A Brief and Most Easy Introduction to the Astrological Judgement of the Stars

A breefe and moſt eaſie Introduction to the Astrologicall iudgement of the Starres.

VVhereby euerye man maye with ſmall labour, giue aunſwere to any question demaunded.

Written by Claudius Dariot Phiſition, and tranſlated by Fabian Wither.

Herevnto is annexed a moſt neceſſarye, ready, and breefe table, for the ſpeedie finding out of the Planetary and vnequall houres of euery daye thorow the yere, exactly calculated by the ſayd Fabian Wither.

Optime Virtus ſeipſam nouit & quam amabilis ſit intelligit.

Jmprinted at London by Thomas Purfoote, and are to be ſold at his ſhop without New-gate, ouer agaynst Saint Sepulchers Church.

TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFVLL MAISTER EDVVARDE DODGE ESQVIRE, FABIAN WITHER WISHETH LONG LIFE, VVITH PROSPEROVS SVCCESSE AND ENCREASE OF GODS GRACES. &c.

WHen as I doe often times reuolue with my ſelf (Right Worſhipfull) the great laboures, continuall paynes, and inceſſaunt diligence, whiche the forraign Nations vſe for the aduancement of their countrey & people, to bring them vnto the vnderſtanding and knoweledge of all, and all maner Artes and ſciences: in ſo much there is not anye Authour that hath written in any tongue or language, or of any Art or Science, which they haue not tranſlated into their own proper and vulgar tongue, for the common commoditie of their countrey: as dayly experience without further proofe doth ſufficiently approue & teſtifie. I cannot a little maruell at the ſlackneſſe, or rather contemptuous negligence of our countreymen in theſe our dayes, vpon whome, although God hath beſtowed his giftes moſte plenteouſly, ſo that I ſuppoſe them not to be inferiour vnto anye Nation in learning and knowledge: yet as though they were borne only for themſelues and to their owne vſes, haue altogether neglected to publiſh or ſet forth any thing for the common commoditie of their countrey, or rather ſeeme to haue enuyed that anye man ſhoulde bee partaker of the fruites and benefites of their laboures and ſtudies. The whiche their dealinges how farre off it is from Chriſtianitie, they themſelues can eaſily iudge. But how farre different it is from a minde endowed with wiſedom, let this one ſentence of Cicero in h[••] offices declare and ſhewe, he ſaith, Non nobis ſilum nati ſu[•••] ſed partem patris, partem parentibus partem amicis debemus. That is, we are not borne onely for our ſelues, but partly for our countrie partely for our parents and partely for our friendes, where as he atiributeth the firſt and principall point and duetie of our being in this life to the vſe and commoditie of oure countrie, the other partes as by deſtribution doth appeare the laſt and leaſt parte vnto our ſelues. But now by a prepoſterous conuerſion, as in all other humaine actions and affaires ſo likewiſe in knowledge and learning, euerie man ſeeketh to profite and aduaunce himſelfe that he may ſeeme to furmount and excell others, but none for the common commoditie of his countrie, which ſheweth the greate abuſe of God his good giftes and argueth the horrible ingratitude and contempt of naturall duties, which euen the heathen men whiche knewe not God did acknowledge to be requiſite in a good man, but me thinketh I heare one obiect and ſay: Sir in no age or time hath there beene ſo many famous learned men which haue written of and vpon the ſacred Scriptures both by way of controuerſie as otherwiſe, as are in theſe our daies, but for your aſtrologie it is thought of many better vnknowne then knowne. Whereunto I aunſwere thus, moſt true it is that the ſacred ſcriptures are to be preferred before al other knowledge, learning arts, or ſciences, whatſoeuer, and ſuch as haue traueled in them for the commoditie of their countrie worthie to reape their due reward and commendation, but notwithſtanding as God hath reuealed himſelf in his worde, ſo hath he alſo opened himſelfe in his creatures, neither is it to be accounted the leaſt or ſmalleſt poynt of Diuinitie to know God truely in his workes and creatures. The Pſalmiſt ſaith. The heauēs declare the glory of god & the firmamēt ſhew foorth his handie worke, now I ſuppoſe there is none ſo ignorant and wilfull that will affirme or ſay, the declaration of his glorie or the ſetting foorth of his handie worke to be wholie included and conteined in the frame beautie or motion of the ſame, wherefore we muſt proceede further and with diligente mindes enter into the contemplation of their natures ſeeking out their ſecrete and hidden quallities, for as it profiteth vs little to knowe that GOD hath adorned and decked the earth with all kinde of Corne and Cattell, with hearbes, fruites, Plantes, and trees, except he had alſo taughte vs to knowe the natural quallities and vſe of thē, how ſome ſerue for foode and ſuſtenance▪ ſome for the helpe and cure of ſundrie diſeaſes greefes and maladies, ſome for other neceſſarte purpoſe, &c. Whereby he doeth not all onely teache vs to knowe him to bee the Creator of theſe thinges, but alſo his fatherlie lyberalitie in the bountifull beſtowing of theſe his giftes, and carefull prouidence in prouiding for vs all thinges neceſſarie for the maintenaunce and releefe of mans nature whereby wee mighte bee continually prouoked to acknowledge him to be our God and to prayſe and glorifie his name for his greate benefites. So in like maner when wee duely conſider the natures and influences of the caeleſtiall bodies beholding and marking diligently thelr force and effectes in the inferior bodies, wee ſhall ſtraightway bee brought to the vnderſtanding and knowledge how that God hath planted and placed in them a lawe of reigment, or rule, by whom as by his inſtruments and ſecond cauſes, he will rule and gouerne this inferior Orbe making it ſubiect vnto diuers and ſundrie mutations and chaunges at his will and decree. The which mutations and chaunges, notwithſtanding hee hath not ſecretlie cloſed vp vnto himſelfe but moſt plainelie ſet foorth as in a table in his celeſtiall creatures to beholde, and alſo to forewarne vs to foreſee and take heede, that when any euill is threatned, to flye vnto him, who alone can turne the ſame awaie, and likewiſe to ſtirre vs vp vnto thankefulneſſe, when as hee ſheweth his fauourable countenaunce and promiſeth all goodneſſe. The like that is ſpoken here in generall, may alſo bee ſaide and applyed vnto euerie particuler man in himſelfe, whoſe nature with the diſpoſition and inclination of the ſame eyther vnto good or euill with his ſundrie mutations and changes proſperity and good ſucceſſe, as alſo aduerſity, ſickneſſe, or other miſhappes is eaſily foreſeene and ſoreſhewed by the courſe and diſpoſition of the caeleſtiall bodyes, as by immoueable examples ſet downe by ſundrye learned men, is moſt euidently approoued that it needeth no further demonſtration. If then the whole courſe of mans life be thus ordred & guided, it is not to be doubted but all the actions of the ſame are in like ſort ruled and gouerned, ſo that conſequently the diſpoſition of them is likewiſe to be foreſeene, and therefore by wiſedome moſt lightly borne if they be euill, or more thankfully receyued being good, the iudgemēts of both which parts are moſt playnly ſet downe vppon ſeuerall queſtions for example ſake in this ſmall Treatiſe. Then let vs duly conſider what Arte or Science is there that draweth nearer vnto diuinitie then this iuditial part of Aſtrologie diſcretely vſed (the abuſe whiche happeneth as well in this as in all other Artes, I doe not excuſe, neyther allow, but except) which teacheth vs not onlye to knowe GOD in his creatures, but alſo his abſolute power and gouernaunce, his Fatherly care and prouidence, his will and pleaſure towarde vs, if we ſeeke to know it with reuerence, do altogether mooue vs to obedience, thanſgiuing, and to the prayſe of his holy name. Let no man therefore contemne or deſpiſe it cauſeleſſe, for as the prouerbe is, Learning hath no greater enimy then ignorance, & it is the greateſt miſhap that may be, whē an vnſkilfull man ſhal take in hand to iudge any Art. I therefore, Right Worſhipfull, fearing the like cenſure vppon mee that hath happened vnto others, haue preſumed to dedicate theſe my labours vnto you, truſting that as you haue alwayes bene not only a fauourer, but a ſupporter and mayntainer of learning and learned men, ſo you will accept in good worth this rude, compendious, yet learned treatiſe, defending it as a Patrone, receauing with good will, as from a well willing Friend, Thus with encreaſe of Worſhip, proſperous health, and Gods graces, I commende you to the Almightie.

Your worships to commaund Fabian Wither.

AN INTRODVCTION to the iudgement of the Starres. WRITTEN BY CLAVDIVS DARIOT Phiſition of Beaume.

Of the Zodiack, and the deuiſion of the Signes. CAP. 1.

BEFORE that we enter to ſpeake or intreate of the principall points and iudgemēts, to the end that al things may be the better vnderſtand, I will entreat orderly of the principles, beginning with the Zodiack & ſignes. Firſt therefore we will ſpeake of the Zodiack, one of the greateſt cyrcles of the celeſtial Sphere, the which is diuided into two equall partes, hauing in bredth 12 degrees, and 360 degrees in length, as ſhal be more at large declared. This Zodiack is diuided into 12 equall parts, the whiche are called Signs, and haue taken their names of certaine properties which they haue, or of the diſpoſition of the ſtarres: The names are ſuch as here follow. Aries, ♈. Taurus, ♉. Gemini, ♊. Cancer, ♋. Leo, ♌. Virgo, ♍. Libra, ♎. Scorpio, ♏. Sagittarius, ♐. Capricornus. ♑. Aquarius, ♒. Piſces, ♓. And theſe ſignes are marked with theſe proper figures and characters here before annexed after euerye name, as doth playnly appeare. Euery one of theſe ſignes agayne is diuided into 30 degrees, and ſo the Zodiack doth contayne in length 360 degrees, for 12 multiplyed by 30, doth product ſo much in number. Eche degree agayne is diuided into 60 minutes, and euery minute into 60 ſeconds, and euery ſecond into 60 thyrdes, and euery third into 60 fourthes: and ſo proceeding by multiplying by 60 vnto an infinite number, or at leaſt vnto tennes. Theſe ſignes alſo are diuided into manye ſortes and kindes. Fyrſt they are called Northerne and Southerne, according to that parte of the heauen wherevnto they doe declyne from the equinoctiall.

Secondly they are diuided into ſuch as haue a right aſcention, and into ſuch as haue a crooked aſcention, as followeth.

Thirdly they are diuided into foure triplicities, that is to ſay, into Fyrye, Earthly, Ayrie and Watrie triplicitie.

Fourthly, ſome of them are called moueable, otherſome fixed, and the thyrd ſort meane or common, ſo termed or called becauſe that when the ſunne is in any of them, he beareth and holdeth the qualities which is attributed vnto them, as alſo becauſe that ſuch as haue them in the aſcendent at the time of their natiuitie, doe for the moſte parte participate with their qualities in all their affayres.

Agayne, ſome of them as is beforeſayd are Oriental, ſome Meridionall, ſome Occidentall, and ſome Septentrionall, which are ſo called, becauſe they haue reſpect vnto that parte of the world. And further, ſome be called of the daye, becauſe it maketh ſuch as haue them in the aſcendent of their natiuitie, more beautifull and pleaſaunt. The other are called Nocturnall or of the night, becauſe they work the contrary. Likewiſe the Maſculines are ſo named becauſe they make ye man the more ſtrong and valyaunte, and the woman more manlye. And the other which are called feminine, make the man more effeminate and weake, and the woman more amiable, delicate and naturall.

Finally the ſignes are diuided into foure quarters, that is to ſay, into the Spring tyme, the Somer, the Autumne or harueſt, and the Winter: the which contain the ſignes which make thoſe partes of the yeare, as followeth.

Of the Planets together with their mouinges and qualities. CAP. 2.

NOw that there is ſufficiētly intreated of the Signes of the Zodiack and of their diuiſions, it reſteth to ſpeake of the Planets, and afterward as briefly as may be, to declare the dignities they haue in the ſame ſignes. It is therefore to be vnderſtand, that vnder the zodiack there be ſeuen Planets, which moue cōtinually of their owne proper and continuall motion, and finiſhe their courſes in diuers ſpaces and tymes, according to the ſwiftneſſe or ſlowneſſe of their motion, and according to the greatneſſe or ſmalneſſe of their Orbe or circle. For Saturne which is the higheſt of them all, and hath greateſt circle, finiſheth not his courſe or reuolution but in 30 yeares, Iupiter in 12 yeares, Mars in 2 yeares, the Sonne in 365 daies, & about 6 houres, Venus and Mercury keepe their courſe like the Sunne: the Moone maketh her reuolution in 27 dayes, and about eyght houres: Then according to the diuerſitie of the qualities of the ſignes, and the diuerſe and ſundrie motions and aſpects of the Planets in them, they worke their diuers effects here below on earth, the which who ſo will perfitly vnderſtande, hee muſt firſt know the qualities of the Planets, the which I wil here prſently declare, beginning firſt with Saturne becauſe he is the higheſt aboue all the other, and ſo orderlye proceede with the reſt as they ſtand.

Saturne is cold and drye, Melancholick, an enemy and deſtroyer of the nature and life of man, of the day, Maſculine, euill, and the greateſt miſfortune.

Iupiter is hote and moyſt, ſanguine, a friend and preſeruer of the lyfe and nature of man, maſculine, of the day, and is called the greateſt fortune.

Mars is immoderately hote & drie, cholerike, maſculine, and of the night euill, and the leſſe miſfortune.

The Sunne is moderately hote and drye, maſculine, and of the day fortunate, by aſpect infortunate by corporall coniunction.

Venus is cold and moyſt, temperate, flegmatick, feminine, of the night, of good nature, and is called the leſſe fortune.

Mercury in all things is common and mutable, he is good with the good, and euill with the euill, with the Maſculine maſculine, with the Feminines feminine, hote with the hote, and moyſt with the moyſt, infortunate with the miſfortunes, and fortunate with the fortunes, eſpecially when he is ioyned or corporally applying vnto thē, or beholdeth them with ſome good aſpect.

The Mone is likewiſe cold and moyſt: and albeit ſhee doe heate a little, yet ſhe doth moyſten more, ſhe doth chaunge her nature and qualitie according to the quarters, like as the Sunne doth thorowout the ſignes of the Zodiack, & the quarters and parts of the yeare. She is alſo feminine, of the night, and fleugmatick, and ſendeth vnto vs the vertue and impreſſion of all the other Planets: For al the influences of the higher bodyes paſſing through her Circle, come finally vnto vs. And this may ſuffice for the nature of the Planets, howbeit I thinke it neceſſary alſo in this place to declare the nature of the head and tayle of the Dragon.

The head of the Dragon is in all poyntes like to Mercury, good with the good Planets, and euill with the euill: for being ioyned with the good Planets, he doth increaſe their goodneſſe, and with the euill their malice.

The tayle of the Dragon is contrary to the head, for he is euill with the good, and good with the euill, ſo that he doth diminiſh the malice of the euill Planets, and in like maner doth hinder and let the goodneſſe of the good.

All theſe Planets together with the heade and tayle of the Dragon, are noted and marked by their certayne characters as appeareth: Saturne, ♄. Iupiter, ♃. Mars, ♂. Sunne, ☉. Venus, ♀. Mercury, ☿. Mone, ☽. the tayle of the dragō, ☋. the head, ☊.

Of the eſſentiall dignities of the Planets. CAP. 3.

THe ancient Aſtronomers haue foūd out and tryed by experience, that the Planets doe ſhewe and vtter their force and ſtrength, muche more in ſome certayne places of the Zodiack then in otherſome, and therefore are ſayde to bee more ſtrong and better fortuned in thoſe places then in other, the which thing happeneth becauſe the nature of thoſe places, and of the ſtarres whiche are in thoſe places, doe accord and agree better with the nature of the planets, in ſo muche that there is a certayne ſympathie or agreement between the nature of the one and the other. And for this place alſo they are called the eſſential dignities of the planets. Theſe be in number fiue, that is to wete: the Houſe, the Exaltation: the Triplicitie: the Terme, and the Face: of the which we will ſpeake in order.

Of the first eſſentiall dignitie, that is to ſay, of the Houſe.

