Degree

5th
L5
Venus
Jupiter
Lot of Children
Lord of the Lot of Children
AccDig
LOD
LOH
Totals

Saturn

Jupiter

Mars

Sun

Venus

Mercury

Moon

* The final three rows are optional.

** It is possible to have two almutens.
*** Examine the places and lords individually on the topic, and then take the almuten to consider separately.
**** There is broad disagreement as to which signs are sterile. Leo/Taurus/Capricorn/Libra/Aquarius (Umar). Leo/Virgo/Capr
***** Lot of Chilren = Jupiter to Saturn by day, Saturn to Jupiter by night, projected from the Ascendant.
Delineation:

1. The native will have offspring if there is concord (out of the 14 ways) between the Offspring Almuten, Ascendant Almuten,
2. The native will be sterile or lacking children if there is no complexion between the almuten of the 3rd and the Ascendant A
3. If the Ascendant, 5th and sign of the Ascendant Almuten are signs of many children, the native will abound in children.
4. If the Ascendant is in a movable sign and the majority of fertility significators in sterile signs, the native will be sterile and w
5. The native will receive children in youth if the Offspring Almuten OR Jupiter OR the Lord of the 3rd's Almuten are oriental.
6. If the Triplicity Lords of Jupiter are oriental, the native receives children in youth; if occidental, old age.
7. Jupiter or Venus being or aspecting the Offspring Almuten grants a multitude of children.
8. Saturn or Mars being or aspecting the Offspring Almuten grants a scarcity of children
9. The Sun or Moon being or aspecting the Offspring Almuten grants a middling number of children
10. Mercury signifies scarcity if he's with those who signify scarcity, and he signifies a multitude when with those who signify
11. Ptolemy: seek children from the 11th, L11 and any planets in it. He also said to seek the father in the day from the MC, fro
12. Check whether one or two of the almutens of the 5th are establishing concord with the Ascendant Almuten and Lord. If so
13. The child will introduce many different impediments to the native if the Offspring Almuten is a malefic impeding the Asce
14. If the Offspring Almuten is a malefic and impedes the Moon, it introduces many different impediments upon the mother.
15. If the different significators of children are safe, the children will be protected and will not perish.
16. If the significators of children are impeded, they will rarely be in concord.

s (Umar). Leo/Virgo/Capricorn/Aquarius (Abu Ali). Gemini/Leo/Virgo/Capricorn/Sagittarius (Rhetorius). Gemini/Leo/Virgo/Capricorn/begi

ten, Ascendant Almuten, and the almuten of the Moon. The children will be of use to the native (thru the 11th house and its lord, and the
3rd and the Ascendant Almuten, AND Jupiter is burned up and Venus is impeded.
l abound in children.
ative will be sterile and without children for his whole life.
d's Almuten are oriental. If occidental, one will be born to him in old age.

n with those who signify a multitude.

the day from the MC, from the IC at night, and also in the day to seek the father from Sun/Saturn/MC and in the night from Saturn and Ju
nt Almuten and Lord. If so, the children will be good and just, esteeming their father. If to the contrary, the children will impede the native
malefic impeding the Ascendant and its Lord.
ments upon the mother.

Gemini/Leo/Virgo/Capricorn/beginning Taurus/middle Libra/Aries/Sagittarius (or perhaps the middle of these latter two).

e 11th house and its lord, and the 2nd house and its lord, possibly; it's also possible L11 and L2 may be omitted from consideration as reg

nd in the night from Saturn and Jupiter and the IC. This could be in reference to the native as father!
the children will impede the native.

these latter two).

omitted from consideration as regards the usefulness of the native's children.