A learned astronomical discourse, of the iudgement of natiuities Deuided into three bookes, and dedicated first to Katherin the French Queene, by Oger Ferrier her physition. Translated by Thomas Kelway Gentleman.

CHAP. XVII. Of the Father and the Mother.

THe Lords of the fourth, and of the part of the Fa∣ther, burnt out of their proper houses and exaltati∣ons, signifie that the Father cannot long liue; The ill fortunes within the 4. signifie that the father shall dye presently after, if within the said house they bee not dignified, or if the fortunes doo not enterlace their fa∣uourable beames: Likewise you must iudge of the mo∣ther, when the sayd Constellations shall be in the 10. The fortunes in the 4. signifie long life to the Father, and hap∣pie fortune: & likewise of the mother, when they be with∣in the x. The Sunne vnfortunate within the iiij. or viii. house, testifieth that the Father shall not liue long: like∣wise you must iudge of the mother when the Moone shal

bee so disposed. If the Lord of the 4. be in the 11. the childe shall see the death of his Father. If the Lord of the x. be in the 5. he shall see the death of his mother. Venus or the Moone in the 4. vnfortunate, giueth perrill to the mother at her deliuerance. The Lord of the 4. in the 7. or 12. house, or in euill aspects of ill fortunes, signifieth strife and quarrells betweene the Father and the Sonne. Likewise you must iudge of the mother, when the Lord of the 10. shall be in the same disposition. The part of the Father fortunate, denoteth long and happy life to the Father: vnfortunate, he shall dye very quickly. The part of the mother, signifieth as much of the mother, after her good or euill disposition.

Commonly the Astrologians haue regard to the Sunne and to Saturne for the Father, and to Venus and the Moone for the mother; If the natiuitie bee by day, they take the Sun for significator of the father: if it by be night they take Saturne, if the Sunne be not in any angle of hea∣uen: For if it be in the 1. or 4. they preferre him alwayes to Saturne. If the Sunne be in the 1. in the natiuitie of the 1. childe, the figure of the natiuitie of the Father and of the Sonne shall be both one. The significator of the Fa∣ther, ioyned to the Fortunes, or receiuing their amiable a∣spects, denote good fortune and long life to the Father: the contrary you must vnderstand when they be vnfor∣tunate.

If the Lorde of the ascendant, and the Lorde of the 4. doo looke with an euill aspect; the Sonne and the Fa∣ther shall be in discorde, principally if Mars intermeddle with his pernicious beames. For the mother you must looke principally to Venus, if the natiuitie be by day: or to the Moone if it be by night; And after their good and euill dispositions, you must iudge the good or contrary fortune of the mother.