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THE ANGELICAL GUIDE SHEWING Men and Women THEIR LOTT or CHANCE, in this Elementary Life. In Four BOOKS.
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By JOHN CASE, M. D.
LONDON, Printed by I. Dawks
This following Book being in the Preſs, and near finiſhed, will be ſpeedily Publiſhed, and ſold by the Bookſellers.
Medical Expoſiter, in an Alphabetical Order; with a Diviſion of Man's Body into its ſeveral Parts, with their various Names, and the Diſeaſes they are ſubject to: in Latin, Greek and Engliſh, for the Benefit of all Phyſicians, Chyrurgeons, Apothecaries. By J Caſe, M. D.
THERE were two things that influenc'd me in this Dedication: the firſt, that this little Treatiſe might have the Honour of venturing abroad into the World, under the Protection of ſome Guardian Name: the other,
The many Uſeful and Learned Books, you have generouſly bleſt the World with, have eſtabliſh'd to you a juſt and everlaſting ReputaTreatiſe, call'd, The Way to Long Life, Health and Happineſs, which I con
Upon this account, SIR, it is, that I have aſſum'd the Confidence of placing you at the Front of the enſuing Diſcourſes, not to Intitle you to the Patronage of my Defects and Imperfections; but to Defend and Secure what ſhall appear RatiCritics.
The Subject Matter of theſe EſWritings, affording evident and unGenius, and of no ordinary Proficiency in Mathematical and Aſtrological Speculations.
If there be any thing advanced in this Attempt, treſpaſſing upon the Humour of eſtabliſh't Rules and reMaxims, it is to be conſider'd, that all my Notions are purely Hypothetical, not aſſerting any thing Poſitively and Magiſterially, but only offering my honeſt Endeavours,
Science. And I faithfully promiſe, to renounce every Part of it, that ſhall be convicted, to intrench up
SIR, I ſhall not further inter
I Shall have no occaſion to Apologize beforehand, either for the heighth of the Subject, or the manner of handling this VVork; when the Ar
I have expoſed my ſelf a Subject to many CenFacilior currentibus quam reptantibus lapſus; for, I profeſs my ſelf to be ſo free from all Arrogance and OUt caveam timendo, tu
My Juvenilia, I muſt confeſs) are ſuitable to my weak Underſtanding or Youthful Thoughts, in theſe three great undertakings, viz. concerning God, and the Creation, with the Egg of Generation: if you find it do's not agree with your Philoſophical NoSophocles, Si Juvenis luxuriat, peccat; ſi Senex, inſanit: not forgetting that of Seneca, the wiſe Philoſopher, Ante ſenectutem cavendum benè vivere; in ſenectute benè mori.
Upon due and ſerious Contemplation of the CreaGeneſis; becauſe my Sentiments and Thoughts tell me, that he that created all things, did it in a moMoſes tells you; for maThat the World ſhall have a an end in a moment, and in the twinkling of an eye; ſo ſudden ſhould be our Change, from the ſleep of Death to Immortality.
El
was, is, and will be for ever the ſame.
Now witty Reader, I have not ty'd you up to my Belief, but have led you through a wide Field of the Moſaic
Philoſophy, becauſe you ſhall ſee the claſh
But methinks, I hear a Voice asking me, What reaſon is it, that ſo many contrary Opinions concerMicrocoſm hath, ſhou'd have a true Apprehenſion of the Macrocoſm?
Reader, I must do as Men before me have done, i. e. to return you a Parabolical Anſwer, by way of Suppoſition. Suppoſe that a Man of a wonderful Wiſdom and Underſtanding, had for a conſideraNoſce te ipſum, comprehending the whole Man, both outward and inward, being the little World, and conſequently the great World alſo; having them thus both together, and repre
The like I may ſay, if I take a piece of Lignum Vitae, and cut out of it thouſands of Chips, and ſumMercurialiſts of the World to unite the ſcat
Kind Reader, altho' I have preſented a New Speculum Mundi, never publiſh'd to the World beMoſes ever had the knowledge of the Creation of the World.
I have now delineated to your Eyes, the firſt Form thereof, how every thing ſprung out of the Abyſs, when the Word was given; how Light and Darkneſs were ſeparated into Forms, by the great Spygarick Powers, aſcended out the Spiritual Powers of the Abyſs, and formed the Canopy of the Heavens;
viz. Sun, Moon and Stars.
I queſtion not, but that I may have many croakEgypt, lifting up their Tongues and Pens againſt me, or this my Opinion; tho' indeed, it may be endleſs, and ſenſeleſs too. Not that I would go about to deny, but that ſome fault may be found, and properly to be attributed to my ſelf, for want of Skill and Capacity, in reference to this Sub
And without doubt, Reader, you may be deſirous to be directed in the true way, to find out the Myviz. to ſeek to him who is called Theos, for your Knowledge and Underſtanding; for by him all things were made.
There are many Authors have ſpoken ſomething of the Eggs of Women, as is too copious here for me to nominate; giving you as it were, a hint or a glance of this great Work of Generation, but have hitherto left you in Darkneſs, and have not given you the plain Demonſtration thereof: But here, I have produced to your view, the whole VVork in a large Figure, inſomuch that it will make it very eaſy to your Underſtanding, or to Reaſon it ſelf.
The whole VVork being laid down ſo plain; firſt, you may ſee the Rude, or Oviary Lump, having many ſmall things, like the Spawn of a Hering, which
Cavea, that Nature hath provided, as this Instrument of mine directs you; wherein may be ſeen the Growth or InEmbryo, or Poelus; whether three Bubbles, or ſome rude and indigeſted Lumps, or a Conception, according to ſome Writers.
As for Example, a Man was firſt a Boy, becauſe from a Boy he grew up to be a Man; before he was a Boy, he was in Infant, and before an Infant, an Embryo.
The ſame way by which we gain an Art, by the very ſame we
By the VVords of Ariſtotle, it evidently appears, by what Order the Knowledge of any Art or Sci
Give me leave therefore, to whiſper this to thee, (friendly Reader,) that thou be ſure to weigh all that I have delivered in this Exhortation, touchAriſtotle adviſe us to; for ſo far only is Reaſon to be relyed upon, as thoſe things which are demonſtrated, agree with thoſe things which are perceived by Senſe.
Now to remove all prejudice that may accrue to me, Reader, I have not called this the abſolute InvenHieronymus, Fabrioius ab Aquapendente, &c. and alſo many late Authors have hinted, or propoſed ſuch things, as Wo
To you that are wiſe and diſcreet, few words may ſuffice; for ſuch a one judges not at the firſt, nor reproves by hear-ſay, but patiently hears, and thereby increaſes in Underſtanding; which
I ſhall not need therefore, to make any further ſuit to you, but entreat you to read the Third and Fourth Part of my Book, without prejudice; and having obtained this at your hands, I ſubmit my ſelf unto your Cenſure; hoping that you will conviz. 1. Of God, and the Creation. 2. Of Man's Creation; and then after Man is come into the VVorld, it's natural to all, to be inquiſitive about future Events, or their Lotts or Chances in this Elementary Life, whe
I have preſented to thee, pure and undeſiled Rules, far beyond the Rules of Aſtrology in many things, and far eaſier and pleaſanter to your UnderſtandGeomancy and Magick, &c. by the common and vul
But becauſe of the ſtupidity of moſt of this preſent Age, I will unfold to you this dreadful VVord. Obſerve, Magick it ſelf, which the Antients did ſo divinely contemplate, is ſcandalized, with hearMirandula,) Pauci Intelligunt, multi Reprehendunt; & ſicut Canes, ignotos ſemper allatrant. Few underſtand, many reprehend; and as Doggs, bark at thoſe they know not.
Magus, or Simon Magus, who being indede not Magus, but Gos, viz. familiar with evil SpiTitle. But Magick and Witchcraft are far different Sciences: where Pliny beNero (ſaith Pliny, lib. 30. Nat. Hiſt.) who had the moſt exMagicians of the Eaſt, ſent him by Tiridates King of Armenia, who held that Kingdom by him, found out the Art, after a long Study and Labour, which I now call Lotts.
Now Witchcraft and Sorcery, are quite contra
But Magus is expreſſed, ſuch a one as is conver&c. as Plato affirms, that the Art of Magick is the Art of VVorſhipping God, as when the VViſe Men came to Worſhip Chriſt; and this is the firſt Kind, which is called Divine Magick.
Secondly, The Latins did entitle them Sapientes, or Wiſe Men. Thirdly, The Greeks call them Philoſophers. Fourthly, The Egyptians were termed Prieſts. Fifthly, The Hebrews termed them Cabaliſts, Prophets, Scribes and Phariſees. Sixthly, The Babylonians, they were called by the Name of Caldeans. Seventhly, By the Perſians, Magicians.
So the Word Magus, of it ſelf, imports a ContemNegromancy and Witchcraft; and all for want of its true Name or Title, viz. Malefici or
Venefici, Sorcery, or Poyſoners. Theſe are the true Names of Witchcraft or Sorcery.
Seeing it's ſo, that Magick is a Divine Science, pray Reader, let me go under the ſame DenominaMagick is Aſtrology, or theſe my Lotts, being nothing but Signs and Planets, and no Conjuration in it, according to the vulgar Saying, but a pure undefiled Science, which judges of the Events of things to come, Natural and Human, by the Motions and Influences of the Stars, upon theſe lower Elements, by them obſerv'd and underſtood.
Philo Judaeus affirms, that by this Part of Magick, or Aſtrology, together with the Motions of the Stars, and other Heavenly Bodies, Abraham found out the Knowledge of the true God, while he liv'd in Chaldea: qui contemplatione creaturarum, cognovit Creatorem, (ſaith Damaſcen,) who knew the Creator by the Contemplation of the Creature. Joſephus reported of Abraham, that he inſtructed the Egyptians in Arithmetick and Aſtrology, who before Abraham came to them, underſtood none of theſe Sciences.
Abraham ſanctitate & ſapientia omnium praeſtantiſſimus primum Caldaeos, deinde Phoenices, demum Aegyptios Sacerdotes, Aſtrologia & Divina docuerit. Abraham the wiſeſt and holieſt of Men, did firſt teach the Caldeans; then the Phenicians; and laſtly, the Egyptian Prieſts, Aſtrology and Divine Knowledge.
Without doubt, Hermes Triſmegiſtus, that DiNoah attained to much Divine Knowledge of the Creator, thro' the Study of Magick and Aſtrology, as his Writings teſtifie to this day.
The third Kind of Magick contains the whole Philoſophy of Nature, which brings to light the inAlbertus Arnoldus de Villa Nova, Raymond, Bacon, and others.
I muſt expect ſome Calumnies and Obtrectations againſt this way of Writing, from the malicious preJonah, and they caſt Lotts for the Garment of our Saviour Chriſt, &c.
So I do intreat the Reader to follow the adviſe of Fabius, Qui litigant, ſint ambo in conſpectu tuo nocens & reus; if there be any Scandal in this Work of mine, it's taken, and not given: And this comfort I have, in that Axiom of Triſmegiſtus, Qui pius eſt, ſumme Philoſophatur. Therefore I preſent it without Diſguſt, to all of candor and in
There are four ſorts of Readers. Firſt obſerve, Spunges, which attract all, without diſtinction or diHour-glaſſes, which receive, and pour out as faſt; ſecondly, Baggs, which retain only the
Reader, thou art deſired to Correct the following Errata, with thy Pen, which have eſcaped, thro' the Negligence of the Preſs.
Pag. 3. l. 16. dele on, p. 15. for Dens r. Deus, p. 14. l. 2Matter, p. 17. l. 27. for illi r. illi, p. 20. l. 2. for ſeu r. &, p. 69. l. 6. for mutreberis r. mutaberis, p. 75. l. 19. for utra
r. uter
l. 20. for Templae r. Templ
p. 282. l. 10. for admirabilis, r. admirabile, and the ſame in l. 23.
The Divine Attributes, conſiſting of Eternal Nature.
BEfore we ſpeak of the Centre, or the Circle of the Life of Man, we muſt conMatrix, which is the Centre and Eſſence of all Eſſences; all things are gene
Ex ipſo, per ipſum, & in ipſo ſunt omnia: Of him, by him, and in him are all things.
Before we dive into the Bottomleſs Abyſs of the Eſſential Philoſophy, we muſt conſider, that God is the true Wiſdom and Foundation thereSapientiam poſſidet
did poſſeſs Wiſdom in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing; from Eternity was ſhe ordained; ſhe was conceived where there was no Abyſs.
Sapientia à Deo profecta eſt, & prior omnium: Created Wiſdom comes from God, and was the firſt that Created all things.
I do imagine, and my mind gives me, that al
1. In the Beginning the Word of the Eternal Spirit created the Heavens and the Earth. 2. And the Earth was without form, and void, and darkneſs was upon the face of the deep, and the Eternal
Spirit moved upon the face of the Waters. 3. The Word ſaid, Let there be Light, and there was Light. 4. The Word ſaw, that the Light was good; and the Word ſeparated the Light from the Darkneſs. 5. The Word called the Light Day, and the Darkneſs he called Night. 6. And the VVord ſaid, Let there be a Firmament in the midſt of the Waters,—and divide the Waters from the Waters: And the Firmament was called Heaven. And the VVord ſaid, Let the Waters under the Heaven be gathered together, and let the dry Land appear.
Seeing this Great Work of the Creation is not a matter of Faith, I leave the literal Sence of the Book of Geneſis, and give you liberty to conSpagyrick VVork.
In Contemplating on the firſt of
Geneſis, and then from the VVords of God himſelf, I have a ſtrong fancy, that God made that wonderful Faviz. the Whole Univerſe, by a powerMoſes ſays, in ſix days: mind Job 38. v. 4.
Ubinam eras quum fundarem Terram? indica, ſi noviſti Intelligentiam.
Quum canerent ſimul Stellae Matutinae, & cum vociferati ſunt omnes filii Dei, ver. 7.
For, what may we hence conjecture, but that the Angels, Coche Boker, Stars of the Morning,
Beni Elohim, the Sons of God, beholding ſo great a Miraculous Wonder, together with their own as wonderful, formerly commanded at ſuch an inſtant into a glorious Being, gave Shouts of Praiſe, and Acclamations of Joy, in Admiration of the great Creator's Omniporen
It is an abſurdity to ſay, That God created the World with diſtance of Time; firſt, for then the Act it ſelf could not be properly ſaid creare, but facere, to make. If we do but conſider, that Creation is not only to raiſe a thing out of nothing, but to make it alſo with
It is an abſurdity to aſſert, that Time ſhould be before Time it ſelf; for Time is the Meaſure of Motion begun, but with the Motion of the Sun, Moon and Stars.
Now, according to the litteral ſence in Geneſis the Firmament which God called Heaven, was created the ſecond Day, but the Sun, Moon and Stars, were not created till the fourth Day.
Now then, could there be Days and Nights
Philo Judeus upon this Point, ſays, It's a ſimGeneſis? Firſt, it's ſaid, In the Beginning, God created Heaven and the Earth. Then in the ſe
'Tis ſtrange incoherence in the two verſes, concerning the Creation of Light; there ſeem to have been two Days ſpent, which is an Indecorum to imagin, that after the Word it ſelf had comLet there be Light; do you not believe, That that VVord or Command, had not been ſufficient to create Light, &c.
Seeing that Faith doth not bind us to believe otherwiſe, it's the moſt rational Conjecture, that by the firſt Light, was meant the Light of the Sun, Moon and Stars, &c.
Obſerve the Text it ſelf, which ſays, In the beginning of the Work, God created the Heavens and the Earth, that is to ſay, in giving Form to the dark Abyſs or Lump, and created the Light; and in verſe 3. it tells us, That the Light was created before either.
VVhich is from the contrariety of the litteral Deſcription, which allows four Days for the Creation of the Light, the Heavens, the Earth, and Luminaries. And in the next Chapter, we have theſe words: Theſe are the Generations of the Heavens and the Earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the Heavens and the Earth. Now you ſee, it's but one Day, and before, it's ſaid to be four days.
It's ſaid, That the World ſhall have an end in a moment, and in the twinkling of an Eye. So ſudden ſhould be our Changes from the ſleep of Death to Immortality: there is the ſame like
Man was created in a moment with the reſt, &c. but on the contrary by the Prophet Ezekiel, ſpeaking to the King of Tyrus; Thou haſt been in Eden (ſays he) in the Garden of God. And now obſerve ſpeedily after, The Workmanſhip of thy Drums and thy Flutes, was prepared in thee in the day that thou was created. This may give you a ſtrong belief, that Man, and the Creatures which were made for his ſake, were all created
Geneſis.
Now I have a Queſtion to anſwer, and that is, What is the meaning or reaſon, that the firſt Chapter of Geneſis is ſo expreſſed?
I ſhall in this point give you the opinion of Procopius; he ſays, That Author might accoHebrews anti&c. So we may conclude, That the whole was no more than a conjectural Moral, compiled by Moſes or the Lawgiver, the more deeper to fix in the mind of his People, a Veneration of his intended Sabbath: ſo Divinity neceſſitated for a ſeparate Day of Holy Worſhip, and ſo particularly neceſJerome and Maſius were the greateſt Interpreters of the Bible; and 'twas never found in the Pentateuch of the Bible, that God did ever dictate to Moſes the Creation of the World, but the Ten Commandments. God created Man in his own Image, Male and Female: At that time Eve was not made, nor no News of
Now we have given you, as it were, the Speculum of the whole Work, I will give you a glance of the whole Univerſe.
In the firſt place, lift up your Eyes, and beHebrew Letters, which is in our Engliſh Letters Jehovah; which is, that Word or Spirit which made all things, and ſpake the Word, and it was finiſhed: He rules all, and is above all, and gave himſelf a Name, and revealed himſelf to us, and ſaid, I am the Lord thy God, &c. elſe we ſhould never have known what Name or Title to have given him.
Deinde dixit, ſum Patris tui Deus Abrahami, Deus Iitzchaki, & Deus Jahakobi.
And in another place God ſaid, I am what I am.
