If his Majesty should procure Forces out of Ireland to harm
What this is
His Majesty is here signified by ☽ in ♋ in the tenth house, who increasing in light, elevated and posited in her own house, void of all infelicity, except slowness in motion, did manifest at the time of the erecting of this Figure, his Majesty to be in an able condition, as indeed he was. In this Judgment we finde ☉ Lord of the eleventh (which house signifies assistance or aide in this manner of Judgment ) posited in the seventh, in his Exaltation , and applying to the cusp of the eleventh with a △ aspect , but wants six degrees of being partill ; forasmuch as the ☽ being in her own house , and ☉ so well fortified , I did judge his Majesty should have ayde of Commanders out of Ireland (for ☉ represents Commanders and men, or common men; besides) because both ☉ and ☽ are friendly unto him: that they should harm us, I judged because ☉ Lord of that assistance, was in the seventh, in direct ☍ to the Ascendant, which represented the Parliament and their party: but because the ☉ is so neer ☋, and beholds the cusp of the tenth with a □ sinister , I did in the end less fear them, and judged they should produce much scandall , to his Majesty and his Party, and that they would cause many ill and heavy reports ports to fall upon his Majesty by their means : I also then judged, that his Majesty was likely to improve his Forces, and augment them for some certain time, but that it should not continue very long, for that neither the ☉ or ☽ were fixed. The truth is, he had Irish Forces came over, which much hardned the hearts of the English against him, but time cut them off, &c. as we do all well know , at the Siege of Namptwich , by valiant FAIRFAX. Her Majesties Significatrix is ♄ Lord of the fourth, for that is the seventh from the tenth, removing out of one Sign into another: ♄ being a ponderous Planet , made me more confident her Majesty would move forwards with her Army , with intention to meet his Majesty, which I said she should do about three or four moneths from the time of the Figure , because the ☽ wanted three or four degrees of the △ of ♄. I intimated a great desire in his Majesty to see her , because his Significator applyed. The truth is, she met him about the 14. of July 1643, in Warwick-shire. I judged that she would not prosper but decline , because ♄ her Significatrix , was going into ♈ his Fall, and that ♃, viz. good Fortune , was separated , and did separate from ♄. Besides, I observed that ♂ made haste to a □ of ♄ in ♋ , as if our Souldiery would quite destroy and bring to nothing her Army ; and that she would be crossed at or neer the time of that aspect , which was the 11. of April, when about Nottingham she lost some Forces, and more had, but that we had ever either some knaves or fools in our Armies.
Where this comes from
- William Lilly, Christian Astrology (1647)