om fe raniaty glad tofee " Her Souk thi To Carden to Guido much ty Dive ~> But ju one Lilly wee behold thenTuo Toyn'd in a Ripicsty Ni ee ee Anima Aftrologia = OR, A ASTROLOGERS, BEING The confiderations of the Famous GUIDO BONATUS Faithfully rendred into Englith, As alfor The Choiceft Aphotifms of CARDANS Seaven Segments, ‘Tranflateds and methodically digetted under their proper Heads. With aNew Table of the fixed Sears, retified for feveral_years to come, and divers other neceffary Iluftrarions. A Work mo ufeful and neceffary for all Students, and recommended’ as (uch co the Sons of Art, By Villism Lily, Studer in Afrology, London, Printed for B. Harvis at the Statio- ners Arms in Sveeethings Rents near the Royal-Exchange, 1676.Seeasessssscuesess LICENSE D, April, 29. 1675¢ . Roger L’Eftrange, enneserceereeseees geoeconerecoogools To the Ingenious Lovers of Art? WE had formerly fome thoughes of Revifing our Introduflion to * Aftrology now out of Print, and to have Enriche ir for another Edition with the choice! Aphorifmass both froni, the writings of the Ancients, and our own many years Experience, but the Law borionfnefs of that Work, Confidering our Age, and many InfiPrities of boo dy; with the Difcouragements we have already met with from fome sngrates fall Eee caufed usto ~ afide (at, Ieaft for the prefent) thofe Intentions, Yet that we might oot be holy wanting to promote any thing that, might tend tothe Advancement of, Arty: and Gratification of its painfull Stu dents, and knowing how neceflary the enfiting Confiderations of Guido’ Bos! aatus, and Aphorifmes adjoined, are ta' be known and Reguarded, which many of our Ingenious Country-men could . norThe Epiftle Dedicatory: iiot do, for that they have hitherto rez angined ip the Latin Tongue, with the reft of the works of thofe Authors in Large Volumes, difficult to begat, and too chargablefor many to buy,we there- upon Recommended themto a Friend tobe tranflated by themfelves,which he has Fadicioujly pertormed in plain Sig~ nificant’ Language, (o that we Fudge the work may dferve the Title of Anima Afirologie , which we have given it 5 Comprehending the Marrow and Sb» flance ot Afirology, and much excellent matter, vece[Jary to be obferved by all Honeft Students, that pragtife Arto aif- cover Truth, and not to Vapour with. We doubt not but the Legitimate Sons and well-willers of Vrazta will find Confiderable Advantages from hence, direétingthem to a certainty in giving their ‘Judgments upon all ocea~ fions, and that they will for this’ pub- fication have caule to thank thei old Friend, Walten upon Thatnes 2 ig 157 $+ William Lilly, | | BEGTISTCOTTITGSS | To the Reader. Hou art here prefented nich 2, Choice pieces of Art inour Mather Tongue, The fir{ the Confiderations of Guido Buna tus, A Perfan no lefs happy in the pradife, than skilfull in the Theory of Aftrology, of which I will here give thee one Injtance as iris vecorded by that eminent Hiftorian Fulgofus,L, 8.C. 11, That Guido Earl of Mount-ferrant. being befeiged in that City, qu Author Bonatus fent him word, that if fuch a dey and hour be would make a Sally on the Bremies Camp, be [bueld give them an abfolute Defeat, and force them to raife their feige and quit the place, but Jboula himftlf receive a dangerous (but not mar- tal) mound in the thigh, The Barl took bis Councell, made bis Sally on the day ap~ pointed, providing himfelf of all things re~ cofjary in cafe of a wound and according to the prediftion ash wafily inferior in numbers, obtained @ moft fignal and intire Vi8ory, butTo the Reader. but following the purfuit was wounded in the place foretold, of which in fhorttime recovers ed. The Second confifisof the Choiceft Apho2 rifmes of Cardanus , a man famous to the Learned world, and of whom the Judicious and fevere Scaliger (though an Adverfary) inshePreface sothe book he wrote againft hinty givesamoft refpetlive and applauding Cha- vatler, Thefe Aphorifmes (by which is meant fbort “comprebenfive and approved Rules of Art) were in the original delivered promifcuonfly, but I for better method have taken the paines hereto marfball them under their diftsnE and proper Titles, and that E aight not unnecelfarily Charge the Reader, have omitted fuch as feemed trivial or Saperfluons This much I thought fisto pre- miifey and have only more to add, that by reafan of my abfence fomse faults bave efea~ ped the Prifi,befidesthofe which my felf may be chargable with in the Tranflation, the Reader will fhew his Judgment in Dittin- Buithing, and his geod nature in Pardoning them; vale, AC, C1) SASAAAAARARBRRARS EASELS ae GUID. FOR ASTROLOGERS. The Proem. Mong thofe things that appertain to “ving Vegi in ‘Oncfrons of Aftrology , there are [ix 10 be chief~ Intonfidered. Fic, Nations and their particular kinds. Secondly, Families, and the Conftitnsions aid Ordinations of Families and Honfes. Thirdly, Rich and patens Perfons, Difpof tions and Affairs. ’ Fourthly , Regard ists behad to the Indi- videals of Haman kind. B FifthlyA Guid for Aftrologers. Fifthly , Evefons or Times oroper for the inning of any Work, or Enterprise, Sixthly , Qreffins ac well Univerfal at Dart calur, pertinent and ft tobe demanded. But Firft ofall Thereare [ome things necef- (ary ta be premifeds asthe jitmanicr of pro pornding a Quejtion , and divers other Points tale obfervea in giving Iudemest, Of which fort uf Confiderations we foall reck nap ne fewer then One Hundred Forty and Sivy which thoweh?tis impoffible they oxld hanpenor be oblerved alragether s yet they all deferve te be known , and without them an A- Mevleter falls ever be able togive trne and per- foc Judgnent. Bot before we Treat diftintt- ‘i uf them , it wilt be convenient to fay a lirtle of the right wan on manier huw a Qneftion Ponda be prepofer. tor e9 Pudge of things to come inno cafie Tack, nur inleed can it ale naverbe evallly performed 5 but we may come near the Frith, and differ from it only in fome firal time: or circomft: oe 3 which difficnlty Pontdisne ae all difeonrage ss from feudy ing, and cenleavonring: to obtain as great a Knowledge therein; us Hamane minds are capable of ; for fince Liferiors are governed by Superiors (ag all ‘Agree ) and that the Nature and Difpofition of {uch S»periors may be sown by their Moti~ ) which are now exattly found out by she Learned - A Guid for Aftrologers. —. 3 Learned in Aftronomy 5 we may thence une doubtedly arrive at ar Ability of Judging of things to come : That is, Declere what will happen by or front fich their metions , ad by confequence truly furetell furnre Acciderts ; for shis Arthas it’s eculian Roles and Azhorifms, and it’s End is Judgment, whichtakes ff their bjetHion who (ay that AfPrology is nothing worthy foritwouldgor bean Art, unle(s it bad its ‘prover precepts; but thor it is an Art we have ciently proved elfewhere , and the fare is renerally acknowledged ; and its end is te give Judgment , as afurelaid , which are of oA ci- dents Imprintedon luferiors by the Morions oft the Superior Bodies » and their Qualities and Effetisin or upon the fame. Now of the One kundred forty and fix Conliderations before-men= tioned. HE. Firft , Ysto obferve what that moves a perfon to propote or ask’ Queftion of an Altrologer 5 where wemult rake notice of Three motions, the Firft of the mind, when a man is ftirted up inhis.thoughes and hath an in- tent to inquires a Second of the Superior Be and4 A Guid for Aftrolagers. and Celeftial Bodies; fo that they at that ime imprint on che things inquired after, what fhall become of ic 5 the Third of the which difpoies him to the very AG ing’ for although the mind be mov- ed to Inquire ,*tis not enough,unle(sthe Su- Perior Bodies fympathize therewith; nor is fuch motion of the Stars enough, unles by the Eleétion of his will the perfon docs a- tually Inquire. The Second Contiderableis(what we hint. ed at before) the method or manner every _one ought to obferve that inquires of an A ftrologers which is, that whenhe intends to take an Artift’s Judgment of things paft,pre- fent, orto come, hefhould firft witha de- vout Spirit pray unto the Lord, from whom, proceeds the fuccels of every lawful enter- » thathe would grant him the know- edge of thofe things, of the Truth of which ne would be refolvid : And then lcthim ap- ply himfelf to the Aftrologer with a ferious intent of being fatisfied in fome certain and particular doubt , and this not on trifling occafions, or light fudden motjons,much lets in mutters bafe or unlawful , as many ig- norant people ufe to do; but in matters of hoaett importance, and fuch as have poffett and difturbed his mind for the (pace of aday and night or longer 5 unlefs in fudden acci- dents whichadmitnot ofdelay. —— Thafe A Guid for Aftrologers. 5 Thofe that take this fober Coufe, Pah find the Truth in what they inquire after 5 bit whofoever doorhermife, deceive boththemfeves and the Artif, for afoolifs Querent may castle a wife Refpordent teerre, which brings a fean= dal upon Art amongft inconfiderate peselesnen as the Aftrologer is not blameable, but the igne~ ran filly Querent. The Third , Is to confider how many waies Planets operate upon Inferior Bodics, according to the divers Qualities of their Motionsstherebeing Sixtcen different wayes of fuch their Operationsand Effects in all things that ate cither wholly or in part per~ fe€ted or deftroyed. The Fourth , \s to confider particularly thefe feveral Sixteen wayes,and what are the affifting caufes that help forwards things to pertection , and what thofearethat deftroy things after they are perfected : Now of thefe the firft is Profection, or an Advance of orin things which the Philofophers call Alchecohol. 2, Detriment, which they call Aliber. 3. Conjunétion ‘or Reverfion , which they call Alitifall. 4. Seperation, which they call Alnichirat. §. ‘Tranflation oflight, which they call Amecad, 6. Col- leSion, which they call dlgemei. 7. Pro- hibition , which they call dimara. 8. Re- ception , called A’cobol. 9. Being void of B3 courle Seana SEE Eee RRR6 A Guid for Aftrologers. conrfe, called Gaffa'cobol. 10. Petmiffion, culled Galaalecir. 11. Thereftoring or giv? ing of Verwicer Ditpefition, called Alteat. 12. ‘The withdrawing of Vertue, ‘called. Dulpha Aichsa. 13. the withslrawer or driver away of Difpolition,called Daffared- bit, 14. Borutude, Aiccevah. 13. Deo bility Advef. The 16th, Isthe Mate ot the Moon, called Gnaymel , orthe Moon ill-af- feted s which the Ancients generally hold tobe of ill iynfication. The Fifih, 1s to confider , How many ‘wayes the Mon comes tobe foil affedted, Which are generally reckoned to be Ten, but in my opinion Seven more may be added, whereby hindrances and damage happen in all Queftio:»s,Nativities, Elections, and Aeti: ‘ons whatfoever : The Firft is, When the Moon is Combuft , that is ro fy under the Suns Beams» whichis counted trom 15 de~ grees of the Body of the Sunas fhe applies to him to 12 degrees’ diftance fromhim as She is feperating from him; and the Impedi- meat is greater whea fhe is going to the Sua than when the is going from hims becaufe as the goes off, when the is vot five degrees diftant, theis faid to be efeaped; though not wholly freed: As when a Feavor hath left aMan, he is fuid to be recovered, although hebe Weake and Faint, becaufe he is fecure now 4 Guid for Aftrolog-rs. now that be fhall obtaine his health again, The ad. Is when fh degrees ot hier afions , that is inthe 3d. degree of Scorpio , or many part of Scorpio or Capri corn or injoyned with any Pianee that is in hier or itg own Decenfious as if the be joon- ed withthe Sun, whois it Scorpio or Capri corm or inhis proper Defcenfion 5 riz. gary or Libra vies id its 192, degree or in any part of Libra; of thould be joya- edwith Afars, and he be in Libra or Tis: res, or in the 28:h. degree , orin any part of Cancer 5 and fo with any other Plance or Planets refpedtively. ‘The 34.15 whica theis pofited inany oftheCombutt degrees, ‘of which the worlt are thofe 12. degrees whichare before the degree whi oppofite co the degree im which th wherever fhe thali happen tobe. The 4th, Is whenthe isin Conjunction, Oppofiticn or Square to either of the Infortunes Sxturitor ‘Mars, without a perfeét reception 5 for with one it hinders but little, but in allo- ther places cis a grand Impediment, both in the laid Afpeéts and alfo:in Corporal Con- jundtion, fave only where the lofortune thall have Twof his finaller Digaities, 9 with Saturn inthe 4.lalt degress of Aries ‘or Gemini, in each of which hehis a Term * and a Triplicitys or with Afars in the las 10. B4 degrees eee .8 A Guid for Aftrologers, degrees of Piftes, wherchehasa Pace and a Triplicity ; and fo in any other Sign or place, The sth. Is when thes wichthe Dra. gos Head or with the Dragons Tail, that 1s within Twelve degrees of ‘ither of them, becatife that is the place where (hw is eclip” fed. The 6th. Iswhen the isin Gemini which isthe Twelfih from her own Houle. The ths when the isin the ends of Signs, which are all ‘Termsof the lafortunes, except the Taft 6, degrees of Lee, whichbelong to Pare piters but in the firit eight the is weakened, becaufe they arc Terms of Satarm If it be objedted by the {ame reafon the mutt be im- pedited likewite in the firft 6. degrees of Cancer ince they are Terms of Mart 5 Lane fwerna, becanfe Cancer is het own Houle and greateft Fortitude. The 8ih. Iswhen fhcisin the 6th. 8th. oth. or 12th. Houfes (not in reception with the Afcendent )or joyned toany Planet that is in any of them, in the Third Houfe , becaufe itis from Augies ; yet beciute the fame is fuid to be her joy Cor that the delights thercia ) fhe ig not aflli€ted there fo much asin other Cadent Houfes. The gth.ls when fhe is between the 13. degree of Libra and the 15. degree of Scorpio, which 30. de- grees are called the Combuft way.The roth, When fhe is void of courfe that is not joyaed AGuid for Aftrologers: 9 joyned toany Planet by Body ot Aiped, or {n that condition when they call her Ferall ‘or Defare, that ina place where the has not any Dignity. The 1 1¢h. When the is flow of courte, becaufe then the may be compared toa Planet Retrograde-The rath. When he is in wantof light , fo that no part or very Tittle of her is feen, whichhap,yens about the end of the Lunar Month, The 13th. When the is befieged by the two Inforcunes impedi- tingher. The 14:h. If the bein Azimene-de- grecs. ‘The rth. If in Pitted degrees. The Toth. If in Smoaky degrees. The r7th. and Jaft, Ts when the is polited in thofe degrees which are called dark : To know and di- fringuith all which you have Tables come monly in moft Books of Aftrology. The Sixth Confideration , Is to regard another manner whereby Planets are dibili- tated or weakened and afflicted , not much different from the former 5 which comes to pafsTenwayes. The r, When a Planet is Cadent from Angles or from the Afcendane, (0 that he doth not bcholdche fame. The 2.Whena Planetis Retrograd.The 3.lfthey be Combutt, that is within 15 degrees be- fore or after the Sun; the lower Planetsare more debilitated beingbchind the Sun, and lefs before him , when they aredireét3 but when recrograde the contrary. 4. When any10 = AGaid for Aftrologers. any of them js ia Oppofition, Corporal Conjundtion , or Square of cither or both the Infortunes, without Reception, 5.When they are beficged by the Infortunes, fo as to feparate from one and be joyned coan- other , without perfeét Reception of Hioufe’, Exaltation, ortwo of thefmaller Dignities, which are Term, Triplicity, and Face, 6. When a Planet is joyned toan= other .in his Declenfion or Fall 5 that is, in Oppofitiontoits own Houfe or Exaltation, 7. When it is joyned to a Planet Cadent from the Afeendent , or feparates from a Planet that did receive him , and is joyned foone that dothnot, 8. When a Planetis Perigrine , thac is, In a place where he hath notany Dignitysor being one of the Supeti- ours, is followed by the Sun , orbeing of the Intcriors. whenit tollows the Sun. 9. When a Planet is with the Head or Tail of the Dragon, without Latitude, 10. When a Planet weakensit (elf, that is, when it is in the Seventh Honfe irom its own,Fcral,or not in Reception. Thefe are the Impediments ofthe Planets, thar caufe Hinderancs De- lays and Mifchiefs in Nativities, Queftions, Elections , ec. All which thou oughtelt to be well acquainted with. ‘There are fome more that fee effary tobe known , but toavoid tediouinefs and confulion , | fhall at prefent omit them. The AGuid for Afirologers. Tr The Seventh Confideration , 1s to beware of thofe Cues wherein the Aftrologer is fubjeet to err and miftake 5 “of which the Learned have named Four: 1. When the Querent is fofilly chat he knows not how to ask, nor whathe would have. 2. When the time for which the Figure isere€ted, is, miftaken. 3. When the Artift knows not whether the Sun be gone off the line of the Mid-heaven, or be till upon its orbe be- hind orbcforeit. 