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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section II – Chapter IV
judge the contrary, especially if the Moon concur in signification; for she is still
to be considered being a general significatrix of all things sublunary, as well as
men and women.
[Where the effects of the Lord of the Year shall be manifested]
What the Lord of the Year signifies in any Revolution, whether good or bad,
shall be manifested chiefly in those regions and cities subject to the sign he is
in, the quarter of Heaven he is located in, and to the signification of the planet
who is Lord of the Year; if the Lord of the Year is unfortunate or
afflicted, in the Ascendant, or assisted by the fortunes and essentially dignified
therein, the people shall be successful or afflicted in their persons
according to the fortitude or debility of the significator and the nature of the
house; if in the second, in their substance; in the third, in their short journeys,
friendship and neighbourly conversation; in the fourth, in their lands, grounds
and heritages; in the fifth, in their children, mirth and jollity; and so judge all of
things appertaining to the life of man, whether good or evil, by running over the
signification of every house, and considering the nature of the planets
afflicted or assisted therein, etc.
I might here still run on with the rules of the ancients for the finding of the Lord
of the Year and enlarge this chapter to the consistence of two or three sheets;
for, omitting the sayings of other authors, Bonatus alone has no less than 54
different rules or considerations for the finding , but to
rehearse them all would but tire you and myself both to little or no purpose;
were they of any moment, should there be as many millions as units in them, I
should be very willing and ready to acquaint you therewith. 1
[The true way of finding the Lord of the Year, according to the judgement of
the author]
Wherefore take this short, but sure rule, for finding the Lord of the Year in any
Annual Revolution whatsoever; see what sign ascends at the time of the Suns’
ingress into the first point of Aries and who the Lord is and what
the Almuten , and let that planet who is Almuten be Lord of the Year;
1 Ramesey here concludes that these other considerations by Bonatti are not important and he
assures the reader that if they were important then even if there were millions of rules he would still
list them. We must be clear that this is Ramesey’s own personal opinion and without reading those
rules by Bonatti it is impossible to either agree or not with him! He expects the reader to take his word
for it.
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