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Then aged winter comes, with trembling pace, "Depriv'd of strength, despoiled of ev'ry grace,

"And bald, or white as snow, concludes the pilgrim's race.”

Diseases. The diseases which are appropriated to the sign Aries, are heats in the face, blotches, pimples, small-pox, measles, hare-lips, ring-worms, polypus, (noli me tangere,) epilepsy, vertigo, apoplexies, head-ach, hemicrania, (Tic dolouroux,) tooth-ach, meagrim, palsey, baldness, and all diseases of the head and face.

The Regions, Kingdoms and Cities subject to Aries, are England, France, Germany, Silesia, Sweden, Lesser Poland, Syria, Denmark, and Judea, Stettin, Naples, Padua, Florence, Ferrara, Verona, Ancona, Brunswick, Cracovia, Marseilles, Saragossa, Cosarea, and Utrecht. In man it governs the head and face; and the colours it rules is white mixed with red.

Taurus, 8.

Taurus differs greatly from the preceding sign, being in nature cold and dry, as if out of a hot and sandy soil, a man were on a sudden to enter into a cold, deep, clay country. If this sign ascends at birth, or the Sun or Moon is posited therein, it usually presents us with a person short, but strong, and well set, having a broad brow, thick lips, wide nose and mouth, dark rugged hair, short, thick, and broad hand, of qualities somewhat brutal and unfeeling; melancholy, and slow to anger; but when once enraged, violent, furious, and difficult to be appeased. Taurus is an earthy, cold, dry, melancholy, feminine, fixed, nocturnal sign, southern, and of the earthly triplicity. The night-house of Venus, and contains twenty, three stars.

Places.

It signifies cellars and out-houses, stables where cows are kept, pastures, commons, corn fields, and

such places as are remote from houses; also where the furniture appertaining to cattle and horses are kept.

The Diseases incident to this sign are cold, dry, and melancholic, fluxes of rheums, wens in the neck, sore throat, king's evil, mumps, quinseys, and all diseases of the throat.

The Regions over which it presides are, Persia, Media, Parthia, Cyprus, the Islands of the Archipelago, the Lesser Asia, White Russia, the Greater Poland, Ireland, Lorraine, Switzerland, Campania, Helvetia, Franconia, Benonia, Mantua, Sicily, Nantz, and Leipsic. In man it governs the neck and throat; and the colours it rules are red mixed with citron.

Gemini, I.

Gemini is of a nature hot and moist, like a fat and productive soil. We may expect the native who has Gemini ascending at the time of birth, to be fair and tall, of straight of body, sanguine complexion, rather dark than clear, the arms long, but oftentimes the hands and feet are short and fleshy, the hair and eyes are generally a dark hazle, of perfect sight, and lively wanton look; the understanding sound and judicious in worldly affairs. an accute wit, a person of an ingenious fancy; active, but whose constancy and fidelity will not stand the test of misfortunes. Gemini is defined an airy, hot moist, sanguine, double bodied, masculine, diurnal, western sign of the airy triplicity. It is the day-house of Mercury, and consists of eighteen fixed stars.

Places. It signifies are all rooms that are hung or wainscoted, dining-rooms, halls, play-houscs, upper rooms, granaries, barns, store-houses, chests, trunks, &c. or where any diversion is used.

The Diseases producedb y his sign are all the infirmities that are incident to the arms, shoulders and hands; fractures, inflammation of the brain, a distempered fancy, corruption of blood, and windiness in the veins.

The Regions over which he presides, are the west and south-west of England, Brabant, Flanders, Lombardy, America, Sardinia, and Wirtenberg; the cities are London, Corduba, Turin, Versailles, Bruges, Nurenburg, Lovaine. In man this sign governs the hands, arms and shoulders, and rules all mixed red and white colours.

Cancer,

THIS sign like a watery, moorish land, is by nature cold and moist, and when it ascends at the time of birth, we may expect the native to be fair and pale, of a short and small stature, the upper part of the body generally large, with a ronud face, brown hair, and grey eyes; of sometimes phlegmatic and heavy, and effeminate constitution, and small voice; if a woman, likely to have many children.

