Of Geomancy, part 2 of 3

Via in the first house, bestoweth a long and prosperous life; giveth signification of a stranger; lean of body, and tall of stature; fair of complexion, having a small beard: a person liberal and pleasant; but slow, and little addicted to labour. In the second house, he increaseth substance & riches; recovereth any thing that is stolen or lost, but signifies the thief to be departed without the City. in the third house, he multiplies brethren and kinsfolks; signifies continual journeys, and prosperous; men that are publicly known, honest, and of good conversation.

Via in the fourth house, signifies the father to be honest; increaseth the patrimony and Inheritance; produceth wealthy fields; sheweth treasure to be in the place inquired after; recovereth any thing lost. In the fifth house, he increaseth the company of male Children; sheweth a woman with child to bring forth a male child; sendeth Embassages to strange and remote parts; increaseth public honours; signifieth an honest kind of death, and to be known through many Provinces.

Via in the sixth house, preserveth from sickness; signifies the diseased soon to recover: giveth profitable servants, and animals fruitful and profitable. In the seventh house, he bestoweth a wife fair and pleasant, with whom you shall enjoy perpetual felicity: causeth strifes and controversies most speedily to be determined; adversaries to be easily overcome, and that shall willingly submit their controversies to the arbitration of good men. In the eighth house, he sheweth the kind of death to proceed from Phlegmatick diseases; to be honest, and of good report: discovereth great Legacies, and rich inheritances to be obtained by the dead: and if any one hath been reported to be dead, it sheweth him to be alive.

Via in the ninth house, causeth long journeys by water, especially by sea, and portendeth very great gains to be acquired thereby; he denoteth Priesthoods, and profits from Ecclesiastical employments: maketh men of good religion, upright, and constant faith: sheweth dreams to be true, whose signification shall suddenly appear: increaseth Philosophical and Grammatical sciences, and those things which appertain to the instruction and bringing up of children.

In the tenth house if Via be found, he maketh Kings and Princes happy and fortunate, and such as shall maintain continual peace with their Allies; and that they shall require amity and friendship amongst many Princes by their several Embassages: promoteth public honours, offices, and Magistracy amongst the vulgar and common people: or about things pertaining to the water, journeys, or about gathering Taxes and Assessments: sheweth Judges to be just and merciful, and that shall quickly dispatch Causes depending before them: and denotes a mother to of good repute, healthy, and of a long life.

In the eleventh house, he raiseth many wealthy friends, and acquireth faithful friends in foreign Provinces and Countries, and that shall willingly relieve him that requires them, with all help and diligence: It ingratiates persons with profit and trust amongst Princes, employing him in such offices, as he shall be incumbred with continual travels.

Via in the twelfth house, causeth many enemies, but such as of whom little hurt or danger is to be feared: signifies servants & animals to be profitable: whosoever is in prison, to be escaped, or speedily to be delivered from thence: and preserveth a man from the evil accidents of fortune.

