Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and discourses of the bodies cœlestial, their natures and influences discovered from the variety of the alterations of the air ... and other secrets of nature / collected from the observation at leisure times, of above thirty years, by J. Goad.

CHAP. XII. ☌ ☉ ♃.

Conjunction of Sol and Jupiter.

§ 1. The Planet ♃ unanimously defin'd by the Antients to be temperate, 2, 3. And yet a Thunderer as the Two other Superiours. Remphan The Character for the Planet is not a Greek Z. 4. His Hue pro∣miseth Lightning, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. 5, 6, 7. Defined to be Warm and Moist, yet sometimes he is busie with the Cold. 8. A Favourer of Drought. 9. Content with a Misle or Drisle, or Showr only coasting the Country. 'Tis wonderful when it rains in one place, and not in another, yet that Objection doth not rout Prognostique. 10. Philoso∣phy gives account of as wonderful things. 11. Moisture, and the Restricton of Moisture, must come from several Principles. 12. Fro∣sty Morn: under ♃ ☽ as under ♄ ☽. 13. Eichstads Suffrage for the Cold of ♃ ♂. 14. The Satellites may have Influence with Jove, but not hinder his Relation to Cold. A warm Gleam rebated may yet actuate a chill Exhalation, proved by the Freezing Experiment with Salt, and the cracking of a Bottle immerged in the Depth of the Sea. 15. Light the Spirit of the World; in no need therefore of any In∣herent Frigorific in the Planets. 16. The Antients drew their warm Character from the ☌ of Jove with Sol. Which 16, 17. is Warmer than the Opposition. 18. Retraction of the Thesis which makes Jove the Cooler Planet. 19. The Diary. 20. Jove of it self a Warm Star. 21. Ponderous and Violent. 22. His Lightning scarce Innocent. 23. How ♃ is Cold; what Evidence for it. 'Tis not any natural Emanation of the Planet, but wholly Accidental. 25. Paralogism retracted. 26. ♄ is colder, but neither is he intrin∣sically such. 'Tis Accident here also, and Restraint or Desertion, 27. Whether ♃ be Parent of the North Winds, or Serenity. 28. Evi∣dence of the Premises. 29. ♄ appears not Cold, but in case of De∣sertion, notwithstanding his Distance. 30. Difference of Frost. 31. Jove seems after all, to be a back Friend to Moisture. 31. Some Sollicitude in observing this Planet.

§ 1. THe Aspect of Jove with ☉ and the rest hath bin deferred to the last, because we are the First that I know of, have ventur'd on the Pa∣radox, to assert this our Jove to be a Planet of some cool Influence, as well as the Famed ♄. The Sentiments of the Antients is generally, that He is Temperate, Ptol. Lib. I. Cap. 4. 20. Lib 2. Cap. 9. on which account, they reckon him with ♀ and ☽, a benefique Star, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, because of their Temperateness, Ptol. I. 5. So he in Lucan, A Jove tempe∣ries. Lib. X. 2. 207. Before him Cicero de Nat. Deorum. Lib. 2. Stellatrum tantus est concentus ex dissimilibus motibus ut cum summum Saturnus refrigeret, media Martis accendat, His interserta Jovis illustret & temperet. The same Notion in Pliny, Ideoque hujus (Martis) ardore nimio & rigore Saturni inten∣sertum ambobus ex utroque temperari Jovem salutaremque fieri, Lib. 2. Cap. 8. Where you have the Temper, and the supposed benefique Influence foun∣ded thereon.

§ 2. In such agreement all seems to be well, and so it may, if it can accord with what is deliver'd elsewhere by Pliny, concerning the Three Superi∣ors, that They, of all the rest, are the most noted Forgers of Lightning, and amongst them especially Jove, who is seated in the midst. Pliny, Lib. 2. Cap. 20.

§ 3. That Jupiter, the Supreme God of the Heathens, should Thunder, is no great Marvel, who in all Ages and Nations out of the Pale, hath bin Worshipped for such. But that the Planet should assume the same Thun∣dering Title, deserves consideration: It seems some such thing hath been observed heretofore, coming from him, as well as from ♂ and ♄. Pliny, Lib. 2. Cap. and though we cannot say that the Star of the Heathen God, Remphan in the Greek Translation of the Prophet, doth signifie Jupiter, or the Thunderer, as Scaliger will have it, since Remphan is the Coptique Name for Saturn, as Kircher and Bochart, from the Coptique Lexicons do assure us; yet this we know, that the Character which it hath obtained among Astrologers, rightly drawn, resembles the Three-fork'd Dart, which in Sculpture passeth for Lightning, as Scaliger rightly; not the First Let∣ter of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, the Greek name, as P. Naunius hath conjectur'd, followed by Salmosius in Solinum.

§ 4. And truly there is Lightning in his Face, as also in Venus, (though the Antients take no notice of that) for ♄ is called of Old but 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, but ♃ somewhat more, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, in Hesychius, Bright and Illu∣strative, as Pliny said but now: Yet ♃ is defined by no Fury or Excess of Warmth, but moderately and temperately Warm, which may be some Argument to evince, that Astrology is for the sound part, not founded on Fabulous Gentilism; but upon long and weary Experience.

§ 5. Bright, Warm, and Temperate, must be consequently Moist, and so Ptolemy gives it, not only in the place quoted before, but elsewhere, Tetrab. Cap. 5. where for ♃ ♀ ☽ he expresseth himself thus, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: Moist then he is, but with Moderation: In his Dominion he moistens the Fruits of the Ground; and Ptolemy makes him encrease the Rivers by his Moisture, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 moderately, Tetrab. II. Cap. 9. ♃ then is Moist and Warm, moderate and temperate in both. But we have asserted also to be a Cool Planet; where are we now?

§ 6. For, can Jove be like the Man in the Fable, who, to the Amaze∣ment of the Poor Satyr, from the same Mouth breath'd Hot and Cold? No, we intend not for any Fancies sake of our own, to affront Sence, Reason and Experience: To deny a Warmth to that Planet whose very Globe proclaims such a Celestial Glow; who is found upon the Faith of our own Tables to maintain his Title of Thunderer in some parts of Hea∣ven, as also for Warmth and Moisture, to bring in a Quota, such as may justifie the Antients Denomination.

§ 7. Nay, but when Astrology discourses of a Cold Planet, she is far, it may be, from believing any inherent Quality, such as shall challenge more property in the Planet, then Light or Warmth: No, Lucid and Warm they are each of them, and as such to be esteemed. Yet they may have withall a Faculty cohabiting with Light and Warmth, which, when time serves, is a Friend to Cold; whether that Faculty be distinguished wholly from Light, or is nothing else but the remisser, weaker, or less assisted Beam, as we rather lay it.

§ 8. We shall therefore prove that ♃, unless heightned extreamly, is Cold, like ♄, upon the account that he is a Favour of Dryth. Al∣though our Experience is so full, that we disdain Authority in the Case, yet it may not be amiss to remember in the mean time what is granted by

Cardan: Constant, saith he, quod ♂ & ☉, imo & ♃ & ♀ exsiccant: and then 'tis a Question worth while, adds he, how they can Exsiccate cum sint humidi. Cardan de VII. Stellis errat. Cap. 10. de Saturne.

