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Book IV – Astrologia Munda
Section II – Chapter V
and a conformity with the people, and shall entreat and sue for it, and if there is
any reception between him and Saturn; either by house, triplicity, exaltation,
term or face, say it will be agreed to by the common people, who are signified
by Saturn, who is Lord of the Year and Ascendant. If the aspect is by
opposition, judge dissentions, quarrels and discord among them or between
them, also open war, if you find other testimonies concurring in signification.
For you are not to derive your judgement from the general signification of the
planet in configuration with your significator altogether, though somewhat may
be after affirmed, or from hence concluded; but from the signification of the
planet as located in your scheme, and therein significator having regard to the
places of heaven and signs they are placed in. For we see even the most
pernicious planets fortunes sometimes, as they may be significators and placed
, and the most beneficial and fortunate planets,
infortunes, as you have already heard; for every planet must perform the natural
office, whereunto in any Revolution of other scheme of the heaven it is
constituted, as we shall further instance. Admit the Sun is in the twelfth, you
shall then say the peoples’ enemies 1 shall clandestinely and treacherously by
some underhand, plot or devise, study the overthrow or prejudice the people;
the twelfth house signifying secret plots and mischief. And so judge according
to the signification of the other houses when therein located, be sure you ever
remember the true signification of the planet in his own proper nature, and
accidental signification, by his position in the heaven, afflicting your
significator, or assisting him, and the nature of the sign and house wherein he
is, and you shall never fail 2
of giving not only a rational but solid conclusion on
any configuration from any sign or house of heaven made by any planet
whatsoever to the Lord of the Year; or indeed to any planet whatsoever: Mutatis
mutandis.
And this I say, if you can attain unto, you have accomplished not only the way
and manner of judging the signification of the aspects of any planet to the Lord
of the Year, but also to any other significator in the whole scheme, and art
master of the whole art. And this you will never be capable of by any
instruction, but only by a diligent search, and contemplation of the natures of
every sign, house and planet, and the reasons why they were so constituted.
Wherefore I should desire you, for your better instruction and assistance, to
read over and over, and seriously consider every title of our second Treatise of
this Book, being an Introduction to the Judgement of the Stars. And now let us
proceed to show you what may be expected in any Revolution from the position
1 NOTE BY RAMESEY: the aspect being by opposition as aforesaid.
2 NOTE BY RAMESEY: if accordingly you pronounce Judgement.
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