1. Of ARIES.

Nature. ARies is a Masculine, Diurnal, Cardi­nal, Equinoctial, Easterly Signe, of the fiery Triplicity, hot and dry: the day-house of Mars.

Descript. The persons signified thereby, are but [Page 12]of a mean Stature, lean Body, of a long or oval Visage, the Hair curling, and oftentimes of a white or sandy colour.

Places. It signifieth places where sheep or small cattle are kept: sandy moorish grounds, hilly or unfrequented places, &c. In houses, it signifies the upper part or cover­ing thereof, or stables where small beasts are kept.

2. Of TAƲRƲS.

Nature. Taurus is a Feminine, Nocturnal, Me­lancholy, Domestical, Beastial, and Furi­ous Singne, cold and dry; the first of the earthy Triplicity.

Descript. It represents one of a short Stature, broad Forehead, great Eyes, a large Mouth, short fat Hands, a well-set person, his Hair black, his Complexion brown, or swar­thy.

Places. It signifies Stable, Cow-houses, Cellars, and such kinde of places where furniture belonging to horses and cattle are kept. And in the Fields, it represents Pastures, and plain Corn-fields.

3. Of GEMINI.

Nature. Gemini is a Masculine signe, hot and moist, Diurnal, Aereal, Humane, double-bodied; the first of the airy Triplicity.

Descript. It personates an upright, tall, straight, well-composed body, of a sanguine com­plexion, but not very clear: long Arms, the Hands and Feet short and fleshy: the Hair black, or of a dark brown: a pier­cing hazle Eye; of an ingenious fancy, and a good understanding.

Places. It signifies curious Rooms that are hung or wainscoted; Play-houses, Halls, or Dining-rooms; Chests, Trunks, and Store-houses, and high places. In the Fields, it signifies Hills and Mountains, &c.

4. Of CANCER.

Nature. Cancer is a Feminine, Nocturnal, Phleg­matick signe; by nature cold and moist; of the watry Triplicity: the onely house of Luna.

Descript. It denotes a person of a middle Stature, his Complexion white and sickly, his Visage oval, his Hair of a dark brown; [Page 14]generally the upper part of the body big­ger than the lower.

Places. It signifies moist watry places; also the Sea, and all navigable Rivers, Brooks, Springs, Marsh grounds. And in Houses, it signifies Sinks, Cellars, Wash-houses, &c.

5. Of LEO.

Nature. Leo is a signe Masculine, Diurnal, Bea­stial, Cholerick, and Barren; a comman­ding Kingly signe, hot and dry; the second signe of the fiery Triplicity; the onely house of the Sun.

Descript. Persons that are born under Leo, are generally of a full large body, coura­gious▪ and stout-hearted; their Hair of a dark flaxen, or yellowish and curling; a great Head, with large goggle Eyes; a person of a generous disposition, an aspi­ring Brain, and an active Body.

Places. Woods, Forrests, and Desert places; Rocks, Castles, Forts, and all inaccessible places; Kings Palaces. And in Houses, all such places that are near the fire, as O­vens, Furnaces, &c.

6. Of VIRGO.

Nature. Virgo is a Feminine, Nocturnal, Me­lancholy, and Barren signe; and the se­cond of the earthy Triplicity.

Descript. It generally denotes one of a slender body, and of a middle stature, a lovely brown Complexion, great Eyes, thick black Hair, one of an ingenious wit, and much given to learning.

Places. It signifies Closets or Studies where Books are laid up, or other Writings, as Maps, &c. It also denotes Corn-fields, Malt-houses, Dairy-houses, and places where Corn is laid up, &c.

7. Of LIBRA.

Nature. Libra is a signe Masculine, Cardinal, Equinoctial, Diurnal, Sanguine, and Hu­mane; hot and moist; Western; and of the airy Triplicity.

Descript. Persons signified by this signe, are ge­nerally well composed, comely, straight bodies of a round and beautiful Visage, the Hair of a flaxen or yellowish colour, grey Eyes, and in age they common­ly have pimples in the Face, and a very [Page 16]high colour; both courteous and impar­tial, and just in all their actions.

Places. It signifies sandy gravelly places, and where Hawking and Hunting is used. In the House, it signifies upper Rooms, as Chambers and Garrets; also it signifies Out-houses, Barns, &c.

8. Of SCORPIO.

Nature. Scorpio is a Feminine, Nocturnal, Cold and Phlegmatick Northern signe, of the watry Triplicity.

Descript. It denotes a strong corpulent body, of a short stature, big limbed, strong and a­ctive; sad brown Hair, crisping, or cur­ling; a duskish muddy Complexion, a Body hairy, short thick Neck. It repre­sents one of subtile and of reserved thoughts, naturally wilful, malicious, false, deceitful.

Places. It signifies all muddy and moorish Grounds, Orchards, Gardens, Vineyards, and Ditches; ruinous Houses neer the wa­ter; places where creeping beasts fre­quent. In Houses, the lower Rooms, the Kitchins, Wash house, or Sink.

9. Of SAGITTARIƲS.

Nature. Sagittarius is a signe Masculine, Cho­lerick, and Diurnal, by nature hot and dry, of the fiery Triplicity.

Descript. It generally denotes one of a tall, up­right, straight, well-proportioned Body; an oval Visage, a ruddy sanguine Com­plexion, broad Forehead, his Hair of a brown or chesnut colour, quick-sighted, and generally good Horsemen.

Places. It signifies Stables, or places where great Cattle and Horses are kept: It de­notes high places, Hills, and Mountains. In Houses, it signifies the upper Rooms, and places near the fire.

10. Of CAPRICORN.

Nature. Capricorn is a Feminine, Nocturnal, Me­lancholy, Solstitial, Moveable, Cardinal, and Southern signe, of the earthy Triplicity.

Descript. It naturally presents one of a little Stature, a dry lean Body, of a whitely Complexion, thin Face, long Neck, a narrow Chin, black Hair, but little on the Beard, and many times of a good un­derstanding.

Places. It signifies places where Cattle are put, as Cow-houses, Sheep-pens; or where implements of husbandry are laid up; also barren, thorny, and fallow Fields. In Houses, low Rooms near the earth.

11. Of AQƲARY.

Nature. Aquary is a Masculine, Diurnal, Fixed, Sanguine, and Humane signe, of the airy Triplicity.

Descript. It denotes one of a strong well-com­posed Body, not very tall, but fleshy, the Visage oval, or something long; of a clear Skin, and sanguine Complexion, generally sandy flaxen Hair.

Places. It signifies hilly Grounds, Mines, and Quarries of Stone, and places lately dig­ged up. In Houses, it signifies the up­per part, as Roofs, Eaves, &c.

12. Of PISCES.

Nature. Pisces is a Feminine, Nocturnal, Phleg­matick, Northerly, double-bodied signe, the last of the twelve, and of the watry Triplicity.

Descript. The persons signified thereby are gene­rally of a low Stature, not very decent, [Page 19]broad Face, the Complexion pale, and a fleshy Body, the Hair of a light brown, not going very streight.

Places. It signifies watry places, Fish-ponds, Water-springs, and Water-mills, moorish moist Grounds, Caves, or places where Hermitages have been. In Houses, the Pumps, Wells, or any places near Wa­ter.

Of the Colours signified by the Twelve Signes.

Aries giveth a white mixed with red. Taurus, white mixed with citern. Gemi­ni, white mixed with red. Cancer, green, or russet. Leo, red, or green. Virgo, black speckled with blue. Libra, black, or dark crimson, or tawny colour. Scor­pio, brown. Sagittary, yellow, or green. Capricorn, black, or russet. Aquary, a sky-colour with blue. Pisces, white glistering colour.

1. Of SATƲRN.

SAturn is by nature cold and dry, the au­thor of Melancholy;Nature. Masculine, Diur­nal; the greater Infortune; and appears to our sight of a leaden pale colour: he is the highest of the seven, and therefore slow in motion, near 30 years in finish­ing his circular Revolution through the twelve Signes.

He is called Chronos, Phaenon, and Fal­sifer. Poetical Names.

He naturally represents one of a middle Stature,Descript. black swarthy Complexion, lit­tle Eyes, lowring Eye-brows, flat Nose, thick Lips, goes forward with his Head, stooping, great Ears, black or very dark Hair, thin Beard, and sometimes none at all.

When he is well dignified, the persons [Page 21]signified thereby are grave and sober, that perform all their actions with Judge­ment and Discretion: they have a search­ing fancy, being much given to study. But when he is ill dignified, then the Native or Querent signified thereby is malicious, envious, covetous, jealous, lying, dissem­bling, thievish person, not regarding his Word or Reputation.

Quality & Profession.He signifies Old men, as Grandfathers, and Fathers; also all persons that dig the Earth, Husbandmen, Day-labourers, Clowns, and Beggars, Brick-makers, Col­liers, Gardiners, Sextons, Miners, Tan­ners, and Curriers of Leather, Sectarists, Monks and Jesuites.

2. Of JƲPITER.

Jupiter is a Planet Masculine and Di­urnal, temperate, hot and moist;Nature. the greater Fortune; the Author of justice, temperance, and sobriety: he appears to our sight of a clear bright Azure colour, and finisheth his course through the twelve Signes in 12 years.

He is sometimes called Jove, Phaëton, Names. and Zous.

He represents one of a tall Stature,Descript. of a [Page 22]ruddy pleasant Complexion, of an oval Visage, high Forehead, comely grey Eyes; the Hair soft and gentle, of a light brown, much Beard, and his Body every way handsomely composed; of a good car­riage, sober and grave in his speech, just and upright in his actions.

But when this Planet is ill dignified, he represents the person signified thereby to be a mere Prodigal, a Hypocrite in matters of Faith and Religion, a dis­sembling person, ignorant and careless, and of a dull capacity.

Qualities and Pro­fessions.He signifies Clergy-men and Civilians, Bishops, Priests; also Princes, Judges, and Senators; young Scholars, and Stu­dents in the Law; Clothiers, and Woollen­drapers.

3. Of MARS.

Mars is a Planet Masculine and No­cturnal, by nature hot and dry,Nature. cholerick and fiery, the lesser Infortune; he ap­pears to our sight of a fiery red sparkling colour; he is near two years in finishing his course through the twelve Signes: he is the Author of Strife, War, Quar­rels, and Contentions.

He is sometimes called mavors, Pyrois, Names. Aris, Gradivus.

He represents a person of a middle sta­ture, big-boned, and a strong able Body,Descript. of a ruddy brown Complexion, round Visage, his Hair for the most part red, or of a sandy flaxen, often curling; a pier­cing sharp hazle Eye; of a bold, lofty spirit, and a confident countenance.

When he is well dignified, the person signified by him is of a prudent be­haviour, confident and bold, excellent in Warfare, challenging all honour to him­self, and a large reporter of his own acts; he is valiant, and scorns to be overcome by any.

But when he is ill dignified, then he delights in Quarrels, Murder, Thievery, and all evil actions; he is as wavering as the wind, a Traytor, of a rash, inhumane, and turbulent spirit, neither fearing God nor Man.

Qualities and Pro­fessions.He signifies Generals of Armies, Colonels and Captains, Conquerours or U­surpers ruling by usurpation and oppres­sion; also all Souldiers in general.

He also signifies Physicians, Apothe­caries, Chirurgeons, Alchymists, Gun­ners, Serjeants, Bayliffs, Marshals, But­chers, [Page 24]Smiths, Bakers, Watch-makers, Ar­mourers, Cutlers, Thieves, Cooks, and Car­penters.

4. Of SOL.

The Sun is a Planet Masculine and Di­urnal, of nature hot and dry,Nature. but tempe­rate; he finisheth his circuit through the Twelve Signes of the Zodiack in 365 days and some hours.

He is called Sol, Titan, Ilios, Phoebus, Apollo, Names. Osyris, Diespiter.

He represents a person of a large cor­pulent Body;Descript. of a large Face, and a broad high Forehead, a yellow saffron Complexion, large goggle Eyes, sharp and piercing; the Hair yellow, or light flaxen, much hair on the Beard; they are generally of a great Spirit, honest, humane, and courteous, and of a healthful constitution.

When Sol is well dignified, and Signi­ficator either in a Question or Nativity, he represents one of an incomparable judgement, very prudent, and desirous of Rule and Soveraignty; of a very noble and majestical spirit, yet using much gra­vity in his speeches: he is very faithful [Page 25]to his friends, and courteous to all men, keeping his promises with much fidelity; a lover of honourable actions, and an ab­solute hater of all sordid things.

But when he is ill dignified, the persons signified by him are arrogant and proud, restless and troublesome, using neither gravity in their words, or sobriety in their actions; spendthrifts, careless of their Families or Estates, and often weak-sighted, or purblinde, cracking of their Pedigree, and foolish in all their actions.

Quality and Pro­fessions.He represents Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Barons, Courtiers, and Gentlemen of all sorts; Justices of the Peace, Mayors, &c. the principal Officers of a City or Town. In Professions, he signifies Goldsmiths, Brasiers, Pewterers, Minters of money, Copper-smiths, &c.

5. Of VENƲS.

Venus is a Planet Feminine, and No­cturnal, temperately cold and moist; she is called the lesser Fortune,Nature. Author of mirth and jollity: She is a Star of a bright shining colour; when she is seen after the Sun is set, she is called the Evening­star; when she is seen before the Sun rise [Page 26]in a morning, she is then called the Mor­ning-star. She is near? year a finishing her revolution through the Twelve signes.

She is sometimes called Cytherea, Aphro­dite, Vesperugo, Poetical Names. Ericana.

Venus describes one of a comely mid­dle Stature, with a round Visage, of a white brown Complexion,Descript. fair lovely Eyes, fair smooth Hair, often of a light brown; red Lips, and cherry Cheeks, with little dimples in them; the Face pretty fleshy; the person every way handsomely composed, very delightful, and exceeding well shaped, desirous to go neatly in every part, both in clothes and person.

When she is well dignified, the per­sons signified thereby are of a pleasant disposition, of an honest and good be­haviour, delighting in neat Apparel, often entangled in Love-matters, zealous in their Affections; they are quiet, not gi­ven to quarrels or wrangling, but lovers of all vertuous actions.

But when she is ill dignified, she sig­nifies a person nothing regarding his Re­putation; he is riotous, expensive, a lo­ver of lewd Women, a haunter of Ta­verns and Ale-houses, carelesly wasting [Page 27]his estate therein: he is a mere Atheist, using neither Faith nor Conscience in his Conversation.

She represents Linnen-drapers, Mer­cers, Silkmen, Painters, Jewellers,Qualities and Pro­fessions. Play­ers, Musicians, Gamesters, Embroiderers, Perfumers: She hath signification of wo­men in general, as Virgins, Wives, and Widows, and such persons as make or sell those commodities which adorn or beau­tifie women.

6. Of MERCƲRY.

Mercury is the least of all the Planets,Nature. and is said to be by nature cold and dry; he is either Masculine, or Feminine, ac­cording as he is in configuration with Planets Masculine or Feminine; he is seldome to be seen, by reason he is always so near to Sol, never above 27 degrees distant; he appears of a duskie silver colour; he finisheth his course through the Twelve Signes in something less than twelve Moneths.

Poetical Names.He is called Hermes, Stilbon, Cyllenius, Archas.

He represents a person indifferent tall and straight, of a long Visage,Descript. high Fore­head, [Page 28]long Nose, brown or black Hair, much on the Head, but little on the Beard; of a dark or swarthy Comple­xion, long Arms and Hands. But in de­scribing the person signified by him, you are carefully to consider what Planets he is in configuration withal, and according­ly moderate your judgement.

If he be well dignified in a Question or Nativity, then the person signified by him is of a pregnant Wit, desirous of Learning, which he will attain with much ease; he is a searcher of occult Learning; he is an excellent Logician and Disputant, eloquent in his speeches, ambitious of being exquisite in every Science; he of­ten desires Travel, and seeing forein Coun­tries.

When he is ill dignified, he signifies a person full of knavish inventions; a liar, boaster, and full of many strifes and con­tentions; he hath a troublesome Wit, which he employs both with Tongue and Pen against all men, purposely to cause quarrels and mischief; a conceited Fool, a very Ideot, pretending to Learning and Knowledge, but not capable of any solid Learning; a thievish and cheating per­son.

He hath signification of all literate men, as Philosophers, Mathematicians, Astrologers, Poets, School-masters, Secre­taries, Orators, Advocates, Accomptants, Merchant, Attorneys, Sollicitors, Clerks, Stationers, Printers, Taylors, Carriers, Messengers, and Footmen.

7. Of LƲNA.

The Moon is a Planet Feminine and Nocturnal, by nature cold and moist;Note: PLACE="marg" Nature. she finisheth her Revolution through the Twelve Signes in 28 days, wanting some few hours.

She is called Lucina, Cynthia, Diana, Names. Latona, Noctiluca, Proserpina.

She denotes one of a large Stature, round Face, pale or whitely coloured, grey Eyes, and oftentimes the one a lit­tle bigger than the other; the Hair of a bright brown, and much of it both on the Head and Beard; short Hands, the whole Body inclining to fatness.

When she is well dignified, she denotes one a lover of all ingenious and honest Sciences; he delights in novelties, and naturally inclined to flit his habitation, and remove from one place to another; [Page 30]he is a soft, tender, well-disposed crea­ture, yet timorous, and easily fright­ed.

