古人將黃道分為十二個部分，並依照地球上那些較為低等的動物中，以最相似、最能共感的生物加以來為黃道宮位取名，並依照以下的方式，來將每一部分的星辰加以分類。
牡羊座
他們將春季的區段，也就是牡羊座，當作起點，因為當太陽從南半球穿過北半球，而我們所居住的世界位於北半球時，生命彷彿重新開始；此時植物萌芽，所有我們馴養的動物也都開始成長與繁殖。
他們稱這個牡羊座為「宇宙之首」、阿瑞斯1的宮位、太陽的擢升宮位（約在第19度），均分的2，春季的，回歸的3，王者的，發號施令的，有聲的，陸地的，夜間的。
一般而言，牡羊座充滿雷電與冰雹。但就其個別部分而言，它前面的部分由於象徵春分，呈現貧瘠，雷雨與多風；中間的部分氣候溫和且多產；後面的部分則炎熱並充滿瘟疫，尤其對四足動物而言；北面的部分酷熱而具有破壞性，南面的部分則冰冷而令人寒顫。4
以下地區受其支配： 古代巴比倫、泰羅的貝洛斯5之城， 阿拉伯半島最遠端，埃及之地的鄰近地區。
依照托勒密的說法：不列顛、加拉提亞、日耳曼尼亞、巴勒斯坦、以土買6、猶太地7。8但如同喜帕恰斯一樣，古代埃及人也依照各部分作出區分9，因此：左肩對應巴比倫；右肩對應色雷斯；胸部對應亞美尼亞；脊柱則對應波斯谷地與卡帕多奇亞、美索不達米亞、敘利亞、紅海。我們對這些部分加以說明，因為在對這些地區進行預測時，這種區分往往很有用。
古代埃及人，以及用韻文寫作的都勒斯，將界限劃分如下：
「在界限之中，木星[^10]首先占據六度；
此後，金星[^11]也分得同樣的數目；
第三，水星[^12]占八度，火星[^13]也占五度；
剩餘的部分，火星[^14]得多少，土星[^15]就得多少。」[^16]
托勒密則如此劃分：木星六度，金星八度，水星七度，火星五度，土星四度。
他們也為每個黃道宮列出了明亮度數。那麼，牡羊座的明亮度數是：第三度、第十九度、第二十六度、第二十七度、第三十度。
此外，他們將每個黃道宮區分為三個十度一區的外觀。第一個外觀是瓊塔雷10，第二個外觀是康塔克雷11，第三個外觀是西克特12。一般而言，當沒有其他原因加以抵消時，他們認為上升點落入第一個外觀的人，年輕時婚姻不佳，但年紀大之後會有順遂的婚姻，也可以有良好的結局。其外貌特徵如下：胸部瘦削而不豐滿，雙腿裸露而纖瘦。他的身體左側或左邊腋下會有一個印記。這一個外觀的的關鍵時期是：第4年、第9年、第12年、第21年、第33年、第49年、第52年、第64年、第74年。
他們認為上升點落入第二個外觀的人，幼年時雖然有某種方面的困擾，但會得到充分的滋養，他會成為謹慎而博學的人，並成為眾人的領袖，擁有良好的結局。其外貌特徵如下：他的眼睛會很大，同時向外突出，他有些容易發怒，身材適中，身高比例勻稱。這一分度的關鍵時期被記錄為：第2年、第7年、第17年、第19年、第24年、第32年、第39年、第41年、第52年、第64年、第71年、第86年。
他們認為上升點落入第三個外觀的人，將會受到困厄，經常在外，並且因為父母死亡而與父母分離，而且會發現父母留下的財產對自己毫無用處。他的婚姻生活也會充滿痛苦。但到了後來，他會娶一名誘拐來13的女子，生育子女，並愉快地度過生命的晚年。其外貌特徵如下：他出生時呈黃色，面色蠟黃；出生時身材大小適中，由於神祇的作用，他的身高會有缺陷。其關鍵時期為：第7年、第11年、第19年、第28年、第33年、第35年、第40年、第52年、第67年、第74年、第88年、第97年。
如果有人的上升點落入牡羊座與金牛座的交界處，又稱為「間隙」14，那麼他將會是啞的，愚鈍的，而且他的言語使人難以理解。他將在與牡羊座第三外觀相同的關鍵時期死亡。
金牛座
接下來是金牛座，它是宇宙的頸部，阿芙蘿戴蒂的宮位15，月亮約在第三度擢升，固定的，有聲的，發號施令的，陰性的，陸地的，奴僕的。
一般而言，它顯示兩種性質的混合，並且稍微偏熱。就各部分而言，前面的部分直到昴宿星團一帶，多風、多霧，並會引發地震；中間的部分潮濕而寒冷；後面的部分直到畢宿星團一帶，炎熱，並會引發雷鳴與閃電；北面的部分氣候溫和，而南面的部分則會激起動盪，且缺乏秩序。
與金牛座有關相關的地區如下：
「溫和的氣候區16與阿拉伯皆受此獸支配，
以及富饒的埃及那秀美的足部。」
托勒密：帕提亞、米底亞、波斯、基克拉澤斯群島、賽普勒斯、小亞細亞。更早以前，有些人也為它的各個部分設定了相應的地區：角對應米底亞；靠近御夫座（Auriga）的右側部分對應斯基泰；左側對應亞美尼亞；昴宿星團一帶則對應賽普勒斯。
Ptolemy: Parthia, Media, Persia, Cyclades, Cyprus, Lesser Asia. Again, before that time, some posited kinships for its parts. For the born, Media; the right parts near Auriga, Scythia; the left, Armenia; along the Pleiades, Cyprus.
