Natural Magic (Magia Naturalis)

secretly or openly.
Of the persons, whether it be man or woman, toward whom these mirrors are directed, one must precisely and certainly know their complexion through the casting of a nativity; not as some cast it from the day and hour of birth, but it is called the true casting of a nativity when it is derived from the hours and points when God Almighty sends the living soul into the fruit in the mother’s womb, and the child receives its first life. When one has now cast the person’s nativity, and learned their complexion together with the planets and signs, one then has enough for this work. One need not here know