Revelation and Declaration of Basilius Valentinus

SUN; and if the MOON with its cold quality exceeded the SUN in magnitude, as the SUN exceeds it, then all the fruits of the EARTH would spoil, for it would always be WINTER time, and no SUMMER time would be found. But God the Creator has set certain bounds and limits to His creatures, so that the SUN may shine and warm by day, and the MOON may enlighten and cool by night, and thereby render service to the creatures of the EARTH.

Those who are born under the influence of SATURN are ordinarily Melancholic, and if reason or the instruction that one must give them did not moderate them, they would be inclined toward being rigorous and always in anxiety; and when they grow in age, they would become Avaricious. They usually devote themselves to high and difficult enterprises; they are very laborious and greatly pensive; they rarely rejoice in company, and they do not bear great love for the natural beauty of the female sex, but love the agreeable diversion of MUSIC.

Finally, I tell you that SATURN has taken birth from little SULFUR, little SALT, and much gross and immature MERCURY, which can be compared to the scum floating upon the water, in comparison to the MERCURY of GOLD, which is of a very hot degree. The MERCURY of