界如下：
「在諸界之中，庫忒瑞亞（Cythereia）首先分得八度；
在她之後，斯提爾本（Stilbon）分得二乘三度；
法厄同（Phaethon）分得八度，法伊農（Phainon）五度；
在這些之後，剩餘的度數則由皮羅伊斯（Pyroeis）分得。」
The boundaries are thus:
Of boundaries. eight degrees got Cythereia as lot, the first
In this, after her was Stilbon's lot degrees twice three,
And Phaethon was allotted eight, and Phainon five,
After these the remaining degrees got Pyroeis as lot.
依照托勒密：阿佛洛狄忒八度；赫耳墨斯七度；宙斯七度；阿瑞斯六度；克洛諾斯二度。它的明亮度數是第三度、第五度、第十度、第十七度、第二十八度、第三十度。
According to Ptolemy, thus: Aphrodite, eight; Hermes, 7 ; Zeus, 7; Ares, 6; Kronos, 2. Its bright degrees are the third, fifth, tenth, seventeenth, twenty-eighth, thirtieth.
它有三個十度區（decans）：第一個是 Choou，第二個是 Ero，第三個是 Hrombromare。以第一個十度區標示時刻的人，將會性情討喜，受到許多人喜愛，並使生活過得愉快；但他也會辛勞，而且在拒絕第一次婚姻之後，將娶一名受人誘惑的女子，並因此獲得極大的幸福。其徵象如下：他的頭會很大；眼睛很大；身材比例勻稱；嘴唇很大。喉嚨附近會有一個印記，胸前附近也會有一個，右側肋骨附近還會有另一個。這個十度區的關鍵時期為第1年、第4年、第8年、第11年、第22年、第33年、第49年、第56年、第69年、第72年。
Its decans are three: the first is Choou, the second Ero, the third Hrombromare. He who has the first marking the bour will be agreeable, dear to many, and make life sweet, but he will toil, and after rejecting the first marriage, he will marry a seduced woman and there will be great happiness for him. The signs: His head will be large; his eyes large; his size proportionate; his lips large. There will be a mark around the throat, also around the bosom, and another around the right rib. The critical periods of this decan are the 1st year, 4th, 8th, 11th, 22nd, 33rd. 49th, 56ch, 69h, 72nd.
以第二個十度區標示時刻的人，將會富有、具有支配性、機敏，而且婚姻美滿，並被認為足以勝任受託人或監護人的職責。其徵象如下：臉會很寬；胸膛相當寬闊；眼睛形狀端正；耳朵寬大；肩膀周圍長有毛髮。他的腰脅附近或乳房下方會有一個黑色印記，收縮的肌腱附近則會有緊繃的情況。這個十度區的關鍵時期為第7年、第13年、第22年、第31年、第43年、第56年、第61年、第74年、第84年、第91年。
And he who has the second decan marking the bour will be wealthy, domineering, ready of wit, and well-married, deemed worthy of being a trustee of a guardian. The sign: The face will be wide; the chest quite broad; the eye well-formed; the ears wide; he will be furnished with hair around the shoulders. He will have a black mark around the flanks or under the breast and tension around the contracted tendons. The critical periods of this decan are the 7th year, 13th, 22nd. 31st, 43rd. 56th, 61st, 74th, 84th, 91st.
具有第三個十度區的人將出身於顯赫的父母，並會與父母分離；他們不會妥善管理父母的產業，會離鄉在外，並會遭遇船難；他們言談粗鄙而情緒化，會損傷與性交有關的部位，並將無法從自然的性交中獲得樂趣；他們會拋棄自己端莊的外表，其中一些人還會早夭。這個十度區的徵象如下：他們的體態勻稱，面容討喜，貌似女子，但左眼或其中一隻腳附近會有缺陷。他們的眉毛纖細，長度適中而稀薄。這個十度區的關鍵時期為第9年、第12年、第23年、第31年、第46年、第59年、第61年、第74年。
And those who have the third decan will be from great parents and they will separate them and they will not manage their estate well, and they will be away from home and they will experience shipwrecks, and they will talk shamefully and emotionally, and do damage to the place that pertains to intercourse, and they will come to have no enjoyment in natural intercourse, and they will set aside their dignified facade, and some of them die untimely deaths. The signs of this decan: They will be well-formed and pleasing in the face, resembling a woman, but they will have a blemish in the left eye or around one of their feet. They will have delicate eyebrows, of moderate length and thin. the critical periods of this decan are the 9th year, 12th, 23rd, 31st, 46th, 59th, 61st, 74th.
金牛座與雙子座之間的間隙：以此處作為 Horoskopos 的人將具有兩種本性。他將沒有後代，形貌不雅，四肢未成形且形狀不整。
The interstice of Taurus and Gemini: He who has be Horoskopos in this will have two natures. He will be without posterity, unseemly, unmolded and formless in his limbs.
雙子座
The twelfth-part Gemini, which is taken for the shoulders of the cosmos, is the house of Hermes, bicorporeal, masculine, rational, human in form.
And in general, it is productive of tempering; but in particular, its preceding parts are destructive; the middle parts, temperate; the following part, mixed and unordered; the northern parts, fill of wind and productive of earthquakes; the southern parts, dry and scorching.