When she is ill dignified, then she re­presents an idle, lazie, drunken, sottish person, that lives carelesly and beggarly; a Vagabond, and a hater of labour; he is of no spirit, mutable, and inconstant.

She signifies Queens, Dutchesses, La­dies, and all sorts of women in general;Note: PLACE="marg" Persons & Professions. and the common inferiour sorts of peo­ple; Pilgrims, Travellers, Sailors, Fisher­men, and such as travel or trade upon Water, Brewers, Vintners, Coachmen, Letter-carriers, Messengers, Marriners, Millers, Alewives, Maltsters, Midwives, Nurses, Hackney-men, and Water-bear­ers.

Of the Head and Tail of the DRAGON.

The Dragons head is by nature Mascu­line; he is said to be a Fortune of the na­ture of Jupiter and Venus: Note: PLACE="marg" Of ☊ Some say that he is good when joyned with good Planets, and evil when joyned with evil Planets;Note: PLACE="marg" Christ. Astr. cap. 13. page 83. but Mr. Lilly saith, that when he is joyned with evil Planets, he lessens their malevolent signification; when [Page 31]joyned with good, he increases the good promised by them.

The Tail of the Dragon is Feminine,Of ☋ of the nature of the Infortunes: Mr. Lil­ly saith, when he is joyned with evil Pla­nets, their evils are doubled; and when joyned with good, the good promised is much abated.

Of Saturn in the Twelve Signes.

SAturn in Aries, represents one of a mean Stature, ruddy Complexion, but somewhat obscure; high Forehead, great full Eyes, dark Hair, but little on the Beard; a spare lean person, a great boa­ster of his actions, an ill-natured quarrel­some contentious person.

In Taurus, he represents one of a mean Stature, a lean Body, a heavy lumpish per­son, [Page 32]dark Hair, and no comely person; he is inclined to vitious and sordid acti­ons, delights in letchery, whoring, and all beastial actions.

In Gemini, he represents one of an in­different tall Stature, an oval Visage, the Hair black, or a sad brown, a well pro­portioned Body, humane, and ingenious; but of a perverse nature.

In Cancer, he signifies one of an in­different Stature, of a sickly constitution of body, thin Face, sad brown Hair; some­times the person is crooked, ill-shaped, and ill-conditioned, inclined to malice and hatred.

In Leo, he represents one something tall, big-boned, not very much inclined to fatness; the Hair of a light brown; his conditions are indifferent good, but something passionate and revengeful.

In Virgo, he signifies a tall spare body, swarthy Complexion, sad brown or black Hair; a melancholy person, something inclined to Study; malicious; and when angry, it will be long before he be plea­sed again: he is inclined sometimes to theft, and a person of reserved thoughts.

In Libra, he represents a person of a large Stature, a well-composed Body, an [Page 33]oval Visage, a large Forehead; he hath sad brown Hair, he is high spirited, well conceited of his own actions, some­what prodigal and expensive, soon mo­ved to anger.

In Scorpio, he signifies a person of a low Stature, broad Shoulders, sad brown or black Hair; he is quarrelsome, and much given to debate and contentions, and all sordid actions.

In Sagittary, he represents a well-com­posed person, of an indifferent large Sta­ture, brown Hair, courteous in his beha­viour to all persons, but will not take a­ny abuse; he is cholerick, but soon re­conciled.

In Capricorn, he represents one of a middle Stature, not very tall, a lean spare person, long Visage, little Eyes, sad brown or black Hair, a duskish Complexion; he is covetous of worldly goods, a melan­choly person using but few words; he is peevish, and will retain anger a long time.

In Aquarius, he gives a middle Stature, brown or black Hair, rather inclined to fatness than otherwise; he is of a cour­teous disposition, of an ingenious fancy; a lover of Arts, yet conceited of his own ingenuity.

In Pisces, he signifies one of a middle Stature, of a pale Complexion, sad or black Hair, full Eyes, and a great Head; an ill-conditioned, malicious, contentious, dissembling person.

Of Jupiter in the Twelve Signes.

Jupiter in Aries, denotes one of a middle Stature, of a ruddy Complexion, an oval Visage, the Hair of a light brown or flax­en colour, a quick piercing Eye, a very obliging person, of a free and noble dis­position, a lover of friendship, peace and tranquillity.

In Taurus, he represents one of a mean Stature, not very decent, his Complexion swarthy, the Hair of a sad brown; his conditions are indifferent good; a lover of Women, yet of a good carriage, and a wise discreet person.

In Gemini, he denotes a large tall per­son, something above the middle stature, brown Hair, and a well-composed Body; courteous in his behaviour, and obliging to all persons; he delights in womens company, and is a lover of Arts and Sci­ences.

In Cancer, he signifieth a person of a [Page 35]middle Stature, a pale sickly Complexion, an oval Visage; he hath dark brown or black Hair, no very pleasant person; he hath aspiring thoughts, and aiming at great things; a busie-body, that loves to concern himself with other mens affairs, and a great lover of women.

In Leo, he represents one of a tall sta­ture, and of a well-composed Body, light coloured Hair, or sometimes yellow, something curling; comely Eyes, of a rud­dy Complexion, and of a very good Disposition, bold and stout-hearted, de­lighting in manly valiant actions, and much desirous of honour.

In Virgo, he signifies a well-composed person, of a sad brown or black Hair; he is much given to study several Arts and Sciences; of a cholerick disposition, and covetous; ambitious of honour, and a lover of money.

In Libra, he represents a person of a neat well-composed Body, of a pleasant Countenance, an oval Visage, light brown or flaxen Hair, of a very good disposi­tion, delighting in all pleasant exercises and recreations; and by his good behaviour he is beloved of all men.

In Scorpio, he denotes one of a middle [Page 36]stature, something inclined to fatness, of a duskie Complexion, the Hair of a sad brown colour; he is highly conceited of his own actions, and of an ill nature, co­vetous of worldly goods, and thinks him­self above his betters.

In Sagittary, he represents one of a tall stature, a ruddy Complexion, an oval Visage, the Hair of a chesnut-colour; a very well-composed person, of a very good behaviour, just in his actions; he is a lover of Horses, and naturally a good Horseman.

In Capricorn, he signifies one of a very little stature, of a thin Face, and pale Complexion, sad Hair, a very weakly person, yet peevish and fickle, and not very well natured.

In Aquarius, he signifies a person of a middle stature, and of a good Comple­xion, brown Hair, and a well-set person, of a pleasant merry disposition, delight­ing in good company, and very just in his actions.

In Pisces, he represents one of a mean stature, but inclined to fatness, the Hair of a light brown; he is a lover of mirth, and musical Instruments; he is studious in several Arts and Sciences, and very [Page 37]ingenious, delighting in good company and pleasant recreations.

Of Mars in the Twelve Signes.

Mars in Aries, signifies one of a middle stature, big-boned, and a well-set per­son, of a swarthy Complexion; sometimes the Hair is red, or of a light colour, and curling; a sharp hazle Eye, of a bold confident countenance, ambitious of rule, a lover of war and contests.

In Taurus, he represents a person of a middle stature, but not tall, a dull Com­plexion, a broad Face, great wide Mouth, black Hair, and no very pleasant person; he has often a mark with some weapon on the Face; he signifies a treacherous, false dissembling person, gluttonous, luxu­rious, and a lover of lewd womens com­pany.

In Gemini, he denotes one of a tall stature, a well-propotioned Body, his Hair black, or of a sad brown; he sig­nifies one of a wandring unsetled minde, of a cholerick disposition, of a rash tur­bulent spirit.

In Cancer, he describes a person of a short stature, an ill composition of Body, [Page 38]sometimes deformed by crookedness, &c. the Hair is brown, the Complexion is for the most part white; he signifies a sot­tish dull-spirited person, a lover of Wine, and a promoter of Quarrels.

In Leo, he represents one of a tall, strong, able Body, his Hair of a dark flaxen colour, a large Face, and great Eyes; a very hasty cholerick person, of a free-hearted generous spirit, delighting in shooting, and all warlike exercises.

In Virgo, he describes a well-propor­tioned person, of a middle stature, of a swarthy Complexion, of a sad brown or black Hair; soon angry, but long before he be pleased again; a person sufficiently ill-conditioned, and unfortunate in most of his actions.

In Libra, he describes a person some­thing tall, and a very well-composed Body, an oval Visage, the Hair of a light brown; a person of a sanguine Comple­xion, and a pleasant chearful Countenance, a lover of womens company, and am­bitious of his own praise.

In Scorpio, he represents one of a middle stature, a swarthy Complexion, broad Face, black Hair, and curling; an un­grateful, revengeful, quarrelsome person, [Page 39]but yet very ingenious in several Arts and Sciences.

In Sagittarius, he describes one of a tall stature, and in every part well pro­portioned, an oval Visage, brown Hair, a very good Complexion; he delights in good merry company; he is of a cholerick disposition, delighting in war and warlike exercises.

In Crapricorn, he represents one of a mean stature, a spare lean Body, thin Face, little Head, black Hair, but an in­different Complexion; a person of good spirit, ingenious, and quick-witted, and of a good disposition, and fortunate in his actions.

In Aquarius, he represents one of a middle stature, a well-proportioned Bo­dy, a good Complexion, the Hair red, or of a sandy flaxen; he is very quarrel-some, and much given to act mischievous debates, which many times prove to his own prejudice.

In Pisces, he describes one of a short stature, but fleshy, the Hair of a light brown or flaxen colour, the Body not very handsomely composed; he often de­lights in the company of lewd women; he is a dissembling person, and of a dull and stupid understanding.

Of the Sun in the Twelve Signes.

Sol in Aries represents one of a mid­dle stature, a strong and well-composed Body, a good Complexion, the Hair of a light flaxen or yellow colour; he is of a noble disposition, delighting in warfare, and is very ingenious therein, and by his valour he is a terrour to his Enemies.

In Taurus, he describes a well set per­son, of a short stature, but not very come­ly; a broad Face, wide Mouth, great Nose; of a dull Complexion, brown Hair, a bold confident person, delighting in war­fare, and is often victorious.

In Gemini, he describes one of a large stature, of a sanguine Complexion, brown Hair, and a well-composed Body; he is courteous in his actions, and of a good disposition, yet not very fortunate in his affairs, but yet content, and will pass by slight abuses.

In Cancer, he denotes one of a lit­tle stature, of an unhealthful disposition of body, an ill complexion, with some defect in the Face; he hath brown Hair, and is a well natured person, of a plea­sant disposition, delighting in merry com­pany, [Page 41]Sports, and Pastimes; he is a lover of womens company, and a free-humoured jovial person.

In Leo, he represents a strong well-proportioned person; he hath a full Face, large Eyes, light or yellow Hair, a san­guine Complexion; he is faithful and just to his friend, and courteous to all men; he performs his promises fully, and is desirous of honour; he hath sometimes a Scar in his Face; he delights in good pleasant company.

In Virgo, he represents a well-propor­tioned Body, but of a very large stature, not very fat, the Hair of a sad brown or black, and much of it; he is of a good Complexion, and of a good Disposition; one that delights in all civil recreations, and a very pleasant ingenious person.

In Libra, he describes one of an up­right straight Body, a good Complexion, an oval Visage, a full Eye, light-coloured Hair, yet unfortunate in his actions, espe­cially in warlike affairs; he loseth his ho­nour, and is exposed to much danger.

In Scorpio, he represents one of a mid­dle stature, a well-set person, a dull Com­plexion; he hath a full fleshy Face, and brown Hair, the whole body inclined to [Page 42]fatness; he is of a rugged nature, but very ingenious, and desirous of honour; he is expert in Warfare, also in Physick and Chymistry.

In Sagittary, he describes a comely, tall, well-composed person, of a sanguine Complexion, an oval Visage, the Hair of a light brown; a high-spirited proud per­son, ambitious of honour, delighting in War; he is active and pleasant, and scorns to take abuses of any.

In Capricorn, he describes one of a little stature, of a while Complexion, a lean spare Body, not very well-propor­tioned, an oval Visage, and brown Hair; he is of a good disposition, very inge­nious and victorious in War; he is of an undaunted spirit, and delights in womens company.

In Aquarius, he represents one of a well-composed corpulent Body, of a mid­dle stature, of a good Complexion, of a full round Face, and light brown hair, and desirous to bear rule over others.

In Pisces, he describes a person of a low stature, a reasonable good Comple­xion, a round Face, and light brown or flaxen Hair, a corpulent Body; he de­lights in merriment, and in keeping wo­mens [Page 43]company; in Sports and Games; he is expensive and prodigal.

Of Venus in the Twelve Signes.

Venus in Aries represents a slender Bo­dy, of a middle stature, of a good Com­plexion, light Hair, and an indifferent well-proportioned Body, but very un­fortunate in his actions; he is sometimes a Company-keeper, and very waste­ful.

In Taurus, she represents one of a mid­dle stature, a comely well-proportioned person, of a good Complexion, sad brown Hair, and one of a very good Disposition, for which he is beloved of every one; he is fortunate in his actions, and obliging to all persons.

In Gemini, she represents a slender, tall, well-proportioned person, brown Hair, and of a good Complexion; he is loving and free-hearted, and hates all unjust a­ctions; he is merciful and pitiful to the poor, and honest in all his actions.

In Cancer, she describes one of a short stature, a Body something inclined to fatness, a pale Complexion, round Face, light-coloured Hair: he is mutable and [Page 44]inconstant; he is gluttonous, idle, a lover of good fellowship and vain recreations.

In Leo, she represents one of a mode­rate tall stature, and a well-proportioned Body, of a good Complexion, a round Face, a full Eye, the Hair of a light brown or sandy flaxen, sometimes freckles in the Face; his conditions are indifferent good; he is passionate, but his anger is soon over; he is of a generous free humour, something proud, and sickly.

In Virgo, she describes one moderately tall, and a well-composed Body, an ob­scure duskish Complexion, an oval Vi­sage, and a sad brown or black Hair; a very ingenious person, but often crost in his undertakings; he is an active sub­tile person, and of a very searching fan­cy.

In Libra, she describes a well-propor­tioned, tall, upright person, a sanguine Complexion, an oval Visage, and dim­ples in the Cheeks, sometimes freckles in the Face, with comely brown Hair; a courteous, civil, respective person, who delights in good and vertuous compa­ny.

In Scorpio, she represents one of a mid­dle stature, and a well set person, some­what [Page 45]fat; a broad Face, sad brown or black Hair, a duskish Complexion: she denotes a quarrelsome person, hateful, envious, a lover of contentions and un­worthy actions.

In Sagittary, she represents one of a tall stature, a clear Complexion, an oval Visage, light brown Hair, and a well-composed person, of a good Disposition, of a noble spirit, delighting in pleasant recreations, but a little proud and passio­nate, yet he will not continue long in anger.

In Capricorn, she describes one of a middle stature, a lean spare person, of a sickly Complexion, thin Face, sad brown or black Hair, a lover of women; he is much given to drinking and taking his pleasure, but not very fortunate in his actions.

In Aquarius, she describes a handsome, decent, well-composed Body, a very good Complexion, the Hair of a light brown or flaxen colour, a person of a very good Disposition, very courteous and obliging to all men, and an hater of evil actions; a lover of Peace and quietness, and takes delight in civil recreations.

In Pisces, she denotes a person of a [Page 46]middle stature, of a good Complexion, a round Face, sometimes a dimple in the Chin, the Hair of a light brown or fla­xen colour, and one of a very good dis­position: he hath an ingenious wit, is just in his actions, a lover of Peace and Tran­quillity.

Of Mercury in the Twelve Signes.

Mercury in Aries describes one of a short stature, a lean spare Body, an oval Visage, no clear Complexion, light brown Hair, a quarrelsome discontented person, given to lying, stealing, and breeding of strife and contentions.

In Taurus, he represents one of a mid­dle stature, a well-set corpulent Body, a swarthy Complexion, sad brown Hair; he is a great Company-keeper, and a lover of women; he is a slothful person, and one that loves his own ease.

In Gemini, he describes a well-compo­sed Body, reasonable tall of stature, of a good Complexion, the Hair of a light brown; he represents a very ingenious person, a lover of Arts and Sciences, and will easily attain them without a tea­cher.

In Cancer, he represents a person of a mean stature, of an ill Complexion, a thin Face, sharp Nose, little Eyes, sad brown Hair, a malicious, knavish, sottish person, given to lying, stealing, and dis­sembling.

In Leo, he describes one of a large sta­ture, of a swarthy Complexion, a round Face, large Eyes, and of a light brown Hair, a cholerick proud person, delight­ing in quarrels and contention, and a lo­ver of mischief.

In Virgo, he represents a tall, slender, well-compsed person, an obscure Com­plexion, a long Visage, the Hair of a sad brown or black, but a person sufficiently ingenious, delighting to go in good ap­parel, according to the capacity of his birth and quality. If Mercury be not af­flicted, he makes a good Orator, &c.

In Libra, he represents one of a mode­rate tall stature, a well-proportioned Bo­dy, of a sanguine Complexion, the Hair of a light brown; a wise ingenious per­son, of a very good disposition, just in all his actions, and a hater of Vices; he is a lover of learning, and a vertuous per­son.

In Scorpio, he describes a person of a [Page 48]middle stature, and a well-set, strong, able Body, a swarthy Complexion, sad brown Hair, and curling; he is a great Company-keeper, and a lover of women, and of an ingenious wit.

In Sagittary, he describes one of a tall stature, a ruddy Complexion, an oval Visage, large Nose, and brown Hair; he is quarrelsome and contentious, and there­by sometimes proves an enemy to himself.

