PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 224

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amoribus capientur et si tunc signa simul masculina tenuerint, erga cuiusvis aetatis mares afficientur absque discrimine. Denique si Venus occidentalis fuerit, cum vilibus, famulabus aut peregrinis; si ea Martis conditio fuerit, cum superioribus aut dominabus, rem habituros denotat. De mulieribus, Veneris observanda conditio est; etenim Iovi configurata et Mercurio, moderato mundoque venereorum usu contentas; soli iuncta Mercurio, Iove absente, proclives quidem in venerem et cupidas concubitus, verecundas tamen et maxima ex parte difficiliores ac fugitantes turpitudinis; Marti soli assistens aut configurata, salaces quidem et in venerem pronas, sed segnes; etiamsi tunc Iupiter praesto fuerit efficit, Marte radiis solis occultato, servos, viles aut peregrinos admittent; Venere in radios solis mersa, cum superioribus aut dominis, pellicum aut concubinarum more concumbent; quod si signa aspectusve planetas effoeminarint, ad patiendum solum habiles et pronas, si masculina fuerint loca planeta