Correspondence.

then * situati-on in the same signs as the situation of the 23 lanets in a sign is a certain conjunction thereof with the stars of that sign , ancl as the conjunctions , so likewise should the oppositions ancl other aspects of the planets with regard to the celestial be remarked , which has not hitherto been fully done . The commixtures so likewise should the oppositions and

other aspects o t the planets with regard to the celestial , be remarked which has not hitherto been fullydone . The commixtures of the rays of the fixed stars vrith one another are of use in contemplating the fabric of the world , and the nature of the subjacent regions , but in no respect for predictionsbecause at all times

, alike . Second—This astrology should take in the nearest approaches , and the furthest removes of each planet to and from the zenith according to the climate , for all the planets hath their summer and winter wherein they dart their rays stronger and weaker according to their perpendicular or oblique

direction , so we question not but the moon in Leo , has in the same manner as the sun , a greater effect upon natural bodies with us than when in Pisces by reason of her great perpendicular elevation , and nearer approach to the larger stars . " Third . It should receive the apogees and perigees

of the planets , with a proper inquiry into what the vigour of the planets may perform of themselves , and what through their nearness to us , for a planet is more brisk in its apogee but more communicatiA'e in its perigee . Fourth . It should include all these accidents of the planets' motion , their accelerations , retardations , courses , stations , retrogradations , distance from the sun , increase and diminution of light , eclipses , & c , for all these things affect the rays of the

planets , and cause them to act either weaker or stronger , or in a different manner . - Eifth . This astrology should contain all that can by any means be known or discoA-ered of the nature of the stars , both erratic or fixed , considered in their own essence and activity , viz ., their magnitude and colour aspect , sparkling ancl vibrating lighttheir situation in

; regard to the equinoctial , the constellations , Avhich thicker set , and which thinner , Avhich higher , which loAver , what fixed stars are in the zodiac , and Avhat out of it , the different velocities of the planets , their different latitudes , which of them be retrograde ancl which nottheir different distances from the sun

, , which move SAviffcer iu their apogee , and Avhich in their perigee ; the irregularities of Mars , the excursion of Venus , and the extraordinary phases , accidents , and appearances oft observable in Venus and the sun , with other things of this kind . Sixth . Let it contain from tradition particular natures and

alterations of the planets- , ancl fixed stars , for , as these are delivered with general consent , they are not likely to be rejected , unless they directly contradict physical reasons , and of such obsen'ations let a just astrology be formed , and , according to these alone , should schemes of the heavens be made ancl interpreted .

"Seventh . Such an astrology should be used with greater confidence in prediction , but more cautiously in election , and in both cases with due moderation ; thus pz-edictious may be made of comets , aud of all kinds of meteors , inundations , draughts , heats , frosts , earthquakes , fiery eruptions , wind , great rains , the seasons of the year , plagues , epidemic diseases , plenty , famine , Avars , seditions , sects , transmigration of people , and all commotions or great innovation of things

natural and civil , predictions may possibly be made more particular , though with less certainty , if when the general tendency of the times are found , a good philosophical or political judgment applies them to such things as are most liable to this kind of accident ; for example , from a foreknowledge of the seasons of any year they miht be apprehended more destructive

g to oliA'es than grapes , more fruitful to the distemper of the lungs than the liver , more pernicious to the inhabitants of hills than valleys , and , for want of provisions , to men of retirement than courtiers , & c . ; or , if any one , from a knowledge of the influence which the celestial bodies have the irits of mankind

upon sp , should think it will affect the people more than the rulers , learned and inquisitiA'e men more than the military , & c , for there are innumerable things of this kind that require not only a general knoAvledge gained from the stars , which are the agents , but also a particular one of the passive subjects .

" Eighth . Nor are elections to be wholly rejected , though not so much to be trusted as predictions , for we find in planting , sowing , and grafting , observations of the moon are not absolutely trifling , and there are many particulars of this kind ; but elections are more to be curbed by our rulers than predictions , and this must always be remembered , that elections only hold in such cases where the virtue of the heavenly bodies and the action of the inferior bodies also is not

transient , as in examples just mentioned , for the increase of the moon and planets are not sudden things , but punctuality of time should here be absolutely rejected , and , perhaps , there are more of these instances to befound in civil matters than some would imagine . "Ninth . There are but four ways of arriving at this science : —1 bfuture experiments 2 by

past-, y ; , experiments ; 3 , by traditions ; and , 4 , by physical reasons . But , first , it is in vain at present to think of future experiments , because many ages are required to procure a competent stock of them ; and second ,, as for tbe past they are within our reach , but 'tis a work of labour and much time to procure them .

Thus astrologers may , if they please , draw from real history all greater accidents , as inundations , plagues ,, wars , seditions , death of kings , & c , as also the positions of the celestial bodies , not according to fictious horoscopes , but the above-mentioned rules of their

revolutions , or such as they really were at the time , and where the event conspires , erect a pz'obable rule of prediction . Third , all traditions should be well sifted , and those thrown out that manifestly clash with physical reasons , leaving such in full force as comport Avell Avherewith ; and , fourth , those physical reasons are both united to this inquiry which search

into the universal appetites and passions of matter ,, ancl the simple , genuine notions of the heavenly bodies ; and this Ave take for the surest gAiide to astrology . " Thus much says our English philosopher ; nevertheless we place not a full dependence on every

observation here made , but have only given them for the investigation of the studious and lovers of the starry science , leaving them to be guided in their practice hy the unerring rule , truth , and experience , which is the ultimate wish of , IJrania ' s humble servant , C . SIBLY , M . D . 1 st July , 179 S , lOh . 30 m . morn . 40 , JS 6 AV Bridge-street , near St . Paul ' s , London .