§ 9. And when the very Antients confess He is but moderately moist, as we have heard, it seems there is some Obstruction in ♃, that hinders the measure that other Planets give.—Secondly, another observable which I attend to, is some abatement of Moisture, which attends it, and the Showr which the Countryman calls a coasting Showr in our Aspect, running round the Heaven, and serving the Neighbour Villages, in the mean time none of his bounteous Dole falls upon his peice of Ground. Such a diffe∣rence there is of Showrs, is manifest, whereof some more liberally expand their Vail over all the Hemisphere; others, more enviously confine them∣selves to such a Border, or Skirt of the Horizon. The Observer shall find that this Showr, or the Confinement rather, I had almost said is fre∣quent under this, or some other Jovial Aspect; which if it be so, I beseech the Reader, to observe, that it may not march for an Objection any longer, how shrewd soever it hath hitherto seemed, that all Predictions must needs be vain, inasmuch as our Eyes themselves are Witnesses how it Rains often-times in one place, while not a drop falls in another; and this within Sight, within the very Ken of the Wizard, whereas the Wizard hath got a distinct Principle, which he advanceth, to give an account of that Excellent Phaenomenon, viz. when Rains shall fall General, and when Tropical.

§ 10. 'Tis Excellent, we grant, and the Creator we heartily believe is to be admired in it, according as Nature and Holy Writ teach us. But we ask what absurdity is it in Philosophy to give some part of account of several things justly wonderful. In Geometry, Optiques, Mecha∣nicks, Miracles are allowed. Are they a Supernatural Philosophy? Ve∣rily, Astrology had been no Diversion or Study of mine, but that it trea∣ted of Wondrous Causes, in order to Wonderful Effects.

11. Now this I have called resisting, impairing, diminishing, and from which I argue, that Moisture it self, and the Restriction there∣of must come from several Principles; 'tis not the same Principle that causes Rain in one part, and at the same time Serenity round about the rest of the Hemisphere.

§ 12. You have seen the Proof which we offer'd at before, Lib. 1. Cap. as that he is the Fautor of Serenity, and so confessed by Astrologers, Car∣dan, Ptolemy, Kepler, Eichstad: Men of Experience, and not of impli∣cite Faith only. 2ly. From the Strange Product of the Northerly Winds, which it seems also by the same unanimous Voice to belong to this Body. Ptolemy makes it out by a fetch of his own; but be that attempt of his passable or not, the 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is true. 3ly. I have been curious to observe the Aspects of ♄ and ♃, each with, the ☽; and I find Frosty Morns and other Tokens of Cold, even as often under the Later, as under the For∣mer. I tryed also in Keplers Nine Years Diary, and I found Nothing but Agreement. It will be said, and so it will prove in the Aspects of ♂ with the ☽. I answer, Nay: Let any make Experience who hath Observati∣ons by him, or, for Want of them, in Keplers Diary.

§ 13. We want some Authority to back us now, there being Few or none who tell us that he hath a Chill Influence: Yet we are not altogether Destitute of that Experienced Eichstad's Suffrage, who, though he tell us, (pag. 38.) ♃ and ♂ are hot, yet he tells us (pag. 40.) that some Transits of ♃ cause an East Wind, and a Cold Air, at least by Night, and a bright Air by Day: But more home a little before, that even the Aspect of ♃

and ♂ sometimes being Mediocre Gelu, because of the North-Wind that accompanies it. So much doth Ptolemy's Fetch stand him in stead.

§ 14. What have we to say but this (leaving the Mystery of the Satellites, if they have Influence considerable, as I believe they have none, no more than a new single Star, in Cygnus suppose, hath;) but that Jove singly con∣sidered, with, or without those Attendants, though he be Warmer than ♄, doth not abandon his Interests in frigid Impressions; since Warmth it self, when dull'd and rebated by the Affluence of the contrary, is not wholly bound up, but may and doth exert its Power according to its Stint; in exciting the chill Exhalation. Thus in the Freezing Experiment, the mixture of Salt with the Cold Water helps to Congelation, the Salt in∣vigorating the Cold of the Water, and so conglaciating the Snow. To which I refer the other Newer Experiment, wherein an Empty Bottle stopt close, and sunk a while in the Depth of the Sea-Brine, returns again either with a Crack or Flaw, or with the Cork forced into the Neck of the Bottle. So great is the Condensation of the Air, as I reckon, from the Coldness of the Water invigorated and actuated by the salt Ambient Spirit.

§ 15. How to unriddle this better I know not, for I am not fond of a Heterogeneous Principle lodg'd in the Planet, though 'tis suitable enough to the Gopernican Subtilty, to make a Luminous Planet Fraught with store of Heterogeneous Emanations, Cold and Moist, Nitrous, Sulphu∣rous; yea, and these reaching not 2 or 3 Miles, but 2. or 3000 Miles, if the proportions assigned to the rarefaction of late, take place, which ma∣keth Air to exceed Water in rarity 1000 times; according to which a misle of Vapour or Fume, may be extenuated into some hundreds at least. Yet least I should be forced to make use of the same Hypothesis in the Fixed Stars, who emit all the way a Warm Emanation as certain as they do Lu∣cid One; For a Frigid Efflux I will not undertake, only say, as you hear, that Light or Heat, from such a Body so distanced, so circumstantiated, may have some Interest in the Cold Atome: Cold being not caused, as Astrologers define, from the meer absence of Aspects, but often from the presence of such determinate Aspects of ♄ and ♃; or, as we may after learn from the Planetary Bodies Position, in relation to the Fixed, whe∣ther they be mutually among themselves Aspected or not. I said at the beginning, that Light was the Spirit of the World; and the Learned Isaac Vossius I see since, is much of that Mind.

§ 16. The Truth is, the Antients, as I have reason to believe, drew the Character of Jupiter from their Observation of the Conjunction only, and therein I confess most to an end he is found Warm and Moist, and the reason may be, because in Conjunction with the Sun he becomes Diurnal, and so partakes of the Additional Steams of those Celestials, which al∣ways attend the Sun. As a Man is always warmer in a Croud; Six, Five Planets may be, Four must be above the Horizon at Noon, when Conjunction with Jove.

§ 17. Nor is this all, for Joves Motion in Conjunction with the Sun, is more deliberate and slow-paced, than in Opposition, &c. thereupon he may seem to imbibe a greater share of the Solar Warmth, then by a further distance.

§ 18. To this Effect some years ago I have disputed; but what say Second Thoughts since? They say, that the First, besure, is the Certainty of Prognosis, wavers not, for ♄ is cool, and ♃ many times in a Cold Fit, and the re∣turn of that Fit comes under Cognisance. But then I find by what follows, that I may be obliged to retract any Superiosity in this kind given to Jove, as if he was cooler than ♄, for albeit Jove doth play his part as often for

Frost, even as ♄ perhaps; yet Jove is a much warmer Star, and Cold on¦ly by accident, which is far a more facile and smooth way of Procedure. Here we will first consider from the Experience of the Diary, the Warmth; and settle that; and then for the Cold afterward. The Diary in this place seeing a Controversie is to be decided thereby; hopes to be more wel∣come then ordinary.

♃ ☉ Diary. The Hyemal Part.

A^o 1661. Oct. 7. ♎ 24.

