CHAPTER XXIV

THE EFFECTS OF LUNAR ECLIPSES.

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

Aries.

First decanate.-Fevers, incendiarism, firing of woods and forests, and dryness of the air.

Second decanate.-Pestilence.

Third decanate.-Causes abortive births, incommodities, and dangers to women.

Taurus.

First decanate. -Death and diseases among cattle.

Second decanate.-Death of some queen, and a scarcity of seeds, and barrenness of the earth.