Practical astrology in two parts : the first part containeth an easie introduction to the whole art of astrologie ... : the second part sheweth the resolution of all manner of horary questions which concern the life of man, his estate, brethren, or short journeys ... / by John Middleton, Philomath.

CHAP. VI.

Of the Sixth House, and Questions thereunto belonging.

FRom this House is Judgement given of Sicknesses, Servants, and small Cattle, &c.

Of Sicknesses.

In this Judgement you ought carefully to observe the time of the party's falling

sick; not that time in which the party first had a feeling of a sickness approach∣ing, but that very time in which he was so extreamly oppressed, that he was enforced to take his bed; and erect your Figure upon that very time: and herein you ought carefully to rectifie the place of the Moon; for she is a general Signi∣ficatrix in this case.

But if that time cannot be obtained, then accept of the time wherein the Patients Urine was brought to you to enquire of the Disease; or when the Patient en∣quires of the Physician of the nature of the Disease, himself.

Then be pleased to consider that the Ascendant and his Lord are the Significa∣tors of the sick party; the sixth House and his Lord, signifies the Sickness; the seventh, his Physician; the eighth, death; the tenth, his Physick; the fourth, the end of the Disease. And so I proceed to the parts of mens Bodies under the Seven Planets.

The particular Parts and Members of the Body which the Planets generally rule.

Saturn rules the Spleen, the right Ear,

the Bones, the Teeth, and the retentive Faculty.

Jupiter rules the Lungs, Livers, Ribs, Sides, the Veins, the Blood, the digestive Faculty, the natural Vertue of man.

Mars rules in the Body of man, the Gall, the left Ear, the Apprehension, and the Taste.

Sol rules the Heart, the Back, the Arteries, the Sight, the right Eye of a Man, the left Eye of a Woman.

Venus is the Governour of the Womb, Testicles, the Yard, and Instruments of generation; the Throat, Reins, Kidneys; also womens Breasts, the Milk, and the Seed.

Mercury. Under the dominion of Mer∣cury, is the Brain, the rational part of it, the Imagination, the Tongue, Hands and Feet, the motional part of mans Bo∣dy.

Luna governs the bulk of the Brain, or Nerves, the Bowels, the Bladder, the left Eye of a man, the right of a Wo∣man.

The particular Parts of the Body governed by the Twelve signes of the Zodiack.

Aries governs the Head and Face, the Bones in the head, the Brain, Hair, Beard, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue, and Teeth, and every part belonging to the Head.

Taurus rules the Neck and bones there∣of, the Channel-bone, the Shoulder-blade, the Throat, and the Voice.

Gemini rules the Shoulder-bones, the Arms, Hands and Fingers; and in one word, every part from the shoulder to the finger-ends.

Cancer rules the Breast, Ribs, Lungs, Pleura, the Ventricle of the Stomach, the Liver, and womens Breasts.

Leo governs the Heart, the Back, the Vertebre of the breast, the Appetite, the Pericardium.

Virgo governs the Belly and Bowels, the Navil and Spleen, the Omentum.

Libra rules the Reins, Loyns, and Kid∣neys.

Scorpio hath dominion over the secret parts of men and women, and all vessels dedicated to the act of generation; also the Bladder and Fundament.

Sagittary governs the Thighs, Os sa∣crum, the Thigh-bone, the Rump-bone, &c.

Capricorn governs the Knees and Hams.

Aquarius rules the Legs and all parts of them from the Knees to the Ancles.

Pisces rules the Ancles, the Feet, and all the bones thereunto belonging.

Of the Diseases the Planets signifie.

Saturn causeth Gouts, Tooth-ach, quar∣tan Agues, Leprosies, Rheums, Consum∣ptions, Palsies, black Jaundies, Trembling vain fears, Fancies, Hemorrhoids, Dislo∣cations, broken bones, Deafness, and all Diseases which proceed from Melancholy, cold and dryness.

Jupiter causeth all infirmities of the Liver and Veins, inflammations of the Lungs, Plurisies, and other Imposthumes about the Breast and Ribs: all Diseases proceeding of putrefaction of bloud and winde.

Mars causeth Pestilences, burning Fea∣vers, Tertian and Quotidian Agues, Me∣grim, Carbuncles, and Plague-sores, Ring∣worms, Blisters, burning and scalding, Phrensie, sudden distempers in the head

coming of heat, yellow Jaundies, bloudy Flux, all distempers in the Instruments of generation, the Stone in the Reins and Bladder, Scars and Pock-holes in the face, all hurts by Iron and Fire, all Diseases proceeding from Choler, Anger, or Pas∣sion.

