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When a Question is propounded concerning Theft, it is very conveni∣ent to examine the Figure and see whe∣ther the thing enquired after be stolen or not, or whether it be in the Que∣rents house or not, which may be dis∣cerned several ways; as thus:
If neither the Lord of the House of the Moon, or the Lord of the House of the Second seperate not themselves one from another, nor any Planet from, then the thing enquired after is in its own place.
If that the disposer of the Moon, and the Lord of the Ascendant be in Con∣junction, then is the thing missing in the house of the Querent.
If that the Lord of the Ascendant did separate from Jupiter, or from the Lord of the Second, then did the Que∣rent lay it down and forget it.
If that the Lord of the Hour be in the Ascendant, the thing wanting is not stolen but in the Querents house.
If that Cancer Ascends and the Moon be in the fourth, and the Lord of the
second be in the seventh, or in the sign of the eight, at a Sextile or Trine to the Moon, then the things enqui∣red after is not stolen, but taken away in Jest.
If that the Moon be in the se∣venth, in the sign of the Lord of the Hour, the Lord of the hour be∣ing Lord of the seventh, the Goods are not taken away, but over lookt and mistaken.
If that the Lord of the Ascendant and the Lord of the hour be in Conjun∣ction, the thing enquired after is not stolen.
If the Lord of the hour, the Lord of the fourth, and Planet in the fourth, the Moon of her dispositer, any of these significators being joyned near toge∣ther, doth argue that the goods are not stolen but near the Querent.
Having found whether the Goods be in the house or not, now I shall
show you in what part of the house you may discover them in, First I shall show what places every Sign doth re∣present.
Aries, a place where small beast are kept, as Sheep and such like. In houses the Roofe Plaistering or covering of the house, Kitching slaughter-houses back-houses houses of office Chimneys fire-places distilling house, brew-house or a place where Iron is wrought on.
Taurus, a Stable of great beasts and places where Implements of Cattel are laid up, low grounds and Cellars, and ground newly taken in, pastures and sowed lands.
Geminy, uper Rooms Chests Trunks walls and plasterings of the house store-houses hay-lofts and Barns Hills and Mountains.
Cancer, Wells Cellars Trenches Cisterns, a place where water is kept, or doth stand great waters, Rivers
Marshy grounds, ditches with Rushes and all kind of moist and slabby places.
Leo, Fire places as Chimneys Stoves Furnaces Ovens, many times a place where a dog is kept, a Stable, a Park or Forrest or ground newly taken in.
Virgo, Studdies, Closets Coffers Chests Trunks Cupboards Dayry-houses, a resting place for women, Ware-houses, a place of great Cattle as Horses Oxen Calves, &c.
Libra, Grounds near Windmils out houses sides of Hills tops of Mountains a place of Hawking or Hunting, in houses high Chambers garrets, one Chamber within another.
Scorpio, Sinks Kitchins Washouses, a place of creeping venomous Beasts, quaggy and stinking grounds, Ruinous houses Caves and Prisons, and likewise Gardens Orchards and Vine-yards.
Sagitarius, A Stable of great beasts, as Horses Cows Oxen, and in houses
upper rooms where fire is or hath been kept.
Capricornus, A place where old tools for husbandry are laid up, dark places in houses near the ground or threshold.
Aquaries, Roofs or Eves in houses hilly grounds newly digged, a place of running waters full of pits, and grounds where no house is nigh them.
Pisces, Watry grounds Springs Ri∣vers, Water-mills moats about houses Wells Pumps Cisterns Cunduits, and places where water is kept. Note if the Moon be significator and in Pises the the thing is hidden in a Well.
First consider the sign Ascending, and the sign the Lord of the Ascendant is in and in what quarter, secondly the sign the Lord of the second is in, third∣ly
the sign of the fourth, and the sign the Lord of the fourth is in, and the Planet in the fourth, fourthly the sign the Moon is in, fifthly the sign where the part of fotrune is, sixtly the sign the Lord of the hour is in, and Collect all these testimonies together, and accor∣ding to the Major testimony so Judge.
Example.
If that the Major part of these Testi∣monies be Aiery signs, it is in some Chamber Garret or Eves of the house or in some Hay-loft, and so Judge of all the rest.
If that the principal significator of the Major part of these be dropping betwixt two signs, the thing missing is fallen down betwixt two Rooms or between the Wainscoat and walls, or dropt between some flit or hole or the like.
Note that earthy Signs signifie neer the Earth, low places in houses, Cellars low rooms store-houses for Corn and Hay, places where old tools for hus∣bandry are laid up, dark places or the ground near the threshold or the like.
In fiery Signs where fire is kept.
If watrey Signs where water is kept a finke or some moist place, or a place near some Cistern, or where water doth constantly stand.
| ♈ | East. |
| ♉ | S. by E. |
| ♊ | W. by S. |
| ♋ | North. |
| ♌ | E. by N. |
| ♍ | S. by W. |
| ♎ | West. |
| ♏ | N. by. E. |
| ♐ | E. by S. |
| ♑ | South. |
| ♒ | W. by N. |
| ♓ | N. by W. |
This Table doth show what part every sign doth signifie, and by it you may know in what part of the house the Goods are in, likewise it may direct the Querent to what part the Thief is gone, which afterwards will be de∣scribed more at large.
If the Lord of the House of the Moon, or the Lord of the Second do separate from any Planet it is stolen.
If a Perigrine Planet give virtue to the Moon, or the Moon to him it is stolen.
If the Lord of the Ascendant do give virtue to the significator of the Thief it is stolen.
If that the Significator of the Thief be Perigrine it is stolen.
If the significator of the Thief be in Conjunction, or Aspect the Lord of the Ascendant by Quartile or Opposition it is stolen.
If the significator of the Thief be∣hold the Moon by Quartile or Conjun∣ction it is stolen.
If any Planet be in the Ascendant and give virtue to the significator of the Thief it is stolen.
If a Perigrine Planet be in the As∣cendant or Second House it is stolen.
If that the part of fortune or his Lord be unfortunate it is stolen.
If none of these aforesaid Testimo∣nies be it is not stolen.
But nevertheless in your Figure exactly observe and compare the testimonies, for not stolen, and these testimonies for stolen and see which is most weigh∣tiest and according give Judgement.