Mundane Astrology

CHAPTER XXIII

THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR ECLIPSES.

The following are the principal effects of Solar eclipses when falling in the decanates of each sign.

Aries.

First decanate. -War, tumults, seditions and controversies, motion of armies, and an inclination of the air to excessive drought.

Second decanate.-Imprisonment and sadness of some king, and danger of death to him; the corruption of trees bearing fruit, and of things growing on the earth.

Third decanate.-Grief and sadness to mortals, death of some great woman, and destruction of cattle.

Taurus.

First decanate. -Afflicts trade and business, and destroys corn and food crops.

Second decanate.-Causes danger to travellers, and to women in childbirth.

Third decanate. -Brings pestilence and famine.

Gemini.

First decanate.-Dissension and strife among clergy and religious denominations; also causes hatred, neglect and contempt for the laws of God and man.

Second decanate. -Causes piracies, thefts and murders.

Third decanate. -Death of some king, and many troubles to the country.

Cancer.

First decanate.-Disturbs the air, and causes great changes and alterations in the weather.

Second decanate.-Dries up rivers and fountains, and stirs up incontinency and wantonness among women.

Third decanate.-Sedition, pestilence and much disease.

Leo.

First decanate.-Denotes the death of some famous prince, and scarcity of corn.

Second decanate. -Many troubles, anxieties to kings, princes, and great men.

Third decanate.-Profanation of hold places, churches, and sacred edifices: captivity, besieging and ransacking of towns.

Virgo.

First decanate. -It denotes great calamity, and death of some king.

Second decanate.-Famine, pestilence and sedition.

Third decanate. -Great troubles and adversity, probably imprisonment to painters, poets, and to those who live by their wits.

Libra.

First decanate.-Corrupts the air, causes pestilence, and a scarcity and dearness of corn.

Second decanate.-It portends the death of a great king, sedition and famine.

Third decanate.-Trouble to the nobility and detriment to their estates.

Scorpio.

First decanate. -Causes war, tumults, slaughter, captivity and treason.

Second decanate. -Mischief to some peace-loving king.

Third decanate.-The rise of a tyrant, and idleness and slothfulness of the former king, hateful to all.

Sagittarius.

First decanate. -Much dissension and hatred among men.

Second decanate. -Deaths of camels, and such cattle as chew the cud.

Third decanate. -Variously affects horses and armies.

Capricorn.

First decanate. -Unhappiness to great men, the transmigration of some king, and the rebellion of nobles and common people.

Second decanate.-Causes military riots, and the mutiny of soldiers against their officers.

Third decanate.-It induces the tumultuary motion of some king, and causes famines.

Aquarius.

First decanate. -It causes public grief and sorrow.

Second decanate.-Public robberies, thefts, rapes, earthquakes and famine.

Third decanate.-The death and slaughter of sheep and beasts of the field.

Pisces.

First decanate. -Dries up rivers and makes the sea-coast unfortunate.

Second decanate. -Causes the death of some famous and excellent man; the destruction of fish, tidal waves and inundations.

Third decanate.-Sedition, cruelty, fierceness and in-humanity of soldiers.