The Sun causeth Pimples and Burles in the Face, all afflictions of the Heart, as heart-burning, trembling, fainting, rot∣ten Feavers, sore Eyes, flux in the Eyes, &c.

Venus causeth all diseases of the Womb, as suffocation, precipitation, dislocation, &c. all diseases incident to the Members of generation, the Reins, and Navil, the French-Pox, the Running of the Reins, and all diseases that come by inordinate love or lust.

Mercury causeth diseases in the Brain, as Vertigoes, Madness; also diseases in the Lungs, Asthma, Ptysick, Apoplexies, defects of the Tongue, Stammering, Li∣sping, &c. Hoarsness, Coughs, Snuffling in the Nose, defect of Memory, stopping of the Head, Dumbness, Simplicity, Fol∣ly, all afflictions of the Intellectual Fa∣culty.

The Moon causeth Palsies, Cholick, Belly-aches, stopping or over-flowing of

the Terms in Women, Dropsies, Fluxes, all cold and rheumatick diseases, Sciatica, Worms in the Belly, Rheums, hurts in the Eyes, Surfeit, rotten Coughs, Con∣vulsions, Falling-sicknesses, Kings-evil, Apostumes, small Pox, Measles, Tympa∣nies, Dropsies, Lethargies, all diseases pro∣ceeding from Flegm.

The Diseases signified by the Twelve Signes.

Under Aries are all pushes, whelks, pimples, freckles, and Sun-burning in the Face, Polypus or Noli me tangere, all di∣seases in the Head, as Head-ach of all sorts, Vertigo, Frenzie, Lethargy, Forgetful∣ness, Apoplexie, Dead-palsie, Falling∣sickness, Convulsions, Cramps, Madness, Melancholy, Trembling.

Under Taurus are all diseases incident to the Neck and Throat, as the Kings-evil, sore Throat, Quinsie, Wenns in the Neck, Flux in the Throat, &c.

Under Gemini are all diseases incident to the Hands, Arms, and Shoulders, Fra∣ctures, Dislocations, also diseases that come by corruption of the blood, and windiness in the blood.

Under Cancer are all diseases in the

Breast, Stomach, or Liver, as Plurisies, want of Digestion, want of Appetite to Victuals, coldness or over-heat of the Stomach, Cancers in the Breast, Dropsies, Coughs, &c.

Under Leo are all diseases incident to the Heart and Back, as Qualms, Passions, Palpitations, trembling of the Heart, vi∣olent burning Feavers, the yellow Jaun∣dice, all diseases proceeding from adustion of Blood, the Pestilence, and all hurts in the Breast.

Under Virgo are all diseases incident to the Bowels, the Meseraick Veins, the O∣mentum; the Diaphragma, Spleen, Worms in the belly, and Wind in the guts, Ob∣structions, the Cholick and Iliack pas∣sions, hardness of the Spleen, Hypocon∣driack Melancholy.

Under Libra are diseases in the Reins or Kidneys, as Ulcers, Gonorrhoea, the Stone, Strangury, heat of the Reins in women, which often causeth Abortion, hard Labour, and sometimes death in Travel; as also the Stone or Gravel in the Reins.

Under Scorpio are all Inflammations and Ulcers in the Bladder, the Gravel and Stone in the Bladder, all difficulties of

Urine, Fistula's, Hemorrhoids, French-pox, Gonorrhoea, Priapismus, and all diseases belonging to the Secret parts.

Under Sagittary are all diseases belong∣ing to the Things and Hips, as the Scia∣tica, Fistula's, Itches, pestilential Fea∣vers, all diseases proceeding from choler and heat, or too much exercise of the bo∣dy, falls from Horses, or hurts by them or any other kinde of Cattle.

Under Capricorn are all diseases in the Knees or Hams, as Pains there, Sprains, Fractures, and dislocation, Leprosie, Itch, Scabs, all diseases of Melancholy, or any Rheums running in the Joynts.

Under Aquarius are all diseases in the Legs and Ancles, all Melancholy, Coagu∣lations in the blood, Cramps, &c.

Under Pisces are all Lameness, Aches, and diseases incident to the Feet, as Gouts, Kybes, Chilblains.

All diseases coming of Salt Flegm, mixt humours, Scabs, Itches, Botches, and breaking out about the body, the small Pox, and Measles, all cold and moist di∣seases.

To know what part of the Body is afflicted.

Herein you are to observe the Ascen∣dant, the sixth House, and place of Luna, for they are the natural significators of the disease.

