Anima Astrologiae

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Anima Astrologiae

A GUIDE for ASTROLOGERS

William Lilly, Student in Astrology

1676

THE TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE SEVERAL

CONSIDERATIONS OF GUIDO BONATUS.

BOOK ONE

TO THE INGENIOUS LOVERS OF ART PROEM

To consider what moves a man to propose a question
The course the Querent should take when he goes to an Astrologer
How many ways the Planets operate in Inferiors
Of the causes assisting to accomplish things
How many ways such states of the Moon does happen
Another way of the Planets being debilitated not much different
To beware of those things that lead an Artist into error
To see how many Considerations thou shouldst use
To consider the helpers or hinderers of a business
The Fixed Stars that so hinder or help
To consider the Infortunes, what they signify
What the Fortunes signify
What the Sun signifies
What Mercury and the Moon signifies
How the Planets make their Impress ions on Inferiors
Whether the Significator be afflicted by either of the Infortunes
Whether the Planets be free from Impediment
Whether a Planet is in the Angle of the Inferiors
Whether the Moon be Voyd of Course
Whether the Moon or Significator be joined to any of the Planets
From what Planet the Moon separates
Whom she next applies to
Her condition as joined
Whether a Planet be in his declension
Whether a Planet be Retrograde or Stationary
Whether Stationary or Retrogradation or Direction
Whether the Infortunes be Significators
Whether the Significator be slow
Whether the Moon be in Corporal Conjunction with any Planet
Whether the Significator or Moon be past 29° of the Sign they are in
When one Planet applies to the conjunction of another
If an Infortune be Significator, his condition
Whether an Infortune be Significator
On what to ground Judgment
Whether a Planet be in Signs agreeable
When the Infortunes signify Impediment
Whether Fortunes are Significators
If Significators are Cadent
Whether the Significator be in Reception
If an Infortune be Peregrine
Whether an Infortune be Significator
Whether a Fortune be Significator
If Fortunes and Infortunes be in Malignant Places
If the Significator be in his own House
Whether Infortunes are in Angles of the Ascendant
Whether the Significator be a Fortune or Infortune
Whether the Significator be in his proper Light
Whether if an Infortune be Significator, the evil shall be avoided
Whether one of the Infortunes be Significator
To consider the Ascendant or Moon
Whether the Significator be Cadent
When the three Inferior Planets come from under the Sun’s beams
Whether the Significator be under the Sun’s Beams
Whether one of the Superior Planets in 12° distant from the Sun
Whether the Significator be Peregrine
Whether the Significator give virtue to any of the other Planets
Whether the Significator be in the 8th from the Ascendant
Whether a Significator be settled in the Sign wherein he is
Whether the Significator be 15° behind the cusp of an Angle
Whether the Significator be in a Fixed, Moveable, or Common Sign
Whether the Lord of the Ascendant and Moon be with Dragons’ Head or Tail
Whether the Moon be void of course
Whether she be far from joining with the Infortunes
Whether she be in Cancer, Taurus or Pisces
Whether the Lord of the 7th be afflicted
When the Infortunes threaten ill
Whether any eclipse be near
In questions of sickness whether the Lord of the 7th be free
In Journies whether the Significators be equal
Whether the Lord of the New or Full Moon preventional, be in any of the Angles
Whereabout the Signifcator happens in the Figure
Whether the question be of a journey
Whether it signify good or ill
Whether a Planet be Stationary to Retrogradation
Whether the Moon be afflicted
From what Planet the Moon separates and to whom she is joined
Whether the Significator or the Moon be in opposition to their own Houses
To observe the Sign signifying the thing enquired about
To observe whether the Significator or the Moon be joined to Fortunes or Infortunes
In what Sign the Significator of the thing enquired after is
Whether the Significator be in an Angle, Succedent, or Cadent House
Whether the Significator receive virtue from any Planet
Whether the Fortunes and Infortunes be equally strong
Whether the Fortunes be strongest
Whether the Part of Fortune fall well or ill
Whether an Infortune behold the Significator
To observe the Novenary of the Moon
What Planet the Moon separates from
To observe the Duodenary of the Moon
Whether the Lords of the House where the Sun and Moon are, &c., and oriental
Whether Mars be in an Angle
Whether the Significator of death apply to the Native’s Significator
Of what kind of thing the Question is
Whether the Significator be Cadent
Whether the Planets signifying the thing enquired, joined mutually
Whether the Significator and Moon be in Angles
In what climate before the question is proposed
Whether the meaning of the question be signified by conjunction or aspect
What the issue of the Question will be
To observe the Benevolent Fixed Stars
Which is the Killing Planet or destroyer of Life, etc.
How to find what it signifies
In what Houre the Part of Fortune is
Whether the significator be in his 7th House
Whether the Infortune unfortunate be in the 7th
Whether a Fortune fortunate be there
Whether Mars be in the 2nd or 10th
Whether any Planet behold two Houses
Whether the Lord of the 5th, be in the 7th, afflicted
Whether Scorpio ascend
Whether Dragon’s Tail be in the 7th
If Virgo ascend
Whether any of the Infortunes be in the 9th afflicted
Whether a Fortune be Lord of the 8th
Whether the 8th or its Lord be afflicted
Which of the Houses are afflicted
In which House the Dragon’s Tail is
In which House a Fortune fortunate is
If the Lord of the 2nd be in the 7th
Whether any of the Lords of the 3rd 4th, 5th 6th, 9th 10th, 11th or 12th be in the 7th
Whether the Moon be in the 8th
Whether the Part of Fortune be in the first 10 degrees of the 4th house
Whether the Sun and Moon be in conjunction
To observe the Significator of substance
To note what sign ascends
Whether Mercury be Significator in a Nativity
Whether the Lord of the Ascendant at Birth be an Infortune
Whether the Ascendant be a Sign resembling man
Whether the Moon be in an opposition to Sun and with nebulous stars
Whether the Moon be with Mercury
Whether in an Man’s Nativity the Luminaries be in Masculine Signs
Whether Mars be corporally joined to a Fixed Star of his own nature
Whether Gemini or Sagittarius ascend
Whether Mars and Venus be in the 6th
Whether the Lord of the Ascendant and the Moon, Jupiter, or Venus
Whether the Sun and Moon are in their Exaltations
Whether Mercury be with Saturn
Whether in a Nativity the two Infortunes are in term of the 4th house
In what House the Dragon’s Tail is
Whether the Significator be weak
What gifts are bestowed by the Fixed Stars
What by the Planets
To observe the Method of judging
When the Significators show their intent obscurely
Whether in a Diurnal Nativity Cor Leonis be in the Ascendant
To observe who shall partake in the dominion with the Significators