ΟΥΕΤΤΙΟΣ ΟΥΑΛΗΣ, Ἀνθολογία

1. Περιόδων διαιρέσεις

  Καθηκόντως οὖν καὶ διδασκαλικῶς οἶμαι τὴν τῶν προκειμένων ἐπίλυσιν ποιήσασθαι θοινημάτων ** τὸν παρὰ πολλοῖς ἐζητημένον καὶ ἀποκεκρυμμένον τόπον δηλώσομεν, ὅς ἐστι περὶ διαιρέσεως χρόνων ἐμπράκτων καὶ ἀπράκτων. Ὅσαι μὲν οὖν διαιρέσεις διὰ πείρας εἰσὶ δεδοκιμασμέναι, ταύτας δεῖ νῦν ὑποτάξαι.

  Ἔστι δὲ πρώτη περίοδος πρὸς τὰ τέταρτα τῶν ἐλαχίστων περιόδων· οἷον Κρόνου τῶν ἐτῶν λ′ τὸ τέταρτον ζ′ ἥμισυ … ἐπιβάλλουσι δὲ αὐτῷ κατ’ ἔτος ἡμέραι λδ′. Ἄρεως ἐτῶν ιε′ τὸ τέταρτον γ′ μῆνες θ′, κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἔτος ἡμέραι μβ′ ἥμισυ. Ἀφροδίτης ἐτῶν η′ τὸ τέταρτον β′ ἔτη, ἐνιαύσιαι δὲ ἡμέραι κβ′ δύο τρίτα. Ἑρμοῦ ἐτῶν κ′ τὸ [δὲ] τέταρτον ε′ ἔτη, ἐνιαύσιαι δὲ ἡμέραι νϛ′ δύο τρίτα. Ἡλίου ἐτῶν ιθ′ τὸ τέταρτον ἔτη δ′ μῆνες θ′, ἡμέραι δὲ νγ′ ἥμισυ τρίτον. Σελήνης ἐτῶν κε′ τὸ τέταρτον ϛ′ ἔτη μῆνες γ′, ἐνιαύσιαι δὲ ἡμέραι ο′ ἥμισυ τρίτον.

  Γίνονται ὁμοῦ [ε′] ἔτη λβ′ μῆνες τρεῖς.

1. The Distributions of Periods

  We believe that we have set forth an appropriate, in fact, magisterial, explanation of the previous theorems. We will now reveal a topic investigated by many and hidden from view, namely the distribution of propitious and impropitious times. We must preface our discussion with the distributions which have been proven by our own experience. The primary period is one-fourth of the minimum period, as follows:

  Altogether, the “fourths” total 32 years 3 months.

2. Περὶ ἀφέσεως

  Τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἀφέσεως ἐφέξει τῶν μὲν συνοδικῶν ὁ μετὰ τὴν σύνοδον πρῶτος, εἶθ’ ἑξῆς καθὼς διάκεινται· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν πανσελήνων ὁ μετὰ τὴν πανσέληνον πρῶτος καὶ ὁμοίως· δεῖ δὲ συγκρίνειν τὸν ἀστέρα, ὅπως ἐσχημάτισται καὶ ὑπὸ τίνων μαρτυρεῖται, τούς τε λοιποὺς τοὺς παραλαμβάνοντας, πότερον ἐπίκεντροι ἢ ἀποκεκλικότες ἀνατολικοὶ ἢ δυτικοί, τάς τε κατὰ πάροδον ἐπεμβάσεις καὶ τὰς συμπαθείας ἢ ἐναντιότητας. Μετὰ δὲ τὸ συμπληρωθῆναι ἔτη λβ′ καὶ μῆνας γ′ πάλιν τὸν δεύτερον κύκλον ἀπὸ τοῦ τεταρτικοῦ ἀφετικοῦ ἀστέρος ποιητέον.

2. The Vital Sector

  For new-moon nativities, the [star] located first after the new moon begins the vital sector, then the other stars as they come in the order of signs. For full-moon nativities, the star following the full moon serves the the same capacity. It is necessary to examine how the star is configured and which stars are in aspect. Also determine if the other stars that receive [the chronocratorship] are at angles or precede angles, or are rising or setting. Determine the sequence of their transits and their sympathies and antipathies. After the 32 year 3 month period is completed, the second cycle is begun starting with the next aphetic star of the one-fourth period.

3. Περὶ ἐπιδιαιρέσεως ἡμερῶν

  Περὶ δὲ τῆς τῶν ἡμερῶν διαιρέσεως οὕτως ποιεῖσθαι. Ἐὰν γὰρ Κρόνος ἀφέτης εὑρεθῇ καθολικός, μερίζει ἔτη ζ′ ἥμισυ. Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐκ τούτων πάντας τοὺς ἀστέρας δεῖ λαμβάνειν, τὸν ἐπιμερισμὸν οὕτως ποιήσομεν. Τὰς πε′ ἡμέρας τοῦ Κρόνου ἐπὶ τὰς ζ′ ἥμισυ πολυπλασιάσαντες εὑρήσομεν ἡμέρας χλζ′ ἥμισυ· ταύτας πρῶτον Κρόνος ἑαυτῷ ἐπιμερίσει ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐτῶν ζ′ ἥμισυ, εἶθ’ ἑξῆς ἔστω εὑρῆσθαι τὸν Δία· ἐπεὶ οὖν ἡμερῶν δεσπόζει λδ′, ταύτας ἐπὶ τὰ ζ′ ἥμισυ διὰ τὸ ἀφέτην εἶναι Κρόνον· γίνονται ἡμέραι σνε′· ταύτας Ζεὺς ἕξει ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Κρόνου.

  Εἶτα ἑξῆς τὸν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης παραλαμβάνειν· ἐπεὶ οὖν κυριεύει ἡμερῶν κβ′ δύο τρίτων, ταύτας ἐπὶ τὸν ζ′ ἥμισυ πολυπλασιάσωμεν· εὑρήσομεν ρο′· τοσαύτας Ἀφροδίτη ἕξει ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Κρόνου. Καὶ ὁμοίως ἑκάστου ἀστέρος ἐὰν τὰς ἡμέρας ἐπὶ τὸν ζ′ ἥμισυ πολυπλασιάσωμεν, εὑρήσομεν τὸν ἐπιμερισμόν. Ἐὰν δέ πως ἡ Σελήνη κυριεύσῃ τῆς ἀφέσεως, τὰς ἑκάστου ἡμέρας ἐπὶ τὸν ἓξ τέταρτον πολυπλασιάσαντες εὑρήσομεν· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λοιπῶν.

  Ἑκάστου ἀστέρος ἡμέρας εὑρεῖν.

  Αἱ δὲ ἑκάστου ἡμέραι εὑρίσκονται τοιῷδε τρόπῳ. Τὴν περίοδον διπλασιάσαντες καὶ τὴν ἡμίσειαν καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐπιπροσθέντες εὑρήσομεν. Ἐπεὶ Κρόνου ἡ περίοδός ἐστιν ἡμερῶν λ′, ταύτας ἐδίπλωσα καὶ γεγόνασιν ξ′· καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τῶν λ′ γίνονται ιε′· ταύτας προσέθηκα ταῖς ξ′· γίνονται οε′. καὶ πάλιν τὸ τρίτον τῶν λ′ γίνεται ι′· ταύτας ὁμοίως προσέθηκα τοῖς οε′· γίνονται πε′. Ταύτας τὰς ἡμέρας Κρόνος ἕξει. Ὁμοίως καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀστέρων.

3. The Distribution of Days

  Make the distribution of days as follows: if Saturn is found to be the overall apheta, it assigns 7 ¹⁄₂ years. Now since it is necessary for all the stars to take part in the distribution of this 7 ¹⁄₂ year period, we will do as follows: multiply the 85 days of Saturn by 7 ¹⁄₂ to get a total of 637 ¹⁄₂. This is the amount Saturn will allot to itself from its 7 ¹⁄₂ years. Now let us find the amount for Jupiter: since it governs 34 days, multiply this 34 by 7 ¹⁄₂ (since Saturn is the apheta), for a total of 255. Jupiter will have this many days of Saturn’s chronocratorship.

  Next in order Venus receives the chronocratorship: since it controls 22 ²⁄₃ days, we will multiply this amount by 7 ¹⁄₂ , and we will find the total 170. Venus will control this many days of Saturn’s chronocratorship. And so on with each star: if we multiply its days by 7 ¹⁄₂ , we will find its allotment in Saturn’s chronocratorship. If the moon, on the other hand, controls the vital sector, we multiply each star’s days by 6 ¹⁄₄ to find its distribution. Similarly for the rest.

  To Find the Days of Each Star.

  The days of each star are found thus: double the star’s period, then take ¹⁄₂ , then ¹⁄₃ of the period. After adding all these figures together, we will find the days. The period of Saturn is 30 days; I double this for a total of 60. One-half of 30 is 15; I add this to 60 for a total of 75. One-third of 30 is 10; I add this to the 75 for a grand total of 85. Saturn will have this number of days. Likewise for the rest of the stars.

4. Περὶ χρόνων διαιρέσεως ἀπὸ κλήρου τύχης καὶ δαίμονος

  Καὶ ταύτην δὲ δυναστικὴν οὖσαν ὑποτάξω, τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἀφέσεως ποιησάμενος ἀπὸ κλήρου τύχης καὶ δαίμονος, οἳ σημαίνουσιν Ἥλιόν τε καὶ Σελήνην· κοσμικῶς γὰρ ἡ Σελήνη τύχη ὑπάρχουσα καὶ σῶμα καὶ πνεῦμα περίγειος οὖσα καὶ τὴν ἀπόρροιαν εἰς ἡμᾶς πέμπουσα τὸ ὅμοιον ἀποτελεῖ, κυρία οὖσα τοῦ καθ’ ἡμᾶς σώματος. Ὁ δὲ Ἥλιος νοῦς καὶ δαίμων κοσμικῶς ὑπάρχων διὰ τῆς ἰδίας ἐνεργείας καὶ φύσεως ἐρασμίου τὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ψυχὰς διεγείρων περὶ τὰς ἐγχειρήσεις αἴτιος πράξεως καὶ κινήσεως καθίσταται.

  Ἐπὰν οὖν σωματικοὺς χρόνους ζητῶμεν, οἷον κλιμακτῆρας ἢ ἀσθενείας ἢ αἱμαγμούς, πτώσεις σίνη πάθη καὶ ὅσα ποτὲ ἀνήκει τῷ σώματι περὶ ῥώσεως τέρψεως ἡδονῆς καλλονῆς ἐπαφροδισίας, ἀπὸ τοῦ κλήρου τῆς τύχης δεῖ ἐκβάλλειν ζῳδιακῶς, καὶ οὗ ἂν καταλήξῃ ὁ χρόνος, λογισόμεθα τὸ ζῴδιον καὶ τοὺς ἐπόντας ἀστέρας ἢ μαρτυροῦντας, πῶς συσχηματίζονται πρὸς τὸν καθολικὸν ἢ οἰκοδεσπότην τῶν ἀφετικῶν χρόνων καὶ πότερον ἐπίκεντροι οἱ χρονοκράτορες τῶν κλήρων εἰσὶν ἢ ἔκκεντροι. Ἐὰν δὲ περὶ πράξεως ἢ δόξης ζητῶμεν, τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν χρόνων ποιησόμεθα ζῳδιακῶς καὶ κατὰ τοὺς ἐπόντας ἢ μαρτυροῦντας ἀγαθοποιοὺς ἢ κακοποιοὺς τὴν διάκρισιν εὑρήσομεν.

  Πολλάκις μὲν οὖν τοῦ κλήρου τῆς τύχης ἢ τοῦ κυρίου παραπεπτωκότος ὁ κλῆρος τοῦ δαίμονος καὶ τὰ σωματικὰ καὶ τὰ πρακτικὰ μερίζει. Ὁμοίως καὶ ἡ τύχη ἀμφότερα μεριεῖ τοῦ κλήρου τοῦ δαίμονος ἢ τοῦ κυρίου παραπεπτωκότος, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπικρατήσεων καὶ οἰκοδεσποτειῶν. Ὅταν δὲ ὁ δαίμων καὶ ἡ τύχη ἐν ἑνὶ ζῳδίῳ εὑρεθῶσι, τὰ μὲν σωματικὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ζῳδίου, τὰ δὲ πρακτικὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπαναφερομένου ληψόμεθα· ἄλλως τε καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν συνοδικῶν ἢ πανσεληνιακῶν τῇ αὐτῇ ἀφέσει † εὑρεθήσεται, εἴγε εἰς ἓν ζῴδιον ὅ τε κλῆρος καὶ ὁ δαίμων ἐκπίπτει. ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τῶν τοιούτων τοὺς μὲν σωματικοὺς χρόνους ὅταν ζητῶμεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ζῳδίου τὴν ἄφεσιν ποιησόμεθα, τοὺς δὲ πρακτικοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπαναφερομένου τῷ κλήρῳ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπὶ νυκτερινῶν γενέσεων ἢ ἐν τῷ ὑπογείῳ τὴν σύνοδον ἐσχηκότων, ἵνα ἑκάστου κλήρου τὰ τετράγωνα ὡς κέντρα σχηματίσῃ.

  Κρείσσων μέντοι ἡ συνοδικὴ αἵρεσις τῆς πανσεληνιακῆς· ἡ μὲν γὰρ συνοδικὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου τοὺς κλήρους ἔχει, ἡ δὲ πανσεληνιακὴ ἐπὶ τῆς δύσεως. Συμβαίνει δὲ καὶ κατὰ τετράγωνον τῶν φώτων ὄντων τοὺς κλήρους ἑαυτοῖς ἐναντιοῦσθαι· καὶ ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ εἴδους τοὺς πρακτικούς τινες χρόνους ἐκ τῶν ἀναφερομένων ζῳδίων μερίζουσιν. Ἐμοὶ δὲ οὐ δοκεῖ· ἕτερος γὰρ τοῦ κλήρου τῆς τύχης εὑρίσκεται καὶ ἕτερος τοῦ δαίμονος, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν συνοδικῶν καὶ πανσεληνιακῶν γενέσεων ὁ αὐτός· ἄλλως τε ἐπὶ ἀρρενικῶν γενέσεων αἱ πλείους ἀφέσεις ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος εὑρίσκονται, διότι τὰς πράξεις διὰ λόγου καὶ δόσεως καὶ λήψεως καὶ πίστεων μεταχειρίζονται· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν θηλυκῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ κλήρου τῆς τύχης διὰ τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀσχολίαν.

  Συμβαίνει δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας σωματικὰς πράξεις τὰς διὰ χειρῶν ἐπάγειν ἢ ἀθλήσεως καὶ σωματικῆς κινήσεως καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας διὰ ἀγορασμῶν καὶ πράσεων. Ὁμοίως καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν νηπίων γενέσεων ἀπὸ τοῦ κλήρου τῆς τύχης τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν χρόνων δέον ποιεῖσθαι, ἕως ἐπὶ τὸν ἔλεγχον τὸν τῆς ἀκμῆς ἢ τῆς πράξεως παραγένωνται. Γεννηθεῖσι μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῖς συνέπεται καὶ τὰ σωματικὰ εὐημερήματα, οἷον εὐμορφία ἐπαφροδισία μέγεθος ἀστειότης εὐρυθμία, ἢ καὶ ἃ εἴωθε ἄλλως συμβαίνειν, σίνη πάθη ἐκζέματα ἐκβιάσματα ἐξανθήματα συγγενήματα σημεῖά τινα χαλάσματα· τὰ δὲ πρακτικὰ καὶ διανοητικὰ ἐξ ὑστέρου γίνεται.

