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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section III – Chapter IV
Chapter IV
Teaching how to judge of the evil of any year, the nature thereof and when the year
is most likely to be turbulent, obnoxious, and unfortunate; also what is portended in
any Revolution when one planet transfers his light and nature to another.
Ever when you would know what grievous and heavy accidents and evils are to
happen, or are threatened to any place, look to the positions of Saturn and Mars,
for from them are you to require judgment touching this matter; for if you find
them in the higher circle, i.e. in the middle thereof towards the north, and they
have then northern 1 latitude, and are above the earth, you shall judge
there will happen grievous and horrible actions in that Revolution, or
before the Sun enter again the first point of Aries in those parts under the sign
and triplicity wherein they are. Also look how much they are elevated
above the earth, especially Saturn, and they shall signify so much more
mischief and trouble 2
and the more certain will your judgments be. Also, when
they are in the superior part of the circle, they denote a hard and scarce year, for
both provisions, fruits of the earth and all things else.
And if one is in the square of the other, it will be worse in every particular; also
infections to and in all kind of living creatures, tribulations and troubles, and
that of continuance and durability; so much the rather if Saturn is in Virgo and
Mars in Gemini, and the Revolution nocturnal, and Mars applying or
his light and nature translated to Saturn and he receive him and
either both or one of them retrograde. Saturn shall then be most
mischievous; in so much that Jupiter shall not be of sufficient efficacy to alter it
unless Saturn or Mars is in Cancer in a sextile or trine of Jupiter, and he strong
and well dignified at that time, 3
he shall break his malice with whom he
is aspected, and diminish it or wholly take it away, which you may judge from
the strength of your significators.
The affairs also of the King or grandees of the nation where your Revolution is;
their condition shall be bad and suffer detriment, and much trouble and
difficulty shall be in or about them and they will require aid and assistance from
1 I.e. rising in northern latitude in their deferent
2 I.e. the closer to the MC, the more severe the effect
3 In other words, Jupiter must not only have good esse, but Jupiter’s aspect must be with reception.
Otherwise, Jupiter alone has not the strength to ameliorate both malefics in this configuration
together.
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