THe Sunne and the Moone whiche are created of God to be the two great lightes amongſt the other planets, the one for the day, the other for the night, and hauing the principall dominion and gouernement in the generation and corruption of bodyes and thinges here below vpō earth, are alotted for that cauſe for their houſes two ſignes agreeable to their natures and qualities, that is to ſay, the Lyon for the Sunne, and the Crabbe for the Moone: which two ſignes are moſte neare vnto our Zenith or poynt ouer our heads, and haue their courſe the greateſt part of the ſommer. They do alſo accord and agree to their nature and qualities, as is already ſayd: for the Crabbe is cold and moyſt, nocturne or of the night, feminine and moueable as the Moone. And the Lyon is hote and drye, diurne or of the day, maſculine and fixed as the Sunne. Theſe two planets or lights, haue ech of them but one ſigne for their houſe, but the other fiue haue euery one two ſignes, whereof the one is called the diurne or day houſe, becauſe it is in ſuch a ſigne, the other nocturne, or of the nighte, whiche ſhall be in ſuch a ſigne. That is to ſay, the day houſe ſhalbe in a diurne ſigne, and the night houſe in a nocturne ſigne.

Then Saturne being the higheſt of the other fiue, like as he is contrary vnto the two great Lights, being enemy vnto nature, and a corrupter of her workes, ſo hath he obtayned for his houſes, the two ſignes which do behold the Crabbe and the Lyon with perfect enmitie, that is to ſaye, with an oppoſition or contrary aſpect, as Capricorne and Aquarius, of the which Capricorne is the night houſe, and Aquarius the daye houſe. Contrariwiſe, Iupiter which is the father and friende of Nature, hath for his houſes Sagittarius and Piſces, whiche behold the Lyon and the Crabbe with a trine aſpect, whiche is the aſpect of perfect amitie, of the which Sagittarius is the day houſe, and Piſces the night. And becauſe Iupiter doth follow next after Saturne, the one of his houſes are before the houſes of Saturne, and the other after. Mars following after hath for his houſes Aries, and the Scorpion, wherof Aries is the day houſe, and the ſcorpion the night houſe. Theſe two ſignes doe behold the Crabbe and the Lyon with a quartile aſpect, which is the aſpect of vnperfect enmitie, becauſe that Mars is not friend vnto Nature, neither ſo great an enemye as Saturne. Then followeth Venus, which being no enemye vnto Nature, neither ſo great a friend as Iupiter, hath for her houſes two ſignes, which beholde the houſes of the ſunne and Moone with an aſpect of vnperfite amitie, that is with a ſextile aſpect, as Taurus and Lybra: of the which, Taurus is the night houſe, and Lybra the day houſe. Mercury being the laſt of all, hath for his day houſe Gemini, and Virgo for his night houſe, the which do not behold the houſes of the Lights with any aſpect, becauſe that Mercury being alwayes mutable, hee doeth alwayes accorde and agree with thoſe Planets with whome he is corporally ioyned. This dignitie is called the dignitie of the houſe, becauſe that when a Planet is in any one of them, he is like a Prince in his palace, commanding and is obeyd. Alwayes it is to be noted, that one diurnall or day planet, is of greater force in his diurnal or day houſe, then in his nocturnal or night houſe. In like maner muſt you iudge of the nocturnall or night planet. Vnto this dignitie becauſe it is the firſt and chiefeſt is attributed the number of fiue, and as this dignitie is the greateſt amongſt them, euen ſo when any planet is in the oppoſite or contrarye ſigne, he is moſte vnfortunate, in ſo muche that when hee is in the oppoſite of his houſe, he is ſayd to be in his detriment or decay.

¶ Of the ſecond eſſentiall dignitie, that is of the Exaltation.

THe ſecond Eſſentiall dignitie is called the Exaltation, the which is a certayne place of the Zodiack, in the which, the vertue and force of any planet is by a certayne naturall excellency aduanced as it cōmeth to paſſe in the ſunne, who according to the iudgement of Ptolomey is exalted in Aries, but chiefly according to the opiniō of others, in the xix degree of the ſame. And in that place hee is exalted, becauſe then hee beginneth to come toward the North, and then the dayes beginne to encreaſe and to exceede the night. But hee is abaſed and in his detriment or decay in the place where his enemye is exalted, that is in the xix degree of Libra, in the which place Saturne is exalted, as likewiſe Saturne throwne downe and abaſed in the xix degree of Aries: For as the ſunne is the preſeruer of Nature, and Saturne the ruine and decay: ſo are their eleuations and decayes cleane contrary. In like ſorte doth it happen betweene Iupiter and Mars, for Iupiter is exalted in the xv. degree of the Crabbe, and abaſed in the lyke degree of Capricorne, and Mars is exalted in the 28 degree of Capricorne, and abaſed in the lyke degree of the Crabbe. Venus hath her exaltation in the xxvii. degree of Piſces, and in the like degree of Virgo her fall. Mercury hath his fall in the xv. degree of Piſces, and his exaltation in the like degree of Virgo. Fynally, the Moone is exalted in the thyrde degree of Taurus, and abaſed in the lyke degree of Scorpio. The head and tayle of the Dragon are lykewiſe exalted in certain places, and abaſed in the contrary: For as the head is exalted in the third degree of Geminy, and the tayle in the thirde of Sagittary, ſo is the head there abaſed, and the tayle in Geminy. Thus it is to be ſeene, that the Planets haue their exaltations in ſuch ſignes as doe beholde the ſignes of ſome one of their houſes with an aſpect of amitie, whiche is partlye the cauſe that they are fortunate in thoſe places, as ſhall be hereafter declared. And albeit the auncient Arabians haue placed the exaltation of the Planets in certayne perticuler degrees, of the ſignes, yet neuertheleſſe following the minde of Ptolemey, we will take the whole ſignes for the exaltation. The Planets then being in thoſe ſignes and degrees, doe ſhewe their force in ſo muche that if any be borne they being in the like degrees, they make him happy and fortunate, working the contrary when they are in their fall and decay. This eſſentiall dignitie ſucceeding and following the houſe hath giuen vnto him the number of foure.

Of the third eſſentiall dignitie, that is of the Triplicitie.

AMongeſt the eſſentiall dignities of the Planets, the Triplicitye hath the third place, of the which, as touching the diuiſion of the ſignes, we haue already ſpoken where we intreated of their deuiſions. Now therefore we will ſpeake of the planets, and of their dominyon and gouernment which they haue ouer the triplicities, as well by day as by night. Euery triplicitie therefore is gouerned by three Planets, whereof one gouerneth the day, the other the night, the third is common ayding and aſſiſting both daye and night.

The firſt, which is called the fiery Triplicitie, is ruled and gouerned by the ſunne by day, by Iupiter by night, and both day and night by Saturne, and therefore is ſaturne called the common Dominator of that Triplicitie.

The ſecond, which is the earthly Triplicitie, is likewyſe ruled by Venus in the day, by the Moone in the night, & both by day and night by Mars.

Saturne, Mercury, and Iupiter, and Lordes of the thirde Triplicitie, which is of the Ayre, but the daye is ſubiect vnto Saturne, the night to Mercury, and both daye and nighte to Iupiter.

Fynally, the Watry Triplicitie, which is the fourth, hath for their Lordes, Venus, Mars, and the Moone: Venus gouernour for the day, Mars for the night, and the Moone both for day and night. This dignitie hath for his value, three in number.

Of the fourth eſſentiall dignitie, the termes or boundes of the Planets.

ALbeit that by a certayne orderly diuiſion euery ſigne is attributed vnto a proper houſe of ſome one Planet. Neuertheleſſe their partes and degrees are diuided agayne for the termes or boundes of the ſame Planets, in the which diuiſion the Eg[•]ptians haue proceeded in this maner, that is to ſay the firſt ſixe degrees of Aries they giue vnto Iupiter for his terme or boūds the ſixe degrees next following of the ſame ſigne vnto Venus, and the eight degrees next enſuing vnto Mercury, the other ten which remaine they diuide into two equal parts, giuing the firſt fiue vnto Mars & the other fiue vnto ſaturn, & in like maner the planets in all the other ſigns poſſeſſe certaine degree for their termes or bounds, but for ſo much as it were too tedious to recite them preſentlye, they are drawne into a table heereunto anexed wherein is conteyned the other dignities alſo, this may not bee let paſſe to bee noted that the two Lightes haue no certaine degrees for their termes or bounds, but eche of them hath the one moytie or halfe of the Zodiacke, the which doth ſerue them in place or ſteede of their termes or bounds, the Sunne hath for his moytie or halfe that part which beginneth at the firſt degree of the Lyon, vnto the laſt degree of Capricorne. The other moytie which beginneth at the firſt degree of Aquarius, and continueth to the end of the Crabbe, is appoynted for the termes and boundes of the Moone. The two Lights therefore being in that part of the zodiack which is attributed vnto them, are alſo in like dignity as the other fiue Planets when they ar in their proper tearmes or boundes. And vnto this dignitie is attributed and giuen the number of two.

Of the fift eſsentiall dignitie, of the faces of the ſignes.

BEfore we haue diuided the Zodiack into xii. ſignes and euery ſigne into xxx. degrees. Nowe wee will diuide thoſe xxx degrees into three equall partes, which we call faces, ſo that euery face ſhall contayne tenne degrees, and in euerye of thoſe faces ſome one Planet ſhall haue his place or dignitie: As Mars hath the firſt face of Aries, the Sunne the ſecond, and Venus the third. The firſt face of Taurus is ſubiecte to Mercurye, the ſecond to the Moone, the third to Saturne. The firſt face of Geminy to Iupiter, the ſeconde to Mars, the thirde to the Sunne: and ſo conſequently proceeding according to the order of the faces and of the Planets, as more playnely ſhal be declared in the Table hereafter placed. This dignitie is the leaſt of all, and hath giuen vnto it the vnitye or number of one.

Here followeth the Table cōtaining all the places and dignities of the Planets.

A declaration of the Table heere before placed.

THis table heere before placed, is framed of many circles, which alſo do make diuerſe ſpaces and diſtanſes: Wherof the firſt ſpace conteineth the degrees of the ſignes, the ſeconde the nūber of ye degrees, marked with charactars of Arithmeticke, in the third is noted the names of the ſignes, with their charactars. In the fourth the faces with their Lordes and gouernours, in the fift is diſcribed the termes of the planets diuided by lines, and betweene euerie two lines is placed the character of the planet which hath the ominiō in that place, the ſixt ſpace conteineth the lordes of the triplicities, in the ſeuenth is ſet their exaltations, in the eyght their houſes, in the ninth there detriment fall or decay, the tenth finallie comprehendeth the ioyes of the Planets. In the Centre or middle of the table, there is an Index or Volnel, vpon the which is diſcribed the names of the dignities of the Planets, If any man then wil know if any Planet be in his dignitie, or would find the Lord of any houſe, by ſetting the Index vpon the degree of that ſigne, he ſhall finde directly downward vnder the ſame ſigne all the dignities whiche that Planet or any other may haue in that place. There is alſo vnder the ſame Index another rundle or Voluell, contayning the creticall dayes, the demonſtratiue or iudging dayes, as alſo the killing or mortall dayes: By the whiche if any man will knowe what daye the cryſis or extreame force of any malady ſhall happen (I ſpeake of thoſe ſicknes which follow the force of the Moone) Let him marke in what ſign and degree the Moone was, when the patient fell ſick, then ſet the index of that Voluel vpon the place when the Moone was and the vppermoſt little index vpō the firſt angle cretike, it wil ſtraight ſhew the degree of the ſign, vnto the which when the Moone commeth, you ſhall iudge of the ſickneſſe, ſo that the Moone be there fortunate. For the contrary will happen, if ſhe be vnfortunate, or rather to be enclyned to euill then to good. The like muſt be done to find out the other cryticall, iudicatyfes or mortall dayes, in marking diligently when the Moone ſhall touche any degree, which is correſpondent to any of the 16 Angels of the figure or voluell, which iudgement is drawne out of the 60 Aphoriſme of Ptolomey in his Centiloqui[•]: who ſayth, that for to knowe the criticall dayes of any ſickneſſe, we muſt behold the motion of the Moone thorow the ſixteene Angels of the figure, for if the Moone be in them fortunate, it ſhal fal out wel, if ſhe be vnfortunate, contrariwiſe.

Of the degrees maſculine and feminine, bright, ſmoake and darke, vacant or voyde, deepe, augmenting Fortune, and diminiſhing fortune, and of thoſe which bring imbecilitie or weakeneſse to the body, which are called Azimenes. CAP. 4.

NOw we haue already ſpoken howe the Zodiacke is diuided into ſignes and degrees, and that ſome of them are maſenlyne and ſome feminine. Nowe wee muſt ſpeake likewiſe of their partes and degrees, which are ſeparate into manye ſortes: for one ſorte are called maſculine, for ſo much as when a maſculyne Planet is in any of thē, he is the more ſtrong and fortunate, the other are called feminine, becauſe they worke the lyke with the feminine Planets. Againe ſome are called light or bright, ſome darke, ſome ſmoky, and ſome voyde, (and that becauſe of the ſtarres which are in thoſe places) and ſome are called deepe, and amongeſt theſe, the Light make theſe Planets which are in them fortunate: the ſmoky, darke, and deepe degrees work the contrary, the voyde make them neyther fortunate neither vnfortunate. Thoſe which doe augment fortune, are in place where there be ſtarres of the nature of the fortunate Planets, or be in the place of the exaltation or tearmes of the good planets, or in the place where the termes of the good Planetes nets gather together. Finally, there are ſome degrees which are ſayd to bring detriment, imbecillitie, or diminution vnto our bodyes, which commeth to paſſe by the euill nature of the fixed ſtarres which are in that place, or for ſome other cauſe. Therefore when it ſhall happen that in the natiuitie of any, or in any queſtion, the Moone or the principall ſignificator ſhall be found in any of thoſe degrees, if they bee not in one of the angles, or in his houſe or exaltation and oriental, it ſhal bring vnto him that is borne, the loſſe or decay of ſome one member, or at the leaſt the loſſe of the thing that he demaundeth or ſeeketh. All theſe degrees are contayned in a Table following, with an Index or Voluel, wherein is alſo deſcribed the names of them, wherefore ſetting the Index vppon any parte of the ſignes directly by the lyne of the ſayd Index you ſhall knowe the nature of the degree, wherevpon it is ſet. For the maſculine degrees are all black, the feminine white, the lighte, the darke, the ſmoky, and the voyde degrees are diſtinguiſhed by ſmall lynes, betweene the whiche they are marked with the firſt letter of their names, as the lighte degrees with the letter L, the darke with D, and ſo the other, the reſt of the degrees as the Azinienes, the deepe, and thoſe which augment fortune they are marked with a figure of Arithmetick in their proper circles, as the 6. 11. 16. 23. & the 29 degree of Aries ar called deepe, and ſo likewiſe the other as well that augment fortune, as the Azimenes, are noted as it appeareth by the table following after the fift chapter.

Of the vnequall houres called the houres of the Planets. CAP. 5.

HAuing deliberated how to entreate of things in order or with the leaſt confuſion that may be, I wil ſpeake of the vnequall houres whiche are attributed vnto the dominion or rule of the Planets, for that the dominion of the houre ſerueth to the Planet as for a dignitie. Then to returne to our purpoſe we will ſhew how the auntient aſtronomers haue deuided their artificiall day, and likewiſe the night into 12 equall partes, which they call vnequall houres, becauſe the artificial daies are vnequall by meanes of the obliquitie of the Zodiack, the aſcention of the ſigns, the houres muſt alſo be vnequal for the hours of one day are greater or leſſer then of ye day following, or of ye night of the ſame day, alwaies the houres of the clocke or of the equinoctiall and the vnequall houres, are like and equal when the ſunne is in any of the equinoctial pointes, for then the artificiall day and nights are like. The Babilonians and their followers haue giuen the dominion and rule of theſe houres vnto the two lightes, and the other Planets, giuing vnto Saturne which is higheſt aboue the reſt, the rule and dominion of the firſt temporall houre of the Saturday, the ſecond to Iupiter, the third to Mars, the fourth to the Sunne, the fifth to Venus, the ſixt to Mercury, the ſeuenth to the Moone, the eyght to Saturne againe, and ſo in order according to the Circle of the Planets, vntill you come to 24 houres, that is 12 by day, and 12 by night, the 25 houre which is the firſt houre of the day following is gouerned by the fourth Planet, (following the order which we haue ſpoken) whiche is the Sunne being the fourth from Saturne, and he is Lorde of the firſt houre of the Sunday, Venus of the ſecond, Mercury the third, the Moone the fourth, Saturne the fift, Iupiter the ſixt, and ſo likewiſe of the reſt. By the which order hee that doth proceede ſhall eaſily finde out what Planet doth gouerne euery houre of the day, but for the better vnderſtanding wee haue hereafter affixed a table cōceining the 12 hours of ye day, and as much by night with the Planets which haue the rule of them, ſo that hauing found out the vnequall houre, you ſhal by the chapter prefixed before the Table, eaſily finde oute the Planet, with the quantitie of the houre.

