The Book of Nativities and the Centiloquy of Hermes

If a fortunate Jupiter original: "Iuppiter fortunatus" beholds the Moon with a quartile aspect, the newborn will be well-sensated, of healthy children, and of full understanding, provided the Lord Jupiter is not in the Midheaven. When Mercury is fortunate in the Midheaven and beholds Venus with a quartile aspect, the newborn will be sensible and intelligent. When Mercury is with Saturn in the house of Saturn, and in a good aspect with the Moon while it is increasing in number and light, the newborn will be well-sensated, of beautiful faith, and an organizer of things. When Mercury, Venus, and the Sun behold the Moon with a good aspect, the newborn will be well-sensated and grave in his actions. When Mars and Mercury are fortunate and free from retrograde motion and combustion, and behold the Moon increased in number and light, the newborn will be of good intellect. When Mars and Venus are fortunate and one of them beholds the Sun, the newborn will be grave in his actions, of good intellect, and a warrior. When Jupiter is in the Ascendant and Venus is in the Descendant, the newborn will be of subtle intellect and complete in sense. When Saturn is in any of his dignities in the Descendant or Midheaven with Mercury, the newborn will be of good intellect, of a powerful mind in battle, and like a wise man.

On those born to foolishness. Chapter 31.

When the Moon is diminished in light and number, and also separated from Mars and "wild" original: "feralis" - a term for a planet that does not make aspects to others, the newborn will be a fool. When the Moon is separated from the opposition of the Sun in the 7th house and Mars beholds it with an unfortunate aspect, the newborn will be a fool. When the Part of Fortune or of Faith is in the 9th or 3rd house and an ill-fortune a malefic planet like Saturn or Mars beholds them, the newborn will be a fool. When Venus is with Saturn, and Mars and Mercury are in the place of the Moon, the newborn will be a fool and, because of his foolishness, will name himself first, and men will mock him. When Saturn and Mercury are "pilgrims" original: "peregrini" - planets in a sign where they have no essential dignity in the Ascendant and Jupiter is in their opposition, the newborn will be a fool and of base foolishness.

On those born to be actors. Chapter 32.

When Mercury is in his own house with Mars, the newborn will be an actor original: "hystrio" - can mean a stage actor, minstrel, or jester. When Mars and Mercury are in a royal sign and the Sun beholds that sign with a good aspect, he will be an actor for kings and lords, and they will rejoice in him and his words. When Mars and Mercury are in the house of Saturn and falling from the angles, and the fortunate Moon increasing in light beholds them, he will be an actor for the common people and will play and joke with the crowd. When Venus beholds Mercury or is joined with him, he will be such a subtle actor that men will marvel at his wonderful deeds. When Mars, Mercury, and the Moon are joined together in the house of Venus, the newborn will be an actor of much and beautiful speech.

On the faithfulness of the newborn. Chapter 33.

When Venus is in the Midheaven without an evil aspect from Mercury, the newborn will be faithful and will faithfully keep his promises, especially if it is a nocturnal birth. When Mercury is with Jupiter, the newborn will be faithful and high and sublime men will trust in him. When Jupiter beholds Saturn and Mars with a good aspect, the newborn will be good and faithful and will faithfully keep the promises made to him. When Venus is in the Ascendant and in her exaltation, the newborn will be a faithful preserver of promises. When Jupiter is in the 3rd house, strangers will offer their money to the newborn for safekeeping, and men will trust in him. When Mercury is in the 5th house and in his own face a minor dignity, the newborn will be a faithful scribe and will have honor because of his faithfulness. When Mercury is oriental and in the 2nd house, the newborn will be faithful to strangers.

On those born wicked and their unfaithfulness. Chapter 34.

When unfortunate Mercury from the Midheaven beholds Mars and the Moon is in the 4th house, the newborn will be wicked and unfaithful, denying men what was promised to them. When Mars is a pilgrim and retrograde, and the Moon is with him in the 5th house, the newborn will be wicked, unfaithful, a seizer of others' goods, and one who withholds what was promised. When Mercury is in the term of Mars and in the 3rd house with the Moon, while being a pilgrim and retrograde, the newborn will be of little faithfulness, especially if Mercury is the Lord of the Ascendant.

On those born to be thieves. Chapter 35.