In Capricorn, he represents one of a little stature, thin Face, a muddy Com­plexion, light brown Hair, sometimes bow-legged; a sickly person, of a peevish Disposition, and unfortunate in many of his actions.

In Aquarius, he describes a person of a middle stature, a corpulent fleshy Body, a full Face, brown Hair, and of a good Complexion; he is very ingenious in se­veral Arts and Sciences, an obliging person, one that is well beloved of his friends.

In Pisces, he represents one of a little stature, of a sickly pale Complexion, thin Face, and brown Hair, one much given to drinking, and to womens company, and often wastes much of his estate there­by.

Of the Moon in the Twelve Signes.

The Moon in Aries, represents one of a middle stature, reasonable fleshy, a round Face, light brown Hair, and one of a good Complexion, of a cholerick, churlish Disposition, ambitious of Honour, but not very fortunate in his actions.

In Taurus, she describes one of a mid­dle stature, and a well-composed, strong, corpulent Body, black Hair, or of a sad brown; one of a good behaviour, a so­ber obliging person, and just in all his actions, whereby he sometimes obtains Preferment, and is beloved of all men.

In Gemini, she represents one tall of stature, but very well-proportioned; sad brown Hair, and of a good Complexion; but one of an ill nature, crafty, and de­ceitful; an ingenious subtile person, but not very fortunate in his affairs.

In Cancer, she describes a well-propor­tioned person, of a middle stature, incli­ned to fatness, but of a pale Comple­xion, round Face, and sad brown or black Hair, and one of a good Disposi­tion, and of a wise and prudent behaviour, just in his actions, and fortunate in all his affairs.

In Leo, she represents a well-propor­tioned Body, of a large stature, a san­guine Complexion, a full Face, and large Eyes, and light brown Hair; a proud am­bitious person, domineering over others, and hates to be under subjection to any; he is beloved by few, and seldom proves a fortunate person.

In Virgo, she describes a person of a large stature, of an indifferent good Com­plexion, an oval Visage; the Hair black, or a sad brown; a covetous, pensive, melancholy person; ingenious, but unfor­tunate in his actions.

In Libra, she describes one moderate­ly tall, and a well-composed person, a sanguine Complexion, the Hair of a light brown, and a person of a very good Dis­position, and delighting in all pleasant recreations, as Musick, Dancing, &c. much delighting in womens company, but not very fortunate in his affairs.

In Scorpio, she represents one of a short stature, but oftentimes very fat, and of an obscure Complexion, black Hair, or of a sad brown, and one of an ill Disposi­tion; a malicious, treacherous, sottish person; one that gains very little love by his Neighbours.

In Sagittary, she describes one of a middle stature, and a well-proportioned person, of a sanguine Complexion, an oval Visage, and light brown Hair; she signifies one a little cholerick, easily an­gred, but soon pleased again; ambitious of honour, and a very obliging per­son.

In Capricorn, she represents one of a spare lean Body, and a little stature, sad brown or black Hair, and often they have some defect in the Knees; one given to drinking, and to womens company; and an idle person, delighting in no good ex­ercises.

In Aquarius, she represents a person of a middle stature, and a well-composed corpulent Body, a sanguine Complexion, and brown Hair; he is of a courteous Disposition, and of an ingenious search­ing fancy, delighting in moderate recrea­tions, and a hater of all evil actions; whereby he is beloved of all persons.

In Pisces, she represents one of a low stature, and pale Complexion, the Body somewhat inclined to fatness, the Hair of a bright brown; she shews an idle per­son delighting in no good actions, and unfortunate in most of his under takings. [Page 52]But herein you are to consider how the Planets are aspected; for if the Moon be in a good Aspect of the Fortunes, it mi­tigates her evil signification: and so also consider of the rest of the Planets in like manner.

Of the Antiscions and Contrantiscions of the Planets.

The Antiscions of the Planets are no more than when two Planets are equal­ly distant from the first of either of the two Tropical signes Cancer or Capricorn: As suppose Saturn in the 10th degree of Taurus, and Jupiter in the 20th degree of Leo; here Saturn casts his Antiscion to [Page 54] Jupiter, they being both equally distant from the first Punctum of Cancer: the Counterantiscions are found by the op­posite signes and degrees: the Antiscions are allowed to be of the nature of Sextile or Trine Aspects: the Contrantiscions of the Planets are equivalent to a Quadrate or Opposition. But that the Learner may finde them with more ease, be pleased to consider the following Table.

Here you may see, a Planet in Cancer sends his Antiscion to Gemini; in Leo, to Taurus, and so of the rest of the signes. A Planet in Leo sends his Contrantiscion to Aquaries, that being the opposite signe to Leo. And to finde the degree and minute, you are to substract the degree and minute your Planet is in from 30, and the remainder shall shew the degree and minute of Antiscion: or you may know by the following Table.

When you have found the Planets in Signes, enter the Degrees in the first Co­lumn on the left hand: and in the second Column you have the Antiscions in de­grees. The like in the Table of Minutes. As for Example: if Jupiter be in 10 de­grees 20 minutes of Libra, by the first Table I finde his Antiscion falls in Pisces. Then in the second Column I enter the [Page 56]Table with degrees, and against 10 de­grees in the first Column, I finde 20 de­grees in the second Column. Then I enter the Table of minutes, and against 20 I finde 40 minutes; which shews that Jupiter in 10 degrees 20 minutes of Libra, casts his Antiscion to 20 degrees 40 minutes of Pisces. And so I proceed to the Friendship and Enmity of the Pla­nets.

By this Table you may perceive that the Friends of Saturn are Jupiter, Sol, Mercury and Luna. His Enemies are Mars and Vennus. The Table is so easie, that it needs no farther explanation.

Of the Planets Orbs.

The Use of the Table is this: When you finde two Planets applying to Aspect, yet wanting several degrees of their Par­tile Aspect, they are said to be in Platick Aspect, when they are within the moiety of their Orbs. As for Example: Sup­pose Saturn be in 15 degrees of Aries, and Venus in 10 degrees of Gemini, they are in Platick Aspect; for the Orbs of Saturn (as you may perceive by the Ta­ble) are 10 degrees; the half of which is 5 degrees: The Orbs of Venus are 8; take half of that, which is 4, which ad­ded to half the Orbs of Saturn makes 9; so they are within the Orbs of a Sextile Aspect when they are 9 degrees distant from their Partile Aspect.

All the Planets except Sol are sometimes on the North-side of the Ecliptick, sometimes on the South-side; but the Sun always moves in the Ecliptick, and so hath no Latitude.

Of the mean Motion of the Planets.

The mean Motion of Saturn is 2 mi­nutes, 1 second. The mean motion of Jupiter is 4 minutes 59 seconds: of Mars, 31 minutes 27 seconds: of Sol, 59 mi­nutes and 8 seconds: of Venus, 59 mi­nutes and 8 seconds: of Mercury, 59 mi­nutes and 8 seconds: of the Moon, 13 degrees, 10 minutes, 36 seconds. The use which may be made of this, is to know when a Planet is swift or slow in motion: for if a Planet move more in 24 hours [Page 59]than is allowed for his mean motion, he is said to be swift in motion; and if he move less than his mean motion, he is said to be slow in motion.

Of the Kingdomes and Cities under the Twelve Signes and Seven Planets.

Aries. Under Aries and Mars, are England, France, Germany, Silesia the higher, Po­lonia, Denmark, Burgundy, Basterina, Sy­ria. Of Cities, Ancona, Capua, Naples, Ferrara, Florence, Verona, Bergamo, Lin­daw, Padua, Marcelles, Epidaure, Crac­kow, Augustam, Saragosa, Wenieza.

Taurus. Under Taurus and Venus, are Russia, Polonia the great, the North part of Swedeland, Lorain, Campania, Helvetia, Rhetia, Franconia, Parthia, Persia, Ireland, [Page 66]Cyprus. Of Cities, Bononia, Panormus, Mantua, Sena, Carolstadt, Herbipolis, Nants, Gnesna.

Gemini. Under Gemini and Mercury, are Sar­dinia, Lumbardy, Brabant, Flanders, Hir­cania, Armenia. Of Cities, London, Corduba in Spain, Viterbium, Tourney, Lorain, Hasford, Bruges in Flanders.

Cancer. Under Cancer and the Moon, are Scot­land, Granado, Burgundy, Holland, Zea­land, Prusia, Africa, Bithynia, Calchis, Carthage. Of Cities, Constantinople, Tu­nis, Venice, Lucas, Pisa, Millan, Vincen­tia, Berne, York, St. Andrews in Scotland, Lubec, Wittemberg.

Leo. Under Leo and Sol, are Gallia Togata, the Alps, Italy, Sicily, Apulia, Bohemia, part of Turkie, Sabina, Chaldea, Orchi­nia. Of Cities, Damasco, Syracusa, Rome, Ravenna, Cremona, Confluente, Prague, Lintz, Crimisium.

Virgo. Under Virgo and Mercury, are Greece, Achaia, Creet, Carinthia, Arthesina, the Dukedom of Athens, Mesopotamia, Baby­lon, Assyria, Gallia. Of Cities, Jerusa­lem, Corinth, Rhodes, Papia, Signia, Brun­dusium, Novaria, Lyons, Paris, Basil.

Libra. Under Libra and Venus, are Austria, Alsatia, Livonia; Sabaudia, Delphinat, [Page 67]Thusia, Seres, Caspia, Thebaida, Sundga­via. Of Cities, Lisbon, Laudam, Sues­sam, Placentia, Felkirk, Spiers, Frank­ford at Mayn, Wimpina, Austria, Antwerp, Landshut.

Scorpio. Under Scorpio and Mars, are Norway, Bavaria the upper, Metagony, Cappado­cia, Mauritania, Fez, Gethulia. Of Ci­ties, Algiers, Valentia in Spain, Ʋrbine, Pestorium, Tarrisum, Forum Julium, Mes­sana, Monacum, Ghent, Frankford upon Oder, Aichstadt.

Sagittary. Under Sagittary and Jupiter, are Spain, Dalmatia, Sclavonia, Hungary, Moravia, Misnia. Of Cities, Toledo, Matina, Narbon, Avenion, Colonia, Agrippina, Stutgart, Ludenburg, Buda, Gascovia.

Capricorn Under Capricorn and Saturn, are Ma­cedonia, Illyria, Thracia, Bosnia, Albania, Bulgaria, part of Greece, Muscovia, E­thiopia, Media. Of Cities, Oxford, Mech­len, Juliaoum, Berga, Brandenburg, Au­gusta, Constans, Derthena, Faventia.

Aquarius. Under Aquarius and Saturn, are Ama­zonia, Sarmatia, Tartary the greater, Mus­covia, the South-part of Swedeland, West­phalia, Mosel, Piedmont, Oxiana, Sog­diana, Media, Of Cities, Hamburg, Bre­men, Mountferat, Pisarum, Trent, Saltz­burg, Ingolstadt.

Pisces. Under Pisces and Jupiter, are Cilicia, Calabriana, Portugal, Galatia, Normandy, Phasunia, Nasomina in Lybia, Garamen­tis. Of Cities, Alexandria, Hispalis, Compostella, Parentium, Rhemes, Worms, Ratisbone.

A general Rule to know whether a Question be radical, or fit to be judged.

Before you give Judgement upon your Figure, you ought carefully to consider whether your Figure be Radical, or fit for Judgement, lest the Querent come purposely to abuse you; for the discovery of which, the Ancients have left us these following Rules.

If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant and Lord of the hour of one and the same Triplicity; or when the Lord of the hour, and the sign ascending shall be of one Triplicity, the Question is then radical, and fit to be judged.

When the Signe ascending, and the Planets posited in the Ascendant, or Lord of the Ascendant, doth exactly describe the Querent, then the Question is fit to be judged, and the Artist may boldly pro­ceed.

The Lord of the Ascendant in a Signe of the same Triplicity of the Lord of the hour; or if the Signe ascending in a Question be of the same Triplicity with the Ascendant of the Querents Nativity or Revolutional Figure for that year, it signifies the Question is radical, and fit to be judged.

If you finde the Moles or Marks sig­nified by your Figure do correspond with the Moles in the Querents body, that is a very good argument that the Figure is fit to be judged.

When the beginning of a Signe ascends upon the Cusp of the first House, or the first or second degrees thereof ascend; or if the latter degrees of a Signe ascend, viz. the 28, 29, or 30th, except the sig­nificators do exactly describe the Querent, and you have the hour of the day very exactly, you are not to give judgement, for it is an argument the matter is forged, or the Querent hath been at others about the Question.

As the Ascendant signifieth the Que­rent, so the 7th house and his Lord signi­fieth the Astrologer himself: If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the 7th, have [Page 97]a care in giving judgement, lest the Que­rent come to abuse you. If the Lord of the seventh be Combust, or afflicted by the Infortunes or Dragons Tail, the Astro­loger gets no credit by his Judgement.

If you finde the Moon in via Combu­sta, which is from the last 15 deg. of Li­bra to the first 15 deg. of Scorpio, it is not safe for the Artist to pass Judge­ment.

What Marks, Moles, or Scars the Querent hath.

Herein you are to consider the signe ascending, and what part of mans Body it signifies; for the Querent hath a Mole, Mark, or Scar in that part of his bo­dy.

Observe what Signe the Lord of the Ascendant is posited in, the Querent hath another Mole, &c. in that part sig­nified by that signe.

Consider the Signe the Moon is in, for it's probable there is another Mole in that part of the body represented by the signe she possesses.

Also consider the Signe of the sixth, and the Signe wherein the Lord of the [Page 98]sixth is posited: for the Querent hath some Mark, Mole, &c. in that part of the body represented by these Signes.

If Saturn, Mars, or Dragons Tail be in the Ascendant, the Querent common­ly hath a Mole, Mark, or Scar in the Head or Face.

If Saturn be the significator of the Mole, &c. it shews it to be of a dark, obscure, or black colour. If Jupiter, a purple or blewish colour. Mars signifi­eth Scars, Cuts, or sports of Gun-powder, &c. or red Moles, &c. The Sun, an olive or chesnut-colour: Venus, a ho­ney-colour: Mercury, a pale whitish or leaden colour: Luna, a whitish co­lour; but herein you are to mix her sig­nification according to the Planet she is in Aspect withal.

The significators Masculine, and in Masculine signes, it signifies the Mark, Mole, &c. is on the right side of the body; if they be Feminine Planets, and in Feminine Signes, it shews they are on the right side of the body.

When the significators of the Moles, &c. are above the earth, the Mark, Mole, &c. is visible to the eye, and on the fore­part of the body; but if they be under [Page 99]the earth, they are then on the back-part of the body: If the significators be in few degrees of the Signe, it shews the Mark, Mole, or Scar lies in the upper part of the member represented there­by.

To know if the thing demanded will be brought to perfection or not.

Herein you are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to signifie the Querent; and that House and his Lord to which the Question appertaineth, to the Quesited: then consider what applica­tion is between the Significators; if they apply to a Conjunction, in Angles, swift in motion, in any of their Essential Dig­nities, it shews the thing enquired after will be perfected with speed; if in succe­dent Houses, not so soon; if in cadent Houses, with much loss of time.

When the Significators apply by Sex­tile or Trine from good Houses, and they in any of their Essential Dignities, and free from the malevolent Rays of the In­fortunes, it is an argument the matter will be brought to perfection with speed.

If the Significators apply by a Quadrate [Page 100]Aspect in good Houses, and they be in their Essential Dignities, it shews the thing enquired after will be brought to perfe­ction, although with not so much ease, nor so good success.

Things are sometimes brought to per­fection when the Significators are in Op­position; but this happens when the Sig­nificators are in mutual reception by Hou­ses: but if it be brought to pass, it is with so much trouble and vexation, that the Querent will repent he sought after it.

Matters are also brought to perfection by translation of light and vertue, when the Signification do not behold each o­ther, but some more lighter Planet sepa­rateth himself from the one Significator, which he was in mutual reception with, and then immediately applieth to the o­ther Significator before he come to the Body or Aspect of any other Planet; and you may judge that the thing enquired after will be brought to perfection by such a person as that Planet signifieth, which thus translates the light and vertue of the one Significator to the other.

The is some hopes of perfecting the business enquired after, when the Signi­ficator [Page 101]of the thing enquired after is po­sited in the Ascendant, or if the Lord of the Ascendant be posited in the house of the Quesited: but this signle Testimo­ny seldom perfects the business, without some of the aforesaid arguments happen, or the two Significators cast their several Aspects to some more weighty Planet than themselves, of whom they are both in reception with; and then the person signified by that Planet who collects both their lights, may bring it to perfection.

Who shall be the furtherance or hindrance of the thing enquired after.

When you finde the Significators ap­plying to Conjunction or Aspect, and be­fore they come to their partile Aspect, some other Planet comes to the Conjun­ction or Aspect of one of the Significa­tors, and that Planet hinders the thing from being brought to perfection: con­sider the nature of that Planet, also what House he is Lord of; and from hence you may know what person will be the hin­drance. If it be the Lord of the third, it shews some Neighbour, or some of the Querents Brethren: If it be the Lord of [Page 102]the fourth, the Querents Fathers, &c. will be the hindrance.

Also when the Significators apply by Body, or Aspect, and before they come to their partile Aspect one of the Signi­ficators falls Retrograde, and so hinders the thing inquired after from being brought to perfection; if it happen that the Lord of the Ascendant fall Retrograde, the Que­rent will hardly proceed any further in the business. By these Rules, rightly under­stood, you may know the furtherance or hindrance in any Question.

