CHAP. VII.
The Signification of the Words, Di∣rection and Retrogradation; with the distinction of the Houses, which are Good, and which Bad.
NOw Direction and Retrogradation are two. First, Dir. signifies, a Man to go swift in •…is Business or Trade; then Retr. signifies, one to decay, or to consume his Money.
This following Table of Lotts, gives you to understand, what Figure or Lott is Direct, and which Retrograde, and signified by three Letters; as I have shewn in my first Demonstra∣tion of the Figures, or Lotts.
Page 129 We have already told you, that this Work is divided in 12 parts or Houses: Now observe, some are good, and some again are ill.
- First, Good, 1, 10, 11,—Houses.
- Secondly, Mean, 2, 3, 4, and 9,—Houses.
- Thirdly, The Evil, 6, 7, 8, and 12,—Houses.
Observe these Rules, and you will have Knowledge.
| Acquisitio, Good For∣tune, Profit; and in all other things, it's good in the 12th and 3d Houses. | Puella, Good in all Demands, wonderful for Women; very good in the 9th and 5th Houses. |
| Laetitia, Good For∣tune, Joy, present or to come; it's found good in all the Houses, but wonderful in the 5th House, and indifferent in the other. | Caput Draconis, is good with good, and ill with ill, good in the 2d and 7th Houses, and bespeaks a good Issue, when there is hopes of Gain. |
| Page 130Amissio, good For∣tune, loss of Substance; good in the 8th House, and very ill in the 2d House. | Fortuna Major, good Fortune for Gain, for things where Prisons or Distractions are good in the 1st, 9th and 11th Houses. |
| Tristitia, is very ill in all the Houses, ex∣cept in the 8th and 12th Houses; there good. | Albus, Good For∣tune, Money, or Enter∣tainment in some cer∣tain place; therefore good in the first and 4th Houses. |
| Puer, very ill in all Questions and De∣mands, except in the 2d and 6th House, where he is mean. | Carcer, ill in the 6th 8th, 7th and 12th Hou∣ses; signifies always, to be stay'd, kept, 〈◊〉 hindred. |
| Cauda Draconis, is very good with ill, and very ill with good; shews well for lost things, and passing out of trouble; good in the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th Houses. | Populus, is good with good, and ill with ill good in the 10th, and ill in the 8th House. |
| Page 131Fortuna Minor, good in any Business, or swift Matters; very good in the 2d, and very ill in the 8th House. | Conjanction, good with good, and ill with ill; signifies, restoring of lost Things, and much Gain. |
| Rubeus, very ill in all good things, and in all ill things; if in the first House, signifies Death, or some Plague. | Via, Spoiling of all other good things, ex∣cept in Questions of Journies, coming out of Prisons, or moving; good in the 3d, 5th, and 11th Houses, and brings good News. |
Page 132The Aspects of the Houses, and the Figures, you may see by the Table on the other side.
The Use of this Figure, is of great conse∣quence; the outwardmost, are 12 Lotts or Fi∣gures; the second, is their Nature, as to Mas∣culine and Feminine; the third, is the 12 Signs of the Zodiack, with their Elements, being uni∣ted with the 12 Houses, &c.
Then lastly, in the middle, you have the Lines and Aspects from one House to another, both dexter and sinister; the first House begins with the Sign ♈, and so in order; which will give you a clear light of the usefulness of your Lotts, either for good or ill: A Figure in the first House, beholds another in the eleventh House with a Sextile dexter Aspect, and so of the rest.
The Houses are fix'd, movable, and common.
- First, Fix'd, 2, 5, 8 and 11—Houses.
- Secondly, Common, 3, 6, 9 and 12—Houses.
- Thirdly, Moveable, 1, 4, 7 and 10—Houses.
Albus and Laetitia, are double-Bodied.
Page [unnumbered]Page 133 Observe, what by a Figure or Lott is here meant.
Acquisitio is raised by Pricks, as,
And taken for the Nature, Virtue and Power of ♃ dir. in ♈, which makes a complete Figure, as ♃ dir. ♈, joined and united together, as one Body, and so of the rest; Planets are join∣ed to the Figures, some Retrograde some Direct, which differs much from the Rules of Astrolo∣gy: for they place ♂ in ♈, and ♀ in ♎, &c. but ours are select Bodies.
On the other side, I will give you a Table of the Hours of the Lotts, and the Planets.
The Use of the Hours of the Lotts.
When you raise a Figure of Lotts, observe what Day and Hour it is.
Example. In the Table of Hours, you will find the seven Days and Nights: so if you find the Lott in the Ascendant Lord or Lady of the Hour, so much the stronger.
