion of
the Moon one year, and foi every two houis one month, it will prove
that the first climactencal point oi yeai occurred, when the native was
seven years five months and near eleven days old
To obtain the second period, pioceed in tbo same manner ObeeivA
what time the Moon occupied in passing from sixteen degrees fifty-six
minutes of Capricorn, hei place at birth, to its- opposite point vx th®
Ivin
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yndiAo , winch will be found to be fourteen d,iys, eighteen home, and

foity eight minutes , so that the native must be fourteen years nine
mouths and twel\e days old, when his second chmaeterical year ainvod.
The thud quaiter of the Moon, which pioduced the third clnnacteuc,
falls in sixteen degiees fifty-six minutes of Libia , to winch point she
moved, from hei place at buth, in twenty-one days two hours and
tluiteon minutes, at which time the nativ e was twenty-one yeais one
month and three days old The fouith chmactencul penod took place
when the Moon completed her levolution in the 7odiac, and came to
her mlical place at the houi of buth, \u, in sixteen degiees fifty six
minutes of Capricorn , which revolution being formed in twenty-seven
days eight houis and twenty-three minutes, pioves the native to have
been then twenty-seven yeais four months and five days old
The ensuing olimactencs are found by adding the quarters progres-
sively to the first levolution For instance, if tte add the Moon's hist
qnartci to the fourth, it will produce tlmty-foui years nine months and
twenty-three days, when the fiith climactencal penod came up The
sixth also, by annexing the succeeding quaiter, will be found to take
place, when the native was forty-two yeais three months and seventeen
days old , the seventh, when he was forty-eight yeais fivo months and
eight days old , and the eighth and last climacteric of Mr Wicliell's
life, when the Moon had measmed two complete rev olntions, and had
returned a second time to hei ladical place m the figuie , at which penod
he was fifty-four years eight months and ten days old
Thus the climactencal years are invariably to be found by the motion
of the Moon, which is the only true and rational method , and is similar
to that of entical days in diseases , only the time is in one caso measmed
by days, and in the othei by yeais These climactencal years are
especially necessary to be known and considered, whenever the hdeg,
01 giver of life, be dneeted to a malefic star, which begins to operate
in any such penod , for it Will then have the same effect on the life of
the native, as the Moon is observed to produce upon the disease of a sick
peison, when she passes the ill radiations of Saturn, Mais, or the Snn,
upon a ensis or critical day , for a climactencal year, and a critical day,
in decnmbituies, proceed from one and the same cause, and they have
both a power to destroy hie, when joined with malefic configurations, no
matter how strong and healthy the native might externally appeal to be,
even at the moment that they take effect. But without the concnrrenoe
of these baneful aspects, both critical days, and climactencal years, aie
inth emsehes perfectly innocent.
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Tim? far I liav e calcuUted and brought up every mntenal eonHguiAtiun
and direction of Ihi? nativity My next bunnees will bo»to considei each
o£ them sepaiately and distinctly, according to the iirles heietofoie laid
down , and to shew that no occunence of Mi WicheH's whole hfer
either of sickness or health, of prospenty or adversity, of pleasure or pain,
evei came to pass, but at the express times and seasonR, and in the exact
01 del, in which these radiations and dneclions seveially came up, and
that they piecisely correspond in natuie and effect, with the configurat-
ing planets that produced them And to which I shall add, that this
gentleman has publicly declared, since his nativity has been calculated,
that theie is not an incident of bis life that has escaped me, noi a single
proof wanting to establish in his mind, the certainty of astial influonro
over the tempeiature and animal natuie of man Hence then \vc deduce,
fiora a source which admits of no contradiction, the natural cause and
pioduction of all those astonishing vicissitudes and penis of human
life, which continually fall in between the actions and intentions of
mankind, and confound the wisest and best concerted schemes of eaithly
epeculation or sagacity
Tor the pmpose of rendering this study as easy and intelligible as
can be desired, I shall be paitioulaily copious and minute in descnbing
the quality and efiect of each respective configuiation and direction in
this nativity , for whoever shall attain to the ability of comprehending
and defining the power of the stars in one natinty, will be qualified to
lead and deteimine the pnncipal events in the genituie of any oilier
person whatsoever, be the events of his life, and the place of his bnth,
evei so extiaoidinary or icmote—piovided the figuie be coiroct in point of
time, and properly lectified I have already given the neeessaiy uileo
for this, and for every other opeiation m the business. I shall now
shew the reader how to apply them, tluoughout the twelve horoscopical
houses of the planetary sjstem.
CoNSIDERAlIONS RBSULTCtG FROM THE FIRST HOUSE.
What this house imports, we have fully explained in the former part
of this work , and according to the maxims there laid down, we shall
pmsue the enquiry, occasionally adding or lepeating such uiles and
aphonsms, as are indispensably necessary to illustrate the subject
I—Will thz Native live to years of Matui ity ?
To deterimne this, we must consider what the configurations are that
eaily cut the thiead of lite, and desti y the blossoms of our infant state-
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Thej me as follow 1 If the birth be precisely on a new or full lloon

2 If the Moo»be in conjunction of Saturn or Mais, in the sixth, eighth,
or twelfth houses of the figure 3 If the Moon be in qnartile or oppo-
sition of Saturn or Mars m the fomth house 4 If the Moon be besieged
by the Sun and Mars 5 If an eclipse impedite the light of time in the
hour of bntb 6 If all the planets be subtenancan, and neither the Sun,
Moon, nor loid of the ascendant essentially foitihed 7 If the two
Malefics be conjoined m the ascendant 8 If an infortune m the ascen-
dant vitiate the degiees thereof by qua: tile or opposition 9 If the
loid of the ascendant be combust of the Sun, and at the same time cadent
and retrograde 10 If the Diagon's head or tail be m conjunction of Saturn
or Mars in the fourth These configurations, by long and mvanable
experience, are found to destioy life in infancy, except the benefic rays
of Jupiter or Venus interpose, and by joining m the aspects, inochfj and
remit their malignant effect But let it alwajs be leinembeied, that Mars
hath greater power of destrojing life, when posited m Anes and above
the earth, in a diuinal nativity , and Saturn, when posited in Capncoin
and above the earth, m a nocturnal nativity
These being the testimonies of a shoit life, by comparing them with
the aspects of any genethliacal figure, we may icadily determine whether
the child born under it, will live to y ears of matuiity If we examine
this gemture by the foregoing rules, we shall not find a single testimony
of a short life , but, on the contraiy, that the native should run the
common race of man—should be nourished up, undei the influence of
more benevolent stars, even until the Apheta, oi givei life, shall come by
a regular and unopposed direction, to a natural union with its promittoi,
which cuts off life, and, by the effects of a natural cause, sends us m
quiet to the grav e—Let it therefoie be remembeied, as an invanable
maxim, that whenever the Apheta is thus unobstructed, the native will
survive all the perils of its infant state
AT—The Temperature and Complezion of the Natne
These are ascertained by mixing the influences of the seveial signifi-
cators together, and by allotting to each its specific quality, in ordei to
determine which shall predominate, and affect the constitution of the
native, with the gieatest force For as theie are four principal elements
whereof this universe is compounded, viz, fire, an, eaith and watei , so
are there fom puncipal humours m the temperatuie of man, which cones-
pond with them, viz, choler, blood, melancholj, and phlegm, and
aecoiding as these are equally ttnxod, oi predominate constitutionally m
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the bodj, so shill ttie temperature and complexion o£ the natire be To
discover how these qualities aie dispensed in the piesent instance, we
must considei and examine the configurations at the time of conception,
as well as at the birth By the directions given with the table, p 422,
we shall find the conception of this nativity took place on the 16th of
June, 7h SOm P M 1727, at which time the celestial intelligencers were
disposed as follow —

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The embrvo is represented bv Jupiter and Mars, both of which aio

posited m the fifth, the house of geueiation, at a fit time for the con-
ception of a male, as both planets aie masculine, and onental of the Sim,
and neither of the luminaries afflicted of the mfoitunes . and therefore
the figme declares that the child should not suffer anj' injury in the
womb, but should be born safe at its full time. But the most essential
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use of a eonceptional figure after the infant is born, is to compare the
tempeiature of the signs and planets which govern the conception, with
the natuie and quality of those that goiern the birth, m Older to ascer-
tain the predominant humoui, and its offending quality, v,Inch shall e\ er
aftei maik the temperature of the native In the present ease we shall
decide our judgment of the tempeiatuie of the embryo, by the following
testimonies which result from the pieeedmg conceptional figuie
Taurus, which governs the fifth house is cold and diy.
Venus, lady thereof, occidental of the Sun ,r moist
Jupiter in the fifth, oucntal —. „ hot and moist.
Venus posited m Leo . ... „ hot and dry
Taurus possessed of Jupiter .. „ cold and diy.
Mars in the fifth, oriental ... „ hot and dry.
Gemini, an airy sign, possessed of Mars ... „ hot and moist.
The quaiter of the j'ear, viz , Summei ... „ hot and diy
The Moon, in her second quaiter . „ hot and dry
And posited m Libra, an airy sign . „ hot and moist
Saturn, Almution of the figure ,, cold and moist.
And posited in an airy sign ... „ hot and moist.
Number of testimonies for a hot temperature, are 8
Testimonies for the moist .. .. 6
Ditto for the dry . ... .6
Ditto for the cold .. . 3
So that the predominant humour offending before the hirtli, was the
choleric complexion , and such a temperature must naturally incline its
mother, during pregnancy, to be frequently affiieted with complaints m
the stomach and bowels, such as the chohc, heait-buin, nausea, vomittmg,
&e , arising from predominancy of heat , but as the moist quality is so
nearly equal, it is appaient that these complaints would not matemlly
huit either the child or its mother
We are now to examine the temperature of the Significatois in the
radical figure of birth, in p 624, which being compared with and added to
the foiegoing, will at once regulate and deteimine the objects of our
piesent speculation The testimonies aie to be collected in the same
manner as above, viz
The sign ascending being airy, ... is hot and moist
Venus, lady thereof, and oriental „ hot and moist
Pisces, a watery sign, possessed by Venus „ cold and moist.
Mars, Co-sigmficator, and occidental „ dry
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And being posited m an caithy sign is cold and dry
Scorpio ascendmsr .. ,) cold and moist
The Moon m hoi last quaitei .. „ cold and inoiat.
And posited m an eartliv sig-n . „ cold and dry
The Moon beholding the ascendant ,, cold and moist.
And in an earthj sign . . „ cold and diy.
The Sun beholding the Moon m qnaitile . „ hot and moist
'I he Sun in a fiery sign . .. ,, hot and diy
The season of the year, w/ , Spnng „ hot and moist
Venus, Almution of the figuie .. , hot and moist
In the sign Pisces . „ cold and moist.
\ enus beholding the ascendant . ,, hot and moist
And in a wateiy sign . „ cold and moist
Mars occidental, beholding the ascendant ,, diy
Mais posited in an eaithy sign . „ cold and diy
Number of testimonies for a moist tempeiature .. 12
Testimonies for the cold . ... 10
Ditto for the hot ... .. .. 7
Ditto for the dry . ... .7
Hence it is apparent that the predominant humour offending at birth
Is phlegm, engendered of the cold and moist affections of the planets
If we compare the testimonies that compose the tempeiatuie at the time
of conception, with the above, we shall find that the humour which was
then weak, is now strong , and that the humour which was then strong
is now weak , so that, if we considei the formation of the native begins
with conception, and is completed at the birth, and that the sUpenor
teinpeiatures then aie the inferior now , and if we allot unto each of the
significators their specific qualities, and mix them according to the exact
pi oportions they give, we shall neaily find a mediocrity of humours m
the temperature of this native, but as the phlegmatic affection will be
found to have the ascendancj, the native will of course most matenally
feel its action upon his constitution, by becoming subject to a depression
oi sinking of the spmts, and other disagreeable concomitants, which shall
be fully illustrated when we come to speak of the significators of sickness.
But befoic we dismiss the piesent subject, it will be necessary to premise,
that if cold and moisture pievail in a gemture, the native will be phleg-
matic , if cold and dryness have the superiority, he will acqune a leserved
habit, and be oppressed with melancholy , if heat and moisttue predomi-
nate, he will prove of a sanguine tempeiatuie, and of an even courteous
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disposition, i£ heat and dryness, he Tiill be cholenc, and of a sinly

temper, but-svCeie the qualities of the confiquiating stais are nearly-
equal, the native will he strongly affetted bv their tempeiatures lespec-
tively, when undei a dnection of then own nature and quality
The temperature being- determined, we may with great ease asceitam
the eomplevion by the mles heietofore laid down Libia and Scorpio
being the signs ascending, give a sanguine complexion but, m this
uativits, not very fair nor clear because opposed h^ the opposite effect
of Mais, Venus and the Moon , and because phlegm was the supei-
abundant quality m the tempeiature at birth , the mixture ot these
several sigmficators produce a sallow complexion, giey eyes light sandy
hair, with due oonf 01 mity m the other members, to which dcsciiption
this native strictly oonesponded m every paiticular
The foregoing judgment will hold good in all cases where similar
configurations are found Lot it be icnicmbered, that only foui distinct
colouis or complexions aie pioduced, \iz , black, white, led, and yellow ,
all otheis proceed fiom a nuxtuie of these, and are ascertained by assign-
ing to each sigmficatoi its own proper eoloui , then collect the wholo
into one sum, and according to the quality, number and force of the seveial
testimonies, judiciously mcorpoiated with each other, will the complexion
be accurately found Begard must howevei be had m all eases to the
climate wheie the native is born , because m such parts of the earth
where the signs and sigmficators have from their astionomical positions
greater force and energy, they will more visibly affect, and more sensibly
demonstrote their influence upon the persons born under them This, I
believe, lias been sufficiently dcmonstiatcd m the introductory part of
this woik

III—Form and Stature of the Body

To judge of the form and stature of the body, we must note the sign
that occupies the ascendant, the lord thereof, and the planets posited
therein, or in conjunction with the loid of the ascendant These various
sigmficators are to be regarded in proportion to their dignities, and as they
are situated with respect to north or south latitude , or with the luminaries ,
nor are the fixed stars to be neglected m this specnlation, for in many
cases they operate much, particularly those of the first magnitude. This
being premised, and the inles heretofore laid down being had in memory,
we shall demonstrate their ceitainty, bj applj ing them to our judgment
m this figure
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Upon the ascendant -we find the latter pait of the decrees of Libra,
and about two thirds thereof occupied by Scoipio , these signs give a
statme somewhat above the middling But we must add to these the
testimony of the configuiations , that Venus is posited in the watery
sign Pisces , that Mars and the Moon are occidental of the Sun, each
beholding the ascendant, and that the Moon participates with the nature
of Capucorn, her place m the figure These are arguments of a mean
stature, and of a mediocrity m the component paits, uniform, and duly
piopoitioned Libia and Scorpio declare an exact symmetry of features,
oval face, and elegant countenance , but Saturn, who produces the duect
contiary effects, having his exaltation m Libra, and beholding the ascen-
dant with a strong aspect, greatly marrs the beauty and comeliness derived
fiom those signs, yet we are not to suppose that the delicacy and
sweetness contributed by the fiist sigmficators, shall be conveited mto a
dails lowering visage, entuely Saturnine , but that the quality of Saturn,
m piopoition to his strength of aspect, shall he mcoiporated with the
opposite qualities, leaving the impression first given by Libra, hut abat-
ing its beauty and comeliness, and leaving the face modeiately fan, and
the features not altogether unpleasrng This exactly describes the person
of the native , of a middle stature, oval lively features, the stamp of
the signs , dark eye brows, the mark of Saturn, with a spnghthness,
resulting from Mercury conjoined with the other srgmficatois We may
remark further, that in gemtures where the Sun has no aspect with the
ascendant, the native acqunes the habit of bending forward m his gait ,
and as he gradually advances m yeais, becomes round and stooping in the
shoulders. This has been remaikably verified in the present nativity

In diawmg judgment from the foregoing piemises, let it be well

consideied, that if two planets have equal dominion in the hoioscope,
preference must he given to him that beholds the ascendant most par-
tially , but if then configurations with the ascendant should he equally
dignified, regard the planet that is lord of the house, m preference to
that which has only his exaltation therein Bemember likewise, m the
further pi ogress of this enquiry, that when the planets are situate in
any 01 fiery signs, they give large full statures , but when m earthy or
watery, they produce much shorter and smaller When they have great
north latitude, they denote large corpulent bodies , but when they have
great south lafitude, they induce a spare, thin, and low stature , and,
accoidmg to the immortal Ptolemy, those natives whose sigmficators
have south latitude, are more active and laborious , whilst those whose
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uilmg planets have great noith latitude, are usually of a heavy, slotkfiil,
supiae, inactive disposition
IV—Tempe), quality and mental endoumenls of tJte Native
This is one of the most essential speculations of the whoIei'Science,
since, in a geneial way, the success of all our worldly pursuits and acqui-
sitions, in a great measure depend upon our mental endowments And
heie the readei would do well to refresh his memoiy with what we
hai e alieady preimsed on this subject, where it is laid down, as an
established maxim, that our enquny m this particular is chiefly to be
governed by the Moon and Meicuiy, and by the other significators only
as they shall be coafiguiated with these planets, oi with the Sun, or with
the angles of the figure j of which the ascendant or eastern angle, hath
the greatest powei Theiefore if seveial planets are found in the ascen-
dant, they will all act m a ceitam degree upon the bent and motions of
the mind, and will become sigmficatois in proportion to their lespective
positions and dignifies Then influence upon the sensative faculties of
the animal soul, will be apportioned to their stiength of aspect, and will
operate by the same rotation m which those aspects come up The time
when they shall respectively begin to operate, together with then dura-
tion, is known only by direction, as we shall presently shew , and their
effect will be found to vary, as the irradiations are transfeired from one
planet to another For instance, when the Moon is directed to the teims
or aspect of the most potent planet m the ascendant, then the native
•almost wholly participates m the temperature and quality of that planet,
and, while it opeiates, will visibly manifest them to the woild m his
actions And thus, when the Moon vanes her teim or aspect, and applies
to those of another planet, then will the native's inclination vary, and
assume the qualities and conditions of such othei planet
By the same force of sympathy we find, that when the Moon comes
to the terms or aspect of Venus, the native is gay and cheerful , when
to the terms or aspect of Jupitei, sober, industrious, and discreet; to
the teims or aspect of Saturn, giave, melancholy, and reseived , to the
jadiations of the Sun, proud, and inclined to vanity and ostentation , to
the terms or aspect of Mercury, studious, laborious, and mquisitiie, or
else participates m such other affections as may be produced by some
other planet joined m body or aspect with Mercury , and when the Moon
comes to her own terms, or in aspect with her ladieal place m the figure,
■(provided it be m the ascendant) it will induce a wavenng, unsettled, and
mutable disposition m the native.
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When there are no planets to be found in the ascendant, note -what

eonfigurations are made 'with the Moon and Mercury ; for whatever
planet is ]omed with them, will become signifloator, and will act upon
the mental endowments of the native. But if no planet he m the ascen-
dant, nor configurated as above, then the lord of the ascendant shall he
the sigmficator, provided his dispositoi beholds him m some bodily aspect ;
if not, we must have recomse to the planet that most paitially beholds
the Moon or Mercury , but if no such be found in the figure, then the
planet which hath the most essential dignities m the signs of Mercury
or the Moon, shall lastly he taten as the sigmficator fiom whence this
judgment shall be drawn.
According to these rules I examine the pieceding gcmture I find
theie are no planets m the ascendant, noi in configuration with the Moon
and Meicury, and theiefore I take Venus as the sigmficator of the
native's tempei and mental disposition, because she is lady of the ascend-
ant, and is beheld by Jupiter her dxspositor Mars also, being conjoined
with Venus in ruling the ascendant, and m aspect with his dispositor,
will m a secondary degieo affect the native The position of Veniut
near the tail of the Swan, and thus configuiated, influences the native to
a puisuit after knowledge, and being in the fiftb house, the house of
pleasuie, declares that he will take much delight therein This signri-
ficator being likewise near the Dragon's head, which participates of' the
nature of Jupiter, implies a mild, just, and peaceable disposition Being
posited m the house of bei exaltation, proves his demeanour will gam
him general esteem , hut bemg m a moveable sign, shews him changeable
in the object of his pursuits On the other hand, Mais will abate much
of the mildness and evenness of his temper indicated by Venus, parti-
cularly when under a direction of Mars, at which times he will be
unusually peevish, fretful, and passionate—a circumstance which this
native confesses hath been frequently veiified, when neither himself, nor
any part of his family, could account for his austenty and change of
temper , but whoever inspects his gemture by the lules of this science,
will find it was occasioned by the opposition of Mais with Venus It is
no less curious to remark, that while that malefic planet sours the temper,,
he strengthens and expands the desire of knowledge, endows the native
with an enterprising spirs, stirs him up to life and action, and induces an
emulatron for honor and promotion. A strong instance this, of the con-
tiary effects of the aspects , for while the fiist impie&sion of an even
and complacent disposition is deranged by the foice of a partile opposi-
tion, the other laudable qualities are enlarged, by the cong influence
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of a trine aspect of the same planet with its dispositor, in the exaltation
of Met cury ! These testimonies are much strengthened by the sesquiqua-
drate aspect of Mars -with the Moon, in the teims of Jupiter , and as the
Moon is posited m the dignities of Saturn, it shews that the native
will be attached to the arts and sciences, and inherit a truly honest
disposition
Thus far we have considered the configuiations which foim the
temper, and give the fiist bias to the mmd, m the eailiest state of in-
fancy but what shall be the result, as they gradually ripen into maturity ;
to what speculations they will be dnected, and to what extent of per-
fection the native may amve m mental acquirements and ability, is
determined by other considerations The intellectual faculties in All
gemtures, are under the astral influence of Meicury and the Moon ,
Mercury governs the rational and animal spirit m the brain, but the
vegetive strength of the bram is solely under the power and dominion
of the Moon , therefore, whenever we inspect a nativity, and find these
significators well affected to each othei m terms and aspect, we may
safely conclude that there is a proportionable haimony and modulation m
the rational intellect, and m the other members which contribute to a
fertile genius, and to strong natural paits But when these significators
are ill affected, and m quartile or opposition to each othei, it is altogether
as sure a presage of a dull capacity, and a narrow contiacted mmd ;
particularly if Mercury be combust, slow m motion, cadent, or peregrine,
or afflicted of the mfoi tunes, more especially of Mars And thus the
more Mercuiy is afflicted or impeded in his own propel nature, the moie
weak and shallow we always find the mental endowments of the nativ e
In those gemtures where Mercury is occidental, and m no aspect with
the Moon, or with any benefic planet, it produces a deep, cunning, artful,
close, dissembling person, with a strong share of penetiation and sagacity,
but with a mind disposed to exercise it only in mean and selfish pui suits,
without regard to integrity or reputation If this planet be found m
the combust way, i e in that space of the heavens extending from seven-
teen degrees of Libra to seventeen degrees of Scorpio, and at the same
time slow m motion, it declares a trifling superficial charactei, perpetually
engaged in unworthy objects, stunning us with impertinent remaiks, with
useless niceties, or with unapt disquisitions
Let us apply this reasoning m our considerations of the piesent
gemture , in which we find Meicury and the Moon, the grand patrons
of mental ability, are favourably situated with lespect to each other
Heie is a remarkable leception between Mercuiy and Mars, the joint
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rulei of the ascending sign , Mercury possesses the dignities of Mars,
and Mars the exaltation of Mercury. Thus the significatffr of the temper
and fashion of the mind, and the patron of sense, aie mutually conjoined
in the same influence , and bespeak not only a disposition to search aftei
liteiaiy acquirements, hut presage a fit capacity to receive, and an nnder-
standrag capable of digesting them The Moon likewise sends her
sesquiquadrate ray to Marsl from the dignities of Saturn, and m the
teims of Jupiter, which declares the favourite pursuit of the native
shall be after scientific knowledge , and as the position of Mars is so
highly elevated, it is evident that his endeavours shall not only provs
successful, but shall he manifested m an eminent degree Wehavea1so
a peifect sextile aspect of Mercury and Saturn , which adds a strong
retentive memory to a sohditj' of mind, whereby the early pursuits of
the native are impelled forward, and ripened into maturity, under tha
united sanction of reputation and profit. Thus the sigmficators of tha
tempei, quality, and mental endowments of this native, when drawn into
one focus, testify, according to the approved rules of this science, an
acute penetrating wit, an enlaiged undeistanding, a retentive memory,
and a stiong predelection foi scientific knowledge, with a solidity of
mmd, and a consistency of manners, well adapted to give vigour and
success to such pursuits That these gifts weie severally and respec-
tively verified in the peisonal qualifications, pursuits, and prefermenta
of the native, the united testimony of all his friends and relatives will
not only piove, but the facts will hereafter be more minutely established,
when the result of each aspect comes to be examined and explained
under the vanous dnections by which these events were respectively
brought to pass
Hence it will be seen, that Mercury, in this judgment, and in all
cases where relation is had to the faculties of the animal soul, is to be
most attentively considered, and his influence and operation regarded,
m pi oportion as they are configurated or mixed with the rays of other
planets. The importance of this enquiry, in the investigation of every
gemtuie, induces me to lepeat to the leader, the necessity of beanng in
mind the observations I have wntten on this subject, to which it is
now incumbent upon me to add the following general remaiks 1 That
m all cases whex'e Meicury occupies an angle of the figure, but parti-
culaily the ascendant, and at the same time is posited m one of his own
houses, m any of the twelve signs except Pisces and Scoipio, take for
gi anted the native will inhent a good understanding, with a capacity
adapted foi almost any employment Hut if this happens in an airy sign,
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and the planet swift in motion, it denotes perpetual wavering, and great
instability of iJlmd. 2 Mercury m conjunction of the Moon, m any,
and m every sign, denotes ingenuity of mind The same effect, though
m a smaller degree, is given by the sextile, or triangular lays , but, in
this case, the sextile is always to be piefeired to the trine 3 If there
be found a conjunction of Mercuiy with Venus, or Jupiter, or the
Dragon's head, in G-emini, Libra, Aquarius, or Virgo, it bestows an ex-
cellent genius, and a mind qualified for invention and improvement 4.
If Mercury m Anes be in reception with Mais, the native will be subtle,
deep, and sagacious 5. The Moon m conjunction with the Diagon's
head or tail, denotes alert and active spirits, with a promptitude for
science, particnlarly when increasing m light, and near the full 6.
Mercury m reception of the Moon, and the planets in any sign,
gives an aspiring genius, and an active volatile disposition 7 When
Mercury is below the horizon, m suitable signs, he inclines the
native to scientific knowledge. If in an any sign well ^foitified it
gives freedom of speech, with strong oratorical abilities 8. If Mer-
cury be m conjunction with Saturn, and Satum well dignified, the native
acquires a grave and a sober habit, accompanied with a piofound judg-
ment, and solid understanding. 9 If m conjunction with Jupitei,
unafflicted by any malefic ray, Mercury bestows an excellent capacity, set
off with an easy elegant address, and inclines the native to generosity
and mtegnty 10 Mercury and Mars united by conjunction, m good
places of the figure, free fiom affliction, and well foitified, gives a most
confident and undaunted spirit m wnttmg or speaking , furnishes Stirling
wit, and bestows a prolific invention 11 With the Sun, Mercury gives the
native an aspiring mmd , and well dignified, promises success m the most
ambitious pursuits, though they are likely to be dishonouied by intemperate
pnde and arrogance 12 Mercury and Venus united, and strengthened by
concurrent testimonies, bestow an admirable conception m literary pur-
suits, with a mmd formed for invention and study 13 Mercuiy in any
situation of the figure, well fortified, and m good aspect with the respec-
tive sigmficators, forms a good and perfect understanding , but the dif-
ferent gradations of sense, and of the reasoning faculty, are produced
according to the dignity and quality of the sigmficators with which he
may be configurated , always observing, that m proportion to the stiength
and energy of those several sigmficators, and of their positions in
respect to the angles of the figure, will the mental poweis of the native
be foimed.
Much has been contended by the advocates for and against this
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speculation, on the score of education For my onra part, I cannot hut