Of varying the Houses in your Judgement, according to any Question propounded.

In all Questions whatsoever, the Ascen­dant, his Lord, and the Moon, are the Sig­nificators of the Querent; so the second House shall shew his Estate; the third House, his Brethren, &c. the fourth House, his Father; the fifth House, his Children; the sixth House, his Servants; the seventh House, his Wife: and so of the rest of the Houses in order, as you are already taught in the twelfth Cha­pter.

If a Querent propound a Question con­cerning [Page 103]the Estate, Riches, or Money lent or due to his Brother, the Ascendant shall signifie the Querent; the third House and Lord thereof, shall signifie his Brother; the fourth and Lord thereof, his Brother's Estate, because it is the se­cond from the third: the fifth shall be his third House, and signifie his short Journeys; the sixth shall be his fourth; the seventh shall be his fifth, and signifie his Children; the eighth shall be his sixth, and signifie his Servants, &c. the ninth shall be his Wifes Significator, &c.

In like manner, if a Question be made concerning a Wife or Sweet-heart, the seventh House and Lord thereof are her Significators; the eighth House, which is the second from the seventh, shall shew her Estate or Portion; the ninth, her Brethren; the tenth shall be her fourth, and signifie her Father; the eleventh shall be her fifth; the twelfth shall be her sixth, and signifie her Sicknesses; the first House shall be her seventh, the second House shall be her eighth, and signifie her Death; the third shall be her ninth, and shew her Religion; the fourth shall be her tenth, and signifie her Mo­ther, &c. the fifth shall be her eleventh, [Page 104]and signifie her Friends; the sixth shall be her twelfth, and signifie her secret Ene­mies. And by these Rules you may va­ry all the Houses upon any Question; which every Artist ought well to under­stand.

Of the time of receiving a Horary Que­stion.

It is agreed upon by all Modern Au­thors, that we ought to take that very moment of time in which the Querent propounds his Question to the Artist, and desires a resolution thereof, viz. the very hour and minute, as neer as we can, and thereupon erect the Figure; or if a Let­ter be sent to an Artist, whereby he is desired to resolve some doubt, but he perhaps hath not an opportunity to read it at the time of receiving it, he is to accept of that moment of time wherein he reads the Letter, and knows the minde of the Querent, and so accept of that time for the Basis of his Work.

Shall the Querents life be long or short?

IN this Question, as in all others, the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, are the Querents Significators: If there­fore you finde the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon free from Combustion of Sol, from the Conjunction, Quadrate, or Opposition of the Lord of the eighth, sixth, twelfth, or fourth Houses, you may judge the Querents life to be long,Signes of long life. and of a healthful Constitution; especially if you [Page 112]finde the aforesaid Significators in their Essential Dignities, and in good Houses, Jupiter, Venus, or Dragons Head in the Ascendant, well fortified, and Lords of good Houses, is an argument of a long life. The Lord of the Ascendant in the Ascendant, or fortunate Planets in Sex­tile or Trine to the Ascendant, his Lord, or the Moon, is an argument that your Querent is of a long life.

But if you finde the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant Peregrine or Combust in the eighth, [...]nes of [...]ort life. or Lord of the eighth un­fortunate in the Ascendant, or in Qua­drate or Opposition to the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant, it is a very great argu­ment of a short life to the Querent.

If you find the Dragons Tail, Saturn, or Mars in the Ascendant, or with the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant, Peregrine, or Retrograde, and be Lords of the sixth or eighth Houses, or having dignities therein, you may judge the Querents life to be short, or that some sickness or misfortune is approaching: The fixed Stars of the nature of the Infortunes, or Lord of the eighth House in or near the degree ascending, or with the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant, promiseth the same.

To what part of the world may the Que­rent direct his course to prosper?

For the resolution of this Question, you must first understand that the whole figure of the Heavens is divided into four quar­ters, viz. The first House is called the East-angle; the tenth House is called the South-angle; the seventh House is cal­led the West-angle; and the fourth is full North.

The rest of the Houses are again divi­ded: as, the twelfth house is East and by South; the eleventh, South-East and by South; the ninth, South-west; the eighth House, South-West and by South; the sixth, West-North-West; the fifth, North-West and by North; the third, North-East; the second House, North-East and by East.

Thus having your quarters divided and sub-divided, you are to consider in which of the quarters you finde the pro­mising Planets, and direct your Querent to travel to that quarter they signifie.

You ought perfectly to understand what the Querent hopeth to attain by his Tra­vel. If it be for Health onely, then you [Page 114]are to observe in what quarter you finde the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon; if they be strong, and in good aspect of the fortunate Planets, then direct your Querent to that part of the world signified by the aforesaid Significators. If it be for Ri­ches, then behold in what quarter you finde the Lord of the second, the Part of Fortune and his dispositor. If for Ho­nour, observe in what quarter you finde Sol and Lord of the tenth House. If for Friends, consider the Lord of the eleventh, &c.

You must carefully avoid that quarter of Heaven where you sinde Saturn, Caution. Mars, or Dragons Tail, if they be Lords of the twelfth, eighth, or sixth Houses, and in Quadrate or Opposition to the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant.

Shall the Querent finde the party at home he would speak withal?

Herein you are to consider whether the person enquired after be any thing related to the Querent, and accordingly take your Significator; viz. If you are to go to a Father, take the Lord of the fourth; if to a Mother, take the Lord [Page 115]of the tenth House. If it be to one that you have familiar acquaintance withal, and he nothing related to you, then take the Lord of the seventh, and observe these following Rules:

If the Lord of the seventh be in any of the four Angles, you may judge the party is at home you would speak withal. If you finde the Lord of the seventh in any of the succedent Houses, viz. the second, fifth, eighth, or eleventh, then he is not at home, but near home.

If you finde the Lord of the seventh in any of the cadent Houses, viz. the third, sixth, ninth, or twelfth, then you may conclude the party you would speak withal is far from home.

The Lord of the Ascendant applying to the Lord of the seventh, by Body or good Aspect, you may conclude that you will meet the party as you go to visit him, or hear by the way where he is.

If the Moon or any other Planet trans­fer the light of the Lord of the seventh to the Lord of the Ascendant, you shall know where he is by such a person as is signified by the Planet who transfers his light. Whether the person that will in­form you be a Man or Woman, observe [Page 116]the Planet that transfers the light, his nature, the nature of the Signe he is in, and the quarter: and if the major Testi­monies be Masculine, it is a Man; Femi­nine, a Woman, &c.

If an absent party be dead or alive?

In resolving this Question, you are care­fully to consider what relation the Que­rent hath to the person enquired after. If it be a Brother that is absent, take the third House and his Lord, &c.

If the Question be in a general way, and the Querent has no relation to the party enquired after, then take the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to be the Signi­ficator of the absent party.

If the Lord of the Ascendant or Lu­na be in Conjunction with the Lord of the eighth, in the eighth, void of all help from the Fortunes, you may conclude the absent party is dead.

Either the Moon or Lord of the Ascen­dant in Opposition to the Lord of the eighth, from the second and eighth Hou­ses, or from the sixth and twelfth Houses, the absent party is dead.

An evil Planet translating the light and [Page 117]vertue of the Lord of the Ascendant to the Lord of the eighth; or from the Lord of the eighth to the Lord of the Ascendant, is a great signe of Mortality. If you finde the Lord of the eighth in the Ascendant in Quadrate to Luna, or Lord of the Ascendant in the fourth, Pe­regrine, Combust, or Retrograde, you may give the same Judgement.

If the Lord of the Ascendant be sepa­rated from the Lord of the eighth, the party hath been in danger of death.

If he be separated from the Lord of the 6th, you may conclude the party hath been sick, &c. Judge accordingly in the rest.

If none of these happen, but you finde all the Significators essentially strong, and well placed in the Figure, and in good Aspect of the Fortunes, the party is then in a good condition, &c.

Of a thing suddenly happening, whether good or evil is signified thereby?

Herein you are to take the exact time when the accident happened, or when you first heard the relation: If the Lord of the Ascendant be essentially strong, and the Moon be also strong, and in good [Page 118]aspect with the Fortunes, and they Lords of good Houses in the Figure, you may conclude no harm can ensue to the Que­rent.

Fortunate Planets, or Dragons Head in the Ascendant, in good aspect with the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon or their dispositors strong, and in reception, it promiseth good to the Querent.

If any Planet afflict your Significator by Body or Aspect, there will some harm come to the Querent by such a person signified by that Planet: describe the per­son signified by that Planet, and you may easily know from whence the discord will arise.

Of a Ship at Sea, her safety or destruction?

The Signe ascending, and the Moon, are the Significators of the Ship, and the Goods contained in her; the Lord of the Ascendant is the Significator of those that sail in her.

The parts of the Ship are divided ac­cording to the Signes of the Zodiack, in this manner:

• ♈ Signifies the Breast of the ship.
• ♉ Under the Breast towards the Water.
• ♊ The Rudder, or Stern.
• ♋ The Bottom, or Floor of the ship.
• ♌ The Top of the ship above the Water.
• ♍ The Belly of the ship.
• ♎ That part above the Breast in the Wa­ter.
• ♏ Where the Mariners remain, or do their office.
• ♐ The Mariners themselves.
• ♑ The Ends of the ship.
• ♒ The Master or Captain of the ship.
• ♓ The Oars.

After this Consideration being careful­ly observed, you may consider which of these Twelve Signes are fortunate at the time of your Question, and which are un­fortunate, by the presence of the Infor­tunes; and thereby you may exactly in­form your Querent, which part of the ship is most in danger.

Those parts are best fortified, which have the Moon essentially strong, and in good aspect of the Fortunes.

The ship is lost, or in great danger.If you finde the Lord of the eighth Peregrine in the Ascendant, or the Lord [Page 120]of the Ascendant Combust in the eighth; the Moon in Opposition to the Lord of the eighth, twelfth, sixth, or fourth Houses: these are very strong arguments that the ship is lost, or in a dangerous conditi­on.

If the Ascendant and the Moon be un­fortunate, and the Lord of the Ascendant fortunate, you may judge the ship is like to be drowned; but the men will be saved.

But if all the Significators are free, and no ways afflicted, you may then judge the ship to be in a very good condition, and all the persons belonging unto her also.

If it be demanded what success a ship shall have upon her setting forth, and what shall happen unto her ere she re­turn, you must observe the Angles of the Figure; and if you finde fortunate Planets and the Moon therein, and the unfortunate Planets Gadent, Combust, or under the Suns Beams, no ways afflicting the Moon, or Lord of the Ascendant, then you may conclude that the Ship and all things contained therein will go safe to the place intended.

If the Infortunes be angular, or in suc­cedent Houses, she will meet with some [Page 121]prejudice in the way, and the misfortune will fall in that part signified by the signe where the Infortune is posited.

If Mars do afflict the Lords of the An­gles, and the Dispositor of the Moon, the Mariners will be in great fear of their Enemies, or of Pyrates. If the tenth House be infortunated by Mars, and near violent Fixed stars and Mars in an hu­mane signe; the Ship will be in great dan­ger of burning either by Enemies, or some sudden accident; and the danger shall begin in that part of the Ship signified by the signe wherein the Infortune was placed in the Figure.

If the aforesaid Significators be quick in motion, the Ship will sail quickly, and make a short return.

And if it happen that there be a Qua­drate or Opposition betwixt the Lord of the Ascendant and Dispositor of the Moon without reception, then will there be much discord amongst the Sailers, and much controversie betwixt the Merchants and them.

If the Lord of the Ascendant be stron­ger than the Dispositor of the Moon, then the Sea-men shall overcome: but if the Dispositor of the Moon be stronger than [Page 122]the Lord of the Ascendent, then the Mer­chants will prevail, &c.

Shall the Querent be Rich or Poor?

THe Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, are the Querents Significa­tors; the second House, his Lord, and Part of Fortune, shall signifie his Estate, toge­ther with the Planet or Planets posited therein, and the Planets aspecting the Sig­nificators.

If you finde the Significators, viz. the Lord of the second and Part of Fortune placed in angles, and essentially strong, it is one good argument: If the Lord of the Ascendant or the Moon apply to the Lord of the second by Body or good Aspect from good Houses in the Figure, it is a great argument of attaining Ri­ches.

The Lord of the Ascendant, or the [Page 123] Moon in the second, in their essential dig­nitiès, in good aspect to Jupiter or Ve­nus; the Moon or any other Planet trans­ferring the light of the Lord of the se­cond to the Lord of the Ascendant, the Querent then shall attain Riches, and live in good esteem according to his ca­pacity of birth.

If Jupiter, who is a natural significator of Riches, or Venus, or Dragons Head, be free from the malevolent beams of the Infortunes, and be posited in the second House, the Querent will be rich; if they be in fixed Signes, it will continue the longer.

Saturn, Mars, Signes of poverty. or Dragons Tail in the second House Peregrine or Retrograde, and afflicting the Lord of the second, Jupi­ter, Venus, or Part of Fortune, it is a very great argument of Poverty.

By what means shall the Querent attain Riches?

If you finde in your Figure that the Querent shall attain Riches, you may know from whence it shall come, by these following Rules.

If the Lord of the second be in the [Page 124]second, the Querent shall attain Riches by his own industry. If the Lord of the second be in the Ascendant, free from Combustion or other afflictions, the Que­rent shall unexpectedly attain Riches.

The Lord of the second in the third, in good aspect of the Lord of the third, the Querent advanceth his Estate by his Neighbours or Kindred, or by some In­land-Journeys.

If he be in the fourth, and fortunately placed in good aspect of the Lord of the fourth, the Querent will attain Riches by his Father, &c.

Shall the Querent obtain his Wages or Stipend that is due from the King, or any Nobleman? &c.

Give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to be the Querents Significators; the second House and his Lord, for his Estate.

The tenth House and his Lord is the Significator of the King, or Nobleman; the eleventh House, his Substance.

If you finde the Moon, or Lord of the Ascendant applying to the Lord of the eleventh by Body or good Aspect; or to [Page 125]a Fortune in the eleventh, and they in any of their Essential dignities, the Que­rent shall attain the Wages or Stipend due of the King or Nobleman, without much labour or difficulty.

Or if it happen that the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant shall be joyned to an unfortunate Planet, and he receive them in some Essential dignities, the Querent shall obtain his Wages, but not without great sollicitation and loss of time.

If there be no reception between the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, and the aforesaid Infortune, notwithstanding any application between them, yet the Querent will rarely obtain his Money or Wages enquired after.

Judgement upon the preceding Figure.

At the time, and under the Face of Heaven before noted, the Querent se­riously propounded this Question unto me: Shall I obtain the Wages due unto me from my Master? The Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, are the Querents Sig­nificators; the tenth House and his Lord are his Masters Significators.

Finding the Moon applying to a Con­junction of Venus, who is Lady of his Ma­sters house of substance; and also because Jupiter and Mercury, who are posited in the eleventh, cast their Sextile Aspect to the Querents second House, very near the degree thereof, I acquainted the Querent that he should obtain his Wages; and I directed him to go and demand it that very day: which advice he follow­ed, and received his Money the very same time, which he almost despaired of.

Shall the Querent obtain the Money which he lent, or the Goods pawned?

The Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, shall signifie the Querent; and if it be a Friend, or one that you are conversant withal that doth owe you Moneys, and he no ways related to you, then take the seventh House and his Lord to signi­fie the quesited person; the eighth House, which is the second from the seventh, shall signifie his Estate: Then judge by these following Rules.

The Lord of the Ascendant or the Moon in Conjunction or good Aspect with the Lord of the eighth, or to a [Page 128]Planet in the eighth essentially dignified, the Querent shall then attain the Goods or Money enquired after.

The Lord of the eighth in the Ascen­dant, or in the second House, in recep­tion with the Lord of the second, it is a great argument that the Querent shall attain his Money. If the aforesaid Sig­nificators apply by Quadrate or Opposi­tion with reception, it denotes the same, but not with so much ease, &c.

Of the condition and present estate of an absent Brother.

In the resolution of this Question, you must give the Ascendant, his Lord, and [Page 129]the Moon, to signifie the Querent; the third House, his Lord, and the Planets posited therein, for the Significator of the absent Brother.

If you finde the Lord of the third in the third, in Sextile or Trine to the for­tunate Planets, you may judge that he is then in health, and in a good condi­tion. If the Lord of the third be in the third, in Quadrate or Opposition to the In­fortunes, and they Lords of good Hou­ses, the Querents Brother is alive, and in health, but in sorrow and discontent in his minde: But if the Quadrate or Oppo­sition be with Reception, he is then in a good condition both in body and minde.

The Lord of the third in the fourth, which is the second from the third, free from Combustion and the malevolent Aspects of the Infortunes, and he in any of his Essential dignities, you may pre­dict that the absent Brother hath an in­tention to enrich himself in the place where he is, &c.

The Lord of the third in the fifth, in good Aspect with the Lord of the fifth, and not afflicted by the Infortunes, he is in a splendid condition, and obtains [Page 130]love and favour from his Neighbours in that Country he lives in.

The Lord of the third in the sixth House, eighth, or twelfth from the Ascen­dant, (which are naturally evil) except he be fortunated by the benevolent rays of the Fortunes, or fortunate Planets in the third, then the absent Brother is dis­contented, &c.

