Introduction to Primitive Cabalistic Science

...inent fixed stars, such as the Hyades, the Pleiades, the Heart of the Lion the star Regulus, the tail of the same the star Denebola, the Sickle of the Virgin likely referring to the constellation Virgo or a specific asterism within it, or the Heart of the Scorpion the star Antares; they then believed the effect of the conjunctions and oppositions must be stronger.

Likewise, they thought that if the conjunctions and oppositions occurred in the northern signs Septentrionalzeichen ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍, their effect must be more perceptible to the northern peoples than to others lying toward the south original: "gegen Mittag," literally "toward midday". Conversely, the latter would feel the effect more than the former when the conjunctions and oppositions of the two larger planets Saturn and Jupiter occur in the southern signs ♐ ♒ ♑ ♓ ♏ and ♎.

It is not our task here to examine the errors and prejudices of the ancient philosophers; rather, we only wish to explore how, after the laborious collection of many years of observations, they arrived at the idea of judging the origin, the growth, the flourishing, the decline, and the downfall of monarchies and states according to the calculation of the conjunctions and oppositions of Saturn and Jupiter in the four different trigones In astrology, a "trigon" or "triplicity" is a group of three zodiac signs belonging to the same element (Fire, Earth, Air, or Water)..

In the presentation of the trigones given in § 11, one sees the fiery, airy original: "lustigen," an archaic reference to the element of air (Luft), and earthy trigones being placed opposite the watery one.