Here followeth the Table cōtaining the degrees Maſculine and Feminine, bright, ſmokie, and darke, vacant or voyde, deepe, augmenting Fortune, and diminiſhing Fortune, and of thoſe which bring imbecilitie or weakeneſse to the body, which are called Azemenes.

Of the Radiations or aſpects of the Planets. CAP. 6.

NOW we will intreate orderly of the Radiations or aſpectes of the Planets, and their accidents, but we will begin with the aſpects, and ſhewe that there is fiue ſortes of them, that is to ſay, a coniunction, a ſextill, trine, quadrat or quartill, and oppoſition, and albeit that the coniunction is not properly an aſpect, notwithſtanding we wil place it in the number amongſt them, ſome of them are aſpects of amitie, or loue, as the trine and ſextill: others of enmitie and hatred, as the quadrat and oppoſition, the coniunction is doubtful, for with the good Planet ſhe is good, and with the euill contrarie: the coniunction is when the ſenters or poynts of two Planets are diſtant one from the other, as well by longitude as latitude, one onely degree, or at the leaſt 16 minutes, when he approcheth neareſt vnto a perfect coniunction, and that is when the Centers of the bodies of both the Planets are in one point of the Zodiack. The ſextill aſpect is when the ſenters of two Planettes are diſtant one from another by the 60 part of the Zodiack, which is in valure two ſignes or 60 degrees, wherefore this ſextill is called aſpect of vnperfect friendſhip, becauſe the Planets doe behold one another in that ſort, and doe onely agree by a certaine qualitie. The quadrat or quartill aſpect (alſo called a tetragon) comprehendeth betweene the ſenters of two Planets or celeſtial bodies, the fourth part of the crooked circle, which is in value 3 ſignes or 90 degrees, the which, becauſe the ſignes beholding one another by this aſpect are moſt commonly of two qualities, therefore it is the aſpect of vnperfecte enmitie. The trine aſpect cōtayning the third part of the ſaid circle, which is 120 degrees, is called the aſpecte of perfite amitie and loue, for that the ſignes beholding one another by the ſame, doe agree in all qualities. The oppoſition happeneth when the moytie or halfe of the Zodiack contayning 6 ſignes, or 180 degrees, is betweene the centures of the bodyes of the two Planets: the which is called the aſpect of perfite emnitie or hatred, for ſo much as thoſe partes of the Zodiack which beholde one another with that aſpect, like vnto the diſpoſition of the heauen, they are directly contrary. Amongſt theſe aſpects as Iulius Firmicus witneſſeth in the ſecond booke of his Mathematicks the 25 chapter: the ſextill, quadrat, and tryne aſpects are double, that is to ſay, a right and a left, taking the right for the hinder part, and the lefte for the fore parte: as if we would ſay, that Aries hath a right ſextill vnto Aquarius, and a left vnto Geminy. Likewiſe Aries hath a righte tryne vnto Sagittarius, and a left vnto Leo. In like ſort you muſte iudge of all the other aſpects. Theſe continue ſo long as the beames of the Planets doe indure, of the which aſpects there is alſo made applications and ſeparations, whiche are manye times taken for true aſpects. And theſe aſpects are deſcribed by certayne proper Characters and fygures geometricall, as followeth.

The Coniunction is thus noted ☌, Sextill ✿, the Quadrat □, the Trine △, the Oppoſition ☍.

Hereafter ye ſhall haue deſcribed a figure of all the aſpects of the Zodiack.

Of the applications and ſeparations of the Planets. CAP. 7.

THe application happeneth when as the Circles or beames of the Planettes come to ioyne togeather by a corporall Coniunction, or by aſpecte of the one halfe of their Deamiters.

or when one Planet is diſtant ſixe degrees from a true aſpect to another, or that he do ioyne vnto another by the halfe of his beames. Theſe circles or Radiations are diuers and different one from another, becauſe the one is great, and the other little. For Saturne caſteth his beames circularlye, 9 degrees forward, and ſo much backward, wherefore the halfe deamiter of his radiall circle contayneth nyne degrees, and the whole deamiter 18. The Radial circle of Iupiter is of the ſame quātitie and bigneſſe. But the circle of Mars contayneth in his Deamiter only 16 degrees, which is 8 for his halfe. The Sunne caſteth his beames in compaſſe 15 degrees vpon euery part which maketh the whole deamitur of his Circle to contayne 30 degrees, and the one halfe 15. Venus and Mercury caſteth their circuler beames 7 degrees euerye waye in length, ſo their whole Deamitur is 14. Fynally the Moone ſendeth foorth her beames on euery ſide 12 degrees, for the halfe of her deamiter, and the whole contayneth 24 degrees. Then the right application of the Moone vnto Saturne by a ſextill aſpect, ſhall be when as betweene the centure of their two bodyes there is contained 49 degrees and 30 minutes, or at the moſt 54 degrees. The lefte application is, when as betweene the 2 centers is contayned 70 degrees 30 minuts, or at the leaſt 66 degrees, for ſo much as the moytie of the halfe deamiter of the Circle radyant of Saturne is 4 degrees 30 mynutes, and the halfe of the Circle of the Moone is ſixe degrees, if then theſe partes be ioyned together, which mounte vnto 10 degrees and 30 minutes, and taken from 60 degrees for the right application are added vnto the ſame number, for the left, the application will be eaſily found. Likewyſe muſt you iudge of all other aſpects of the Planets.

And now to come to the ſeparation it is to be vnderſtande, that it is when one planet doth leaue or depart from the aſpect of another, or from his coniunction by the ſpace of one onelye degree, and alwayes he is ſtill ſayd to be ſeperated vntill that he hath wholy left and is departed from the beames of the other Alſo we doe ſaye that the Moone doth ſeparate herſelfe from the coniunction of Iupiter, when ſhee hath lefte him one degree, and when ſhe is from him 10 degrees and 30 minutes, then is ſhe ſayd to be fully ſeparated. Here muſt it alſo bee noted, that the inferiour Planets, doe apply vnto the ſuperiour or higher, and likewiſe ſeparate themſelues from them, and not contrariwiſe, that the higher Planet ſhould applye to the inferiour, or ſeparate thēſelues from them, becauſe their motion is more ſlow, and they more waightie and heauy then the inferiour planets are.

Of the accidents which happen vnto the Planets, as well among themſelues as in themſelues, and first of all of their defence or lette. CAP. 8.

BEſides thoſe thinges which are already ſpoken of, there happeneth vnto the Planets diuers accidents, as well among themſelues as in themſelues: among the which, the firſte that commeth in place, is called the prohibition, let or defence: which is that, whiche doeth let and hinder the coniunctions and aſpects of the planets: the which happeneth after three ſortes or wayes, by the body, by aſpect, or by retrogradatiō or going backwards. the body of one Planet doth hinder the aſpect of another, when he is nearer to the coniunction of that planet which is beholden, then is the other planet, that doth or woulde beholde him: as you ſhall playnely ſee in the Table following, for the Sunne being in the firſt degree of Taurus doth let the tryne aſpecte that Mars woulde caſt vnto Venus, or Venus vnto Mars. Thus doth the body let the aſpect, when as the planet and hee that doth behold, are in like degrees, as by the example before ſhewed the Sunne being in the firſt degree of Taurus, and Mars in the firſte of Capricorne.

A prohibition or let is alſo wrought by aſpect, when as the beames of him that doth let are nearer vnto the thirde planet, then the beames of him that doeth beholde him, or corporallye applye vnto him: as the Moone being in the ſeconde degree of Cancer, by a ſextill aſpecte doth lette the coniunction of the Sunne and Venus, for the Moone is nearer vnto Venus then the Sunne, he being in the firſte degree of Taurus, and Venus in the third. Fynallye, prohibition or let is done by retrogradation or going backward, when one planet applying to another, be commeth retrograde before he perfitelye beholdeth the other Planet, or be corporallye ioyned with him. As if Mercurye were corporallye applying to the Sunne, ſhoulde become retrograde, befoore hee were ioyned to him: and this lette is properlye called a Refreynation, or holding backe.

Of the Tranſlation of the light and nature of the Planets.

THe Tranſlation of the Lighte and nature of the Planettes, happeneth in two ſortes. Firſte, when a lighte Planet doeth ſeparate himſelfe from the Coniunction or aſpecte of another heauyer then he, and afterward applyeth himſelfe agayne to another that is more heauyer, or more lighte then the ſeconde: for then the firſt doth tranſport or cary away the light or vertue of the ſeconde vnto the thirde: As Mercurye ſeparating himſelfe from the Sunne, and applying vnto Venus, doeth tranſporte the light and vertue of the ſunne vnto her.

The ſuperiour or higheſt Planets are more waightye then the inferiour or lower. For Saturne is more waightye then Iupiter, Iupiter then Mars, Mars then the Sunne, the Sunne then Venus, Venus then Mercurye, and fynallye, Mercury is more heauier then the Moone. And they are called more waightie and heauye becauſe their motions are ſlower then of thoſe which are vnderneth them.

Secondly, this tranſlation doth alſo happen, when a light planet doth ioyne himſelfe corporallye or by aſpecte, vnto one that is more heauye then hee, and the ſame agayne, to one that is more heauier. For then the ſecond doth tranſporte the lighte or nature of the fyrſte vnto the thyrde. As if the ſunne ſhoulde applye vnto Mars, and Mars vnto Saturne, then ſhoulde Mars tranſporte the light or nature of the ſunne vnto ſaturne.

Of the Reception or receyuing of Planets.

REception is of two ſortes, ſtrong and weake. The ſtrong reception is, when a Planet doth applye to the Lord of a houſe, or Exaltation, or Triplicitie from the place where he is, and that likewiſe hee hath ſome dignitie in the place where the Lord is placed, and if both two be in dignities one of another, hauing alſo dignitie in the plate where they are, and that their application bee by a trine or ſextill aſpect, the reception ſhal be the better and the more perfite. For example, the Moone being in Cancer and beholding Venus in Taurus, with a ſextill aſpecte, doth receiue Venus in her exaltation, and Venus the Moone in her Triplicitie, but when this application is, the planets being in their leſſer dignities as in their termes or faces then their reception is weake and impotent.

Of the rendring vp or giuing backe of the light or vertue of the Planets.

REndring vp or giuing back is double, that is to ſaye, of the vertue and of the light. The rendring vp of the one vertue, is when a Planet being in his owne houſe, or in anye other of his dignities, beholdeth another which is combuct or retrograde: for that Planet becauſe of his imbeſtlitie which commeth by his Retrogradation or combuſtion, cannot holde or keepe the vertue which the other doth cōmunicate or giue vnto him by his aſpect. As in the figure following is ſhowed, where Venus being combuſte in Taurus, rendreth vp to the Moone her vertue which ſhe did giue vnto her by a ſextill aſpect. Such yielding vp is good and profitable, if both the planets be in angles or ſucceeding houſes being fortunate, likewiſe if the Planet that doth apply vnto the other be in an angle, although the other be in a falling houſe (ſo that there bee ſome reception betweene them) is indifferent. Finally, it will be profitable if he which yieldeth vp his vertu be in an angle: otherwiſe it is altogether vnprofitable. The yeelding or rendring vp of the Light is, when two planets which do not beholde one another with any aſpect, yet both of them do behold ſome other planet: for that planet doth gather their Lightes and doth caſt it back agayne, eyther to themſelues or to ſome other place of the Zodiack, as appeareth by the figure hereafter placed. Mars gathering the lighte of Saturne and the Sunne, doth yield it back agayne vnto them. If it happen the thirde planet to bee more waightye then the other two, that ſhall bee called a collection or gathering together of the lightes.

Of the Contrarietie of the Planets.

THis Contrarietie happeneth, when a weightye planet is placed in the middeſt, betweene two light planets, the firſt applying vnto the weightie planet, and the thirde being retrograde, ioyneth himſelfe to the ſecond, and after to the firſte. For not only the coniunction of the firſt and ſeconde is letted, but alſo the third is ioyned with the ſecond, and the firſt: as it appeareth in the figure, by Venus, the Sunne, and Mercury: for there Venus being retrograde, ioyneth her ſelfe to the Sunne firſt, and after to Mercury, and letteth the corporal or bodily coniunction of the Sunne and Mercury.

Of the cutting off, or frustrating the lighte of the Planets.

THis cutting of the lighte doeth but little differ from the contrarietie before ſpoken of, and it happeneth after two ſortes: Firſt, when a third planet going forward by certaine degrees into another ſigne, where the firſt and ſecond planets are by retrogradation, ioyneth himſelfe to the ſecond, and not to the firſt, as in the figure following, Venus retrograde ioyneth her ſelfe to the Sunne. The ſecond ſort is, when as a planet going to the Coniunction of another more waightie then he, and the ſame do behold another planet that is more waightie, before the firſt be ioyned vnto him. In this caſe the thirde planet by his aſpect, doth let the coniunction of the firſt and ſecond, as for Example: Mercury going to the coniunction of the Sunne, and the Sunne beholding Iupiter with a quartill aſpect, Iupiter by his ſayd aſpect, doth let the coniunction of Mercury and the Sunne, and becauſe this happeneth at the time when the ſecond planet entereth into another ſigne to go to the aſpect of another planet more waightie and heauye then he, it is called the fruſtrating or cutting of the light.

Here followeth the Table cōtaining all the foreſayd accidents.

Of the accidents which happeneth vnto Planets, as well among themſelues as alſo with the Sunne and Moone, and fyrst of all the combustion or burning of any planet. CAP. 9.

NOw to returne to the accidents whiche happeneth the Planets, as wel among themſelues as with the lights We will firſt ſpeake of thoſe whiche are the laſt, beginning with the Combuſtion or burning of any Planet, when anye Planet is hidden vnder the beames of the Sunne, ſo that wee cannot ſee it, then it is ſaid to be combuſt or burnt and ſo is ſtil called vntill it hath lefte the body of the Sunne, by the ſpace of 15 degrees or at the leaſt 12.

The Almugea of the Planets is no other thing but a viſion or beholding of face to face in reſpect of the two lightes, For it happeneth, when as betweene a planet and the Sunne or the Moone there is ſo many ſignes, as there is betweene the houſe of the Planet and the houſe of the Sunne or of the Moone: ſo that the ſaide Planet bee occidentall from the Sunne or oriental from the Moone, like as when the Sunne is in Virgo and Venus in ſagittary, then there ſhould be almugea, for betweene Taurus and Leo there be two ſigns and as much betweene Virgo and Sagittarie, or if Venus were in Leo, and the Moone in Libra, there ſhould be almugea, for Venus being Orientall from the Moone, there is on ſigne betweene Cancer and Taurus, like as there is betweene Leo and Libra. The Planets are called Orientall, when as they doe riſe in the night before the Sunne, and ſet in the day time before him, and likewiſe they are called occidentall, when as they riſe in the day time after him, and likewiſe ſet after him in the night.

Of the accidents which happeneth vnto the Planets among themſelues.

AMong the accidents which doe happen vnto the Planets among themſelues, the firſt is when any of them is voyd or without courſe or motion whiche is ſaide to bee when one Planet ſeparating himſelfe from another doth not apply to any other during the time that he tarrieth in that ſigne, and then he is ſaide to haue his courſe and motion voyde. That Planet which is placed out of all his dignities is called perigrine or ſtrange.

When a Planet is in a ſigne alone by himſelfe, and that no other Planet doth behold the ſame ſigne, that Planet is called wylde or ſauage.

