Jean-Baptiste Morin


Astrologia Gallica

Book Twenty-Five

The Universal

Constitutions of the Caelum

 

 

 

Translated from the Latin by

James Herschel Holden, M.A.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Translator’s Preface                                                                                 ix

 

Part I.

 

1

What is the Doctrine of the Universal Constitutions of the Caelum…………………….

1

2

The Universal Mode of Action of the  Celestial Bodies……………………………….

14

3

The Subordination and Dependency of  Universal Constitutions………………………

20

4

How the Annual Revolution of the World  should be erected for any Place on Earth, as well as the figures of the Quarters of that Year………………………………………..

30

5

The Radical and Synodic Revolutions of  the Planets and their Syzygies……………….

37

6

How Should the Figures of the Synods of  the Sun and the Moon be erected…………

49

7

The Eclipses of the Lights and what should  be particularly observed about them……...

53

8

The Grand Conjunctions of Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter………………………………...

61

9

How the Rulers of Universal Constitutions should generally be chosen………………...

65

10

The Application of what was just said, and the Election of Rulers in the Figures shown above………………………………………………………………………………..

75

11

Which Places on Earth a Universal  Constitution may be acting upon………………….

80

12

The Times of the Events that will occur from the Universal Constitutions………………

85

13

The Quantity of Effects emanating from Universal Constitutions……………………….

100

14

The Quality of the Effects of Universal Constitutions in general………………………..

101

15

Some particular things that should be noted about the Nature and the Actions of the Planets in Universal and Particular Constitutions………………………………………

105

 

 

Part II.

 

 

1

In which some important things are mentioned first about the kinds of Effects emanating from Universal Constitutions, or are taught about the kinds of Prediction……………...

108

2

The Difference between the Periodical and Synodic Revolutions of the Planets as regards their Efficiency……………………………………………………………….

121

3

The Kinds or Types of Effects emanating from Universal Constitutions. And first, the Effects of the Mundane Revolution of the Sun………………………………………...

123

4

The special Effects of the Planets that are Rulers of the Year, resulting from their Nature

126

5

The special Effects of the Rulers of the Year [that result] from their own Celestial State. And first, by reason of the Sign in which they are posited……………………………..

137

6

The special Effects of the Planets that are Rulers of the Year by reason of their Connection with other Planets or Fixed Stars .……………………………………….

Table of the Mansions of the Moon………………………………………………….

145

154

7

The special Effects of the Planets that are Rulers of the Year, from their Position in relation to the Sun and the Moon……………………………………………………..

155

8

The Special effects of the Planets that are Rulers of the Year from the Mode of their Motion………………………………………………………………………………

164

9

The special Effects of the Planets that are Rulers of the Year due to their Terrestrial State, or their Position with respect to the Horizon……………………………………

168

10

The Effects of the Quarters of the Mundane Revolution of the Sun……………………

171

11

The Effects of the Synodic Revolution of the Sun and the Moon and its Quarters……...

175

12

The Synodic Revolutions of the Planets,  both among Themselves and with the Lights, their Quarters, and their Effects………………………………………………………

184

13

The Order of Subordination of the Universal Constitutions of the Caelum and the Mixture of their Effects……………………………………………………………….

191

14

The Dependence of the particular Constitutions of Nativities on the Universal Constitutions already discussed; and how they act upon individual Natives during their Lifetime……………………………………………………………………………...

194

15

The general and particular Significations  of Comets…………………………………..

203

16

How the daily Effects of the Stars on these Sublunar Things should be predicted……..

207

Appendix l . The Method of Offusius as revised by Morin…………………………………..

217

Appendix 2. World War II Charts …………………………………………………………

221

Appendix 3. Aries Ingresses for 1914……………………………………………………...

227

Appendix 4. Table of the Equation of Time…………………………………………………

229

Appendix 5. The Mansions of the Moon for the Year 2000………………………………...

231

 

Index of Persons……………...……………………………………………………………

233

Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………….

237