4. When the Fortunes and, Tofortunes thall be of equal ftrength ; at which time thou therefore oughtelt not to receive any Queftion. Bot in: my opinion there may well be added yet three wayes morc, wherein the Aftrologer will be fub- ject, tocre s 1. When the Querent comes oncly totryhim, or put a trick upon him as many do, faying , Let ss go to fuch an Aftrcloger , -and ask, bins (uch a thing , and fee if be can-tell ui the truth or not. Jufk as the Jews propounded Queitions to our Lord Jefus Chrift , not fo much to be re- folved , as to tempt and enfnare him. 2) Wherein the Artitt will be liable to err in, is when the Ciuerent does not ask out of 1 ferious or fettled intention 5 as fore do when they meet an Aftrologer by chance, orgoto him onotherbufinefs; ona fudden they think of fomething , and fo ask as it were12 A Guid for Aftrolgers. were by the by; wherein tis a thoufand to one but miftakes happen. But thou may’ft be ready to fay , How Pall I hyow whether the Querent come out of & folid intention, or enely ta trj me? To which Vanfwer, That it feems avery abjrule and difficale point , perfettly to find outs but this I have often experienced and found true, vit. J cbferved the hase of the Queftion , andif the Afcendent then happened very near’ the endof one Sign and beginning of another y fo thar it Seemed as between both’, I fuid they did not ask ferivnlly , or that ther canbe to try mes and Lhave hed many that have thereupon confeft what I faid to be true, and began to think that I kew more than before they believed. For in fuch Cafes Lule to fy, Pray Friend do nat trouble me, wnle{s you ask ferionfly s for Lfufyett that you wonld put a trick upon me, 4 not propofing this Queftion ss you onght however if yors will give me trouble for your Pleafure be pleafed to give me likewife (a- sisfattion for my pains 5° and immediately, if there were any deceit intended, away they went. Another, vis. a third way wherchY an Aftrologer may erre, Is when the Lord of the Afendane and Lord of the Hour are not the {ame , nor of the fame Triplicity 5 ‘or be not of the faine Complection with the Afcendant s tor thea the Queftion is wot Radical, A Guid for Aflrologers. 13 Radical, as fhave frequently found by ex. perience. And this 1 have recited, that thou may’ know for what perfons’ thou fhould’#t undertake to give Judgment 5 for asonefays, The feof the hing is acer ding 10 the foliciesde of the Querent , and as he comes inneceffty , as fad, thoughtful, and hoping that tho art able and kyoxveft how to fatisfc bin the truth of the matter s and in fach cafe thou may'ft fecurely venture up- on the Queftion, The Eighth Confideration is, To mind how many of the aforefiid manners or points neceflary to be ufed and heeded in, giving Judgments, thou haft to confider 5 and they are thirty : that isto fay , fixteen impediments of the Moon, ten of the o- ther Planets, ashath been faids and befides all thofe the Planets {everal Joys , whichare four, of which the fir is the Houfe which cach Planet docs delight in, as Afercsry in the Afcendant , the oon in the third, Venas inthe fifth, AMarsin the fixch, the San in the ninth, Papiter inthe eleventh , Satwrninthe tweltth. The fecond is, When aPlanct is ina Sign hedelights in, as Saturn in Aqua- rine » Jupiter in Sagistary , Mars in Scorpio, Sol in Leoy Venus in Taurus, Mercury in Virgo, and the Moon in Cancer. ‘The third is, When Diurnal Planets, as Saturn, Ja- piter, Seer eeee sees eee eeeeseeeieeeeeeieeeceeeeeeceeaeeeceess ese ace assesses eee eee eee eee eee eee eee14 A Guid for Aftrologer's. iter y Sol and Mercery , are in Diurnal Froules in the Eaft and Oriental of the Sun near the Horofcope 3 and Nocturnal Pla- nets, as Mars, Venus, Luna, and Mercury, are in Nocturnal Houfes in the Welt, and Occidental of the Sun 5 efpecially near the Cufp of the Seventh. ‘The fourth is, When tne three Superiors, Satur, Jupiter, or Mars, are in Mafculine Quarters 5 which are counted from the Cufp of the tenth Houfe tothe Cufp of the Afcendant , and from the ‘Cofp of the fourth Houfe to the Culp of the feventh Houfe s and when the Fe nines , viz. Venus or the Afvon, arc in Fe- mining Quarters, which are from the Cufp of the Afcendant to the Cufp of the fourth Houfe, and fromthe Culpof the feventh to the Culp of the tenth. As for Mercury he delights when with Mafculine Platiets in Malculine Quarters , but with Feminine Planets in Feminine. The Ninh Confideration is, To takeno- tice of the feveral wayes as well fecret as manifeft , good and evil , whereby things are helpt ot hindyed to be done ornot done 5 and of thefe there are one and twenty in Number: r. A moft ftrong fecret Helpers 2 Avery ftrong feeret Helper. 3, A flrong Helper.’ 4. A weak fecret Helper. 5. A weaker fecret Helper. 6, A molt fecret : Helper, AGnid for Afirologers, 1g Helper. 7. Amoft trong manifeft Helper 8. A very flrong manifelt Helper. 9. frong manifeftHelper. 10. Aweakmanitelt Hel- per. 12. A molt weak manifeft Helper. 13. Amoft firong fecret Hinderer. 14. A very ftrong fccrct Hinderer, 15. A ftrong fecret Hindercr, 16. & weak tecret Hine derer.. 17. A weaker fecret tsindercr. 18. A mott weak fecret Hinderer. 19. A moft. trong manifcft Hinderer. 20. Avery’ ftrong manifeft Hinderer. And 21. A ftrong manifelt Hinderer.’ All which we thall teat particularly , the fame being a {ccret of fecrets. In the Judicial part of Aftrology, which the Ancients: did not regard , nor have faid ‘any thing plainly of it that I find, fave onely that Haiy feems to have touch a litle upon itin his Expofition of the 23th. of Ptolemy's Centiloguizm ; nor do 1 believe they omitted thofe things out of Ignorance, but rather thorow dif fe or fear of being too tedious, or burthening the minds of theic Readers or Auditors: For they were wont to judge according as they found the Pla~ nets difpofed in Houlks and Signs, their Fortitues and Debilities ,. together with the part of Fortune, and’fome few other things: Buc thou oughteft to confider in thy Judgments, not onely what they did , but alfo all other circumftances that thow canft = Seraseeeeeeesasegseee eee asSeR eee aaSSeeECscceeLeLC ae SGR cece Ea aSSeEe EC aReeR eee16 AGhid for Aftrologers. canft: For when thou do'ft erect a Figure thou fhould'tt firft find the Siguificator of the thing inquired after, or to be underta~ ken and (ce if any of the Fixed Stars ot his own nature bein either of his Houfes , of in his Exaltation, of in Conjun@ion with him coaminute : for then fuch Star fhall fo far help the Significator, that the thing fhall be accomplith’d and effected , even beyond the Querents hopes 5 and this is @ moff flrong iecret Helper: For the Quae- reat may well wonder how it comes to pals. Now if the fame Star fhould be in the fame degree with the Significator from one mi- hure to 15 betore him or 5 behind him, it will (ill help bim, but not fo much; and this we call a very trong fecrct Helper: Ducit ic be with him in the fame degree, but above 16 minutes diftance and within $0 , it will (omewhat help , yet this lef 5 and this we call in the Politive degree onely 4 firong fecret Helper. If it be in thefame degree with the Sigoificator, in a place where he has:two of his {maller Dignities, in the very {ame minute, or within 16 mi- nutes , it will help hima, yetlefs, and then tis a weak ‘fecret Helper 5 trom 16 to so min, fill lefs3 and then "tis a weaker fecret Helper: bucif ic be with the Significator in a place where he his nodigoices ar all, it will A Onid for Apbroligirs. 19 will Qifl help , bit as it were infenfibly 5 atid this we calla moft weak fecret Helper, The like we may fay on the contrary of tholé things that prejudice , fruftrate » and hinder butine(s : Forif a Planet, which isa Signiftator of any thing, being in aplace where he has riot any Diguitics ».thall be Fpyned with one ofthe Fed. Sars of a Contrary nature, if will weaken him ati fet fuflér the thing to come to pal; tL though otherwife by the Figure ‘ie fecmed never fo probable :, fo chat’ for Want of Ficeditig this, che Atti often gets diferedit, and faifes a (canal oa the Are it (elf a mongit the igndrint’y and this is'a_moft ftrong fectet Hinderer : Whereis if the fane'Star be remote above 16 miiqutes flout te Significator, it will weaken him, butridthltogether fo niuch; wherigeit avay be‘calléd'onely a very ftrong fecret Hinde ret, And fo downwards thorow’all de- Brees in the (ame manner as we faid of the Helpers or Affittant Caufes refpedtively. Of the (everal 21 Adodes aforefaid, which ave moft rong Helpers xc. and which Prongeft sbpirutts. ‘The feveral Modes before meitioned ara thos to be known and diftingvithed , A c holt18 — AGuid for Aftrologers. moft ftrong maniteft Helper or Adjuvant Caule , is when the Planet whichis Sige cafor ofa thing, isinhis own Houfe: in an Angléon the very minute ef the Cufp, di- re€t ,’ fwift of courte, in reception , and fice from all affli€tion and impediment 5 which moft feldom happens. A very ftrong manifeft Helper , is when the Significator is inhis Houle or Exaltati- on inan Angle, within a degree or twoof the Culp , fee from impediment , and in Reception ; which very feldom happens. ‘A ftrorig manife(t Helperis when the Sig~ nificator is in an Angle in his Houfe or Ex- altation, within 3 degrees before the Culp, or $ after it. ‘Aweak manifeft Helper is wherea Pla- net is in two of his leffer Digaities inan ‘Angle within 5 degrees before or 1s after its oris in bis Houle or Exaltation ina fice cedent Houte free from AMiGtion, A weaker open Helper is when the Sig- nificatoris in hisown Houfe orExaltation, ortwo of his leffer Dignities , but in aCa- dent Houfe of the Figure, yet beholding the Afcendant. ‘A mott weak open Helper is when the Significator is in fome of his greater Dig. nities or two of his leflor, not beholding the Afcendant ; or in one of his leffer Dig- nities, Gace erase eee essaSSeee ESSEC seen ceee ace cee ce Rese eae See SeReEE A Guid for Aftrologers. 19 hiities, onely bcholding the fame, or joyn'd toaPlanct that beholds the fame, and has fome Dignities therein, A moft trong open Hinderer is when the Significator is ina place where hehath no: dignity , no delight is not received; befie- ged by thecwo Infortunes, cadent from an Angle, and from the Afceridant 5 and fo much the worfe, if joyned with any of the Fixed Stars, of a mifchievous nature , ee. There may be other both adjuvané and abitrudting caufes, befides what we have mentioned , both open and fecrct, proceed ing from the Conjanétions of Plancts and their Afpecis , too redious here to difcourfe, of. Nor thall I here enlarge on all thofe before-mentioned , but muft affure thee that this Ninth Confideration carefully ob- ferveds will be of great ufe, ia raifing atrue and wary Judgments efpecially if thou hatt alwayes a diligent Eye to the Moon the of alf the Planets has the greateft fimili- tude and correfpondence with inferiour things, both in general and particular 5 as well the fpecies of the kinds as the indivi- duals of the Species , with winds, to pals by her daily effeéts which fhe caufes in all things, here , and frequent revolutions a- bout the Elements and Elementary Bodies, Ca by20 © A Guid for Aftrologers. by reafon of thenearnefs of her Orb tothe Farth , and fmallerCircle than any other Planets fothat the feems a AMediaerix be- tween Superior and Inferior Bodics. And as we {ee that in the NewMoon fhe appears {mall, thin, and litcle , but af- terards ber Hight graduallyincreate till allthat part of her body towards us be- comes replenithe with luftre ; and then a- gain it decayes by infenfible degrees, till fhe totally difappears + juft fo do all bodies both of things Racional , Irvacional, and Vegetative 5 as Men grow until chey are compleated to their determinate ftature , and then droop and decline continually , till their life is endeds and fo of all other things : Hence *tis neceffary to make the Moon concerned in the Signification of e- very Queftion, Nativity, Enterprize , and Bufinels , and her good condition to thew the good iffie of the thing ; and fo onthe contrary. For her Vertue and Power is finch and {0 great', That if the Lord of the Afcendant or other Significator of a bufinefs be fo weak and affléted, that he cannot bring it about and compleat it as he ough if Ste be but firong , it fhall norwithftanding’ be accom plifled : For fhe is the Schoel-miffrifs of alt things, the Bringer down of all the Planets Inflcces y and Kr of an Ioterwncio e A Guid for Aftrologers, 34 between thems carrying their Vertues from eneto the other , by receiving the difpoition of one Planet and bearing it t0 another. And fome have thought that fhe does this at all times, of which opinion was that Tyrant Chlinua de Romano, viz. That when fe fe paratesfrom ene planet , fhe takes the verine cand carries it to another, committing the fare tothe firft that foe can meet with. And {ome have imagined that Zael faid the fame, but his meaning was not abfolutely fo; for he believed, That the Adoon did bear awhat was committed tohers but if it were not fo given or commitsed to her, fhe could not car- ry any thing to anys to which I affent : for when the Moon is joyned co any planet that receives her , then that planct commits its difpofition to her, who carries it with her, and beftows iton that planet whom fhe firft meets with in any of her dignitics, and not toanother ; according to that A phorifime , A planet gives norbing inaplace where he has promifed nothing. The Tenth Cunfideration, 1s warily to ob ferve what Fixed Stars may cither help or hinder the matter in queftion; forthey have ofteutimes great power, and lead the Aftto- loger fometimes into error: and let the Ar- tiftbe fare to confider the places of the Fix. C3 ed22 AGuid for Aftrologers. cd Stars, asthey arc inthe prefent age care- fully reduced. The Eleventh Confiderarion , Is to take notice of the Malevolent planets, and what thoy fignifie; for Satureand Mars are m~ turally bad, Sarnrnfor excels of cold, and Mars for excefs of heat 5 not that cither of them isreally hot orcold , but virtually £55 and thefe farciheir x ffecis. And fo they figoifie evil and damage and hi ance , unle they receive the Significator ortheMoon by Houfe, Exaltation, ortwo of their fmaller Dignities; or hall them- felves be Significators ; for then they will bridle in their malice, and not weak¢n or hinderhim whom they receive, with what ‘AMpeét foever they behtold him 5 butif they do not receive , their malice is increafed 5 aud fomuch the morc if they be in oppofi- tion or (quare 5 for in fextill or trine the mifchief is lets: Yee Zaell feems to fay, That the Infortunes lay afide or refrain their ‘malice, where they are in trine or fextills iit his meaning wasonely that they were not then fo violent , and intended not that their malice was wholly abated. The Tmelfih Confideration, 1s to behold the Fortunes , and fee what they fignifies for ces A Guid for Aftrologers. 23 for Jupiter and Venus are Fortunes by na- ture , and being temperate, are faid to be without any malice, becaufe they do hurt tonone, unle(s now and then by accident; which is befide their intention and very fel- dom: forthey make their impreffions tem- perately and profitably , and alwayes en- deavor to help both their own and-others , whether they receive them or not; but fo much the better if they receive them: and their trine or (extill is better and more ad~ vantageous than their {quare , and their fquare than their oppofitions. The Thirteenth Confideration , Ys to re- gard the Sun and his Significatars , for he isalfo called a Fortune , and is fo, whate- ver afpeét he fhall be beheld by » unlefs it beoppofition; but by conjunétion he be- comes an Infortune, becaufe then he ren- ders every Star that is fo in conjundtion with him, combuft and unfortunate un- lef the fame thall be in the heart of the Sun, and there every Starisfortified. ‘The Fourteenth Confideration , sto mind Mercery and the Afoys , and what planets they are joyned with, becaufe: they. will have the fame figiifications with thofe With whom they aie fo joyned s beingof a convertiblenature. C4 The34 A.Guid for Aftrologers, ‘The Fifteenth Confideration, Isto regard the feveral wayes in general whereby pla nets: make impreffions on thefe inferior things, which aretwo ,.one good and the otherbad; for the Fortunes have power of imprinting. good naturally , and the Infor- tunes as naturally fhower. down ill unpref. 