be amprised, that any argument or contioversy should Ifave been so long
supported, upon inferences so palpable and obvious Those who contend,
that education sets these astral influences at defiance, and produces the
wise man or the fool, in pioportion to the extent of his academic acquue-
ments and discipline, might as well attempt to persuade us, that the
ban en deserts of Arabia, by labour and cultivation, would soon vie with
the fertile banks of the Nile, and become a land "flowing with nnllc and
honey " Earthly substances, as well animate as inanimate, receive the
stamp of then natural quality in the hour of formation This quality
will remain, as long as these substances endure, m every case, except
where the laws of natme incline them to mutation or change All the
inventions of man aie far sboifc of totally remoung these first qualities ,
and theiefoie all that can be fanly deduced from aiguments in suppoit
■of the effects of education, is briefly this, that it astonishingly enlarges
a good natural understanding, and puts a supeificial gloss over the defor-
mities of a naturally bad one, but so far fiom giving vigour to a weak
mind, it too often leads to the opposite exti ernes, for want of ability to
digest, and intellect to comprehend the mstiuction it leceives
Hence we fiequently see inventions of the most ingenious and com-
plicated extent, spring fiom individuals who appear as ignoiant, as they
tire untaught , yet when we come to examine then mtei nal endowments,
we express our admnation that so much ingenuity and sterling sense,
should be concealed undei the rust of what is teimed a state of nature.
But let the reader regard with due attention the observations I have laid
down, let him, within the cucle of his own acquaintance, if he can
obtain a speculum of then nativities, observe the nature of these con-
figurations, and I will venture to affirm, at the hazaid of my life, that
he will be able to trace the true quality and extent of each man's mental
■capacity, from the causes which give them being
Considerations resultins ekom the Second House
The principal judgment drawn fiom this part of the genethhacal
figuie, is that which regards woildly riches and preferment, or rather
whethei the native shall be buoyed up upon the wings of pi osperity, or
plunged by adveise stars, into the depths of adversity This speculation
has been justly considered one of the most important of the science ,
but on all hands it must be admitted the first amongst the enquiries of
those, who wish to know the outline of their future fate For this
reason, I shall be as copious as possible m blending theoretical with
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practical examples in the elucidation of this enquiry, with the humble
hope of enabling every attentive reader, to derive that information fiom
his own labours, which delicacy, or expence, might preclude him fiom
obtaining in the customary way.
On examining this figure, I find, Mais and Jupiter are the prime
Eigmficatois of wealth and piospenty, because they have dominion ovei
the second house , and the Moon, and the part of Fortune, are co-signi-
ficatois of the native's substance Finding there aie no planets posited
in the second house, I examine what configurations aie foimed with
the foregoing sigmficators, and what aspects inadiate the second house
Mars hath dominion in the tenth, the house of honor and prefeiment,
and is m reception of Mercury, within the teims of that planet, an
argument that the native shall piospei tinder such pursuits as are pecu-
liaily within the dominion of Mercuiy, viz, offices of public bust,
hteiature, or science This deduction is also corroboiated, by the united
testimony of the part of foitune m the tenth, with those royal fixed
stars Hydra, and Cor Leoms , and Mercmy's trme aspect falling m the
same degree, proves that an advantageous and reputable emolument should
flow thiough this channel. This judgment has been confirmed in various
instances , but in none so conspicuously as in his appointment to the
mastership of the Eoyal Academy, m his Majesty's Dockyard at Ports-
mouth, which appointment resulted—not from the good offices of "fnendi
at court,"—but solely from the progress and impiovenients he hade made
in the mathematics
These propitious configurations are nevertheless impeded, by some
latent malefic rays, which hang upon his horoscope The part of for-
tune, otherwise so happily found, is afflicted by the most baneful aspect
of Saturn, namely, his opposition , at the same time that he beholds the
second house with a quartile ray. This in no shape lessens the mental
faculties, nor impedes the success promised under the brilliant endow-
ments of Mercury , but it shews, that however successful the native
might be with respect to pecuniary advantages, yet, that his income
should pass from him in an improvident mannei, and the production of
his labours never accumulate to an amount equal to bis ment This is
fmther illustrated and confirmed by the opposition of Venus and Mais,
the sigmficatois of his person and possessions I also find the Moon is
near the quartile ray of the Sun, a bad aspect, and a fresh testimony that
the native will not accumulate or lay up much of the goods of foitune
This, however, is m some measure abated, by the mteivention of the
Sun, which beholds the second house with a favourable trine , and the
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configuration of If irs vwth tho Moon is a fiutliei declaration in bis fn-
\ mil Jupitei, ive find, hath dignities in the second house , but being in
tho eighth, in the face of Satin n, with latitude in Gemini in his detnment,
plainly indicates, that at ceitam periods of his life, when undei the influ-
tnce of evil directions, the native should expenence diveis difficulties and
embarrassments m money concerns But when we diaw into one view the
number of planets that dignify his bath, and aie essentially foitified ,
nhen we oonsidei the excellent leeeption of Meicury and Mais , the Sun
in exaltation, sending a time to the second , the part of foitune m con-
jilnotion with eminent fixed stars, exalted m the miclheaven , we shall find
them so many circumstances to piove, that notwithstanding the opposition
of malefic rays, the native will be upheld through all the difficulties and
vicissitudes of money matteia, and eventually acquite a competent and
liberal income, such as should atfoid all the leal comfo its of human life,
and with strict economy, provide a handsome patrimony for his descen-
dants But the astial inclination of this native, is not favourable to penu-
ilous or meromary piactices The bent of his mmd is influenced by too
much liberality and geneiosity of principle, eithei to withhold his purse,
or withdraw the comforts of humanity, wheie fnendship or chanty de-
numled them Those who knew him, cannot but justify the truth of the
observation ; and he has time and often acknowledged to me, upon my
remarks on his nativity, the straits he has experienced, by impievidently
paiting with his money, and supplying the emergencies of fnends , as is
deducihle fiom the face of his gemture, by contemplating the seven
enatics, and their accidental positions
For the further information of the reader, it will be proper to remark,
that m giving judgment upon this question, we aie not confined to the
position of benefic stais , foi it fiequently happens that Saturn and Mars
gu e advantage and prosperity to the native, when loids of the second
house, and well configurated with the luminaries, and the other sigmfica-
tois So likewise eminent fixed stars m good places of the figuie, well
qualified, and conjoined with benefic rays, give increase of prospeuty and
iieh< s But if the two malefic planets, Saturn and Mais, occupy angles
in the figure, and the benefies are posited in sucoedent houses, it shews
the native will experience adveisity m the eaily part of his life, but pros-
perity in the end The pait of Fortune conjoined with the Dragon's
head, hath nearly the same effect as with Jupiter, and predicts an increase
ofc wealth Saturn dignified in the eighth house, in a diumal nativity,
in aspect with Jupiter 01 Venus, declares increase of substance by the
death of relatives or friends The same event will take place, in gem-
Ix
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tures wlieie the loiJ of the eighth house, in his essential dignities, Is
placed m the te»th , and again, where the dispositer of the tenth, is neU
•eonfiguiated with the lord of the ascendant When Jupiter or Venus me
■eo posited at birth, as to behold the cusp of the second house with a good
aspect, at is a certain presage of durable substance , whereas the Sun, or
Mais, posited in the second house and ill digmSed, scatter the native's
wealth, induce to piodigaJitv, and eventually make bun poor. So the
Moon m conjunction of Saturn, m bad places of toe figure, and beheld by
no benefic ray, mil reduce even the Son of a King to a state of insolvency 1
The lord of the second house combust, and the part of fortune in anaie-
tic places, foreshews confiscation of propeity, bankruptcy, and ruin
When the Part of fortune is confederated nith violent fixed stais, m
evil places of the figure, it presages loss of substance, and great povertj'
To deteimme the mode by which these events shall happen, or how sub
stance or prosperity will be acquired, we are to regard the nature and
quality of the bouses over vbich the sigmficators ha\ e dominion Tims,
af the lord of the eleventh house give virtue and influence to the sigmfi-
eators of substance by piopitious rays, we are to conclude, that the natn 0
■will receive an increase of wealth thiough the medium of relations or
friends But if the lord of the seventh be thus irradiated, his substance
will be increased by mainage, partneiship, or some joint concern And
thus judgment is drawn m all cases fiom the nature of the bouses which
the several sigmficators govern or inadiate
To obtain a proper idea, not only which way nches and prospenty are
likely to come, but to decide also whether they shall be obtained by lawful
■or dishonouiable means, we must note wdiether the benefic planets are
nigmficators , and if they are not afflicted by tire malignant lays of Saturn
or Mars, nor m conjunction with any violent fixed s'ar, it shews the native
Will acquire eminent prosperity by fair and honourable means But if a
malevolent star be sigmfioator, and the benefic planets m no aspect with
him, and either retrograde 01 combust, it induces the opposite effect If
a benefic planet be signrficator, and placed in the dignities of either of the
malefics, it shews wealth will be obtained both ways. To know whether
riches, when obtained, will be durable or not, we must considei whether
the sigmficators are so posited in the heavens, as to be unimpeded by the
intercourse of the malefics , for then prosperity shall continue duimg life
But if the benefice are sigmficators, and situated in bad places of the
figure, and the mfortunes occupy the good, so as to obscure or overcome
the energy of the benefic rajs, it shews a continual flux and reflux of
wealth , so that What is obtained under one good direction, shall be lost
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tmiler a bad one But the time when these things shall severally come to
pass, can only be known by equating the directions of each aspect, which
re the only true and rational way of discoveung when they shall begm
to operate
COXSIDEBATIONS REFULTING FROM THE THTRD HOUSE
The third house discovers, by the aspects with which it is configuiated,
whethci we shall be advantaged' or myned by the consanguinity of bie-
tluen, or by inland' jourmes and sojournments , which we have fully ex-
plained before The significatois of brethfen oi sisters, are taken fiom
five degrees preceding the cusp-of the thud house, to within five degrees
of the cusp of the fourth house And the lord of the thud house, 01 the
planets accidentally posited therein, shall be the significatois Yve are
then particularly to remark the position of Mais, which is the geneial
sigmficator of brethren,—or the Moon, which repiesents sisters_ If Mais
or the Moon be- fbimcT in fruitful signs 01 m good aspect with the fruitful
planets, which are Jupitei, Venus, or the Diagon's head, it is an argument
that the native shall have biothers, if the configurations are made with
Mars , or sisters, when made with the Moon , and the numbeij shall be
according to the irradiations and force of the aspects If a good and
benevolent configuration is foimed between the loid of the ascendant, and
the lord of the third bouse, it implies mutual good offices, harmony, and
concord between brothers and sisters ; but if bad aspects are found then
vice versa, malice, hatred, emy, and ill will exist among them When
Jupiter, Venus, or the Dragon's head are posited in the thud house, the
native will derive advantage from tiavel, or by change of habitation , and
will be aided by the good fellowship of his own family.
To determine these questions m the present natu its, I observe that
Capricorn has the piinoipal rule in the third house , which being a sign
not very prolific, but lather inclined to barrenness, I conclude theie aie
small expectations of brethren The Moon's position in the third house
declares there will be a sistei, 01 perhaps two , which is fuither demons-
tnted bv the sevtile ray of Venus , but being at the same time tmdei the
malignant influences of Mars, it shews that what might be piodueed by
the fruitful influences, shall be cut off by prematme death , and indeed,
the Moon being in an e\ rl aspect with the Sun, and approaolimg to a quai-
tile with Mercury, is no argument of durable life to sisteis As to bj0»
thers, we have not a single testimony to produce them Mais, the natural
sigmficator of brethren, in posited in a b.uren sign, and in no good aspect
with anj planet, except m lecephon of Mercury, which opmtes hot in
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tavoui of fuutfulneSB, because he also is posited in a barren sign These
are arguments ts prove the native was the only son, or at least the only
one that should come to maturity, or engage m the vicissitudes m
concerns of this life
With regard to the inland jourmes of this native, his sojournments,
or change of residence, they are declaied to produce an mciease of pro-
fit and substance The Moon's position, unafflicted, in tne thud , and
Venus m sextile, having hei exaltation in the fifth, denotes many jouuues
that should produce pleasuie or profit, and sometimes both m an emiuent
degree , as is fuither evinced by the planet Venus being m reception of
Jupiter, the supreme lord of the second, the house of prosperity and
substance, as well as lord of the fifth, the house of pleasuie and delight
And as the third house is unafflicted by any malefic lay, or by the position
of the mfortunes, or any evil configuration therein, it remains evident,
beyond contradiction, that he should receive no injury by means of bio-
theis or sisters, nor any disadvantage fiom tiavel or change of resident e
—This has also been remaikably verified in the peison of the native, who
hath umfoimly changed his situation and residence, for gieater profit and
preferment
COJfSIDEEATIOITS ARISING FROM THE FOURTH HOUSE
From this house we obtain judgment of the native's hereditaiy acqui-
sitions , the substance he shall derive from his father , his houses, lands,
hereditaments, &c , in which we are particularly to observe, 1 the situation
of the loid of the fourth house , 2 the position of the Sun, m a dinrnal,
and of Saturn, in a nocturnal nativity , and, 3 what planet or planets aie
configurated in this house If the major part of these signifioators aie
found strong and well dignified, under benefic influences, it is an argu-
ment of much good from the father But if otherwise, contrary efliecis
will be produced So the loid of the ascendant, or the Moon, m sexti'e or
time with the Sun by day, or with Satinn by night, foieshews unity and
concoid between the native and his father , and if the aspect be made
with reception, it will continue unto death, and leads to an inheritance of
the father's substance The same effect is pi educed by the lord of the
ascendant and the loid of the fom th house, in mutual reception , and
again, if the loid of the ascendant be m good aspect with the loid of the
fourth, or the Moon apply by benefic rays to the lord of the fomth
These aie stiong arguments of concoid between the native and his fathei,
and of advantage bv inhentance But if contiarv aspects govern tins
house, the native and Ins fatliei will be at enmitv with each otl^ei , and
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the moie serious and afflicting will this enmity be and the more injuuocis
to the native's inheutance, m proportion as the sigm^cators shall be in
adverse positions, ill configurated, void o£ reception, or afflicted m the
angles This rule invariably holds good m all gemtures
On the cusp of the fourth house of this nativity, we find almost seven
degrees of the sign Aquanes, and Saturn in dignities posited therein, in
eextile with Mercury These are testimonies of longevity in the father,
as well as of strong mental endowments, and of r»spectahilitj among
mankind We find Saturn disposes of the Moon , and Mars, who is lord
of the ascendant, casting a sesqmquadrate to the Moon, in reception of
Mercury, declares the native should be regulated by a strong filial affection
foi his father, and that in a more eminent degree than the father or the
Bon This is confirmed by Saturn, sigmficator of the father, being the
superior planet, in a masculine sign, and the sigmficators of the native
being infenor, and in feminine signs. ,
As to the father's nches, thev mint he deduced from the aspects of
the benefics to the fourth house, and the position of the part of fortune,
and the planets m the fifth house, which is the father's house of substance.
Now Jupiter being in quarhle of Satum, and m no aspect with either of
the luminaries, are arguments that the father should not increase his.
substance , and as the part of Fortune is m opposition to Saturn, it de-
clares he should meet with many losses And although Saturn is eligibly
posited in the fourth, and might thereby promise an inhentance of landed
property at the death of his father , yet, as the part of fortune is in
opposition with Saturn, in the terms of Jupiter, and Jupiter configurated
with violent fixed stars, it is clearly demonstrated, that through the ease
and freedom of the father's disposition, accompanied with some heavy-
losses, that he should at his death leave but a small patumony for the son,
which should happen at a very advanced time of life ; as is predicted by
the position of Saturn in the fathei's ascendant, which invanably gives
old age, particularly when posited in his own dignities These circum-
etances piecisely happened both to the fathei and the son.
Considerations resultins From the Fifth House
The speculations upon this house, aSoid the most satisfactory informa-
tion concerning the native's issue—whether he shall have children ,
togethei with their conditions, qualities, and sex Also, whether the na-
tne shall derive any success fiom speculative nek of pioperty, such as
buying and selling in the funds , adventuring m the lottery, or consign-
ing goods to the unceitainties of an unknown foreign market—These
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several enquiries are definable from the figure of every geniture, ancf any
sought out fronj the coofiguTivtions inr or relating to, the fifth house
and as tbey are not of the- least sinportance among the vanous-oocunenCea
incident to human hfer I shall lay down some select rn4esr for the moie
particular information of such of my readers,, as wish-- to reduce the
theory thereof into practice
To know whetlier the native shall have rsewe or not, pmhcular regaid
must be had to- the configuratione in the ftr8tr fifth, and tenth houbes ,
and also to the aspects- formed by tire lorris of those homes , as also the
eleventh house and its lent, because it is the fifth fronn the seventh If
these significatoTS are in fruitful signs, then it is certain the native will
have issue ; but if they are in barren signs, the contrary effect will be
produced.
But as it seldonr happens tlhrf the planets are wfiolTy pomted in these
opposite extremes, I shall shite the effect of those configurations which
are casually formed, and winch lead to a full explanation of all the others
If the Sun, Saturn, or Mars, rule the ascendant, fifth, tenth, or eleventh-
houses, without some fruitful aspect of the beoefics, they deny children
So Saturn in the fifth, or the Sun rn> quartile to Jupiter, will be found to-
work the same ban en effect If the Sun be oonffgura'tetf with Saturn and
Mercury in the eleventh or fifth, in aspect with- the Moon, it shews the
native will scarcely have children ; or if he should, they will die suddenly,
in their infant state The same planets conjoined In the Midheaven, and
m quartile 01 opposition of the Moon, produce the same Venus posited
in the first 01 seventh houses, in conjunction or opposition of Saturn, or
in communicative dignities, i. e he in her term, and she m Ins , 01 if Sa-
turn he in Taurus, and Venus in Capncorn, it argues barrenness in a male
geniture, and abortion in that of a female • or, that what is produced,
shall die ere it has seen the light In like manner Sattrrn, If posited m the
ascendant, will produce barrenness, or destroy the offspring So Mars, in
opposition of Jupiter or Venus, destroys the hope of issue in the native ,
and Jaipiter in opposition to Satuin, destrojs whatever is produced under
it, more especially if Jupiter happens to be lord of the fifth. But the
most decisive testimony of barrenness, is when the lord of the fifth, and
the lord of the ascendant are combust and retrograde, unaided by benefic
rays, and the Moon m detriment
If, on the contrary, the Moon and Mercury are posited m the fifth
house, and their dispositors unaffiicted, it is an argument that the natu &
shall have issue So likewise 'if Mercury be occidental, and in good as-
pect to Jupiter or Venus, it produces children , hut if oriental, and afflicted
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tiy Satnm, it denotes "barrenness The Moon configurated with Venus
xji the Dragon's head in the fifth hoube, and a prolific si^n on the cusp
theieof, is a certain proof of many childien, and good And again, Jupt-
tei in trine aspect of the Moon, in moist signs , or the Moon, with Tnpitei
or Venus in an angle, or in good aspect with the angles, declares the same,
and that they will be boin to preferment When these significatois fall
wholly m masculine signs, the issue shall be all males , but when they
fall wholly in feminine signs, the offspring shall he all females Again,
if the major part of these significators fall in masculine signs, and the
residue m femmme, the native shall have most bo^s , but if the majority
be in feminine signs, and the rest in masculine, then will he have mostly
girls
The number of children the native shall have, is determined by col-
lecting the number of testimonies by which they are produced , for the
more fruitful planets that are found in the fifth 01 eleventh houses, and
in fruitful signs, give the more children , whereas the fewer the planets
•flie that we find posited in those houses and signs, the fewer children will
be produced , and this is a never-failing criterion whereby to judge. Lot
it also be remembeied, that fruitful planets in bicorporal Bigna, produca
double, and in fnntful signs, triple the number.
The readiest, and most accurate way of determining the native's issue,
is to collect all the testimonies of fruitfulness and sterility, that appear
on the face of the gemture, into one table, as in the foiegoing judgment
on the temperature and constitution ; and according to the majority of
■significators, let the enquiry be decided If the significators and signs of
sterility exceed in number and energy the significators of fecundity, tha
native cannot have issu® If these testimonies happen to be equal, then
regard must be had to a good revolution and direction meeting together ,
and if such should occur, without any malefic influence, it may safely be
pronounced that the native will have one child If these rules are duly
attended to, the reader will find no difficulty in obtaining satisfactory
information upon this important enquiry, in bis own, or in any genetbha-
cal figure that is laid before him.
According to the rules I have recommended, I shall investigate the
question m this nativity, reducing the particular quality of each significa-
tor into a table, and deducing from thence the effects they respectively
give Upon the ascendant there are two signs, both of which must bo
taken, as well as all the other aspects.
Libra ascending, m itself . is indifferent
Venus, lady of that sign^, in Pisces ... fruitful
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Scrwpio ascendm" „ fimtful
Mus, lord of *biit sign, iu Vugo „ ban en
Piioes on the cii'-p of the fifth . ,, fimtful
Jupiter, lord of that sign, in Taurus .. „ indifferent
Jupiter, bj sextile aspeot to the fifth ,, fi uitf ul
Len, on the cusp of the tenth .. „ barren
The Sun, lord of that sign, m Aries . „ mdiffeient
The Moon m Capucoin . t> miliffeient
The Moon, bj dexter * with Scoipio in the ascendant „ fruitful
The Moon, by sinister * with Pisces in the fifth „ fruitful
Virgo on the cusp of the eleventh ... . „ barren
Meicurj, lord of that sign, m Aues . . „ mdiffeient
The Dragon's head m the fifth, gives THREE
testimonies for the „ fruitful
Number of testimonies foi fi uitfulness
Number of ditto for banenness

Surplus in favour of fruitfulness , 6

And therefore, as the mdiff&ent signs operate neither way, I conclude

from the above majority of six fuutful sigmficatois, that the native shall
have six childien The next thing is, to determine their sex, or how
many shall be males, or females To do this, it only requnes to asceitain
the quality of the signs and planets with which the Moon is configmated,
whether masculine or feminine, and from thence judgment is draw n
For evample , the Moon, in this geniture, is the fiist planet that collects
masculine rays, and is therefore to be first taken She is posited m a
feminine sign, and beholds the feminine sign Scoijuo, which aie two
arguments in favour of a female child , but opposed to these, we find a
much more powerful influence in favour of the masculine The Moon m
sesqmquadrate aspect with Mars, in quartile of the Sun, and wiflun oibs of
a quartile conflguration with Mercury, who in this figure is constituted a
mascuhue planet, by being in a masculine sign, in sextile of Sntmn, and
in reception of Mars, which are both uusculine planets , and the Moon's
north node falling in the fifth house, and being disposed of by Saturn, are
so many infallible testimonies of the masculine confoimation, that I pro-
nounce the first issue with which this native shall be blessed, will be a
son,—And so it happened.
To demonstrate the sex of the second child, I re-consider the figuie
I find the Moon is the principal sigmficator of the second child also,
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because she sends a sinister sextile to the fifth house, as well as a
dexter sextile to the first Adopting tfierefoiethe same mode as before,
I deduce two arguments only m favour of a female , but in favour of a
male, I again find a considerable maionty , the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter,
and the Moon's north node in the fifth, being all strong testimonies that
the second child shall be a male And so it pioved
We next consult the figure, and select the principal significator of the
thud child This I find to be Jupiter, because he is not only lord of the
fitth house, but because he likewise beholds the fifth with a sextile, and
the eleventh with a trine aspect I am therefore to considei as in the
foregoing cases, how this significator is configurated, as to masculine and
feminine influences The sign upou the cusp of the fifth house is femi-
nine , Jupiter loid of the fifth, in Tauius, is also feminine , Venus, who
is the dispositor of Jupiter, is a feminine planet, and posited likewise in
a feminine sign , the Moon beholds the fifth house with a sextile aspect,
and is a feminine planet, in a feminine sign These are all arguments m
favour of the female conformation , whilst we find only two in favour of
the masculine, namely, Jupiter, a masculine planet, and the Dragon's head,
or foitunate node of the Moon , so that the majority of testimonies being
so much m favour of a female child, I hesitated not to affirm, that of
such sex should be the next offspring , which was absolutely the case
The other three children are defined fiom the Moon's foitunate node,
01 Dragon's head, which falling in a fiuitful sign, invanably denotes three
children , and as its configurations are made with masculine 01 feminine
planets, so shall be their sex In the present case the Dragon's head falls
not only in a fruitful, but in a feminine sign ; Jupiter, its dispositor,
though a masculine planet, is m a feminine sign, and therefore impreg-
nates that quality , the Moon, a feminine planet, beholds the Dragon's
head from a feminine sign , all which piove the feminine nature shall
form the quality , and hence it is oeitam that tha three last children of
this native shall be all girls And so it really proved This may appear
miraculous, to those unacquainted with planetary influence , but their
action is certain, and their energy invgnably the same. Tims the grand
projectoi of the umveise continually pioduces, by piopetual levolutions
of the celestial bodies, the same causes and effects, giving life and motion
to all animated nature, and vegetative nounshment to the inanimate , and
as the inanimate are sometimes found imperfectly wrought, 01 mixed, 01
blended with their opposite qualities, 01 of a doubtful genus , so we find
the animate are subject to the same mixtures and affections, according as
the planets shall be configurated, under which they aie formed And
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hence we constant!} find, that m the generation of the human species, if

■the masculine influence hath gieatly the majority, the peisons piodueed
Hinder it will be proportionahly strong, musculai, law boned, and mason-
line ^ but when it hath baiely the supenonty of the female mfluecce, the
native is effeminate, weak, slender, and duninutive So likewise females,
-where the female conformation hath greatly the asoenclenoj, ate most
delicately and charmingly fonned, with all the grace and softness of the
sex, and with due symmetry and propoition , but where it hath but baiely
the predormnancy ovci the masculine, it fails not to produce Uige, oouise,
jaw boned, masculine women And, as we have before fully explained if
the masculine and feminine configurations are found equa lly strong at the
time of birth , if the action of the one quality shall in no wise obtain
predominancy over that of the other, but the degrees of power and dig-
nity stand equally balanced, and neithei the masculine nor feminine influ-
ence preponderate, then shall the — or the hermaphiodite, be
produced
From the fifth house we aie also enable to form a toleiably correct
judgment whether the childien born to the native, shall, m a general way,
be fortunate or unfortunate, m their journey thiough life , but as these
■children aie all living, and grown up to maturity, delicacy requues that I
should be silent on that head Lwould at the same time recommend t®
every person, before he decides positively upon the events predicted by
the fiifth house, so far as they relate to the general characters and pui-
suits of childien promised to the natu e in any genethhacal figure, to con-
sult the radix of each child's bath, and compare it with those of the
parents, by which means the aitist can never err
By the fifth house we are likewise enabled to judge of the probable
event of every species of adventuie , whether by lottery, dealing? ip the
funds, purchase 01 sale of life annuities, or of any transaction where a
.pgrt{tin or definable risk is to be sustained , for these speculations, how-
ever varied or multifarious, are governed by the same motions of th?
miad, nnd spring from the same effect in our radical genitme In tlig
piesent figure, we find the north, or fortunate node of the Moon posited
in the fifth house, which is a strong aigument of success m such entei-
ynizes , apd this success is strengthened, by the Moon's sextile aspect
therewith Bpt we dare not, m any case, decide by one species of evi-
dence, without consulting wh^t may be offered on the contrary aide We
therefor? find, that opposed to the foregoing propitious testimonies, thera
are several that pijoduce a very opposite effect Jupiter, who is loid of«
the fifth, and sigpificator of the native's adventure, being posited in the
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eighth house, destioys muoli of the luck piomised by the foregoing ss—
pert, and as Mars is in direct opposition to Vonns, and t^e part of foitttne
afflicted by Saturn., at the same time that the Moon's unfortunate node
Or Dragon's tail falls m the eleventh, the house where the final end of all
things is deteimmed, we may safely conclude, that though the native
might oceasionally denve advantage by such speculations, jet he-Would
eventually be injured by them.
Considerations hesultins from the Sixth House
From the sixth house we deduce those infhmities or constitutional dis-
orders of the body, with which the native, from the particular quality of
the ruling planets at birth, shall fi om time to time be afflicted, as the
seveial directions shall happen to come up This house likewise has re-
lation to the good and evil occurrences that result from om immediate
servants 01 domestics , and likewise fiom our cattle
But the most essential information the inquisitive reader can with to
acquire, is that which regaids the health or sickness of the native, and
which, since the days of Adam, is the piomiscuous lot of all God'a
children Infirmity both of body and mind, were unquestionably occa-
sioned by the fall, which hurled, as it were, the whole sj-stem, of nature
rnto opposite extremes, and gave that jarring inequality to the elements,
which lays the foundation of eveiy constitutional disorder For as these-
elements are more or less predominant m conception, and as they aro
diversly changed and modified by the forms-and prnpeities of the plane-
tary influence at the time of birth, so will the incidental occmrences of
health and sickness be, according to their specific quality and tempeia-
ture , and this is definable from the temperament and complexion
ef the native, for as his temperatnie is, So shall be his sickness or hi®
health , for sickness is no other than an inequality of some predominant
hnmonr offending at the time of birth , and of whatever element such
predominant humour is compounded, of such nature and quality will bo
the disease Hence then the piopnety of eveiy phjsician's consulting
the ladical cause of diseases, fiom the gemture of the patient, wheiever
it can be obtained , for by uniting mamcat and pbj sical precepts together,,
there cannot be a doubt but life may oftentimes be preseived, wheie it is
fatally destroyed thiough ignoiance 01 mistake in the ladical cause of the
complaint Indeed the eminent progress, and nnbounded success, of the
Ipained and mgenioua Di Salmon, m the science of physic, he cmifesses
to have derived fiom astiological knowledge in decuuibitmps, by which
means he seldom or evei lost a patient, but uheie natiue was totally ex-
 [ 484 ]

hausted, and the spnngs of life fairly at an end A veiy proper example
this, for modern pnetitioners to follow , since not only fortune and fame,
but the general good of mankind would flow from it
In the hope that many of my readers will be desirous of acquiring the
most extensive information m this pait of the science, I shall here state
the various configurations fiom whence the causes of sickness and health
may be deduced , as well those which were selected by Dr Salmon m the
couise of his practice, as those which I ha\ e added by my own experience.
The subject is interesting, and deseives attention
If m the figure of birth, the loid of the sixth house be m good aspect
with the lord of the ascendant, it is a strong aigument that the native
will be healthy So when the Moon is well dignified, and in good confi-
guration with the lord of the sixth house, or beholds the cusp of the
sixth with a sextile or trine, it is another proof of the native's health
"When benefic stars are in the sixth house, m good configuration with the
luminaries, or with the loid of the ascendant, it further demonstrates a
healthy constitution If the lord of the sixth, the cusp of the sixth, or
the Moon be unafflicted by bad aspects of Saturn or Mars, or by fixed
Stais of their natuie, or by the Diagon's tail , and neither the loid of the
sixth, nor the Moon be combust or peregrine, the native will most proba-
bly live m peifect health all his days
But, on ihe contrary, if most or all the sigmfioators fn a genesis be
found weak and unfoitunate, or afflicted by the malignant planets m body
or aspect, or if most of the sigmheators posited m the twelfth, eighth,
or sixth houses, or the infortunes in the seventh, are in no good aspect
of Jupiter, Venus, or the Sun, or Moon, the native's body will be very
infirm, and become a peifect repositum of diseases And according to
the nature of the signs m which those planets are posited, i e according
to the tnphcity, so will the native be continually afflicted with such m-
fiimities as proceed fiom the predominant quality of that trigon , for if
the sigmficators be m wateiy signs, he will be afflicted with phlegm , if
in earthy, he will be oppressed with melancholy , if m fiery, with chohc,
heat, and fevensh affections , but if m airy signs, he will laboui under
most or all of those complaints which arise from too great an aboundance
of blood.
Whenever we find m a nativity the lord of the ascendant applying to
the lord of the sixth, it declaies the native will be inattentive to his own
health, and often suffer thereby The Sun m the sixth, seventh, eighth,
oi twelfth houses, is an aigument of short life, of many and bitter afflic-
tione, and of much sickness , particularly if in. bad aspect with the Moon ,
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but if these lunnnanes be m conjunction of each other, it presages defect
of understanding, and afflictions of the head and brain, which the ptn si-
cian can neither discover nor cuie If the Moon be afflicted by the quai-
tile or opposition of Saturn, or the Dragon's tail, m the first or second
houses of the figure, it declares the whole life will be infirm ; and if fixed
Stais of the quality of Saturn be joined with either of the luminaries, the
native will be always lean and puny, and the food he takes wfil afford but
little nourishment , so likewise he that hath Mars elevated above Saturn
in his buth, will be of a weak and sickly habit of body.
If Mars be in the sixth house, it gives sudden casual cliseabes, which
return upon the slightest occasion , if m the twelfth, he afflicts the body
with extreme weakness, and forebodes casual misfortunes So if an
infortnne be matutine, it shews sudden diseases, or falls , if vespertine, a
sickly habit, or durable complaints But since bodily infirmities cannot
be deduced mtuely from the bare position of any one planet, when others
of an opposite nature and quality are so situated as to counterbalance its
influence, so the foregoing observations can only hold good m such nativi-
ties where they stand implicitly as above described, without any other
planet in configuration, and totally unimpeded by the influence of other
rays For when these occur, the complaint arises from a compound cause
and every separate quality must be considered, and compared with the
fundamental sigmficators of the temperature and constitution of the
native in his radical figure of birth, which being duly ascertamed, and
proved by dnection, will seldom fail to point out the piecise nature and
tendency of tie disease
The four triplicities, from whence the four complexions or tempera-
tures arise, and the signs whien compose them, must be fully contempla-
ted m this enquny If the native be found to exceed m his temperature
or complexion with the choleric humour, and Satmn happens to be the
afflicting planet, and posited in Aries, being the house of Mars, and the
exaltation of the Sun, he then declares the native shall at times be trou-
bled with melancholy vapoms, add imposthumes in the head, with colds,
watchmgs, stoppage in the stomach and bowels, distillations of iheum,
and pains m the aims and shouldeis If Jupiter be the afflicting planet
m Aries, he denotes some affliction in the head, or qumsey in the throat,
01 tumoious swellings, with fainting or swooning If Mais in Aries ba
the afflicting sigmhoatoi, he gives extieme pam in the head, arising fiom
a hot cause , or else want of sleep, or hot rheums in the eyes, 01 gnpmga
m the bowels If the Sun be the afflicting planet, and posited in Aries, he
then gives the megnm restlessness, soie eyes, with pain 01 swellings in
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the thighs and hips If Venus he the afflicting planet, and in Aries, shs
produces heaviness and d'ulness in the head, proeeeding of cold , and dis-
poses to lethargy, and to complaints of the Mdnies and reins If Mercniy
be the afflicting planet in Anes, he causes the vertigo, or hghlness of the
head, with all the various disorders of the womb If the Moon be the
afflicting planet in Aries, she gives deffuxiona of rheum from the head,
falling sickness, convulsions, dimness of sight By cold, sleepiness, with
pains or lameness m the knees These several complaints aie peculiar to
the situation of each of the seven planets in the sign Aries , for in each
different sign, they vary their effect upon the constitution, by paiticipat-
xag in the nature and quality of each of the signs respectively It will
therefore be necessary to trace their influence through each of the four
tnphuties, before their action can be precisely Jeterminecf m every
genituie.
Saturn in Leo, being the afflicting planet, gives violent affliction of the
nerves consumption, or wasting of the liver, debility m the reins, and1
weakness m the back If Japiter be the afflicting sigmficator in Leo,
it disposes to feveush complaints, pleunsey, pams in the intestines,
gnpmgs, and wind chohc , and the sciatica, or hip gont. When Mais
is the afflicting planet m Leo, choler abounds, with a violent fever, pams
of the stomach, or kidneys If the Sun be the afflicting planet in Leo,
it gives the putrid or spotted fever, stone and gravel, fainting fits,
excruciating pains in the head, almost to madness. If Venus afflict the
native m Leo, it induces the violent fever of love , gives obstructions
at stomach, with pain or swelling m the legs If Mercury afflict in Leo,
he gives sadness of heart, tremblings, pains m the back, with lameness
in the aims, and pains in the extremities If the Moon afflict the patient
in Leo, she gives sickness at stomach, increases the king's evil, and all
disorders of the thioat
In Sagitanus, if Saturn be the afflicting planet, he produces weakness
of the extremities, consumptions, pains in the legs and feet, and the gout.
If Jupiter be the sigmficator of affliction m Sagitanus, he produces
putnfaction of blood, fevers proceeding fiom choler , pains and swellings
in the knees, and tumours m the head and neck If Mars afflict in
Sagitanus, he gives the sciatica, or pams m the hips or thighs, diyness
of the mouth, with extreme heat and soieness ef the throat. If Sol
afflict in Sagitanus, it causes choleric humours in the things 01 hips,
the fistula, famtmg fits, and sickness at heart If Venus be the afflicting
planet in Sagitanus, she produces the sciatica, corruption of blood
suifeiis, and sickness of stomach If Mercury afflict m Sagitanus ,110
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suffer pains in the back and reins, pams m the kidnies, coughs, and
stoppage of mine If the Moon be the afflicting phiryit m Sagitaims,
she induces -weakness 01 lameness m the thighs, pain in the bowels, and
the wind chohc. These aie the various complaints -which the planets
give m the fiery triphticity, which is under the denomination of cholei,
and is composed of the three foregoing signs I slndl now state the
afflictions which arise from the position of the seven planets in the
eaitliy tnphcity, which consists of the thiee signs Tauine, Virgo, and
"Capncoin
If Saturn be the afflicting planet in the sign Taurus, he gives the
king's evil, or malignant sore thioat, quartan ague, obstructions of the
stomach, the scurvy, and melancholy affections. If Jupiter be the afflict-
ing planet m Taurus, it produces the quinsey, or swelling of the throat,
rheumatic gout m the hands and arms, wind m the blood, obstructions in
the bowels, with pams and gripmgs. If Mais be the afflicting planet in
Tduius, he occasions tumours of the neck and throat, weakness and pams
m the hack, the stone m the reins, or a consumption If the sun afflict
m Tauius, it endangeis the qumsey or sore throat, and gives pain and
swelling m the knees If Venus be the afflicting planet m Taurus, she
prodnceB a catarrh, or some malignant humour m the throat, pams m the
head, colds, and defect m the seoiets. If Mercury afflict m Taurus, he
causes distillations in the throat, and wlieesmgs m the stomach, the
sciatica, 01 lameness and numbness in the feet If the Moon be the
affbetmg planet in Taurus, she accasions swelling and soreness of
the throat, canker m the mouth, pams m the legs, and gout in the
feet
If Saturn be the afflicting pianet in the sign Virgo, he occasion violent
obstructions m the bowels, which frequently end m mortification, and
teimmates life , he likewise produces lassitude and weakness in the thighs,
stoppage of mine, and the stone If Jupiter be the afflicting planet and
posited m the sign Virgo, he occasions putrified and corrupted blood, cold
and diy liver, obstructions of the lungs, consumption, weakness in the
back, pain and feebleness in the joints , and m women, fits of the mother
If Mars be the afflicting planet m Virgo, he often occasions the bloody
flux, or a confirmed dysenteiy , also obstructions in the circulation of the
ammal fluids, and disorders m the legs If the Sun be the afflicting pla-
net m Virgo, he gives the bloody flux, or choleric obstructions in the
stomach and throat, or some swelling tumours therein If Venus afflict
m Virgo, she produces worms, wind chohc, flux, pains at the heart, or
illness preqeodmg fj-gm cpld taken in the feet. If mercury afflict iq
 [ 488 ]
Virgo, he gives the billions chohc, shortness of bieath, obstructions at the
stomach, pains inethe head, and disorders of the bimn If the Moon be
the afflicting planet in Virgo, she gives obstmctions m the bowels, deep
melancholy, sudden tremois, fainting fits, and weakness m the extre-
mities
If Satin n be the afflicting phnet in the sign Capricorn, he gn es the
gout in the knees, legs, and feet , also pain in the head, and obstiucts
the cirouhtion If Jupitei be the afflicting planet in Capricorn, be
pioduces melancholy blood, and lunuing pains, or some obstruction or
stoppage in the tlnoat If Mars be the afflicting planet m Capncoin,
he gives violent pains m the knees, with lameness, and also in the hands
and arms with hot swellings, and violent tumours If the Sun be the
afllicting planet m Capricorn he gives swellings in the knees, whitlows,
distemper in the bowels, with moitification and fevei If Venus afflict
m C p icorn, she produces scrophula m the knees and thighs, tumours or
swellings in the testicles, debility in ihe reins, and coleness at stomach
If Merouiy be the afflicting planet in Capncoin, he gives the gout in the
feet and knees, occasions stoppage of mire, palpitation of the heart, and
violent heait butn If the Moon aft i t in Capricorn, she gives the gout
or whitlow in the knees, pains in the back and reins, stone and gravel,
we "kness of the kidneys, and the whites m women These diseases aie
all nndei the malefic configuration of the seven planets in the earthly
tnplicity I shall next state those produced m the airy, which is com-
posed of the three next signs, Gemini, Libra and Aquanes
If Saturn be the afflicting planet, and posited in the sign Gemmi, he
gives pains in the arms and shouldeis, plemisies, obstructions in the
bowels, melancholy, and black jaundice If Jupitei be the afflicting pla-
net in Gemmi, then blood will abound, and occasion pleurisies, and disor-
ders of the liver and reins If Mars be the afflicting planet in Gemini, he
often accasions breakings out, boils and blotches, pains in the aims, heat
of blood, putrefaction, the stianguaiy, and other complaints m the secrets
If the Sun afflict m Gemini, the native will be subject to scorbutic com-
plaints, coiruption of blood, and pestilential fevers, with weakness or
lameness m the legs If Venus he the afflicting planet in Gemini, she
corrupts the blood, and brings on a dropsy , she also pioduces the king's
evil, and some distillations of rheum from the head, afflicting the ex-
treme parts If Mercury afflict in Gemini, it produces wmdy blood,
weakness m the. arms, pains in the head, and the rheumatic gout If the
Moon afflict m Gemini, she brings the gout in the hands and elbows, also
in the legs and feet. These complaints are all peculiar to Libra.
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If Saturii be the afflicting planet m Libia, it argues a consumption of
tile body, weakness in the back, stianguaiy, coiruption of blood, tka
sciatica, and gouty or rheumatic pains If Jupiter be the afflicting planet
in Libra, it occasions the dropsy, tumours in the groin, the piles, fistula,
inflammations m the legs, feveis, and surfeits If|Mars be the afflicting
planet m Libra, he gives the stone and gravel, violent pains in the kidnejs
and bladder, feveis, and pains in the feet If the Sun be tbe afflicting
planet m Libra, he produces ckoler, pams m the back, shaipness of mine,
universal corruption and inflammation of the blood, with lassitude in the
aims, shoulders, and extremities If Venus afflict m Libia, she gives a
weakness in the lems, debility of the animal functions, diabetes, pams in
the bowels and head, with the billions cliohc If Mercury afflict m Libra,
he gives pain in the muscular system, occasions stoppage of urine, famt-
ings and palpitation of the heart, obstructions in the throat, decay of tha
lungs, or phlegmatic swellings m the breast If the Moon be the afflicting
planet m Libra, she debilitates the reins, gives pains in the back and bow-
els, produces a diabetes, or brings on the whites m women These are
the several complaints engendered undei Libra
If Saturn be the afflicting planet, and posited m AquaiieS, he gives
pain in the head from melancholy vapours, swellings or gatherings m the
tin oat, pains and cramps m the limbs and pints, pains in the ears; and
deafness If Jupiter be the afflicting planet m Aquanes, he pioduces
limning pains all over the body, particularly m the hands, arrns, legs, and
feet If Mars be the afflicting planet m Aquaries, he begets putrefaction
and inflammation of the blood, swelling m the legs, obstructions in the
stomach, pleurisy, or intermittent fevei If the Sun be the afflicting
planet, and in Aquaries, it occasions lameness and foul irruptions in the
legs, difficulty m making water, and wasting of the reins and kidneys
If Venus be the afflicting planet m Aquanes, she causeth gouty or rheuma-
tic humours m the knees and feet, and sometimes in the stomach , but
if the blood be m a putrefied state, she will cause the dropsy. If Mercury
be the afflicting planet m Aquaries, he gives fluxes, and wind m the
bowels, running pains m the extremities, and swellings in the feet and legs.
If the moon be the afflicting planet m Aquanes, she pioduces dropsy in
the legs, fits of the mother, diabetes, weakness in. the stamina, univeraal
lassitude, runnings of the reins, and impotency These are engendered of
the planets, when malevolently configurated in the airy triphcity We shall
next consider the watery, which is formed of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
If Saturn m Cancer be the afflicting planet, it occasions obstructions
of the stomach, tertain agues, seumes, coughs, and colds, phthisics, and
Ixn
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wk-eiations of tlie lungs, cancers and ulceis in the breast, pains and weak-
Dees m the back, asthmas, and consumptions If Jupiter be the afflicting
planet m Cancer, he causes surfeits, dropsy, bad appetite, obstructions in
the bladder, is eakness, and debility m the ventricle If Mars be the afflic-
ting planet m Cancer, he breeds a pleurisy, or occasions the gathering of
sharp acrid humours m the stomach, whence arise the most violent billions
complaints If the Sun be the afflicting planet m Cancer, it produces
hoarseness, and feveush affections, inducing to the small pox or measles
If Venus be the afflicting planet m Cancer, she eauseth bad digestion,
doss of appetite, surfeit with vomiting, an universal corruption of blood,
and pains in the back and bowels If Mercury is the afflicting planet, and
in Cancer, he deelaies a cold stomach, gripmgs of wind, distillations of
cold iheum, or some cough, with lameness m the legs If the Moon be
the afflicting planet m Cancer, she produces watery complaints of the
stomach, small pox, diopsy, timpanies, falling sickness, and convulsions
These are the several afflictions incident to the seven planets, when pro-
-nnttors under Cancer
If Saturn be the planet afflicting in the sign Scorpio, he gives the piles,
fistula, and tumours m the groin, gout in the legs and feet, obstruction of
the nerves, giddiness, and palsy If Jupiter be the afflicting planet m
Scorpio, he gives the scurvy or dropsy, indigestion, obstructions in the
bladder, stranguary, weakness, palpitation of the heart, the sciatica, and
piles If Mars be the afflicting planet in Scorpio, he gi\ es violent fevers,
small pox, senrvy, dropsy, swelling in the pnvities, violent pams m the
head, rheum in the eyes, the megrim, and in a woman a super-abundance
of the menstrual flux If the Sun be the afflicting planet m Scorpio, it
occasions violent irruptions of putrid mattei from diffeient parts of the
body, m large boils or blotches , otherwise it brings on obstructions in
the stomach and bowels, suppiession of unne, or the billions chohc. If
Venus be the afflicting planet in Scorpio, she produces the dropsy, scurvy,
king's evil, pains of the kidneys, running of the reins, debility, and im-
potency. If Mercury be the afflicting planet in Scorpio, he produces
quartan agues, proceeding of heat and moisture ; pams in the bowels, flux
or dysentery, with pams m the arms and shoulders If the Moon be the
afflicting planet m Scorpio, she destroys the gemtave faculty, vitiates and
impoverishes the semen, and finally induces an unceasing gleet, she like-
wise brings on a dropsical or consumptive habit, which generally termi-
nates m death Such are the diseases engendered under Scorpio We
shall lastly consider those produced under Pisces
If Saturn be the afflicting planet m the sign Pisces, he will occasion
 [ 491 ]
the <£out in the hands or feet, deflations of visuous humoars, consump-
tions, or diopsy If Jupitoi be the afflicting planet in Pieces, he impovei-
isheth the blood, brings on a dropsy, causeth abundance of phlegm m the-
stomach produces swellings m the face, and pains in the head If Mars
be the afflicting planet m Pisces he gives lameness m the feet, stops the
free circulation of the blood and juices, vitiates the liver, which comes
away with frequent spitting and reaching, and ultimately bungs on a
fever If the Sun be the afflicting planet In Pisces, he destioys prociea-
tion, bring® on all the disorders incident to barrenness, with obstructions
in the stomach and bowels, stranguary, and extreme pam m the back and-
rems If Venus be the afflicting planet in Pisces, she produces a cold
watery stomach, white swellings m the knees or legs, flux m the bowels,
winch teimmates in a dysenteiy If Meicuiy be the afflicting planet in
Pisces, it occasions weakness and lassitude in the bowels and rems, with
lunning pains or swellings in the knees, legs, or feet. If the Moon be
the afflicting planet in Pisces, she produces the dropsy, impostumes of
the head, watery swellings m the thigh® and legs, universal lassitude, 01 a
phlegmatic constitution of the whole body.
Thus have we defined the specific diseases produced nndei each of the-
twelve signs, according to the nature of tr.eir tuphcity, m which any or
either of the seven planets are the piomittois- or sigmhoators of the ma-
lady But as it does not always happen that the ascendant, or the part of
fortune, is the giver of life, and a single planet at the same time promit-
tor, in which cases alone the foregoing rules can invambly be admitted,
it will be necessai y to demonstrate the other influences, with which the
legular enjoyment of health is-impeded by sickness and disease It is
the more necessary to be copious m this speculation, since we cannot,
without a perfect knowledge of all the configuiations that induce sick-
ness, neither ascertain the afflictions to which the native shall be subject
during his life, nor discover with any degree of accuracy or satisfaction
the temporaiy and curable disoiders, fiom that last and final malady,
which baffles the system of physical aid, and disunites the immateual
soul, from the corruptible body In all diseases, the Moon is more parti-
cularly to be regaided, since her action upon the body is most sensibly
felt, and her contiguous position bungs her more frequently into contact
with malignant rays I shall therefore demonstiate the vanous confi°-u-
rations, under which she tends to destioy the native's health 01 life, if
afflicted by the malefic rays of Saturn or Mars, m his figuie of birth
If the Moon m Aries be afflicted by the conjunction, quaitile or
opposition of Saturn, the native will be lemaikably subject to coughs and
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colds, impostumes m the head, weakness m the eyes, distillations of

