Chapter XIX.—Type of Those Born Under Leo.
Those born in Leo are of the following description: round head, reddish hair, huge wrinkled forehead, coarse ears, large development of neck, partly bald, red complexion, grey eyes, large jaws, coarse mouth, gross in the upper parts,201 Or, “having the upper parts larger than the lower.” huge breast, the under limbs tapering. The same are by nature persons who allow nothing to interfere with their own decision, pleasing themselves, irascible, passionate, scorners, obstinate, forming no design, not loquacious,202 Some read αναλοι. indolent, making an improper use of leisure, familiar,203 Schneidewin conjectures ἀσυνήθεις, i.e., inexperienced. wholly abandoned to pleasures of women, adulterers, immodest, in faith untrue, importunate, daring, penurious, spoliators, remarkable; as regards fellowship, useful; as regards friendship,204 Or, “succour.” useless.
[19] Ἐν Λέοντι τύπος: κεφαλῇ στρογγύλῃ, τριχὶ ὑποπύρρῳ, μετώπῳ μεγάλῳ ῥυσῷ, ὠτίοις παχέσι, τραχηλιώδεις, ἐν μέρει ὑποφάλακροι, πυρροί, ὀφθαλμοῖς γλαυκοῖς, μεγάλαις γνάθοις, στόματι παχεῖ, τοῖς ἐπάνω μέρεσι παχεῖς, στήθει μεγάλῳ, τοῖς ὑποκάτω μέρεσι λεπτοί. οἱ αὐτοὶ φύσεως: ἰδίας ἀποφάσεως, ἀσυγκέραστοι, ἀρέσκοντες ἑαυτοῖς, ὀργίλοι, θυμώδεις, καταφρονηταί, αὐθάδεις, μηδὲν βουλ[ευ]όμενοι, ἀν[ώμ]αλοι, κακόσχολοι, [ἀ]συνήθεις, εἰς πράγματα ἀφροδισιακὰ ἐκκεχυμένοι, μοιχοί, ἀναιδεῖς, πίστει ἀναλήθεις, αἰτηταί, τολμηροί, σκνιφοί, ἅρπαγες, ἀξιόλογοι, εἰς κοινωνίαν ὠφέλιμοι, εἰς φιλίαν ἀνωφελεῖς.