1 fions + whence thou mayft.yhere ever tho feeft the Fortunes, hope.tor good ; and when thou beholdeft the Malevolents, fear mifchief, unlefs the fame bereftrained as aforefiid, The Sixteerth Confideration, Isto take notice whether the planat that is Significa- tor of any thing, be affi@ed by either of the Malevolents ; which is when one. of them caftshis rayes. upon the rayes of fuch Signifigators , according. to the quantity of their Orbs : and. whil't he fo continues with hig:rayes or light under thofe of the Malevolent, fuch Significator is faid tobe impedited, hindered, or alficted , till che Malevolest have paffed him: and Zael Says, After the ill planet kas paft the planet he did affiét one whole degree, the planet fall be faid to be freed from bin. But I ra- ther think., that.atzer the Malevolent is patt him oneminute, he may be faid tobe 0G See eee eee eee AGuid for Aftrologens, 25 fice and efcaped 5 for.afterwards he can ondly frightenhim: Truc itis, he raifes a greater fear when heis patt hin onely one minute, than when he is gone by a whole degree: but yet even. thenit is fuch a kind of fear. as is not altogether without fome glimrpering of hope. As thus, One. in- tending to go into a Ratiel , inguites whe- ther he fhall return from thence fafe and found ornot? And the Mcendant is Gemi- ‘ai 13 degrees,’ and Mercury inthe. 7th. dem, gree and 54. min, of -Aguary , in the. oth. joyned with Satarns who is likewife in 7 degre. 53 min, of Agnarys fo that Meren= ry isnow feperated from Satarn Who Was Lord of the Houfe of Death one minute 5 whence it appears that he fhould have.di- ~ ed in that Engagement by reafon of the Conjunétion , and was.in peril of death andakind of de(peratefear that he fhould be flainby his Enemies , and thall be purfu-. ed by them fo that he fill feem-not ableto efeape , and they fhall often lay handson him; butatlatt he thall get ftom them aud make his efcape , even beyond his. own hopes.s andall becaule Afercary is fepara. ted, from. .Sqsurn. And Zael-faith » Thar if « Malevglent planet that..rveuld hinder any bufinels,, be cadent from the Afcendant, So shat he cannat beheld it , he cannat really inder26 © AGuid far Aftrologers. Finder the matters 5 but onely puts the per- fons concerned into terrors and frights about it. : ‘The Seventeenth Confideration , Is to view whether the planet that is Significator, be fafe and profperous , thats free from a- ny afflidtion from the Infortunes ; and one of the Fortynes cafts his beams or light on beams of fuch Signifisator; for then fhall that planet be fuid to be fafe and guarded tillthe Fortune is paft by the {pace of one minute, and fignifies the perfection of the thing, "But after he has paft him one mi- nute, it will not be perfected or acconipli- hed for it onely raifes hopes,as (we faid) the Malevolent iri the like cafe could do no- thing, but create fear, yetis fuch a hope ag the Querent will believe and fancy himfelf as itwere certain, yet not without fome- thing of doubt: Asforexample, A Que- ftion is propofed of fome weighty and dif ficult bufine(s, whetherit willbe done and brought to pafs or not ? And 17 degrees of Scorpio afcends, and Mars is 12 degrees 13 min. of Tanrus, and Venus in 12 deg. and 14min. of Capricorn 5 fo that Venasisjoyn- ed to Mars by atrine , and reccives him in her Houfe, who likewife receives her in his Exaltation 5 fo tha: the Qyerent thinks, and AGuid for Aftrologers. 37 and all others concerned verily believe that it would be uccomplifhed by that a- Spect of perfedt friendthip in which flatter- ing hopes -hey continue till Venus hath pat- fed the afpett of Afars one whole deper i but at laft the bufinelS comes to juft no- thing at all, becaufe ens was palt Mars one minute at the time of the Queftion propofed: yet may athing poffibly in fuch acafe be brought to pats, butnot without extraordinary labour and trouble, And here likewife Zaell affirms , That if the Fortune be cadent from the Afcendant, [othat it cannot behold the fame, i onely flatters with {plendid hapes , but never eompleats the bufinefs. The Highteenth Confderation , 1s totake notice when a planet isin the Angles of the Infortunes , for unlet$ thefe receive him there, he fhallbe faid tobe in anill conditi- on, andinftraits and troubles; as a man fon whom fome have made an affault; who has many to combate with and none toaf fifkor take his parts ot like one that ftrives againtt the ftream , or falls into a deep pool, and knows fot how to {wim; and yetby thrufting out his hands and feet,may ‘obtain the bank and efcape 5 though this a nS, feldom happens. oaa8 A Guid for Aftrolgers. Now a planet is faid to be in the Angles ofa Malevolent, when the Malevolent or Tnfortune, vis. Satura and Mars isin one Sign, and.the other planet in the fourth, feventh, or tenth from him; as if Mars be in Aries, and Merenry in Cancer, Libra, or Capricora, hes faid to be inhis Angles : un- derftand the like of their Corporcal Con- jyn@ion. Bucif there be areception, he locs-not afflict s for reception abates all malice , as we have faid elfewhere. ‘The Nineteenth Confideration , Is tobe- holq.the Moon if the be void of courfe, for then it figoifics an impediment to the thing in queftion 5 it will nov come.toa goodend, nor be accomplithed: but the Querent hall be forc’d to defift with thame and lots, The Twentieth Confideration, Is toob- ferve whether the Moon or Sighificator be joyned to any of the planets, for thence youmutt derive your judgement of what is like tohappen inthe bufinels. Take notice therefore whether the planet to which the Moon ot Significator joyns receives them; for thenthere willbea good laudable end : and the matter will be accomplitht. with fuccels , if the receiver bea Fortune. But “A Cnid for Aftrologers. 29 iftherebe noreception , yetif the Moon or Significator thall give vertue vo that planet, thething will illcome to pals. But if it bean Infortune} though they do not give him vertue, yet'without a reception it will notdos but witha reception, if hebenot afflied , it fignifiesa good end of the riat- ter , though not without much labour anid tedioufnels. The 21 Confideration is, To fee fron what planet the Moon feparates ; for thit fignifics what is paft of the bufinete: “és from a Fortune the good , froman Infor- tunes the ill that hath been, The 22 Confiderationis, To note which of the planets the Moon is now joyned to, for that (ignifies what is now prefent and from thence we mult judge of the pfefert ftate of any matter. ‘The 23 Confideration is, To bchotd to whom the Moon isnow joyning, fo as her Conjunétion is not yet compleated 5 for that fignifies whatis tocome; wherefore if thou Wouldit judge of a thing, which as Yetisnot, but ishoped will heteaficr be rought to pafs, ‘tis neceffary then thou Ahouldeft fee to whom the Moon will nexe jovn,30 «= A Guid for Aftrologers. joyn; and according toher Significations, judge whether good or cvil The 24. Confideration is » To note whe. ther the planct who is Significator, be in his Declenfion , for then it caufes a hinderance toevery thing thereby fignified , and trou- ble and grief abouitit ; and if the Queftion be about a prifon wherein the querent fears he fhall be put; it fignifies he thall be caft into the fame together with difgrace and prejudice ; aid if che Queftion concerns one already in Prifon, at fignifiesa tedi- ‘us confinement and more aiflition then hebelieves. The 25 Confideration is, Whetlier the Planet oat is Significator be Retrograde, or Stationary to Retrogradation for then it fignifics mifchief and damage , difcord, contradiGion , and going backwards with damage ; yet being fationary , is not fo bad, as being retrogaade : For the laft notes the mifchief to beas it were prefent andinbeing. But being ftationary , notes that'tis paftand over. ‘The 26 Confideration is , Whether the Significator be iu his fecond ftati towards Direction : hinderance and evil, which already feo eon AGnid for Aftrologers, 34 been and is palt ; yct fome fay that this fecond ftation is as good as direétion: but that is onely a way of Speaking, as when ‘one hath becn fick and begins to grow well, we fay he is recovered and found, which is not imply true, but fomewhat near it: for as the firit tation, is not fobad as Re- trogradation,, fo the fecond ftation is not fo good aS dire¢tion. The 27 Confideration is, Whether the Infortuncs are the Significators of any thing s for if they ignite ill, the evil will bemuch augmented , and if good , it will belmuch diminifhed, abated, imperfect, and with difficulty ; fo that the party will (earce think his bufinefs done, unle(s by chance they be ina very good condition and excel ently difpofed, The 28 Confiderationis, Whether the Signfcaor beflow of Courfe , forthen it delays the effeét ; and if it be in the begins ning of anything retards, fotha i will fearce ever be finifhed : Belides , things proceed flowly , whofe Significators are polited in Sagittary, Capricorn, Aquary, or Pifces; or whoarethe Lords of them, whe- ther they be flow of courfe ; in Aries or Scorpio they are not quite fo dilitory. In Leo32 AGuid for Affrologers. Leo they haften butinefs, more in Taurus of Libra , but imoft of ‘all: in Gemini of Virgo.» ‘The 29 Confideration is , Whether the Moon be joyned toany planet by body or afpect exactly to a minutes for that figni- fies the prefent ftate of the:things ; and from that minute obferve what ‘planét the jaynsnext for heal be nificacor of all that thall happen of that tHings as the planet the was laft before with was of what is already paft as aforefaid. The 30 Confideration is , To obferve when a planct that is Significacor , or the Moon, fhall have paft the aoth.degree of the Sign whercinit is, and touches the 30th. and efpecially if it have paft one minute of that degree ; for ther it fhall have no flrengthrin that Sign, but in the next; Co that if in the frit fignified any evil, ic halt hurt the perfon, or thing chreatned, no more than the fall of a houfe thall one that is jut got out of ic, or being with one foot upon the'threfhold , has ene behind him thatthrows him outs and then the building falls, Andif it fgnified any good, it fhall profit io more thanhe that hath ‘pread 4 nec for binds and jufttouches thefeathers ° A Guid for Aftrologers. 33 of theireails, but never catches their ho- dies; and therefore Zaell fays, If. Ple- net or the Moon bein the 29th. degree of any Sign , ies vertue a yee in that Sigu whever het, becasfe he has not yes wholly puyf the 2gth. degree, &c. The 31 Confideration is, To look when ore planet applies co the Conjunétion of another, if he be near the end of the fame Sign wherein he is himfelf , or that other towhom he appliess fo that he will pals ‘out of tha Sign before the Conjunéion is perfected: and to {ec it he be joyned with him in che following Sign to which he is changed , ;becaule then the caufe is perfe- Ged, if that planet confers any thing on hie io chat Sign wherein he is fo joyned to him: thavis, if any recepcion happen, un- lefs the faid planet, or he to whom he ap- plies, be firft joyned to another; for then the bufinefs comes to nothing, and will not be perfe@ed, though he be joyned again to the fislt after he is feparated from hirato whom he would have joyned when he ehan- ged from the faid Si; fince the other ine terpofed before th: firft Conjun@ion is ac- complitht, Nor mutt ic be forgotten thae a Corporal Conjunétion forbids an Atpeét and cuts itoff, but an Afpeét cannot do fo by a Conjunétion, D The Eee eee eeeE Eee eeEEEEeeecEe eee eeceeLECEeaaseeeELeEeeeeeEEseeeEEEEseneeeEE ESTEE34 A Guid for Aftrologers. ‘The 32 Confideration is, If an Infor- tune be the Significator , what his Condi- tionis ; forit it bz good, there will good come of chething , if bad rather evil ; as Sarviator (ays in’ Pentadeca, An ill planet ftrong in bis own Houfe or Exaleation , not Joyned with any other Infortune to impede or weakenbins . is better than a Fortune Retro- grade afflicted. The 33 Confideration is, To fee whe- ther either of the Infortunes be the Sig- nificator of any thing , and be joyned to another Infortune impeding him , or has joyned to him the Lord.of the Afcendant or the Moon, bya Square or 6)ppoficion ; for then this Into-tane will perfeé& the bufinefs: but che bufinels will not be good, or Father it will be deftroyed after it feems p-rte@ed. Bat if the Infortune that im- pedes be the lighter of the two, fo thathe apply toa Conjunction wich the Significa- cor, ic will binder lefs than if thie Significa- tor'app'y tothe other. The 34 Confideration is, To mind in Quettions or Nativities » whether the Sig- nilicator of the bufinels be an Inforcune and Lord of the Afcendant , andthe A- teendant dire not viciated, and in a good condition AGuid for Aitrologers. 55 condition ; for then he will both effect the fame and bring itto a good conclafion ; nay, although he be nov Sigeifieacor nor Lord of the Afcendant » but onely be in the Afcendant, and that the fane:be his Exaltation , he lays afide all hismlice, and is refrained from miicluef { butif he be weskand affl Ged, his malice and contra ety is increated , f0 a8 co defftroy the buli- nefs wholly. The 35 Confideration is, Tolook whe- ther sn Infortune be in Signs like him , or ‘of his own nature , for that abaces hisill cffe@s ; like a crots fellow when he is plea- fed andlias whathe will, as Saturn in Ca- prictrn, aquary , or Libra , or in acold Sign, efpectaily if he have’ any Dignities there: And fo A¢ars in Aries, Scorpio, Ca~ pricorn, orahatSign, Gc. Batit Saturn bein ahot Sign, or Afars in a cold Sign, out of their Dignities, ic will bebad, and the bufinefs be no merecompleated , thant Oyle will mix wich water ; bucif firong and well difpofed , they will mix in good, Tike Water with’ Wine , or Milk’ with Honey. The 36 Confideration is , To obferve when the Inforcunes are the Ob@truéters of abufinefs , whether the Fortunes behold them with a trine or fexcill Afpeét ; for D2 the36 AGuid for Aftrologers. then theie ill nature will be allayed and tigated: but mach more if thele receive chem, The 37 Confideration is, To look ifthe Fortunes are the Significators?- whether che Inforeuncs behold chem with an oppo- fition or (quare? for that will much teffen their kind effeéts, and diminifh the good they oherwife promifed. —' The 38 Confideration is, To confider if the Forcunes are Significators , whether they sre cadent from ingles or from che Afcendant , fo as not Co bebold che fame, and be retregradc: for under chele Iinpe- diments they will be Imoft as bad as the Inforcunes themfelves , unle(s they be in reception The 39th is, Toconfider it the Signi- ficator bet reception , for if it be a For- tune , its Signification wilt thereby be much bettered, and its impediment and mifchietmuch leff:ned, ir it bean Inforcune, The goth is, To confider if an Infor- tune, whierherbe be Significacor or nior, be perigrine, chat isnot in any of his Digni- ties , for then hismalice is encteafed’, but when in bis Dignities' it fomewhat abates ie-y chat is in bis Houle» Exaltacion, or Terms ; but in his Triplicicy or Face very Alitele, and ia Haym leaft of all. ‘The A Guid for Aftrologers. 