ASTROLOG Y. 
C>ifar, fines it relates only to the weather applicable to par¬ 
ticular and diltinct climates ; which, from a fimilar theory 
of. eclipfes, tides, and winds, it is manifeft, might be af- 
certained with very-great exaCtnefs. In thefe confidera- 
tions, two things are to be regarded, as the principal 
ground-work of the whole, namely the tendency and fa¬ 
miliarity of the twelve ligns of the zodiac, and the planets 
and liars, to the temperature of the different climates; 
and the qualities produced in certain feafons by the eciip- 
tical conjunctions of the fun and moon, and by the revQ- 
lutions and tranfus of the planets, with their t ilings and 
frations. The firlt and greater caule hath refpect unto 
whole regions, and flieweth the uncertainty of national 
glory and perfection, fo liable to be dilhirbed by wars and 
inteftine broils, or deftroyed by famine, peffilence, earth¬ 
quakes, or inundations. The fecondary or inferior caufe 
is produced in certain times, as in the contrariety of fea¬ 
fons, and their mutations more or lefs in their different 
quarters; as heats or winds more vehement orremifs, out 
of their proper and accultomed times, whereby plenty or 
fcarcity, or dileafes, are produced, as the caufe and quality 
fhall happen to be. Hence are difeovered the fympathies 
exifting between the motions and configurations of the pla¬ 
nets, and between the mutations and varieties of weather 
obfervable ir. the fame feafons of the year; and of the ge¬ 
neral good or evil attendant on mankind; all which are 
accounted for according to the principles of natural rea- 
fon. For it is ant undeniable faCt, that every diftinCt pro¬ 
perty will have its dillindt effect; and, that the knowledge 
of thefe effedts point out the property, whether it be good 
or evil. Thus we know, that the property of the planets 
ruling particular feafons, as the moon does the tides, will 
conftantly produce the fame effedt, when unimpeded with 
the property or influence of other attractive bodies; for 
then the effective property is changed, and can only be 
determined by contemplating the force and mixture of the 
different planets, according to their co-operation and pow¬ 
er, or places in the zodiac. 
“ To obtain a proper knowledge of the weather for 
any given year, it isrequilite exaCtly to obferve the ingrefs 
of the fun into the ffrft point of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and 
Capricorn, at the change or commencement of the four 
different quarters of the year; together with the conjunc¬ 
tions or oppofitions of the luminaries next preceding the 
fame ingvelles. Then to the time of the ingrefs ereCt the 
horofeope, or fcheme of the heavens, and obferve whether 
the places of the luminaries, at the time of their conjunc¬ 
tion or oppofition, happen in a moiff, dry, or cold, man- 
lion ; and of what planets they are afpeCted, and likewife 
if the ruling'.planets be conjoined in inch a manfion with 
the ruling fign of that conjunction or oppofition. Then 
the fcheme of the heavens, eredted for the fun’s entrance 
into the firlt.fcruple of Aries, will, with the help of the 
moon’s principal afpedts and configurations with the fun 
and other planets at her feveral changes, forelhew the ge¬ 
neral ffate of the weather for that quarter. But, in this 
jpecies of prediction, we mult never lofe fight of the in¬ 
fluence and attraction of the earth, nor of the force and 
peculiarity of each climate refpedtively; becaufe thefe pe¬ 
culiarities arife entirely from the particular fituations of 
different climates or countries with refpect to the fun, and 
would have their weather fixed and certain, the. fame as 
their increafe or decreafe of day or night, were it not for 
the attractive and expulfive force of the other celeltial bo¬ 
dies, which are incellantly varying that of the fun, and of 
one another, according to their different pofitions and af¬ 
pedts. Hence it is neceffary, before an attempt be made 
to give judgment of the weather in any particular country 
or climate, to well confider its particular fituation with 
refpedt to land and fea, mountains and vallies, illands and 
continents, caverns and lakes, as well as of its geographi¬ 
cal pofition with refpedt to the tropics, equinoctial, eclip¬ 
tic, &c. for, as every different climate is differently aflfeCl- 
cd by the fun’s influence upon it, as well as by the quality 
of its own proper foil or component parts, fo will the ac¬ 
tion of the other celeltial bodies thereupon be more pow¬ 
erful or remifs, as their nature and quality (hall be found 
to agree with or oppofe the ffate and temperature of thofe 
climates, and the fun’s influence at thole times upon them. 
