正如一個人可能成為所有國王之中最強大的君王，太陽也是所有天體之中最強大的。太陽被賦予統御一切與空氣及大地有關事物的權力，它清楚地界定並安排這些事物，使它們形成某種秩序。力量較弱的行星則將自身的力量與太陽結合，有時與太陽合作，有時則阻撓太陽的作為。春、夏、秋、冬四季是由黃道的傾斜所產生的，而行星共同作用，最終形成各個季節中的冷熱變化，並且完全主宰著風的產生。
透過永不停歇的力量，太陽似乎為一個原本混亂無序、毫無生氣的世界帶來秩序與生命。它調節著孕育一切生命的精子與卵子。太陽的光芒溫暖大地，以及漂浮於水中的生命種子。當太陽每年沿著天球運行一周，其具有宇宙力量與賦予生命能力的光芒照耀萬物時，它便能塑造這些事物，使其成形。太陽盡忠職守地使那些已經準備就緒、沉睡於大地之中的種子萌芽，隨後生長成植物。然而，與此同時，太陽也依照自己的時序安排一切，對於已經耕作的田地、航行於海上的船隻，以及所有使動植物得以繁盛生長所需的條件，都毫不顧惜。
因此，我們有必要仔細觀察行星及其附近恆星的狀態，以確保田地、船隻與植物的安全。這就如同動物為過冬所做的準備：牠們尋找一處平靜安穩的地方，靜止不動地躺臥其中，保持溫暖，等待天氣回暖時，再遷往另一個更加豐饒的地方，那裡有著芬芳的氣息與充足的水源。植物也和動物一樣，使自身的生長週期與太陽光芒的週期相互配合。它們沉睡於大地之中，等待適當的時機到來，屆時便成排地萌芽生長，最終化為令人愉悅、美麗綻放的花朵。當植物結出豐盛的餽贈，孕育出各式各樣的水果與蔬菜時，這個循環便宣告完成。
Just as a person might be the mightiest of all kings, the sun is the mightiest of all the heavenly bodies. The sun has been assigned to all things associated with the air and the earth, and it clearly defines and arranges such things, bringing them into some kind of order. The less mighty planets combine their energies with the sun, at times cooperating with the sun, and at other times thwarting his efforts. The seasons are produced by the slanting of the ecliptic, spring, summer, fall and winter, and together the planets ultimately produce the heat and the cold present in each season, and are entirely responsible for the wind.
Through its unceasing energy, the sun appears to bring order and life to an otherwise disordered and lifeless world. It regulates the sperm and ovum that underlie the creation of all life. Its solar rays warm the ground and the seeds of life that swim in the waters, and it is able to mold and shape such things as its cosmic and life-giving rays pass over everything during its yearly circle through the cosmos. The sun works dutifully to turn the seeds that are ready, lying dormant in the earth, into sprouts and then later into plants. Yet simultaneously, the sun also arranges its affairs according to its own timing, having no sympathy for the fields that have been tilled, or the ships out at sea, or all the influences required to help plants and animals thrive.
And so it is necessary to closely observe the conditions of the planets and the fixed stars near to them, so that one might keep the fields and the ships and the plants safe and secure. This is not unlike the way in which animals prepare themselves for the winter by finding a calm place to lie motionless and warm, awaiting the chance to move to another more bountiful location when the weather warms, a place providing sweet smells and plenty of water. And the plants do the same as the animals, matching their cycle to that of the solar rays. They lie in the earth waiting for the right time, during which they sprout up in rows, eventually morphing into pleasant and beautiful blooming flowers. The completion of this cycle occurs when the plants bear their bountiful gifts, producing all varieties of fruits and vegetables.
