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Of the kinds of events of any eclipse
Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section IV – Chapter III
Chapter III
In the third place you know the kinds of events of any eclipse are to be
considered, which is known from the qualities and signs 1
belonging to the signs
in which either of the luminaries are eclipsed and from the places or signs in
which the planets and most notable fixed stars are; the which with the sign of
the eclipse (or the sign wherein the eclipse is) and the sign of the angle
preceding the eclipse is to be considered.
[How to know the Lord of the eclipse]
To know the planet that shall bear chief rule of these two places, 2
see which of
the planets has most power and strength in the place of the eclipse and
angle preceding the eclipse by house, exaltation, triplicity, face or term and give
it to him. But if one planet is not both Lord of the sign wherein the eclipse is
and the angle preceding the eclipse, but there are two planets bearing rule in
these places, then you are to prefer that planet which is Lord of the place of the
eclipse to the rule or dominion before the other; yet you shall join in judgment therewith. But if there are several planets that have dominion
in these places, you shall prefer that which is nearest an angle and most strong
in the degree of the eclipse, and make him the Lord of the eclipse.
[Fixed stars to be considered]
And you are also to observe those fixed stars which are most notable and placed
near the place of the eclipse and the cusp of the angle preceding the eclipse, as
also the cusps of the Ascendant and Midheaven at the time of the eclipse.
[The forms and figures of the signs]
Having thus seriously considered the fixed stars as you ought, the forms and
figures of the signs are to be considered in which the eclipse falls, and in which
the predominant planet(s) are; for the quality of the events cannot be well
known but by the nature(s) thereof.
1 «Signs» meaning «indications» here
2 That is to say the sign of the eclipse and the sign of the ascendant preceding the eclipse
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