The rules and righte ample documentes, touchinge the vse and practise of the common almanackes, which are named ephemerides A briefe and shorte introduction vpon the iudiciall astrologie, for to prognosticate of thinges to come, by the helpe of the sayde ephemerides. With a treatise added hereunto, touchinge the coniunction of the planets, in euery one of the. 12. signes, and of their prognostications and reuolutions of yeres. The hole faithfully, and clerely translated into Englyshe by Humfrey Baker.

¶ Of the aspectes and constellations which must be obserued and chosen for to beginne and ende happelye all workes and humayne businesse. The .xxvii. rule. (Book 27)

THe dysposition of the heauenly bo∣dyes do grea••lye inclyne the infe∣riour thinges to bee happely done or begonne, and dothe aduaunce theyn: or elles make late theyr comminge to perfection, and their full and hole effecte to comme forthe, for this cause are here sette forthe by order the elections whiche must be obserued or auoyded in these places beginninge at Saturne and then at the other planettes in order.

Saturne beinge with the moone in	Coniunction	¶ Causeth an euell vnluckye daye for all matters, and prin¦cipally it is not good to haue to doo with aged people, ne wt rural folkes nor laborers.
sextile aspect	¶ It is good to haue to doo with olde folkes and of good counsel, to edefy castelles and houses, and to erecte thinges that are in ruyne, to plowe, to plant, and nought to requyre the loue of women.
quadrature▪	¶ You must beware and kepe your selfe from olde folkes, and from labouring. or plan∣ting, it is nought also to iour¦ney and leaue to accomplishe thy desire especiallye if it bee euel.
trine aspecte	It is good to haue to do with aged people, to labour y• earth & vines, to sowe and to plante trees, to fortfye castelles, and to make the foundacion of ci∣tyes and townes
opposition.	It is neither good to sowe nor to plant, nor to beginune any matter what so euer it be, & it is requisite to auoyde y• cōuer satiō & meting wt olde folkes.

Iupiter be¦inge with the moone in	coniunction.	¶ It is good to be conuersant with noble men, with religy∣ous persons and lawyars, & to giue supplications, and re∣questes, and to demaunde right and iustice.
Sextile. Aspect.	It is good to speake vnto iud∣ges, and ecclesiastical and re∣ligious persons, and to begin all good workes.
quadrature▪	It is a mete time to studye in philosophy, to mete with iud∣ges and religious persons, & to require right and iustice.
Trine aspect	It is good to beginn all good matters and to haue to doo with lawyars, iudges, religi∣ous persons, and their prela∣tes, and to require of theyn: the thinge which they would obtayne.
Opposition,	It is a mete time to studye in philosophye and to haue con∣uersation with ecclesiasticall persons, and with noble men and to go before Judges.

Mars be¦inge with the moone in	Coniunction	It is good to auoyde warri∣ours, and all noises, debates, and strife.
sextile aspect	It is good to leade and en∣courage men of warre vnto the battell, to haue to do with princes and captaines, to buy horses for the warres, and thinges of redde coloure, and to finish all firy workes.
quadrature▪	It is an vnmete time to mete with gentlemen, and knightes and to worke in firie workes.
trine aspecte	It is good to be with war∣riours, and to deuise of things perteininge to the warres, to buy beastes, and to make fyer for the alch••mye.
opposition.	It is an vnmete tyme to treate of loue, and frendships, to take seruauntes, and to be∣ginne any thinge whatsoeuer that it be.

Sol be¦inge with the moone in	coniunction.	It is good to finishe hidden matters, and secrete counsels, that one would not haue to be knowen, and naught to do a∣ny other thinge.
Sextile. Aspect.	It is good to haue to do with kinges, princes, wise mē and of counsell, and good to re¦quire right, offices, and digni∣ties.
quadrature▪	It is not good to mete with princes, and noble men.
Tsine aspect	It is good to mete with kinges, princes, counsellers, people of estate, and to require of them right and iustice, and that thinge which a man wold obtaine of theim, and to seke loue and frendship of princes.
Opposition▪	It is a very vnhappye daye for all matters, therefore at tempte nothinge, ne any man¦ner of sute, neither plant, build nor iourneye.

