directed to the 8, is killing. PL
{na nocturnal nativity, if b be pofited in: ire
eighth houfe, it portends a violent death.
When ina nativity, 9 is pofited in the tenth,
be the native man or Lib. they ees bonpukg
The o of » in.D or $:of. b or 3. pee an».
gles, denotes great danger to the native’s fight. (5
9 er 231, or Q: inthe fifth, in a fruitful ign,
denotes many. children.to the native.
9 in § or oO to 3L or 9 , deftroys the children
or iffue of the native, let; them be ever, fo. nu-
merous.
of the ©, denotes the natiye’s exile and. tedic ious
& in 8 to the afcendant, and b in the fame
afpe& to the ©, makes an abfolute knave, .. and a
treacherous, perfon. à 4 exidhft s:
— The lord: of, the afcendant: in po aed joined a
| there with the lord of the twelfth in. combuftion,
banifhment from his lawful inheritance, eger :
if the © he lord of the twelfth. .
He who hath 2 in his peat Mout! at das >
Hahthene of birth, fhall never prev againít his | |
mafter or his enemies, , zia a
The lord of the tenth. in the Delito ph the;
lord. of the twelfth in the. afcendant, are certain ar- n
| guments
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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. $9
guments- of imprifonment ;. the like if thejlord of
the aícendant is in the twelfth. —
& in the fecond, gives lofs of goods, by quar-
rels, ftrife and idlenefs. — —
————— a —ER RR
Of tbe SIGNIFICA TORS of the QUERENT and
QUESITED.
1, When-any queftion is propounded, the fign
*ícending and its lord, are given always to the
" Querent ; and the houfe which fignifieth the thing
“demanded or fought after, with the lord thereof,
reprefents the’ Quefited.
2. You may eafily know what houfe every
-quefüon -pertains-to by the fignification of the
- houfes before-going ; as if one fhould enquire con-
“cerning a brother, then you are to judge from the
third houfe and the lord .thereof, and. fee: how he
- Lbeholds the lord of the afcendant.
ee ee UN
5. df concerning the fidelity or. falfenefs of
friends and acquaintance, of things hoped for or
expected, then make ufe of the uth houfe, &c.
andi foon for the reft.
Note. In all queftions the ) is given to | the
lord of the afcendant, as co-fighificator’ with
him. Hide
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B.
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CoNsIDERATIONS before JUDGMENT.
Before judgment be given upon any queftion, it
is requifite to confider whether the queftion x ra-
dical or not, which may be difcovered.
Firft. If the lord of the afcendant and lord of the
hour be one, or of one triplicity or nature, the
queftion is radical, and judgment may be given. .
Secondly. When the firtt or fecond degrees of a
fign afcend, do not give judgment, except the age,
corporature, and complexion of the Querent agree
«with the fign afcending.. |
| 'Fhitdly. When the latter degrees of a fign af-
.cend, if'is not fafe to give judgment, unlefs the
Querent agree in years to the degree afcending.
Fourthly. When the ) is in the latter degrees
‘of a fign, or in the way of being gaius. it is
- dubious to give judgment.
Laftly. See that the 7th) houfe and the T
"thereof, be not afflidted, for if fo, no credit will
be gained by the queftion, becaufe that houfe, and
. the lord thereof, fignifies the artift himfelf, 43
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AT 2
How any Thing demanded is brought to Perfection,
1. When the planet that denotes the Querent,
and that planet that fignifies the thing inquired af-
ter, are applying by a x or A afpeét; or if they
' are going toa 6, this atgula the bafinels fhall be
eff a d.
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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS, 9r.
2. When the fignificator of the matter inquired
after fhall apply to the lord of the, afcendant, and.
be in his effential dignities, this fignifies the. bufi--
nefs fhall be perfected unexpectedly... .
3. Ifthe fignificators apply friendly from ler
they delight in, or from figns: they joy. in, the
bufinefs or matter fought after, comes to a happy.
conclufion.
4. When the promifing wakes deli in hoafes
proper and convenient, though there be no afpect,
the matter may be brought to perfection.
Of Motes, Marks, and Scars, of tbe QuE-
RENT and QUESITED, |
1. Confider the afcendant and the lord thereof,
and what fign is pofited. therein ;- then on.thofe
parts of the body reprefented thereby, you may,
conclude there are moles, marks, or ícars.
2. See what fign defcends on the cufp of the
fixth houfe, and what fign the lord of the fixth is.
pofited in; and on thofe parts, of the body .re-.
prefented, you wili find two other moles or fcars. |
3. And'by the fign the. ) is in, you may judge
there is a mark or fcar, efpecially if that fign is
affiicted by afpect, or prefence of an infortune. ..
4. If the figns be mafculine, it denotes the mark ,
to be on the right fide; if feminine, on the left fide.
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5. If the beginning? of a figm afcends; or lord
thereof in. few: degrees of^a figny the mark is on:
the upper part of the member; and if in the middle:
of a fign, or:towards the: latter end, moderate
your judgment accordingly.
And'in refpeét to the colour, judge according
tó the colour the planet fignifes :: it is an obferva-
“Son made by philofophers, that whenever there
is a mark’ or mole in the head: or face; it: denotes
another at fome different part of the body; We
have therefore giving the adjoining plate às" an:
elucidation.
Of the Time of vtceioing à HoRARY QUESTION.
- The moft eminent artifts are agreed that the in- ~~
ftant of time in. which an artift underftands the:
defire of any quereüt, he ought to take for the true
and radical timé, whereon to ground his judgment.)
Alfo, if aletter be fent from any querent to an
""artift, let him take the time he opens the letter, :
and not the time when the letter came, : -unlefs. he:
ES
breaks it open immediately. UU dO. Drag: i
Of Refolving HoRARY Questions,» at
Frrst House ow
Giveth judgment of the native ot uerents?
life, therefore, if a queftion be démanded’ cón-
cerning life, confider if the fign afcenditig. the?
lord thereof, and the Moon be free from mis-
'1 fortune ; :
4 »
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à ' : ve. Beh
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7
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INTRODUCTORY. OBSERVATIONS. 92.
fortune; that.is, if the lord of. the afcendant be.
not combuft, or in conjunction, or oppofition, of
the lord of the eighth, twelfth, fixth, or fourth
houfe, if he be effentially {trong in. the, afcendant
or mid-heaven, or elfe in the eleventh, or ninth
houfe, in good afpect with %, 9 , or the © in the
terms. of 2f.and 9, it denotes long life to the
querent ;. and otherwife, if contrarily pofited; for
the lord of the afcendant, or the afcendant un-
fortunate, or the p.afflicted, fhews fudden evil.
€
Seconp House.
Shall the Native or. Querent attain Riches. ?.
Here you muft confider the fecond houfe, the’
lord thereof, and the Part of Fortune. If there
be any application between the lord of the fecond
houfe, the ) or lord of the afcendant, or any tranf-
lation of light and nature between them, or the.
lord of the fecond fortunate in the afcendant, or
lord of the afcendant fortunate in the fecond; if
all the planets be angular or in good houfes, or
the ) or @ in the fecond houfe, all. thefe: figifr:
riches. Fs:
':TuianD Eid ae
Of Brethren, Fournies, Se.
If 31, ¢, or the Q be pofited in the third houfe,
or if the lord of the afcendant, and lord of the
third be in x or A, to the cufp of the afcendant,
>
or.
94 INTRODUCTORY: OBSERVATIONS :
or the Jord of the afcendant to the cufp of the
third, it fhews the agreement of brothers, fuccefs
in journies, &c. Or if they be in the third, ins :
to the afcendant, tliis alfo fhews harmony, or fuc-
cefs in journies. |
Fourtu House,
Of purchafing Houfes, Land, Merchandize, &e.
Let the afcendant and his lord, with the planet:
from whom the p is feparated, reprefent ‘the
querent ; the fourth houfe and his lord, with the:
), the ground, houfe, merchandize, &c. defired ;
the feventh houfe and his lord, with the planet to
whom the ) doth apply, unto the feller, &c. And
if the lord of the firft, and lord of the feventh be
in 4, or apply to one another by friendly afpea ; :
or if the lord of the feventh be in the firft, or the:
firft in the feventh, the querent fhall obtain his
defire.
; FirrH House.
Of Queftions and Fudgments appertaining to it.
If a woman defire to know whether fhe fhall
have children or not, fee if the lord of the afcendant.
and the ) behold the lord of the fifth; or if any:
planet transfer the light of the lord of the afcen-
dant to the lord of the fifth; the lord of the
fifth well pofited in the afcendant or tenth hou
fheweth iffue.
If it appears that tbe querent is with child, and) |
you would know whether male or-female, you are :
then to confider the aforefaid fignificators, whether
they
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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 693
they be in mafculine or feminine figns, and by an
exact colle&ion of the major teftimonies, you
may pronounce judgment. :
Or, by fome authors, if the lord of the afcen-
dant, the lord of the fifth, and the p be in mafcu-
line figns, it fhews a male; in feminine, a female.
Or the lord of the fifth, lord of the, hour and the
P,if two of them be in mafculine figns, a male;
in feminine, a female.
SixTH Hovsr.
Fudzments of Difeafes, gc.
At the time of the party's falling fick, obferve
the afcendant and lord thereof, the fixth houfe and
lord thereof, as alfo what houfe and fign the y is
.in, together with the a/muten of the figure; thefe
fhall fignify the difeafe, not omitting the guber-
nator. The feventh houfe and lord thereof, re-
prefents the phyfician; the firft houfe and lord
thereof, the fick perfon; the tenth houfe and lord
thereof, the nature of the medicine ; if the feventh
honfe or lord thereof be afflicted, it is an ill omen,
lf the afcendant be afflicted by an infortune, or
be combuft, peregrine or in quartile, or oppofition,
‘to the lord of the fourth, fixth, eighth, or twelfth,
the difeafe is in the head, or in thofe parts of the
body which the planets fignify in the fign then
afcending, as may be known by the table, page 73.
As alfo the nature of the difeafe, &c. of which
. was 1 to write fully, it would make a confiderable
| ! volume
66 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS:
volume, but an intelligent artift will be able to
Jadge by the concurring circümftances.
SEVENTH -Hovuss.
Queflions appertaining to tbe Sewenth Houfe are,. Mar-
riage, Law-fuits, Contrats, Fugitives, Thefts, Sc.
The ‘artift gives to the querent, the áfcen-
dant and his lord, the’) and the planet from which
fhe doth feparate, and theQ (in cafes of marriage;
if it be a inan) for fignificator ; but to the quefited,
the feventh houfe and its lord, and the planet to
whom the )doth ‘apply, and 2: then obferve,
What ‘application’ there is between the y and the
lord of the àfcendarit, with the lord of the feventh;
and the @ with 2 ; for if the afpé&t be‘a x or A, the
marriage fhall be effe&ted; buta B or-$, the
contra. Ifthe lord of the dfcendant or 5 be in the
feventh, and’ the planet from whom the y did fe-
‘parate, doth behold the plátet to whom the >
‘doth apply, or the © doth behold 2 , the tharriage
is like to Comé to pafs. With refpec& to hér riches,
‘obferve the planet in the eighth, and the lord óf
LS LUE for if they be well dignified, and the -
P apply to the lord of the eighth by a’ good afpedt, |
then fhe is wealthy ; and if a woman enquire about |
‘a man, ufe the fame method, with variation. of
'perfon, &c. ‘
Or THEFT.
‘This‘is rather a difagreeable and dangerous part
“of the fcience, and therefore, when a queftion is
SU d demanded
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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS; on
demanded concerning theft, it is proper to examine
whéther the thing be ftolen or not, before judg-
ment be given; as follows: —
If the ) be lady of the afcendant, and in the
fourth; and the lord of the fecond in the feventh,
er in the fign of the eighth, in 9 to the fecond
houfe, at a :« or A to the ), the thing is not
ftolen, but taken away in jeft.
If the » be in the feventh, in the fign of the lord
of the hour, the lord of the hour being lord of the
feventh, then are the goods not taken away, but
miflaid and overlooked; but if the lord of the
houfe of the » , feparate from any planet, or the:
lord of the fecond do feparate from any planet, it
is ftolen, and then you may proceed to judgment,
as thus :
"The afcendant fignifies the querent.
