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Now, that I may perform the present Task by a more Commendable Example, I shall annex the whole Judgment of the Geniture to the Practick of Chiromancy, as I delivered the same almost two Years ago to a certain Saxon, a Friend of mine; He was Born in the Year of Christ 1561. Jan. 17. Hor. 13. Min. 35. Sec. 40. Afternoon; in the Latitude 54 degr. 45 Min.
HERE are Five Planets excellently well Plac'd in their own Prerogatives: [Saturn and Mer∣cury Received from Houses, and Locally in their own Triplicity: So Jupiter and Mars assume a just Power by their Reception of Houses: Venus also is in her Ex∣altation, and in the Angle of the Earth.] Lastly, the Moon is in her Triplicity: But she having not as yet obtained her due Light from the Sun, is here very Silent. Mercury and Saturn are notably united by a Trine. The Part of Fortune Rises with the Scor∣pions Heart. Venus and Jupiter are the Prime Rulers of the Geniture; Saturn and Mercury participating, &c.
1. A Long-Life is conjectured from the Horoscope, and the Luminaries being not impedite; although the Moon be opposite by the Quartile of Mars: Yet the Progress of the Horoscope is first to the Opposition of Saturn; whereof anon.
2. His Temperature excells by an Equal Mixture of Humours, because he receiveth his Ferment chiefly from the Perfusion of Jupiter and Venus; Saturn and Mercury besprinkling a Melancholy juice.
3. Hence the Force of Discerning and Representing (vulgarly cally the Phantasy) breatheth nothing but what is Moderate and Agreeable to Reason: For Ju∣piter maketh such as are Born under him, Honest, Just, Wise, and addicted to Quiet and Peaceable Counsels, doing always that which is Right and Honest both in Judging and Advising: Such also as are very desirous of Praise and Renown: Yet (in gaining the same) re∣cede not from their Natural Modesty and Temper, neither from good Arts, whereby Honour and true Glory are wont to be obtained.
But because Saturn and Mercury are both excel∣lently well placed (in respect of their Reception, and
Partile Trine) they also do largely bestow their vertues: They make the Native exceeding diligent in his Arts, and Affairs: So that in administring them, he useth singular Sedulity and Care; they cause him to search after secret things, and make it his study for to Pene∣trate hidden Mysteries, to find out the Causes of Na∣tural things; to understand the Civil Laws, and to unfold Mens Secrets: Generally, such Men as are addicted to all manner of Sciences. Venus the chief that participates in the Rule of the Geniture, occasions such Commotions of the Native as be Delightful, Merry, Pleasant; yet so, as that he studyeth Good Works, and Friendships, whereof he is most obser∣vant, and hereby becomes grateful to all Men: He abhors all filthy, but is taken with cleanly things, comely Gestures, decent Attires, Ornaments, and Ele∣gance.
4. Venus (therefore) and Jupiter do Promise great Felicity in Affairs both Civil and Ecclesiastical.
5. There are most evident Testimonies of an Ex∣cellent Ingenuity. (1.) Mercury in Aquarius doth of himself suscitate the strength thereof. (2.) Be∣sides, there is a Reception (from Houses) and a Par∣tile Trine betwixt Him and Saturn. (3.) Venus Angular, doth the like. (4.) Especially for that the Moon and the Dragons Head are together in the same Angle. (5.) Mercury and the Moon are Asyntheti [Pure and not vitiated:] yet both behold the Ho∣roscope; [she by a Platique Trine; he by a Partile Quadrature.
6. Jupiter Lord of the Second, Direct in Motion, and Received of Mars, plainly assures an abundance of Wealth. The Part of Fortune most excellently augments this signification, the same being posited in the Second, where he is disposed of, and Aspected by
Jupiter. These Riches take their Increase from Ser∣vices faithfully performed, from most Eminent Ho∣nours and Dignities, and they more abundantly in the third, or last Age.
7. Mercury Lord of the 10th. and having conve∣nient society with Saturn, presages Dignities not ob∣scure. We have spoken before concerning the Do∣minion of Jupiter and Venus; wherefore seeing they equally share the Rule of the Geniture, How can it be that they should not reward the Native with some or other most eminent Dignities?
8. Your Neighbours or Kindred shall sometimes occasion your Damage in Houshold Goods or Affairs; and you shall expend very much in Building.
