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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section II – Chapter III
fit shall be raised to dignity, power and authority, according to the capacity and
quality of their persons, and be in great esteem and favour with their King or
rulers: but if he is weak and impeded, it diminishes the honour of the King, and
abases their condition, and the people shall suffer much damage and disgrace
from their superiors, and be tormented by them. If Venus is placed and
dignified as above said, the people shall have all the pleasures and good
promised by her signification, as delights, banquets, riches, pleasure, etc. and
shall delight themselves with women, and the like; if she is impeded, you may
judge the clean contrary, as sadness, poverty and little or no mirth, etc.
If you find Mercury in your figure placed as you have heard, the people shall
gain by merchandizing, and increase their riches by traffic, 1
shall love and
delight in knowledge, good instructions and ingenious arts and sciences; shall
also cherish and propagate all good learning, and the studious therein, and shall
love one another: but if he is afflicted and unfortunate, they shall suffer much
loss and vexation by contrary winds, decay of trade and merchandizing, and
have no disposition at all to any good learning or education; and to be short, he
signifies the clean contrary to what you have but now heard.
In like manner if the Moon is well placed, and is Almuten, and essentially
strong, as has been said, the year shall be seasonable, fortunate and fertile, and
the people during that Revolution happy successful and in a prosperous and
fortunate condition, and shall be preserved from death, slaughters and sickness:
Also, if she is ill-affected and impeded, much damage and mischief shall
happen unto the people the year shall be unreasonable, destructive,
sickly and unfruitful or scarce, by distilling unseasonably rain and dew when no
need is thereof, and withholding of it when it is requisite and thirsted after by
the earth.
So likewise, as you have judged of the Moon and the planets 2
you may judge
of the Lord of the Ascendant, who if he is fortunate, and well
dignified and aspected, you may judge the fortunate condition and state of the
common people during that Revolution; also their misfortune, if afflicted,
impeded, etc. Judge the nature thereof from the nature of the house, planet
afflicting and sign wherein it is, whether it is good or bad, as you have been
already sufficiently taught; wherefore it were needless and superfluous here to
run over the nature of the planets fortunate and unfortunate, afflicting or
1
I.e. buying and selling as in the «trafficking of drugs» etc
2
NOTE BY RAMESEY: in a general way, as being Almuten.
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