• Sept. 26. H. wd, mist m. some∣times showrs. S W.
• 27. Windy a. m. and clear; stormy wd, and frequent showrs; cold d.
• 28. H. wd, s. showrs m. cold cold and windy die tot. S W.
• 29. Sad rain a 3 m. ad 9 m. clear p. m. cold n. W.
• 30. Fr. cold. s. drops, showr o. fog n. S.
• Oct. 1. Showr 6 m. cold, L. showr vesp. S. W.
• 2. H. wind, cold showr 2 p. Lightning much, and Th. 8 p. ad 10 p. then violent Hail, Harm done by Lightn. E. N.
• 3. Fog, warm, cloudy even. E.
• 4. Warm, close mist m. ad 11 m. Ely.
• 5. Clear m. p. and warm, fog fall n. E.
• 6. Suspic. some wd, cool m. warm. N E.
• 7. Clear m. p. fair, warm, misty vesp. N E.
• 8. Misty a. m. warm, cloudy. E.
• 9. Cloudy m. p. dry, s. wet∣ting 11 p.
• 10. Fog, cloudy, warm, col∣der p. m. S W.

1673. Oct. 11. ♎ 28.

• 2. H. Frosty, lowring m. p. Aches. S W.
• 3. Fr. m. windy and wetting 1 p. S W. Armies in the Air at Posen in Poland, seen by 1000 of Spectators.
• 4. Frost m. lowring 4 p. cold and Winterly-misty.
• Great T. m. in S. Domingo. Gazet. 127.
• 5. Frosty, ice m. Wly. frosty day.
• 6. Wind and rain a. l. warm, dropping 2 p. S W. Aches.
• 7. Frost, ice at Putney, showr 3 p. 9 p.
• 8. s. frost, fair, mist, winter∣ly Air. N.
• 9. Frost, close, foggy a. m. wetting 10 m. & p. m. Sly.
• 10. Wetting o. some Rain a. L. S.
• 11. Warm Rain ante l. & ante noon per tot. very H. wds. S. S E.
• 12. Rainy à Sun ort. ad o. wd higher, raging with rain p. m. E. m. S. o. W. vesp.
• 13. Bright a. m. coasting showr in the South and W. 2 p. S W.
• 14. Frost, mist, rain 1 p. 5 p. 10 p. Lightning and Thun∣der. Aches. N E. m. S E. o. S W. ••n.
• 15. Open and windy day.

1662. Nov. 6. ♏ 24.

• Oct. 28. Fair m. showr 3 p. S W.
• 29. Rain b. d. W.
• 30. Drisle 7 m. open. fair, cloudy Sun set. S W.
• 31. Fog, bright day, warm wind. E.
• Nov. 1. Frost m. fair, cloudy p. m. rain 7 p. Ely.
• 2. Rain 1 p. &c. S E.
• 3. Bl. clouds m. Rain a 9 m. ad o. Sly.
• 4. R. hard a 5 m. ad 1 p. Sly.
• 5. Fog, cloudy. Nly.
• 6. Close m. p. wind. S E
• 7. Close p. m. rain towards n. &c. S W.
• 8. Open, warm, clouds fly low, R. S W.
• 9. Fair m. cloudy 1 p. and some rain, clear n. Sly.
• 10. Cloudy, Iris 8 m. storms of wind and rain 8 p. Sly.

1674. Nov. 10. ♏ 28.

• 1. S. E Misty, dark chill wind and offer 4 p. wet ab 8 p. ad 10 p. Barometer, sink fr. 14. ad 20.
• 2. Some wet 9 m. o. 3 p. 7 p. much R, high wind a. I. S.
• 3. S W. Showring, h. wd o. so Sun occ. S W. S E.
• 4. Fair m. p. overc. misty n. Aches 7 p. S W. These 4 days high wind on the Coast of England.
• 5. N. Frost, bright, cold N W.
• 6. Foggy; frosty, clear above. Aches 11 p. E.
• 7. N E. Close fog, rain 10 m. showr 1 p. 5 p. N. Indispos.
• 8. W. rain m. fog, warm, R. 3 p. and wetting 9 p. 11 p.
• 9. W. Rain 6. m. foggy, clearing, p. m. Aches 11 p. Indispos.
• 10. Foggy, no frost, clearing, close. Aches 11 p. Nly.
• 11. N E. E. Fog, some rain m E. some wd. Aches vesp. & noct.
• 12. Dark fog, offer twice p. m. wd p. m. N E.
• 13. N E. Some wet ante L. clouds flying, Aches 10 p. cold, freez n.
• 14. N. Foggy die tot. wd p m. S W. cold frost, ice night.

1663. Dec. 9. ♐ 26.

• Nov. 29. Close.
• 30. Rain n. close day. W.
• Dec. 1. Misty m. close. E.
• 2. Mist, rain m. p. m. m p. ap 9 n. W.
• 3. Rain m. close d. high wind 9 n. S E.
• 4. Rain m. rain 9 n. 5 p. S E.
• 5. Rain hard 3 m. close a. m. wet a 2 p. high wind ad 7. N.
• 6. Fr. sleet a 6 m. 2 or 3 fleeces of sn. h. cool wd. N.
• 7. Sn. freezing die tot. sn. 10 m. N.
• 8. Frosty m. dropping 8 n. windy. S
• 9. Fog, close wd, s. moisture a. m. Sly.
• ...

• 10. Fog, cl ose, moistning damp. Wly,
• 11. Fog, close, dampning. windy. Wly.
• 12. Fog, close, moistning, wdy, cold. S E.

1675. Dec. 12. ♑ o.

• 3. S W. Fog, fair, close m. p. S W.
• 4. Dark mist, close, wind. S. S W.
• 5. Fog, dry, Hysterical fits, Aches. W.
• 6. Mist, frost, close m. p. wd, some rain 7 p. H. wd, W. Aches 9 p.
• 7. Close, dark, warm. Wly vesp. Aches 9 p. High wind 10 p.
• 8. Stormy wds 4 m. rain 7 m. H. wd, open. S W.
• 9. Fog, cloudy m. p. offer 10 n. wd. N.
• 10. Rain a. l. so 2 p. 8 p. H. wd n. Children complain.
• 11. Rain a. l. windy, warm, R. 2 p. Lightning vesp. S W.
• 12. Dash of rain, fair, mist, windy. W.
• 13. Much rain 5 m. dark, windy, rain 2 p. h. wind at n. Boys sicken. S E.
• 14. Rain midn. & 2 m. 7 m. high wd, very warm, tem∣pestuous n. dash 8 p. 10 p. S W.
• 15. Close, wet p. m. Aches 10 p. S W. high wind n.
• 16. Very warm, dark winds m. Powring rain 11 m. Aches. S W.

1653. Jan. 4. ♑. 24.

• 26. Mystyish n. misle. N W.
• 27. Misle m. some frost at n.
• 28. Fair, s. wind. S W.
• 29. Rain l. freez and mist at night.
• 30. Fr. mist, cloudy, windy at night.
• 31. Clouds, high wd. S W.
• Jan. 1. Mild, fair, windy. S W.
• 2. Rain-like, s. wds, s. clea∣ring. S W.
• 3. Wind and rain p. m. somet. freez. S W.
• 4. Fr. clear, s. wind; windy; wet n. S W.
• 5. H. wind, cold rain, s. freez.
• 6. H. wind rain, so Sun occ. S.
• 7. H. wind, s. snow. sleet. S W.

