$i t ASTRO 
and Venus m conjuti£l'ian, quartile, or oppofition, general¬ 
ly produce cold rain and Ihowers ; in fpring, they bring 
rain and cold ; in Cummer, bidden and hafry (flowers; in 
autumn, cold rain; in winter, fnow or fleet, Saturn and 
Mercury in conjunction, quartile, and oppolition, in dry 
figns and manfions, bring drought; in moilt ligns, rain; 
in the aiiy, winds; in the earthy, cold air and drynefs; 
particularly in the fpring, they produce wind and rain ; in 
fummer, wind and (flowers ; in autumn, wind and clouds; 
and, in winter, wind and fnow. Saturn and the moon, in 
conjunftion, quartile, or oppolition, affeCt the air accord¬ 
ing to that part of the heavens wherein they are conjoined 
orafpedted. In moift flgns, they portend clouds, and cold- 
nefs; in the airy, and in Sagittarius and Capricorn, they 
produce cold, efpecially when the moon is of full light ; 
and, when fhe is void of coitrfe, they bring drought; but, 
in dry flgns, they forelhew (flarp air; and a fro ft y feafon, 
if it be in winter; generally the Moon and Saturn ftir up 
thick clouds and gentle (flowers. In the fpring, they pro¬ 
duce a turbid and moift air; in fummer, moifture, with 
remifiion of heat, and fometimes hail, if there be any af- 
pedt of Mars or Mercury; in autumn, a cloudy air; in 
winter, clouds and fnow, with vehement cold. 
“Jupiter and Mars, in conjunction, quartile, or oppofl- 
tion, change the quality of the air, according to the nature 
of the flgns and ftars to which they are configurated. In 
hot and dry manfions, they caufe great heat; in the moift 
ligns, thunder and rain ; but, particularly in the fpring- 
time, they produce winds and turbulent air; in fummer, 
heat, with thunder and lightning; in autumn, tempeftu- 
ous and windy air ; and, in winter, remifiion of cold and 
temperature of air. But, in this conjunction, we muft ob- 
ferve the ruling planet; for, if Jupiter hath rule above 
Mars, it denotes much good and felicity, plenty of the 
fruits of the earth, and of all fuch things as ferve for the 
fuftenance of man. Alfo, Jupiter and Mars, with tem- 
peftuous ftars, as Ardhirus, the Eagle, tail of the Dolphin, 
light ftar of the Crown, &c. ftir up wind and hail, and in 
fummer thunder. Jupiter and the Sun, in conjunction, 
quartile, or oppofition, bring wholefome winds and ferene 
.air, particularly in fpring and autumn; in fummer they 
produce thunder, and in winter remifiion of cold. Jupi¬ 
ter and Venus, in conjunction, quartile, or oppofition, ge¬ 
nerally produce ferenity and temperature of air; in the 
moift figns, they promife gentle (flowers; in other ligns, 
fair weather, wholefome winds, and fertility of all things. 
Jupiter and Mercury, in conjunction, quartile, or oppofi¬ 
tion, ftir up winds and rain ; in tire fiery figns, they bring 
drynefs and warm winds; in the airy figns, fair weather, 
but winds in all feafons of the year; particularly, in the 
fpring and autumn they portend hail, and in winter fnow. 
Jupiter and the Moon, in conjunction, quartile, or oppo¬ 
sition, produce gentle winds, ferenity, and temperature of 
•the air; yet they alter the w eather, according to the qua¬ 
lity of the fign which they poflefs; but at all times they 
generally denote a mild and temperate feafon. 
“ Mars and the Sun, in conjunction, quartile, or oppo¬ 
fition, tp. the fiery figns, portend heat and drynefs; in the 
watery, hail, thunder, and lightning ; in the airy, clouds ; 
and, in the earthy, violent winds; in the fpring and au¬ 
tumn, they excite dry winds; in fummer, great heat, light¬ 
ning, and thunder; and, in winter, remifiion of cold. Mars 
and Venus, in conjunction, quartile, or oppolition, are pro¬ 
ductive of much -rain, if in moift figns, efpecially in fpring 
and autumn; in fummer, they engender Ihowers; in win¬ 
ter, remifiion of cold., and often fnow. Mars and Mer¬ 
cury, in conjunction, quartile, or oppolition, in winter and 
fpring, foretel fnow; in fummer, tiumder and hail; in au¬ 
tumn, hail and great winds-; and, in fiery and dry figns, 
they prefege warmth and excefllve drought. Mars and 
the Moon, in conjunction, quartile, or oppofition, in moift 
flgns, demonftrate rain; in fiery, drynefs, red clouds, and 
fometimes rain ; in fummer, lightning, hail, and corrufca- 
tions. Mars, entering new figns, very often changes the 
air; fo Mars, pafling by Succulte, op Hyades, produces 
LOGY. 
