An astrological speculation of the late prodigy. Or A clear discovery of the approaching miseries signified by that comet, or blazing star which hath so long been visible, to several countries and nations in November, December and January; in the year 1680. Being a full account of the manner or nature of its effects, and in what countries they'l be exhibited. Also the true way of judging the effects, of all other comets, and such apparitions, carefully collected from the best experimental judgments of the choicest aphorisms, and according to their fundamental, and methodical rules; now in a seasonable time manifested in a plain and homely stile; fit for the understanding of mean capacities. By Thomas Jones a lover of learning, and student in astrology; & autodidactus.

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Title: An astrological speculation of the late prodigy. Or A clear discovery of the approaching miseries signified by that comet, or blazing star which hath so long been visible, to several countries and nations in November, December and January; in the year 1680. Being a full account of the manner or nature of its effects, and in what countries they'l be exhibited. Also the true way of judging the effects, of all other comets, and such apparitions, carefully collected from the best experimental judgments of the choicest aphorisms, and according to their fundamental, and methodical rules; now in a seasonable time manifested in a plain and homely stile; fit for the understanding of mean capacities. By Thomas Jones a lover of learning, and student in astrology; & autodidactus.
Author: Jones, Thomas, 1648-1713.
Publication: London :: printed for the author, and are sold by him, in Pauls Alley, in Redcross-Street,; 1681.
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Subject terms: Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "An astrological speculation of the late prodigy. Or A clear discovery of the approaching miseries signified by that comet, or blazing star which hath so long been visible, to several countries and nations in November, December and January; in the year 1680. Being a full account of the manner or nature of its effects, and in what countries they'l be exhibited. Also the true way of judging the effects, of all other comets, and such apparitions, carefully collected from the best experimental judgments of the choicest aphorisms, and according to their fundamental, and methodical rules; now in a seasonable time manifested in a plain and homely stile; fit for the understanding of mean capacities. By Thomas Jones a lover of learning, and student in astrology; & autodidactus." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47075.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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To know in what parts of the World the Effects of this Comet will be Exhibited.

It hath plainly appeared to the students in this Art that the Eclipses of the Luminaries, the Conjunctions of ponderous Planets, The Comets or Blazing Stars have operated their Effects in those Coun∣tries or Nations, subject to the Signs where they happen therein.

This Comet made its progress as before mentioned, through these Six Signs viz. ♏, ♐, ▪, ♒, ♓, ♈, and therefore according to the rule of Art, and the experiences of the Ancients, we must expect that the Effects of this Comet will be manifested with some of the forementioned mischiefs in all those Countries Governed under those Signs which he passed through.