月亮是所有行星之中距離地球最近的天體。當她與其他行星形成相位時，便將自身的作用力與它們的力量融合，並透過自己的光芒過濾這些天體的力量，再將其與太陽的力量結合。因此，月亮可以被比作宇宙的王后，其地位僅次於太陽。她協助太陽為世界帶來秩序，劃分季節，尤其是每個月的四個星期。當太陽在一年之中行經整個黃道十二宮時，月亮也同時收集太陽的光芒，並將其從一次新月帶往下一次新月，完成一個月相週期大約需要29.5天。這個週期模仿了太陽年中的四個轉折點：從春季的月亮漸盈階段開始，直到上弦月階段，接著進入夏季的滿月階段，再到秋季的下弦月階段，最後回到冬季的隱沒階段（A）。
生命中的所有事物並不完全遵循這個週期，但許多事情的發展確實與太陽和月亮之間的週期極為相似。因為許多事物會隨著這個週期成熟、增長與衰減。例如，我們可以在螃蟹、龍蝦、海膽及其他類似的硬殼海洋生物身上觀察到這個現象，牠們的體型會明顯隨著月亮的變化而增大或縮小。即使是植物，只要得到一些水分與少許熱量，種子便會變得飽滿，果實也會逐漸成熟；然而，這一過程中所發生的一切，都是月亮行經各個月相所造成的。這個週期同樣可以見於月亮對女性每月月經淨化儀式的守護。甚至河流、溪流與運河中的水量，也會隨著月亮的盈虧而漲落。這些週期彷彿是一種神聖的儀式，由高高在上的天界所安排。
太陽與月亮共同形成七個不同的月相階段。第一個階段發生在月亮與太陽相距60度時，此時月亮在天空中呈現新月般的弦月形狀。當月亮與太陽相距90度時，她看起來彷彿被切成兩半；而當兩者相距120度時，她的兩側則呈現凸出的形狀。當太陽與月亮相距180度時，月亮呈現完整的圓盤形狀，而從這一刻開始，她的月相便逐漸虧缺。當太陽位於月亮前方120度的位置時，月亮再次呈現兩側凸出的形狀；當兩者相距90度時，她又再度被均等地分成兩半。到了相距60度的位置時，她又在夜空中呈現弦月的形狀。
在經歷了所有這些相位配置之後，月亮便受到太陽光芒的牽引，進入被稱為「合相」（conjunction）的階段，而這一時刻顯示了周圍空氣與大氣的狀態。月亮將所有天體的徵象以及天氣變化帶給太陽，正如她也依次將這些徵象傳遞給每一顆行星一樣。
The moon is the nearest to earth of all the planets and as she makes angles to these planets, she mingles her active forces with them, and filters the forces of the heavenly bodies through her beams and mixes them with the forces of the sun. And thus, the moon can be likened to the queen of the cosmos, being only secondary to the sun. She helps him to bring order to the world by defining the seasons, and especially the four weeks of each month. As the sun traverses around the entire zodiac in the course of a year, the moon simultaneously gathers the light from the sun and carries it from each new moon to the next, taking approximately 29.5 days to make one lunar cycle. This cycle mimics the four turning points of the solar year. From the rising phase until the the first quarter phase in the spring, and onto the full moon phase in the summer, and then to the second quarter phase in the fall, and back to the phase of concealment in the winter (A).
All affairs in life do not follow this exact cycle, but often things do come to pass in a very similar manner to the cycle between the sun and the moon. For many things ripen, wax, and wane along with this cycle. For instance, this can be seen in sea life, such as crabs, lobsters, sea urchins, and other hard-shelled animals such as these, which quite clearly get larger and smaller along with the moon. Even plants, when given some water and a little heat, will fatten their seeds and ripen their fruits, but everything existing underneath this process occurs on account of the moon walking through her phases. This cycle can also be seen as the moon watches over the monthly purification ritual of the menses in women. Even the rivers, streams and canals fill up and empty along with the waxing and waning of the moon; it is as if these cycles are a divine ritual, being arranged from high up above.
The sun and the moon create seven different phases together. The first phase occurs when the moon has arrived at a point 60 degrees from the sun, and appears to be crescent-shaped in the sky. The moon appears to be cut in half as she reaches 90 degrees from the sun, and at 120 degrees, she appears to be convex on both sides. The moon resembles a full orb when the sun and moon are 180 degrees apart, and at this point, her phases begin to decrease. When she reaches the point in which the sun precedes her by 120 degrees, she again appears convex on both sides, and at 90 degrees, she is again divided equally in half. At the 60 degree point, she again appears to be crescent-shaped in the night sky. And having made all of these configurations, the moon is carried by the rays of the sun into the phase which is called “the conjunction”, and this moment indicates the conditions of the surrounding air and the atmosphere. The moon carries all of the significations of the heavenly bodies and changes of weather to the sun, just as she in turn carries them to each of the planets.