clouds and moifture. Mars in Cancer, with north latitude, 
in autumn and winter, brings warm weather, with w'ind 
and rain, and (harp diieafes, if Mars be in afpeCt with Sa¬ 
turn, Venus, or Mercury. Mars palling by the Pleiades 
makes a cloudy feafon ; and, being accompanied wfith ftars 
of a tempeftuous nature, as ArCturus, the Eagle, bright 
ftar of the Crown, Bull’s Eye, Tail of the Dolphin, Pro- 
cyon, Fidicula, Scorpion’s Heart, Virgin’s Spike, &c. ri- 
ftng or fetting with them, forefhews a turbulent, windy, 
and oftentimes a fultry and unwholefoYne, air. The Sun 
and Venus in conjunction commonly produce moifture; in 
fpring- and autumn, rain ; in fummer, lliovvers and thun¬ 
der ; in winter, rain. The Sun and Mercury in conjunc¬ 
tion, in the airy figns produce winds, in the watery figns 
rain, in the fiery, drought and warm winds injurious to 
mankind. The Sun and Moon, in conjunction, quartile, or 
oppofition, in moift figns, portend rain; in fiery figns, fair 
weather, but generally they alter the ftate of the air, ac¬ 
cording to the quality of the ruling planet and the nature 
of the feafon. The conjunction, femi-fextile, and fextile, 
of Venus and Mercury, infer (tore of wind and rain ; and, 
in winter, fnow ; provided they be nearly equal in motion ; 
Venus in the firft decade of Cancer prefages rain : alfo, 
being with the Pleiades, Hyades, and the Aftelli, Ihe de¬ 
notes a moift feafon. If, in the autumnal quarter, more 
retrograde planets be with the fun than in the other fea¬ 
fons, which in the winter following will become direCt, it 
is a fign of great drought. 
“ Daily experience (hews, that the weather is much va¬ 
ried by the fituation of the winds; for, according to their 
different bearing is the feafon much inclined, fometimes to 
hail, rain, and fnow, and again to fair weather ; wherefore 
I (hall ftate thole afpeCts which are found to attract, raife, 
vary, or alter, the pofition of the winds, as they alternately 
rife or fet in parallels to the different bearings of the earth. 
Belides thefe, there are lateral and collateral winds, blow¬ 
ing between thefe points, which partake more or lefs of 
the quality of the foregoing, as they approach or recede 
from them. Saturn is the mover of theeaftern winds, Ju¬ 
piter of the northern, Mars of the weft and fouth, Venus 
of the fouthern, and Mercury according as he (hall be in 
afpeCt with others; the Sun and Moon raife the weftern 
winds. The quality of the winds, and their bearing, is 
alfo known from their pofitions in the horofeope ; for, the 
planets with latitude and fouth declination, from the me¬ 
ridian, caufe the fouthern winds to blow ; from the imum 
cali t with latitude and northern declination, they then 
promote the northern winds; the oriental planets move 
the eaftern winds, but the occidental the weftern winds; 
and, when they are weak, they attract or caufe the inter¬ 
mediate winds to blow. Alfo the fituation and quality of 
the winds are gathered from the latitude of the moon, as 
file inclines to the north and fouth; fo the figns will alfo 
demonftrate the winds: for Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, 
excite the north-weft winds; Taurus, Virgo, and Capri¬ 
corn, the fouth-eaft; Gemini, Libra, and Aquaries, the 
north-eaft; Cancer, Scorpio, and Pifces, the fouth-weft. 
Likewife, from the application of Mercury to the other 
planets, we may in fome meafure prognofticate tire quality 
of the winds; for, if Mercury apply to Saturn, it produ¬ 
ces great winds, clouds, and rain ; iftojupiter, mild winds; 
if to Mars, warm winds ; if to Mars and tire Sun, warm 
and hurtful winds; if to Venus, cold winds. 
“ Alfo the riling, culminating, and fetting, of the fixed 
ftars, with the fun, moon, and other planers, alter the ftate 
of the winds in the following manner: Regulus, or the 
Lion’s Heart, fetting with the Sun, excites the weft winds 
to blow many days together. The rifing of Pleiades with 
the Sun moveth the eaft wind. The fetting of ArCturus 
ftirreth up the fouth winds. The fetting of Pleiades with 
the Sun excites the north-eaft wind. The riling of the 
Dolphin with the Sun alfo produces wind. The rifing or 
fetting of ArCturus, with the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, 
or Mercury, begetteth winds. The fetting of Hyades 
troubles both fea and land, efpecially when Mars and Mer- 
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