If you finde the Ascendant afflicted by the presence of an Infortune or Dragons Tail, the Patient is afflicted in his Head, (it being the first of the Houses: as Aries is the first of the Signes, so the second House rules the Neck and Throat, and so of the rest of the Houses in order.) Al∣so observe what part of the body the signe ascending which was so afflicted go∣verns; for that part of the body is also afflicted.

If you finde the Moon afflicted in your Figure, consider what Planet she is affli∣cted by, what Houses that Planet is Lord of, what signe he is posited in, and you may judge that part of the body is affli∣cted which the afflicting Planet governs from his own House. I have given you a Table of it in the first part of the Book, where you may finde what Planet gover∣neth in every of the Twelve Signes from his own House.

Mars, Lord of the sixth, in Scorpio, in the fifth House, he gives an internal pain in all parts of the body. If Mars be in Scorpio in the Ascendant, the whole bo∣dy is universally afflicted.

The Moon in the Ascendant afflicted by Saturn or Mars, bestows difficulty of breathing, and infirmities in the Lungs.

If the Lord of the sixth House be affli∣cted above the Earth, and in a Diurnal Signe, the sickness is in the right side of the body, and in the upper part of it.

If the Lord of the sixth be afflicted in a Nocturnal Signe under the Earth, the sickness lies on the left side, and in the inferiour part of the body.

If the Significators afflicting be in a Feminine Signe, the left side of the body is afflicted; but if they be found in a Masculine Signe, the right side of the body is afflicted.

Is the Disease in the Body, or Minde? or in both?

The Lord of the Ascendant, together with the Sun and Moon, are the Significa∣tors of the Body: The signe ascending, the Dispositors of the Sun and Moon, re∣present

represent the Minde: therefore consi∣der if you finde the Lord of the Ascen∣dant, the Sun or Moon, afflicted by the malevolent rays of the Infortunes, you may judge the disease lies onely in the Body. But if you finde the Ascendant and the Dispositor of Sol and Luna affli∣cted, and the former Significators safe, you may conclude the disease lies onely in the Minde, and not in the Body; but if all the aforesaid Significators be afflicted, you may then judge both Body and Minde is afflicted.

If you finde the party troubled in minde by the former Rules, observe what Planet is the afflicting Planet. If Saturn be the afflicting Planet, the party is trou∣bled about things of the world, about losses and crosses in his Estate, &c.

If Jupiter be the afflicting Planet as aforesaid, the party is troubled about Re∣ligious Tenents, &c. If Venus be the af∣flicting Planet, he is troubled about Love-toys, or hath a lascivious desire to Wo∣men.

If Mars or Mercury afflict the aforesaid Significators, it is an argument the party is phrenetique, or his minde is pestered with strange imaginations, or by hard study and vexation therein.

To know the Nature and Quality of the Disease.

If you finde the Significators of the sickness in fiery Signes, the disease comes of Choler, arguing Feavers, or such∣like Diseases, &c. Earthly Signes shew the disease proceeds from melancholy humours, long and tedious Feavers, A∣gues, &c.

Airy Signes shew the disease proceeds from blood, and wind; as Leprosie, the Gout, &c. Watry signes signifie the di∣seases proceed from cold and moist cau∣ses, as rotten Coughs, all diseases procee∣ding from water, and salt flegm, &c.

Saturn Significator of diseases, shews they are of a long continuance, as Con∣sumptions, Quartan Agues, Coughs, &c. If he be in Leo or Capricorn Combust, or with Dragons Tail, or with violent fixed Stars, he produceth pestilential Feavers.

Saturn in fiery signes, shews dangerous Feavers, especially in Leo he gives a hectick Feaver: If he be in watry Signes, the disease proceeds from gross viscous hu∣mours, occasioned by cold and moist di∣stempers, with a continuing flux, and cold trembling.

In movable Signes, he shews flux of humours, the Dropsie, &c. If he be in common Signes, he gives compound disea∣ses, such as run out of one disease into a∣nother: If he be in fixed Signes, he sig∣nifies diseases of long continuance, as Quartan Agues, Gouts, &c.

If Jupiter be the Significator of the disease, he afflicts the Liver, he shews a bad digestion, the blood abounds either in quantity or quality. If Jupiter be in a fiery signe, he signifies Feavers, but of no long continuance, the body abounds with too much choler. If he be in airy Signes, the blood abounds in the body. If in watry Signes, the blood is watrish, or too thin. If Jupiter be in earthy Signes, the blood is troubled with viscous gross humours, proceeding from Melan∣choly; the blood is too gross, and has no free passage through the Veins.

