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will be lunar, because Cancer is the house of the moon. And greater outrage will befall women, and especially courtesans, because Cancer is a female sign and of Aphrodite, because Aphrodite is the same as the Moon. Sun in Leo. if a quake occurs, it is not good in Asia for all of Phoenicia and Orchania, and in Europe for the Italians and Sicilians and Gauls, and moreover for all of Libya it is not good; for the cattle will be destroyed by famine, and there will be heavy rain and clouds of locusts. And the so-called brouchos will damage the crops, and there will be destructions of men, so that all the households will be nearly deserted. And the lions in the places where they are found will attack men more murderously; and in those where they are not accustomed to appear, a sharp fever will fall upon them. And the males will feel more harm, and especially those towards the rising sun, because Leo is a male and solar sign. Sun in Virgo. if a quake occurs when the sun is entering Virgo, Hellas, Achaia, Crete, Babylon, Mesopotamia, and Assyria and the Cyclades islands will fall into no small misfortunes; for chasms will appear in them, and parents will mourn their own children; and not least dry winters and enslavements of maidens. The olive along with the other fruits of autumn will succeed. And the evils will happen to the female animals more than the male, because Virgo is a female sign. 57 Sun in Libra. If an earthquake occurs at this time, in upper Asia Bactria, Caspia, Serica, and in Libya Troglodytike and Egyptian Thebes and in addition to them Oasis will be no moderately afflicted. For the rulers will oppress the said regions, so that the multitude will rise up against them out of desperation. And the sanctuaries will be transgressed so profanely that no one will obtain their prayers. And the natives will be driven far away from their homelands, and the said places will be disturbed by barbarian armies. Famine then; for why not? and the male nature everywhere being diminished, because Libra is a male sign. Sun in Scorpio. If a quake should happen when the sun is crossing into Scorpio, in upper Asia middle Syria, that is Commagene, and Caspia, and in Europe Italy and Tyrrhenia and as far as the setting sun Maurousia and Gaetulia will be burned to ashes by unstoppable conflagrations, not even the sanctuaries themselves being saved in the places. And there will be wars unfortunate for the youth, but profitable for the generals; and barbarians will seize regions belonging to the Romans. And the penalty in these matters will be greater against women, because Scorpio is a female sign. Sun in Sagittarius. When the sun enters Sagittarius, if an earthquake