9. Mars Lord of the 6th. ingendreth Hot Infir∣mities, yet they not so vehement, because of Jupi∣ter's Interposition. Moreover, Mars in Sagittary, causeth most commonly a gravel in the Joynts of the Feet: If he be found in that Sign, and in the Sixth, he inevitably brings the Gout, the pains whereof are not to be taken away, but by the Influence of Sagit∣tary, Pisces, &c. deduced from Heaven it self, &c. Some other Remedies also may do much, yet not any that are got by Common Artifice.
10. Your Death will be Natural by the means of some Chronical Infirmity, proceeding chiefly from Saturn, such as are Distillations upon the Jaws, the Breast, the Lungs, Spleen, &c. Howbeit, Old Age is a Disease, and an easie Passage unto Death it self.
11. The Sun and Moon disposing of the 9th. House, do discern Honourable Journeys: Mercury well po∣sited in the Third, occasioneth Journeys undertaken for the Cause of Honours and Dignities, and to Per∣sons most Honourable for Learning and Dignities Ci∣vil and Ecclesiastical.
12. Venus Lady of the 11th. concerneth a Mul∣titude of the best Friends: Yet Mars beholding Ve∣nus by a Quartile, shall stir up the Envy of some Per∣sons, sowing oftentimes Dissention, and inverting all goodness.
13. Venus shall give you Victory over your Enemies; whereof indeed there are but a few denounced, be∣cause she is Lady of the 7th. Angular, and in her Ex∣altation.
14. Your Marriage shall be Fortunate, as to an Affluence of Riches; yet herein beware of the Faith∣less Brawling, and Luxurious Quadrature of Mars. But this very much depends upon Mans Free-will; and Young Men oft-times find themselves at a loss, through their Ignorance and Rashness.
15. Scorpio Ascending, gives the Native an Ele∣gant Acuteness of Wit, Plenty of Discourse. It also often Instilleth Great vices, [Infidelity, Envy, Co∣vetousness, Ingratitude,] which Learning and Right Reason Exterminate.
16. Virgo Culminating is wont to Raise the Native to Magistracy: It confers a toleration of Great Au∣thority: It transfers many Benefits to others; from whom it returns not the like Favour.
17. Taurus in the West-Angle presents you with such Adversaries, as at length he will see oppressed by sundry kinds of Misfortunes: He there incites you to Love, Luxury, Delights, and Jeasting.
18. Pisces posited in the Fourth, indue the Mind of the Native with much Faith, Integrity, and Dex∣terity of Wit, whereby they gain great Authority in their Administrations: they delight to Walk and
Dwell near Rivers: But almost abhor uxorious Mat∣ters.
19. The Sun in the Third, presages Journeys in the Causes of Honours and Dignities: He brings a Mu∣tation of Places, and Honour in Forraign parts.
20. Mercury there, well posited, renders a Man most Learned in every Science: whereof I could pro∣duce innumerable Examples: Those shall invent many things by their own Ingenuity: They are Fortunate in Church-Matters, Writing, and Merchandize.
21. Venus most excellently well collocated in the Fourth, will give you Large Possessions, and Habi∣tations, chiefly in your Last Age: she declares the Period of your Life Honourable and Praise-worthy.
22. Mars in the First, and there not Infortunate, makes a Man Couragious, Rash, and somewhat An∣gry: sometimes he presageth Wounds in the Head and Face.
23. Jupiter in the 5th. doth sometimes confer the Great Rewards of Great Men: He makes a Man For∣tunate in Embassies.
24. Saturn thus excellently seated in the 8th. gives many Inheritances: He threatens death by Catharrs, A Cough, &c. and often-times by the Plague.
25. The Sun in the House of Saturn, makes the vital vertue more Robust, and as it were more Com∣pact, whence he gives a Longer Life than ordinary.
26. The Moon in the House of Jupiter, promotes all things that are good; yet being here Afflicted by
the Quartile of Mars, exciteth some strifes in Pos∣sessions; often reiterateth small Fevers.
27. Satu••n in the House of Mercury, gives a Pro∣found Wit, Occult Sciences.
28. Jupiter in the House of Mars indifferently well Affected, makes one Victorious.
29. The same is signified by Mars in the Mansion of Jupiter: Thus they both of them render the Na∣tive very gracious with Princes and Noblemen, and under them to have Authority.
30. Venus in the House of Jupiter, bestows many Benefits, either by the means of Women, or of some Ecclesiastical Preferments. She makes you Discr••et, Honest, Healthful: Sometimes she occasioneth strife, and falling out with your Neighbours, and some of your Friends, for that Venus is expos'd to the Qua∣drature of Mars.