When Mars, Mercury, and the Moon are with any angle and are unfortunate without an aspect from a fortune a benefic planet like Jupiter or Venus, the newborn will be a thief. When Saturn is a pilgrim and "wild" in the 7th house, as well as retrograde and in an unfortunate aspect of Mars, Mercury, and the Moon, the newborn will be a hidden thief and his end will be hanging. When Mars is without the aspect of any fortune in any angle and is retrograde, pilgrim, and weak, the newborn will be a thief, especially if Saturn beholds him with an evil aspect. When Saturn, Mars, and Mercury are in the Descendant, retrograde and "wild," and the Moon, diminished in light and number and without any of their dignities, beholds them by conjunction, aspect, or opposition, the newborn will be a thief and will end his days by a bad death because of his thievery. When Mars and Mercury are joined in any angle and are "wild" or stand without any dignity, and Saturn beholds them with an evil aspect, the newborn will steal the shrouds and clothes of the dead.

On those born as fornicators. Chapter 36.

When Venus is in the Descendant or Midheaven and Mercury is with her in the term of Mars, the newborn will be a fornicator and will have many people in fornication. When Venus and Mars are without the aspect of Jupiter in the Midheaven or Descendant, the newborn will be a fornicator and of ill fame. When Saturn, Venus, and Mercury are in the house or exaltation of Venus, and also in the Descendant or Midheaven without the aspect of Jupiter, he will be a fornicator and will spend whatever he has on fornication. When Mars and Venus are without the aspect of Jupiter in the Midheaven or in the angle of the earth the 4th house, the newborn will be a fornicator and will rejoice in this. When Venus is in the Midheaven and the Moon beholds Saturn and Saturn beholds Venus, the newborn will be a pimp original: "Leno" and a follower of harlots. When Saturn and Mars are in the 6th house and Venus beholds them with a good aspect without the aspect of Jupiter, the newborn will be a pursuer of harlots. When Venus is in her own house in a diurnal birth and Mars radiates toward her from his own house with a good aspect, the newborn will frequent harlots. When Venus is in the house of Mars and Mars is in the house of Venus, the newborn will be a manifest fornicator without shame. When Venus is joined with Mars or in a quartile or opposite aspect, the newborn will commit evil and base fornications. If Mars and Venus are in a masculine sign, the newborn will be a fornicator. If Venus is effeminate, the newborn will be very effeminate and will love fornications beyond nature.

On those born to sodomy and its natures. Chapter 37.

When the 6th sign is masculine and Mars and Venus are in it without the aspect of Jupiter, the newborn will be a sodomite. And if this Venus is in the house of Mercury and in a falling sign and unfortunate, you shall judge so. And if Mercury is the Lord of the [missing word], he will be a sodomite. And if the Part of Fortune is with Mercury in any angle and in a masculine sign, you shall judge so. If Mercury from a masculine sign beholds the house of marriage without the aspect of Jupiter, and Venus is in a masculine sign and unfortunes Mercury, the newborn will be a sodomite. If Mercury is tied to the Part of Marriage, or the Lord of that part is masculine and in a masculine sign or place, the newborn will be a sodomite. When the Moon is in a masculine sign and the Sun and Venus behold them from a masculine sign, the newborn will be a sodomite. When Mercury and Venus are joined in the 7th house, the newborn will be a lord of suitors and a sodomite. If Mercury is in the 7th house and Venus is falling from him and is the Lady of the Ascendant, the newborn will be a sodomite. If Mercury is in the 7th house with Mars and Venus is a pilgrim and beholds them with an evil aspect from a masculine sign, the newborn will be a sodomite. When Venus is in the house and term of Mars and in an evil place, the newborn will be a sodomite. When Mercury, Mars, and Saturn are in the house of his body, the newborn will be a sodomite, especially if Venus is with Mercury in a masculine sign. When the Part of Marriage is in the house of Mercury and in a masculine sign and in any of the angles, the newborn will be a sodomite. When Venus and the Moon are in the 8th house in a woman's birth, she will be a sodomite. When Venus is in the 7th house and in a masculine sign and the Moon is in the Ascendant, she will be a sodomite. When feminine planets are in masculine signs and places, she will be [born] of adultery and will desire to lie with women.

On the chastity or prohibition of sodomy in those born. Chapter 38.

When Venus is in the house of Jupiter and free from the evil aspect of Mars, the newborn will be of good complexion and chaste regarding the sin of sodomy. When Venus is in the Ascendant or Midheaven with Jupiter, or from the places from which she receives him...