Likewise, according to Dorotheus:
Under it the clime of the Cappadocians is vocal
Or that of the Perrhaebians and the god-created Phoenicians as
well.
According to Ptolemy: Hyrcania, Armenia, Mantinea, Cyrenaiea, Marmarica, Egypt by country. But by part, in the northern twin of Gemini, for the foot, Boeotia; along the hands, Thrace; under the back, Galatia; in the southern twin, under the buttocks, Pontos; for the back, Cilicia: for the shoulder blade, Phoenicia; for the top of the head, Indica.
The boundaries, thus:
The prior six degrees was Stilbon's lot in this,
An equal share got Phaethon, five got Paphie as third,
Thereafter raging Ares seven, the Phainon six again.
Acconding to Ptolemy: Hermes, seven; Zeus, 6; Aphrodite, 7; Ares, 6; Kronos, 4. Its bright degrees are the 6th, 19th, 21st, 30th.
The three decans are these: the first is Thosolk, the second Ouare, the third Phouori. He who has the first decan marking the hour will be ready of wit and learned, fond of good cheer, erotic, with a hatred of work, irritated by trifles, making a living in places near the sea, and he will have a hard tie settling down with a wife, and he will take a wife out of love of friendship, and he will engage in celestial learning. The signs of this decan: He will have crisp, curly hair, and will be tall in stature, he will have two whorls on his bead, an extra finger on his hand. The critical periods of this decan are the 1st year, 9th, 24th, 34th, 43rd, 53rd, 65th, 73rd.
And he who has the second will be brought up with wealth; he will separate his parents by death and will diminish their estate, and he will be more splendid than his parents through his own acquisitions, and he will be honored among priests, and he will be good at business, and he will take a wife by reason of blood, and after the instabilities in his early years, he will be frunished with good things. The signs of this decan: He will be of medium stature, with a well-formed face, great of body. There will be a mark under the armpit. The critical periods of this decan are the 7th year, 12th, 19th, 21st, 26th, 36th, 43rd, 56th, 65th, 84th, 92nd.
And he who has the third decan, after having been afflicted during youth, will separate his parents and diminish their estate, and he will well in foreign lands for the most part, and he will blaspheme owing to loss. He will be at fault in his dealings with a woman and he takes a wife unworthy of him or a woman with a past. The signs: He will be thin of face and small of eye, yellow of body; he will be boastful. The critical periods of the god are the 7th year, 12th, 21st, 32nd, 43rd, 52nd, 64th, 74th, 86th, 92nd.
And he who has the interstice of Gemini and Cancer will sustain injury around his organs of vision or will have white spots in them, but if Zeus sees this place the demage will be of one eye.
巨蟹座
The twelfth-part Cancer, which is taken for the breast and ribs of the cosmos, is the house of the Moon, exaltation of Zeus around fifteen degrees, summer, tropical, mute, amphibious. fruitful, humped, very wet, feminine, nocturnal. commanding. Hóroskopos of the cosmos.
And in general, it is calm and hot. But in particular, the preceding parts or if throughout the Manger are full of stifling heat and productive of earthquakes and full of mist; the middle parts are temperate; the following parts are full of wind; the northern and southern parts are torrid and scorching. The so-called Manger in it makes white spots in the eyes.
To it are subject the clime of the Thracians and Ethiopians.
According to Ptolemy: Noumidia, Carthage, Africa, Bithnyia, Phrygia, Colchica. But by parts, as Odapsos says: the foreparts, Bactriana; the left side, Akarnania and Hellespontus and the Western Sea and Bretania and the island of Thoule: for the foot. Armenia and Cappadocia, Rhodes, Cos and the islands of Illium; for the middle, Asia; on the right, Lydia, Hellespontus.
The boondaries, thus:
Of boundaries, the prior seven degrees Thouros got as lot
In this, thereafter Cythereia six degrees did get,
An equal number Hermes, Zeus the radiant got seven after him.
Twice two the last did crooked Kronos get as loe
According to Ptolemy: Ares, 6; Zeus, 7; Hermes, 7; Aphrodite, 7; Kronos. 3. Its bright degrees are the 8th, 9th, 15th, 20th, 22nd, 26th.
The three decans of this zoidion: the first is Sothis, the second Sit, the third Chnoumis. He who is born, then, upon the first decan will be good, quiet, trusted for what he says, full of care, dear to many, one who acquires mach out of his inventiveness and who prevails over enemies; but he will be at fault in his dealings with a woman, and after marrying. he will bury his youthful spirit, and later he will be affectionately treated and at the end he will have a fine end. The signs: He will be tall in size. the hair youthful and curled up the eyes pleasing, the eyebrows likewise, the nose high/raised, the shoulders broad, the tendons of the feet stand out. There will be a mark under the armpit or under a breast, and another mark upon the right elbow. The critical periods of this decan will bee the 9th year, 11th, 21st, 33rd, 49th, 56th, 63rd, 71st, 86th.
He who is brought forth upon the second decan will be raised with wealth and will be better than his parents and will see the death of his brothers, and he will be in the public service and will be held in esteem by the multitude and will be entrusted with laws. He will be inconstant with a wife and he will be aggrieved with his children. The signs of this decan: He will be small of size, swarthy, the chin bare, the chest small. A black mark will be found upon the navel. He is one who makes men glad with his words, but not entirely with his deeds. The critical periods are the 4th year, 7th, 12th, 23nd, 42nd, 54th, 62nd, 73rd, 88th.