  Ἔστω ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος τὸν κλῆρον τῆς τύχης ἢ τοῦ δαίμονος πεπτωκέναι Κριῷ· καὶ ὁ μὲν καθόλου οἰκοδεσπότης Ἄρης, οἱ δὲ παραλαβόντες ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ συγκρινέσθωσαν, οἰκείως ἢ ἀλλοτρίως συσχηματίζονται. Μερίζει οὖν αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἔτη ιε′, ἐξ ὧν ἑαυτῷ ἐπιμερίζει μῆνας ιε′, εἶτα Ἀφροδίτῃ διὰ τὸν Ταῦρον μῆνας η′, ἑξῆς Ἑρμῇ διὰ τοὺς Διδύμους μῆνας κ′, εἶτα Σελήνῃ διὰ τὸν Καρκίνον μῆνας κε′, εἶτα Ἡλίῳ διὰ τὸν Λέοντα μῆνας ιθ′, εἶθ’ ἑξῆς Ἑρμῇ μῆνας κ′, εἶτα Ἀφροδίτῃ μῆνας η′, εἶτα Ἄρης ἑαυτῷ διὰ τὸν Σκορπίον μῆνας ιε′, εἶτα Διὶ μῆνας ιβ′ διὰ τὸν Τοξότην, εἶτα Κρόνῳ διὰ τὸν Αἰγόκερων ἔτη β′ μῆνας γ′, εἶτα τοὺς λοιποὺς ια′ εἰς συμπλήρωσιν τῶν ιε′ ἐτῶν ἐν τῷ Ὑδροχόῳ. Μετὰ τὸν Ἄρη παραλήψεται Ἀφροδίτη τοὺς καθολικοὺς χρόνους ἐπὶ ἔτη η′ καὶ ὁμοίως ἐπιμερίσει ἐξ αὐτῶν ἑκάστῳ ζῳδίῳ καθὼς πρόκειται. Εἶτα μετὰ τὸν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης παραλήψεται Ἑρμῆς διὰ τοὺς Διδύμους ἔτη κ′ καὶ ἐπιμερίσει ἑκάστῳ ζῳδίῳ· εἶτα Σελήνη ἐπὶ ἔτη κε′, μεθ’ ἣν ὁ Ἥλιος ἐπὶ ἔτη ιθ′· καὶ ἐφ’ ὅσον ἡ γένεσις χωρεῖ, ἐφεξῆς χρὴ διδόναι.

  Ἐπεὶ οὖν ὁ κύκλος τῶν ιβ′ ζῳδίων συνάγει ἔτη ιζ′ μῆνας ζ′, τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον ἐκ τοῦ διαμέτρου μεριοῦμεν. Οἷον ἐπεὶ οἱ Δίδυμοι μερίζουσιν ἔτη κ′, τῆς ἀφέσεως γενομένης ἐφεξῆς καὶ συμπληρουμένων [καὶ] μηνῶν ζ′ ἐτῶν ιζ′, τὰ λοιπὰ ἔτη β′ καὶ μῆνας ε′ ἀπὸ Τοξότου μεριοῦμεν, αὐτῷ τῷ Τοξότῃ διδόντες ἐνιαυτόν, εἶτα τῷ Αἰγόκερῳ τὸν περίλοιπον χρόνον εἰς συμπλήρωσιν τῶν κ′ ἐτῶν. Ὁμοίως καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρκίνου ἢ Λέοντος ἢ Παρθένου ἢ Αἰγόκερω ἢ καὶ Ὑδροχόου τὴν ἄφεσιν ἐὰν εὕρωμεν, μετὰ ιζ′ ἔτη καὶ μῆνας ζ′ χωρὶς ἐπαγομένων ἐκ τῶν διαμέτρων ἀρξάμενοι τοὺς λοιποὺς χρόνους μεριοῦμεν ἐφεξῆς.

  Τινὲς μὲν οὖν τοὺς λοιποὺς χρόνους μερίζουσιν ἐκ τῶν τριγώνων, ἐμοὶ δ’ οὐ δοκεῖ φύσιν ἔχειν· ἀλλὰ καθάπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ κοσμικοῦ τὰ τέτταρα στοιχεῖα τὴν πρὸς ἄλληλα συμπάθειαν κέκτηται καὶ ἕκαστον ἀπὸ ἑτέρου ζωογονεῖται καὶ θάλπεται, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς διαιρέσεως κατὰ τὴν ἁρμονίαν τῶν ζῳδίων τὰς παραδόσεις ποιεῖσθαι. Οἷον ἐπεὶ τὸ πῦρ καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ἀνωφερῆ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλήλοις τὴν ἐπιμιξίαν ποιοῦνται καὶ κατάξηρον ὑπάρχον τὸ πῦρ ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀέρων εὐκρασίας τρέφεται καὶ αὐτὸ δὴ τὸ πῦρ οὐκ ἐᾷ τὸν ἀέρα εἰς κρυμώδη καὶ ζοφώδη φύσιν χωρῆσαι ἀλλὰ ἔκθερμον εὐκρασίαν ἀπεργάζεται, εὐλόγως ἄρα καὶ ὁ Λέων πυρώδης ὑπάρχων μετὰ τὸν κύκλον παραδώσει τὸν ἐπίλοιπον χρόνον τῷ τὴν συμπάθειαν ἔχοντι Ὑδροχόῳ, ὅ ἐστιν ἀήρ, καὶ πάλιν Ὑδροχόος τῷ Λέοντι.

  Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ γῆ κατάξηρος οὖσα καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς ὑγρᾶς οὐσίας τρεφομένη ζῳογονεῖ τὰ πάντα, καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ διαβασταζόμενον ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆς γεννώμενον τὴν συμπάθειαν φυλάσσει· εὐλόγως ἄρα καὶ ὁ Καρκίνος κάθυγρος ὑπάρχων καὶ ὁ Αἰγόκερως γεώδης ἀλλήλοις τὴν ἀντιπαράδοσιν ποιήσονται καὶ ἡ Παρθένος γεώδης ὑπάρχουσα τοῖς Ἰχθύσι· καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ζῴδια τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν ἐφέξει πρὸς τὰ διάμετρα. Οὕτως καὶ ἡ ἀκολουθία τῆς διαιρέσεως ζῳδιακῶς ἐστοιχειογράφηται. Οἷον ὁ Κριὸς πυρώδης, ὁ Ταῦρος γεώδης, οἱ Δίδυμοι ἀερώδεις, ὁ Καρκίνος ὑδατώδης, καὶ τὰ τούτων τρίγωνα ὁμοίως.

  Ἐὰν οὖν ἐν τοῖς τριγώνοις τοὺς συνδέσμους λύωμεν, εὑρήσομεν μίαν φύσιν τοῦ τε παραδιδόντος καὶ τοῦ παραλαμβάνοντος ζῳδίου καὶ οὐδεμία τις σύγκρασις εὑρεθήσεται, ἀλλὰ πλεονεκτούμενα ὑπ’ αὐτῶν τὰ στοιχεῖα. ἄλλως τε τὸν Ἥλιον εὑρίσκομεν ἀπὸ Κριοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιούμενον τῆς τροπῆς καὶ τῆς ἰσημερίας καὶ κατὰ τὸ ἡμικύκλιον τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπαύχοντα, ἐν δὲ τῷ διαμέτρῳ Ζυγῷ τὸν σύνδεσμον λύοντα καὶ εἰς τὸ μειωτικὸν χωροῦντα. Ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ Καρκίνος αὐξητικὸν σχῆμα ἡμέρας ἐπέχει, τοῦτο ἐν Αἰγόκερῳ γενόμενος τῇ νυκτὶ παρέχει ἐν τῷ διαμέτρῳ τὴν μεταβολὴν ποιούμενος.

  Ὁμοίως καὶ ἡ Σελήνη τὴν σύνοδον ποιησαμένη καὶ πληρώσασα τὸν κύκλον ἐν τῷ διαμέτρῳ τὸν σύνδεσμον λύει. Διὸ μᾶλλον ἔδοξε τῇ προκειμένῃ ἀγωγῇ χρήσασθαι εἰς τὴν τῶν συνδέσμων λύσιν.

4. The Distribution of the Chronocratorships from the Lot of Fortune and from Daemon

  I will now append this truly powerful method: to begin the vital sector with the Lot of Fortune and with Daemon (which signify the moon and the sun). Universally speaking, the moon is fortune, body, and spirit, and when it sends its emanations to us from its position near the earth, it causes appropriate effects, since it rules our bodily constitution. The sun is the cosmic mind and divinity. It arouses men’s souls to action through its own energy and love-inspiring nature, and it becomes the cause of employment and progress.

  So, if we are investigating the chronocratorships with respect to bodily existence, such as critical points of illnesses, hemorrhages, falls, injuries, diseases, and whatever affects the body with respect to strength, enjoyment, pleasure, beauty, or love affairs, then we must begin the vital sector with the Lot of Fortune. Whenever the first chronocratorship ends, at that point we calculate the sign, the stars in conjunction or aspect, how the stars are configured with respect to the overall houseruling star of the vital sector’s chronocratorships, and whether the rulers of the Lots are at angles or not. If on the other hand we are investigating employment or rank, then we will begin the chronocratorships with Daemon as the apheta. We will make our determination according to the benefics or malefics in conjunction or aspect with it.

  Note that if the Lot of Fortune or its ruler are badly situated, the Lot of Daemon will distribute both the bodily and the active qualities. Likewise Fortune will make the distribution of both qualities if the Lot of Daemon or its ruler is unfavorably situated, and the same is true of the controls and the houserulerships. Whenever Daemon and Fortune are found in the same sign, we will derive forecasts of bodily constitution from that very sign, but the forecasts of activity from the sign immediately following. In addition we can use the same apheta for new or full moon nativities, since at those times the Lot of Fortune and Daemon fall in the same sign, but when we investigate the chronocratorships in such nativities with respect to physical health, we will start the vital sector at that very sign, but the chronocratorship with respect to activity at the one immediately following the Lot. This is particularly true for night births or for those nativities which have the new moon at IC and as a result have the angles (Ascendant, Descendant) square with the Lots.

  The results of a new moon are better than those of a full moon because at a new moon the Lots are in the Ascendant, at full moon they are in the Descendant. It also happens that if the luminaries are square with each other, the Lots are in opposition to each other, and under this configuration some astrologers allot the chronocratorships for activities beginning with the signs immediately following the Lots. This however does not seem right to me, because usually the Lot of Fortune is found at a different place from the Lot of Daemon, although they are at the same place for new and full moon nativities.

  In addition, for male nativities, the vital sector is usually found to begin at Daemon, since these nativities share in activities consisting of discourse, giving and receiving, and trusts. For female nativities it begins at the Lot of Fortune because of their bodily functions. But even men happen to accomplish things through bodily activities, i.e. handwork, athletics, and bodily motion, and women accomplish things through buying and selling. Similarly for infant nativities it is necessary to begin the vital sector with the Lot of Fortune until the time when the nativity can show evidence for its full development or its occupation. Bodily excellence accompanies these nativities at birth, i.e. beauty, loveliness, size, elegance, fine proportion, or – which is more usually the case – the opposite: injury, disease, rashes, eruptions, pustules, or congenital defects such as birthmarks and hernias. The active and intellectual qualities come into play later.

  For example: assume that the Lot of Fortune or Daemon is located in Aries. The overall houseruler is Mars. Determine if Mars’ successors are or are not configured properly. Mars itself allots 15 years first, and from this period it assigns itself 15 months. Next because of Taurus it assigns 8 months to Venus, next because of Gemini 20 months to Mercury, next because of Cancer 25 months to the moon, next because of Leo 19 months to the sun, next 20 months to Mercury, next 8 months to Venus, next because of Scorpio Mars assigns itself 15, next because of Sagittarius 12 to Jupiter, next because of Capricorn 2 years 3 months to Saturn. Next it assigns to Aquarius the remaining 11 months to fill out the 15 years. Now Venus receives from Mars the overall chronocratorship for 8 years and assigns years to each sign as described. Because of Gemini, Mercury receives 20 years after Venus and assigns the years to each sign. Next is the moon with its 25 years, then the sun with its 19. It is necessary to assign the years in the order of the stars to whatever date the nativity extends ( = lives).

  Now since the circle of the 12 signs has comprised 17 years 7 months, we will allot the remaining time using the signs in opposition: since Gemini allots 20 years, if the vital sector begins there and if 17 years 7 months have been assigned, the remaining 2 years 5 months are allotted beginning with Sagittarius, giving Sagittarius itself 1 year, the rest to Capricorn to complete the 20 years. In a similar manner, if we find the vital sector beginning with Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Capricorn, or Aquarius, after allotting the 17 years 7 months (not counting the intercalary days), we will allot the rest in order, beginning with the sign in opposition.

  Some astrologers allot the remaining chronocratorships beginning with the sign in trine, but this does not seem scientific to me. Just as in the universe the four elements are in sympathy with each other, and each becomes alive and grows when linked with another, so in the distribution it is necessary to make the transmission from sign to sign, according to the harmony among them. For instance, since fire and air are upward-trending elements, they mingle with each other. Fire, a dry element, is nourished by the mildness of the air, while on the other hand, fire does not allow the air to take on an icy or dark nature, but renders it warm and mild. In the same way it is logical that Leo, the fiery sign, transmits the period remaining from its chronocratorship to Aquarius, the airy sign, with which it is in sympathy, and in turn, Aquarius transmits its period to Leo.

  Another instance: earth, a dry element, is nourished by moisture and gives birth to everything, while water, distilled from the earth and thus born from it, maintains the sympathy between the two. So it is logical that Cancer, a moist sign, and Capricorn, an earthy sign, mutually transmit to each other, as do Virgo, an earthy sign, and Pisces. The rest of the signs show the same interchange with the sign in opposition. And so the sequence of distributions is written in the order of zodiacal signs: Aries – fiery, Taurus – earthy, Gemini – airy, Cancer – watery, and the signs trine with these are of the same nature.

  Consequently if we make the connection within the triangles, we will find the nature of the transmitter and the receiver to be the same. No blending will be found, and each element will be overpowered by itself. If we use the other method, we find that the sun begins its course at the equinoctial tropic in Aries and makes the days long for one hemicycle. Then, making the connection in Libra, it begins to shorten the days. The sun in Cancer stops the pattern of lengthening days, and when it is in Capricorn, it causes this to happen to the night, making its change in the sign in opposition.

  Likewise the moon becomes new, waxes, then in its cycle makes the connection (full moon) in the sign in opposition. As a consequence I believe we should use the method described above for making connections.

5. Περὶ τῆς τῶν συνδέσμων λύσεως καὶ ἀντιπαραδόσεως τῶν ἀστέρων

  Αἱ δὲ τῶν συνδέσμων λύσεις ἐν διαφόροις γενήσονται διὰ τὰς τῶν ἀστέρων φύσεις. Ἥλιος μὲν οὖν καὶ Σελήνη Κρόνῳ παραδιδόντες ἐναντιωμάτων καὶ φόβων εἰσὶ δηλωτικοί, ἐπάγοντες ἔχθρας μειζόνων καὶ ἀπειλὰς μυστικῶν καὶ παλαιῶν πραγμάτων ἕνεκα, ἀνασκευὰς κρίσεις τε καὶ ἀντικαταστάσεις καὶ ὑπόπτους βίους καὶ ἀξίας καθαιρέσεις σωματικάς τε ὀχλήσεις καὶ κινδύνους ἢ ναυάγια αἰφνιδίους τε καταπτώσεις καὶ αἰτίας πλείστας, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ ἀγαθοποιοὶ ἐπόντες ἢ μαρτυροῦντες τῶν αἰτίων τὰς ἐκβάσεις ἀμαυρώσουσιν.