1665. Jan. 8. ♑. 29.

• Dec. 31. Frosty, windy, offe∣ring. Nly.
• 1. Freez m. open and warm, Comet seen. W. N.
• 2. Frosty, windy, Comet seen clear. N E. Nly.
• 3. Frosty, windy noct. tot. snow∣ing a. m. N E.
• 4. Frosty, snow, cloudy, s. sn. 7 p. N E.
• 5. Vehement frost, freez pot by the Fire. Comet seen, and ice upon the Thames. Nly.
• 6. Vehement fr. Comet seen. Sly.
• 7. Vehement frost, Thames frozen, red clouds at n.
• 8. Frost, mist Sun so warm as to melt snow, freez and fog at n. S.
• 9. Frost hard, mist. N. Ely.
• 10. Hard fr. mist, open, s. bl. clouds 4 p. S E.
• 11. Vehement frost. Thames even frozen. fair. S E.
• 12. Hard frost, giving p. m. freez at n. but cloudy. N E.

1677. Jan. 13. ♓. ••••.

• 4. H. wd, dash of rain 3 p. warm n.
• 5. W. Windy, somet, overc. warm. S W.
• 6. W. Rain 10 m. & p. m. 8. vesp. N. mind 11 p. W.
• 7. Tempestuous noct. tot. prac. H. wind, rain. W. Gout extreme.
• 8. W. Rain circ. 3 m. & ante, Frost with ice, freez in shade, but cloudy, and fog at n. Gout extreme.
• 9. Cloudy, windy, drisle m. wind and rain 1 p. drisle 6 p. Gout. Two Meteors 9 p. S.
• 10. H. wind noct. praec. drisle drisle m. Tempestuous die tot. Meteors 3. near ♌ ♍.
• 11. W. Clear, cloudy, R. 11 m. 2 p. apace 8 p. Gout.
• 12. Harmful tempest noct. tot. s. rain 3 p. 6 p. 8 p. W.
• 13. W. Fr. very high wind, storm, hail 2 p. 4 p. Rain 8 p.
• 14. H. wind, fog, open, Gout. W.
• 15. W. Cloudy. rain a. l. s. rain vesp. and H. wind 7 p. Gout, Aches. S W.
• 16. W. noct. frost, fair, dry W.
• 17. W. Very hard white fr. and fog m. so at o. with Rain, so 7 p. Nly. Indisp.

1654. Feb. 7. ♒. 29.

• Jan. 29. Fair, some wind. S W.
• 30. Clear, mistyish, sleet. S V V.
• 31. s. clouds.
• Feb. 1. H. wind W. s. freez, windy n. s. l. wet. N.
• 2. Bl. frost, high wind, very cold, some snow.
• 3. Black fr. snow-like, freez hard.
• 4. Fr. bustling cold winds. N.
• 5. Fr. some snow ante l. N.
• 6. Fr. cloudy, rain-like, thaw. N.
• 7. Showrs, so at n.
• 8. Some rain, dropping at n. S.
• 9. Dropping at n. freez h. N E. No wind.
• 10. Fair, cold, freez, h. at n. S.

1666. Feb. 13. ♓ 4.

• Feb. 3. Fr. clear, bright Sum¦mers day o. snow m. p. p m. & n. W.
• 4. Hard fr. ice, clear d. & o∣pen m. bl. Skie, very cold, freezing at n. Sly.
• 5. Cloudy m. before Sun rise.
• 6. Very cold, Sun shine, open, fine Summers day, R. 6 m.
• 7. Mist, cold, overcast, scarce any Sun shine, misting at p. m. & m. p. S W.
• 8. Some moisture 5 m. S W.
• 9. Cold, cloudy, open 10 m. cloudy p. m. sharp wind, clear n. Wly.
• 10. Overcast m. cloudy, open, N. p. s. clouding.
• 11. Thick fog till 11 m. over∣cast at m. s. drisling by fits. S W. Sly.
• 12. Thick fog, misling m. sharp wd, lowring die tot.
• 13. Thick fog, mist m. clou∣dy, overcast, coldish. N E.
• 14. Fog, clear, Sun shine o. Summers day. The Sick∣ness increased this Week. S E.
• 15. Mist. m. cloudy, open at o. clear, fine and pleasant day. Nly.
• 16. Fair a. l. mist, frost, fair overcast n. Nly.

1678. Feb. 18 ♓ 10.

• 8. Pleasant a. m. wdy o. cldy m. p. W. Rain 1 p. 11 p.
• 9. Rain 1 m. cloudy m. p. drisle 8 p. W.
• 10. Cloudy, misty, drop or 2. W. Aches, indispos.
• 11. Mist m. open, Summers day. W.
• 12. Fog, cloudy, N E. a. m. Wly p. m. then N W. ho. Meteor 6 p. prope ♄ & cor ♌. ho 9. prope ♀ & Sirium. Aches 5 p.
• 13. Fog, some wetting 7 m. temperate, Aches 11 p. N.
• 14. Mist, cloudy, fr. m. coldish. ☿ ☽ 6 p. a. fine sight. N W. Great Meteors circ. 8 p.
• 15. Mist, Aches, close, windy even. W.
• 16. Mist m. cloudy, wind N. at n. W.
• 17. Mist Aches 8 m. Wly. close p. m. mist 5 p. N. Aches.
• 18. Fr. mist, clear above, col∣dish, Aches. E.
• Two Meteors ho. 8. one by ♀ the other juxta Sirium.
• 19. Some frost. mist, fair a∣bove, overcast p. m. dew∣ing 1 p. Sly.
• 20. H. wind, s. drops o. rain p. m. m. p. S.
• 21. Rain m. & o. high wd, R. 7 p. 11 p. S.
• 22. Wind, cloudy m. p. S W.

1655. March. 17. ♈ 6.

• 8. Sad soking rain. S W.
• 9. Strangely clouding, s. l. R. S W. Clouds as in hail.
• 10. Dewing ante Sun ort. hail 7 m. very cold. N E.
• 11. Frost, close, misty m. stor∣my R. Hail. S W. S E.
• 12. Sad soking day, cleer n.
• 13. Frost m. wind rise 10 m. clouds low. N E.
• 13. Rainy m. & p. m. by fits, clear n. S W.
• 15. Bright m. wind rise, cold, a drop. S W.
• 16. Fair m. clouds ride con∣trary, dry, wholsome, cool. S W.
• 17. Close, warm, s. moisture at n. S W.
• 18. Close and cold m. warm & close d. S W.
• 19. Close, wind, cloudy, dry.
• 20. Some wet 3 m. close and dry, somet, open.
• 21. Fr. bright, cold wd. N E.

1667. March 22. ♈ 11.

• 13. Frosty, offering snow some what open, calm. E.
• 14. Fr. gusts of wind, mist & Winterly Weather. freez n. S E.
• 15. Frosty and sn. a. l. thaw, misty thick air. S S E.
• 16. Close, thaw, rain a. m. m. p. calm, Thames much ice. though Sun in Equinox.
• 17. Fog, midn. close, misty, warmish. Sly.
• 18. Fr. ice, fair welcome day. Ely.
• 19. s. frost, Sun clap in, close, offering at n. Wly.
• 20. Grass fr. fair and welcom day, fine Gales, Halo at n. N W.
• 21. H. wd, wetting. Wly.
• 22. H. wind noct. tot. s. the wet a. l. W. N W.
• 23. s. Rain, close mist, wet∣ting, calm. Nly.
• 24. Fair, mild, pleasant day, freez at n. N W.
• 25. Fr. fair a. m. blew clouds and sh. p. m.
• 26. Fr. ice, very cold wind; Hail o. 7 p. H. cold wind at n. Nly.