So much concerning God, or the Word, or him that made all things out of the Abyſs; and as for any further Demonſtration or Knowledge, I muſt leave it till longer time, or until I can un
The next thing to Admiration, is the dark Lump unſhaped, which is called the Chaos or Abyſs, from whence all proceeded.
By way of Reſemblance, behold how the Sun, Moon and Stars leap out with their Streams from the deformed Lump; when the Word was given, it made a Separation in diſtinct NaCaput Mortuam.
Now you muſt know, that the 7 Planets are the 7 Rulers of the World, by their different Natures, and are God's Inſtruments, as you ſhall be informed in another place.
Now out of thoſe 7, God hath choſen one of them to put his Tabernacle in, that is the Sun.
viz. The Lines or Streams which are drawn, or come from the Abyſs or Chaos to the 7 Properties of Nature. You will find two Ranks of Stars getting out of the Streams, except ☉ and Foeces, &c.
Example. Behold the Line of ♂, you will ſee one Ra k of Stars in one ſide of the Stream, and ſo on the other ſide, which may be called ♈ and ♏, the Houſes of ♂, and ſo of the reſt, the ☉ and &c.
The Blewneſs, or that we call Sky, was con
The laſt Wonder is, The World finely adorAdam in Paradiſe; all made and created by one Word or Command of God: and here the Philoſopher calls Man the Little World, and the other the Great World, viz. Microcoſmus & Macrocoſmus: and alſo they ſay, That the World hath three Diviſions, viz. Sublunary, Celeſtial and ſuper-Celeſtial.
Now to define unto you what the World is called, viz. Mundus, or the World in the Hebrew Tongue, Holam, which implies thus much:
Quoniam per aliquot ſecula ſubſiſtat, in quo rerum
Greek calls it Coſmos, which imports Ornament; which the Latin for perfect and abſolute Elegancy call Mundus, becauſe there is nothing mere neatly poliſhed and beautified with all Creatures. So ſays Plin. Poſſidonius in Metr. That Mundus, or the World, which conſiſteth of Heaven, Earth, CeMunaus, quaſi Ornatus Mulieris, A Womans Ornament. But in ſhort, the World is a fine thing.
The Beginning in general; how they were produced and extracted out of Nothing, according to the Moſaical Philoſophy, and what is meant by the word Nothing; then the firſt Principle, which is the dark Abyſs or Chaos, without Form.
1. OBſerve the Words of the moſt ExcelElohim was effect
2. And that Terra erat inanis & vacuum, the Earth was without ſhape and form; a plain de
3. St. Auguſtin compares this Nothing unto a Speech; for while it's in the mind of the Speaker, it's nothing to him that is ſpoken to, before it's ſpoken. Plato compares it to a Dream, when a Man awakes, 'tis nothing but Imaginatiex Nihilo, of nothing; it ought not to be interpreted Nothing.
4. For the firſt Eſſence and Matter of all Things was from all Eternity in God, and with God, one and the ſame thing; and this we prove by Moſes, In principio creavit Deus Coelum & Terram.
5. Principium is not to be taken as a negative Nothing: for in plain Terms, that ex ipſo, & per ipſum, & in ipſo ſunt omnia; Of him, by him, and in him, are all things proceeding from the Creator.
6. Hermes hath it, Infinita in Abyſſo, Aqua inſuper & Sp
There was
Elohim the Eternal Spi
By this you may diſcern, what the Subſtances of Beginnings of Things was, namely, the dark Abyſs.
7. Obſerve now, that this generated Matter was Water, which the Preſence of the all-inShamaim, and that the Waters were the firſt Matter and Principle of which the World was made; no otherwiſe than out of a rude Maſs or Lump, a great Pallace is faſhioned or framed. This Moſes confirms, firſt, for that it doth mention the Water from which the Spirit of God was created, after he had nominated the confuſed Chaos under the Title of the dark A& Terra inanis & vacua, or the void and deformed Earth, and that before the firſt days Seperation; whereby it's plainly argued, that Water was the material Principle, created or inacted by Elohim Ruache; for as much as they were nominated before the firſt days work.
8. That it was the Eternal Wiſdom or Spirit Elohim, who acted as it were the part of a MidMoſes ſays, That
Elohim.
9. The Heavens above were made of the pu
10. Then out of the lower Waters, by the ſame Word or Spirit, three ſeveral Regions, namely, the Air, the Seas, and the dry Land; ſo the World, and every Member thereof, was out of this humid Spirit or aquatick Nature, which is viſible by this Text; Coeli (ſaith he) erant prius & Terra, de Aqua & per Aquam exiſtentes, verbo Dei.
11. The Heavens was Fire, and the Earth Water; and by Water exiſting in, and by the Word, the World is compoſed only of Heaven and Earth: and therefore it follows, that the whole World is made, and exiſteth of the Wa
12. The next thing I ſhew you, how all things were faſhioned, formed and reduced into a ſpe
It firſt diſtinguiſhed, and ſeparated the Dark
Mundum ex materia infor
Aether, all the Regions above; then was SOrion, and turned Darkneſs into tSolomon ſaith.
We ſhould ſpeak ſomething of the two main Principles, viz. Heat and Cold: All Heat whatſoever doth attract and draw unto it, the Vapours and Humidity of the Earth and Wa&c. We find the contrary by a Weather-Glaſs; for in only laying the warm Hand upon the Glaſs, the Air dilates its ſelf immediately, and is ſo far from being attracted by the Heat, that contrariwiſe it flies away from the Hand. Theſe two Principles will lead me into a larger Field, than I ſhall be able to go through in this ſmall Tract; therefore I ſhall forbear.
14. But to ſpeak ſomething of the Univerſal Myſtery of Rarifaction and Condenſation; for it's proved, that by them the whole World was made, the Heavens faſhioned in due order, and the Univerſal Elements altered, and changed af
15. The divine Philoſopher Hermes ſaith, Mens ab eſſentia Dei nequaquam diviſa, ſed ille potius eo modo connexa quo Solis corpori Lumen: The mental Beam is not at all divided from the Eſſences of God, but rather joined and knit un
16. We may conclude then, that the RariNolunty or Volunty, that is to ſay, the Negative or the Affirmative Will of that one Eternal Unity, who is that all
17. How this Ruach Elohim being put once in Eſſences, worketh by his Angels in this ſubluviz. By his AngeCome ye Spirits from the four Winds, and make thoſe dead Carcaſſes to live again. Now this one Spirit worketh in and by Spiritual and Angelical Organs, in the execution which is ef
I ſaw four Angels ſtand on the four Corners of the Earth, holding the four Winds of the Earth, that they ſhould not blow, neither on the Earth nor Sea, &c. By which it's evident, that thoſe Angelical Preſidents over the four Winds, were the Organs by and in the which the Spirits of the Winds were emitted or retained, accord
18. After what manner this Spirit Ruach Elohim did frame out the Heavens, and ſhaped or made the Stars thereof, by his act of Conden
19. Thus was the World in general, diſtinHermes in theſe Words, Diſtinctis libratiſque rebus, quae igneo Spiritu vehebantur, emicuit Coelum, ſeptem in Circulos.—Things being diSplendorem Sanctum, the Holy Splendor, which ſuſtain and bear up every Circle or Sphere of the Heavens in its due place: And the Wiſe Man ſays, Omnia
Menſura Numeroque, & pondere, diſpoſuiſ
Thou haſt diſpoſed all things i
20. I may ſay, that as the Subſtance of the Heavens is inviſible by reaſon of its rarity, iAriſtotle is of the opinion, That the Stars are the denſer Parts o
21. How the lower Water or material ſub
The Univerſal Subſtance of the World, was made only out of one thing, of a Matter that was produced out of the dark Chaos or Abyſs, bMoſes calls Water, and Her
the Humid Nature; it muſt follow, that out Ruach Elohim, altered and changed from one Shape to another; for that which is made the viPaul, Per fidem agnovimus, quod ſemper ita actum ſit cum Mundo per Verbum, ut ex iis quae videri non poterant, fiunt ea quae poſſunt videri: We know by Faith, that has been ever acted with the World, by the Word, that thoſe things which can be ſeen, were effected and made of thoſe things which could not be ſeen.
22. We are taught by Chymical Experience, That Earth is nothing elſe but coagulated WaMoſes tells us.
Here we have the Progreſſion in the Worlds Creation; where 1 is, it ſignifies the Unity which was before all things: which, while it was in it ſelf, and did not ſhine forth, contained its inacted property within its potential Nolunty or Darkneſs; and therefore it was eſteemed as nothing, in regard of Man's weak Capacity, al
Unity, thus,
Then,
Platonicks, the Soul of the World, which the Philoſopher calls by the name of Quinta Eſſentia, the Quinteſſence: ſo alſo are the Heavens ſaid to animate the Elements, no otherwiſe than the Soul doth the Body; ſo that this de
Which importeth the four-fold alteration of the Catholick Element, by the four Winds, which was and is effected by the Word, the third day of the Creation; and this was nothing elſe but the general ſublunary or lower Waters.
This therefore was the State of the VVorlds Creation, and in this very State (ſay many,) will continue, till it be Reſined by the Firey TryHermes according to Moſes, deſcribed unto us thus:
Erat umbra infinita in Abyſſo; Aqua inſuper & Spiritus tenuis Intellectualis per divinam potentiam in Chaos inerant; ſtoruit autem Splendor Sanctus, qui ſub arena & humida natura Elementa deducit: cumque indiſtincta fuiſſent, levia poſt Mundum in excelſam regionem provolarunt; gravia ſub arena humida reſiderunt: diſtinctis libratiſque rebus quae Igneo Spiritus vehebantur, emicuit Coelum, ſeptem in Circulos, &c. An
Speculum on the o
In the firſt place, Behold the Circles and the Motions of the ſeven Properties of Nature.
You have ſeen already the Figure of the daviz. ♄, ♃ ♂, ☉, ♀, ☿, and the Mi
tells us, I am Alpha and Omega, the BeOculus Dei, the Eter
But as for the Angelical Circle, and the work and nature of Angels, the Throne, and the Hea
The Centre and Circle of the Elemen
BUT by the way, it may not be amiſs to conſider, what our Forefathers did call this Canopy or Heavens, which has ſo neatly com
Coelum potius Coelum, & Coelorum ſuprema Mundi pars: à Gr.
à concavitate; the Heavens, Firmament or Sky.
Now we will endeavour to prove out of Scriviz. Predictions.
The Heavens have been called by the Holy Ghoſt, a Book; then doubtleſs we may conclude,
Iſaiah, who ſpeaks of the laſt Day wherein all things ſhall ceaſe; he ſaith, Compli
where the Caph, in Hebrew, which the Latins tranſlate ſi
ſignifiquia: ſo that the Heaven&c.
They may ſay, as a Book: To this it may be anſwered, That it doth elſewhere fully decide this Controverſy. Seeing that we ſpeak of the Heavens, it makes mention of Lines and Leta Book, and make no uſe of the word ſicut: which is an infallible ArComplicabuntur ſicut Liber Coeli, are not Expreſſions of Similitude. Now that the ScripGeneſis; there the Hebrew Text runs thus: Bereſhith bara El
that is to ſay, In the Beginning, God created the Letters or Characters of the Heavens: for this is the meaning of the Hebrew word, &
Aat, which is a Letter: and as for the word Line, we find in Pſal. 19. v. 4. In omnem terram exivit,
K
underſtanding it's
Rachia; from whence the Greek might take the word Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei: The Prophets of old, called the Heavens a Sacred Book; as among the Jews, R S
in the Zohar, on the Section Tem
Exodus, C
305. where he ſpR. Abraham alſo, in his Jetſira, a Book of the Creation; and many more Authors may be named to this purpoſe: But this may
Now in this particular, we will endeavour to give you ſome account of the Primum Mobile,
Primum Mobile, a round Hebrews; and by the Jews, and others, in the form of Living Creatures: And then the Caldeans and others, brought them in
The Inſtrument of the Hebrews, whereby to know Events to come.
THE Antients had of theſe Inſtruments, and made uſe of them in their Practices, as may be made appear out of the Hiſtorians; ſome of which have made mention of the Caldeans AQ. Curtius, who gave aBabylon, for to receive Alexander the Great; he ſaith, Magnum deinde ſuo more Carmen canentes; poſt Chaldaei Babyloniorum non Vates modo, ſe▪
etiam Artifices: Where, by the word Artifices, he means thoſe Aſtrologers who made their Practice thoſe Arts; and this is the gloſs of Heurnius, Ii Aſtrologi, qui Aſtrorum Curſus obſervabant, vera Inſtrumenta in eum uſum fabricantes. Here we may diſcover what the Ground was, of that Fable of Atlas, King of the Mauritanians or Phoenicians, who fled before the Army of Joſhua: for the Heavens, which the Greeks (whom we may truly ſay, have been the corrupDin, Schalom, Emet, viz. Judgment, Peace, Truth; Theſe Pillars bare up two great Semicircles, which made up a TriSchemai, Haſchamaim, the Heaven or Heavens; the ſecond had only upon it, Shamaim, the Heaven; the third had only one Word, Raquiagh, which ſignifies Expanſum. The laſt and the firſt
Hebrew,—Jom, Riſchon, Schni, Schelicſi, Revighi, Chamiſchi, Chicſi, Scevighi, viz. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 days; every one of the Circles of the Planets, had upon them the number of Years they finiſhed their Courſes in, and that of the viz.
א ש ט
♓ ♒ ♑ ♐ ♏ ♎ ♍ ♌ ♋ ♊ ♉ ♈
Theſe are the Names of the 12 Signs of the Months: And now I'll alſo give them at large in Hebrew, viz.
1 Niſan, 2 Atiri, 3 Stuan, 4 Tamuz, 5 Ab, 6 Aelot, 7 Tiſri, 8 Tiſuan, 9 Riſtien, 10 Tebet, 11 Sch
12 and laſt, is Adar. And thus we reckon our Months, as March, April, &c.
Now theſe Circles were ordered ſo exactly, as that one might perfectly diſcern the degrees
I ſhould not have here made this Obſervation, but only that I might be the better able hereEgyptians, and the more Learned among the Arabians.
The Names and Nature of the Seven Rulers of the World, which are the chief Force and Power under the Elements.
THe Seven Properties of Nature have their Names in ſeveral Languages, firſt, from the Hebrew; and alſo every Angel or Planet has its lay to Rule in, as we obſerve to this day.
Saturnus,
Jupiter
Mars,
Sol,
V
Mercurius,
Luna,
In Latin, Planet a a Planet, ♄ Saturnus, Jupiter, ♂ Mars, ☉ Sol, ♀ Venus, ☿ M
In Arabick, ♄ Zazel, ♃ Hiſmal, ♂ Bar
The reaſon why they are called by the Names, as ♄, ♃, ♂, ☉, ♀, ☿, and
This may ſerve to convince thoſe UnbelieBoſom of Nature is opened.
The Boſom of Nature opened, and ex
THE Explanation of this Philoſophical Fiviz. 1 ♄, 2 ♃, 3 ♂, 4 ☉, 5 ♀, 6 ☿, 7 and laſt,
You muſt obſerve, that the Sun is placed in the midſt of them all, and from him proceed
For a further enlightning of your UnderSaturn higheſt, and the Moon loweſt; ſo Saturnine Men have great Bones.
Jupiter, which ariſeth from the firſt, and is the drawing Motion in the Hardneſs or Sharp
But there is a great Underſtanding in the Power; yet the Power cannot of his own might, awaken the Underſtanding.
But ♃ deſireth a Freedom or Life in the PowLet there be, &c. and the Deſire hath made ſome&c.
Mars is the third Quality; ſeeing it is ſo, that ♃ and ☿ excelleth in the Fire, therefore it deno&c. which is a Stirrer, and a Cinviz. a feelingneſs of the breakviz. a Flaſh or Lightning, wherein the Power, Colours and Virtues, do appear in theſe three firſt Qualities or Properties, and in it con
But now obſerve, that this Quality of Heat and Fire it ſelf, cannot conſiſt; for Fire deſires Subſtantiality; and Fire hath no Subſtantiality; for Fire its ſelf ſubſiſteth not without Fuel to work upon; which Subſtantiality deſires MeekVenus, and is Light or Love, that are about the Wheel.
For it's the Meekneſs of the outward Na&c. So Venus hath, and is the Fire of Love, and the World of Power and Light, wherein Darkneſs dwells in its ſelf, and the Darkneſs comprehendeth it not.
Theſe 6 Properties are together, viz. ♄
&c. and all is produced by the Power and Word of God.
A Platform of the Heavens, Elements and Earth; with a Demonſtrati
THE 12 Stars, are the 12 Signs in numberRevelatis
(which the Dragon would have devoured) wo&c. Two Numbers are come into one; for God became Man, and brought two numbers into one: ſhe wore the Angelical Zodiac, and alſo the Human; and ſo the Image in the Revelations, had 12 Stars on her Grown; the Images repreſent God, and its the Similitude of God, in which he revealed himſelf: ſo thoſe 12 Signs, or 12 Stars, are 12 Signs of the Zodiac, ſo called:
♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓
A Figura Animalium quae in eo imaginantur ▪ vel quod vitam & calorem Animalibus dare creditur.
But of theſe in another place.
From theſe Signs, and the 7 Properties of Naviz. from the 4 Properties of Eternal Nature, and breathed out from the inward Centre, and formed into a working Subſtance.
Theſe 7 Properties of Nature, have their Deviz. ♄, ♃, ♂, ♀, ☿, in two Houſes, one for the Day, and the other for Night, markviz. the Sign ♌, and the viz. Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals.
Power of the Seven Properties and
they are one in the other, viz. infeSolary, and certain Lunary; the ☉ and
Saturn and his Angel; among EleOnyx, the Ziaza, the Camomus, the Saphir, the proud Jaſper; and ſeveral Plants and Trees, which are endleſs to name here.
Secondly, ♃ and his Angel; over Elements, the Air; over Tumours, Blood, and the SpiHyacinth, Beril, Saphire, the Emerald, the green Jaſper, and Airy Colours; and Power over many Herbs, &c. Corn, Barley or Wheat, &c.
