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ASTROLOGY FULLY VINDICATED AND
CHAP I: Proving Astrology to be one of the Liberal Sciences 56CHAP II: That Astrology and Astronomy are one and the same Science, and that they were ever so received by the Ancients 58CHAP III: Containing the Excellency and Nobility of the Science of Astrology, as also its Antiquity, and the admirable power and virtue of the Heavens 62CHAP IV: That the Heavens and Stars have influence on inferior and Elementary things, Proved by Scripture or the word of God; And acknowledged by Philosophers, and the learned in former ages 63CHAP V: Showing that observation may be made of the Stars motions, in answer to those that hold it impossible for any man in his days to observe the particular configurations of every Planet, with the fixed Stars, and with one another; as also that thereby we may discern their influence if we have any capacity 66CHAP VI: That the variation of the Heavens from their places wherein they wherein Ptolemy’s time, or at the first Creation, causes no erring in Astrological Judgements 68CHAP VII: Showing the powerful influence of the Stars and Planets, and how far we are to have regard to the fixed Stars 71CHAP VIII: Showing the Influence of the Heavens on Inferior and Elementary Bodies 79CHAP IX: Showing that the Influences of the Heavens and redominancy of the stars in every Climate, is the cause of the several Laws and Customs of the People therein 82CHAP X: Containing the resolution of the main Objections against this divine Science 85CHAP XI: Containing an Introduction to the Vindication of my Lux Veritatis, from the aspersions of Doctor Homes and his second, with the first Reason why I account neither of them worth our of my notice 93CHAP XIII: Containing the fourth Reason, and Vindication from some of their abuses, and untruths 97CHAP XV: Showing that the Text in Psal 19.v.3 alleged by the Author to prove the stars have influence, is no wise refelled 106CHAP XVI: Proving their Reply to Job 38.31 showing the stars to have influence, to be frivolous and of no effect 107CHAP XVII: Proving their Reply to Judges 5.20 weak, and nowise available to their intent
or purpose 109CHAP XVIII: That the stars are proved both signs and causes by the word of God; and the Art lawful, notwithstanding all their malice 110CHAP XIX: Proving Astrology to be warranted by Councils, in spite of their Rabble 112CHAP XX: Containing the power and subject of Astrology, and how far the Author vindicates it 113
Trang 7constituted 162CHAP XII: Of the Triplicities of the Planets, and the Reasons why they were so appointed 163CHAP XIII: Of the Terms of the Planets, wherefore so called, and so assigned to every of the five Planets 164CHAP XIV: Showing the use which is to be made of the Terms 166CHAP XV: Demonstrating the Use, Nature and Reasons of the Faces of the Planets 168CHAP XVI: Of the Joys of the Planets 172CHAP XVII : Of the Head and Tail of the Dragon 172CHAP XVIII: Of the Antiscions and Contrantiscions of the Planets 173CHAP XIX: Showing the Reasons of the names of the seven Planets and their Characters 174CHAP XX: Of the number of the Heavens and Spheres, their places, order and motions 175
Trang 8CHAP XXI: Of the Circles of Heaven, the Zodiac, and the divisions thereof 176CHAP XXII: Of the twelve Celestial Signs, and their manifold divisions 178CHAP XXIII: Showing the use which is to be made of the former Chapter 180CHAP XXIV: Demonstrating the Reasons of the names of the twelve signs; and why there are just twelve, and neither more nor less 181CHAP XXV: Showing the Reasons why the signs are reckoned from Aries, and not from any other sign; as also why they are not placed according to the order of the four Elements 183CHAP XXVI: Of the Nature, Signification and Equality of the Signs; and first of Aries.186
in Aries, as they are delivered by the most learned in this Art 205The Names of the Stars 206CHAP XXIX: Of the Fixed-stars in Taurus, their number, names, nature, magnitude, latitude, and longitude 207CHAP XXX: Of the Fixed-Stars in Gemini, their Number, Names, Nature, Magnitude, Latitude and Longitude 210CHAP XXXI: Of the fixed Stars in Cancer, their Number, Names, Nature, Magnitude, Latitude and Longitude 211CHAP XXXII: Of the fixed Stars in Leo, their Number, Names, Nature, Magnitude, Latitude and Longitude 212CHAP XXXIII: Of the fixed Stars in Virgo, their Number, Names, Nature, Magnitude, Latitude and Longitude 214CHAP XXXIV: Of the fixed Stars in Libra, their Names, Number, Nature, Magnitude, Longitude and Latitude 215CHAP XXXV: Of the fixed Stars in Scorpio, their Number, Names, Natures, Magnitude, Latitude and Longitude 216CHAP XXXVI: Of the fixed Stars in Sagittarius, their Number, Names, Nature,