The lord of the fecond, the thing that is e
The lord of the feventh, the thief.
The fourth houfe, the place where the thing is.
Tf the fignificator of the thief be oriental, and in
few degrees, it denotes youth, &c.
' If the fign afcending, and the lord of thé hour
be both mafculine; it is a man's if feminine, a wo-
man; if one mafculiné and one feminine, two
thieves, &c. But if I was to write at large on
this fubje& it would’ make‘a confiderable volume.
itt : N EIGHTH
53 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.
Ercuru Hovst.
Of what kind of Death the Querent may die ?
In giving judgment of death, you muft rightly |
underftand what relation the querent hath to the
quefited, whether it be a brother or wife he en-
quires after; then give the afcendant and his lord
for the querent;. and for the party fought, the
fign of that houfe he is fignified by, the lord there-
of, and the » : if you find the lord of his afcen-
dant in the fourth, or eighth, either from his own
afcendant or of the figure, that pofition denotes |
death; and if the luminaries are in violent. figns,
or are afflicted by the infortunes, it denotes violent
death. !
NintH House. |
If a queftion is defired concerning fuccefs in a
journey, or voyage, look to the ninth houfe, if it
be ftrong, and good planets therein, or afpected
of good planets, and. if the lord of the afcendant
and tenth be well pofited, it is good; but if you
find h 3 or the gthere, then is the way evil.. (x A
The lord of the ninth, with.a bad planet, is
bad, and no wealth fhall be obtained by that,
voyage; 4 pofited in the ninth, intimates peril
“by pirates; there, fignifies lofs of goods, or, NS.
ficknefs, the 8 imports the fame asd, but. more
deceitfulnefs.
TENTH
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS, 99°
TENTH Hovsz.
n the Querent attain the Dignity or Office
' defired ?
The firft houfe and his lord fignifies the querent,
the tenth and its lord the place, office, prefer-
ment, command, or the like. If you find the
lord of the afcendant, or the ) pofited in the tenth,
or the lord of the tenth, or theo in the afcendant,
and if they behold each other friendly, you may:
pronounce the defire will take effect; and if the
lord of the tenth receive the lord of the afcendant, :
or the ), by good reception, the matter will give
content and profit.
ELEVENTH House,
If a Queftion be demanded, Whether one feould have
the thing hoped for ? Or fhall tbe Querene’s Friends
be real or not 2 | SONS
' Tf there be any amicable afpect between the lord
of the afcendant and eleventh, or reception, or
ttanflation of light, or the lord of tlie afcendant
be in the eleventh, or lord of the eleventh in the
afcendant; thefe are good teftimonies of obtaining
the thing hoped for; if none of thefe are found,
behold the » ; and if fhe do not apply to the lotd
of the eleventh, the: thing Te for will not be
obtained. MA 4 |
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169. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS,
TweL_rtuH Houses.
A Queftion required concerning Enemies.
Suppofe none is mentioned, behold the lord of
- the twelfth ; but if any be mentioned, then behold
the feventh and lord thereof, noting their applica-
tion to and with the lord: of the afcendant, of
what afpect, and out: of what houfes; for if the
lord. of the twelfth behold the lord of the firft,:
with nc or $ ont of the veighth, fixth, or
twelfth ; or out of thofe houfes which havea n
afpect to the afcendant, or no afpect at all, then
there is fome fecret enemies that do him mifchief)
privately.
Some choice APHORISMS, and Ruxes for EvEC- -
TIONS, relating to moi UNDERTAKINGS,
| The y increafing in good afpect of the ©, hlp
for j journies. . £ 1o
In all j journies;. the greateft impediment, TA MS
net Is.to be peregrine or retrograde. ty dinis
.It is bad in. journies to, have d in ‘the "e or.
ninth, but much worfe to have him in the fecal
The lord of the ninth or third; in. the firft, thes
journey will be fuccefsful ; but if. firong and. sello
hingesen, tbe better. 2S atl pel
- In all journies view the jj , for feis à genera
fignificatrix of j journies.
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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 101
When a fhip fets fail, if ® afcend in x; the fhip
will be cait away if ¢ afflict him.
If you go to a prince or king, let a fiery fign
afcend, and let the © be im good afpect with aL.
gro. |
Begin no building, the » in x or m, having
fouth latitude Apa e for if you do, | it will
foon fall.
The moft fortunate time to begin buildings, is
when the ) is in zz, or when zz afcends, and the
) behold it, and the fortunes in good Se. to:
the degree afcending.
In marriages, the afcendant Garis for ie. man,
the feventh for the woman,
In which of rhofe parts good plants are, it will
be beft for them. |
- Let not the » be combuft on the marriage day,
for that.fignifies the death of the man, nor. in the
combuft way, for that fignifies an il] end,
It is very ill in marriages, if the ) apply to h
^v
or ¢, though the afpect be never fo good; for
then there will be neither peace nor love between
them.
motion, and let her have no ill afpe& to the Oo,
nor any at all to b or 4.
.9 is the only general fignificatrix in marriage;
and therefore it is beft to let the y apply to her.
- 1f the lord of the afcendant is weak, and the lord:
of the Igiene firong, i in the feventh, and hea com-.
E manding
M
In all marriages let the ) increafe in light and '
cha INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.
ihanding planet, and in good afpect of 3, fhe will
wear. the breeches, and domineer over her huf-
band.
I know one who had m afcending at the time of
marriage, and d and 9 in d in m, and both com-
buft, and in 8 to the 5, and it proved a very un-
happy marriage.
Let not b or ¢ bein the feventh, for that E
ways makes the woman out of order.
Such as go to war ought to confider of coming
home fafe again.
For this end, let the o, 21, 2, or Q be in
the afcendant, or elfe they may fail of it.
If } be in the afcendánt, he will come again a
coward, furprized with fear, and not fight.
lf $ bethere, he will either die there, or be
dangeroufly wounded.
But if b and 4 be both there, you may be con-
fident he will never return. If in the tenth, he
will be taken prifoner, efpecially ifthe lord of the
afcendant be in the twelftli.
Judge of the challenger by the afcendant, and
fo vary the houfes accordingly.
But judge of thé opponent by the feventh, and
fo vary the houfes as before, the tenth being his.
fourth, and the fourth his ey &c. |
It is not good to fight when the lord of the af
cendant is in the See, for then phare 3 is s danger
of death,
The
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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS, 103
The affailant always lofes the battle, if the lord
of the afcendant be an infortune, retrograde, or
combuft. | |
But if the lord of the feventh be fo, the oppo-
nent is beaten.
When the ), b, and ¢ fhall be joined toge-
ther, there will be great effufion of blood.
What has been faid of two fighting, is as well
applicable to the plaintiff and defendant in a fuit
of law.
If any one go to the King, &c. let the ) be in
the afcendant, in * or A to the © in the tenth
houfe. y
But if to a Bifhop or Judge, &c. let the ) be
joined to 21. by body or good afpect, or n, if it be
with reception.
If to old men, let the y apply to a xc or A to.
b , and from good places of the figure, the angles
have greateft force.
In managing bufinefs with women, let the D
apply to 95; if to mathematicians, accomptants, -
or fcriveners, to 9 ; and fo of the ref. 5
x Some
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Some choice ApHORIsMS, relating to Horary
Questions, very ufeful. in the judicial Part of
AsTROLOGY,, callected from feveral Authors.
:. When you hear news, or elfe in queftions
about news, behold the Jord of the afcendant, the
afcendant itfelf, the p, and lord of the hour. ^ -
2. If the $$, b or 4 be in the afcendant, or
the lord of the afcendant with them, it is not true
m dH 25,9 or the be there; not afflictedy
it is true enough. |
4 If no. planet be in the afcendant, belrold the
fifth houfe; and if any planet be there, judge by
the former rules.
5. If no planet be there neither, view the lord.
of the hour, and fee whether he be dire& or retroz
grade, in what! houfe Re is, and to idi planet |
ifpeCted, and judge from thence.
6. If the afcendant be a moveable fign, ef itl
ally «^, then be fure it is is falfe, faith Haly:
7. If the fortunes be in angles, it is like' enough?
to be true; if the infortunes are there, it is falfey
unlefs it be bad news, for then it !s too true.
8. For example, If it belongs to war, blood-
flied or contention, and 4 in angle, it is true.
9. But if % bethere, it is falfe, becaufe 21 loves: ;
peace.
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A.
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10. Likewife if b. be angular, and the report
be concerning death, imprifonment, or ficknefs,
itis true, becaufe they are of his own nature.
11. lf in queftions of war, the lord of the af-
.cendant and lord of the feventh bein in n or 8,
no peace is to be hoped for or expected.
12. But if the lord of the afcendant and feventh
bein x or A, a peace may be concluded by treaty,
áfthey treat by fuch men as are Pone by that
planet, who is lord of the figure.
13. Venus in the firít degree of a, atthe 6
ofthe © and ), or at any other great 6, is den
ereat rains,
14. If a queftion be demanded when one {hall
get out of prifon or captivity, behold the afcendant,
its lord, and the Moon.
15. The lord of the afcendant and the ) in the
fourth, fixth, eighth, or twelfth houfes, or in a
. fixed fign combuft of the ©, denotes long impri-
fonment. |
16. Moveable figns haften delivery, fo doth the
lord of the third in good afpe& to the lord of the
afcendant or the ), or the lord of the afcendanr
in the third fo qualified,
17. If h or d be lords of the twelfth, and a&tict
the lord of the firft, frotn the KA or fixth houfe,
he will die in prifon.
18. Ifthe ) is angular, or in the twelfth, or
joined to the lord of the twelfth, he we continue
long i in prifon.
QO 19. | But
106 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS,
19. But if the fignificators feparate from ill
afpects of bad planets, and apply to the ©, 4,
. $, or 8 with reception, denotes fpeedy onhrke-
ment. ;
20. Whena perfon comes to demand a queftion,
it is poffible to know what his thoughts are before
he reveals them.
2Y. du "this purpofe, mind where the lord of
the afcendant is, provided he is not combuft,
retrograde, in his detriment or fall, for then you
muft take the ) , and the lord of the hour.
22. Forif they, or (which is ftrongeft of them)
be in the firft houfe, the querent comes. about
himfelf.
23. But if they are in the fecond, it is about his
eftate, goods, money, &c.
24. If in the firft part of the third, he comes
about fome fhort j journey ; if in the fecond part of
that houfe, about his brethren or kindred. ~
25. If in the firft part of the fourth, about his
father and mother, or fome ancient body ; in the
fecond part about his houfe, farm, or fhip, efpecially |
ifit bea watery fign; in the third party the end
or conclufion of fome bufinefs. :
26. In the firft part of the fifth, itis of. children
or icholars;, in the fecond part, of joy or plays.
in the third part, cloaths or ornaments; in the
fourth part, reports, letters, books or meflengers, |
or about drinking, or meriment, M
-
* A . ; 2 27. In Y 4j
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS, 107
27. In the firft part of the fixth, of ficknefs ;
the fecond, of fervants ; and the third, of {mall
cattle.
28. In the firft part of the feventh, it is of his
wife or fweet-heart ; the fecond, of his men: ;
the third, of theft or goods loft.
29. 1n the firft part of the eighth, of death; in
the fecond part, of dividing inheritances; in the
third, of debts.
30. In the firt part of the ninth, of religion or
laws; inthe fecond, of journies or Mon CA in
the third, of dreams.
31. In the firft part of the tenth, of kings; the
fecond, of honours; and the third, of the que-
rent's mother. |
32. If in the firft part of the eleventh, of mer,
chants or trading; in the fecond, of riches; and
the third part, of friends,
33. In the firft part of the twelfth, of ene-
mies; fecond, captivity or x ver in the
third, of great cattle.
34. If the lord of the afcendant be weak or
affifted, then take the ); if the y be weak,
afflicted, or not in a fign of her own fex, then
take the lord of the hour.
