A Horse lost or stolen near Henley, if recoverable or not?
What this is
☿ Here Lord of the twelfth signifieth the Horse, whom you see Retrograde, and hastening to a ☌ of the ☉ Lord of the Querent's House of Substance; for as much as ☿ did by his Retrograde motion apply to the Lord of the Querent's house of Substance, and that the ☽ was locally in the second, and both ♃ ♀ and ♂ Retrograde, neer the cusp of the second, I judged the Querent should have his Goods or Horse quickly and unexpectedly within a day or two from the time of the Question asked; and because the seventh house was afflicted by ♃, I judged the Thief could not keep him. I was asked, Which way he went? I considered the Sign of the twelfth was ♊, viz. West; the Sign wherein ☿ Lord of the twelfth was in was ♒, viz. West; though the quarter of Heaven was South, but much inclining to the West; the ☽ was in ♌ a North-east Sign: Besides, ♀ as he was Lord of the fourth, was in a West Sign. From whence I concluded, the Horse was near Westward; but because ☿ was Retrograde, I judged the Horse would not proceed far, but return again to his proper corner; [and indeed the Horse did come home three dayes after, and had been full West.] However, I judged the Horse would have been at home a day sooner; but who shall more exactly consider of the Scheam, shall finde, that ☿ Significator of the Horse, although he came to the body of ♂ Lord of the Querent's house of Substance Substance, the same night the Question was asked, yet because the ☉ had no Dignities where he was, the Horse came not home untill Wednesday or Thursday the 13th or 14th of January; at what time ☿ and ♀ came to a partill ♂. I must confess, here were many good significations that the Querent should recover his lost Horse: first, ☿ in the Ascendant; next, ☽ in the second, arguing he should be discovered: thirdly, ☿ Lord of the thing lost, Retrograde, importing a returning of the thing again casually: fourthly, two Retrograde Planets upon the cusp of the second, which usually shews quick and unexpected recovery; ♃ and ♂ peregrine, I took them for those that rode away the Horse, ♃ especially; [and it was very true.]
Correspondences
- cast for
- 11 June 1646, 2:59 PM
Where this comes from
- William Lilly, Christian Astrology (1647)