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.

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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.
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Ferrier, Auger, 1513-1588.
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Anno. 1593.
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CHAP. IIII. Of the aspects of the Plannets betweene them.

* 1.1THE Coniunctiō of Saturne & Iupiter giueth faire possessions, farmes rents, houses, & charges of the affaires of the king, profitable if Mars do not be∣hold them.

The coniunction of Saturne & Mars, signifieth that the child shalbe trusted: but he shal not accomplish his enter∣prises without great difficulty, & shall die sooner then his father & mother, & yet his brethren shall die before him.

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The coniunction of Saturne and of the Sunne, losse of patrimony, great trauaile to gette goods, and most in the natiuities by night.

The coniunction of Saturne and Venus, denote that the man shal haue no male chyldren, that he shal espouse some old woman, or some widdowe, or some of euil con∣dition, or a bastard: or other staine of hys honour, or by the which his parents haue had some discredite.

The coniunction of Saturne and Mercury, doth yeelde him a poore vagabonde, needy, of no mistery, the which hath an impediment in hys speech.

The coniunction of Saturne and Luna, weakenes of bo∣die, losse by the side of his Parents.

The coniunction of Iupiter & Mars, signifieth, riches, rule and gouernment of warres, and of good renowne.

The coniunction of Iupiter and the Sunne, pouerty & neede if it be not Orientall, for then it promiseth good fortune to the father, to hym, and to his children.

The coniunction of Iupiter and Venus, good instituti∣on, amity of honourable men, and profit of them, and of the wife and chyldren.

The coniunction of Iupiter and Mercury, signifieth Lawyers, Secretaries and Chauncellers.

The coniunction of Iupiter & the Moone, great riches.

The coniunction of Mars and the Sunne, losse of pa∣trimony, damage of goods, and short lyfe to the father, and great perrill of the child to be burnt.

The coniunction of Mars and Venus, sutes, strifes, de∣bates by reason of women, adulterers with women of in∣famous condition.

The coniunction of Mars & Mercury, lyers, deceiuers, eloquent, dilligent, and bablers.

The coniunction of Mars and the Moone, shorte lyfe, woundes, blowes, danger of violent death by yron or by fier, or by falles and ruines.

The coniunction of Sol & Venus, praise, good renown, fauour of the common people, especially of women.

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The coniunction of Sol & Mercurie, wisdom, science, great aduauncement, and estimation to be very skilfull.

The coniunction of the Sunne & of the Moone, short lyfe, gouernment, and honourable company.

The coniunction of Venus and Mercury, maketh the man pleasant, ioyfull, a player, a dauncer, musitian, well furnished, and bringeth hym damage by the side of wo∣men. If they be conioyned vnder the beames of the Sun, they make great hinderance in the parts of generation.

The comunction of Venus & the Moone, maketh the man fayre, pleasant, proude, an adulterer: and of whom his wife is an adultresse, if Mars do cast his beames with∣out aspect of Iupiter.

The coniunction of Mercury & Luna, denoteeh good renowne, science, & vnconstancy of maners & of fortune.

The tryne aspect of Saturne and Iupiter, signifieth in∣heritaunces, * 1.2 possessions, faire houses, riches, meetings with treasures, great gaynes: whē they be infortuate places of the figure.

The tryne of Saturne and Mars, great aduauncement, dignities, great credite, rule and gouernment of townes & Countries, and death of brethren.

The tryne of Saturne and the Sunne, rule, offices, digni∣ties, great renowne, in natiuities by day: in the night it maketh the dispersing of patrimony goods, & afterwards by his deedes and vertue shall recouer and obtaine more greater.

The tryne of Saturne & Venus, maketh the man tru∣stie, milde, honest, shame-faced, of good conuersation, of good renowne, the which by men of base condition shall be pursued with enuie, and shall marry late.

The tryne of Saturne and Mercurie, maketh the man prudent, subtile in all his affayres, a man of good & great knowledge, ingenious, industrious, an Arithmetrician, Geomitrician, Astrologian, and a Geographer, President in matters of accounts and calculations: Chauncellors, Secretaries and Registers.

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The tryne of Saturne & of the Moone, fauour of great Lords and Kings, glory, honour and gouernment.

The tryne of Iupiter and Mars, signifieth audacity, ho∣nour, victory, fauour of Kings, gouernment of townes & great credite.

The tryne of Iupiter and Sol being greatly fauourable, to glory, honour, gouernment, credite, and giueth great riches, fayre possessions, and fayre chyldren.

The tryne of Iupiter & Venus, denoteth beauty, grace, faithfulnes, honesty, and profit of wiues and friends, dig∣nities and inheritaunces by theyr meanes.

The tryne of Iupiter and Mercurie, maketh the man ingenious, subtile, forward, of good iudgement & aduise, happy in his enterprises, a Iudge, Officer, great Lord, Se∣cretary, well vnderstanding the secretes of nature and A∣strologie.