35. There are two fignificators fpecially in quef-
. tions; firft, the planet, which ¢'.< lord of the af-
. cendant is feparated frem; fecondly, the planet
the ) is feparated from,
O 3 36. The
=
PIU
108, INTRODUCTORY. OBSERVATIONS. -
36. The general fignificator isthe planet which
hath moft dignities in the afcendant, ot in the 4.
or 9 of the © and ), if it was near at hand; or.
in the d of. band 21, if that. was newly paf,
37. Figures of Horary queftions, are either true,
or falfe, according to the intent of the querent.
38. Love and; hate caufe error in judgment ; the
one magnifies trifles, and the other depseffags
matters of moment. 43
39. Thefe Aphorifms, if rightly Were me
managed, difcoyer the whole myftery of refolving
all manner of queftions.
.
Tm
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 169
A ready way of computing the PLANETS Places, from
an old Almanack (an Epbemeris,) f their re-
fpective periods, as follow : | |
The period of Saturn is $0 years
Jupiter - .- 83 and1 day
Mars > = 99
Venus + << 9
Mercury r ^*^ 99
TheMooh 4'' $45.
Nerea p Em iip
I fhall however produce one of the ), within
the compafs of twelve years, that comes nearer
the truth, than either of the above data. Suppofe
1786. 1327
59 yearsadded — .
p——
1786 for b.
Weaver's Epbemeris. IT bite s Ephemeris.
19274. 1796.
bise b in
January 1,° 5? 15 January 12, 0^ 8'
| => ee Fa Gh aS
33 5 29 14, 6 22
4 5 36 Dn o 29
55 S 43 yo Mie SOK ag
6, ig ae 75 (043
NB. Therath of January isequal to the frft,
on account of the new ftyle intervening.
110.
Wing, 1704.
2L in &.
January Lo d lien:
D, 4I 00m
Zi. DUI 5
L4. TI 7
5» Qt1- 4)
6; E115 1:2
Wing, 1707.
ó in MW.
January 1, 25° 54
DI obl ur
b. 20 15
A. 20.25
ee 290
6, 20.61
White, 1779.
9 in v?
January: da BOs)
i 25 19 B30
3.49. $5
4,18 19
5, 17. 43
I CES o
INTRODUCTORY. OBSERVATIONS,
White, 1787.
Br dn ws
January 15,
14,
15,
16,
17)
18,
White, 1
11° 223
AI 2l.
i1 Do:
I1 at
II 21
11 Rt
796.
d in MW.
January 12,
13,
I4,
15;
16,
17;
White, 1
28° 26°
28D 16
238 16 .
28 17
28 19
28 02233
787.
9 in Pp.
January 1,
16° 18°
, 15 R39
UE vw
RrIMOY
I4 48
d)
WT TBs
«, T
i
e c vt
2
Ro
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. itr
Wing, 1707. — JPhite, 1784.
3% in vf. uius and ve.
January 1, 15? 32 January 12, 29? 26!
2, Tf 320 13, O VP25
37 (13 739 14, 1 28
4, I2 29 15, 2 34
$» 11 35 10, 3 42
6, 11:49 EF ipo). Ga
Before I proceed to the computation of the
Moon's place, it is requifite to obferve, that the
figns are numbered. for the greater eafe of calcula-
tion, as thus,
eee. 31.4 94 QC T. qd . dd vm
p wn. of n
Suppofe 1 want the Moon’s place for the yeat
1787, l look into an Almanack of twelve years
ak; and from the firft of Jannary, Idede& 57
days, which brings it to the 27th of February, on
which day the » is in
103 5° 32 in 1775
towhich 4 1 8
es WT OF lane 1587.
2 6 40 the) ‘splaceonthe
as appears nearly 2 6 43 3
eee
3 difference only.
CSE P (rx on,
*-
1775
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.
212
1775 1787 :
Feb. 28th the » in 10:20? 25 Jan. 2, 2° 11° 36'
| addi 4b a. ae ly du.
2| ox Oft
March r 11% 521r ‘Jans 3, 3° 6° ani
add. 4p 1938
3 6 19
March 2. ir igi SR EP PUE WP se
add Va aoe
050.08
Maior cp ARE
ORG Sa qus
4 5 19 Jan. 5; 45°5°28
March 3 so"Gs. 34.
pid: A4 Big
MM
£e
4 19 19 Jan. 6, 4* 19°28"
Mmmm. famem
By
_ ed ts
ae AS dr LR T
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 113
By this method, proceeding day by day, you
may compute all the planets places very nearly, and
fafficient for common purpofes, to give the young
Aftronomer an idea of the motions of the hea-
venly bodies. By this method of computation,
you may go through à whole year's requifites of
an Almanack in about two day's time; but was
you to go through all the equations, with Meyer’s
tables, it would take up a gor a whole year’s
time.*
The PLANETS mean diftances from tbe EARTH in
Englib miles...
Diameters in miles,
Sol, 05 rauiton of miles, — 883,100
Luna, 240 thoufand miles, 2,162
Mercuty, 95 million of miles, 2247"
Venus, 95 million of miles, - 7:898.
Mars, ' 145 million of miles, 55250
Jupiter, 494 million of miles, 79,287
Saturn, 906 million of miles, 79,076.
The Earth's diameter, 7,921
Saturn's ring, 184,496
* Thefe cycles were found among the papers of the late Mr. SA.
MUEL CLARKE, well known among mathematicians, for his feveral
publications, and his reviewing the mathematic part of the Criticay
Review, and Town and Country Magazine ; ; till his infirmities ren--
dered him incapable, for abouta year before his death.
P ‘Terms
n4]
re RM 6 pon ART,
Which ought to be underftood by the
D. oUR DU TIN Chee
& CCIDENTS—mean the moft remarkable
b. chances that happen in a man's life,
Act onical—belonging to the evening.
ZEftival—belonging to the fummer.
Alcoahoden—the giver of life.
Almuten—lord of the figure. -
Anareta—a cutter off,
Animodar—to rectify nativities.
Apheta—the giver of life,
Aphorifm—a general rule.
Application—of planets three sien
Firft, when a planet fwift in motion applies to -
one that is more flow, they being both direct 5 -
this is called direct ant “a
Secondly,
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. ng.
Secondly. When they are both retrograde ; this
is deemed an ul application.
. Thirdly. When one is direct in cana and the
other retrograde ; this is no good application, but
not fo bad as the laft ; this is called a retrograde ap-
plication. :
Afcendant—to arife—the Bun of the eaft.
Afcenfional difference—is the difference between
the right and oblique afcenfion or defcenfion,
Afpeci?—to behold.
- Azimene—lame or weak.
Befieging—is when a planet is between the bo=
dies of 2L and ¢.
Cadent—falling or weak.
Cardinal points—the angles of the T3 4th, 7th;
and roth houfes.
Cardinal figns— «^ , By, 4x, Vf.
Cazimi—is when a planet is within fixteen mi-
nutes of the ©’s centre, in longitude and lati-
tude.
. Circles of. pofitiom—are great circles of the fphere
paffing by the interfection of the horizon and me-.
ridian, and through any degree of the ecliptic or
centre of a ftar. |
Civil day—24 hours.
- Combuftion—a planet is faid to be combuft, burnt,
or {corched, when he is not 8? 30' diftant, "ien
before or after the ©.
Commanding figns—are the firft fixt
e P3 Common
ET INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS /
: Common figns— x1 , qm, f, 3
Cofmical—ftars that rife with the © :
* Culmen Celi—the. higheft dii in the heavens
UNE a-ftar can rife to. ^
' Cufp—the beginning or firft point of a houfe.
Daily motion—the progrefs a planet makes in;
twenty-four hours. ^ 0) e
Debilities—certain affections of the. planets,
whereby they are weakened. i
Decanate—is one third of a fign or 109,
Declination of a planet—is his diftance North or
South ‘from the equinox.
Decumbiture—the moment when a difeafe invades
a perfon. |
Detriment—lofs or damage.
Dexter afpeci—towards the right hand.
Digit—a 12th ps of the diameter of the 3
or 5.
Dignitiesadvantages whereby a planet’s virtue:
3s increafed. 1
Dragon's Head and Dragons Tail—two oppofite :
points where the’ )’s orbit cuts the ecliptic, ”
Dyfs—the feventh houfe. Ore
Elongation—a_planet’s greateit diftance from:
the ©.
Emer fi on—the coming ‘forth or out of daik-
nefs ^ E. I Edo
Enneatical—every ninth year’ or day: + 10 o70led
A
43.) | o | Ente
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS, m7
-FEjatt—the )’s age. the PNEU of the
year. -
Ephemeris—a diary or day book.
Epicycle—a little circle whofe centre is in the
circumference of a greater.
- Epocha—a root or beginning..
Erect a figure—is to divide the twelve howe
aright, &c.
Face—the third part of a fign, or ten degrees.
Fiery Triplicity—fee page 12.
Flux and .Réflux—ebbing and. flowing of the ©
fea.
Fixed Signs—fee page 13.
Feortitudes—influences of the planets made
ftronger by being well pofited.
Fortunes—the two benevolent ones are 1
and 9.
. Fruftration—is to be underftood, when a light.
planet applies to the afpect of another more pon-
derous, and before that afpe&t is accomplifhed,
the ponderous one meets with the afpect of fome
other.
. fruitful Signs—are e5, m, and x.
| Geniture—the moment of time an infant is
brought into the world,
Horary er? PH YR afked at a certain
hour.
, 5 \ Haiz—
SE ete e e ERI TR MER Livre tal re Aer ree ce
323! - INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. .
— Haig—when a mafculine and. diurnal planet in -
the day is above the earth *.
Horofcope— tlie utmoft bounds of a thing.
» Hyleg—the giver of life.
— £ypogeon—under the earth. T5
| Imum Celi—the bottom of . Heaven, or the.
fourth houfe, |
Increafing in Light—is when a planet is departings
from the ©.
Lnfortunes—h and 8.
4Angrefi—an entrance upon or going into.
- Foys of the planets—certain dps Hopp
to them.
* Fulian Year—{o called from being calculated and
recified by Julius Czefar. ]
Knot on tbe Log-line—a diftance of fifty feet. -
Latitude.—a planet's: diftance either North or:
South from the ecliptic; in geography, the dif-
tance of the equator. from the point right over:
head. |
| Lightoof Time—is the. © in the buie sii dix
.3 in the night. J
Ligbti—a planet is faid to be light, vill: his
‘motion is quicker than that he is coro
with. qtd
* Or a feminine no&turnol planet in Che night time “under the
earth.
Longitude—
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. Íf9.
Longitude of a Planet er Star—is its diflance
‘from 3 but in geography, the diftance from the
firft. meridian. |
Lord of the Year—is that planet that has mott
‘fortitude in a revolutional figure.
Lord of the Geniture—is that planet that has’
greateft ftrength at a-perfon's nativity. 7
Lord of the Hourthe planet that governs the
twelfth part of the day er night.
Mofculine Planets or adeb the account af
them, page 13.
Matutine—belonging to the morning,
Medium Celi—mid heaven, the tenth heufe or
angle of the fouth.
Moveable Signs—are e^, 95, 2, v.
Mute Signs—are ee, m, X.
Natural Day—the fpace of twenty-four hours.
Natural Year--is 365 days and almoft fix
hours.
Nativity—the true time of any perfon’s birth.
Nodes—fignify the Dragon’s head & and tail 99°. ^
Northern Signs—the firft fix are called fo,
Obeying Sigus—are the fix laft figns.
t Oblique Afcenfion—is that degree and minute of
the equinoctial which rifes with the center of the
©, 5, &c.
t "Oblique Defcenfion—is that part of the equinoc-
tial which fets with the center of the o, &c. ^
Occidental—
120 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.
- Occidental—belonging to the Weft, the fevénth
eoufe is called the Weft Angle in Aftrology ; and
is defcriptive of a planets rifing after the Sun.
Occultation-—a hiding from.our fight, —
Oriental—belonging to the eaft ; the firft houfe is
called the Eaft angle in aftrology ; and diftinguifhes
a planet rifing before the Sun:
Olympiads—a {pace of four years by the
Greeks. .