The Lord of the third Peregrine in the seventh, the Quesited continues a Stran­ger in the same Country he went in­to.

The Lord of the third in the tenth, which is the eighth from his Ascendant, if he be Peregrine and Combust, or in Conjunction, Quadrate, or Opposition to the Lord of the eighth, without Rece­ption, and void of all helps from the For­tunes,He is dead the absent Brother is then dead.

If the Lord of the third shall be found in the tenth in Reception with the Lord of the tenth, and joyned by Conjunction, or in good Aspect with the Fortunes, especially with Reception, he hath then attained to some Office or Employment, and lives in Fame and Reputation, &c.

If he be found in the eleventh, in good Aspect with the Lord of the eleventh, [Page 131]and joyned by Body or good Aspect with the Fortunes, he is then in a splendid and good condition.

If he be posited in the twelfth in his Essential dignities, and in good Aspect with the Fortunes, then the Quesited gains, or is conversant with great Cattle: But if he be afflicted in the twelfth by the malevolent rays of the Infortunes, or be Combust of the Sun, and the Sun hap­pen to be Lord of the eighth, he is in a bad Condition, if not dead.

The Lord of the third in the first House, the absent Brother obtains many Friends in that Country if he be well aspected.

If you finde him in the second, which is the twelfth from the third, and the malevolent Planets afflict him by Qua­drate or Opposition without Reception, it's very probable he is kept in Prison, or otherwise, that he cannot come away: If at the same time the Lord of the eighth afflict him, he will be in danger to die there; if he be found Retrograde, he will venture his skin to make an escape.

If a Question be asked concerning a Father that is absent, then you must take the fourth House and his Lord to be his [Page 132]Significator; the fifth shall shew his E­state; the sixth, his Brethren or short Journeys; and so of the rest of the Hou­ses in order. If it be demanded concer­ning a Son or Daughter that is absent, then take the fifth House to be the Signi­ficator, and judge of their estate or con­dition as you did of an absent Brother, remembring always to vary your Rules according to the Question.

Shall the Querent and his Brethren, Si­sters, or Neighbours accord?

Herein you must give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to be the Signi­ficators of your Querent; the third House, and his Lord, together with the Planets posited in the third, to signifie his Brethren or Neighbours enquired after; and then judge by the following dire­ctions.

If the Lord of the third be a benevo­lent Planet, and in the Ascendant, or the Moon, or Lord of the Ascendant be in good Aspect with a fortunate Planet in the third; or if the Lord of the third cast his Sextile or Trine to the Cusp of the Ascendant; or if the Lord of the [Page 133]Ascendant, or the Moon, cast their Sextile or Trine to the Cusp of the third; then there is great hopes of love and agree­ment between the Querent and his Bre­thren, Sisters, or Neighbours, &c.

The Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, in Sextile or Trine to the Lord of the third with mutual Reception, that is a very great argument of their love and agreement. Those persons who have the applying Planet for their Significator, will the most desire and seek for Friend­ship and Agreement, and those whose Sig­nificators do not apply, will be the most refractory.

If you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dragons Tail in the Ascendant, Combust, Pere­grine, or Retrograde, you may judge the Querent is sufficiently evil-conditioned, and the fault to be most in him. If you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dragons Tail in the third, then the Querents Brethren or Neighbours are of an obstinate malicious disposition, delighting in strife and con­tention.

When Saturn or Dragons Tail is in the third,Christ. Astr. page 188. it signifies the Neighbours are Clowns, the Kindred covetous and spa­ring: if Mars, then the Kindred are trea­cherous, [Page 134]Neighbours thievish; and most assuredly when they are Peregrine.

If Reports or Rumors be true or false?

In the resolution of this Question, you are to observe the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, or the dispositor of the Moon; and behold if you finde any of them posited in an Angle or suc­cedent House, and in a fixed signe, or in good Aspect with Jupiter, Venus, or Sol, it's very probable upon such a configu­ration the Rumors or Reports are true; and if Jupiter, Venus, or the Sun have dignities in the Ascendant, and be aspe­cted as aforesaid, the Report is for the Querents good.

If the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant be afflicted by the presence of Saturn, Mars, or Dragons Tail, or by the male­volent Aspects of Saturn or Mars from a cadent House, the Reports are false.

When the Angles of the Figure are fixed Signes, and the Moon and Mercury posited therein, and separating from the Infortunes, and applying to the Fortunes in any of the Angles, the Report is true. If the tenth and fourth Houses are fixed [Page 135]Signes, and the Moon received in either of them, it denoteth the same: Jupiter or Venus in the Ascendant, and the Moon unfortunate, the Report is false.

If Mercury be Retrograde, or other­wise afflicted; or if the Planet to whom Mercury or the Moon doth apply shall happen to be afflicted, the Report is then false.

If the Lord of the Ascendant or the Moon be Combust, or under the Suns beams, the truth of the Report is kept se­cretly in the breasts of some Noblemen, or men of quality.

The Moon in Quadrate or Opposition of Mercury, or if the Moon be void of course at the time of erecting the Figure, and neither Mercury nor Luna casting their Sextile or Trine to the Ascendant, the Rumours or Reports are false.

Of Counsel or Advice given, whether good or evil is intended thereby?

It is very observable, that when a man is in distress or a troubled condition, a Friend or Neighbour will advise him what is best for him to do; and if you would know whether they intend really [Page 136]yea or no, or whether the advice given may prove for your good; Erect the Figure of Heaven for that very moment of time when they first began to give you their Counsel or advice, and judge by these following Rules.

The tenth House hath signification of Advice or Counsel; therefore you are to consider whether that House be fortunated, or otherwise afflicted: if ei­ther Sol, Jupiter, Venus, or Dragons Head be in the tenth House; or if the Moon apply by Body or good Aspect to the Lord of the Ascendant, you may judge the Councel or Advice is really intended for your good.

Or if either of the Fortunes so posited, shall apply to a Sextile or Trine to the Lord of the Ascendant, it denoteth the same.

But if you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dra­gons Tail Peregrine in the tenth, then you may conclude your Neighbour is a Knave, or your Friend a pretender of friendship, and a deceitful liar.

If the Signe ascending be a movable Signe, and the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon in movable signes, you may pass the same Judgement.

Shall the Querent have good success in a short (or Inland) Journey?

The Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, are the Significators of the Querent; the third House and his Lord, and the Pla­nets posited therein, shall signifie the short Journey enquired after. If you finde the aforesaid Significators swift in motion, or in reception with each other; or if you finde the Lord of the Ascendant or Moon in Sextile or Trine to the Lord of the third, or to a benevolent Planet in the third, you may judge the Querent shall have a pleasant Journey.

If the Lord of the third be found in the Ascendant, or the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant in the third House in Sextile to the Ascendant, or the Lord of the third casting his Sextile or Trine to the Ascendant, all these are arguments of a good Journey.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon apply to a benevolent Planet in the third; or the Lord of the third applying by Body or good Aspect to a benevolent Planet in the Ascendant, portends a good Journey.

Jupiter, Venus, or Dragons Head in the third, shews the same.

Saturn, Mars, or Dragons Tail in the third; or if they afflict the Lord of the Ascendant or Luna, it shews very ill suc­cess to the Querent in his Journey; for Mars or Dragons Tail shews him to be in danger of Thieves or Robbers: And if they happen to be Peregrine in an hu­mane signe, he will be in danger to be wounded in his Journey.

If the Lord of the Ascendant be slow in motion, he will not make so much haste in his Journey as is expected: If he be found Retrograde, it's ten to one but he returns back before he hath been at the intended place of his Journey.

If you finde the aforesaid Significators afflicted by the Lord of the sixth, the Querent will be in danger to be sick in his Journey: If the Lord of the eighth afflict him, and no benevolent Planet assist him, he will be in danger of death, especially if you finde violent fixed Stars in the Ascendant, or near the Significa­tors: if the Lord of the twelfth afflict him, he will be in danger of private Ene­mies or Imprisonment, &c.

If the Querent have or shall have Brethren or Sisters?

In this Question, you must observe, if the third House, his Lord, or Luna, be in fruitful Signes, viz. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces; which if the major part of them be found so, then you may judge he hath or shall have Brethren or Sisters. If the afore­said Significators be well placed in the Figure, and in good aspect with Jupiter or Venus, you may predict the same.

If you finde that there is a possibility that the Querent hath or shall have Bre­thren or Sisters, behold if you finde the major part of the Significators in Mas­culine signes and Houses, or they of them­selves Masculine Planets, or Masculine Planets in the third House, you may judge the Querent hath or shall have a Brother or Brethren. If you finde them in Fe­minine signs, the Querent will have a Sister or Sisters: But if you can possibly get the Querents Nativity, you may better re­solve this question by it, than by a Horary question.

An absent Brother, if dead or alive?

Judgement upon the preceding Figure.

The Ascendant, and Mercury Lord thereof, are the Significators of the Que­rent: the Cusp of the third is the 22 deg. 16 min. of Cancer, and the Moon Lady thereof, are the Significators of the ab­sent Brother. In the Figure of Heaven I [Page 141]finde Luna Lady of the third posited in the Medium Coeli or tenth House, which is the eighth from the third House, Pere­grine, separating from a Sextile of the Sun, and applying to a Quadrate of Mars, and he both Peregrine and Retrograde in the twelfth; from whence I concluded that the absent Brother was dead.

Which Judgement is the more confir­med by old Saturn, who is Lord of the 8th from the third, both Peregrine, Retro­grade, and in his Fall, posited in the twelfth, casting from thence his Quadrate aspect to the very degree of the third House, and to the Dragons Tail, which is also in the very degree of the third House; which are very strong arguments of Mor­tality.

A Report or common Rumour, whether is it true or false?

Astrological Judgement upon the Figure.

In this Figure you may behold the Moon Lady of the Ascendant, interce­pted in the fourth House in Libra, a mo­vable Signe; and also the Signe ascen­ding is Cancer, another movable Signe, [Page 143]and Dragons Tail posited therein, was one argument that the Report was false.

Secondly, finding the Moon very lately separating from void of Course, and with­in the Orbs of an Opposition of Saturn, and both of them Peregrine, and Saturn in his Retrograde motion, in Quadrate to the Ascendant, and to the very de­gree of Dragons Tail; And also finding Mercury Combust of the Sun, I told the Querent that the Report was false, and that it would be proved false within very few days; and so it was.

Shall the Querent have a good Journey?

Judgement upon the preceding Figure.

The Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, are the Significators of the Que­rent; the third House, his Lord, and Ju­piter, who is posited therein, doth sig­nifie his intended Journey: The signe ascending, and the Planets posited in the [Page 145]Ascendant; doth give as exact a descri­ption of the Querents Stature and Incli­nation, as any Limner in the world can draw, or any Tongue or Pen can de­scribe: he is moderately tall and straight, his Hair black or a dark brown, &c. he is very much given to study several Arts and Sciences, &c.

In the Figure I finde Venus Lady of the third in Conjunction of Mercury Lord of the Ascendant, in the Ascendant, in Sextile to Jupiter, who is posited in the third House: from hence I concluded that the Querent should have a good Jour­ney; and finding the Moon in Sextile to Sol, and he posited in the eleventh, I told the Querent that he would finde a Friend in his Journey, which might do him some kindness: (which he did, as he hath often related since.) And also finding Mercury Lord of the tenth in the Ascen­dant, I asked the Querent if he did not expect some Office or Preferment by his Journey? he said, that was the principal cause of his undertaking his Journey, &c.

Shall the Querent buy or purchase the House or Land enquired after?

Herein you are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to be the Sig­nificators of the Querent; the fourth House, his Lord, and the Planets posited therein, to signifie the Houses, Lands, or Closes which are enquired after.

The seventh House, his Lord, and the Planets posited therein, are the Significa­tors of the Seller or Owner of the Lands or Houses.

If you finde the Lord of the seventh House applying to the Lord of the Ascen­dant by Body or good Aspect, you may judge the Quesited hath a desire to bar­gain [Page 147]with the Querent: If you finde the Lord of the eighth House Peregrine or Combust, or with Dragons Tail, or in Con­junction, Quadrate, or Opposition to Sa­turn or Mars, without reception, you may conclude that the Seller doth part with his Land for want of Money: or if you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dragons-tail Peregrine in the eighth, you may pass the same Judgement.

Testimo­nies affir­mative.If you finde the Moon, or Lord of the Ascendant, in the fourth, or Lord of the fourth in the Ascendant; or if the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant apply to the Lord of the fourth by Conjunction, Sex­tile, or Trine: if the Lord of the fourth apply to the Lord of the Ascendant by Body or good Aspect, and they in their Essential dignities, or in the dignities of each other; these are very great Arguments that the Querent shall purchase the House or Lands desired.

If the Moon or any other Planet trans­fer the light and vertue of the Lord of the Ascendant to the Lord of the fourth, or from the Lord of the fourth to the Lord of the Ascendant, the Bargain will be brought on by such a person as the trans­ferring Planet shall signifie.

Testimo­nies nega­tive.But if you finde none of the aforesaid testimonies in your figure of Heaven, but on the contrary you finde the aforesaid Significators in Quadrate or Opposition without Reception or Translation of light and vertue, you may conclude the Que­rent shall not purchase the Houses or Land desired.

Of the quality or goodness of the House or Land enquired after.

In the resolution of this Question, you are to consider the fourth House, and Pla­nets posited therein, and also the Lord of the fourth, his Possession and Configura­tion.

If you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dragons tail Peregrine in the fourth; or Lord of the fourth Combust, Peregrine, or Retro­grade, afflicted by the malevolent Aspects of the Infortunes; the thing enquired af­ter is in no good condition at present, nor of long continuance.

If the fortunate Planets, viz. Jupiter, Venus, or Dragons-head, be in the fourth House, and the Lord of the fourth strong in his Essential dignities, or in good A­spect of the Fortunes; it shews the House [Page 149]or Land enquired after to be in a very good condition, and that the Querent shall be a gainer by his purchase.

Jupiter or Venus in Sextile or Trine to the fourth House; or the Lord of the fourth casting his Sextile or Trine to the second House, or his Lord, or to a Planet in the second House; it is an argument that the Querent shall be a gainer by the House or Land enquired after.

If you finde a fiery signe upon the Cusp of the fourth House, viz. Aries, Leo, Sa­gittary, you may judge the Land or Clo­ses is hilly ground, hard and dry. If earthy signes, as Taurus, Virgo, or Capri­corn, it shews good ground, and plain level Closes. If Gemini, Libra, or Aqua­rius, the ground is not very plain, but hath some Hills in it. If watry signes, viz. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, it shews the ground to be very good, if there be not too much Water in it, &c.

Whether is it good for the Querent to hire or take the House or Farm desired, or not?

Herein the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, are for the Querent; the se­venth, [Page 150]and the Lord thereof, are the Sig­nificators of the person which hath the letting of the House or Farm enquired after; the tenth House and his Lord sig­nifieth the profit or benefit which the Querent shall attain by his purchase; the fourth House shall signifie the House or Farm enquired after.

If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant posited in the 4th, or the Lord of the Ascendant or Luna casting their Sex­tiles or Trines to the degree ascending; or if you finde Part of Fortune in the Ascendant free from the malevolent rays of the Infortunes; it is an argument that the Querent will gain by his Bargain or Farm he intends to take.

An Infortune or Dragons tail posited in the seventh, denoteth the contrary.

If you finde the Lord of the seventh in good aspect with the Lord of the As­cendant, or the Lord of the Ascendant in good aspect to a Planet in the seventh, it is an argument that the Querent shall obtain love from his Landlord, and very fair dealing, &c.

A Fortunate Planet in the tenth House, or in Sextile or Trine to the Cusp thereof, is an argument that the Querent shall con­clude a bargain.

If an Infortune be in the tenth, or ca­sting its malevolent Aspect thereunto, the parties will differ about Repairs or building some new Houses, saith Mr. Lilly, Christ. Astrologie, pag. 209.

The nature and quality of the House, Land, Closes, or Farms enquired after, is signified by the fourth House, as is alrea­dy shewn in the preceding Discourse.

To finde a thing that is hid, lost, or mis­laid?

In this Question, you ought care­fully to consider whether the thing lost be the Querents own commodity or not. If it were his Fathers, then you are to take the fifth House to signifie the thing lost or mislaid, because the fifth is the second from the fourth, and there­fore signifies his Fathers Estate, &c. and so of the rest of the Houses in order. If it were the Querents own Goods which were lost, then judge after this man­ner.

The Lord of the second in any of the four Angles, the thing enquired after is in the house of the Querent. If the Lord of the second be posited in the Ascen­dant, [Page 152]or in Conjunction with the Lord of the Ascendant, the thing is hid or mislaid in that part of the house which he him­self most frequents.

If you finde the Lord of the second in the tenth, it is then in the Hall or Di­ning-room, if a Gentleman be the Que­rent: If a Tradesman ask the question, it is in his Shop, &c.

But if you finde the Lord of the se­cond in the seventh, the goods are hid or mislaid in that part of the house where his Wife or Maid-servants are most con­versant.

The nature or quality of the place where the goods are hid or mislaid, is known from the nature of the Signes where you finde the Lord of the second, the Moon, and Part of Fortune posited. If you finde the major part of the Sig­nificators posited in fiery signes, the goods hid or mislaid are near the Chim­ney, or where Iron is laid. If in aiery signes, they are in the upper-part of the house, or above the ground. If in watry signes, it is near water; if in earthy signes, near some pavement or floor, or it is care­lesly laid upon the Earth.