The Planets are alſo ſayd to be in their haine, which is as much to ſay, as in their ſimilitude or like, when the maſculine planets are in maſculine ſignes, and the diurnall or day Planets are by daye aboue the earth, and in maſculine ſignes and degrees, the contrary is likewiſe to be conſidered of the feminine nocturnall, or night Planets.

Of the accidentall forces, ſtrengths, and fortunes of the Planets. Cap. 10.

HAuing ſufficiently ſpokē of the qualities and natures of the ſigns of the Zodiack, and of the Planets with all their dignities & forces whiche they haue in the ſame, and their accidents which may happen vnto them, wherby a man may generally vnderſtand and know when they be fortunate or vnfortunate. Now to make it more eaſier and playne, I will breefely and particularly ſpeake of their fortunes and infortunes. The Planets then are moſte ſtrong and fortunate, when they are in the angles or ſucceeding houſes, or when they beholde the aſcendent, or elſe when they are in their eſſentiall dignities, or in ſignes of their own natures, or in the houſes wherein they doe reioyce. As when Mercury is in the firſt houſe, the Moone in the thirde, Venus in the fift, Mars in the ſixt, the Sunne in the ninth, Iupiter in the eleuenth, and Saturne in the twelfth. Likewiſe when they are in the parte of their excenters furtheſt diſtante from the earth, the whiche is called their Aux or increaſe: and alſo when they are ſeptentrionall aſcendent.

The maſculine planets are alſo fortunate in the maſculine degrees, and quarter of the heauen. Like as when they are orientall from the Sunne, iudging the like of the feminine planets, when they are occidentall from the ſunne, and in a feminine quarter or degree of the heauens.

The force of the deurnall Planets is aduanſed when they are by day aboue the earth, and by night vnder, but the nocturnal planets reioice to be by day vnder the earth, and by night aboue.

Likewiſe when their motion is increaſed, or that they bee direct, or at the leaſt in their ſecond ſtation, then are they fortunate.

The like agayne is, when they are in a ſextill trine, or at the leaſt in a quartill aſpect of good planets, as alſo whē they are in the ſame degree and minute that the ſunne is, without any difference of longitude or latitude, or in a ſextill or tryne aſpect with the ſunne, and when they depart from combuſtion or from vnder the beames of the ſunne.

Fynally, they are ſtrong and fortunate when they are free and without any aſpect of the malygn planets, or when they are in reception with the good.

The perticular fortunes of the Moone.

WHen the Moone is increaſing in her light, or number, or motion, or that her courſe be not voyde or emptie, ſhee is ſtrong and fortunate.

Of the miſfortunes of the Planets. CAP. 9.

THe Planets are called infortunate when they are in falling houſes, or that they doe not beholde the aſcendent, and that they are oute of their owne eſſentiall dignities, or being in the dignities of the malygne planets as in the tearmes of Mars or Saturne, or that they bee in their falles, or in contrarye ſignes to their owne houſes, or elſe be retrograde or in their firſte ſtation or meridionall ſpecially aſcendent. The force and ſtrength of the maſculines is deminiſhed in feminine degrees, and in a feminine quarter of the heauen, and when they are occidental of the ſunne. The force of the feminines is likewiſe diminiſhed, when they are in maſculine quarters and degrees of the heauen, and be orientall from the Sunne. Likewiſe when the deurnall planets are by day vnder the earth and by night aboue, and the nocturnall by night vnder the earth and by day aboue, or that they be ſlow in their mouinges, or ioined to the thyle of the Dragon, their force and ſtrength is diminiſhed. Like miſfortune happeneth vnto them whē they are beſieged, that is to ſay, when a good planet is placed between two euil, ſo that when he ſeparateth himſelfe from one euill, hee applyeth to the other.

So long alſo as they are combuſt, that is, vnder the beames of the ſunne as before already appeareth, or that they haue their courſe in via combusta, that is, in the burnt way, whiche is from the 13 degree of Libra, vnto the ninth degree of ſcorpio, they are likewiſe infortunate. They alſo receiue greate miſfortune and hurt by the quadrat aſpect of the euil planets, but ſpecially by the Coniunction and oppoſition. Likewyſe their ſtrength is much weakened by the quadrat and oppiſition of the ſunne. They ſuffer in like maner detriment & hurte when as the euill planets are exalted aboue the good, or that the good doe apply vnto the euill being retrograde.

The particuler impediments of the Moone.

The Moone being voyde of courſe and ſhee deminiſhed in her motion and light is infortunate. When as alſo ſhee hath her courſe thorow the ſigne of Geminy, which is the 12 ſigne from Cancer which is her houſe, or that ſhe doth not beholde Cancer, or is in the firſt or twelfe houſes, ſhee is lykewyſe afflicted and hurt.

Alſo when ſhe ſuffereth an Eclipſe, or being in her increaſe hath her courſe with Mars, or in her decreaſe with Saturne, or doth not beholde the place of her coniunction or oppoſition, immediately going before from the place that ſhe is in, ſhe is likewiſe infortunate.

Of the twelue houſes of the heauens. Cap. 12.

THe aunciente Aſtronomers whiche haue written of Aſtrologie, haue in diuers maners and ſorts diuided the 12 houſes: notwithſtanding for breuities ſake, we will leaue the varietie of their opinions, and following only Iohn Regiomontanus, wil diuide the houſes by foure circles, whiche ſhall paſſe by interſexions, or cuttings aſunder of the Meridian and Horiſon, and deuide the heauen into 12 vnequall parts, which are called houſes. Firſt of all the whole Spheare of the heauen is diuided into foure parts by the Meridian & Horiſon, the beginning of the which partes are called the angles or chiefe poyntes of the heauen. By theſe cheefe poyntes are vnderſtoode the foure degrees of the ecliptick lyne, the which doth touch the Meridian as wel at mid day, as at midnight, & the horiſon as well at the ryſing as ſetting. Theſe principal degrees are ye cuſps or beginnings of the firſt, fourth, ſeuenth, and tenth houſes. The other houſes are had and found by the foure foreſayd circles, whiche doe paſſe by two diuiſions thorow the Meridian and Horiſon the diſtance of all which houſes are equall in the quarter, the beginning therfore of thoſe houſes are taken from thoſe circles. For the firſt houſe beginneth with the eaſt or riſing horiſon and endeth according to the order of the ſignes, with the ſucceeding circle, where the ſeconde houſe beginneth, and ſo going forwarde, the reſidue of the houſes are had and founde out. Among theſe, foure of them are called angles, the foure next, ſucceeding: and the laſt foure cadent or falling houſes as in the figure following ſhall appeare. The 1 houſe is called the ioy of ☿, the 3 of the ☾, the 5 of ♁ the 6 of ♂ the 9 of the ☉ the 11 of ♃ the 12 of ♄.

Of the ſignification of the houſes. CAP. 13.

NOw that we haue ſhowed the diuiſion of the houſes, wee will alſo intreate of the ſignifications of the fame, for euery houſe hath his owne proper ſignification, as there be alſo proper Lords of the triplicitie of the houſes. By the Lordes of the triplicitie of the houſes is vnderſtand the Lord of the Triplicitie of the ſigne which maketh the houſe whereof wee haue ſpoken before in the thyrd chapter.

Of the first houſe which is called life.

The firſt houſe which is the angle of the eaſt and called the Horoſcope ſignifieth the lyfe and body of him that is borne or that doth are the Queſtion, and is the beginning of al things, as of elections, life and byrth, and is therefore called life. The firſt Lord of the triplicitie ſhoweth the life and nature of him that is borne, or that demaundeth the Queſtion. By the ſame is knowne alſo what he doth loue or hate in the beginning of his lyfe.

By the ſecond Lord we doe iudge the force and ſtrengthe of his body, and the middle age of his lyfe. The thirde hath the ſame ſignifications which the two firſt Lordes and gouerneth the old age.

Of the ſecond houſe called hope.

The ſecond is the houſe of ſubſtaunce, riches or ſeruaunts, and therefore is called hope. The firſte or the ſecond Lords of the triplicitie, which of them is the ſtrongeſt ſhall bee iudged the authour or giuer of the ſtubſtance or riches, notwithſtanding the firſt Lord giueth at the beginning of mans lyfe, the ſecond in middle age, and the third in the end.

Of the thirde houſe, which is called the Goddeſse or the houſe of bretheren.

The third houſe ſheweth vs all thinges touching brethren ſiſters, couſines, changes, ſmall iourneys, Kindred, fayth and religion. Wherefore it is called the Goddeſſe. And the Lordes of this triplicitie haue the ſame ſignification, the firſt Lorde ſignifieth the greater or elder bretheren, the ſeconde the middle: the third, the leaſt or yongeſt.

Of the fourth called the houſe of parents.

By the fourth which is called the houſe of parēts, we iudge of fathers, houſes, landes, and auntient heritages (but not alwayes of thoſe that are dead) and of all thinges vnmoueable as of Caſtles, and other like thinges, by the ſame alſo wee doe gather a certayne and true iudgements of hidden treaſures and all thinges hidden in the earth, and finally of the end of all things. By the Lordes of this triplicitie one ſhall know what will follow. The firſt Lord giueth iudgement of the fathers. By the ſecond we know all thinges touching Caſtles and cities. By the third, the end of all thinges is determined.

Of the fifth houſe named the houſe of children.

The fyfth is named the houſe of children hath his ſignification of them, of loue, of Embaſſadors and meſſengers, and of giftes. The firſt Lord of that triplicity ſignifieth the children or their life. The ſecond loue. The third Embaſſadors, meſſengers or giftes.

Of the ſixt houſe, called the houſe of health or ſickeneſſe.

The ſixt houſe doth ſignifie infirmities, and ſickneſſe, ſeruauntes and maydes: by the ſame alſo may be iudged all that ſhall happen before olde age, alſo chaungings and remouings from place to place, and all ſmall beaſtes and cattell are ſignified. By the firſt Lord of the triplicitie, you ſhall knowe the maladies, diſeaſes and greefes that ſhall happen by them. By the ſecond you ſhall iudge of ſeruaunts. And by the thirde of the profite and commoditie that ſhal come by them, and of the ſmall cattell with their multitude and ſtore.

Of the ſeuenth houſe named Mariage or a Wife.

The ſeuenth houſe is the houſe of mariage, women, concentions, warres, publique enimies, baniſhments, robberies, and it is the end of middle age. It is alſo the houſe of buying and ſelling, and of runawayes.

The firſte Lorde of the Triplicitie giueth iudgemente of mariage and women, the ſecond of contentions, the thirde of the lawfull or vnlawfull ioyning or coupling.

Of the eyghth called the houſe of death.

This houſe is the ſignifier of death, labours, ſadneſſe and heauineſſe, heritage of dead men, and the end of the lyfe. For which cauſe it is called the houſe of death. The firſt Lorde of that triplicitie is Lorde of the death, the ſeconde teacheth precepes and did auntient thinges: and the thirde, the heritages of the dea[•].

Of the ninth called the houſe of Religion or God.

By the nynth houſe, religion, fayth, viſions, wiſedome, the deitie, the true worſhipping, rumours, and tales, dreames, declarations of thinges to come. Embaſſadors, long iourneyes, and the halfe of mans lyfe is foreknowne, and it is called the houſe of Religion or God. The firſte Lorde of the triplicitye ſhoweth the peregrinations or long iourneys, with the accidents which ſhall happen in them. The ſecond Lord is the ruler of fayth and religiō with their accidents. The third is the interpreter of dreames, and the gouernour of wiſedome.

Of the tenth houſe, called the middle of the Heauen.

This tenth is a ryall houſe: for by this we learne to iudge of empire and rule, dignities, offices, arts, mothers, and of al thinges that are ſtolen, and this is called the middle or angle of the heauen, the firſt Lord of the triplicitie is moderator of the workes and aduauncements, the ſeconde giueth dignitie and boldneſſe, the third ſignifieth the ſtabilitie or continuance of the dignities or aduauncements.

Of the eleuenth houſe which is called the good ſpirite.

The eleuenth houſe is the houſe of hope, truſt & confidence, of footemen, of the ayde and helpe of the King, & of him which is moſt in fauour with the king. Of this houſe alſo is iudgement taken for prayſe and commendation. The firſt Lorde of the triplicitie is the giuer of confidence and boldneſſe. The ſecond of labours. The third is the foundation of al the commodities and profites that comes of the laboures.

Of the twelfth houſe which is called the ill ſpirite.

This twelfth houſe which is called the euil ſpirite, giueth a true and determinate iudgemente of priuie and ſecrete enenimies. Deceyuers, enuious perſons, impriſonmentes, euill thoughts, whiſperinges, greate beaſtes and cattell, and of all thinges good and euill, which happen in the trauell of women and of harlots. The firſt Lord of the triplicitie is Lorde of the ſecrete enimies. The ſecond of the labours and ſorrowes, and the thirde of the beaſe and Cattell, and theſe are the cheefe poyntes breefely touched, diligently to be committed to memory touching the ſignifications of the twelue houſes.

By what meanes the other ſignification of the houſes may be found out, CAP. 14.

NOW hauing thorowly conſidered and wayed the firſt and principall ſignifications of the houſes: it is eaſie to finde the reſt, numbring them ſucceſſiuely, according to the natural order and progreſſion of the ſignes, the ſecond houſe doth alwaies giue certaine iudgementes of the ſubſtance or riches of the houſe that goeth before him. The third houſe of the brethren, the fourth of the father and heritage, and other ſignifications pertinent vnto the fourth houſe, The fifte houſe of Children, the ſixte of infirmities and ſeruauntes, the ſeuenth of wiues and women, the eyght of death, the ninth of religion, the tenth of rule and dominion, the eleuenth of friends, the twelfth giueth iudgement of ſecret enimies, wherupon they are named with theſe names, life, hope, goodes, or brethren, parentes, children, health, wife, death, religion, or God. The middle of the heauen, the good ſpirite, and the euill ſpirite, by theſe names and places as Julius Firmicus affirmeth, iudgement is giuen vpon the whole byrth of man, the which if they be diligently looked vpon and marked what dominion the Planets haue in them, there is nothing whereof you ſhall not be able to giue true iudgement. Theſe ſignifications are not onely gathered beginning at the aſſendent, but alſo take their beginning at euery houſe, whereby it comes to paſſe that the other houſes haue more diuers and almoſt infinite ſignifications, wherfore that this doctrine may the better be vnderſtanded, we wil giue you an example of the firſt and ſecond houſe.

Of the firſt houſe.

For ſo much as the firſt houſe is the ſecond from the twelfth it giueth iudgement of the ſubſtance riches and ſeruantes of the ſecret enemies, and forſomuch as it is the thirde houſe from the eleuenth, it ſignifieth the brethren of friendes and other things which the third houſe doth ſignifie.

And bycauſe it is the fourth from the tenth houſe it ruleth the fathers of Kinges and their heritages and caſtles, it ſignifieth alſo the children of religious parſons, bycauſe it is the fifth from the ninth houſe, it hath alſo rule ouer ſeruantes and ſickeneſſe, of familiars and open enimies, and of women that doe not dwell with their huſbandes, bycauſe it is the ſixte houſe from the eyght, and becauſe it is the ſeuenth from the ſeuenth houſe, it ſignifieth the wifes of open enimies. Touching the death of ſeruants, alſo it giueth iudgement bicauſe it is in the eyght place from the ſixt houſe, it ſheweth alſo the religion and long iourneys of children, being the ninth houſe from the fifth, likewiſe, beeing the fourth houſe from the tenth, it ſheweth the dignities and aduauncements of the fathers, it declareth alſo the friendes of brethren being the eleuenth from the third houſe, and finally it ſheweth the ſecret enimies of the miniſters or ſeruants, bicauſe it is the twelfth from the ſecond houſe.

Of the ſecond houſe.

By like reaſon and order the ſeconde houſe giueth iudgement of the brethren and ſiſtern of the open enimies, alſo it repreſenteth the fathers of friendes, bicauſe it is the fourth houſe from the eleuenth, it gouerneth likewiſe the children of Kinges beeing the fifth from the centh, it giueth iudgemente alſo of ſeruauntes and ſickeneſſe of religious perſons as that which by naturall order hath the ſixth place from the ninth, by this the wifes of our famylyars and enemies are knowne as being the houſe of mariage, and the ſeuenth from the eyght, but the eyght houſe hath not this ſignification of his owne proper nature, but becauſe it is the ſecond ſucceeding, the ſeuenth houſe which doth principally ſignifie wifes and enimies, by the ſecond the cauſe of the death of the wifes is knowne, becauſe it poſſeſſeth the eyght place from the ſeuenth houſe, alſo the religion of ſeruants and their long iourneys are knowne by the ſecond houſe, becauſe it is the nynth from ſixt.