  Ἑρμῆς δὲ ἀπὸ Παρθένου ἢ Διδύμων Διὶ μεταπαραδιδοὺς τὸν χρόνον μεταβολὴν πραγμάτων ἀποτελεῖ καὶ καινοποιίας πράξεων· καὶ ἐὰν ἐπὶ γενέσεως οἱ τόποι κακωθῶσιν ἢ καὶ αὐτὸς Ἑρμῆς, τοῦ καθολικοῦ χρόνου ἐναντίου γενομένου, ἡ τοῦ συνδέσμου λύσις τὴν μεταβολὴν ἐπὶ τὸ κρεῖσσον ἕξει καὶ πράξεων δηλωτικὴ γενήσεται. Ἐὰν δὲ οἱ τόποι ὑπὸ ἀγαθοποιῶν φρουρούμενοι ἀγαθὸν τὸν χρόνον ἀποτελῶσι, μετὰ τὸν κύκλον ἡ τοῦ συνδέσμου λύσις ἐπιτάραχος καὶ ἐπιζήμιος γενήσεται.

   Κρόνος δὲ ἀπὸ Αἰγόκερω καὶ Ὑδροχόου λύων σύνδεσμον εἰς Λέοντα καὶ Καρκίνον πρακτικὸν τὸν χρόνον δηλοῖ· τὰ γὰρ ἐκ σκότους εἰς φῶς ἄγει καὶ τοῖς δυναστικοῖς ζῳδίοις τὴν διαίρεσιν τῶν χρόνων παραδιδοὺς ἐνεργέστερος καθίσταται κατὰ τὴν ὑπόστασιν τῆς γενέσεως. Τὰς δὲ δόξας καὶ τὰς ὠφελείας παρέχει κατὰ τοὺς ἐπόντας ἀστέρας.

5. Making Connections. The Mutual Transmissions of the Stars

  The connections made will have differing effects because of the nature of the stars: the sun and moon when transmitting to Saturn are indicative of setbacks and anxieties, and they bring hostility from the great and threats due to old religious matters, losses, trials, confrontations, suspicions, dubious livelihoods and ranks, ruin, as well as bodily disorders and dangers, shipwrecks, sudden collapses, and very many crises – all this unless a benefic in conjunction or aspect weakens the onset of the crisis.

  Mercury when transmitting the chronocratorship to Jupiter from Virgo or Gemini brings changes in business and innovations in activities. If the places or Mercury itself are afflicted at the nativity, and if the overall chronocratorship is contrary, the connection which is made will turn affairs to the better and will be indicative of employment. On the other hand, if the places are protected by benefics and are bringing a good chronocratorship, after one cycle the connection which is made will be disturbing and harmful.

   Saturn making the connection from Capricorn and Aquarius to Leo and Cancer indicates that the chronocratorship will be vigorous: it brings matters from darkness into the light, and since it is transmitting the distribution of the chronocrators to the ruling signs, it is most active – depending on the basis of the nativity. It also supplies rank and profits in a way appropriate to the stars in conjunction with it.

6. Πόσα ἔτη μερίζει ἕκαστον ζῴδιον· καὶ τέλεια ἔτη τῶν ἀστέρων

  Ἔστω ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος Ἥλιος Καρκίνῳ μοίρᾳ κθ′ λ′, Σελήνη Ἰχθύσι μοίρᾳ ιβ′, Κρόνος Τοξότῃ μοίρᾳ κζ′ η′, Ζεὺς Παρθένῳ μοίρᾳ κβ′ ιγ′, Ἄρης Σκορπίῳ μοίρᾳ ζ′ κγ′, Ἀφροδίτη Καρκίνῳ μοίρᾳ κη′ ιγ′, Ἑρμῆς Λέοντι μοίρᾳ ια′ κε′, ὡροσκόπος Ἰχθύσι μοίρᾳ ιζ′, μεσουράνημα Τοξότῃ μοίρᾳ κε′. Ἀνοικοδεσπότητος ἡ γένεσις διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ δύσιν ἐμπεπτωκέναι Ἀφροδίτην τὴν κυρίαν τῶν ὁρίων τῆς Σελήνης· ἀφέτης ὡροσκόπος, Ἑρμῆς ὁ τῶν ὁρίων κύριος Ἀφροδίτης καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὸ δύσιν ἀποκεκλικὼς εὑρέθη. Ἡ οὖν ἄφεσις ἀπὸ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου ἕως τῆς τετραγώνου πλευρᾶς καὶ τῆς πρὸς Κρόνον ἀπὸ διαμέτρου ἀκτινοβολίας εἰς κακοποιοῦ ὅριον· Ἄρης γὰρ τὴν διάμετρον ἀκτῖνα παρήλλαξε διὰ τὸ ἰσόμοιρον εὑρεθέντα Δία κεκωλυκέναι τὴν ἀναίρεσιν. Ἐτελεύτα οὖν ἐτῶν ξθ′· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἐκώλυσεν ὁ Ζεὺς τετραγωνίσας, μόνα ἔτη ξδ′ ἔζησεν ἄν.

  Ἄλλη. Ἥλιος Ἰχθύσι μοίρᾳ κε′ η′, Σελήνη Διδύμοις μοίρᾳ ιϛ′ νγ′, Κρόνος Ἰχθύσι μοίρᾳ α′ κε′, Ζεὺς Τοξότῃ κδ′ ιη′, Ἄρης Ταύρῳ κα′ η′, Ἀφροδίτη Ὑδροχόῳ μοίρᾳ θ′, Ἑρμῆς Κρόνος Ταύρῳ λβ′, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ ιε′, μεσουράνημα Καρκίνῳ ιϛ′. Τὰ φῶτα ἀπέκλιναν, ὡροσκόπος ἀφέτης, ὅρια Διὸς καὶ Ζεὺς παρέπεσεν, ἀνοικοδεσπότητος ἡ γένεσις, ἡ ἄφεσις ἕως τῆς διαμέτρου Ἄρεως τῆς ἐν Σκορπίῳ μοίρας κα′· τοῖς γὰρ ἀφετικοῖς ὁρίοις ἐφεστὼς εἰς τὰ αὐτὰ ὅρια βάλλων ἀνεῖλεν. Ἐτελεύτα τῷ να′ ἔτει. Ἔστιν οὖν τὰ ἀφετικὰ ὅρια καὶ τῶν κακοποιῶν ἀναιρετικὰ οὐ μόνον ἐφ’ ὧν ἔπεισι μοιρῶν οἱ ἀναιρέται ἢ τὰς ἀκτῖνας βάλλουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅταν ἡ ἄφεσις ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ ὁρίου γένηται. Ἄλλως τε οὐ μόνον τὸν χρόνον τοῦ ἀκτινοβολουμένου ζῳδίου συλλογίζεσθαι δεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ ἀκτινοβολοῦντος, ἐφ’ οὗ ὁ ἀναιρέτης τυγχάνει.

6. Examples Illustrating the Previous Chapters

  An example: Sun in Cancer 29° 30′, Moon in Pisces 12°, Saturn in Sagittarius 27° 8′, Jupiter in Capricorn 22° 13′ [7°?], Mars in Scorpio 7° 23′, Venus in Cancer 28° 13′, Mercury in Leo 11° 25′, Ascendant in Pisces 17°, MC in Sagittarius 25°. The nativity was without a houseruler because Venus, the ruler of the terms of the Moon, had already set. The apheta was the Ascendant. Mercury, the ruler of its Ascendant’s terms, was itself found just preceding the Descendant. Thus the vital sector extends from the Ascendant to the point square (Gemini 17°), and to the projection of rays on the part of Saturn into the point in opposition (to Saturn: Gemini 27°) to Saturn, which is in the terms of a malefic (Saturn). Mars deflected its diametrically opposite ray because Jupiter was found in an equivalent degree and hindered the anaeretic influence. The native died at age 69, but if Jupiter trine had not hindered this malign influence, he would have lived only 64 years.

  Another example: Sun in Pisces 25° 8′, Moon in Gemini 16° 53′, Saturn in Pisces 1° 25′, Jupiter in Sagittarius 24° 18′, Mars in Taurus 21° 8′, Venus in Aquarius 9°, Mercury in Aries 12°, Ascendant in Libra 15°, MC at Cancer 16°. The luminaries preceded the angles MC Descendant, the Ascendant was the apheta in the terms of Jupiter, and Jupiter was unfavorably situated. The nativity lacked a houseruler, and the vital sector was from the Ascendant to Scorpio 21°, the point in opposition to Mars. Mars, located in the aphetic terms (of Jupiter) and casting rays into the same terms, was the anaereta. The native died in his 51^st year. The aphetic terms and the anaeretic terms (i.e. the terms of malefics) are not only those degrees in which the destructive stars are found or into which they cast their rays, but also those where the vital sector is in the beginning of the term (of a malefic). In addition, it is necessary to calculate not only the chronocratorship of the sign which receives the ray, but also that of the sign which casts the ray, the sign in which the anaereta is found.

7. Περὶ χρόνων διαιρέσεων ἐπὶ κλήρου τύχης καὶ δαίμονος καὶ ἐπεμβάσεως ἀστέρων καὶ οἰκοδεσποτῶν καὶ συνόδου καὶ πανσελήνου μεθ’ ὑποδείγματος καὶ ἀντιπαραδόσεως

  Ἀπὸ Σελήνης καὶ ὡροσκόπου· ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν ἡ Σελήνη ἀφέτης εὑρεθῇ, παραφυλάττεσθαι χρὴ τὰς κωλύσεις καὶ τὰς ἑξαγώνους πλευρὰς καὶ τετραγώνους καὶ διαμέτρους τὰς πρὸς τὸν ὡροσκόπον κατὰ ἀναφοράν. Αὗται γὰρ ἐνεργητικαὶ κριθήσονται, καὶ μάλιστα ἐν τοῖς ἰσανατόλοις ἢ ἰσαναφόροις ἢ ἰσοδυναμοῦσιν ἢ τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ἢ βλέπουσι ζῳδίοις ἢ ταῖς ἀντισκίοις μοίραις. Ὁμοίως δὲ κἂν ὁ ὡροσκόπος ἀφέτης εὑρεθῇ, τὰς πρὸς τὴν Σελήνην διαστάσεις ὡσαύτως σκοπεῖν κατὰ ἀναφοράν. Ἔδοξε δέ μοι ἐκ πείρας θανατικὰς μοίρας κρίνειν καὶ δυναστικὰς τὰς μεσουρανούσας τοῦ τε ὡροσκόπου καὶ τῆς Σελήνης πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ τὰς τούτων διαμέτρους· αὗται γὰρ κεντρωθεῖσαι οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν κέκτηνται δύναμιν.

7. Another Method from Critodemus about Hostile Places and Vital Sectors

  From the Moon and the Ascendant. Whenever the Moon is found to be the apheta, one must observe the contacts and the points which are sextile, square, and in opposition to the Ascendant with reference to their rising times. These will be considered as effective, especially when they are in signs of the same or equal rising times, signs of the same power, the listening or beholding signs, or the degrees of the antiscia. Likewise if the Ascendant is found to be the apheta, then it will be necessary to examine its distances (=aspects) with respect to the Moon according to rising times. My experience indicates that the fatal degrees and the powerful degrees are those at MC, those at the Ascendant and the Moon by themselves, and those in opposition to these points. If they are at an angle, they have an extraordinary influence.

8. Ὑπόδειγμα ἀναγκαῖον

  Σκοπεῖν δὲ δεῖ καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τόπους καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας οὐ τῶν ἄλλων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου καὶ Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης· οὗτοι γὰρ ἐὰν ἐναντίοι γένωνται, τοὺς κλιμακτῆρας καὶ τοὺς θανάτους σημαίνουσιν. Οἷον ἐπὶ τοῦ Κρόνου τῶν μοιρῶν τὰς διαμετρούσας θεωρεῖν, τίνος εἰσὶ θεοῦ, καθὼς ἐν τῷ ὀργάνῳ πρόκειται· κἀκεῖ Κρόνου ὄντος ἀποθανεῖται ἢ ἐν τοῖς τετραγώνοις τοῦ ὡροσκόπου ἢ ἰσαναφόροις, καθὼς ἂν ὁ χρόνος συντρέχῃ· τὸ δ’ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀστέρων. Ἐχθροὶ γάρ εἰσιν οἱ τῶν ἀντικειμένων μοιρῶν ὁρικοὶ κύριοι. Οὗτοι οὖν παραγενόμενοι ἐπὶ τοὺς τόπους τὰς ἀναιρέσεις σημαίνουσιν ἢ εἰς τὰς ἀναφορὰς τοῦ ὡροσκόπου.

  Οἷον ἔστω Κρόνος Καρκίνου μοίρᾳ κα ὁρίοις Ἀφροδίτης, διάμετρος Αἰγόκερως ὅρια Ἄρεως· Ἥλιος Ταύρου μοίρᾳ κζ′. Ἐνθάδε Κρόνου ὄντος ἀποθανεῖται Παρθένῳ· τὸ γὰρ μοιρικὸν τετράγωνον τοῦτο. Ζεὺς Σκορπίου μοίρᾳ ιδ′ ὁρίοις Κρόνου· αἱ ιδ′ Ταύρου εἰσὶν ὅρια Κρόνου· οὗτος ἑαυτῷ ἐχθρὸς οὐ γίνεται. Ἔστιν οὖν τὸ ἰσανάφορον Σκορπίου Λέων· εἰσὶν οὖν αἱ ιδ′ μοῖραι Λέοντος ὅρια Ἡλίου· ἐλθὼν οὖν ὁ Ζεὺς ἐπὶ τοὺς τοῦ Ἡλίου τόπους ἀναιρεῖ.

  Ἄρης Ταύρου μοίρᾳ κζ′ ὁρίοις Ἡλίου· αἱ δὲ αὐταὶ Σκορπίου εἰσὶν ὅρια Ἡλίου. Ἐχθρὸς δὲ αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ οὐ γίνεται· ζητεῖν οὖν τὰς ἐν Λέοντι μοίρας κζ′ ἢ ἐν τῷ ἰσαναφόρῳ· εἰσὶ δὲ Ὑδροχόῳ κατὰ τὰς ὡριαίας διαστολάς. Εἰσὶ δὲ αἱ κζ′ Ὑδροχόου ὅρια Ἀφροδίτης· ἀποθανεῖται οὖν ὄντος ἐν Σκορπίῳ ἢ Ἰχθύσι τοῖς ἰσαναφόροις ἢ τοῖς τούτων τετραγώνοις. Ἐὰν οὖν λογίσηταί τις τὰς κζ′ τοῦ Λέοντος, εὑρήσει Κρόνου ὅρια· Κρόνος δὲ ἦν ἐν Καρκίνῳ· ἀποθανεῖται οὖν Ἄρεως ὄντος Καρκίνῳ ἢ Τοξότῃ ἢ τοῖς τούτων τετραγώνοις.

  Ἀφροδίτη Σκορπίῳ μοίρᾳ κζ′ ὁρίοις Ἡλίου· αἱ διαμετροῦσαι Ταύρου μοῖραι λζ′ εἰσὶν ὅρια Ἡλίου. Αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ ἐχθρὸς οὐ γίνεται· ζητῶ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἰσαναφόρῳ τοῦ Σκορπίου τὰς κζ′, αἵ εἰσιν ὅρια Ἑρμοῦ. Ἀποθανεῖται οὖν Ἀφροδίτης οὔσης ἐν Παρθένῳ, ὅπου Ἑρμῆς ἦν, ἢ ἐν τοῖς τετραγώνοις· τὸ δ’ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ποιητέον.