Magnitude, Latitude and Longitude 218
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Instructions how to erect a Figure of Heaven 230
AN INTRODUCTION TO ELECTIONS 236 SECTION I Comprehending an Introduction to Elections, or necessary Instructions for electing any manner of work, by the secret operations of the Heavens, by the nature of the Signs, Planets, and Aspects of the Moon, &c 242CHAP I: Containing some necessary Instructions to the judging of Elections 242CHAP II: Of the signs, and their significations in Elections, and of the hindrances of the Moon, being a farther instruction to the judging of Elections 249CHAP Ill: Showing Elections by the Aspects of the Moon to the other six Planets, and by her Mansions 252SECTION II Containing Rules for Electing such matters as appertain to the signification
of the first House of Heaven 256CHAP I: Containing necessary Rules for putting Children to Nurse, to School; or to a Trade, and of Weaning of Children 256CHAP II: Containing the Rules of Elections in the cutting of Hair 258CHAP III: Of cutting the Nails of the hands or feet, as also Corns 258SECTION III Of Rules for Electing matters appertaining to the second House 259CHAP I: Of receiving and borrowing Money 259CHAP II: Containing other Rules concerning borrowing and lending of money 260CHAP III: Of buying to profit again by the sale thereof 261CHAP IV: Of selling to advantage 262CHAP V: Further concerning Buying and Selling in the ordinary course of the World 262CHAP VI: Of buying clothing, or putting on of Apparel 263CHAP VII: Of flitting, or removing from one place to another 264CHAP VIII: Containing Rules of Electing any Work in the Art of Distillation, or
Alchemy 264SECTION IV Comprehending Rules, in Electing such matters as appertain to the
signification of the third House 266CHAP I: Of short Journeys, and their Elections 266CHAP II: Of making of Friendship between Brethren, or any two at variance 266CHAP III: Of applying the mind or study to Divine matters or contemplations 267SECTION V Containing Rules of Elections, appertaining to the fourth House 268CHAP I: Of building Houses 268CHAP II: Of Building of Castles and Cities 269CHAP III: Of Building of Churches 271CHAP IV: Of Building or Erecting of Mills 272
Trang 10CHAP V: Of pulling down or destroying of Houses, or any Fabric whatsoever 272CHAP VI: Containing rules of Elections in buying of Land, Houses or Heritages 273CHAP VII: Of Buying of Land, or ground for Husbandry, and not to build on 274CHAP VIII: Of bringing of Water to a house, either by Conduit, Pipe or Pump; and of digging of Wells 275CHAP IX: Of Tillage, or Manuring of the Ground 276CHAP X: Of Renting or Hiring, and Letting of Houses, Land or Fruit, or any other thing
to be Let or Hired 276CHAP XI: of Planting of Trees or Grassing 277CHAP XII : Of Sowing of Seeds in the ground 278CHAP XIII : Of riding Houses or places from evil Spirits 279SECTION VI : Containing Rules for Electing a time for any Work, or thing appertaining to the fifth House 279CHAP I : Showing a fit time for getting of Boys or Girls 280CHAP II : Of Delivering a dead Child 281CHAP III : Of Christening or Circumcising of Children 282CHAP IV : Of giving and receiving of Gifts or Presents 283CHAP V : Containing Rules for electing a time for putting on of Apparel 284CHAP VI : Of Feasting or eating of meat 285CHAP VII : Of Drinking of Wine and other Drinks 286CHAP VIII : Of writing of Letters, or anything else of Ingenuity 287CHAP IX : Of making Odoriferous smells and unguents 288CHAP X : Of sending Ambassadors or Messengers 288SECTION VII : Of Elections appertaining to the sixth House 289CHAP I : Of the true Knowledge of the Crisis or Critical and Judicial Days, very useful for those that study Physic 289CHAP II : Of Applying Medicines generally to all the parts of the body of Man 293CHAP III : Of the Administration of Remedies to the Diseases of the Head 294CHAP IV : Of Applying remedies to the eyes, and preparatives in general 295CHAP V : Of Applying remedies to the Nose 295CHAP VI : Of injecting of Clisters, &c and Stopping of Rheums or Fluxes 296CHAP VII : Of the administration of gargarisms, or sneezings, and such like 296CHAP VIII : Of giving of Vomits 296CHAP IX : Of administering Purges and Physic laxative 297CHAP X : Of Bathing, and Electing