Treatises on Arabic Astrology

that same sign, and it passes the conjunction original: "coniction" — when two planets reach the same degree in the sky. of the heavier planet, whereby it takes away the conjunction of the first.

¶ For example: let the ascendant The sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of the question. be Cancer and the inquiry be made about marriage. Let the Moon be at 9 degrees of Gemini, Mars at 10 degrees of that same sign, and Saturn at 11 degrees, ahead of Mars.

¶ Therefore, Mars separates the Moon and Saturn and takes away their conjunction, thus destroying the matter or the cause In horary astrology, if the planet representing the seeker is blocked from reaching the planet representing the goal, the "cause" or desired outcome will not happen..

¶ The third manner is when the lighter planet is joined to the heavier planet in one sign, and there is another planet joined by aspect original: "regart" — an astrological "look" or angle between planets in different signs. to that heavier one, which is [positioned] before the lighter one in degrees—that is, having fewer degrees.

¶ Therefore, the light planet that is in the same sign with the heavy one forbids the conjunction of the other which "looks" [aspects] it; and when it has passed the conjunction, it will be void of it. This manner similarly destroys the causes or the matters, and ruins them just as the others previously mentioned.

¶ For example: let Cancer be the ascendant and the request be about marriage. Let the Moon be the lady of the ascendant—who is the significator original: "signiffieresse" — the planet representing the person asking the question. of the petitioner—and let her be at 14 degrees of Scorpio. Let Mars be at 10 degrees of Taurus and Saturn be at 23 degrees of that same sign. Since Mars was within the degrees of the Moon—at fewer degrees—it performed a removal original: "ablasion" of the aspect between the Moon and Saturn and prohibited their conjunction. For Mars was joined to Saturn in one sign, and this conjunction is stronger than a conjunction by aspect; for an aspect does not destroy a conjunction, but a conjunction destroys an aspect. An aspect does not perform a removal of another aspect, but rather gives assent to the matter, whereas a conjunction takes away the aspect.

¶ And sometimes one planet is joined to another, but before original: "ainçois" it reaches it, it is joined to another [first], and when it is joined to that one, the [original] conjunction is destroyed.

¶ Similarly, if the planet in a sign and joined