Prognostication for the Year 1496

Concerning the Learned.

Masters of the seven liberal arts, students, astronomers, and all sharp-minded people who by nature love the color blue will be in a state of worldly desire and lust. Their understanding will turn toward sharp-wittedness. They will perform the calculations of numbers and send out legates and embassies due to their significator, Mercury, who is contained in the house of Saturn. They will be ingenious in their speeches. They will experience special luck in all matters. No illness will be found among them. Their unfortunate times will be March, the month of anxiety, the autumn month, and the winter month.

Concerning Women.

Women, virgins, singers, courtiers, lovers, and all people who love the color green will have health at the beginning of this year. Pregnant women will be fearful, for they will think of the dangers threatening their children, yet they will be quite joyful with their husbands and will practice much playfulness and gaiety with them. They will create ingenious, subtle songs. Lovers should beware that they do not come into imprisonment through their love affairs, for Venus, their significator, is in the house of Saturn, which threatens imprisonment.

Concerning Merchants.

Merchants will experience a more fortunate status this year compared to others in their dealings. Their goods and profit will increase. They will have a love for trading. Their handling of business will be more subtle than in other years because of their significator in the house of Saturn in the eleventh house. They will experience little illness. They will fear military men.

Concerning Spiritual People.

Spiritual people, such as monks and old people, nuns, and beguines, and those who do coarse work and by nature love the color black, will have a good and comfortable year. They will build, possess, and farm fields, and expect inheritances from their friends. Yet, they should faithfully watch over them so that they do not fall into imprisonment.

Concerning the Common People.

The common people and those who by nature love the color yellow will show themselves to be friendly and helpful toward people, but there is to be feared...