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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section IV – Chapter IV
Beasts, vegetables and such things as are of use to men shall be plentiful.
[Of Mercury and his significations when he is chief ruler]
If Mercury is chief ruler, he signifies such events generally as are of the nature
of the planet he is in conjunction with and/or configuration. For you have been
taught in our second book of this volume that he participates in nature with the
planet in conjunction or configuration with him; but properly in his own nature
he furthers the natural signification of the other .
Particularly in men, he excites expedition, industry, cunning, ingenuity in
everything.
In the sea, he causes unfortunate navigation when he is joined in judgement
with the infortunes, as being in configuration or conjunction with them. But if
with the fortunes, judge the contrary. With the malevolents, he
also denotes many diseases and infirmities, quotidian fevers, imposthumes,
consumptions and coughs, phthisis and dry diseases. As touching matters of
state, laws, customs and privileges, he orders all according to the planets and
stars in configuration with him. Wherefore, we see he is dry of
constitution being so near the Sun and of a swift motion and because he is often
retrograde he stirs up frequent turbulent and pernicious winds, also thunder and
lightning, openings in the earth and earthquakes, and perhaps much damage
thereby to vegetables and creatures for the use of man; 1
also in the hours of his
setting he causes a diminution of waters and rivers; in the hours of his rising, an
augmentation; and thus much of the innate significations of the planets.
Now when according to the variety of the aspects and signs they are mingled by
being mutually beheld of each other and their positions in respect of the Sun,
they thereby vary their effects or actions according to the variety of
significations and judgments arising from their several conjunctions and
configurations.
Wherefore, since it is impossible to relate exactly unto you all their
configurations and their commixtures, or at least for that it would be so intricate
a thing, we shall refer it to the study and consideration of the student. For as I
have said before, unless your genius leads you to the exact knowledge thereof,
the reading of all the books in the world will no wise avail you.
1 NOTE BY RAMESEY: I conceive Ptolemy might very well have left out «perhaps».
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