Oppofition—is en two planets are diftant 180
degrees. }
Peregrination—is when: a planet is pofited ina
fign wherein he hath no effential dignities, neither
houfe, exaltation, triplicity, term, or face; as a
ftranger, or one out of authority.
Pole of Pofition—the pole of the world above the
circle of pofition of any ftar or planet.
Primary Planets—are h, Us and 8.
Primum Mobile—is the tenth fphere.
Prohibition—is when one planet. is applying. to
the 4. of another; and before this is accomplifhed,
another planet conjoius the former, and fo a pro-
hibition is formed. |
Promitors——to promife or .engage to bring
fomewhat to país, 8 4d
Prorogator of life—the Cae as Hyleg. TE
Querent—an enquirer, or one that demands” m
queition. . fat
Ws | Qucfited—
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS! 12r
© Quefited—the party or.thing enquired after. |.
- Reception—is when they are in. each others: digni-
ties, whether in houfe; exaltation, sriplicitis toon
or face. nisl ads of, 397
Refüetlion—2a: redoubling of an: véftion, SA
Refraction—à breaking-back or again, ©
t Refranátión —is only this, one planet applies to
the áfpect of another, and before he becomes pn
trogade. « ' nier. en dto
Reclify a Noris to o bring tlie efimare time
to.the true; ?X 20k (ft 39 315 05qu Il (s
Reirogade—is ie a E: olus. moves
backwards in the Zodiac.
Right Afcenfion—is the degree of the equinoctial
accounted from the beginning of «^.
Separation —when two planets have been in ¢ or
partile afpect, the lighter is going out of half their
orbs. \
Sinifler Afpecéi—towards the left hand,
Slow in Motion—is when a planet's diurnal mo-
tion is more than the mean motion.
Succedent Houfes—are the 11th, 2d, sth, er
the 8th.
Sun Beams—a planet is accounted under the
Sun beams till he be Íeparated 17 degrees from
him.
Swift in Courfe—is when a planet moves more
than his mean motion in 24 hours—and flow in
motion when he moves lefs. :
EPA XE baa We
ad Q. 0 Trauflation—
sf i dd
1e2 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS,
Traiüflation—is when a light planet feparates frorii
a “ponderous ‘one, and immediately applies to ano-
ther, fuperior; and fo tranflates the: nature " the
former to the latter.
Vefpertine-—when a planet fets after the Sun,
Violent Signs —ate «^, 4, 7x, Vo, zm.
» Veid of .courfe — 1s when one bedy feparates from
the body. or. aípe&t. of another,, and applies to no
other whilft he is in that fign.
Watch—a fea phrafe, four-hours.
Watry Triplicity—are es, m and X.
i-
ASTRONOMY
A.S T R.O N'O NY
AND
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY,
TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF
PLACIDUS DE TITUS.
Py AR oh oak
ARGUMENTS drawn from the PHILOSOPHY of the
HEAvENs, e
ift. Y T is impoffiblé for the efficient heavenly
caufes, (as being fo very far diftant from
things below) to’ influence fublunary bodies, un
lefs by fome middle inftrumental virtue, by which
they are united to bodies, fubje&ted, or fimple, or -
both, There can be no a&tion in the fubje@, which’
is not affected by fome active virtue : for the effect
rhight be produced in the fubje&, without any ef-
ficient caufe, which is the reafon, we fay, that the
inftrumental caufe of the flars is light, and that
this only is fufficient to produce all the four prie
Q3 | mary |
»
2 Ae * 32
Beh orleans Pic aes, E
Ac ror NECS oS .
MEA Fee hers =
124 ASTRONOMY AND.
mary qualities ; by which they arrive at the whole
fpecies of natural effects; by motion the flars apply
this light, and we reject a fecret influence as fuperflu-
ous; nay, even Ampoffible.
2. The chief properties of the Veit of tlie ftars
are two, (viz.) intenfion and extenfion, the lefs
principal colours, which the very fenfes fhew are
found in the ftar$5; nor is it to be concluded from
thence that the ftars are corruptible, at leaft, with
regard to the whole, for the ftrange'phenomena,
which very frequently appear to us, demonftrate
that there are-changes in the heavens; for colours
may be found in incorruptible bodies: in fhort,
nothing is vifible unlefs it have a colour. The other
properties in the ftars are figures; local difpofition,
brightnefs, and dimnefs; local motion is a kind
of paffion wherewith they apply, increafe and di-
minifh their light, rae i and recede, near and at
diftance.
:3. "Ihe ftars neither act nor fuffer alternately in
the heavens; they only. receive light from the fun,
which alteration they communicate to us from the
proper colour of each of them: but they vary their
actions in the inferior fubjects, in proportion as they,
act together with equal harmony. ; and this is fufh-
. cient for the whole difference of effects,
. 4. Though the ftars, by. their motion in the hea-.
vens, alternately change their conftitutions, and.
have a determinate degree of intenfion, and a defi-.
nite quantity of extenfion of their light, they do,
not
ELEMENTARY, PHILOSOPHY. - -12¢
not a upon thofe inferiors, according to the true
and real. intenfion and extenfion of that light
which they have in common, but only according to
the apparent ; in refpect of which they join thofe
paflable bodies : for this reafon, the ftars aQ.upon
the fublunaries only according to that degree of in-
tenfion, and quality of extenfion of light, by which
they are united to the ftars, as from things fub.
jetted ; the lefs are intenfion and extenfion; but their
action is the fame, with refpect to that extenfion
to which they are oppofite ;as we very plainly ex-
periencein the ). They influence according to the
fituation and parabolafe to the paflable fubject. Invi-
fible eclipfes have no influence or furprifing pheno-
mena; they act only upon thole provinces in
which they arefeen: fo that the ftars, where they
do not rife, are inactive.
. §. The ftars are indeed the kneels caufe, and
indeterminate, as to their fpecific and individual ef-.
fects; but are determined according to tlie variety
of the paffable fubjects and nearett caufes: as the
© melts wak, drys up the mud, whitens it;
blackens the human fkin, with man produces man,
a lion with a lion, &c.
6. The ftars cannot be the figns of effects, if they
are not alfo the caules; wherefore - interrogations,
in the manneriof the ancients, have no. place in na--
ture, unlefs perhaps in eminent effects, inwhich they
move the approximate caufe of natural effects ;
they alío move the parts, organs and- members of the
patfable
t26 ASTRONOMY AND
paffable fübje& in the foetus; they refpect the pas
rents, fex, number, figure, &c. The prefent ftate of
the planets approaches to the actual effect, according
to a pre-ordinate and pré-exifterit power; and there
fore they are the caufe or con-caufe, not barely
figns, but the conftellations, which for the prefent
bring their effects to act, are the fame as the caufes
of pre-ordination ;andíoof death, &c. For unlike
caufes cannot bring to act the diffimulis pre-exift=
ing, ac¢ording to the power of the effects.
7. And fince, tó diftinguifh and know thé effects
of any ftar; it is neceffary to know the difference;
nature and order of thofe effeéts, according to thé
ioundeft philofóphy ; after laying. down the firft
prindiple ofall things, Mattér, and fubftantial, from
the primary and compound qualities, we diftin-
guifh all thefe into two principal kinds, viz. into
the pafüve or feminine, and the aQive or mafcu-
line. "To the firft fort, we again call in. matter
and quantity, or quality, fo far as. it is paffive,
with all the other qualities which are derived from:
its moifture, drynefs, rarity, denfity, lightnefs, &e;
For the mafculine fort, fubftantial and material; |
from. fmell, found, the active virtue of the com-
pound, &c.
9. We call commixion a union of altered mifci-
bles, but we add, perfected by the efficient of the.
fuperiors, Order and Nature, that is, by a celeftial
quality, on which the conne&ion of thofe mifcibles
depends; whence the compounds, which have a
Jarger
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. is
larger and more perfect connection with the mifci-
bles, and confequently a more intenfe celeftial -
quality, aré more perfect ; fuch as have a fos the
contrary.
9. The virtue of the compound, or the qualities,
which, indeed, with refpect to the great number,
" variety, and effects, deferve our admiration; we do
not call elementary ; nor proceeding from the ele-
ments, but celeftial qualities, which are altogether
derived from the heavenly light; wherefore, the
elementary celeftial qualities are of different kinds :
and though the ftars may produce. elementary
qualities in their alternate tranfmutation, they ftill
produce others more excellent, whereby they attain
the produ&ion of the whole fpecies of the com-
pounds. ‘
10. The vital heat and radical fee in ani-
mals, we agree with Ariftotle in. terming qua-
lities entirely celeftial, produced from the nature
of © and. 3», with the concurrence (which cannot
be denied) of all the other ftars, from which a dif-
tinction is made. of fo many different compounds,
though of a nature oppofiteto each other, that
the /uminaries, with the malifics, generate the poi-
fonous, or the hoftile, irftead of thofe that engen-
der with the benign, and on the contrary ; whence
the antipathies and fympathies of things are mutu-
ally derived. Inge
. i1. The qualities, both of the compounds and
elements, are at firft powerful, at leaft, according
j to
* -
me c7 ASTRÓNOMY AND ~ |
to nature; then active? but thofe that are active
have their exiftence by thé motion of the fuccefive
being; for they’ fucceffively come forth to action
from their powerful tations: for which reafon they
aré again reftored to their coznatüral ftate of "ae
qualities, id
12. From the vital heat and radical w— of
the anitnal power, arife ferifitives, appetitivesjdejec-
tives, relentives, and each as its exeréife’ and’ at="
tioti ; wherefore thofe powers pli ud a Lise |
then an ative exiftence; ^-^ nan d
r3. "Thofe qualities «afe porn ina'two-
fold manner, naturally and violéntly.- ^ Firft bya
final affuinption of a pre-exiftinie power inani ex-
tréme old age; fecondly, by a° violent ir
exhibited by a different concurrent caufe.
14. The powers employ théir infltiénée on mat-
tet, fuitable to every one of theny; tive fenfitive on’
objects, the vegetativeoneléments ; which;themore
pertect.they are by the concoGion of mixture, the:
greater and’quicker is their nourifhment; for it is
converted with greater care and sAoneagpaie: ifito the”
fubflance of the animal, &c. il |
15. "There are four principal coloürs; viz. white,’
black; light; and darknefs ; by light, we do not meat
that which is diffufed from the’ © and from fire,’
but that colour which arifes from the intenfion of
that light, which is almoft like gold; by darknefs, °
its prevention. But there are colours, fome celeftial,
which are compofed of heavenly qualities, others.
elementary
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ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY: tag
elementary of thefe elements ; but equal poffibili-
ties flow from their alternate permixion; white is a
colour merely paffive, light an active. :
16. The ftars, though they never ceafe from ac-
tion, and caufing an alteration in things below, yet
from that change they produce no remarkable ef-
fect, except in familiarities. We call the familiarity
of the luminaries meeting with power, proportio-
nalby an influx. motion. Under the name of lu-
tninaries, we underftand not only all the ftars, but
likewife uncommon phenomena; and we exclude
every other place in the heavens which is void of
light, for it is by light only the ftars influence, as
hath been faid before. | By the power of the con-
junds, we exclude from the familiarities thofe ftars
which cannot, by any means, be conjoined together;
but it is plain that the familiars have not their
being in the heavens, but in the inferior paffable
fubject. 3 |
17. Authors treat of the various and different
diftin&ions of the celeftial houfes, whereof we
only approve of that which Ptolemy places by the
two temporal houfes : we reject all thereft as vain,
and quite inconfiftent with nature, 9 sf à
18. The figns and houfes have a real diftin&ion,
not in the heavens, but in the inferior paffable fub-
je&, according to its manner of receiving the in-
flux of the ftars ; the figns likewife have a true and
certain fex, but uniform and mafculine, by an in-
flux, proportioned to the places where the active
K £i quality
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140 ASTRONOMY AND
quality commences ; feminine where the paffive,
which we fhall mention hereafter.
19. From the intenfion of the light, proceeds
an active quality ; from its extenfion, a paflive;
in fhort, every natural principle of an ative
virtue, has its birth from the intenfion of light ;
but the principle of a paffive virtue, from extenfion.
