Of Theft.

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Judgement upon this Figure. ♏ Here ascends, and partly represents the querent's person; ♂ his mind and disposition, who being in □ with ☿ and ♄, gave sufficient intimation unto me of the inclination of the querent, who was sufficiently ill conditioned, arrogant, proud, wastsfull, &c. ♂ Is here in the 25 degr. and 2 min. of ♌, is angular, and but two minutes entred his own Terms, yet being in his Decanate, I refused him for Significator of the Thief, and that justly, nor indeed was he. In the next place, although ♄ was in the angle of the West, yet did I find him in his own Terms and Decanate; I also passed by him. In the next place, I found ☿ in 24. 42 ♉, lately separated, or rather in □ of ♂, and now almost in partile ☌ with ♄; him I found truly peregrine, viz. having no essential Dignity where he is, therefore I adjudged ☿ to be Significator of the Thief. But whether ☿ signified Male or Female, was the dispute, as also the corporature, quality, &c. The angles are part Masculine, part Feminine, no certain judgment could therefore arise from thence, the ☽ was in a Masculine Signe, applyed to a masculine Planet in a masculine Signe, and ☿ usually is convertible in nature, according to the nature of the Planet he is in aspect with: he is now in aspect with ♂, and in ☌ with ♄; from hence I judged the Sex to be Male. And said it was a young Youth of some fifteen or sixteen: young, because ☿ ever signified Youth, but more young, because the ☽ was so neer the ☉, and scarce separated from him, I said he was of reasonable stature, thin visaged, hanging Eyebrowes, a long Forehead, some blemish or scars in his face, because ♂ cast his □ dexter to ☿; bad Eye-sight, because ☿ is with evil fixed Starres, of the nature of ♂ and ☽; a sad Hair, because of his neernesse to ♄; but of a scurvy countenance, one formerly a Thief, or suspected for such knaveries; in regard ☿ the Youth his Significator was joyned with ♄ Lord of the third and fourth, I judged he was some Neighbours child; and as the ☽ was in ♊, and ☿ in ♉, I conceived he dwelt either opposite to the querent, or a little Southwest; and because ⊕ was in the ascendant, and disposed by ♂ Lord of the ascendant in the tenth, and the ☽ applyed to his ✶ aspect, and was within four degrees of the aspect: I judged he should not onely hear of, but have his Money within four dayes after the Question. He beleeved not one word I said, but would needs perswade me, that a Woman-servant signified by ☿, was one Thief, and ♄ was another; but I stood firm to the true rules of Art, and would not consent unto it, because both those Planets were essentially dignified. The event proved directly true as I had manifested, both as to the person described, and to the day of the money returned, which was within three days after.

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24 May 1647