The quarter or part of the House or [Page 153]Ground where the thing is hid, is known from the nature of the signes, and quar­ters they signifie, wherein you finde the principal Significators, viz. the Lord of the second House, the Moon, the Part of Fortune, and Lord of the fourth House; and also the signes of the fourth and se­cond Houses. The Signes are divided, and shew the quarters in this manner:

Thus having carefully observed the na­ture of the signes the Significators are in, and the quarters the signes signifie, you are to judge by the major Testimonies, and they will exactly direct you to the quarter and nature of the place where the thing lost or mislaid is; as I have of­ten proved true by experience.

Shall the Querent enjoy his Fathers estate?

In resolving this Question, you are to [Page 154]give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to be the Querents Significators; the fourth House and his Lord shall signi­fie his Father; the fifth House is the se­cond from the fourth, and therefore shall signifie his Fathers Estate, together with the Lord of the fifth, and the Planet or Planets posited therein; and then you are to judge by the following Dire­ctions.

The Lord of the fifth applying to a Sextile or Trine with the Lord of the second, or to a benevolent Planet in the second; or if the Lord of the second and Lord of the fifth be in mutual rece­ption, it is an argument that the Querent shall enjoy the Estate of his Father.

If Jupiter or Venus be found posited in the fifth, and from thence cast their Sex­tiles or Trines to a Planet in the second, or to the Lord of the second; or if the Moon (or some other Planet) transfer the light of the Lord of the fifth to the Lord of the second; it is an argument that the Querent shall be enriched by his Fathers Estate.

If you finde the Lord of the fifth in the Ascendant, or second House, disposing of Part of Fortune; or if the Lord of the [Page 155]Ascendant or second dispose of the Lord of the fifth, you may conclude the Que­rent shall attain his desire.

If the Lord of the fifth be found Re­trograde, Combust, or otherwise afflicted, you may judge the Estate of the Querents Father will waste, and therefore he cannot attain so much of it as he doth expect.

Then do but so much as consider what Planet afflicteth the Lord of the fifth, what he naturally signifieth, what House he is Lord of; and the Estate of the Que­rents Father will be wasted by such a person as is signified from thence, viz. If the Lord of the sixth afflict the Lord of the fifth, you may judge some of the Fa­thers Brethren or Neighbours will waste his Estate, or perswade him to alter his intention; and so of the rest of the Hou­ses in order. You may know by a Penny how a Shilling is coyned.

If good to remove from one house or place, or to abide where he is?

Herein you are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to signifie the Querent; the seventh House, his Lord, and the Planets posited therein, shall sig­nifie [Page 156]the place he intends to go to; the fourth House and his Lord, the House or Land, &c. the tenth House and his Lord shall shew the profit which he shall at­tain by removing.

If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lord of the fourth in the seventh, Direct, Swift in motion, and well digni­ned, and of themselves Fortunate Planets, the Querent may live very well where he is, and not remove.

If you finde fortunate Planets in the As­cendant or fourth, or Stars of their natures posited therein, and the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant in good aspect with for­tunate Planets, and they Lords of good Houses, it is best for the Querent to abide where he is.

It is good to removeBut if, on the contrary, you finde the Lord of the seventh with a good Planet, and the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lord of the fourth, with an evil Planet, or a malevolent Planet or Dragons-tail in the Ascendant or fourth; it is then the best way for the Querent to remove.

If you finde the malevolent Planets casting their malevolent Aspects to the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, you are to consider what House the affli­cting [Page 157]Planet or Planets are Lord of, and from thence you may know the reason why the Querent will not prosper where he is.

If the Lord of the third afflict the Sig­nificators, you may judge the Querent lives amongst malicious ill-contrived Neighbours. And so of the rest of the Houses in order, &c.

Of Treasure hid in the Earth, is there any in the place supposed?

When a Question is propounded in a general way, whether there be Treasure hid in the place supposed or not, and the Querent not knowing who hid the Trea­sure, nor whether there be any or not in the place supposed;

You are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to the Luerent; the fourth House, his Lord, and Planets posited therein, shall shew the nature of the Treasure which is hid in the ground.

There is treasure.If in your Figure you finde Jupiter or Venus, or Dragons-head in the fourth, in their own Essential dignities, free from the malevolent beams of the Infortunes, you may be confident there is Treasure in the place supposed.

When you finde any of the Planets in the fourth House, and he be Lord of the fourth, and no ways afflicted, you may pass the same judgement.

The quality of the Treasure is known from the Lord of the fourth, and Planets posited therein:Christ. Astr. pag. 216. Mr. Lilly saith, We ought to mix the Lord of the seventh in judging the nature and quality of the hidden Treasure.

The nature or quality of the treasure.If you finde Sol to be the Significa­tor of the hidden Treasure, you may con­clude there is Gold, or some Jewels: If Luna, there is Silver: If Saturn, there is Coals, Lead, or a quarry of Stone: If Mars, there is Brass or Iron: And if you finde Luna and Mars both Significators, you may conjecture there is Silver hid in some Iron or Brass Pot or Kettle: If Ju­piter, there is Tin, (saith my Author; but I know no reason why Jupiter may not signifie Silver as well as Tin:) If Venus, there is some womens Ornaments: If Mercury, there is Pictures or Books.

There is no trea­sure.If you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dragons tail in the fourth Peregrine, or Saturn or Mars casting their Quadrate or Oppo­sition to the fourth House; you may con­clude there is no Treasure at all.

The Moon or Lord of the fourth se­parating from good Planets, shews there hath been Treasure in the place, but it is gone; but if they separate ill, there was never any Treasure hid in the place sup­posed.

The nature of the Ground is known from the nature of the Signes the Signi­ficators are in, as you may finde in the beginning of this Book, where I speak of the nature and quality of the Signes.

Shall the Querent obtain the hidden Trea­sure?

Herein you are to consider, if the Sig­nificators of the hidden Treasure apply by Sextile or Trine to the Lord of the Ascendant, or to a good Planet in the Ascendant or second House, with Rece­ption from good Houses, there is great hopes of attaining the Treasure sought after.

If the Moon or some other Planet trans­fer the light and vertue of the Lord of the fourth to the Lord of the Ascendant, it shews the same.

If there be a Quadrate or Opposition be­tween the Significators without Rece­ption, [Page 160]the thing sought after will very hardly be found.

The Lord of the fourth applying to Conjunction with the Lord of the Ascen­dant in the Ascendant or second House, is a very great argument of attaining the Treasure sought after.

Either of the Luminaries posited in the Ascendant, gives great facility in the work, if they be strong, and no ways im­pedited.

If neither of the Luminaries behold the Ascendant or his Lord, there remains little hopes of attaining the thing sought after, saith my Author.

If you finde Part of Fortune in the Ascendant, and either of the Fortunes or the Luminaries casting their good aspects thereunto from good Houses, it promiseth great hopes of attaining the Treasure sought after.

If you desire to know whether the Treasure lie deep in the Earth or not, then you are to consider, if your Signifi­cators be in the beginning of a signe, then the Treasure is very near the upper part of the Earth: the further the Signi­ficators are in the signes, the deeper the Treasure is in the Earth. When you in­tend [Page 161]to begin your work, let the Signifi­cators of Treasure be posited in the As­cendant; and if you can posibly, let the Significators apply to the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lord of the second; or let the Moon be separating from the Lord of the Fourth, or from a benevolent Planet in the Fourth, and applying to the Lord of the Ascendant or Second House: but take care that the Infortunes be not An­gular, or afflict the Lord of the Ascen­dant.

Whether is it best for the Querent to remove, or abide in the House where he is?

Astrological Judgements upon the Figure.

In this Figure the Ascendant is Pisces 7.0. and Jupiter Lord thereof, together with the Moon, are the Significators of the Querent.

The Seventh House and his Lord signi­fieth [Page 163]the place which he intends to re­move unto; the Tenth House and his Lord sheweth the profit which he shall attain by his removing.

First, I considered the Ascendant, and there I found both the Infortunes, viz. Saturn and Mars, who are Lords of the Twelfth and Eighth Houses. Secondly, I considered the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon, who are both posited in the Seventh; which intimated that the Querent had a great desire to remove: and finding the Part of Fortune in the Tenth, I informed the Querent that it was his best way to remove from the house he lived in, and that he would profit by his removing. Which advice he followed within a short time, and to this day ne­ver had any cause to repent it.

Old Saturn in the Ascendant, who is both Peregrine and Retrograde, shews that the Querent hath some secret Ene­mies where he lived; and from hence I advised the Querent to remove, and from some other reasons, as you may finde in the Figure.

Shall the Querent have Children?

Herein you are to consider, if the signe ascending, the signe of the Fifth, and the signes wherein the Lord of the Ascendant, the Lord of the Fifth, and the Moon, are posited in fruitful signes, viz. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, you may conclude that the Querent shall have Children.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, be in Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine to the Lord of the Fifth from good Hou­ses; or if some other Planet transfer the light of the Lord of the Ascendant to the Lord of the Fifth, these are very strong arguments that the Querent shall have Children.

Or if you finde the Lord of the 5th in the Ascendant, or the Lord of the As­cendant or the Moon in the 5th, or in Sextile or Trine to a benevolent Planet in the 5th, well fortified, and free from the malevolent aspects of the Infortunes, you may safely judge the Querent shall have Children.

But if on the contrary you finde the signe ascending and the signe of the 5th barren signes, which are Leo, Virgo, and Gemini, you may conjecture the Querent will have no Children, except some of the other testimonies affirmative hap­pen.

If all the aforesaid Significators be po­sited in barren signes, it denoteth the same.

If you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dragons tail in the 5th, especially in barren signes, it denies Issue.

If you finde Saturn or Mars in Quadrate or Opposition to the 5th, or to the Lord of the 5th; or if the Lord of the 5th be Combust, you may pass the same Judge­ment.

Your best and safest way in judging hereof, is to collect the testimonies of Barrenness and Fruitfulness, and judge [Page 166]by the major testimonies; and you can­not fail in your Judgement, if you keep you close to your Rules which I have de­livered.

If a Woman enquiring be with Childe or not?

If a Woman propound this Question unto you whether she be with Childe or not, you are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to signifie the Que­rent; and judge according to these Rules following.

If you finde in your Figure the Lord of the Ascendant or the Moon applying to the Lord of the 5th by Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine, from good Houses; or if the Moon or Lord of the Ascendant be found posited in the 5th House, it is an argument the Querent is with Childe.

Or if you finde the Lord of the 5th in the Ascendant in a fruitful signe, no ways afflicted by the Infortunes, it is an argument that the Querent is with Childe.

If the Lord of the 5th behold a Pla­net in an Angle with Reception, it is an argument the Querent is with Childe: [Page 167]and if you finde all the aforesaid Signifi­cators in fruitful signes, it may the better confirm your Judgement.

If you finde Jupiter, who is a natural Significator of Children, posited in the Ascendant, 5th, 7th, or 11th Houses, free from Combustion and other afflictions, the Querent is with Childe.

But if you finde the aforesaid Signifi­cators afflicted by the malevolent beams of the Infortunes, or by the presence of Dragons Tail, you may judge the Querent is not with Childe.

Mr. Gadbury saith, in his Doctrine of Nativities, page 265. If you finde Sa­turn, Mars, or Dragons Tail in the 5th, it shews a Non-conception: But if it so hap­pen, that the testimonies for her being with Childe are the greater in number, they then threaten abortion; the like when they afflict either Venus, Luna, or the Lords of the 5th or Ascendant.

Whether a Woman enquiring be with Childe of a Boy or a Girl?

When a Question is thus propounded, you are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon, to signifie the Querent; [Page 168]and consider if the signe ascending, his Lord, and the Moon, be in Masculine signes, and also the signe of the 5th, and the signe wherein the Lord of the 5th is posited; which if they be in Mascu­line signes, the Querent is with childe of a Boy; if in Feminine, a Girl. You are also to consider the nature of the Pla­nets which are Lords of the Ascendant and 5th, whether they be Masculine or Feminine; or whether the Moon, and Lords of the Ascendant and 5th are in Conjunction or Aspect with Masculine or Feminine Planets; and also the nature of the signes they are posited in.

Likewise you are to consider the Pla­nets posited in the Ascendant and 5th, whether they be Masculine or Femi­nine.

Your best and safest way in judging hereof, is to collect the testimonies, and judge by the major part, as I shall give you an Example hereafter.

• Masuline Planets are ♄ ♃ ♂ and ☉
• Feminine Planets are ♀ and ☽.

Mercury is sometimes Masculine, and sometimes Feminine, according as he is [Page 169]aspected by Masculine or Feminine planets.

Signes

• Masculine, ♈ ♊ ♌ ♎ ♐ ♒.
• Feminine, ♉ ♋ ♍ ♏ ♑ ♓.

The Houses of Heaven are Masculine and Feminine; as, the First, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh, are Mas­culine: The Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth, are said to be Feminine.

Thus by carefully observing the Rules which I have given, you cannot fail, as I have often proved.

If she shall have Twins, or more than one Childe?

Herein you are to consider the nature of the signes the Significators are in, viz. the Ascendant, his Lord, and the Moon; the signe of the 5th, and the signe where­in the Lord of the 5th is posited; which if they be in double-bodied signes, the Querent is with two Children. If you finde Jupiter, Venus, or Dragons Head in a fruitful signe in the Ascendant or 5th, in their Essential dignities, and free from afflictions, it is very probable the Querent goes with two Children.

If you finde Jupiter or Venus casting their benevolent Rays to the degree ascending, or to the 5th House, it is an argument the Querent shall have Twins: But herein you are not to judge upon one single testimony.

If the Ascendant be a fixed or mova­ble signe, and the 5th House a signe of the same nature, and the Sun and Moon be both in fixed or movable signes, and there be no Planets in the Ascendant nor 5th House, nor in aspect thereunto, the Wo­man enquiring has conceived but with one Childe.

In what time will the Birth be?

In this Judgement you are to consider the time when the Lord of the 5th re­moves out of one Signe into another; for that may probably prove the time of Birth. Mr. Lilly directs us to consider how far the Lord of the 5th is removed from the Cusp of the 5th,Christ. Atr. Page 232. and give to every signe one moneth for the time of Delive­ry.

Also you are to consider the part of Children, and direct it by Tables of Ob­lique Ascensions, &c. to the degree of [Page 171]the 5th House, allowing to each degree one day, or to the Lord of the 5th, or to Jupiter, or their good aspects: Herein judge by the major testimonies, and those that are most probable to come nearest the time.

The part of Children is taken by day or by night, by substracting the place of Mars from the place of Jupiter, and pro­jected from the Ascendant.

Of a Messenger sent upon an Errand.

Let the Ascendant and his Lord signi­fie the person that sent the Messenger; the seventh House and Lord thereof shall signifie the person to whom the Messen­ger was sent; the Moon shall signifie the Message, and the Lord of the 5th the Messenger, and how he will order his business.

If you finde the Lord of the 5th se­parating from the Lord of the seventh, and applying to the Lord of the Ascen­dant by any good aspect, you may judge the Messenger hath been honest in your business, and is returning home with good tidings.

If the Messenger was sent upon an er­rand [Page 172]for Money, observe in your Figure what Configuration or Aspect there is between the Lord of the 5th and the Lord of the eighth: if therefore you finde the Lord of th [...] 5th separating from the Lord of the eighth, and applying to the Lord of the Ascendant, you may judge the Messenger brings money with him.

But herein you are to consider what person your Messenger was sent to; if to your Brother, then you are to take the Lord of the 5th as his Significator; if to your Father, the 4th House and Lord thereof; if it be to a Friend that you have converse or trade withal, or one that is not related to you, then you are to take the Lord of the seventh for his Significator: And if it be a Petition to a King or Prince, you are to take the Lord of the tenth for his Significator, and accordingly order your Judgement.

If you finde the Lord of the fifth in good aspect to the Lord of the seventh, or either the Lord of the 5th or Luna in Reception with the Lord of the se­venth, you may judge the Messenger is kindly received, and his Message well ac­cepted.

But if you finde the Lord of the 5th in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the seventh without Recep [...]ion, you may judge your Messenger is not well acce­pted, especially if Luna also be afflicted by the Lord of the seventh.

If you finde the Lord of the 5th affli­cted by the Lord of the third or ninth Houses, or by an Infortune posited there­in, you may judge the Messenger will have some trouble in his Journey, or re­ceive some prejudice by Thieves.

But if on the contrary you finde the Lord of the 5th and the Moon free from the malevolent Aspects of the Infortunes, and in good aspect to the Lord of the As­cendant, and no ways afflicted, you may conclude your Messenger will make a safe return with good tidings.

Whether a Petition to a Prince, Admiral, or Commander, &c. may be granted, or not?

Herein you are to give the Ascendant and his Lord to the Petitioner; the 5th House, and his Lord, and the Moon, shall signifie the Petition; the tenth House and his Lord, with Sol, shall signifie the per­son [Page 174]to whom the Petition is directed: and give your Judgement according to the following Rules.

If your Petition be to a King or Prince, &c. be careful in the first place that the Ascendant or his Lord be not afflicted by an Infortune, especially by the Lord of the tenth, or by a malevolent Planet po­sited therein.

If you finde the Lord of the 5th posi­ted in the tenth in his Essential digni­ties, and free from the malevolent aspects of the Infortunes, or in good aspect to the Lord of the tenth, or to the Sun, or in good aspect with a Fortune fortunately placed in the tenth, you may from hence judge that your Petition will be gran­ted.