For this reafon, the fubftantial material, Form, and
and all the qualities active in kind, dre referred to
Sol; but to the Moon, that principle, Matter, and
all its qualities, paffive in kind.
Hence it is manifeft, that the Sun has an active
virtue, by reafon of the intenfion of his light;
but the Moon, a paffive, by reafon of extenfion,
though, in reality, there is intenfion and extenfion
in both; but in the Sun, intenfion is prevalent, and
in the Moon intenfion is inconfiderable, and ex-
tenfion prevails; and as by the increafe and de- ©
creafe, it fhews us the various quantity of its
light in things, it augments and diminifhes matter
and moifture, . T
20. The variety of colours in the ftars produce
a diverfity of effects. Thus the colout of tlie lumis
naries— © or of gold, is poffeffed of an active virtue;
the fame as the intenfion of light, for it proceeds
from the intenfion of. light; and, as it were;
from the approximate caufe. White poffeffes a
paffive virtue, as does extenfion; but thefe two
primary colours relate to effects of a fimple nature
which are excellent; fuch as material fubftances,
&c. The other colours in the ftars, are the caufe
of
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY 131
of fpecific qualities; fo the blue and yellow, fuch
"as are in 2% and @, which are a mixture of white
and gold, give figns of a temperate nature between -
heat and cold, or moiíture ; in the blue, heat is
predominant ; in theyellow, moifture; and therefore
thefe two planets confer that which is good, ufe-.
ful, and pleafant: the former is mafculine, by rea-
fon of the too great heat; the latter, feminine,
owing to excefs of moifture. Leaden and fiery
colours, fuch asare in h and & , fhew an intempe-
rature, cold and dry in b, hot and dry in $3 b.
is rather cold than dry, and therefore mafculine ;
-¢ more dry then hot, and therefore effeminate.
21. But in general, effects, according to their
nature, property, paflions, motions, &c. imitate
their caufe; for the manner of acting follows that
of being. As the work of Saturn is unpleafant,
rigid, cold, dark, and black, his motion flow,
&c. nay, more, from the paffions of the luminary
which proceed from local motion, follow paffion
in the effects ; as from accefs and recefs, follows
the accefs and recefs of the paffion; and effects
from its near and diftant fituation; the near and
remote action is derived from its inception; the
beginning of the action from continuity ; from its
increafe, ‘the increafe. —. -
- 22. From the accefs, and near fituationof the ftars,
follows the increafe of the luminaries, with regard
to extenfion ; and from the increafe refpecting ex-
tenfion, fallwi a fill greater intenfion of the lumi-
Pets R 2 ! nary,
132 ASTRONOMY AND ;
nary, according to the degree, at leaft in the ef.
fe&t. From the increafe of the luminary, with
regard to extenfion, follows an increafe of moif-
ture: from a greater increafe of the luminary, foi-
lows a greater heat ; and fo in every one of them.
Ariftotle's Second General Treatife, page 56, in
his refearches into the. caufe of the perpetuity of
the rife and fall of things, informs us, that not
only one inference may affign the caufe of this rife
and fall, but alfo that which contains different
motions, to which the caufe accede and recede;
are near or diftant in their conflitution ; and their
accefs, and near fituation, is the caufe of genera-
tion; their recefs and diftant fituation, of cor-
rupticn.
23. There is a formation.of four conjugations
of the manner of ftarry influence, viz. in the lu-
minary'sincreafe and near fituation; | in its near
fituation, decreafe, and diftance ; and in its diftance
and inereafe. _By thefe conjugations are. con-
ftituted four quarters ; Firft, in the world, which .
are the circuits of the. ftars by day from Eaft to
South, from South to Weft, from Weft to the
loweft, aud from the loweft tothe Haft. Secondly,
in the Zodiac; and the annual feafons, from «^ to
os, from es to , from 2 to w, from wtor. —
24« There are four retrofpeéts of the pla-
nets to the Sun ;. from the apogee of the epicycle,
towards the firft ftation (in the ) towards the fe-
cond decátom) ;.from the firft ftation to the pere-
gee;
ELEMENTARY. PHILOSOPHY. 1343
3
gee; from thence to the fecond flation (in the »
towards the fecond decatom), at leaft, as far as the
apogee. From thefe are derived an excellent reafon,
why the three fuperiors are fuppofed to be ftronger ;
if they are to be matutine or eaftern, from the 6;
the three inferiors vefpertine, or weftern ; for then
they have a greater degree of light, in which con-
fifts their virtual influence, and then they are cal-
led eaftern; but weftern, if otherwife. Every one
knows how largely, yet, to no purpofe, authors
have treated of the orientality of the planets.
25. From the cardinal points of the world, and
the Zodiac, the ftars begin to influence the four
primary qualities; from the moft inferior and tro-
pic of ss, moifture; from the Eaft and «, heat;
from the culminate and tropic of v?, drynefs; from
the Weft and =~, coldnefs ; but by all thefe means,
the ftars, though they have their nature abfolute
in themfelves, they neverthelefs produce all the
four primary qualities, though with a difference,
on account of the diverfity of the nature of the
ftars; but they continually increafe the qualities
they produce, by advancing fucceffively to the op-
pofite points ; fuch is the reafon they likewife leí-
fen the contrary quality.
26. From thefe, it is inferred, that the influx
and rays of the ftars, depend on real motion and
iliumination, not on the quantity of the heavenly
fpace, nor the fituation, and therefore the flars in
the
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134 ASTRONOMY AND
the falling houfes are weak; in the fucceeding,
ftrong ; in the cardinals, ftrongeft, &c. |.
27. All the active qualities, whether of the ele-
ments, or of the compounds, depend on the ho-
rary extent of the ftars round the world; but be-
caufe the. duration of things are various, annual,
monthly, and diurnal, with which Ptolemy agrees
in his Chapter of Things that have no Nourifhment,
and the Second Stagyrite and General Treatife, page
a they are diurnal, as being the firft and immediate
in the order of the work ; for in the order of per-
fection they are the loweft, and the annual dura-
tions are in the firft place, by reafon of their per-
fection. ;
. 28. The virtual qualities of the elements depend
on the latitudes of the ftars in the Zodiac. The
vital qualities of fuch as live through months and
years, depend on the Sun's place in the Zodiac, and
the Moon, in refpect of the Sun, as from prefent
caufes, but are pre-ordained by ‘the Sun's bearing -
round the world, and by the Moon round the Sun:
whence the motions of the directions and pro
fions are derived. 2M
29. The differences of the celeftial qualities that
be in the compounds, are both vital; and thofe that
are not dependant on the various congreffions and
familiarities of the luminaries, with the other ftar;
both erratic and fixed; on the different places in
the Zodiac, fo far as they are of a different nature 5.
for from the fimple das bee in the Zodiac, as
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ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. 135
well as round the world; that is, (if théy are thus
confidered) the primary qualities of the elements
are derived. | |
30. The true moment of the day, on which any
one is born, laying afide all opinions of authors,
is when the fetus becomes independent. On its
finitimate caufe, or its miniftry, an immediateinflux
takes place. At the conftitution of the celeftial mo-
ment, there is no need of its longer perfeverance,
to make the effects the caufe of prefervation; for
this is impoffible; butit is fufficient that it concur
with the neareft caufes, to confer being, and the
co-natural qualities: for fo it is, that he who is
born, throughout his whole life has a reference to,
and, as it were, reprefents the effeCis; and as a
ftamp refembles the feal, fo does the conftitution
of the ftars his nativity.
31. The ftars infert their power in an animal,
and the virtual qualities in certain latitudes of a
fhorter time: thefe they pre-ordain with effect.
The accidents naturally active, operate at their
appointed times to the conclufion of life, and be-
ein at the moment of the nativity ; but they are
. the latitudes of days and months, and pre-ordain
fucceffively, therefore orderly, and in co-opera-
tion; and they are ready to a& at the time pre-
ordained, when the favourable conftituations are tke
fame as their caufes of pre-ordination; for diffimu-
lar prefent eaufes cannot produce any effect but
what agrees with them.
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32. In the conftitution of the ftars, the nativi-
ties are faid to continue immoveable, as well as the
fignificators and promittors of effe&ts; and this
only, by reafon of the retrofpect of that nativity’s
temperament to thofe places: for while the ftars
concur with the neareft caufes in conferring exift-
ance, they imprint on that animal fo many degrees
of their qualities, as they effect from thofe places
in which they are found ; and therefore that ani-
mal is oppofite all its life to the places of the ftars
of its nativity, as being always immoveable.
33. But as there is a double motion of the ftars,
that is, under the primum mobile, and round the
world, by which, as we have faid, they influence,
we muft confequently fuppofe, that the fignifica-
tors rule over things fubjected to them by thistwo- :
fold (or double) motion, to wit, under the primum
mobile, and round the world. So in the former .
moderation, the fignificators remain immoveable in
the world, ;.e. in their horary circles of pofition ;
tbe latter are in a ftate of immobility in the places
immediately under the primum mobile; the pro-
mittors in the former dominar remain immove-
able under the primum mobile, but are moved with
their parts of the Zodiac, to the horary circle of
pofition of the fame fignificator. lnthelatter mo-
deration, they remain immoveable in the world, .
that is, in the horary circle of pofition, but are
moved in a manner immediately undeg the primum
mobile,
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ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. i5
wibbile, to the moderators place taken under ur
primum mobile.
34. We fay that the T dco continue im- :
moveable in their mundane fituation, By mun-
dane fituation we mean the horary circle, i. e. (ac«'
cording to Ptolemy) of unequal hours, not the-
circles of pofition which pafs through the common :
fections of the horizon and meridian, as will appear '
more fully hereafter. Likewife, when we fay that:
the fignificators in the former moderation: remain’
immoveable, in fuch a fituation, we do not exclude
the change of declination; we mein that the’
moderators fhould always continue and advance by.
their own real and natural way; as if we fpeak of^
the Sun in the ecliptic, or the Moon in her circle,
conftituting the Dragon, in which the is:in perpe-
tual motion, and in which fhe fuccefhvely alters her
latitude.
35. The Sun, when it is found in the fpace of the
crepufcules, before rifing and after fetting, does not:
remain there immoveable under the horary circle .
but in the crepufculines, parallel to the horizon, in
which it always affords us the fame degree of the
intenfion of light, from which equality of the in-
tenfion of light, it is faid to continue _immoveable; ;
for if it fhould, with regard to us, in the degree of
the intenfion of light, it could not be faid to remain
immoveable, but would be in a ftate of motion. In
the remaining fpace of obfcurity, the Sun muft be
directed, with a reference from the limits of the
crepufcles to the loweft, as if we fhould fay, frotn
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the proportionable divifion of the.obfcure arcs, ther& .
were feminocturnal arcs. ‘This will E more fully .
fhewn hereafter... I Wy > ee
. 36. Moderators of things are five, viz. pie Cunt |
theMoon, AtediumCali, Horofcopeof the Country
and, the, Lunar Horofcope ; every one of thefe fo.
inoderates its own proper fpecies of things, that it,
cannot attain to tbat which relates to the other: it:
is neceffary to obferve this, that we fall not into.
error and confufion. |
37. The Aphetic places af. the world, or thofe.
wherein. are teceived the moderators of life, are:
five, viz. the Houfe of the Eaft, thetenth, theninth;:
the feventh, and eleventh; in any one of which;
the Sun being found, always becomes the modera-:
tor of life; but if he is abfent, the Moon, &c. ac:
cording to the doctrine delivered by Ptolomy. in his:
third book, which we ought to follow fo rigoroufly;;
abfolutely, and, without the leaft exception: what-
ever, that, whoever, by negle&ing the luminaries,»
if in the. Aphetic places, fhould receive the horo-:
{cope of the moderators of life, would be guilty of
avery great error, and would be unworthy: of the:
name of a profeflor of the true. and natural:
Aftrology. |
Positions. from the Recor Book.
38. There are two motions of the SUE
whereby. they: influence: ips inferior, that is,
: ! ^ TW Oi under .
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ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. 5
under the primum mobile, and round the world;
but familiarity is nothing more than à proportional
influx, exhibited by the inotion, as has been faid.
