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.

Claritas Septentrionalis.

§ 72. The Nocturnal Brightness, whether in the North or in the East, may deserve to be consider'd; which we have said cannot come from the ☉ alone, but from some new accessions of Light from those Bodies which are as moveable as Torch-Light, sometimes together, sometimes asunder: which though I am assured it springs from a Conflux of Celesti∣als so posited; yet I protest 'tis hard to find such an appearance without our Aspect of ♃ and ♂.—Days noted in Keplers Diary, are—

1625. August 28. September, 20 ♎ 5. ♃, ♈ 3. ♂.

1626. June 16. Claritas nocturna. ♏ o. ♃, ♉ 1. ♂.

1628. Dec. 10. ♑ 11. ♃, ♐ 14. ♂.

Dec. 16. ♐ 18. ♂, ♑ 12. ♃.

1629. Sept. 11. ♑ 27. ♃, ♋ 2. ♂. St.

Octob. 6. ♑ 28. ♃, ♋ 12. ♂. St.

Octob. 19. ♑ 28. ♃, ♋ 14. ♂.

In most of these days we find a Congress of three Planets or more. Kepler hath observed that the Clarity used to happen at a ☌ ☉ ☽, and though observing two, he was in a fair way for three, yet he did not de∣liver it to posterity. ♄ ☉ ♂ are 3. Aug. 28. S. V. 1625. Sept. 20. ☉ ♃ and ☽ are 3. 1626. Jan. 16. ☉ ♀ and ☽ are 3. ♀ and ☽'s Latitude being con∣sider'd, not far from one another, 1628. Dec. 10. ☉ ♃ ☿ are 3 too, never to be question'd; and one the 16th. the ☽ makes 4. 1629. Octob. 6. ☉ ♄ and ☽ are owned to be in ☌. Nor is the ☽ too far distant on the 10th. day. Some∣times we meet 4. engag'd in two, but more commonly 3. engag'd in one Triple ☌. In all these ♃ and ♂ are concern'd. We meet with one exception, and that is Febr. 25. S. V. 1645. if 2 gr. width can put them out of case. 'Tis not ♃'s Brightness only, no question, but the proportion also that he bears to the rest that are upon the Scene. This will be granted, I hope, that Planets in ♋ ♌ ♍ can easily dart up their Light above the Horizon on certain days and hours; and you shall find that this Clarity never comes to pass, but when 2 or 3. if not more, are posited in these Signs, or their Opposites: Yea, and the Months that are above specified do accord. Verily, as to ♃ ♂ I must own that Kepler has noted a Splendent Air in the day-time; a Spu∣rious Serenity, as in the Notes of—

• September 8. 1624.
• January 9. 1626.
• Jan. 18. 1626.

A Brightness of such consistency as bodeth Wet; this is certain, that the Nocturnal Clarity; among the Country People, is a sign of Rain; and he that pleases to look over the places quoted in Kepler, will find it so.