If Mars be Significator of the disease, and in the fiery Triplicity, it signifies the disease is a hot burning Feaver, or the Pestilence. If Saturn also be mixt in signification, the disease hath a share of Melancholy. When Mars is Author of the disease, and posited in a common Signe, the disease often varies, whereby

it is not easily known what it is. Always when Mars is significator of the disease, it never continues long, but ends either one way or another.

If Venus be Significator of the disease, it often comes by drinking, or veneral sports. Venus in fiery Signes, sometimes produceth Feavers: if Mars be joyned with her in signification, the Feaver is rotten, proceeding from flegm.

If Mercury be Significator of the di∣sease, the sick party is afflicted in his Head, the distemper lies in the Brain; either madness or Falling-sickness is to be feared: If Mars be joyned in significa∣tion with him, it is a Frenzie.

The Moon in Aries in the 8th House, afflicts the Head extreamly; the Lord of the 12th in the 6th, Witchcraft is to be feared, or the disease lies very occult. And so I conclude with this Subject, and proceed to shew whether the disease be Chronick or Acute.

Whether the Disease be Chronick or Acute?

Herein you are to consider the Ascen∣dant and his Lord, also the Sun and Moon, and consider whether they be

much or little afflicted; the Signes the afflicting Planet is in: Saturn gives long diseases; Sol and Jupiter, short; but Mars, shorter than either of them; Venus, in∣different; Mercury, various according to the Planet he is joyned with; the Moon gives much sickness which often returns, as Agues, Falling Sickness, &c.

You are also to consider the Signes possessing the Ascendant, 6th House, or place of the Moon. And consider that fixed Signes shew Chronick diseases; com∣mon Signes shew diseases not very long, neither very short; movable Signes de∣note the disease to end quickly either one way or another.

If an Infortune be Lord of the 6th, and in the 6th, it denotes the disease to continue long; a Fortune, the contra∣ry.

You are also to consider the age of the sick party; for old age brings longer diseases than youth: also their Com∣plexion; for a Melancholy man retains a disease longer than a Cholerick.

Also the time of the year; for Autumn and Winter bring longer diseases than Spring or Summer.

The latter degrees of a Signe upon the

Cusp of the 6th, is an argument of a short sickness. If the Lord of the 6th be stron∣ger than the Lord of the Ascendant, the sickness increases, and gets strength against Nature. But if the Lord of the Ascen∣dant be stronger than the Lord of the 6th, Nature will recover its strength, and the disease decreaseth.

If Luna be angular and strong, or ap∣plying to a Sextile or Trine of the Lord of the Ascendant, the disease will quickly be cured.

The Lord of the 10th in the Ascendant in any of his Essential dignities, or in good Aspect to the Lord of the Ascen∣dant, shews that the party will easily be cured by good Medicines.

If the Moon be Lady of the Ascendant, it shews that ill diet was the cause of the distemper or perhaps Surfeiting by drink∣ing, &c.

The Lord of the Ascendant in the 6th, or Lord of the 6th in the Ascendant, shews a long disease; also if the Lord of the Ascendant be slow in motion, you may pass the same Judgement.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, Sol, or Luna, be joyned to the Infortunes, it pro∣longs the disease.

Signes of life, or that the Sick party will recover of the infirmity afflicting.

Herein you are to consider the Ascen∣dant, and Lord thereof, and Luna: first therefore, if you finde Jupiter, Venus, Sol, or Luna in the Ascendant, not affli∣cted by the Lord of the 8th, nor being Lord of the 8th themselves, promise a speedy recovery.

The Moon or Lord of the Ascendant separating from a malevolent Planet, or from the Lord of the 6th, and applying to a Fortune, fortunately placed in the Figure, denotes the same.

If Luna be angular, well posited, free from the body or beams of Saturn or Mars, or the Lord of death; or if the Moon be void of course at the decumbi∣ture, and upon a Critical day behold a good Planet or Star, it is a signe of reco∣very to the sick party.

If on a Critical day the Moon be in her own House or Exaltation, though she be void of course, it denotes recovery.

If the benevolents be stronger than the malevolents, and they behold the Ascendant, Lord thereof, or be in good

aspect to the Moon, it is an argument of recovery.

Signes of Death, or that the Party will die of the infirmity afflicting.

In the resolution hereof, you are to consider, if the Lord of the Ascendant be afflicted in the 8th House, or by the male∣volent rays of the Lord of the 8th with∣out reception, it is an argument of death to the sick.

Or if at the decumbiture you finde the Lord of the Ascendant combust in the Ascendant, it denotes the same.