1679. March 27. ♈ 16.

• 17. Gr. fog, bright broad cl. o. cold n, and day. S E.
• 18. No fog, cold wind, wet∣ting m. p. S.
• 19. Great fog, rain 5 m. drisle S E. sharp wind and cold n. rain 4 p. Nly.
• 20. s. rain ante 7 m. N.
• 21. s. fog, Rain ab ho. 5. med. vesp. usque ad 7 med. fair 〈◊〉〈◊〉 m. R. 6 p. Iris.
• 22. Clear Wly. Rain ab ho. 6. ad 8 p. S.
• 23. H. wind, no fog, R. circa ho. nocte.
• 24. R. ho. 3 m. clear, no fog. N W.
• 25. No fog, cloudy, s. snow ante 5 m. cold, sharp, win∣dy. N E.
• 26. s. fog, frost, cold, sharp wind. E.
• 27. Fr. great fog, cloudy. Sly. warm day.
• 28. Some fog, frost. S.
• 20. Gr. fog, freez, clear above, very cold. E.
• 30. Gr. fog, clear above. S.
• 31. Rain ho. 3 m. cold, m. warm p. m. S.

Aestival Part. 1656. April 22. ♉ 12.

• 13. Rain 7 m. 2 p. Hail p. m. in some places. Rain Sun ort. S W.
• 14. Wind and hard rain all n. s. coasting showrs. Floud never so high.
• 15. Overcast 9 m. Halo Sun 9 m. cold. E. vesp. W.
• 16. Rain ante L. cloudy. Wly.
• 17. Close, foggy ante Sun ort. warm, coasting showrs o. S W. E.
• 18. Red m. warm rain p. m. gusts. W.
• 19. Cool and flying clouds, warm. W.
• 20. Red m. warm, gentle drops 2 p. S W.
• 21. Closing, very hot, blew mist, heat, drops Sun occ. S W.
• 22. Sun morn. hot, wd, showr 5 m. 10 m. H. wind p. m. Red cl. fr. West to Mid-Heaven.
• 23. Blew mist, high wind noct. N E.
• 24. Cool m. soultry. A cloud raised by the very heat.
• 25. Bright m. soultry, Frogs croke.
• 26. Red m. lowring s. places, misty clouds.

1668. April 28. ♉ 18.

• 25. Fair white cl. warm, s. gales. S W.
• 26. Mist in prospect, windy, l. showr 2 p. Wly.
• 27. VVindy m. s. showring a. m. s. dropping p. m. V V.
• 28. Cool, drisle 8 m. &c. mist, a drop at n. N V V.
• 29. VVet m. s. wetting p. m.
• 30. Fr. m. very cold a. m. N. Hail, clouds p. m. cold fair p. m. N E.

1680. May 3. ♉ 23.

• April 24. E. Mist, clear, some overcast vesp.
• 25. Much dew, audible wd, warm. E.
• 26. E. Very hot n. by all con∣fession; warm day, cold wd, Aches 11 p. E.
• 27. Clear above, fog below, very warm sickly. Passing Bells 5 p. E.
• 28. Clear above, small wind, soultry. E.
• ...

• 29. E. Some thin cl. hot, brisk wind. S E.
• 30. S E. Mist, very high wd, somewhat cooler. E.
• May 1. E. Close, cool wind, mist, suspic. Sun ort. clds contrary Sun occ.
• 2. E. open, cool, brisk wind, Country wish rain. Cater∣pillars begin to appear.
• 3. Hail, Thund. Ground-mist, not a Cloud in the Sky, sus∣pic. overc. Sun occ.
• 4. Rain a. l. &c. E. close, cool wd, dewing 8 m. E.
• 5. E. Fog, clearing 7 m. war∣mer, close die tot.
• 6. E. Fog, close, dark p. m. showr with Thunder-claps Three, 6 p. ♂ or. dash 10 p. &c. ♄ occ. ☽ or. ♀ in Nadir.
• 7. N E. Fog, s. wind; drisle m. & o. dash 6 p. rain ante 11 p. &c.

1657. May 13. ♊ 18.

• 20. Cool wind, misle Sun occ. wind at n. N W.
• 21. Fair, high wind, threatn. o. cold even. N W.
• 22. Cloudy m. p. cool. N W.
• 23. Close m. p. N W.
• 24. H. wind, coasting showr 5 p. Sun occ. hot, calm a Sun occ.
• 25. Cool wind, somet, overc. Bees swarm, and return a∣gain.
• 26. Mist Sun or. dry, very hot S E.
• 27. Close m. s. showr, hem∣pen clouds Sun occ. S E.
• 28. Red m. hot, blew mist, N.
• 29. Red m. wind. s. drops 3 p. 6 p. S W.
• 30. Lowring m. p. s. drops Sun occ. Showring Oxford, and with us 10 p. colds.
• 31. Showring, fine rain 11 m. coasting showr Sun occ. & 10 p. N W.
• June 1. Cool m. clear, white, overc. N W.
• 2. s. wd, s. drops, (rain a n. N E.) S W.
• 3. Cool, s. gales, s. wet near London p. m. S E.

1669. June 4. ♊ 23.

• May 25. Close, not cold, calm; fog at n. Wly a droper Two.
• 26. Fine rain Sun or 3 p. Sun occ. VVly.
• 27. Often showring Moon or. &c. Sun occ. and after R. bow.
• 28. Temperate, showr o. 4 p. bright. Nly.
• 29. Some overcast m. heat p. m. bright n. Sly.
• 30. Close, showring 6 p. A∣ches. Sly.
• 31. Temp. calm.
• June 1. Calm. open, blew mist. Heat 11 p. Sly.
• 3. Fog m. Ely. warm, fair. S W.
• 4. Fair, warm, overcast at n. Wly.
• 5. Fair, windy. Nly.
• 6. Suspicious m. calm, cool in shade. S W.
• 7. Windy, rainy 9 〈◊〉〈◊〉 p. m. and at n. chill.
• 8. Fair, flying clouds, wd.

1681. June 8. ♊ 27.

• 28. Heat, clouds promise a. m. clear up p. m. W.
• 29. Heat, strip'd cl. W.
• 30. Heat, s. white cl. little Stars; H. cool wind. Small Pox rife.
• 31. Very high wind, clear p. m. cold 10 p. W.
• June 1. Mist, fair, dry. E. but W. vesp. W.
• 2. Fair a. m. strip'd cl. s. gen∣tle rain 8 p. W.
• 3. Heat, mist, fair E. white p. W. pregnant clouds, wdy. W.
• 4. Fair, windy m. strip't cl. s. offer at n. W.
• 5. Fair m. windy d. lowering and stormy wds 6 p. a. l. soud. W. S W.
• 6. Fair m. hard fr. cloudy o. s. drisle. smart showr 6 p.
• 7. Bright m. clouding 8 m. cold n. W.
• 8. Close, some offer 1 p. open p. m. N W.
• 9. Cloudy, windy. N W.
• 10. Cold m. open p. m. some wd.
• 11. Cold m. fair. Nly. wind various.
• 12. Close, gusty.