rheum m the breast, swellings in the throat, loathings m the stomach,
with irregular and profuse perspiration. But if the affliction be by the
conjunction, quartile, or opposition of Mais, it causes disorders of the
brain, violent fevers, restlessness, inflammations of the liver, and phiensy.
If in Leo, the Moon be afflicted by the evil rays of Saturn, it produces a
violent fever, putrefaction of the blood, heat and diyness in the stomach,
with lassitude, and debility But if the disease comes by the affliction
of Mars, stagnation of the blood, loss of appetite, phrensy, the putud or
spotted fever will be the consequence If the Moon be thus configurated
with Saturn in Sagittanus, it produces a defluzion of thin, sharp, and sub-
tile humours, gives pam m the limbs and joints, with heat and swelling
in the extremities, resulting from the adverse effects of heat and cold
But if the affliction comes by Mars, it will produce violent sickness at
stomach, intermittent fever, pams m the reins and loins, inward and out-
ward piles, and the fistula These diseases are produced by the malefic
aspects of Saturn and Mars with the Moon, m the fiery tnphcity
If the Moon be afflicted in Taurus, by the quartile, opposition or con-
junction of Saturn, it indicates flow fevers, proceeding from burnt choler,
and obstructions of the arteries, with inflammation of the whole body,
and exulceration of the lungs But if the disorder proceeds fiom the
quaitile, opposition, 01 conjunction of Mais, it will arise from a super-
abundance of foul blood, inducing various obstructions of the body,
inflammations of the neck and throat, pams in the head and limbs, with
watchfulness, and convulsive spasms If m Virgo the Moon be thus
afflicted of Saturn, it occasions crudities and indigestions of the stomach,
tough phlegm, obstructions of the bowels and intestines, headache, pleu-
risy, and heat of urine But if the affliction be by Mais, it denotes an
exulceration of the intestines, bloody flux, putrid fevei loathing, reaching,
and violent sickness of the stomach If m Capricorn the Moon be ufil ct-
ed by Saturn, it shews subtile, cold, and thin distillations, pams and
obstructions in the nook and breast, inflammations of the lungs, with difli-
eulty of breathing But if the Moon m Capricorn be afflicted by Mars, it
presages illness arising fiom bad digestion, or fiom some choleric or acrid
humour in the stomach It may likewise produce a fever of the nei v es,
ulcerations of the throat, and flaxes of the stomach and bellj These
are the afflictions peculiar to the Moon m the earthly tnphcity, when
impeded by the malefic rays of Saturn and Mai s
In the airy tnphcity, if the Moon in Gemini he afflicted bj the con-
junction, quaitila, or opposition of Saturn, it inclines the natiic to a
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consumption, to disorders of the spleen, weariness, walckings, with flow
fevers, pams all over the body, particularly in the -joints and arteries.
But if the afElietion be by the malefic configurations of Mars m Gemini,
it produces violent fevers, dangerous obstructions of the blood and juices
megular pulse, with sickness and loathing If in Libra the Moon be
afflicted by Saturn, it gives disea'es of the breast and stomach, pains m
the head, want of appetite, loathing of food, nocturnal fevers, hoarsenes,
coughs, and distillations of foul humours But if the evil irradiations
are from Mars m Libra, it occasions a super-abundance of blood, inclines
to putud fevers, breakings out, or inflammations of the whole body. If
the Moon in Aquaries be afflicted by Saturn, it occasions languor, depres-
sion, of spirits nervous affections, watchfulness, and an universal relaxa-
tion of the nervous system If the affliction come by the coil aspects of
Mars in Aquaries, it portends diseases which anse from hot and sharp
humouis engendered in the stomach and bowels, and eventually produces
agues, intermittent fevers, exulceration of the liver, and sometimes morti-
fication of the bowels These are especially under the airy tnphcity
In the watery triphcity, the Moon afflicted m Cancer, by the quartile,
opposition, or conjunction of Saturn, indicates disorders resulting from
violent colds, to which the native will be remaikably subject , it will
likewise occasion distillations from the breast and lungs, moist catarrhs,
asthma, hoaiseness, and obstructions of the bowels But if the afflictions
arise from the malignant configurations of Mars, it gives sanguine com-
plaints, hard tough phlegm m the stomach, pams m the head, reaching,
sickness of the stomach, and putrid fever If the Moon in Scorpio be
afflicted by Saturn, it foreshews ulcerations in the legs and thighs, fistula,
the piles in Ano, with painful suppression of mine, by the stone or gravel.
But if the affliction be of Mars in Scorpio, it shews violent pains in the
head, with ulcerations or impostumes, as it likewise gives the hemoirhoids,
measles, small-pox spotted Sever, thrush, chicken-pox, boils, and all bodily
irruptions If the Moon in Pisces be afflicted by Saturn, it produces dis-
tillations of cold rheum, flow fevers, pams of the back and loins, morti-
fication of the bowels, and speedy death But if the evil come by the
affliction of Mais in Pisces, it shews an abundance of gross humours
violent iiruptions m diSerent parts of the body, sudden fevers, epilepsy,
stagnation of the blood, fainting fits, and apoplexy.
Thus I have stated, m as brief a mannei as possible, the various di-
seases produced by the Moon m each of the twelve signs, when impieg-
nated with the malefic aspects of Saturn or Mars , and here let it be
undciBtood, that nearly the same effects are produced by the quartile op-
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position, or conjunction of Mercury with the Moon, as by the foregoing-

configurations witii Saturn, and the same by the malefic irradiations of
the Snn with the Moon, as result from the evil influences of Mars I
shall now point out the particular disorders occasioned by the coil aspects
of Saturn and Mars with the Sun
If the Sun be afflicted by the quartile or opposition of Saturn in fiery
signs, he produces the megrim, lassitude of the body, quartan agues, and
consumptions In earthly signs, cholies, cancerous tumours, rheumatism,
and gout in all parts of the body In airy signs, madness, phrensy fevers,
splenetic melancholy, and violent nervous spasms In watery signs, agues
of all sorts, scurvy, leprosy, king's evil, and gout
If the Sun be afflicted by the quartile or opposition of Jupiter m fiery
signs, it produces fevers, pains in the breast, and ulcers of the liver and
lungs In earthly signs the phthisic, catarrhs, colds, coughs, hoarseness,
black jaundice, and inveterate chohc In airy signs, corruption of blood,
inflammation of the lungs, scurvy, and debility in the reins In wateiy
signs, small pox, measles, sickness of stomach, and intei imttent fevers
If the Sun be afflicted by the quartile or opposition of Mars in fiery
signs, it denotes putredity of blood, violent feveis, fainting fits and
epilepsy In earthly signs, the yellow jaundice, qmnsjs, and choleric
tumours in the throat, ague and fever In airy signs, surfeits, inflamma-
tions of the blood, stone and gravel, weakness of the back and reins,
debility, and impotency In watery signs, the dropsy, scurvy, pleurisy,
obstructions of the lungs diabetes, and stone in the bladder
The Sun directed to his own quartile in any nativity, gives fainting
fits, tremours, and palpitation of the heart ; wbaisoever be bis signification-
in the radix, he will, physically considered, be the author of flow fevers,
and always incline the native to disease But if he be afflicted by the
quartile or opposition of Venus in fiery signs, it will produce pains m the
back, bowels, and reins, fluxes of the belly, tending to a confirmed dy-
sentery If in earthly signs, phelgmatic tumouis, and cold defluxions of
the breast and lungs In airy signs, putrefaction of blood, running of
the reins, pains in the scrotum, and incurable fngidity In watery signs,
obstructions of the stomach, small pox, measles, dropsy, rheumatism, and
gout.
If the Sun be afflicted by Mercury, in fiery signs, he gives the phiensy
illiac passion, and impostumes in the head In earthly signs, melancholy,
king's evil, sciatica, lepiosy, and gout In airy signs, pains of the head
and stomach, billions chohc, stranguary, and gravel in the leins In
wateiy signs, quotidian and tertian agues, flow feveis, defluxions of the
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brain, fainting fits, and dropsy But if the Sun be afflicted by the con-
junction, quartile, or opposition of the Moon in fiery «igns, it occasions
the falling sickness, convulsions, vertigo, and violent headache If in
earthly signs, the bloody fluv, hemorrhoids, fistula, and gravel in the
kidnejs If in watery signs, the dropsy, epilepsy, fits of the mother,
obstructions in the bladder, debility in the reins, and creed semen If
in airy signs, corruption of blood, violent cholic, pams of the stomach
and bowels, scurvy, leprosy, and tumours in the feet or legs
Diseases produced by the Part of Poitune, tchen Hileg, or Giver of Life,
and ({fitted by the Anareta. or Killing Planet
If the part of fortune be m quartile or opposition of Saturn, it brings
fevers, asthmas, and consumptions. If m quartile or opposition of Jupi-
ter, putrefaction of blood, surfeits, scuivy, and leprosy It in quartile
or opposition of Mars, it gives violent feveis, ulcers, and forelegs. If
in quartile or opposition of tbe Sun, dead palsy, stagnation of blood, and
epilepsy If in quartile or opposition of Venus, obstructions of the bow-
els, and weakness of the reins If in quartile or opposition of Mercury,
disoiders of the brain, headaches, and spasms If in quartile or opposi-
tion of the Moon, the native -will be afflicted with the falling sickness,
dropsy or diabetes. And here let it be ptrticularly remembered, that
-whatever part of the body the part of fortune governs, it will suffer
moie sensibly and acutely than any other part, in pioportion to the nature
and quality of the direction under which it operates If the dneotion
falls in a sign of the same nature with the promiser, the disease is more
remiss , but on the contrary, the more extreme.
Diseases pi oduced by the Ascendant when Hileg, or giver of life, and afflicted
by the Anareta, or destroymS planet.
If the ascendant be afflicted by the quartile or opposition of Saturn, m
fiery signs, it occasions distillations of melancholy humours , but if in
earthy signs, consumptions, agues, obstructions of the terms, asthma, and
hooping cough. If m any signs, smfeits, sickness of stomach, and bili-
ous cholic. If in watery signs the scurvy, gravel and stone, leprosy and
gout. If the ascendant be afflicted by the qartile oi opposition of Jupi-
ter, in fiery signs, it brings putrid fever, pleurisies and inflammations in
those parts of the body, represented by that sign in which the direction
falls If m earthy signs, it produces melancholy disorders of the spleen,
and cholic If in airy signs, universal corruption of the blood, small pox,
measles, and scurvy If in watery signs, impostumes of the head, gout,
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Bttd dropsy I£ the ascendant be afflicted by the quaitile 01 opposition of

Mars, in hery signs, it corrupts the blood, induces violent phrensy feveis,
and leads to madness If in earthy signs, the chohc, rhetimatism, and
gout. If in airy signs, inflammations of the blood, stone and gravel, and
■weakness in the reins If m wateiy signs, the small pox, measles, and
dropsy If the ascendant be afflicted by the quaitile or opposition of the
Sun, in fiery signs, it gives continual feveis, Violent headaches, and weak-
ness of sight If in earthy signs scirrhous tumours m the Hick, obstruc-
tions of the bowels, ending m mortification If in airy signs, the thrush,
chicken pox, flow feveis, weakness in the leins, and pains in the back If
in watery signs, the king's evil, leprosy, and scurvy. If the ascendant be
afflicted by the quartile or opposition of Venus, in fiery signs, it gives
asthmatic coughs, and hot defluxlons of tneum. If m earthy signs, ob-
structions of the blood, and hard painful swellings. If in airy signs, dis*
oulers of the womb, gleets, and impotency. If in watery signs, the
diopsy, diabetes, or dysentery. If the ascendant be afflicted by the quar-
tile or opposition of Mercury, in fiery signs, it produces catarrhs, consum-
tions, vertigos, and phrensy. If m earthy signs, melancholy, fevers in
the head, and quotidian agues, If m airy signs, the rheumatic gout diseases
of the back and reins, and obstructions of the bowels If in watery
signs, fits of the mother, hooping cough, ffnd stone m the bladder If
tbe ascendant be afflicted by the quartile or opposition of the Moon, m
fiery signs she bnngs the vertigo, megrim, falling sickness, and apoplexy.
If in earthy signs, catarrhs, palsy, putufied blood, and obstructions of the
terms If in any signs, surfeits, sickness of stomach, small pox, and
measles If in watery signs, scurvy, dropsy, and diseases in the womb
and bladdei And thus, whenever tbe ascendant is afflicted by the male-
fic rays of any promittor, the offending humour will abound according to
the nature of that sign or tnphcity wheiein the aspects fall , if in fiery
signs, choler , m earthy, melancholy , in airy, putiefaction of blood , in
Watery, corrttption of tbe whole animal juices
Saturn in conjunction, quartile 01 opposition, of Jupiter, posited with
the lord of the ascendant, or m the sixth house, disordeis the blood, in-
duces melancholy, and gives pains and coldness in the extremities In
conjunction, quartile, or opposition with Mars, he gives the yellow jaun-
dice, quartan agues, the stone, gravel, gout, and rheumatism. In conjunc-
tion, quartile, or opposition of the Sun, he gives nervous affections, deep
melancholy, consumptions, and fainting fits In conjunction, quaitile, 01
opposition of Venus, he gives the green sickness, fevers, and quotidian
agues In conjunction, quartile, or opposition of Mercuiy, he gives
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melancholy, madness wasting of the brain, and consumptions, In cotl^
junction, quartile, or opposition of the Moon, he gifes the epilepsy,
convulsions, and hysteric fits
If Jupiter be in conjunction, quartile or opposition of Mars, he bungs
putrid foveis, surfeits, inflammation of the lungs, and putrefaction of
blood If he be in conjanctoin, or evil aspect with the Sun, he gives the
pleuney, measles, small pox, and malignant feveis In conjunction, quai«
tile, oi opposition of Yenns he gives putud feveis, mortification in the
bowels, and universal corruption and stagnation of the blood and juices.
In conjunction, quartile, or opposition of Mercurj, he gives defluxiona of
the bieast and lungs, fluxes, and nnmodoiate headaclia In conjunction,
quartile, or opposition of the Moon, he gives the plunsy, bilious cholio,
sickness of stomach, and sore throat If Mars be in conjunction, quaitile,
or opposition of the Sun, it gives a violent burning fever, the tertam
ague, caibuncles, and foul tumours If Mars be in conjunction, quaitile,
or opposition of Venus, it produces kings evil, scurvy, disoiders of the
back, rems, and womb If in conjunction quartile, or opposition of Mer-.
cmy, it induces madness, phrensy fevers, and watchfulness. If m con-
junction, quartile, of opposition of the Moon, it gives the dead palsy,
epilepsy, or convulsions. If the Sun be in conjunction, or evil aspect
with Venus, it produces fevers, measles, small poi, and other cutaneous
disorders If the Sun be m conjunction or evil aspect with Mercury, it
brings melancholy, consumptions, and weakness of the neivous system
If m conjunction, quartile or opposition of the Moon, it gives rheums,
defluxions of the lungs, lameness, agues, and putrefaction of blood,
Vacus m conjunction or evil aspect of Mercuiy, when they are significa-
tois of the disease, give lameness, scurvy, or iliae passion, In conjunc-
tion, quartile, or opposition of the Moon, she induces the palsy, numbness
of the extremities, cramps and rheumatiain Mercury m oonjunotion,
quaitile, or opposition of the Moon, generally produces the falling sick-
ness, and various dibtempers of the biam.
To judge accurately of the natmal force of a disease, great regaid
must be had to the signs wheiein the sigmfieators of the disease are posi--
ted, both as to then natuie and quality , for earthy signs denote colder
diseases than airy, and fiery signs hotter and dryer diseases than watery.
And henoe disorders might with ease be sought out, by duly considering
the nature of the signs, the dignity of the configurating planets, and the
quality of the houses m which they are posited In this speculation it
must be always remembered, that the houses of heaven whiQh denote
diseases, are the sixth twelfth, eighth, and seventh , and part cular regard.
lam
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must be had to tho loids of those houses, as trell as to the planets posited
iheiein, in acute Hiseases , and to the Sun and lord of the ascendant, in
•chiomc But the sixth house, and its lord, with the planets posited there-
in, best descube the disease, particulaily when they affirct either of the
himmaries, or the lord of the ascendant The configurations of the Moon
are m a particular manner to be noticed , for m the constitution of dis-
eases, she translates the nature of one planet, to that of another, the
which, if well examined, with the state and quality of that planet whose
•vutue she translates, cannot fail to discover to us the tme cause of the
sickness or disease with which the natn e is afflicted Foi according to
the sign the Moon is in, to the nature of that planet to which she applies,
and to the sign that planet is tn, so the disease shall correspond in natuia
and quality to that planet, whethei it he a fortune or an mfortune, mas-
culine or feminine, nocturnal or diurnal, hot or cold, diy or moist, and
the same shall be represented of the temperatuie, part of the body, and
disease he induces , and whether he he angular, succedent, or cadent,
whatever part of the body he governs by the house he is in, whether he
be direct or retrograde, swift or slow, oneutal or occidental, combust or
free, precisely so shall the strength and duration of the malady be And
in this enquiry it will become us to distinguish whether the affliction be
essential, or accidental. The parts of the body essentially afflictsd, are
governed by the sign upon the ascendant, the cusp of the sixth house,
and the Moon , those accidentally afflicted, are governed by the lord of
the ascendant, the lord of the sixth, and the Moon , and by the signs m
which they are posited, both according to simple and compound significa-
tion The difference between the essential, and accidental affliction,'*is
thus; the one demonstrates where the root of the disease lodges, and
where the chief and real affliction is seated , whilst the other shews the
sympathetic affliction of the component parts, which though m fact are
really well, yet suffer an acute and sensible pain, by reason of the ex-
tremity of the distemper which essentially or radically afflicts some other
part Tor example, when one burns his hand, that is the member or part
essentially vitiated , but by reason of tbe extremity of the pain, the
whole arm becomes inflamed. Thus the disease accidentally affects the
whole arm , but it is essentially, seated only m the burned hand The
same leasonmg holds good in all cases generally , but particularly we say,
that Saturn in the beginning of Cancer produces pain m the left side, as
though pierced with an awl; in Leo he affects the heart and back , m
Virgo the head and bowels , m Scorpio, the hips and reins, and causeth
difficulty m making wutei. So Mars, lord of the sixth, with Aries or Scorpio
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on the ascendnnt, afflicts the head , though this position frequently give*
pain m all parts of the human body, and produces an universal bieakmg
out, m boils, blotches, ulcers, itch, small pox, measles, or the like But if
Mais m this case be posited m Leo, he produces pains m the hack , in
Virgo, inflammations of the lungs , in Libra, pains m the hack and rems ,
but if he be lord of the sixth in Scorpio, he gives disorders of the womb
and bladder.
If the lord of the sixth house he afflicted in a diurnal sign, the disease
will appear in the fore-parts of the body, as in the face, breast, or belly ,
but if he be afflicted m a nocturnal sign, the seat of the disease will be
either in the back, or internal parts of the body, and this will hold good,
whether the sigmfieator be above, or under the eaith If the lord of the
sixth house be afflicted above the earth, and m a diurnal sign, the sickness
falls in the right side ; but if he be under the earth, and in a nocturnal
sign, it falls m the left side. Masculine planets also afflict the right side
of the body, and feminine the left , according to the specific parts of the
body which they respectively govern , but ahvays remember, that a male-
fic star in tire ascendant, or in position to it, m what sign soever it be
posited, always afflicts the head The specific humours and virtues ins-
tilled respectively by the planets, ahstiactedly considered, must likewise
be regaided, m propoitmn to the stiength of their lays, when sigmficators
of disease. Thus Saturn of himself produces thisk, gioss, raelanclloly^
and superfluous phlegm r and rules the receptive vntue which rests in the
body and spleen , and hath this natural energy doubly augmented, when
posited In Tauius, Virgo, or Capricorn Jupitei's natural influence is heat,
blood, and wind, therefore his vntue is ciescent, growing-,, and quicken-
ing , and is seated in the hver. He governs the digestive faculty in man,
and hath this power much augmented when posited m Gemini, Libra, or
Aquauus The humour produced by Mars, is hot, sharp, and red colick ,
he therefore induces anger, and governs the attiactive quality in man,
having his power much enoreased when m Aries, Leo, or Sagittauus The
Sun engenders yellow choler, hot, and dry , he governs the vital faculty,
and is the beginning of kfe and motion. His action is upon the heart,
and with Mais he rules the attiactive quality, having this power greatly
augmented in Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius Venus produces thru phlegm,
cold and moist, governs and excites the libidinous appetite, and with Mars
and the Sun, presides over the attractive quality, having her greatest
energy m Anes, Leo, and Sagittarius Mercury engenders thm melancholy,,
hot and dry, hath the virtue imaginative and cogitative, and disposes the
naimal virtue resting m the brain The Moon pr jduces gross, i aw, crude
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phlegm, presides over the natural virtue resting m the hvei, and governs
the expulsive faculty, having hei greatest power and influence m Cancer,
Scorpio, or Pisces.
Prom these observations we are led to deduce, that when the planets,
are m their essential dignities, are posited at the same time m any of the
above signs, the operations of the planet so essentially dignified, will so
far exceed the influence of all the other stais, as to rendei its teopeia-
ment and quality two powerful in the constitution of the native, and to
produce such disordeis as are the natural consequence Foi example, if
Jupiter be thus digmfled m Gemini, the digestive faculiy will be stiong ,
or if Saturn be m Cancer, the native will have the flux, and therefore so-
lid food, and astringent liquors, would be naturally recommended The
same doctrine holds in every other complaint, which must be pioduced by
the super-abundance of some one of the four qualities , and when the
essential cause of complaint is once found, a remedy may be easily admi-
nistered. The following table conveys at one view, accoidmg to the po-
sition of the afflicting planet, what part of the body is agguev ed

% <?