37 The grth is, Ifan Infortune being Sig- nificator , be in his own Houle or Bxale tion, or in his own Terms or Triplicity,or in Angles or faccedent Houfes; tor by all chefe means he is fortified, and thal be counted @rong as a Fortane. ' ‘The gah is, It aForcune be Signifie cator, or give verte or afliftance to any of the Planets, and be ina Houfe where he has none of the Lordly Dignities , then his good fignification will be ieffened and aba ted ; and {0 on the contrary. The 43th is, If the Fortunes and Infor= tunes be together ill poficed s' thatis , in fome of the {aid Impediments , as Houles where they have no Dignities Combuft, ot the like; then whatever they fignifie "tis but weakly , according to that Aphorifm of the Philofopher, 4 planer retrograde and combuft, has no ftrength in, Foca The Fortunes when combaft and under the San beans , fignifie none ar very little good , and the Infortunes in like cafe have little or no vertue tofignife ill, The 44th is, To confider if the Sig- nificator . Fortune or Inforcune, be in bi own Houle, Wxaleation, Triplicity, Terms or Face (but thelateer being not of that D3 vertus38 4 Guld for Aftrologers, vertue, wich there(t, ‘tis necelfary it thould he ailifled with another Dignity , which is Elays o Light) far in fuch cafe the In= forgunz lofes hig fting 5 and being rei ig Jike a wild horte from doing anifchief bis malice is converted ingo good :and though this feem range, yet, the Ancients afirm and Lmy feli have-often found ic true by axgerience, The 45 his, Toconfider if Infortunes are in Ang'es of the Alcendant (chat isin fuuch Signs’ as arc in (quare or oppofition to shgyAfecndane ) when they afil & any Pla- age by (quare ex gppolition, for then they emi fo much the worle » and domore sajlebict efpecially if chey be in afltong- enlace ghan fach afilided Planec. To fee whether the S'g- sine or an Infortune, the figuilicg good and profperi- alk ngcurglly eyil by ite malignity, iu The 46th is, nibicator bead Fife gacavall WU therefore confider she Plancts places from the Afecndant where they are + For if et be in his Light, cr his Hays in any sDignities, orinagood place from the Alcendane, it,fignifies good ; and if ic jeg good Plang:the beicers — The A Guid for Aftrologerss 39 The 47th is, Toconfider whether the Significacor be inbis Light or no, that is a Dintnal planet in the day above the earth, and in the night under che ecrth, and a Nogurnal planet in the night above the earth, and in the day under ic; for this renders fach planet more firong. But ifa Nodturnal planet be Significator of any thing in the day above the earth, or a Dir ‘urnal planet in the night, the fame is there- by weakned and onder’ a kind of impedi= ment, thae he can {earce accomplith what he fighifies. The 48th. is to confider, When an In- fortune is Significator and his ill effeéts are mitigated whether Jupiter behold him, oris joyned corporally co him? for that will wholly defteoy his sslignity and turn his nature inco good, how bad foe= ver he be ; fo chat if Sarwrn'in chat place of him‘elf would not beftow fome good or perform what he fcems co promife , Jupi- ter will make him do it , provided he be not affléted himlelf , esin’his fall, combutt or retrograde (yce even then he helps» buc not {0 powerfully) on the other fide Venus takes off the fury of Afars , by reafon of that endearing intimacy which is between D4 chem, ee ee ———40 AGuid for Aftrologers. them, unle(s the thing be very d ffica't, as warsand bloodfhed , ec. But the can. not fo well divert che mifchief of Saturn wichous the help of Jupiter and thea the ean do it as we'l as at other times thefe of M14.) The reatonis, there is no fach fyme berween Saturn and fhe in any re- & 5 for he is flow the {wif he heavy 1, he delights in melanctioly, fhe in The 49:h is, to confider, Whe her one of the Imorwnes being Sign‘ficacor be Jaynes to anoher;for ithe (ignified a good ofbimlelf, chis will deft-oy or frltrate ics bac if any’ evil, ic will auzmeat and doub'e ity or change itinto fome worfe milchiet f anothcr Kind, as when the pain near Navel turns into a dry Droplie: byt if ied_co a Fortune witha Reception on either file, the ev } will be converted inco good ; bac wichout a Reception ie will one- Jy be ailayed and abated, sccording to the firegch of fech Forcane, ‘The soth is, To abferve the Lor of the Afcendant and the Moon, whetl-r they or either of them are afl Ged by ei ther of the Lolorices, by Cor jar Bion, COppelition or Square, che bal vel be A Guid for Affrologers. 44 be {poiled without the afpeét of a Fortune; botif aFortune, thac is, Jupiter, Venu, the Sun or Moon thall then behold him, it flackens and diffolves the rigors of {uch Inforcune, and the party fignified fhall be freed frem the danger impending, al- though che afpe€t be a fquare , provided ic be wich a Reception ; but if a Fortune without Reception Ly a {quare or oppofi~ tion , or anInfortune witha trine or fex- till without Reception , fhall_ behold the faid Lord of the Afcendant » ‘cis poflible the party may be delivered fromthe pre- fent danger, but ic will be tarned into an- other as great + fo that it will not profic him, The sithis, Tofee whether the Signi- ficator be cadent from an Angle or ftom the Afcendant , and in none of his Dig. nities, nor in his Joy ; for then he fignifies nothing bur doubts end mifchiels 5 and there are nohopes of good or profit from a planet {0 difpoted. The gath is, When the three Inferiors Venue, Mercury, and Lune, come from un- der the Rays ot the Sun, and appest in the Lyeningatter his fetting,for before (vie.till they are got from him 12 degrees, they (or any Seas asses seeeee sa ssceeeCeascecee eam aacRcceesceeeaeg SEESTee Ree ee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee Ae A Guid for Aftrologers. any ovher plancts) are weak ; fo chat a For- tone can advantage little » and an Infor= tune prejudice as much. Now if the For~ tune came forth flow in motion , as with Mbour , then willnot the good expeéted be ‘obtained withouc much pains and trouble, and if it bean Infortune, his fignification will appear flowly. But in the Superiors, asSatsrn, Jupiter, and Mars, thofs things happen when they come from under the ‘Sun beams in the Morning , and thine be- fore his rifing. ‘The 53th Confideration is, Whether the Signiticator be under che San-beatns, for then he will bz of a {mall eflicacy in any thing, asatorelaid , yet the Maleyo- Jents will be fome:ling more {trong in evil than the Benevo'ents in goods Now a planes is properly {aid t0 be under the Sun beams , when there are onely 12. degreess oF Lefs, and yet above 16 minutes dijlance be. tween it and the Sun, for "hen there is ov e~ 4716 minutes diftance, it isfaid t0 be fron, being in Caz uni or the heart of the Sun , bar when there are mcve than 12, andlefthan 15 degrees it is fard t0 Le going from under the Suns beans: The A Guid for Aftrologers. 43 The s4th is, To confider whether a faperior planet be removed 1a degrees from the Sun going co bis Morning rifing, oran inferior isfo much , and direét,going to his Evening cifing, for then he is faid co be fortified; but when he is got 15 de grees, fo chat he appears, he is more for~ tified in every thing : I:ke one coming out of a battel rejoycing , having deftroyed androuted all his enemies. Buc when the San follows the three fuperiors, and there Mhall be between them and him tefs than 1g degrees, their weaknefs is aid to bein. creafed , umil there thall be onely 7 de- grees between them, and afterward , until they thall be in the heart ofthe Sun, they are {aid to be in extream debilley ; bur the debility of the inferiors is contrary co them , for it is faid co be increaled when they follow the Sun, and that there is between them and the Sun from ag degreesto7, and from7cill they are in meheart-of the San, they are faid to be intheir greace(t debility. The s sth is, To confider wheeher the Significazor be’ pecigrine 5 for then the perfon whom he fignifies, either in aNati- vity or Queftion , ce. will be fubtil,cref ty, malicious, one that fhall know how £0 at both good and evil; but more inclina- ble to she latcer. ‘The eee eee geese ee ece ee eeaee neces eee ae ee seu uee aeeeeeu arse i44 AGuid for Affrologerse The s6th is, To confider if the Sige nificacor of any thing fhallcommic his di Spofition or vertue vo any other planet? whether it beto one that is Oriental cr Oc- cidental? for if he be Oriental & one of the Inferiors and direét, or it he be Occiden- tal and one of the Superiors, and that there be not above 20 minu:es between him and the San, he will be weak , fays Sarcinas tor, and not pertorm what he fhews , bire hinders many things, under that impedi- tpent like a fick man whofe difeafe has pre- vailed fo far, chat he is forced to lie by it, andcannot help himfel! ; or a falling houfe which none can preferve fromruin; and fo much farther as fuch planet fhall be from the Sun, fo much lef thall he be sfit Ged, And if it be Oriencal, and one of the Su- periors , or Occidental and one of the In- feriors, and not retrograde, tie thall be ftrong and fic to perieé&t what he promifes ; asone that bath beenill, but is more per- felly recovered ; or a building which fell isrepaired ; and foot all other planets The 7th is, ‘Yo confider wiether the Significator be in the kighch from the A- feendant? for i: his besh.re, and a F tune, A Guid for Aftrologers. 45 tune, though he donot harm he will do no good ; and if he be an Infortune , be will dogreater mifchief chan In any other place of th: Figure; and it the Queftion be of going co War , advife not the Querent to gochen, although ic be aFortune ; for al- wayes fore evil is to be fafpeéted , chat is death, or at lealt captivity » for itis a place of darknefs and death but if icbe an In- fortune , judge death , unlefs he feparace then from the Lord of che Eighth ; for then it may be onety a wound or bruife, or afall, wherein he was in danger of death, alchough he may efcape, and il it be a jour- ney, elpecially a long one y he wil be ta- ken prifoner, or in greatdread of it, un- derftand fil if he feparate from che Lord of theBighth: And allo remember thie an Infortune fo difpofed , alwayes docs ‘more mifchief than a Fortune, The 58th is toconfider, Whether the Significacor be fixed in that Sign where he istound? Now Zell faich, That 4 Planet is not faid t0 be fied in a fign till be bath paft 5 degrees thereof. But} am of opinion chac when he hath paté'd one whole degree of a Sign hie is firmly therein, but he faid ic for more certainty. So likewife he fays, That a planes isos fid 9 be cadet from the SayeseeeeeaeaseeeHeeeasSeR eee aecR cee EaascceeE eee Reese ScceeEaa SSSR aangeeEaSeee Re See46 A Guid for Aftrologers. the Afeendant , silef be be removed from thence § degrees ; as for Exampie the A- feendant is 9 degrees of Aries» and a pla net was in the fitth degree thereof 5 Projo- ay and many other Sages affirm , That pla- net to bein an Angle , with whom ragree 5 yet fome wovld hive it , that a planet fhoald be faid tobe in an Angle onely,when he isin the very degree of the Afcendant, ‘or one degree before it or two after it but they meant in revolutions , and thatthey might be fo certain as not to be in the feift ed, But Thave experimenced that planet isin an Angle co the fpace of 5 de- grees beyond the Cufp ; for as once I foughe the revolution of a year , I found Mars'in che sth degree beyond the Cufp of the Angle of the Earth in Capricorn, South Latitude , which fignified the killing of the Roman Emperor , and acquainted him with it, for his Court was at Grofiesti and Vat Forlirié ; and it was found chat Pan- dulfus de Farfenella and Theobaldus Francif- éusand divers others of the Secrecaries had confpired co fay him, and none of his own Aftrologers obfervedit , becaufe they did not believe that Afars was in an Angle, for he was 4 degrees beyond the Culp, and 58 mia. in their opinion however af- ter & planet hall ke removed from the Culp A Guid for Aitrologers. 47 Culp orLine of any Angle full g degrees ‘or more he is to be counted cadent from chat Angt The soth isto confider » Whether the Significator be hebind the Culp of an An- ple 15 degrees and no mote; for he thal be faid co be inan Angle as weil ashe that is exatt'y ehere , as Zaell affirms ; wheace he faid before chat it was not in aa Angle, no had any ftrength there beyond the rth degreeafter the Cufp of the Angle: For Frimple the Afcendant is 4 degrees of Taurus, andthe end thereof wasbebind che Anzlc, ‘whatever planet is pofited from the 4ch co the roth degree thereof . is in the angle, but what is beyond that is not ; buc Prolumy feemsco intimate, though he fays not exprefly, That every planet who (ball be $ degrees before, or 25 after the Cufp, isin the angle, Now Zaell would clear the doube » lealt that great diftance of che planet from che angle fhould hinder the bu- finels. ‘The fame Prolomy (from whom I cannot Aiffent)y feems to affert y That no part of any houfe remains void of vertue , and my (elf am of opinion, [think not idlely y that eve ry planet that is in any houfe [ball be faid 10 be Seca eeeeE Eee eee cece eee Resse eeeE EE SeeeR eee48 A Guid for Aftrologers. bein that hoafe where he is found , from the beginning of the boule even tothe end thereof , and therefore I ay inthe houfe.not in the fign, becaufe fomerines the fame houje comprehend: ore than one fign and fometimes lef, for it ‘feems ridtealois that any part of any boufe ihould continue idle» “and be lefe void of ‘vertu. The Gorh isto confider , Whether the Significator be in a ign fixed,common or movable ; becaufe in a fixed ign he fignir firs ftability and concinuance of the thing began orto beundertaken or inquired of Inacommon ign, achange with a return or repeating of it, that the fame wiltonce be broken cif and afterwards begun again, ‘or fomething added , or’orber alteration happen, for which realop in chings chat require aleration 5 4s buying, felling, or thelike, we thoald pue the Significacor and Moon, of oneof them, into a come mon fign , but in amoyeable gn it figni~ fics a ludden change, aquick difpatch ar cod, whether good or ill. And therefore inwatters where we defire a fadden con- clafion , we aught to put che Sigaificatgr inmoveable figns; bue in chings that we Thould be fixe and endure, we oughe tv plice them in Gixed fignsywhere we would have A Guid fur Afirologers. 49 have a mean , tet tHem be in common figns, underftand the fame always of the nature of the Moon , ifat any time thou canft obferve it. The 6rth is to behold , Whethet the Lord of the Afcendent, or Moon, be with che Dragons head or tail ; for chat is an impedimenc if all affairs , and the hin- drance or mifchief will proceed from a caufe finnified by that Houle in which fact conjundion happens. Bue no Conjun- @iion of the Dragons head or cail hurts, unlefs jc bz corporal; for they have no A- fpe& nor Oppofition, “And ic is worfe When the Significator, or Moon, goes towards them, than when they go from them : For in the firit cafe is fignified the mifchict in its full height , like a man in aShip thats fplit in the Sea , when there is no hope. Bat in the laft, ‘cis likea Ship chet 1s only in danger, but has hopes of efcaping. And note, ‘That when the Significacor,or Moon, goes to the Dragons head, its malice is aug mented, for its nature igto encteale, and when they go tothe tail, the mifchief is noc abfolutely at che worlt , as’cis when they go from it, that is, within one de- greei for from one degree forwards ‘tis not {o great as inthat degree, although & much 550 A Guid for Aflrologers. uch ; and from 1 to 3 lel, and from 3 0g yet lels , and from § to 7 very fmall, from 7 to 9 {mallet , and from thence to 12 little or nothing at all, ‘The 6ath istoconfider, Whether the ‘Moon be void of courfe? for that fignifics that the thing enquired after thall fcarce ever cometoa good end, of not without much labour, forrow and trouble, untefs the Lord of he Afcendant, or Significator ofthe thing, thall be in very good condi~ tion, and then it may be hindred, byp nct wholly fruftrated: yet ‘tis a good'time then or drinking, bathing, fealting, cc, and to ufe ointments for teking away of hair, efpecially if he be in Scorpio. + The 63th is to confiter, Whether the Moon be far from the Conjundtion of the Intortunes, {0 as not to caft her beams on theirs’, for then the event will be g\0d bur rather if the couch with her beams thofe of the Fortunes. And yet better, if befides this the Lord of the Afcendant, or of the bufinefs, bein a good condition ; for if they be not well difpoted, it may impair the good promifed, but not wholly prevent it, The 64th is co confider, Whether the Moon eee AGuid for Astrologers. 54 Moon be in Cancer, Taurus , Sagittarins, or Pifces ; forit fignifies good in the bafi- nefs, although fhe be joyned to the Infor- tunes, and noc tothe Fortunes; nor does ‘he, being void of courfe, prejudice fo much in thofe places as‘elfewhere. provided fhe be not combuft , for then they will advan- tage her litele or nothing. The 65th igto confider, Whether the Lord of te fevench is afll’ed or not? tor that will be an impediment to the bufine(s, ‘Aad you ought to defer judgment, ifyon can, and warily fearch always whence fucl impediment thall arife, ax well by the con- junétion of the Lord of the fevench wich the Planets, as by their feparation ; and alfo of the Moon: fo maylt chou find whence it will proceed , and afterwards give judgment wich more fafety. The 66th is to confider » When the In- fortunes threaten mifchief + whether the place on which their threats fall » be'th dignity of any of the Fortunes ? and whe- ther fuch fortune behold che fame place by Trine or Sextile? for chen it will take, away the mifchief, and annol it wholly. If bya Square, ic will only leffen ic ; if by an Oppolition, take away fome parc of ic ¢: Bur ifiz cath no Alpedt ac all , che mifchiet E2 will52 AGuid for Aftrologers. will happen ; but ic will proceed feom ho= neft jult perfons, and it may bethe Que- rent fuffers rightfully , being caft in a jalt Gaule before a Judge, or the like. » Butif the aforefaid place be che Dignicy of an Infortune, the prejudice will come from unjaft men, falfe wieneffes, a corrupt Judge , or fome fentence unjultly given through a miftake, oe. The 67th isto confider, Whether there be any Eclipfe near ,. which is lefs than 12 degrees from the Significator ? for the fame will bring damage and mifchief to the Querent or bufinels » unlels there be there a Fortune which bath Dignities in the fame place, for then the fame is abated: but iftnere be'no fuch , chou onghtelt to look what Planet beholds the faid place of the Eclipfe; and how. For ifthe Fortunes behold it, they do but augment the evil ; and ifthey are knfortunes, hey Yeffen and abate it: which fcems a kind of riddle or wonder in Art, The 68th Is to confider, in queftions re- ating to fick people » or decumbitures, ‘Whether the Lord of the feventh , and f ventithoufe icfelf, be free from imped: ments ? for if ic be, the Gick may fafely croft imfelt to the cate of the PhyFiciansy ot A Guid for Aftrologers. 