1658. July 5. ♋ 22.

• 25. June. Clouds ride con∣trary, clear m. p. S W.
• 66. Fair, blew mist, Thund. heard 6 p. N E.
• 27. Fair, blew mist, showring 7 p. S E.
• 28. Warm, drop a. m. showrs o.
• 29. Bright m. threatn. o. heat, clear. N W. Sun occ. blush East.
• 30. Mistying cl. hot, Thund. 10 m. dr, winds, blushing cl. Sun occ. S W.
• 1. Jul. Cool and high wind die tot. little showr 9 m. showr 1 p. S W.
• 2. Showr o. gentle gales, Ground-mist. S W.
• 3. Close m. cold day. S W.
• 4. Very hot, fair. S W.
• 5. Fair, hot, showr 6 p. Hea∣vens red. N.
• 6. Fog ante Sun ort. fair, H. wind. W.
• 7. Open, dry, cool. W.
• 8. Misle 5 m. H. wind and cool, hempen cl. red cl. Sun occ.
• 9. VVindy, rainy 9 m. open. S V V.

1670. July 9. ♋ 26.

• June 29. Gusts of w. close m. p. s. drisle, Nly. close at n.
• 30. Open, pregnant clouds. cloudy at n. Nly.
• July 1. Warm, open, close at n. Nly.
• 2. Warm, close m. p. close at night. Nly.
• 3. Warmer, showring 10 m. and coasting 2 p. s. wind. Nly.
• 4. Fog m. fair, warm. N E.
• 5. Hot, fair, some mist at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ely.
• 6. Hot, s. lowring o. dry, au∣dible gales 8 p. Meteors. N E.
• 7. Hot d. windy, calm p. m. Nly.
• 1. Cool wind. Sly. mist at n.
• 9. Fog till 8 m. hot. Fog at n. W.
• 10. Glass sinks, bright, hot, some Gales. Sly.
• 11. Hot n. open, fog 7 m. soultry air. Wly. red clouds in N E. and South.
• 12. Showring 3 p. and mi∣sling before. W.
• 13. Wetting 5 m. showring p. m. Meteor at 3 ✶ in ♑. puffs of wd.

1682. July 15. ♌ 2.

• July 4. H. wd, some rain, wel∣com Harvest d. the rest. N W.
• 5. s. gusts, somet, suspic. open p. m. hempen cl. at n. W.
• ...

• 6. Misty m. hempen cl curious harvest, Lightning 10 p in the West, terrible in M. C. hot n.
• 7. L. Thunder and Rain ante 3 m. s. gusts, showr circ. o drisle in S W. 8 p. W.
• 8. Angry clouds in m. places but scarce any wet. W. E.
• 9. Great fog, early; clouds contrary 9 m. dry p. m. W.
• 10. Great fog, some showr ante 4 p. hot even. W. S.
• 11. Misty, showr early ♂ rise; close, yet hot. S.
• 12. Fair, hot, overc. vesp. S.
• 13. Fair, white cl. soultry p. m.
• 14. Fog, fair, soultry, brisk wind. N E.
• 15. Hot n. Thunder and some rain ante 3 m. circa ♂ occ. brisk cool wind. W.
• 16. Cloudy a. m. and wind, showr o. & 1 p. winds bris∣ker p. m. Heaven overcast at n. Except 4 yards space fr. W. to N E.
• 17. s. rain 9 m. 10 m. 2 p. 5 p. 6 p. 11 p. wind brisk, S W.
• 18. H. wind and showr 7 m. drop 8 m. 1 p. very cool and temperate.
• 6. Harm done in Surrey.
• 11. Anjon. Dreadful Hurricane turned a Rock and several Villages Topside turvy. Loyal Mercury, N. 16.

1659. Aug. 7. ♌ 23.

• July 28. Coasting showr. XII. Meteors. N W.
• 29. Cool wind, showr 2 p. Meteors. N W.
• 30. Warm, some rain 1 p. N W.
• 31. R. ante l. ad o. temp estu∣ous vesp. S W. S E.
• Aug. 1. Tempest of wind noct. tot. wetting a. m. N W.
• 2. Frost, windy, fair. N W.
• 3. Frost m. set to R. 1 p. S W.
• 4. Frost. windy, warm, Me∣teors at n. S V V.
• 5. H. wind, some rain 5 p. Tempestuous wd at night. S V V.
• 6. Blustering and some rain a. l. clearing p. m.
• 7. Fair, drisling, showrs o. & 5 p. windy; wetting ves. S V V.
• 8. Fr. R. o and in s. places 5 p. clear m. p. hot.
• 9. Fair, blew mist, wetting 9 p.
• 10. Much wet a. l. S E.

1671. Aug. 11. ♌ 28.

• 2. Cloudy, cool, gentle wds
• 3. Flying clouds, yet fair.
• 4. cloudy, hot air.
• 5. Very windy, rainy.
• 6. Cloudy, windy, threatn R.
• 7. Rainy, cloudy, windy
• 8. VVarm, misty, floating cl. R. 10 m. & p. m. drops 6 p. R. seriously 9 p. 10 p. S W.
• 9. Coasting showr o. and wd. Thunder showr 3 p. showr 5 p. 7 p.
• 10. Coasting sh. 11 m. 3 p. S V V.
• 11. 3 p. overcast 8 m. R. o. 5 p. 7 p. Gusts of wind, said Harvest. S V V.
• 12. High wind a. l. and much R. Tempest circa merid. with R. Dash 5 p. great rain 9 p.
• 13. Showr 1 p. fair the rest.
• 14. Fr. fair, fog m. hot p. m. Clouds in Stories o. dry, warm n. Wly.

1660. Sept. 6. ♍ 24.

• Aug. 27. Very hot and fair.
• 28. Dry, cooler.
• 29. Fr. m. fair.
• 30. Frost m. fair.
• 31. Fr. m. fair.
• Sept. 1. Fair, R. at n.
• 2. Fair, fr. at n.
• 3. Fair, very cold.
• 4. Soultry, drisle, rain.
• 5. Drisle, hot, fair p. m.
• 6. Frosty m. fine d.
• 7. Dry.
• 8, 9. Fair.
• 10. Hot, s. drisle, showrs.

1672. Sept. 10. ♍ 28.

• 1. H. wind, open, s. rain 2 p. dash 6 p. at London. VVly.
• 2. H. wind, fair m. p. coasting sh. at North, lowring at London 3 p. S V V
• 3. Suspicious a. l. and a. m. very cold. Aches. VVly. S V V.
• 4. Cold m. fair, overc. o. showr 2 p. 6 p. Wly.
• 5. Cold m. flying clds. drisle and wetting o. 2 p. rough wind. S V V.
• 6. Drisle, wetting 2 p. very warm n. S V V.
• 7. Close, very high wind o. R. 3 p. 6 p. S V V.
• 8. Sh. 2 p. wd and R. 4 p. S W.
• 9. Bright m. m. p. showr in prospect, coasting 2 p. S W.
• 10. Fr. bright m. suspicious.
• 11. Dark and wet a. m. open Rain 4 p. Sly. Sly. Meteor near ursa minor.
• 12. Frost m. bright, clouds in stories. VVly.
• 13. Showr 2 p. 5 p. S V V.
• 14. Mist, cold m. bright fair d. overc. m. p. p. m. s. coasting drops. S V V.