3 T ii
ft 8 E
HJ) 11 a
2S
.TV

VP £= *
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To point out the use of the above table let us suppose a -native to fall
sick, when his sigmfioator is in Anes, and suppose his sigmfioator to ha
Jupiter , look in the top column foi Jupiter, and m the fiist column on
the left hand for Anes, and m the common angle of meeting you will
find Leo and Taurus, which shew he is afflicted at the heart, and hath
some evil sensation m his throat, &o. for every planet 10 his own house
rules the head, m the second sign, fiorn his own house, the neck and throat,
m the thud the aims and shouldeis, and so on, as stated m eveiy common
almanac Having thus gone through the most matenal observations,
necessary, to form a right undeistandmg of sickness in any nativity, I
shall now proceed to examine the sixth house, or house of sickness, m tins
gemture The sixth house, we find, is governed by the Sun, Mais, and
Hercuiy Mais, in this figure, is lord of ascendant, as well as lord of the
sixth house, and therefore induces m the native a perfect indifference as
to the eaie of his own health Mars being posited in an earthly sign, in-
clines him to choler , while the Sun in the sixth, and Meicury m sextile
of Saturn, m a fixed sign, produce chrome diseases, eventually inclining
to palsy , together with depression of spirits, and habitual melancholy
This isfaither declared by the opposition of Saturn to the pait of fortune,
who in this figure is hileg, or giver of life If therefoie, we examine, by
the foregoing rules, what part of the native's bodj shall be most sensibly
afllicted by this accidental position of the planets, we shall find him remark-
ably subject to pains m the head, from melancholy, strumas m the throat,
aching pams in the joints, defects m the ears, with tremors and palpita-
tions of the heart The sigmficators being wholly m the fiery, eai thy,
and airy tnphcity, denote likewise that the native shall be very subject
to fevers ; but to discover when these several maladies shall befal him,
we must direct the seveial sigmficatois to their promittors, which we shall
presently demonstiate in the directions, and thereby prove how exactly
the several disoiders with which Mr Wlutchell was, during life, afflicted,
conesponded with the sigmficators m his nativity
The sixth house also beais relation to servants, and points out how we
may be affected by them Their sigmficators are the planets posited m the
sixth, with the loid thereof, and the Moon In this figure we find the Sun
and Meicury are m tne sixth house ; aud as the Sun is lord of the tenth,
the house of honour and preferment, and m the sign of his exaltation, it
denotes that the native should have very profitable servants , and finding
Mercury in reception of Mars, it indicates that those placed in a suboidi-
nate capacity under him, should be diligent, active, and vigilant in his
seiyioe In short, I find no injury likely to arise to hmi by means of
 I 502 }
domestics, except it be from females, and that no way material, since It
arises only from the quaitile of the Moon to the sixth house, m a femi-
nine sign. The circumstances of the native's life fully confirmed this
opinion.
Considerations arising erost thu Sbventh House.
From this house we derive astral informatioir concerning the native's intei-
comse with women, whether he shall many, or lead a life of celibacy ,
whether he shall indulge in the delectable enjoyments of the softer sex •
or whether the cold and fugid conformation of his nature, shall give him
to women
To determine the marriages of men, we must consult their principal
sigmficators, which are Venus and the Moon, the seventh house, the loid
thererof, and the planets posited tbeiein. Bat to determine the man lages
of women, we must particularly regard the Sun and Mars, the seventh
house, and the planet or planets posited therein To ascertain whether the
native will marry or not, requires a minute inspection of the nativity ;
for if Saturn be more elevated than Venus or the Moon, than Mars or the
Sun, or stronger indignities than all of them, the native will have a natur-
al aversion to a married state, particularly if no benefic planet collects his
rays, and conduces thereby to a more communicative and active spirit;
for Saturn being the author of habitual sohtanness, and when so posited,
the producer of cold, crude, and friged humour, takes away thai instinc-
tive affections of the mind, and that generous warmth of the passions,
which nature ordained to stir up and stimulate the sensitive faculty to tha
production of its like When Saturn or Mars are found in aspect with
Venus or the Moon, and m no good configuration either with the SunT
Jupiter, or Mercury, and are at the same time weak or peregrine, it argues
that the native shall lead a gay and lascivious life, indulging too freely
in the use of women, before he will engage in matrimony If these sig-
mficators are m barren signs, or m cadant bouses, and dignified m Leo or
Taurus, or the Moon m Scorpio, in quartile or opposition of Saturn , or if
the Moon be m conjunction of the Sun in Capncoin, Aquarius, or Libra,
and m opposition to Saturn, the person born under such configurations
will never marry And again, the opposition or quaitile of Venus and
Saturn with the Moon, in a barren sign, or in a cadant house, argues much
against a man led life But where we find the Moon and Venus m male
nativities, or the Sun and Mars in those of women, are posited in fruitful
signs, and the lord of the seventh house fortunate, or a benevolent planet
in that house, 01 the sigmficators of marriage situated m good paits of
the figure, or a reception between the lord of the seventh and first houses,
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or a good aspaot between any of the principal signifieatora, we may then
safely declare the native will not marry, but is well qualified to render
that state truly blissful and happy
But to know whether matrimony will be contracted with ease, » e,
without much trouble, anxiety, or disappointment observe whether Saturn
and Mais behold each othei by an opposition out of the first or seventh
houses, or whether Venus be posited m Leo or Scorpio, in evil aspect with
Mars or whe'her Mars transits the cusp of the seventh house m Capricorn,
Virgo, or Taurus, for in any of these cases, the native will find great diffi-
culty and embarrassments m pursuing the object of his affection , and
whenever matrimony takes place, it will be on a sudden If, on the con-
trary, we find the sigmficators of marriage will be held by benefic stars,
strong and in good aspect to Saturn and Mars, and the lord of the seventh
applying to the loid of the ascendant, matumony will be obtained with
ease The number of wives or husbands the native shall have, is declared
by the application of the Moon, in men's nativities , and by the applica-
tion of the Sun, in those of women, either in body, or aspect, for if the
Moon or Sun be joined with, or apply to but one planet, it denotes but one
wife or husband , except those significators chance to be posited in watery
signs, and then the number is doubled Ptolemy likewise saith, that if the
Moon be in a sign of one fiom, and apply to one planet, it declares one
wife , but if in a bycorporeal sign, applying to many planets, many wives.
But if none of these configurations are found, examine how many planets
are direct, and.free from combustion, except such as aie in their essential
dignities, are constituted between the Midheaven and the planet Venus, if
Venus be situated m the infant oriental quarter, and so many wives or
husbands shall the native have But if in the figure of biith no snob are
found, then observe how many planets behold the lord of the seventh
house with partile aspect, whether they be retrograde or combust, and from
thence deteimine the number of wives. These obseivations, according to
the long established evidence of causes and effects, will in all cases enable
us to determine this important incident of life, where no opposite testi-
monies are found in the figure of birth, to contradict them. We shall
now apply these matrimonial m the elucidation of that subject in the pre-
sent nativity. The Moon and Venus are Mr Whitchell's significators of
marriage. The Moon is not in a barren sign, nor afflicted by any malefic
star, nor is she positeh in the sixth, ninth, twelfth, or eighth houses of the
figure. Again, she is not combust of the Suu, nor under any othei evil
influence. It theiefore testifies a natural inclination in the native of en-
tering into ft marriage state. This judgment is considerably augmented
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by the bid of the seventh, viz Mars being ra an evaot sesqniquadiAte of

the Moon , and Menus being at the same time in a fruitful sign, m recep-
tion of Jupiter, produces a stiong estimony or radical heat, amorous de-
files in the native to stimulate him to the contiaet , but Venus being in
opposition to Mais, declares he should suffer great perplexity and disap-
pointments in his matnmomal engagements, before it should absolutely
take place
The time when his mainage should be compleated, is determined by
the motion of the significators , and that motion, or special time, is ascei-
tamedj by directing the Moonj or Venus, to a sextile, time, 01 conjunction
of the seventh or first houses , or by directing the midheaven to the con-
junction, sextile, or tune of Venus, or the Moon , 01 by dnecting the Sun
to the sextile, quartile, or trine of the Moon and Venus , or by dnecting
the Moon to the sextile, quaitile, trme, 01 opposition of the Sun or Mars ,
but m this case it must be paiticularly obseived, that if marriage is biougbt
up by a quartile or opposition of the Sun or Mars, accoiding to which the
Moon shall be directed, they must be m the terms either of Jupiter or
Venus, or the direction will be of no force, Any of the above aspects
thus directed, or the Sun, Moon, midheaven, 01 lord of the ascendant, di-
rected to the sextile or trine of the loid fo the seventh house, will bung
np the tune of marriage, as the case and configuiations in the genetblia-
cal figuie shall happen to be The directions that gave mainage to this
native, were the Moon to the sextile of the ascendant, and trme of the se-
venth house, followed by Mais to the midheaven, the Sun to the seventh,
and the Moon to the sextile of the Sun, all which were reasonably snffioi-
ent to stn up the native's mind to the completion of the mainage contract,
and which accoidingly took place, in that exact order and point of time,
described by the aforesaid dnections, as will he heieafter more fully
proved and explained
As to the number of wives, if we examine the Moon by the mlea
already given, we shall find the native will have but one The Moon, in
this nativity, applies but to one planet, while she is in the sign Capncorn,
and that planet is Meicury, who is m reception of Mars, lord of the seventh
house, and therefore must have pie-eminence m the desenption of the
wife, who was a person of a talhsh statuie, fair complexion, light brown
hair, sharp, witty, and ingenious, and of a sanguine choleric disposition,
precisely as the significators imply.
The reason Jupiter is not admitted m testimony of a second wife, is
because, aceordmg to his latitude, he is out of Tauius, and is verging
into the sign Gemini , and therefqre the Moon canngt be said to appljj
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to him while she is posited m the sign Capricorn , a distinction that every
artist must carefully make, or his labours will be often v»in, and his judg-
ment, founded m erioi. Modern practitioners have m general paid little
or no attention to the latitude of the stars, a thing of the utmost impor-
tance, and hence, the supposed, uncertainty and disgiace that has heen
brought upon tins depai tment of the science of Astronomy As to the
agreement of the native and his wife, I shall only take notice, that Mais
in opposition of Venus, mustcieate occasional animosity , but on what
account, I shall leave the rttentive reader to discover by the inles and
aphorisms I have aheady laid down, foi the illustration of this suject
We will now examine, according to the position of these aspects, whe-
ther the native, 01 his wife, shall live the longest We find first, that tha
Moon is much better fortified than Mercuiy, the planet to which she app-
lies , and which is therefore the sigmficator of the wife Secondly, Ve-
nus is afflicted by an opposition of Mars Thirdly, Saturn, a malefic pla-
net, is m the fourth house ,' which thiee fold cord ties the wife of the
native down, according to natural causes, to ceitaiu death before her hus-
band , and pioves, by the never ceasing laws of motion, the ceitam and
inevitable effect o* celestial bodies over the terrestial , and that all the
operations of nature are regularly pioduced by causes and effects.
For public enemies being also discoveied by the configuiations in the
seventh house, I shall proceed to note them Venus m this case, is to be
considered the principle sigmficator, because she claims almost the entire
rule of the seventh and twelfth houses , and therefore declares, as she
falls in a feminine sign, and being herself, a femimne planet, that women
m general shall be the most dangerous enemies of this native , at least
suoh as shall eventually do him the greatest injury To confirm this, it
may he noted that Venus is well dignified m Pisces, a watery sign, which
declares a female shall be Ins avowed enemy , but Mars being m recep-
tion of Meicury, and in aspect with the Moon, denotes that he will even-
tually get the bettei of this, and every other opposition, to his sucoess
and prefeiment tin ough life , though he does not appear likely to be trou-
bled with many powerful or dangerous opponents
COKSIDERATIOHS RESULTISG FSOM THE ErSHTH HoUSS
The eighth house has signification of death, and of preferments, and
advantages by death, as hath been fully explained But let it he remem-
bered, that this house is not to be directed for death, without it contains
the aaareta or killing star, any more than the sixth or twelfth houses ;
death arising from other causes than merely the position or transiting of
buy
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the cusps of houses, as we have abundantly shewn But this house helng
under the dominion of the malefic planets, paiticipates mostly of the
quality of death, and hath theiefoie been assigned to this particular en-
quny, which, indeed, is of the 1ast impoitance.
The first thing taugnt m oui schools, and the pnmary fact impressed
upon oui minds, the moment we attain the maturity of reason, is the in-
evitable destiny of oui nature, that we must once die, a theme that few
men love to hear, or to dwell upon, although it is the express term of
their existence How absuid it is then, that we should incessantly labom
to put off all thoughts of such an event, until the very moment it ap-
proaches, and petrifies us with its hasty summons ! How cowardly—how
pusillanious that heart, which dares not meet a sentence with calmness
and fortitude, which no power can remit, nor no entieaties prolong, e\en
for a moment • It is, I think, much to be lamented, that those pious per-
sons, who foimed the liteigy of every Christian persuasion into the morn-
ing and evening service, did not incorporate so much of that most admir-
able epistle of Paul to the Connthians, as relates to death and immor-
tality , that kings might daily hear the true extent of their dominion—that
princes might know the termination of then splendor—that men m afflu-
ence might oftener recollect the level of the grave—that their persecuted
and oppressed fellow mortals, may be oftener consoled under the oeitam
termination of their suflermgs—and of the jojful certainty of emkiug
into that repose from whence they nevei shall awake—but to a better
world Happy, indeed, are those, who can indulge in such feivent hopes,
•and whose heroic souls can trace the dieary mansions of the dead, with no
other emotions, than the grandeur of the subject, and the solemnity of the
.event must naturally furnish, to the most obdurate mmd 1 To such alone,
I dedicate my remaiks upon those oeitam causes of death, which being
ingrafted in our nature m the moments of formation, have a regular and
progressive motion in the system of the universe, not vague,nor undefined,
but limitted, certain, definable, and inevitable, as all the othei laws of
nature are.
The shortness or dmation of life, depends upon the distance of the
hileg, 01 giver of life, from the evil rays of the anareta, or killing planet,
which is ascertained by direct direction, or by the motion of the p imam
mobele, whereby the hileg is earned to the cusp of the seventh house, and
then by adding or subtracting the testimonies given by benefic or malefic
stars, with the complexion of the anaieta, the length of time will be ob-
tained, aeeorfimg to the said motion as we shall more particularly define
m bringing up the directions.
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The hileg, or giver of life, m this nativity, is the part of fortuns r
and the anareta, or destroying planet, is the San Now when the part
of fortune by direct dhectiona, comes to the opposition of the Sun,
the native will be deprived of radical moisture, and must expire,
beoause-tbe Sun, by obtaining that position, overcomes the influence
of all the other planets, and. hath power to cut oS life. The quality
of death,. Is first to be taken from- the nature of the malevolent
planet, secondly, from the nature of the sign the planet is m , third-
ly, from the quality, of the house , and fourthly, from the position
of the two luimnanes r all of which I have heretofore copiously
explained
The San, considered as the anareta or destroying planet, not being
posited m a violent sign, noi configurated with a violent fixed star, nor
with the lord of the ascendant, m no aspect with the Moon, nor with the
lord of the eighth house, convinces me he shall not die a violent
death Besides, Jupiter, a benefic star, being situated m the eighth
house, acts as a guaid upon the native's life, to preserve him from'
accidental and prematuie death But to determine by what kind of
means the native shall be taken from this world, we must fiist consider
the position of Venus, lady of the eighth, and Mercury loid also of the
same house , secondly, the loid of the ascendant , thirdly, the situatfoa
of the anareta or lulling planet , and fourthly, the planet posited in the
eighth house, together with their essential and accidental production of
diseases, since we find, no violent means shall attain the supeuor effect m
this natmty Venus and Mercury are co-sigmficators of the eighth house,
and the disease Venus in her nature gives, is thick, cold, tough phlegm
and water, causing indigestion, with quotidian phlegmatic fevers The
diseases incident to the Influence of Mercuiy in Aiios, is yellow choler,
and subtile melancholy, with depiession of spmts, peituibation of mmd,
and defect or loss of speech Now as Mars is lord of the ascendant, m
opposition to Venus, and in reception with Mercuiy, it appeals highly pro-
bable these diseases will have much predominancy m the native's death.
But they will be in some degree varied by othei rays The Sun m Aries,
will have a amost sensible effect , and the Moon being afihcted by the Sun,
nndei a poweiful aspect with Mars, lord of the ascendant, and at the same
time disposed of by Saturn, loid of the fouith, gives a ceitam piesage of
convulsions, apoplexy, 01 dead palsy Jupiter being m the eighth house,
and ruling the digestive faculty, gives diseases of the blood, and will con-
tnbute not a little to the fatal tendency of the afoiesaid influences, which
really biought on, some years aftei this nativity had been calculated,
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that sudden stroke of the palsy, vrtnch carried this worthy native to the
mansions of rest and peace
Considerations resulting from the Ninth House,
ITiom this house we give judgment on the effects of journeys , of the
mtegutj, moiality, or religious temper of the native , and of the proba-
ble import of extraordmaij and ominous diearns
The sigmncators of travelling, are to be taken fhst, fiom the ninth
house and its lord secondly, from the planet or planets posited m the
ninth house , and thirdly, from the relative situations of the Moon, Mars,
and Meicurj To determine, on the inspection of a nativity, whether the
native will tiavel or not, obsene whether the Moon, Mais, 01 Meicuiy, be
m conjunction 01 leception with each other , or in conjunction or reception
With the lord of the fust or ninth houses , or posited m the ninth, third,
or first houses , or have essential dignities therein , for m each of these
cases respectively, the native's mmd will be too restless and unsettled, to
continue long at a time m one place or situation So likewise the lord of
the first, posited in the ninth, or the lord of the ninth, configurated in the
fiist, presage the same
When the Sun is posited m the piopei house of the Moon, inadiated
by Mercury or Mars, or in leception with eitliei of them by essential dig-
nities , or if the Sun be conjoined by any aspect to Mercury, Mais, or the
Moon, it denotes a removal of the native fiom one situation to anothei, as
the case may be So likewise many planets m a moveable sign , Mercury
m the house of the Moon , or the Moon m the honse of Mercury, induce
the same consequences , and planets accidentally posited, especially the
Moon, are obvious imphcators of tiavelhng But the quaitei of the woild
to which the native shall be impelled, is ascertained by compaimg the lati-
tude and longitude of those pai ts of the heavens where the sigmficators
of tiavelhng fall, with the latitude or place of the native's bnth , uni-
formly obseivmg this standing maxim, that if these sigmficators fall in
the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, fiist, second, or thud houses the native shall
travel towaids the east, but if they are found m the fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, or ninth houses, then he shall travel westward , and that
quarter of the world will, m a geneial way, piove most conducive to the
native's good foitune, where Jupiter, Venus, the Diagon's Head, or Part
of Fortune aie posited, provided they are dignified in good houses of the
figure, and not vitiated by malefic lays
These considerations being annexed to those rules laid down, will
enable us to draw all necessary conclusions concerning the mateual 01
effective joiumes of the native In this nativity, we find Mercury a very
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principal sigmficator of travelling, posited in Aries, and in reception of
Mars, m the tenth house This declares the native should be impelled
westward, strongly urged by scientific acquirements, which is the true and
ladical implication o£ this planet's nature and influence And as Mercury
is elevated m the sixth house, in conjunction of the Sun, in his exaltation,
it is an irresistible argument that the native should be raised by the events
of this journey, to an advantageous post, under the auspices of pnncely
authority, as the exalted aspect of the Sun cleaily demonstrates And
again, Mercury being lord of the eleventh house, and having his exaltation
in Virgo, declares that this journey shall be taken through the medium of
fuends, who were scientific men , and as Venus is lady of the ascendant,
situated in the watery sign Pisces, and near the fortunate node of the
Moon, it is theieby further declaied, that this journey shall be made m
that angle which is west from London, the place of the natn e's birth,
and that it shall be terminated by some great body of water, in the vici-
nity of which the native shall find a durable residence This was, in every
instance, most remarkably verified m the native's appointment to a
scientific office in his Majesty's Dock Yard, at Portsmouth, upon the recom-
mendation of some of the Fellows of the Royal Society , in consequenca
of which, this impoitant journey Was taken, and all the subordinate events
were reullj brought to puss
We haie next to consider the exemplaiy or lehgious bent of the na-
tive's mind , which is usually ascertained by tfie following configurations.
Jupiter, Venus, or the Dragon's Head, placed m the ninth or third houses,
or configurated with Spica Virgo, are certain presages of a moral and reli-
gious pei son The Moon, Mercury, and Part of Fortune in similar posi-
tions, denote the same , but the Sun essentially dignified m the ninth
house, shews a very strong natural propensity to moral and religious prac-
tices , and if the native happens to be bred a clergyman, he becomes a
most admirable preacher, and hath every prospect of considerable prefer-
ment in the church
Whenevei it happens that no planets are found in the ninth house of
the figme, we must have particular regard to the astral position of Jupi-
ter , foi it he be in his own house, or in reception with Venus or Mercury,
or with the Sun or Moon, or in conjunction, sextile, or trine with Venus,
m angulai places, they declare the native to be in puncipal, a strictly mo-
ral and conscienscious man, possessed of more sterling integrity than
those who make large professions But Saturn, Mars, or the Dragon's Tail,
posited m the ninth house, and in moieable signs, with Jupiter peregnne,
cadent, or in bad aspect with Saturn or Mars, presage great mutability in
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religious persuasion, -whioh generally terminates m atheism, Saturn posi-
ted in a common sign, ill dignified, and retiograde, bespeaks an hypociite r
and Mars thus configuiated, foreshe'Ws a mmd pliable to any persuasion,
that null best serve the purposes of avarice and ambition.
If we may piesume to speak of the native's moral and religious cha-
racter, according to the true implication of the significators m his gene-
thhacal figure of birth, we cannot hesitate to affiim, that the Moon being
lady of the ninth house and m her own dignities, declares the native shall
be constant to that faith m which he was brought up and educated, though,
an admner of every other persuasion that pays a ngid attention to the
principles and tenets by which it is governed And there being a most
remarkable reception between Mercmy and Jupiter m their triphcity, Mer-
cury being m the tnplicity of Jupiter, and Jupiter by his latitude in that
of Mercury, will incline the native not only to be a man of strict integrity
and honour himself, but also to encourage and reward it m others
Let it not be supposed, from the foregoing observations, that I would
wish to infer that the stais have power to make a man a saint or a devil r
or m any shape to govern or direct his judgment or bis will. This is not
what I contend for , but thus much I ant fiee to assert, that they clearly
point out our natural inclinations, whether good or evil, and it will gene-
rally he found that those inclinations carry so strong a bias over our reason
and moral int ellect, that m nwetj -nine instances out a hundred, the natuial
influence or inclination unpiessed by each men's sigmfieators, will be
found to prevail And yet this is no defect in our moral perception , for
each man having the ability to distinguish between light and wrong, if he
chuses to do wrong, m opposition to that which he knows to be his duty,
it is au open violation of his own sense and reason, and a willing sacrifice
of the duties of moiahty and religion Hence the excellence of that
celebrated remark on ancient philosophers, "that wise men rule their stars,,
and none but wicked men or fools, aie ruled by them "
The last consideration of this house, is that which lespects our dreams.
Of this I shall at present say but little, meaning m its proper place, to-
give such an explication of that astonishing motion of the soul, as hath
jet never made its appeaiance before an enlightened and impaitial public
And this I shall also take upon me to prove, is another means by which
the all-gracious Deity has meicifully condescended to afford his creature,
under a vanety of circumstances, certain tokens or presages of what is
about to happen, either to himself, to his lelations, or fnends But as it
will in many cases be necessary to inform peisons who have had some
ominous 01 extraordinary dream, the natural import deducrble from the'
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mgQificiitors of his nativity, as well as the penoJ of time when its object
shall be accomplished, I shall give the following rules to effect it. As
soon as the person awakes, let him as near as possible note the hour of the
day or night in which it happened Then fi nd what planet mled that hour,
whether it be Jupiter, Mais, the Sun, or any othei ; and when the Moon,
comes to a conjunction, sextile, or time of th^t planet, the dieam, if it
hath a good signification, will begin in to shew its effects , but if it hath
an evil tendency, it will begin to perate when the Moon comes to the con-
junction, quartile, or opposition of the lord of the houi And here let it
he remembeied, that a dream hath not always the full completion on the
fiist configuration of the Moon with the lord of the hour , but oftentimes
remains unfinished until the Moon comes m contact with another aspect of
the same nature and signification
In this nativity the Moon and Venus are the punoipal sigmficators of
dreams , the one being lady of the ninth house, and the other beholding
that house with a trine aspect, and they are stiong arguments that the
native should frequently have important communications through tha
medium of dreams
Considerations resdltingi from the Tenth House.
The tenth house hath signification of honour, pieferment, trade, pro«
fession, or of any regular and accustomed means by which men live, and
aie respected. In treating of which, it will be necessary to observe tha
following rules, m addition to those laid down
If the Sun or Moon, m the figure of birth, shall happen to be posited
m the very degiee of their exaltation, and at the same time free from tha
evil aspects of the infoi tunes, it is a poweiful indication of the most flatter-
ing acquisitions to the native, m proportion to his capacity and degrea
of birth When the light of time transits the cusp of the midheaven, and
is suirounded by benefic planets m the hour of birth, and no malefic rays
of the infortunes intervene, the native shall arrive to some important post
of power and authority under government, or to a public employment of
dignity and honour, under some chartered body, or princely power, in
proportion to the condition of his birth If the Sun or Moon are posited
m angles, though unaided by other configurations, yet the native shall live
in much respect and esteem all his days. In those figures of birth where
neither of the luminaries are found posited in angles, nor in any of then,
essential dignities, nor in masculine signs, nor configurated with the pro-
pitious rays of Jupiter or Venus, he assured the condition of the native
will be poor and abject all his days, no matter what might be his hereditaijr
 [ 510 ]
religious persuasion, which generally terminates m atheism, Saturn posi-
ted in a common sign, ill dignified, and retiograde, bespeaks an hypocnte r
and Mars thus configuiated, foreshews a mmd pliable to any persuasion,
that will best serve the purposes of avarice and ambition.
If we may piesume to speak of the native's moral and religious cha-
racter, according to the true implication of the sigmfioators m his gene-
thhacal figure of birth, we cannot hesitate to affiim, that the Moon being
lady of the ninth house and m her own dignities, declares the native shall
be constant to that faith m which he was brought up and educated, though,
an admner of every other persuasion that pays a rigid attention to the
principles and tenets by which it is governed And there being a most
remarkable reception between Meremy and Jupiter in their triphcity, Mer-
cury being in the tnphcity of Jupiter, and Jupiter by his latitude in that
of Mercury, will incline the native not only to be a man of strict integrity
and honour himself, but also to encourage and reward it in others
Let it not be supposed, from the foregoing observations, that I would'
wish to infer that the stais have power to make a man a saint or a devil r
or m any shape to govern or direct his judgment or his will. This is not
what I contend for , but thus much I am fiee to assert, that they clearly
point out our natural inclinations, whether good or evil, and it will gene-
rally be found that those inclinations carry so strong a bias over our reason
and moral mt ellect, that in ninetj-nme instances ont a hundred, the natuial
influence or inclination impiessed by each men's significators, will be
found to prevail And yet this is no defect m our moral perception , for
each man having the ability to distinguish between light and wrong, if he
chuses to do wrong, m opposition to that which he knows to be bis duty,
it is an open violation of Ins own sense and reason, and a willing sacrifice
of the duties of moiality and religion Hence the excellence of that
celebrated remark on ancient philosophers, "that wise men rule their stars,
and none but wicked men or fools, aie ruled by them "
The last consideration of this house, is that which lespects our dreams.
Of this I shall at present say but little, meaning m its proper place, to
give such an explication of that astonishing motion of the soul, as hath
jet never made its appeaianoe before an enlightened and impaitial public
And this I shall also take upon me to prove, is another means by which
the all-gracious Deity has meioifully condescended to afford his creature,
under a variety of circumstances, certain tokens or presages of what is
about to happen, either to himself, to his lelations, or fiiends But as it
will m many cases be necessary to inform peisons who have had some
ominous 01 extraoidinary dream, the natural import deduerble fiom the1
 [ 513 ]
some post of authority and advantage, though he may peihaps be dishon-
ourably superceded, and cast doavn to his foimei obscunty Again, Caput
Medusas in the midheaven, with the Sun, Jupitei, 01 the Moon, gi\ea
powei to the native ovei his enemies and the Pleiades 01 Hy tides in the
same position, or using upon the ascendant with the Sun or Moon, shews
that the native, in any military employ ment, accoidmg to his post and
dignity, shall pieiail ovei his enemy But if Spica Virginia is m the
above configuiation, it then more aptly applies to ecclesiastical piefer-
ments
Oculus Taurus, and Goi Scorpio, with either the Sun or Moon in tbo
ascendant, or m the midheaven, shows that the native, whose geniture is
thus constituted, will gam riches, by means of violence And if he hath
Sums Piocyon united with them, and conhguiated with the lummaues m
the ascendant or midheaven, the natn c shall arise by similai means, to
kmgly authority and piefeiment But the obstacles he will have to en-
counter, can only be surmounted by an unfeeling spmt of rapine and
violence Inspect the geniture of a late onental governoi 1
Saturnine fixed stats of the fiist magnitude m conjunction of the Sun,
involve the native m a succession of tioubles, by lepeated affliction , but
if the Sun he eonfiguiated with Pomahaut m forty minutes of Pisces, or
with Rigal, m thuteen degiees, fifty-six minutes of Gemini, the native
will acquire an illustrious charactei and foitune, Regulus, Arcturue, tho
right shoulder of Orion, 01 the left of the Waggonei, configurated with
the Sun, Jupiter, 01 the Moon, m the tenth house of the figme, give also
ample fortune, and reputation. Thus the fixed stais, when in angles, con-
tribute admuable efficacy to any genituie , but if the benefie planets, do
not at the same time contubute then influence jointly with them, they aie
of but little impoit , and if malefic planets aie joined with them, they
then induce much mischief , for if the Hyades, Heiculus, Cor Scoipio, 01
Lynx Austrahs, are posited m an angle, and eonfiguiated with Saturn or
Mars, in a quaitile or opposite aspect, those fixed stais so situated, impress
the native with such desnes and endeavours in the attainment of places
and posts of honour 01 emolument, as, by the mal-influence of the malefics,
pioduce those hind of expences and disappointments to the native, that
not only chagim and toiment his mind, but often pioveslns inevitable
ruin
"When the Sjh m Libra 01 Aquaiies, is configurated either with good,
or evil planets, and near some eminent fixed star, it will happen that when
the Sun comes to the ill duection of the malefic influence, and meets with
a bad revolution at the same time, the nativ e shall he suddenly plunged
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mto some unexpecied and lasting misfortune , but if the dneotion only
piove bad, and the revolution good, though he bo cast down dming the
continuance of the ma'efio direction, yet he shall rise again upon the going
oft of its ill effect, and be reinstated m his former occupation or
employment
Upon enquiry, I found this native was mechanically brought up to the
profession of a watchmakei and goldsmith but if we attentively oonsidei
the impoit of the proper sigmficators of his pieferment and profession,
we shall find that nature had fitted him for a moie refined and elevated
line of life The caidinal and equinoctial sign Libia, is upon the cusp of
his ascendant , the Sun posited m the cardinal sign Anes , the Moon in
the tropical sign Capricorn , Mercury and Mais, the two principal sigmfi-
cators of his piofession, in reception of each other , Mais also m the
exaltation of Mercuiy, and posited m the tenth house, the house of honom
and piefeiment , the part of foitune also in the tenth, configurated witn
the two royal fixed stars, Hydia, and Coi Leoms, aie so many unequivo-
cal arguments, not onty that the native should abandon ev ery handycraft
employment, m pursuit of the moie elevated and sublime study of the
liberal arts and sciences, but that he should eventually obtain honoui, pio-
motion, and emolument, by the puisuit Mais, besides bemg the principal
■sigmficator of his profession, is also loid of the ascendant, and therefore
proves that the avocation of the native should bo such as he would make
choice of himself, and that it would be m the line of science, as is most
aptly declared by the position of Mars in the dignities of Meicury , whilst
4he Sun being m the house of his exaltation, and lord of the tenth, declares
honour and piefeiment should result from it, with duration of success ,
and the more so, because the Sun sends a trine aspect to the tenth house,
as well as Mercury, which proves his prospenty and advancement to arise
from his own intrinsic merit
All this was m a most remarkable manner verified by the wonderful
successes and pursuits of the native, in opposition to every obstacle, dif-
ficulty, and oppression, thrown in his way, by attempts to force upon him
an employment incompatible with his genius His many cunous and valu-
able pieces, written at an early age, and published among other mathema-
tical disquisitions, his memorable impiovements and discoveries m the
longitude, for which his Sovereign promoted him to the honourable post
of Astronomical Master of his Royal Aceademy, m Portsmouth Dock-yard,
which ho filled with universal reputation, shew us, that m these cases, the
Influence of the stars are not to be resisted, nor the bright rays of genius
•confined to arbitrary limits In my opinion this is a geniture that affords
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a bulh.mt scope to astiological enquny , because we aie not only enabled
to define this extraordinary impulse of the xmnd, which impelled this na-
tive f01 ward m pursuit of fame , but we are likewise enabled to trace this
instinctive faculty still further than the constitution of his own figure of
birth, and to discover something of it In that of his parents, which I shall
here explain The fouith house represents the father, and Saturn being
configurated in that house, in essential dignities, m an airy and scientific
sign, proves the father to have inherited a scientific tnrn But the tenth
house bears signification of the native's mother, whose spirit of generosi-
ty, and elevation of soul, are most remarkably expiessed, by the two royal
fixed stars, configurated m her ascendant in conjunction with the pait of
fortune, the givei of life to the native , and we may observe, that as Mars
is loid of the native's ascendant, and falls in his mothei's ascendant, that
he should, according to natural efficient causes, inherit the vital principles
and disposition of bis mother HTence too we define the cause why chil-
dren sometimes more strongly resemble the father, and sometimes the
mother, an effect "which solely depends upon which of their sigmficators
..s stiongest and best dignified m the act of generation.
Upon the whole, we may lemaik, that few events can more illustriously
display the obviousness of planetary information, or more visibly demons-
tiate the goodness of God, in mercifully affoiding his creaturss this astfj-
nishing mode of communication, than the foiegoing radical pi oofs of tins
native's natmal force of genius ; who at twelve yeais of age, was of
fiuffieient capacity to send a most elaboiate piece foi insertion in the gen-
tleman's diary , and at the early age of twenty-one, was.ailmitted a mem-
bei of the mathematical society in London ! A. proof this, that astial
influence should be the fiist consideration to dnect us m forming the
tender minds of youth to such, pursuits and avocations, as aie best calcula-
ted to place them in the high load to excellence and peifectioH And
for which pmpose, I cannot lecommend a more stnkmg example, than
what is afforded m this essential pait of the nativity of my good and
woithy fnend Mr Witchell
Considerations resueting from the Eleventh House
The eleventh house is that pait of the visible heavens, fronn which
we draw judgment concerning fnends and fnendship , hope, confi-
dence, and trust , I shall theiefoie, offet the following reniaiks When;
Jupitei, oi Venus, are found m the eleventh, fifth, tenth, seventh,
first, or ninth housas of the figuie, it is a sme piesage of many friends
but if Satnrn or Mais are peregime m angles, oi posited m the
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twelfth house, it denotes many enemies "Whoevei is bom with Cancer

