Amissio
Good for loss of substance and sometimes for love; but very bad for gain.
Ascendant
Ill in all things but for prisoners.
Second house
Very ill for money, but good for love.
Third house
Ill end—except for quarrels.
Fourth house
Ill in all.
Fifth house
Evil, except for agriculture.
Sixth house
Rather evil for love.
Seventh house
Very good for love, otherwise evil.
Eighth house
Excellent in all questions.
Ninth house
Evil in all things.
Tenth house
Evil, except for favour with women.
Eleventh house
Good for love, otherwise bad.
Twelfth house
Evil in all things.
Fortuna Major
Good for gain in all things where a person has hopes to win.
Ascendant
Good, save in secrecy.
Second house
Good, except in sad things.
Third house
Good in all.
Fourth house
Good in all, but melancholy.
Fifth house
Very good in all things.
Sixth house
Very good except for debauchery.
Seventh house
Good in all.
Eighth house
Moderately good.
Ninth house
Very good.
Tenth house
Exceedingly good. Go to superiors.
Eleventh house
Very good.
Twelfth house
Good in all.
Fortuna Minor
Good in any matter in which a person wishes to proceed quickly.
Ascendant
Speed in victory and in love, but choleric.
Second house
Very good.
Third house
Good—but wrathful.
Fourth house
Haste; rather evil except for peace.
Fifth house
Good in all things.
Sixth house
Medium in all.
Seventh house
Evil, except for war or love.
Eighth house
Evil generally.
Ninth house
Good, but choleric.
Tenth house
Good, except for peace.
Eleventh house
Good, especially for love.
Twelfth house
Good, except for alteration, or for suing another.
Laetitia
Good for joy, present or to come.
Ascendant
Good, except in war.
Second house
Sickly.
Third house
Ill.
Fourth house
Mainly good.
Fifth house
Excellently good.
Sixth house
Evil generally.
Seventh house
Indifferent.
Eighth house
Evil generally.
Ninth house
Very good.
Tenth house
Good, rather in war than in peace.
Eleventh house
Good in all.
Twelfth house
Evil generally.
Tristitia
Evil in almost all things.
Ascendant
Medium, but good for treasure and fortifying.
Second house
Medium, but good to fortify.
Third house
Evil in all.
Fourth house
Evil in all.
Fifth house
Very evil.
Sixth house
Evil, except for debauchery.
Seventh house
Evil for inheritance and magic only.
Eighth house
Evil, but in secrecy good.
Ninth house
Evil, except for magic.
Tenth house
Evil, except for fortifications.
Eleventh house
Evil in all.
Twelfth house
Evil, but good for magic and treasure.
Puella
Good in all demands, especially in those relating to women.
Ascendant
Good except in war.
Second house
Very good.
Third house
Good.
Fourth house
Indifferrent.
Fifth house
Very good, but notice the aspects.
Sixth house
Good, but especially so for debauchery.
Seventh house
Good, except for war.
Eighth house
Good.
Ninth house
Good for music. Otherwise only medium.
Tenth house
Good for peace.
Eleventh house
Good, and love of ladies.
Twelfth house
Good in all.
Puer
Evil in most demands, except in those relating to war or love.
Ascendant
Indifferent. Best in war.
Second house
Good, but with trouble.
Third house
Good fortune.
Fourth house
Evil, except in war and love.
Fifth house
Medium good.
Sixth house
Medium.
Seventh house
Evil, save in war.
Eighth house
Evil, save for love.
Ninth house
Evil, except for war.
Tenth house
Rather evil, but good for love and war. Most other things medium.
Eleventh house
Medium; good favour.
Twelfth house
Very good in all.
Rubeus
Evil in all that is good and good in all that is evil.
Ascendant
Destroy the figure if it falls here! It makes the judgment worthless.
Second house
Evil in all demands.
Third house
Evil, except to let blood.
Fourth house
Evil, except in war and fire.
Fifth house
Evil, save for love, and sowing seed.
Sixth house
Evil, except for bloodletting.
Seventh house
Evil, except for war and fire.
Eighth house
Evil.
Ninth house
Very evil.
Tenth house
Dissolute. Love, fire.
Eleventh house
Evil, except to let blood.
Twelfth house
Evil in all things.
Albus
Good for profit and for entering into a place or undertaking.
Ascendant
Good for marriage. Mercurial. Peace.
Second house
Good in all.
Third house
Very good.
Fourth house
Very good, except in war.
Fifth house
Good.
Sixth house
Good in all things.
Seventh house
Good, except for war.
Eighth house
Good.
Ninth house
A messenger brings a letter.
Tenth house
Excellent in all.
Eleventh house
Very good.
Twelfth house
Marvelously good.