Cancer is the only house of the Moon, and is the first sign of the watery or northern triplicitiy. It is a watery, cold, moist, phlegmatic, feminine, nocturnal, moveable, fruitful, solostical sign; and comprehends nine fixed stars.

Places signified by this constellation are usually all moist, water places, as the sea and all great rivers, and navigable waters, brooks, springs, ponds, lakes, canals, wells, cisterns, wash-houses, cellars, ditches, and where rushes grow.

Diseases of this Sign are indigestion, coughs, plurisies, inflammation on the lungs, redundance of phlegm, difficult respiration, imposthumations of the stomach, hydrotherax or dropsy in the breast; cancers, pulmonary consumption.

Regions, &c. under this constellation are Scotland, Holland, Zealand, Burgandy, Prussia, Africa, Wittenberg, Numidia, Bythinia, Colchis, Carthage, Tunis, Algiers, Amsterdam, Constantinople, Venice, Genoa, Pissa, York, St. Andrews, Lubeck, Cadiz, St. Lucie, and New York. In man, it governs the breast, ribs, lungs, liver, pleura and ventricle of the stomach; and the colours it rules is green and russet.

Leo, &

THIS is in order the fifth sign of the Zodiac, and is the only house of the Sun; by nature fiery, hot, dry, masculine, choleric, barren, and commanding eastern, of the fiery triplicity, and claims twenty-seven of the fixed stars. When this sign ascends in a nativity, it denotes that the person will be of a large masculine body, broad shoulders, austere, but sometimes a pleasing majestic countenance; dark or yellowish hair, large commanding eye, sprightly look, and strong voice; the visiage oval and ruddy, or sanguine; a resolute and courageous spirit, aspiring mind, free and generous heart, an active body, with an open manly and courteous disposition. It must however be remarked, that the beginning and middle of this sign produces the qualities above mentioned in the greatest degree, and the latter part of the above sign, the native will be rather spare and thin, with light flaxen hair, and of a weaker constitution and temperature.

Places. This sign denotes kings, palaces, castles, parks, forts, in houses, such places where fire is or hath been kept, as chimneys, stoves, furnaces, ovens, all desert places, as woods, forests, rocks, both steep and cragged, and all inaccessible places frequented by wild beasts.

The Diseases.-Produced under Leo, are all the passions and affections of the heart, as convulsions, swoon, trembling, qualms, violent fevers, plagues, pestilence, small-pox, measles, yellow jaundice, sore eyes, all diseases arising from choler, and all pains in the back, ribs, and bowels.

The Provinces.-Under the rule of Leo, are Italy, the Alps, Bohemia, Phenicia, Chaldea, part of Turkey, Apulia; also the cities of Rome, Damascus, Cremona, Prague, Philadelphia, Syracuse, Bristol, Croten, and Ravenna. In man, it governs the heart and back, the vertebra of the neck and pericardium. It rules the colours red and

green.

Virgo, mg.

Virgo is cold barren feminine southern nocturnal sign of the earthy triplicity; it is the house and exaltation of Mercury, consisting of twenty-four fixed stars. When this sign ascends it personates a decent and well composed body, slender, and above the middle stature; of a ruddy brown complexion, black or dark brown hair, the visage somewhat round, the voice small and shrill, a witty and ingenious mind, studious, but if Mercury be in a moveable sign, fickle in his friendship and pursuits; but if this sign ascends with Mercury therein and the horroscope be free from the malevolent aspects of Saturn and Mars, and be in aspect of the benign rays of Jupiter, Venus or the Moon, the native will be expert in acquiring useful and ornamental knowledge; it is possible that "aged ears

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may play truant to his tongue, while younger hearers are quiter avished by his sweet and voluble discourse."

Places.-Libraries, studies, warehouses, shops, or closets where books and other writings are deposited, dairies, cornfields, granaries, malthouses, corn or hay-ricks,

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