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The sun in Capricorn in the month of January. When the sun is passing into Capricorn, if it should happen that thunder breaks, there will be a thick and smoky mist, so that the unripe fruits wither on the plants, and the wine will be of poor quality. If the mist persists until the rising of the Dog Star, the year will be plagued with sickness and lacking in grain. These things will happen especially in Macedonia, Thrace, Illyris and Upper India, Ariana and Gedrosia; for these are under Capricorn. Troubles and fears will come upon the females of living creatures, both rational and irrational, because Capricorn is a female sign. The sun in Aquarius in the month of February. When the sun is moving into Aquarius, if it should happen that there is thunder, for the Sauromatae, Oxiani, Sogdiani, Arabia Minor, Middle Azania, Ethiopia—for these lands are subject to Aquarius—it signifies an abundance of grain, but the fall of illustrious men appearing in the said lands, and not only of men but also of the males among other living creatures, because Aquarius is a male sign. The sun in Pisces in the month of March. When the sun is in Pisces, if by chance thunder should occur during the day, the harvest will be most abundant in produce, and the moist fruits will increase not least in our own Lydia, Cilicia, Pamphylia, Phazania, Nasamonitis, and Garamantica—for these lands are under Pisces. But the females of living creatures, from rational to irrational, will be downcast, because Pisces is a female sign. 24 The sun in Aries in the month of April. When the sun is rising into Aries, if it should happen that there is thunder but rain does not follow, in Britain, Galatia, Germania, of the Bastarnae, Coele-Syria, Judea, Idumea, there will be a fall of men and disturbances throughout cities and suffocations and droughts and barrenness of plants, and especially of the male ones, because Aries is a male sign. The sun in Taurus in the month of May. At this time, if it should happen that thunder rumbles, a lack of provisions must be expected, and not least the hard-shelled fruits will fail; for they are delicate and very soft compared to other fruits. None the less also cities by the sea will be handed over to enemies, in the Cyclades and the coastal regions of Asia Minor—for the sea belongs to Aphrodite—Cyprus, Media, and Persia itself, since the nations are also softer, because Taurus is a female sign. For this reason also the Bull is said to have fallen in love with Europa, because with the eastern point under Aries, and sometimes even before it, seeing new fruits, Europe under Taurus scarcely