The Goal of the Wise

If the Ascendant The zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at birth regarding the signs and houses is sinister original: "sinistrau"; likely referring to an unfavorable or left-hand aspect and is greater for those falling from the angles, and the misfortune overcomes the newborn who is born, he will not live long or be preserved. And in the image the zodiacal figure he does not take hold; the newborn is overcome quickly, and similarly because Jupiter ♃ over the house of the newborn overcomes quickly. And because in friendship on account of external things it flows in, so that it appears with a mixed aspect, it overcomes the friendship; and concerning the fear of evils, so if Jupiter is with the Moon ij/☽ and the Sun ☉ is not mixed, the newborn dies quickly.

And also concerning a short life, the birth is difficult because Jupiter and the Sun emit a short life. And if Jupiter is in a declining position and the Sun is in the middle and not mixed, the newborn does not have life. Because Jupiter in the angles and the fortunate stars Venus and Jupiter do not mix with the newborn, but with Jupiter in the middle of the misfortunes, and the fortune itself does not appear, the newborn is overcome and has little life. And because Jupiter and the Sun are masculine from a falling fortune from the ascendant, as from the sign of the Sun or the first, or if misfortune approaches the Sun and Jupiter, the newborn is for life likely meaning a struggle for life. And if Jupiter and the Sun are in one quadrant, life itself appears.

But an opposition of the Moon and the Sun does not mix for the newborn nor does he overcome; and because Jupiter is in "naked" signs signs without much power or specific qualities with the Sun, and fortune itself does not approach, the life is of the night and he is overcome in a brief time. And in all things, the day of the Sun from Jupiter and the parts were in the degrees of the birth of a short life. And because Jupiter is the head from misfortune in the house, the newborn does not mix nor overcome. For Jupiter in two formal members perhaps referring to bicorporeal signs like Gemini or Pisces in this case, the newborn overcomes the difficulty because the fortunes approach thus from the opposite, so that one is masculine and the other feminine. And if Jupiter, Mercury, and the Sun are moved, the newborn does not mix nor overcome because Jupiter in the mountain of misfortune is touched, and fortune itself does not approach.

We see that because Jupiter is masculine and Jupiter is in the Tenth House X, the newborn overcomes a little and has evil as long as he lives. And because the fortunes are in the east and moving, the newborn overcomes a little; and because they are in the east and moving, he overcomes a little and does not mix, leading to a similarity that appears if misfortune sends forth its rays. It is thus: if Jupiter is at that hour, the newborn does not escape nor mix unless two fortunes send their rays over the rays of misfortune; and thus it will be a sextile or a trine.

And in this way the newborn does not mix, and the Sun is above the day of misfortune and sends its rays. And because Jupiter is in misfortune in the kingdom of the Leo the sign Leo concerning evil Mercury and destroyed, and especially if misfortune sends its rays upon that aspect. And the Sun, though it be the lord, signifies that he does not mix and labors in change. Because Jupiter is weakened and not strengthened, it does not protect the life of the newborn and indicates something regarding that state.

Concerning the newborn who is born and nourished but does not reach old age

Short life

After the aforementioned chapter, since the newborn does not reach old age, we must first speak of the significations of the Sun and Jupiter. Therefore, they have the information of that birth in those places taken from the fortunates and unfortunates. From Jupiter it flows in because Jupiter is in the Tenth House and in a good place, and has primary strength if the Sun is the lord of it from a fortunate youth. And if it is held by the unfortunates, as the stars indicate, give the newborn a short life. Truly, if Jupiter is in a good place, it signifies the delay stay/duration of the newborn in the world. If the fortunes are masculine as they appear to the ascendant by aspect, the newborn is guarded.

If Jupiter is in the angles, such as in the points of the angles, and that power appears from misfortune and is indicated by retrogrades and combustion term: combustion; when a planet is so close to the Sun that its power is "burned up", the newborn overcomes and is nourished. From the Sun and Jupiter in the ascendant, the newborn overcomes the world because the Sun and Moon are free from misfortunes and destruction, because they are not peregrine term: peregrine; a planet in a position where it has no essential dignity or strength. And the ascendant flows into the house in exaltation or in the middle degrees, and they are not retrograde nor unfortunate in the change, and greater because they are in their exaltation. And it is said more because they are in all fortune. And the lords of the light of the newborn are unfortunate, yet Jupiter brings nourishment, especially in the ascendant, because he is above the limit and because he is masculine or in a prominent place. The lord of the place of fortune, appearing with its rays, signifies the stay of the newborn and that he is nourished. And if the newborn is protected by the lord in the night, and Jupiter is in the angle of the ascendant, it is a good fortune and a long duration for the newborn.

The following are technical terms used in the text
natalis — relating to the birth chart.
horoscopium — the ascendant or the hour-marker of birth.
vita brevis — a short life.
senectus — old age.
nutritio — the physical upbringing or "nurturing" of the infant.
infortunia — the "malefic" planets, usually Saturn and Mars.
anguli — the four most powerful houses in a chart (1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th).