[48] Saturn being also malefic in his nature.
[49] The planets, having two houses, are said to be more powerful in one by day and in the other by night: thus,
| Saturn’s | day house is | Aquarius, | his night house | Capricorn |
| Jupiter’s | Sagittarius | Pisces | ||
| Mars’s | Aries | Scorpio | ||
| Venus’s | Taurus | Libra | ||
| Mercury’s | Gemini | Virgo |
The above is from Whalley; but the same disposition is to be found in all modern astrological writers.
[50] The “lunar condition” here spoken of refers to the position of Aries (Mars’s house) in the lunar semicircle.
[51] Capricorn being in the solar semicircle.
[52] The reason for making Saturn diurnal lord of this triplicity may be found in Chap. vii.
[53] This familiarity seems to arise from the sextile aspect between Aquarius, the diurnal house of Saturn, and Sagittarius, the diurnal house of Jupiter.
[54] In reference to the terms of the planets, Placidus has these words (according to Cooper’s translation): “The dignity of the planets in the signs and their parts, which are called the bounds and terminations” (quasi, terms), “have a real and natural foundation; to wit, the powerful aspect or proportional influxes to the movable points in which the stars begin to produce the primary qualities. So that, according to those things we have explained in the philosophy of the heavens, these are found to agree so well with the Ægyptian boundaries” (terms), “that they are highly deserving of admiration.”
[55] This total is the 360 degrees of the zodiac, requiring to be divided according to correspondent portions of the equator; by which all time is reckoned.