53 for Medicines will do very well. But if che feventh houfe and his Lord fhall be af- MiGed , Ptolemy faith, The Phyfician muft be changed , for neither bis Phylick nor care vill do any good ; for the feventh fignifies the Medicine » 4s Zaell faith ; or at leaf the Difeafe grows ch-avical and laping. The like és to be eaipetted if the fame pofittons bape pen at the beginning of any cures The 69th is coconfider, Whether the Significacors of che Afcendent, and ofthe honfe fignifying the thing enquired, be of equal firength and debility ? for chen thow canft not fafely give judgment ; but in foch cafe chon muft mind che Lord of the Con janétion or Prevention (as the ching is either conjunétional or preventional ) which was laft before, and by chat judge. But ifthe Lord of the Conjunétion or Pre- vention, and of the thing , beftill equal, thou mult then carn to the Moon, and fee to whom he firft applies, and thence deduce jadgment. If the joyn not to any in or trom the fign in which fhe is, cake that wich whom the joyns firft in che next fign, and this is very confiderably ufefil. The 7o:h confideration is, To mind another fecret not well fearched into by Aftcologers , but often times doing them E3 mult54 A Guid for Aftrologers, mach prejudice; that is, See in all que- ftions, ec. whether the Lord of the New or Full Moon , preventional laft before, bein any of the Angles of che thing en- quired after, if it be, it denotes that thé bufinefs will be accomplithed, unleis it be the’ Querents own fault, (or that God over-rule againtt it) though perhaps by ocher fignifications it feemed not likely. But if it hall not heppen fo, but only the fame is in the Afcendanc, and the other Significators, that is, the Lord of the Afcendant of the thing enquired of , and the Moon, ot any of eliem allift, the thing willbe done with eafe. If it be in cadene houfes. ic will (carce ever be, though orhet Significators feem never fo favourable ; and iftwo at lexft of them be not fo, take it for cercain ic will never be done. The 71th Is to confider, Whether the Significscor falls between the Afcene dane and the twelfth, for ehst fignifies continuance or length of time’, when a thing will be done; or if done already, how long it will continue in days ot hours, Af between the twelfth and the tenth , it notes half weeks, betiveen the tench and Yeventh, months or weeke, between the fevench and fourth , years; and between the fourch and che Alcendant, half years. A Guid for Be Sn : 53 5 ath isto obferve, That if che ution be of a journey , and the Moon allied, ic is not fafe to undertake it 5 but if it cannot be putoff, make the Planet that aMiéts her Lord of the Afcendant at the time of the Querents ferting forth, The 73:h isto mind, Whether the Queltion igefie good of evil > IF good, Whether the Fortunes behold the Signifi- cator of the Queftion, or the Moon? for then the good thereof will be increafed 5 but if the inforcunes caft in theie beams, as much or more diminithed. Bue if it origi- nally Ggnifie evil, and che Infortunes be- hold che Significator or Moon as afore faid, the evil threatned will be increafed, and become much worfe. th is to confider ». Whether the signee be in his firft ation , going to be retrograde ? for that fignifies crol~ nefs and inobedience , and thet the matcer, though never fo probable, will not bz ac- complithed. If any work or building be then begun , it will not befinithed. And if fuch Significator, (0 afferted , be then under the earthy fac building all noe be raifed co any parpofe in thirey years , an then not finifh’d; and if it be raifed a lic tle then , it will be a railing thirty years The Bq mor56 A Guid for Aftrologens. more. -And if not then compleated , it will not be compleatad till ninety. years after its firtt; and if vot then y it will never hefinithed , untels the property he altered» and come into the poffeftion of Arangers from its former owners. Vit if she Significator he in his fecond tacion, going to be dired, it notes, chat che affair Hille done, but flowly, intricately, and wich pains and tcouble.” And if any Ede fice he then begun, it-will be finith'd, but not fo foonas was at firtt believed , pro- vided the Siguificator be not under the earths for then he thae hegins ic fhall neyer make an end of iz, nor raile it very high above the earch. And nste,a Plange in this fecond fiation fig aifiesan aptuep,and the renewing and firength of every thing : but in bis firft flation,: dijo dation and defituaion, Remember and under~ fland shofe things well , far shey will often come in prattice, ‘The 75th is to confider » Whether the Moon be afftied by any Planet? for then whatever the qreftion be, the feme will faffer impediment. Bue if the Moon be in a good place from che Afcendant, fo as to hehold it with a Trine or Sextile , ox if the Plance that afli€ts her do behold the (a7 | » A Guid for Aftrologers. oF either of thofe Alpeits will mitigate the mifchief intended , and ic may be wholly cake ic away, as the faid aflliing Planet isdifpoted ; fo that he be not cadent from Angles, nor fromthe Afcendant , nor in his fall, that is with the feventh from hisown honfe. Zael feems to fay , That if an Infortune affliding be cadent from the Afcendant , or retrograde, it canfeth fear in the Querent, but 1 alwaies fear the affi- lion of the Moon above all other impediments, and foarce remember that T ever [aw a good end of any thing where fhe was affitteds And in journeys, if'to war , was apprebenfive of the Querents eafe and perfon ; of for srafick y of firaits, quarrels , [adnefs in hia travels, and lofs 6f mney, 8 The 76th is to confider, From what Planet the Moon fepesaces, and which the isjoyned to; he whos the feperates from fignities what hath been, the other what isto come, a¢we have faid. And there- fore if the feperate from an Infortune, and applies to a Fortuue,the worlt is paft’sand what hitherta bath been had , -will end happily to the Querents content. Buc if fhe feperates from a Fortune , and goes to gn Infortune, underftand the contrary 5 the thing was good ig its beginning, but proves naught inthe end, ..Af fom a Forr tune58 A Guid for Aptrologers. tune toa Fortune, it was and is good, and will have'a laudable end, If from an In- forvuneto an Infortune, it will be an ugly conclufion. : The 77th is to confider » Whether the Lord of the Afcendant , or Moon, be in oppofition , thatis, whether the Afoon be in Capricorn, Afe-cury in Sagittarins ot Pifces, or Venns ia Scorpio ot Aries, the ‘Sun in Aguarins, Mars in Taurus or Libra, Jupiter in Gemini or Virgo, Saturn in Can. cer or Leo? for then fuch Lords of the Queftion abhor the bufinels ; nor does he love it thould be secomplithed , bie is ra. ther againtt it. ’ The 78th is to confider, The Houte that fignifies che thing whereaf the Que~ Mion is ask'd, For the firtt fignifies the Perfon, the fecand Subftance, the chird Brethren, Gc. as-we before have taught ; and asic hall appear , fo judge having duly pondered all circumftances. The goth isto confider » Whether the Significator, or Moon, be joyned to good or ill Planees by Conjundtion or by Ax {pe&, which is diligently co be heeded and diftinguithed ; for acorporat Conjandion with the Sun isthe greateft misfortune can befal a Planet, : The A Guid for Afirologers. $9 The Sothis to confider, Howthe Sig- nificator is pofited in refpcé& ot his own houfe, whether inthe fecond, thicd, or rourth, Ge. fign, from it, according co the fignification of that Gign, fhale chou judge as chou wouldeft, Judge of any Planet ia fach an houfe from the Afcen= dant, : The 8 ith is to confider, Whether the Significator be in an angle, ot in a face cedene, of cadent houfe ? for how much any Planet is near co the cufp of any angle, fo machis he the ftronger ; how much the further, fomoch the weake . And by Low much foever he fhall be nearer the cufp of acadent tonfe, fo much thall he be the werker , how much che farther » fo much the tefs weak. The Sath is to confider, Whether the Significator receive difpotition os virtue from any Planet , Forcune ot Infortune. Iffrom a Fortune, it fignifies good; and the better , if fach Fortune be in a good condition. If from an Infortuney the contrary ; and fo much the worfe, by how much che more weak and afl .Aed he is. ‘The 83th is to confider, Whether the Fortunes and Infortunes are equally ftrong in the Queftion? for chat fignifies no.60 A Guid for Aftrolegerss no pofitive judgment, either good or ill; but kind of indiffetency , and that the bufinefs will bring neither gain ner lofs, _ The 84th is to confider, Whether the Fortunes ot Inforcunes are frongelt; for if botn be Arong, and the Fortunes pre= vail in Mrength , i fignifiesa kindof m-~ diccrity of good ; if the Infortunes in finch a calc are firongeft, a mediocrity of evil ; or in excels om either fice. : The 85 this to confider , Whether part of Fortune fall ia a good or bad place of the Figure; that is, inan Angle, or ina Succedent,or ina Cadent houfe; and how the fame is Afpeéted, and by whom, a For- tune or an Inforcane ? and whether it be in Fecepzion of that Planet by whom ic was afpetted > Fo; queftions may fometi feen good, buz the part of fortuse happen- ing in an untoward place, weakens ie much, and renders it lef profitable, fo as to de. ceive the Qu:rents hopes.” And on the conirary , a qaeftion may feem ill, yet the ait of Fortune happzning tucifly, joyned With s goo8 Plance that receives it, Ge. Jefléas the evil, and not fo much happens to the Gucrentas ce F wife feeme or The Seeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeaee eet eee ANE eeeeee eH eee eee ——_- —+ — A Guid for Aftrologers. 61 "The 86ch is to confider » Whether ci- ther of the Infortunes beliolds the Signi caror, both Retrograde , Cadent, P grine, and. in Signs contrary to theit 1 fpeéive natures 2 for then they bring firch, an abfolute miichief as cannot be avoided, nor averted by any ching but God aloze, And if any fhall be born under {och tions , he will alwaies bea beggar, lec him Gowhat he can: orif any honfe be built then, no man hall ever live happily, ot get moncy in ie; bue by lofles and crofles hiseftace and goods (hall moulder away, and come co nothing ; and his moit pro- bable defigns ftrangely fruftrared and de ftroyed, unlefs the’ Divine Goodsels in mercy interpofe. The 87th is to confider, (Novensrinmn Luna) which is a thing much to be heeded, for it often hinders che Aftrologer from difcovering the crath, and leads him into errour, not knowing the caute chat makes him deceive. ‘The 88th is co confider , The Planet from whom nor only the Moon feperates, how be is difpofed, and next to whom fle is joyned , fo thar there be nor above 5 ininutes diftance between thew ; the firft fignifying what is palt, the fecond whac 1s now62 A Guid for Aftrologers: now prefeat , a5 we have already faid ; but alfo look to whom the will be next j yned after feperation feom hiet wich whon ths is at prefene; for he will figni- fie (according a he is difpofed) the iffie, orwbatistocome, ‘Vhe 89th isto confider, The ( Duede- naridmt Lune) a thing very obfervable in miny cafes, even more than divers chings that we have faid, for there is greateit anger of miltskes in abitrace confidera- tions, and fach 28 Aftrologers rather throw:h flo:h than ignorance do not rer gard; wheraby they often fall into difgrace and concenp: of the rabble, rather shan cake a lire paing, The goth ‘is to confider, Whether .he Lord of tne houle in which the Sup is, and of chat whercin the Moan is, and alfothe Lord of the Afcendant, be all oriental, and in Angles, (chough that rarely hap- pens) ard mutually behold each other from good places with friendly Afpeéts , for thefe politions thall fignifie the greareft good, and moft fuperlative fortune ima- Ginable. If they hall not be all (0 difpoted, the remaining pare thall fignifie proiperi.y and ‘elicity proportionably » as far as they ave eble, though not in fo valt 2 m: he A Guid for Astrologers. 63 The gith confideration , Is to obferve in Queftions or Nativities, Whether Mars be in any of the Angles of the Figure, efpecially in fixed Signs ; or when Scorpia afcends for then he deltroys all the good fignified by that quettion , or at leaft much impedes and dimcinithes it, unlels Jupiter betiold hin wil a Trine or Sextile; for then bis malice is mitigated: but yet as Fopiter is cither Rrong or weak, The oath is to obferve in Nativities and Queftions , efpecially of death, Whether the Lord of the houfe of death, or Signi. ficator of death, or Lord of che boule in which the Lord’of the eighth is pcficed, applies to the Significator of the Native ot Querent, or he to them; becaule a Planet fo affedted becomes the deftroyes Offife, and kills as well if it be aFortune asariInfortune, and thet whether there be @ reception or nog. The gsth is to confider, Ifthe Queftion concern a thing chat one wonld defire of another , or chat one would get out of a fectet hidden place , Whether the Siynifi- cator of the Querene , of ching inquired after, behold Sarurny. or is corporally joyned to bim ; or whether Saturn be in the houle of the ching inquired after? for en64 A Guid for Allrologers. thenthe bafinefs will hardly be done," or not without much labour and troub!e, and tnore tedioafae(s than the Querent can imagine. : : ‘The ggth Is to confider , in Queftions, Gee Whether the Significttor of the thing inquired aboat be Cadent from the Afcen- dane, or other Angles, or from the houle that figoifies the ching or bufiaefs foughe after, or its Lord? or whether he be Re- trograde, or ina bid condition wich the dun}, or whetherthecebe inthe faid houle snifyingthe ching inqaired acer, a Plane Cadent or Retroprade ,, oF in fach ill con- dition with che San, or in gn ill place from him, or ill afpeéted by bim?, for any of thefe things fignific a hindrance to the thing, alchough otherwife che queftion fezm good and probable. he osth is, Whether the Planets fign'- fying the thing foughc, joyn mutually wich caeh other 2 for hae fignifies it will be done ; yet bé not coo confident to jadge fo, till thou haft well weighed chd nature of the Sign wherein they are joyned, whe- ther it be of their own nature; for then it will be cafie , otherwife difficulely, or fearce at all. i the o6th Is to confider in Queftions is which eee eeasee sees sceeeeaC cece eee cee asa seeeee eee aeeeEE A Guid for Affrologers. 