Catastrophe mundi, or, Europe's many mutations until the year 1701 being an astrological treatise of the effects of the triple conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter 1682 and 1683, and of the comets 1680 and 1682, and other configurations concomitant : wherein the fate of Europe for these next 20 years is ... more than probably conjectured ... : also, an ephimeris [sic] of all the comets that have appeared from ... 1603 to the year 1682 ... : whereunto is annexed the hieroglyphicks of Nostrodamus ... / by John Holwell.

Of the Watry Triplicity.

♓. If Saturn and Jupiter make their first Conjuction in Pis∣ces, Reformation of Church and Men is talked of, and much expect∣ed,

its long in agitation, unwillingly prosecuted, a General Coun∣cil among Christians, Novel Opinions vex the Church, things done now, continue not a whole Age.

♏. If in Scorpio, now follow Wars and Bloudshed, and Pestilen∣tial Diseases; the Church full of Faction; ill Government follows; Lying Spirits have Licences to make the Prophets Preach Untruths, and the Rise of some untoward Heresie that shall trouble the whole World. Under such a Conjunction Mahomet had his Rise.

♋. If in Cancer, the common People make some gentle Com∣motion, or desire to have some Reformation in Religion, and ra∣ther than sail, they crave help of the Nobility, by whose means they obtain their desires with Moderation, and without blows; all things go on in a loving way, unless Mars at that time be unluckily in Libra, and then nothing but Change of Opinion, New-found Tenets in the Church, and what not: Those Families, Citys and Commonwealths that had their Rise in Virgo, Taurus, Capricorn, find great Catastrophe falling upon them.

Thus have Authors write concerning the Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter through the sour Triplicities, but they mean when a great Conjunction happens to be in any of those Signs which can never be in all of them, for there cannot be a great Conjunction in neither Aries nor Leo of the Fiery Triplicity, nor in Cancer, nor Scotpio of the Watry, nor in Libra and Aquarius of the Airy, nor in Taurus and Capricorn of the Earthy; but I conceive the former Apho∣risms to be general: Now as the great Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter have always been in Sagitarius, the mean Conjunctions are al∣ways those that fall upon the Change, out of one Triplicity into ano∣ther, that is, when Saturn and Jupiter have made all their Conjuncti∣ons in the Fiery Triplicity, and they come to make their first Con∣junction in the Earthy, which hath always been in Virgo, this we call a mean Conjunction, and such a Conjunction happeneth once in 199 Years; but the great Conjunction hapdeneth but once in 794 years, and those which we call lesser Conjunctions are they which hap∣pen once in 20 years.

Now forasmuch as a great Conjunction happeneth but once in 794 years; therefore is the Influence of that Conjunction of the greatest force, and doth continue the longest of all of them (viz.) 794 years until they come to be conjoyn'd in the same Triplicity; now accor∣ding to the good or evil Positions of the rest of the Planets, and the strength of the Planets conjoyn'd, is a Judgment drawn.

Likewise is the mean Conjunction of great force, for that happening but once in 199 years, doth also continue their influence untill the end of that, and about the middle of that time is the influence at the highest, and afterwards will it decline. Now are we not far from the middle of the influence of such a Conjunction, at which time there doth fall a Triple Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Leo, the first falling about the middle of October; the second about the latter end of January 1682/3, and the last falls about the beginning of May 1683, which Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter will never pass o∣ver without prodigious Effects to all Europe in general; for at the firs time they are conjoyned, Mars is found in Virgo, and the July before the Sun Lord of the Conjunction suffered and Eclipse in Leo, his own House not far from the place of the Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars September 6 1682; and the Conjunction of Saturn and Mars Sep∣tember 11th. 1682, and it is not far elongated from the Conjucction of Saturn and Jupiter Octob. 1682, at which time Mercury will be in Scorpio in Quartile to both Saturn and Jupiter, all these Positions are very remarkable, and without all doubt will have great Influence up∣on all those places under Leo and Virgo; as also under Aquarius, Pis∣ces, Scorpio and Taurus; neither shall Aries and Gemini be free for those Countrys; under Aries this Conjunction falls in their 6th, and tells them they will go nigh to be affected with a Plague, the more because Mars Lord of their Ascendant is in the 6th also at the time of the Conjunction; and the second time they are conjoyned (viz.) January 1683 Mars will be in Libra in Opposition to their Ascendant, and in Quartile to their 10, this doth declare that they shall as well be afflicted with a War as a Plague, and doth likewise declare, that the Great Ones of those Nations under Aries shall have a great deal of Trouble and Losses; nay, and some of those of the greater Rank and Quality shall resign to Death, to the sorrow of that Nation, but more of that when I come to treat of that Conjunction wholly.