  Σκοπεῖν δὲ δεῖ καὶ τὰς κατακλίσεις πρὸς τὸν ἐναντίον τόπον καὶ οἵους ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τροπὰς ὄντας καὶ τοὺς μηνιαίους καὶ τοὺς ἡμερησίους καὶ ὡριαίους κλιμακτῆρας ποιοῦντας πρὸς τὴν τῆς Σελήνης τριακοντάδα, ἐξ ἧς ὁ ἐναντίος ἀστὴρ εὑρίσκεται. Ἔκ τε οὖν Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης καὶ ὡροσκόπου ὁ ἀφέτης κριθήσεται ἢ ὁ μετὰ τὸν ὡροσκόπον εὑρισκόμενος ἀστὴρ καὶ ἑξῆς τοῖς ἄλλοις ὡς ἔτυχον καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γενέσεως ζῳδιακῶς καὶ μοιρικῶς διακρίνων ἀνὰ ἔτη ι′ καὶ μῆνας θ′.

8. Hostile Stars and Critical Places. The First Table of Critodemus

  It is necessary to investigate the hostile places and stars, not only with respect to the other stars, but also for the Ascendant, the Sun, and the Moon. When they come into opposition, they indicate critical periods and death. Take Saturn for example: note which god controls the degrees in opposition to the position of Saturn, as given in the table. The native will die when Saturn is there, is square with the Ascendant, or in signs with the same rising time, depending on when the chronocratorships coincide. The same must be done for the other stars, because the rulers of the terms of the degrees in opposition are hostile. These stars indicate destruction when they come to these places or to the places with the same rising times as the Ascendant.

  For example: Saturn in Cancer 21°, terms of Venus. The point in opposition is Capricorn 21°, terms of Mars; Mars was in Taurus 27°. The native will die when Saturn is in Virgo, because it was square, as calculated by degrees. Jupiter in Scorpio 14°, terms of Saturn. Taurus 14° (the point in opposition) is also in the terms of Saturn, and this star does not become hostile to itself. Leo has the same rising time as Scorpio, and Leo 14° is in the terms of the Sun. So Jupiter is the anaereta when it comes to the places of the Sun.

  Mars in Taurus 27°, terms of the Sun. The same position in Scorpio (the point in opposition) is also in the terms of the Sun. Since the star does not become hostile to itself, I then investigate Leo 27° or the sign of equal rising time with Taurus, which is Gemini according to the hourly intervals. Gemini 27° is in the terms of Venus. The native will die when Mars is in Scorpio or Pisces, which have the same rising times (as Leo and Taurus), or in the signs square with them. If anyone calculates Leo 27°, he will find it to be in the terms of Saturn. Saturn was in Cancer. So the native will die when Mars is in Cancer, Sagittarius, or the signs square with them.

  Venus in Scorpio 27°, terms of the Sun. The point in opposition is Taurus 27°, terms of the Sun. This star does not become hostile to itself, so I investigate Scorpio 27°, of equal rising time, which is in the terms of Mercury. The native will die when Venus is in Virgo, where Mercury was, or in the signs square with it. The same procedure should be followed with respect to Mercury.

  In casting horoscopes for patients struck down by illness, it is necessary to examine the places in opposition, the stars in the hostile places, and the stars causing the monthly, daily, and hourly critical periods, with respect to the degree-position / sign of the Moon in which the opposing star is found. The vital sector will be considered as starting from the Sun, the Moon, or the Ascendant, or from the star found following the Ascendant, then the other stars in sequence in order of sign and degree at the nativity, making the determination of the chronocrators by the 10 year 9 month system.

9. Περὶ κοσμικοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ καὶ τοῦ πρὸς τὴν διαίρεσιν ἐνιαυτοῦ, πόσων ἑκάτερος ἡμερῶν ἐστι καὶ πῶς δεῖ λογίζεσθαι

  Ἐμοὶ δ’ οὐκ ἔδοξεν ὥς τινες κατὰ τὴν ἑπτάζωνον τὰ ὅρια ὑπέθεντο, οἷον η′ ζ′ ϛ′ ε′ δ′ (καὶ οὐδ’ οὕτως συμφωνεῖ), ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τῶν οἴκων καὶ τῶν ὑψωμάτων καὶ τῶν τριγώνων. Oἷον

  Ἡλίου οἶκος Λέων, ὕψωμα Κριός, τρίγωνον Τοξότης· γίνονται γ′· καθ’ ἕκαστον οὖν ζῴδιον γ′ ὅρια ἔχει ὁ Ἥλιος. Σελήνης οἶκος Καρκίνος, ὕψωμα Ταῦρος, τρίγωνον Παρθένος Αἰγόκερως· γίνονται δ′· ὁμοίως οὖν ἔχει καθ’ ἕκαστον ζῴδιον ὅρια ἡ Σελήνη δ′. Κρόνου οἶκος Αἰγόκερως Ὑδροχόος, ὕψωμα Ζυγός, τρίγωνον Δίδυμοι· γίνονται δ′· ὁμοίως καθ’ ἕκαστον ζῴδιον δ′ ὅρια Κρόνου. Διὸς οἶκοι Τοξότης Ἰχθύες, ὕψωμα Καρκίνος· τρίγωνον Κριὸς Λέων· ἔχει οὖν καθ’ ἕκαστον ζῴδιον ὅρια ε′. Ἄρεως οἶκος Κριὸς Σκορπίος, ὕψωμα Αἰγόκερως, τρίγωνον Ἰχθύες Καρκίνος· ἔχει οὖν καθ’ ἕκαστον ζῴδιον ὅρια ε′. Ἀφροδίτης οἶκος Ταῦρος Ζυγός, ὕψωμα Ἰχθύες, τρίγωνον Παρθένος Αἰγόκερως· καθ’ ἕκαστον οὖν ζῴδιον ἔχει ὅρια ε′. Ἑρμοῦ οἶκος Δίδυμοι, ὕψωμα Παρθένος, τρίγωνον Ὑδροχόος Ζυγός· γίνεται δ′· ὁμοίως ἔσται ὅρια κατὰ ζῴδιον δ′.

[Ὅρια]

  Ἐν οὖν Κριῷ Λέοντι Τοξότῃ ἡμέρας πρῶτος λήψεται Ἥλιος γ′, εἶτα δεύτερος Ζεὺς ε′, εἶτα Ἀφροδίτη ε′ καὶ Σελήνη δ′, ὁμοίως Κρόνος δ′ Ἑρμῆς δ′ καὶ ἑξῆς Ἄρης ε′· γίνονται ὁμοῦ λ′. Νυκτὸς δὲ ἀνάπαλιν Ζεὺς ε′, Ἥλιος γ′, Σελήνη δ′, Ἀφροδίτη ε′, Ἑρμῆς δ′, Κρόνος δ′, Ἄρης ε′· γίνονται ὁμοῦ λ′.

  Ὁμοίως ἐν Ταύρῳ Παρθένῳ Αἰγόκερῳ ἡμέρας. Ἀφροδίτη Σελήνη Κρόνος Ἑρμῆς Ἄρης Ἥλιος Ζεύς, νυκτὸς δὲ Σελήνη Ἀφροδίτη Ἑρμῆς Κρόνος Ἄρης Ζεὺς Ἥλιος.

  Ἑξῆς Διδύμοις Ζυγῷ Ὑδροχόῳ ἡμέρας Κρόνος Ἑρμῆς Ἄρης Ἥλιος Ζεὺς Ἀφροδίτη Σελήνη, νυκτὸς δὲ Ἑρμῆς Κρόνος Ἄρης Ζεὺς Ἥλιος Σελήνη Ἀφροδίτη.

  Ὁμοίως Καρκίνῳ Σκορπίῳ Ἰχθύσιν ἡμέρας Ἄρης Ἥλιος Ζεὺς Ἀφροδίτη Σελήνη Κρόνος Ἑρμῆς, νυκτὸς δὲ Ἄρης Ζεὺς Ἥλιος Σελήνη Ἀφροδίτη Ἑρμῆς Κρόνος.

  Ἵνα οὖν ἴδῃς, ὅτι ἀληθῶς ἐστι ταῦτα τὰ ὅρια, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀστέρων φύσεως γνώσῃ. Ἐὰν ὁ Ἥλιος τὰ αὐτοῦ ὅρια παροδεύων τύχῃ τῆς Σελήνης ἐπιμαρτυρούσης αὐτῷ ἢ τοῦ δεσπότου τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνου, τὸ φυσικὸν τοῦ ἀστέρος πνεύσει· οἷον ἐὰν ὁ Ἥλιος τὰ ἴδια ὅρια διοδεύῃ τῆς Σελήνης μαρτυρούσης, ἀπηλιώτης πνεύσει· ἐὰν δὲ Ἀφροδίτη, νότος καὶ ἀδροσία ἔσται· ἐὰν δὲ Κρόνος, λὶψ ὑγρότητος αἰτία· ἐὰν δὲ Ζεύς, βορέας καὶ δρόσος γίνεται· ἐὰν δὲ Σελήνη, βορραπηλιώτης· ἐὰν δὲ Ἀφροδίτη, νοταπηλιώτης, ἀστασία ἀνέμων γίνεται καὶ γνόφος· ἐὰν δὲ Ἑρμῆς, λὶψ καὶ βορέας καὶ στάσις καὶ ἐπομβρία, βροντῶν καὶ ἀστραπῶν αἴτιος γίνεται.

  Ἐὰν δέ τινες τῶν ἀστέρων μαρτυρῶσιν Ἡλίῳ καὶ Σελήνῃ, πρὸς τὴν ἑκάστου φύσιν πάντοτε δεῖ παρατηρεῖν, ἀφ’ ἧς φάσεως φέρεται ἡ Σελήνη, ἤτοι ἀπὸ συνόδου ἢ πανσελήνου, καὶ εἰς τίνος ὅριον ἐστὶν ἡ φάσις, καὶ πρὸς τὸν κύριον τῶν ὁρίων καὶ τῶν συνόντων ἀστέρων ἢ μαρτυρούντων ἀποφαίνου.

9. Winds and Turns

  The arrangement some have made of the terms using the seven-zone system, i.e. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 (and they are not in agreement even as to that) does not seem correct to me. I prefer the arrangement derived from houses, exaltations, and triangles, to wit:

  Leo is the house of the Sun, Aries is its exaltation, Sagittarius is the (other member of its) triangle. The total is 3, and so in each sign the Sun has 3 terms. Cancer is the house of the Moon, Taurus is its exaltation, Virgo and Capricorn are the (other members of its) triangle. The total is 4, and so in the same way the Moon has 4 terms in each sign. Capricorn and Aquarius are houses of Saturn, Libra is its exaltation, Gemini is the (other member of its) triangle. The total is 4, and so Saturn has 4 terms in each sign. Sagittarius and Pisces are houses of Jupiter, Cancer is its exaltation, Aries and Leo are the (other members of its) triangle. So Jupiter has 5 terms in each sign. Aries and Scorpio are houses of Mars, Capricorn is its exaltation, Pisces and Cancer are the (other members of its) triangle. So Mars has 5 terms in each sign. Taurus and Libra are houses of Venus, Pisces is its exaltation, Virgo and Capricorn are the (other members of its) triangle. So Venus has 5 terms in each sign. Gemini is a house of Mercury, Virgo is its exaltation, Aquarius and Libra are the (other members of its) triangle. The total is 4, so its terms in each sign will be 4.

[The Order of the Terms]

Aries Leo Sagittarius
by day: Sun 3, Jupiter 5, Venus 5, Moon 4, Saturn 4, Mercury 4, Mars 5. Total 30.
by night: Jupiter 5, Sun 3, Moon 4, Venus 5, Mercury 4, Saturn 4, Mars 5. Total 30.

Taurus Virgo Capricorn
by day: Venus Moon Saturn Mercury Mars Sun Jupiter.
by night: Moon Venus Mercury Saturn Mars Jupiter Sun.

Gemini Libra Aquarius
by day: Saturn Mercury Mars Sun Jupiter Venus Moon
by night: Mercury Saturn Mars Jupiter Sun Moon Venus

Cancer Scorpio Pisces
by day: Mars Sun Jupiter Venus Moon Saturn Mercury
by night: Mars Jupiter Sun Moon Venus Mercury Saturn

  So that you will see the accuracy of this arrangement of terms – you can also recognize it in the nature of the winds. If the Sun is transiting its own terms, with the Moon or the ruler of the Moon’s terms in aspect, the physical nature of the star will manifest itself in the wind. For instance: if the Sun traverses its own terms with the Moon in aspect, it will blow westerly. If Venus traverses its own terms, it will blow southerly and dry. If Saturn, it will blow westerly and bring moisture. If Jupiter, it will be northerly and wet. If the Moon, it will be northeasterly. If Venus, southeasterly and there will be shifting winds and storm clouds. If Mercury, there will be westerly and northerly winds, shifting and bringing heavy rains, thunder, and lightning.

  If any of the stars are in aspect with the Sun and the Moon, it is necessary to watch closely – in addition to the nature of each luminary – which phase the Moon is passing through, i.e. full or new, and in whose terms the phase is located. Then make your forecast with reference to the ruler of the terms and of the stars in those terms or in aspect.

10. Περὶ μερισμοῦ ἐτῶν καὶ μηνῶν καὶ ἡμερῶν πλειόνων καὶ ἐλαττόνων καὶ ὡρῶν ἑκάστου ἀστέρος καὶ τούτων χρήσεις εἰς τὰς γενέσεις

  Ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἕτερος τρόπος ἀρίθμιος ἁρμόζων εἰς τὸν περὶ ζωῆς χρόνον καὶ εἰς τοὺς περὶ ἐμπράκτων καὶ ἀπράκτων χρόνους, ὃν καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Πετόσιρις ἐδήλωσε μυστικῶς. Ὅθεν ἐπὰν τὴν ἐπικράτησιν ἢ τὴν οἰκοδεσποτείαν εὕρωμεν οἰκείως, πρὸς τὸ μερίσαι χρησόμεθα τῇ προκειμένῃ ἀγωγῇ· εἰ δὲ μή γε, τῇ ὑποκειμένῃ.

  Σκοπεῖν δεήσει, πότερον συνοδική ἐστιν ἡ γένεσις ἢ πανσεληνιακή, καὶ ἐὰν μὲν συνοδικὴ εὑρεθῇ, ἀριθμεῖν τὰς μοίρας ἀπὸ τῆς συνόδου ἐπὶ τὴν κατ’ ἐκτροπὴν Σελήνην καὶ τὰ ἴσα ἀπολύειν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς· καὶ ὅποι δ’ ἂν καταλήξῃ ὁ ἀριθμός, ὁ τοῦ ὁρίου κύριος ἔσται οἰκοδεσπότης τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῆς ἀφέσεως. Ἐὰν δὲ πανσεληνιακὴ ἡ γένεσις εὑρεθῇ, ἀριθμεῖν δεήσει ἀπὸ τῆς κατ’ ἐκτροπὴν σεληνιακῆς μοίρας ἐπὶ τὴν μέλλουσαν σύνοδον καὶ τὰ ἴσα ἀπὸ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου τῆς μοίρας, οὐ κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς ἀλλ’ ἀνωφερῶς, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ μεσουράνημα ἀπολύειν· καὶ ὅπου δ’ ἂν καταλήξῃ, ὁ τοῦ ὁρίου κύριος κριθήσεται οἰκοδεσπότης. Ὃν συνορᾶν δεήσει καὶ τὸ ζῴδιον, ἔνθα κατέληξεν ὁ ἀριθμός, τίνι μᾶλλον προσοικείωται, πότερον Ἡλίῳ ἐὰν ἐν ἀρσενικῷ, ἢ Σελήνῃ ἐὰν ἐν θηλυκῷ. Ἐὰν γὰρ τοῦ Ἡλίου τὴν ἐπικράτησιν ἔχοντος τύχῃ καὶ τὸ ζῴδιον ἔνθα ὁ ἀριθμὸς κατέληξε προσοικειῶσθαι, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ὁρίου σύμφωνος τῷ Ἡλίῳ, καὶ ἐὰν καλῶς σχηματιζόμενος τύχῃ πρὸς τὸν Ἥλιον, τὰ μέγιστα αὐτοῦ ἔτη μεριεῖ.

