But if he be in Aries afflicted and impedited, judge the contrary; yet know that whatever he signifies whether good or evil in Aries or its triplicity, shall chiefly happen in and to those parts subject unto the Sign and their Cities and Towns, and more particularly to the Eastern parts thereof, so understand of the rest of the signs when he or indeed any of the other Planets are located in them or in any Triplicity.
When in any annual Revolution you finde the Sun Lord of the year and in Taurus, you shall judge the state both of rich and poor, great and small, noble and vile to be but so so, although he be no wise afflicted by the Malevolent beams of the In∣fortunes; for in Taurus he hath no manner of dignity, but is wholly peregrine and weak; the fruits of the earth also shall not be very plentiful, especially if he be afflicted; and you must still remember, (as you have been sufficiently taught before) that according to the nature and quality of the affliction you are to judge dammage or detriment to such things as are signified by the Sun, and that they shall chiefly be incident to those places subject unto Taurus, and in the Southern parts of those places.
If the Sun be Lord of the year and in Gemini, if he be well aspected by the For∣tunes, judge success, health and good (according to the nature and accidental Sig∣nifications and the adjuvant Planets or Planet) to the Commons, and year in gene∣ral, fruits of the earth, nobles, rich and great men, and that these shall chiefly be incident to the Regions and Cities subject unto Gemini, and the Western parts; but if he be afflicted, judge also the affliction accordingly by the nature and significa∣tion of the afflicting Planet, &c.
If he be in Cancer or its Triplicity, judge the good or evil signified by him (ac∣cording to the natures of the Planets afflicting or assisting him) to happen to the Northern parts of those places, Cities, Regions and Kingdoms signified or ruled by the Signs wherein he is; this you have had often reiterated; I do it not through forgetfulness or carelesness, but through a willingness and an earnest desire the Rules may be easily apprehended and retained by the young Students, for whose sakes only I did undertake these my labours; for I doubt not but thereby they will soon be in∣abled to give a probable judgement upon any position of the heavens, without the help of any Book, when they have well pondred (as I have often said) the Rules of Art and the reasons thereof.
Again, if the Sun be Lord of the year and in Leo, it shall be well with the Gran∣dees of the earth, and people in general, the fruits of the earth shall be plentiful, &c. for you must know the Sun in Leo is very potent and strong, by being in his own house, unless he be afflicted at that time by the Malevolent Aspects of the Infortunes, and then according to their mischievous power you are to judge the misfortune and detriment of such things as they shall naturally or accidentally sig∣nifie, &c.
In the fourth Chapter of the second Book of this volumn, you have heard the Sun hath no latitude, neither can be Oriental, Occidental, Stationary, Retrograde or Combust: and therefore, if you but remember to judge according to his strength essential and accidental in all the other subsequent signs, as you have heard the me∣thod before, this shall suffice to be said of the significations of the Sun when he is Lord of the year and located in any of the twelve Signs of heaven; Wherefore let us proceed to the significations of Venus when she is Lady of the year and so posited.