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Title: The astrologer of the nineteenth century
Year: 1825 (1820s)
Authors: Raphael, pseud., 1795-1832 Anglicus, Merlinus, junior, Gent
Subjects: Astrology Occultism
Publisher: London : Knight & Lacey
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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inning of ye agey* he is in, he shall wynne by the meens of his brethren, wyfe, andfelowes. And because Acquisitio, that is figured in Aries, is notlocated in the 7th, for it is there opposed to ye house of his formation;that signifieth that the asker hath no great hope to gete his goods,by the aforesaid meens, but because the figure is laudable and good,and a figure of Jupiter, signifying science and wisdome, it signifieththe asker, by his prudence, to come to riches. Therefore, the askeris well disposed to have grete riches, as the question supposeth heshall have pounds, and Fortuna Major representeth 8 in number,and, therefore, he shall have £8000 in money, or near that amount. Chaucers mss. * The conjunction is of great force in all questions of geomancy. For, as inastrology, the light planets partake of the nature of those with whom they arejoined. So in this science, the figures are supposed thereby to change either toSfood or evil. 2l2 484 ILLUSTRATION, No. LXXVHarlech Castle.
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The castle is seated upon a lofty rock, facing that part of Caernarvonshirecalled Eifonydd; on the left is Cardigan Bay, and immediately below a sandymarsh, extending several miles. This fortress was built by Edward I., about theyear 1280. It was impregnable on the side next to the sea, on the other it wasprotected by a prodigious fosse, cut with vast expense and trouble, in the solidrock.—Portfolio. A SYNOPSIS OF GEOiMANCY. 485 EXAMPLE IX. If the Castle besieged shall be taken ? oo 00 00 o o 00 oo o QO o oo oo 0 00 oo 00 0 oo 00 oo o oo o oo oo ooooo 0 D oo 0 o o onoooo 0 o do 000 ooo o ooooo 0 00 o 00 o 00 00 00 A lord once ye beseged a castell, desired to wete, yf he sholdwynne or no, or destroye it, or in what vvyse, &c. And projectionwas such as aboue. Letitia, that is signifier of the asker, is a signof Saipence and of engyne (ingenuity), y* sheweth him with greatskille and prudence to labor for the getyng of yt place and not toprofit, for by cause Letitia is not receyved,

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