It neceffarily follows, that there are two kinds of
familiarities of the flars ; the one under the Zodiac,
the other round the world: thefe two kinds of
familiarities are delivered by Ptolomy in feveral
places; firft, in the Almageft, Book viii. chap,
4.in thefe words; — —— |
<< [t remains now to write of their afpects : of
*€ thefe, therefore, (excepting thofe that have à -
«** mutual formation, and are thought immoveable,
** as when in a right line or triangular afpect, and
** others of the like) fome are afpected to the
** planets only, and the Sun and the Moon, and
** parts of the Zodiac; fome only to the Earth;
** fome to the Earth, together with the planets d
** the Sun and Moon, or parts of the Zodiac," &c,
From which words, it is evident, that Ptolomy
places thefe two kinds of familiarity, viz. in the
Zodiac, and towards the Earth, that n towards
thé world.
In the Quadripartite, in tbe beginning of the
firft book, he fpeaks thus: ** There is one which
*€ js firft, both in place and power, whereby we
& difcover the configurations of the Sun and
** Moon, and motions of the ftars, both’ towards
.«€ themfelves and the earth, "&c. Again, book firít,
«€ The ftars are faid to appear in their proper
e forms, &c. when every one of them are con-
9.2 (€ M Spuratcd
Taten ASTRONOMY. AND
€ figurated with the Sun, or even the Moon, in
E the fame manner as their houfes are with thofe
“© of the luminaries, as Venus in. the Sexangular,
« configurated with the luminaries, but the Vef-
e pertine with the Sun," &c. Venus never has the
to theQ@in the Zodiac, as it can only be. extended
by it 48°; wherefore, unlefs any one will fay that
Ptolomy was ignorant of this, (which is abfurd)
he muft of courfe fay, he fpoke of the Sextile
in the world. | Likewife, in the third book,, of
Aphetic places, he fays, ** As we are firft to fap»
“© pofe thofe Aphetic places, in which it is abfo-
** Jutely neceffary to find that which is defirous,
** obtain the jurifdi@ion of prefiding over life, as.
** round the Horofcope, from the five parts firít
‘¢ immerging above the horizon, to the other
ET twenty-five fucceeding ; and that which con-
<< joins thefe thirty parts with dexter hexagonal
** rays, is called the place of the Good Genius,
« Likewife with quadrangular, or the higheft part
*€ of heaven above the earth; and with trigonal, &c.
«© and from no other places," It is evident,
Ptolomy was of this opinion,
29. The familiarity in the Zodiac, is the pro-
portionable influx of the ftars by local motion,
whereby they are able to effect a favourable con-
junction. That thefe familiarities happen and are.
powerful only among the ftars, which are there
in motion, but are powerful to the cardinals and
reft of the houfes, we abfolutely deny; for omitting
_ other reafons, the flars move not to the cardinals,
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ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. 14:
by advancing above the Zodiac; which is the
reafon they do not effect any proportional diftances
to thofe cardinals, but the rays are no more than
. proportional diftances, &c.
40. The familiarities of the ftars in the world
is a proportionale influx of the ftars, agreeable to
motion round the world; and they happen, and are
efficacious in the proportional divifion of the diur-
nal and nocturnal arcs, and no other way.
41. But becaufe the ftars have a mutual motion
under the primum mobile, and round the world, it
"happens that they mutually contract both kinds of
familiarity; as Ptolomy in the place already cited
infinuates. But familiarities, taken in any other
manner, and in any otber circle, even in the
equator, (according to the opinion of Maginus) are
entirely reprobated, and to be rejected.
42. Thefe two kinds of familarities being given,
we fay, that in every kind, neither more or lefs
then nine fpecies.are found, which areg,*,Q 50,
4, Sqq, Bq, 8 , and parallels called by fome Anti-
{cions, which Kepler, by an exquifite and plain
reafon, has fele&ted from their concording harmo-
nies. Of thefe familiarities, the Sextile, Quintile,
Trine, and Biquintile, are benign;: the Quadrate, .
Sefquiquadrate, and Oppofition malign; the reft
indifferent with the fortunate ftars, and equally
fo with the unfortunate. ;
43. The latitudinal ftars do not commit all
their virtual influence to the ecliptic, but preferve
.
Heo “Rs tR ON 6 wy xp!
ake themfelves> and their greater or lefts
proximity to the ecliptic, adds not, ‘nor leffeus
their power ef a&ing : the eéliptic cannot 26 with-
out the itars, but the ftars have their activity in
themfelves wholly independent oti the ecliptic.»
44. The ftars alternately conjoined, do het ac-
quire greater or leffer powers to act ih a favour-
able'conjunction, which falls out when anóther is
found within the fpher& of the other's aClivity,
from a greater or lefs alternaté proximity; but'we
: only fay, that their a€tive virtues are the more or
lefs conjoined. Under. the name of the Sphere of
“AGivity, we underftand thofe that ‘Ptolemy has
placed, in Jupiter twelve degrees, in Venus eight
degrees, &c.
45. But the flars which are found in the fame
partial longitude, we do not call conjoined im a fa-
vourable conjunction, if their alternate diftance be
greater by latitude, than is their fphere of a&ivity;
as 9 with 8° of fouth latitude, is not favour-
ably conjoined with 3, having a northern la-
titude, though they are feund in the fame degree
_and minute of longitude ; they may. indeed be faid
to be conjoined by virtual conjunction, if they
'afcend or defcend in the fame horary circle; or car-
dinal, which is one of the. fpecies of mundane
afpe&ts.
46. The flars therefore fhould not be cardinally
placed ; nor even thofe that are fixed with the
other planets, if the latitude diftance from the cir-
cles
ELEMENTARY.PHILOSOPHY. id
cles of pofition be greater than their fphere-of .ac-
tivity; nor ought any difference to be made be-
tween the afpecis of the natural conflitution, and
thofe produced by the motion of direction. in pre-
ferving the latitude, as Argol thinks, there: being
equal reafon in both cafes. . .
47. In defining the intermediate tags, the half
latitude, in 3k and: A is.not to be obferved, nor re-
jected in quartile, as Blanolinus has taught, whom
fome authors imitate: but, the latitude of both af-
pecis. are to be obferved; for the rays are to be
projected from the body of one to that of another,
as it happens that thefe lars are found by: latitude ;
fo that in, whatever latitude the planets. are, they,
emit and receive the.rays in proportional diftances,
taken with regard to longitude; as the in, the
diftance ef 60°, the o in go, &c. We would
haye this always obferyed, both in the daily mo-
tions of the planets, as in the directions. and pro-
grefhous, wherein;the fignificators advance by their
own real and natura] way, on which they receive
and emit the. afpecis; and in all the motions of the
flars.
48. The. fixed fiars that are in a favourable
conjunction with the planets, effe& with. them:
the other afpects in the primum mobile, which
otherwife have no effect, The fame muft be
fuppofed of their number and mundane afpects.. .
45. The
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49. The rays in their kinds, from the brevity
or longitude of the afcenfion of the figns, do not
alter their nature from the fortuhate to the un--
fortunate; or the contrary, as its generally fuppofed
by authors; yet it may be, that-the quadrate in -
the Zodiac, is either Aor xin the world, or the
contrary: but then every one has its effect ac-
cording to its nature in both kinds, or it may be,
they alternately moderate each other; but if thefe .
rays be found by the favourable ftars, they doubt=
tefs produce happinefs; if by the unfortunate,
otherwife. |
go. That whith is vülgarly termed antifcions,
we call parallels in the primum mobile; becaufe we
would have them to be nothing elfe but parallels’
to the equator, as Ptolomy hints, as they
rife at an equal fpace of time, and defcribe the
fame parallels, for which reafon, called the an-
tifcion, or parallel. "Phe primum mobile is equi-
diftant from the equator; and ifit be of the fame
country, it is called the primary parallel, or op-
pofite; if of a different country, the North com-
mands, the South obeys; and they are taken from.
the table of declination, but parallel in its phyfical
fenfe, in an equal power of the influence of the
ftars from the primum mobile.
st. The twelve houfes or manfions in heaven, |
authors divide feveral ways, but they all difagree.
Reje&ding the opinion of them all, we, with -
Ptolomy; diftinguifh them by the temporal houfes;
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BLEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. 245
for fo it is, that there. is» proportional and equal
divifion, not» indeed, of -tbe heavenly and aerial
fpace, but of the fucceffive influx of the ftars and
houfes; and Munitun: fays, appear equal and pro-
portional. But it is our opinion, that: the divifion
of the houfes, by-great circles pafling through the
common fections of the horizon, and: meridian,
and the twelve equal. divifions of the: equator,
which late authors make ufe. of, is of. all, the moft
remote from; and abhorrent to natural truth.
52. As many kinds of afpedts as are found, in
the primum mobile, . of. which mention is already
made; fo many, we fay, are found in the world.
Wherefore, befids the ufual ray, we li kewife place
in the world the parallels, which are in equal
powers of the influx of the ftars round the world.
§3-, Several refemblances are found between the
mundane parallels, and thofe in the primum ‘mo-
bile. (1. .) The efficacy of the afpects in both, con-
fits in the parity or equal. power, and powers of
the active virtue. (2.) As in’ the primum
mobile, they reprefent the , fame quantity of the
afcenfion of the figns: for example, the figns +
andy, alfo mand z aícend at the famé ‘time; with
fo much. likenefs do they: exhibit the fame quality
of afcenfion and defcenfion in the. world, that the
eleventh houfe caufes, an -afcenfion equal to the
defcenfion of the ninth, and the twelfth houfe equal
te the fecond, Bees. G3 As. the (parallels, in the
by rimum
gx. t
dé ASTRONOMY AND
primum mobile are equi-diftant from the cars -
dina! points of the Zodiac, fo are the cardinal.
points of the world. (4.) As in the primum
mobile, they exhibit equal temporal hours, fo in
the world they exhibit the equal temporal hours
of the diftances from the cardinals. (5.) The
parallels in the’ primum mobil, are at an equal
diftance from the pole of the world; the parallels
in the world have the fame pole as elevation;
and other sit a a df required, will be
found.
$4. The efficacy of all the parallels, both in the
primum mobile, and in the world, confifts. in the
parity of the degree of quality, which the ftars
found in the effeét of the parallels ; as it is plainly
gathered from thofe which we mentioned in fe&t.
253 for by going through intenfion, and returning
through remiffion, from the cardinal points, it
- happens; that they effe&t an equal degree of quality;
as well under the primum mobiles as round the
world.
85. As for the ee of pofition in. which the
fignificators are faid to remain immoveable, and
upon which they are to be directed, and their
oblique. afcenfion to be taken, | thofe great circles b
pafling throngh the common fétions of the horizori
and meridian, according. to late authors, cannot be
received; for this opinion is openly inconfiftent
wi the tag of Ptolemy ; but thofe feats of
partss
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. m7
parts of the circleare to be received, in which the.
ftars having a different declination, effe& equal
temporal hours. -From what has been faid, this
conclufion is drawn, and agrees with the. divifions
of the houfes, through the two temporal hours;
and with. the mundane rays. For this reafon,, we
call fuch a feat the horary fituation of pafitione |
56. The dignity of the planets in the figns and.
their parts, which are called the bounds and termi.
nations, have a real and. natural foundation; te
wit, the powerful afpe& or influxes, proportional.
to the moveable points:in which. the ftars begin. ta
produce the primary qualities. So that, according
to thofe things, we haveexplained, in the Philofa-
phy of the Heavens, thefe are found to agree fo. well,
with the Egyptian boundaries; that they are highly
deferving of admiration. . .
ARGUMENTS of tbe PHILOSQEHY of the HEAVENS,
from Boox IH, |
$7: To. fpeak phyfically, the flars are moved, but
by one motion, which. isof the grimum mabile, viz
from Eaft to Weft ;. but for, the, eafier explaining —
Aitronomical matters, wefay.in a fimpler language, -
that the ftars are moved, by a; double. motion; of
which frequent , mention; has already. been made;
nay, more, we fay there are many motions. in
4-3 - the
ra: TR ASTRONOMY ANDI 29
the’ heavens, : by "which the fas change. pen
afpects with refpect tous,
“68. « ‘The’ motion of dite@tion is that which the.
