Chapter XVI.—Type of Those Born Under Taurus.

Those, however, who are born in Taurus will be of the following description: round head, thick hair, broad forehead, square eyes, and large black eyebrows; in a white man, thin veins, sanguine, long eyelids, coarse huge ears, round mouths, thick nose, round nostrils, thick lips, strong in the upper parts, formed straight from the legs.194    Or better, “weak in the limbs.” The same are by nature pleasing, reflective, of a goodly disposition, devout, just, uncouth, complaisant, labourers from twelve years, quarrelsome, dull. The stomach of these is small, they are quickly filled, forming many designs, prudent, niggardly towards themselves, liberal towards others, beneficent, of a slow195    Or, “short.” body: they are partly sorrowful, heedless as regards friendship, useful on account of mind, unfortunate.

[16] Οἱ δὲ ἐν Ταύρῳ τύπῳ ἔσονται τῷδε: κεφαλῇ στρογγύλῃ, τριχὶ παχείᾳ, μετώπῳ πλατεῖ τετραγώνῳ, ὀφθαλμοῖς μέλασι καὶ ὀφρύσι μεγάλαις, ἐν τῷ λευκῷ φλέβες λεπταὶ αἱματώδεις, βλεφάροις μακροῖς, ὠτίοις παχέσι μεγάλοις, στόματι στρογγύλῳ, ῥώθωνι παχεῖ, μυκτῆρσι στρογγύλοις, χείλεσι παχέσι, [σώματι βραχεῖ,] τοῖς ὑπεράνω μέρεσιν ἰσχύουσι, νωθροὶ γεγενημένοι ἀπὸ σκελῶν. οἱ αὐτοὶ δὲ φύσεως: ἀρέσκοντες, νοοῦντες, εὐφυεῖς, εὐσεβεῖς, δίκαιοι, ἄγροικοι, προσχαρεῖς, κοπιαταὶ ἀπὸ ἐτῶν ιβʹ, ἐρεθισταί, νωθροί: τούτων ὁ στόμαχος μικρός ἐστι, πληροῦνται τάχα, πολλὰ βουλευόμενοι, φρόνιμοι, φειδωλοὶ εἰς ἑαυτούς, εἰς ἄλλους δαψιλεῖς, ἀγαθοποιοί: [σώματι βραχεῖ] ἐν μέρει εἰσὶ λυπηροί, ἀμελεῖς, εἰς φιλίαν ὠφέλιμοι διὰ τὸν νοῦν, κακοπαθεῖς.