a time therefore 302CHAP XI : Of Electing a time for using Surgery 302CHAP XII : Of Electing a time for Phlebotomy or Blood-letting, of applying also Ventosies 303CHAP XIII: Of the Physicians going to the Patient 305CHAP XIV : Of Hiring of Servants 305CHAP XV : Of buying of Birds, and letting them fly to return again 306CHAP XVI : Of buying four footed beasts 307CHAP XVII : Of bringing up Dogs, or Taming of small Cattle 308SECTION VIII : Containing Elections appertaining to the seventh House 309CHAP I : Of Elections appertaining to the signification of the seventh house, and touching Marriage 309CHAP II : Of Venereal sports 313CHAP III : Of Partnership, or Agreements, or things between two 314CHAP IV : Of going to War, or beginning of Differences and Duels, Quarrels,
Law-Suits, Controversies, and the like 315CHAP V : Of making of Peace, suppressing or encountering of Rebels, and storming of Castles and Town 319CHAP VI : Of buying of Arms, and preparing of Instruments of War, and Ships or Galleys 321CHAP VII: Of seeking of Fugitives, and examining of Thieves and Malefactors 322CHAP VIII : To know the Subject and scope of the Whisperings or Clandestine Practices
of any two, and of playing at Chess (or any other sitting Game) to win 323
Trang 11CHAP IX : Of Hunting, Fowling and Fishing 326SECTION IX : Containing Elections appertaining to the signification of the eighth House 328CHAP I : Of making of Wills 328CHAP II : Of the Heritages of the Dead 328SECTION X : Containing the Elections of the ninth House of Heaven 329CHAP I : Of the returning of such as are absent, and of going of journeys, and entering into anyplace 329CHAP II : Of building of Ships and tallies, and of launching them, and of voyaging by Sea 333CHAP III : Of learning of Sciences, and of Singing and Music 335SECTION XI : Containing Elections appertaining to the signification of the tenth House 337CHAP I : Of electing of Kings and Nobles, and of their installing and beginning their Rule or Government 337CHAP II : Of obtaining favour of Kings and great men, Justice on Enemies, and Pardons; also of going of Progress with the King, or any other Grandee 338CHAP III : Of learning any Art or Occupation 339SECTION XII : Containing such Elections as are under the signification of the eleventh House of Heaven 340CHAP I : Of accomplishing anything hoped for, and of gaining a good repute, and the love of friends 340CHAP II : Of obtaining of Promises and Requests 341SECTION XIII : Comprehending the Elections of the Twelfth House 341CHAP I : Of Freeing of Prisoners and Captives 341CHAP II : Of Buying and Riding of Horses 342
To the Studious Reader 347
SECTION I : Containing the Ground-work of Revolutions, considerations before
Judgement, and the true Significators of such things as are necessary to be judged of in this manner of Work 349CHAP I: Showing the Ground work on which Astrological Judgements for the judging
of Revolutions are to be built, and how many Schemes or Figures of Heaven ought to be erected for this Work 350CHAP II : Containing some necessary considerations before Judgement 352CHAP III : Showing which are the Significators of the King, People, their Enemies and Assistants, in any Revolution of the years of the World 354CHAP IV : Of the Significators of Rich and Noblemen, the Kings Standard or
Armour-Bearer; also Clergy-men, and of Students, Merchants, Lawyers, and Women in general: also Fryers and Monks; and these according to the significations of the Planets 356SECTION II : Showing the state and condition of the King or Rulers, and their continuation and durability in any Revolution; as also the condition of the People from the position and fortitudes of their significators Also how to know the Lord of the year in any Revolution of the years of the World, and the significations thereof in the twelve Houses, Signs and Aspects of the Planets; also of the significations of the Head and Tail of the Dragon in any
of the twelve Houses 358
Trang 12CHAP I : Of the state or condition of the King or chief Rulers and People in any Annual Revolution 358CHAP II : Teaching how to judge of the permanency or durability of Kings, or such as are in Authority by any Revolution 362CHAP III : Showing the state and condition of the Common People in any Region, by any Revolution 364CHAP IV : How to know that Planet which is Lord of the Year in any Annual
Revolution of the Years of the World 370CHAP V : Of the Significations of the seven Celestial Planets, when any of them is Lord
