four Trigons, or Triplicities, each denominated from the connatural Element; and so they are three Fierie, three Aë∣rie, three Waterie, and three Earthie. Nineteen years, and som odd daies and hours gon about, Saturn and Jupiter meet together in Signs of the same Triplicitie: 198 years gon about they meet in signs of several Triplicitie, but not altogether in complying: 794 years and 214 daies gon a∣bout they meet in Signs of contrarie Triplicitie. The first of these is called Conjunctio Minor; the second Media. This latter Magna, the great Conjunction, when Saturn joineth force with Jupiter in the fierie Trigon or Triplicitie, which though it happen in 794 years, and 214 daies, yet it useth to bee accounted by the Numerus rotundus of 800.
By these Conjunctions, Cardinal Aliac undertook to re∣form the whole State of Chronologie, and make infallible demonstration of the years of the World.
To bring this about, hee first of all supposed out of Al∣bumazar the figure of Heaven when the World began: That the Horoscope was in the seventh of Cancer, and that the Sun was in the 19 of Aries, the rest of the Planets accor∣••ingly assigned.
This taken for granted, hee brought himself to that first and great Conjunction, which falling out in the wateris Triplicitie, insinuated such an influence into the Inferior bodies, as brought upon the World that universal Deluge, as Aoniar, and Albumazar delivered out of their Antients. By this Conjunction hee assigned 2242 years for the Inter∣val betwixt the Flood, and the begining of things, but which was neither true in it self, nor following his own Principles. And therefore wee may imagine what Conclu∣sion hee was likely to make, whose foundation was not bet∣ter appointed: though otherwise a great Conjunction may bee set down among the Characters of Chronologie; but rather to assure, then to finde out the moments of time; and more concerning that which is to com, then those which are gon and past.