looks up. In the month of June. If it should happen that there is thunder while the sun is in Gemini, an abundance of both moist and dry fruits is to be hoped for, but the sudden fall of a powerful man. Hyrcania and the two Armenias, Amadiane, Marmarica, Lower Egypt will be unfortunate beyond the other lands, and especially concerning men; for Gemini is a masculine, anthropomorphic, and friendly sign. 25 In the month of July. That this month was formerly named Quintilis, but was changed to this designation in honor of Julius Caesar, has been discussed by us at length in the treatise On the Months. If, therefore, it should happen that there is thunder when the sun is in Cancer, there will be an abundance of wine, but dryness of the air. And dreadful and feverish diseases, and near to dangers, will fall especially upon the females in Bithynia and all of Phrygia, Colchis, Numidia, Carthage, and Africa. And sea-creatures will perish, especially the shellfish; for Cancer is a female sign and the house of the moon. In the month of August. This month was also anciently Sextilis; but it was renamed Augustus in the same way in memory of Augustus Caesar, as the history says. In which, thunder occurring while the sun is in Leo threatens extraordinary disturbance to affairs and destruction to the fruits from wild beasts in Italy, the Gauls, Sicily, Phoenicia,

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Ὁ ἥλιος ἐν αἰγοκέρωτι μηνὶ Ἰανουαρίῳ. τοῦ ἡλίου πρὸς αἰγόκερων παριόντος, εἰ βροντὴν ἐπιρραγῆναι συμβαίη, ἀχλὺς ἔσται παχεῖα καὶ καπνώδης, ὡς ἀώρους τοὺς καρποὺς ἐναπομαρανθῆναι τοῖς φυτοῖς, καὶ ἄποιος ὁ οἶνος. εἰ δὲ μέχρι τῆς ἐπιτολῆς τοῦ κυνὸς ἡ ἀχλὺς ἐπιμένοι, ἐπίνοσος ὁ ἐνιαυτὸς ἔσται καὶ σίτου ἐνδεής. διαφερόντως δὲ ταῦτα συμβήσεται ἐπί τε Μακεδονίας, Θρᾴκης, Ἰλλυρίδος καὶ τῆς ἄνω Ἰνδικῆς, Ἀριανῆς τε καὶ Γεδρωσίας· καὶ γὰρ αὗται ὑπὸ τὸν αἰγόκερων. ταραχαὶ δὲ καὶ φόβοι τοῖς θήλεσι τῶν ζῴων, λογικῶν τε καὶ ἀλόγων, ἐπιγενήσονται, ὅτι θῆλυ ζῴδιον ὁ αἰγόκερως. Ὁ ἥλιος ἐν ὑδροχόῳ μηνὶ Φεβρουαρίῳ. τοῦ ἡλίου ἐπὶ ὑδροχόον ἰόντος εἰ βροντὴν γενέσθαι συμβαίη, Σαυρομάταις, Ὀξιανοῖς, Σογδιανοῖς, Ἀραβίᾳ μικρᾷ, Ἀζανίᾳ μέσῃ, Αἰθιοπίᾳ ὑδροχόῳ δὲ ἀνάκεινται αὗται αἱ χῶραι ἀφθονίαν μὲν τοῦ σίτου διασημαίνει, πτῶσιν δὲ ἀνδρῶν ἐνδόξων ἐν ταῖς εἰρημέναις διαφαινομένων χώραις, καὶ οὐκ ἀνδρῶν μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ζῴοις ἀρσενικῶν, ὅτι ἄρρεν ζῴδιον ὁ ὑδροχόος. Ὁ ἥλιος ἐν ἰχθύσι μηνὶ Μαρτίῳ. τοῦ ἡλίου ἐν ἰχθύσι γενομένου εἰ τυχὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ βροντὴ γένηται, ὁ ἄμητος ἔσται γεννημάτων ἀφθονώτατος, οἵ τε ὑγροὶ καρποὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐπιδώσουσιν ἐπί τε τῆς καθ' ἡμᾶς Λυδίας, Κιλικίας, Παμφυλίας, Φαζανίας, Νασαμωνίτιδος καὶ Γαραμαντικῆς καὶ γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῖς ἰχθύσιν αἱ χῶραι. τὰ δὲ θήλεα τῶν ζῴων ἀπὸ λογικῶν ἕως ἀλόγων σκυθρωπάσει, ὅτι θῆλυ ζῴδιον οἱ ἰχθύες. 