Populus being found in the first house, if a Question be propounded concerning that house, sheweth a mean life, of a middle age, but inconstant, with divers sicknesses, and various successes, of fortune: signifies a man of a middle stature, a gross body, well set in his members; perhaps some mold or mark about his left eye. But if a Question shall be proposed concerning the figure of a man, and to this figure if there be joined any of the figures of Saturn or Rubeus, it sheweth the man to be monstrously deformed; and that deformity he signifies to proceed from his birth: but if in the fifth house, if he be encompassed with malevolent Aspects, then that monstrousness is to come. In the second house, Populus sheweth a mean substance, and that to be gotten with great difficulty: maketh a man also always sensible of laborious toil: things stolen are never regained: what is lost shall never be wholly recovered: that which is hidden shall not be found. But if the question be of a thief, it declareth him not yet to be fled away, but to lie lurking within the City. In the third house, Populus raiseth few friends, either of brethren or kindred; foresheweth journeys, but with labour and trouble; notwithstanding some profit may accrue by them: denotes a man unstable in his faith, and causeth a man often to be deceived by his companions. In the fourth house, it signifies a father to be sickly, and of a laborious life, and his earthly possessions and inheritane to be taken away: sheweth profit to be gained by water: sheweth treasure not to be hid; or if there be any hidden, that it shall not be found: a patrimony to be preserved with great labour. In the Fifth house, he sheweth no honest messages, but either maketh the messengers to be porters, or public carriers: he devulgeth false rumours, which notwithstanding have the likeness of some truth, and seem to have their original from truth, which is not reported as it is done: it signifies a woman to be barren, and causeth such as are great with child to be abortives: appointeth an inglorious funeral, and an ill report after death. In the sixth house, Populus sheweth cold sicknesses; and chiefly affecting the lower parts of the body; a Physician is declared to be careless and negligent in administering physic to the sick, & signifies those that are affected with sickness to be in danger of death, and scarcely to recover at all: it notes the deceitfulness of servants, and detriment of cattle. In the seventh house, it sheweth a wife to be fair and pleasant; but one that shall be solicited with the love of many wooers: signifies her loves to be feigned and dissembling: maketh weak and impotent adversaries soon to desert prosecuting. In the eight house, it denotes sudden de[…]th without any long sickness or anguish, and oftentimes sheweth death by the water; giveth no inheritance, possession or legacies from the dead; and if any be, they shall be lost by some intervening contentions, or other discord: he signifieth the dowry of a wife to be little or none. Populus in the ninth house, sheweth false dreams, personates a man of rude wit, without any learning or science; in religion he signifies inferior offices, such as serve to cleanse the Church, or ring the bells; and he signifies a man little curious or studious in religion, neither one that is troubled with much conscience. In the tenth house, he signifies such Kings and Princes, as for the most part are expulsed out of their rule and dominions, or either suffer continual trouble and detriment about them: he signifies offices and magistracy, which appertain to matters concerning the waters, as about the navy, bridges, fishings, shores, meadows, and things of the like sort: maketh Judges to be variable and slow in expediting causes before them; declareth a Mother to be sickly, and of a short life. In the eleventh house, he giveth few friends, and may flatterers; and with Princes giveth neither favour nor fortune. In the twelfth house, he sheweth weak and ignoble enemies; declareth one in prison not to be delivered; discovereth dangers in waters, and watry places.

Acquisitio found in the first house, giveth a long life and prosperous old age; signifieth a man of a middle stature, and a great head, a countenance very well to be distinguished or known a long nose, mu[…]h beard, hair curling, and fair eyes; free of his meat and drink, but in all things else sp[…]ring, and not liberal. In the second house, he signifies very great riches, apprehending all the[…]ves, and causeth whatsoever is lost to be re[…]overed. In the third house, many brethren and they to be wealthy; many gainful journeys; signi[…]es a man of good faith. In the fourth is signified a patrimony of much riches, many pos[…]essions of copious fruits; he signi[…]ieth that treasure hid in any place shall be found and sheweth a f[…]ther to be very rich, but covetous. In the Fi[…]th house, Acquisitio signifies many children of both sexes, but more males than females; sheweth a woman to be with child, and that she shall be delivered without danger[…] and if a question be propounded concerning an[…] sex, he signi[…]es it to be masculine: encreaseth gainful profitable embassages and messages, but extendeth fame not far after death, yet causeth a man to be inherited of his own, and signifieth rumours to be true. In the sixth house, he signifies many and grievous sicknesses, and long to continue; maketh the sick to be in danger of death and often to die: yet he declareth a Physician to be learned and honest; giveth many servants and cattle, and gains to be acquired from them. In the seventh house, he signifies a wife to be rich, but either a widow, or a woman of a well grown age; signifies suits and contentions to be great and durable, and that love and wedlock shall be effected by lot. In the eight house, if a man be inquired after, it sheweth him to be dead, signifieth the kind of death to be short, and sickness to last but a few days; discovereth very profitable legacies and inheritances, and signifies a wife to have a rich dowry. In the ninth house, he signifieth long and profitable journeys; sheweth if any one be absent he shall soon return; causeth gain to be obtained from Religious and Ecclesiastical persons or scholars, and signifies a man of a true and perfect sciencs. In the tenth house, he maketh Princes to enlarge their dominions; a Judge favourable, but one that must be continually presented with gifts; causeth office and magistracy to be very gainful; signifieth a mother rich and happy. In the eleventh house, Acquisitio multiplieth friends, and bringeth profit from them, and increaseth favour with Princes. In the twelfth house, he signifieth a man shall have many powerful or potent enemies; reduceth and bringeth home servants fled away, and cattle strayed; and signifies he that is in prison shall not be delivered.