Thirdly, Under the Power of ♂, and his AnDiamond, Loadſtone, the Blood-ſtone; amongſt Plants, Hellebor, Garlick, and many more.
Fourthly, Thoſe things under the Power of ♀ and her Angel, are called Venereal: firſt, of the Elements, Air and Water; amongſt HuBeryl, Chryſolite, Emerald, Saphire, the Cornelia, the Stone Aetites, the La
and all of a various white, fair, and green Colour; of Plants and Trees, the Vervain, Violet and Marygold, &c.
Emerald and Achates, red Marble, Topaze, and thoſe which are of divers Colours; as for Plants and Trees, the Hazel; and five leav'd-Graſs, the Herb Mercury, and many others.
Sixthly, ☉ and his Angel, over Elements, the lucid Flame; in Humours, the pure Blood and Spirit of Life; as for Taſtes, that which is quick, and ſweetens; over Metals, Gold, by reaſon of its Splendor; amongſt thoſe which reſemble the Riſe of Sol, by their golden Sparkles; as doth the glittering Stone Aetites, and the Stone called the Eye of the S
Seventhly,
Here you have but a glance of the Power of thoſe Properties of Nature over the three King
The Scituation of the Heavens and Earth, at the Creation of the Sun, Moon and Stars.
THE Sun, Moon and Stars, were created on Wedneſday, April 22, 18. h. p. m. about 4002 Years before Chriſt; this I underſtand by the
and many Authors, of this matter;
Sun Moon: and: stars Created: Sun did enter the VerAries, in the Morn
22, being on the tButler.
This we may perceive, that the Body of the
By this Form or Out-Birth, you may perceive
Then obſerve how the two Points are oppoviz. the Head of the Dragon, and Tail; ☊ in the Aſcendant, and ☋ in the Se
Now the Learned Aſtrologers tell us, that the Heavens or Starry Firmament is divided in
Now we have demonſtrated to you the Out-Birth, viz. the Forms of the Heavens and Earth, I ſhall proceed in order to the fifth Work, or Day of Creation; for we could not properly call Time Night or Day, before the Sun and Moon
Sol of the World opeviz. the Life of the viz. from its peMercury: Thus
Now we are come to the laſt Creature, whi
Therefore I have given you, as it were, Demonſtration of the great World, or Ma
and I ſhall ſpeak of Microcoſmos; as y
The true Knowledge of Man, conſiſting of External and Internal Nature, in the Elementary World.
POſteà dixit, faciamus Hominem ad imaginem noſtram, ſecundum ſimilitudinem noſtram: qui dominentur in Piſces maris, & in Volucreis
Coeli, & in Pecudes, & in univerſam Terram; que in omnia reptilia reptantia ſuper Terr
God ſaid, Let us make Man according t
And Moſes ſays, That God made
meaning, with the Compoſition the Elementary Powers: for tho' Adam was Adam, I'll ſay
We read in Geneſis, that God on the fifth dAdam was made.
Primum Mobile, viz. two days after the ☉
adam in paradice.
Thus Adam was created in that pleaſant place
about the year before Chriſt 4. 002.
on April 24. at 12 a Clock, or Midnight. Paradiſe is in Meſopotamia, where London: Now our curious ReaJoſephus; there you will ſee ſomeviz. of the firſt Primum M
or moving Poſture of the World, and placParadiſe, and Elevation of its Pole. Many Let the
(ſaith the Word) and there was: and alſo G
were, and the Trees ſprang out; this
Now for the place or Centre of the EaMeſopotamia, where God plAdam: So the Spring is two months ſooLondon.
But for the Ages of the World, many hButler for one.
The Egg of Generation; or,
IN the laſt Chapter, you have an accouAdam, of his wonderful CEve, who is the Matrix of the Genetrix, and thus it ſtands in the EterMicrocoſmos, or that little World, as the Compendium of the whole Creation, partake of both theſe Kinds, conſiſting of Soul and Body, formed of the Elements; Moſes tells us, of the Duſt of the Ground; alſo he partakes of an immediate Creation, with the cor
Now we will proceed on the Words before, the Female taken out of the Male, which is for Procreation, Convocation, and Multiplication; obſerve the Words of Moſes:
Dixerat autem Jehova Deus, non eſt bonum eſſe hominem ſolum: faciam ei Auxilium commodum ipſi.
Theſe Words implie a Unity and FamiliariAdam with his Female Creature; and this to Poſterity. The Philoſophers in theſe our days, are at a ſtand for the Reaſon of that Love ariſing between Male and Female, telling us, it's only a ſtrong Sympathy in Nature. But of this enough. And ſeeing that the firſt Man is the firſt Woman, it may be convenient to de
But pray give me leave, before I run on wiLatin, from the wiſe Philoſoph
. De Generandi, aut Spermaticâ Facultate, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
GEnerandi quoque vis, partis eſt ejus quae•… tioni non obtemperat: nam ſine volunt noſtra in ſomniis Semen emittimus, & cupidit •… Conjunctionis naturalis eſt; inviti enim ad eam •… •… rimur: quanquàm actio ſine controverſia in n ſita eſt, & ab anima pendet. Etenim Inſtrument •… quae appetitioni naturali ſerviunt conficitur, & ab •… •… tinere ab appetitione eamque comprimere, in n eſt poſitum. Inſtrumenta autem ſeminandi facul •… tate praeditae Venae ſunt, & Arteriae; in his eni •… per converſionem ſanguinis primum humidum, qu •… ad ſeminis natur a vergit, ut in Mammis Lac, pr •… creatur. Horum enim vaſorum alimentum hi humor eſt, propterea quod à principio è ſemine pre • creata ſint. Excoquunt igitur Arteriae & Ve Sanguinem in humidum, quod ad naturam Semi •… accedit, ut alatur: atque quod ex earum alimenu •… •… relinquitur, Semen fit. Fertur enim primu quidem multa circuitione in caput, deinde à capi •… per binas venas binaſque arterias delabitur. •…
Qare ſi quis excidat venas, quae ſunt circa aures, & parotides, Animal ſterile reddit, & ineptum ad generandum; hae aut em venae & arteriae evadunt illud tort uoſum, & quod inſtar varicum eſt, invo • luerum, quod eſt ad Scrotum, ubi humidum illud quod ad ſemen accedit labitur in utrumque Teſtem. Una eſt arteria, unaque vena plena ſeminis, in qui bus perfectè ſemen perficitur, & per tortuoſum pr raſtatem, qui ſecundus teſtis eſt, cum flatu depelli tur; quoniam & arteria eſt quae mittit: ferri au tem etiam à vena, libidinoſa petulantia oſtendit. Cum enim diu concubuerint, & id, in quo ſeminis vis ineſt & Genitalem humorem, conſumpſerint, tum etiam per violentam contentionem parum ſan guinis emittit. Mulieres quoque omnes eaſdem, quas viri verè partes habent, ſed intus, non ex tra. Ariſtoteles quidem, & Democritus, nihil vo lunt conferre Semen Mulieres ad procreationem Li berorum; quod enim mittitur à Mulieribus, ſudo rem potius Membri, quam ſemen eſſe volunt. Ga lenus verò damnat Ariſtotelem, ait Semen emittere Mulieres, & mixtionem utriuſque Seminis Foetum efficere; quare etiam concubitum mixtionem dici: non tamen perfectum Semen, ut viri, ſed adhuc crudum, & humidius. Cum autem tale ſit mulie ris Semen, alimentum ſit utilis, & ex eo pars quae dam coriiſive membranae Foetum ambientis, qui ad cornua concreſcit, & quod à farciminis forma, , nominatur; quod reliquiarum cibi Foetus dum in uteri eſt receptaculum ſit: in uno 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 quoque autem genere animalis, tum faemina marem admittit, cum poteſt concipere. Quae ergo ſemper poſſunt concipere, ſemper conjunctionem admittunt, ut Gailinae, & Columbae, & Homo; ſed caetera du •… gravida ſunt, fugiunt conjunctionem, Mulier ſempe •… admittit. Nam Gallinae quidem quod quotidie pariant, quotidie ferè cum mare congrediuntur Mulieres autem ut in caeteris rebus, voluntate ſu 〈◊〉 libera; ita etiam in concubitu poſt conceptionen Nam beſtiae non à ſeipſis, ſed à natura diriguntu •… & modus eis tempuſque definitum, Naturae leg •… ſtatutum eſt. •…
Notwithſtanding their high Learning, they are in the Dark, as the Quaker ſaith; but An
in ſome of his Works, owns, that Wome
If the method be obſerved in the knowledg of Generation, we may be confident we have arEmbryo.
Now we muſt ſearch further, what he was Embryo
whether their Bubbles, or ſome rude and indigeſted Lump, or a Conception, or Co&c. a Deſcription of which, I will demonſtrate at large in the follow
A Deſcription of the Human Egg; or, the Matrix of the Centre of Generation.
SEeing the Figures of Human Eggs are exem
It's well known, that the Soul's Bodily Union, and Conception in the Soul, is performed, or comes to paſs after this manner: beneath in the Matrix, the Woman hath no Seed; but each ſide of her Womb hath many little Eggs, every one of which hangs by a ſmall Filament: and theſe are born with her, and are found in all Female Creatures.
Look upon the Figure, and behold the Matria of Conception, or Store-Houſe of Multiplicati
In the Cohabitation of Man and Wife togeDuctus or Pipe, ſlip down, or off, from the ſaid Lump of Eggs, into a certain Cavity, as Nature hath provided, in or
Repreſents two human Eggs of a differe
Repreſents an Embryo of 6 Days after Con
A repreſents to the Eye, the inward part of the Membranes, Chorion and Amnion, being imHepar Uterinum.
B repreſents an Embryo, in which may be ſeen the diſtinction of the Head from the Body, but no delineation of any other Parts.
Repreſents an Embryo of 18 Days after Con
A, the Hepar Uterinum, with the Veins and Arteries, which are diſperſed thro' the Sub
BBBB, the Membrane Chorion, diſſected.
CCCC, the Membrane Amnion, diſſected in like manner.
D, the Navel-String.
E, an Embryo, of 15 or 16 Days, in which the Face begins to appear more diſtinctly, and the reſt of the Members are ſomewhat formed and diſtinguiſhed.
Repreſents to the Eye, a griſly Skeleton of an Embryo, of three Weeks and three Days.
Repreſents an Embryo of one month four days.
A, the whole griſly Bulk of the Head, ſhew
BB, the Clavicula, now all Bone.
CC, the Point of the Oſſification of the Shoul
DD, the wite Strokes defiguring the Oſſiſica
EE, the white Strokes, ſhewing the Oſſiſica
FF, theſe white Points in all the Reds, except the firſt and laſt, do denote the Oſſification al
GG, the Thigh-bones, repreſenting what is Bone in them.
HH, the greater and leſſer Bone of the Leg clearly repreſented, and already of the Boney-Subſtance.
Shews an Embryo of two Months, which dif
A doth exhibit the inferior Jaw-bone, diſtin
Thus far we have ſhewn you the beginning of Generation, from the Ovum, or Egg, how the Growth and Perfection moves along by degrees; as you may ſee in the Figure of Human Eggs. And ſeeing it's not my buſineſs here to diſcourſe through the whole Body of Anatomy, therefore (kind Reader) I refer thee to an uſeful CompenLatin, which will give you a full ſatisfaction of all at large, and in particular of the Eggs in Women, entituled, Compendium Anatomicum, nova Methodo inſtitutum; which may be had of moſt Book ſellers in London.
Skeleton or Boney Parts, a Figure of the Infant in the Womb come to Perfection, out of my fore&c.
Situationem Foetus in Utero repreſentat.
A Caput deor ſum poſitum, adeo ut Naſus inter genua lateat.
BB Nates, quibus Calces affixi inveniuntur.
CC Brachia.
D Chorda umbilicalis, Cervicem circumligata.
Foetum ex Utero exceptum, ſed adhuc Placentae ligatum; uhi Vaſa Umbilicalia ſeparantur.
Abdomen abſciſſum.
B, Hepar. C, Veſica urinaria.
DD, Inteſtina: E, Venae umbilicales.
FF, Arteriae umbilicales: C, Urachus.
H, Vaſa umbilicalia unita; & communi tunica inveſtita.
L, Funiculus umbilicalis, ad Placentam extendens.
KKKK, Venae & Arteriae per placentam diſperſa.
LLL, Uteri Placenta.
Embryonem in propria dimenſione monſtrat.
A, Os latum, cum Lingua.
B, Chorda umbilicalis.
C, Faemora & crura, cum Coccyge.
D, Quaſi Caudae aſpectum praebens.
Thus I have given you by Figures, the whole Generation, both Bone and Fleſh, and ſome
But I muſt turn back a little again, to the Boney-Part, becauſe I juſt now call to mind the Sayings of ſome Philoſophers, touching this ſame Subject concerning Bones, derived from Scripture, That Eve was made out of a Bone or Rib; becauſe the Central Spirit has its reſi
The Query is, Whether it will not follow from
Semen; from which the Fleſh, as from a Spring or Fountain, doth continually proceed, and to which it muſt by Revolution, return again, in order to Perfection?
It is further Queried, what the Word Tzela, doth properly ſignify; of which it's ſaid, Gen. 2. That the Woman was made. Seeviz. a Bone, Prop or Support; a Rib, a Side, a Foun&c. If you think that it was a Rib-Bone, we would willingly know which it was, and on which Side the Rib was taken, beVertebrae of the Back-bone, and moſt of them are joined together by Cartilages, to the Sternum or Breſt-bone; or, foraſmuch as the Word alſo ſigEve was made, &c. For we may eaſily know, that all the reſt of the Bones in Man, proceed from this Centre, the Back-bone; becauſe it is ridiculous to think, that an Embryo in the Mothers Womb, doth firſt begin to have Arms and Legs in 16 days after ConEve was made out of the very Centre of the whole Body of Man.
Now many may ſay, Is the Egg of a Woman in the Form of a Hens Egg? We ſay, No; but a Reſemblance. But the main Reaſon here, that I preſent you with an Egg in the Form of a Hens Egg, is, becauſe of that famous Author Fabricius, who ſaith, That the Contemplation of the Forming of the Foetus out of Eggs, is the largeſt of all; which appears in this, That the greateſt part of Animals are gotten of Eggs.
It's a plain caſe therefore, that all Animals whatſoever, even Vipers alſo, nay, Man himMatrix, or Mother-Earth, and it ſprings up, and brings forth its own kind.
But O Man! thy place of Conception or InRowe of a Herring, which is the true reſemblance of the Lump of Eggs in Women.
The true method of Conception, is thus: That when the Seed of Man is ſpilt on this rude
Foetus grows to perfection, and it's compoſed round with a Covering, like the Shell of a Hens Egg; the Midwife commonly calls it the After-Birth, when it comes into the World.
Further, look again on the Figure of the Egg, and you will ſee the Elements round it, viz. the 7 Properties of Nature, with the four Triple States, viz. Fire, Air, Earth, Water; alſo you have Signs wherein the ſeven Planets or ProperVenus is a Female; and then concerning ♂, has the Letter M, which tells you that ♂ is Maſculine; and ſo of the reſt.
So the Matrix, or the Ovary Lump and the and the Seed of Man, are all Elements, and under the Power of the 7 Properties.
Be wiſe, O Reader! and learn the Nature of the Heavenly Bodies, and thou ſhalt do WonMaſculine Planets and Signs Aſcend, and in full Power and Force, then take thy Female, and caſt in thy Seed, and thou ſhalt have a Man-Child.
It's not my buſineſs here to meddle or ſpeak of the Nouriſhment of the Foetus in the Womb, or the Birth, becauſe my Task is Elementary.
But if you pleaſe to read my Compendium Anatomicum, you will have a brief Account of the Oval Nouriſhment, and Birth of a Child, from the Conception to the Birth; Fabricius concerOviary or Hens Eggs, Dr. Gibſon conWillis concerning Brutes or Animals.
An Egg is the common Original of all Animals. Ariſtotle himſelf calls the very ſame things Worms in one place, and Eggs in another.
But it is needleſs to make uſe of his Reaſons in this place, to prove it; ſeeing we are already convinced, that all Animals have their Original from theſe Eggs; and by the Experiments of our later Authors in this Particular, it's plain, that Man (tho' chief) was ingendred in, or by them.
Obſerve the ſame by Dr. Harvey, Dr. Gibſon, &c. they give us an Example of the Eggs of Women by the Rabbets, by diſſecting them beFoetus is governed in the Womb, by the Elementary Power: I will give you the Opinion of Henricus Lindhout, Bruxellenſi Medicinae Doctore; ac Philoſophorum.
How the Foetus in the Womb is go
♄ ITaque ſupremus omnium Planetarum, primo Conceptum dirigit per primum menſem ab hora Conceptionis, materiam coagulat, conſtringit & exſiccat; ſicut enim ipſa altior eſt caeteris Planetis, & prior, ita ejus Regimen primo Creaturam humanam ambit & gubernat. Si itaque ipſe tum benè diſpoſitus fuerit; erit Conceptio benè diſpoſita & ſtatuta, praeſertim partes ſive Foetus Elementa Saturno ſubjecta.
♃ Diſponit Conceptum in utero ſecundo menſe; qui movet ventus coagulationis; & diſpondit matetiam, ut fiat mollis; dirigitque ventus ejus colorem naturalem & commiſcetur cum tali vento materia, erit
♂ Mars, diſponit Conceptum tertio menſe, qui materiam illam ad ſui naturam & colorem mutat, in formam ſanguinis deducendo, virtuſ
☉ Oculus Mundi quartum menſem ſibi vendicat, qui benigno & ſalutari ſuo calore humiditate ſuperfluas ſiccatis Membra Principalia conformat calore qua rarificat: illo etenim menſe largitur omnium formarum fortitudinem, in Conceptum dando animam rationalem. Si igitur in quarto menſe Sol aſcendit ad augem, fuerit
♀ Diſponit quinto menſe, illo enim menſe apparet forma Membrorum & figuratur ſexus, eriguntur que capilli, & excreſcunt crines; Si ipſa tunc fuerit benè diſpoſita, fortis, in dignitate ſui, erit natus formoſus, amicabilis, & plenus dulcedine, completus in facie & Membris; Si verò fuerit deſcendens, vel in domicilio Saturni, Natus erit deformis & turpis.
