which fignifies Right Afcenfion; and in the Table at p. 173, or Sol in Cancer, I find 111 deg. 39 min. which is only nineteen minutes lefs; and oppofite to this fum, in the third column of the Table, stands 20, with the fign at the top, and this denotes the Part of Fortune to be in 20 degrees of Cancer; but, as nineteen minutes were wanting to make up the number, I allow one minute more, because fifteen minutes on the equator is equal to 1 minute of time; and hence the true place of the Part of Fortune falls in 20 degrees 1 minute of Cancer; and I accordingly enter it below that fign in the scheme, which is now completed, and stands thus : This figure includes all that is required for the purpose of judging horary questions, and the like; but, in nativities, and in the more immediate concerns of life and death, regard muft be had to the fixed ftars, according to their magnitude, influence, and pofitions near the afcendant or its lord, near the Moon, or the other fignificators. And, because it is of importance to know their natures, qualities, and fignificators, I fhall fubjoin a Table of the moft confiderable fixed ftars in the northern hemisphere, and then show how to collect fuch of them into the horoscope as may relate to the fubject at any time under investigation. A TABLE of the principal FIXED STARS near the Ecliptic, thowing their true Longitude, Latitude, Magnitude, and Nature. Longitude. Latitude. S. D. M.D. M. Mag Nature. +6 Teb zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz axxa NAMES of the FIXED STARS. South End of the Tail of the Whale The Head of Andromeda r The Girdle of Andromeda ...... Whale's Belly Bright Star in the Head of the Ram The Left Foot of Andromeda The Bright Star in the Jaw of the Whale The Pleiades ... The middle Star of the Seven Oculus Taurus Aldebaran Rigel The former Shoulder of Orion 14 5825 27 2225 59 The former Star in Orion's Belt II I The middle Star in Orion's Belt The higheft Star in the Head of Orion The Star in the Horn of the Bull 36 31 II 53 38 33 26 Propus The right Shoulder of Auriga II $2 Cor Leonis Regulus. R Heart of Hydra C Vindemiatrix m 5216 15 The Back of the Lion The Tail of the Lion Crater, or the Bottom of the Pitcher Arcturus The Virgin's Spike, Arifta The South Balance m The North Balance m 16 17 The Left Hand of Ophiucus 35 Higher Star in the Forehead of the Scorpion The Scorpion's Heart, Antares The bright Star of the Vulture Fomahaut The first column contains the names of the ftars; the fecond fhows their longitude, or in what degree and minute of the twelve figns they are fituated; the third fhows the degree and minute of their latitude, either north or fouth, which is denoted by the letters N. S. The fourth column denotes their magnitude; and the fifth fhows their natural quality. For example: The star in the wing of Pegasus is in fix degrees eleven minutes of Aries; has twelve degrees thirty-five minutes north latitude, is of the fecond magnitude, and participates of the nature and quality of Mars and Mercury. The fixed ftars may be found and distinguished in the heavens by their conjunctions with the Moon, or by obferving their order from any given point in the heavens; thus, begin with the Pleiades, vulgarly called the Seven Stars, and next to them in order, but somewhat lower, is a large red ftar called Aldebaran, or the South Eye of the Bull; next follows Orion's Belt or Girdle, which are three stars in a rank thus, ***, and are vulgarly called the Yard or Ell. Next follows a ftar called the Great Dog, which is a large bright ftar, fomewhat lower than the girdle of Orion. The next is called the Head of Gemini, and is about the height of the Seven Stars; there are two together, appearing thus,; the largest of the two is the ftar here nominated. The next, which follows in order, is called South Affellus, no great ftar, but of a red colour; there are two of them, near together and alike, and stand or appear thus, *; the loweft of the two is the star here meant. Next in order follows a ftar called the Head of Hydra, lower than Affellus, and of a bright white colour. Then follows a star in the flank of the Lion, very bright, and about the height of the Seven Stars. Next to that the Virgin's Girdle, a bright ftar, and lower than the flank of the Lion. And next follows a curious ftar called the Virgin's Spike, very large and bright; it is a star of the first magnitude, and appears a little lower, or more foutherly, than the Virgin's Girdle. Next in order follows the ftar called Arcturus, a very remarkable bright red-coloured ftar, about the latitude of the Pleiades. Then follows the ftar of the Crown, large and bright, and higher than Arcturus. Then the right Shoulder of Hercules, of a pale white colour, near the altitude of the Seven Stars. Then follows the Head of Ophiucus, of a pale white colour, and fomewhat fouthward of Hercules. Then appears a star under the armpit of Sagittary, a bright star, but very low. Next, the bright ftar of the Vulture, large, and lower than the Seven Stars. The next ftar is called the Left Shoulder of the Water-bearer; about the altitude of Orion's Girdle, of a pale white colour. The next in order is the