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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 217

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postquam aetas defloruerit adolescentibus nupturas esse; in occidentalibus, aut tarde elocandas aut post florem aetatis natu grandioribus coniungendas significat. Et si unius figurae signum tenuerit aut uni alicui planetarum matutino ortu praecedentium applicarit, unum maritum; si bicorporeum vel ex pluribus figuris compositum signum habuerit, aut pluribus matutino ortu se antevertentibus configuratus fuerit, plures maritos spondet. Saturnus Soli aliquo aspectu copulatus, viros modestos, commodos et sedulos largitur; Iupiter honestos et magnis animis praeditos; Mars strenuos, alienos a comunibus hominum affectibus, impatientes ordinis et legum; Venus elegantes et formosos; Mercurius victui parando idoneos; Venus cum Saturno ignavos et ad consuetudinem coniugalem imbecilliores; cum Marte fervidos in venerem, pronos, adulteros; cum Mercurio, liberorum amantes. Quadrantes autem orientales intelligimus in Sole eos duos, qui horosco