ascending on th^ eastern finetei of the heavens, such native will
enjoy a \eiy small shaie of fnends , and nearly the same will be the
lot of those, in whose nativities the loid of the eleventh house
and the lord of the ascendant aie found sepaiatmg fiom a propitious
configuration
If it be m any case requued to know whether mutual good offices of
friendship shall long exist between any two particulai persons, 01 between
loveis oi sweetheaits befoia mainage, 01 between husband and wife after,
the only certain mode of obtaining this mfoimation, is by compuung the
two nativities of either of the two peisons togethei, and according to
then import, judge For if the ascendant m the figures of both parties
have the same sign ascending, or the same planets in the fiist house, or
beholding each otbei by the same aspect, mutual fnendship, love, and
confidence, will long exist , for as affinity of mauneis and likeness aie
the essence of affection, so affection, m this speculation, must be the au*
thor of agieement, of smceuty, and of fnendship To demonstiate this,
let us consider the influence and condition of the loid of the ascendant,
under its four different configuiations, viz fiist, when m both nativities
he is bona fide the same planet. Secondly, when he is leceived of the
ether nativity by house or exaltation Thirdly, vyhen he is m conjunction
with the lord of the ascendant of the othei nativity , and, fouithly, when
he is In sextile or trine of the lord of the othei nati\ ity For in all oases
wheie there is not a concunence of one or other of these testimonies, the
fnendship or attachment of those two paiticular peisons, will not be
found of long continuance
When, in the nativities of any two given peisons, the one hath Venus
m the position wheie the other hath the Moon, 01 the Sun, the pait of
fortune, 01 the loid of the ascendant, it is a substantial pioof that theie
will be fiim and lasting fnendship between them , but whenevei it is
found unany two natn mes, that tne sign upon the ascendant of the one,
occupies the cusp of the twelfth, eighth, 01 sixth houses of the othei,
theie oanijot possibly be any duiable attachment 01 friendship between
the paities It hath been deteimined, by repeated obseivation, that those
peisons legard each othei with the pmest fnendship, where the loid of
the ascendant m one nativity, applies to the lord of the ascendant in the
othei, or where the benevolent planet- are found m leception of each
othei By the same panty of leasomng, they hate most inveterately,
where the same nuinbei of malignant planets oooupy the ascendant of
psch othei's nativity , 01 where the lord of the ascendant m one nativity,
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being of a contrary 01 adverse nature with the loid of the ascendant of
the other nativity, are thereby configuiated under a constitution of eternal
enmity
The concord or enmity of the planets, is a most obvious speculation,
comprised m then own natural quality and action , viz Saturn hath sj m-
yatliy with Jupiter, Meicuiy, and the Moon , but a stiong antipathy to
the Sun, Mars, and Venus Jupiter hath afiinity with Saturn, the Sun,
Venus, Meiqury, aqd the Moon , and is only discoidant with the planet
Mais Mars hath paoific tendency only to Venus and that by means of
her supenor property in allaying his intemperate heat , for otherwise thoy
aie contraiy in nutiue, Mais being hot and dry, and "Venus cold and moist
The Sun hath fnendship only to Jupitei and Venus , and is inimical to
Saturn, Mais, Meicury, and the Moon Venus is complacently beheld by
Jupitei, Mais, the Sun, Mercury, and the Moon , but rigid Saturn is her
mortal enemy Meicuiy hath fnendship to Satum, Jupiter, and Venus,
but the Sun, the Moon, and Mais, are his enemies The Moon pacifically
beholds Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus , but hath enmity to Mais, the Sun,
find Meicury, The Diagon's Head hath sympathy with Jupitei and
Venus , but antipathy to Saturn, Mais, the Sun, Mercuiy, and the Moon.
The Diagon's Tail hath Satum and Mars in friendship , but Jupiter, the
Sun, Venus, Merouiy, and the Moon, aie enemies the part of foitune is
m tins case constituted precisely the same aa the Moon
By these mles it will be obvious, that where we find, m two nativities,
the Sun and Moon, 01 Mercury and the Moon, or the Sun and Mercury,
configurated in each other's places, there will exist some degiee of lespect
and good will between the natives , but if Satuin, Jupiter, Venus, or Mars
aie thus found, there will be some dissention, mixed with a desue of
friendship If Jupitei or Satuin aie found in reception of each other's
place m the diffeient nativities, then fnendship will exist meiely foi the
purposee of emolument 01 avarice , but if Mais and Venus are m each
othei's place the attachment of the paities will be fonned for illicit and
dishonouiafcle piactiees
When m the nativities of any two peisons, we find the Sun 01 Mais m
opposition to Mercuiy or the Moon, the parties will delight to myure and
oppiess each othei , but where Satuin oi Mais aie in opposition, the enmi-
ty will be peipetual, Wheie the malefic stais agree, the paities will agiee
in the pursuit of wickedness, though unfaithful to each other The Sun
in the place of any friendly planet, declares unity between the paities foi
integnty , Jupiter, foi utility , Venus, for pleasure , and the Moon, accor-
ding to the construction of hei natme.
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The quality and nature of friends, are determined by the planet that
is principal sigmficator For instance, if Saturn is posited m the eleventh
or first houses, and m no dignities, he is the significator, and denotes false
and faithless friends , but if well dignified, he declares constant and ho-
nourable friends, acooiding to the particulai circumstances of his own
nature and quality , as doth each of the planets respectively , according-
to which rude, I examine the piesent nativity I find, the sign occupying
the eleventh house, is Virgo, the exaltation of Mercuiy , and as there are
no planets therein^ we must psiticularly regard the position of Mercury,
who is loid of the eleventh house, from whence this judgment is deduced
I observe Mercury is-10reception of Mais , and Mtus being lord of the
native's asceiutant, is a demonstiable proof that he should have manj and
great friends , such as were of a scientific turn themselves, and well qua-
lified to f01 ward the views of the native , who would admne his aspinng
genius, and take Innr by the hand This was completely veiifiedr as the
native hath often told me, even in the early part of his life, when his
literary productions introduced him to the knowledge and fnendship of
the celebrated Mr Qharles Brent, Mr Francisco Forrecesy, Doctor Bevis,
Mr Thomas Simpson, and many otlrer Fellows of the Boyal Society And-,
as it was with his friends, so we nught say of the native's hopes, confi-
dence, and trust , for he was generally very fortunate m his expectations,
and succeeded well m whatever he ardently strove after, or anxiously
desired.
CoNSirEEATIONS RESULTING FROM THE TWELFTH HOUSE
From this house we obtain cognizance of our malignant private ene-
mies, and of the calamitous misfortunes of adveisity and impusonment.
Whether this house he properly under the government of malefic influence
or not, is of little importance to the objects of our present enquiry , suf-
fice it to say, that it answers every purpose for detecting those forked or
double-tongued malefics in society, who by every discordant means, wound
and blast the reputation of their neighbouis And I am. soriy to add, that,
within my observation at least, there are very few Indeed, even among the
moie liberal and humane, that with a friendly hand, and compassionate
heart, are forward to east the mantle of charity ovei the fiailties of their
fellow mortals , or, that like the good Samaritan, will pour the balmy oil
mto the bleeding wounds of those who are made the victims of relentless
and unfeeling slander, which skulks behind the cmtam, and stabs us m the
daik Metals are never so bright, as when completely polished , nor ene-
mies nevei so dangerous, as when concealed. It is theiefore not the least
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important among om astral enquires, to inform ourselves -well of the qua-
lity and stiength of our private enemies , and to make tins enquiry obvi-
ous to all my readeis, I have given ample rules to direct, and to elude
their malice I shall now apply them, in my observations on the present
nativity On the cusp of the twelfth house, we find the sign Libra, which
is the day house of Venus, and wholly under her government, in the
'house of her exaltation , and as she is m direct opposition to the lord of
the ascendant, and is also lady of the seventh house, she obviously
declares that some woman should become an implacable enemy to ths
native , and that this woman should not be of the mean or vulgai sort, is
declaied by Venus being in her essential dignities. But as neither of the
luminaries are affected, noi the loid of the ascendant vitiated by malefio
lays, it is impossible the malignity of this woman's resentment should
ever matenallj'- affect the well being of the native Besides, there are
two rojal fixed stars posited in the twelfth house, viz Aictuius, and Spica
Vngmis, which not only furnish an aigument that this female opponent
should do him little injury, but that no private enemies should ever be
able to accomplish hie rum, or oppiess him by impnsonment And as the
luminaries are free fiom the affliction both of Saturn and Mars, and as no
malignant planet occupies the ascendant, twelfth, or sixth house of the
figure, I am free to declare my opinion, that the native never v, ill be
exposed even to the danger of impnsonment, either by civil or criminal
process, which might arise either from the hand of Justice, or through
his own mdiscletion
Haying thus completely investigated the vanous aspects of this nati-
vity, according to the genuine import they beai m each of the twelve
hoioscopical places or houses of the heavens , I shall now proceed to bnng
those aspects respectively into view, in the piecise order in which they
come up by direction, and m which they affected the mundane actions,
puisuits, and eventually, the life of the native , from whence it will ap-
pear, that the nativity of any man, when conectly and judiciously calcu-
lated, will in a manner display a compendium of the principal incidents of
the native's life, from his birth, to his dissolution ; taking into view, as
well the things past, as those which are to come. To make this the more
intelligible to those who mean to study the science, as well as to the bulk
of my readers, I shall consider the duections of this nativity exactly m
the Older they occur, from the time of Mr Witchell's birth, to the day of
his death And that those aspects may all be seen and considered at one
View, I have collected them into a Speculum, in the annexed plate, of
which the following is an explanation
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The op enlumn of the ttiblej from left to light, chsplajs in regnlnf

succeisi oa the twelve signs of the zodiac, beginning with Anes, and end-
ing with Pisces , under which aie respectively placed tlmtj degiees of
the zod ac foi each sign, making m the Whole three bundled and sixty-
degrees The hist column on the left, contains degiees and minutes, as fai
as completes one sign , and wheievei minutes aie joined to degiees, it
shews there is an aspect m the nativity that falls m tlutdegiee and minute
of the conesponding sign, under which the planet stands. For example,
under the letters D. M at the top of the fiist column, stand 0 41, and
under the sign Vugo'in the common angle of meeting, is found the planet
Mars, which shews that Mats, in this nativity, is posited in foitj-four mi-
nutes of the sign Vngo, and gives us at one view every configmution
made by that planet thioughout the zodiac , foi at thirty degrees fiom his
given place he forms a semisextile , at sixty degiees fiom the same point
he forms a sextile , at teventy-two degiees he forms a quintlle , at ninety
degrees a quartile , at one bundled and twenty degrees a time , atone
hundred tlmtj-five degrees a sesquiquadrate , and at one hundred and
eighty degrees an opposition , wheieby everj- aspect is at once sought out,
as well those of the other planets, as of Mars The terms and faces of the
planets are also denoted thioughout the zodiac, by the initials T and P ,
the use of which is to point out to the leadei an easy and concise method
of facilitating zodiacal directions , parhcuhrly to the Sun, as the ecliptic
line is the only orb in which he moves, and wherein he meets with all the
aspects of the enatic stars, with their terms, faces, exaltations, &c. I shall
now take these aspects from the Speculum, in the order they stand in tha
table, page 451 as well mundane as zodiacal, and explain tbeir respective
sigmficators by shewing their power and effect upon the life and actions
of the native, and how far his body and mind were influenced and
impressed by them
The first direction m this nativity is M C. A ©, the medium ccoli,
or midheaven, to the trine aspect of the Sun , or, m other words, the Sun
to the cusp of the sixth house This was a direction to the native's
mother, productive of a journey , for as the tenth house of the native's
figme is his mothei's tenth, and the sixth her ninth, it is appaient, that
when the Sun, who is lord of the tenth house, appicached the cusp of the
sixth, a journey should be determined on, and put m execution And as
Mars, the native's significator, is posited m bis mothei's tenth house, and
the Sun, who represents the mother, being leid of the tenth, and by acci-
dental position in the house of Mars, shews that this duection should
catry the native a long journey with Ins mother, winch really happened in
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the month of October 1731, when the native was but thiee yeats and seven
months old , and constitutes the fiist matenal occunence of lus life, after
his entry into this world, undei the impiession of his signifioatois It
must however be noted, that the effect of this dnection falls most essen-
tially upon the paient, and that it acted only m an accidental 01 secon-
daiy degree upon the person of the native, who was m this case wholly
under the influence of his mother
O □ J>.
—— —The Sun to the quaitile of the Moon by duect motion
This aspect being foimed fiom the thud and sixth houses, and the Moon
being afflicted m the house of Saturn, threatens the native, in his early days
with a dungeictis fit of sickness The disoidei implied may be of a bili-
ous kind, accompanied with leachmgs and fevei , soie wateiy defluvions
of the eyes, muption of humours, measles, 01 small pox This direction
came up, and was at its highest influence when the native was five yeais
and two months old, at which time I 1m a been confidently assuied, that
he was attacked by the measles in a veiy violent and dangerous mannei.
a «? ^
—— The Pait of Fortune to tire opposition of
Saturn This is anothei aspect pioduohve of sickness The Part of Foitune,
m this nativity, is giver of life, and being in opposition to Siturn, in a fiery
sign, and Saturn m an any, denotes an affliction engendered of those two
qualities, which should befal the native whenever the direction of tins
aspect began to opeiate, which, as we have already worked up and proved,
took place when the native was seven years and about two months old , at
which time he was attacked With the small pox, and was a long time
before he recoveied his health and strength, as is obviously implied by
the slow and pondeious quality of the planet Saturn
D u 5-
■ The Moon to the quaitile of Merctuy Tlio
Moon, m this geniture, being lady of the ninth, and Meicuiy lord of the
eighth and eleventh houses, the quartile aspect formed between them undei
these cncumstances, denote a joumey to the native, which should bung
him back from the place where his mothei had sojourned in the countiy,
to London, the place of his nativity The force of the direction which,
biought up this aspect, took place in seven years from the rectified time
of bnth, when the square was completely formed by the two planets , and
it is a well-known fact in Mr. Witchell's family, that at seven years of age
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lie was biouglit back to town, to be presented to some gentlemen, who otft
of lespect to tbe Barents, had professed therr readrness to patronize the
ehrld
)> Q 0-® o 0 L.
—The Moon to the qumtile of
the Sun, and Part of Fortune to the conjunction of Cor Leoms Theso
bemgnant aspects came np by good directions to suppoi t the influence of the
preceding , and gave the native a considerable shaie of favom in the ej es
■of those gentlemen the moment he was piesented to them , and bespeak at
the same time a sweet and placid appearance in the youth, with a giavitv
and sedateness in his manneis that could not but acqune esteem and com-
mendation fiom,every observer, but more espewalty from his fnends
© % U in M.
The Sun to the sextile of Jupiter In Mundo
This direction follows up the foimer two, and participates of the same
benign influence , for in as much as Jupiter is lord of the second, the Sue
Is lord of the tenth, and by their joint concurrence not only presage the
general approbation of his fnends and teacheis, but are a happy sjmbol of
that early desire of learning and improvement, which was for some time a
subject of astonishment to them all, and laid the foundation stone of pros-
perity to the native.
© Ssq
The Sun to the sesqmqnadrate of Mars This duection
Is iimphcative of a strong natural desne for study of science , and lays a
good foundation for honour resulting from knowledge , and a very apt
direction it is for that purpose, since the Sun. is lord of the tenth, the
house of honour and preferment, and Mars lord of the first and sixth, who
disposes of the Sun and Mercury. The aspect, by falling in the terms"
* 'Whenever judgment is drawn from a direction, paitieular regaid
must be had to the terms m which the aspects of the planets fall , othei-
wise our conclusions will be erroneous, and oftentimes absurd For if
malefic directions are wrought from the evil configuiations of Saturn or
Mars, and those directions fall in the terms of Jupiter or Venus, m good
places of the figure, the evil declared by such directions will opeiate with
much less force, and the effect be scarcely discerned For this reason, all
opposing qualities, whether m good or evil directions, must be duly consi-
dered, and their effect allowed, before we make oui judgment final For
if theiebe a good direction from the benefic rays of Jupiter or Venus, yet
if tbev fall in the terms of Satuin or Mais, the good promised will be
greatly abated , and in such proportion as icason and good sense will in-
vauably dictate.
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of Mercttly, quickens the fancy, and enlarges the native's desire of learn-
ing This and the three former dnections came up^progressively, and!
operated upon the mental powers of the native by regular gradation, until
he was near twelve years of age, before the effect of the last direction
wholly subsided.
I £ Tl-—}) P $ M.
jbg jfoon to the trme of
Jupitei. This is a good direction The Moon is constituted lady of the
ninth house,, the house of science , and Jupiter is loid of the second and
fifth, cooperating in the force of mental endowments Under tins diieetion
the native made his filst essay in scientific hteratuie, having compiled a
small piece, foi the Gentleman's Magazine, which was highly appioved
With this dnection he had another opciatmg, namely, the Moon to the
paiallel of VenUg ln Mundo , which being of the same quality, gave force
and eneigy to the mfluenee of the pieceding
® M. C.
— Pait of Foitune to the medium-cceli This is a veiy
remaitable, and equally potent direction, operating upon the mental facul-
ties , and it came up when the native was about thuteen yeais and four
months old, as may be seen by the calculation, where these dhectioms are
woiked up and equated by the solai motion Under the influence of this
direction, the native, at that eaily period of his life, compiled a most in-
genious mathematical disquisition, which was printed in the Gentleman's
Biaiy, and received univeisal approbation.
© □'
-r ■ i Part of Poi tune to'the quartile of Jupiter.
This direction portends evil to the native's state of health, and has a male-
fic tendency Jupitei, though m nature the most benignant planet, m this
ease pioduces an evil effect, by the constitution of the aspect he foims.
He is posited, according to his latitude m Gemini, in the eighth house,
among fixed stars of the quality of Mais, in quaitile with the Part of For-
tune, which, m thus nativity is Hyleg, and strongly appertains- to- the na-
tive's health and life, and therefore, aecoi ding to the radical effect of
Jupiter in this position, which causeth heat and putiefaction of the blood,
I concluded that this direction must have brought with it a violent fever,
because the quaitile aspect is pioduotive of the greatest evil, aud because
this duection falls m the terms and face of Mais, who is the author of
choler, and unifcunily productive of putiefaction of the annual juices f
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though here are no testimomes to shew, that its violence should be such as
to endanger life This direction came up m fom teen years from the time
of birth , and I have been assuicd that Mi Witchell, at the age of four-
teen, suffered suveiely fiom a fevei which held him a consideiable time,
as the force of this direction obviously demonstrates
G P % M.
— The Sun to the parallel of Jupiter m Mundo As
this paiallel is made to the seventh house, it must relate to some contiact
on the pait of the natn e , and as the Sun is loid of the tenth, the house
of bade and profession, I concluded this aspect governed some contract
m business Upon enquiry, I found the native was bound apprentice to a
watchmakei and goldsmith , which is aptly enough described by a oon-
junction of the Sun and Mercuij m Aries This direction, as we have
befoie pioved, came up in fifteen yeais and twenty-one days , at that
precise age the native and his master, as he hath since informed me, exe-
cuted the mdentuic, and he became apprentice to a watckmakei
© Ssq. 5—]) Z. P IJ.—© o c?-
Part of Fortune to the Ssq of Mercury—Moon to the Z P of
Jupiter—Part of Fortune to the Conjunction of Mars—These remaik-
able aspects immediately succeeded, and produced, as their directions
severally brought them into effect, those unpleasant circumstances
which are invambly felt in all similar cases The Part of Poitune to
the sesqmquadrate aspect of Mercury, is a dn ection that took off the
thouMits and the attention of the native from all mechanical employment,
and fixed them upon mathematical contemplation The Moon to a zodia-
cal parallel of Jupiter, strengthens and enlarges this studious and cotem-
plative faculty, expands the understanding, and allures the mmd to a pui-
suit of those acquirements, which render manual employments insuppoi-
table Part of Fortune to the conymction of Mais, could not fail, when
the dnection came up, to pioduoe violent contentions between the native
and his master, in consequence of his total neglect of the business, and of
his inattention to the oideis and instructions given him therein Upon
enquiry, I found my judgment in no respect enoneous , for although the
master was on the one hand continually leinonstratmg and complaining of
neglect and Inattention , the apprentice, on the othei, was totally indifferent
as to the ill consequences thieatened, and still addicted himself to the
use of books, to the solving and piopoundmg mathematical questions, and
to the publication of anonymous pieces m the magazines
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0 # %
Sun to the Sextde of Saturn —This is unqnestionafafy & good direction.
The Sun is lord of the tenth, the house of professional honoiu, and Saturn
is lord of the fourth, the house of hereditaiy aoquisitions , so that the
se-rtile aspect, formed betwixt them, leads me to conceive, that the native,
while under the influence of this direction, foimed a respectable and advan-
tageous connexion with some elderly peisons, who approved his studious
turn, and admired the gravity of his manner, notwithstanding its unfitness
for a life of mechanical labour, and the anger and uneasiness it occasioned
in the breast of his mastei. Yet in spite of all this, I had no difficulty in
declaring, that when this direction came to operate wrth its fullest force,
the native would be patiomzed and encouraged by some peisons of emi-
nence, who weie fnends to his father, or allied to his family This I
have heard lepeatediy acknowledged by the native himself, who was at
that penod strongly patronized by his uncle
O Smq. $—As. □ ^
The Sun to the Semiquartile of
Venus, and the Ascendant to the quaitile of Saturn These aspects are
of a baneful quality, and express much uneasiness, angei, and affliction,
in the family with whom the native resided—All quarliles are mischievous,
when dneeted to particular persons The fiist of these joint aspects, re-
late to the native and his mistress, on whose account he should stand in
iimmnent dangei of disgrace and rum, by means of an occurrence, which
though of a most destiuctive tendency, yet is too common to peisons
of strong passions, of both sexes I shall not, however, enter into a
detail of the matter , it Is Sufficient for me to remark, that as the aspect
only forms a semiquartile, its effect, when brought up by direction, which
was in the native's seventeenth year, would be the less mischievous to
the parties, and the disgrace be the soonei blown over The second of
these joint aspects, acted, as it were, m concert, and relates to the native
and his master, and being a perfect quartile of the greater infoitune,
hath fatality annexed to it In short, it aigues violent anger between
the paities , but when the direction is peifect, which happened quickly
aftei the above, it deprived the master of life, and left the appientice and
his mistiess at large
© # U M.—© A © M.
Pew t of Fm tune to the Sextde of Jupiter m M —Part of Fortune to
the Trine of Sun m M—These aspects aie both m Mundo They import
a stiuggle between the native and his fathei, concerning the puisuit
of his business Whilst the native, on the one hand, was sedulous to
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become a student,- the father was deceive on the othei, to put what
18 termed "a gpod trade w» fas belly" These directions came up m
seventeen yeais and four months, at which exact age the native was-
turned over to another master of the same profession
J> Q $ M
-The Moon to the qumtile of Merculy in Mundo
This is another direction which applies to the intellectual faculty, and
strengthens the biam. It denotes an enlargement of the undeistanding,
and a fruition of lational ideas in scientific disquisitions Undei this
direction the native turns his hack upon all subordinate speculations, is
deaf to the calls of business, and to the remonstrances of his master, and'
applies himself, m spite of every obstacle, to ngid contemplation and
study The effect of this dnection was at its utmost height, \i hen the
native was eighteen years and four months old , about which time, as he
has since told me, he was so intent upon study, as to fiame a eontnvanco
to blind up the crevices of the doors and windows, that no pait of the
family might have a suspicion of his passing the greatest pait of the
night in regarding and contemplating the diffeient blanches of science
M. C $
i The medium cceli to the opposition of
Saturn. This is a no less remarkable than fatal dnection, again appei-
taimng to the nativ e and his master It shews an animosity between
them, so far as it relates to the business , but it presages the death of the
master, and once more sets the apprentice at libei ty , as though fate had
leally strove with him to obtain a different pursuit But heie, as I have
been confidently informed, the parent again interposed his soveieign
authority, and m spite of eveiy aigument, and of every importunity, so
prejudiced was he m favour of the emoluments of trade, and so fixed
in Ins mmd upon that which he had before singled out for his son, that
he lost no time m choosing him out a new situation Heie we peioeive,
in its strongest colours, the sbsurdity, as well as the evil consequence of
forcing upon the hands of youth, avocations which their nature loathes,
and which are foreign both to their ability, and their inclination Let
us here for a moment pause, and look which way we will, we shall find
ample testimonies of the tiuth of this mistaken zeal foi the piovision of
our children A zeal which has moie than all othei causes put togethei,
furnished the world with a race of bunglers in almost eveiy profession ;
for the mmd, like the temperature of the body, cannot be foiced, but
will bo governed by its own immediate laws, a cucumstance, which if
 I 527 ]
<iul? atteudcrl to, and logulated by the quality of the sigmficatois at
birth, 'would not only prove much more highly advantagftjus to childien,
but infinitely moie beneficial to masters of every ciaft and occupation
© □ g D %
Pait of Pol tune io the Tune of Mercury—Mais to the Tune of Jupiter —
These aspects are both made m the woild , and then dnecticnsare of comse
mundane. They aie both quaitiles of a peinicious tendency, and even
thieaten the life of the native. Under the influence of the fiist, he is put
sorely against his will, to a new mastei, with whom he shews but little
■disposition to attend to business Under the second, which acts m contact
with, 01 lather follows up the evil natuie of the flist, his life is endangered
by some violent accident of fire This is most aptly denoted by the position
■of Mercuiy m a fiery sign, with the violent planet Mais, his sigmficatoi,
and the Part of Fortune, which m this nativity is giver of life, all m
quaitile aspect , but whether this danger should occur to the native, by
his falling mto the fire, or by the burning of the house he lived m, or by
what paiticulai misfortune, was impossible to determine , but it was
evident to my understanding that his dangei would come by means of
file After considering and reconsidering these configuiations, I enquired
of the native, whether he had not some time between nineteen and twenty
yeais of age, had the naisfoituneto set his bed-curtams on fiie, or his room ;
foi as I knew he had often accustomed himself to read in bed , I had a
stiong suspicion that he had fallen asleep, and that the curtains had taken
fiie, and exposed hira to the danger of being burnt m bed But this he
absolutely denied, and contended much for his caiefulness and precaution
on those occasions Had he by any accident fallen into the fire ? or had
the candle caught his clothes ? No , he never had met with such an
accident in his life. I persisted most confidently that some such accident
must have befallen him, and at that paiticular time, whereby he was
■exposed eitbei to gieat bodily hurt, if not to the dangei of losing lus
life , and I requested him to reflect upon the matter, and to tell me
ingenuously the fact At last, he satisfied my dottbts, by relating the
following circumstance
He had not been many days with his new master, before he was left
m the shop, with no other companion than a young lad, who had been
put appi entice to the same person a year or two before At the same
time that the mastei's absence furnished Mr Witchell with an oppor-
tunity of taking a book from his pocket to read, winch was invariably
the case upon all such occasions, it afioided the other lad fit time to go
 I 528 ]

to play. A soldier's musquet stood m one corner of the shop, most nptly
denoted by tbeT quartile position of Mars, -nliich the boy took tip, and
began to perform the mmual e^ereiae with When he came to that
part, "make readj—present—fire," he levelled the piece close to the
body of his fellow apprentice Witehell, who sat with the utmost calmness
and composure, reading his book, a circumstance evidently implied by
the position of Meicury Theboydiew the tugger, the gun snapped,
and he recovered his arms Pleased of course with anj emploj raent
rather than with Ins business he proceeded with the manual a second
tune When he piesented the piece again, it was elevated somewhat
above Mi Witcliell's head , he diew the trigger, the gun went oif, and
carried away a large piece of the window, leaving both of them, as
Piovidenoe would have it, totally unhuit With this I was quite satisfied ,
it leheved me from my doubts , and upon equating the direction, I told
him this must have happened on or very near the 26th of Septembei,
1747 , foi though the other aspect came up sooner, yet its influence was
held on by the quick succession and sunilat quality of the oo operating
or secondaiy aspect, which was not npe in its malefic tendenoj7, until
the day Mars began to separate fiom his auxiliaries, which was on the
day above-mentioned, at which time the native was near twenty years of
age. After endeavouring to recollect all the cncutnstances of the fact,
he acknowledged I was strictly right m point of time, as well as in my
judgment of the danger he had been exposed to by means of fire.
The astiological reason of this nairow, but happy escape, is thus
defined from the native's hoioscopical figuie of buth In the eighth
house, which is the honso of death, we find the benevolent planet Jnpitei,
which is an irrefiagible argument that the native should not die a violent,
but a natural death Now had Saturn or Mars been there, the evil had
certainly touched his life Another decisive testimony foi the preseivation
of the native's life is, that the direction operating comes from a benefic
planet , and though the duection be of an evil quality, yet as it is not
governed by the anareta, nor by any moss direction either from Saturn,
Mais, or the Sun to the part of Fortune, it is impossible, accoidmg to the
radical import of the sigmficatois, that life should be destroyed, although
exposed m this remaikable manner, to the most unequivocal mstiument
of death
I have dwelt the longer upon these two directions, because I consider
them as the most remarkable m the whole figure , and I am sure their
effect is equally extiaordinary , besides, it tends to shew, that m gem-
tuies where the sigmficators clearly demonstiate a long life and natural
 [ 529 1
death, and where no cross malefic configuration strongly irradiates th®
aphetic place, that however the native, m his journey through life, may-
be exposed to the most imminent perils and dangers } yet, if benefic
sigmficators, as in the present nativity, have the ascendency in point of
dignity and constitution o£ place, he shall safely overcome them all, and
enjoy life until that period of time arrives, when exhausted natme can
no longei exercise her pioper functions, and dissolution becomes the
necessary consequence
I do not here mean to enter into any arguments against that sbsurd
stile of reasoning, which resting all its force upon supposed propositions,
will contend, that if the musket bad been pointed the second tiino to the
body of the native, he must, have been killed, let the stais have been
posited how they may But what man would be hardy enough seriously
to avow this ? 01 if he did, it could avail nothing, since favts and suppo-
eihons would be still at variance The piece was not levelled the second
time at the native, and why it was not, who can define ? It is enough
for me to shew, that by the native's figure of birth, he was not to receive
any fatal injury , I will now thank the man, who by any other, or equally
reasonable hypothesis, will point out to me why the piece was not levelled
at the native the second time ^ or if it had, let him piove that the
piece must of necessity have gone off, and that the consequent Would
must have been mortal 3 When this is done, I shall be ready to give it
an answer
M 0 a %
M C to the Square of Jupiter—This aspect imports no good , it is a
quaitile between Jupitei and the nudheaven , and as Jupiter is lord of th®
second and fifth houses, it declares loss of substance to the native, by th®
interference of some religious or clerical person, who should prove his
enemy This came up by direction m twenty yeais and five weeks fiom
the time of birth , at which period of the native's life, as he hath frequently
assured me, he was prevented fiom receiving a sum of moneyfioma
relation who had actually promised to give it him, but for the persuasions
of the curate of the parish, who having taken some oifence at the native,
set every engine at work to injure him in the opinion of his friends This
aspect is hkewiae baneful to all contracts or purchases undei it
O o ?—M. 0 d Cor, Leo —© $ 5
The Sun to the oonjuction of Mercury, the Midhearen to the conjunction
of Cor Leoms ; and the Part of Fortune to the opposition of Venus „
Ixvu
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These 3iieotions were all opeiatmg at nearly the same time Under the
first, he was \ei'v studiously inclined, and influenced to the regnlar pursuit
of the mathematics Under the second, he was introduced to the acquain-
tance of several lespectable characters, eminent in the line of science,
and 'Who should feel a predilection m favour of the native And tins
Teally laid the foundation for his being introduced into the mathematical
society The third direction operated with the last, and shews, that
while he was engaged in forming such connexions as should introduce
him into pnbhc life, he should fall pretty much in the way of the ladies,
and that a large, and perplexing femrle acquaintance, would be the result
which is indicated by the opposition of Venus to the Pait of Fortune
These two last directions have their foiee continued m a moie or less
sensible degiee, until the influence of some other direction begins to
■take pla^e , and this, we find, by looking in the table of directions, admits
a space of almost thiee years And here let it be reinembered, tnat
the fulfilment of any matter or thing piomised by a direction, is
completely foimed when its aspects is m all respects perfect, and the
irradiations of each contnbutmg star fully complete , though according
to the latitude of that principal significator by which the dnectiou is
brought up, the subject of the matter, or thing so to be brought about,
.may, by certain gradations of influence, be some time in pieparation, ere
the absolute event is realy broueht to pass For in the case of marnage,
there is usually some time expent m courtship and daliance, before the
parties repair to the hjmeneal altar But when this is performed, or
about to be perfoimed the exact woiking up of the dnection fully de-
unonstiates So it is in all other cases wheie a matter is declared to be
brought to pass, by the foice of a dueetion , except wheie a direction
<if a eontraiy quality, and superior strength, falls m its way, and over-
turns its tendency, and influence, on all which occasiops the thing ongi-
mallj predicted is set aside, and a contrtry effect takes place , as we fre-
quently observe m persons betrothed, who, even at the church door,
01 before the altar, change their sentiments, and put the marriage aside.
But if no suoh cross dnections interpose, nnd length of time occurs
betweee them, then the original aspect holds its own proper force and
quality to rhe full extent, and whatever it denotes, is in a geneial way
fully completed, with all its consequences and contingent effects.
Ase % }).
Am. to the Sexhle of Moon —Under this direction, the influence Wrought
b} the last is brought to perfect maturity A connexiOB With one of th*
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fadies, 'which had for aoms tima been formed, la now brought to its crisis,
and when this aspect was complete in all ita rays, the paities weie mar.
ned. The personal description which this aspect gives of the wife, is
of a middle stature, pale daik complexion, brown hair, comely, and
agreeable , m mental endowments discreet and ingenious, ratbei petulant,
and worldly minded, and therefore sufficiently saving and frugal.
Asc cr g—© Asc.
A sc. to the Square of Mara—Sun to the Opposition of Asc —Tnese are both
dneetions of an evil designation They impoit no small shaie of vexation
and disagieement between the native and his wife, through the means of
detiaction, and the whispers of false female fuends connected with the
native's wife, who sow the seeds of jealous}', and lay the foundation of
enmity and discord betwixt them The attention of the native is thus for
a time taken ofE from objects of preferment and advantage , his affairs go
backwaid in the world, and he suffeis a two-fold anxiety of mind, accomr
panied with a dfepration of spirits, constitutional by the temperature of his
sigmficators at birth, but greatly enlarged by the force of this lattsi
direction.
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Moon to the Sextile of the Sun—Part of Fortune to the Conjunction of
Ascending Node—These aspects aie found jointly opeiating, after the
influence of the preceding aie spent,, though of an opposite action and
tpiality Under the first, the native assumes his formei piusuit of
kteiary acquisitions, and endeavours to enlaige his connexions with men
of letters and chaiacter He succeeds much to his wishes, being, at the
time this- direction came up,, which was in twenty-five yeais and neaily
a half from, his bath, introduced to seveial gentlemen of the first liteiaiy
talents and respectability, who piouused him their pationage and fuend-
slnp But. m the height of these tiattering prospects, the second dnec-
tion, viz., the Puit of Fortune to a conjunction, of the Diagon's tail,
subjects the native to a violent sore throat and fever, occasioned by cold
taken in pursuing the objects of the other dnection This affliction was
veiy seveie, and seized the native, as he hath since assured me, when he
was twenty-five years and a half old, and oonhned lum. to lus bed. for
near a fortnight.
O A (J.
Sun to the Trme of Mars —This duection imports much good to the-
native, form those who are his- supenois Under its influence be will
extend his liteiary connexions , and will derive honoui and estimation,
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from tha extent of ms own abilities, in the opinion of those who are dis-
posed to serve him This direction likewise, from the prolific situation of
the sigmficators m the figure of birth, imports conception to the native's
Wife, which I have no scruple to affirm, took place under its influence