The tryne of Iupiter with the Moone, signifieth no∣blenesse, honour, glory, good renowne, loue of vertue, fi∣delity, principality and gouernment.

The tryne of Mars with the Sunne, great aduancement, great credite, dignities, gouernments administrations of Common-wealthes, and Conductors of warres.

The tryne of Mars with Venus, gayne, riches, goods of women, proude, arrogant, braue and lecherous.

The tryne of Mars and Mercurie, prudent, crafty, sub∣tile of spyrite, and maketh the man to studie secretly: a good Aduocate, President in matters of account, & rich.

The tryne of Mars with Luna, maketh him happy in all his affaires: President in matters of account, an hono∣rable officer, & a great Lord, with great renowne.

The trine of the Sunne with Venus, signifieth the same that the tryne of Mars and Venus signifieth, with great honour of the said significations.

The tryne of the Sun with Mercury and Luna, likewise as of Mars, with great honour and profit.

The tryne of Venus with Mercurie, braue, pleasant, graue, beauty, and happy enterprises with profit.

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The tryne of Venus & the Moone, beauty, grace, bra∣uerie, pride, and adultery.

The tryne of Mercury with the Moone, maketh the man greatly esteemed in hys profession: be it in musicke, paynting, or other pleasant industry: or in al knowledge, or in merchandise or office.

The Sextiles aspects, make the same effects which the trynes make; except that the Sextiles bee not of so per∣fect vertue.

The Quadrate aspect of Saturne and Iupiter, signifieth losse of patrimoniall goods, great aduersities, hinderaun∣ces * 1.3 in all enterprises: vaine cogitations, principally when Saturne is eleuated ouer Iupiter, without receiuing hym.

The quadrate of Saturne and Mars, signifieth asmuch, and further maketh knowne the death of brethren.

The quadrate of Saturne and the Sunne out of the sayd significations, bringeth great damage to the honour, and spoyleth the body with cold diseases and contractions of the sinowes; and maketh the father die before the mo∣ther, and yeeldeth the chyld not agreeable to his father.

The quadrate of Saturne with Venus, denoteth losse of goods, pouertie, myserable fortune to women, vnciui∣lity, when Saturne holdeth the right part of the aspect. For when Venus holdeth it, the chyld shall be shame fa∣ced and of good manners, and hys wiues shall loue hym effectually, although they dissemble theyr loue and wyll gouerne in the house.

The quadrate of Saturne & Mercury, maketh the man laborous, a seruaunt, of poore councell, deafe or of ill hea∣ring, stutting or euill spoken, pursued of enuie.

The quadrate of Saturne and of the Moone, maketh the man slothfull, sickly, euill graced, full of care, without friendes, a disperser of the goods of hys mother and of his wiues.

The quadrate of Iupiter and Mars, if Iupiter be migh∣tiest, it signifieth that the chyld shall be esteemed, praised and honoured of Princes & Kings, and that he shall haue

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perseueraunce in all hys enterprises with profit; alwayes he shal lose and dysperse his inheritances and possessions, and shall see the death or destruction of his children. If Mars be most eleuate, he signifieth sutes, debates and los∣ses, by meanes of great Lords, and a troublesome lyfe.

The quadrate of Iupiter with the Sunne, if Iupiter bee the Superior, honour, profit, and good fortune to the Fa∣ther. If the Sunne be Superior, the child shal disperse his goods, and shall not be beloued of hys neighbours; and shall goe out of his Country.

The quadrate of Iupiter and Venus, profit by women, faithfulnes, honesty, ciuility, when Iupiter is most highest. When he is inferiour, lust, deceite by women, inconstan∣cie, ioy incontinently turned into sadnes, when Venus is not receiued by Iupiter.

The quadrate of Iupiter and Mercury, signifieth the man skilfull, a Mathematician, a Sorcerer, Sooth-sayer, a∣bounding in seruaunts, very faythfull and very rich, prin∣cipally when Mercurie is receyued by Iupiter.

The quadrate of Iupiter and the Moone, of good re∣nowne, great honours, in knowledge and loue of great Lords, with a little vnconstant of Fortune and of maners.

The quadrate of Mars with the Sunne, signifieth ma∣ny euils, losse of goods, darknes of the eyes, and in great daunger of violent death, or publique.

The quadrate of Mars with Venus, great troubles & tribulations by reason of women of base condition, or im∣pudent, & somewaies defamed, when Mars is in a moue∣ble signe.

The quadrate of Mars with Mercurie, weakenes of all the body, prysons, pursutes, accusations, false nature of the chyld, wyth malice and iniquitie.

The quadrate of Mars and the Moone, signifieth the mother to be weake, and of a very short lyfe, and the child an euill boy, prodigall, vnconstant, poore, and which shal die myserably: and of the which, the wiues shalbe proud, arrogant, and terrible.

