Natures secrets. Or, The admirable and wonderfull history of the generation of meteors.: Particularly describing, the temperatures and qualities of the four elements, the heights, magnitudes, and influences of the fixt and wandring stars: the efficient and finall causes of comets, earthquakes, deluges, epidemicall diseases, and prodigies of precedent times; registred by the students of nature. Their conjecturall presages of the weather, from the planets mutuall aspects, and sublunary bodies: with the proportions and observations on the weather-glass, with philosophicall paraphrases rendred explicitely, usefull at sea and land. / By the industry and observations of Thomas Willsford, Gent.

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Title: Natures secrets. Or, The admirable and wonderfull history of the generation of meteors.: Particularly describing, the temperatures and qualities of the four elements, the heights, magnitudes, and influences of the fixt and wandring stars: the efficient and finall causes of comets, earthquakes, deluges, epidemicall diseases, and prodigies of precedent times; registred by the students of nature. Their conjecturall presages of the weather, from the planets mutuall aspects, and sublunary bodies: with the proportions and observations on the weather-glass, with philosophicall paraphrases rendred explicitely, usefull at sea and land. / By the industry and observations of Thomas Willsford, Gent.
Author: Willsford, Thomas.
Publication: London :: Printed for Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill,; 1658.
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Subject terms: Astronomy; Earth sciences
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Venus in conjunction or aspected with the Moon.

VEnus and ☽, in ☌, □, or ☍, presage generally mild and gentle showres, or moist weather, with some cold, according to the season; and much increases the flowing of the Seas, causing violent Tides, especially with Hyades or Stars of their own natures.

Particularly in the Spring moist and cloudy time; in Sommer remisse heat; in Autumn they produce dark clouds; and in the Winter season a cold and troubled Air, if not snow, sleet, or rain.