If you finde the Moon posited in the tenth House in her Essential dignities, or in good aspect to Sol, or to the Lord of the tenth, or in good aspect to a Planet in the tenth, you may judge the same.

But if you finde the Lord of the As­cendant afflicted by the Lord of the 10th, 12th, 8th, or 4th Houses, your Petition will come to no good end: If he be affli­cted by the Lord of the 12th, he is in danger of imprisonment, &c.

If the Moon, or Lord of the 5th, be afflicted as aforesaid, the Petition will not be accepted, or was not well made, and will come to nothing. And thus much may serve for the Judgement of this Question.

Shall the Querent gain or lose by play at Cards or Dice? &c.

In the resolution of this Question, you are to give the Lord of the Ascendant, and the Moon, to the Querent; the 5th House and Lord thereof shall signifie your gain or loss by Play; the 7th House and his Lord, the person you play withal.

If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant in the 5th, or Lord of the 5th in the Ascendant, in their Essential dignities, no ways afflicted by the presence of the In­fortunes, or by their malevolent rays; it is an argument the Querent may gain by his play, &c.

Likewise if you finde the Lord of the Ascendant in Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine to the Lord of the 5th, especially if they apply to the aforesaid good a­spects in their Essential dignities; or if they be in Reception, you may pass the same Judgement.

If you finde the Lord of the 5th sepa­rating from any good aspect from the Lord of the eighth (which is the Que­sited's house of substance) to the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lord of the second, it is an argument the Querent may win money by his Play; or if a benevolent Planet, posited in the 5th, having Essen­tial dignities in the 5th, do cast his bene­volent aspects to the Lord of the 5th or Lord of the Ascendant, you may judge the same.

But if on the contrary you finde the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, or Lord of the second, afflicted by the Lord of the 5th, 7th, or 8th Houses, it is an argument the Querent will lose by his play.

Or if you finde the Lord of the fifth in the seventh, or in Reception with the Lord of the 7th, or in good aspect thereunto; or if the Lord of the fifth separate from the Lord of the second, and apply by any good aspect to the Lord of the 8th, it is an argument the Querent will lose money by his Play. If you finde equal testimonies in your Figure, you may judge the most potent Significator carries the Game.

Is the Querent with Childe of a Boy or a Girl?

In what time the Birth would be?

Astrological Judgement upon the Figure.

The Ascendant, and Mars Lord thereof, are the Querents Significators, whom we finde posited in Leo a Masculine signe; also the Moon in Aries another Masculine [Page 178]signe, separating from a Trine of Mars Lord of the 5th, and applying to a Trine of Jupiter in Sagittary, another Mascu­line signe: from hence I concluded the Querent was with Childe of a Boy, which proved true. The Testimonies in the Fi­gure I collected in this manner:

• The Ascendant is ♏ Feminine.
• Lord of the Ascendant ♂, a planet Masc.
• Mars you finde in ♌, a signe Masc.
• The cusp of the 5 house ♈, Masculine.
• The Moon in ♈, a signe Masc.
• The Moon in Trine of ♃, a planet Masc.
• Jupiter in ♐, Masculine.

Herein you may see but one Feminine Testimony, and six arguments of a Mascu­line Conception.

In what time the Birth would be?

In the resolution of this Question I ob­served the Moon, whom you may finde separating from a Trine of Mars, Lord of the 5th, and applying to a Trine of Jupi­ter, who is posited in the Ascendant; and by substracting the Longitude of Luna from the Longitude of Jupiter, you shall [Page 179]finde she wanted but 3 deg. 15 min. of his Trine aspect: and because I found Luna in a movable signe, and Jupiter Re­trograde in a common signe, I allowed for every degree one Week; by which computation I judged she would be de­livered about the 27 of June following. The truth is, she was delivered of a Son the 29 of June; but if you please to al­low two days for the odde 15 minutes, it directs us to the very day of birth, which, as I said before, is the 29 day of the same moneth. I will onely give you another Example, and so conclude with the fifth House.

Shall the Querent ever have Children?

Astrological Judgement upon the Figure.

At the time before noted, the Querent propounded this Question in a general way, Whether she should ever have any Children? Whereupon I erected the pre­cedent Scheme; and finding the signe as­cending, viz. Scorpio, a fruitful signe, and [Page 181] Mars Lord of both the Ascendant and 5th House in Pisces, another fruitful signe; I from hence judged the Querent should have Children. Also finding the Moon in Trine to Saturn, and he posited in the 5th House, which did something confirm the former judgement, together with Mars applying to a Trine of Jupiter, who hath dignities in the signe of the 5th, and he in a fruitful signe; I told the Querent she would have Children: which hath al­ready proved true. And so I conclude with the fifth House.

Of Sicknesses.

In this Judgement you ought carefully to observe the time of the party's falling [Page 182]sick; not that time in which the party first had a feeling of a sickness approach­ing, but that very time in which he was so extreamly oppressed, that he was enforced to take his bed; and erect your Figure upon that very time: and herein you ought carefully to rectifie the place of the Moon; for she is a general Signi­ficatrix in this case.

But if that time cannot be obtained, then accept of the time wherein the Patients Urine was brought to you to enquire of the Disease; or when the Patient en­quires of the Physician of the nature of the Disease, himself.

Then be pleased to consider that the Ascendant and his Lord are the Significa­tors of the sick party; the sixth House and his Lord, signifies the Sickness; the seventh, his Physician; the eighth, death; the tenth, his Physick; the fourth, the end of the Disease. And so I proceed to the parts of mens Bodies under the Seven Planets.

The particular Parts and Members of the Body which the Planets generally rule.

Saturn rules the Spleen, the right Ear, [Page 183]the Bones, the Teeth, and the retentive Faculty.

Jupiter rules the Lungs, Livers, Ribs, Sides, the Veins, the Blood, the digestive Faculty, the natural Vertue of man.

Mars rules in the Body of man, the Gall, the left Ear, the Apprehension, and the Taste.

Sol rules the Heart, the Back, the Arteries, the Sight, the right Eye of a Man, the left Eye of a Woman.

Venus is the Governour of the Womb, Testicles, the Yard, and Instruments of generation; the Throat, Reins, Kidneys; also womens Breasts, the Milk, and the Seed.

Mercury. Under the dominion of Mer­cury, is the Brain, the rational part of it, the Imagination, the Tongue, Hands and Feet, the motional part of mans Bo­dy.

Luna governs the bulk of the Brain, or Nerves, the Bowels, the Bladder, the left Eye of a man, the right of a Wo­man.

The particular Parts of the Body governed by the Twelve signes of the Zodiack.

Aries governs the Head and Face, the Bones in the head, the Brain, Hair, Beard, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue, and Teeth, and every part belonging to the Head.

Taurus rules the Neck and bones there­of, the Channel-bone, the Shoulder-blade, the Throat, and the Voice.

Gemini rules the Shoulder-bones, the Arms, Hands and Fingers; and in one word, every part from the shoulder to the finger-ends.

Cancer rules the Breast, Ribs, Lungs, Pleura, the Ventricle of the Stomach, the Liver, and womens Breasts.

Leo governs the Heart, the Back, the Vertebre of the breast, the Appetite, the Pericardium.

Virgo governs the Belly and Bowels, the Navil and Spleen, the Omentum.

Libra rules the Reins, Loyns, and Kid­neys.

Scorpio hath dominion over the secret parts of men and women, and all vessels dedicated to the act of generation; also the Bladder and Fundament.

Sagittary governs the Thighs, Os sa­crum, the Thigh-bone, the Rump-bone, &c.

Capricorn governs the Knees and Hams.

Aquarius rules the Legs and all parts of them from the Knees to the Ancles.

Pisces rules the Ancles, the Feet, and all the bones thereunto belonging.

Of the Diseases the Planets signifie.

Saturn causeth Gouts, Tooth-ach, quar­tan Agues, Leprosies, Rheums, Consum­ptions, Palsies, black Jaundies, Trembling vain fears, Fancies, Hemorrhoids, Dislo­cations, broken bones, Deafness, and all Diseases which proceed from Melancholy, cold and dryness.

Jupiter causeth all infirmities of the Liver and Veins, inflammations of the Lungs, Plurisies, and other Imposthumes about the Breast and Ribs: all Diseases proceeding of putrefaction of bloud and winde.

Mars causeth Pestilences, burning Fea­vers, Tertian and Quotidian Agues, Me­grim, Carbuncles, and Plague-sores, Ring­worms, Blisters, burning and scalding, Phrensie, sudden distempers in the head [Page 186]coming of heat, yellow Jaundies, bloudy Flux, all distempers in the Instruments of generation, the Stone in the Reins and Bladder, Scars and Pock-holes in the face, all hurts by Iron and Fire, all Diseases proceeding from Choler, Anger, or Pas­sion.

The Sun causeth Pimples and Burles in the Face, all afflictions of the Heart, as heart-burning, trembling, fainting, rot­ten Feavers, sore Eyes, flux in the Eyes, &c.

Venus causeth all diseases of the Womb, as suffocation, precipitation, dislocation, &c. all diseases incident to the Members of generation, the Reins, and Navil, the French-Pox, the Running of the Reins, and all diseases that come by inordinate love or lust.

Mercury causeth diseases in the Brain, as Vertigoes, Madness; also diseases in the Lungs, Asthma, Ptysick, Apoplexies, defects of the Tongue, Stammering, Li­sping, &c. Hoarsness, Coughs, Snuffling in the Nose, defect of Memory, stopping of the Head, Dumbness, Simplicity, Fol­ly, all afflictions of the Intellectual Fa­culty.

The Moon causeth Palsies, Cholick, Belly-aches, stopping or over-flowing of [Page 187]the Terms in Women, Dropsies, Fluxes, all cold and rheumatick diseases, Sciatica, Worms in the Belly, Rheums, hurts in the Eyes, Surfeit, rotten Coughs, Con­vulsions, Falling-sicknesses, Kings-evil, Apostumes, small Pox, Measles, Tympa­nies, Dropsies, Lethargies, all diseases pro­ceeding from Flegm.

The Diseases signified by the Twelve Signes.

Under Aries are all pushes, whelks, pimples, freckles, and Sun-burning in the Face, Polypus or Noli me tangere, all di­seases in the Head, as Head-ach of all sorts, Vertigo, Frenzie, Lethargy, Forgetful­ness, Apoplexie, Dead-palsie, Falling­sickness, Convulsions, Cramps, Madness, Melancholy, Trembling.

Under Taurus are all diseases incident to the Neck and Throat, as the Kings-evil, sore Throat, Quinsie, Wenns in the Neck, Flux in the Throat, &c.

Under Gemini are all diseases incident to the Hands, Arms, and Shoulders, Fra­ctures, Dislocations, also diseases that come by corruption of the blood, and windiness in the blood.

Under Cancer are all diseases in the [Page 188]Breast, Stomach, or Liver, as Plurisies, want of Digestion, want of Appetite to Victuals, coldness or over-heat of the Stomach, Cancers in the Breast, Dropsies, Coughs, &c.

Under Leo are all diseases incident to the Heart and Back, as Qualms, Passions, Palpitations, trembling of the Heart, vi­olent burning Feavers, the yellow Jaun­dice, all diseases proceeding from adustion of Blood, the Pestilence, and all hurts in the Breast.

Under Virgo are all diseases incident to the Bowels, the Meseraick Veins, the O­mentum; the Diaphragma, Spleen, Worms in the belly, and Wind in the guts, Ob­structions, the Cholick and Iliack pas­sions, hardness of the Spleen, Hypocon­driack Melancholy.

Under Libra are diseases in the Reins or Kidneys, as Ulcers, Gonorrhoea, the Stone, Strangury, heat of the Reins in women, which often causeth Abortion, hard Labour, and sometimes death in Travel; as also the Stone or Gravel in the Reins.

Under Scorpio are all Inflammations and Ulcers in the Bladder, the Gravel and Stone in the Bladder, all difficulties of [Page 189]Urine, Fistula's, Hemorrhoids, French-pox, Gonorrhoea, Priapismus, and all diseases belonging to the Secret parts.

Under Sagittary are all diseases belong­ing to the Things and Hips, as the Scia­tica, Fistula's, Itches, pestilential Fea­vers, all diseases proceeding from choler and heat, or too much exercise of the bo­dy, falls from Horses, or hurts by them or any other kinde of Cattle.

Under Capricorn are all diseases in the Knees or Hams, as Pains there, Sprains, Fractures, and dislocation, Leprosie, Itch, Scabs, all diseases of Melancholy, or any Rheums running in the Joynts.

Under Aquarius are all diseases in the Legs and Ancles, all Melancholy, Coagu­lations in the blood, Cramps, &c.

Under Pisces are all Lameness, Aches, and diseases incident to the Feet, as Gouts, Kybes, Chilblains.

All diseases coming of Salt Flegm, mixt humours, Scabs, Itches, Botches, and breaking out about the body, the small Pox, and Measles, all cold and moist di­seases.

To know what part of the Body is afflicted.

Herein you are to observe the Ascen­dant, the sixth House, and place of Luna, for they are the natural significators of the disease.

If you finde the Ascendant afflicted by the presence of an Infortune or Dragons Tail, the Patient is afflicted in his Head, (it being the first of the Houses: as Aries is the first of the Signes, so the second House rules the Neck and Throat, and so of the rest of the Houses in order.) Al­so observe what part of the body the signe ascending which was so afflicted go­verns; for that part of the body is also afflicted.

If you finde the Moon afflicted in your Figure, consider what Planet she is affli­cted by, what Houses that Planet is Lord of, what signe he is posited in, and you may judge that part of the body is affli­cted which the afflicting Planet governs from his own House. I have given you a Table of it in the first part of the Book, where you may finde what Planet gover­neth in every of the Twelve Signes from his own House.

Mars, Lord of the sixth, in Scorpio, in the fifth House, he gives an internal pain in all parts of the body. If Mars be in Scorpio in the Ascendant, the whole bo­dy is universally afflicted.

The Moon in the Ascendant afflicted by Saturn or Mars, bestows difficulty of breathing, and infirmities in the Lungs.

If the Lord of the sixth House be affli­cted above the Earth, and in a Diurnal Signe, the sickness is in the right side of the body, and in the upper part of it.

If the Lord of the sixth be afflicted in a Nocturnal Signe under the Earth,Whether the disease be in the right or left side. the sickness lies on the left side, and in the inferiour part of the body.

If the Significators afflicting be in a Feminine Signe, the left side of the body is afflicted; but if they be found in a Masculine Signe, the right side of the body is afflicted.

Is the Disease in the Body, or Minde? or in both?

The Lord of the Ascendant, together with the Sun and Moon, are the Significa­tors of the Body: The signe ascending, the Dispositors of the Sun and Moon, re­present [Page 192]represent the Minde: therefore consi­der if you finde the Lord of the Ascen­dant, the Sun or Moon, afflicted by the malevolent rays of the Infortunes, you may judge the disease lies onely in the Body. But if you finde the Ascendant and the Dispositor of Sol and Luna affli­cted, and the former Significators safe, you may conclude the disease lies onely in the Minde, and not in the Body; but if all the aforesaid Significators be afflicted, you may then judge both Body and Minde is afflicted.

If you finde the party troubled in minde by the former Rules, observe what Planet is the afflicting Planet. If Saturn be the afflicting Planet, the party is trou­bled about things of the world, about losses and crosses in his Estate, &c.

If Jupiter be the afflicting Planet as aforesaid, the party is troubled about Re­ligious Tenents, &c. If Venus be the af­flicting Planet, he is troubled about Love-toys, or hath a lascivious desire to Wo­men.

If Mars or Mercury afflict the aforesaid Significators, it is an argument the party is phrenetique, or his minde is pestered with strange imaginations, or by hard study and vexation therein.

To know the Nature and Quality of the Disease.

If you finde the Significators of the sickness in fiery Signes, the disease comes of Choler, arguing Feavers, or such­like Diseases, &c. Earthly Signes shew the disease proceeds from melancholy humours, long and tedious Feavers, A­gues, &c.

Airy Signes shew the disease proceeds from blood, and wind; as Leprosie, the Gout, &c. Watry signes signifie the di­seases proceed from cold and moist cau­ses, as rotten Coughs, all diseases procee­ding from water, and salt flegm, &c.

Saturn Significator of diseases, shews they are of a long continuance, as Con­sumptions, Quartan Agues, Coughs, &c. If he be in Leo or Capricorn Combust, or with Dragons Tail, or with violent fixed Stars, he produceth pestilential Feavers.

Saturn in fiery signes, shews dangerous Feavers, especially in Leo he gives a hectick Feaver: If he be in watry Signes, the disease proceeds from gross viscous hu­mours, occasioned by cold and moist di­stempers, with a continuing flux, and cold trembling.

In movable Signes, he shews flux of humours, the Dropsie, &c. If he be in common Signes, he gives compound disea­ses, such as run out of one disease into a­nother: If he be in fixed Signes, he sig­nifies diseases of long continuance, as Quartan Agues, Gouts, &c.

If Jupiter be the Significator of the disease, he afflicts the Liver, he shews a bad digestion, the blood abounds either in quantity or quality. If Jupiter be in a fiery signe, he signifies Feavers, but of no long continuance, the body abounds with too much choler. If he be in airy Signes, the blood abounds in the body. If in watry Signes, the blood is watrish, or too thin. If Jupiter be in earthy Signes, the blood is troubled with viscous gross humours, proceeding from Melan­choly; the blood is too gross, and has no free passage through the Veins.