☿ Sextum Menſem diſponit; ſed quia ipſe e
Luna menſe ſeptimo; tunc Foetus formam completum adipiſcitur in utero materno, habebit tunc fiduciam vitae & gubernationis; ſi iſto menſe naſcatur puer, erit bona ſpes de vita nati, propter complementum ſignificationum Planetarum.
Now to begin again; firſt to Saturn, then Jupiter.
Saturnus ſecundario Foetum menſe octavo dirigit; cujus virtute ipſe infrigidatur in Matrice vis ſeminum, ita quod vix in ea apparent motus; & ſi puer eo menſe exibit, eo quod ſiccus & congelatus quaſi eſt, ſepiſſimé moritur.
Jupiter ſequitur, dirigit
Atque haec de Mundi Principiis, & Creatione, deque hominis principiis, & vertutibus ſiderum, actionibuſque, in ejus procreatione; longe aliter quam à Paracelſo, aut ejuſdem farinae Philoſophis tradita ſunt, perſecuti ſumus; in hac itaque via perſiſtentes, ad veriora progrediendum eſt.
So much for the Creation of the great, and and little Worlds.
But to go gradually along as I have begun, I ought to ſpeak ſomething of the Nature of Man, De Natura Hominis; but I find it's a large Field, inſomuch that I ſhall forbear, and make it a Sub
Seeing Man by Nature is prone to Amviz. We have obſerved in this our Elementary Life, many certain and true Rules, by which we have foretold Events to come, &c. by the Canopy of Heaven and Stars, according to their Situation.
Now finding many Fools and Self-will'd People, that will not believe what is true or
So I am not willing here to trouble my ſelf about any Vindication of this great Work, but direct you to that faChriſtopher Heydon's Vindication of Aſtrology, which may be to your con
But for your further ſatisfaction, I have in the following Chapter, begun from the beginning, by the firſt Man Adam, down to this Day, very ſhort and brief; ſhewing you, firſt, that Adam was the firſt Man that took notice of the Elements, Power and Signification of the Seven Properties of Nature.
You may ſee in the next Chapter, how they of Old did obſerve the Seven ProSaturn, and the good Nature of Jupiter, becauſe he was Author of Goodneſs; the old Hebrews called ſome of their Children by that Name Jupiter; Jacob's Wife called her Son Gad, which is Jupiter, becauſe he is to give a good brisk ſhare of Body, and a good Principle; this was obſerved in old time, proved by Scri
&c.
Then fourthly, We prove to you, that the Starry Heavens are Books, and they are to be rolled together, in which you may read your future Hope and Fortune in the World; thereby ſhewing you alſo, that the Hebrews and others, read the Hea
So the main reaſon, why I thus trouble my ſelf about the Hebrews, and Old Mat
Many there be that will not believe, that they are under the Power of the Canopies of Heaven.
Alas! our Saviour Chriſt himſelf, was (as Man) under the Juriſdiction of the Elements: ſo your Bodies muſt be under ſubjection of thoſe Powers.
But if you deſire to know how to be aSaul when he ſought his Fathers Aſſes, Sam.
And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou ſhalt Propheſie with them, and ſhalt be turned into another Man, viz. above the Elements.
Irruetque ſuper te, ut prophetes cum eis, & muterberis in virum alium.
Adam's Knowledge of the Stars, proved by Seth, and ſo carried down to the Time of Joſephus.
ADam being the firſt Man, knew well that he was placed under the Elements, and he obſerved their Powers alſo.
This is prov'd by Joſephus, that Adam and Seth were the firſt that practiſed this Science, or Power of the Elements; and that Abraham, when he fled into Egypt, taught it the Egyptians: this Truth hath ſo much the more force in it, in that it proceedeth from a Man whoſe Authority is unqueſtionable; ſo that we may perceive, that Pliny was much miſtaken, when he affirmed, that none but Atlas was the Author of it: Beſides, we are very certain, that Aſtrology was in uſe long before Atlas. Some ſay, that B
was
Phaenicians were the Men. But ſupAſſyrians were the Inventers of it; yet ſtill will it be true, that the Patriarchs were the Men, foraſmuch as Abraham was an Aſſyrian, and his Predeceſſors were Phaenicians, a Colony of Aſſyrians having gone into Phoenicia. But if you will believe the Report of the two Pillars, which were erected before the Flood, upon one of which, all the Rules of Aſtrology was Engraven by Seth, and was preſerved down to the very time that Joſephus lived in, who aſſirms himſelf to be an Eye-witHebrews figured out their Aſtrology by, and the Table of Atlas diſcovered.
The Aſtrology of the Ancients, proved out of the Holy Scripture.
FOR conſirmation then of what we have here propoſed, we read in Geneſis, that Leah, Jacob's Wife called one of her Sons by the name
Gad; under which no doubt, he was born: Et peperit Zilpah, ſays the Latin, following the Original, ancilla Leah ipſi Jacob filium, & ait Leah,
Bagad, & vocavit nomen ejus Gad; the vulgar TranſlaHierome, inſtead of Bagad transFaeliciter, which is the ſame with, cum bona Fortuna: as it is proved by St. Augustine, who reprehendeth thoſe that collected from the Text, that the Ancients worſhipped Fortune; Unde videtur (ſaith he) non bene intelligentibus dari tanquam illi homines Fortunam, coluerint, &c. And that it may clearly and evidently appear, that the vulgar Tranſlation underſtands by Gad, fortuna bona, which is given to the Planet Jupiter; turn to Iſaiah 65. 11. Thus you may obſerve, that in old time the nature of the Pla
Now if it be demanded, why do we not then any where elſe, meet with the like Example? Jacob Ben Samuel anſwered, That this was obLeah and Rachel, Jacob's Wives; for Leah ſeeing that her Siſter had two Children already, which made her ſo proud, that ſhe began to boaſt, Comparavit me Deus cum ſorore mea: fearing, leſt that after ſhe ſhould have given over Child-bearing, her Siſter would have the upper-hand of her, and that ſhe ſhould be no longer beloved of her Husband; ſhe gave her Maid unto him, and cauſed him to go in unFortuna.
Theſe are the Aſtrological Obſervations of theſe Patriarchs, and which were Holy and Re
But thoſe that came after them, mixed Super
You ſee in the very Beginning, that there was Enquiry after Fortune and Riches.
An Enquiry what our Forefathers did, to ſearch out Secrets and Wiſ
Firſt, KNowledge proceeds from Him who firſt created all things, who appeared in a Buſh of Fire, and told us what he was, viz. I am your God, &c.
Secondly, He ſends his Angels and bright Spi
Thirdly, We are come now to take notice of the Canopy of Heaven, and the Elements, for our Obſervation, or Knowledge of Things to come. Here is a queſtion; Whether it's poſſiAnſw. Many ways; firſt, Read
Fourthly, The moſt intelligible Signs, Marks, or Characters, that are Figured in the Clouds, are Armed Men, Battels, &c. which appear in order for many Days together, and do give noMarius and Sylla, by their Factions, making as it were a Shambles of
(Joſeph. de Bel. Jud. l. 7. c. 12.) The Romans ne
Many ſuch Inſtances we may ſpeak of ne
The Philoſopher gives us theſe Verſes to the ſame effect:
Qui elles ſe forment, en cet diverſe portraicts dont,Les ventes, les transformentEn Centaurs, Serpens, Hommes, oyſe aux poiſſons,Et d'une forme, en autre errent en cent Faſons.
Engliſhed thus:
How into ſeveral Forms themſelves they throw, Which Winds change into Shapes of things below; Birds, Fiſhes, Serpents, Centaures,Men, and thusShift, in a round of Figures various.
Fifthly, Obſervation of Knowledge is from the Air, the Clouds being a Repreſentation of things here below, and conſequently purely natural, and are formed by the Providence of God. Of this latter Kind, are thoſe ſpoken of by the Author of the Hiſtory of the Maeccabees, where Judas fighting in Heavens Quarrel, had an Apparition ſent him, of five Horſemen appeaCardan and Pomponatus; that oftentimes, we may ſee in the Air or Cloud, as in a Looking-glaſs.
Sixthly, Now we come to that of Rain, wherein we can make no other uſe of Reading, but by Hieroglyphicks; and of this kind is the Raining of Blood, or Water of the Colour of Blood, ſuch as fell in Switzerland, Anno 1534. which fell upon Peoples Cloaths in the form of Croſſes.
Picus Mirandula hath given a large Copy of Verſes; among which, you have the Story of a wonderful Deliverance, as followeth:
Permixtamque crucem rubo ſpectavimus olim, Nec morum diſcrimen erat, ſacer atque prophanus, Jam conſpecta ſibi geſtabant myſtica; Patres Conſcripti & pueri, conſcriptus ſexus utraque, Et Templae, & Vestes, à ſumma Caeſaris aula, Ad tenues vicos, ad dura mapalia ruris, Cernere erit liquidò deductum ex Aethere ſignum.
The ſame kind of Rain figured like Croſſes, which hapned in the time of Julian the ApoGermany, that an intollerable Dearth
Seventhly, Alſo Meteors, tho' they are natuIſraelites, they were in Hebre
Letters or Characters; Vau, very perfectly expreſſed: and this was the reaſon, (ſay they) that the Iſraelites wondering at this Character Vau, ſaying one to another, Manh
What meaneth this Vau? and ſo on to a thouſand Myſteries, and raiſing ſtrange kinds of Significations, Exod. 6. When they ſaw this Letter, which is numb. 6, ſignifying, that ſix days of the Week, they were to gather their Manna.
This Vau ſignifies, the Miſery and Sorrow wherewith God threatned them for Murmuring; they ſay, it's the Hieroglyphick of Labour & Servitude, appears out of Levit. 25. Exod. 21. and ſignifies Labour; they were to work ſix days.
The Meteors or Signs in the Heavens, have produced great things in theſe our Days; but being frequent, I ſhall not mention them. But the Obſervation of the Jews is ſomething pretty.
Eighthly, Snow, Hail and FroProvence; and ſoon after a deſtruCornelius Gemma hath obInventa eſt ſaepius Grando cui futurarum rerum manifeſt ê ut more Clypei, aut Pugnae, aut Crucis inſculpta imagines ſpectarentur. Kepler hath obſerved, that the Snow is not without its Wonders: but no more of this.
Ninthly, The Rainbow, one of the moſt NoMeteors that is formed in the Clouds, nameR. Capel ſays) repreCaph, which the Jews writes in this manner Jacob ſerved in Laban's Houſe 20 Years; Joſeph was ſold for 20 Pieces of Silver; the flying Roll, wherein was written the Sins of all Men, and was 20 Cubits long; and at 20 years of Age the Iſraelites began to ſerve in the Wars.
Helena in Homer, complain'd of her own Misfortune, takes notice of this number 20.
Ulyſſes is reported, to have undergone 20 years Misfortune.
Quoſque tuli, poſt tot Terrae Pelagique labores, In patriam veni, jam nunc labentibus annis Vicenis.
Many more of the like nature are produced by Bungus.
Tenthly, Comets are the chiefeſt, which are in uſe in the Diſcovery of ſuch Secrets, which is uſually the Death of Princes. Julius Caeſar died ſhortly after the appearance of a Comet; this is no News: But we may take an Example of this preſent Time, where effects of a Comet is freſh in mind; I ſaw my ſelf, with many others, a ſtrange Comet but two days before the Duke of Monmouth was taken in the Weſt, and a BlaEurope, before the Death of K. Charles II. Theſe are the true Signs, which God is pleaſed to foretell of great Troubles to come.
I will give you the words of Virgil.
They do not only reſpect Death of Kings and Princes, but alſo of great and mortal Diſeaſes, Drought, and Barrenneſs of Fruit, a ſtrange Heat in the Air.
Eleventhly, Here is another ſort of Reading, which might be perform'd in the Air; firſt, it may be taken from the flying of Cranes; of which St. Jerom ſaith, Grues viam ſequuntur
flying in order, and keeping their Ranks: at an inſtant that the Wind turns, by this means they defend themſelves from Aſſaults; for on which ſide the Eagle comes, he encoun
Now the Letters and Forms, ſhews us only the diverſity of the Winds, or elſe their manner of ordering themſelves in Battel; the Hiſtory of Birds and Fowls of the Air, is wonderful in knowledge and Apprehenſion, too large for
But meeting with a Verſe of Ovid, touching this matter, I muſt go on further. Many call Ovid a Heathen; if ſo, he was a witty one.
Os Homini ſublime dedit, Coelum videre que Juſſit, & erectos ad ſidera tollere Vultus.
God with a lofty Look did Man endue, Commanding him the Heavens and Stars to view.
Obſervation hath been taken, from the meetviz. ♄ and ♃, in matters of the Church, Laws and Governments, which may
&c. being Seven in number.
Now the Effects or Wonders of them, are, Enoch; his name ſignifies (Catechiſed) as, Gen. 14. 14. (Chanikan,) Catechiſed or Trained up in Religion as well as Warfareviz. as a chief Biſhop in his time; and
This fell in the time of Noah, 1600 years of the World; in which Century the Univerſe Deluge deſtroyed the wicked World, whiNoah was in his Ark a whoNovember to November again.
Falls in the year of the World 2400, under Moſes, when the Church had again another SabEgypt. Read the Scripture of the place, and you will find, that they were to make Brick without Straw.
Falls in the 3200 years of the World; this Meeting came under Solomon and the King of Iſrael; according to the famous Tycho Brahe, the Church had a reſting time from Trouble, &c. the Scripture tells you ſo.
Under this, came our Saviour Chriſt, who is greater than great Solomon, Mat. 12. 42. He is the Prince of Peace: This was a little more than 4000 years of the World.
Falls in the year of the World 4800, that brought in Charles the Great; under whom was the Roman Empire, in the time of Leo III. bePrideaux's Introduct. p. 96.
There are a parcel of irrational Animals, which ſpeak very ſcandalouſly againſt Predicti
Now let the World judge, and ſpeak as they find; in the Year 1682, I then publiſhed a Book, Entituled, Speculum Mundi, in which are now to be ſeen, the very Actions of theſe great Revoviz. ♄ and ♃, and likewiſe from the great Eclipſes of the Anno 1684, ſuch an Eclipſe hath not been theſe hundred Years, and at that preſent time ſo many Planets in the Houſe of Religion. Then in pag. 2, you will find, I cryed out with Admiration and AſtoniſhDionyſius Areopagita, who ſeeing the ſtrange Eclipſes of the ☉ and
Aut Deus Naturae patitur, aut Mundi machina diſſolvitur!
Which is, either the God of Nature ſuffers, or the Frame of this World is diſſolved.
So in pag. 4. I delivered my Judgment, that
Europe, of Laws, Cuſtoms, Conſtitutions of People in Matters of Religion, and Changing of Kings and Kingly Government.
And is not this all true! Were not the Popiſh Principles the root or cauſe of theſe Mutations and Changes? And did not a Prince come from Holland with a handful of Men comparatively, to that brave Army of K. James's? And when this handful of Men came towards them, they all fled as the Chaff before the Wind; and to AdJames himſelf fled to France, when none perſwaded him from his three Kingdoms; and then (ſoon after) the Prince of Orange was Crowned King of England.
O that ſuch things ſhould be done without a drop of Bloodſhed! Surely Reader, this is from the Powers above; and the Powers above gave us a foreſight of it by the Rulers ♄ and ♃.
This hath been ſo admirable, that our Athenians have taken notice of in their Book, in askJames neither ſtrove nor ſtruggled, to ſave his three Kingdoms or Credit. This was a Comical Joke on the poor Abdicated K. James.
Obſerve the following things; After the Death of K. Charles, the Popiſh Party began to Rule, and quickly after ſuppreſs'd, and cut off the Head of the Duke of Monmouth: then the Prince and Princeſs of Orange was Crowned
England; and not long after Queen Mary dyed, with a long and tedious War of nine Years ſtanding: ſo this Revoluti
As for the ſmall Conjunctions, I leave to the Aſtrologers, which happen once in 20 Years.
The Stars are reckon'd a Form of LetHebrews, and that it's poſſi
REader, did you never take notice of the Celeſtial Writing, ſeeing that the Scri
Pray take notice of this curious piece of AntiHebrews, who ſearched after the Heavenly Writing for News.
And for confirmation of this, obſerve a Book,
Narratio Joſeph, in his time highly in eſteem amongſt all Men; wherein the PatriJacob gave his Bleſſing to all his Children, telling them, That he had read in the Tables of the Heavens, all that ever was to befall them and their Poſterity. Legi (ſaith he) in Tabulis Coeli quaecunque contingent vobis, & filiis veſtris. Where the ſame Original concludes as well in this Tract, as in this Queſtion, Utrum Stellae aliquid Agant? as in his Book, De Facto, chap. 6. That the greateſt Myſteries may aſſuredly be read in the Heavens, by reaſon that the Stars are diſpoſed and ordered there, in the Form of Characters. Nay, John Damaſcene ſays, That they are CLEAR MIRROURS; intiAuguſtine.
For my part, I ſhall not queſtion the Truth of it, but proceed to the Practical Part, as the Hebrews did in their Hebrew Characters: This Holy Language being the firſt in the World, and ſometimes there are New Stars, which take their Method thus:
As for Example, in this Word AKE, if one add an L, it will be no longer AKE but LAKE, or if in the middle of a Word, or this Word; as thus an R, it will alter the Word, and make it ARKE; ſo that we ſee one Letter, as an L or an R, abſolutely change the whole ſence; in the ſame manner is it with the Stars, where the New Stars are added, varieth both in the Writing and Sence.
The Celeſtial Writing of the Ancients, and how thoſe Hebrew Characters may be underſtood, and what they portend.
TO perfectly underſtand this Celeſtial WriAbindan) do ſhew whatever is like to befall it, and as the Aſtrologers obſerve in this our time.