  Ἐὰν δὲ τὸ μὲν ζῴδιον οἰκεῖον εὑρεθῇ, τουτέστιν ἀρσενικὸν ὡς πρὸς Ἥλιον, καὶ ὁ τοῦ ὁρίου κύριος ἐναντίος τῷ Ἡλίῳ ἢ ἐν ἀποκλίσει τοῦ ὡροσκόπου ἢ ἐκλειπτικοῖς τόποις εὑρεθῇ, ἀφαιρέτης τῶν χρόνων γενήσεται, ἢ καὶ τὰ ἐλάχιστα ἔτη μεριεῖ. Ἔστι δὲ Ἡλίου μὲν ζῴδια τὰ ἀρρενικά, Σελήνης δὲ τὰ θηλυκά. Ὅθεν σκοπεῖν δεήσει τὸν κύριον τοῦ ὁρίου, πῶς πρὸς τὸν ἐπικρατήτορα σχηματίζεται καὶ πρὸς τὸν κύριον τοῦ ζῳδίου· ἐὰν γὰρ ἐν οἰκείοις καὶ σχηματιστικοῖς ζῳδίοις εὑρεθῇ, καὶ οἱ τῆς ζωῆς χρόνοι τέλειοι ἔσονται. Ἐὰν δὲ πρὸς τὸν μὲν οἰκείως ἔχῃ, πρὸς δὲ τὸν ἕτερον ἀσυμπαθῶς, τὰ μέσα μεριεῖ.

  Ἐὰν δὲ ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης τοῦ ζῳδίου, ἔνθα ὁ ἀριθμὸς κατέληξε, πρός τε τὸν ἐπικρατήτορα καὶ πρὸς τὸ σχηματιστικὸν ζῴδιον ἀσυμπαθὴς τύχῃ ἢ ἀπόστροφος ἢ κακοδαιμονῶν, ἀνοικοδεσπότητος ἡ γένεσις ἔσται· καὶ τότε πάλιν χρὴ σκοπεῖν τὴν ἐπικράτησιν Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης. Ἐὰν δέ πως ὁ κύριος τοῦ ὁρίου καὶ τοῦ ζῳδίου καλῶς καὶ συμφώνως Ἡλίῳ ἢ Σελήνῃ συσχηματίζωνται, ἡ ἄφεσις κριθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ ὁρίου μοίρας.

  Καθολικῶς μὲν οὖν καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς ἀγωγῆς δεήσει σκοπεῖν οἰκοδεσπότην πρὸς τὰς ἀπορρεύσεις τῶν κέντρων, καθὼς ἐπὶ τῆς ὡριμαίας ὑπεδείχθη, καὶ ἐὰν ἀνατολικὸς ἢ δυτικὸς ἢ ἔκκεντρος ἢ ἐπίκεντρος ἢ καὶ ἐνηλλαχὼς πρὸς τὸν τοῦ ζῳδίου κύριον καὶ ἀσύμφωνος αὐτῷ, καὶ οὕτως ἐπικρίνειν. Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰς τῶν ἀναιρετικῶν ἀκτῖνας προβλέπειν, καὶ εἰ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῶν ὁρίων ἡ ἄφεσις ἐξέπεσεν ἢ ἐπὶ τέλει· ἐντεῦθεν γὰρ χρὴ συλλογίζεσθαι τὰς τῶν ὀλιγοχρονίων καὶ πολυχρονίων γενέσεις καὶ τὰς τῶν διδύμων.

  Πολλάκις γὰρ περὶ μὲν τὸ πρῶτον τεχθὲν ὅριον κακοποιεῖ τῆς ἀφέσεως κυριεῦσαν, ἢ καὶ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου παραπεσόντος ὀλιγοχρονιότης ἐγένετο, περὶ δ’ ἕτερον ἐναλλαγέντος τοῦ ὁρίου [καὶ τοῦ ζῳδίου καλῶς καὶ συμφώνως Ἡλίῳ ἢ τῇ Σελήνῃ ἡ ἄφεσις κριθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Ἡλίου μοίρας. Καθολικῶς μὲν οὖν καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς ἀγωγῆς σκοπεῖν δεήσει τὸν οἰκοδεσπότην πρὸς τὰς ἀπορρεύσεις τῶν κέντρων, καθὼς ἐπὶ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου] πολυχρονιότης καὶ βίου ὑπόστασις παρηκολούθησεν· ὅθεν ὑπὸ μιᾶς καὶ δευτέρας μοίρας πολλάκις ἡ παραλλαγὴ μεγίστην δύναμιν ἐνδείκνυται.

  Ἔστω δὲ ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος Ἥλιος Ταύρου μοίρᾳ κε′ ιη′, Σελήνη Ὑδροχόου ζ′ ι′, Κρόνος Κριοῦ μοίρᾳ κδ′, Ζεὺς Ταύρου μοίρᾳ δ′ κε′, Ἄρης Καρκίνου μοίρᾳ κβ′ νγ′, Ἀφροδίτη Διδύμων μοίρᾳ κη′ ιϛ′, Ἑρμῆς Διδύμων μοίρᾳ ϛ′, ὡροσκόπος Αἰγόκερω μοίρᾳ κζ′. Πανσελήνου οὔσης τῆς γενέσεως ἔλαβον ἀπὸ τῆς σεληνιακῆς μοίρας ἐπὶ τὴν μέλλουσαν σύνοδον, ἥτις ἐτύγχανε Διδύμοις μοίρᾳ β′ κε′· γίνονται ριε′. Ταύτας ἀναποδίζω ἀπὸ τῆς ὡροσκοπούσης μοίρας· καταλήγει εἰς τὴν τοῦ Ζυγοῦ μοῖραν β′, ἔνθεν ἡ ἄφεσις ἕως τῆς τῶν κακοποιῶν ἀκτινοβολίας. Κρόνος μὲν γὰρ ἐκ διαμέτρου, Ἄρης δὲ ἐκ τετραγώνου περὶ τὰς αὐτὰς μοίρας βάλλοντες τὴν ἀναίρεσιν ἐποίησαν, Ζεὺς δὲ ἦν ἀπόστροφος, ἡ δὲ Ἀφροδίτη ἦν παραπεπτωκυῖα, ἣ οὐκ ἴσχυσε βοηθῆσαι. Ἔζησεν ἡ γένεσις ἔτη κη′ μῆνας θ′.

  Ἄλλη. Ἥλιος Τοξότῃ ιβ′ ιϛ′, Σελήνη Τοξότῃ ιζ′ κδ′, Κρόνος Ζυγῷ ια′ λγ′, Ζεὺς Διδύμοις ιθ′ ια′, Ἄρης Σκορπίῳ δ′ κ′, Ἀφροδίτη Ζυγῷ κϛ′, Ἑρμῆς Σκορπίῳ κζ′, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ κ′. Ἔλαβον οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς συνοδικῆς μοίρας ἕως τῆς σεληνιακῆς· γίνονται ε′· ταύτας ἀπὸ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου, καταλήγει Ζυγῷ κε′· ἐντεῦθεν ἡ ἄφεσις ἕως τῆς ἐν Σκορπίῳ Ἄρεως μοίρας ε′. Ἔτελεύτα τῷ ιβ′ ἔτει. αὕτη δὲ ἡ συνάντησις εἰ μὴ ἐτετεύχει, ἔζη καὶ τὰ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ἔτη πδ′.

10. From the Books of Valens Concerning the Numerical Lot and the Length of Life; the Same Author on the Topic of Propitious Times, with Examples

  There is another numerical method, which King Petosiris has mystically explained, suitable for determining the length of life and the propitious and impropitious times. As a result, whenever we find the controller or the houseruler configured appropriately, we will use the method described above for the allotment. If we do not find them to be such, we will use the following method.

  It will be necessary to determine if the nativity happened at new or full Moon. If it happened at new Moon, determine the number of degrees from the new Moon to the position of the Moon at the delivery itself, then count this distance from the Ascendant in the order of the signs. The ruler of the term where the count stops will be the houseruler of Life and of the vital sector. If the nativity is at full Moon, it will be necessary to determine the degrees from the Moon’s position at the delivery to its position at the next new Moon. Then count this distance from the Ascendant, not in the order of the signs, but in the direction of diurnal motion (towards MC). The ruler of the term where the count stops will be considered the houseruler. It will be necessary to examine it and the sign where the count stopped to see which luminary is more closely related to it, the Sun for masculine signs, or the Moon for feminine signs. If the sign where the count stopped happens to be related to the Sun when the Sun has control, and if the ruler of the term is also in harmony with the Sun and happens to be favorably configured with the Sun, then it will allot the maximum number of years.

  If this sign is found to be related, male as would be appropriate for the Sun, and if the ruler of the term is opposite the Sun, precedes the Ascendant, or is in ecliptic places, then it will become the anaereta of the chronocratorship, or it will allot the minimum number of years. The masculine signs belong to the Sun; the feminine to the Moon. Consequently it will be necessary to examine how the ruler of the term is configured with respect to the controller and with respect to the ruler of the sign. If it is found to be in its own sign or in operative signs, the length of life will reach its maximum. If it is found to be favourably configured with respect to one, but unsuitably configured with respect to the other, it will allot the mean number of years.

  If the houseruler of the sign where the count stopped is unsuitably configured with respect to the controller and the operative sign, being either turned away or in the XII Place of the Bad Daimon, then the nativity will lack a houseruler. In such a case it will again be necessary to examine the control of the Sun and Moon. If the rulers of the term and of the sign are configured well and harmoniously with the Sun and Moon, then the vital sector will be considered as starting at the degree of the term.

  Generally speaking, in this method it will be necessary to examine the houseruler with reference to the influences of the angles, as was demonstrated for the horimaea: it may be rising, setting, at an angle, not at an angle; it may switch positions with the ruler of its sign or be inharmonious with it. Use these facts to make your judgement. Likewise it will be necessary to look at the rays of the anaeretic stars and to check if the vital sector starts at the beginning of the terms or at the end. It is necessary to consider all of this in order to calculate short- or long-lived nativities—or even the nativities of twins.

  Because often if a malefic term rules the vital sector or if the houseruler is unfavorably situated, the first-born becomes short-lived, but the next-born, if the term or the houseruler changes [and the sign, and if the rulers are configured well and harmoniously with the Sun and Moon, then the vital sector will be considered as starting at the degree of the Sun. Generally speaking, in this method it will be necessary to examine the houseruler with reference to the influences of the angles, as was demonstrated for the houseruler], becomes long-lived and a foundation for his existence arises. Consequently, a change of one or two degrees often has a very great effect.

  An example: Sun in Taurus 25° 18′, Moon in Aquarius 7° 10′, Saturn in Aries 24°, Jupiter in Taurus 4° 25′, Mars in Cancer 22° 53′, Venus in Gemini 28° 16′, Mercury in Gemini 6°, Ascendant in Capricorn 27°. Since this was a full-Moon nativity, I took the distance from the Moon’s position at birth to the next new Moon, which was at Gemini 2° 25′. The distance is 115°. I subtract this from the Ascendant and stop at Libra 2°. The vital sector stretches from this point to the radiation of the malefics. Saturn casts its rays from a point in opposition and Mars from a point square with the same degrees (in Libra) and cause death. Jupiter was turned away; Venus was unfavorably situated and unable to help. The native lived 28 years 9 months.

  Another example: Sun in Sagittarius 12° 16′, Moon in Sagittarius 17° 24′, Saturn in Libra 11° 33′, Jupiter in Gemini 19° 11′, Mars in Scorpio 4° 20′, Venus in Libra 26°, Mercury in Scorpio 27°, Ascendant in Libra 20°. I take the distance from the degree of the new Moon to the Moon’s position at birth; this is 5°. I count this from the Ascendant and stop at Libra 25°. The vital sector stretched from there to the position of Mars, Scorpio 5°. The native died in his twelfth year. If this encounter with Mars had not happened, he would have lived the years of Venus, 84.

11. Περὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ χρηματιστικοῦ καὶ μερικῆς ἀγωγῆς

  Ὑποδείξομεν δέ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐσήμανε, περὶ κλιμακτῆρος ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Σὴθ ἀνατολῆς ἕως τῆς γενεθλιακῆς ἡμέρας λαμβάνειν, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ συναχθέντος ἀριθμοῦ τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκκρούειν ὁσάκις δυνατὸν ἀνὰ νβ′ ζ′, τὰς δὲ καταλειφθείσας πολλαπλασιάζειν, ὁσάκις ἂν ᾖς ἐκκεκρουκώς, καὶ σκοπεῖν, ἐὰν ὁ συναχθεὶς ἀριθμὸς ἐκ τοῦ πολυπλασιασμοῦ ἔχει κατ’ ἔλλειψιν τὸν ἴδιον τοῦ κλιμακτῆρος ἀριθμόν. Οἷον ὑποθέσεως χάριν ἔστω τὰ συναχθέντα ἡμέραι σκ′· ἐκκρούω τετράκις ἀνὰ νβ′ ζ′, γίνονται ἡμέραι ση′ καὶ δ′ ἕβδομα καὶ καταλείπονται ια′ καὶ ἕβδομα γ′. Tοῦτόν φαμεν ἑβδομαδικὸν κλιμακτῆρα.

  Λέγει δ’ ὁμοίως σκοπεῖν, μὴ ὁ κατ’ ἔλλειψιν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν ἐτῶν κλιμακτὴρ συνεμπέσῃ. Οἷον ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος ἡ ὑπόστασις ἐὰν ᾖ ἐτῶν μζ′, κλιμακτὴρ δὲ συνεμπέσῃ ἐτῶν με′, συναιρεθήσεται ὁ γινόμενος, ἐπεὶ ὁ κατ’ ἔλλειψιν τῶν τῆς ὑποστάσεως κλιμακτὴρ ἐμπέπτωκεν. Eἴρηκε δὲ ὅτι, ἐὰν ὁ ἑβδομαδικὸς ἐμπέσῃ εἰς τὸν ἐννεαδικόν, ἀσύμφωνα τὰ πράγματα ἔσται. Οἷον ὁ ἑβδομαδικὸς ἤνεγκε μοίρας ε′· ταῦτα ἀναλύεται εἰς τὸν θ′· παράκειται γὰρ ἐννάκις ε′· γίνονται με′.

  Συνεμπέπτωκεν οὖν ὁ ἑβδομαδικὸς εἰς τὸν ἐννεαδικόν. Ἐὰν μὲν οὖν ὁ κατ’ ἔλλειψιν τοῦ ἐκ τῶν ἐτῶν κλιμακτὴρ ἐμπέσῃ καὶ γένηται τὸ προειρημένον, οὐκ ἰσχύει χρεοκοπῆσαι τὴν ὑπόστασιν, ἀλλὰ ζήσεται τὰ μεριζόμενα. Ἐὰν δὲ συμφωνήσῃ, τὸν προειρημένον προλήψεται ὁ κλιμακτηρικὸς λόγος.