should happen to occur, in greater Asia for Arabia Felix, and in Europe for Tyrrhenia, Celtica, and Hispania, harms that are not ordinary will occur. For the cattle will be destroyed by famine, and the ocean will pour forth contrary to its nature so as even to flood Calpe itself, and cities will be endangered by heavy rain. And the male nature will everywhere be destroyed from a lack of necessities, because Sagittarius is a male sign. 58 Sun in Capricorn. And when the sun, turning from the southern tropic, enters Capricorn, if an earthquake should happen to occur, in upper Asia all of India, and Ariana and Gedrosia, and in lower Asia all of Phrygia and the Hellespont, and in Europe Macedonia and Thrace along with Illyricum as far as the Ister river will be no moderately disturbed by their neighbors, and the torrents will cover the crops, with the cattle additionally suffering from famine. And there will be civil wars, and a multitude of false dreams and oracles; and in some places even cities will be suddenly submerged. Sun in Aquarius. If an earthquake occurs when the sun is entering Aquarius, in upper Asia Oxiana, Sogdiana, Arabia Minor and Azania, and in Libya Ethiopia Minor, and of Europe, Thrace as far as Illyricum will be exceedingly disturbed;

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σεληνιακαὶ ἔσονται, ὅτι σελήνης οἶκος ὁ καρκίνος. πλείων δὲ ὕβρις γυναιξὶ γενήσεται, καὶ διαφερόντως ταῖς ἑταιριζομέναις, ὅτι θῆλυ ζῴδιον ὁ καρκίνος καὶ Ἀφροδίτης, ὅτι ταὐτὸν Ἀφροδίτη σελήνῃ. Ἥλιος ἐν λέοντι. ἐὰν σάλος γένηται, οὐκ ἀγαθὸν ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς Ἀσίας Φοινίκῃ πάσῃ καὶ Ὀρχηνίᾳ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης Ἰταλοῖς τε καὶ Σικελοῖς καὶ Γάλλοις, ἔτι γε μὴν καὶ Λιβύῃ πάσῃ οὐκ ἀγαθόν· τὰ γὰρ βοσκήματα λιμῷ φθαρήσεται, ἐπομβρία δὲ ἔσται καὶ ἀκρίδων νέφη. ὁ δὲ λεγόμενος βροῦχος τοῖς καρποῖς λυμανεῖται, φθοραὶ δὲ ἔσονται ἀνδρῶν, ὡς πάντα ἐγγὺς μονωθῆναι τὰ συνοικέσια. οἱ δὲ λέοντες ἐν οἷς γίνονται χωρίοις φονικωτέρως κατ' ἀνδρῶν ὁρμήσουσι· τοῖς δὲ ἐν οἷς οὐ πεφύκασι φαίνεσθαι, πυρετὸς ὀξὺς ἐπιπεσεῖται. οἱ δὲ ἄρρενες πλεῖον αἰσθήσονται βλάβης, καὶ μάλιστα οἱ πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιον, ὅτι ἄρρεν καὶ ἡλιακὸν ζῴδιον ὁ λέων. Ἥλιος ἐν παρθένῳ. ἡλίου ἐπὶ τὴν παρθένον ἰόντος εἰ σάλος γένηται, Ἑλλάς, Ἀχαΐα, Κρήτη, Βαβυλών, Μεσοποταμία, Ἀσσυρία τε καὶ Κυκλάδες νῆσοι οὐ μετρίαις περιπεσοῦνται συμφοραῖς· χάσματα γὰρ κατ' αὐτὰς γενήσεται, οἵ τε γονεῖς θρηνήσονται τοὺς ἑαυτῶν παῖδας· οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ χειμῶνες ξηροὶ καὶ παρθένων ἀνδραποδισμοί. ἡ δὲ ἐλαία πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῦ φθινοπώρου καρποῖς ἐπιτεύξεται. τὰ δὲ κακὰ ταῖς θηλείαις μᾶλλον τῶν ζῴων ἢ τοῖς ἄρρεσι συμβήσεται, ὅτι θῆλυ ζῴδιον ἡ παρθένος. 