THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR ECLIPSES.
The following are the principal effects of Solar eclipses when falling in the decanates of each sign.
Aries.
First decanate. -War, tumults, seditions and controversies, motion of armies, and an inclination of the air to excessive drought.
Second decanate.-Imprisonment and sadness of some king, and danger of death to him; the corruption of trees bearing fruit, and of things growing on the earth.
Third decanate.-Grief and sadness to mortals, death of some great woman, and destruction of cattle.
Taurus.
First decanate. -Afflicts trade and business, and destroys corn and food crops.
Second decanate.-Causes danger to travellers, and to women in childbirth.
Third decanate. -Brings pestilence and famine.
Gemini.
First decanate.-Dissension and strife among clergy and religious denominations; also causes hatred, neglect and contempt for the laws of God and man.
Second decanate. -Causes piracies, thefts and murders.
Third decanate. -Death of some king, and many troubles to the country.
Cancer.
First decanate.- Disturbs the air, and causes great changes and alterations in the weather.
Second decanate.-Dries up rivers and fountains, and stirs up incontinency and wantonness among women.
Third decanate.-Sedition, pestilence and much disease.
Leo.
First decanate.- Denotes the death of some famous prince, and scarcity of corn.
Second decanate. -Many troubles, anxieties to kings, princes, and great men.
Third decanate.- Profanation of hold places, churches, and sacred edifices: captivity, besieging and ransacking of towns.
Virgo.
First decanate. -It denotes great calamity, and death of some king.
Second decanate.- Famine, pestilence and sedition.
Third decanate. -Great troubles and adversity, probably imprisonment to painters, poets, and to those who live by their wits.
Libra.
First decanate.- Corrupts the air, causes pestilence, and a scarcity and dearness of corn.
Second decanate.-It portends the death of a great king, sedition and famine.
Third decanate.-Trouble to the nobility and detriment to their estates.
Scorpio.
First decanate. -Causes war, tumults, slaughter, captivity and treason.
Second decanate. -Mischief to some peace-loving king.
Third decanate.- The rise of a tyrant, and idleness and slothfulness of the former king, hateful to all.
Sagittarius.
First decanate. -Much dissension and hatred among men.
Second decanate. -Deaths of camels, and such cattle as chew the cud.
Third decanate. -Variously affects horses and armies.
Capricorn.
First decanate. -Unhappiness to great men, the transmigration of some king, and the rebellion of nobles and common people.
Second decanate.- Causes military riots, and the mutiny of soldiers against their officers.
Third decanate.-It induces the tumultuary motion of some king, and causes famines.
Aquarius.
First decanate. -It causes public grief and sorrow.
Second decanate.- Public robberies, thefts, rapes, earthquakes and famine.
Third decanate.- The death and slaughter of sheep and beasts of the field.
Pisces.
First decanate. -Dries up rivers and makes the sea-coast unfortunate.
Second decanate. -Causes the death of some famous and excellent man; the destruction of fish, tidal waves and inundations.
Third decanate.- Sedition, cruelty, fierceness and in-humanity of soldiers.