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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section III – Chapter IV
But if the Part of Fortune and its’ dispositor is impedited when the Moon is so,
in partile conjunction or aspect of Saturn, the evil that is signified or
threatened shall be increased. 1
Have regard also to the Sun how is placed,
dignified and aspected by the malevolent planet, or by what aspect he beholds
him, as you have heard of the Moon, and the Lord of the sign in which he is at
the time of the partile conjunction or aspect, and make the Part of Fortune and
its dispositor participate in signification therewith and judge accordingly
mutatis mutandis as you have heard of the Moon. If the Sun was eclipsed, or to
be eclipsed at the preventional or postventional conjunction of the luminaries or
change of the Moon, to speak plainly, the evil then threatened shall continue so
many years as the Sun is at that time eclipsed hours.
Also if one planet transfers his light, nature and virtue to another, you are to
diligently weigh their natures and significations, and judge accordingly as you
have been sufficiently shown. As if the significator of the King transfer 2 his
light and nature to Saturn, and he also is well disposed, such people and
religious orders and things with you have heard elsewhere signified by Saturn
shall be bettered and receive good from the bounty or liberality of the King or
superiors; If Jupiter, nobles, judges, and such as converse in the law,
and are signified by him shall receive honour, liberty and much good from the
Kings hand, etc. And so judge in any other planet and if any other significator
transfer 3
his light to any, remember the nature of your significator transferring
[committing] his light and the natural and accidental signification of the planet
to which it is transferred [committed] and judge according thereunto and you
1 Ramesey’s reasoning of this consideration may well be because the Lot is calculated from the Sun
and the Moon. If the Moon is indicating something «bad» then the nature of the Lot also contains this
impediment. So, he says if the Lot and/or its ruler are in anyway impedited then the threat indicated
by the Moon is worse!
2 Again, Ramesey is using the word «transfer» in place of the ancients’ term of «committing
disposition»! «And know that a joining together happens in this manner; whichever one of the seven
planets it may be, the swift planet is joined to the ponderous one and the ponderous one is not joined
to the swift…when the swift planet is joined together to the ponderous planet…..and the swift
commits to the ponderous its disposition…..and the first planet [the swifter] will commit its own
matters to the other.» Cf Māshā´allāh – “On Reception” edited and translated by Robert Hand,
published by ARHAT ©1999 Second printing. When the ancients spoke of a planet committing its
disposition then, they were speaking of the planets matters; i.e. the natural significations of the planet
and the accidental matters of the house that that planet had authority over! That is its «disposition».
However, for a good outcome then, the planet to whom those matters were committed had to receive
those matters!
3 commit his disposition
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