Laetitia in the first house signifies long life with prosperity, and much joy and gladness, and causeth a man to out-live and be more victorious than all his brethren; signifies a man of a tall stature, fair members, a broad forehead, having great and broad teeth; and that hath a face comely and well coloured. In the second house, it signifieth riches and many gains, but great expence and various mutations of ones state and condition; theft and any thing lost is recovered and returned; but if the question be concerning a thief, it declareth him to be fled awa[…]. In the third house, Laetitia sheweth brethren to be of a good conversation, but of a short life; journeys pleasant and comfortable; men of good credit and faith. In the fourth he signifies happy patrimonies and possessions, a father to be noble, and honoured with the dignity of some princely office; sheweth treasure to be in the place inquired after, but of less worth and value than is suposed, and causeth it to be found. In the Fifth house he giveth obedient children, endued with good manners, and in whom shall be had the greatest joy and comfort of old age; signifies a woman with child to bring forth a daughter; sheweth honourable embassages, and declares rumou[…]s and news to be altogether true, and leave[…]h […]od and ample fame after death. In the six[…] hou[…] i[…] sh[…]weth it sheweth the sick shall recover; denoteth good servants, good and profitable c[…]ttle and animals. In the seventh house Laetitia giveth a wise fair, beautiful and young; ov[…]rcometh strifes and contentions, and rendereth the suc[…]ess thereof to be love. Laetitia in the eighth house giveth legacies and possessions, and a commendable portion with a wife: if a question be proposed conc[…]rni[…]g the condition of any man, it […]ignif[…]es him to be alive, and declares an honest, quiet, and me[…]k kind of death. In the n[…]nth house L[…]etitia signifies few journeys; and those […]hat do apply themselves to travel, their journeys […]ith[…]r are about the mess[…]ges and […] of […], or pil[…]rimages to fulfil holy […] of a good religion, of […] who […]sily apprehendeth all […] g[…]nuity. In the te[…]th […] princes to honour […] famous by […] times; signifies […] offices and […] th[…]ng[…] which are exer[…]i[…]ed […] affairs, schools, or the […] sheweth a moth[…]r […] shall be married ag[…]in. […] increaseth […] friends. And in the twelfth house Laetitia giveth the victory over enemies; causeth good servants and families, delivereth from imprisonment, and preserveth from future evils.