ftar called Marchab, being a star of a bright colour, a little lower than the Seven Stars, but much bigger. Then follows the Southern Star of the Whale's Tail; this ftar is of a pale colour, and about the height of the Sun on the shortest day. Then follows a ftar called the Girdle of No. 10. Andromeda, a bright glittering ftar, and much higher than the Pleiades. Lastly, there is the bright ftar of the Ram, of a red colour, and lower than the Seven Stars. Those that would be curious in thefe fpeculations should study the celeftial globe, and learn to be very expert in the ufe of it, which is easily attained, and also very entertaining. Now, to know whether any of the fixed ftars fall into the figure erected, I note the fign and degree upon the cufps of the houses, and then examine the second column of the foregoing Table of Fixed Stars, and, if I find either of them afcending or defcending within five degrees of the figns upon the cufps of the feveral houfes, they are then to be entered in the fame manner as the planets, and their qualities and influences are to be duly weighed, according to the nature of whatever planet they correfpond with, which is fhown in the laft column of the Table. In the foregoing figure of the heavens, I obferve 17 degrees 1 minute of my upon the afcendant; then, looking down the twelve figns in order in the fecond column of fixed stars, I find mg 18. 32. and even with it, in the first column, the Tail of the Lion, which fhows that this ftar is also afcending within five degrees of the cufp of the first houfe, or afcendant; and therefore I place it in the first house of the figure, under the fignm. I then examine the other cufps according to their rotation; and, on the cusp of the fourth house, I find f 13. o. and, in the Table of Fixed Stars, I find 14. 55. and even with it the Right Knee of Ophiucus, which shows that this ftar is within two degrees of the cufp of the fourth house, in which I accordingly place it. On the cusp of the fixth house I fee 21. 38. and in the Table of Fixed Stars I find Marchab Pegafi in 20. 25. I therefore place it under the fign in the fixth houfe of the figure. Upon the cufp of the eighth houfe in the figure is Y 9. 15. and in the Table of Fixed Stars I find the Head of Andromeda in 11. 20. I therefore place it just within the cusp of the eighth houfe. Upon the medium cœli, I find II 13. o. and in the Table I find the eminent fixed star Rigel, of the first magnitude,' in II 13. 56. I therefore place him in the mid-heaven. Upon the cusp of the eleventh ftands 20. 7. and in the Table I find the ftar Pollux in 20. 12. which I enter within the cufp of the eleventh houfe. Upon the cufp of the twelfth is a 21. 38. and in the Table I find the ftar Hydra in S 24. 12. and therefore I enter him in twenty-four degrees of Leo in the twelfth houfe. And thus I have collected the pofitions of all the planets and eminent fixed ftars, as they stood in the heavens at twenty-four minutes paft eleven o'clock, on Friday the 11th of June, 1784. As the fixed ftars move on their longitude at the rate of fifty feconds per year, and of course vary in their pofition, I have for this reafon calculated a Table, by which their fituation may be known at any given time, paft or to come. TABLE, TABLE, showing the PLACES of the FIXED STARS, at any Time, paft or to come. Now fuppofe it were required to know the fituation of Aldebaran twenty years ago; I refer to the Table of Fixed Stars, and find him in fix degrees forty-five minutes of Gemini, in this prefent year; I then enter the column of years in the above Table, at No. 20, and even with it in the following columns ftand o. 16. 40. which shows that Aldebaran has moved fixteen minutes and forty feconds in twenty years; and, this fum being deducted from 6 degrees 45 minutes, his prefent place in Gemini, fhows that twenty years ago he was pofited in 6 degrees No8 28 minutes and 20 feconds of this figu. This rule will hold good for any other ftar, or for any number of years; only obferving, that, if it be required to know the ftar's place twenty years hence, then the fixteen minutes and forty feconds must be added; and fo in proportion for any other length of time. But, fince the afpects of the planets at the time of erecting the figure conftitute the principal index of our judgment, I examine their polition in this refpect, and note them down under the title of the figure, where they ftand as a conftant guide to our judgment on the matter under confideration. For instance, I examine the figure above projected; and in the mid-heaven I find the Sun in twenty-one degrees two minutes of Gemini, and Mercury in twenty-four degrees two minutes of the fame fign, applying by his retrograde motion to a partile conjunction with the Sun, which I note thus, 6. Examining the other planets, I find Venus in five degrees five minutes of Gemini, and the Moon in five degrees twenty-five minutes of Aries; I then reckon from five degrees of Aries to five degrees of Taurus is thirty degrees; and from five degrees of Taurus to five degrees of Gemini is thirty degrees more; thefe, amounting to fixty degrees, conftitute a partile fextile afpect, which I thus |