of the Year, whether Fortunated or Impedited, and of the Aspects o f the other Planets with them 374CHAP VI : Containing the true Significations of the Planet Saturn as he is in any Annual Revolution accidentally placed in any of the Twelve Houses of Heaven, whether he be Lord of the Year or no 378CHAP VII : Of the Signification of Jupiter as he is accidentally placed in any of the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution, whether he be Lord of the Year or
no 380CHAP VIII : Containing the Significations of Mars in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any annual Revolution, whether he be Lord of the Year or no 383CHAP IX : Showing the Significations of the Sun in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution, whether he be Lord of the Year or no 384CHAP X : Showing the Signification of Venus in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution, whether she be Lady of the Year or no 386CHAP XI : Of the Significations of Mercury in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution, whether he be Lord of the Year or no 388CHAP XII : Of the significations of the Moon in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution, whether She be Lady of the Year or no 389CHAP XIII : Containing the significations of the Head and Tail of the Dragon in the Twelve Houses of Heaven in any Annual Revolution of the Years of the World 392CHAP XIV : Showing the Significations of the Planets in any of the Triplicities, when any of them is Lord of the Year in any Annual Revolution of the years of the World 394CHAP XV : Demonstrating the Significations of Saturn when he is Lord of the Year in any of the twelve Signs 395CHAP XVI Showing the Significations of Jupiter, when he is Lord of the year in any of the Twelve Signs 401CHAP XVII : Showing the Significations of Mars, when he is Lord of the year in any of the twelve Signs 404CHAP XVIII : Containing the Accidents signified by the Sun when he is Lord of the year
in any of the twelve Signs 411CHAP XIX : Of the things signified by Venus when she is Lady of the year in any of the Twelve Signs 412CHAP XX : Of the Significations of Mercury when he is Lord of the Year in any of the Twelve Signs 416CHAP XXI : Containing the Significations of the Moon, when she is Lady of the Year in any of the twelve Signs 419CHAP XXII : Showing what is signified by the Head and Tail of the Dragon, as they are placed in any of the Twelve Signs in any Revolution 420SECTION III : Containing some other necessary Instructions for the judging of Events portended by any Revolution of the Years of the World; Also showing how to judge of such Years as signify fertility, sterility, wars, peace, health or sickness, alteration of and
in the air, and of all other things foreknown by the position of the Heavens at the Ingress
of the Sun into the first point of Aries 423CHAP I : Showing the Significations of the Planets in their Exaltations, and also in Conjunction, Square or Opposition of Saturn or Mars at that time in any Revolution 423CHAP II : Of the Significations of the Planets, and Dragons Head and Tail, as also Blazing-Stars, when they are (in any Revolution) exalted one above another 426CHAP III : Containing Considerations from the Sun and Moon when the Revolution is either Diurnal or Nocturnal, also when the Revolution happens at Sun-setting and break
of day; from the Lord of the hour, Part of Fortune, the indisposition of Saturn and Mars, from their Conjunction with the Dragons Head and Tail in any Annual Revolution 430
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Celestial Signs 485CHAP VI : Of Comets and Blazing-Stars, what they are, the many sorts thereof, their Portences, and how long they appear at any time 492CHAP VII : Showing the Physical reasons of the horrid and terrible portences of Comets and Blazing-Stars 495CHAP VIII : Showing some other names of Comets or Blazing-Stars, and their
Portences 496CHAP IX : Of the signification of Comets and Blazing-Stars appropriated to the seven Planets 498CHAP X : Showing the Significations of Comets, when they appear in any of the twelve Signs of Heaven 500CHAP XI : Of great Conjunctions, their Number, and how to judge of their Effects 504CHAP XII : Of the Conjunctions of the Superiors 506CHAP XIII : Of the mean and lesser Conjunctions, and their Effects 507CHAP XIV : Of the Conjunction of the Planets in the twelve Signs according to Hermes 509CHAP XV: Showing how to judge of the General Accidents of the World by the Falling
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