D A 5
Moon to the Tnne of Met cury —This is a very flattering direction, and
presages much good to the native Under its force he will apply very
close to scientific exeicises, and enlarge the number of his friends It was
under this duection, he was introduced to the acquaintance of Dr Bevis,
who was afterwards \ ery much his friends, and rendered him several
eminent services This gentleman was a great enoourager of scientific
speculations, and was so perfectly master of astrology, as to have cal-
culated several national events, which severally came to pass with the
most remarkable exactness
M C d cT
.3/ C to the Conjunction of Mars—This direction implies good to tha
native, because Mars is lord of the ascendant, otherwise it would hava
operated to his disadvantage He was warmly engaged in astronomical
enquiries, when this direction operated, which likewise introduced him to
a further acquaintance with gentlemen eminently distinguished in that
line It was at this time that he became intimately acquainted with Mi.
Charles Brent, Astrologer to George II under whose royal authoiity
and direction he calculated the nativity of our present illustrious monarch,
King George the thud , a copy of which nativity he presented to Mr
Witchell, wfio afterwaids gave it to me, and which I have now sydereally
pio^ected m the annexed plate
M C £ 5.
M G to the Tnne of Mercury —Under this direction the native hath a
son born It hath likewise a strong mtelectual operation upon the native
himself, who is impelled to a critical investigation of the then state of
the several departments of science, and imports great honour and
pecuniary advantage from his labours therein, and accelerates his desires
for attempting to improve them I have had a gieat deal of conversa-
tion with Mr Witchell on the subject of this direction, which I consi-
dered somewhat remaikable , and he assures me that it was about the
time when this direction came up, namely, when he had completed his
twenty-seventh year, thai the first thought of correcting and improving
 [ 533 ]
the longitude, presented itself to his mind, and which was ever after
inseparable from it, until he had fnlly accomplished that most invaluable
discovery
}) Smq. © M.—}) # $ M.
The Moon to the semiquartile of the Sun m Mundo, and the Moon to
the sextile of "Venus in Mundo Here are two geneially good directions
opeiating togethei, which promise the native health of body and felicity
of mind The affairs of his family will prosper undei them and all
matters relating to substance and advantage will succeed well Ee takes
several little jouimes, which shall prove profitable pleasant, and hath the
pleasure of receiving some unequivocal maiks of the sincerity and con-
fidence of his friends And the native has fiankly acknowledged to me,
that no pait of his life was so free from the intrusions of care and
peiplexity, as the space of time occupied by these two aspects, which
carry him fiom the twenty-seventh to the twenty-eighth year of Ins age
© A ^ —Asc. a ?
Part of Fortune to the Trine of Mercury m M —Asc. to the Square of
Venus —The first of these joint directions hath the designation of much
good to the native , for while it prompts him to a laudable pursuit in the
improvements of science, it will enlarge the cncle of his friends, and pro-
mote his reputation with the world But, as the brightest day is not without
its clouds, so this direction is united with one not quite so auspicious.
The quartile of Venus to the ascendant, is productive of family broils
and dissentions. Jealousies are renewed under this direction ; and the
native perhaps will find, that dealings with the fair sex are not altogether
so piofitable to him On the contrary, he will experience, about this
time, the strongest exertions of a quondam favourite female to work his
destruction, which, however, she will not be able effect Under this
duection the native's wife conceives a second time with a male child.
It o Tj M.
Jupiter to the quartile of Saturn in Mundo. This direction continues
the baneful effects of the former, transferring the malignity of his
female enemy, to those of his male, whereby a vanety of unpleasant
occurrences follow, and many mean and ungenerous advantages are
attempted to be taken of him This is followed by a consequent loss of
substance, which appears ultimately the means of terminating the evil
machinations enforced against him Were the particulars of this series
of vexation and perplexity to be unfolded, with the cause which gavs
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tbem berngj ft might tend to stiengthen the reputation of planetary
prescience f but the best of people aie not without their weak side, and
God forbid I sttould take pleasuie m exposing the foibles of any man,,
much less of one who may be ranked among the number of the most
deserving, and to whom I am under many obligations Suffice it to say,
that the party of the offended female mfide head against him, until he
consented to pay a handsome douceur, which as he himself mfonned me,
put an end to bostilfties, and restored the olive tuanch of peace..
O A $ M.
Sun to the Trim of Mars in M.—This direciJon promises advantage to>
the native , the Sun being loid of the tenth, add Mars of the ascendants
This denotes prosperity and respect, and some advantage bj the fidelity
and ability of good seivants. It likewise gives the native seveial.
mathematical scholars, who become students under him.
M* 0 jf $
M C to the Opposition of Ymus—Undei the mal-influence of this direc-
tion, the native feels the vindictive shafts of private enemies, and again
encounters some family broils, and disingenuous reflections, which like-
wise originate from a female cause, and for a time disturb the internal
tranquillity of his mind.
o * ?•
Sun to the Sextile of Venus —This direction restores peace and harmony
to his family, gives him another pupil m the study of the mathematics,
and all things go on smoothly, and much to the native's satisfaction and
advantage He receives pleasure in the puisuits of seveial amusements,
and is on terms of perfect amity with his wife and hei friends. Under
this direction likewise Mis Witchell becomes piegnant with a daughtei
© # 5 M.
Part of Fortune to the Sextile of Meicury—This direction operates-
upon the mental faculties, and promises much good to the native Under
Its influence he wutes the mathematical magavme, and acquires unboun-
ded reputation in the literary vvoild He also obbuns an increase of
pupils to his matchematical school, and meets with encouragement and
success in all his undertaking
J) Z P ^
The Moon to the zodiacal parallel of Saturn This direction imports
no pleasing occurrence to the native; under its opeiation his father fall*
 I 535 ]
tflok, and his family is oppressed with vexation and sorrow, aming from
those evils which chequer life, and rendei the most perfect state of human
bhse mutable and precarious The native himself will b8 much afflicted
with melancholy by this dnection.
3) z- P <?
The Moon to the zodiacal paiallel of Mais This gave Mrs Witchell
smother daughter, and demonstrates a bad and sickly lahom, attended with
a dangerous fever to the native, as is declaied by the constitution of this
paiallel with Mars , foi parallea aie eithei good or bad, accoidmg to the
natme and quality of the planets by which they aie iespecti\ely biought
up This judgment is likewise confirmed by the position of the Dragon's
tail in the tenth
© A $ M.
Pint of Fortune to the Tune of Venus m M —This configuration being m
mundo, denotes encrease of substance to the native, either by legacj', or
byheieditaij right to the effects of some diseased peison, which hap-
pened when tins dnection was completely wiought It likewise indicates
prosperity to the native, by means of piofessional application and perse-
verance in the objects befoie him
3) Ssq 9 M —© □ U-
Moon to the Sm% of Mercury m M —Pen t of Fortune to the Square of
Jupiter,—These are directions which induce a sort of chequered life to the
native , for having an opposite quality and influence to each other, whatever
the one impels, the other counteracts, and renders all attempts and all endea-
vours while these directions are operating, totally aboitive. The native will
take some short journeys under the constitution of these aspects, m hope of
obaimng piefernaent , but his labours will prove fiuitless, and all his
present hopes terminate in disappointment Just so, as the native himself
assuied me, was the greatei pait of his thn ty-srvth jear distinguished,
at which penod these dneotious yielded theu influence , and many times,
■when he had reason to expect theffull completion of his wishes, some
untoward circumstance en other constantly intervened, to set his hopes
aside.
O Q- J> 6
Sun to the Quartile of Saturn—Moon to the Conjunction of
Saturn,—These directions are fraught with no good, but threaten
great anxiety of mind and depression of spirits to the native^
 [ 528 ]

resulting from some secret enemies, who m.iko a point of opposing hi'
career, and who vilhfy and traduce him to some persons of direction and
power He wilP likewise sufter some affliction in his eyes, and dizziness
of the head, with melaneho)3 and pertuibation of mind, while the second
direction is under its operation.
J) & 1?-
The Moon to tho^sextile of Saturn, by converse motion Under this
direction the native has anothei daughter born , but its influence upon
his temporal affeiis, is but little better than the former , since this aspect
comes up very quickly aftei them, and participates of their quality and
temperature The native recovers completely from his indisposition ,
but the vicissitudes of fortune, and the vexations of his mind, continue
with little abatement, until the effects of this direction aie wholly taken
off b\ the succession of another
3) # 5
Moon to the Sextile of Mercury—This is a very promising direction,
replete with happiness and good fortune to the native The powers of
sense, of discernment, and invention, are here strongly combined, and the
result leads to piospenty and fame The native's discovery in the
longitude are here most aptly depicted , and I have no doubt, but under
the force of tins direction, they were rendeied complete The fuendly
rays of the Moon and Mercury, in elevated places of the horoscope, are
uniformly productive of the most acute intellectual endowments , but
relate, in a more peculiar manner, to an extensive knowledge m science,
and to an unbounded compreprehension of the power and extent of
figures This direction came up in thuty-eight years and eight months
from the hour of birth, at which period the native made his last and final
improvements m the longitude, for which his Majesty rewarded him
with a liberal annuity, during the leaidue of his life Let it be remem-
bered that this aspect falls m twenty-five degrees fifteen mmuts of
Aquanes , and that the nature of these planets being so exactly consti-
tuted with the quality of the sign, clearly demonstiates that the improve-
ment and discovery brought up by this dnection, should, m particular
manner, relate to the sea , a cireumstance deserving the attention of
every curious reader
© Smq. If. M.
Part of Fortune to the semiquartile of Jupiter in mundo Under
tins direction the native suffers a slight indisposition The internal
 r 537 ]
peace of his family will likewise be disfmbed, fiom a female canse ,
which, howeFer, will sb01 tly subside He will likewise eKpenencs souib
short peiplexity m money matteis, which pei haps may make him mni a
cautious of supplying the necessities of otheis, before he piorides for
his own
3) a o M.
Moon to the Tune of Sun in M —This aspect bungs fiesh honom and
reputation to the native , foi undei its influence he will expeiience tha
united recommendations and good offices of his fnends The dneotion
comes up iu May 1766, and holds on to the middle of October following,
as may be seen m the table of directions, belonging to this nativity,
in which space Mi Witchell has assuierl me he experienced the
most remarkable instances of civility and friendship fiom seveial
members of the Royal Society, and from other gentlemen of distinguished
merit.
}) Z P ?.
Moon Z P Moicnry—This direction participates much of the bene-
volent nature of the preceding, and promises additional piospenty to
the native m a most eminent degiee It pi epaies and foitifies his mind
foi fresh studies, and influences a labouous application to books, and to
experimental philosophy. Under this direction wo peiceive the foun-
dation of a journey, which will probably be taken m consequence of
some advantageous occurrence
D * ?•
Moon to the geztile of Meieuiy—This, and the foregoing dnsotion,
have in many respects a joint influence, as they follow in so quick a
succession, and participate of the same benignant quality This aspect
completes the good foi tune began by the foi mei Moon to the Sextile of
Mercury, under which he received a reward for his discovenes The
present benignant configuration, constituted with other lays, bungs
him a fresh instance of the approbation of his Royal Sovereign, who
appoints him, under this duectionj to the Masteiship of the Royal Aca-
demy at Portsmouth This direction conies up m hTovemher 1766, and
operates until the month of Octobei 1767, at which tune anothei dnec-
tion succeeds Mi Witchell took possession of his new appointed offica
the 26th of March, 1757, when this dnection was m its utmost force.
And we might heic trace the completion of that journey, predicted
undei the last dnection, which now conveys the native and his family
Ixvm
 [ 533 ]
_o a nevr lesidence m a difEeient pait of the kingdom And if we
contemplate the tjuahtj and position of the conesponding sigmfioatois,
with the afflmty of Merouiy and Venus, and the sign they aie posited
in, neai the fortunate node of the Moon, we shall find that they exactly
descnbe the situation to which the native's family should lemove, and
that their lesidence should be peimanent and piospeious
J) Smq 5 M
UToon to the Smq of Jleicuiy m M—This is likewise a pi osperous
dnection, and still continues the good efiects of the formei thiee The
natii e denves advantage and pleasure fiom an acquisition of new fnends
and acquaintance, addicts himself to liteiaiy pmsuits, and is more stu-
dious than for a considerable time before Under this dnection, as I
since leain, he published his Mathematical Queries
O 5 9
Sun to the Conjunction Of Venus —The Sun to the conjunction of
Venus, by comoise motion Although this aspect is fiaught with some
good, and gives the native an addition to his family by the buth of
a daughter, yet the effect of its dnection will bung to pass some un-
pleasant occurrences, particularly iclatmg to the female part of his family,
which is obi icus m this configmation, by Venus being constituted lady
of the eighth and twelfth houses.
J> c? % M
Moon to the Opposition of Jupitei m M—This gives the native some
fruitless jouinejs to seveial eminent peisons, fiom which he letuins
with no gieat share of content He will lose money by some specula-
tive adventme , and whatevei scheme he sets on foot under this dnec-
tion, either foi emolument oi fame, will prove aboitive, and eventually
tend to his disadvantage and piejudice About this time, I find Mr.
Witchell lost a laige sum by adventunug in the lotteiy.
D D U
Moon to the Squae of Jupiiei —This configmation is made m tho
zodiac, and paiticipates of the same ucfnendly quality with the last.
The Moon is lady of the ninth, and Jupitei loid of the fifth and second,
wheieby this dnection will bung up loss of substance to the native, by
means of the non-ability of some quondam fuend, or eleiical person, to
fulfil his engagements m money concerns It likewise aigues the exei-
tions of some private enemy, to blast the native's charactei and xeputation
 [ 53S ]
with leg'tHil to Ins fiiends and family This occmience, the native toip
me, he had too much leason to lecollect, with heait-felt legret

© p c? M
The Sun to the pamlled of Mars m Mundo This duection piomises
toadiance the native's piofessional chaiactei , Mars being the significatoi
of Ins piofession esalted by a paiallel from the Sun Tranquillity and
success accompany this direction, and undei its influence the native
hath a son goes out to sea Those in suboidmate stations to the native
will afford him satisfaction, and Ins seivants and domestics will be
found orderly and faithful All things now go smoothly on, and his
own wishes and desues aie m almost eveiy shape completely giati-
fied

D c? <?
JWoon to the Opposition of Mats—Under this direction the native snf-
feis some uneasiness lelitive to his son's voyage He will likewise
expeilence some loss by a speculative adventure, which never can suc-
ceed under this aspect An unpleasant disagreement appears very
likely to happen m Ins family , and whatcvei fnendslnp 01 connexion
he fonus under this conSguiation, will prove faithless and vexatious,
ffi A >> M.
Part of Poi tune to the Tt me of Saturn in 21 —This configmation gives
solidity and stability to the mind, consolidates the ideas, and influences
an unusual senousness of imagination, 'winch, coirsidoiing the phleg-
matic temperature of the native, will most likely afflict him. with lowness
of spirits, neivous afflictions, sad habitual melancholy ITndei this direc-
tion, howevei, the native's rmnd will be engaged m a desire of purchasing
some house or land, which will occupy most of the time this duection
continues m foice , and, whatevei pmohaso he makes under it, will bo
advantageous and satisfactoiy to himself and his family

© & S-
The Sun to the Opposition of Mars, by converse motion This is a
malevolent duection. and impoits no good to the native, thio' the means
of some suboidmate peison, scivant, 01 domestic, but which the native
will detect and defeat lie will suffei a few week's illness, undei a
slow neivous fever, which goes off with the teunmation of this discoidant
"speot and is succeeded bj an mdiffeienlly good state of health, and cele
 [ 540 ]

Hty of spints , which is demonstrated by the dnection arising fiom the

paiallel of Meicwy and Jupitei, which conies up immediately upon it,
abating the evil and removing the intemperate quality, by mildei rays
J> 6 9
Rloon to the Conjunction of Venus—This configuration is extensively
good, and gives the native piospenty and success in all things -which
relate either to the ninth, fifth, or eighth houses Under this dnection
he takes a pleasant and pi ofitable journey, has the satisfaction of seeing
all his desires piospei, and has peace, haimony, and content in his own
fannly, and good fellowship with his associate and neighbours
O A J).
Sun to the Trine of Moon —This is a very excellent and prosperous
direction, influencing a variety of favourable occurrences to the native,
both in the line of his profession, and m the general approbation and
regaid of his superiors and friends The time aspect of the two lumi-
nanes, m eminent places of the horoscope, is m all cases to be legaided
as a symbol of great good, and of an advantageous and honourable inter-
course, according to the bnth and station of the native, with some high
and ele\ ated pei sons of rank and fortune Had the native not been
previously appointed to the station he now filled, he would, under this
direction, m all human pi obability, have obtained some similar prefer-
ment, from the sitmlanty of the aspects , but as it was, the good effect
of this direction was sensibly wrought upon him, since it introduced him
to seveial noble personages who at this time placed their sons undei his
care and tuition, for the purpose of obtaining a nautical education
% cf Asc
Jupiter to an Opposition of the Ascendant This direction impairs
the native's health, alters the state of Ins blood, and induces a bilious,
complaint in the bowels He will most likely suffer by some disputa-
tion or disagreement with an acquaintance, and perhaps experience a
very unpleasant embairassment on the occasion, with loss of substance
J) A © M-
The Moon to the trine of the Part of Foitune m Mundo This con-
figuration alwajs forebodes increase of foitune, successful enterpuze,
benefit m speculation, and piospenty in business Under this direction
the native experienced a great share of estimation fiom his supenois,
and felt the emolumentb arising from it.
 [ 541 ]
>> P $ M.
Saturn to the Parallel of Venus m M—This direction mipoits deeth
to some female m the natr. e's family , and as Venus is constituted lady
of the seventh house, with close affinity to the native m his radical figure,
it is most probable he will lose his wife it is apparent, however, that
this configuration will pioduce him much anxiety and perturbation of
mind, with depiession of spmts, and deep melancholy—Upon enquny,
I found Mrs Witchell really died under this direction
J) Smq 11. M —© M P J).
The Moon to the semiquartile of Jupiter in mundo . and the Sun to
the mundane parallel of the Moon These are both propitious directions,
and piesage a continuance of much good to the native He will prosper
m all undertakings in the way of his profession, will receive fresh maiks
of the approbation and attention of his friends, and will rise in the esti-
mation of some high and noble patron , whereby his spirits will be
exhilarated and his melancholy removed These pleasing circumstances
alternately occuried during the time these directions contributed their
influence, which lasted m a more 01 less powerful degiee, from the begin-
ning of November, 1778, to the month of September, 1779, when their
effects totally subsided
Asc ® ■$.
Ascendant to the Part of Foi tune of Jupiter—This duection is armed
with the most serious affliction to the native, of any thing that hath
yet gone before it It is the harbinger of some sudden disease that
threatens life And if we consider the ladical import of this aspect,
taken collectively with the nradiations of the othei planets, and then
respective positions and particular places m the figure, as they stand
influenced and impregnated with the ambient quality of the signs, we
can have no reason to hesitate in our judgment, that this affliction will
fall as it were instantaneously, and that it will come by some defect
m the animal circulation, oi m the functions of the brain, wheieby
sensation will be destroyed, memoiy obhteiated, oi bodily motion with-
held , but the most probable effect of the thiee, anses fiom the superioi
dignity of Saturn, who governs this aspect , and as he inles the leteu-
tive faculty of man, it becomes pietty endent that this disoidci should
be a fit of the palsy, falling upon the biain, wheieby the native should
suffei a pm ation of sense and motion, paiticulaily destmctive to the
ideas of the mind, and to the foice of memoiy. Undei this duection
 [ 542 ]

Mi Witcliell i oally had the misfoi tuns to fall doivn m an apoplectic

fit, which held him foi some time m a state of perfect insensibility,
deprived of sight and motion, and of eveiy visible appearance of life
When enculation was lestoied, and pulsation returned, the native became
sensible to pam, and lepossessed all the functions of the body , but his
memoiy continued foi some time wholly anested, and was evei after
gieatly impaned his whole fiame felt the shock, and his constitution
was visibly struggling with it, dmmg the full time of this dnection
Oui lecoveiy indeed, fiom all complaints influenced by Saturn, is usual-
ly slow , but partioulaily so, when thev aie occasioned almost entuely
by his own malignant influeuce, unabated by mildei lajs

<? A 9 M
Man to the Tune of Venus in M—This dnection is of a moie giate-
ful quality, givmg the native cheeifulness, and removing in some
measuie his habitual melancholy This dnection naturally inclines the
fancy to women, and incites amoious desnes , and I have no doubt
but the native, even undei an impaned constitution, and a confiimed
nervous habit, was moie than ordinanly awakened to these desnes, cftuing
the opeiation of this aspect It was neveitheless, too indelicate a ques-
tion for me to put, however my cunosity might have been excited by
the visible designation of the planets, oi however anxious I might have
been to justify the diieotions of a nativity, which weie intended for
public Scrutiny

D A $ M
Moon to the Time of 2Iars in M —This direction participates extreme-
ly of the quality of the foregoing, and they operate in many instances
with a joint influence, being both fiom aspects made in the woild, and
coming up neaily together The native hath ceitainly strong predilec-
tions m favoui of some paiticulai female, and if his constitution was
not somewhat impaned, and his mind pietty much engiossed by other
concerns, I have no kind of doubt but he would have mairied again
while this direction opeiated , bnt though it gives a radical impoit of
such an event, jet when we come to considei it matuiely with the quali-
ty of other planets, wdiose hoioscopiea! places at the bulk give them
a conecin in the completion of such an evcnt, we shall find some few
aigumcnts wanting, to gi\e it a complete turn in favoui of a second
matumomal engagement But that the native had strong piepossessions
 f 543 ]

that way, I have not the least doubt, and with a lady who peihaps is
now living, and might confiim the tiutn of my lemaik
Aec A (J-
jlse to the Trine ofllai s—This dnection is natmilly good, inclining
the native to foititude and perseveiance, and gives animation to the
spirits, and tigoiu to the mmd He will, howeici, bo somewhat absolute
and aibitiaiy undei it, paiticulaily m Ins own family, and with his moie
immediate domestics and dependents With lespect to bodilj' mfinnity,
he will feel an affliction of cholei, and a feveush tendpncjg induced
"by the quality of Mais, who has boine i"le in the tlnee last directions ;
and bj' thus incieasing the eneigy of Ins influence upon the spirits,
will leave them subject to a slow neivous fever, destraetne to the
ladioal moistme of nature, and to the free cnculation of the blood and
juices
© Q ^ M.
Sun to the Q of Satwn in M—This duoctioa is the foieiuimei of
a woise It is not a configiuation that destioys life , hat it is one
that unhmges the neivous system, and leduces the native to a painful
state of hypochondnacal melancholy It is a remaikable cncnmstance7
that Saturn and the Sun should form the last aspect m this nativity,
which precedes that of death , and that the Sun, being anaietcij no
soonei separates from Satmn, the most malevolent planet, than he ap-
plies to and receives the Pait of Foitune, which is hi/leg Neither is
it less cunous to remark, the gradual fatality which is here bionght on
and announced to the native Mars, the lessei mfoitune, occupies the
chief influence of the thiee dnections winch opeiate pnor to this ;
and he no sooner retnes, than he is succeeded by the gieatei mfoitune
Saturn, who gives place to the Sun, the anaieta And thus opeiating
by a gradual, yet sensible influence, fiom a lesser to a supenor state
of mhimity, bungs on that inevitable and final destmy, which gives
every good and vntuous individual u a place amongst the gods '*
© cP O*
Part of Foi tune to the opposition of Sim—In this dnection, theie-
foie, we see the two principal significators of life and death, which
were constituted m the ladical figme of bnth, form that fatal configu-
ration, which, m all countnes, and in-all nativities, is unifoimly the
same The one, at the moment we enter into this woild, is constituted
 f 544 ]

that w, givei 01 protectoi of life, because we weie folraed and

nounshed in tlieswomb undoi the influence and temperature of that
particular planet, and because it guards us in every penl of oui eaith-
ly pilgiimage The other is in the same early period constituted ana-
reta, 01 destroyei of life, because it is tempered by its horoscopical
position, with qualities diametrically opposite to the hjleg , and because,
whenever it can form an evil configuration with the hyleg, it will
deprive it of all its "power and efflcacy, and overcome its preserving
faculty, by a supeiabundant energy of opposing mattei, which nothing
less than a supernatural cause can either alter or prevent And theie-
fore, when that certain cause, that vegetative faculty, which suppoits
nature, and sustains life is thus overwhelmed by a redundancy or
supeiionty of matter of influence, incompatible with, and contrary to
itself, its existence beco mes annihilated, and the native dies Thus it is
in the present case The Sun, m this nativity, being constituted of a
direct opposite quality to the Part of Foituno, will, whencvei they foim
an opposition or quartile aspect, absorb its power, and destioy its in-
fluence , m which case, whatevei be the thing that was nourished or
brought into being under it, will be destroyed likewise
If we regard, with a critical eye, the present fignre of birth, we
shall find eveiy proof of those opposing qualities m these two sigmfica-
tors, that constitute the hyleg and anareta , but the number of dajs,
weeks, months, or jears, which these two sigmficators will occupy befoie
they meet or form this discordant aspect, can only be known by equating
the arch of direction which brings them into contact This I have done,
wheie it appears, that these two sigmficators were fiftj-six yeais and ten
months, m coming to this position in the heavens, from then respective
places or positions at the time of the native's birth , and it is a fact too
well established to admit either doubt 01 lefutation, that the native died
with a sboke of the palsy, which tms aspect describes, on the 29th of
January, 1785, at which time he was exactly fifty-six jears and ten
months old 1
Thus it is apparent, that however unaccountable or undefinable these
planetaiy irradiations might appear, they ceitainly are what the Supremo
Authoi of all things ongnally intended them to be, the natuial and
efficient causes of those stiange and complicated mixtmes and affections
in men, which have confounded the speculations of the wisest philoso-
phers And I am persuaded that no man, unless it be those who are
wilfully obstinate, can hesitate m forming his opinion of the tiuth of
these piemises , particularly aftei observing that no lemarkable incident,
 [ 545 ]

of this native's life ever happened, but under the uniform influsnce, and,
as it were, by the consent of one or other of these dnecuons, the defining
of whioh eonsritutes the only true and rational mode of predicting by, or
of calculating nativities
But before I dismiss this subject, and m order to render every part of
the science as plain as possible, it will be proper, in this place, to explain
what is meant by Bevolutions and Transits A revolution is a returning
or revolving back of any one of the celestial bodies to the same place or
point m the heavens fiom whence it first receded , for so the word radi-
cally imports But in our application of it to explain or illustiate any
particnlai circumstance in a nativity, it usually refers only to the return of
the sun to his radical place in the zodiac, that is, to the same degree and
minute of the sign wheiem he was posited in the hour of birth. For the
truth is, that revolutions and transits more properly appertain to the fate
of empires, tnan to the cncumstances of a nativity It has, however,
been found, by established observation and long practice, that the revolu-
tions, not only of the Sun, but of all the other principal sigmficators in a
nativity, to their radical places in the horoscope, excite a very powerful
additional influence in the aspects and directions than opeiatmg, whether
of a good or evil nature ; but more particularly when the planet, so fall-
ing into its radical point, participates strongly of the same quality and
temperature as the configuration or direction then m force And hence it
is usual for eveiy judicious proficient m this art, when he is calculating
and bunging up the dnections of a nativity, to erect revolutional figures
through the whole period of the native's life, in order to obtain the most
satisfactory information m the probable or possible means, whereby any
important dnection, whether good or had, might be increased or diminished
in its natural quality and import, by the falling m of the revolution of
any other significator, or of any particular planet transitting the place,
under the influence of which the customary effect of the direction may be
varied
The usual way of erecting a revolutional figure, is by adding five hours
and forty-eight minutes to the exact time of the native's birth, for every
year's revolution , and when tne aggregate exceeds twenty-four hours, the
twenty-four are to he cast away For example, I would set a revolutional
figure of Mr Witehell's birth Now the time of the day on which he was
bom, was seven hours fifty-two minutes in the afternoon The figure of
birth, it must he observed, stands for the first year, consequently the
first revolutional figure to be set for the native, exhibits the positions of
the luminaries and planets for the second year of his age , and the seventh
Ixix
 t 546 )

also answeia fiooi the seventh to the eighth , and therefore, if we add five
hours foitj-eight finnutes for every yeai, casting away the aggregate of
twenty-fom hours as often as they occur, we shall uniformly obtain the
precise situations and positions of the planets for the year required
hou. nun.
Thus, seven times five hours forty-eight minutes, is 40 36
From which subtiact . 24
And tbeie remains . 16 36
To which add the hours from noon on the day of the na-
tive's birth, viz .. 7 52
And the stun will be . . . ... 24 28
From this sum the twenty-four hours are again to be oast away, and
the table of houses are to be entered with twenty-eight minutes, under toe
title of time from noon, m the same manner as before display for erecting
the horoscope, and the heavenly bodies will be found to display themselves
in the following manner .

VCrl
A?

Vr'#>

or Revolutional Figure.

BEGINNINGr
'V
Mar. 22. 28m. P. M. 1735,
And ending
Mar. 21. 6h. 16m. P.M.

