Aphoristic Astrology of Ptolemy, Hermes, and Others

...became drunk, nor that he received a wound, before you have inquired whether he has had blood let original: sanguis ei missus fuerit; bloodletting was a common medical practice, and its astrological signatures could mimic those of a violent injury, nor that he found treasures, before you have searched whether he perhaps received a deposit i.e., someone else's money left for safekeeping, since the appearances of all these things are similar.

60. Regarding the sick, inspect the critical days and the Sun’s [☉] passage through the angles of a sixteen-sided figure: for where you find those angles well-disposed, it will go well for the person suffering; conversely, it will go poorly if you find them afflicted.

61. The Sun [☉] signifies those things which pertain to the body, such as those things which are familiar to it for its movement.

62. When you calculate the exact minute of the beginning of a conjunction original: coniunctionis; here referring to the New Moon, you can judge the change of the weather for that month; for the judgment will be according to the ruler of the angle of each figure, for this ruler overcomes the nature of the air, taking also into account the quality of the current season.

63. When Saturn [♄] and Jupiter [♃] are conjoined, see which of them is more elevated original: sublimior; the planet with the higher northern latitude or higher in the house structure, and pronounce judgment according to his nature. Do the same for the other Stars planets.

64. When you have inspected the ruler of an inquiry original: sciscitationis; likely referring to Horary astrology, where a chart is cast for a specific question, look at what power he holds in the Revolution of the Year a chart cast for the Sun's return to 0° Aries, or in the Ascendant of the New Moon, and—

—pronounce accordingly.

65. In the Small Conjunction, the difference of the Middle Conjunction; and in the Middle, the difference of the Great Conjunction these refer to the 20, 200, and 800-year cycles of Jupiter-Saturn meetings.

66. Do not use the profection a timing technique where the chart is advanced by one sign per year alone, but also the attributions and removals of the Stars.

67. Years [of life] are diminished because of the weakness of the recipient.

68. A malefic planet [Mars or Saturn] when it is in the morning rising before the Sun signifies a fall; but in the evening setting after the Sun, it signifies disease.

69. There will be a defect in the sight of the native when the Moon [☽] is opposite the Sun [☉] and is conjoined to nebulous stars star clusters like the Pleiades or Praesepe, traditionally associated with blindness. Likewise, when the Moon [☽] is on the western horizon and both malefic stars are on the eastern horizon—if the Sun is also on one of the angles—the native will lose his eyes.

70. In those who are raving insane, the Moon is not joined to Mercury, and neither are joined to the Ascendant. In the case of those possessed by demons, in this configuration, Saturn will hold the angle by night, but Mars [♂] will hold it by day, especially in Cancer [♋], Virgo [♍], and Pisces [♓].

71. In the birth charts original: genituris of males, when both luminaries [the Sun and Moon] are in masculine signs, their actions will be according to nature. In the charts of women, however, those same actions will be intensified. The same...