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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section IV – Chapter III
For human signs or such as are of that form have signification unto mankind;
and if they are feral signs or such as bear the form of wild beasts, or four footed
creatures, it shall be to such beasts and creatures which are found in shape and
nature agreeable thereunto; whether the sign signifies snakes, beasts of the
field, domestic, tame creatures, etc.
[Note]
Northern signs which have the figure of beasts of the field when an eclipse is
therein signify sudden earthquakes; in southern , alterations of the air;
in such signs and constellations as have wings such as are Virgo, Sagittarius,
the Hen, the Vulture, etc. it denotes detriment to birds and flying fowl, chiefly
such as are usually eaten by man; If in Cancer, Pisces or the Dolphin, to
creatures living in the water; if in the constellation of the Ship, to ships
and such as navigate; in Aquarius, to rivers and the like etc.
[The portences of an eclipse in tropical or equinoctial signs]
Also, if an eclipse of either luminary is in any of the tropical or equinoctial
signs, it denotes changes of air in all of these times; if in the vernal
equinox, damage to trees when they begin to bud and shoot forth as the
vine, fig tree and others in springtime; if in the summer solstice, the events will
be on fruits when they are gathered, but in Egypt it signifies the over-flowing of
the Nile; if in the autumn equinox, they will be manifest on herbs and the seeds
of the earth when they are sown and detriment in harvest; in the winter solstice,
on pot herbs, birds of the season and fish.
Also if an eclipse is in the equinoctial signs it shows its effects in religious
things like church affairs; in the tropics, in the air, laws and manners of men; in
fixed signs, in foundations and edifices; in common signs, in mankind and
kings.
[In the quarters of heaven]
Moreover, eclipses near the earth signify their effects in fruits,
youth and foundations; in the Midheaven, in church, state, great ones and such
as are of middle age; but if in the west, in the laws and customs of the people,
the alteration thereof, and those of elder years; it has signification also of
murderers.
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