He who is brought forth upon the third decan will be prudent and will be raised in a family of no account, and he will separate his parents by death and will diminish his patrimony, and he will be fond of his friends, and he will be afflicted in his youth, at fault in his dealings with a women; he will make his living in military exercise, and he will be experienced with irons, and he will meet with a good end. The signs of this decan: He will be of middling stature, well-fed, oily, yellow, white, the eyebrows large, the chest broad, pot-bellied, he will have trouble with his viscera. The critical periods are the 4th year, 7th, 12th, 24th, 33rd 49th 52nd. 63rd, 60th, 72nd and 86th. And let it not be overlooked that they appropriately accept Chnoumis as a safe-guard of the stomach, since it is lord of the breast o f the cosmos, according to what parts the division of the zoidia contains.
The intertice of Cancer and Leo makes those who are mad if none of the benefics bears withess, and such are cast cut by their parents and kin and they live with the quadrupeds, but when the good planets are looking on, they cause injury and suffering.
獅子座
The twelfth-part Leo, which is considered as the heart and the places around it, is the house of the Sun, diurnal, four-foolod, barren, kingly, masculine, terrestrial, licentious, semi-vocal.
And in general, it is scorching and stifling. But in particular, its preceding parts are stifling and pestilential for quadruped; the middle is temperate: the following parts are humid and cause destruction; the northern parts are productive of movement and fiery; the southern parts are wet.
To it are subject Hellas, Phrygia, and the mouth of Pontus.
Acconding so Polemy: Italy, Gaal, Apulia, Phoenicia, Chaldaea, Orchenia. But by parts, according to the inquiries of others: for the head, Propontis; for the breast, Hellas; under the belly, Macedonia; the parts near the tail, Phrygia.
The boundaries, thus: The once six decrees does Phaethon occuoy in this, Five has Paphie, and Phainon seven after her, Six has Hermes, six last did Ares get as lot.
According to Polemy: Zeus, six; Aphrodite, six; Hermex, seven; Kronos, six: Ares, five. The bright degrees of this soldie are the 1st, 4th, 6th, 16th, 20th, 30th.
Its decans are three: the first is Charchnoumis, the secood Epe, the third Phoupe. He who is brought forth, thee, upon the first decan will be gaurded by crowds, and will be listened to, and he will be acute and not so be despised, one who does well by those subject to him, and he will investigate and acquire much, though he will be open to censure on account of a woman. The signs of this decan: He will be tall in stature, the face youthful in the eyes large, keen-scented the legs thin; he will have trouble with his feet and flatulence. The critical periods of this god will be the 1st year, 11th, 23rd, 32nd, 46th, 57th, 69th, 72nd, 74th, 88th.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will be a master, a king; he will be declared a plenipotentiary, and he will subject many and found cities, and many will pay tribute to him, and there will be knowledge of god in him, and the discovery of gold, and his mind will be inspired by him, and his honor equal to the gods.The signs: He will be quite large, broad-chested; he will be withered from his thighs to his feet, his skin lion colored, a sweet conversationlist; he will have trouble with his tendons. The critical periods of this god are the 9th year, 21st, 34th, 46th, 52nd, 70th. Death will be sudden.
And he who is brought forth upon the third decan will be raised with wealth, and he will be prudent, learned, dear to many; he will have bodily injuries and birthmarks and kingly struggles and powerful plots against him; later be will overcome them, and he will have authority over property and will be good at business on behalf of gods, he will be well-favored by women, but he will be injured in his extremities. The signs of this decan: He will be of middling stature, the face red, the eyes protruding: he will be unbridled around women critical periods are the 7th year, 13th, 23rd, 43rd, 52nd, 66th, 74th, 88th. He will come to his end on bis own day and will be honored at burial.
Those who are brought forth upon the interstice will be silent and he will be near to the gods, and some will die unmarried.
處女座
The twelfth-part Virgo, which is itself taken for the belly, will be the house and exaltation of Hermes around the fifteenth degree, diurnal, rational, vocal, human in form, barren, bicorporeal, feminine, obedient, winged.
And in general, it is watery and full of thunder. But in particular, its preceding parts are hotter and destructive; the following parts are soaked; the northern parts, windy; the southern parts, temperate.
Under it entire the virgin islands Rhodes and Cyclades,
And the Ogyzian trees, which men of Arcady consumed,
And great stream Oceanus deeply eddying,
It has as well the Achaian clime of Laconian land and Laconians.
According to Ptolemy: Babylonia, middle Ethiopia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Hellas, Achaia, Crete. But by parts: for the back, Ionia: for the middle of the left side, Rhodes, Peloponnesus: for the train of the robe on the left side, Arcadia, Cyrene; for the right hand, Doris; for the left, Sicily; for Spica, Persia.
The order of the boundaries, thus: The seven first degrees was Stilbon’s lot upon it, And ten has Kupris, Phaethon four against her, Seven Ares, the two the last did Prainon get as lot.
According to Ptolemy, thus: Hermes, seven: Aphrodite six: Zeus, 5; Kronos, 6; Ares, 5. The bright degrees o f this zoidion are the 10th, 17th, 20th, 26th, 29th.