Now ſaith the Author of this Celeſtial WriR. Chomer affirms, that the aforeſaid Meduſa's Head, or the Stars that compoſe it, did foretell the lamentable Deſolation of Greece; becauſe, that five of the principal Stars did for a good while together, make up this Word:
Which is in the Conjugation Charab Second, ſignifying, to be Deſolate; underſtanding particularly this of Greece, over which theſe
Jod, Vau, Nun, and which being put together, make up Javan, that is to ſay, Greece doth yield the ſame number that Charab doth; as you may behold in the follow
2 2 8
Charab.
Deſtroyed, Deſolate.
Sum—12
5 6 1
Javan.
Greece.
Sum—12
Italy was threatned with.
One Junctin, and Italian Prieſt, who was a great Aſtrologer, hath theſe words:
Illud verò (ſaith he, ſpeaking of this Meduſa's Head,) nunc Apuliae & Neapolitanorum Regno eſt verticale, moxque Italiam invadet; quibus ſuam quoque cladem allaturum eſſe, maximopere eſt verendum.
Now how long before-hand, theſe Celeſtial Letters do fore-ſhew the Changes that are to happen, you are to take notice of the Hebrew Letters before-mentioned.
In the next place, the method how to be able to underſtand this Celeſtial Writing; we muſt learn to know the true Stars, as Oriental, OcciWeſt towards the Eaſt; and if you would be informed of the ill Fortune, look out, and read from the North towards the Weſt.
This is the way of the Hebrews. Now conR. Rapol, Chomer and Abindan, which are
Caput Algol, being verGreece, did foreſhew the Deſtruction of it. The like is to be obſerved in the reſt of the Stars, when they are vertical to any other Kingdom; tho' they are ordered, and are to be underſtood otherwiſe.
Some time before the Temple of Jeruſalem was burnt and conſumed by Nabuzaradan, it was obſerved, that Eleven of the Stars that were the moſt vertical to it, compoſed for a conſiderable time together, theſe five Letters:
North to the Weſt) Hickschich, which ſignifies to reject and forſake, with
Alſo, before the Jews ſaw their Scepter caſt down to the ground, and their Liberty carried Captive unto Babylon, five Stars were for a long time together, obſerved to compoſe theſe three Myſtical Letters:
Saul to King Zedechias.
Thus the Perſians or Aſſyrians, who were the ruine of the Monarchy of the Jews, ſaw the PeCyrus. At the end of which, the Grecian Empire was likewiſe fore-ſhewn by four Stars, which made
Parad, which ſignifies to divide; and that in this wonderful manner, as that the very ſame Letters did produce the number of years that the Monarchy laſted, and took his beAlexander the Great ſubdued the laſt Durius: R. Chomer ſays, that this Celeſtial Writing, hath pointed out the deEaſt, one is
Turk, which was obſerved ſeven Vertical Stars, which being read from the Weſt to the Eaſt, makes up this Word:
Many more ſuch-like Examples we may pre
But if theſe few Examples are not ſufficient for your Underſtanding, pray read my Authors, Ropol, Chomer and Abindan; there you will find it expreſſed, that it's not every one that can read theſe Hebrew Letters, or Celeſtial Writing, but whom God is pleaſed to give that Gift of Reading; as, none but Daniel, who was a juſt Man, none but he could interpret thoſe Viſions.
Remember ſtill, that the Elementary Life of Man is very Changeable and Tranſitory; it's na
The Lott of Man; ſhewing his Chance or Fortune in this preſent World.
DIVINATIO, ſignifies no more but Elementary and Earthly things; the ſearching after which, concerns the Tranſ
To be more plain, we may call it by this name, Sortitor, Conſortitor: Take your Lott, or caſt your Lott.
Let us ſpeak a Word or two of Providence.
Quid ſit Providentia?
Verum eſſe Providentiam, cum per haec apertum eſt, tam per ea quae dicentur, deinceps eluceſcet: dicamus igitur quid ſit Providentia. Providentia eſt rerum procuratio, à Deo ſuſcepta. Definunt eandem ſic; Providentia eſt Dei voluntas, per quam omnia quae ſunt, aptè gubernantur: quod ſi Dei volunt as eſt providentia, neceſſe eſt recta ratione, & optimè, & diviniſſimè, & qua ſola ratione recte ſe habeant fieri quae ſunt, neque melioris ordinis eſſe capacia. Neceſſe eſt autem eundem eſſe qui res efficiat, & effectis provideat. Neque enim rectum eſt, nec decet, alium efficere, alium ea quae effecta ſint procurare; nam hoc quidem certe imbecillitatis eſt: multa ſunt etiam in Animalibus ſimulachra, & imagines eorum quae diximus: Quidquid enim genuit, cibum quoque foetui procurat; & Homo etiam de caeteris omnibus quae ad vitam degendam ſpectant, quoad ejus fieri poteſt proſpicit: Quae vero non provident, ob imbecillitatem non provident. Quare oſtenſum eſt, Deum eſſe qui provideat, & Providentiam eſſe ejuſdem.
This is inter nos, amongſt us, or our ſelves; to know whether the Lott will be good or ill, is my preſent Task in this Chapter: but before we go on, a word or two concerning the word LOTT; it has two ſignifications, it is firſt counted a ſquare Thing, as a Dye, or other thing caſt into a Pitcher or Pot, thence to be drawn out again, to end Strife or Difference.
This is not our meaning: But to take our Lott from him who made all things, Acts 1. 26. not that the Event of a Lott comes from Stars, Fortune-tellers, Devils or Saints, but from God only, whoſe priviledge is, to order the SucceſſiJoel 3. 3. Many pla
We all have a deſire by Nature, to know what may be had by Lott.
On my Veſture did they caſt Lotts.
The whole Verſe runs thus:
Et quum crucifixiſſent eum, dispertiverunt
The Number of Things deſired in this Elementary Life; and to know by this Angelical Lott or Guide, what is to come, Good or Bad.
TO know whether I ſhall live long, and in what Diſpoſition my Body now is in?
What is the intention of my Will?
Where is the place of my Abode?
The length and ſhortneſs of Life?
What is the firſt Matter, Thing, or Trade, to be handled firſt?
What ſhape of Body ſhall I have?
What hidden Matters are there in my Heart
What Complexion, and whether ill favoured
The Nature, whether Healthy or Sickly, Strong or Weak in Body?
The beginning of all Enterprizes?
The Joy or Sadneſs, naturally?
Touching the Members of the Body, the Head, or Matter of the Brain, the Underſtanding, Reaſon, or any part of the Head?
To know what is there to come to me?
What moveable Goods may accrue?
From whom may they be expected?
Shall I gain or conſume?
Of two, whether ſhall win the Lott?
Whether cheated or not?
Whether Perſons we deal withal be Rich or Poor, and whether my Money be in the Hands of Fools or Knaves?
Whether I may be a great gainer in the place where I live and dwell?
Whether the thing loſt was ſtolen?
Whether my Trading will be gainful?
Whether 'tis beſt to Trade near or far off?
Whether a Promiſe made on Money-Matters comes to good or ill?
Whether 'tis good to go far for Money or Mo&c.
Whether I ſhall not be robbed on the way?
Whether I ſhall return ſafe with my Money?
How to know our Brother's Siſters Kindred or Relations?
What the Number of them are, and the place of their Abode?
Whether my Brother or Siſter loves or hates me?
Whether I have a good or bad Neighbour?
Whether I ſhall receive a Letter, or Embaſſa
Whether it will be good to go a ſmall Journy?
Whether the end of a Journey be good or ill, and the iſſue thereof?
Whether there will be ill Company in the way, to prejudice me?
What is the Nature of my Brothers, Siſters or Relations? will they give me any thing while Living, or when they Die?
To know when my Grandfather, or my Great Grandfather, or that Old Rogue my Father, will Die?
Whether I ſhall ever enjoy my Fathers Eſtate?
How long will my Father live?
When ſhall have Money, or my Fortune from him?
My Father and I being at Difference, ſhall we ever be Friends?
Shall I be Poor or Rich?
What manner of Houſe, City or Town, ſhall I live in?
What Diſpoſition will the People be I ſhall meet with?
Will Old Men and Women be good for me to converſe withal?
My Father is gone to Rome; is he living or dead?
Whether a Town or Caſtle ſhall be taken?
Whether I ſhall ever find hidden Treaſure, or things loſt or ſtole.
What ſtore of Gold and Silver hath my Bro
Whether the Father or the Son will die firſt?
Whether it's good to buy Land or Houſes?
Whether the Towns Beſieged, will be taken?
Whether a Ship on the Sea will return with good or ill Succeſs?
Whether I ſhall live a long or ſhort time in my preſent Dwelling.
To know whether I am now with Child, or
Shall I have Male or Female?
Shall I live a merry Life, and in Content?
Whether I ſhall get a good Miſtreſs?
If a Perſon be tight in Cloaths?
Will a Meſſenger come quickly with News or Letter?
Is my Friend a Man or Woman?
Will the Earth be Fruitful?
Will my Life this year be pleaſant, by Ba&c.
Will the Way be pleaſant in my Sporting?
Shall I not be robb'd or beaten?
Are my Friends Dead or in Priſon?
Whether Good-conditioned or Ill-qualitied?
To know whether I ſhall ever keep a Pack
Shall I ever keep Servants?
Will my Servants prove true and honeſt?
Shall I gain by my Servants, Men or Women
Shall I be Sickly or Healthy all my life?
VVhat Nature will my Diſeaſe be of?
VVill the Phyſician be Skilful or not?
Is it good to viſit a Sick Perſon?
If Young Beaſts be loſt, ſhall they be found?
VVhether 'tis good to buy and ſell ſmall Beaſts, as Sheep, Lambs, Hogs, &c.
To know whether I ſhall ever Marry?
Will my Wife be a Whore, or Honeſt?
Will my Wife be a Stranger or Neighbour
Shall I have a Fortune?
How many Wives may I have?
Will my Wife or I die firſt?
What manner of Dealers may I meet with in my Trade.
Shall I be peſter'd with Thieves?
If any thing is ſtolen, ſhall I take the Thief?
If I Fight, ſhall I get the better?
Shall I have the beſt in Law Suits?
May I have my deſire in what I love, or gain my Wife with eaſe, or much trouble?
There are two Court me; which is beſt for me to marry?
Will my Wife be a Scold, or not? ſhall we never part in matter of Strife in the Marriage-Life?
Will there be Wars or Peace?
Will the Man or VVoman be of a good Un
If things miſſing, are they in the Houſe? or will they be found?
Is it good to move to another place?
To know the time of Death, when, and how?
Will my End be violent or natural, to die in my Bed?
If a Man be Murder'd, who kill'd him?
Who ſhall inherit his Eſtate?
Will the Eſtate of my Wife or my Friend, be great or ſmall?
How doth the Perſon do that is from home?
The Gain or Profit due from a Stranger's Country?
If I lend any thing, will it be return'd again?
If I lend my Money, ſhall I gain?
Will the Fear I am in, end in good or ill?
To know concerning Church-men, Miniſters, or Pariſh-Clerks, Monaſteries or Temples?
To know of Book-Secret Arts, and Religious Perſons?
Is it good to deal with Church-men?
VVhat will the Study of a Perſon be?
Shall I have the Biſhoprick or Abby I deſire?
May I proſper therein?
Shall I be Doctor in any Faculty, or Judge in any Court, or Preſident or Judge in any High Court?
VVill Dreams come to paſs, or what do they ſignify? &c.
VVhether a Perſon be VViſe or a Fool?
VVill long Journies be good or bad? will the Ship at Sea or the Man of VVar come to a good end?
Is the Ship I intend to Sail in, a good or bad Sailer?
How long ſhall I tarry? Days, Months, or Years?
VVill the Ship ſuffer Shipwrack?
To know whether I ſhall ever come to Honour, or be a Juſtice of a Peace?
VVill it be profitable for me to be Servant to Kings or Princes, or Noble Men?
Shall I live in Honour, in my Trade and Buſi
Concerning my Mother or Grandmother?
VVill my Mother die in a ſhort time?
May I gain by her Death?
Doth my Mother love me?
VVhat Trade muſt I be of, to proſper?
VVill a King's Reign be long or ſhort?
Is it good for a King to go out of his Palace, and take a Journey?
Shall a Perſon of Honour be Baniſhed out of the favour of Kings and Princes?
VVill the King or Judges do Juſtice?
VVhat manner of Perſon is my VVives Fa
To know what Friends I may have, or whe
Are my Friends faithful to me?
Shall we reap Gain by Friends?
May we be ſafe by whom we give Credit?
VVhat is the Subſtance of a King or Noble Man?
Shall I gain by the Court, or Great Perſons?
If a Promiſe is made, whether true or falſe?
Shall we proſper all the Year?
VVill Fruits of the Earth be cheap or dear?
To know whether I ſhall ever be in Priſon?
If in Priſon, when releaſed?
Shall I gain or profit by a Priſon or Priſoners?
VVill any Old VVoman chatter againſt me like a Devil?
If a Priſoner Eſcapes, will he be taken?
Is it good for me to deal in Great Cattel, as Horſes, Mules, Sheep, &c.
If a Horſe be ſtolen, who is the Thief?
VVhich way the Horſe ſtray'd?
In buying Great Cattel, ſhall they be good or bad?
May a Man go boldly before his Enemies?
Shall I be Arreſted?
Here are near Two hundred Queſtions naturally deſired in this Elementary Life, to know where, when, and how, theſe things may fall on you by LOTT, which you may underſtand in this following Chapter.
The Method of Effecting theſe An
THeſe Queſtions or Deſires, are divided into 12 Parts; ſo alſo are the Heavens divided into Numb. 12. being twelve Diviſions, an
Take an Example as followeth.
Ascend. begin. of all things Oriental. 1 ♈.
Succeeding House of Substanc. 2 ♉.
Cad. House, Brothers and Sisters. 3 ♊.
Angle of North sig
Succed. place of Pleasure. 5 ♌
Cad. signifies Banishm. Servants. 6 ♍
Angle Occid. Marriages, Enemies. 7. ♎
Succed. Sorr. Death, Wiv. Fortune. 8 ♏
Cad. of Relig. long
Medium Coeli, the place of Honour. 10. ♑
Succed. Angle 10. place of Joy. 11 ♒
Cad. place of Captiv. Im
Zodiack.
Example.
♈ Acquiſitio.
♉ Laetitia.
♊ Rubeus.
♋ Albus.
♌ Via.
♍ ☊
♎ Amiſſio.
♏ Triſtitia.
♐ ☋
♑ Populus.
♒ F. Major.
♓ Carcer.
Theſe are the Deys which you may caſt your Lotts withal, and the ſame which the Indians, Caldeans and Hebrews, made uſe of, as their good Angels, in directing their Hands to know Good or Ill in this Life: And it lyes in DarkHebrew or in ſtrange Characters, which are unknown to us; and by that reaſon, many are afraid of this Art, becauſe of the VVord Geomancy or Conjuration.
Now in plain Engliſh, it's no more than the 12 Signs of the Zodiack, and the 7 Properties of Nature, or Rulers of the VVorld, which we have formerly ſpoken of, viz. ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿
Take the Example by this Table.
This Table being ſo plain, it needs no fur
I ſhall ſay no more; but pray mind the Ground-work, and conſider from whom thy Lott comes; it's from him which is the Maker of all things, which gives thee thy Lott, and caſts thy Dey for thee.
How to Project a Figure, wherein you may underſtand your Lott; it being the Divine Power above, or thy good Angel which Guides thy Hand.
HEre you ſhall have an Example, in order that you may make Strokes, Stars, Circles, Pricks; as thus:
&c. a
Now I would know what would Remain? take my Pen and bring two and two together,
And as this,
So this in Pricks.
So couple them together, and you will
Behold the firſt four Lines; the odd makes
Theſe four are called the Increaſe or Ma
from whence all the other Figures are Pr
Now from theſe 8 Figures, you are to mak
Obſerve, you muſt take the firſt Stars
Now we will ſhew you, how to frame the Witneſs and the Judge, out of the foregoing Fi
viz. in 12 Diviſions of the Heavens or Earth, which you pleaſe to call it, and the two Wit
Thus, after you have raiſed your Lotts of Fiviz. into Signs and Planets united, as you have in the foregoing Tables, or as in this Figure, where you have the true MeEngliſh Names; for we have caſt off all the ſtrange and hard Characters and Names of the Arabians, Hebrews, Greeks and Latins, becauſe you ſhould not be frightned thereby, or of the Word Geomancy or Conjuration, &c.
The Power and Strength of theſe Lotts, and how the Divine Spirits are infuſed and incorporated into them, by the Influences of the Seven Pro
IN this Chapter, you will be ſhewn the great Strength, Ability, Force and Power of thoſe 16 Lotts, and how the Divine Spirits are infuſed into the 16 Figures, by the Seven Properties of Nature, by the Power of him which made the World, and how the Planets and Spirits are in
All inferior Bodies are exemplified by the ſu
They place themſelves very intelligibly in the Soul of the World, differing the one from the other by abſolute Forms; ſo that all Power in God, is but one Form; but in the Soul of the World, they are many: they are placed in the midſt of all things; whether they be joined to the Body, or ſeparated from the Body; by a certain Participation they are placed in Na
In the next place, thoſe that intend to under&c.
Firſt, The Element of Fire is the Principle of all the other; for it's the reception of all Ce
Secondly, The Element of Water is wonder&c.
Thirdly, The Element of Air, is a Vital Spi
Fourthly and Laſtly, Theſe four Elements are the ground of all compounded things, viz. Fire, Air, Water and Earth; of which all Elementa
The various Significations, Names and Qualities, of the Sixteen Lotts, or Figures, as they relate to the four Quarters of the Year.
Firſt, THE Spring Quarter hath theſe four Lotts in order, four in every Quar
Now Eight of theſe are Maſculine, and the other Feminine; The Maſculine are theſe in LaAlbus, Fortuna Major, Puella, Acquiſitio, Triſtitia, Populus, Caput Draconis.
The Female, are Amiſſio, Via, Conjunctio, Ru
and Cauda Draconis.
The Engliſh Names are as follows:
1. Wh
&c.
Theſe Lotts are Quadrupeian; viz. Youth, Joy, great Fortune, Obeying, Priſon, all four-footed Creatures.