§ 19. From this Diary it appears that Jove, notwithstanding some Cold here and there peeping, is a down-right warm Star in Summer, yea and in Winter, so far, that according to his Description in Maginus, especially at Platic Distance; to name no more, he rebates and remits the Cold of the Season, and that according to his Nature. This you may discern by ca∣sting your Eye upon Dec. A^o 1663. 1675. with Jan, 1653. 1676. Feb. 1654. 1678. &c. comparing the Warm Air with the Cold, the Wet with the Dry, &c. 'Tis true, Jan. 1665. is an exception, but beside, the Evidence already offer'd, the Reader may discern in some of the Months above-said, a just Summer Air express in Jan. and Febr.

§ 20. Mars hath the name for a violent Planet, but I do not find that ♃ is always free from violence in any Month in the year, especially in the ☍, as Octob. 7, 8. A^o 1667. Nov. 5, 7. A^o 1656. Nov. 12. 13, 14, 15. 1668.

Dec. 13. 1657. Jan. 21, 22. 1659. Jan. 16, 17. 22. 1671. Feb. 9, 21. 22. 23, 24. 1660. March 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26. 1661. March 17, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31. 1678. Dec. 25. 1681. March 4. 1684. Not only for Wind and Wet, but as we said from Pliny and the Antients, Hail, Lightning, Thunder; Winter-Thunder in some special Signs, which Signs by the Virtue of some judggling words, and the Powder of an Opposition, make such Coruscations and Tempest in the Air, in Nov. Dec. &c. A Diametral Ray metes the Circle of the Heavens, and unites Car∣dinal Points, brings Midsummer at Christmas, and makes January tast of the Praesepe, and February of the Lyon. In our Diary for the ☌ you may see the like violence, if not in Winter; See I say there, and believe me in the other.

§ 21. And here I believe it will appear, that Jove's Lightning is also more minacious, doth more terrible Execution than usual, not out of the strange Pyrotechny of the Planets Constitution, but, (as in case of ♂ and ☿ Stationary) from the Excess or Disproportion of the Emanation, which makes the Scale fly up beyond all comparison.

§ 22. So much in the 1. place for the Warmth, now we have leave to speak to the Frigid Planet. Yes surely, if he inclines to the North-Wind if he inclines to fair Weather, if he inclines to Fog, if to Dryth, and abating of Moisture, a Misle, a coasting Showr, if he brings as many Frosts as ♄, he must be allowed amongst those who justly admit of more Frigid Stars than one. Now that he furthers as many Frosts, must be evidenced by comparing him with ♄, in hard times, and Winter Seasons, which will be done in due place; and some of these Products are apparent from the Table, viz. that of Fog and contracted Moisture, yea some Frost too, and Cold Winds are found far and near. For the Sums lye thus, Mist yields 55. Fog 49. in toto 114. Frost 86. Not to say that ☍ □ △ are all consonant, true to these Stiles notably and frequently.

§ 23. But now—after all Curiosity and minute Search possible, I find at last that All this is, I may say, even Accidental to our Planet, i. e. falling out in case of some Desertion, Hiatus, Co-arctation of Him, or the Rest, or Both to a narrower limit. True it is, that it doth Rain in one place and not in another; that a Showr coasts the Country, and singles out, as we said, the Ground in which it will shed its Influence, but then ♃, for in∣stance, a Star Potent enough at Liberty, when restrained or forsaken, can do no more, than he can do, can reach no further than a Topical Showr. The Planets bode a Showr many times, when they give warning also, that it shall be Topical, confined to a Parish, to an Hundred, to a Wapentale, yea to one side of an House, and not another: On the same account we make the World believe we can tell when a Meteor will Flare, and describe an Arch like a Flaming Arrow in the Air, and when it will strike out of a sudden, as an Arrow, when near the Ground upon Sight, fixes; the same is our reason for Hail, we see some Watry Meteors will be pro∣duced, and yet we see not vigour enough to secure their freezing.

§ 24. When I thus argued therefore, Jove produceth Fog, but Fog is a Dew with some degree of Congelation, to make it visible, ergo, Jove is Cold. I consider the Dew and the Congelation are 2 things, the one may proceed from the Stars, and the others from the Nitrous Atome, which is ready to break in, (being kept out by main Force) on all occasions, where the Planetary Watch doth not disturb it, as in all Warm Weather it doth; the Planets do not emit this Atome, but at present they are not in the Capacity to Expatiate and hinder its Intrusion.

§ 25. For, have we not made out how all ☌ s do tend to Cold? And doth This not hold in ♃, which holds in others, ♂ it self? And is not

there the same reason in the ☍ as in ☌, for when in ☍ they are confined to a Diameter Line, they may warm one the other, but they cool the Air and us; then how much more may the rest of the Aspects contribute to a Comparative Cold? Is there never a Lunar □ or △ will contribute to Snow? Verily ♃ is commonly more Warmer, and Violent at distance, than neer the Partile; when ♄, we observed, was cooler at distance, as you may remember: A Sign that ♄ is more frigid than ♃, by reason of his greater remove, which ♃ cannot pretend to. But neither is ♄ it self cool upon any other consideration, than his Remove, and want of Consent of the rest: nor doth he affect us with any sensible Frigidity; but in case of non-assistance of his Fellows, as may easily be proved. So then ♃ is a Frigid Planet, much after the same manner as ♄ is, which the Antients, it may be, should have observed; whencesoever it falls out, they did not give us such Aim: perhaps they considered the Partile Aspect only, the Triduum, or thereabouts, and so defin'd him a Temper suiting him to his Position between the two Planets, where the one was most Remote, the other next to the Fountain of Heat. Here it may be objected, that this is to make ♂ as cold as ♃, and so put no difference in case of Desertion or Destitution, and so All is lost. I answer, where is ♂ in Cold Weather? Where are all the Planets in Frost and Icy Constitutions? Mars, Venus, Mercury, are they a sleep? or a cold? as we say. Where is Sun it self, when the Snow melts not under his Gleam. We know that the Planets simply consider'd may come short of such an Effect in this and that Clime; but we speak of Aspects, Synods, and Schematismes, for advantage of Influence Caelestial, and observe, that even they want their Vigour when they want their Friends about them, Martial Aspect not excepted. Yet still the dif∣ference is preserved of Planetary Influence, as Astrology teacheth, in that a Martial Configuration happens to be more rarely so deserted, as to go away without Testimony: a manifest Argument of the true settlement of the Planet's Natures, as every one who will take the pains to confute Pretenders, shall find. One Difficulty I have not started, and that is this, supposing the Truth of the Premises, how Jove, though more remote than Mars, should not be as warm, or warmer than he, because of his Greater apparent Diameter, and if he be either Equal or Superiour in Warmth, how he can represent more cold Weather than ♂? The answer I confess I must ponder upon it, for it is a new raised Quaere, and must be bid to come another time; in the mean while 'tis apparent that I oblige my self to dissemble no difficulty.