The three decans of this zoidion: The first is Tom, the second Ouestebkot, the third Aphoso. He who is brought forth upon the first decan, then, will be good, fond of laughter, dear to many; he will go through his life in luxury, wifeless because of not remaining with one woman, and his personal daimon and luck will be his protector, and though he will be unhealthy, he will also find medical relief; and after his youth he will be well-favored by women and he will meet with a fine end. The signs of this decan: His height will be lofty, his soul courageous, the face well-formed, the eyes lovely, the nose snub and a little thick. He will have a mark on his bosom. The critical periods of this god are the 7th year, 12th, 23rd, 41st, 57th, 63rd, 72nd, 86th.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will be prudent, ready of wit, learned, acute, graceful, a private property owner, disdainful of patrimonies. And if Aphrodite should be sympathetic to this decan, he is shown kindness with music and harmomy, and he is loved. The signs of this decan: He will be of becoming size, the face fine, reverent toward the gods, and he will have a great name; he will rule over many, he will be prudent and have good handwriting and a euphonious voice, and he will have a fine end. The critical periods of this god are the 4th, 9th, 16th, 22nd, 35th, 43rd, 57th, 63rd, 75th, 82nd, 96th.
And he who is brought forth upon the third decan will be wealthy and learned, temperate, just, one who minds his own business, pious, generous, and successful, but he will suffer through children and wife, though he will meet with a fine end. The signs of dis decan: He will be of middle stature, small of head, keen-scented; he will not be lacking for bread until his death; he will be short-lived and he will die by iron. The critical periods of this god are the 9th, 18th, 24th, 35th, 42nd, 66th, 74th, 86th.
And he who is brought forth upon the interstice will be castrated or one who consorts with men: and if she should be a woman, she will be a rubber and one who consorts with women and performs the actions of men.
天秤座
The twelfth-part Libra, which is taken for the hips, is the house of Aphrodite, exaltation of Kronos around the 20th degree, equipartite, autumnal, human in form, vocal, perforated, masculine, cut off in the limb, obedient.
As in general, it is productive of turns and changes in the weather. But in particular, its preceding and middle parts are temperate; the following parts, soaked; the northern parts, windy; the southern parts, humid and pestilential.
As well the clime of Cyrene is anderseuth the claws,
The Italian region too comes 'neath the scale itself.
As others would have it: Bactriana, Casperia, Serica, Thebais, Oasis, Troglodytia. But by part, according to the inquiry of Odapsis and others, Liber, which is the Claws of Scorpio is: for the forebead, Rome and the surrounding regions; the middle, Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Carthage; the hindparts, Libya, Cyrene and the contiguous places; the right side, Sparta and Libya, the boundary of Smyma; for the head, Tyre, the fruited island of Thrace lying against Arabia; for the breast, Cilicia; for the belly, Sinope.
The boundaries, thus:
Of boundaries in this was six degrees allotted Phainon,
Eight the great and gleaming star of Hermes,
Seven radiant Zeux, and Paphie got likewise seven,
The two remaining got the star of Ares as his lot.
According to Ptolemy: Kronos, 6; Aphrodite, 5 ; Hermes, 5; Zeus, 8; Ares, 6. The bright degrees of this zoidion are the 12th, 17th, 23rd. 30th.
The decans are three: the first is Souchoe, the secoad Ptechout, the third Chontare. He who is brought forth upon the first decan will be premature, and he will separate his parents and will be tried by losses and griefs, and be will leave behind his patrimony and will be among men of other races, and after having undergone many troubles, he will return to his to his patrimony and will be improved and be will see the growth of children. The signs of this decan: He will have the name of a despot; there will be a blow and a wound in the head; he will be burnt around his hands and feet in a fire; having been thrown down a precipice, he will not die. The critical periods of this god are the 9th year, 16th, 22nd, 36th, 49th, 59th, 66th, 77th.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will be brilliant, wealthy. domineering, and one expectations and kingly gifts and honors, but such a one will fall in with a good companion and will have the birth of children, and make discoveries and behold the growth of children. The signs of this decan: He will be of average size, the face dark, the hair thin; there will be a black mark upon his breast and another upon his loins, and he will be oppressed by (this decan). The critical periods of this god are the 9th year, 12th, 14th, 36th, 41st, 58th, 63rd, 74th, 88th.
And he who is brought forth upon the third decan will be unwearying, well-shaped, generous, dear do many, and in public occupations. He will be knowledgeable in many areas, good at business on behalf of gods, but he will have a hard time settling down with a wife, and will take one married before and will have offspring; a few will also wear crowns and rule over cities. The signs of this decan: He will be yellow of face; his eyebrows will be around his eyes; he will raise up an adopted son; he will have trouble with his tendons. The critical periods of the god are the 1st year, 9th, 11th, 23rd, 36th, 42nd, 59th, 68th, 79th.
And he who is brought forth upon the interstice will have ulcerations or putrefactions or discharges and perforations, of even dropsy and freckling and throat tumors and indurations of varicose veins.
天蠍座
The twelfth-part Scorpio, which is taken for the genitals, i s the house of Ares. This point prevents issue and naturally makes the eyes disabled or cataracts and white spots on the cornea because of the star clusters which are nearby in the Milky Way, and it is solid, feminine, terrestrial. diurnal, contractive, mute, cut off in the limbs, obedient, scaly, humped, perforated.
And in general, it is full of thunder and fiery. But in particular, its preceding parts are snowy, the middle parts, temperate; the following parts, full of earthquakes; the northern parts, scorching; the southern parts, humid.
Under it came all
Carthage, built by the hand of Tyre,
Libya under Ammon's eye and Sicily his land.
According to Ptolemy: Metagonitis, Mauritania, Gaetulia, Syria, Comangene, Cappadocia. By part is subject: in the foreparts, ltaly: under the middle, Iberia, and the contiguous places; for the forehead, Rome and Basternia.
