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the Sun, who is constituted in a sign of the same 

 kind, first follows the power of it ; but when he 

 has made a transition to Pisces, he again conjoins 

 himself in a like condition to the Moon. For 

 he, in a similar manner, being posited through a 

 trigon in a feminine sign, looks towards the Moon, 

 who is constituted in a sign of the same kind, with 

 an equal radiation of condition. 



" In like manner also the planet Mars, being 

 constituted in Scorpio, because he is in a feminine 

 sign, through a trigon, affords a testimony to the 

 Moon ; but when he comes to Aries, he affords a 

 testimony to the Sun, and making a transition, 

 being placed in a masculine sign, he conjoins him- 

 self by a trigonic radiation with the Sun. This 

 mode, however, is changeable; for Mars being 

 constituted in Libra, which is a masculine sign, 

 yet he affords a testimony to the Moon through a 

 square aspect ; but when he has made a transition 

 to Taurus, being constituted in a feminine sign, 

 and looking towards the Sun by a square radia- 

 tion, he again affords a testimony to it. These 

 [divine] men, however, were of opinion that the 

 planet Mercury is common in the above-men- 

 tioned geniture, this star affording no testimony 

 either to the Sun or Moon by a square, or a 

 trigon, or a diameter; nor does it conjoin itself 

 by radiation either with the Sun or Moon. But 