65 which feem to thew, that what is eng atcer thall be perfedted » Whether the nilicator of the thing, and che Moon, are in Angles? tor if they be both above 25 degrees from Angles , it will nor be ac- complifhed ; but itone thall, and che other fhall not be fo far off, then it may be done, but with difficulty, vnlefs it bea jourtey ; which will (peed well enongh, it the Significacor be remote from Angles The y7th 1s to confider,In what climate thou: receivelt the queftion? for judge- ment muft be varied us the afcenfions of Countreys and climates difter, there being not the order in the afcenfions or cleva tions of Signs, in. one climate at in ano ther, nor the fame Afcendant in one Re= Bioras in anocher, Beware therefore of # nujlake bere , for ie will be very unbandjome and blame-worthy ; for whatever part thou travellef towards , from one Region to ano- ther, wheiher from the Eaftta the Weft, frome the North to the South ; of contrarily , your Afeendant will be changed from one degree, {from Eaft to sveft in longitude, and & contra ; and from the Norehto South, and the cou trary. But fome Gowned fails, or Monks in their Cubs , may arife and [ay, If your judgments are changed according t0 the fet- £ tustion66 A Guid for Affrologerss tuation of Nations, they ave fulfe. Bat there ano talking to fuch Brates , they neither sn denftand nor believe, mor as any thing prebable to them, yee thereare fome very learned men amongf them, fuch «: Conradus 8 ixiertis, a preaching Frier, who exvetlent!y underflands Ait, and prathifeeh 1 honeflly. Want of heeding what T have faid bath made Aftrol.gers 19 evr and I doubs dth fo fill, for right judg mnt cannot be given but by the Afcendant anit other Houfes: and there- fore ifthale vary,thofe muh do fo rco.Therefore ‘you foould have Tatiles of Elevatton for every Climate end Region « yer'tie more difficult to find our the differcece of one Climate from sinother, than if one Region or Country from another, acco ding to the longitude; for if thot ball Tables of she Elevation of the Signs in any Region fram Eaft to Weffsthou mayft Ly gue [s find the Elevatten in ancther which way thin plealef? either towards the Faft or Weft, according 40 the fame Clumate, by taking the difference , but in divers Climates chew canft not foeafily conjecture. The 98th Is co oblerve , Whether if whit agpesrs Ly ile Sign Tike'y co be «ffe- ed, be fignitied by che Planets by Cor poral Conjunétion, or Mtpeét, or cracfle tion of Light ? il by eithee of the enol the SEs eeeeeeaeeeeeEeaeeeeeEsa cece aaa eeeeeeceece cece eeeeeecseeeseueEEaSeeR EEE AGuid for Astrologers, 67 the thing will be effeéted by the Querenr, and the party enquired off , without any third peclons intermedling, but it by the aft, it fhall be doe by Embaffadors , Friends, or fome perfon interpofing him- felt ; and ic fhall be bronglic to pals by a perion or ching fignified by chac Houle, whofe Lords trinilaces the lights, as afore: faid. ‘Thus if it be che Lod of che fecond, it will be done by expences, or a piece of money : if by the third , by fome brother, or the like ; if by che fourth, by the father, Ge, accading co the refpettive fignifica- ion of esch Hou'e, The goth Is co corfider well in Que- ftions, Nativities. Gee. whac will ctreamnly come of them? fer foaetimes by the Fi- gure , a thing (eens likely co be abfolaely dane; bu: is aot wholly, buc in pare ; fome times ic is whol'y perfeéted , and fome- i er wholly nor in party upon which account Aftrologers are often bla- md, and fearce know how co excufe them- felves , not knowing how chis comes to pals, being a difficule point, ard ofa molt fubr'e di-quificion ; fo thac the Ancients would not meddle with it, fave only the molt honoured albumazar faid fomething moe chan che reft, whofe judgments I have F2 found68 AGuid for Aftrologers. found more efficacious and correét than others, chough Prolemy,che great explainer of this Science , mult be acknowledged more curious than the ret, Now thae which 1 fay, is the confideration of cer- tain fixed Scars : Note that thefe fixed Stars are no removed many degrees forwards in the Ecliptick than they were in Bonacus hie time, in re (ped of longitude, which ought r0 be carefully conjidered by the induftrions Aftro- loger , which 1 foall name, whereof fome are of the nature of the Fortunes , and perfetd thofe things with them nor like t0 be perfetted by the figuifications of the Planets, ethers are of the nature of the Inforttnes wbich Soffer noe shings to be perfetted according to the Plapets fignifications 5 of which latter there arc fome in every Sign: asin Guido Bonatus his time there were two in the head of Aries , that is» one in 13 degrees and 45 minutes, the other in 14 degrees and 4§ Wie rintes , and ave fouthern , and of the nature of Saturn and Mars. Jn’ Vaumns are 6 lars, the finft in 9 digrees and $5 minutes; the Pleindes 5 which yet ave called and counted Dut as ones and arc of the nattre of Mars and the Moon ancther in the 13 degece and 2 mminuses another iu che 14 degree and 4S prinutes , called the Wevil : another in the 15 degree , called rhe Devils head; another in A Guid for Aftrologers. 69 in the belly of Taurus and 19 degrees anal 1 minutes, exfled Aldcboram, which are all of the nature of Mars and Mercary. In Ge- tnini there i one in B degrees, called the Shoulder of che Dog, of the nature of ers and Saturn , another in 10 degrees and Ls minutes , of the nature of Mats , ealled the Warticx ; another in v7 degrees and 5 5 mi- nutes; another in 1 degrees and $2. minutes, called she Witch , of the mature of Sol and Mars. v Cancer there isone in 2 digrees and 3 minutes , called the Camel, ofthe na= ture of Saturn and the Moon , atotber in 7 degrees and $5 minutes 5 anoeher in 13 de> grees, called she Weftern Camel, of the sha- ture of the Sun an Moon y ancther in the fame degree, called the Foot of the Dog, of the nature of Sacarn: and another in V7 de~ grees and $§ minutes , of the fame nature. ‘In Leo shere is one in 1 degrees and 55 mie antes , of the nature of Saturn. In Virgo to, one in 7 degrees and 11 minutes , of the nature of Mars the other in v5 degrees, of the nature of Sacuen. In Libra one in 26 degrees, of the nature of Saturn, In Scorpio three, onein the fift degree and 3 minutes, another inthe 8th degree and 7 minutes, ano- ther in the oth degree » al of the nature of Mars, 1m Sagittarius two final ones, oneir 19 degrees and 2 minutes, the eter in 21 F3 degrees7° AGuid for Aftrologers. degrees and zminutes, of the nature of Sax turn, Ju Capricorn twa, one in 27 degrees and z minutes , the orber in 29 degrees and 5 minutes, both of the mature of Sacura. In Aquarius one ing degrees and 4 minutes, of the natareof Mars and Saturn, Tz Pifces ane in 4 degrees and 7 minutes , of the na- sure of Mars and Mercury. All thefe Stars are bartful and malevolent, hindring ard defroying things after they feem probable 10 be accomplifoed and therefove 10 be avoided as much as is poffible, Here" rill not be fuperfluoss, but Very convenient, $0 in= fore 4 Table of the fixed Stars, that have forall latitude, as they are wow placed, or re- Ulifie them for fome fucceeding years, ‘The 1ooth Confideration is, To ob- ferve the fixed Stars flitting and promoting the accompliflimen: ot things, which are thus fciewated. In Aries there are two, one in § degrees and 6 minuzes, of che na- ture of fove and Verses ,another in che 26th degree and firft minace , of the nature of Japicer. Yn Taurus chice, one in the fir depece and 3 minutes, anotherin 8 degrees and 7 minutes, and the I{t in 9 degrees and tmionte , all of the nature of Verte In Gemini are ewo Stars, one in 19 degrees and A Guid for Affrolegers. 7m and 2 minutes » the other in a1 degrees and 8 minaces , both of the natare of far- Fiter, and of the fecond magaimdc, In Cancer likewife two , one in'2 degrees 2 minutes, the other in 29 degrees 5 mi= nures , both of che nacire of Pasizers In Leone, ingdegrees 4 minutes, of the natare of Jupiter and Venus. In Vigo one in 4 degrees and 7 minutes,of the nacare of Venus and che Mavx, In Libretwo, bork of che nature of Jupiter and Venus» orein 43 degrees and 45 minutes, che other in 14 degrees and 4g minaces. In Scorpio font , one in 9 degrees 55 minut $, ano- ther in 13 degrees 1 minute , a third in r4degrees 45 mv rutes , the laft in 19 de~ grees 15 minutes, all ofthenature of fu Piter. Ln Sagittarins wo, one in 10 de~ grees and 15 minutes, the other in 7 de~ greesand 5§ minutes, both af the nature Of Jupiters In Capricorn three , one 2 de- greesand 3 minutes, another 7 degrees and $5 minutes, the other 7 degrees and 5 mi- haces , all of Jupiter's nature, In Pifces two, onein 7 depreesand 11 minutes, of the nature of Venus , the other 14 degrees and $9 minutes, of the nature ot Jupiter. Wherefore always when thou findett the Significator jn a Corporal Conjunétion with any of chefe, thor may(t pronounce happine(sandagoodend. =F 4 The EEE EE72 AGwid for Aftrologers. The rorlt Cofideration is, To mark’ in Nativities or Queltions, which Planec is the cutter offot lite or years, or hin- derer of a thing from being done? for lie ic is who deftroys the life of the Native, Ge. who is Mrongelt in tellinonies of dignities or power. Yet Meffabala con cealed this, and difcovered che {ame and anochce ufelal fecret onely to a certain Scholar of bis, who out of pride appro- priaced che fame to bimfel!. Now, after this baft found who ia this deftroyer's &ee. then fee 10 whom the Lord of the Afcendant or the Moon ts joyned (svbo participates infig. ification of every thing , ae we bave {aid be fre) or the Lord of the thing enquired after, ‘ard Lord of the Honfe of the Adoon , or one oF more of them 5 for if t¢ be joyned ¢0.a Planet Retrograde or Combuft or Cadent from the Afeenilant, or any ather Angle , or 0 any of the Tsfortunes who doth not receive bim . or ts affitted by ain Infortune, which ents ff the light of the Significator y the thing us ae» (Proyedsand fo the years of the Native are dt sinifked, and be lives nct long. Farther, if the Lord of the Afcendant or the Moon, or the Lard of thing enqwived afier, Le joyned t0 a Planet whois free fromthe junclion of the Infortunes ard fais fafe as 0 A Guid for Aftrologers. 3 to bimfelf , but ts joyned t0 another Plance affigted fome of the afore(aid ways, the mat ter foall be brought t0 naught. even after it Seems accomplifh’d, and the Natives life foalt be fuddenly cus off, when there is all the pro bability that may be of the contrary: Aad this will alfo happen though there be no Con. gunetion with the killing Planet , if only the Significator, or Moon , be affifled im manner aforefaid. The 102d Confiderstion is, OF chings fignitied , how they fhall be found cr known , ‘and from what Significator they are to be taken ? which mult be from the Significators of the Querent , and of the ching queltioned or enquired after: which two Significacors, if they thall be joyned together with the Moon, it fignifies wholly and abfolutely the eff: é of the thing ; it not joyned, then the contrary. And from. the Conjurétion of the Significators we ongh: co know why , or by what the que- Mion is made. And by th: Lord of the Hone in which foch Con‘urétion happens, we know of what the queftion will be, or the end thereof, for it that be a Fortane, icwill be good, sccording to the condi- tion and fignification of fitch Fortune and she Hou‘e wherein he is, and fignification ot74 — AGuid for Afrologers. ‘of the Lord of that Houle» and of the place in which the Lord is poficed of that Howle wherein its felf is, Bat if it be an Toforcunc, it will be bad, according to the figeification of the Tnfortune, and fach other golitions as aforefsid. If the Lord of the Hosle or Exalcation , or of any ewo femaler Dignicies, calts an Alpedt, or there be 2 wanflition of Light, you may know by that che qiefion thal be brought 0 pats, butif there be none of thele, it canno: be precifely known , but it will be by ar froma cafe not yet difcovered , and byshe Alpeés of che Fortunes or Infor- tunes may be known what will be the ef ses The 103d Confideration is, To mind in Nativicies and general Queftions , in what Houle the part of Fortune bappens 5 for fram che things fignified by that Houle will he torcune or gain of the Native or Querent arife, if the fame be well difpoled; Otberwite the fame will be caule of bis Misforcunc and lofs. The co4ch Confideration is , To ob- ferve in Nativities and general Quettions, whe:her che Signilicator of the N: © Querent be policed in ele fevench from his Ws Houfe, ot in Oppofition to the Lord of: A Guid for Aftrologers. 75 ofthe Afcendant ? for he will not in fach cafe fignifie gain from che things fignified by that Moufe, but ratber. expence and lols, ‘The rosth Confideration is. To ob- ferve in Nacivities or general Queftions, whether chat sn Jnfortone un‘orcunate be the fevench ? for that figaifies that che Native or Querent thall not L.ve in. peace or any delighe with his wives,tweet-hearts, or companions, but will perp:tually have brawls and quarrels wich them ; i teldom happens ocherwife from fach a pofition. The ro6th fs co confider in Nacivities and general Queftions , it a Fortune for- tunate, and no way fil Ged, be in the fe~ venth? for then the Native or Querent thall be hapry in good wives and affo- Giates, yer thall have many rivals and per= fons that hate him, but rather out of envy than caufe , fo chat he fhall feldom bring b's enterprizes and defigns to pals, without much labour and trouble. The 107th Is to confider in Nativities and general Queftions , whether AMars be im the fecond or in the tenth, and well difpoted ? for it denotes that che Nazive 0: Querent fall grin Fortune or Elate y Grseeeeesesaeeeee essence aamaaeeeEa See ssen eee aa aSeeRE ESSERE76 AGuid for Aptrolagerse by chofe perfons that deal or work in Tron and Fire, as Smitts, Farnace-inen, Glafs- men, 6. or in Vidualling , or keeping Innes, Taverns, ec. Buc if Mars be weak or afftiGed, lols and damage from all thofe. The 108th Is to confider, If cither of the Planets beholds two Houles? for h's vertue and fortitude fhall be in that where= in he bath moft dignic and which is moft proper for him, and the ching he fig- nifies. , The rogth Is to coafider, Whether the Lord of the fifth be in the feventh afll Ged 2 tor then the Native will never be happy at Fealts or Banquets, cither be aver(e from or flzighted at fach meetings, ‘of fome affronts pac upon him , nor will he ever go neat inh’s cloches, nor get any cxedic by them, The r1oth Is to confider in Nativities, oo. whether Scorpio afcend 2? for fuch a Native is never like co get any great pre~ ferment in the Roman Church ; becaule Gane the Exalcation of Jupiter, nacural ignificator of Clerks, will chen be in the ninth Honfe » which fignifics che Church, and Jupiter is an enemy to Mars, who is Lord of the Afcendant. : he SESE eee eee Ree aan 4 Guid for Aftrologers. 7 The 111th Js co confider in Nativities and Queftions, efpecially of Law-faits and Controverfies, whether the Dragons tail be inthe fevench? for chat fignities damage or overthrow to the Natives enemies, and Profperivy to the Native or Querent, bee caufe the head will then be in che Afcen= dant. If itbe in the eighth , it denotes the decay and lofs of their eltate or fub- flance, and increafe of the Natives. In the third, prejudice co che Natives Brethren, Inthe fourth, co his Parents, Ia the fileh, to bisChildren, Inthe Gxth, co bis Ser= vaats. In the ninth, to his Journeys, In thetenth, tohis Preferment, In theele- venth, to his Friends. In-che ewelfth , ¢o hiis Cattel of che greater fort, oc, and {0 co all other things fignitied by each Houfo refpedtively ; fo do Saturn and Afars allo, bur not fo much. Likewile tis obfervable, that other ill pofitions may make void che faid Ggnifications , bur nor fo much 98 $4 turn and Mars, unlels they chemfelves are Significators of the mifchief, and chen much of their malice is abated, ‘The rr2th 1s WriGly co extmine and re- gard in every Nativity or Quettion che Afcendant ; for whofacver thali have Virgo afcend , and Mercury ina good condition, or78 A Guid for Aftrologtrs. or at featt not afflied ,*if he fludy and pradife Phyfick, he thal! have faccefs, and do gteat cures, bus thall be anhappy in his falary or profic chereby ; not being able to get his fees of moct of his Patients: and Befides, thall be unhappy in Law: (aitse But if hefollow che Law, he fhail be un- fortunste in all bis bufine’s » and flighted ; his words , chough never fo prudent , not regatded’, no not by them for whole ad vantage he {peaks , but a fools dilcourle prefec'd , and whatever lie meddles in fhall fadge untowardly , and people be his ene~ mies withoue caule, and afperfe and (can- dalizs him chey know not why, Bat fae otherwife will i be it Sagitearin, Taurus, or Pyfies alcend , and Pupiter , Venus and Mercury, hall be all in the Afcendant, or if Fupier and Venus thal bappen to be in Zammium, ot the heart ofthe Sun, what- ever the Afcendanc be, the Nitive thal be admired as a Prophet, and all his words re- ceived as Oracles, or the diGtites of de- finy, Tue 113th Ts tocontider, Whether ei« ther ofthe Infortunes be in the g'h Hoafe, and without Dignities? for then the Na- tive or Querene hall be often blamed and secufed , and chat without cau‘e . as much asforone: But if Porcune be there well affer eeaeeeeeaaaeeeeeee A Guid for Agtrologer: 9 affi&ted (efpecially having dignity therey he thall on the other fide be railed, ape platided, and honoured , whether there be cau’e or Feafon for itor ne. The.t14th Is to confider, Whether the Lord of the eighth be a Fortune » and int the fecond > for then the Native or Ques rent thall gain contiderably by the goods of people deceafed, of his enemies, and b his wives, efpecially if fach Planet thalt be free from impediment, or have digai« ties there, Buc if an Inforcune beehere » it fignifies to%s and decay of the Natives eftate, unlels he have. dignities there» and be otherwite well affeéted, and in good cordiion , for chen jc will be litte or no prejudice , but without dignities, and in an ill fate, i wholly and coral deftroys and ruins all hopes of eftate, The p1gth Ts toconfider, Whether the cighth Ho fe, or its Lord, be sfflifted ? for then fhall the Queene or Native he dunnified , end lofe an eftace by che death ola wife, wh:ch fhe enjoyed for it oF che ike. : The 116th Is to confider, Which of the Hones, or their Lords, are ofiliG:d, or under impediment # for chat fiz nities, shae hare80 A Guid for Aflrologers. ure and damage will accrue fo the Na- tive, by reafon of the things fignified by that Honfe, and fo on the contrary, it they are Fortunes, good and advantage from the fame things. The r1zth Is co confiter, If the Dra _gons tail be in the fourch ; for that figni~ fies, that whacever the Nutive or Querent fhall get , fhall be fquandred away, and come to nothing; and wherever it is» it fignifies damage to the Native in and from thaz Houle reprefented. ‘The 118 {sto confider , In.what Houle | a Fortune fhall be fortunate and trong, well difpofed, and not aillidted ; for in and by thele,”perfons or things by that Houle fignified , fall the Native or Que rent gaia protic, and’make his foreune 5 and (0 on the conirary of a Houle ehiac is afftided. The troth Is to confider, Hi the Lord of the fecond be inthe feventh , and the fevench be in Aries, Scorpio Capricorn,or. A~ quarius ; for then the Natives encmies fhall exfily cake away his goods and right; and if heaffciate himm(elt wich perfons, they fhall rob him ; and h’s Wile» or Miftrefs, hall cheat him, and (teal whatever fhe can froin A Guid for Aftrologers. 