Of the Strange Revolutions for the present year, 1677.
I Refer the Curious Reader to our Yearly Predictions, and shall omit any Respetiation of the actions in Flanders, Holland, Germany, and Poland, and other Countries, least you should condemn me for being tedious; I shall therefore proceed to give you an account of my Astrological Predictions for the Year ensuing 1677.
And we must begin with the Suns ingress into Aries, and here you will find Scorpio ascending, and Mars Lord, yet still continuing in Cancer, which seems to dispose of the actions of your Spring into some unpleasant consequence, to forraign Nations especially. Experience tells us very often, that a Planet placed against ♌ opposite unto any of the heavenly Houses, is of very bad significtion; Taurus [Page 2]and Mars to which Sol may be added, are the greatest designers of the grand transactions for the Vernal Quarter, and they seem to threaten many untoward accidents, as Robberies on Land, Man slaughters, and Murthers, Piracies and Shipwracks at Sea, great loss to Forraign Nations by Sailors, and Rain as well as armies, the Souldiers in some places insult, and are very tumultuary, for which they shall receive condigne punishments: Many distempers are like to seize Mankind, as Feavers, Frenzies, Inflamations, with some pestilential Distempers, occasioned by too much and immoderate drinking, which God Almighty prevent yet the condition; of the common people is like to be very good and fortunate this Year, and they will be happy and peaceable; the Spring season seems to encourage the Ingenious Citizen in a very good trade, which seems to flourish more them some years past, the Weather is very good for the Country-man, many happy showers refreshing the Corn, making his hopes increase for a happy crop.
But to proceed to the Summer Quarter, June the Tenth at Twenty Minutes past Midnight, is the Suns ingress into Cancer, and Mars advanced into the 24 degree of Leo, I will not trouble my Reader with many ambiguous Words, but tell him briefly what are like to be the actions and Negotiations of this Quarter, if our rules fail not. Jupiter is in opposition to Leo and Aquarius; the sword i [...] like to be dipped in more blood in Germany, and [Page 3]those parts, many quarrels at Sea and Land for Dominion are like to arise; those diseases mentioned in the Spring Quarter are like to continue, if not increase in the Summer; but I hope God Almighty will protect England from any of those miseries, which other parts are threatened withall in most Nations in Europe matters will be carried very high, as some gain, others will loose ground; the Weather is like to prove very hot, Thunders and Lightnings very frequent; yet not to prevent a propitilous Harvest, the Country-man his heart is glad, and he huggs himself with the hopes of his succeeding Crop.
The Autumnal Quarter begins the 12th. of September, 3 hours, 57 minutes past midnight, then the Sun enters Libra, and who shall we find there but Mars, Venus, and Mercury; this figure something agrees with the Spring figure, many publick Negotiations are abroad in order to peace in forraign parts, and the Sword will not reap so great a share as in the two former quarters, by reason we find Jupiter Lord of the ascendant in Aquarius Rhetrograde. Yet I perceive a Position of Four plainly in the Eighth house, which we usually call the house of Death: this should give us notice of some Malignant Distemper which will probably seize Man-kind in many parts of Europe: which will carry many to their long homes; although by our Predictions these Distempers do not seem to threaten any of his most Gracious Majesties Dominions, yet it is not safe to be too secure, and a timely