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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section III – Chapter VI
other significators by seeing how many degrees they want of the partile
conjunction or aspect; giving a month, day or week to every degree according
as they are in fixed, moveable or common , as you have been taught
before. Or else, you may have regard to the planet denoting war, who if he is
direct it will happen we he becomes retrograde; or if he is retrograde, say it will
be when he becomes direct; or when his beams are joined in configuration or
conjunction of the significator of the King and if he beholds the significator of
the people he signifies much thieving, pillaging and robbing, especially if the
malevolent planet is in an angle. But, if he is not in angle but only in a
succedent or cadent, the evil will not be general but only in such towns, cities
and places under the sign wherein he is, unless his beams are mixed in aspect or
conjunction with the beams of the Lord of the Ascendant; for unless he have
rule and dominion in the Revolution, he shall not then signify generally evil.
Also, if Mars is in any of the angles and the division apply to any term of his,
and the Revolution apply to the place where Mars was in the last conjunction of
the planets preceding; or to the place where Mars was in any Great
Conjunction, it signifies in that year fighting and quarrelling in those places and
regions subject to the sign wherein Mars was, and the application is.
Dissentions and quarrels also are threatened when Mars is in square or
opposition of Saturn, and Mars is received. But if Mars is not received, neither
Saturn, it signifies but little quarrelling. Also, if in any Revolution he is under
the Suns’ beams, he denotes wars, especially if in a moveable sign; but in a
common sign, he promises not much; and if Mars is in Gemini, in the tenth
house, the King shall be lavish and spend his treasure. Note also that if the Lord
of the fourth is in the ninth house of heaven, it signifies the prisons and goals
shall be set open and many captives and prisoners shall escape.
[Other rules for the predicting of war, and how it will be occasioned]
Moreover, you are to remember that in whatever Revolution of the World you
look, wars are still to be known and judged from Mars who is the cause of all
dissentions, quarrels, wars, bloodshed, and commotions in the elementary world
generally. But, if you would know the immediate causes and formenters
thereof, look from what planet Mars last separated before the Suns’ ingress into
the first point of Aries; for although they are fortunes, yet shall they and such as
are by them signified be the causes thereof. For example, we shall admit Mars
last separated from conjunction or aspect of Jupiter from whence we shall judge
the noble men, rich and great in power, authority and esteem shall be the
formenters of the war threatened; or Bishops, Pope, Cardinals, church men and
religious people, they are all signified by him. In like manner, if it is Venus,
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