在提供上述解釋之後，現在有必要完整說明行星的升起，以及這些行星與某些恆星一同升起時所形成的特殊組合。一般而言，重要的是要了解行星在東方升起、行星留（station）、至點、分點，尤其是日食與月食所具有的徵象。這些資訊之所以重要，是因為出生時刻天空中所發生的一切，將決定本命盤中的行星配置，而我們便可以據此解讀命盤，透過行星所處星座的性質，找出行星之間最有利且相互親和的關係。我們也可以考察行星所在星座的徵象，以及行星彼此之間所形成的相位配置。透過這些知識，預測便在一個人出生的時刻形成，預示此人未來將遭遇的各種事情，無論好事或壞事。這些事情可以透過行星的性質、各個星體之間的相互作用，以及對本命盤中諸多個別要素進行徹底的考察與綜合分析而得知。
一般而言，只要行星不位於太陽精確合相位置前後約十五度的範圍之內，便可以在天空東方看見它們升起。更具體地說，當土星、木星與火星在距離太陽約120度的位置時，便可以看見它們從東方升起。此時，這些行星將進入第一次留（first station），準備沿著原先的路徑逆行。從這一刻開始，它們將持續向後移動，而太陽則行經從這些行星起算的第六個星座，並最終與它們形成對分相。在這段期間，當行星與太陽正好處於相對的位置時，這些天體便會在夜晚開始、太陽落下之際，出現在天空中並升起。此後，行星繼續逆行，直到再次接近與太陽形成三分相的位置。此時，它們將進入第二次留（second station），最後脫離逆行狀態，開始向前順行。
此時，土星、木星或火星已不再逆行，而是開始順行。它們將繼續向前移動，進入那些在太陽之後升起的度數區域，並持續在傍晚落下，直到太陽與它們形成合相。當一顆行星與太陽的精確度數相距不超過59角分時，便被認為與太陽形成精確合相。
Having provided this explanation, it is now necessary to give a complete account of the planetary risings as well as the particular synthesis that occurs when these same planets rise up alongside certain fixed stars. In general, it is important to know the significations of the eastern risings of the planets, the planetary stations, the solstices, the equinoxes, and above all, the solar and lunar eclipses. This information is significant because the things that are happening in the heavens at the moment of birth shall determine the planetary configuration in a nativity, and it is from this that we can interpret a chart in order to discover the most productive and sympathetic affinities of the planets by the nature of their signs. We can also examine the significations of the signs in which the planets are placed and the angular configurations that they make to one another. From this knowledge, a prognosis is bom at the moment of a birth, foretelling the things that will happen to a person, both good things and bad things, which can be seen by the qualities of the planets, the ways in which the stars interact with one another, and by a thorough examination and synthesis of the many particular parts of a nativity.
Generally, the planets can be seen rising in the eastern part of the sky, presuming they do not fall within the area that is approximately fifteen degrees to either side of an exact conjunction to the sun. More specifically, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars will be visible in the sky as they rise in the east, roughly 120 degrees distant from the sun, at which point these planets will make their first station, preparing to retrace their path. At this point, they will continue to move backwards as the sun travels through the sixth sign from them and eventually reaches an opposition to them. Throughout this time period when they are exactly opposite to the sun, the heavenly bodies will appear to rise in the sky at the beginning of the night, at the time of the sun’s setting. From this point, the planets continue to move backwards until they approach another trine to the sun, at which point they will make their second station, and then finally are released and begin to advance forward.
In that, at this point, Saturn, Jupiter, or Mars are no longer moving retrograde but are now moving forward, they continue to advance into the section of degrees that rise after the sun, and continue to set in the evening until the sun reaches a conjunction with them. A planet is considered to be exactly conjunct with the sun when it is no farther than 59 minutes from the exact degree of the sun.