31. Mercury in the House of Saturn, gives always a profound Wit, and a Man that is greedy of all Sciences.
32. The Lord of the Horoscope received of Jupi∣ter from Houses, plainly declares a Generous Mind.
33. The Lord of the Second in the Fifth, increa∣seth your Wealth through Rewards bestowed by Great Men.
34. The Lord of the Third in the Eighth, occu∣sioneth Journeys, either on the behalf of some that are Dead, or by reason of the Plague: He often de∣stroys Elder Brothers.
35. The Lord of the 4th. in the 5th. makes you Fortunate in Tillage, or Navigations.
36. The Lord of the 5th. in the 4th. brings Glad∣ness and Delight to you from things that be Immo∣vable, as the Building of goodly Houses, and the Tillage of sweet and pleasant Gardens. And here Venus undoubtedly confirms that Portent, because such things are contained under her Dominion.
37. Mars Lord of the 6th. in the First, excites many hot Infirmities, but this is qualified by the Re∣ception of Jupiter.
38. The Lord of the 7th. in the 4th. presageth strifes about the Father or Wives Inheritance, and this the rather, for that he is most cruelly Afflicted of Mars.
39. The Lord of the 8th. in the 3d. shews that the Native shall survive all his Brothers. He often designeth Death in a Foraign Countrey.
40. The Lord of the 9th. in the 3d. occasions Journeys for the Cause of Dignities.
41. The Lord of the 10th. in the 3d. and there excellently well Placed, makes the Native more Ho∣nourable than the rest of his Brethren.
42. The Lord of the 11th. in the 4th. denotes a second Fortune in Goods that be Immoveable, espe∣cially in Old Age.
43. The Lord of the 12th. in the 4th. Displeasures and Strifes for Possessions, and Church-Goods. These may be sufficient in General Judgments.
Now, if we will Consider the Principal Lines of the Hand, we shall every where find the same things signified, notwithstanding that we have curtailed the Decrees of the Significators. We told you (Expe∣rience her self bearing Witness) that the less Princi∣pal Lines are changed at a certain time, according to the Progressions of the Coelestial Places and Stars, who are Significators: Whereby it comes to pass, that we
may best judge of any thing from them, either when they appear de novo, or begin to wax clearer than they were before.
1. The Vital indeed is continued, but yet Marked with some Incisures, although but slender ones. Whence judge you some Diseases about the 14, 30, 40, &c. Year of your Age.
2. Venus is Fortunate in the Geniture; and there∣fore she hath thus Rased her Region with the accu∣stomed Furrows.
3. The Epatica decently drawn, and without Sections, argues a good Temperance of the Liver, Health of Body, and a Life that is long enough.
4. The Mensa full of Branches, shews an Increase of Riches.
5. The Mensa form'd by a sufficiently decent space, perspicuously bearing the Character of Jupiter under the Region of the Annular (or Ring-finger) is an ex∣cellent Argument of Honours, chiefly Ecclesiastical.
6. The Place of Jupiter beautified with a most clear little Line, the same. So likewise the Tubercu∣lum of the Sun, not undecently Furrowed.
7. The Moons Region presenting a clear Incisure, premonstrates Journeys.
8. The Dominion of Mercury is also most obvious, in that he excellently adorneth his Region, as also the First joynt of the Auricular, or Little-finger.
9. The Cephalica contributes to the Wit, in that it decently composeth the Triangle. Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury, do the like.
10. Saturn also hath some Portents, especially a Disease, in that he bears a Character under his Finger.
11. The Parallel Lines which run through the midst of the Hand, towards the Ferient, confirm the Arguments of Felicity.
12. The Saturnia produced even to the Epatica, declares uprightness of Judgment and Manners. The same Line having a Cross about the Restricta, argues a Peaceable, and most Honoured Old Age.
In the use of all Purgative Medicines, you must observe the Decurse of the Moon, in Scorpio, Aqua∣rius, and the third Decade of Pisces; although she be not joyned to Jupiter or Venus. For, the Conjunction of these Planets with the Moon, inhibits the vertue of the Purgative Medicine, in regard they affect the Body, and incline the Medicine to the nature of Nou∣rishment. In other Actions, [as in Buying of Houses, in Journeys, and the Commencement of Administra∣tions, &c.] Let the Moon be in Aries, Taurus, Can∣cer, Leo, Libra, or Aquarius, and Aspected by one or both of the Fortunate Planets. And as for the Day, let it be upon a Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
And now, lest this Geniture should have seemed De∣fective, I present it wholly as I composed the same, unto the studious in Astrology: Indeed chiefly for that it is not in the Number of the Vulgar sort, but dili∣gently enough composed.