The dignitie or aduauncement of the children is gathered from it becauſe it is the tenth from the fift houſe, it ſignifieth alſo the friends and eſtate of fathers being the eleuenth from the fourth houſe. Fynally, it ſignifieth the ſecrete enemyes of brethren, becauſe it is the twelfth houſe from the third, and in this ſort we muſt iudge of the other houſes, notwithſtanding theſe ſignifications doe ſtretch it further: as if any mā would axe in what houſe the ſubſtaunce or riches of the Vncles is to be placed. Fyrſt it is to be conſidered what houſe hath the dominyon or rule of Vncles. That it may be the better knowne you muſte looke whiche of the 12 houſes is the thirde to the fourth houſe, becauſe the fourth houſe doth ſignifie the father, and the third houſe from any other houſe doth ſignifie the brethren. Therefore the ſixt houſe, which is the third houſe from the fourth, doth ſignifie the Vncles on the fathers behalfe, and the ſubſtaunce and riches of the Vncles is contained in the ſeuenth houſe, becauſe it is the ſeconde houſe to the ſixt. There may many other and diuers ſignifications be founde in euerye houſe, the which who ſo doth vnderſtand rightlye that whiche already is ſpoken, ſhal eaſily finde it out. Wherefore for breuities ſake, wee will goe in hande to ſpeake of other matters briefly.

How to finde out the Lord of any houſe, which of the Arabians is called Almuten. Cap. 15.

HAuing declared as breefely as maye be the ſignification of the 12 houſes, we wil alſo according to the doctrine of the auncient aſtronomers, ſhowe you the meane and wayes to find out that Planet which ſhall rule in euery of them: the which of the Arabians is called the Almuten, in Latine Dominum, and in Engliſh the Lord, beginning therefore with the diffinition of the name, this [•]lmuten is as much to ſay, as vanquiſhing or ſurmounting, and therefore is called the Lord. The Lord therefore of the aſcendent or of another houſe, is the planet which hath moſt dignities, or greateſt ſtrength in that place. If then thou deſire to know what planet is Lord of the aſcendent, looke what ſigne and what degree of the ſigne is in the beginning of the firſte houſe. If with that ſigne and that degree you doe enter into the table of the dignities of the planets, and place your Index vpon the degree of the ſigne found out, by and by vnder the index, directlye vnder the lyne of the ſame ſhall appeare all the dignities of the planets, as for example, if a queſtion be oppoſed whoſe aſcendent is the fifte degree of Aries, & you woulde know the Lord therof, placing your index vpon the fift degree of Aries in the table of the dignities of the Planets, I doe ſee the Sunne to bee exalted in Aries and therfore to haue foure vertues. Then you ſee that although the exaltation of the Sunne be in the 19 degree of Aries yet it ſtretcheth throughout the whole ſigne as the exaltations of the other Planetes doe, hee hath alſo a dignitie of a triplicitie bycauſe the queſtion is by daye, and therfore hath three vertues, but Mars bicauſe Aries is his houſe, he hath there fiue dignities and one by a face, Iupiter alſo Lorde of a terme, hath there two dignities, the Sunne therefore is Lorde or almuten of the aſcendent bycauſe he doth excell with moſt dignities, for he doth ſurmount by the dignities of the exaltation and triplicitie, hauing foure giuen him for his exaltation, and three for the triplicitie, which are ſeuen, Mars hath ſixe dignities, fiue for his houſe & one for his face, Iupiter hath onely two for his terme, but if that two Planets be found hauing like dignitie in the ſame place, then muſt it be marked if any of them be in the aſcendent within 2. 3. or 4. degrees neere to the beginning of the firſt houſe, for ye planet although it had but two degrees ſhalbe Lord, and the other although he had all the dignities that he might haue in the ſame place, yet bicauſe of his abſence he ſhal not be Lord, if none of them be in the aſcendent then looke if they doe behold the aſcendent, for he which beholdeth it with the better or ſtronger aſpect ſhalbe Lord, if none of them do behold ye aſcendent or be equall in aſpects, then which of them is ſtrongeſt in the heauen, that is, if one of them be in an angle & the other in a ſucceeding houſe, or one in a ſucceeding, & the other in a falling houſe, that which is in the angle or ſucceding houſe, ſhalbe adiudged the Almuten or Lord. If it ſtil happen that they be equall in dignities, then looke whiche of them is in degree moſt agreeable to his nature, as if it ſhoulde bee a maſculine planet in a maſculine degree, a feminine in a feminine, or in a light, darke, deepe, voyd, azemene, or degrees that doth increaſe fortune, then which of them ſhall appeare ſtrongeſt, ſhall be the Lord: Fynally, if they be in all poynts alike, then the houſe is preferred before the other dignities, and the exaltation before the triplicitie, the Triplicitie before the tearme, and the tearme before the face, as for example: A queſtion being prepoſed for the daye time: Whoſe aſcendent is the two and twentith degree of Aries, the Lord whereof you would know: therefore ſetting your index vppon the 22 degree of Aries, in the Table of dignities aforeſayde, ſtraight ways it wil appeare that Aries is the houſe of Mars, and hath alſo his tearme in the ſame degrees, whereby hee poſſeſſeth in the ſame place 7 dignities, fiue by his houſe, and two by his tearme. Likewiſe the ſunne hath 7 dignities, 4 by his exaltation, and 3 for his deurnall triplicitie. Venus hath only one for a face. Nowe it is doubtfull whiche of theſe two ſhalbe adiudged Lord. But becauſe the ſunne is found in the beginning of the tenth houſe beholding the aſcendent with a quadrat aſpect, and Mars in the ſixt houſe hauing no participation with the aſcendent, the ſunne ſhalbe the lorde of the aſcendent: notwithſtanding Mars ſhall bee partaker with the ſunne, becauſe of his dignity which he hath in Aries, and beareth rule with the ſunne in the aſcendent, although the ſunne be the chiefe Lord. In like ſort are the Lords and rulers of the other houſes to be ſearched and found out.

By what means by the help of the tables placed in the Ephemerides, the Figures or houſes of the heauen are to be erected in euery houre of the day. Cap. 16.

ALbeit ther be diuers & ſundry times of the day, in the which the celeſtiall figures or houſes may bee erected, notwithſtanſting wee haue reduced them only to 2 times, yt is the noone time, and the afternoone time. This afternoone time is reckoned frō the noone of the one day, till noone of the day following, reckoning frō 1 of ye clock, vnto the end of 24 houres, but firſt we will ſpeake of the erection of the houſes for the noone time, becauſe it is moſte eaſie, and afterward for the afternoone. If you will then erect a celeſtiall fygure for the houre of the noone: fyrſt frame your figure after the maner aſtronomical, then you muſte ſeeke out the true place of the Sunne in your tables of the ephemerides, the which you ſhall finde directly ouer againſt your determined day, in the table that ſerueth for your yeare. This degree being found with the minutes, if there be any, place it in the Cuſpe or beginning of the tenth houſe together with the Caractor of the ſigne, wherein the Sunne is the ſame day, this being done, you muſt ſearch amongſt the tables of the houſes, for that table which is calculate for the altitude of the poule of your region or place, in the which table you muſt ſeeke out the Collumne of the houſes, vnder the which is placed the ſigne, wherein you found the Sunne that day, and vnder the title of the tenth houſe adding or leauing certaine minutes, you ſhall finde the whole degrees, amongſt the which hauing found the degree of the ſunne in the right line, leading to the right hand, you ſhall finde the degrees with the ſignes, which ſhall be let in the eleuenth 12 firſt, 2 and 3 houſes, as the tytle ſet ouer them doth teache you: and ſo haue you ſixe houſes of the figure erected, the other ſixe houſes are founde out by the contrary ſignes, with their contrarie degrees, but if your time of your figure be ſpoken for the after noone, after the ſame maner you muſt ſeeke out the degree of the Sunne for your houre appointed, leauing as it is aforeſaide, the minutes if they be vnder 30, or putting too one degree if they bee aboue 30, you muſt enter as before into your table, which ſerueth for your place, and in the columne, vnder the which is placed the ſigne where you founde the Sunne that daye and houre, vnder the tytle of the 10 houſe, goeing directly to the lefte hand in a little columne; whoſe inſcription is Tempus à miridiae, that is to ſay, the time after noone or midde day, you ſhall ſee the houres and minutes of the noone tyde, vnto the which the houres and minutes of the time ſuppoſed are to be added, alſo becauſe the Sunne in ſixe houres ſpace doth run 15 minutes of a degree of the Zodiack, by his proper motion, and to thoſe 15 minutes doth anſwere one quarter of a degree, of the equinoctiall, the whiche quarter is in value one minute of time. Therefore for euery ſixe houres in the afternoone adde one minute of time vnto the number that is gathered together. But if the number of houres and minutes gathered together, doe ſurmount 24, then take awaye thoſe 24, and the reſidue which remayneth ſo gathered together, and ſeeke it out in the table of the houſes, in the little columbe intituled Tempus à meridiae, and if you find not the ſame number take the next leſſe before, and ſo ſhall you commit the leſſe error, and directly toward the right hand in the right lyne ouerthwart ſhall appeare the ſignes and degrees of the ſixe houſes, that is, of the 10. 11. 12. 1. 2. and 3 houſes. The other ſixe houſes are eaſily found by the oppoſite ſignes and degrees, I will not heare ſtryue, if any man being ſkilfull in arithmetick wil erect his houſes after a more exact maner, for me I leaue it to his own diſcretiō. In this place I only go about to teach thoſe that are ignorant and would learne the art, preſcribing vnto them whole degrees, leaſt by the difficulty and hardneſſe in reduſing of them into minutes and ſeconds, I mighte ouerburden and ſurcharge their wits and capacities.

Of the maner how to place the Planets in the Figure. Cap. 17.

THe figure being erected, al the planets together with the heade and tayle of the Dragon, are fitlye to be placed in it, whiche is done by this meanes. The place of the Planet being founde out in the Ephemerides for the houre propoſed, muſt likewiſe be ſought out in the houſes, which being founde, you ſhall place your planet there. But it happeneth many times, and that very often, that the character of the ſigne of the place of the planet is marked in ſome houſe, in the whiche the Planet is not to be placed, becauſe the degree of his place is in another houſe, in the which (as by the example following ſhall appeare) the Planet with the degree, minute, and character of the ſigne is to bee placed: For the charecter of the ſigne is written agayne when as there is another ſign marked in the beginning of any houſe.

Hereafter followeth the Figure.

In this Figure the ſunne is found in the 15 degree of Aries wherefore he is to be placed in that houſe whereas the 15 degree of that ſigne ſhal be found, but that degree is not in the tenth houſe, although the character of Aries be there marked but in the ninth houſe, becauſe that houſe hath his beginning with the 25 degree of Piſces, and doth end with the 26 of Aries. Therefore in the ſame ninth houſe the ſunne muſt be placed with his degrees, minutes, and character of the ſign of Aries, as apeareth in the example before placed, in ye ſame houſe ar likewiſe placed Saturn & Mercury with their degrees and minutes wherein they are found. Venus is likewiſe placed in the eyght houſe being found in the 17. degree and 31 minutes of Piſces, becauſe the eyghte houſe hath his beginning with the firſt degree of Piſces, in like order the other planets are to be placed with the head and tayle of the dragon, but in the ephemerides the head of the dragon is onely marked, and not the tayle, becauſe the tayle is alwayes in the contrary or oppoſition of the heade.

Of certayne partes, and the waye and meane how to fynde them out. Cap. 18.

THe part of fortune is likewyſe to be placed in the figure, like as alſo the part of lyfe and death, & of the planette whiche is cauſe of the death. which is called the interficiente or killing planet: if the queſtion be[•] touching any ſick body, the finding out of the which we will nowe preſentlye teache. The parte of life in in the day time is gathered from Iupiter to Saturne, and in the night contrariwiſe, and both times are proiected from the aſcendent.

The part of fortune in the day time is taken from the ſunne vnto the Moone, and in the nighte from the Moone vnto the Sunne, and hath day and night, like the part of lyfe is added to the aſcendent.

The part of death as well by night as by daye is gathered from the Moone to the degree of the 8 houſe, and is proiected from the ſigne wherein Saturne is.

The part of the interficient or killing planet is reckned in the day time from the Lord of the aſcendent to the moone, contrariwiſe from the Moone to the Lord of the aſcendent, and is proiected from the Lord of the aſcendent.

Therefore when you wil find out or ferche the place of any of theſe parts, firſt bring your ſignes into number in order, ſo that Aries may be in the firſt place, Taurus in the ſecond, and ſo orderlye that Piſces maye bee founde the twelfth as followeth.

Aries,1 Taurus,2 Gemini,3 Cancer,4 Leo,5 Virgo,6 Lybra,7 Scorpius,8 Sagittarius,9 Capricornus,10 Aquarius,11 Piſces.12

Then take away the place of the Planet from the which ye begin to reckon vnto the other, from the place of that wherevnto you doe reckon, and put the differences that remayneth, vnto the degre aſcendent, or to ſome other ſign or place of the zodiack, as in the expoſition of that part is before ſayd. But if there can no ſubſtraction be made, then put 12 ſigns vnto the ſigns and degrees frō whence the ſubſtractiō ſhould be made.

Then accounting from the beginning of Aries, wheras the number ſhall end, there ſhall that part be placed, as for example: if you would find out the place of the parte of fortune in the figure before placed becauſe it is a day figure, the place of the ſunne is to be ſubſtracted from the place of the Moone.

The place of the Moone is two ſignes, 3 degrees, and 11 minutes, the place of the ſunne is only 15 degrees and 5 mynutes from the firſt minute of Aries. If then you doe ſubſtract 15 degrees and 5 minutes, whiche is the place of the Sunne, by aſtronomical ſubſtraction from 2 ſignes, 3 degrees, and 11 minutes, there will remayne 1 ſigne, 18 degrees, & 6 minuts, which being added vnto the degree aſcendent, maketh 5 ſigns, 28 degrees and 6 minutes, becauſe the aſcendent is of 4 ſigns and 10 degrees: then taking your beginning from Aries, the part of fortune ſhall be placed in the 28 degree and 6 minutes of Virgo. In this order muſt you proceede in the finding oute the true places of ye other parts before mētioned. Alwais this is not to be forgotten, that in all of them the difference is not to be added to the aſcendent, as in the part of fortune, whereas the difference is to be added to the place of Saturne, notwithſtāding in euery part ye muſt take your beginning frō Aries.

Of ſuch thinges as are to be obſerued before you giue iudgement of any question. Cap. 19.

NOw hauing erected your figure, and placed your planets with the parts in the ſame, as is before ſhowed, before that you doe gyue iudgement vpō any queſtion, certain things are diligently to be conſidered, leaſt error he committed in the ſame. Firſt therefore the 7 houſe and the Lord thereof, are to bee conſidered, for if the 7 houſe be letted by the aſpect or preſences of malygne planets, or that his Lord be letted, that is, if he bee in his fall or retrograde, or combuſt, or otherwiſe hindred by miſfortunes aforeſayd, you may not ſafely giue iudgement, fearing to committe error. For Ptolomei in the 14 Aphoriſme of his Centiloquium ſayth: In how great error ſhall the Aſtronomer be wrapped, when the 7 houſe and the Lord thereof are afflicted. Furthermore it is diligently to be marked whether the queſtion be radicall or no, which is knowne if the Lord of the aſcendent and Lorde of the houre be one, or of one triplicity or nature. For this conſtellation riſing, the queſtion is radicall, contrariwiſe it is not, and therefore abſolute iudgement is not to be giuen. Here note that the firſte euill extendeth no further then when the queſtion demaunded doeth not appertayne to the 7 houſe, for then it taketh no place, but rather ſhoweth that the queſtion demaunded ſhall haue ill ſucceſſe or effect. Likewiſe neyther the firſt nor ſecond rules doe not hold in natiuities, neyther in anye queſtion where the certayne houre of the thing done is knowne and giuen.

