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she will bring rain at full moon. If when full she has 

 a circle round hcr, it will denote wind in the quarter 

 uhere the circle shines brightest, and if at her rising 

 the horns are thicker, it will denote a terrible storm. 

 If when there is a west wind blowing the moon does 

 not make an appearance before her fourth day, she 

 \\ill be accompanied by wintry weather for the 

 whole month. If on her sixteenth day she has a 

 more violently flaming appearance, this will presage 

 violent storms.' 



There are also eight periodic points of the moon 

 herself, corresponding to her angles of incidence with 

 the sun, and most observers only notiee the moon's 

 prognostics between those points ; they are the 3rd, 

 7th, Ilth, 15th, 19th, 23rd and 27th days of the moon, 

 and the dav of her conjunction. 



LXXX. In the third place must come the obser- ForeeaMx 

 vation of the stars. These are sometimes seen to stars.'^'^ 

 move to and fro ", and this is immediately followed by 

 wind in the quarter in wliich they havc given this 

 presage. When at the periodic points * that we have 

 set out the whole sky is equally brilliant, it will afford 

 a fine and cold autiunn. If spring and summer do 

 not pass without a chilly period, they will cause a fme 

 ;md misty autumn, with less wind. Fine weathcr in 

 autumn makes a windy winter. When tlie bright- 

 ness of the stars becomes suddenly obscured, and that 

 not by cloud or mist, rain or heavy storms are threat- 

 cned. If several shooting stars are seen, they will 

 announce winds from the quarters in the direction of 

 which they travel, making a white track, steady winds 

 if the stars twinkle, but if this occurs in several 

 parts of the sky, shifting winds and blowing from all 

 quarters. If one of the planets is enclosed by a 



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