The boundaries, thus:
Of boundary degrees was Pyroeis allotted seven of this,
Again Paphie four, thereafter Stilbon eight,
Five took Zeus the radiant, six last did Phainon get.
According to Ptolemy: Ares, six; Aphrodite, 7; Zeus, 8; Hermes, 6; Kronos, 3. The bright degrees are the 7th, 10th, 14th, 20th, 30th.
The decans are three: the first is Stochnene, the second Sesme, the third Sisieme. He who is brought forth upon the first decan will be ready of wit, learned; just, and he will divide his parents and he will be involved with fines and be will alternate places, and he will be heeded and he will rule over regions and property and he will give freely of many things. But if the star of Aphrodite should regard, he will be an artisan of gold and silver or money, and he will well-favored by women. The signs of it: He will be lovely in size; he will have a wound in the head: the eyes large, the chest and the shoulders wide, there will be a mark on the left foot and another on the right hand. The critical periods of the god are the 9th, 12th, 22nd, 33rd, 42nd, 56th, 63rd, 69th, 76th, 85th, 93rd.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will be large, wealthy, domineering, Iearned, sweet of speech, temperate, acquiring many thing by his own efforts, knowledgeable in many things, and he will be made a slave by free men; he partakes of many arts and music and the wrestling school; sometimes he becomes a ship’s captain, other times indeed a military commander. And if the decan should be contemplated by Ares, it causes cuts and burns and constrictions around the extremities. The signs of this decan: He will be of medium size, a large head, well-formed in the eyes, graceful of limb, there will be a mark around the bosom and the loins. The critical periods are the 7th year, 11th, 22nd, 33rd, 42nd, 57th, 61st, 73rd, 84th, 89th.
And he who is brought forth upon the third decan will be involved in losses and irregularities and stays abroad and making his fortune, and he will be psychologically and bodily unwell, and will experience the plottings of enemies, he will be inconstant in the matter of a wife (for he will consort either with slaves of married women of those who have injuries), and he will be in grief over children; after the first period of his life, he will acquire many things and will rule over other areas and will meet with a fine end. And if Aphrodite should look on, he will be fascinating and will have fame and talent for music und dancing and gold and silver. The signs of this decan: He will be of small size, black, greedy; he will have a blemish on his body; he will be plotted against and will die of a drug or poison. The critical periods are the 3rd year, 9th, 14th, 18th, 22nd, 31st, 43rd, 55th, 65th, 74th, 83rd, 87th.
The interstice makes for expulsion by the parents. And if the star of Zeus should look on, it will bring about a return to the parents or to others who adopt them.
射手座
The twelfth-part Sagitaries, as far as which the thighs ascend, is the house of Zeus, bicorporeal, male, terrestrial, four-footed, barren, kingly, winged, diurnal and in part human in form, cut off at the limbs and in half, vocal, perforated.
And in peneral, it is windy. But in particular, its preceding parts are watery; the middle, temperate; the following parts, fiery; the northern parts, windy; the southern parts, very wet and changeable.
And under it was spread the clime of the Gauls, doeply rich,
And Crete, the nurse o f Zeus the son of Kronos, where too
Arose the wedding of ravished Euroga and mighty Musa?
According to Ptolemy: Tyrrhenia, Celtica, Spain, Arabia Felix. According to Hpparchus: for the lower back, Crete, Sicily; for the ribs, Italia; for the middle and belly, Iberia. And according to the inquiries of Odapsos and others, the foreparts: Crete and the contiguous regions; the left side, Sicily; the right side, Cyprus and the Red Sea; for the rear feet, the Ouziomas, Tyrrenes; for the lower back, the Caspians and the nations around the Euphrates; for the tail, Mesopotamia and Carthage and the Western Sea; for the head, Italy and the hollow of Adria and those who dwell around it; for the breast, Syria; for the quiver, the Atlantic Sea; for the belly. the Triballi, Bactriana Sicily; for the forefeet, Egypt and the contiguous regions.
The boundaries, thus:
Ten first degrees of this did Phaethon get as lot,
Then five pot Paphie, thereafter Stilbon three,
Hermes lot was four, and Phainon's five as well,
Twice two degrees remaining Ares got as lot.
According to Ptolemy: Zeus, 8; Aphrodite, 5: Hermes, S ; Kronos, 6; Ares, 6. The bright degrees are the 4th, 6th, 10th, 18th, 26ch, 29th.
The three decans of this zoidion: the first is Hreouo, the second Sesme, the third Komme. He who is brought forth upon the first decan will be a defective and a waste, and he will be confronted wich jealousy (since Sagittarius is a discarder and a recipient), and he will have knowledge of god and will be good at business and will see the deaths of his relatives and he who is in danger will be preserved by the gods. And those brought forth will have an extra limb, and they will support many out of goodness, and they will be close to the great. They will also breed horses or be guardians and generals and market-clerks and archpreists, and they will be well-favored by women. The signs: he will be very beautiful in stature, the eyes lovely, the nose large, with fine eyebrows; he will have a mark on the rib. The critical periods of the god are the 11th year, 22nd, 31st, 46th, 53rd, 63rd, 77th, 86th.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will separate his parents and will be in affliction and poverty and he will live abroad and run into those he does not expect, and he will have an uplifting of soul. He will be well-favored by a companion and will experience a cut and bloodshed. And if one of the benefics should bear witness to the evil matters, it will undo it, and as he advances in years he will be better. He will practice the arts of silver and gold or of money. The signs of this decan: He will be sallow of face, the eyebrows wide, a mark will be found on his chest, his back will be lean. The critical periods of the god will be the 11th year, 19th, 21st, 32nd, 46th, 51st, 61st, 72nd, 86th, 91st.
