An astrological judgement touching theft wherein is demonstrated most incomparable secrets according to the best rules in art : first how to find out or discover theft or theeves ... : secondly to discover fugitives and beasts lost or strayed, &c. ... / by Anthony Griffin, stud. in astrology.

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An astrological judgement touching theft wherein is demonstrated most incomparable secrets according to the best rules in art : first how to find out or discover theft or theeves ... : secondly to discover fugitives and beasts lost or strayed, &c. ... / by Anthony Griffin, stud. in astrology.
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Griffin, Anthony, Stud. in astrology.
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London :: Printed by Peter Lillicrap,
1665.
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Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
Stealing.
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"An astrological judgement touching theft wherein is demonstrated most incomparable secrets according to the best rules in art : first how to find out or discover theft or theeves ... : secondly to discover fugitives and beasts lost or strayed, &c. ... / by Anthony Griffin, stud. in astrology." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42132.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.

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Which of the house may be suspested for the Theft.

If the Sun be significator, it signifies the Father, Uncle, Grand-father or Master.

The Moon the Mother, Sister or Nurse, or otherwise some Tankerd-bearer, or a Water-woman; a Chair∣woman or the like.

If Venus, the Wife or Mistress, chiefly

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in the tenth or seventh house.

Saturn in the fourth accuseth the Father, or some old serving man or woman.

Jupiter significator, accuseth some Gentleman of a good family that hath stained the reputation of his kindred, a great wanderer, and is not suspected and probably may be a guest in the house, and of a Sanguine complexion.

Mars Significator denotes a Brother or a Prentice, a Son or a Daughter of the Querent.

If Mercury it is some familiar friend, if he be in the eleventh house, other∣wise some runner of Errands, or some by servant of the house.

Whether the Thief be of the kin∣dred of the Querent, or some neigh∣bour friend or stranger.

If the Sun be in Opposition to the As∣cendant, it is an overthwart neigh∣bour.

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If the Lord of the seventh behold the Ascendant by Trine or Sextile, it is an neighbour.

If the Sun and Moon be both in their Triplicities it is a neighbour.

If the significator of the Thief be in the house or exaltation of the Lord of the Ascendant, the Thief is of the kin∣dred of the Querent.

The Lord of the Ascendant being in the house or exaltation of the Thief, it denotes Kindred.

The Sun and Moon beholding each other by a Trine Aspect it denotes kindred.

The Lord of the third or fifth in the Ascendant, or applying to the Lord of the Ascendant denote kindred.

The Sun and Moon both in their faces, the Thief doth call the Querent Cozen.

The Lord of the Ascendant in the second or sixth, the Thief is one of

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the hushold Servants.

The significator of the Thief in the ninth house it is a stranger.

The significator of the Thief in a moveable sign Aspected of the Moon or Mercury, or in their houses, or in any of their dignities it is a stranger.

If that the significator be in an An∣gle in the terms of Jupiter or the Sun the Thief is more noble then the Que∣rent.

If that the Sun and Moon be both in the second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh house, it is signified that one of the house committed the fact.

When you find the Thief to be one of the houshold, behold the significator and so Judge as I described before.

Note that the significator of the Thief, is a Planet perigrine in any of the four Angles, but if none be there, then take the Lord of the seventh, he

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is the significator of the Thief.

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