Treatises on Arabic Astrology

at the beginning of them, the weather remains and is fixed in its state. That is to say, if it is cold, it will be cold; if it is the time of Spring original: "ver", it will be Spring; and if it is Autumn, it will be the time of Autumn.

And four of these signs are common, and are called in ambiguous Latin original: "ambigue recte" "of two bodies" These are the mutable signs, which occur at the end of a season and transition into the next.; these are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. They are named common because when the sun is in the middle of them, the weather is mixed; the first part of them is hot and the other half cold, or the first half is cold and the other hot.

And some of these signs are four-footed, such as Aries, Taurus, Leo, Capricorn, and the end of Sagittarius.

And also, some are of the fire, that is to say: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius; and this is the first triplicity A group of three zodiac signs belonging to the same element..

And the second triplicity is of the earth: these are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn.

And the third triplicity is of the air, and signifies men, living things, and everything that is clear; these are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.

The fourth is of the water, and signifies water and everything that is in water: that is to say, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.

And some of these signs are called dark and full of shadows: these are Libra and Capricorn. And there is a notable place which is called combust From the Latin "combustus" (burnt). In astrology, this refers to a specific "burning" or debilitated area of the zodiac, usually the end of Libra and the start of Scorpio., and it is the end of Libra and the beginning of Scorpio.

And some of these signs have a faint voice: that is to say, Virgo, Capricorn, Aquarius, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.

And some have a full voice: that is to say, Taurus, Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, and Sagittarius.

And among them are some who have no voice at all: that is to say, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.

And some of these signs are for engendering sons or children who are mute, or "common"—meaning they are neither entirely fertile nor entirely barren original: "brahengs": that is to say, Taurus, Gemini, and Aquarius.

And some are fertile with many children: that is to say, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.

And some of them are barren: that is to say, Aries, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Capricorn.

And some of these signs signify mountains and high places...