Hence we fee clearly the extreme difficulty of calculating 
the weather for England, Ireland, or any of the illands, 
which, being furrounded by the fea, are fubjedt to much 
greater variations of weather than any of the continents 
or great oceans. The caufe is apparent. In England, we 
find almoff every flight configuration of the fun and moon, 
and the riling and letting of particular liars, will change 
the ffate of the atmofphere almoff inftantaneoufly; and, 
from the proximity of the fea every way round us, and 
the confequent moiff vapours inccffantly drawn up into the 
air by the attraction of thefe bodies, we become fubject 
to wet, cloudy, corrufcuous, weather, which extends not 
to any of the 1'urrounding coalls, but is peculiar only to 
the illand over which thefe vapours are engendered. And 
hence it is we fo often fee (bowers, which, though accom¬ 
panied with violent thunder, lightning, wind, and hail, are 
frequently not heard of at a few miles difiance ; and "that 
when, in one county, there has been a drought, and the 
land and corn almoff dried and parched up, in the next 
adjoining county they fhall be vifited with frequent fliow- 
ers, and the fruits of the earth be luxuriant and flourifil¬ 
ing. This fact muff be within every man’s obfervation 
who refides in England, and the caufe is entirely peculiar 
to the country. The moiff vapours of the contiguous 
ocean are drawn up into the clouds one hour; and, by the 
oppofing influence of fome planet or ftar then rifing or cul¬ 
minating, are driven down the next; whence it is obvious, 
that all attempts to foretel fuch mutations and changes as 
thefe are abfu.rd and futile. The objeCt of this part of 
affrology means only to afeertain thofe'great and powerful 
operations of the liars, which (hall be felt generally through¬ 
out whole provinces ; that, having their caufe in the prin¬ 
cipal conjunctions, oppofitions, or.quadratures, of the fu- 
perior bodies, will raife wind and rain over a whole con¬ 
tinent; pervade the bowels of the earth in porous and 
fubterraneous countries, and clothe the face of nature with 
fleecy fnow or hoary froft; or, from humidity and heat, 
ffiall either parch tiie land, while its fainting inhabitants 
galp for breath, or putrefy its air with peffilential quali¬ 
ties, which fends them by thoufands to the grave. 
“ The next thing to be confidered in relation to the wea¬ 
ther, is the conjunctions and afpeCts of the planets. The 
conjunction of Saturn ajrd Jupiter, which ought accurate¬ 
ly to be obferved, produces its effeCts in the mutation of 
the air many days before and after. This conjunction hap¬ 
pening in hot and dry manfions, or with fixed ftars of the 
fame nature, generally produces drynefs; increafeth heat 
in fummer, and mitigates the cold in winter; but in moift 
figns it portends rain and inundations. Yet this is dili¬ 
gently to be noted, that the effeCts produced by this con¬ 
junction will be of the nature of the ruling .planet; for, 
if Saturn claims principal dominion in the place of the 
conjunction, and is elevated above Jupiter in refpeCt of 
latitude, it denotes many difeafes, and much evil in gene¬ 
ral ; but the contrary, if Jupiter prevails. So likewife 
thefe two ponderous planets being in oppofition, quartile, 
trine, or Textile, is a fign of continuance of.feafons; but 
for the molt part they bring impetuous-florins of rain and 
hail; particularly if they happen in the fpring time, in 
moiff figns, they produce turbulent air; in fummer, hail 
and thunder; in autumn, wind and rain; in winter, ob- 
feure and thick clouds and dark air. Saturn and Mars in 
conjunction, quartile, or oppofition, ufually prefage winds 
and rain, hail, thunder, lightning, and con n ("cations, ac¬ 
cording to the feafons of the year; in fpring, wind, rain, 
and thunder; in fummer, hail and thunder; in autumn, 
violent rain; and, in winter, diminution of cold. Saturn 
and the Sun in conjunction, quartile, or oppofition, in the 
fpring-time, threaten dark and heavy clouds ; in fummer, 
hail, thunder, and remillion of heat; in autumn, rain and 
cold; in winter, froft, fnow, and cloudy weather, Saturn 
and 