Venus be iuge with the moone in	••oniunction	It is good to take a wife, to treate of loue, to haue cohabi∣tation with wemen, and good to take seruauntes.
sextile aspect	It is good to attempte ma∣riage, to seke the loue of we∣men, to put on newe apparel, and to speak vnto noble men.
quadrature	It is good also to take a wife, good to woo and to ob∣tayne sutes of womenne, to combe the heade, and to putte on newe apparell.
trine aspect.	It is lykewise good to take a wife, to combe the heade, to seke the loue of women, to be conuersaunte with theym, and to putte on newe appa∣rell.

Mercurye beynge with the moone in	eomunction.	It is good and a lucky day to bye and sell, to iourneye, to geue accomptes, good to en∣tre children in liberall artes, and to demaunde benefices.
sextile aspect	It is good for the versifier, to pleade causes, to geue ac∣comptes, to iourneye, to bye and sell, to vse marchaundise▪ and good to entre chyldren to learninge.
quadrature.	It is good to calculate, and to render vp accomptes, to send embassage, good to haue to do with penne menne and wryters, to bye and sell, and to iourneye.
Opposition.	It is good to meete with writers, to bye and sell, to vse marchaundise, to send embas¦sage and messengers, & ••good to set children to studye and learninge.

Likewise when the moone after her con¦iunction with anye fortunate planette shal be notably remoued farre from the sayd planet, the daye shal be vnfortunate and when she shall be notablye remoued farre from her coniunction with any vn¦fortunace planet, it is the good to worke in all matters, especiallye the moone be∣ing in the signe of Cancer, Taurus, Pi∣sces or Sagittarius, or in the house of the Sunnne, hauynge Trine or Sextil e as∣pect with the sayd Sunne.

¶ Besides this the moone hath certeyne and propre effectes in euery one of the. xii signes, in case she bee not then letted by any stronge signification or constellati∣on. The whyche are suche as foloweth.

Aries,

It is good to begin that which a man would haue sone ended, and nought to beginne anye thinge that a man would haue to be firme and stable, and to haue to do with kinges, and riche men, good to bathe, & nought to clippe heare, & to sca¦rifye the skinne with cuppinge, of suche as haue disease in their necke and eares.

Tau.

It is good to beginne suche thinges, as you woulde haue to be firme and sta¦ble, good to sowe, and to plant trees, to labour the vines, to buylde, to be gladde and merye, to comen with women, and

Gemi

It is good to begin the thinges whiche shoulde be of litle duraunce, good to put children to learninge, and not mete to let bloude.

Cācer

It is good to iourney, to make vyages, and to take electuaries.

Leo.

It is good to beginne such thinges as shall be of longe duraunce, and stable, and nought to take medecine by vomite and to shape and putte on newe appa∣rell.

Virgo

It is good to putte children to be in∣structed in learninge, to seke the loue of younge maydens, and not good to mar∣rye.

Libra

It is good to begin thinges of small duraunce, te ionrney, to bye and sell, to haue to do with religious persons, & not good to haue copulation with women.

Scorp

It is an vnlucky day for to begin any matter of goodnes.

Sagit.

It is good to learne to shote in the bow, to vse marchaundise, to be conuersaunte with iudges, and men of lawe, and to haue copulation with women.

Capri.

It is good to be in company with aged people, to plowe the fieldes, and to decke gardens and vines.

Aqua.

It is good to edefie towres and

Pisces.

It is good to iourneye and to go a fys∣shinge.

And here you must note, that whan the moone is in a moueable signe, it is then good to beginne the thinges, where of ye desire sone to haue an ende, and in a fixed signe, that whiche you desire to be of lōge duraunce. And in common signes, the thinges whiche ye will haue of litle du∣raunce.

And whan the mone is cōioyned with the fortunate sterres, the aspecte is fortu¦nate, and contrarywise vnfortunate.

Likewise whan the mone is in the sec¦tion or diuision of the head of the dragon thus figured ☊, she is fortunate, and in the section of the taile of the dragon, thus marked ☋ vnfortunate.