Fruitful People, Red, Low, Joy, Way.
Barren, White, Great Fortune, Together, Sad.
Courteous, are, White, Together, Sad, Girl,
Slow-voic'd People, Way, Red, Low, Joy.
The uſe by way of Example: Suppoſe you have thoſe Figures and Planets incorporated inPuer, Amiſſio, Fortuna Major, Fortuna Minor, Acquiſitio, Caput Draconis, Carcer, Cauda Draconis: The condition of the Party is ſomething of the nature of the CreaPuer, the Man or Perſon is raſh and haſty, &c. if Amiſſio, ſtedfaſt and reſolved, his Countenance or Complexion ſwarAlbus, Conjunctio, Puella, or Triſtitia, is in the Aſcendant, then we may expect the Party to be of civil Carriage, very eaſy to be Pleaſed, and of a good Underſtanding.
Firſt, Planets. Secondly, Figures. Thirdly, Houſes. Fourthly, Exaltation. Fifthy, TriSixthly, Detriment, Loſs and Fall.
The Signification of the Words, Direction and Retrogradation; with the diſtinction of the Houſes, which are Good, and which Bad.
NOw Direction and Retrogradation are two. Firſt, Dir. ſignifies, a Man to go ſwift in
This following Table of Lotts, gives you to underſtand, what Figure or Lott is Direct, and which Retrograde, and ſignified by three Letters; as I have ſhewn in my firſt Demonſtra
Direction and Retrogradation in LOTTS.
Obſerve theſe Rules, and you will have Knowledge.
The Aſpects of the Houſes, and the Figures, you may ſee by the Table on the other ſide.
The Uſe of this Figure, is of great conſeMaſculine and Feminine; the third, is the 12 Signs of the Zodiack, with their Elements, being uni&c.
Then laſtly, in the middle, you have the Lines and Aſpects from one Houſe to another, both dexter and ſiniſter; the firſt Houſe begins with the Sign ♈, and ſo in order; which will give you a clear light of the uſefulneſs of your Lotts, either for good or ill: A Figure in the firſt Houſe, beholds another in the eleventh Houſe with a Sextile dexter Aſpect, and ſo of the reſt.
The Houſes are fix'd, movable, and common.
Albus and Laetitia, are double-Bodied.
Acquiſitio is raiſed by Pricks, as,
And taken for the Nature, Virtue and Power of ♃ dir. in ♈, which makes a complete Figure, as ♃ dir. ♈, joined and united together, as one Body, and ſo of the reſt; Planets are join&c. but ours are ſelect Bodies.
On the other ſide, I will give you a Table of the Hours of the Lotts, and the Planets.
When you raiſe a Figure of Lotts, obſerve what Day and Hour it is.
Example. In the Table of Hours, you will find the ſeven Days and Nights: ſo if you find the Lott in the Aſcendant Lord or Lady of the Hour, ſo much the ſtronger.
Suppoſe I Raiſe a Figure of Lotts on a MonVia,
Via; ſo he is Lord of my Aſcen&c.
viz. two Wit
The ſignification of the two Witneſſes are thus:
The Witneſs placed at the right hand, is put for the Querent, and rules all the right ſide, as, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10; it gives you light what the Queſtion is, before propouided.
The left Witneſs, contains all what the Fi
The right Witneſs tells you of Joy, Pleaſure and Happineſs, of him that asks the Queſtion of things paſt.
The left Witneſs tells you of ill luck to come, or things enquired after, if ill Figures; if good judge otherwiſe; right for the Querent, and left for the things deſired, and belongs to no Houſe; only taken from others, to give a judg
The Judge is the 15th Figure produced from the two Witneſſes, to judge of the end of things demanded, and to know, if it's good or bad. Some ſay, that the Judge ought to be even; if not, give not judgment on it.
If the Judge be good, the Queſtion will come to a good end; if ill, the contrary. If the Judge agrees with the right hand Figures, good to the Querent, and things demanded; if it's the ſame with thoſe of the left hand, it ſignifies ill to the Querent of the matter deſired.
The Elementary Powers above, ruling over Elementary Bodies here below: wherein is diſcovered the Significa
IN my former Chapter, I have demonſtrated to you, near Two hundred Queſtions to be Anſwered, naturally deſired in this Elementary Life, and eaſily to be anſwered by theſe Lotts: As you may ſee, the Queſtions are divided in 12 Parts, or Houſes; therefore, when you have a Queſtion to be reſolved, turn your Eyes to the foreſaid Chapter, and you will find what Houſe it belongs to.
&c. Here follow certain Tables, which are the Foundation of the whole Work.
Note, That you are to vary your Judgment according to the Houſes, Aſpects and Company, both for ſtature of Body, and Nature: or if a good Figure be in a good Houſe, it augments the goodneſs; but if an ill Figure be in an ill Houſe, it multiplies the evil; which makes a curſed Per
The good Houſes, 1, 5, 10, 11. The mean, 2, 3, 4, 9. The ill, 6, 7, 8 and 12. Alſo conſi
A Table of the Signification of the Six
Theſe two Lotts, Acquiſitio and Amiſſio, may ſerve you as an Example for all the reſt, if you obſerve their Natures; one is good, and the other bad; as you ſee Acquiſitio, is throughout all the Houſes, good in all things, according to the naAmiſſio, is ill in all things or de
Again, If the ſecond Houſe or Lott, go into the third, thy Brethren will rule over thy Goods; the fourth, thy Father; fifth, thy Children, or the Alehouſe; and ſo of the reſt, according to the Rules of all the other.
If the Queſtion be, Shall I ſee or ſpeak with my Brother? If thy Lott is found in the third Houſe, it's a true teſtimony that thou ſhalt ſpeak with thy Brother; and ſo on.
Good Company is to be much deſired, and ill Company is to be abhorred; it's good Compa
Now we have a method in theſe our Lotts, to know our Company, or our Aſſociates and Com
You are now to conſider the Natures and Qua&c.
A Table of the Significations, Power and Strength of the Sixteen Figures in the Twelve Houſes.
Brief Deſcription of the Twelve Houſes; anſwering all Doubts and Queſtions, which may be natural
THE Querent is, Firſt, He or She, that pro
The Queſited are, He or She, or Things Enqui
2dly, The Figure is Radical, when the Que
3dly, The Figure is verified alſo by certain Querent or
Example. If the Lotts which rule the Hour,
If the Significator of the Moles be in their 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 Houſes, they are viſible to the Eye: if in the other Houſes, not to be ſe
If the firſt Lott goes into other Houſes, there is a Mole.
Now of the Time when things come to paviz. Fixed, Com
Things are hindred commonly, or fruſtrat
Things are finiſhed, or brought to paſs by go&c.
Pag. 125. you have a Table, of great uſe: ſhewing the Names of the Lotts or Figures, and how they are Rais'd, in Power or Weakneſs.
Theſe Rules will direct you, when you have a deſire to know, what Part of the World it's beſt to live in; Firſt, Look for ♁, or good Lotts, and obſerve what part of the Earth: the Compaſs will guide you in your Journey, and lead you to the place of Gain.
&c. As Fortuna Major, ☉ dir. ♒. and Fortuna Minor, ☉ retr. ♉, as you are taught in the Table before mentioned.
A German Gentleman deſired me to Raiſe this following Figure for him, who was very deſirous on ſeveral occaſions, hearing of this Angelical Enquiry.
In this manner, firſt I rais'd the Lotts, and turned them into Signs and Planets, &c.
Judgment from the firſt Houſe.
The firſt Houſe ſignifies, the Life, TemperaAmiſ
is in the Aſcendent, repreſents this Querent wonderful, according to former Rules, viz. a tall Man. Turn to the place of Deſcription of the Body.
De Vita qualitate, & quantitate.
Queſt. 1. Concerning Life, and length of Days.
Anſwer this Queſtion; conſider firſt, if thy Lott on the Aſcendant be fixed, movable, or com
Secondly, Conſider if thy Aſcendant is free from ill Company or Aſpects: if fix'd Lotts, and good Aſpects, long Life; if common, a middle Age; if movable, a ſhort Life; if not helped with good Aſpects, behold from 4, 6, 8 or 12 Houſes, long Life: but if the firſt goes into the 6th, 8th or 12th, with ill Company, a ſhort Life, and the ſame if the firſt is beheld from ill HouPuella, the 10th; it looks on the AſAmiſſio goes out into any other Houſe of ill.
De Nati Accidentibus.
Queſt. 2. Of the good or ill Accidents, atten
It may be expected from good or ill Lotts or Figures, which poſſeſs the firſt of the Principal Places of the Figure: if good, it ſignifies good in the whole Life; but if it be otherwiſe, his days will be full of Trouble.
If Career or Triſtitia is in the Aſcendent, much Melancholy and Calamities may be expected; they are two Lotts ruled by ♄.
If Puer or Rubeus be there, generally mad, cholerick, haſty ſort of Perſons, becauſe ♂ rules thoſe two Lotts, and oftentimes meets with Thieves.
If Drag. Tail in the firſt, never without Scan
Obſerve alſo, when the firſt Lott moves into an ill or good Houſe, the Accidents of Man may be traced, and ſo on.
Ill Company, and Aſpects from ill Places, hin
Now if you deſire to know the Time of the good or ill, conſider if thy Lotts in the principal Places, be Fixed, Mean, or Common, as the for
The Chaldeans, and the old Philoſophers, have given us other Rules to know the time of Acci
The firſt Table ſhews you the Name of any Perſon, the Thief that hath ſtolen, or the name of a Town or Caſtle, or any ſtrong Place, &c.
Note, The Lott on the firſt Houſe, takes the firſt Syllable; likewiſe that of the 10th, the ſeLight, which you find in the 4th Houſe; and ſo you have your deſire.
Or thus: Take the Letters of the 1ſt and 7th Houſe; as often as you take the ſaid Letters, ſo often move your Figures; if you find it not, take the Letters of the 10th.
The firſt Figure hath the firſt Letter of the Name; the 7th and 10th, the Middle; the 4th and 5th, the End of the Name.
Firſt, The Figures under the Lotts of the firſt, is the number of Years, Months or Days of your Accidents. In this, conſider your former Rules.
The Second Table is from the Seven Proper
Example. ♄ is Governour over Carcer and Tristitia; ſo obſerve the reſt in order, &c.
Conſider three ſeveral Ways, viz. Strong, Mean, or Weak.
♄ Years 58—44—30
If you deſire to know what part of ones Life may be beſt. Anſwer, If you find good Lotts in the 1ſt, 12th, and 11th, the Querent will be happy in his Minority; if in the 10th, 9th and 8th, in his 20th Year; if in 7, 6 or 5th, in his middle Age; if in 4, 3 or 2d, his later, or old Age. Some ſay, that every Houſe gives 12 Years.
As for what part of the World, your ComEaſt, Weſt, North or South, for bear thoſe places; ill Lotts are often there.
If thou intendeſt to viſit a Dealer or Friend, and think'ſt, or intendeſt to find him at home.
Obſerve theſe Rules; have an eye to the 7th Houſe, becauſe it's of Dealing, Acquaintance; otherwiſe the 11th Houſe; if Puella be in the 7th, and go into the 10th, or in the 1ſt or 4th Houſe, he is at home.
If any Lott in the 7th moves, and move into a Succedent, he is not at home, but at his NeighCadent, far off.
If thou viſiteſt a Brother, have an eye on the 3d. houſe, if a Father the 4th, if thy Maſter, the 10th Houſe.
In the laſt place, if thou deſireſt to know the ſtate and condition of a Perſon abſent; if it be no Relation, take the 7th Houſe, and behold
Via or Populus be there, it's the ſame.
If at any time, you find the Lott of the firſt; 7th, or 3d, or where ever your Concerns are, if you find him to be moved, or go into ill Houſes, as the 8th, 6th, 12th or 4th, it's in danger of Sickneſs, if not Death; but if it go into good Company or Houſes, you may ſay the Party is in good Health.
De Nati Subſtantia & Divitiis.
Queſt. 1. Of the Querent's Subſtance and Riches.
AS for Riches, if there are in the Second Houſe good Lotts or Figures, and free from ill Company or Aſpects, the Native will have Riches; and judge according to Strength.
And ♁, and Acquiſitio in the Firſt Houſe, and alſo good Figures in the Second Houſe, viz. good Company, the Querent will be very Rich.
But, if you find good Lotts in the firſt, and ill Lo
Fortuna Major and Acquiſitio in the firſt h. and Populus in the ſecond h. great Riches by Induſtry.
But if the 2d. Figure goeth in the 11th Houſe, of Friends, Riches will tumble in on him.
But if he go into bad Houſes, judge contrary.
Mind in what Houſe they paſs into, and judge from whence Riches or Poverty comes.
Conſider this well; for the Native may loſe, as well as gain; if you intend to know, con
This may ſatisfie the curious Reader, if I perſuade no further; if Matters are conſidered between Party and Party, viz. the Aſcendant for the Querent, and one of the other Houſe, for the Queſtion.
Uter ex Fratribus aut Conſanguineis, prior morietur?
This place tells you of Brothers, Siſters, Neigh&c.
1. IF you have a deſire to know the ſtate and condition of them, familiarity or love: conſider the Lotts and Planets, of their Nature, Aſpects and Company, and their going into good Houſes, and you may expect very ſweetRubeus, or Ca
thou mayeſt expect a damn'd Pack of them, to eat thee out of houſe and home, and beat thee ſoundly; if Populus is there, they will be about thy Ears, as a Swarm of Bees.
2. If thou art willing to know the State of an abſent Brother, &c. conſider the foreſaid Rules.
3. As for thy Inland Journies, follow the ſame Rules.
4. Try, and ſearch, (if thou miſtruſt) whe
5. Or, if it be good to take their Counſel.
Conſider your Rules well, and turn to your
De Fine cujuſlibet Quaeſtionis.
THIS Houſe is called the North-Angle of the Earth; and it is the Judgment of many, that it ſignifies the Manner and Method of all things propounded by a Queſtion.
Note, The Quality of the Lotts of the 4th. Houſe; if thou art willing to Buy Land or Hou&c.
If the firſt Lott goeth into the 4th, the Buyer will have his deſire, and the ſooner, if Populus or Via be in the 4th Houſe.
2. Will the Houſe or Land be proſperous? if Companied well, and beheld by good Aſpects; if Carcer in the 4th Houſe, it's good plain ground; if you find in the 4th, Puer, Fortuna Major, or Acquiſitio, it's hilly and mountanous.
Amiſſio, Conjunctio or Carcer, very good if Populus, Via and Rubeus, watry; if Albus Puella, ☋ ☊, and Triſtitia, very rugged.
3. Is it good to move to another Houſe? If thou findeſt good Lotts in the 1ſt and 4th Houſe move not; and if the 7th Houſe is free from il
4. If Treaſure is hid: See if the firſt Lott and 4th are good, and the firſt moves into the 4th; then aſſure your ſelf there is Treaſure; if ill Lotts and Company, no good.
5. If thou art willing to know, if ever to En
Now the laſt Queſtion is, to let you know, how to find a thing when it's miſlaid: If the 2d Lott is in an Angle; the things are with the Querent, or where he uſes to go, or be; if the 2d go into the 11th Houſe, then in the Hall, Par&c. Conſider the nature of the Lotts.
Turn to pag. 213. and you will ſee the Compaſs at large.
De Foecunditate alicujus, aut Sterilitate.
THis Houſe gives you to underſtand of Fruit
In this caſe, you are to conſider the Firſt Houſe, the 7th, 5th and 1
Conſider your former Rules; If you find fruitful and good Lotts there, then no fear of Children, and Pleaſure enough; but if you find Barren and ill Lotts in thoſe Houſes, you may expect the contrary; and if you find the ☋ or Triſtitia, in the 5th, or beholding the 5th, no Iſſue. And you may tell the Querent, that he hath but
It's a certain Truth for Children, if the firſt go into the 5th, or the 7th into the 11th h.
If you find Watry Lotts in the 5th houſe, there's generally Miſcarriage.
If Female Lotts in the 5th Houſe, a Girl.
If Maſculine Lotts in the 5th h. a Boy.
If Double-bodied Lotts, Twins.
There are many which expect News, Letters, or Meſſengers.
The firſt Houſe and Lott, to him that ſent the Meſſenger; the 7th, and his Lott, is him to whom the Letter is ſent; the 5th, the Meſſenger, and his Deciſion.
If the 5th Houſe is beheld by good Lotts or Aſpects, the Meſſenger does his Buſineſs with Credit.
If the 5th Lott go into the 2d, the Queſited brings Money with him; if the Lotts are ill, then it may beſpeak the Letter-Carrier to be Drunk by the way, or ſome ill.
In the laſt place, if you intend to go to Play at any Game, ſee if the Lott of the 1ſt. Houſe goes into the 5th, or the 7th moves into the 2d.
Again, If you find ♁, ♃ or ♀ in the 5th h. hope well; if thou find to the contrary, keep thy Credit, and thy Money too.
An in Morbum incurſurus ſit aliquis eo Anno?
THis Sixth Houſe gives an account of Sick
And as for the Parts of the Body afflicted, they are obſerved from the Lotts or Houſes foremenAcquiſitio the Head, and ſo on.
If the firſt is found in the 6th, 8th or 4th Hou
Conſider the nature of the Signs of the ſaid places, of Fire, Air, Earth or Water; ſo judge of the Diſeaſe and Cauſe.
If Fiery Lotts, Fevers, or ſuch like.
If Watery, Flegm, and cold Humours.
If Earthy Lotts, the Rheumatiſm, Gout, &c.
If Earthy, then Melancholy, eſpecially if they are the Lotts which ♄ rules, as ♑ and ♒, calCarcer and Triſtitia, &c.
If you would know, if the Diſeaſe is Acute or Chronical; if thou findeſt Fixed Lotts in the 6th Houſe, the Diſeaſe or Diſtemper is of long ſtanding; if thou findeſt them moveable, the Diſeaſe is of a ſhort ſtanding.
If ill Lotts are in the 6th, 4th or 8th Houſe, it's ſo much the worſe; if good, the Sick will
An Medicus Aegrum ſit juvaturus?