And he who is brought forth upon the third decan will be raised wealthy and will be from great parents, acute, learned; and he will be in the public service and will be a lord of life and death and close to kings. And be will be an executor of royal commands and campaigns. And if the decan should be witnessed by Zeus, it will make leaders, instructor of kings, those who make cities subject. But if the decan should be witnessed by Kronos or a degree of Kronos should be rising, it will cause a defection of the multitude and a loss of money and instabilities and enmities and the plottings of slaves. The signs of the decan: small in height, the face lovely, the left eye suffers from cataract, the chest quite wide, courageous of soul; he will have a mark on the left leg. The critical periods of the god are the 11th year, 26th, 36th, 42nd, 51st, 67th, 72nd. Death will be sudden.
And the interstice makes him blameworthy in his early years. But if it should be female, the disposition will be in companionship and community and she who sleeps with a great man will be loved, and she will be with him when she is divorced from a former husband, and she will meet with a fine end.
魔羯座
The twelfth-part Capricorn, which is taken for the knees, is the house of Kronos, exaltation of Ares around the 28th degree, tropical, pertaining to the winter, feminine, diurnal, barren, obedient, amphibious, double natured, semi-vocal.
And in general, it is very wet. But in particular, its preceding parts are scorching and destructive; the middle parts, temperate; the following parts, productive of the movement of storms, the northern and southern parts, very wet and destructive.
To it was subject the all-desolate Cimmerian land.
Acconding to Ptolemy: India, Ariana, Gedrosia, Thrace, Macedonia, Illyria. But according to the inquiries of others, the parts to the west and south are subject to it: for the ribs, the Aegean Sea and those dwelling around it, and Corynth; for the waist and the back, the Great Sea, for the tail, Iberia; for the head, Cyllenia, Tyrrenia; for the breast, the Tyrrenian Sea; for the belly, middle Egypt, Syria, Caria.
The boundaries, thus:
Again the seven first degrees Stilbon got as lot,
And Phaethon seven, Cythereia twice four,
Phainon has twice two, the last has Ares equal to it.
According to Ptolemy, thus: Aphrodite, 6; Hermes, 6; Zeus, 7; Kronos, six: Ares, 5 . The bright degrees of the zodion are the 6th, 12th, 15th, 24th, 30th.
The three decans of it: the first is Smat, the second Sro, the third Isro. He who is brought forth upon the first will be the first child or the first reared, prudent, deep, Iearned, good, one who speaks out freely and subjugates his enemiesl when he is in danger he will be preserved by his own devices, and he will sustain many losses in his early years; and he will be inconstant with a woman. But if Zeus should testify to this decan, he will have good times and make discoveries, and he will rule over many, and he will meet with a fine end. The signs of this decan: short in height, the chest broad; when walking around his tendons move; he will have a black mark on the armpit. The critical years of the god are the 1st, 4th, 9th, 11th, 17th. 22nd. 31st, 42nd, 56th, 63rd, 72nd, 81st, 89th.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will separate his parents by death and will diminish their estate and he will sustain losses and will lave abroad, and being subtle in his manners, he will be raised with great men; and he will make a living by means of water. And he will not settle down with a woman, or else he will be late in marrying and will be an object of slander over married women, widows, and slaves; bur after his early years, be will be benefited by a woman and will meet with a fine end. The signs of this decan: of due height and large, with comely eyes, the nose high, the eyes full of delight, but ill-disposed and hot and base. The critical years are the 6th, 9th, 11th, 22nd, 31st, 41st, 52nd, 63rd, 76th, 81st.
And he who is brought forth upon the third decan will be of great and noble parents, and will be raised with wealth and trusted with much; and he will be learned and dear to many, acute, with a hatred of knaves, licentious, easily changeable; and he will be inconstant with a woman, but later he will be well-favored by her, and he will acquire much and rule over many. The signs of this decan: He will be sallow; he will have a mark on the left elbow and on the thighs, and he will live a short life with intesity. The critical periods of the god are the 4th year, 7th, 11th, 22nd, 33rd, 46th, 52nd, 63rd, 72nd. Death will be in a foreign land.
And the interstice makes those who are expelled or devoured by beast.
水瓶座
The twelf-part Aquarius, which is taken for the legs, is the house of Kronos, masculine, solid, vocal, rational, nocturnal, human in form.
And in general, it is frigid and watery. But in particular, its preceding parts are very wet; the middle, temperate; the following parts, windy; the northern parts, scorching; the southern, snowy.
Subject to it: .the clime of Egypt And the Middle of the Rivers.
According to Ptolemy: Sauromatica, Oxiana, Sogdiana, Arabia, Azania, Germanica. By part, there is subject to it: for the left hand and the breast, Syria; under the right hand, Euphrates and Tigris; for the pitcher, Tanais and those rivers flowing to the south and west.
Hermes got the seven first as lot, then after him
Got Cypris six degrees, thereafter Phaethon did seven get,
And raging Ares five, the last five Kronos got
According to Ptolemy: Kronos, 6; Hermes, 6; Aphrodite, 8 ; Zeus, five; Ares. 5. The bright degrees of this zoidion are the 11h, 17th, 20th, 25th, 29th.