8k from him ; unle(s the Lord of the Afcen- dant be in ‘Trine or Sextile to the Lord of thefeventh , of in other Afpeéts with re- * ception, . The 120th Confideration,is to obferve, ‘Whether che Lords of any of ehefe eight Houfes, viz. che third, fourth, fitch, iach; ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth, be in the feventh ? for which foever of them is there, che. perfon by him fignified will prove the Natives enemy, unlefs a perfe& Reception, and fome good Afpo&, as Trine ” or Séxctile intervene. Yet a Square or Op- Pofition with Reeeption , will abate the enmity, bue not wholly prevent it. Thus ificbe the Lord of the third, his Brethren will prove hisenemies , if of the fourth, his Parents, if of thie fifch,bis Children, gc. nor fhall he gain of or by them (0 muct as he thall lofe another time , or if any of them fometioes appear kindly, it will be bre feomebe teeth outward ,’ and for theic ‘own ends, ee. ‘The t arth id, Whether the Maon be in the eighth, and the Lord of the Afcendant in che Afcendant , fecond or twelfch, Re~ trograde? for then the Native or Que- rent.will noe be foreanate , nor have any hue a& playing a Dice, or any other Gr Vhe thing. be Saeee secs sec se esac asec sees eee vedere eH ReERE EHEC82 -AGuid for Afirologerss ‘The 122th is, Whether part of Fortune be in the firft 10 deprees of the fourth Hote, withthe Dragons head, the Azcon, Venus and Pupiter, and they dire? for that fignifies chat che Nativethall be lucky in difcovering and finding out hidden crea- five. If it be in the (econd rodegeces, ‘or but with two of the faid Planets, he thal find fome, but not in fo great quan~ tity, Inthelatt, yodegeees , and.with but onelefs, and yet a confiderable parcels ‘and if only the part of Fortune be there, not afflidted, then a fmall quantity. If che Sun behold it with a Trine or Seatiley it will be Gold uncoyned, ifthe Moon , Sil- ver ; it Pupiter, amixture of Gold and Sil- ver cc. Uf Venus, ptecious Stones, Lockets, and for the moft part Womens Ornaments. Bat if they be Retrograde, he thall dif cover the treafure, but not for himfelf, another fhall get the profit. It the Lord ‘of the eighth behold the Lord of the A- fcendant with a Square or Oppofition, the finder thall dic by reafon ot it; but if ic | be with a Trine or Sextile , he thall only catch fome fmall fickuets or difeate. Ifthe Dragons tail be there inftead of the bead, hhe thall find ic , but it hall betaken from him, .or being igaoranc what it is he Ahall give icaway glnoft for nothing, And i AGuid for Altrologers, 83 if the Aton be then feparated from the Lord of the Afcendant 5 and joyned toan Infortune chat afflis her, he to whom cis fo given thall have fittle profit by ic. 16 Mars, or the Lord of the eighth, bebold the Lord of the Afcendsnt, they that take ie from him fhall kill him. Bue if Afare and Saturn fhall be in the place of fupiter and Yenya, the bufinefs will be only Brats, or Copper, or Lead. And if the Lord of the Afcendant be wich them, the difco- veree is weatied with it , whatever it be, whether vile or precious, The 123th Confideration is, To obferve in Nativities or Queftions, Whether the Sun and Moon are in Conjunétion in one and che fame minute, both according to Jongitude and latitude, and any of the Fortunes in the Afcendent, that is, within 1§ minutes above the Cuifp thereof or 24 minutes below it; for that fignifies that the Native thall ‘be bappy in getting a great eftate and heaping up of moncy , but if ehey be only in'exaét Conjunétion to longitude , and not according to latitude, and their diftance one from the other be within 1§ minutes, be will fill bs forcu- fate ina ing fubftance, but fo muctt the lefs, by how much the further {uch er dikange84 AGuidfor Aftrologers.’ diftance is; and fo proportionably. IF they happen co be above 1§ minuces diz tance, the fame chou mayft conclude if the Moon fhall be ill che very minute of. Oppofition tothe Sun, and a Fortune be in the feventh , which fignifies the eftate of the Querent.or Native in eefpedt of his wives, companions, or enemies, And ifae that time of birch Taurus afcend , and the Moon be there, or the very minute afcend= ing, or Leoafcending , and the Sun in the minute a(cending, not afflited by either of the Inforcunes , it Gignifies that che Na- tive fhall get much money , and come to great preterment and honour; but if ci- ther of che Inforcuney be in the faid places inftead of a Fortune, it denotes lols and deftrudtion of eftate to the Native or Que- rent by or on the occafions aforefaid. The r2gth Confideration is, To regard in Nativicies and Queftions, the Signifi- cators of the Querents and Natives eltate, and alfo of bis preferment, calling, or pro- fedion ; which chou mayft take co be che Lord of the tenth, or of the Afcendant, if the other fhall not be fit co fignifie the fane , for if the Lord, or Almuten of the tonth, be with che Light of the Tyne, or ref and tall from it, and diftant Go degrees or A Guid for Afrolagers, 85 orupwards, eve to 90 degrees ; if ithe one of che Superiors , or 30degrces if it beone of theInferiors 5 end inthe Angle of the tenth, or in the Afcendant within 30 minutes above the, Culp, oF a degree and a half below it, and not aflli@ed, it fignifies that the Native thall ateain to the dignity and proteftion of his Anceftors, and not exceed it, yet fhail be more skitful, excellent, and perfeé thercin than any of them : but if shere be in either of the fa'd Angles any of the aforefuid: helping and fortunate fixe Stars with the Planct of Fortune, or any of the Planets, he will far farpatsall his fore-fathers in dignity.» And if tach fixed Scars hall be of the fit magnitude j- and fole Significators ,’ the Native or Qusrent hall be raifed co vatt honours and riches, almoft ineftimable : which if beheld by che Lord of the Afcen dant, then his fame and honovr lies in his own perfon ; if by the Lord of the fecond, in his riches ; if by the Lord of che tenth, in bis Offices, Command, or Empire; and this though in never fo pogt and vile peo~ ple the meaner their condition was, to fa much che preter height hall they arrive Bat this hall not endure long y for they feldom go beyond twenty feven or thirty Years, “Aridleok how much the more G3 fublime ee86 A Guid for Aftrologers. fublime was their fortune, by fo much the more grievous, miferable , and calamicous fhall be cheie fall, for they hall die an ignoble filchy deach; or if they efeare »:,the fare fhall happen co their next Succeflor, The 125:h Confideration, 1s tv ferve in Notivicies or Queftions, what Sign alcends; if it be che Sign of a Planet that hath two Houfes, the exercife or troubles of the Nurive or Querent fhall be chiefly jn thofe things fignitied by the other honfe of the (aid Planet, which hall light!y hap: pen to him, and for the moft part through his own means, As if cha Afcendant be Aries, he Qhall be exercifed in finch things as fhail be the canfe or his own deathor fall, becaule Scorpio, the other Monfe of Afars, wilt ¢ then in the eighth Honfe , but if Mars be well difpoled, and part of Fortune hap- pen inthe ch, he fhall be very forcunate in all chings fignitied by chat Houfe. If Taurns afcend, he hall be exercifed in fuch things as thail canfe bis awn weaknels ; becauie Livra, which is che other Houfe of ‘Mercury. will be then the fixth Houfe. Bug if Vennabe well difpofed, and part of For tune in the fixth , he fhall be moft lucky in things appertaining to the fixth Houle, If the Acendant be in Gemini, he (ball be ex A Guild for Affrologers. 87 exerci(ed in fach ehings as thall oceation his being taken ; becaute Virgo, Mercuries other Houfe , will be on the fourch ; but it Afercury be well difpoled , and part of Fortone in the fourth , he will be profper= ‘ous in things belonging to the fourth Honfe. if Virgo afcend, he will be ex- ercifed in things chat will gain bim honour and power, becaule Gemini, Mercuries other Houle, is the tenth ;, if aMercury be then in Conjunion with part of Fortune, and in the afcendant, he thal) acquire as itwere a Kings revenue. But if AZercury bein the thetenth , with the parc of Em- pire, fortunate and ftrong , he thal! un- doubtedly obtain a Kingdom, or fupream Command. Andif with this pare of For- tune and the Moon be alfo, inthe tenth, he will be a mighty Prince infallibly. If Libra afcend, he fhall be exercifed in things that hall batten his own death , becgule Taurus, the other Houle of Venus, will bethen in the eighth. But if Venws be well difpofed,and part of Fortune in the eighth,, he will be lucky in things reprefented by the eiglithHonfejand fo of any other Sign. Scorpio afcending , the Native ot Querent fhall bring difeales on bimfelf, becaufe “Aries is on thefisth. Sagittarins a(cend- ing, he hall fool imtlt ico captivity, ‘i 7 ae Sesser enEreeeesIResIE Eee SsEEEESRaEeeSeesEIeeseeseeeeeeE REECE CSSeSEaSeeSCCeCCeeeeHICSeesIEE uP eeeeHIMReTIE HSE eee88 A Guid for Affrologers: becaufe Pifees is on the fourth. Capricorn afcending, he fhall gain much by bis in- dattry, for aguarins is chen onthe fecond Honle. Yer it Saturn beill difpoted, be away and waite his own fab- Wf aguaries afceod, lve hall f many fecret enemies , be= ipricory will be chen in the ewelfeh 1. Pifees afcend, he fhall raife hime fel co honour, ces The r26thCoufacration is, To take notice ‘9 Wativiries or CQurettions , seher ther Afercury be Signit.cator wholly or in parc fortunate and Heong , ant in Capri- cornor,Aguarius ? for ches che Native thall be of a profonnd and piere:ng wit, and rent undertanding , dae tuut hall dive ine che bottom of things, and fee from the beginning what the iffue will be; and fo tach che more . if Sarurn’s fortunate fha!! behold Afercry wich a good Apes, elpecially if Merewy be in Aguarins, whicl jsthe delight of Saturn; and (till more if a Forcune fall be witn Mercury , and he ‘with one of the propitious fixed Stars. Bue Hf atereary be in Aries or Scorpio, the Na- tive will be bold, pertidions, unconftant, arrogant , and yet quick of apprehenfion ; eacher nimble co repeat or find our things a A Guid for Aftrologers. 89 faid by others, than invest them bimfelf. The 127th Coofideration is, To ob- ferye in Nativities, if che Lord of the A- feendant be Saturn or Afars, and fole Lord ofthe N-tivity, without any Forcune per- taking inthe dominidn , the tatte or fmel- ing of the Native, or his complexion, fhall not be like thofe of other men, for if it be Saturn, he thall delighe in fows or infipid things, as Halion Prolomy avers g if it be Mars, in fharpand biter , Flefh half (tinking, Wine dead, and pall'd Aloes, fouffs of candles, dung, éc. as alfo with filthy . dirty unhandfome women » more than in others; or ifitbe a woman, in the homelieft men, 62. The 128th Confideration is, In Naci- vities , whether the Afcendant be a human Sign, or the ®.ord of it in a baman Sign ? for that fignities the Native an honest, fociable and neighbontiy man, more efpe- cially if both happen cogether: Bue if the Afcendant carcy the fimilieude of fome creature which men we to fabour with, as Aries, Taurus, the laft part of Sagittarius and Capricorn, the Native is very*tubmits and humble to men , yet very fociable: Bat if it be a Sign half ferily as Cancer and . Pitty Seeeeeseneeeee a aseeeeCaameCeeC een eee Seego A Guid for Aftrelogers. Pifces, he will be yet lefs foriable ; but if it be a feral, furious or falvane Sign, as Leo and Scorpio, he will be of a bruitith favage temper, delighting in the woods, huntiog, and living upon fpeil and rapine ; caring not to aflociate hinfelf with men, fothat he {eldom remains long with his own Pa rents, or nearcft Relations, The rath Confideration is, To ob- fervein Nativities , whether the’ AZoon be in Oppoficion co the San, wich any of the Scars called Cloudy, which are Alsbazaic, and the Head of Gemini. or in a place called The Place of falling into the water, which Aquarine {pouteforth , orthe drops ofthe Lion, faid to be near his heart, and others which by reafon of their mixtwe wich each other do nos fhine diftinly. Fer when the Moon {hal wot be above 10 sinutes diflance from them, according 10 Longitude and Latitude , it feems nnavoide able, that the Native fhall have difeafes in his eyes, not to be remedied by any human baelp er medicine, If the Moon be then acci> dental in an Angle, and Mars and Saturn Likemife accidental , ‘not far aifRant from bers ar oppofing the Sun ix anyofthe Angles , ib Siguifees shat the: Native foal be blind of bork ot AGuid for Affrolocers, 94 eyes at his death , nor does there appear any way whereby it may be prevented: But if it bent of Luminaries, bat only one, ke fhall lofe but one eye if it be Sol, ands man, the right eye, if awoman, the left eye, bwtif it be the Moon, and a man, the left eye; but if a woman, the right eyes The 130th Confiderstion is, To re- gard in Nativities » whether che AZoen ba Joyned with Mercury by Body or Afpedk, or there be’a tranilation of fight by any Planet between them? if there be nothing of this, and the Sign afcending be neither ofthe nature of Mercury or the Meon , and Saturn ina Divenal Nativity » and Mare in a No@urnal, and one be in an Angle, the Native will be mad, diftraéted , trou- bled with fies, a fool, ot at leaft exceeding forgetful, unlefs a Fortune vety ftrong fhall at the fame time behold the Afcen- dant, Mercury or the Mom 5 and fo much the worfe , if che Angle wherein fach !n- fortune is happen co be Cancer, which is the Bxaltation of Jupiter or Virgo, the Exe altation of Afercsiry or Pifces, the Exaltae tion of Venus: The reaton is, becaufe the Moon ia. Nativities is the general Signifi- carrix of che Natives peefon, and the Planet with whom the is joyned , me Seseee eect aeeee eee ecReeEESsHeee Ce eEE EESwlethem according to Nature and Lise ue 92 — AGuid for Aftrolagers. facolties and powers; and cherefore if fhe be corporally joyned or applying co fach Planet, the Native will prove of good un- derftanding, and very well retain his fent and intellegkuals, And if Afercary Capricarn ox Aquarinenot afflided, but in good condition , the Native will be of an excecdling wit, and a great Philofopher ; endif Fupiter'and Venus he in ( Zamini Solis) We will provean Hermite or kind of Prophet, whafe words fhall be received as Oracles beyond thofe of other men, The 131ft Confideration is, To take notice in the Nativity of aman, whether the sun and A4oon be boch in Mafcaline Signs. or both in one Mafculine Quarter, or one Mafculine Sign , forif fo, ic fgni- fics that the Native's aéts and cemper ihall pe’ naturally (uch as belongsto men: But” in a womans Nativity , the Lumfharies fo difpofed make akind of Virago’, one thar Shall difpife men, and oberude her felt into their affairs ; and fictea one, if the marry, will be fure co wearthe breeches, If Venus and Mars foall be both in Aef- culine Signs , the Native will be mederately afftled towards the delights of Venus, and if 4 Guid for Aftrologers: 93 if hey happen to be Oriental, he will be more _ falactons and immederate , inclinable to In- ceft, Sodomy, Bico But if chey be Occidental, and in Feminine Signs » his {ports will be nafly and bruitifh 5 and fo much she more, if Sacurn caft any A(peéts tothem : Bus ifit be awoman > and Mars aud Venus oriental, and in Mafenline Signs , ke will abbor mens embraces , and takeno delight therein , but rather pleafe ber felf with fome little wanton nnefs with perfons of ber own fox. But if MAare and Venus be in Feminine Signs , and Occi~ ental » (he wid love and sake delight in mens Kindneft. And Prolomy in his Centilo~ quiumn affirms, thas if Venus be joyned sith Saturn in 4 Nativity, and bave Dignities in the Jeventh , the Native frall be fomewbat Faulty and untoward in bis Venerial carcffes. ‘The 1324 Isto mark in Nativities, Whe- ther Mars be corporally joyned with a certain fiery Star of his own nature in Tasraa, called Ageh, fo that they are not above 16 minutes afunder, tars applying thereunto, and the kord of the Houle wherein the Luminary for the time ruling is pofited, which is called the Lord Ansa. Yaror of its Bxaltation, and two others of its Dignitic be in Oppofition or Square of ars, and ngithes of tle For- ciines sees eeeessaeResae eee eeesIeSEECeCnLCEeSResE ee SeeSeesEecE eel UAAMaaIRCSEECLCOCEE Cece eeeesieeeesie ea eeeesa TEESE94 — AGuid for Aftrolagtts. tunes hall behold the Afcendant , not be Pofited in rhe eighth Houle, itundoubte edly fignifies che Native thall be beheaded. And if AZars fhall not be diftane from it in Latitude above 6 ininutes , it will intallibly happen'fo, nor cobe avoided but by God alone. And though a Fortune, Retrograde or Combuit. fhiuid bebiold the A(cendant, yet it will fcarce preferve him from be- heading; only in (uchcale it may bappent otto he occelioned by hisown faute ; for a Fortane in (uch a cafe not impedited, may fave him from fuck an ill death» and permit him codie in his bed ; but chen it will be of {ome capitel difeate, proceeding. from a hot houfe. and this betore he comes tobe fity yeere of age. Bicil Mars hhall not be thus affedted, yet if an Infortuné Beinthe eigheh , the Native thall come to an untimely or ignominions end 5 but if Fortune b: chere in good (ate , be fhall expire naturally ; but if fach Forcane be affliGted , he thall die of fome mifchance coming upon him. Pcolomy in hie Centi- Joquiam sells ws, That if the ighs of she Tyne | foall happen to be in the mid heaven (1 fayin the conditions aforefaid ) fich ‘Native foall behanged. If either of the Tafortwnes be in Gemini, and the other in Pices, his bands or feat foall be cu off, according tothe Banifice, fi _AGuid for Astrologers, roy siom of the Sign wherein the Planet i pofted, which is moft malevolent. 