| 30 | 9.25| 207.50 | 11.40| 214.47 | 14.19| 222.52 Scorpio | 10 | 9.40| 217.30 | 11.47| 226.34 | 14.24| 237.16 | 20 | 9.58| 227.28 | 11.54| 238.28 | 14.22| 251.38 | 30 | 10.16| 237.44 | 11.55| 250.23 | 14.07| 265.45 Sagittarius| 10 | 10.34| 248.18 | 11.51| 262.14 | 13.39| 279.24 | 20 | 10.47| 269.05 | 11.34| 273.48 | 12.45| 292.09 | 30 | 10.55| 270.00 | 11.12| 285.00 | 11.36| 303.45 Capricornus| 10 | 10.55| 280.55 | 10.38| 295.38 | 10.14| 313.59 | 20 | 10.47| 291.42 | 10.00| 305.38 | 8.49| 322.48 | 30 | 10.34| 302.16 | 9.17| 314.55 | 7.29| 330.17 Aquarius | 10 | 10.16| 312.32 | 8.37| 323.32 | 6.25| 336.42 | 20 | 9.58| 322.30 | 8.02| 331.34 | 5.34| 342.16 | 30 | 9.40| 332.10 | 7.33| 339.07 | 4.56| 347.12 Pisces | 10 | 9.25| 341.35 | 7.10| 346.17 | 4.31| 351.43 | 20 | 9.15| 350.50 | 6.55| 353.12 | 4.12| 355.55 | 30 | 9.10| 360.00 | 6.48| 360.00 | 4.05| 360.00 -----------+-----+------+---------+------+---------+------+--------- NO. III. THE CENTILOQUY, OR HUNDRED APHORISMS OF CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY[294]; OTHERWISE CALLED, THE FRUIT OF HIS FOUR BOOKS [294] Moxon’s Mathematical Dictionary says, that the “Centiloquium is a book containing one hundred astrological aphorisms, commonly ascribed to Ptolemy, as its author, but by some to Hermes Trismegistus.” This account, however, seems to be inaccurate; for the Centiloquy attributed to Osiris’s contemporary and counsellor (eulogized by Lilly as having been “one of the wisest of all mortal men, and as ancient as Moses”), is very different from that known by the name of the Καρπος, or “Fruit of the Tetrabiblos.” Whether this latter Centiloquy be really the work of Ptolemy is another question: it has been usually edited as his, but some of the aphorisms seem to relate to horary questions only, which are not adverted to in the Tetrabiblos, and there are others also which do not appear to result from the doctrine of that book. I. Judgment must be regulated by thyself, as well as by the science; for it is not possible that particular forms of events should be declared by any person, however scientific; since the understanding conceives only a certain general idea of some sensible event, and not its particular form. It is, therefore, necessary for him who practices herein to adopt inference. They only who are inspired by the deity can predict particulars. II. When an enquirer shall make mature search into an expected event, there will be found no material difference between the event itself and his idea of it. III. Whosoever may be adapted to any particular event or pursuit, will assuredly have the star indicative thereof very potent in his nativity.