  Ἡμεῖς δὲ συντομώτερον ἔφαμεν ἐπὶ τὸν ε′ δ′ πολυπλασιάζειν καὶ κεχρῆσθαι τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ, ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν νβ′, καὶ εὑρόντα πρῶτον ἐννεαδικὸν ζητεῖν, μὴ συνεμπίπτῃ αὐτῷ ἑβδομαδικός. Οὐκ ἀρέσκει δέ τισι τὸ [αὐτὸ] ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Σὴθ ἀνατολῆς πεποιῆσθαι τὴν ἀρχήν. Δυνατὸν οὖν ἰδίως τοῦτο ὑποδείγματος χάριν πεποιηκέναι, ἐπεὶ καὶ κατὰ κλίμα εὑρήσομεν ἄλλως καὶ ἄλλως τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ ἔτους ποιουμένους. Φυσικώτερος οὖν ἔστω λόγος τὸ ἀπολύειν ἀπὸ τῆς πρὸ τοῦ Κυνὸς συνόδου ἕως τῆς γενεθλιακῆς ἡμέρας· ταύτην γὰρ ἀρχὴν τοῦ ἔτους οἱ πλείους ἀπεφήναντο· συντομώτερος δὲ οὖν περὶ ἑβδομαδικῆς ἡμέρας οὗτος ὁ τρόπος ἔστω.

  Τοῖς μὲν νυκτερινοῖς τὰς ἑβδομαδικὰς ζητεῖν, τοῖς δ’ ἡμερινοῖς τὰς ἐννεαδικὰς δοκεῖ τισι· κατ’ ἀμφότερα δὲ ὅμοιοι, καὶ οἱ μὲν ἑβδομαδικοὶ ἔσονται πρὸς Ἄρην, οἱ δὲ ἐννεαδικοὶ πρὸς Κρόνον. Κατ’ ἀμφότερα δὲ καὶ οὗτοι τὴν ἐναλλαγὴν ἐφέξουσι τῶν κλιμακτήρων. Κατὰ μὲν γὰρ Ἥλιον καὶ Σελήνην Κρόνος ἑβδομαδικὸς ἔσται, Ἄρης ἐννεαδικὸς διὰ τὸ τῷ Καρκίνῳ καὶ τῷ Λέοντι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐβδόμου τόπου ἐναντιοῦσθαι τὸν Αἰγόκερω καὶ τὸν Ὑδροχόον, ἅπερ Κρόνου οἰκητήρια, τὸν δὲ Κριὸν ἔνατον ἀπὸ Λέοντος καὶ τὸν Καρκίνον ἀπὸ Σκορπίου. Φυσικώτερον οὖν λαμβάνεται ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑψώματος τῆς Σελήνης τοῦ Ταύρου ἑβδομαδικὸς μὲν Ἄρης διὰ τὸν Σκορπίον, ἐννεαδικὸς δὲ Κρόνος διὰ τὸν Αἰγόκερω.

  Ἔστω δὲ ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος ἔτος γ′ Ἀδριανοῦ Ἀθὺρ κζ′ κατὰ Ἀλεξανδρεῖς, ζητεῖν δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα Ἀντωνίνου ιζ′ Φαμενὼθ ια′. Ἔλαβον τὰ πλήρη ἔτη λε′ καὶ γενέθλιον λοιπὸν γ′ καὶ ἀπὸ Χοιὰκ ἕως Μεχὶρ ἑκάστου μηνὸς ἀνὰ δύο· ἐπὶ ἑβδομάδων δ′ ὑφαιρουμένων καταλείπονται θ′· καὶ τὰς τοῦ Φαμενὼθ ια′· γίνονται αἱ πᾶσαι κ′. Καὶ ἐμβόλιμοι η′· γίνονται αἱ πᾶσαι κη′. Ἔστω οὖν ἡ ια′ τοῦ Φαμενὼθ κλιμακτηρικὴ ἑβδομαδικὴ ἡμέρα· ἐκπίπτει οὖν κατὰ τὴν τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀγωγὴν εἰς Σκορπίον. Σκόπει οὖν τίνες ἐπιθεωροῦσι τὸ ζῴδιον καὶ τὴν Σελήνην.

  Ἡ δὲ ἐννεαδικὴ οὕτως εὑρίσκεται. τὰ πρῶτα ἔτη πολυπλασιάζω ἐπὶ τὸν ε′ δ′, ἐπεὶ ἕκαστος ἐνιαυτὸς ἔχει ἐννεάδας μ′ καὶ περιλείπονται ε′ δ′, τῶν δὲ πλήρων μηνῶν ἑκάστου ἡμέρας γ′, ἐπεὶ ἐννεάδας ἔχει ἕκαστος μὴν γ′ καὶ λοιπαὶ γ′, καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς ἡμέρας ἕως τῆς ζητουμένης συναθροίσας ἀφαιρῶν ἄχρι οὗ δυνατὸν ἀνὰ ἐννέα τὰς λοιπὰς θεωρῶ, εἰ συμπληροῦσι τὰς ἐννέα· καὶ οὕτως ἔσται κλιμακτηρικὴ ἡμέρα, καθὼς καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἑβδομαδικῶν. Τῷ δὲ αὐτῷ λόγῳ καὶ ἐπὶ μηνὸς καὶ ἐπὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ χρῆσθαι δεήσει. Κλιμακτηρικὰ δὲ ζῴδια ἑβδομαδικὰ Κριὸς Ζυγὸς Καρκίνος Αἰγόκερως, ἐννεαδικὰ δὲ Ταῦρος Λέων Σκορπίος Ὑδροχόος, ἐπίκοινα δὲ Δίδυμοι Παρθένος Ἰχθύες.

11. The 7-Day and the 9-Day Methods for the Critical Period

  We will now report what the King has revealed about the critical point: take the number of days from the rising of Seth⁵ to the date of birth. Divide the total number of days by 52 ¹⁄₇. Now multiply the integer answer of this division by the remainder, and examine the result of this multiplication to see if it is less than the particular number of the critical point. As a sample, let the number of days be 220. I divide 52 ¹⁄₇ four times into 220 for a result of 208 ⁴⁄₇ days, with a remainder of 11 ³⁄₇ [I multiply 11 ³⁄₇ times 4, and the result is 45 ⁵⁄₇ ]. We call this the critical 7-day number.

  The King tells us to examine this number to see if the number of the critical point is less than the number of years. Take the example just cited: if the basis of the nativity’s length of life is 47, but the critical point falls in year 45, the native will be destroyed then, since the value of the critical point was less than the years of the basis. He has said that if the 7-day number is a factor of 9, the situation will be inharmonious. For example: this 7-day number (45) contains the factor 5, the result of a division by 9. When this is multiplied by 9, it yields 45.

  Therefore the 7-day number is a factor of 9. But if the value of the critical point is not less than the number of years of the basis, and if the previously mentioned considerations are true, it will not be able to reduce the allotted time. Instead the native will live the assigned period. If the situation is harmonious, the critical point will take precedence over the number found by the preceding method.

  We claim that the method of multiplying by 5 ¹⁄₄ and then proceeding using this factor in the same way is quicker than multiplying by 52. Having found the number, one should investigate the 9-day number, to be sure that the 7-day number is not a factor of it. Some astrologers do not like to start the year with the rising of Sirius. It is possible to use any given starting point in citing an example, since we see that men begin the year differently in the different latitudes. Still, let us assume that the system in which the calculation starts with the rising of Sirius and proceeds to the birth date is more scientific. Most use this as the beginning of the year. Let this method of determining the 7-day week be the most efficient.

  Some think it proper to investigate the 7-day and the 9-day week for night births, the 9-day week for day births. The results are similar for both methods since the 7-day weeks will be with reference to Mars, the 9-day weeks with reference to Saturn. In either method, they will have an exchange of critical points. Saturn will be the beginning of the 7-day week because of the Sun and Moon. Mars will be the beginning of the 9-day week. This is because Capricorn and Aquarius (Saturn’s houses) are opposite, in the seventh place, to Cancer and Leo (houses of the Sun and Moon), and Aries (Mars’ house) is the ninth sign from Leo, and Cancer is the ninth sign from Scorpio (Mars’ house). But it would be more scientific to derive these from the exaltation of the Moon in Taurus: the beginning of the 7-day week would be Mars, because of Scorpio; the beginning of the 9-day week would be Saturn, because of Capricorn.

  An example: the nativity was in Hadrian year 3, Athyr 27 in the Alexandrian calendar⁶. Investigate the subsequent date Antoninus year 17, Phamenoth 11. I take the full years, 35, plus the 3 remaining days in the birth month (Athyr 27 to 30), plus 2 days for each month from Choiak to Mechir (3 months, the total is 44). With the whole weeks (4 weeks = 35 days) subtracted, the remainder is 9. Now add the 11 days of Phamenoth (total 20), plus the 8 intercalary days. The grand total is 28. Let Phamenoth 11 be a critical day in the 7-day week system. According to the sequence of days, Phamenoth falls in Scorpio. Examine which stars are in aspect with this signs and with the Moon.

  The 9-day week is found as follows: I multiply the full years by 5 ¹⁄₄ , since each year contains forty 9-day weeks with 5 ¹⁄₄ days left over. For each month I add 3, since each month has three 9-day weeks with 3 days left over. I total the remaining days until the day in question and I divide by 9, making sure that the remainder is less than 9. Now the result will be the number of the critical day, just as in the 7-day week system. It will be necessary to calculate the month and year in the same way. In the 7-day week system, the critical signs are Aries, Libra, Cancer, Capricorn; in the 9-day week system Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius. Common to both systems are Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo, and Pisces.

12. Περὶ τῶν ὀνομασιῶν τῶν ιβ τόπων καὶ περὶ τῆς δωδεκατρόπου

  Ἐπεὶ δὲ καθ’ ἕκαστον κεφάλαιον τὴν ἐμὴν ἀφθονίαν ἐλέγχων ὑπομιμνήσκω, ἵνα μὴ δόξω διὰ τῦφον ταῦτα ποιεῖν, ἀναδραμὼν εἰς τὰς τῶν παλαιῶν συνταγματογράφων βίβλους κατάμαθε τὸν λόγον μὲν εἶναι κεκαλλωπισμένον καὶ κακόζηλον, ἐκπλῆξαι δυνάμενον τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων καὶ ἀμαθῶν ψυχάς, ἀληθείας δ’ ἀνέφικτον καὶ τοῖς σωφρονοῦσι πολέμιον. Πολλοὺς γὰρ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐγχρονίσας καὶ βουκολήσας οὓς μὲν τοῦ ζῆν περιέγραψε, οὓς δὲ τελέως ἐκόλασεν.

  Ἐντυχέτω δέ τις τῇ λεγομένῃ ὁράσει Κριτοδήμου, πῶς μὲν τὴν ἀρχὴν εὐφαντασίωτον ἔχει καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τετερατολογημένα πρὸς τοὺς ἀμαθεῖς· πελαγοδρομήσας, φησί, καὶ πολλὴν ἔρημον ὁδεύσας ἠξιώθην ὑπὸ θεῶν λιμένος ἀκινδύνου τυχεῖν καὶ μονῆς ἀσφαλεστάτης. Εἶτα αἱρέσεις ἐκτίθεται καὶ παραδόσεις διὰ φρικωδεστάτων ὅρκων καὶ κατ’ ἄλλους τινὰς τρόπους ἀπαθανατίζων τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας καὶ ὄνησίν τινα ἐνδειξάμενος διὰ τῆσδε τῆς βίβλου τὰ ὅλα συνέξεσθαι δι’ ἑτέρων τὰς δυνάμεις ἐσήμαινεν, περικλείσας εἰς ἄπειρον ὕλην τὴν τῶν μαθημάτων ἀλήθειαν. Ἄξιον μὲν οὖν ἐπαινεῖν καὶ θαυμάζειν τὸν ἄνδρα, διὰ πάσης ἐμπειρίας διεληλυθότα καθηγεμόνα τε τῶν ἐπιζητουμένων γενόμενον.

  Μυστικῶς γὰρ καὶ ποικίλως μερίσας αὐτὰ εἰς κανονικὰς ὀργανοθεσίας καὶ πεζικὰς λόγων συντάξεις πολλοὺς ἐραστὰς ἐπηγάγετο, ὧν οἱ μὲν τὰς ματαιολογίας παραπεμψάμενοι καὶ διεξιχνεύσαντες τὰ δοκοῦντα κεφάλαια μετὰ παντὸς πόνου καὶ ἔπαινον καὶ ἀρετὴν κατὰ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἐπεισηνέγκαντο, οἱ δὲ ἀφερέπονον ἦθος ἀναλαβόντες ψόγον τῇ θεωρίᾳ περιεποιήσαντο. Ὁ δὲ ἐμὸς λόγος πειθήνιος μὲν καὶ διδασκαλικὸς καθὼς οἶμαι τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσιν ἔσται καὶ ἀμετανόητος, ὡς καὶ τοὺς ἤδη ἀπεχθήραντας πάλιν ἀγκαλίσασθαι διὰ τὴν τῶν λεχθέντων καὶ ῥηθησομένων ἐνέργειαν.

  Τῆς οὖν οἰκοδεσποτικῆς καὶ ἀναιρετικῆς ἀκτινοβολίας οὕτως καθὼς πρόκειται διατεταγμένης τοῦ τε ἀριθμίου κλήρου καὶ τῶν ἀναιρετικῶν καὶ δυναστικῶν τόπων δοκιμάσας οὐκ ἐβουλήθην ἀποκρύψαι ἀλλὰ μεταδοῦναι. Πρὸ πάντων οὖν σκοπεῖν δεήσει ἐπὶ πάσης γενέσεως, πότερον ἐπικράτησιν ἢ καὶ οἰκοδεσποτείαν ἔχει. Ἐὰν μὲν οὕτως εὑρεθῇ, χρὴ τοῖς προκειμένοις ὁρίοις χρῆσθαι· ἐὰν δὲ ἀνοικοδεσπότητος ἢ ἀνεπικράτητος ἡ γένεσις εὑρεθῇ ὑπὸ μηδεμιᾶς κακωτικῆς ἀκτῖνος ἀναιρουμένη, τὴν προγεγονυῖαν σύνοδον ἢ πανσέληνον μοιρικῶς ἐπιγνόντας ἐπί τε τῶν νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας γεννωμένων λαμβάνειν ἀπὸ τῆς συνοδικῆς ἢ πανσεληνιακῆς μοίρας ἕως ὡροσκόπου ἢ ἑτέρου κέντρου, δυναστικώτερον δὲ ἀναβιβάζοντος ἢ καταβιβάζοντος ἀνωφερῶς, καθὼς καὶ αὐτὸς κοσμικῶς κινεῖται.

  Εἶτα ἐπιγνόντας τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τὰς αὐτὰς μοίρας ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ ὡροσκόπου μοίρας ἀπολύειν ἀνωφερῶς ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ μεσουράνημα, καὶ ὅπου δἂν ἡ κατάληξις γένηται, λογίζεσθαι πόσα ἔτη συνάγεται ἀπὸ τῆς ἀφέσεως πρὸς ἀναφοράν, καθ’ ὃ κλίμα τις γεγένηται, καὶ ταῦτα ἀποφαίνεσθαι. Ἐὰν δὲ ἡμερινῆς τῆς γενέσεως οὔσης ὑπερπλεονάσῃ ὁ ἀριθμός, ἀπὸ συνόδου ἢ πανσελήνου ἕως ἀναβιβάζοντος ἢ καταβιβάζοντος ἀφελόντας κεντρικὸν διάστημα, τουτέστι ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου ἕως τοῦ μεσουρανήματος, τὰς λοιπὰς πάλιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ μεσουράνημα ἀνωφερῶς πραγματεύεσθαι τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ. Ἐπὶ δὲ νυκτερινῆς γενέσεως τὸ μὲν ἀπὸ συνόδου καὶ πανσελήνου διάστημα ἕως ἀναβιβάζοντος ἢ καταβιβάζοντος ἢ καὶ κέντρου ἀνωφερῶς χρὴ λαβόντας τὰς αὐτὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου μοίρας ἀπολύειν κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς, καὶ οὗ ἂν καταλήξῃ ὁ ἀριθμός, κατὰ τὰς ἀναφορὰς τὰ ἔτη λογισαμένους ἀποφαίνεσθαι.