57 Ἥλιος ἐν ζυγῷ. εἰ κατὰ τόδε καιροῦ σεισμὸς γένηται, ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς ἄνω Ἀσίας Βακτρία, Κασπία, Σηρική, ἐπὶ δὲ Λιβύης Τρωγλοδυτικὴ Θῆβαί τε Αἰγύπτιαι καὶ πρὸς αὐταῖς Ὄασις οὐ μετρίως στυγνάσουσιν. οἱ γὰρ κρατοῦντες καταπράξονται τῶν εἰρημένων χωρίων, ὡς ἐξ ἀπογνώσεως τὸ πλῆθος ἐπαναστῆναι αὐτοῖς. τὰ δὲ ἱερὰ παραβαθήσεται οὕτω βεβήλως ὡς μηδένα τυχεῖν τῶν εὐχῶν. καὶ οἱ μὲν αὐτόχθονες πόρρω που τῶν ἐνεγκουσῶν ἐλαθήσονται, στρατεύμασι δὲ βαρβαρικοῖς οἱ εἰρημένοι ταραχθήσονται τόποι. λιμὸς ἄρα· πῶς γὰρ οὐχί; καὶ ἐλαττουμένης πανταχοῦ τῆς ἀνδρικῆς φύσεως, ὅτι ἄρρεν ζῴδιον ὁ ζυγός. Ἥλιος ἐν σκορπίῳ. ἐπὶ τὸν σκορπίον ἡλίου διαβαίνοντος εἰ σάλον γενέσθαι συμβαίη, ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς ἄνω Ἀσίας Συρία μέση ἤτοι Κομμαγηνὴ καὶ Κασπία, ἐπὶ δὲ Εὐρώπης Ἰταλία καὶ Τυρσηνία καὶ ἕως δύνοντος ἡλίου Μαυρουσία τε καὶ Γαιτουλία ἐμπρησμοῖς ἀσχέτοις ἐκτεφρωθήσονται, οὐδ' αὐτῶν τῶν ἱερῶν περισωζομένων τοῖς τόποις. πόλεμοί τε ἔσονται ἀτυχεῖς τῇ νεολαίᾳ, ἐπικερδεῖς δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς· βάρβαροι δὲ καθέξουσι Ῥωμαίοις ἀνήκοντα χωρία. πλείων δὲ ἡ κατὰ γυναικῶν τοῖς πράγμασι ζημία, ὅτι θῆλυ ζῴδιον ὁ σκορπίος. Ἥλιος ἐν τοξότῃ. ὅταν ὁ ἥλιος ἐπὶ τὸν τοξότην ἔλθῃ, εἰ σεισμὸν συμβαίη γενέσθαι, ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς μεγάλης Ἀσίας τῇ εὐδαίμονι Ἀραβίᾳ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης Τυρσηνίᾳ, Κελτικῇ καὶ Ἱσπανίᾳ βλάβαι οὐχ αἱ τυχοῦσαι συμβήσονται. φθαρήσεται γὰρ λιμῷ τὰ βοσκήματα, ὁ δὲ ὠκεανὸς παρὰ τὸ πεφυκὸς ἐκχυθήσεται ὡς καὶ αὐτὴν Κάλπην ἐπικλυσθῆναι, πόλεις τε κατομβρίᾳ κινδυνεύσουσιν. ἡ δὲ ἀνδρεία φύσις ἐξ ἐνδείας τῶν ἀναγκαίων πανταχοῦ φθαρήσεται, ὅτι ἄρρεν ζῴδιον ὁ τοξότης. 58 Ἥλιος ἐν αἰγόκερῳ. ὅταν δὲ ἥλιος ἀποστρέφων ἀπὸ τοῦ νοτίου καμπτῆρος ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγόκερων ἔλθῃ, εἰ σεισμὸν συμβαίη γενέσθαι, ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς ἄνω Ἀσίας πᾶσα ἡ Ἰνδικὴ Ἀριανή τε καὶ Γεδρωσία, ἐπὶδὲ τῆς κάτω Φρυγία τε πᾶσα καὶ Ἑλλήσποντος, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης Μακεδονία καὶ Θρᾴκη πρὸς τῷ Ἰλλυρικῷ ἕως Ἴστρου ποταμοῦ οὐ μετρίως ταραχθήσονται πρὸς τῶν πλησιοχώρων, καὶ οἱ χείμαρροι τὰ λήϊα καταχώσουσι, προσεπιλιμωττόντων τῶν βοσκη μάτων. ἐμφύλιοί τε πόλεμοι ἔσονται, ὀνείρων δὲ καὶ μαντευμάτων ψευδῶν ὄχλος· ἐνιαχοῦ δὲ καὶ πόλεις ἀθρόως καταποντισθήσονται. Ἥλιος ἐν ὑδροχόῳ. ἡλίου ἐπὶ ὑδροχόον ἰόντος εἰ γένηται σεισμός, ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς ἄνω Ἀσίας Ὀξιανή, Σογδιανή, Ἀραβία μικρὰ καὶ Ἀζανία, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Λιβύης Αἰθιοπία μικρά, τῆς δὲ Εὐρώπης ἡ Θρᾴκη ἕως Ἰλλυρικοῦ σφόδρα ταραχθήσονται·