Of the ſignificators, and how for to finde them. CAP. 20.

BEfore that wee come to giue iudgement, we muſt learne to knowe what the ſignificators are, and who they are, and how to fynd them out. The ſignificator then is both the houſe that ſignifieth the thing demaunded, and the Planet which hath moſt dignities in the ſame houſe, whiche is called the Lord of the houſe, of ye finding out whereof we haue already ſpoken. When as therefore any queſtion is prepoſed, the aſcendent and his Lord is to be attributed vnto the querent, or mouer of the queſtion, and the houſe that ſignifieth the thing that is demaunded, and his Lord is attributed vnto the queſtion or thing demaunded, the Moone which in euery queſtion is common, is attributed alwayes with the aſcendent and his Lorde, vnto him that mooueth the queſtyon, as for example, if a man ſhould moue a queſtion to enquire of the ſtate of his brother, the aſcendente and the Lorde thereof, and the Moone, are giuen vnto the querent.

But the third houſe and his Lord is giuen vnto the brother, or if that any man ſhould enquire of the diſeaſes & ſickneſſe of another, the aſcendent, his Lord, & the Moone are ſignificators of the patient, but the ſixte houſe and the Lorde thereof doeth ſignifie the diſeaſes. And in this maner is to be dealt in all other queſtions. Notwithſtanding it is to bee knowne that manye times you muſt take manye ſignificators, as in thoſe thinges which are done be perſonages are Ambaſſadors comming betweene, as in bargeninges, treaties of peace, mariages, and ſuch other lyke: for in theſe things with the aſcēdent & his Lorde and the Moone, the planet from the whiche the moone is ſeparate, is to be ioyned. And the Planet wherevnto the Moone doth applye, with the houſe that ſignifieth the thing demaunded, with the Lord of the ſame is to be giuen to the queſtion. Alſo they doe ioyne to the ſignificators any planet which hath any communitie or fellowſhip with the ſignification of the thing. As for example, a man prepoſeth a queſtion of a future mariage. Here the aſcendent with his Lord, and the Moone with the Planet from which ſhe is ſeparate, is geuen vnto the querent, but the ſeuenth houſe and the Lorde thereof, and the Planet whervnto the Moone doth apply you ſhall giue vnto the thing that is demaunded. But if it be a mā that is the querent, you ſhall ioyne the Sunne vnto the other ſignificators, becauſe the ſunne doth ſignifie a man. But contrariwiſe, if it be a woman, Venus is ioyned vnto the ſignificators, becauſe ſhe ruleth the woman, and the Sunne to the thing that is demaunded: and thus muſt you doe in all other queſtions. For their diſpoſition eyther one to another, or to the fortunate or vnfortunate Planets doeth ſhowe what ſhall come to paſſe of the thing demaunded. Thus we haue ſufficiently ſpoken of the ſignificators, and now we will happily haſten to the iudgements.

How many wayes thinges are broughte to perfestion and end. CAP. 21.

HAuing finiſhed our treatiſe ſufficiently touching the principles of this ſcience and obſeruations neceſſarye. Now the righte order calleth vs to the ſetting downe of the right Method & way to bring thinges to their perfite end & ſcope. Therfore we wil now ſhow how many wayes things may be perfitted, the whiche happeneth by foure meanes and wayes, that is to ſay, by coniunction, by tranſlation of light and nature, by collection of lighte, and by being in houſes: when as therefore the Lord of the aſcendēt, the ſignificator of the thing demaunded, be eyther corporally ioyned or by aſpect, the thing demaunded without all doubt ſhall come to paſſe, ſpecially if the coniunction be in the aſcendente. Notwithſtanding it ſhal come to paſſe but with ſome difficultie, if it happen the coniunction to be in the houſe that fignifieth the thing that is demaunded.

Secondly it is brought to perfection by tranſlation of light and nature, that is when as the ſayde ſignificators are ioyned by coniunction or aſpect, and that ſome other planet doe ſeparate himſelfe from one of the ſignificators, of whome hee hath bene receiued, and applyeth to the other ſignificator before that hee doth behold or apply vnto any other planet, for then he tranſporteth the force and nature which he tooke of the one vnto the other, and he which receyueth the light, is the author of the perfection of the thing. But when it comes to paſſe in this ſort, he that doth demaund or axe the queſtion doth agree with him for whome it is demaunded, for the ching that is demaunded by meanes of ſome man, meſſenger, or iudge, ſent or comming betweene them.

Thirdly, things are brought to paſſe when as there is collection of their light by a planet more waighty then the Lord of the aſcendent or ſignificator of the thing demaunded, that is, when the Lord of the aſcendent and the ſignificator, or the thing demaunded do both behold a planet waightier then thēſelues, and ſpeciallye by receptions, for that Planet is as it were iudge that cauſeth the thinges to come vnto intire perfeccion.

Fourthly, and fynally, thinges are finiſhed by the dwelling of Planets in houſes, for if the ſignificators of any thing be in the firſt houſe, ſpecially if they be receyued it doth argue the thing ſhall come to paſſe without any labour. But if the Lord of the horoſcope or the Moone, or any of the ſignificators of the querent be in the houſe of the thing demaunded, it ſheweth that it ſhall come to paſſe, but with much labour and trauell. Theſe thinges by example ſhalbe made playner, let this therefore be the example. In the yeare of our Lord 1555, the 6 day of Iune, houre 12, minutes 56, there was a queſtion propoſed by one, whether he ſhould get or obtayne any of his brothers goods: at the which houre the figure of the heauen was erected in ſuch ſort as followeth.

Mercury is here Lord of the aſcendent, and Mars ſignificator of the thing demaunded, becauſe hee being Lord of the fourth houſe, wherein is contayned the ſubſtaunces of bretheren, becauſe it is the ſecond houſe to the third, hee ſhall iuſtlye ſignifie the thing deſired. Now therefore we muſt looke if by any meanes the querent ſhall obtayne or get that whiche hee deſireth. Which thing being conſidered, there appeareth no coniunction betweene the Lord of the aſcendent or the Moone with the ſignificators of the thing demaunded. Wherfore by this meanes the querent ſhall not haue his deſire.

But I doe ſee further a tranſlation of the light and nature of the ſignificator of the thing to be wrought by the moone vnto the Lord of the the horoſcope, for the moone being ſeparate from the trine aſpecte of Mars whome Mars had receyued in his exhaltation, it doth ſhow that the querent ſhall obtayne his deſire more eaſily then if the tranſlation had ben done contrariwiſe. By the thirde meane whiche is by the collection or gathering of the light it cannot come to paſſe becauſe there is no waightier planet then they that doth behold them both.

Fourthlye it is like that the thing ſhall come to paſſe becauſe the ſignificator of the thing deſired is placed in the aſcendent, therefore wee doe alſo iudge that hee ſhall haue that which he deſireth, becauſe the ſignificator of the thing doeth poſſeſſe the aſcendent, and his light is tranſlated to the Lorde of the horoſcope, in this ſort you ſhall iudge of al maner of queſtions propounded, alwayes taking heede vnto the diſpoſition of the ſignificators, & marking the good or euil aſpectes, with the fortunate or vnfortunate planets, their applications or ſeperations, For their diſpoſition with the good ſheweth good, and with the euill the contrary, for their application doth ſignifie inclination, and their ſeparation their priuation. Further their applications which are by a trine or ſextill aſpecte doe eaſily bring the thing to paſſe, but thoſe which happeneth by a quadrat or oppoſition, doe cauſe many difficulties. And this ſhall ſuffice to reſolue ſundrie queſtions, notwithſtanding to make this doctrine more eaſie, we wil ſhow an example vpon euery one of the houſes beginning with a queſtion referred vnto the firſt houſe, and ſo proſecute the reſt in order.

The first Question to know whether any man that is abſent, be dead or aliue. Cap. 22.

MAny & ſundry queſtions are mooued, which are referred to ſome of the 12 houſes becauſe of their ſundrie ſignifications. But becauſe euery houſe hath almoſt innumerable ſignifications, if we would touch them all, or bring them into one volume our labour woulde bee tedious and verye great. Wherefore ſetting downe one only queſtion vpon euery houſe, eaſie iudgemente maye bee giuen of the reſt, ſo that which is ſpoken before, bee well vnderſtoode and perceyued. The firſt houſe giueth iudgemente of the lyfe, and therfore the queſtion propoſed of one that is abſent whether he bee deade or alyue is referred vnto the fyrſte houſe. When you will therefore reſolue ſuche a queſtion, looke whether the Lorde of the aſcendent, the Moone, or the Lord of the 8 houſe be ioyned together, for that ſhoweth that the man is departed this lyfe. Looke alſo if there bee anye tranſlation of the light of the Lorde of the aſcendent vnto the Lorde of the eyghth houſe, or contrarywyſe: or whether the Lord of the 8 houſe be in the aſcendent, or the Lorde of the aſcendent be placed in the angle of the earth, for all theſe do declare that the man hath ended his lyfe. Furthermore, the diſpoſitions of the Lord of the aſcendent is to be marked whether it be with fortunate or vnfortunate planets for the applications with the good planets ſhoweth lyfe, but with the euill it bringeth hurt and death. The lyke is to bee iudged of the aſcendent and part of fortune, for the good planets being in the aſcendent, or with the part of fortune, or beholding them with good aſpect ſignifieth lyfe, as contrariwiſe the malygne or euill Planets being ſo placed, doth threaten miſcheefe and death.

The ſeconde queſtion whether any man ſhal haue or poſſeſſe riches and ſubſtance, and at what time. Cap. 23.

THe diſpoſitions alſo of the ſignificator with the Lord of the aſcendent, and the Moone wherof we haue often ſpoken doth ſhew the life, if the almuten of the aſcendent or ſignificator doe behold any Planet being in an angle it doth declare conſeption, contrariwiſe if they being in an angle do behold a planet in a falling houſe, or that there be a moueable ſigne in the aſcendent, or any malygne Planet, it ſheweth that there is no conſeption, or if there were, it ſheweth abortion, but a fixed ſigne in the aſcendent with a fortunate Planet in the ſame, foreſheweth true conſception, alſo a Planet hauing many dignities in the fifth houſe and placed in the ſame and beholden of the Moone doth ſhew true conſception, likewiſe the Lord of the fift houſe being ſtrong in the aſcendent or tenth houſe doth ſhew yt like, now if that you deſire to know when a woman is conceiued, whether ſhe ſhall bring foorth a man childe or a woman, behold whether the Lorde of the aſcendent the Moone and the Lorde of the fifth houſe be in maſculine ſignes or the moſt of them, for that doth ſignifie the woman ſhal beare a man child, if they be in femenine ſignes it ſheweth a woman childe, likewiſe marke if the Lord of the houre and the Lord of the houſe of children and the Moone or two of them bee in maſculine ſignes, for then it ſheweth a man child: in feminine ſigns, it ſignifieth a woman, I would alſo haue ſet downe ſome queſtion vpon the ſixt houſe, but minding hereafter to adde another treatiſe vnto this worke the ſcope wherof ſhalbe almoſt wholy referred to the nature of the ſixte houſe, nowe wee will onely touch a ſhort queſtion of the ſame houſe as followeth.

To knowe whether a man ſhall keepe or leaue his ſeruant. CAP. 27.

SEruantes oftentimes being in good credite with their maiſters, do feare leaſt their maiſter will giue them ouer vnto ſome other or that they ſhal not be in ſo good ſtate as they are, as it happeneth in thoſe countries where they ſel or giue their ſeruāts, wherefore if any man will knowe if he ſhalbe in better caſe with another then with him that he ſerueth, he may put foorth his queſtion to knowe if the mayſter will keepe his ſeruant or leaue him, for aunſwere whereunto we will firſt ſet downe the firſte houſe and the Lord thereof, and the Moone, for the interrogant, and the ſixth houſe and his Lorde for the ſeruaunt, and the tenth houſe and his Lorde, for the mayſter of the ſeruaunte. Then wee muſt conſider the diſpoſition of theſe ſignificatours as well among themſelues as the angles, for if the Lord of the aſcendent or the Moone bee corporallye ioyned with the Lorde of the tenth houſe, by coniunction or aſpecte, and that the ſame bee in one degree or minute, it ſignifies that hee ſhall bee delyuered by hys mayſter: and if they bee already ſeparated or that they dooe ſeparate themſelues, the ſeruaunte hath had already leaue to depart, but if the Lord of the firſt or ſixt houſe or the moone do ſeperate themſelues from the Lord of the tenth houſe, and do apply to ſome other planet of whome they are receiued eyther in his houſe, exaltation, tearme or triplicitie, it doth ſhowe that his maiſter ſhall giue him to ſome other, and that he ſhall be better then with the firſt maſter, but if they ſeperate them ſelues from the Lorde of the tenth houſe, and do not apply to ſome other Planet, his maiſter ſhall not keepe him although he giue him vnto another: if they ſeperate themſelues from the Lorde of the tenth houſe and doe applye vnto a malygn Planet without reception, he ſhall be giuen vnto another maiſter with whom hee ſhall not be ſo well as with the firſt, and if there bee no coniunction or ſeperation found betweene the lord of the aſcendant the moone and the lord of the ſixt houſe, with the Lord of the tenth, then looke if there be any ſuch thing betweene them and the ſunne, for then you muſt iudge as you would doe betweene them and the Lord of the tenth houſe, if none of theſe conſtellations bee found, the ſeruant ſhall dwell ſtill with his maiſter, ſpecially if the aſcendant or ſixt houſe be fixed ſignes, or that the Lorde of them or the moone or the moſt parte of them bee in ſtable or fixed ſignes.

Howe to knowe whether a man ſhall obtayne that woman in mariage which he deſireth. Cap. 25.

THis queſtiō being prepoſed by a mā will alſo ſerue to aunſwere the lyke demaunded by a woman, giuing vnto ech their proper ſignificators, as is before ſhewed, it may be reſolued in this ſort. Firſt giue vnto the querent the aſcendent and his lord, and the moone with the planet from the which the Moone doth ſeparate her ſelfe, and the Sunne for his ſignificator. But to the woman, the ſeuenth houſe and his lorde, the Planet vnto whome the Moone doth apply, and Venus. Then marke diligently what diſpoſition there is betweene the lorde of the aſcendente, and the Moone, with the lord of the ſeuenth houſe, and with the Planet from whom the Moone is ſeparate, with the Planet to whome ſhe doeth applye, and with the Sunne and Venus: for a trine or ſextill aſpect or application betweene them doeth ſhow the matter ſhall be eaſily brought to paſſe, but the quadrat and appoſition ſhoweth it hardlye, and the ſeparation declareth that it ſhall come to no effecte or purpoſe. If the lorde of the aſcendent or the Moone be in the ſeuenth houſe, and the Planet from whome the Moone is ſeperate, doth beholde or applye vnto the Planet wherevnto the Moone doth apply, or the Sunne doe behold or apply vnto Venus, it ſignifieth that the mariage ſhall come to paſſe but with muche laboure and difficultie, and ſpecially if the application or aſpects bee of enmitie, for theſe aſpectes breede hatred and diſpleaſure, and deſtroy the worke, except ſome other better ſignifications come betweene.

But if the Lord of the ſeuenth houſe be placed in the firſte, or be corporally ioyned vnto him, or that the Planet vnto whom the Moone doth apply, doth be hold the planet from whom ſhe is ſeparate, by a trine or ſextill aſpect, or doth applye vnto him by like aſpect, or that Venus doeth the like vnto the Sunne, the querent ſhall eaſily obtayne his wife. Notwithſtanding if this be oone by a quadrat or oppoſition without any reception, it ſhall hardly come to paſſe. But if the Lord of the aſcendente be receyued or any Planet, it ſignifieth that it ſhall come to paſſe if the Planet which receyueth him, haue any dignities in the ſeuenth houſe, but if you find none of theſe thinges before ſpoken of, then marke whether there be any tranſlation or collection of light betweene them, for they doe likewiſe promiſe vnto the querent his wife, as the other aſpectes before mentioned, notwithſtanding it ſhall bee broughte to paſſe by meſſengers or others that ſhall deale betweene. Fynallye, the Moone free from miſfortune and receyued, promiſeth the like, but if it happen that there fall out none of theſe foreſayd conſtellations, then the querent is not to haue any hope to obtayne his demaunde.