§ 26. Here I take notice of that of the Antients, how our Planet is the Parent of North-Winds, which in our Diary we find not: If I find Fog, I find the East-Wind, and if I find Wet, I find the West, or South-Wind. The Diary, though not exact, brings enough to shew where the Presumpti∣on lies. In a Mist, 'tis I confess, commonly East: in a Dry or fair Sea∣son, For the Quota for S. and S W. is 112. the East gave 36. North 43. West 62. South 35. There the South carries it. South 13. S W. 16 S E. 6. North 8. N W. 4. N E. 3. W. 11. East 8. We shall see further, but I fear North-Wind seldom appears but where there is an Interruption of Vacant Sign in the order of the Planets. The like I say for Serenity, and so in truth Serenity belongs not to any Aspect Primarily of a ☌, or ☍, I mean, but to absence of some Party concerned in the contrary. This is a Novel Assertion, and no small Paradox, to dare to question that Jove is a Parent (per se, I mean) of the North-Wind, or fair Weather; though ♃ ♀ are better disposed to Serenity than any other Pair, yet the Rule which I advance being so general, will take place rather, when we shall

find both Wind and Weather abroad in the Air, where neither Jove nor his Aspects can put in.

§ 27. It will be said, is it then only so, that ♃ is Cold upon the recess of Planets from such and such a Station? I answer, no otherwise, let us prove it by a little Induction from our own Tables precedent, on whose Evidence we build, Sept. 29. A^o 1661. after a sad Rain and South-West Wind. We find a Cold Night, a Northerly Wind, and next day, Sept. 30. a cold Morning with Frost; the Sun hath applyed nearer to Jove grad. 1. but the Moon hath made a wider Hyatus, and approached the Opposition of Saturn, There's our first Singular. The next Instance is large, A^o 1673. where Five or Six days are concerned, Oct. 2. ad 5. again, Oct. 7, 8, 9. This Frost we must know began on Sept. 30. and there the Frost seems, to owe it self to the Application to Jupiter for that day, but the grand Reason which holds for all those days concerned, is the crouding of 5 of the Pla∣nets into one Sign, and the Dis-ingagement of the Moon from their Com∣pany: the other consideration, I say, of approach to ♃ held but for its Day, and no more. Take a Third Instance, A^o 1662. Nov. 1. There we meet with Frosty Morning; the Cause is not only the contracted space be∣tween ☉ and ♃, though That helps, but the crouding of 3 together in so little a space. Take one more in Dec. 6, 7, 8. A^o 1663. where we find Frost and Snow. We find also 4 Planets in a Sign, ♄ ♃ ♀ ☿ crouding together within two degrees one of the other, and the Moon Stragling on her way, not only parted from the Company, but forgotten them too, only when it lights on the Common ☍ to all IV. it made the Snow also.

§ 28. But doth the case stand thus with Saturn also? Even the same, allow∣ing for his distance: Recur, if you please, to the Table of Sol and Saturn, and the First frost there mentioned, Sept. 19. A^o 1657. holds 4 Mornings together. I boldly say, 'tis not the Conjunction of Sol and Saturn alone produceth that Frost, but Primarily and Fundamentally the near approach of 4 Planets into one Sign, as before. 2. The Propinquity of our Con∣junction. 3. The Dis-ingagement of Jove from the four, and the Lunar Application to Jove so dis-inagaged, and with some other Considerables, &c. And though this may be only lucky, that the First Instance should fall right, take a 2d Octob. 3. & 9, 10, 11. A^o 1658. the Frost of the 3d. day happeneth not only from the Indistance of Sol and Saturn, but also from the Dis-ingagement of the Moon from the 3 Planets in Libra, and posses∣sing less space than it did before. We could add the approches of Mars to Sol and Saturn, which must be no wonder to any that believes what we have endeavour'd to make out, and is consonant to this great Principle, that all Conjunctions as Such, not nakedly consider'd, for their parts fa∣vour cool Air. Yea, but an ☍ ☉ ♃, saith the Objection, creates a Frost, whatever the ☉ doth; and this is the difference between an Aspect of Sol and ♂, Sol and ♃, the former is capable of a Frost, the other loves it, witness Nov. 1656. 1657. 1668. and Dec. 1669. more notably. Thus when time was, I argued with my self. I answer, the Jovial Opposition is cooler than the Conjunction, and that according to Premises, and the same Opposition again is a greater Cooler than that of Sol and ♂, from the dif∣ferent distance of their Orbs, and what more; but I fear we shall find, that this kindness the Aspect may have for a Cold State of Air, still supposes some Prior Fundamental Position of Heaven, which declares for that cool State: but if the Planets run in a huddle into a narrow confine, it is manifest there must be Conjunctions in Fieri. In like manner, as at such time, if the other Hemisphere be occupyed by any Planet, there must be ☍ in either case; so it is not one single Aspect thereby creates a Frost, but the Alteration of a Major Part, some whereof meet, others fly off, so,

like unhappy Commanders in an Army, they consent not with the whole, to keep out the Enemy, by maintaining their Posts and Passes at such proportion of Distance, that they communicate one with the other, the Cold Constitu∣tion, like the Enemy, will come in at a Gap, unless there be some to dis∣pute it with him. We shall not trouble the Reader with a Diary for the ☍, for I reckon that discourse is so plain, it carryeth its Manifesto with it. All this while we make not Cold a meer Privation, but Positive being, not as pure Darkness, but as a Mist, &c. which will be sure to incroach where a sufficient Heat doth not dispel it.

§ 29. All this consists with my Fancy, that a Lucid Warm Body, which cannot master a Cold Constitution, may add some adventitious Strength to it, as we have often said, and attempted to illustrate by experiments; see § 14. when a Jove may be concerned, for though he carry Lightning in his Face, yet he is a Tame, Cold Glow-worm in his Retirements, as to our in∣feriour Regions; neither must we Imagine his Erradiation to be Idle. He may tickle the Cold Atome below, and help to Inflame upwards. So have we seen Comets appear in Frosty Winters.

§ 30. I wont stretch too far, and say that our Planet upon this account may agitate the Cold Atome more than Saturn, because of its nearer Situ∣ation, and as to sight, a greater Diameter: what difference then may be in Frosts, I smell not; some are pure, and have a suitable Pertinacy; others may be extreme for the while, and all of a sudden change the Scene into Storm and Tempest of Lightning, &c. Where I reckon, beside others, the Planet which had a share in the one, was concerned in the other, Strongly assisted at One time; a Natural State of Destitution in the Other. There is a Natural, and there is a Mongrel Frost. The like I may say of ♄.

§ 31. Whether Jove may have some Reluctancy to Moisture, I must needs say, I believe it, though I see for the most part this happeneth not but under a State of Destitution too, so it may be Impotence, which we call Resistance: but when I meet with sparing Moisture, with few Drops, a Misle, a Drisle, a Showr in Prospect, when the rest of the Heaven is Serene, a striped Cloud, an overcast Heaven that Frowns, but weeps not, a Mist, a Fog, and the like, a Drought as in the Diary, attending the As∣pect Jovial: I ken not what to say, but that he is a Slug as to Moisture, and must be roused and wekened; I fancy many times. For when he causeth a Fog, or a lowring Heaven, if Mars, say I, were in is place, he would produce a just Moisture, a Point elsewhere to be proved.

§ 32. Thus have I observed and meditated: the Reader perceives some difficulty depending, I cast about, what I could to discover the Temper of the Planet, after all I was aware the best way was to draw up my Diary different from the rest, comprising, viz. gr. 7. before the Partile Congress, and gr. 3. after; reckoning that a Planet is of Warmer Effect after the Con∣gress, than before, because according to our Principle, the cold Constitu∣tution observes the Planets in their contradicted Order, which contraction encreaseth upon the gradual approach to the Collegue; but after the pun∣ctual Congress, the enlargement increaseth by how much a greater Arch of Zodiac is entred upon. And so much for ☌ ☉ ♃.