Its three decans: the first Ptiau, the second Aue, the thind Ptebuou. He who is brought forth upon the first decan will be great, wealthy, learned, dear to many, one who speaks out freely, with a hatred of knaves, a righteous judge, and many will flee to him for refuge because of his justness; and he will be deemed worthy of images and statues, and he will be well-favored by women; but be will see the deaths of his children. The signs of this decan: His face will be shaved, a mark will be found on his chest or on his left foot and on his rib; the toes of his feet will curl up. The critical periods of the god are the 7th year, 11th, 19th, 22nd, 31st, 57th, 62nd, 76th, 81st, 92nd.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will be afflicted in his body and in his whole daily life; he will have commplaints and drug preparations and slanders, and he will be in danger because of his head, and be will suffer loss and conflagrations and shipwrecks, and he will be inconstant in his dealings with his wife. He will have these in his early years; but later be will have relief, acquiring many things. The signs of this decan: not quite of good size, his color dark; he will be a blessing in the house wherein he was brought forth; there will be a mark on the loins and under the armpit and on the breast, and the toes of his feet will be separated. The critical periods of the god are the 12th year, 26th, 33rd, 44th, 56th, 73rd, 84th, 95th.
And he who is brought forth upon the third decan will be begotten by the gods, and he will be great and observe the religious rituals of the gods, and he will be a lord of the world and many will obey him. These things will obtain if benefics should bear witness so this place without the presence of evil ones. The signs of this decan will be: not quite tall in height, the eyes tawny-orange and sallow; he will have a mark upon the right shoulder and under the armpit. The critical periods are the 2nd year, 6th, 9th, 12th, 21st, 42nd, 51st, 64th, 74th, 80th.
And he who is brought forth upon the interstice will be a portent, abortion- for example, a little satyr or hermaphrodite, albino, twin or two-headed.
雙魚座
The twelfth-part Pisces, which is taken for the feet and base, is the house of Zeus, exaltation of Aphrodite around 20 degrees, bicorporeal, feminine, fertile, nocturnal, swimming, perforated, scaly, cut off, winged, mute.
In general, it i s cold and windy. But in particular, its preceding parts are temperate; the middle, very wet: the following parts, scorching; the northern parts, windy; the southern watery.
There is subject to it: the Red Sea Up so the food of Oceanus.
According to Polemy: Phazania, Nasamonitis, Lydia, Cilicia, Pamphylia. By part: for the southern fish, Mesopotamia; and for the back, the … of Andromeda: for the northern fish … For the foreparts, according so Odapsos, Euphratesia and Tigris; and the middie, Syria and the Red Sea, India, middle Persia; and under the back, the Arabian Sea and Borysthenes; for the knot of the northern fish, Thrace; of the southern fish, Asia and Sardo.
The boandarics, thus: The whole first twelve degrees got Kupris, Phaethon twice two, Stilbon three, Thouros nine, The two degrees remaining Phainon got as lot.
According to Ptolemy: Aphrodite, 8; Zeus, six: Hermes, 6; Ares, 5; Kronos, 5. The bright degrees of this zoidion are the 8th, 15th, 20th, 23th, 25th, 30th.
Its three decans: the first is Biou, the secood Chontare, the third Ptibiou. He who is brought forth upon the first decan will be great and will have throungs under him, he will be steady, beneficent towards those subject do him, but be will be in grief over children. He will be pious and good at business, and he will be in danger with his neck and escape from harm. And women will withdraw from some of them; but when traversing the irregularities of the decan, he will have a good period of time and will be well-favored by a woman and will beget children. The signs of this decan: in stature of good height, the face well-formed, the shoulders broad; and when he i s walking, noises are heard from his tendons. He will have a mark under the armpit and the under feet. The critical periods of the god are the 12th year, 22nd, 25th, 27th, 33rd, 42nd, 52nd, 64th, 73rd, 82nd.
And he who is brought forth upon the second decan will be raised with wealth, and he will separate his parents and diminish their estate, and he will acquire much by bimself; for, he will be one who is rather good at commerce and acquisitive and philanthropic and learned, one who knwos the heavens and is at peace; and he will trust and be trusted and will be robbed by his friends, and he will marry a woman whom he also throws out after she has intrigued against him; and he will have many enemies whom he will also watch over. But if a good star should look upon, he will marry a fine woman, and he will be tranquil and meet a good end. The signs of the decan: not quite lofty in size, comely, the hair black and thin; he will have a mark on his right foot and on his navel. The critical periods of the god are the 4th year, 7th, 10th, 16th, 20th, 31st, 42nd, 51st, 61st, 72nd, 77th, 79th.
And he who is brought forth upon the thin decan will be graced and learned, dear to many, a voluptuary; but he will have a bodily injury and will see the death of his relatives and wife. And he will make a living in the rivers and sea, but he will diminish the estate of his parents. He will be contentious toward those who hold sway, but he will marry a woman who is superior. And if a benefic should look on, he will acquire much and waste it on luxury. The signs of this decan: he will be sallow and with cat-like eyes. The critical periods of the god are the 2nd year, 6th, 9th, 12th, 21st, 31st, 42nd, 51st, 67th, 74th, 80th. Death will be sudden.
And he who is brought forth upon the interstice will be a suicide, of else he will die from a drinkable drug, or else he will be strangled, or thrown off a precipice, or he will be devoured by beasts, or he will be decapitated and not honored with a burial. The critical periods of this Interstice are the ones preceding it.