PRima datur Aegro aut Quaerenti, ſexta Morbo, ſeptima Medico, decima Medicamento: bonae exiſtentes figurae, bonum indicant effectum, &
Quod ſi prima, ſexta, & undecima ſint bonae & fortunatae, proximam ſanitatem judicabis, & convaleſcentiam; quam undecima indicat.
To know if the Sick will Live or Die.
Conſider, if the Lott of the Firſt Houſe goes from good Company to ill, the Party will be weaker every day: and if beheld from the 4th or 8th Houſe by ill Aſpects, the Party certainly dies. But when your Figure is ill, and moves into good Places and Company, you may ſay, the Party will live, if the 6th h. does not afflict the ſame; if the Lott in the 8th h. moves in
If thou intend'ſt to have good and honeſt Ser
LOve is the chiefeſt thing which is to be en
Amoris firmae fixaeque,
Queſt. 1. Shall the Querent Marry?
Anſw. Sure enough, if you find the firſt Lott and 7th Lott in good Aſpects, as &c. but if you find ill Lotts in the firſt and 7th, beheld by a
Queſt. 2. If you deſire to know if thy Wife
If in the 7th, ♄ and ♂, and not in their own Houſes, then ſhe loves another.
If ♄ be there, ſhe loves another, but Melan
If ♄ be there, ſhe gives ſtroak for ſtroak.
If ♃ be there, very ſeldom Chaſte, for her freſh Blood will fly.
If ♀ be there, a Gameſom Lady, given to youthful Sports, and talks Bawdy; but chaſte, when many think her to be a Gameſom Whore.
If ☿ in the 7th Houſe, her Fancy flyes as ma
If
If ☉ ☊ be in the 7th, very Chaſte.
Queſt. 3. If you deſire to know which ſhall die firſt: Conſider the firſt and 7th Houſe; ſee which Lotts are ſtrongeſt, or which weakeſt: the ſtrongeſt live longeſt, if they are free from ill Eyes of the Lotts of the 4th, 8th and 6th Houſes.
Queſt. 4. An Mulier autem ſit aliquem in Maritum obtentura? Videat 7 & 8, ſi enim 7 cum 8 jungatur, obtinebit.
Si in ſeptima ſi ſit,
in ♍dir. in ♒retr. in ♉dir. in ♈
Caſtam,
in ♐retr. in ♏retr. in ♎full in ♑
Corruptionem ejus, Filiorumque ab ipſa producendorum Luxuriam,
retr. in ♊retr. in ♎
Vide 1, 7, 12 & 8, in quibus ſi ſit,
retr. in ♎retr. in ♊
Aut hae Figurae ſeipſas invicem pro
retr. in ♏full in ♑
his ex aliis naſcatur, impudicam ſignificant: ſi ſit, caſtam indicant.
dir. in ♒dir. in ♉dir. in ♈dir. in ♎
Si ☿ dir. in ♎, naſcatur in 9 aut 7, & ſit in prima aut nona, diligit ipſa Juvenem imberbem.
Si ♄ retr. in ♏, aut ♄ retr. in ♊, non poſſunt judicare Amaſii qualitatem.
Si
plen. ♑, ab illis malis Figuris in his Domibus producatur, meretricem publicam.
Si ♄ retr. in ♏, ſit in 12, & conformetur cum 7 aut 8, ipſam amore ſervi conſumi ſignificat & indicat.
Queſt. 4. Shall the Querent Marry more than once? See if you find double-bodied Lotts in the place of Marriages, and alſo in
Queſt. 5. Will they agree after Marriage? If there follows ill Company, or &c. But if there be good Company, and
Queſt. 6. Concerning Law and Controver
If you conſider the former Rules, viz. good or ill Lotts, good or ill Company, the moving
As, Shall I have many Enemies?
Will there be War, or Peace?
Will the Town or Caſtle be taken?
Will my Dealings be with Knaves, or Fools?
Shall I loſe my Dealing, Trade or Mo
Queſt. 7. De Furto. Now things loſt, or ſto
But if the contrary, beheld by
If the 7th Lott go into the 3d or 9th Houſe, the Fugitive is gone a Journey, or tells you, it's one that lives a great diſtance from the Querent.
If the 7th Lott falls into the 12th, the Theft is a Priſoner, or under confinement for his Roguery; if ♄ or ☿ there, the ſame.
If the ſecond Lott be found in another Houſe, the things ſtolen are ſold, or converted into Money.
If the 7th, 6th or 12th Houſe have good Lotts, and ♃ or ♀ there; and alſo in the ſecond Houſe, if ♁ be well fortified; great hopes of Recovery of the Goods ſtolen or ſtrayed.
If you deſire to know what way they are gone, mind your Compaſs, and ſay, if the Significa
Recovery, if theſe places, as 7th, 6th, 12th Houſes have good Lotts, and beholden by
No hopes, if the contrary, as ill Lotts, and be
If you would know the Thief, and of what Age and Sex. We do always mark well the Lott in the 7th Houſe; if we find ♀ or Female Lotts, it's a Woman-kind; if the contrary, Man
More Thieves than one; if the Second Houſe is afflicted with many Lotts, many Thieves; if the 7th Houſe is be held by
Of the time of Recovery. Go to the Table, and that will ſhew you, if it be Years, Months or Days.
The place where the things ſtolen are hid; it is taken from the Nature of the Lott of it 4th Houſe.
CVm de Morte, ejuſ
Quae ſupra.
Concerning Death: We are to be diligent
If you deſire to know the time of Death, ob
The manner and nature of Death, is taken from the Nature of the Lott raiſed in the 8th Houſe, and alſo Planets beholding it; if Fiery, Airy, Watery, or Earthy Lotts in the firſt or 8th Houſe, judge according to the four Ele
♃ or ♀ gives a gentle, moderate and mild Death to the Querent.
♄ by Drowning, Agues, Dropſies, or cold Diſtempers, &c.
♂ by the Sword or Murdering, Fevers, Cho&c.
☉ by ſome Obſtructions of the inward Parts, as the Heart, &c. by Faintneſs and Feebleneſs.
☿ by Frenzy, Madneſs, Giddineſs, Lethar&c.
Mind always, that the 7 Properties are Ru
THis Point of the Compaſs, gives you to un
If one ſhall have his Deſire; behold the 9th h. and if you find an ill Lott there, of the nature of ☋, or ♄, or ♂, or their Lotts, the Querent muſt have a great care of Voyages or long Jour
But if you find the 9th Houſe free, and a good Lott, with good Company, and Aſpected with good Planets, tell the Querent, that he will have pure Succeſs and Gain, be they Journies, or Sea-Voyages. If the firſt goes into the 10th, and being ſent to the 9th, the Querent may hope well, for he will meet with Riches by the way.
Will the Voyages be long or ſhort? If thou findeſt Lotts in the 9th Houſe fixed, ſay, a long time before return; if common Lotts, a middle time; if movable Lotts, ſoon return.
Good for Voyages and Speed,
Good by Land,
Good by Water,
Ill for the Way,
Robbed by the Way,
Queſt. Shall the Querent be enriched by his Science or Art which he loves?
Anſw. The firſt Houſe is for the Querent, and the 9th Houſe for the thing enquired for: Learn your Rules well and perfectly, and you will find, that this Querent may be anſwered with eaſe&c.
Reader, behold one Example: The Figure in the firſt Houſe. A High German came to me, deſiring me to project a Figure of Lotts, to know if he ſhould obtain his Deſire: Now pray conſider, that ♀ retr. in ♎ in the Aſcendant, called Amiſſio, and in Engliſh, it's Loſs, a bad fortuna Major, Great Fortune. I ſhall ſay no more of this Matter or Figure, but leave it to your View.
Queſt. Shall the Perſon, or Miniſter obtain the Benefice deſired?
Anſw. Now you muſt know, that Parſons are as ſubject to the Impreſſion of the Elements, as we are, and Sinners too, tho' they keep it priRubeus or Carcer in the 9th Houſe, the Querent is not fit for a Teacher, nor Pariſh-Clerk neither; for they trouble Re
If the 9th Houſe is free from evil, the perſon may have a Biſhoprick, or the Place deſired: but if ♄, ♂, ☋, ill Lotts and Aſpects, judge the contrary.
De Somnio, an verum aut falſum ſit?
Detur prima Somnianti, nona Somnio; tertia, ſexta, undecima, quindecima rei petitae: Figur
De Beneficio.
Si Prima & Nona ſint fortunatae, bonam indicant fortunam in Ecoleſiaſticis; eoque magis, ſ
To many Perſons, Dreams are of great Truth and Conſequence, and generally true, when you find a Fixed Lott in the 9th h. The ScripturJoſeph was a Dreamer.
A Dream is wonderful, if you conſider we
&c.
By this Tenth Houſe, you may inform your ſelves, when the Times will Change.
ELementum magis abundans in Quaeſtione, in prima maximè & decima Domo, Temporis qualitatem deſignabit. Ignis enim Serenitatem; Aer ventum & ſerenitatem; Aqua Aeris corruptionem & Beſtiarum; Terra frigiditatem & ſiccitatem-Vide ſi in prima, decima, & undecima ſint Figurae Aqueae; ipſ
♄ retr. ♏ vel Triſtitia, tamen naturaliter Pluviam prognoſticat; Unaè protemporis progno
Mediocres pluvias, indicant Aeris ariditatem
But in ſhort, you muſt in this Concern, know the nature of theſe Lotts; for watery Lotts give Pluvia, or Rain; Fiery Lotts give Heat and Dryneſs; Airy, Ventus, or Wind; and ſo of the reſt in order: But the main point, is to conſider the Time and Occaſion of the Year. But my Reader cares not for thoſe Matters, but al
Now I tell thee, that the 10th Houſe, or the Lott in it, is the Significator of thoſe things viz. Honour and Dignity; if the firſt Figure or Lott be joyned to the 10th, viz. Company, or by
But if ill Lotts in the 10th h. and ill Company
&c.
But a word or two in general: The Lott Triſtitia and Carcer are the Lotts of ♄, as the former Table directs.
If ♄ Ruler of the 10th h. and if thy Birth ſprung from a low Deſcent, give thy mind to Dig in the Ground for Money, Husbandry or Gard&c. But if thou deſcend from high Birth, thou mayſt be a Judge, and gain Money by ſleeping or waking, and come to a degree of great Power.
♃ ſignifies dealing in Cloth; and pulling off the Wool of Sheeps back by night, if ♃ is ill or retrograde; otherwiſe, a good Shop-keeper, and will come be a Church-warden of a Troop of Horſe.
♂ Ruler of the 10th h. and retrograde, a Ba
☉, Some hot Trade, as a Goldſmith, or the like.
♀ Be ſure to employ thy ſelf about Womens Concerns; but for Whoring
☿ Often turns himſelf, in Money, Shapes and many Minds; but whatever Planets he is joined
Alſo &c.
Theſe Rules in a general way, are very true.
If you are willing to conſider your ſelves, a
But for your further Knowledge concerning Peace or War, behold what Lotts are in the 7th houſe, and behold the 10th Lott by a France, in a French; if Holland or Spain, ac
THis Point of the Heavens, ſhews you, what Friends you have; your way now is, to look on the firſt and 11th Houſe, and ſee how they agree together, in Love, Peace and Unity, viz. in good Company, Aſpects, and good Lotts.
This is ſufficient enough for the Querent to be ſatisfied, that he may have the things hoped for, and to rely on them as faithful Friends in time of need; if you want an Examination, turn your Eyes to the Figure erected by the Angelical Hand; for the Gentleman is proſecuted by his Servant: There you will find by the 11th Houſe, he had good Friends to ſtand by him in time of Trouble, &c. But to the contrary, if thou findeſt the firſt and 11th Houſe to diſagree, and different of nature, and in ill Company and Aſpects, then thy Friends may be thy Foes; for now in our Days, it's a Queſtion very fre
If thou findeſt thy Lott in a medium, truſt not thy Friends too far; if thou findeſt ♃ ♀ ♁, in
The 11th Houſe tells thee of the Subſtance of thy King.
THis 12th Houſe is relating to Compters and Impriſonment; and in this we have gene
If the Lott of the firſt Houſe, moves or go in
I have given you an Example of this in my AnVia in the 12th h. a ſpeedy Deli
Queſt. Has the Querent any preſent Enemies?
Anſw. Still mind, if you find the 12th Houſe with ill Lotts, and
We have found by many Tryals, that if ☋ be in the 11th Houſe, which is that which we call Company, let thy Friends pretend to ne
If the Querent comes to thee about a Horſe, or great Cattel; take the ſame Rules by this 12th Houſe, as you are taught by the 6th Houſe.
If the Querent deſires to know the Shape of Body, and Diſpoſition of his Enemies or Friends,
If the Querent deſires to know, the very exact time of coming to his Friends, or meeting with his Enemies, ſearch (for your Direction) into the Numbers which your Lott gives you, in this Book.
The Firſt Experiment; interpreting of Somnium, or a Dream, for a cer
I Told this Gentleman exactly what would befall him in a Months time, or thereabouts.
This Gentleman came to me in a diſtracted
Tuli multa mala in Vita mea ▪
I have had
(ſays he) much Trouble, and have ſuffer'd much Wrong in my life-time, and am fearful of much more to come: for a conſidera
I look'd ſharply on him, perceiving him to be diſturbed in his Spirits, and thinking ſome ill had hapned to him; and to abate ſomething of his Fury, I ſaid thus, Homo natus Muliere brevis eſt aetatis; ſatur commotione: ut Flos egreſſus eſt, & ſucciditur; & fugit velut umbra; neque conſiſtit.
This Gentleman reply'd, I know that a Man born of a Woman, is full of Miſery, and his time ſhort,
&c. I have much Diſſatisfaction within my ſelf, by reaſon of a terrible Viſion in my Sleep, or a Dream, (which you pleaſe,) inſo
Further, ſays the Querent, or the Gentleman, I am now come to you, hearing of your Ange
Reſp. I believe that this Viſion or frightful Egypt, by reaſon of a Dream.
by a Dream, told his Brethren, That they
SIR, I will do to the uttermoſt for you in
In the firſt place, I entred into my Cloſe
Now for your further underſtanding, I will place it in an Aſtrological Form, as I have ſhewn you in the Table, pag. 110. in Signs and Planets that thoſe of a ſlender Apprehenſion may know that this Work is not Conjuration: but the Lotts, Planets and Signs, are united into one Body.
Acquiſitio is in the Firſt
Becauſe we will be very curious in this great Work of Enquiry, after the State and Condition
In this Form you have 24 Houſes, ſo cal
The next 12 Houſes are of Aſtrology, which I erected at this Querent's coming to me with that horrible Noiſe, being willing to try both ways. The time of this Aſtrological Figure was Jan. 30. 1696/7. at 10 of the Clock in the Morning: And for diſtinction ſake, I have pointed the Aſtrological Figures, as the Lotts by 1, 2, 3, 4, and ſo on to 12, as you may ſee at the top of the Houſes; but they of the Lotts are at the bottom. The inner Circle tells you that every Houſe is divided into 30 degrees, and by the Round under the Black Line, is repre
Now Chriſtian Reader, this is the Method oEngliſh, becauſe it hath been in DarkRoſie-Crucians; they Eaſt,
&c. And it may be you Hebrews, Chaldeans, Indians;
The Miſery threatning this our Querent; or, the Viſion or Evil to come, unfolded.
IN the firſt place, the main Point is to be drawn from the 9th Houſe; but, becauſe it's of a Firſt, I will enquire Secondly, The 7th Houſe for his open Enemies. Thirdly, The 12th Houſe for his private and ſeFourthly, To the 9th Houſe, to Fifthly and Laſtly, To
Now of theſe five Particulars in order. The firſt Houſe ſignifies the Querent's Shape of Bopag. 138, to 145; but to ſave you the labour
I find in the Firſt or Aſcendant, the Lott calAcquiſitio, which is a good Lott, and repre
And this is all very true, for I have been very familiar with him; and he is alſo a Man of good Eſteem in the World, in matter of Reputation.
Secondly, We will now ſearch in the 7th Houſe; there we find that Lott called Populu
or the Capricorn, which is a Lotpag. 130viz. it be ſpeaks this Querent to have many Enemies, o
So I reſt my ſelf ſatisfied, that this Queren
But now we are to come to conſider, how o
I have already given you a Table of the Aſpect
The Firſt Houſe afflicted, generally the Per
See ♄, or the Lott Acquiſitio; he beholds the third Houſe by a ⚹ Aſpect, a
We may very well diſcern by this, what Evil is pointed out againſt this Querent of ours.
Obſerve the Lott that is in the 4th Houſe, which is of an ill nature, caſting his ill Beams to the Aſcendant; the Lott is called Carcer, in Engliſh, a Priſon, or a diſmal Place; which is no way agreeing with the Lott in the Aſcendant: therefore I conclude, that this Gentleman and Old People cannot agree; and beſides that, there will be an Old Man which lyes ſtill in the Graſs, like a Snake, to do him a private Miſchief; and the more certain, becauſe the 7th Houſe is poſſeſſed with an ill Lott, as alſo the Lott in the 12th h. His ſecret Enemies, and his open Enemies, noto
Carcer, the 10th h. from the 7th. h. in taking Coun
Then again, another Inquiry may be made, viz. To know what Company this our Querent had, or did keep; becauſe it's a common Saying, and I believe it's true, Bad or ill Company brings many to the Gallows: And in pag. 150. you have the Rules, to know good or ill Company.
Now note, that the ſecond h. is Company for the firſt.
As for Example, we have in the Aſcendant, the Lott Acquiſitio, a very good Lott; and in the ſecond h. his Company was Triſtitia, viz. ♄ retr. in ♏, ſignifies a curſed Pack, not fit for the Society of Chriſtians.
I conclude then, this was or would be, the Foundation and Ground of this Man's Trouble; then finding this, I could not be quiet, before I had ſpoke with him, to know the truth of the Matter: And then he told me plainly, That he had formerly lodg'd in his Houſe, PORNE, & Homo ſceleſtus, about three years paſt, and that he put them out of his Houſe by violence.