  Ἐὰν δὲ ὑπερπλεονάσῃ ὁ ἀριθμός, ἀφελόντας κέντρου διάστασιν τὴν ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου ἕως ὑπογείου τὰς λοιπὰς ἀπὸ τῆς δυτικῆς μοίρας ἀπολύειν κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ μεσουράνημα· καὶ ὁ συναχθεὶς πρὸς ἀναφορὰν χρόνος ἔσται βιώσιμος. Κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον δὲ οὗ ἂν προσνεύσῃ ὁ ἀναβιβάζων ἢ ὁ καταβιβάζων ἢ ἡ σύνοδος ἢ ἡ πανσέληνος, τουτέστι πότερον ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ γῆν ἢ ἐν τῷ ὑπὸ γῆν ἡμισφαιρίῳ, ἐν ἐκείνῳ καὶ τὴν ἄφεσιν δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου καὶ δύνοντος· ἐὰν μὲν συνοδική, ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου· ἐὰν δὲ πανσεληνιακή, ἀπὸ τῆς δύσεως. Ἐὰν δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν συνοδικῶν ἢ πανσεληνιακῶν ζῳδίων ἢ εἰς τὰ τούτων διάμετρα ἢ τετράγωνα ὁ ὡροσκόπος ἢ ἀναβιβάζων ἢ καταβιβάζων εὑρεθῇ, τὸν συναγόμενον τοῦ διαστήματος ἀριθμὸν ἡμέρας μὲν ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου, νυκτὸς δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ δύνοντος κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς ἀπολύειν. Ἔχει δὲ καὶ τὰ τετράγωνα τοῦ ἀναβιβάζοντος δύναμιν ἀναιρετικήν, ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ ἀπὸ Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης ἄφεσις ἡ μοιρικὴ πρὸς τὸν ἀναβιβάζοντα καὶ τὰ τούτου διάμετρα ἢ καὶ τὰ τούτου τετράγωνα.

  Ἔσθ’ ὅτε δὲ καὶ ἐπικρατήσεως καὶ οἰκοδεσποτείας οὔσης καὶ αὕτη ἡ αἵρεσις συντρέχει τῇ ἀφέσει ἢ τῇ οἰκοδεσποτείᾳ καὶ εὐτονεῖ πρὸς ἀναίρεσιν. Ἐὰν οὖν ἡ ἐπικράτησις οἰκείως εὑρεθῇ καὶ ὁ δοκῶν οἰκοδεσπότης μερίζει χρόνους, τότε καὶ ἡ ἄφεσις τῆς πραγματείας ταύτης ἀνωφερῶς ἢ κατωφερῶς πρὸς τὸ πλεονάζον μέρος τῶν ἀναφορῶν κριθήσεται ἐπὶ τῶν πάραυτα τελευτώντων ἢ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ. Ὁ δ’ αὐτὸς τρόπος νοείσθω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς σπορᾶς· τῷ μέντοι τῆς ἐκτροπῆς μᾶλλον ὡροσκόπῳ χρηστέον. Ἀναιρεῖ δὲ καὶ κατὰ μόνας ἡ σπορά, ἐάνπερ τις τῇ συνόδῳ ἢ πανσελήνῳ χρήσηται πρὸς τὸν ἀναβιβάζοντα ἢ καταβιβάζοντα καὶ πρὸς τὰ κέντρα. Ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκτροπῆς καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς σπορᾶς εὑρεθῇ τὰ αὐτὰ ἔτη συνεγγίζοντα, ἀναμφιλέκτως ὁ θάνατος εὑρεθήσεται.

12. The Method of New and Full Moons. Conception with Reference to the Ascending Node. Length of Life, with Examples

  I am reminding you of my generosity in supplying proofs for every chapter so that I do not seem to be writing this in order to obfuscate. Now if you rush to the books of the older compilers, be aware that their texts have been adorned with an affected style which can bewilder the minds of their readers and of the ignorant, although their texts have not attained the truth and are enemies of the wise. Wasting the time of many men and leading them astray, these texts have defrauded some of life and have terminally afflicted others.

  Let anyone read the so-called Vision of Critodemus: how its beginning is so fantastical and how the rest is so marvellous to the unlearned. “Coursing the deep,” he says, “and traversing vast wilds, I was deemed worthy by the gods of attaining a safe harbor and a secure anchorage.” Then with frightful oaths he expounds his methods and his transmissions. He sanctifies his readers in other ways and displays much bombast throughout the book, such as it is. He indicates that its powers control everything with its prodigious learning, but he locks up in infinite verbiage the truth of his teaching. This man should be praised and admired, since he has gone through so much labor and has become a guide for seekers.

  Indeed, by arranging his material mystically and complexly in tabular form and in connected prose, he has attracted many enthusiasts, some of whom have ignored his useless bombast, have tracked down the relevant chapters with great toil, and have brought praise and credit to the man. Others with a less tenacious spirit, have brought criticism to this art. My exposition will (as I think) be persuasive and educational for my readers, and they will not regret their work. Through the influence of what has been and will be said, I hope to bring back into the fold those who have come to hate their role (as student).

  Since the casting of rays—either houseruling or destructive—has now been set out as previously outlined, I want to share, not to hide, the method for the Numerical Lot and the anaeretic, powerful places, now that I have tested them. First of all, it will be necessary to determine for every nativity whether it has a controller or a houseruler. If it is found to have one, it is necessary to use the previously mentioned terms. If however the nativity is found to be lacking a houseruler or a controller, and is destroyed by no afflicting ray, then it will be necessary to determine the degree of the previous new or full Moon (for night and day births) and to count from the new or full Moon “upward” (=in the direction of diurnal motion) to the Ascendant or to another angle, or (which is more powerful) to the ascending or descending node.

  Then having noted the number of degrees, count this amount from the Ascendant in the direction of diurnal motion (=toward MC). Where the count stops, calculate the total number of years from the apheta (using the rising times of the native’s klima), then make your forecast. If, for a day birth, the number is excessive, subtract the distance between the new or full Moon and the ascending or descending node from the distance between the angles, i.e. between the Ascendant and MC, then do your operations in the same manner, counting the remaining degrees from the Ascendant to MC in the direction of diurnal motion. For night births, take the distance from the new or full Moon to the ascending or descending nodes or a center (in the direction of diurnal motion), then count that distance from the Ascendant in the order of the signs. Calculate the years where the count stops, using the rising times, and make the forecast.

  If the number is excessive, subtract the distance from the Ascendant to IC, then count the remainder from the Descendant in the order of the signs (i.e. toward MC). The total, calculated from the rising times, will be the length of life. In most cases, it is necessary to place the vital sector starting with the Ascendant or with the Descendant at the point to which the ascending or descending node inclines, or to which the new or full Moon inclines, (i.e. whether in the hemisphere above the earth or towards the one below): if the nativity is at the new Moon, start with the Ascendant; if full Moon, with the Descendant. If the Ascendant, the ascending node, or the descending node is found in the sign of the new or full Moon, or in the signs in opposition or square with them, /144P/ then for day births count the total distance from the Ascendant, for night births from the Descendant in the order of the signs. The point square with the ascending node has an anaeretic force—of course, the exact-to-the-degree vital sector which starts at the Sun and Moon and runs to the ascending node and to the points in opposition or square with the node.

  Occasionally, when there is a controller or a houseruler, the anaereta coincides with the apheta or the houseruler and strengthens the destructive force. If in such a case the controller is suitably situated, and the apparent houseruler is distributing the chronocratorship, then the vital sector of this horoscope, whether counted in the direction of diurnal motion or in the order of the signs using the total of the rising times, will be considered as characteristic of one who dies at birth or in the womb. The same considerations should be applied when forecasting conception, but the Ascendant at the time of delivery must be observed. The conception itself will be in vain if someone observes the new or full Moon extending to the ascending or descending nodes or to the angles. If the same number of years are found to be granted when you calculate from the delivery and from the conception, then death will indisputably occur.

13. Περὶ τῆς ἀπὸ ὑψώματος εἰς ὕψωμα παραδόσεως

  Ἀπὸ Σελήνης καὶ ὡροσκόπου· ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν ἡ Σελήνη ἀφέτης εὑρεθῇ, παραφυλάττεσθαι χρὴ τὰς κωλύσεις καὶ τὰς ἑξαγώνους πλευρὰς καὶ τετραγώνους καὶ διαμέτρους τὰς πρὸς τὸν ὡροσκόπον κατὰ ἀναφοράν. Αὗται γὰρ ἐνεργητικαὶ κριθήσονται, καὶ μάλιστα ἐν τοῖς ἰσανατόλοις ἢ ἰσαναφόροις ἢ ἰσοδυναμοῦσιν ἢ τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ἢ βλέπουσι ζῳδίοις ἢ ταῖς ἀντισκίοις μοίραις. Ὁμοίως δὲ κἂν ὁ ὡροσκόπος ἀφέτης εὑρεθῇ, τὰς πρὸς τὴν Σελήνην διαστάσεις ὡσαύτως σκοπεῖν κατὰ ἀναφοράν. Ἔδοξε δέ μοι ἐκ πείρας θανατικὰς μοίρας κρίνειν καὶ δυναστικὰς τὰς μεσουρανούσας τοῦ τε ὡροσκόπου καὶ τῆς Σελήνης πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ τὰς τούτων διαμέτρους· αὗται γὰρ κεντρωθεῖσαι οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν κέκτηνται δύναμιν.

13. Another Method from Critodemus about Hostile Places and Vital Sectors

  From the Moon and the Ascendant. Whenever the Moon is found to be the apheta, one must observe the contacts and the points which are sextile, square, and in opposition to the Ascendant with reference to their rising times. These will be considered as effective, especially when they are in signs of the same or equal rising times, signs of the same power, the listening or beholding signs, or the degrees of the antiscia. Likewise if the Ascendant is found to be the apheta, then it will be necessary to examine its distances (=aspects) with respect to the Moon according to rising times. My experience indicates that the fatal degrees and the powerful degrees are those at MC, those at the Ascendant and the Moon by themselves, and those in opposition to these points. If they are at an angle, they have an extraordinary influence.

14. Περὶ φάσεως τῶν ἀστέρων καὶ ἐπεμβάσεως

  Εὗρον δὲ καὶ ταύτην τὴν αἵρεσιν περὶ χρόνων ζωῆς ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀναπεπλεγμένην ποικίλως· αὐτὸς δὲ διὰ πείρας ἀναζητήσας διέκρινα καὶ οἴομαι μᾶλλον τοῖς πλείστοις ἀρέσκειν. Ἐν γὰρ τῇ ιγ′ βίβλῳ ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ τὸ προοίμιον καὶ τὰς τῶν ζῳδίων διατάξεις κλῆρον τύχης ἐπιφέρει ἀπὸ Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης καὶ ὡροσκόπου, ὃ μεγίστην περιποιεῖ καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ βίβλῳ μνημονεύει καὶ κύριον κρίνει τόπον, περὶ οὗ καὶ αἴνιγμα τέθεικε τὸ ἔμπαλιν καὶ ἀνάπαλιν· καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος ἀπὸ ἠοῦς ἀρχόμενος παντὸς αἰῶνος κύτος παραδίδωσι ἕσπερον κύκλον διανύων, καθάπερ ὁρᾶται. Νυκτὸς δὲ ἐπερχομένης οὐ πάντοτε ἡ Σελήνη φαεσφοροῦσα τεύξεται, ἀλλ’ ὁτὲ μὲν ἑσπέρας φανεῖσα δύεται, ὁτὲ δὲ ἐπίμονος μέχρι τινὸς μέρους, ἔσθ' ὅτε δὲ διὰ τέλους τῆς νυκτὸς πορεύσεται· διόπερ ἀκολούθως ὁλοτελῶς τὸν κύκλον Ἡλίῳ παρηγγεγύηκεν.

  Περὶ μὲν οὖν τούτου τοῦ διανοήματος ἄλλοι ἄλλως φανοῦσιν· ἐμοὶ δ’ ἔδοξεν ἐπὶ μὲν ἡμερινῆς γενέσεως λαμβάνειν ἀπὸ Ἡλίου ἐπὶ Σελήνην καὶ τὰ ἴσα ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου, ἐπὶ δὲ νυκτερινῆς, ἐφ’ ὅσον μὲν ἡ Σελήνη ὑπέργειός ἐστι τουτέστι μέχρις οὗ δύνει, ἀπ’ αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸν Ἥλιον λαμβάνειν καὶ τὰ ἴσα ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου, μετὰ δὲ τὴν δύσιν ἀπὸ Ἡλίου ἐπ’ αὐτήν. Τὸ γὰρ ἐπιλέγειν· διόπερ ὁλοτελῶς τὸν κύκλον Ἡλίῳ παρεγγεγύηκε τοῦτο δοκεῖ. σκοπεῖν δὲ δεήσει, εἰς ποῖον τόπον ἐξέπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος, καὶ τοῦτον ἡγεῖσθαι κύριον, ἔπειτα συνορᾶν τοῦ ζῳδίου τὸν κύριον ἐν ποίῳ ζῳδίῳ τέτευχε, τρίτον δὲ τὸν τούτου οἰκοδεσπότην· ἐκ τούτων γὰρ τῶν τριῶν τόπων καὶ τῶν τούτων οἰκοδεσποτῶν ὁ βιώσιμος χρόνος εὑρεθήσεται κατὰ τοὺς τρεῖς ὅρους.

  Οἷον ἕκαστος τῶν ἀστέρων ἰδίας περιόδου δεσπόζει, Κρόνος μὲν οὖν ἐτῶν λ′, Ζεὺς ιβ′, Ἄρης ιε′, Ἥλιος ιθ′, Ἀφροδίτη η′, Ἑρμῆς κ′, Σελήνη κε′· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἕκαστος ἰδίων ἀναφορῶν κατὰ κλῆρον. Κατὰ τὸ κλίμα οὖν συγκρίνειν δεήσει, πότερον ἐπίκεντρος ὁ κλῆρος καὶ χρηματίζων ἢ ἐπαναφερόμενος ἢ ἀποκεκλικώς, καὶ τοὺς τῶν ζῳδίων οἰκοδεσπότας, καθὼς καὶ ὁ παλαιὸς μέμνηται λέγων· πᾶς ἀστὴρ ἐπίκεντρος τοὺς ἰδίους χρόνους πλήρεις δίδωσι, ἔκκεντρος δὲ ὅσους ἐὰν μερίζῃ λοιπογραφουμένους ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀριθμῶν. Μερίζουσι δὲ καὶ τὰς τελείας αὐτῶν περιόδους καὶ τὰς ἀναφοράς, ὅταν καλῶς τύχωσι· συμμερίζουσι δὲ καὶ οἱ συναιρετισταὶ συμπαρόντες ἢ μαρτυροῦντες ἢ ἐν οἰκείοις ζῳδίοις τυγχάνοντες, εἰ μή τι ἀμφότεραι αἱ αἱρέσεις συμμεριοῦσι· καὶ οὕτως δὲ ὁμοίως.