火星這顆火性的行星與太陽形成兩種獨特的相位配置。關注這類現象的作者們指出，與其他行星的運行週期相比，火星的這種偏差具有一致性。火星第一次特殊的運動發生在它於東方升起、位於太陽前方僅82至90度的位置時。此時，它在第一次留（first station）的位置減慢速度。當火星在太陽之後升起，並同樣與太陽相距82至90度時，便完成了這個不尋常的週期。在此期間，火星會於傍晚落下。如前所述，每顆行星都會在與太陽形成精確合相時，也就是兩者相距不到一度時，完成其運行週期。
金星與水星由於非常接近太陽，因此掌管著人間不同的事務，這意味著它們都能在大約一天的時間內完成一次運行。由於金星與水星始終靠近太陽，因此相對於太陽，它們會呈現兩種不同的階段。第一個階段發生在它們位於太陽任一側約15度的位置時，這意味著它們將以晨星的形式出現，在日出前後可以於天空中看見它們（B）。第二個階段則發生在這些行星於傍晚落下之時，亦即它們位於太陽前方或後方，與太陽的角距超過15度的時候。當水星或金星與太陽相距超過15度，且在太陽之前升起時，它們便會在太陽落下之前先行落下，因此夜間無法看見。當這兩顆行星與太陽相距15度，但在太陽之後升起時，它們便會在傍晚落下，這意味著它們可以在夜空中被看見。
金星在與太陽相距約47度的位置進入第一次留（first station），而水星則在距離太陽約23度的位置停留。當這兩顆行星經過第一次留之後，便開始向後逆行；而在第二次留（second station）之後，它們則恢復順行，繼續向前移動。
此外，一般而言，必須理解所有星體整體上總是朝向其後續的度數移動。行星似乎始終停留在同一度數的現象，其實是一種錯覺，是由肉眼觀察星體的方式所造成的。
除此之外，正如托勒密所觀察到的，我們也必須考慮恆星的作用。因為恆星會將自身的性質與行星結合，從而改變這些行星的性質，並因此成為行星的共同主宰者（co-rulers）。由於恆星將自身的性質與這些遊移的行星融合，因此它們也會依照不同地區的描述、屬性與獨特特徵，成為本命盤的共同主宰者。
The fiery planet of Mars makes two unique angular configurations with the sun, which the authors who pay attention to such matters have noted to be a consistent deviation when compared to the other planetary cycles. Mars makes its first peculiar movement by slowing down at its first stopping when it is rising in the east preceding the sun by merely 82 to 90 degrees. It completes its unusual cycle when it is rising after the sun at the same interval of 82 to 90 degrees, during which time it makes an evening setting. As has been mentioned above, each of the planets completes its cycle when it arrives at an exact conjunction with the sun, within less than one degree.
Venus and Mercury govern different human affairs on earth because of their close proximity to the sun, meaning that they both complete a running in more or less one day’s time. Because they are always close to the sun, Venus and Mercury appear in two different phases to the sun, the first phase occurring when they are approximately 15 degrees away from the sun on either side, meaning that they will be seen as a morning star, appearing in the heavens around the time of sunrise (B). The second phase occurs when these planets set in the evening, meaning that they are preceding or following the sun at an interval of greater than 15 degrees. When Mercury or Venus is situated more than 15 degrees away from the sun, and is also rising before the sun, it will set before the sun goes down, and will not be visible at night. When these two planets are 15 degrees away from the sun, but rise after the sun, they will make an evening setting, meaning that they will be visible in the night sky.
Venus makes its first station at around 47 degrees from the sun, while Mercury stops around 23 degrees away from the sun. After these planets make their first stations, they begin to move backwards in a retrograde motion, and after the second station, they go direct and move forward.
And it is necessary, in general, to understand that the stars as a whole always migrate into the degrees following them. The appearance that the planets are always at the same degree is a deception that happens as a result of the manner through which the stars are seen with the eyes. In addition, one must consider the fixed stars, as Ptolemy has observed, for they become co-rulers to the planets by combining their natures with the planets and thus changing the nature of these planets. And on account of their blending natures with the wandering planets, they become co-rulers of the nativity, according to the descriptions, attributes, and unique features of the different regions.