Puella in the first house signifies a person of a short life weak constitution of body, middle stature, little f[…]t, but fair, effeminate & luxurious, and one who will incur m[…]ny troubles and dangers in his life time, for the love of women. In the second house, it neither increaseth riches, nor diminisheth poverty; signifies a thief not to be departed from the city, and a thing stolen to be alien[…]ted and made away: if a question be of treas[…]re in a place, it is resolved there is none. In the third house Puella signifi[…]s more sisters than br[…]thren, and incre[…]seth and continueth good fri[…]ndship and amity amo[…]gst them; denoteth journ[…]ys to be ple[…]s[…]nt and joyous, and men of good conv[…]rsations. In the fourth house Pu[…]lla signif[…]s a very […]mall p[…]trimony, and a fath[…]r not […] but maketh the Fields fertile with g[…]od […] Fifth house a woman with ch[…]ld to brin[…] f[…]rth […] woman-child; denotes no […] much commerce with wom[…]n; and […] be obtained from them. Puella in the […]irth house signifies much weakness of the sic[…], but cau[…]eth the sick shortly to rec[…]ver; and sheweth a Physician to be both unlearned and uns[…]ilful, but one who is much esteemed of in the opinion of the vulg[…]r people; giveth good servants, handmaids, cattle and animals. In the seventh house Puella giveth a wife fair, beautiful and pleasant, leading a peaceable conversation with her husband, notwithstanding one that shall burn much with lust, and be coveted and lusted after of many men; denoteth no suits or controversies which shall depend before a Judge, but some jars and wranglin[…]s with the common people one amongst another, which shall be easily dissolved and ended. In the eighth house, if a question be of one reputed to be dead, Puella declareth him to be alive; giveth a small portion with a wife, but that which contenteth her husband. In the ninth house Puella signifies very few journeys, sheweth a man of good religion, indifferent skill and knowledge in sciences, unless happily music as well vocal as instrumental. In the tenth house Puella signifies princes not to be very potent, but notwithstanding they shall govern peaceably within their dominions, and shall be beloved of their neighbours and subjects; it causeth them to be affable, mild and courteous, and that they shall always exercise themselves with continual mirth, plays and huntings; maket[…] judges to be good, godly and merciful; giveth offices about women, or especially from noble women. In the eleventh house Puella […]iveth many friends, and increaseth favour with women. In the twelfth house Puella signifies few enemies, but contention with women; and delivereth prisoners out of prison through the intercession of friends.

Amissio in the first house signifies the sick not to live long, and sheweth a short life; signifies a man of disproportioned members of his body, and one of a wicked life and conversation, and who is marked with some notorious and remarkable defect in some part of his body, as either lame, or maimed, or the like. Amissio in the second house, consumeth all substance, and maketh one to suffer and under go the burden of miserable poverty; neither thief nor the thing stolen shall be found; signifies treasure not to be in the place sought after, and to be sought after with loss and damage. In the third house Amissio signifies death of brethren, or the want of them, and of kindred and friends; si[…]nifieth no journeys, and causeth one to be deceived of many. In the fourth house Amissio signifies the utter destruction of ones patrimony; sheweth the father to be poor, and son to die. Amissio in the Fifth house, sheweth death of children, and afflicts a man with divers sorrows; signifieth a woman not to be with child, or else to have miscarried; raising no fame or honours, and disperseth false rumours. In the Sixth house Amissio signifies the sick to be recovered, or that he shall soon recover; but causeth loss & damage by servants and cattle. In the seventh house Amissio giveth an adulterous wife, contradicting her husband with continual contention; nevertheless she shall not live long: and it causeth contentions to be end[…]d. In the eighth house Amissio signifi[…]s a man to be d[…]ad; consumeth the dowry of a wife; be[…]t[…]weth or sende[…]h no inheritances or legaci[…]s. In the nin[…]h house Amissio causeth no journ[…]y[…], but su[…]h as shall be compassed with great loss; signifies men to be inconstant in religion and oft[…]n changing their opinion from one sect to another, and altogether ignorant of learning. In the tenth house Amissio r[…]nder[…]th Princes to be most unfortunate, and sheweth that they shall be compelled to end their lives in exile and banishment; judges to be wicked; and signifies offices and magistracy to be d[…]m[…]geable, and sheweth the death of a mother. In the eleventh house Amissio signifies few friends, and causeth them to be easily lost, and turneth to become enemies; caus[…]th a m[…]n to have no favour with hi[…] prince, unles[…] it be hurtful to him. In the twe[…]h house Amissio d[…]troyeth all enemies, detaineth long in prison, but preserveth from danger.