Introduction to Primitive Cabalistic Science

The Persian monarchy took its beginning during an opposition of Saturn and Jupiter, when the former was in Virgo and the latter in a house of Saturn, in Pisces original: ♓. This constellation, they said, signifies a short duration. The Persian monarchy indeed lasted only 200 years; it only reached the squareAn astrological aspect where two planets are 90 degrees apart, usually indicating a period of crisis or challenge. and perished in the airy trigonA group of three zodiac signs belonging to the element of Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius). when Alexander overcame the last Darius.

The Macedonian or Greek monarchy took its beginning in this airy trigon—the events of which were esteemed to be of short duration—and likewise lasted no more than 300 years; it reached its end with the victory that Pompey gained over King Perseus in the watery trigon.

The ancient Roman state took its beginning during the third opposition of Saturn and Jupiter in the fifth fiery trigon. It was then that Rome was built by Romulus. In the fifth earthy trigon, this state received a changed form of government, and it became a republic. In the fifth watery trigon, the republican constitution was overthrown when Julius Caesar defeated the Pompeians. The state gradually became a monarchy. In the sixth fiery trigon original: △, it was divided into the Western and Eastern Empires. In the sixth airy trigon original: △, the Western part perished, and in the seventh watery trigon, the Eastern part of the same met its end. Generally, the fiery trigons were very favorable to this state—in conquests and its enlargement—but the earthy ones through ni- The text cuts off here at "Nie-", likely leading to "Niederlagen" (defeats) or "Niedergang" (decline) on the following page.