Friday, November 14, 2014

What Mr Lilly thinks of Sagittarius



Qualities of the Signe Sagittarius   Is of the fiery triplicity, East, in nature fiery, hot, dry, Masculine, Cholericke, Diurnall, Common, bycorporeal or double-bodied.
Diseases   It ruleth the Thighes and Buttocks in the parts of mans body, an all Fistulas or Hurts falling in those members, and generally denoteth blood heated, Feavers Pestillentiall, fals from Horses, or hurts from them or four-footed Beasts; also prejudice by Fire ], Heat and intemperatenesse in Sports.
Places Sagittarius Signifieth   A stable of great Horses, or Horses for the Wars, or a House where usually great four-footed Beats are kept; it represents in the Fields, Hils, and the highest places of Lands or Grounds that rise a little above the rest; in houses upper rooms, neer the fire.
Shape and forme of Body   It represents a wel-favoured Countenance, somewhat long Visage, but full and ruddy, or almost like Sun-burnt; the Hairs light Chestnut colour, the Stature somewhat above the middle Size; a conformity in the Members, and a strong able body.
Kingdoms, Countries and Cities subject to Sagittarius   Spaine, Hungary, Slavonia, Moravia, Dalmatia, Buda in Hungary, Toledo, Narbon, Cullen, Stargard.

-          William Lilly, Christian Astrology (1647)

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