In every work observe Mercury, for he is a messenger between the higher gods and the infernal gods; when he goes to the good, he increases their goodness--when to the bad, he hath influence on their wickedness. It is an unfortunate sign or planet, when it is by the aspect of Saturn or Mars especially, apposite or quadrant, for these are the aspects of enmity; but a conjunction, a trine, and a sextile aspect, are of friendship; but yet if you do already behold it through a trine, and the planet be received, it is accounted as already conjoined. Now all planets are afraid of the conjunction of the sun, rejoicing in the trine, and sextile aspect thereof.
The Sun is the lord of all elementary virtues;--it disposes even the very spirit and mind of men.
The Moon (says Barrett) measures the whole space of the Zodiac in the time of 28 days, hence it is that the wise men of the Indians, and most of the ancient astrologers have granted 28 mansions to the Moon, which, being fixed in the eighth sphere, do enjoy divers names and properties, from the various signs and stars which are contained in them; through which, while the Moon wanders, it obtains many other powers and virtues; but every one of these mansions, according to the opinion of Abraham, contained twelve degrees, and fifty-one minutes, and almost twenty-six seconds. In the first quarter of these mansions the 1st conduces to discords and journies; the second to the finding of treasures, and to the retaining of captives; the 3rd to benefit sailors, huntsmen, and alchymists; the 4th the destruction and hindrances of buildings, fountains, mills, gold mines, the flight of creeping things, and begets discord; the 5th to help the return from a journey, the instruction of scholars, and confirms edifices, gives good health and good will; the 6th to hunting and besieging towns, and revenge of princes, destroying harvests and fruits, and hinders the operation of the physician; the 7th to confirm gain and friendship; is profitable to lovers, and destroys magistracies.
In a similar manner the remaining three quarters have the characters of their several mansions allotted to them with equal exactness, and of course indisputable veracity also.