Conjunctio
Good with good, or evil with evil. Recovery of things lost.
Good with good, evil with evil.
Second house
Commonly good.
Third house
Good fortune.
Fourth house
Good, save for health; see the Eighth.
Fifth house
Medium.
Sixth house
Good for immorality only.
Seventh house
Rather good.
Eighth house
Evil; death.
Ninth house
Medium good.
Tenth house
For love, good. For sickness, evil.
Eleventh house
Good in all.
Twelfth house
Medium. Bad for prisoners.
Carcer
Generally evil. Delay, binding, bar, restriction.
Ascendant
Evil, except to fortify a place.
Second house
Good in Saturnine questions; else evil.
Third house
Evil.
Fourth house
Good only for melancholy.
Fifth house
Receive a letter within three days. Evil.
Sixth house
Very evil.
Seventh house
Evil.
Eighth house
Very evil.
Ninth house
Evil in all.
Tenth house
Evil, save for hidden treasure.
Eleventh house
Much anxiety.
Twelfth house
Rather good.
Caput Draconis
Good with good; evil with evil. Gives a good issue for gain.
Ascendant
Good in all things.
Second house
Good.
Third house
Very good.
Fourth house
Good, save in war.
Fifth house
Very good.
Sixth house
Good for immorality only.
Seventh house
Good, especially for peace.
Eighth house
Good.
Ninth house
Very good.
Tenth house
Good in all.
Eleventh house
Good for the church and ecclesiastical gain.
Twelfth house
Not very good.
Cauda Draconis
Good with evil, and evil with good. Good for loss, and for passing out of an affair.
Ascendant
Destroy figure if it falls here! Makes judgment worthless.
Second house
Very evil.
Third house
Evil in all.
Fourth house
Good, especially for conclusion of the matter.
Fifth house
Very evil.
Sixth house
Rather good.
Seventh house
Evil, war, and fire.
Eighth house
No good, except for magic.
Ninth house
Good for science only. Bad for journeys. Robbery.
Tenth house
Evil, save in works of fire.
Eleventh house
Evil, save for favours.
Twelfth house
Rather good.
Via
Injurious to the goodness of other figures generally, but good for journeys and voyages.
Ascendant
Evil, except for prison.
Second house
Indifferent.
Third house
Very good in all.
Fourth house
Good in all save love.
Fifth house
Voyages good.
Sixth house
Evil.
Seventh house
Rather good, especially for voyages.
Eighth house
Evil.
Ninth house
Indifferent. Good for journeys.
Tenth house
Good.
Eleventh house
Very good.
Twelfth house
Excellent.
Populus
Sometimes good and sometimes bad; good with good, and evil with evil.
Ascendant
Good for marriage.
Second house
Medium good.
Third house
Rather good than bad.
Fourth house
Good in all but love.
Fifth house
Good in most things.
Sixth house
Good.
Seventh house
In war good; else medium.
Eighth house
Evil.
Ninth house
Look for letters.
Tenth house
Good.
Eleventh house
Good in all.
Twelfth house
Very evil.
Chapter Six
By essential dignity is meant the strength of a figure when found in a particular house. A figure is, therefore, strongest when in what is called its house, very strong when in its exaltation, strong in its triplicity, very weak in its fall, weakest of all in its detriment. A figure is in its fall when in a house opposite to that of its exaltation, and in its detriment when opposite to its own house.
The geomantic figures, being attributed to the planets and signs, are dignified according to the rules which obtain in astrology. That is to say, they follow the dignities of their ruling planets, considering the twelve houses of the scheme as answering to the twelve signs. Thus, the ascendant or first house answers to Aries, the second house to Taurus, the third house to Gemini, and so on to the twelfth answering to Pisces. Therefore the figures of Mars will be strong in the first house, but weak in the seventh house, and so forth.
Name of
Sign
Ruler
Element
Exaltation
Fall
Detriment
Strong
Aries
Mars
Fire
Sun
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Taurus
Venus
Earth
Luna
—
Mars
Jupiter
Gemini
Mercury
Air
—
—
Jupiter
Saturn
Cancer
Luna
Water
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Leo
Sol
Fire
—
—
Saturn
Mars
Virgo
Mercury
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Libra
Venus
Air
Saturn
Sol
Mars
Jupiter
Scorpio
Mars
Water
—
Luna
Venus
Sun
Sagittarius
Jupiter
Fire
—
—
Mercury
Venus
Capricorn
Saturn
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Luna
Mercury
Aquarius
Saturn
Air
—
—
Sol
—
Pisces
Jupiter
Water
Venus
Mercury
Mercury
—
Caput D
raconis is strong in the dignities of Jupiter and Venus.
Cauda Draconis is strong in the dignities of Saturn and Mars.
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