Suh caufes every dày; following: that of the. nati-'
vity; in whatever latitades i in power and virtues
the vital ‘Heat with its natural effets,” viz. from
every day to every year by Order : 'for it happens,
that at the end of the firft, after thé nátural day,
when the Sun has returned to ‘the fame equal howe’
of the nativity, the parts of the primtm. mobile,
with all ‘the! ftars, have’ nearly: gone through one’
deprée of the equator; and the fame happens’ every’
fubfequent day: mean while the ftars,'as they ad-
vance, apply éither by i or dicks to' the pide
of the fignificators. li zh
- 59. ‘There is a double motion of dire&ion; ' Thé
dir eé?, which Ptolomy calls A@inobolinm; and tells
us is formed toward the following figns; and the
eanverfe, which he tern’ Horimeany, and fhews us it
is formed towards the preceding places.
60," By’ ‘the third motion of dire&ion, we direct
the angles and all thé moderators; but DAE a con-
verfe motion, the angles cannot be directed,
trn Phe: angles only receive the rays +in\ the
world, bat not the ‘ pàáretlels nor the rays in the
Zodiac: Théother fignificators, by a dire&t'motion,
receive the'rays ‘and’ parelléls both in’ the Zodiae
and:in the world: but by a converfe motion, the
rays only, and parellels’ in the world, and ya no
fneans in the Zoüiacs. | (
ES By
ELEMENTARY ‘PHILOSOPHY. "49,
| 62. By aconverfe dire&ion; the fignificator, i£
he defcends from the’ top, ftrikes againft the weit;
and all the rays that be between the fignificators,
welt; yet the rays are to be taken in the world;
for in a converfe direction, the rays have no place
in the Zodiac, as has been faid, but the hoftile rays
of the malignant that lie between, either cut off;
er take away the years from the number of direc-
tion to the weft ; as on the contrary, the rays of the.
. benign, either preferve or add the year, according
to Ptolomy's method, which we fhall treat upon
in the Canons.
63. It alfo Happens, when-the fignificator and
. promittor are hurried away together, by. the mo-
tion of the primum mobile, in, order to produce
parallels in the world—equally powerful with all
the other afpects.
64. In a direct direction, the ke ad-
vance by their own -real way; as the Sun by the
ecliptic, the Moon by her circle, upon. which
fucceffively fhe alters her latitude, in proportion
to her latitude motion. . The fame is to be faid of
all, when they become fignificators. -
c168. Authors are.divided, as to meafure in di-
rection; for fome take the whole degree of the equa-
tor, for all and. every one of the years 5. others,
the Sun’s motion of the natural day::fome,.the
Sun's mean motion; whilft many more vary in
their computations, But we, to the firft year after
TEES ; the
- C"7ASTRONOMY AND.
the natural, add that part of the equator in which
the Sun afcends in à direct fphere, by the motion:
of the firft day following the nativity;to the fecond.
year, that which afcends by the fecond day's mo-.
tion ; to the third, that which he afcends the third
day after the natural; and thus of the other fub.
fequent ones: for we would have the directional
motion fucceffive, and always formed towards. the:
fücceeding places, and the Sun’s motion each day:
to be referred to, as the courfe and rule to every:
year, as to their effects, in. the fame order and!
number. | lai
66. -But becaufe the primary and principal. mo-
tion of direction is derived from the motion of the
folar days, following that of the nativity, as has
been faid, it confequently happens, that by fome
fecondary means, the afpects that’ are oppofite to
the luminaries and angles on thofe days, by jointly
afffting the fignificator of the primary directions;
for this’ reafon, we fay, that the days whereom
thefe afpeéts happen, are very powerful in thofe
years, which anfwer to thofe days, and on whiclr
they depend, From thofe motions, im preference
to the reft, appears the true and real, bitlrerto.
unknown foundation of the critical or climaétrical
years; for the Moon, almoft every-feventh day, is
placed in the critical place witlr refpect to her place -
of the “nativity 3 and (which is very important)
experience wonderfully proves. the truth of it; -
as
*
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. isi
as may be feen in the examples extraQed from Ar-
gol and Maginus. We call thefe. motions the
fecondary directions, to diftinguith them from the
primary and principal ; and we are of opinion,
that, Ptolomy, fpeaking of annual, places, as the
places of thofe motions, when of the menftrual,
hints at the places of the progreflion.
. 67, The equal and uniform progreffions which
are commonly made ufe of, are thought to be falfe;
for there appears no reafon or foundation to fup-
port them; nay, all the profeffors with one voice
affirm, they do not correfpond with the effects.
Wherefore, becaufe we think the motions take their,
rife from the Moon's circuit towards the Sup, by
which it pre-ordains in power and virtue, the ra-
dical moifture with. its co-effects; foin like man-
ner the motion of the direction originates from the
Sun, by which it pre-otdains the vital heat;
therefore the progreffional motions are caufed by
the Moon in her circuits towards the Sun; and
returns to the fame appearance, illuminations, or
diftance with the Suns confequently every one of
the circuits, after the nativity, has a reference and
vefpeét to, as the caufe of all the years of life, of
whoever is born, and the Moon’s progrefs, through
all the figns, almoft every month, —
68. In the univerfal daily latitude, the ftars ave
continually troubling things of an interior and ma-
terial nature; but they produce furprizing effects,
when they arrive at the places of the moderators:,
and
"4
" AsTRONOMY AND
and if they be radical, they are called natural tran’
fits. But at the places of the directions and pro-
freffiors, they are called Zngreffés 5 for then, if thé
confítellàtiohns of thofe motions be fimilar to thé
conftitutions of the nativity, or the dire&ions of
progreffioris, they force to ation the pre-ordained
effects ; for in this; and no othér manner, the flars
act upon inferior objects; that is, according as they
find the next in power.
69. Of the ingteffion fore are active; others .
pafhve; the active are caufed by the ftàrs, which
have an occafion of virtue, when they enter the
places of the directions and nioderators of the pro-
£reffions; for then they a& upon the toderators.
The paffive are prodüced by the univerfal modera-
tors in the whole world, viz. by the @, ), angles;
and Part of Fortune, when they enter upon thé
places of the directions ard progreffions of .the
ftars, whatever they are, which Have an Active
virtue: but the active ingreffes, if the y be fimilar
to the pre-ordained effects, caufe them to influence;
if difimular, they either diminifh ‘or retard, as’
Ptolomey has it in the laft chapter of Book IV.
The paffive ingreffes adminifter nourifhment tothe
cooling and preferving the vital heat, and refrefhes.
the radical moifture. | bie
70. In like manner the tranfits ; 3 fome are » hétide,
others paffive: and hence it is evident how power-.
ful arethe accidental afpects of the luminaries, and:
cardinal figns at their fetting; and at other. times
of .
ELEMENT ARY PHILOSOPHY. 15
of the natural accidénts, drifing from thofe fortu-
hate or unfortunate ftars, both of the nativity and |
of the place of the direction and progreflion; agree-
able to which, as has been faidy we are to reafon ;
the fame on uncommon phenomena: for from is
exténfión and inténfion of light, from the colour,
diuturnity, apparition, fituation, either in the
world, or among the images of thie ftarry orb; and
other paffions, are gathered their effects; and thé
providences under their influence. The uncom-
mon phenomena that are found in the nativities,
experience has already fhewn; the wondérs they
have wrought chiefty, as to the powers of the
underftanding, inventions, the performing of bufi-
nefsy &c. And rémember, Reader, that art, or the
human underítanding; according to its ability and
induflry, is capable of changing; increafing, dirái-
nifhing, and perverting, any influxes whatever of |
the ftars; efpecially if the effets are confidered,
which the power of man is capable of attaining;
and therefore, they who are poffeffed of a more
fubtle and acute underftanding, proceed to greater
things then thofe of duller capacities: but they.
who are entirely negligent, attain to’ nothing.
This doctrine is univerfal, and fhews the manner
the flars act upon all inferiórs Whatever; "whether
they be fimple ór compound; &c. And finally,
it is requifite this: doctrine of thé flats fhould' bé
attentively obferved, not only ii Hativities, but
alfo
(4 AST ROND MY YB
alfo the fettings. The more particular reafons of
this doctrine may be feen in the Palo of
the Heavens.
a
How to UNDERSTAND the NuMBERS of the
PLaces of the STARS.
"e
For greater diftinction and peripicdte: I have
divided the continuation of the rules into fouF
parts;
The firft contains ids calculation of the places
of the ftars, in order to know their conftitution"
under the primum mobile; for longitude and lati-
tude with the fituation of each of them in the
world, and the diftance from the cardinal figns'
and houfes, the right and oblique afcenfion, the:
horary times, the femi-diurnal and nocturnal Arcs
and many things of this kind. |
Secondly. Confifts of methods, to compute the’
dire&ions of the fignificator to the afpedcts | in | the
Zodiac, and primum mobile. i
. Thirdly. The calculations of the directions, v
the afpe& received in the world. H
Fourthly. 'T'he obfervations and precepts of the
progreffions, ingreffes, tranfits, &c. HO.
But, becaufe all the tables confine their numbers |
to the whole degree, both of latitude and longitude, '
as often as the given place is in the degree and
minutes, either by length or iris the propor- -
tional
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY. 155
tional part correfponding with thofe minutes, is to
be taken with the given place, both beyond the
degree; concerning which, in the firft Canon or
rule, where a method is explained for young be-
ginners; and alfo, in the Canon of the ufe of the
Sexagenary tables, that it might be fought in vain
whenever it happens that the proportional part
is to be taken; it is therefore to be obferved, that
the method is always the fame as in the firft and
fourteenth Canon, confequently, it is ever, and on
all occafions, to be looked to and preferved,
‘Canon I.
i take d Declination of the Planets from the Des
clination of the Longitude, in the Ecliptic.
The table of declinations, contains fix figns in
the firft part, and fix in the laft; thofe under the
left columns have the degree of SEE defcend-
ing, but thofe on the right, alcending: it is divided
into two parts, viz. into north and fouth latitude,
the degree of which latitudes are feen under their
denominations. It is likewife divided by the in-
termediate fcale, into north and fouth declination ;
that in the former place, ;. e. above the fcale, is
placed below the fcale of the fonthern, If the gi-
ven place, whofe declination you want to know has
no latitude, feek for that under the column of la- -
titude o?, which is. in the ecliptic ; and if it be in
the integral parts, in Q, 24^. o, under the column
of o? , over againft 9, 24^, you will have the de-
E CM clination
156 ASTRONOMY AND.
X AM 13° 34: but if the given place a in the
parts and minutes, fuppofe i in 24° 10 ofa, the pro-
portional part belonging to the 10’ mutt be taken
from the difference, which. is 24° between the de-
‘clination, and 25, © of SL; the declination of 24°of 9 is
Tot m. But ds gives 13° 14 declination : the dif-
ference between the two declinations is 20, where-
fore, by the golden rule, I fay, if the integral part,
i.e. 60 gives 20, what will 10 give ? Anfwer,
3', taken from the declination 13° 345 which is
facing 24° of 2; becaufe the declination is lefs, (but
if it fhould be increafed it ought to be added) and
there remains for the declination of 24° 1o of 95
13° can but if the given place has a latitude, and
is in the integral degrees both for longitude and Ja-
titude, at one view you will have its declination ;
viz. in the angle. Suppofe then the given place
24° ofg, with 2° north in the common angle, you
will have the declination 15? 27. But if it be ac-
cording to longitude in degrees and minutes,and for.
latitude in the integral degree, the proportional
part is to be taken from the difference of the decli-
nation óf the greater and leffer degree of longitude,
between which is the given minute, under the Com.
lun of the faid latitude, |
Let the place be in 24? 10 of Qj, with 2° anh i
under the column north, with 2° for the longis.
tude 24? o, the declination is 15° 27; and for the.
j^ pe 25^0, under the fame column, is found.
