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Demonologia

Chapter 6: PRACTICAL ASTROLOGY, &c.
By J. S. Forsyth
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The text surveys ancient and modern superstitions and the practices and beliefs connected with demons, witchcraft, magic, and divination, offering definitions, historical origins, and practical classifications. It examines astrology (natural versus judicial and genethliacal methods), alchemy, amulets, talismans, charms, physiognomy, dreams, second sight, and a wide catalog of divinatory techniques, with procedural descriptions, tables, and terminology. Alongside critical commentary on credulity and fanaticism, the work reproduces trial accounts, confessions, and illustrative anecdotes about apparitions and infernal phenomena to show how superstition functioned socially and legally.

PRACTICAL ASTROLOGY, &c.

By the word Astrology (derived from the Greek αστηρ, a star, and λογος, a discourse,) is meant the art of prognosticating or foretelling events[8] by the Aspects, Positions, and Influence of the HEAVENLY BODIES.

By Aspect is to be understood an angle formed by the rays of two planets meeting on earth, able to execute some natural power or influence; which may be better explained by the following table.

CHARACTERS OF THE
       
Six Northern Signs. Six Southern Signs. Planets. Aspects.
♈︎ Aries. ♎︎ Libra. ♄ Saturn. ☌ Conjunction.
♉︎ Taurus. ♏︎ Scorpio. ♃ Jupiter. ⚹ Sextile.
♊︎ Gemini. ♐︎ Sagittarius. ♂ Mars. Δ Trine.
♋︎ Cancer. ♑︎ Capricorn. ☉ Sun. ☐ Quartile.
♌︎ Leo. ♒︎ Aquarius. ⦵ Earth. ☍ Opposition.
♍︎ Virgo. ♓︎ Pisces. ♀ Venus.  
    ☿ Mercury.  
    ☽ Luna.  

This art, or rather this conjectural science, is principally divided into Natural and Judiciary.