Prognosticon for 1489

of which we shall speak immediately. For with these omitted, it is rash to make a judgment: but they stand as follows: We are in the fourteenth great cycle astrological age: and Leo is the sign of the great cycle: but the dominion comes to the Moon.

The profection of the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter which preceded the flood of Noah arrives this year at the sign of Gemini: in which sign the eclipse of the moon will happen. It indicates terrible winds: and perhaps the appearance of some comet. And the fall of a king or great duke: who will have had this sign in the tenth house or the ascendant of their nativity or the loss of dominion. The sign of the profection of the ascendant of that conjunction is toward Scorpio: it notes rains, inundations similar to a deluge, and betrayals. The direction arrives at the 10th degree of Libra. Mercury as the divider notes winds: and the indication of a great Comet: and war to the Librans, which will happen with ingenuity and cunning.

The profection, however, of that great conjunction which preceded the advent of Christ: although in Christ all things are miraculous: and His birth does not lie under the stars. Nevertheless, because it has to dispose the affairs of the Christians: it arrives this year at the 4th degree of Aquarius, which signifies the same.

The profection of the ascendant of that conjunction is toward the 19th degree of Leo, the divider being Mercury.

The profection, however, of the ascendant of that year arrives this year at the 13th degree of Aquarius: it signifies winds. And what we say above, the divider is Jupiter: because, being combust by the sun, it will destroy a great man and perhaps a lawyer. The degree of the division arrives at the 13th degree of Capricorn: where Saturn is nearest this year. And Mars opposite to it signifies pestilence and wars to the Capricornians. And perhaps the loss of dominion to those who will have had the angle of the tenth or the ascendant in such a degree. The divider is Jupiter who is combust by the sun.

The profection of their conjunction: which preceded the advent of Mahomet: which has to dispose the affairs of the infidels: arrives this year at Pisces, adverse to the Christians: because its lord Jupiter is combust.

The profection of the place of that conjunction is toward the 13th degree of Leo, and at its square, it excites the Turks and the Spaniards against the infidels to war.