Now it plainly appears, if you conſider my former Rules, and alſo this my preſent Judgment, that thoſe are the Ground from whence ſprings this Wickedneſs againſt this our Querent; for behold, ♄ is Lord over the Lott in his ſecond h. which is his bad Company, thinking to gain Mo
But if you would know the bodily Shape, State and Condipag. 138. and you may be ſatisfied at large.
Then here is another thing to be obſerved, When, or at what time will this Ill happen to this our Querent, ſeeing it's ſo, that it will be?
Why truly, the Caldeans, Egyptians and Roſie-Gru
and others, hath encourag'd me in this Work, finding them true, to number out Times and Seaſons; and they have given us thoſe Lotts, in poiuting out ſome for Years, ſome for Months, ſome for Days, and ſome for Hours, viz. the fix
Now ſome obſerve for Weeks, the Lott Cauda Draconis; for Days, the Lott Conjunct
and for Hours, the Lott Amiſſio.
So I conſider'd my Rules, and found, that this Trouble would fall on this Man in about a Months time; and ſo it was, a Month and three Days after the Viſion or Dream; and at that time the two forementioned Perſons went to a Ju
But Reader, this is no new thing now in our Days; for it's very frequent, that ſuch Per
But in this particular, I will open to you the Way and Method, to know the Nature of a Dream or Viſion, or the word Somnium; it's no more, but an Obſervation drawn from the 9th h. which is the Houſe of our Querent's Spiritual Guide, which did reveal to him this Trouble, Shame and Diſgrace, a Month before it came.
Now we will take a view of our great Work, and we may find, that on the 9th Houſe, is that Lott called Rubeus; which is of a bloody, and harſh nature, inſomuch that our former PhiRubeus ariſeth in your Figure, let it be (ſay they) depopulated, or deſtroyed. Now I am of the contrary opi
The Aſtrologers do not deſtroy their Fi
Rubeus, or ill Lotts, to caſt it aſide; but obſerve the Nature and Qualities thereof.
As for Example, Rubeus is in the 9th; turn back to the main Rule, viz. to the Lotts in the 9th h. and you will find what that Lott Rubeus is; what it ſignifies in the 12th Houſe: in eve
And very like unto this Nature, was the Viſion of our Querent, viz. Burning and Conſu
And this is my Opinion and Judgment, on the Viſion of this Gentleman.
Now I went to him, and laid down this my Judgment concerning the Viſion; and he told me, it was very true: for Fire and Water, with Deſtruction, was the ground-work of his fright
Then I deſired this our Querent, to reveal to me the whole Matter.
Nuperrimè factum eſt, cum quidam Homo alterum velut ab utero materno nudum humi procumbentem ſupino more vidiſſet, cujus venter magno vulnere conſoſſus eſt; & qui alta voce cum advocavit
ut ei iſtud vulnus ſanaret; Somniator noſter, ſe promptè effeciſſe arbitrabatur, cum ſauciatus iſte ſeſe in faciem ex improviſo convertens, vulnus à tergo longe horribiliorem in lucem protulit; quod carnem ejus uſ
A Brief Account of the Delivery, Friendſhip, and Support of this Querent, under ſo great a Scandal and Diſgrace; drawn from this Angelical Work of Ours.
1. IN the firſt place, obſerve, that we have here two Witneſſes and one Judge; and firſt, we will ſpeak of the two Witneſſes: the Right Witneſs is called Laetitia, a Lott, in Engliſh, ſignifying Joy and Gladneſs. Now this Right Witneſs is always taken for the Querent, and ſignifies his Concern, either good or ill; and to be more larger, it hath alſo an inſpection in
And in this I am more plain, becauſe I would inſtruct young Students.
Secondly, As for the Left Witneſs, it bears Teſtimony, of the Mind and Intention of your Enemies, and as a Landskip of the other Heuſes in that ſide, &c.
Rubeus, a Lott of a deſperate bloody-mind& Homo ſceleſtus, and with the Lott Populus in the 7th Houſe; theſe together, give you a plain Diſcovery of the forementioned Knavery, as if you had it printed before your Eyes.
Thirdly, Another Teſtimony of our Querent's ſpeedy Delivery, is, by that Lott which we call the Judge, viz. ☉ retr. in ♉. Obſerve here, Rules of truth, taken from the Caldeans and the Roſie-Crucian-men; When the Judge moves himſelf into the & Homo ſceleſtus; and ſaid, they ought to be hang'd.
Fourthly, It's a ſtrong Argument of Recovery, from the Lott in the Aſcendant, which is calpag. 151. ſignifying a Man of Power, and one that lives in Pomp and Credit in the World; and ſuch a one generally cruſheth the Power and Malice of poor inconſiderable Earth-worms, that ſhew their Teeth, and are not able to bite: ſo you have often heard, that Populus ſignifies ma
Fifthly, Now the reaſon of Redemption, is, becauſe, if you mind the great Work, you will find, the Lott in the Aſcendant moves it ſelf in
Then behold the Table of Aſpects, and you will find an Aſpect of Love, between the Lott in the Aſcendant, and the third houſe, which ſtrengthens the foreſaid Arguments.
Then again, Sixthly, you will find Friends, from the 11th houſe; Firſt, Becauſe the Lott there is ♀ dir. in ♎, a pure good Lott, of Truth and Stability; and this is the more verified, be
Seventhly, If you deſire to know, if the QueVia, ſignifies the Way, and is a ſure Teſtimony; pray turn
Via in the 12th houſe: it poſitively ſays, a ſpeedy delivery out of Priſon; and ſo it was to admiration, (ſays the Querent) conſidering the nature of the thing.
Reader, the truth of this our Angelical Me
Eighthly, and Laſtly, The death of our QueHomo ſceleſtus died in the Boſom of PORNE, our Enemy: and no wonVia, and is in ☍ to his 8th, a terrible Lott, viz. ♄ retr. in ♏, called Triſtitia; and this in one Month from the Vi
The ſeveral Ways, that God gives us Rules, to foreſee our Elementary Life: with an Account of this Our Querent's Friends.
NOW behold the great Work, and you will find, the Figure of Aſtrology is plaJan. 30. at 10 in the ForeAegyptian Caterpillers; but conſidering what they were, they were, indiffe
It's a common Rule for the Aſtrologers, to be&c. Now ♎ aſcends the Horoſcope, and the Venus, ad
&c.
Then Secondly, We are to conſider the 7th Houſe; and there we find the Sign ♏, which very well reſembles the Lott Populus, as I have before ſpoken of: for the 7th houſe is our Que
Thirdly, We muſt now begin to take notice of the ☍ of ♀, Lady of the Aſcendant to the Porne, and ♋ in the 4th h. ſome old Knaves of the Acquaintance of the Querent's ſpur her on in the Wickedneſs; and the more, if you take notice of her 11th h. being the Houſe of Advice; and not only ſo, but ♃ retr. in the 6th h. The Deſcription of this PORNE, is one of an indifferent high and long Neck, a cloudy Complexion, a dark Hair, ſome
Fourthly, We plainly ſee the Death and Deviz. to take notice of the 12th Houſe. Now we find ♂ in the 12th h. or Lord of the 12th, of the Enemies, in his Aſcendant; and not only ſo, but ♃ retr. in ☍, and the Homo ſceleſtus; and indeed, he dy'd in the Boſom of PORNE: And according to the beſt Information I had, he was deſtroy'd by the Diſeaſe cauſed by the Planet ♂. The time of the Death of Homo ſceleſtus, was about five Weeks after our Querent's Viſion.
Fifthly, A word or two concerning our Que
Sixthly, Another Obſervation we have taken for his Delivery, is the
The Rules of Aſtrology might have been more enlarged here in this Concern, but I will leave it to the Wiſe.
Another Example of Treachery and Villany; with many more Expe
I Shall not trouble my ſelf here, to give you the whole Figure of the Lotts; but tell you, that Via was raiſed in the Aſcendant, and that bloody Lott Rubeus was raiſed in the 7th Houſe; a Lott which I have often told you, cauſeth ma
Now mark what follows: This Debtor of the Querent's had a Wife, and a Daughter about the age of 30, or upwards; ſo for Revenge, theſe two conſulted together to ſwear, that this London: and upon Ex
The Gentleman proved himſelf to live in one place as a Shopkeeper for 15 years, and many friends to teſtifie of his Truth and Fidelity.
Now this Querent came to me with a very heavy Heart, fearing his utter Ruine: but I bade him not fear, for it would come to nothing. I being ſomething intimate with him, he told me, he was for ſome time in Oxford; and I found him to be ingenious in many things: He knew ſomething of Aſtrology, and ſaid, that he had the ☋ in his Aſcendant; which many may believe, or think, that he was a Man of a tardy Conver
Secondly, A certain Gentleman came to me, deſiring me to Raiſe his Lotts for him, to know if he ſhould ſpeak with his Common Dealer, (if he went to his Houſe, being ſeven Miles;) he was willing to be certain before he went.
I follow'd my Method of my Angelical Work, and Acquiſitio was raiſed in the Aſcendant, and moveth it ſelf into the 7th Houſe, which is the Houſe of Dealing. I bade him go ſpeedily, and he ſhould ſee him, and ſpeak with him; and ſo he did.
Thirdly, A certain Woman came to me, de
Fourthly, A Man of my Acquaintance, gave his Wife leave to go to Greenwich, ſome diſtance from London; expecting her home at night, but ſhe did not come; inſomuch that the Man cani
I examin'd her Lott, viz. in the 7th Houſe and found it to be Amiſſ
and moved it ſelf to
pag. 181. you will find, that Amiſſio in the 7th Houſe ſig&c.
Fifthly, A certain Man came to me, very mournfully; for he had given his Wife ſome ſharp Words, upon which ſhe went away from him, he knew not where.
I raiſed his Lotts, and guided my Eyes to the 7th Houſe, and finding that Lott was moved into the 9th Houſe, viz. the third from the 7th. I deſired this Man to go to his Wives Siſter, and there he ſhould find his Wife: and he found it very true.
Sixthly, A certain Woman came to me, tel
I found that Via, the Lott in the Aſcendant, was moved into the 12th Houſe: I ſaid to the Woman, thy Husband is in Priſon, but will ſoon be freed, and ſet at liberty. She went ſpeedily from me, to the Marſhalſea in Southpark, and met her Husband at the Priſon Gate, coming out, being juſt releas'd.
Seventhly, A Gentlewoman came to me, with a dreadful noiſe, to know if her Husband would
viz. Albus, and mov'd it it ſelf into the 10th h. I bade the Gentlewoman be contented; for in ſix hours, or in a ſmall time, her Husband will cer
Eighthly, If the Queſtion be to know, If the Sick Perſon ſhall Recover?
I go on in this manner: Firſt, I find a good Lott in the Aſcendant, as Albus; I ſay, the PaCarcer, no good Habit of Body; in the Third h. is Acquiſitio, ſignifies a good Iſſue; the Fourth h. is Populus, a long Sickneſs; the Fifth h. is Rubeus, tells you, that all things the Patient takes, is obAlbus, ſhews the Diſeaſe it ſelf, to be of MelanLaetitia, and his Company is Cauda Draconis, the Elements of Air and Fire, telling you the Party is dangerouſly ill, and ſignifies Death, becauſe of the 7th and 8th h. the Ninth houſe is Amiſſio, and is a plain demonſtration, that the Perſon, or Miniſter of the Pariſh, will have no Gain; the 10th is Acquiſitio, which gives hope of Life and Recovery, the 11th is Conjunctio, and ſignifies, that his Friends believe his Diſeaſe is mortal, and are out of hopes; and iConjunctio be alſo in the 12th, it tells you plain
Ninthly, This is a true way of judging, if you obſerve the Lotts and their Natures, and conſi
Now for a further Demonſtration of the Aſpects, worth your Obſervation.
An Example of the Aſpect of Oppoſitiviz. the firſt beholds the 7th, which is an ill Aſpect, as well for the diſtance of the Place, as for the contrariety; becauſe the firſt is Orien
And the like is from the 4th to the 10th, not only ☍ by place, but the 4th h. is Darkneſs, and the 10th h. is Light. Now here lyes the MyFortuna Major in the firſt h. and in the 7th too, you may well conclude of Unity, Peace and Tranquility: but if contra
And in like manner, conſider the
Rules to know, what any Perſon comes to thee for, before he declares his Buſineſs.
THis is of great moment, if you underſtand it aright, viz. to underſtand the Minds of People.
The firſt Rule, how to know the Intent; is to ſee when the firſt Houſe or Lott goeth into a&c.
The ſecond Rule, is to take all the uneven Points of all the 12 Lotts, and give one to the firſt, and another to the ſecond, and third; and ſo conſequently to the other, until that all the Points are beſtowed; then if the Points remain on the firſt h. it ſignifies thereby, that the Perſon hath a deſire to know ſomething of the Queſtions belonging to the firſt houſe: if it reſteth on the ſecond h. Money, or Moveable Goods, as you have been formerly ſhewn. So you may judge of all the other Houſes, where the Points or Pricks ſtay.
Not long ſince, I had a certain Midwife came to me; ſhe ask'd me, What ſhe was come
Rubeus was in the Aſcendant, and moved it ſelf into the ſeventh h. I preſently told her, ſhe was come to me about a wicked Husband, having to do with more Women than he ought; and I conſider'd the Nature of the Lott Rubeus, and concluded within my ſelf, that the Midwife was as right as her Husband. But in ſhort, ſhe told me, that I hit right on the matter; for her Husband was a very wicked Man, (ſaid ſhe) for he keeps Whores; and I hear, he is Married again, ſays ſhe; but I am quit of him, and have not liv'd with him a long time; and I am MarI had the knowledge of that before.
Now her Queſtion was to know of me, When her firſt Husband would die, and the ſecond come home from Sea.
Kind Reader, I will ſhew you one Example more, as a new Method in Raiſing theſe Our Angelical Lotts, and ſo ſhall conclude: For I proteſt to you, That I have found more Truth in this Angelical Art, than in Aſtrology; and then again, it's a Method far more eaſie, and pleaſanter than Aſtrolygy.
THIS Method indeed, I have not follow'd, becauſe I have found ſo much Truth in the forementioned. But to ſatisfie the Curioſity of the Reader, I will lay down the Rules.
Obſerve therefore, to make four unequal Lines, as is taught in my former Lotts, by the Points caſually ſet down; and to join together theſe Points: And out of theſe Points which are not joined together, and which do remain in the Head of the Lines, extract one Figure; and the Sign of the Zodiack that anſwereth to that Figure, put for the Aſcendant.
An Example may be proper; if Acquiſitio aLaetitia, or the Leſſer Fortune, put ♉ in the Aſcendant: if Puer, or Rubous, place ♊: if Albus, ♋: if Via, ♌: if Conjunctio, or the Drag. Head, ♍: if Puella, ♎: if Amiſſio or Triſtitia, ♏: if Drag Tail, ♐: if Populus, ♑: if Fortuna Major, ♒
Carcer, then put ♓ for the Aſcendant. So place them in order in their Houſes, as ♈ in the firſt, ♉ in the ſecond, ♊ in the ſecond h. as you ſee in the Figure following, not regarding the Witneſs or Judge.
The ſame Method, if another Lott is Raiſed; put it in the Aſcendant, and the reſt in order.
So, out of 16 Figures, you make uſe but of 12, which anſwers to the 12 Signs of the Zodiack; and this may ſerve for your purpoſe.
And as for placing into thoſe 12 Signs, the Seven Properties of Nature, obſerve to make four Lines by courſe, for every Planet by Points, caſually pricking, or pricked down; and likeDrag. Head, as you have done for the Aſcendant, and divide thoſe Points by 12,
But it's the advice of our Fore-fathers, not to make a Queſtion in Rain, Clouds, or a very Win
And as for this Method of Raiſing your Lotts, you may, according to this Rule, place your Pla
Then for your Judgment, turn to pag. 151, to 210. which tells you of all the Power and Strength of all the Houſes: As for Example, if your Queſtion be of the 7th houſe, ſee what Lott there is; if for a Brother, conſider the Lott on the third houſe; and ſo of the reſt, and you will find an Anſwer to your deſire.
Then obſerve how pure and eaſie it is, to that which we call Aſtrology, is ſo tranſcendent and ſubtil an Art in it ſelf, that therein a Man ought to have a reſpect to many things, before he can obtain a true Judgment, becauſe the Eye of our Underſtanding will not pierce into the half
Again, kind Reader, notwithſtanding I have roved thro' the two great Bodies, of that we call in Philoſophy, Macrocoſmus and Microcoſmus, you ſhall find me diſtinct from all you, that pin your ſelves upon Points of Religion; for it's baſe, and an abſurd thing, that thoſe who are ſo ſeemingly united together, ſhould ſo barbarouſly exclaim one againſt the other, not minding the Scripture; when he that crea
I have not, in all my Works, exclaimed againſt weak Judgments, nor extolled the Wiſe; but I retain it in my Breſt, and keep it to my ſelf, conſidering, that Man is the little World; and every Man acts within himſelf, and deliA B C, &c.
It was Abraham that found out the only true God, by his wonderful Works, viz. in obſerving the Motions of the whole Creation. You that are counted Atheiſts or Hea
Obſerve the Faithful of Old, how they admired the great Works of Providence, and Worſhipped God by the Power of his Works. Adam being the firſt Man, Ergo, moſt lawLev. 26. 29. A dependance of the Earth from the Heavens, Hoſ.
Deut. 33. 14. God expreſſeth himſelf by his Works, 2 Kings 17. 16. The Element Deut. 4. 19. The neceſſity of our Mat. 17. 14.
Theſe, with many more places of Scripture, ſhew plain
I will make a Final End of my Work, in theſe fol
DOmine, Domine Deus noſter; quam admirabilis eſt Nomen t
Domine Deus noſter, quam admirabilis eſt Nomen tuum in Univerſa Terra!
COmpendium Anatomicum nova Methodo inſtitutumJ. Caſe, M. D.
FLOS Ae VI, or Coeleſtial Obſervations. By the ſame Author.