Vf
7111. 45

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 [ 547 ]

Having delineated the figuie, we are to examine how it agiees with

theiadix, or original figure of birth, and whethei it be is sextile, tnne, 01
opposition to it , and also what planets make their return to their own
radical places, 01 to the ladical places of others , and also whethei the
luminaries be well beheld by the benefics, or ailiicted by the ia}8 of noxi-
ous planets, or by the sixth, eighth, 01 twelfth houses of the radical figure
of birth ; or whether Saturn or Mars afflict the places of the Sun, Moon, or
ascendant of the radix, or whether there occur any eclipse either upon or
near the radical places of the thiee Hilegiacals , for according as these
circumstances are found, so will the afians of the native be either injmed
or advantaged, and his health either impaired or estabhshed, as the case
shall happen to be for if unbenign occurrences in the levolution fall in
with qualities and rays of the same discordant nature m the radix, evil and
affliction will be predicted, in proportion to the strength and qualities of
the sigmficatois ; and on the contiary, if grateful and benign infiuences
thus concur, and mutually aid and unite in benevolent temperatures, then,
great and lasting good, accoidmg to the dilfeient natuies of the planetaiy
causes and effects, will undoubtedly take place. But to make this some-
what more familiar to the readei's undeistanding, I shall give a few
general rales, wheieby judgment may be determined in othei cases
Whenever the hyleg, or giver of life, whethei it be the Sun, Moon,
Part of Fortune, or Ascendant, m the radix or genethhacal figure of birth,
is found to behold its place m the revolutinnal figuie, by forming a sextila
or tnne aspect with each other, it is considered a visible argument that the
native shall, dunng that year, enjoy health of body, and that his affairs
will in a geneial way go well , but if this aspect be made by a quartile or
opposition, the contraiy effects aie denoted So if the Moon, in both the
ladix and revolutional figuie be free from the malignant rays of the infor-
tunes, and not combust, it is likewise an argument of an healthful and
piospeious year, more especially if she be configurated with benefic stars.
But if the Moon be combust, or afflicted with the malefic lays of Saturn 01
Mais, it will prove an unlucky and sickly year.
If, in the revolutional figure, an eclipse or comet ehauld fall upon the
ascendant, it thi eatens a yeai of great trouble and anxiety to the native
But if the eclipse, in the revolutional figure, whether of the Sun or Moon,
should fall exactly m the same degree as the hyleg, or giver of life, in the
radical figure of birth, and any violent configuration of the malefics should
begin to operate at the same tune, it will, in all probability, affect the na-
tive's life, by enereasmg the malignancy of the aspect, and heightening
the violence of the means, whatevai it may be, by which life is threatened.
 [ 548 „]

So if dn eclipse of the Sun should m like manner fall in the same degree
and minute of the Dragon's Head, it also endangers life , but if it only
falls near the same point, it then threatens danger or disease in that year,
but not snch as shall touch life
If in the revolution the Part of Fortune falls m the same degree as in
the radix, it is implicative of the same efEects, and will tend to facilitate
them in a more eminent and obvious manner , and if it happens that this
position falls m a good aspect with its dispositor, it will greatly tend,to
encrease the native's wealth or substance during that year , but if the as-
pect be made with malefic rays, and the horoscopical position of the Part
of Fortune m abject places, it portends a direct contrary effect It is,
however, always to be remembered, that any planet, strong and essentially
dignified in a revolution, and at the same time in good aspect with the Part
of Fortune, or with the lord of the second house, or with Jupiter, Venus,
or the Moon in reception, uniformly presages good fortune to the native
during that year.
If the Sun be in the first house, mid-heaven, or eleventh house of the
revolutional figure, m good aspect with Jupiter or Venus in the radix, and
free from the unbemgn radiations of the infortunes, it denotes an encrease
of honour and reputation, of respect and esteem, during that year, although
no direction whatever should be then operating to encrease its influence.
So Jupiter, well configurated in the ascendant, or m Pisces, Cancer, or
Sagittanns, indicates the same, according to the quality and occupation of
the native ; but he denotes honour and esteem in a much more eminent
degree, when posited in the medium coeh Or if the revolutional ascendant
be the place of the Dragon's Head in the radix, and irradiated by Jupiter,
it likewise promotes honour, and encreases worldly esteem , and so vtee
versa, if the ascendant of the radical figure of birth be the place of the
Dragon's Head in the revolution it denotes the same
If in the revolutional figure the luminaries are conjoined in the seventh
or fourth house, it presages death either to the father or mother of the
native , more especially if their places m the radical figuie be likewise in-
foitnnated by malignant rays If Saturn be found to afflict the Sun by
quartile or opposition, 01 by conjunction m one of the angular houses, it
is an argument that the father shall make his exit, but if the Moon be
thus afflicted by Saturn, with relative positions in the two hoioscopes, it
presages death to the mother , for in these cases the Sun is natural signi-
ficatoi of the father, and the Moon of the mother , and when thus confi-
gurated m a revolutional figuie, they forebode death to happen within the
year.
 [ 549 J

Whenever the lord of the fifth is posited in the ascendant, or the lord
of the ascendant in the fifth house of the revolutional figure, and in a
fruitful sign, with due affinity to the radix, it is a most propitious configu-
ration to give the native issue, if married ; but if single, it will be a very
dangerous year to the native, by intercourses with the other sex —If the
native be a male, he will most probably have an illegitimate ofEsprmg to
provide for , but if a female, and a virgin, she will rarely escape ruin, and
will probably become the unprotected mother of an unfortunate orphan.
This aspect is therefore to be regarded with the utmost attention, and
resisted with becoming fortitude and resolution by both sexes
If the lord of the fifth he posited in the twelfth, (it being the eighth
from the fifth), in similar aspect to the radix, it threatens death to the
native's children. So likewise if Saturn or Mars, or the Dragon's Tail be
posited in the fifth house of the revolutional figure, in evil aspect with the
radix, it forebodes death to the native's issue in the course of that year.
Or if Saturn or Mars afflict the fifth house or its lord by conjunction, quar-
tile, or opposition, it implies the same.
Whenever the lord of the ascendant, in the revolutional figure, be
posited in the seventh house, and comes by direction to the radical place
of Yenus in the figure of birth ; or if the lord of the seventh, in the
revolution, is brought by direction to the ascendant of the radix, they
afford ample proofs that the native will marry in the course of that year.
Or if Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, or Part of Fortune be thus irradiated, it
denotes a dropensity in the native to contract matrimony, although cir-
cumstances might occur to prevent it.
Whenever Saturn is posited in the seventh house of the radix, and
found also in the seventh house of the revolution, it threatens death to
the native's wife, before the expiration of that year Mars and the Dra-
gon's Tail thus configurated, imports little less. Mercury, if afflicted by
the malevolents, and in the seventh house, declares much danger to the
native ; but if configurated with Yenus, under the same malignant rays, it
threatens mischief both to the native and his wife
Mars, Meicury, and Yenus, being the proper sigmficators of profession,
if they are afflicted in the revolutional figure, with direct affinity to tho
same places m the radix, presage great sorrow and embarrassment to the
native in his line of business, during that year. But a comet or eclipse
falling upon the mid-heaven of the radix and revolution, irradiated by the
good aspects of either the Sun or Mars, will produce a very prosperous
year to the native, and will bring him honour and preferment
Thus far we have considered the geneial tendency and import of the
 [ 550 ]

Several ngmfioators la a revohitional figure, as they are cormected with or

behold the radical Sgure of birth There is now another effect to be con-
sidered, which the erratic stars produce by their respective motions round
the Sun, which aie called Tiansits, that is, a returning to or re-assuming
either their own place, or the place of any other planet in the revolutional
figure, so as exactly to correspond with their radical places in the figure
of birth. These transits, when of a remarkable or eminent nature, always
produce an effect or influence of their own, peculiar to the nature and
quality of that particular star by which such transits are made , but when-
ever they fall in places of the figure, or in configuration with other planets,
yhere a direction is coming up, or any distinct aspect then operating, they
never fail to co-operate with, and give additional forge and efficacy to such
aspects or directions, whether good or evil, as the case and quality of the
several significators shall happen to be, And for this reason it is highly
proper, whenever the speculum of a nativity is projected, and the various
directions brought up, to examine what transits are likely to occur m the
course of the native's life, that may possibly vary the effect of any parti-
qirlar direction , and, Consequently, of the incidents or events predicted
thereby, as likely to happen to the native Poi this reason I have annexed
a few general observations, calculated to direct the reader's judgment
under this speculation
When Saturn returns to or tiansits his own radical place m the revolu-
tional figure, welj dignified, he indicates prospenty to the native , and if
he be lord of the ascendant either m the radical or revolutional hoioscope,
he will render that prosperity still more excellent and conspicuous If
Saturn transits the radical place of Jupiter, propitiously configuiated, it
denotes encrease by the favour of eminent men ; if he transits the
place of Mars, it gives advantages from friends or brethren ; and if
these transits are made with evil configuration, the contrary evils
will he produced.
When Saturn transits the place of the Sun, it is imphcative of
some strong or violent contention with magistrates, or with men m
power, in the course of that year , and if accompanied with aspects
of disease, will produce bodily sickness and infirmity If Saturn tran-
sits the place of Vends, it demonstrates infelicity from a female cause ;
if the place of Mercury, it implies advantages fiom study ; if the place of
the Moon, it declares affliction both of the body and mind ; if the place of
the Dragon's Head, it tends to promote the native's good fortune ; but if
Saturn transits the place of the Dragon's Tad, it has a most dangerous
and malignant tendency. If the place of the Part Portuna be transited
 t 551 1

l>y Satmn, with benevolent rays, it denotes enerease of substance and

estate , but if by evil rays, the contrary effect will be nroduced.
Precisely the sanie is the result of all the other significators tran-
sitting their own or other planet's places in the radical or revolutional
horoscopes, with only this invariable distinction, That the effects vary
according to the nature, quality, and tempei ature of each respective planet,
and to the radiations and aspects foimed with them, or to the dnections
then operating , for revolutions or tiansits of a benevolent and friendly
nature, falling m with good directions then operating, will visibly enerease
their propitious quality, and greatly benefit the native , whilst on the
other hand, revolutions or transits of an evil designation falling in with
noxious and malignant directions, will enerease the evil, or destroy life.
But good revolutions or transits falling m with bad directions, mollify
their malignancy , whilst evil ones, opposed to good directions, lessen the
good fortune then operating, and deprive the native of the full comple-
tion of those golden advantages, which perhaps appeared almost within
his grasp
To discover the precise time when any event or direction shall take
place in a revolutional figure, we direct the five hylegiacals, as in the
radix , always observing, as it is for the year ensuing, to direct the
temporary progress of the zodiac for five hears forty eight minutes
For instance, suppose the cusp of the medium coeh hath one degree
of Getnini, that point is to be directed to every aspect that falls be-
tween that one degiee and twenty-four degrees of Leo , and also, if
the ascendant hath at the same time eight degrees of Virgo, it must
be directed to all piomittors between that pomt and nine degrees of
Scorpio, because that pomt will be upon the cusp of the ascendant for
the ensuing year, and Leo will occupy the mid-heaven In like man-
ner the Sun, Moon, and Part of Fortune must be directed unto their
promittors, always remembeung, that the distance of a planet from
the ascendant is found by oblique ascension, and fiom the mid-heaven
by right ascension. But when one planet is directed to another for the
purpose of asceitainmg tiansits, their distances fiom each other, are
found by oblique ascension or descension, under the pole of that planet
which is taken for signifieator , and the distance which is thus given
by degrees must be converted into time, by entenng with the given
denomination of degrees into the following Table
 [ 552 ]

A REVOLUTIONAL TABLE.

A TABLE FOB DEGEES. A TABLE FOE MliTOTES

4 4 56 1 4 9
8 9 52 2 5 50
12 14 48 3 7 31
16 19 44 4 9 12
21 0 40 5 10 52
25 i 5 36 6 12 33
29 10 32 7 14 14
33 j 15 28 8 0 13 15. 55
37 ! 20 24 9 17 36
42 1 20 10 19 17
46 6 16 11 20 58
50 11 12 12
0 21
14 58 0 23
15 63
16 67
17 71
18 75
19 79 10 26
20 84 2 40 20 12 7
22 92 12 32 21 13 48
24 100 22 23 22 15 29
26 109 8 16 23 17 10
28 117 18 8 24 18 51
30 126 4 0 25 20 32
40 168 5 20 26
50 210 6 40 27
60 252 8 0 28
70 294 9 20 29
80 336 10 40 30
67 365 21 12

552
 ^ 553 ]

A TABLE.
Collecting all the days of the year, and serving sucessivsly to find the
month and day of any accident

S
!k

Whether the directions be radical or revolutional, the table in the

foregoing page will serve equally for both, by changing the names of
the months to any other, according to the given day of the month of
any nativity, making the day of birth the first day of the year , and'
always remembering, that when it happens to be leap yeai, one day
Ixx
 [ 554 ]

■anst be added to Febiuary, and theie will then be thiee Wndred and
sixty-six days in that year
I have now completed every remaik and eveiy instruction that is
or can be necessaiy foi the perfect calculation of nativities , and 1 am
bold to say, that whoevei will bestow sufficient time and application to
the mles I have laid down, and that will attend properly to the colla-
teial ciicumstances, will find no difficulty m obtaining a foieknowledge
of all mateiial e\ ents relating to himself, 01 to any other peison, whose
real nativity is laid befoie him I have, m the management of the
foiegomg nativity of Mi Tficthell, been particularly plain and copious,
that no undeistanding might go uninformed, as well of the simplicity
and verity of the art, as of its moial tendency to promote the good of
mankind, and the certainty with which human events might be sought
out through its means.
Every thing I have stated with respect to Mi Witchell's nativity, are
incontrovertible facts That gentleman, when m peifeet health, and
in full vigour of mind, resorted to me foi no other purpose than to
hold disputations upon the ludiments of the science, and to inform
himself as to its hypothesis and piobabihty in the scale of reason and
science. The more he enquiied, the more convinced he was of pla-
netary influence and effect He proceeded from theory to practice He
amused himself with a vanety of disquisitions upon the diffeient blan-
ches of the art, and had the pleasure to find, that m all cases wheie truth
and perspicuity were the basis of his enqumes, that theie were no in-
stances of doubt of deception in the piedictions resulting fiom them
Well giounded in all the common depaitments of astronomy, he obtained
an extensive theoretical knowledge of this pait of it with the greatei
facility , and to leduce it to regular practice, he began with calcu-
lating his own nativity In companng the aspects with the paiticular
incidents of his life, he v\as soon convinced they were inseparable fiom
each other , and hence it was that he committed the revision to have the
anaretical direction biought up and ascertained, as well as those of lesser
magnitude and impoitance This was a task I performed with the
greatei satisfaction, because it was to undergo the scrutiny of the most
perfect mathematician of the age , and because his conviction and ap-
probation of it would stamp new reputation upon a science, which
having few or no real advocates, has been long borne down by popular
prejudice, and obstinate declamation Having peifoiined every part of
the calculation, with an exactitude that highly pleased him, he made
use of it as a fuendly monitor of the good and evil that awaited the
 [ 555 ]

residue o£ his days , and when he approached towards the stated time of
his disolution, he would mention it without the smallest emotion, and
considered the knowledge of it as one of the greatest blessings of his
life, which not only drew his attention to his makei, and fixed his
thoughts upon celestial d^snes, but raised his mmd above the contem-
plation of earthly enjoyments, and gave serenity and calmness to his
conversation and deportment It was on one of tnese occasions, that
he requested me to print his nativity in my woik, which I had began
to publish some little time before , observing that the evidence of so
recent and respectable a pioof of astiological piediction, might tend to
bring mankind to leason, and admonish them no longei to abandon this
Eubhme and mteiestmg branch of knowledge
And now, what need can theie he of furthei argument in suppoit of
so self-evident a doctrine ' or what advantage could it possibly be to
me, or to any disinterested man, to pi each up the advantages of a sci-
ence, which hath no existence in reason or m tinth ' The facts heie
laid down are unquestionable , and such, I think, as no reasonable man
will attempt to refute if fuither pioofs are icquned, I shall at
all times be leady to furnish them, or to explain any matter or thing
herein before laid down, that might be deemed unintelligible, or that
is not thoroughly understood, At the same time, that if any obstinate
unbeliever, or any other descuption of men, can ofiiei a fair and candid
argument m opposition to astial influence, I shal be leady to hear them,
with respect and attention Wretehed indeed should I be, if, after
every precaution to guard myself against the encroachments of enthu-
siasm, I should fall a victim to its phrensy, or be deemed a madman
or a fool , at the same time let me not shut my eyes against demon-
strable facts, merely because the bulk of mankind choose to discounte-
nance them, or determine to become wilfully blind I have examined,
and am convinced , and I tiust I have sufficiently established the reality
of this science , and have abundantly shewn that the ambient mattei
collected by the rays of the celestial bodies, and communicated by a
sympathy of action to all sublnnary things, aie the causes of all those
undescribable oceuirences m human natuie, which, for want of more
cleai comprehension of the wondeiful woiks of creation, are frequently
attributed to causes, which call m question the benign attributes of the
Deity, and disgrace the understanding of the meanest of his cieaturcs
upon earth
It hath been contended by some, in opposition to that pait of astio-
logical doctrine, which deteimines the bodily foim and menial dispo-
 [ 550 J

sition of the native, from the several sigmficators m his orvn1 and m
his parents genethhaeal figures, that this likeness or similitude m body
and tempei, is stamped by the energy or idea of the parents in the act of
copulation Although I am willing to admit this observation in part,
yet I contend that the primary cause which furnishes that energy or
motion m the parents, is derived from their respective sigmficators m
the heavens , and that they impress their particular quality, m propor-
tion as they happen to be m dignity and power at that precise time If
the sigmficators of the mother are then superior in force and dignity,
the mother's features and disposition will be most visible , if the fa-
ther's gemture be the strongest, the father's temper and similitude will
be most predominant in the offspring then begotten , but if both their
sigmficators are equally strong, the child then equally participates in
the likeness and disposition of both his parents,. Let it neverless be
remembered, that however strong the sigmficators of both, or either of
the parents might be, yet those proper to the fcetns or conceptional
matter, invariably take the lead, and stamp that peculiar form and tem-
perature upon the native, which ma great measure supplant the first
impressions given by those of the parents, and form a person and mind
essentially differing from both, though with some vestiges of hereditary
similitude. And hence the reason why sons and daughters more or
less depart from the stature, feature, complexion, and temper of their
parents , and why no two human beings, m the whole compass of ge-
neiation, were ever yet formed precisely alike I If, therefoie, the man
lives, who can fairly and completely refute this argument, he ahall
have my thanks and my applause. And I will add further, m the em-
phatic words of an unrivalled author, th at " my heart is already with
" him I am willing to be converted I admire his morality, and
" would gladly subscribe to the articles of his faith Grateful, as I am,
" to the good Being whose bounty has imparted to me this reasoning
"intellect, I hold myself proportionably indebted to him, from whose
" enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates
" to mine But neither should I think the most exalted faculties of
" the human mind, a gift worthy of the divinity, nor any assistance,
m the improvement of them, a subject of gratitude to my fellow
' creatures, if I were not satisfied, that really to inform the under-
'' standing corrects and enlarges the heart."
/ TEE V? \
Nativity of X^}'
JESUS CHRIST Vf
25 of iJficem&ej' L—
AT H'lDXIGHTl
Julian Tear 45 j .
\ iati 3150, Aw
 [ 557 ]

THE NATIVITY OF JESUS CHRIST.

Upon this nativity I shall not venture to give any opinion of my own
It was calculated above a century ago, by that learned and ingenious
author, Dr John Butler, Chaplain to his Grace James, Duke of Ormond,
and Rector of Litchborough, in the county and diocese of Litcbfield,
He published it in an 8vo volume, with a very learned and ingenious
introduction, supported by a set of Chronological Tables, ca culated to
place the day and hour of our Saviour's birth at a certainty beyond
dispute , and as that Book has been many years out of print, and is now
become very scarce and valuable, I have thought proper to copy that
part of it, which contains the immediate calculation of this nativity, m
the Doctor's own words, without adding or diminishing from the text,
or presuming to introduce any remarks of my own
The geniture or figure of birth, displayed in the annexed plate, was
also projected by this learned author which I have carefully caused to
be engraved fiom a corrected copy, m the Doctor's own hand-writing ,
and I flatter myself that the reputation this trapt hath acquired m every
part of Europe, added to the respectability and eminence of its author,
will not fail to render it highly acceptable to the reader The following
Extract commences with page 256 of the Doctor's Book

Of the punctual Hour of the Day, and Hmute of that Hour, whereon
Jesus Christ was 60172, Proved ly the unerrmg Canons of Astrology,
J) IToith Latitude Q 43 Ob. Asc. Ascen 181, 41
^ South Latitude 0 42 Ob. Desc. © 271 45
% North Latitude 1 17 Ob. Desc. }) 31 55
North Latitude 0 41 Ob. Desc. $ 312 59
2 South Latitude 1 1 Ob. Asc. 11 189 40
2 South Latitude 2 2 Ob. Asc. © 294 7
R. a M H 91 41
R. a © 172 11
That we may see at iepg-th how fitly the nativity of Jesus Chust suits
with all passages of his life, as also with his qualities and complexion,
we must first examine how the accidents of his life do lead us, as the
star did the wise men, to the place, and to the moment of time, when
he was bom. That Jesns was born at Bethelem in Judsea is past dispute
Here the longitude is commonly reputed difEerent from the meridian of
 [ 558 ]

London in England ( for which place our tables aie framed ) two horns
and forty-six minutes and by so much time, it seems it is twelve of the
clock at midnight -frith them sooner than it is with us Here also as is
vulgarly esteemed, the pole is elevated at the nearest guess some thnty-
one degiees of north latitude, and fifty minutes Now the time, as it is
esteemed vulgarly whereon Christ was born under this elevation, waa the
night before Saturday the twenty-fifth of Decembei, m the forty-fifth
Julian year ending, at what time the cycle of the Sun was nine, and of
the Moon was one, and the year being bissextile, the dominical letters
were D C
Now that out of this night, we may procure the certain moment where-
in the blessed buth happened , we musl first ascertain the accidents of
his life And these aie as follows Fust, his birth happened in an
honouiahle hour , for on that very night both angels and men came in
to adore lum Secondly, in the same year, and about some forty days
aftei he was born, peisecution followed, and he was foiced away, young
as he vas, to fly foi his life into Egypt Thudly, his letuin out of Egypt,
happened at almost 01 about two yeais of age
At twelve yeais of age, and some bundled days ovei, he had great
honour and praise, by disputation with the Doctois in the temple at
Jeiusalem At about twenty-five yeais of age, according to Suida, he
was constituted a Priest of the order of the Pour and Twenty At six
days over twenty nine complete years, he was baptized, and entered into
his ministry , and at the same time was foity days tempted of the Devil ;
and at the end of those was very contemptuously cast out of Nazareth by
the inde labble theie Yet notwithstanding, he was veiy well received
at Capernaum , and at Jeiusalem he drove the buyers and sellers out of
the Temple there. And lastly, after three years and thiee months spent
m his ministry, at thnty-two years of age and one hundred and one days
over, he was crucified opon mount Calvary, between two thieves, and
died upon the cross But although he lived unto that time, yet it was
about six months sooner, at what time the jews conspired against him to
kill him at the Eeast of Tabernacles , and about two months before the
time he was condemned by the Sanednn, and proclamation was issued
out to take him Now may we find a time, according to the expen-
enced rules of art, to suit fitly with all these accidents, and such a time,
as shall aptly describe him to be the man, as in Holy Wnt he is set foith
to be Then say I, It is a certain argument that both the day, houi, and
minute of Christ's buth are demonstratively deteimined And so Will
all acknowledge, who knov what Astiology is
 I 559 ]

THE DIRECTIONS OF TEE NATIVITY, WHEREBY TEIS

GENET ELI A CAL SCHEME OF BIRTH IS VERIFIED,
Ob As. a d ye d
J) to Algol's Head 32 7 0 12 0 74"]
M H to 8 i © 92 11 0 30 0 185 |
O to □ J) 294 45 0 38 0 235 f The flight into
0 to ^ with Lat. 271 36 0 7 0 40 f Egypt.
To 5 without Lat 272 42 0 57 0 352
M H to g 9 at 93 8 1 27 1 172
Asc to □ $ 183 22 1 41 1 259)
5) to Ter 8 0 34 7 2 12 2 85 >-The return.
5 to Flying Vult.vp 5 18 0 0 0 0 OJ
f To Tei ^ 192 43 3 3 3 35")
7
iTo Ai? 193 54 4 14 4 108 [
•j. (To A© 36 45 4 30 4 206 )■ Heencreasedmwisdom.
^ tTo a ? 37 25 5 31 5 218
^ to a ? 00000 OJ
M H. to □ ^ 97 33 5 52 5 348) Bodily distem-
Asc to g ^ 188 5 6 24 6 180 > pers and woildy
M H to □ it 99 22 7 41 7 331 ) aff.onts.
Asc to ^ 190 1 8 20 8 166 Healthful.
J) to 8 42 1] 10 16 10 152 Slandeis
if to a 2 100 13 10 33 10 243 A pleasant time.
2 to# J) 324 57 11 58 12 520
& \ to at; 306 15 12 6 12 119 [
| to A without Lat 0 0 12 14 12 138 [The disputation
tlle
with
Asc to A 1? Lat 193 58 12 17 12 169 f Doctors
Asc to a without L 194 i 12 20 12 193 J
IXth to A 71 Lat. 73 46 12 5 12 101J
© to a Tp 310 3 15 56 16 61 G-ain by old Folks.
j) to contia an 5 48 37 16 42 16 345 His Mothei ill
© to contra an TJ 289 5 17 20 17 213 His Father ill.
■mi tod
IXth i /1-c.? nn 43
77 ,r> 16
m 8n 16
in 98jp
^iScoined
iety_
at for his
2 to# 0 329 22 16 23 16 278 Favour of gieatMen.
Asc to a $ 200 24 18 43 p8 361 A very pleasant time.
© to <5 9 315 56 21 49 22 52 ) Honored foi his
IXth to A 9 83 48 22 3 22 139 S Piety
J) to □ $ 54 23 22 28 22 291} Scorned and hated
it to 8 )) 212 35 22 55 20 92 1 foi the same
}> to Rig. 56 10 24 15 24 221} oldef Jf ^ ^
9 to □ t? 340 24 27 25 27 299 Moie hatred for Rehg
 [ 560 ]

Ob Af, a d ye d
TJ. to*0 917
217 1R 97 36 28
16 27 9S 0J Aspect
Menf01 fog from great
Religion.
"} Great affronts from
all sorts of People,
© to □)) 99 45 28 0 28 150 for his Piety and
Religion.
In Jan he was bap-
tized, and began
218 19 28 39 29 to preach, and was
successful in gathe-
ring Disciples.
He was by means of
M. H. to □ J) this, affionted and
120 8 28 27 28 317 > this,affionted
J cast out at Nazareth

^e*adOataSt0r8 ] 0 00 00 o 29 &c.
0 29 &c. His
His Ministry.
Ministry.
JltotheGoat {*3 7 3x 12)
■31 240
Heaft ^ Hydr'] 122 37 31 12 j 81 240
1 212 50 31 9 31 222 l-n-
Lat J 213 2 31 21 0 295J 01110

Now as Christ had a real body made of a woman , so was it no small

argument of the reality of his body, in that it submitted unto the im-
pressions of the stars, as do those of other men For although the im-
measuiable power of the spirit upon him was able to do, and did sway all
impressions and inclinations of nature, so as'to subject them absolutely
to be obedient to all things unto the commands of his holy will , yet
were not only the complexion of his body, but also the qualities of
his mind and affections, much of them pressed and wrought by the
power of the heavens Only excepted, that whereas he was born with-
out sin, neither evil planets, nor evil aspects of any planet, could have
that advantage to work upon his manners and disposition, so as to incline
them with such command as they do by others But as for the acci-
dents of his life, in respect of what hefel him, as for mattei of love or
hatred, sickness and health, life and death, the stars had as fiee and full
liberty and power, over him and his body, as upon any the least of us.
For though he was able, by special authority of his own, to force the
utmost power of stars, or heaven , yet heiem lay his humility, and his
chanty in that humility, in that he voluntauly submitted his body to be
ordered according to the couise of nature whereas, would he himself,
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ha might have made it loii over all that natuie could do And though
ha raised the bodies of others from death unto life, in despite of nature,
yet would he suffer his own body quietly to be ordered even as nature
would herself
These things considered, next come we to measure the time between
the accidents of life and time of birth It is observed, and a continued
experience has venfied it according to observation, that ( unless some
special interruption intervene, either by transit, or some revolution ut-
terly crossing, ) from the sigmfioator m a nativity, unto the promittor of
the thing signified, theie are ordinarily so many times one year and five
days and eight hours, as there are degiees either of ascension or desoen-
sion between the one and the othei The most remarkable accident of
Christ's life that we can work by, was his death, and the manner of it,
at the end of thirty-two years and an hundi ed and one days after birth.
To bung this about, the Moon claims nothing as a sigmficator The
Sun seems to proffer something, as if his dnecticn to the quaitilo of the
Moon should proclaim some such matter But then, the Sun being
neither giver of life, noi years, in this nocturnal gemture, could hardly
have suffered so fatally by that quartilo, that death should follow upon
it And besides, upon examination it appears, that that direction came
up some yeais too soon for thnty-two, in what position soever placed
undei giound And now therefore, if neither Sun nor Moon were
actoi s in suffering that direful fate, then it follows, that certainly it was
that point of the scheme which is called the ascendant. And if so, then
it was eithei the direction of the ascendant to the quartile of the Sun,
( and thus it was a ten o'clock birth, and Virgo ascended ) or it was the
opposition of Mars a quaiter of an hour after the same, Virgo ascending -
01 it was the opposition of the Moon, and then was it a midnight
birth, and Libia ascended , oi it was to the oppostnon of Saturn, and
then was it a bnth at almost half an hour past eight in the morning, and
Scorpio ascended, But of all these, none will suit with a description o£
the person, and the other accidents of his life, but that of the ascendant
to the conjunction of the Moon The Moon at midnight of the fore-
mentioned day, we find m the sign Anes, and in twenty eight degrees
and one minute theieof, upon the cusp of that which is called the eighth
house of heaven, or the house of death , and there is she nearly m con-
junction with a star called Algol's Head, which is one of the most ma-
lignant stais in the whole heavens, and disposed of by the planet Mais,
who is the lord of the native's professed enemies, and also of death The
Moon of heigelf is naturally a giver of life , but as she sits upon the house
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of death, and disposed of as she is, she signifies a mmdeiei and as foi
the persons she should -woik it by, they aie the common people and rude
uibble, and especially women, whom she naturally represents, and the
chief magistrate of the place, whoin also she lepiesents by accident, by
virtue of that dominion which she claims m the tenth house, or house of
honour and dignity , and some ecclesiastical peison 01 peisons by acci-
dent also, as she hath dominion in the ninth house. And lastly, soldieis,
as she is disposed of by Mars, who natuially signifies men of wai Now
all these significations so fatly meeting m the Moon, and she so aptly re-
piesentmg a muiderer, how leadily stands she to serve our purpose ? To
proceed theiofoie, we find the oblique descension of hei m that degree
and minute to be two bundled and twelve degiees and fifty minutes
but if we consider her latitude, the oblique descension will prove two
hundred and thirteen degrees and two minutes Next, as for the time
when the ascendant fell under this dnefal direction, wo must allow some
time for the strength of constitution, which this scheme, posited aftei
this manner, seems to aiford the native to wrestle with the stiokes of
death For Jupitei, a benevolent planet, lord of the sixth, and m the
ascendant, together with his antiscions m the sixth, and a sextile of the
Bun lighting there also, bespeaks an healthful body, and of a very stiong
constitution and lustily able to struggle with its destinies, before death
shall get the mastery. Wherefore we must not lay the ascendant, under
the opposition of the Moon, just upon the very day of death, but some
weeks before it. And seeing we have an opposition, fust without lati-
tude, and then with it , we theiefoie lay the introduction to this fatal
mmderfiist, under the opposition with latitude, and that was at the end
of the Feast of Tabernacles, at what time the Jews first took up stones
to stone him , but he eseaped away and hid himself , and this was some-
what before the very day of his nativhy, at the end of thuty-two yeais
of age, on the nth. of Octobei Now between the opposition without,
and tho opposition with latitude, aie seventy-four days, and dunng this
time, Jesus was struggling with cioss fates, and preached pnvately in
Judrea, and not openly, foi fear of the Jews only, at the Feast of De-
dication, he appealed in vindication of the blind man, unto whom he
had given sight But at that feast again, took they up stones to kill
him, and they sought to take him, but he escaped, and went away be-
yond Joidan and this was about the twenty-fifth of Deeembei, at
thirty-two yeais of age and yet he lived thiee months still after that,
but then it was as a wounded peison, all the while debating with death
foi the Jews condemned him to die absolutely, and laid wait to take him :
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and he could not walk opeuly among them any more, but went away
beyond Jordan unto Ephraim on the bordeis of the Wilderness To
measure therefoie from the 17th of October, or th% morrow after the
Feast of Tabernacles, m the thirty-second year of Christ almost ended,
unto the day of Ins nativity, there are thirty-one years and two bundled
and ninety seven days , which tinned into degrees after the rate of one
year, five days and eight hours to a degree, ( as was before-mentioned )
do make thirty-one degrees and twenty-one minutes , and these again
subtracted fiom the oblique ascension of the Moon's opposition m Libra,
twenty-one degrees one minute, which is two hundred and thirteen de-
grees two mmutes, do make the oblique ascension of the ascendant to he
an hundred and eighty-one degiees forty-one minutes , and that oblique
ascension under the elevation of thntyi-one degrees and fifty mmutes,
places the ascendant of this nativity in the sign Libra, one degree twonty-
six minutes , and fiom the oblique ascension of the ascendant, one bundled
and eighty-one degiees forty-mne mmutes, subtracting ninety7 degiees, the
right ascension of the mid-heaven must be ninety-one degiees and forty-
one mmutes , and that the light ascension placeth the mid-heaven itself in
the sign Cancer, in one degree thirty-thiee minutes and now again
subtract we the right ascension of the Sun, which is two hundred and
seventy-two degrees eleven minutes, from the right ascension of the
imd-heaven, which is ninety-one degrees forty-one minutes , or be-
cause that cannot be, from foui hundred and fifty-one degrees forty-one
mmutes, which is the addition of the whole circle of heaven, to the
right ascension of the mid-heavtm , and the remamdei is one hundred
and seventy-nme degrees thirty mmutes of the equatoi, which turned
into the hours and mmutes of the day, do bespeak the equal time of
Christ's birth to have happened at eleven horns and fifty7-eigkt mmutea
m me afternoon, to which add one minute and thiity-eight seconds for
equation, the appaient time was eleven houis, fifty-nine mmutes, and
thirty-eight seconds, which comes withm a small matter of midnight
The time of birth being thus proposed, I calculate all the planets
places for this time, and dnect them to their promittors, together wuh
the ascendant, mid-heaven, and the ninth house, m order to suit all
other accidents aecoi ding to this time, that by so doing, it may appear
according to the most experienced rules of Astrology, wo have laid the
time light And this being done, it appears first, that the angels adored
him But this act had nothing of the stais m it Then, that the shep-
herds came and published his glory all ovei the city7, and m thntecn days
after came the wise men fiom the ea=l to woiship him All these -were
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nothing else bat the fnnt of famous transits at the timo of bath The
Virgin's Spike and Aictums (two great and noble stais) were newly gone
by, and being withm orbs, drew after them a goodly grace of honour and
glory Jupiter, who acidentally lepiesented shepheids, as ho was loid
of the sixth house, and natuially sigmSed icligious peisons, or royal
priests, being m the ascendant, and near upon the cusp, was much about
rising, when the shepherds entered, and drew the priestly kings out of
the east to visit him. The Sun, also a significator of honour, was in
conjunetion of Venus, who had dignity m the ninth, and with tho
Plying Vulture, a loyal star, and the famous Fomahaut, by latitude, was
withm his beams, with these transits accompanying these honorable
directions. First, the nnd-heaven was nearly coming up to the opposi-
tion of the Sun, and the ascendant was hastening after to the quartile of
the same, and the Moon also was nearly m trine of the Sun and Mercury.
But that which came nearest to the purpose, was the Moon to the con-
]nnction of Algol's Head, at the end of twelve days and odd hours,
at the very point of time as the wise men came. Now this Algol's
Head is a star of Saturn and Mercury, and though it be a mischievous
star, yet it signifies preferment, though it be with a vengeance at the
heels of it And so it was here Por the wise men being gone, Herod,
by means of their coming, plotted Christ's murder, and forced him to
flight The mid-heaven also to the opposition, and the ascendant to the
quartile of the Sun, acted much suqh another part as Algol's Head did,
giving honour of kings, though not without a mischief m it But the
Moon m trine of the Sun and Meicury, argued an aptness of tho native
to be honoured both of kings and priests, and of all men in authority .
and although these directions came not up until above four years after,
yet by means of good transits, the virtue of them distilled so long
before
After these things followed the flight into Egypt withm the first year :
and this needed no more anger, than from what directions gave the pre-
ceding honor, as the Moon to Algol's Head, at thnteen days of age ;
for here Herod plotted his murder , and the mid-heaven to the opposi-
tion of the Sun at an hundred and eighty-five days end , and the ascen-
dant to the quartile of the Sun at two hundred and two days end , and
to Mercury at three hundred and fifty-two days end , for all this while
was our Lord and blessed Saviour a stranger m a strange land, and an
exile who durst not shew his head, neither durst his parents be known,
who or what, or wheie he was. The Sun to Meicury as lord of the
twelfth house, signifies a mischief by means, of private enemies , and yet
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as Meicury was also lord of the ninth, it helped out of that mischief, hy
means of a long journey with these also accompanied the Part of For-
tune to a quartile of the Moon at two hundred and" ninety-three days
end , and the mid-heaven to the opposition of Mercury at one year's
end and one hundred and seventy-two days . and lastly, the ascendant to
the quartile of Mercuiy at one year's end and two hundred and fifty-nine
days, ( for so long continued our Saviour's exile m Egypt. ) But when
the Moon entered into terms of Venus in Taurus 0 0, at two years of
age, and eighty-five days, he returned home with his parents At
much about the same time came Mercury also to the Flying Vulture,
and Jupiter to the North Ballance with latitude - and at three years and
thirty-five days came Jupiter into his own terms and at four years and
one bundled and eight days, he came to a tnne of Saturn . and a little
after, at four years and two hundred and six days, the Moon gained the
tnne of the Sun . and m the next year, at five years of age and two hun-
dred and eighteen days, she attained to the tnne of Mercury . and Saturn
about the same time came to a trine of Venus Now during these times
Jesus gieatly increased m wisdom And besides that, the grace of Glod
was mightily upon him These things aptly furthered his great parts
by nature. But at five years and three hundred and forty-eight days,
the mid-heaven occurred to the quartile of Mars . and at six years and
one hundred and eighty days, the ascendant was encountered with an
opposition of the same. And dunng these times Jesns wanted not hia
share of wordly crosses - he seems to have been laden with quarrelsome
affronts, and like enough it is that his parents suffered in the same kind,
if they escaped sickness^ and losses in estate and honour Moreover, our
Saviour seems to have tasted some sharp distempers of body himself, or
else very great wrongs from his enemies But storms last not for ever.
The ascendant came to Jupiter, at eight yeais and one hundred and sixty-
six days, and gave him a very halcion time , and then he lived m much
love of neighbours and kindred. At ten years and one bundled and
fifty-two days, he seems to have eucountered some more misfortunes,
or else his mother bore it for him, hy means of the Moon falling into
the pit called the Dragon's TaiL But withm three months after Ju-
piter coming to the tnne of Venus, gave him great content, whether it
was by means of some long journey, or by reason of the pleasure of hie
studies, or both : however, it was a pleasant tune, and the world seemed
to welcome him with some of her favours
But at the end of twelve years and some three months over, he began
to be taken notice of publicly for his great wisdom and parts. Venus was
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lady of his ascendant, and also principal sigmficatnx of his mind And
at twelve years of age and fifty-two days over, she came, by directien, to a
sextile of the Moorfs dispositress of his honour and advancement , which
is as much as to say, she introduced him into a lucky vein of being well
accepted for his inwaid woith, and excellency of his mmd, amongst men
of power and authonty And the virtue of this good direction wrought
to purpose at the passover after, at the latter end of March, about some
forty-one days after the direction happened But from this time for-
ward, there is no question, but he was every year more and more noted
and admired, as he came yearly up to the feast at Jerusalem. For at
twelve years and one hundred and nineteen days, winch was but a
month after the passover, the Part of Fortune came to a trme of Jupitei
with latitude, and about seventy-four days after to the same tnne with-
out latitude And at one hundred and sixty-nine days over twelve years,
came up the ascendant to a trine of Saturn out of the ninth house, with
latitude, and eighteen days after that, to the same tune without latitude,
and these are directions to credit a man amongst ancient and seuons
people to purpose But that which hit nearest upon the very week,
was the direction of the ninth house, unto the tnne of Jupitei with
latitude, which happened at the end of twelve years and one hundred
and one days, at the beginning of April, piesently after the passovei
week , and the same house came to the ssme time witnout latitude about
forty days after But however the directions preceding and succeeding
all concurred to heap up the glory of his disputation amongst the Doctors
Also these kind of dnections made him dexterous at his calling too, in
hmldmg houses, and following his business seriously, and with great
industry After this, at over sixteen, came the Part of Fortune to a
trine of Saturn, and that was good, bat had relation chiefly to his tiade,
as if he had gamed by it in dealing with elderly people, But half a
year after, the Moon to the contra-antiscion of Venus, was ill either to
himself or his mother, or both And at over seventeen, the Sun fell
under the contra-antiscions of Saturn, and that seems to have been
grievous to ms reputed father At sixteen years and ninety-eight days,
the ninth house came up to the body of Saturn, and then no doubt but
he was sufficiently unhappy m his grave councils, and met with more de-
rision than attention And they who formerly had applauded his wis-
dom, would be apt enough now to betray then own weakness, in chang.
ing their story. Yet Venus coming to the sextile of the Sun a little
after, in the same year, would not only allay much of that dispaiage-
ment, but also, would be raising friends amongst the more piudent sort
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of powerful persons, to reprove and bridle tbe Iicentions lips of en-