  Πρότερον δὲ δεῖ λογίζεσθαι τοὺς ἀριθμούς, ὥρας ἡμέρας μῆνας εἶτα ἐνιαυτούς, καὶ τοῖς τρισὶν ὅροις χρῆσθαι, ἐλαχίστῳ μέσῳ τελείῳ, ἐπισυντιθέντας τὸν πρῶτον τῷ δευτέρῳ ἢ τὸν τρίτον. Πολλάκις γὰρ ὅδε μὲν τόπος ἐμέρισεν ἡμέρας ὁ δὲ μῆνας ὁ δὲ ἐνιαυτοὺς παρὰ τὰς διαφορὰς τῶν χρηματιστικῶν ζῳδίων καὶ τῶν οἰκοδεσποτῶν ἢ τῶν κακωτικῶν αἰτιῶν καὶ ἐναντιώσεων. προσεπιμερίζουσι δὲ μετὰ τὰ ἔτη καὶ μῆνας ἰσαρίθμους τοῖς χρόνοις. Τὸ δ’ αὐτὸ καὶ ὁ δαίμων καὶ ὁ ὡροσκοπικὸς τόπος ἐφέξει τῷ κλήρῳ κατὰ τὸν μερισμόν, ὁπόταν οἱ κληρικοὶ τόποι ἢ οἱ κύριοι παραπέσωσι, μάλιστα ὁπόταν ὁ κλῆρος τῷ δαίμονι τὸν μερισμὸν ἐκχωρήσῃ· καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἀστέρες ἀντιπαραχωροῦσιν ἀλλήλοις· δηλώσομεν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ προϊόντι λόγῳ εἰς τοὺς ἐπιμερισμούς.

  Ἔστω δὲ ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος Ἥλιος Ἀφροδίτη Καρκίνῳ, Σελήνη ὡροσκόπος Ἰχθύσι, Κρόνος Τοξότῃ, Ζεὺς Αἰγόκερῳ, Ἄρης Σκορπίῳ, Ἑρμῆς Λέοντι, ὁ κλῆρος τῆς τύχης Καρκίνῳ ἀγαθοδαιμονῶν. Ἡ κυρία τοῦ κλήρου ἐπὶ τοῦ κέντρου εὑρέθη· ἔθηκα τὰ ἐλάχιστα τῆς Σελήνης κε′ ἔτη καὶ τοῦ Καρκίνου τὴν ἀναφορὰν τοῦ δευτέρου κλίματος ἔτη λβ′ καὶ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου τῆς Σελήνης Διὸς ἔτη ιβ′· γίνονται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἔτη ξθ′· τοσούτων ἐτῶν ἐτελεύτα.

  Ἄλλη. Ἥλιος Ὑδροχόῳ, Σελήνη ὡροσκόπος Παρθένῳ, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἄρης· Κρόνος Ζεὺς Ἑρμῆς Αἰγόκερῳ, Ἀφροδίτη Ἰχθύσιν, ὁ κλῆρος τῆς τύχης Ὑδροχόῳ ἀποκεκλικώς. Ὁ κύριος ἀγαθοδαιμονῶν παρ’ αἵρεσιν ἐμέρισε τὰ ἴδια ἔτη λ′ καὶ μῆνας τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐν ἰδίῳ τυχὼν ζῳδίῳ. τούτῳ δὲ συμπαρὼν Ζεὺς ἐμέρισεν ἐνιαυτόν· ἐτελεύτα τῷ λδ′ ἔτει. Παρατηρητέον οὖν ἐπὶ πάσης γενέσεως τὰς προγεγραμμένας ἐν ἀρχῇ παραγγελίας καὶ τὰς φάσεις καὶ τὰς μοίρας, ἵνα μὴ δόξωμεν καθ’ ἕκαστον εἶδος ὑπομιμνήσκειν καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ γράφειν· ὡς ἐπὶ ὑποδείγματος γὰρ ἀνάγκην ἔσχον προτάξαι γενέσεις.

14. The Lot of Fortune and its Relationship to the Topic “Length of Life,” with Examples. Included are the Minimum Periods of the Stars

  I have found this system for finding the length of life to have been elaborated in a very complicated manner by the ancients. After investigation, I have modified their doctrines in view of my experience, and I think my explanations will please most. In his thirteenth book, after his preface and his descriptions of the signs, the King introduces the Lot of Fortune and its derivation from the Sun, the Moon, and the Ascendant. He considers it the be the greatest, and he mentions it throughout his work, calling it the “Ruling Place.” He makes a great mystery of its “forward and reverse”: “The Sun, starting in the dawn and declining to his western arc, opens the vault of the cosmos, as can be seen. When night arrives, the Moon will not always become the Lightbringer, but sometimes it appears in the West, setting, sometimes it stays in the heavens for quite a while, at other times it travels the entire night. As a result, the whole circle (the zodiac) has rightly been entrusted to the Sun’s care.”

  There are a variety of opinions about this notion. To me it seems best to locate the Lot by determining the distance from the Sun to the Moon, then counting that distance from the Ascendant – for day births. For night births if the Moon is above the earth, i.e. until the time it sets, determine the distance from it to the Sun, then count that distance from the Ascendant. After the Moon has set, determine the distance from the Sun to it. As for the king’s final statement: “The whole circle (the zodiac) has been entrusted to the Sun’s care,” this seems correct. It will be necessary to examine the place where the Lot is located, and to consider that place to be the ruler. Then determine in which sign the ruler of the sign (of the Lot) happens to be located. Third, determine that sign’s houseruler. From these three places and from their houserulers the native’s length of life will be found by using the three factors.

  Each star controls its own period: Saturn 30 years; Jupiter 12; Mars 15; Sun 19; Venus 8; Mercury 20; Moon 25. Each sign also controls its own rising times according to the nativity’s klima. Accordingly it will be necessary to determine for the correct klima whether the Lot is at an angle and operative, or whether it just precedes or follows an angle. Also determine the houserulers of the signs. The Old Astrologer reminds us of this when he says: “Each star, when at an angle, allows the full amount of its times. When not at an angle, it grants its allotment after some deduction from its own numbers.” These stars allot the full term of their periods and their rising times when they are favorably situated. The fellow members of their sects, when in conjunction, in aspect, or in their own signs, add to the allotment, unless both sects in fact join in the allotment. Thus [the Old Astrologer].

  First it is necessary to calculate the numbers: hours, days, months, then years. Then use the three factors, minimum, mean, maximum, adding the first to the second, or the second to the third. It often happens that one place allots the days, another the months, another the years, all according to the differences among the operative signs and the houserulers, or of the baneful influences and setbacks. After allotting the years, they also allot the same number of months to their chronocratorships. In the distribution of years Daemon and the Ascending Place will have the same effects as the Lots whenever the places of the Lots or their rulers are unfavorably situated, particularly when the Lot of Fortune cedes the distribution to Daemon. Stars can indeed yield to each other; we will show how in a future chapter on the allotment procedure.

  Examples: Sun, Venus in Cancer, Moon, Ascendant in Pisces, Saturn in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Capricorn, Mars in Scorpio, Mercury in Leo, the Lot of Fortune in Cancer which is in Good Daemon ( = the V Place of Good Fortune). The ruler of the Lot (Moon) was found at an angle. I set down the minimum period for the Moon, 25 years, plus the rising time of Cancer in the second klima, 32 years, plus the period of the houseruler of the Moon, Jupiter, 12 years. The total is the same (as in Book III.6), 69 years. The native died at that age.

  Another example: Sun in Aquarius, Moon, Ascendant in Virgo, also Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury in Capricorn, Venus in Pisces, the Lot of Fortune in Aquarius just preceding an angle (Descendant). Its ruler (Saturn) in the V Place of Good Fortune, not in its own sect [diurnal; the nativity is nocturnal] allots its own 30 year period plus the same number of months, since it is in its own sign. Jupiter, also in this sign,allotted one year (12 months). The native died in his 34^th year. For every nativity the rules of procedure laid down previously, the phases, and the degrees, must be observed. I say this so that we might not seem to be repeating the same reminders with each new topic. For this reason I consider it necessary to cite sample nativities.

15. Περὶ τρίτου καὶ ἐνάτου τόπου ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου

  Εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ οἱ κληρικοὶ κλιμακτῆρες καὶ μάλιστα τῶν κακοποιῶν συνόντων ἢ μαρτυρούντων τὴν τύχην.

  Ἐν μὲν οὖν τῷ διαμέτρῳ τῷ διὰ τῶν ἑβδομάδων ἐνιαυτῶν, ἐν δὲ τῷ δεξιῷ τριγώνῳ τῷ διὰ τοῦ θ′, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀριστερῷ τριγώνῳ τῷ διὰ ε′, ἐν δὲ τῷ δεξιῷ τετραγώνῳ τῷ διὰ ι′, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀριστερῷ τῷ διὰ δ′. Οἱ δὲ βλάπτοντες ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ ἑξαγώνῳ διὰ ια′, οἱ δὲ ἐν τῷ ἀριστερῷ ἑξαγώνῳ διὰ γ′, οἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ προηγήσει τῆς τύχης διὰ ιβ′, οἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ συναφῇ αὐτῆς ὄντες διὰ β′.

  Ἐν Κριῷ ἐὰν ἐπιπαρῇ ὁ κεκληρωμένος τὴν τύχην, ἕξει δι’ ἐτῶν θ′, ἐν Ταύρῳ διὰ κε′, ἐν Διδύμοις διὰ κ′, ἐν Καρκίνῳ διὰ κε′, ἐν Λέοντι διὰ ιβ′, ἐν Παρθένῳ διὰ η′, ἐν Ζυγῷ διὰ λ′, ἐν Σκορπίῳ διὰ ιε′, ἐν Τοξότῃ διὰ ιβ′, ἐν Αἰγόκερῳ διὰ η′, ἐν Ὑδροχόῳ διὰ λ′, ἐν Ἰχθύσι διὰ ιε′.

15. Critical Years

  Following are the critical point with respect to the Lots, especially if malefics are in conjunction or in aspect with Fortune:

16. Περὶ ἀνωμαλίας γενέσεων

  Τὰ δὲ μέσα ἔτη τῶν ἀστέρων ἐστὶ ταῦτα. Κρόνου μῆνες ε′, Διὸς μῆνες θ′, Ἄρεως μῆνες β′, Ἀφροδίτης μῆνες ϛ′, Ἑρμοῦ μῆνες η′, Ἡλίου ξδ′. μερίζουσιν οὖν καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ἔτη σὺν ταῖς περιόδοις ἢ ταῖς ἀναφοραῖς τῶν ζῳδίων, ὁπόταν χρηματίζοντες τυγχάνωσιν.

  Ἄλλως τὰ μέσα ἔτη. Ἑκάστου ἀστέρος τὴν μεγάλην περίοδον καὶ τὴν ἐλαχίστην συνθεὶς εὑρήσεις τὰ μέσα ἔτη. οἷον Κρόνου τὰ τέλεια ἔτη νζ′ καὶ τὰ ἐλάχιστα λ′ γίνονται πζ′, ὧν τὸ ἥμισυ μγ′ ἥμισυ. Διὸς τὰ τέλεια ἔτη οθ′ καὶ τὰ ἐλάχιστα ιβ′ γίνονται ϛα′, ὧν τὸ ἥμισυ με ἥμισυ. ὁμοίως καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀστέρων.

  Ἐπεὶ δὲ αἱ ἀναφοραὶ τῶν ζῳδίων κατὰ τὸν Ὑψικλέους ἀναφορικὸν πταίουσιν, ἐὰν παρὰ ἐνιαυτὸν ἢ διετίαν συνδράμῃ ὁ χρόνος–ὁ γὰρ βασιλεὺς τοῦ πρώτου κλίματος μόνας τὰς ἀναφορὰς ἐδήλωσεν· οἷον ἔστω Ἥλιος Ἀφροδίτη Ἑρμῆς Καρκίνῳ, Σελήνη Ταύρῳ, Κρόνος Ἰχθύσι, Ζεὺς Ἄρης Λέοντι, ὡροσκόπος Παρθένῳ· ἐν τῷ α′ κλίματι ἡ ἀναφορὰ τῆς Παρθένου λη′ γ′· καὶ ἐπεὶ ὁ κύριος Ἑρμῆς ἐν Καρκίνῳ ἀγαθοδαιμονεῖ, ἔδωκε τὴν ἀναφορὰν λα′ δύο τρίτα· γίνονται ο′· τοσαῦτα ἐβίωσεν.

  Ἄλλη. Ἥλιος Ταύρῳ, Ἑρμῆς Ταύρῳ, Σελήνη Ἰχθύσι, Κρόνος Σκορπίῳ, Ζεὺς Ἄρης Ἀφροδίτη Κριῷ, ὡροσκόπος Διδύμοις. ἡ ἀναφορὰ κλίματος τοῦ δευτέρου κη′· Ἑρμῆς Ταύρου τὴν ἀναφορὰν κδ′ καὶ Ἀφροδίτη Ἄρης Κριῷ ιε′. ἐτελεύτα τῷ ξζ′ ἔτει. Ἄλλη. ἡ αὐτὴ ἀστροθεσία ἄλλης γενέσεως· μόνος ὁ ὡροσκόπος Αἰγόκερῳ, ὁ κλῆρος τῆς τύχης Ἰχθύσι· ἡ ἀναφορὰ τοῦ δευτέρου κλίματος κ′ καὶ περιόδου Διὸς ιβ′. καὶ ἐπεί ἐστιν Κριῷ, τῆς ἀναφορᾶς κ′ καὶ Ἄρεως ιε′· γίνονται ξζ′· ταῦτα ἐβίωσε.

  Βουληθεὶς μέντοι τὰς συντεταγμένας μοι βίβλους ἰδιωτικωτέρας οὔσας διὰ τὸ τοιούτοις καὶ νέοις μου θρεπτοῖς προσπεφωνηκέναι, ὅπως εὐκατάληπτον τὴν εἴσοδον ἔχωσι, σαφέστερον μετασυντάξαι οὐκ ἔσχον καιρὸν διὰ τὸ κεκμηκέναι τῇ ὁράσει καὶ ὑπὸ πολλῆς λύπης ἀμαυρωθῆναί μου τὸ διανοητικὸν τιμιώτατον θρεπτὸν ἀπολέσαντι· ὅθεν συγγνωστέον.

16. The Mean Years of the Stars

  Following are the mean years of the stars: Saturn 45; Jupiter 49; Mars 42; Venus 46; Mercury 48; Sun 64; Moon 67. The stars allot these years plus their periods or the rising times of their signs whenever they happen to be operative.

  Another system of mean years: you will find the mean years by adding the maximum and the minimum periods. For example: the complete period of Saturn is 57 years and the minimum is 30, for a total of 87, half of which is 43 ¹⁄₂. The complete period of Jupiter is 79 and the minimum is 12, for a total of 91, half of which is 45 ¹⁄₂. And so on for the rest of the stars.

  Now the rising times of the signs in the Tables of Rising Times of Hypsicles are in error if the period in question amounts to one or two years…but the King has revealed the rising times only for the first klima. An example: Sun, Venus, Mercury in Cancer, Moon in Taurus, Saturn in Pisces, Jupiter, Mars in Leo, Ascendant in Virgo. In the first klima the rising time of Virgo is 38 ¹⁄₂. Since Mercury,the ruler (of Virgo), is in Cancer, in the XI Place of the Good Daimon, it contributed its rising time, 31 ²⁄₃. The total is 70; the native lived that long.

  Another example: Sun, Mercury in Taurus, Moon in Pisces, Saturn in Scorpio, Jupiter, Mars, Venus in Aries, Ascendant in Gemini. The rising time (of Gemini) in the second klima is 28. Mercury in Taurus adds its rising time, 24, plus Mars and Venus in Aries, 15. He died in his 67^th year. Another example: the same configuration of stars (as in the preceding horoscope) for a different nativity, except that the Ascendant was in Capricorn, the Lot of Fortune in Pisces. The rising time (of Pisces) in the second klima is 20, plus the period of Jupiter, 12. Since Jupiter is in Aries, we add its rising time, 20, plus the period of Mars, 15. The total is 67. He lived that long.

  These chapters which I have composed may seem unprofessional because they have been addressed to a youthful audience, my students, in such a way that they might find my introduction to this art comprehensible. In view of this fact, I had wished to revise them for greater accuracy, but I have not had the opportunity because my vision has been troubled and my intellectual capacity has been enfeebled by my deep sorrow for a precious student who has died. May the reader pardon me.