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The quadrate of the Sunne and Venus, signifieth that which the quadrate of Iupiter and Venus signifieth.

The quadrate of Sol & Mercury, signifieth that which the quadrate of Iupiter and Mercury signifieth.

The quadrate of the Sunne with the Moone, augmen∣teth the dignities and the honors, & giueth enuiousnes.

The quadrate of Venus and Mercury, maketh the man diligent & industrious in his office, & well renowned, but he shal receiue some infamy by reason of women.

The quadrate of Venus and Luna maketh him verie rich, and happy in his profession, eloquent, gracious, very happy in wiues & chyldren: but hee shal haue some losse of good and honour by reason of women.

The quadrate of Mercury with Luna, maketh him skil∣full, ingenious, vnconstant of manners and of fortunes, which in a common sedition shall be taken, or shal be ac∣cused by many of his conspirators.

* 1.4The Opposition of Saturne & Iupiter, signifieth great troubles, a thousande mischiefes and tribulations, depri∣ued of chyldren. If Saturne be in the ascendant, and Iupi∣ter in the seauenth house, the beginning of hys life shall bee with paynes, trybulations and torments, and the ende with repose, profite and honour.

The opposition of Saturne and Mars without aspect of Iupiter and Venus, denote great troubles, common sedi∣tions and conspyrations against the sayd man: many dys∣eases intollerable, ruines, falles, perrils by water, violent death, or pestilence, and a miserable father.

The opposition of Saturne and Sol without aspect of Iupiter, maketh the man sickly, sad, full of thoughts, full of tribulations, with great losse of goods, and daunger of violent death.

The opposition of Saturne and Venus, maketh hym euill disposed, depriued of beauty and of vertue, leche∣rous, infamous by reason of women.

The opposition of Saturne and Mercury, an imperfect speech, seperation of brethren, knowledge and science.

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The opposition of Saturne and Luna, dispertion of hys mothers goods, gryefes happening to the mother, trou∣bles and tribulations, with great danger of violent death, according to the nature of the signe wherein Luna is.

The opposition of Iupiter and Mars, rashnes, disperti∣on of goods, enemy to them which haue beene friendes, vnconstant fortune.

The opposition of Iupiter & Sol, maketh him disperse his fathers goods, & sell his offices and his honor.

The opposition of Iupiter and Venus, signifieth vn∣constant friendes, vngratitude of them where hee hath doone good: otherwise sufficient fortune.

The opposition of Iupiter and Mercurie, common se∣ditions, enuies, conspirations, strifes, sutes, enmitie of bre∣thren, of the which he shall see the death.

The opposition of Iupiter with Luna, sufficient for∣tune after long trauaile.

The opposition of Mars and of the Sunne, spoyle of the eyes, maketh him to be killed, or fal from on high, ma∣keth him disperse his patrimony, & his father die quickly.

The opposition of Mars and Venus, yeeldeth the man voluptuous, an a little vicious, weak, vnconstant, and ma∣keth his wife and children to die in signes tropiques, ma∣keth him marry wiues of base condition, or otherwise de∣famed.

The opposition of Mars and Mercury, without aspect of Iupiter, maketh the man a falsefyer, of euill conscience, accompanied with euil chyldren, accused of many crimes, for the which hee shall be a fugitiue or banished: princi∣pally if Mercury be in the houses of Saturne.

The opposition of Mars and the Moone, signifi∣eth spoyle of the eyes and the body, by blowes and hurts and other sicknesses, and gyueth great aduersities, maketh him hate marriage, and causeth violent death, and often Canon: principally when the Moone increaseth in the angles; wyth sufficient aspect of fortunes.

The opposition of the Sun, of Venus and of Mercurie,

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signifie that which we haue sayd of Iupiter.

The opposition of the Sunne and of the Moone, chan∣geth the fortunes of goods and honour, pouertie after ri∣ches, dishonour after honour, weakenes of bodie after health; mutation of good to euill, and great vnconstancie of manners.

The opposition of Venus and Mercury, enuies, quar∣rels, enmities by reason of women; otherwise graue elo∣quence, beauty and brauery.

The opposition of Venus with the Moone, vnfortunate marriage, iniuries by women, depryuation of chyldren.

The opposition of Mercury and of the Moone, con∣spyrations against hym, enuies, treasons, feare and le∣cherous.

Likewise you must regarde the parte of Fortune, the part of the Spyrite, and of theyr aspects with the sayde Planets; you must iudge as of the aspects of the Planets with the Sunne and the Moone. For if the parte of for∣tune be part of the Moone, and part of the Spirit & part of the Sunne, which would consider the aspects towards the other parts and houses of heauen, he may iudge as of the Planets of the which the proiections of the sayd parts shall be made. &c.

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