If Mars be Significator of the disease, and in the fiery Triplicity, it signifies the disease is a hot burning Feaver, or the Pestilence. If Saturn also be mixt in signification, the disease hath a share of Melancholy. When Mars is Author of the disease, and posited in a common Signe, the disease often varies, whereby [Page 195]it is not easily known what it is. Always when Mars is significator of the disease, it never continues long, but ends either one way or another.

If Venus be Significator of the disease, it often comes by drinking, or veneral sports. Venus in fiery Signes, sometimes produceth Feavers: if Mars be joyned with her in signification, the Feaver is rotten, proceeding from flegm.

If Mercury be Significator of the di­sease, the sick party is afflicted in his Head, the distemper lies in the Brain; either madness or Falling-sickness is to be feared: If Mars be joyned in significa­tion with him, it is a Frenzie.

The Moon in Aries in the 8th House, afflicts the Head extreamly; the Lord of the 12th in the 6th, Witchcraft is to be feared, or the disease lies very occult. And so I conclude with this Subject, and proceed to shew whether the disease be Chronick or Acute.

Whether the Disease be Chronick or Acute?

Herein you are to consider the Ascen­dant and his Lord, also the Sun and Moon, and consider whether they be [Page 196]much or little afflicted; the Signes the afflicting Planet is in: Saturn gives long diseases; Sol and Jupiter, short; but Mars, shorter than either of them; Venus, in­different; Mercury, various according to the Planet he is joyned with; the Moon gives much sickness which often returns, as Agues, Falling Sickness, &c.

You are also to consider the Signes possessing the Ascendant, 6th House, or place of the Moon. And consider that fixed Signes shew Chronick diseases; com­mon Signes shew diseases not very long, neither very short; movable Signes de­note the disease to end quickly either one way or another.

If an Infortune be Lord of the 6th, and in the 6th, it denotes the disease to continue long; a Fortune, the contra­ry.

You are also to consider the age of the sick party; for old age brings longer diseases than youth: also their Com­plexion; for a Melancholy man retains a disease longer than a Cholerick.

Also the time of the year; for Autumn and Winter bring longer diseases than Spring or Summer.

The latter degrees of a Signe upon the [Page 197]Cusp of the 6th, is an argument of a short sickness. If the Lord of the 6th be stron­ger than the Lord of the Ascendant, the sickness increases, and gets strength against Nature. But if the Lord of the Ascen­dant be stronger than the Lord of the 6th, Nature will recover its strength, and the disease decreaseth.

If Luna be angular and strong, or ap­plying to a Sextile or Trine of the Lord of the Ascendant, the disease will quickly be cured.

The Lord of the 10th in the Ascendant in any of his Essential dignities, or in good Aspect to the Lord of the Ascen­dant, shews that the party will easily be cured by good Medicines.

If the Moon be Lady of the Ascendant, it shews that ill diet was the cause of the distemper or perhaps Surfeiting by drink­ing, &c.

The Lord of the Ascendant in the 6th, or Lord of the 6th in the Ascendant, shews a long disease; also if the Lord of the Ascendant be slow in motion, you may pass the same Judgement.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, Sol, or Luna, be joyned to the Infortunes, it pro­longs the disease.

Signes of life, or that the Sick party will recover of the infirmity afflicting.

Herein you are to consider the Ascen­dant, and Lord thereof, and Luna: first therefore, if you finde Jupiter, Venus, Sol, or Luna in the Ascendant, not affli­cted by the Lord of the 8th, nor being Lord of the 8th themselves, promise a speedy recovery.

The Moon or Lord of the Ascendant separating from a malevolent Planet, or from the Lord of the 6th, and applying to a Fortune, fortunately placed in the Figure, denotes the same.

If Luna be angular, well posited, free from the body or beams of Saturn or Mars, or the Lord of death; or if the Moon be void of course at the decumbi­ture, and upon a Critical day behold a good Planet or Star, it is a signe of reco­very to the sick party.

If on a Critical day the Moon be in her own House or Exaltation, though she be void of course, it denotes recovery.

If the benevolents be stronger than the malevolents, and they behold the Ascendant, Lord thereof, or be in good [Page 199]aspect to the Moon, it is an argument of recovery.

Signes of Death, or that the Party will die of the infirmity afflicting.

In the resolution hereof, you are to consider, if the Lord of the Ascendant be afflicted in the 8th House, or by the male­volent rays of the Lord of the 8th with­out reception, it is an argument of death to the sick.

Or if at the decumbiture you finde the Lord of the Ascendant combust in the Ascendant, it denotes the same.

If the Lord of the 8th be in the tenth House, and afflict the Lord of the Ascen­dant, the Physician will go near to kill by improper Physick.

The Lord of the 8th very strong in the Ascendant, or if there happen a Con­junction between the Lord of the 8th and Lord of the Ascendant, it is a great argument of mortality.

The Moon in the 4th, in Conjunction, Quadrate, or Opposition of Saturn or Mars, without reception, and either of them Lord of the 8th House, it denotes death.

If the Lord of the Ascendant fall retro­grade from the Lord of the 8th, death is to be feared upon the next Conjunction, except the Lord of the Ascendant meet with a benevolent Aspect of the Fortunes in the mean time.

Whether a Servant shall prove just or knavish to his Master.

If the Master himself propound this Question, then let the Lord of the As­cendant, and the Ascendant it self, and Luna, signifie the Querent; the 6th House and his Lord signifie the Servant, together with the Planet posited therein, with Mercury a general significator of Servants.

If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant in good aspect to the Lord of the 6th, or the Moon or some other Planet separating from the Lord of the 6th, and applying to the Lord of the Ascendant, these are all arguments of fidelity in Servants.

The Lord of the 6th in Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine to the Fortunes, or to the Lord of the Ascendant; or if the Lord of the 6th be posited in the Ascen­dant, in any of his Essential dignities, it [Page 201]shews the Querents Servant to be just and honest.

If you finde the Lord of the 6th in the 2d in his Essential dignities, and free from the malevolent beams of the Infor­tunes, or in good aspect to the Lord of the second, it is an argument the Ser­vant is honest, and will prove a profitable servant to his Master.

But if you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dra­gons Tail in the 6th, Peregrine, it denotes the Servant to prove both idle and kna­vish.

If the Lord of the 6th be in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the Ascen­dant or Lord of the second without Re­ception, or to a Planet in the Ascendant or second House, or to the degrees ascen­ding upon the Cusp of the Ascendant or second House, it is an argument the Ser­vant will prove a continual cross and vex­ation to the Querent, and he will prove unjust in his actions.

The Moon in the 6th, in Quadrate to the Lord of the 6th in the second, shews the Servant to be a Knave; or when you finde Mercury in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the Ascendant or Lord of the second, you may judge the same.

If a Servant shall get free from his Ma­ster?

In the resolution of this Question, you are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and Luna, to signifie the Servant; the 10th House and Lord thereof, together with the Sun, are for the Master.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lu­na, be in Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine to the Lord of the 10th, or to Sol, these are arguments the Servant shall get free from his Master, provided the Aspect be Partile.

If you finde the Significators applying to the Aspects, you may judge by the de­grees of distance how long it will be be­fore the Servant be freed from his Master: if they be separating from their Aspects, he will easily be freed.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lu­na, be in good aspect to a Planet in the 10th; or if you finde a benevolent Pla­net in the 10th, in good aspect to a Pla­net in the Ascendant, you may judge the Servant may be freed, &c.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, be in the Ascendant, 10th, 7th, or [Page 203]4th Houses Combust, or otherwise affli­cted, you may judge the Servant cannot be at liberty.

If you finde the aforesaid Significa­tors Retrograde, it is an argument of Freedom; but with much slowness and difficulty.

Of small Cattle: Shall the Querent gain by them, or not?

If you finde the Lord of the 6th in the Ascendant, in any of his Essential dignities, or in good aspect to the Lord of the second, or to the Part of Fortune, or his Dispositor; all these are arguments the Querent shall gain by small Cattle.

The Lord of the 6th in the second, in his own dignities, or in Reception with the Lord of the second; or if you finde Jupiter or Venus in the 6th, no ways afflicted, and in Sextile or Trine to the Lord of the second, you may also judge the Querent may gain by small Cattle.

But if you finde the Lord of the 6th Combust in the Ascendant or second House, or afflict the Lord of the Ascen­dant, or Lord of the second, or the Part of Fortune or his Dispositor, you may [Page 204]judge the Querent cannot thrive by dea­ling in small Cattle.

If you finde Saturn or Mars in the 6th Peregrine or Combust, and afflict the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lord of the second, or Luna; or if you finde Dra­gons Tail in the 6th, you may judge the same.

Shall the Querent marry?

In this Question you are to behold the position of the Lord of the Ascendant, Venus, and the Moon. If you finde the aforesaid Significators posited in fruitful signes, it is an argument the Querent shall marry.

If you finde the Lord of the Ascen­dant [Page 205]in the 7th, or Lord of the 7th in the Ascendant, or Lord of the Ascendant in Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine to the Lord of the 7th, you may judge the Que­rent shall marry.

If you finde a Planet in the 7th in any of his own dignities, and applying to the Lord of the Ascendant by any good A­spect, or the Lord of the 7th applying to a Planet in the Ascendant, provided he be not Peregrine there, or otherwise infortunated, it is an argument the Que­rent shall marry. Or if you finde the Lord of the Ascendant, or Luna, in good aspect to Venus, it denotes the same.

But if you finde the aforesaid Signifi­cators of Marriage in Sterile signes, and in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the 7th without Reception, you may judge the Querent will never marry.

In what time shall the Querent marry?

If by the former rules you finde a pro­bability that the Party shall marry, and the Querent desire to know in what time; herein you are to consider the aforesaid Significators; and if you finde them ap­ply to any good Aspect from an Angle [Page 206]in the Figure, you may judge the Mar­riage will be effected in a short time.

Also in this Judgement you are to con­sider whether the Planets which are Sig­nificators be Oriental or Occidental; or if they be in the Oriental parts of the Heavens, or if they be swift in motion, it denotes the Marriage to be effected in a short time.

If you finde the former Significators Occidental, slow in motion, or in the Occidental parts of the Figure; or if the Significators be under the Earth, Pere­grine, or otherwise afflicted, it denotes a long time before the Marriage be effe­cted.

If you finde the Significators of Mar­riage apply by any good aspect, observe in what signes they are posited; also the degrees of distance between their per­fect Aspect, and give to every degree of distance, in fixed Signes, years or months; in common Signes, moneths or weeks; in movable Signes, weeks or days.

Shall the Querent marry more than once?

When this Question is propounded, you are to consider whether the aforesaid [Page 207]Significators be in Sextile or Trine to many Planets in the 7th House; or if Venus or Luna be in good Aspect to ma­ny Planets in the 7th House, these are arguments that the Querent shall marry more than once.

The principal Significators in Marriage in Bicorporeal signes, or many Planets in the 7th, shews that the Querent shall marry more than once.

But if you finde the aforesaid Signifi­cators in fixed signes, and in good aspect but to one Planet, it is an argument the Querent shall marry but once.

Whether the Marriage intended shall be effected or not?

If the Querent propound this Que­stion, Whether the Marriage shall be effected or not, or whether he shall mar­ry his Mistriss, or no? then give the As­cendant, his Lord, and Luna, to signifie the Querent; the 7th House and Lord thereof, together with the Planets posi­ted therein, shall signifie the Quesited. If it be a man that asketh the question, you are to take the Sun as a Co-signifi­cator; but if a woman ask the question, [Page 208]you are to take Venus as a Co-significator, and judge by the following Rules.

If the Lord of the Ascendant apply to a Sextile or Trine of the Lord of the 7th; or if the Lord of the 7th apply to the Lord of the Ascendant from good pla­ces in the Figure, and they be in their Essential dignities, or in mutual Rece­ption, it is a very strong argument the Marriage will be effected.

Or if you find Luna applying to any good Aspect of Venus from good Houses where they are Essentially strong; or if you finde the Lord of the Ascendant or the Moon in the 7th House, in any of their own dignities, or in mutual Reception with the Lord of the 7th, it promiseth the same.

If the Significators so applying be in angles, the Marriage will soon be effected; if they be in succedent Houses, the Mar­riage will be effected with delay of time; but if in cadent Houses, it may be effe­cted if the Significators apply by good aspect, and are swift in motion, although with much delay, vexation, and despera­tion.

Sometimes the Marriage is effected when the Significators apply by Quadrate [Page 209]or Opposition, provided it be with mutual Reception; but oftentimes the parties disagree after Marriage, that it were bet­ter it had never been brought to pass.

If you finde Luna or some other Pla­net separating from the Lord of the 7th, and applying by any good aspect to the Lord of the Ascendant, when the other Significators do not behold each other, yet you may judge the Marriage will be ef­fected by such a person as the Moon, or some other Planet which transferreth the vertue of one of the Significators to the other, shall signifie.

But if you finde the Significators of the Querent not beholding the Significa­tors of the Quesited; or if they be in Quadrate or Opposition the one to the o­ther, Peregrine, or afflicted by the male­volent Planets, and in cadent Houses, without Reception, there is no hopes of effecting the Marriage.

What shall be the hindrance?

If the Lord of the 7th be in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the Ascendant from bad Houses in the Figure, without Reception, it signifies some dislike is ta­ken [Page 210]by the Quesited, or that they are a­verse to Marriage.

Or if you finde the Significators affli­cted by any Planet, consider what House that Planet is Lord of, and say the Marriage will be frustrated by such as he signi­fies.

If it be the Lord of the second, then money will be wanting in the Querents behalf, or poverty will be objected.

If the Lord of the 3d, some Brother, Sister, or Neighbour, or going some long Journey will hinder it. If the Lord of the 4th, the Querents Father will not a­gree to it.

If the Lord of the 5th, some Childe, or Children, or some scandal about ha­ving a Bastard, or fear of Wantonness, or given to Gaming, using of Taverns, &c.

If the Lord of the 6th, some of the Fathers kindred, or the Querents being sick will hinder it, &c. Judge the like in the rest of the Houses in order.

What manner of Person shall the Querent marry?

If a Man ask the question, consider what Planet the Moon is in aspect with: [Page 211]If a Woman ask the question, consider Sol; also consider what Planet the Lord of the Ascendant is in aspect with, or the Planet in the Ascendant, and judge by the strongest arguments.

I mean the strongest Testimonies, and those which are in best Reception; then consider the nature of that Planet, what signe he is in, how affected or afflicted; and by consideration hereof, you may describe the Person, his quality and con­ditions, as you are directed in the first part of this Book, where the nature and qua­lities of the Planets are largely desori­bed.

Who is the more Noble, and which will be Master?

Herein you are to give the Lord of the Ascendant to the Querent, the Lord of 7th to the Quesited; consider which of them is better dignified: the Lord of the Ascendant in an angle, and Lord of the 7th in a succedent House, it shews that the Querent is best descended.

Also consider which of the Significa­tors is the most ponderous Planet; al­though he be in a cadent House, yet if [Page 212]he be in good aspect with a Planet in an angle, judge that the party signified by that Planet will be Master.

If the Lord of the Ascendant be more ponderous and strong in his Essential dig­nities, although he be in a cadent House, and the Lord of the 7th be in an angle, yet it is an argument the Querent will be Master.

Shall they agree after Marriage?

If you finde the Lord of the Ascen­dant in Sextile or Trine to the Lord of the 7th, with mutual Reception, it is a very strong argument that the parties will agree and love very well after Marri­age.

If Venus or the Moon be in good a­spect with the Lord of the 7th, or to a Planet in the 7th, in any of his Essential dignities, it promiseth the same.

If you finde the Lord of the 7th in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the Ascendant, or Luna, although it be with mutual Reception, yet there will be often jarring between the parties; but if it be without Reception, very little love or agreement can be expected between them.

If you finde the Significators afflicted by the malevolent rays of Saturn or Mars, from the Ascendant or 7th House, you may judge the same.

You may also know who will be the cause or author of the strife, by consider­ing which of the Houses is most unfortu­nated, I mean the Ascendant or 7th house. If you finde Saturn or Mars Peregrine or Retrograde in the Ascendant, or Dra­gons Tail there, you may judge the Que­rent will be the Author of the strife: If you finde the 7th House unfortunated by the presence of Saturn, Mars, or Dragons Tail, as aforesaid, it is an argument the Quesited will not agree with the other.

If the Moon be in Via Combusta, or the Combust way, or apply by any bad A­spect to Saturn or Mars, it is an argument of little love or agreement.

From what part one shall Marry?

Herein you are to consider the posses­sion of the Lord of the 7th: if you finde him posited in the 9th, or the Lord of the 9th in the 7th, or if the Lord of the 7th be in Signes of contrary nature, it is an argument the Querent shall marry a stran­ger, [Page 214]or one of another County or Coun­try: And by observing what signes the Significators are posited in, you may judge the Querent shall marry from that part which the Signe and House he is po­sited in signifieth. If you finde the Sig­nificators in one and the same Triplicity, or in Sextile aspect, it denotes one not far from home: if you finde the Signifi­cators in Conjunction in an angle, it de­notes one very near home: if they be in Conjunction in the Ascendant, the Que­rent will marry one very near, if not in the same house. And thus much may serve for the Judgement of this Que­stion.