1f Mars bean Con janition sith the Lard of the Acendane in Leo, and hath no Dignitiesin the Afcendant, nor either of she Fortnnes in the eighth, the Native hall beburnt to death s and if Mars be then Retrograde, Combuft, oF in bis fall it will be for fome crime , ibersife by if. chance, oF anja. Peolomy faith, Tha if Saturn in a Nativity be in the mid-heaven, and the Planet to which he Anauba a Die Pofitor,lein Oppofiion to him, anda dy Sign on she Culp of the fewrth , the Native pray be knocks o'th" the head, ara die by fome rains Sig be he bal be dibwned: bat fit bean hee, Sign , he will be frangied. If Mars or Sa. turn be in the Afcendant at birth, and Pe- regrine, the Native full bave a shar or mark on his face or bead if the Infortune be affie ae, Combet or Rergrae she fome vit e very deformed sand winch di i ‘abersofe nat gelled falling 00 bin; but if a The 1334 Confideration is, To mark in Nativities, whether Gemini or Sagitte- riwalcend and whether its Lord be well difpofed, cht i, forwnate and ftcong, and likewife the Moon? for that Ggnifics, chat if the Natiye live, he will get geeat riches. If, ieeeeaeaeegeeee CH segeeee Casa sScee esa ceecea asec aac seeg eee96 «= A Giid for Aftrologers: | f Virgo oF Pifces afcend, and its Lord, oF the Moon, te ell affected , he thall gee money, and lay the fame out well, andlive {plendifly , being beloved for his genero- fity and bounty.” But in the other cafe; where the Afeendant is Gemini or Sagit= tavius , he will not be fo hberal , burvery frugal and Sparing ; befides , he who hath Gemini ot Virgo tor his Afcendant, may ¢ftate, andcome to want; but be Sagittarins or Pifces , thall never Jofe his means , nor fall into poverty, . If Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn, or Aquarine atcend, che Native will be milerably co- vetout, if Jupiter behold the Afcendant, he may fomewhat mitigsce che fordid hae mour, but will not wholly prevent or take . a 134th Confideration is, To mind jnt Nativities; whether Afars or Venue be inthe fixth, and otherwife well difpofed ? for that fignifies that the Native thall be not really fit for Phyfick, and grow a per- £48 Doétor in every part of the Art, If Meriuty. be in Conjindtion with Venu 5 and the Retrograde, he will make.naturally a good Singers but if Afercury be in the twelith, not affliGed , be will be {tudious and famous in moft Sciences , efpecially ilofophy. Philofophy, ath | A Guid for Aprologers, 97 ‘The 13th Confederation is, To con- fider in Nativities , whether the Lord of the Afcendant, and the Afoon, and Fapiter, and Fenn, are’either all in the Sleendane, or whether Pepiser end Venus behold the Lord of the Afcendant, and the Afoon in the Afcendane by a Trine or Sextile, and free from afiliGtion? for then the Native will prove very (trong and couragious, and none will dare to difobey his commands, The 136:h Confideration is » To note in the Nativities of Kings‘and Rich Men, and fach Grandes as ere fit to bear rai ‘whether, both Luminaries are in the D gtecs of their Exaleations, er in theic own Houfes in the fame Degree one with the other, and free from afilition ? for this fignifies that the Native fhall obtain great honours ; for he thall be made Emperor, or fomething like its fo that he fhall be as it were Monarch of the World, which thal continue to the fourth generation of i's pofterity. Bueif all the Planets below fps ter fhalt be dit (pofed of by him, and he thall receive vertue from every of them , not- withftanding the condition aforefaid, and afcerwards commit boeh them and himfelt to Saturn, and both be Oriental from the Sun and in Angles, the Native will be a re perfon Gasser eeeaaasseeee ea seceeea cee aSeReeEEE98 A Guid for Aftrologers. perfan of, great renown and power » thoagh perlapsnot with the title of King , but his (ame fhall endure for a long time, that is cofry ,. all his life time; and after zhis denth for three revolutions of Sata, or longer. The 137eh Conlideration is, To feo whether Mercy be in Con jnnétion with Saran in the Afcendant & for that Ggni> fies chae che Native is a foolith talkative fellow chac would be counted wifeshe fhall fpeak ill of all, both men and women 5 the greatest wit he hath iso invent many lies ; Ror doth he ever open his mouth, bat fom thing of untrach appears intermixt with hisdifcourfe, fo acural ic will be fot him to tel lies: Saturn gives lima foul tongue, and Aferciry a fharpnets of malice to exn- ploy ic. The 138th Confideration is, To fee in Nativities, whether the two Infortunes are inthe fonrch Houle, or whether the ‘Angles are poffeft with movableSigns, and Mars and Saturn in them? for then the Native will be poor, wretched, and infor tunate above all others, all his life tine, aunts fupiter, or the Lord of the Tripli~ sity alceaving, prevent, The Auld for Aftrologerss 99 . The 139th Confideration is, To be careful both in Notivicies and Queftions, where the Dragons rail is? Sorebat figni- fies the wafting and deftrodion of the thing fignified by chat Hovfe, and efpe- cially if it relate to gain: for in the firft it fignifies expences, and lofs of gain tothe Quetent, from or by reafon of his perfon inthe {econd deftrudion,and lols of money and fabftance ; and in the third, [os hy means of Brethren, Sifters, Neighbunr . ce, inthe fourth, damage that one fal, faftain by ones Grand-father , Fathe law, and fach things relating ro inheri- tances g and that the Native fhall change houfes often , and get litele by it: inthe fifth , damage. from or by reafon of Chil- dren, inthe fixth, loffes by Scrvants, ot Small Cattel; in the,feventh , lols by Woe men, Companions, or open Enemies ; in the ninth, lofs by Religious men, and on the account of Religion ; in the tenth, by or in his preferments, honours, ee. in the eleventh, tofs by his Friends , ‘or for their fakes ; and in the ewelféh, damage foftatnd by great Cartel , or by means of hidden Eneinies. ‘The r40th Confiderstion is, To fee whether the Significator of the ching in He quettion See eeeees eae eeu en ecey eee cece eau Leese ee seu areas eene eevee Stine eee100 AGuid for Aftrologers: queftion , or the Moon, be fo teak that ie eannot’ bring the matter to perteétion 2 and ifthey he , coke the Signitisacer of the werent aud ding enquired aftr, and Pete the taller from the greater , and add to the remrinder che degrees of the Sign afcending , aid profedk what they amount unto from the Afcendznt, and ob- ferve where it happens ; for the Lord of that Sign fignilics whiae was enquired of and according to his evnd tion fhslechou give judgment, as thou findeft im fortu- nate aud [trong, or inhortunace and week = For if che bufinefs concern amans eftate, and he be placed in the fecond as heis fo hall the Querents eftate prove ; if in the third, tive Brethren will be difpofed ac- cordingly ; in the fourth, thafe of greatclt Relations, in thefifth, the Children ; in the fixch, Servants ; in the feventl, Wives; inche eighth, Wives portions; in the ninth, Tong Joucueys, in the centh s his Prefer- ments; in the eleventh , his Friends ; in the cwelfeh, his Enemies. The 1411) Ts to confider in Nativities, the gifts and properties beftowed on men by thie fixed Scars, and how long they con- tine, cogether ‘with che reafon why they prove not talking, as thofe which proceed from A Guid for Afrelogers. 104 from the Planets, fince it Teams a Leele probable that chey fhould continue lun; than thofe ; of whieh 1 do noc reweinber to have wes with any bing inthe Are cients, fave on'y thac ‘Prolony ia bi: Centic Lequinan faye, The fixed Stars jews ines cone fer exceaing great benefics » but often times they end ill, And Alsuanfa in kis Treatile tothe great King of the Sarssens , That the fixed Sears biflow neteble gifs, and raife Seats poverty 10 bappinels anil bigh degree ‘more than any of the feven Planets. : Now the reafon that.the gifts of the fixed Sears to men, abide lels with them: than thofe given by the Planets, is, becanfe the fixed Stars beiug the Agenes, and Men the Patients, the fusject on whieh they are Co operate, are not aprceable to them, nor are horn to be able to receive cheit im= preilion; for it isrequifite thse there Should be fome conformity and fikene's, or ayree= ablenefs between the Agent asd the Pe tient : but the fixed Stats a moll Mow in motion , and coufequently in mutation, whence is comes to pats that their im- preilions require fubj.As and paients oF the fame nature, that is to fey, fach as are the molt lafhing, and carry @ canformicy with them to perfeét or accomplith cheie H 3 effets :ror AGuid for Affrologerse effedts : For the revolution of the fixed Scars is finitht buc in fix aud thirty thou- fund years, but the Viventhipolis, or life of man , generally exceeds not chirce revel tions of Saturn , that isco fay, the fpace ‘of ninety years , very few exceed that age (clioagh pofibly fome may, by che addition of the ycars of fome Plancts to the years of the Alcocoden) in theit Nativiciess which bears no conformity or proportion with 360:0 years to complerc the cffedts of their influences. And chetefore as an Eagle cannot exercife che complement of her flight or power ona Ely, nor a Stone coming forth (4 fande » Trabathi) do any great exce ition (ii OMufeiovem) no more can the Bxed Stars complear che effedts of their impre(liows; and cherefore their gifts bre fendant thill be the ol van! Quetiion is not Ra- sre a. Tachold the Aleendane and his Lord eM and the Pla from which fhe feparates , and align them for Sianilicarore of cine Quorent ; the teventlh and the Plenet with which the Muon is joyned, fhall reprafent the perfon inqai- but i ic be necefliry , defcend co (he perlons 5 es the chings ar, fignifi: <@ ty the Hlonfes , trom the firft co che : twelfch, A Guid for Aftrologers. 13 twelfth, 3. Confider the nature of the thing , inquire abouc the Honfe and Sign whereby ic is fignified. 4. The Atyedts ‘of the Planets both good and malevolence to the Significators of che things foughe after, 5. In what place from its own Honfe each of the Significators are; viz. Whether in his own or the tecond , thitd, ot fourth , Gc. or in the Combult way, ot the like places. 6. Whether they ‘are found in Angles Caden or Succedent Houfes. 7. “Diligently fee where the Querents affitiants mutt come, vie. whe ther from a Father, a Son, a King, a Kin( man, o¢ a Friend, dc: 8. Bythe Mirth of she Querent, asif’ the Lord of the Afcen- dant fhall be in the fitth, or elfewhere joyned with its Lord, free from being af- MiGed by the Inforennes, or by his fad- nels: as if his Significator happen in the fixth, fevench, eighth, octwelfth; unlefs the Queftion be’ of things fignified by thofe Houfes: and as chou findelt judge. 9. By the Fortunes and Infortunes , ac- cording as thou finde@ chem in places fig- nified , the things about which the Que- ftionis moved ; and if the benevolents are more, ’tis good , if otherwife the contra ry 4 if the teftimonies are equal, then in different, re. Whether the Lord of the I Afcen-114 AGuid for Aftrologers. Alcendant be in the Floufe of the thing enquired alter, or withitsLord, 11. 1n what Honfe the Lord of the firft is joyned with the Significator of the things lookt after; for by the Significator of that Houle, or his occafion, thon mayft judge the mateer will be brought about. 12. If the Significators are not joyned there, whe- ther there be any traflation of light be- tween them by any other Planet » or re- ceives their de(eription , thou thale judge the fame thing, 13. By the natures of the Significacors themfelves, agreeing in their natures and fignifications with each other, 14. According as the receiver of the Significators virene or difpofition fhall be, a Fortune oran Infortune , fteong or weak, and does beniold the Significator, or the Moon, or any wich Afp:@s of love or enmity, 0 fhalc hou pronounce jadge- mente The 14qth Confideration is, To ob- ferve in Quettions, Nativities or Eleétiens, when the Signifieators thall not clearly thew thee whac chon wouldit know , but the fignification remains dubious, fo chat the mind is in fufpence , take the place of the Lord of ths Afcendant , and che place of the Lord of the Houte of che Moon, an AGuid for Astrologers, 115 and fee.the diftance of degrees between them, beginning from Aries; of which make Signs, and add the degree of che Sign afcending and proje@ fromthe A- feendane as well by day as night; and where the number falls, the Lord of thae Houle thal be Significator, and from him take the fignification of the bufinets ene quired , for according to his dilpofition thou maylt judge, The 145th Confideration is, Thit thou fee in Diurnal Nativities, whether Gor Leonis be in the Afcendant, thacis to fay, in the Oriental Line, or above it one de~ gree, or below itthree degrees, or whe- ther it be in the tenth in like’ degrees, without che Conjunétion or Aipeét of any of the Fortunes ; for this alone fignities that the Native fhall be a perfon of ‘great Rote and power, coo much exalted, and attain to high preferment and honours, although difcended from the meaneft Pa Fents ; and if any of the Fortunes behold that place alfo, his glory thall be the more encreafed: but if the Nativity be No@turnal , his Fortune will be fomewliat Meaner, but not much, but if the In- fortunes ca(t their Afpetts there . it will Aill be more mean; but if che Fortune 12 be:: 116, AGuid for Aftrologerss behold it slfo, they will augment the good promifed afourch part , and mitigate che evil as much: yet ftill whatever of all this happens, it fipnifics that the Native fhall die an unhappy death ; or at lealt , that all hishonoars, areata ts and power, Mhailat laft fuffer an echpfe y end let ina clouds The 144th Confideration is, That thow take the piace of the Land of the Mfeen Gane, and the plice of the Lord ei che tarelth, and fubli.eding the ke (Pe from seater, edi} to tie rema’nder the d ot the fiin alcending . and prow Lord ot th the Lord of che part of Porcine, and fubQ-aing the Irfler trom the greacer, ade tie degrees of che Sign afcending 5 and where the number fis, che Lord of that Sign fhall he sother Parmer, and callod the “econdry Parener : which if ic happen co be cne fame Planet » regard only chit, but if differen: , then take both, anf fabjiradt the lefler from she A Guid for Astrologers, = 117 the greater, and add the degrees of the Sign afcending , and the Planet on whofe Houle the number falls thall be the third Partner ; and which of thofe three is the Arongett, fhall be the chiefeft tharer in the fignification of the thing enquired after. If all che remainders , ot two of them, fall happen on che Houle of one Pisnet that thall be preferred. If che Queftion feem good , and chofe Partners ate ill difpoted , they will diminith of the good fignified by che Qveftion , and fo on the contrary: but if the Queftion feem evil, and they are well difpofed , chey will allay and, mirigace the evil Gignified by the Que~ tion, aud (9 likewife on the contrary. There are many other Con- fiderations which might be added to thefe, butit would render Art too perplext and intricate 3 we therefore leave them, as lefs material to the Students induftry, to obferve them in their due time and place,118 A Guid for Aftrologerse place, as they happen 5 where- in his care and diligence will not fail of a reward in advan- tagious difceverics of truth , worthy his pains.