If the Lord of the 8th be in the tenth House, and afflict the Lord of the Ascen∣dant, the Physician will go near to kill by improper Physick.

The Lord of the 8th very strong in the Ascendant, or if there happen a Con∣junction between the Lord of the 8th and Lord of the Ascendant, it is a great argument of mortality.

The Moon in the 4th, in Conjunction, Quadrate, or Opposition of Saturn or Mars, without reception, and either of them Lord of the 8th House, it denotes death.

If the Lord of the Ascendant fall retro∣grade from the Lord of the 8th, death is to be feared upon the next Conjunction, except the Lord of the Ascendant meet with a benevolent Aspect of the Fortunes in the mean time.

Whether a Servant shall prove just or knavish to his Master.

If the Master himself propound this Question, then let the Lord of the As∣cendant, and the Ascendant it self, and Luna, signifie the Querent; the 6th House and his Lord signifie the Servant, together with the Planet posited therein, with Mercury a general significator of Servants.

If you finde the Lord of the Ascendant in good aspect to the Lord of the 6th, or the Moon or some other Planet separating from the Lord of the 6th, and applying to the Lord of the Ascendant, these are all arguments of fidelity in Servants.

The Lord of the 6th in Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine to the Fortunes, or to the Lord of the Ascendant; or if the Lord of the 6th be posited in the Ascen∣dant, in any of his Essential dignities, it

shews the Querents Servant to be just and honest.

If you finde the Lord of the 6th in the 2d in his Essential dignities, and free from the malevolent beams of the Infor∣tunes, or in good aspect to the Lord of the second, it is an argument the Ser∣vant is honest, and will prove a profitable servant to his Master.

But if you finde Saturn, Mars, or Dra∣gons Tail in the 6th, Peregrine, it denotes the Servant to prove both idle and kna∣vish.

If the Lord of the 6th be in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the Ascen∣dant or Lord of the second without Re∣ception, or to a Planet in the Ascendant or second House, or to the degrees ascen∣ding upon the Cusp of the Ascendant or second House, it is an argument the Ser∣vant will prove a continual cross and vex∣ation to the Querent, and he will prove unjust in his actions.

The Moon in the 6th, in Quadrate to the Lord of the 6th in the second, shews the Servant to be a Knave; or when you finde Mercury in Quadrate or Opposition to the Lord of the Ascendant or Lord of the second, you may judge the same.

If a Servant shall get free from his Ma∣ster?

In the resolution of this Question, you are to give the Ascendant, his Lord, and Luna, to signifie the Servant; the 10th House and Lord thereof, together with the Sun, are for the Master.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lu∣na, be in Conjunction, Sextile, or Trine to the Lord of the 10th, or to Sol, these are arguments the Servant shall get free from his Master, provided the Aspect be Partile.

If you finde the Significators applying to the Aspects, you may judge by the de∣grees of distance how long it will be be∣fore the Servant be freed from his Master: if they be separating from their Aspects, he will easily be freed.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lu∣na, be in good aspect to a Planet in the 10th; or if you finde a benevolent Pla∣net in the 10th, in good aspect to a Pla∣net in the Ascendant, you may judge the Servant may be freed, &c.

If the Lord of the Ascendant, or the Moon, be in the Ascendant, 10th, 7th, or

4th Houses Combust, or otherwise affli∣cted, you may judge the Servant cannot be at liberty.

If you finde the aforesaid Significa∣tors Retrograde, it is an argument of Freedom; but with much slowness and difficulty.

Of small Cattle: Shall the Querent gain by them, or not?

If you finde the Lord of the 6th in the Ascendant, in any of his Essential dignities, or in good aspect to the Lord of the second, or to the Part of Fortune, or his Dispositor; all these are arguments the Querent shall gain by small Cattle.

The Lord of the 6th in the second, in his own dignities, or in Reception with the Lord of the second; or if you finde Jupiter or Venus in the 6th, no ways afflicted, and in Sextile or Trine to the Lord of the second, you may also judge the Querent may gain by small Cattle.

But if you finde the Lord of the 6th Combust in the Ascendant or second House, or afflict the Lord of the Ascen∣dant, or Lord of the second, or the Part of Fortune or his Dispositor, you may

judge the Querent cannot thrive by dea∣ling in small Cattle.

If you finde Saturn or Mars in the 6th Peregrine or Combust, and afflict the Lord of the Ascendant, or Lord of the second, or Luna; or if you finde Dra∣gons Tail in the 6th, you may judge the same.

Notes

• Whether the disease be in the right or left side.