Whether a man ſhall inioy the goods and dowrie of his Wife. Cap. 26.

SOmetimes it happeneth this queſtion to be moued: whether any mā may haue and enioye the goodes or dowrye of his wife, whiche queſtion is aunſwered according to the diſpoſition of the aſcendēt and his Almuten, and the Moone with the eyghte houſe and his lord becauſe the eyght houſe being the ſeconde and ſucceeding to the ſeuenth, the houſe of the ſubſtaunce of women. If then the lord of the firſt houſe and the Moone be ioyned with the lord of the eyght houſe by aſpecte, coniunction, or application, the querent ſhall obtayne the womans goods or ſubſtaunce: or if there bee any application betweene them with reception, or tranſlation, or collection of light, the querent ſhal haue that he ſeeketh, if none of theſe be found, looke if the lord of the eyght houſe be in the firſt, or the Lord of the firſt, or the Moone be in the eyght houſe, then the querent ſhall haue the goods of the woman, but with muche labour and intreaty. But the lorde of the eyght houſe in the aſcendente bringeth the matter eaſilye to paſſe. But if none of theſe aſpects doth appeare, then that he ſeeketh, is fruſtrate and voyde.

Of the ſpeedye or ſlacke returne of him that taketh in hand any iourney, and of ſuche thinges as ſhall happen in the iourney. CAP. 27.

BEing demaunded of any man whiche would take in hād any iourney, what ſhall or may happen vnto him in the ſame, and of his ſhort or ſlack return, take diligente heede to the ſignificator of the iourney, and to the Lord of the aſcendent, and the Moone, for if the ſignificator of the iourney which is the Almutē of the ninth houſe, and the lord of the aſcendent, or the Moone, be ioyned together, or that one of the ſignificators do applye vnto another, or that there be betweene them tranſlation or collection of lighte, or the greater part of them be in moueable ſignes, the iourney ſhall ſoone bee ended, and the returne ſhort: but if they be in fixed ſignes, it will be a long iourney, and long returne, but if it be in common ſignes, his iourney ſhall be indifferente, and his returne like, but by the way he ſhall take in hand another iourney. But the lordes of the aſcendente and the ninth houſe, being infortunate, retrograde, or combuſt, do hinder the iourney and bring great daunger. But if the Lord of the aſcendent and of the ninth houſe be efortunate, or doe applye to the lorde of the eleuenth houſe, or the Lord of the eleuenth houſe be fortunate in the ninth, it ſignifyeth a proſperous iourney, and that the querent ſhall obtayne that he trauayleth for. But if the Moone bee in the ſixt or twelfth houſe, or ioyned with the Lord of the ſixt, and be infortunate, or that the Lord of the aſcendent or of the ninth houſe be afflicted by the lord of the ſixt, it ſignifyeth that the trauayler ſhall bee ſicke in his iourney, but if the affliction be by the Lorde of the 12, it ſheweth impriſonment. And by this meanes you may iudge of the fortunes or miſfortunes, by the diſpoſition of the Lordes of the houſes, with fortunate or vnfortunate planets.

To vnderstande whether a man ſhall obtaine that dignitie or office that hee deſireth, or ſeeketh for. CAP. 28.

IF any man mooue a queſtion of an Office or dignitie which hee hopeth to obtayne, to vnderſtande or know whether hee ſhall haue it or no: Behold if the Lord of the tenth houſe whiche is ſignificator of the office, bee ioyned with the Lorde of the firſt houſe, or if one of them doe applye vnto the other, by a tryne or ſextill aſpecte, with reception, then iudge boldly that he ſhall haue the office. The like you ſhall iudge alſo if you finde the Lorde of the aſcendent and the lord of the tenth houſe placed in angles, ſo that there be no miſfortune betweene them. But if the Lord of the aſcendent be cadent or falling from the lord of the tenth houſe and do not behold him: or the Lord of the tenth houſe be falling from the tenth houſe, and doth not behold the ſame, except ſome fortunate planet doe come betweene, and tranſlate the light of the one to the other, the querent ſhall not haue the office he ſeeketh, for it ſignifieth that it is already giuen to another. If the Almuten of the firſt houſe, or the Moone, be receyued in the tenth, or the Lord of the tenth be receyued in the aſcendent, they doe promiſe the office vnto the querent. If any planet heauier then the Lords of the aſcendent or tenth houſe, doe gather their light, he placeth the querent in the office, as the other Conſtellations doe: But if the lorde of the houſe of Hope, be an vnfortunate Planet, and behold the Moone being vnfortunate, or that the Moone bee in the eleuenth houſe vnfortunate, the office ſhall not be graunted vnto the Querent. But if the Lord of the eleuenth houſe be fortunate, and behold the Moone being alſo fortunate, or the Lord of the aſcendente or of the tenth houſe with a good aſpect, or apply vnto anye of them, or be placed in the tenth houſe, he doth promiſe and giue the office and dignitie to the querent. But if a fortunate Planet be Lord of the eleuenth houſe, and be placed in a very good place, and the Moone being vnfortunate be found falling from the fortunes, and the eleuenth houſe, the querent ſhal obtayne but a part of his ſute, and if that miſfortune of the Moone doe come by Mars, and that Mars be ſtrong in the heauen beholding the Lordes of the eleuenth houſe, and aſcendent it ſhoweth that the querent ſhall be murthered or ſlayne after he hath gotten the Office, except ſome fortunate Planet comming betweene do let or hinder that miſchiefe. The Lords of the tenth and eleuenth houſe being fortunate & beholding one another with reception, although the Moone be afflicted by Saturn, they promiſe the Office vnto the querent: who notwithſtanding by meanes of the miſfortune of the Moone, wroughte by Saturne, ſhal in his office be of ill behauiour, and thereby get no loue or friendſhip, but hatred and diſpleaſure.

To knowe whether a man ſhall haue the thing he hopeth or looketh for. CAP. 29.

A Queſtion being moued by any man of any matter, whether it be dignitie, office, or anye other thing, whether hee ſhall obtayne it or no, and yet will not tell what it is that hee hopeth for, nor at whoſe handes hee looketh for it. Take your ſignificator from the eleuenth houſe for if the Lorde of the eleuenth do applye to the Lord of the aſcendent, or the Lord of the aſcendent, vnto the Lord of the eleuenth, or doe behold him, the querent ſhall obtayne that he looketh for, and that very eaſily, if the application be by a tryne or ſextill aſpect. The like ſhall come to paſſe when the Lord of the eleuenth houſe is receiued into any angle. Alſo when the receyuer of the diſpoſition of the Moone is receyued, and his Receiuer agayne receiued, the querente ſhall obtayne lightly and eaſily.

In like maner you ſhall iudge of the Lord of the aſcendent if the receyuer of the diſpoſition of the Moone bee in a common or moueable ſigne, he ſhall obtayne but a ſmal or the leaſt part of the thing he ſeeketh, but if he be in a fixed ſigne he ſhal haue it wholy. The like alſo ſhall come to paſſe when there is anye applications, tranſlations, or collections of light, whereof we haue ſpoken oftentimes before.

In like maner a man may iudge when anye man doeth demaund whether he ſhall obtayne the good will or friendſhip of him that hee ſeeketh or deſireth. If you finde the Lorde of the aſcendent, the Moone, and the Lord of the eleuenth houſe, ioyned together, or any of them applying to anye other, iudge that he ſhall haue his deſire, and ſo much the rather if it be by friendly aſpectes. But if the aſpectes or applications bee vnfriendly, hardly ſhall be obtayne his deſire, but if it happen he doe obtayne, the friendſhip ſhall not continue long, but there ſhall riſe diſcorde and contention betweene them, and hardlye ſhall they be made friends agayne.

Of a mans ſecrete Enemies. CAP. 30.

A Queſtion being mooued of the ſtate or condition of a ſecrete enemie, conſider well who is the Almuten of the 12 houſe, and his diſpoſitiō with the other houſes and Planets. For according to his diſpoſition, ſhall giue iudgement of the ſecrete enemy. If the Almuten of the 12 houſe bee in the ſixt, or ioyned with the Lorde of the ſixt, it ſhoweth that the enemye is ſicke, or the like, if the Lord of the ſixt houſe he in the twelfth, but if the ſignificator of the ſecrete enemye be found ioyned with the Lord of the 10 houſe, it ſheweth that the enemy is eyther at the Court or talking with the King, to haue or obtayne ſome thing of hym which ſhall be hurtfull vnto the Querent. If the ſignificator aforeſayde doe beholde the aſcendent or his Lorde with a quadrat or oppoſicion, and ſo you ſhall iudge. But if the Lorde of the 12 houſe be foūd placed in the fourth houſe, or in the houſe of death, or ioyned to the Lord of the eyght houſe, which is the houſe of death, you ſhal affirme that he is eyther already dead or elſe that he will dye very ſhortly. In this ſort a man maye iudge of the ſtate of his ſecrete enemy by the diſpoſition of the ſignificator, with the Lordes of the houſes and the Planettes good or bad. But if the querent will tell you the name of his enemye, or that he be not a priuie, but rather an open enemie, you muſt ſeeke out his cōdition and ſtate by the ſeuenth houſe and the Lorde thereof, for becauſe the ſeuenth houſe doeth behold the aſcendent with an enuious aſpect, worthily therefore the ſtate of open enimies is drawne from it. By this meanes, and in this ſort, a man may giue iudgement of euery queſtion propoſed, and aunſwere vnto them.

VVhether any man ſhall haue or poſſeſſe riches and ſubſtaunce and at what time. CAP. 30.

WHen any man prepoſeth a queſtion, whether he ſhall haue any ſubſtaunce or riches, and if it ſhall come to paſſe, at what time and when it ſhall be, and yet hee will not tell from or of whome he hopeth to haue or receyue anye riches. They that ſhall giue aunſwere in this poynt, muſt diligently foreſee if there bee any application betweene the Lord of the ſecond houſe, the Moone, and the lorde of the firſt houſe or not, alſo you muſt looke if there bee anye tranſlation of light and nature betweene them, or that their light be gathered by any higher Planet. Or if the Lorde of the ſecond houſe be fortunate in the aſcendent, or if the part of fortune or Lorde of the aſcendente bee fortunatelye placed in the ſecond houſe: For if theſe or any of theſe, or the moſte part of them doe happen, it doeth ſignifie that the Querente ſhall haue ſubſtaunce and riches. But if none of theſe bee found it ſhoweth the contrary, if the Moone bee not placed in the ſecond houſe.

But to know when it ſhal happen if vnto euery degree that is between their cōiunctiō or aſpect to Iupiter, or ye part of fortune or one ſignificator to another, you do giue a day a weeke, moneth or yeare, according to the quallities of the ſignes, you ſhall vnderſtande the tyme. The mooueable ſignes doe determine houres or dayes, the common ſignes monethes or weekes, the fixed ſignes monthes or yeares, by this meanes alſo a man ſhall know when any thing that is demanded ſhall come to paſſe.

Of the inquiſition or ſearching out of brethren. Cap. 31.

ALL thinges are in nature according to the variable and diuers quallities and complections of men, for ſome men doe continually trauell and paſſe from Cittie to Cittie, from countrye to countrie, otherſome very ſeldome or neuer trauell out of their owne countrie, or remooue from their own habitations, but vnto ſuche as bee wanderers or trauelers ſundrye accidents are woonte to happen whereupon alſo diuers queſtions are prepoſed, as ſome doe inquire for their brother, ſome for their father, others for their coſine, and one for another. Therefore when any man mooueth a queſtion to vnderſtande the ſtate of his brother beeing abſent, the third houſe is dilligently to bee conſidered, for it giueth iudgemente of brethren, alſo the Lorde thereof, and the Lorde of the triplicitie are to bee marked, for their fortunate or vnfortunate diſpoſition ſheweth in what eſtate the brother is, yf the Lorde of the thyrde houſe bee in the ſixth, or the Lorde of the ſixth in the thirde, or one of them haue application or aſpect to the other, it ſheweth that hee is ſicke, if the ſignificators of the brother bee in the ſeuenth houſe or the Moone, or Lorde of the ſeuenth houſe be in the thirde, or that there bee anye applycation betweene them, it ſheweth that hee hath or ſhall marrye a wyfe: but if theſe diſpoſitions bee founde with the Lorde of the eyghte houſe, or in the ſame houſe, or that the Lorde of the thyrde, bee in the fourth houſe, it ſheweth that hee is deade. Likewiſe the application aſpect or coniunction of the ſignificators of the brother, with fortunate Planets ſheweth his good eſtate and condition, but with the infortunate, it ſheweth the contrary.

After this ſorte may you iudge of the diſpoſition of the ſignificators of the brother, with the Lordes of the other houſes and of other queſtiōs prepoſed, whether it be of father mother wife or children, or any other thing whereof diuers and ſundrye iudgementes maye bee giuen.

To knowe whether anie man ſhall poſſeſſe and inioye the houſe or lande that hee deſyreth to buye. Cap. 32.

IF any man demaund a queſtion for the buying of a houſe, whether hee ſhall obtaine it or not, giue the aſcendent and his Lorde and the Planet from whom the Moone is ſeparated vnto the querent, and the fourth houſe & his Lorde and the Moone vnto the houſe or ground deſired, & the 10 houſe with his lord vnto the price or value of the ſame, but if he will not tell you who it is, that doth ſel it, then attribute the ſeuenth houſe and the lord therof and the Planet to whom the moone doth apply vnto the ſellar, but if he will tell you his name then another ſignificator muſt be giuen vnto him as if he did deſire to buy his brothers land, then the thirde houſe and his Lord is to be giuen vnto the ſellar, but if he will not tell the name of the ſellar eyther becauſe he knoweth him not or otherwiſe then as is aforeſaide the ſeuenth houſe with his lorde and the Planet whereunto the Moone doeth applie ſhal bee the ſignificator, but now to know what ſhall come to paſſe in this matter, we muſt looke what the diſpoſition or habite of theſe ſignificators is, for if the Lorde of the aſcendent and the Lord of the ſeuenth houſe be in coniunction, or there be any applycation betweene them or tranſlation of light the querent ſhall eaſily obtaine, ſpecially if there be a reception or that the aſpect or application bee friendlye.

If theſe things happen not, then muſt you looke if the lord of the ſeuenth houſe be in the firſt, or the Lorde of the firſt in ye ſeuenth, for that would cauſe the querent to obtaine his requeſt. The like is to be iudged, if there be any applycation or coniunction, or tranſlation of lyght betweene the Planet from whom the moone is ſeperate and that to whom ſhe doeth applye ſo that the tranſlation be not wrought by the Moone, or the Planet from whom the Moone is ſeperate, be in the ſeuenth houſe or that whereunto ſhe doth apply be placed in the firſt houſe, the querent ſhall obtaine the thing he ſeeketh, but if none of theſe be found, then marke if the Lord of the aſcendent and the Lord of the fourth houſe and the moone be ioyned togeather, or whether there be any applycation or tranſlation of lyght betweene them, or if the Lord of the fourth houſe, or the moone be in the aſcendent or the Lord of the aſcendent in the fourth houſe theſe ſhall bring the matter to paſſe lyke the other conſtellations before ſaide, in lyke manner maye you iudge by the diſpoſition of the lord of the tenth houſe with the lord of the aſcendent, if any of theſe conſtellations be found thē ſhall the querent haue his deſire otherwiſe not.

Wherfore this ſhall be ſuficiently ſpoken of thoſe queſtions according to our compendious inſtitution and purpoſe, for many other wryters haue written more at large of euery queſtion as Guydo, Bonatus, Haly, Aben-Ragell and others, vnto whom I referre them that deſire to knowe more herein, notwithſtanding whoſoeuer ſhall dilligently reade and perfitlye vnderſtande that whiche wee haue before declared, hee ſhall be able to giue a certaine and determinate iudgemente of all queſtions that ſhall bee propoſed or demaunded.

This endeth the introduction to the Iudgement of the Starres.

A breefe Treatiſe of the proper Elections for the enterpriſing or beginning of any thing: written by Claudius Dariot Phiſition, and tranſlated, corrected and augmented by Fabian Wither.

