L I B . 1 1 1. Of the Advancetncnt of Leanihig, q <i 



thole Individuates which of the Came fpecies are raoft Fajjihle^ and are 

 likefuft wax: even as when a Peftilential air feizeth on bodies more 

 open and lefs refiftent '-, and pafl'eth by Bodies more compaft and ftrong. 

 The fourth rule. is, foitiewhat like the precedent 5 That the Operation of 

 the Heavens hath its influx and dominion not in points and narrow mi' 

 nutcs of times'^ hit in greater fpacei. Therefore Prognfjiications of the 

 temperatures of the year may be true 5 but upon particular days, are 

 worthily accounted vain and idle. The laji rule, (which by the more 

 wife Aftrologers hath been ever embraced) is. That there is no fatal »e- 

 cej/iiji in thejiars^ but that they do incline rather^ than enforce. We add 

 this moreover (wherein we plainly take part with Afirolog)/, if it were 

 rectified) and which we know to be rhoft certain ; That Celejiial bodies 

 have other influences befldes heat and light : which influences are of force 

 according to the Rules we have prefcribed, and no otherwife .• But 

 thefe lie hid in the profound Parts of Natural Philolbphy, .and require 

 a larger diflertation. Wherefore we think good (that which we have 

 (aid being rightly conceived) to fet down, Afirolugy agreeable to our 

 Principles, amongfl: Deficients, and as we have named Ajlronomj groun- 

 ded upon natural reafons, Living Afironomy, fo we think fit to call A- 

 firology afcertain'd upon the fame reafons, Hound Aflrology. As for the 

 right way how to frame and make this Art, although what we have 

 £aid, doth not a little conduce thereto, yet according to our manner,' 

 We will add a few more obfervations which (hall clearly propound, out 

 of what materials it fnould be collefted, and to what end it fhould be 

 referred. 



§ Firji, let the kttovpledge touching the Commixtures of Beams be re- 

 ceiv'd into found Aflrology, that isof Conjunftions, andof Oppofitions, 

 andthe reft oftheconftellations, or Afpefts of Planets, one on ano- 

 ther. Alfo we ajjign to this part concerning the Commixtures of Beams, 

 the paffing of the Planets through the figns of the Zodiack, and Pofi- 

 tion under the fime figns : For the location of a Planet under any fign, 

 is a kind of Conjunftion of the (ame Planet with the Stars of the figns : 

 Moreover as Conjunftions, fo likewife Oppofitions and other Conftel- 

 lations of Planets towards the Stars of the figns, are to be noted, which 

 hitherto hath not perfeftly been accomplifht. But the interchangeable 

 Qpmmixtures of the Kay s of thefixtftars, are indeed profitable to the 

 Contemplation oF the Fabrick of the world j and of the Nature of the 

 iJf^/Vwj- lying under them 3 but not unto rrei^/5f/V»/, because ihefe Af- 

 peds are ever the fame. 



§ Secondly, let there be fallen into Aflrology the Accejfions of every par- 

 ijcular Planet nearer to the Perpendicular,and Rcccjjions from it, accor- 

 dingto the Climates of Regions, For al4 the Planets as well as the Sun, 

 have their Summers^their Winters^ wherein they dart down more forci- 

 tJe.or more feeble raySjaccording to their Pofture in refped of the Per- 

 pendicular. For without queltion, the Moon in Leo works more for- 

 cibly upon natural bodies here belo a^, than when fhe is in Pifces .-Not 

 becaule the /J/(?tf» plated in Z-e(7,hath reference to the Heart,and under - 

 Tifces refpeds the Feet, (as the vulgar Fable goes) 5 for their Elevati- 

 on towards the Perpendicular and Approximation towards the greater 

 Stars, juft after the fame manner as the Sun. 



^ Thirdly, let the Apog^a, and Perig<ea of the Planets be received with 



due 



