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. XXVIII. Of dignities, offices, and honours.

FOR the dignities, offices, charges and honors, you must haue respect to the tenth house, to the lumi∣naries temporall, to the part of noblenes, to the part of gouernment, to the part of Magistrates, & others appertaining to the tenth house, with theyr Lordes. The Planet that in the sayde places shall haue most dignities, shall be Significator of the sayd considerations in good or euill, according to his good or euill disposition: particu∣lerly also you must follow the sayde places one after ano∣ther to know of what side principally the sayde dignities, offices and honours ought to come.

Saturne in the tenth house, or in the ascendant in nati∣uities by day, signifieth great aduauncement and honour after thirty yeeres, when he is not euill disposed: in nati∣uities

by night, it denoteth continuall feare, to receiue da∣mage of Princes and Kings. Mars in the sayde places in natiuities by night, signifieth also great aduauncement, & by day more then Saturne.

The part of gouernment and his Lorde within any of the angles, witnes great fauour of Kings. Likewise you must iudge of the other part that we haue deducted vpon the tenth house. Mercurie in the tenth well disposed and fortunate, promiseth dignities, offices and honours, by reason of knowledge. Venus and the Moone because of women. Iupiter for hys vertue. The Sunne and the head of the Dragon in the same house, denoteth as much. The two luminaries in theyr houses or exaltations placed in the figure of Heauen, doe denote great aduauncement & honour.

That which Iupiter dooth also when hee receiueth the vertue of all the other Planets, & communicateth hys owne to Saturne and the Sunne; and the fortunes and the luminaries when they be in the angles of Heauen. Manie Planets in the fourth house, denoteth great honour after death. If in the poynts of the angles be any fixed starre of the first or second greatnes, or other hauing the nature of lumynaries, it is a great signe of incredible aduancement. That which happeneth also when the sayd starres be ioy∣ned to the lumynaries temporall, or to the parte of For∣tune, or to his Lord, or to the Planets and parts that bee in the angles.

They which haue Saturne in the tenth burnt, or the Lord of the tenth burnt, or be by Saturne oppressed, or that haue the tayle of the Dragon in the tenth, receiue commonly some forme of dishonour, and often be depri∣ued of theyr estate, vvhen the Fortunes doe not inter∣mingle theyr fauourable beames: except when they be also vnfortunate in theyr proper houses or exaltations, or in the signes of Aries and the Lyon.

You must note that Saturne & Mars, hinder greatly the good fortunes, vntil that the man hath passed the number

of yeres corrispondent to the number of the smal yeres of the said Planets: and if they hinder any more time, it shal bee vntill that the man shall accomplish the number of yeeres aunswering to the number of degrees, of the ouer∣thwart ascentions of the Signe, in the which they shall be at the natiuity.