vious and upbraiding tongues. At eighteen years and three hundred
and sixty-one days the ascendant happened npon the trine of Venus, and
that was an healthful and a pleasant time, cleaving off the repioaches of
Saturn and envious people At twenty-two entering, the Part of For-
tune fell into the lap of Venus in the fifth house, and rendered a tune
religiously pleasant And at twenty-two years and one hundred and
thirty-six days, the ninth house got out of the clutches of envious Sa-
turn, and encountered a trine of Venus in the sign Gemini. And this
undoubtedly gave him. to see savory fruits of his good councils and grave
admonition, to his gieat contentment But towards the year ending,
the Moon coming to the quartile of Venus interrupted the pleasant pro-
gress of his affaus. And m the twenty-third yeai well entered, he met
with great opposition, as well from men m power, as the rabble rout,
greatly gain-saying his sacred conversation, and this by means of Jupiter
falling under the Moon's opposition, both without, and with latitude.
At twenty-four years of age, and two hundred and twenty-one days,
came the Moon to the Foot of Orion, called Bigel , at what time might
possibly happen the preferment into the Order of the Twenty-four spoken
of by Snidas, of which he never made eithei profit, use, or advantage,
unless it weie by accident At twenty-seven years and two hundred and
ninety-nine days, Venus, lady of the ascendant, and of the ninth house,
fell upon the quartile of Saturn , and this administered unto him much
of trouble in his mind, and of disturbances m his religious couises, and
perhaps he met with some wiong m his journey to the Feast of Taber-
uacles, which happened about that time At twenty-eight years of age
complete, Jupiter attained unto the sextile of the Sun, and that admi-
nisteied unto him much favoui and lespect from persons of quality.
But the Sun being at the veiy bottom of heaven, it seems as if all his
gieatest friends favoured him like Nicodemus, moie by night than by
day At one hundred and fifty-days over twenty-eight yeais of age, the
Sun was encountered with the quaitile of the Moon And at this time
John the Baptist enteimg into his mmistiy, Jesus seems greatly to have
been affionted with people of all soits It is veiy likely too, that old
Joseph his reputed father, yielded unto natuie about this tune , foi
the Sun signifies paients And whether it was when Saturn came to the
opposition of the Sun, or now that the Sun came to the quai tile of the
Moon, we cannot ceitainly determine, but much about this time it
seems he left this woild for a better.
But now the time diaws on, wheiein Jesus began to shew himself the
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Chnst , at the time he was baptized of John m Jordan His kingdom

was not of this world, neither was his ministry of men, or by man's
authority, but by a divine commission , and by signs and wonders it was
confirmed to be so We cannot therefore expect influence from heaven,
for those things which come from beyond heaven Nor must we expect
a commission from the stars, for those miracles he acted as it were m
defiance of them And as for what applause followed by virtue of those
miracles, wo must look for the reason of it from the Maker of all things,
rather than from any created being, though never so much exceeding
all other creatures Yet for such natural passages as amongst his mi-
racles did accme, we cannot debar nature to execute her office still.
And first, we find him thrust out contemptibly and rudely at Nazareth,
with great scorn unto his sacied function , Insomuch that he removed
his house-hold upon it into Gapeinaum And in this great affront, his
mother also seemed not a little concerned who removed her house-hold with
him from where she seems to have been bred and born, unto a strange
place Now at this time the mid-heaven, the sigmficator of Christ's
honor and his mother's person, came to a quartile of the Moon, which
very fitly suits with all that happened The direction came up on the
sixth of November, before the twenty-eighth year was quite run out
But the malice of it lasted not only nnto this affront which was acted in
March, of the twenty-ninth year entered, but also unto the Passover
following, whereat it encountered him with much snarling of the Jews
against him, notwithstanding all his great miracles And worse would
it have proved, but that Jupiter, the natural sigmficator of his divine
function, came to a trine of Mercury, lord of the ninth This hap-
pened at twenty-five days over twenty-nine years of age, much about
the time of his entrance into his ministry And though we cannot say
it purchased him that honour , yet we can safely say, that it prompted
his human mind to comply with his divine commission, and facilitated
his reception wherever he came, with a kind of luck whereby this di-
lection served him , for God almighty makes use of natural mstiuments
to serve divine ends About this time also came the ninth house to the
Mercunal stai called Castoi's Head , and the Moon encountered the she-
Goat, a stai of Mercury and Mars, at thirty-one years and two bundled
and forty days These are stars furthering ingenuity, though not with-
out troubles, and such our Saviour wanted not for all the time of his
ministration, until finally his ascendant came to the opposition of the
Moon, fiist without latitude, at the end of thirty-one yeais and two
bundled and twenty-two days, about the begmmg of August , at which
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time his neighbours of Capernaum began to dende his rmmstiy, and th®
Pharisees complying with the Herodians, made him fly the country
And lastly, the ascendant to the opposition of the Moon, with latitude ,
the ascendant bcmg in this figuie Hyleg, and the Moon, which is Ana-
reta, being on the eighth house, deputed him of life, as God had ap-
pointed it fiom the beginning
Thus we find the time pioposed most fitly agreeing with all passages of
his life, as well as with his death But yet to make suie work, we
used to compaie the situation of a scheme also with the eomplemon and
qualities of the native, befoie we deteimine that the time is right And
now to do as much by this , Fust, it is appaient by the known mles of
art, that Jesus was boin asitwcie purposely, and that so as may be
discerned by the scheme of his nativity, to die a violent death For
here we have the Moon, the common sigmficatrii of life, sitting upon
the very brink of death, upon the cusp of the eighth house then wa
find hei joined m conjunction with the very worst of malignant stars,
Algol's Head The Dragon's Tail also is in the eighth, m less than ten
degrees of her but as bad or worse than all this is Mars m opposition
unto Jupiter m the ascendant, and m quaitile with Mercury, and the
Sun m the fourth. 'Tis tiue indeed, that as he came into the world
without sm, so was he above the power of any influence of heaven to be
able to hurt him and had he nut voluntauly submitted unto the mfiimi-
ties of nature, they had never m the least reached him And though
the sigmficator of his enemies was strongei and better armed than such
stars were, which stood foi his own person, yet was his armour of inao-
ceney easily able to have overturned all, would he have took up the
cudgels to that purpose but such was his love, that he was willing to-
lay down his life , and theiefoie he put himself under the power of
natuie, in oidei to lose his life And hence, by means of this submi-
sion, Mais m the house of enmity, and lord theieof, being stronger than
Venus, lady of the house of life, 01 Jupiter, her associate, placed in
that houte, lendeied his enemies too stiong for him, and backed them
with bitter cholei, spight and malice, against him The Sun being m
quartile to Jupitei and the ascendant, inclined the magistiates averse
both to his peieon and doctnne Mercuiy also m the same quaitile,
inclined the chuichmen with the same aveiseness to oppose him
Mars m opposition, exasperated the men of war And lastly, the Moon
stnred up the rabbling people of all soits to cry him down And all this
might have been as aptly foieseen by his nativity, when he entered the
woild, as it is now known, by his life past it.
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But to pursue the residue of his person, as well as his condition, we

find, that Libra, a cardinal sign, of temper sangumo, hot and moist,
ascends , and Jupiter is in the ascendant, neai the point of rising, at
birth, in a sign of his own natuie , and Venus, lady of the ascendant, m
Aquanes, a sanguine sign too, do all bespeak him to have been a person
of a very level temper, and of a sanguine complexion Venus in tnn?
to the ascendant m the house of Saturn, endued him with a sobei cheai-
fulness in his conversation and Saturn being m a sanguine sign too, m
trme of Jupiter m the ascendant, from the ninth, or house of ingenuity
and religion, and in dignities of Meicuiy, with a reception fiom him m
the highest degree by house, infuses melancholy into his tempei, to
mmgle with his mirth, and feeds him with a mighty stiength of judg-
ment and deep policy also he distils gravity and seriousness into all his
actions and thus Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, are most excellently
united m him with the best of aspects. To these may we add the Moon,
with almost a moiety of hei oibs in her exaltation, and there in trme of
the Sun and Me-enij Tne Moon is the great mistress of life and
natuie, and the tnnes to the Moon do giatify the native, even as strongly
as if they fell into the ascendant. Hence therefore is he aimed from tho
Sun with a majestic and a royal presence, and princely prudence, and
from Meioury, with as great a stock of ready wit and ingenuity , and the
rather, for that he is m Cazimi with the Sun, and m so strong reception
With Saturn Together with all these we find Spica Virginia, a star of
the sweetest influence of all the fixed stais m heaven, sitting neai upon
the cusp ascending, and there admirably qualifying for oiatory, and that
eapecially m divinity Arcturua is there too, a princely star, that admi-
niaters courage, and a noble resolution. Lastly, the sign of Justice
ascends, and Jupiter, the planet of religion, joins with it, to increase
devotion, and Satmn and Venus are both m signs humane and tempeiate
And although our Saviour was not Ua common people are, yet had nature
wonderfully set him out
But yet there are exceptions For the Moon is ill placed on the
eighth, m an unlucky house, and joined with a peevish and ciabbed star,
which must needs infect her to be so too Mars also is set as if he stood
on purpose to destroy a nativity, so opposite to Jupiter and the ascen-
dant, and being strong withal, he seems to thieaten all good qualities
with an overturn, infusing nothing hut choler, fury, and malice, into
the native's head , and disposing of the Moon, he makes her so too.
The Sun also looks upon the cusp ascending with an evil quadratuia,
and such as usually renders a native much more proud and ambitious
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than either wise or good-natared , and Meicury complying with thfe

Sun in the same aspect, endeavours to incline this sacred person unto
theft and lies But what now ? Was Jesus thus ' Qi rathei does not
Astrology belie him ? No, neither For had these evil aspects courted
an ordinary nature unto evil manners naturally, yet would they not have
forced him, but he might have oveicome all by giacious habits but
much more than this must we note m oui ever blessed Lord Jesus
Chnst For he being born without sin in his nature, the heavens
wrought upon him m a diSeient manner of influence ovei what they
do by us For seeing that the divine nature withheld so, as no sin
could enter him, the worst of aspects ( for matter of qualification ) be-
came the best unto him For by how much an opposition or a quaitila
is a stronger aspect than a sextiic or a trine, may they be withheld from
doinghaim, they must needs aspect with the greatest force of their vir-
tues And thus the opposition of Mars falling mto his head instead of
fury and choler, admimsteied the greater courage mto him And the
quaitile of the sun, instead of pride and ambition, gave him the greater
majesty and wisdom And the quartile of Mercury, instead of lies, gave
him the more prodigious wit And the Moon with Algol's Head,
instead of peevish, made him the moie sobeily wise But when we re-
member, that though Christ could not sin, yet die he could. Aud
thus theiefoie oppositions and tones, and evil stais, were as evil to
him, in as high degree, as unto the meanest of us , for m all things
saying sin, was he even as we aie
Next proceed we to his body, only so as to compare that too with
our scheme. For though we have no pi oof eithei of his stature or his
colour, yet may we be bold to say ( by rules of ait) that Libra ascend-
ing, he was somewhat inclined to be tall and fair but this was the less,
for few degrees of that sign ascending, and they in teims of Saturn '
else is there nothing to except, unless the Moon with Algol's Head may
be thought somewhat to abate from both Jupiter in the-ascendant
gives an handsome brown feature, hinders not talloess, but bespeaks
somewhat of corpulency , save that the trme of Venus from Aquanes,
and of Satuin out of Gemini, forbid it Jupiter gives a grey eye, and
so says Venus , and none can hinder Venus would gladly beautify the
face, by virture of her interest in Libra, and something she does to
lender it father fair than blown And Saturn from Gemini can hinder bat
very little he would pacify, but Jupiter and Venus aie resolved to keep
up the complexion Jupiter administers brown hair, and Venue lenders
fi&jen , brtt Saturn wcnild have it black , whence) between both, Jupiter
 [ 572 ]

caines it Venus gives a pleasant smiling look, and Jupitei denies it

not only Saturn attempts it, but prevails no fai thei than to render it
sobeily seaous witbal The Sun and Mercury, with their trmes so near
the cusp, would fain defoim , but Mercmy in the Sun has not powei to
darken The Sun would only cast swaith , but Jupiter m the ascendant on
one side, and the Vngm's Spike upon ir on the other side, utterly
defeat him Mais in opposition would fain scaufy, but Jupitei so neai
defies him. also Lastly, the Moon between Anes and Taurus, contra-
ries but little fiom the lest , especially for that she has so few lays
falling into hei bosom The most she does in oppos tion, is only by
means of hei place in the eighth, and being with Algol's Head so near,
to wimkle the biows, and fuirow or dent the cheeks, but she wants
strength Jupiter would have a full face, and Venus a lound , and so,
it is concluded between them, saving that Saturn and the moon together
pievail so far as to render it oval
Lastly, as foi his other foitunes First, we find his ascendant and
sixth well fitted with a very strong constitution for health The oppo-
sition of Mars, and a quaitile o£ the Sun and Meicury pievail to Inum
more by unlucky outward accidents, that by inward distempers His
house of wealth is directly opposed by the Moon, lady of the Mid-
heaven, and is not defended with any good aspect His mid heaven is
also very low, the lady of it is sufficiently afflicted , and m being mcum-
bered with a crowd of evil aspects, had no help of either of the fortunes
Ho, the Sun m the very bottom of heaven, bespeaks that this native's
kingdom is not of this woild Only the Moon upon the house of
death, after void of course, is m trme of the Suu, which shews to pro-
mise his kingdom by death, or after it His ninth house has the help
of both the fortunes But Saturn bodily dwells theie, and hatcheth a
world of crosses, both in his functions, and long jourmes His house
of enmity is very strong, with the lord theieof therein, and at home m
hie own house, and threatens malice enough The eighth house is
even mahgnant too , and so is the loid of the twefhh, saving his trme
to the Moon But this loid is under the Snn, who weakens his force,
and discovers all his puvate spleen His fifth house, 01 house of chil-
dren, has a rich jewel m it , and the loid thereof looks pleasingly upon
the ascendant, which argues he had a body sufficiently fiuitful for issne-
The lady of the ascendant also m the house of children, m trine to the
lord of that house, and both m good aspect unto the house of marnage,
and the lord theieof, do all agree, that it was no hmdeiance m nature,
whieh rendeud eui Saviour wifeless 01 childless Noj it was his great
 [ 575 j

gravity, or ratliei his infinite piety, which, foi the Kingdom of Heaven*$
sake, led him to despise nature's treasures And hence came it to pass,
that the Church was his only spouse , and by her hath he a numberless
offspimg of Holy Saints unto his childien The lord of the sisth
xs m the ascendant, and the great fortune , whence were his servants
true and faithful only one Judas, ( when that sixth house came by di-
rection to the quartile of Mercury, in the entrance of the house of en-
mity,) fatally betiayed him , and the rest, moie out of fear than for
falshood, forsook him and fled The lord of the ninth is very low, and
m quaitile of Jupiter and Mars, and in conjunction of the twelfth lord ,
which rendered his friends men of low condition, and befriending him
more by night than by day , as being terrified by mighty enemies, and
E
ot encouiaged by an\ outward promises from himself The lord of
the third is in the house of enmity, and thence rendered most of his
neighbours bitter and envious, especially during the times of ill dnec-
tions operating Only Jupiter having dignities m that house, made
other of his neighbours and kindled as much his friends, Lastly, the
Sun upon the cusp of the fourth seems fitly to comply with that sove-
reignty which attended upon his death, and appeared by his resmrection
and ascension into heaven When Adam entered, the Suu was just •
upon setting When Jesus Christ was incarnated, he was just upon
using But at his birth he was at lowest For it was not the Sun of
the Firmament, but the Sun of Righteousness, who arose with healing
in his wings.
Such was the fortune of our Saviour, during his progress tin ough this
earthly woild And such were the qualities of his humane mind, even
as the stais descube them And such were the completion of his hu-
mane body, just as the heavens do bespeak And though we never saw
his peison, or any true protracture of the samo, yet know we by the
scheme of his nativity, that he was a man somewhat tall of stature, of
an oval face, of a ruddy complexion, and between fair and brown, of a
giey eye, yet sharp and piercing, of a bright brown hair, of an hi^h
forehead, of much beard, of a pleasant look, smiling, yet soberly se-
rious, and of a body well composed, and indifferently set, between
slender and corpulent And all this know we by the canons of Astro-
logy. And that those canons are true, it is no small evidence, m that
all the known passages of his life so punctually comply with them
And he these canons tiuef (as we know by multitude of experience
that they aie certainly so, ) then it appears by these canons, that at
midnight of December the twenty-fifth dayj was 1668 years complete
 C "4 ]

since bis birth And every birth-day of this our ever blessed Loid and
Saviour Jesus Christ falls on the twenty-fifth day of December His
life points out the very moment of time whereon he came into the light
And the scheme of the heavens to that moment is a true picture of hia
life , and such as no moment can shew again, m any hundred years time,
before or after
To these may be added, the frame of the heavens at his death so fitly
suiting witn the time of the great business m hand, and descnbmg what
was done And first we note, that on the over-night of the Passover
Feast, at what time our Saviom was appiehended, the sign of the fourth
house m the nativity, ) which always cames with it the character of
death, or the end of eveiy matter,) was then ascending , and the Sun,
which was therein at birth, was then m the bloody seat of Mars m the
Eadix, which was at that point of time the fourth house, or the bottom
of heaven, shewing all the glory of his piesent life to he lying m the
dust, and his end of days hastening apace to overtake him The malig-
nant Satuin was upon the house of pleasuie, enviously eclipsing all his
mirth Jupiter, who was radically a gieat assistant in the ascendant, was
the lord of the ascendant, and sigmficator of life at this time, but was
locally in the house of service and slavery, in conjunction of Mais, lord
of enmity in the nativity, and now lord of his end, who was gieatly
afflicting him m the radical place of Saturn The signifioator of Judas
in this scene was Mercury m his determent and fall m Pisces, who as
he stands m the third, with the lady of the mid-heaven m conjunction,
and disposes of his master in the sixth, afflicts him with a malignant
quaitile , and lastly, the Moon, which was radically in the eighth, or
house of death, was now lady of death, and being advanced unto the
top of heaven, seemeth to stand there trampling on the head of the Sun
in the fourth, as it were m his grave, with her worst of rays, and they
too not a little poisoned with the neainess of the Diagon's Tail Such
was the state of heaven at his apprehension by Judas and his company
at twelve o'clock at night, on the evening preceding Friday the third
of April,
As the Sun approached the ascendant, Jesus was led before Pontius
Pilate, the Moon in the seventh, maliciously opposing . for so the judges
at his first apprehension become now his accusers, and possessing the na-
tural sign of Chust himself, which ascended at bath, and which was the
sign of justice, as the labourers in the mneyaidf under pretence of lehgion
cast they him out of his own and Mercury and Venus, one signifying
the traitor, an$ the other the magistiate, into whose hands he was bfi-
 I 575 ]

trayed, were then in the twelfth, acting the part of private enenriea.
But as the Sun drew into the eleventh, or house of hopes and fiiends,
and there infected by the envious place of Mars in the ladis, Pilate also,
his somewhile friend, yielding at last to the opposition of the Moon, or
the rabble, and turning enemy, condemned him to be crucified.
And by that time the Sun m the radical chair of Mara, oajne into
the house of honour , the Sun of Bighteousness was lifted up upon the
cross, as if he was hasting towaids heaven, and that m older to draw all
men after him And here the Moon signifying the rahble, opposes him
with bitter railings. Satnm upon the eleventh, and lord of enmity, com-
plies with them to destroy his hopes, and Jupiter, lord of the ninth,
signifying the pnests, and Mars, the soldiers, being both in the twelfth,
are private enemies But finally, as they continue railing one reviling,
lo I at the veiy point of high noon, an univeisal daikness overwhelmed
all, and the Sun himself blushed to behold what cursed things were
acting The Sun was now where Mars was at buth, as it were disposed
of by his mortal enemies Jupiter, which ascended at birth, was m the
hands of Saturn, in his very seat of the radix, as it were in the dungeon
of bitter restraint, and Mars, the natural enemy, was afflicting him there.
The Moon, which was radically lady of the mid-heaven, and placed upon
the house of death, was now at length settled and seated together with
the Diagon's Tail upon the ascendant, or the seat of life, as who would
say, the utmost period thereof is now expmng, and even as the
daihness- fell, the Moon upon this place of life was just undergiound
tvith it.
Lastly, at three m the afternoon, the darkness vanished, and the light
returned And then was the Sun falling into the house of death, still
being in opposition of the Moon. Saturn was in the ninth, enjoying the
ecclesiastical, and Mars the tenth usurping the civil authonty. But as
Christ died, died all his misery with him . and that death brought light
into the world, and ushered our ever blessed Saviour m that glorious
light, into his eternal glory. And finally, the Moon arose at Sun setting;
but it was eclipsed • signifying the fall of all such who thought to rise
upon their sovereign's nuns Sibly.
 [ 576 ]

THE NATIVITY OF OESAR CHARLES V

CHARLES V.
Emperor of Gei many

February 23, 1500.

la h 39 m P M

Latitude 520

* Saturn, 2° 0' S. 15 13' N.

-u Jupiter, ... 0 50 s 9 37 N.
<? Mars, .. 0 53 N. 19 52 N.
© Sun, ... 0 0 6 8 S.
? Venus, ... 1 3 S 2 18 S
? Mercury, .. . 3 0 N 1 51 s.
D Moon, .. 2 4 S. 25 24 s

He lived fifty-eight years and seven months, nearly , and

died on the 21st of Septembei, 1558, at which time the Moon,
 t 577 ]

who is moderater of life, came, by right direction, to her own

Square in the Zodiac, arc 55°, and also to hei own Squai-e
in Mundo, arc 55° 33', and to the Opposition, of Saturn, by
converse dnection, arc 52° 58'
The Moon's oblique ascension to hei pole 52", is 314° 52'.
In Anes 6° 45', the Moon's latitude is 4° 32' S , the oblique
asoemon of that place by longitude and latitude is 9° 52' from
which subtiact the Moon's oblique ascension, adding, fiist, the
integer circle 360°, and theie remains the aic of dnection of
the Moon to her own Square in the z?odiac 55°
The Moon to her own Square m the world ( by which
direction both the prorogatory vntues of life are injured, viz
that in they»*miwm mobile, and that whiehhs impiessed in the
world ■ for this is directed by a direct motion, and that by a
converse) is thus wrought-—The Moon's semmocturnal aic is
IS?" 27', her distance from the horoscope is 4° 52-, Moon's
semi-diurnal arc is 52° 33', from which, for the fourth number,
arises the Moon's secondaiy distance from the medium cceh
2° 0' This subtracted fiom the primaiy, which is 57° 33', there
remains the arc of direction 55° 33'
To the Opposition of Saturn, by converse motion, the dis-
tance of Saturn from the imum oash is 5° 43', for his right ascen-
sion is- 45° 43 , the pole's elevation of the fifth and eleventh
is 24°, the semi nocturnal arc of Saturn is 69° 37', the third
part thereof 23° 13', which gives the pole's elevation of Saturn
nearly 6°; to this pole the oblique ascension of the opposite
place of Saturn is 227° 21', and the Moon's oblique ascension
there is 280° 19', fiom which subtracting that of the opposi-
tion of Saturn, leaves the arc of direction 52° 58' For the
equation, to take the years, I add this arc 52° 58' to the Sun's
light ascension, which is 345° and I make the sum 38° 42', an.
swering to 11° 10' of Taurus, at which the sun, from the day
and hour of the nativity, arrives in 58 days, which denotes so
manyjeais , but it must be observed, that the converse duec-
Ixxm
 [ 573 ]

tioos diJ not wait foi the othei two by a light motion, as by it
the Moon m th^nativity applied to the Squaie of the mfoitaues
m the woild, and to the se&qui-quadiate of Mais m the zodiac ,
so that the significator of life appealed stiongei and moie foitn-
'wte by aconyeise motion foi though the Moon was favouied
iiy tj e si stile of JupitOi. m the zodiac, the infortunes prevailed,
as being moie numerous and in the angles
In the 41st yeai of his age, when, after a series of successes,
Fortuae turned hei back upon him , he snffeied a veiy gieat
loss of his fleet and aim}', by a tempest neai the coast of Afnca .
the Moon arrived at the paiallel of Mars m the world, whilst
both, by a conveise motion of the pmmum mobile, were in rapt
motion lound the world, for the}' happened to be posited m
equally propoitional distances fiom the hoioscope The Moon's
Bemi-dmrnal arc is 52° 33', the semi-dimnal aic of Mai's Oppo
sition is 62° 27', and then sum is 115° 0', therefore, as the
sum of the semi dim nal aics 115° 0'is to the Moons semi-
diurnal arc 52° 53', so is the difference between Mar's Oppo-
aition and the Moon m right ascension 45° 25' ( for the right
ascension of Mar's Opposition is 232° 3', and the light
ascension of the Moon 277° 28'), to the Moon's secondaiy
distance from the medium cceh 20° 45', which, subtiacted fiom
the primary, which is 57° 28', leaves the arc of dnaction 36°
43', which, being equated m the usual way, gives 41 years
In his 19th year, when he was chosen emperoi, the Moon
had arrived at the cusp of the twelfth, and Venus at the second,
theiefoie the medium cceh was duected to the Sextile of the Moon
and Tune of Venus, and they were both m parallel by lapt
motion: the Moon also came to the Sextile of Venus m zodiac,
neai 26° Oapncomus, and to the quintile m the world by
converse motion But the most unpoitant was, the Sun to
parallel of Jupiter m the zodiac, neai 25° of Anes, wheie he
acqunes the same diclmation as Jupitei , the Sun's ciepusculai
aic is Ih 58', his semi nocturnal arc 6h 32', fiom which
 [ 579 J

subtract the ciepusculine aic, and his obscme aic is 4h 34'

The crepusculme aic of Aries 25° is 2h 18', ite semmocturnal
aic is 5h 9', and the obscuie aic is 2h 21' The Sun's distance
fiom the im'im cosh is 54° 16', ivheiefoie, as the Sun's obscure
aic 4h 34' is to his distance 54° 16', so is the obscure aic of 25
Aries 2h 21' to its secondary distance 32° 22', fiom which,
subtracting the primary distance of Aries 25°, there remains
the arc of direction 17° 31', nhich being equated, gives 19
yeais For 58 years and 7 months neaily, I thus calculate the
secondaiy dnections To the day and hour of the nativity I
add 58 days foi the same number of yeais, and 14 houis foi
the 7 niontLs, and I come to the 22d day of Apul of the same
yeai 1500, with 5h 39' P M , and m the secondaiy dnections
the planets are m the following position :

' Deg _JL J! ^ ^ LJL. D S3

of
_ 8 8 K II II 8 IT IT
Lono0- " * ' —" '
11 36 24 11 20 28 29 19 8 4 5 45 40 98

T ,
ljat
S S N S S S
1 46 1 2 0 38 0 22 1 23 5 0
I 1 >

When the Moon was in the 4th degiee of Pisces, lat 5

South, by which she had the decimation 14° 44', the same with
Saturn, as well theie as in the nativity ; and lastly, on the
day of death, wherein Mais was m the 4th degiee of Vugo,
m Opposition, (that is partile) to this place of the Moon The
Sun, m the secondaiy direction, on the 22d day of Apul, was
in 12° of Tauius, in the parallel of Saturn's decimation theie
both from the nativity and at death The Sun, on the day of
death, fiom the Opposition, enteied the place of the direction
of the Moon's square in the zodiac and, two days befoie
he died, there happened to be a lunation of the Moon's squaie
With the Sun in those obnoxious places. On the day of his
 [ 580 ]

death., the Moon -was m the last degiee of Capricornus^ with

South latitude, T\\heieby she was posited m the same parallel
of decimation Mars was m, on the 22d day of Apul, of the
secondary direction , therefore, theie was a mutual permuta-
tion of aspect between the Moon and Mars, viz an active and
passive ingress to these motions on the day of death ; and is
an admirable pi oof of the calculation being exactly true The
places of the planets, on the day he died, which was the 21sfc
of September 1558, are as follow •

The manner I look for the process for the same year is thus .
for full 48 years, -48 embohsmic lunations are finished, in four
years following the nativity, yet less than that by 44 days,
that is, 11 X 4, for we have said m its Oauon, that the Moon
fimsheth 12 embohsmic lunations in 11 days- less than a whole
year , wkeiefore, from the 23d Febiuary, 1504, subtiactmg
44 days, we go back to the 10th January,when the Moon, from
the 22d degree of Scorpio, is posited m the same distance from
the Sun which she hath in the nativity, viz. of 68°, and then
the process is finished for full 48 years , then, for the other
ten years, passing over the other 10 embohsmic lunations, I
come to the 31st of October of the same year, 1504, when the
Moon was m 10 degrees of Virgo, and the Sun m 18 degrees
of Scorpio. That we may pieserve their distance from each
other at the nativity for the six lemammg months, and 27
days, i. e to the day of his death, I add to this place of the
Moon six signs and 15 degrees for the six months, and 29° 30'
for the 27 days, and I come to 24° 30' of Anes, wheiem the
 [ 581 ]

Moon is posited on the 18th of November. In the progressions^

the planets are thus posited

O ( T? % | <? 2 J ? Q
D s f T 51 # f
of iL_
Lon 6 3 24 SO 3 aeTeTs 14 15 13 401 22 44 10 39 ■
K N N S. N. S
Lat 011 0 40 02 09 0 40

The Sun was in sis degrees of S&gittauus, which Mars, en-

tered by a quadrate ray, ou the day of death : the Moon had-
passed the place of her direction in the zodiac , but when she
was anived at 25 degrees of Aries, she struck upon, by ingress,
( on the day of death ) the parallel of Mars's declination, and
entered on the fatal day from the- square-, and from the 24th:
degree of Capneornus, this place of her progression ; the Moon
alto applied in the progression to the square of Saturn. The
most noble satellite in this nativity is to the Moon the condi
tionary luminary, from the sextile of Jupiter, and from the
quintile of Mercury To the medium eceh, horn Jupiter and the
Sun the trine, from Venus the biquiutile. To the Sun, fiom
Jupiter and Mercury by presence, fiom Saturn and Mars the
Sextile.
 [ 582 ]

A table to find from the sunhs longitudes the

caladated for the latitude

6 26 6 39 6 41 6 30
6 26 6 39 6 41 6 30
6 27 6 39 6 40 6 29
6 27 6 40 6 40 6 29
6 28 6 40 6 40 6 28
6 29 6 40 6 40 6 27
6 29 6 40 6 39 6 27
6 80 6 41 6 39 6 26
6 30 6 41 6 39 6 26
6 31 6 41 6 39 6 25
 [ 583 ]

duration of half day—time th oughout the year,

of Calcutta, by 1\ B Benerjee.
 [ 5& ]

A table to find from the surHs longitudes the

elaeulated for the altitude

a n

5 24

5 37 5 2
5 35 5 2
5 38 5 2
5 35 5 2
5 35 5 2

39