"13 ; the difference of thofe declinations is 20°,
i? ; / from
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY: 157
from which the 15? 3' is fubftracted, as before. If
the given place be through longitude in the inte-
gral degree, and latitude in the degrees and mi-
nutes, the proportional part muft be taken from
the difference of the declination of the greater and
leffer degree of latitude, between which is the given .
minute, and to the fame longitude; that if the
given place be 24? of 2, with the latitude northern
29 51', under the latitue 2°, the declination is 15°
27; under the latitude 3°, the declination 1s 16?
24', and the difference is 57; from which, for the
51',will be found by the golden rule to give 48'to be
added, becauíe the declination is increafed by lati-
tude, Laitly, if the given place be by longitude
and latitude in degrees and minutes, as in the na-
tivity of Sebaftian, King of Portugal, the Moon's
place,according to longitude, as in 24° 10' of 9 , with
29 g1' north, the proportional part muit be taken
doubly ; wherefore, fubítracting the 3' from 15°
27, there remains 15? 24; but by adding the 48’,
there remains the Moon’s declination 16° 12", To
take the proportional part, you have the logiftical
logarithms, or fexegenary table: its ufe is fhewn
in the fourteenth Canon, though the golden rule
may likewife ferve; but this method of calculating
ig to be rightly underflood ; for in all the tables it
would be too tedious always to repeat it. In the
fcale which divides the northern declination from.
the fouthern, care fhould be taken as often as it
happens to pafs through the fcale, from one part
to
155 ASTRONOMY AND
to the other, either into longitude or latitude, to
have the declination conjoined; and there will be
a very great difference; from which, fubftracting
the proportional part, if it be lefs than the decli-
nation of the former angle which belongs to the in-
tegral degrees, either the longitude or latitude is to
be taken from the declination of that angle, and
there will remain the declination of the fame deno-
mination; but if, on the contrary, the propor-
tional part taken be greater, the former muft. be
taken from the latter, and the remaining declina-
tion changes the denomination.
Let the Moon be in 9° 10 of &, with 4? north, |
I add the 6 to the 18’, and the difference is 24^;
from which, to the 10, 4 is due: thefe, as they:
vare lefs than 6, I fuübítra& from the 6, and there
remains the declination 2' north. Suppofe the
Moon in 9? 40 of 2, from the difference for the
. 4€, 10 is due; which, as they are more than 6, I
take 6 from the 16, and there remains the Moon's:
declination o? to fouth ; but if the. Moon in this
cafe fhould have 4? 30' north, 1 add 18' to the 38:
which are under 4 and 5, and the difference is
$6 ; from which, for the 30, 28' are due: from
thefe, as they are more than 10, 1 fabftra@ the
10, and there remains the declination o? 18' north.
Again, if they are fewer, fuppofe 5, I fhould take
thefe 5 from 10, and the declination is 0° 5 fouth.
The given declination is brought back to the degree:
in the ecliptic in this manner ; however, if.it be not.
»
greater
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY ry
greater than 23° 32°; for otherwife it would fall
out of the ecliptic, under the column of latitude:
o? o, that is, of the declination of the ecliptic.
Let the given declination be fought for, and above
the feale of the northern; but below, if fouthern;
but if it fhould be found even to its minutes, the
degree of the figns in the ecliptic correfponding’
with it, are thofe which are placed oppofite on both
fides; but if the minutes of the given declination
are not expreffed, the proportional part is to be
taken, inftead of the minutes that are wanting to
be added or fubftracted from the degree in the
ecliptic, &c. in this manner :—Let the fouth decli-
nation be 7° 28 under the fcale, and in the column
of latitude o?, I find it oppofite to 19? of &, or
in r1? of X, therefore it anfwers to thefe degrees.
In the nativity of Sebaftian, King of Portugal, the
declination of b is 7? 47; which is not exprefled -
in the table; but I take the next lefs, 7? 29', then.
the next greater is 7? 51; the difference of thefe is.
23 :: the declination of Lb exceeds the lefs by 19’. I
| then afk, if the whole difference of 25' give 60’ of
longitude, how many will 19' give? Anfwer go',
which are to be added to the 19? of =; fo that h’s
declination correfponds with 19? 50 of ~, or with
xo? 10 of X : the fame happens if the proportional
part be taken differently ; for the next greater de-
clination exceeds 5^?s declination by 4 for which
the proportional part is 10, which are added to the:
80° of
160 ASTRONOMY AND
80° of x , or the 20° of —, from the place of the
ecliptic, as before. !
Canon II, ,
The Afcenfional Difference.
In the firft part of the afcenfional difference;
look for the Pole’s elevation of the country, and
in the frft colume the declination of the place;
which, if it be with the integral degrees, the afcen-
fional difference required is placed in the common
angle; but if the declination be with the degrees
and. minutes, then take the proportional part, as
in Canon]. If the given declination be 12, at
the Pole's elevation 42°, the afcenfional difference
is placed in the common angle, 11° 2 ; but if the de-
clination be given 12? 25, the afcenfional difference
at declination 13, is 12; wherefore the difference
between the former is 58’, from: which 24. is due,
i.e. to be taken; in their room, 25° to be added,
and the afcenfional difference becomes. 11? 26.-—
Another vay. —1f you have already by you the ta-
bles of oblique afcenfion of the given place, and
the right afcenfion, fubftract the lefs from the
greater, and the remainder is tlie afcenfional dif--
ference, In like manner, if you have. already the
femi-diurnal or noéturnal arc, fubflra& from the
90°, if it be lefs; if greater, fubfeact therefrom the
go°, and the remainder is the afcenfional dif-
ference. |
Canon
ELEMENTARY PHILOSOPHY, ies
Caton’ MN M
The eatin, or eder] ares are abus
Nd the femi- -diurnal i in. degrees aud minutes,
by adding the afcenfional difference to 90.3 when a
fiar in the fix northern. figns by: fubítra&ting $925.
when, in the. fouthern,. the contrary. The pi
no&urnal, j I found by fabitracting the afcenfional
difference from 90^,. when a, ftar_ declines to the
north; by adding. to 9o, when to the fouth; for ei-
ther the. remainder furs. will be the femi- nocturnal
or diurnal arc in degrees and minutes. .lf the de-
e Dono
€lination above given, viz. 12? 25 be' northern, the
femi-diurnal are will become 101? 26, by adding
the afcenfional di fforence. 12°, 36. t0.90 :; if the dé-
clination be fouth, the femi- MEC will. be .the
fame 5, if the. declination be north,. aftd fubftrac.
Írota 90, there, will remain the femi-riectutnal .are
78 24; but if it be fouthern, the fémi-diutnal will be
the fame, If, you would redoce the femisdiutnal or
femi-no&arnal arc. into: hours, and. minutes, (fee
. Canon. X1.) you will likewife have: the, femi-diur-
nal and femi-iio&turnal ate of the places in theeclip
tic from the tables: of femi digrial , ahd: no&fur-:
nalarcs at yout Póle's.elevatiohe. If the fi f grt of the
given degree be in tlie firlt part, look for, ies degree
in the defcendant degree placed to, the Jett 5 but if it
be at the latter part, in the afcendant degree,
which is to the right, and in the common angle
of mecting, you will have tlie arc required, whofe
denomination you will perceive under the very fign,
X whe-
162 -ASTRONOMY, AND
ax er
sh
pega, ena! or nocturnal. Ant. remem-
ber, if thefe are minutes, to take the propartional
part; but if it be denominated femi-diurnal; and
you want the femi-noéturnal, on the contrary, fub-
ftra& the arc found from 12 hours, and the re-
mainder is the other arc required, In the nativity
of Charles V. the Sun isin 14° 30' of X:at the
Pole's elevation 52°; I find the fign > in the latter
part; wherefore, to the 14 afcendant degrees, ] take
in the common angle the femi-noéturnal arc, 6h
335 but becaufe the Sun has above 30, I fubftraét
‘One minute, and there remains of the femi- no&ur-
nal arc, 64 32’: whereas, if I want the femi-diurnal
arc, I take 64 32’, from 12h, and there remains 5h
28' of the latitudinal planets, provided their decli-
nation does not exceed 23° 32". The faid femi-di-
urnal or nocturnal arc, in the hours and minutes,’
may be had thus: After reducing their declination:
to the longitude of the ecliptic, in the manner ex-
plained in Canon I. with this degree of the eclip-
tic, I enter the table of the femi-diurnal arc, and
take out the hours and minutes. correfponding
thereto, in the manner we have mentioned, &c. as.
in the nativity of Sebaftian. ; Saturn hath declina--
tion, 7? 47' and is reduced;'to 19° 50' of =, or 10?
IO of X, whofe femi-diurnal arc at the Poles
elevation 469, 1$ 6? BHO! 97 SOOT qm
CANON:
ELEMENTARY ‘PHILOSOPHY. 163
Isttoutc- Ca NON IV. is Y^
The Horary Limes ievt bf A
i'"Ehéfe may be. taken feveral ways; firft, Be di-
vid] from the partition of the femi- diurnal are in
degrees-and minutes: taken by fix; the nocturnal |
from the pofition of the femi-nocturnal ;. likewife
by fix, from the fix temporal hours; the cardinal
figns of the world are mutually diftant: let the
femi-diurnal arc be 104° 45; the 104? divided by
6 make 17, and'thére remains 2; which; reduced
to minutes, and thefe added to the other 45, makes
165 ; which, when divided by 6, the remainder is
27', and the horary times 1? 27’ diurnal.’ Second-
Ty, the horary times of the parts of the ecliptic are
judged of in the proper tables ; as at the pole’s ele-
vation 45, the 15° of the ecliptic of y, the ho-
rary times are diurnal 17? 51... Thirdly, the femi-
— diurnal arc taken in the hours and minutes, if pro-
duced by two with the half, is tranfmuted into the
diurnal horary times ; and in like manner the femi-
nocturnal arc into the nocturnal horary times; as
the femi-diurnal are is 15 of 9 , at the Pole 45°, is
7h. 9, whieh, deducted by 2, with the half, becomes
17° $2. Fourthly, of the planets having latitude,
let their received declination be brought back to
the ecliptic in the manner as explained in Canon I.
and with that. degree of the ecliptic in the table of
horary times, they may be taken as above-men-
tioned ; but if the planet has a greater declination,
thefe 23° 32’, the horary times cannot be taken
Xa any
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. mains the vor times moctuiinab 108 kid
i (ARD AAO Mar, AND.
any biher way, except by the help of the oe eee
difference. But if you have. the diurnal horary
times, and want thé no&türnal, or the contre
fubítract.: your fum from jo, "and ‘the reft will
be the: horary: times vied dirdiby Jasin "the given ex!
ample; od fubdtraGt: 17*/51 frome go, and. there’ Tes
t | (11011
Canen a Losmenteee Ire
" Rb Afeenfjans. a Ba veheay tiie an
-This. you, will have Írom the- proper. table pandsif}
the given place be in the ecliptic, fo-as to have: no:
latitude, look for the right afcenfion under the co-
lumn.o? o; and in the'common angle you have it,
by taking. the; proportional part for the minute of
longitudes, it there. are any, asin-Canonl, «In the
nativity,of Charles V. the Sun is, in 14? 40 of 3€,"
the rightafcenfion of 14 of %, is 345 16; for the 30%; -
28. are due; to be added; and the Sun's right afcen-
fion becomes 345° 44... lf the given place be: not:
in the ecliptic, but. has:latitude from it, and'is in
the integral degrees, both according to extent and:
breadth in.the common: angle, you. will have the
right afcenfion: but if there are likewife minutes,
let the proportional part be taken, : as in Canon L j
CANON VI.
"This Canon; cenfiting of tables, "n be hn in
a future volume.
^ CANON:
ELEMENT ARY. PHILOSOPHY. 6:
ee acest His . CANON. WAP buit 36 rmetas
satz: qe Oblique dienfon and Diff i dics.
od Walk Pa had by fubftra&ing the afeen onal’ di e
rbinte from the right: afeerfion of the Rar,’ if its &e-
clination be northerns ‘but i£;foutly, by aca: "E due
afcenfional difference to the right afeéifion, Tt the
remainder is the oblique afcenfion. Làftly, fit has
no declination, thatanght aícenfion becomes ob lique
afcenfion ; 3, on, the ,eontrary; the deféénfión: wil be
found), by adding);