FOllowing my purpoſe and deliberation, after that I haue now ſufficientlye intreated and ſhewed the principles and elements of the whole arte, and by what meanes and wayes a mā may attayne vnto it: and how al queſtions demanded may be referred and reduced vnto the 12 houſes that their ſignificator may be found out. Nowe to the end that I will leaue nothing vntouched, I will breefely and with a ſhort phraſe or ſtyle ſet downe a certayne Treatiſe contayning the general principles for chuſing of fit times to begin or take in hand any maner of action. Therefore I wil ſhew you how in the beginning of any matter the conſtitution and due diſpoſition of the heauens and heauenlye bodyes is to be obſerued and marked, for euery houre of the day is not apte or fit for the beginning of euery worke, but the conſtellation of one houre is meete for one worke, and another for another. Therefore in great and weightie matters, as alſo in thoſe thinges which are ruled by the naturall courſe and conſtitutitution of the elements and ſtarres, the due conſtellation of the heauens is to be elect and choſen. Wherfore in this Treatiſe following, we will ſhow ſuch thinges as are to be obſerued in euery election, and firſt we will ſpeake of the rootes and foundations of elections.

Of the rootes or groundes of Elections. CAP. 1.

FIrſt it is to be remembred, that an election is not to bee made for him whoſe natiuitie or reuolution of that yeare is vnknowne, or of any queſtion whereof the houre or aſcendent is not likewiſe knowne. For peraduenture thereby might be choſen an aſcendent contrary to the aſcendent in the roote of his natiuitie: for peraduenture there ſhould be ſet downe for the aſcendent that ſign: which in the natiuitie was in the ſixt 8 are 12 houſes whereby the election ſuppoſed to be made for commoditie or profite may turne to hurt or damage. For we ſee oftē times ſome one that beginneth his worke vnder a good conſtellation whereof notwithſtanding he reapeth nothing but hurte and miſfortune. Contrariwiſe another attempteth a matter vnder an euill conſtellation and yet notwithſtanding reapeeth commoditie and profite by the ſame, yea and it often times happeneth that two more together euen at one and in the ſelf ſame houre, doe take their iourney or enter into a ſhippe, whereof ſome of them returne home with gayne and good fortune, otherſome be in great daunger and hazard, and others return with loſſe & miſfortune: the which thing happeneth vpon no other cauſe but thorow the diuerſitie of the aſcendents in their natiuities. For a good election cannot turne away the euil that the planets hath threatned at the time of the natiuitie. Some therefore will ſay that elections then doth profite nothing: truelye a good election doth helpe when the ſignificators of the thing in the natiuitie doe helpe the goodneſſe of the election, for if they be good or indifferent good, and not altogether euill, then the election ſhall profite. But if the ſignificators in the natiuitie doe promiſe in any matter ſome good or ſome ill, a good election ſhall helpe the good and let the euill, or at the leaſt diminiſh or make the euill the leſſe. For Ptolomey in his fifte Aphoriſme of his Centiloquium ſayth: The wiſe man maye turne away or put of many effects of the ſtarres when as hee knoweth their natures, and prepareth himſelfe before they worke their effect, and Salomon ſayth: a wyſe man ſhal rule the ſtarres. Hee therefore that doeth foreſee thinges that ſhall happen, is accounted wiſe, for he will eyther withſtande or let the euill that ſhall happen, or elſe diminiſh or make it leſſe, otherwiſe elections taketh no place: for if anye man woulde make election of a tyme fit or meete for begetting of children, and hath the ſignificators of children vnfortunate in his natiuitie, and therefore ſignifie the priuation of children, an election will helpe or profite him nothing at all, for it cannot take away the damage which the ſignificators broughte in the natiuity, except the election be very good, and the goodneſſe thereof equall to the euill of the natiuitie.

What is to be obſerued in the ſigns at the time of an Election. CAP. 2.

THe ſignes as hath bene already ſpoken, are diuided into manye ſortes, ſome be moueable, ſome fixed, ſome meane or common, and therefore euery ſigne cannot be apt or fit for euery work, for the fixed ſigns bring ſtabilitie and continuaunce vnto thinges. Thoſe thinges therefore that are done to continue long, as building of houſes and Caſtles, planting of trees, mariages, and ſuch like, they ſhoulde take their beginning when fixed ſignes are in the aſcendent. For the moueable ſignes worke altogether the contrary, in ſo much that whatſoeuer is begun they being aſcending, it commeth ſwiftly and in ſhort time to an end, wherfore whilſt they be in the horoſcope it is good to ſow ſeedes, to buy and ſell, and to plight fayth and troth with a woman, and to take in hand ſuch other like thinges, that require ſodayne or haſty accompliſhment. The common or mean ſignes haue a mixt or indifferent qualitie betwixt both & therfore vnder them it is good to begin ſuch thinges as be commō to two or more, as for to enter into ſocietie with any man, or to doe any thing for lucre or gayne ſake, it is very good, for thoſe thinges that are done vnder them, are ſubiecte to mutation as if a diſeaſe be cured vnder them, it returneth agayne often times, or if any man take a iourney from one, he ſtraight way entreth into another iourney. By this reaſon we ſee that ſigne agreeable to the qualities of the thinges you will take in hand are alwayes to be choſen. And this is not alonly to be obſerued in the moueable, fixed or common ſignes, but alſo in all the other qualities: for amongſt the fixed ſignes, the earthly ſignes are moſt conuenient, and amongſt the moueable the ayrie or fiery ſignes. If any man therefore would worke anye thing by fyre which he would haue quickly brought to effect, let him chuſe common ſignes fiery, or at the leaſt ayrie. When any man would plant or build a houſe or ſuche lyke, let him chuſe fixed ſignes, but ſpecially earthy. Or if any man will take a iourny by water, he muſt chuſe a moueable and watry ſigne. And ſo in all other thinges hee muſt make his elections of the ſignes according to the qualities of the worke. Now follow certayne canons touching the elections of workes.

Rules or Canons for the Elections of workes. Cap. 3.

HAuing the natiuitie of any man his reuolution or queſtion, the houſe and ſignificator of the natiuitie or queſtion of the thing you would take in hand are to be framed, but if theſe be vnknowne, then the houſe that ſignifieth the thing and his Lord are to be framed and made fortunate in the houre of the beginning of the thing, which houre muſt be diligentlye ſought out. As if anye man would take in hand a iourney to the King, the 9 houſe and his Lord are to be made fortunate, and if it may be the 10 houſe of the natiuity, reuolution or queſtion are to be ſet in the aſcēdēt, and the Lord therof to be fortified in the aſcēdent or 10 houſe, alſo the aſcendent and the Lord thereof, & the Lord of ye houſe where the aſcendent is placed, are diligentlye to be fortifyed and framed, and let the ſigne of the aſcendent be in nature and qualitie agreeable vnto the thing to bee taken in hand, as in taking in hand of warre, the ſignes of Mars are to be choſen, and ſo of other thinges as aforeſayde. But if the Lorde of the aſcendent be vnfortunate, frame him to beholde the aſcendente with a trine or ſextill aſpecte. Lykewiſe the Moone becauſe ſhe is common vnto all thinges, ſhe and her Lord, that is, the Lord of the ſigne or houſe where ſhe is placed, are to be fortified and framed. Notwithſtanding let not the Moone bee in the aſcendent, for there ſhe is vnfortunate. You ſhall alſo place the Sunne in the Horoſcope, or in the houſe that ſignifieth the thing you will take in hand, or elſe in Aries, or Leo, for otherwiſe he is thought to be infortunate. Alſo the planet which naturally ſignifieth the thing is to be fortified, as if any man would marry, Venus is to be fortified. Mars if anye man would begin a ſkirmiſh or battell, but in election for ſubſtaunce or riches, Iupiter is to be fortifyed, for theſe Planets doe naturally gouerne ſuch thinges. Furthermore you muſt take great heede to fortifie and ſtre[••]then the place of the coniunction or oppoſition of the lights, and the Lorde thereof immediately going before: likewiſe the houſe of Hope, and the lord thereof, the tenth houſe and his Lord, and the Planet that ſignifieth the end of thinges are ſtronglye to bee placed. But the planet which ſheweth the end of thinges, is the lorde of the fourth houſe, if he be in the fourth houſe or beholde the ſame, otherwiſe it ſhalbe the Lord of the houſe of the Moone, if he doe behold the Moone, or the Moone him, elſe it is the Planet vnto whome the Moone ſhall be firſte corporallye ioyned, or elſe the Lord of the part of fortune, if he doe behold the part, otherwiſe the ſignification thereof remayneth vnto the Moone and her Lord, or to the fourth ſigne from that wherein the Moone is, or as ſome iudge, the Lorde of the fourth ſigne from the part of fortune.

Theſe are the cheefe poyntes that are to be obſerued in all elections: if all theſe cannot bee framed, you muſt indeauoure to obſerue and keepe as many of them as you may, for the ſignificator of the thing, the aſcendent, and his Lorde, and the Moone at the leaſt are to be fortified. But if the Moone bee vnfortunate, you ſhall place her falling from the aſcendent, and ſhall chuſe the Planet that doth afflict the Moone, to bee the Lord of the aſcendente, ſo that the Horoſcope being vnder his rule and power, he will not hurt himſelfe, ſo that he be otherwiſe free from other infortunate aſpects, but if he cannot be lord of the aſcendent, at the leaſt let him rule the tenth, or the eleuenth, or the fifte houſe, and if the Moone bee receyued of that planet, ſhe will doe little hurt or none, for her malice ſhall be abated. Alſo the fortunate planets, as Iupiter and Venus are to be placed in the aſcendent or tenth houſe, or elſe if you can make fortunate the lorde of the houre, it will helpe very much in the matter. Thus we haue briefelye ſhowed what thinges are to be wiſhed and obſerued in all elections, now I will as breefely in few wordes touch what thinges are to be auoyded and taken heede of.

The thinges that are to be auoyded and taken heede of in all elections. Cap. 4.

BY nature all thinges are ſubiecte to lets and hinderaunces, wherefore in the beginning of any worke it is diligently to bee taken heede of, that the lord of the aſcendent be not retrograde, for when he is ſo diſpoſed, all that he doth he turneth rather to euill then to good, and worketh all thinges vtterly to the contrarye, for albeit that all the other ſignificators be well diſpoſed, yet the matter ſhall not take effect, or elſe with greate payne and labour, for the retrogradation doth hinder and let the operaſions of all thinges, alſo you muſt diligently marke and take heede that the euill and vnfortunate Planets doe not poſſeſſe the aſcendent, the middeſt of the heauen, or any other angle, ſpecially if they be lordes of any euill houſe, as of the fixt, eyghte, or twelfth houſe. Alſo that no fixed ſtarre of the nature of the euill planets be placed in thoſe places, ſpecially in the aſcendēt or tenth houſe, alſo the ſixt, eyght or twelfth houſe of anye natiuitie or queſtion, are not to bee aſcendente at the taking in hand of any enterpriſe, for thoſe houſes haue no fellowſhip or aſpect with the aſcendent, and therefore be euill and peruerſe and bring great hurt, and therefore are iuſtly to bee eſchued and auoyded. Alſo you muſt not beginne or take in hande anye worke in the time of the coniunction or oppoſition of the two lights, that is at the new or full Moone, ſpecially if it happen with the head or tayle of the Dragon, you muſt take heed that neyther the head or tayle of the Dragon be in the aſcendente, or in the houſe of the thing that is demaunded, or with the part of the thing, for the tayle of the dragon is worſe then the head. The Moone alſo is to bee eſchewed when ſhee is placed in the ſecond, ſixt, eyght or twelfth houſe, for then in thoſe places ſhe is euill and vnfortunate. Finally, the part of Fortune muſt not be ſeparate from the coniunction of the Moone, or ſome aſpect, neyther cadent from any angle in the beginning of any worke. But if you ioyne him with the lorde of the aſcendent, or place him in any aſpect within, it will bring great commoditie vnto the worke. This therfore ſhall ſuffiſe to be breefely ſpoken touching elections.

FINIS.

Heere followeth the table of the vnequall houres, wherein the Planets haue their dominion euerie daie and nighte throughe the whole yeare.

FOr ſo much as the hours of the days and nights in the whole yere wherein the Planets haue their raigne and dominion are altogether vnequal, by reaſon of the ſunne his ryſing vp toward the north, and his goeing backe or declination towards the South, which cauſeth the day to be longer or ſhorter according to the courſe thereof, the daye being accounted from the riſing of the Sunne, vnto the ſetting of the Sunne, and from thencefoorth the night vnto the riſing againe, and the houre which is the twelfth part of the day and likewiſe of the night, is thereby verie vnequall and hard to be decerned, and yet moſt neceſſary to be known, aſwell for elections as alſo for avoyding of ſundrie actions and doeings, I haue reduced into a compendious table the vnequall houres aſwell of the nightes and daies of the whole yeare which for breuities ſake, and becauſe the difference is ſo ſmall that it may hardlie he diſcerned I haue deuided by 3 in this maner, 3, 6, 9, 12, &c. whereby you maye verie eaſily finde out the vnequall houres of euery daye and night, by this rule and methode following, firſt in the toppe of the table is ſet downe for a tytle the houres before noone, then ouer the firſt colomne which conteyneth the caracters of the ſignes with the degrees deuided as is aforeſaid by 3 is ſet the place of the Sunne, ouer the ſecond columne the Sunne ryſing, which ſheweth the beginning of the firſt houre, and ouer the other columnes orderlie towardes the right hande, theſe numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, which ſheweth the end of euerie houre, and endeth alwaies at 12 of the clocke at noone, and ſo lykewiſe by the tytles you ſhall ſee the houres in the afternoone vnto the Sunne ſetting in lyke number, and from thence to mydnight and ſo to the Sunne riſing againe in the morning. Now to proceede by example to teache you to finde out what houre you deſire I wil ſet downe the 2 day of October, with which I enter into the alminake or Ephemerides and ſeeke in what ſigne and what degree of the ſigne the ſame is in, which I finde to be the 8 degree of Libra, with that I enter into my table, and vnder the tytle of the Sunnes place I find the ſame degree, then in the [〈◊〉] columne I finde the Sunne to riſe at 6 of the clocke 38 minutes. which is the beginning of the firſt houre. Then I proceede to the next column which I finde to be 7 & 32 minutes which is the end of the firſt houre and the beginning of the ſecond, and ſo you ſhall proceede throughout the columnes doth of the day and night. Further note that whereas you finde but 3 ſignes directly vnder the place of the Sunne, and other 3 on the other ſide vnder the lyke tytle, vnderſtand that theſe ſigne[•] make like vnequall houres according to the declination of the Sunne, ſo that if the Sunne be in any of thoſe ſignes you ſhall ſeeke the degree in the columne vnder the tytle of the place of the Sunne on the right hande of the page, and begin your houre on the lefts ſide of the page vnder the tytle of the Sunnes ryſing, and ſo proceede orderly a[•] before. Now to know alſo the order of the Planets, I returne to my example of the of october, being wedneſday, and therefore I giue to the 1 houre ☿ to the 2 ☽, to the 3 ♄ to the 4 ♃ to the 5 ♂ to the 6 which endeth at high noone ☉, to the 1 after noone ♀, to the 2 ☿, and ſo forth orderlie; as heere enſueth beginning with euerie Planet appropriate to the day at the [••]ſt houre,

Saturday,♄ Thurſday,♃ Tueſday,♂ Sunday,☉ Friday,♁ Wedniſday,☿ Munday.☾

Then hauing giuen the Planet appropriate to the day vnto the firſt houre then follow the order ſet downe in the example according to the order of the Planets which is thus.

♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♁ ☿ ☾ and ſo begin againe.

Thus haue I breefely finiſhed the Methode and order of this Table, the vſe and commoditie whereof maie in practiſe bee founde ſuch as will bring no ſmall pleaſure vnto the diligent practitioner.

FINIS.

The Table of the vnequa[•]l houres of the artificiall day

For the eleuation of the Pole 52 degrees 30 minutes.

The Table of the vnequall houres of the artificiall day

For the eleuation of the Pole 52 degrees 30 minutes.

The Table of the vnequal houres of the artificial night

For the eleuation of the Pole 52 degrees 30 minutes.

The Table of the vnequal houres of the artificiall night

For the eleuation of the Pole 52 degrees 30 minutes.