24 Ὁ ἥλιος ἐν κριῷ μηνὶ Ἀπριλίῳ. τοῦ ἡλίου ἐπὶ τὸν κριὸν ἀνιόντος εἰ βροντὴν γενέσθαι συμβαίη ἀλλὰ μὴ βροχὴν ἐπακολουθῆσαι, ἐπὶ Βρεταννίας, Γαλατίας, Γερμανίας, Βασταρνῶν, Συρίας κοίλης, Ἰουδαίας, Ἰδουμαίας πτῶσις ἀνθρώπων ἔσται θόρυβοί τε κατὰ πόλεις καὶ πνιγμοὶ καὶ αὐχμοὶ καὶ τῶν φυτῶν ἀκαρπία, καὶ διαφερόντως τῶν ἀρρενωπῶν, ὅτι ἄρρεν ζῴδιον ὁ κριός. Ὁ ἥλιος ἐν ταύρῳ μηνὶ Μαΐῳ. κατὰ τοῦτο τοῦ καιροῦ εἰ βροντὴν ἐπιτροχάσαι συμβαίη, ἔνδειαν τῶν ἐπιτηδείων προσδοκητέον, οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ τὰ ἀκρόδρυα ἀποτεύξεται· καὶ γὰρ ἁπαλὰ καὶ ὡς πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους καρποὺς μαλακώτατα. οὐδὲν δὲ ἧττον καὶ πόλεις αἱ πρὸς τῇ θαλάττῃ πολεμίοις παραστήσονται, ἐπί τε τῶν Κυκλάδων καὶ τῶν παραλίων τῆς μικρᾶς Ἀσίας καὶ γὰρ Ἀφροδίτης ἡ θάλαττα, Κύπρου, Μηδίας τε καὶ Περσίδος αὐτῆς, ἐπεὶ καὶ μαλακώτερα τὰ ἔθνη, ὅτι θῆλυ ζῴδιον ὁ ταῦρος. ταύτῃ γὰρ καὶ ταῦρος Εὐρώπης ἐρασθῆναι λέγεται, ὅτι τοῦ ἀνατολικοῦ κέντρου ὑπὸ κριῷ, ἔστι δ' ὅπου καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ, νέους ὁρῶντος καρποὺς μόλις Εὐρώπη ὑπὸ τῷ ταύρῳ βλέπει. Μηνὶ Ἰουνίῳ. εἰ ἐν διδύμοις τοῦ ἡλίου ὄντος βροντὴν γενέσθαι συμβαίη, ὑγρῶν μὲν καὶ ξηρῶν καρπῶν ἀφθονίαν ἐλπιστέον, ἀνδρὸς δὲ δυνατοῦ ἀθρόαν ἀπόπτωσιν. Ὑρκανία δὲ καὶ Ἀρμενίαι δύο, Ἀμαδιανή, Μαρμαρική, Αἴγυπτος ἡ κάτω παρὰ τὰς ἄλλας χώρας ἀτυχήσουσι, καὶ διαφερόντως περὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας· καὶ γὰρ ἀρσενικὸν ζῴδιον οἱ δίδυμοι καὶ ἀνθρωποειδὲς καὶ φίλιον. 25 Μηνὶ Ἰουλίῳ. ὅτι μὲν ὁ μὴν Κουϊντίλιος οὗτος τὸ πρὶν ὠνομάζετο, πρὸς δὲ τιμῆς Ἰουλίου Καίσαρος εἰς ταύτην μετετέθη τὴν προσηγορίαν, εἰς πλάτος ἡμῖν εἴρηται ἐν τῇ περὶ Μηνῶν πραγματείᾳ. εἰ τοίνυν ἐν καρκίνῳ ἡλίου γενομένου βροντὴν γενέσθαι συμβαίη, οἴνου μὲν δαψίλεια, τοῦ δὲ ἀέρος ξηρότης ἔσται. νόσοι τε φρικώδεις καὶ πυρεκτικοὶ καὶ κινδύνων ἐγγὺς ἐπί τε Βιθυνίας καὶ Φρυγίας ὅλης, Κολχικῆς, Νουμιδίας, Καρχηδόνος καὶ Ἀφρικῆς ταῖς θηλείαις διαφερόντως προσπεσοῦνται. φθαρήσεται δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐνάλια, τὰ ὀστρακώδη μάλιστα· καὶ γὰρ θῆλυ ζῴδιον καὶ σελήνης οἶκος ὁ καρκίνος. Μηνὶ Αὐγούστῳ. Σεξτίλιος τὸ πάλαι καὶ οὗτος ὁ μήν· Αὔγουστος δὲ τῷ ἴσῳ τρόπῳ πρὸς μνήμης Αὐγούστου Καίσαρος μετεκλήθη, ὡς ἡ ἱστορία λέγει. ἐφ' οὗ ἡ βροντὴ γενομένη τοῦ ἡλίου ὄντος ἐν λέοντι θόρυβον ἐξαίσιον τοῖς πράγμασι καὶ φθορὰν τοῖς καρποῖς ἐκ θηρίων ἀπειλεῖ ἐπί τε Ἰταλίας, Γαλλιῶν, Σικελίας, Φοινίκης,