Suppose I Raise a Figure of Lotts on a Mon∣day, the first Hour in the Forenoon, I find Via, ☽ decr. in ♌. I look at the top of the Table, and find Fig. 1. I guide my Eye down to Mon∣day, and find Via; so he is Lord of my Ascen∣dant and Hour; so observe in all the rest, &c.
| By day, Sunday By Night. | 1 ☉ dir. in ♒. | 2 ♀ retr. in ♎. | 3 ☿ dir in ♋ | 4 ☽ full in ♑ | 5 ♄ dir in ♓ | 6 ♃ dir in ♈ | 7 • ret in ♊ | 8 ☉ retr. in ♉ | 9 ♀ dir in ♎ | 10 ☿ retr in ♍ | 11 ☽ dec in ♌ | 12 ♄ retr in ♏ |
| ♃ retr. in ♉. | ♂ dir. in ♎. | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ retr in ♎ | ☿ dir in ♋ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ dir in ♈ | • retr in ♊ | ☉ retr in • | ♀ dir in ♒ | ☿ retr in ♍ | |
| By Day, Mon∣day, By Night. | ☽ dec. in ♌. | ♄ dir. in ♓ | ♃ retr in ♉ | • dir in ♎ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ retr in ♎ | • dir in ♋ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ retr in ♏ | ♃ dir in ♈ | ♄ retr in ♊ | ☉ retr in ♉ |
| ♀ dir. in ♎. | ☿ dir. in ♋. | ☽ dec in ♌ | ♄ ♂ in ♐ | ♃ retr in ♉ | • dir in ♎ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ ret in ♎ | ☿ retr in ♍ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ ☿ in ♍ | |
| By Day, Tues∣day, By Night. | • dir. in ♋. | ☉ ret. in •. | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ decr in ♋ | ☽ dec in ♌ | ♄ ♂ in ♐ | • dir in ♈ | • dir in ♎ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ retr in ♎ | ☿ retr in ♍ | ☽ full in ♑. |
| ♄ retr. in ♏. | ♃ retr. in ♉. | • retr in ♊ | ☉ dec in ♋ | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ dir in ♋ | • de. in ♌ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ dir in ♈ | ♄ ♂ in ♐ | ☉ retr in ♉ | ♀ retr. in ♎ | |
| By Day, Wed∣nesday, By Nig. | ☿ dir. in ♋. | ☽ full, in ♑ | ♄ retr in ♏ | ♃ retr in ♉ | ☿ dir in ♎ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ ret in ♍ | ☽ dec in ♌ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ dir in ♈ | ♄ ret in ♊ |
| ☉ retr. in ♉. | ♀ retr. in ♎. | ♀ dir in ♋ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ retr in ♏ | ♃ dir in ♈ | ♄ ret in ♊ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ retr in ♍ | ☽ dec in ♌ | ♄ dir in ♓ | |
| By Day, Thurs∣day, By Night. | ♃ retr. in ♉. | ☿ dir. in •. | ☉ retr in ♉ | ♀ retr in ♎ | ♀ dir in ♋ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ ret in ♏ | ♃ dir in ♈ | ♄ retr in ♊ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ retr in ♍ |
| • dir. in ♌. | ♄ dir. in ♓. | ♃ retr in ♉ | ☿ dir in ♎ | ☉ retr in ♉ | ♀ ret in ♎ | ♀ dir in ♋ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ retr in ♍ | • in •• | ♄ retr in ♊ | ☉ dir in ♒ | |
| By Day, Friday By Night. | ♀ dir. in ♎. | ☿ retr. in ♍. | ☽ decr in ♌ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ retr in ♉ | ☿ dir in ♎ | ☉ ret in ♉ | ♀ retr in ♎ | ♀ dir in ♋ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ retr in ♏ | ♃ dir in ♈ |
| ♄ retr. in ♊. | ☉ dir. in ♒. | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ ret in ♏ | ☽ dec in ♌ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ ret in ♉ | ☿ dir in ♓ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ retr in ♎ | ♀ dir in ♋ | ☽ full in ♑ | |
| By Day, Satur∣day, By 〈◊〉 | ♄ retr. in ♏. | ♃ dir. in ♈. | ♄ retr in ♊ | ☉ dir in ♒ | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ ret in ♍ | ☽ de. in ♌ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ retr in ♉ | ☿ dir in ♎ | ♄ ♂ in ♐ | ♀ retr in ♎ |
| •… | •… | •… | •… | •… | •… | ♀ dir in ♎ | ☿ retr in ♍ | ☽ full in ♑ | ♄ dir in ♓ | ♃ retr in ♉ | ☿ dir in ♎ |
Page 136 Now in erecting your Lotts, in the main there are but 12 Figures, tho' 15 makes up a Figure; for Three are taken from them, viz. two Wit∣nesses and one Judge.
The signification of the two Witnesses are thus:
The Witness placed at the right hand, is put for the Querent, and rules all the right side, as, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10; it gives you light what the Question is, before propouided.
The left Witness, contains all what the Fi∣gures signifies in that side, as 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 & 12.
The right Witness tells you of Joy, Pleasure and Happiness, of him that asks the Question of things past.
The left Witness tells you of ill luck to come, or things enquired after, if ill Figures; if good judge otherwise; right for the Querent, and left for the things desired, and belongs to no House; only taken from others, to give a judg∣ment on things demanded.
The Judge is the 15th Figure produced from the two Witnesses, to judge of the end of things demanded, and to know, if it's good or bad. Some say, that the Judge ought to be even; if not, give not judgment on it.
If the Judge be good, the Question will come to a good end; if ill, the contrary. If the Judge agrees with the right hand Figures, good to the Querent, and things demanded; if it's the same with those of the left hand, it signifies ill to the Querent of the matter desired.
Page 137 Thus far we have shewn you the Method of the 16 Figures, whereby you may know and find the Power and Strength, Weakness and Feeble∣ness of your Enemies, by this Divine Way of Working.
