On Historical Astrology: The Book of Religions and Dynasties (On the Great Conjunctions), Volume One: The Arabic Original

«The second part, on the sum of the matters of dynasties, their change, the conditions of the kings, and what pertains to them. It is in 8 chapters.» — el índice que la obra da de sí misma en su capítulo primero: la parte II trata de las dinastías, sus mudanzas y la condición de los reyes.

«The third part, on how to know the indications of the applications of the planets, and their mixtures with one another at the time of the revolutions of the years. It is in 6 chapters.» — la parte III, sobre las aplicaciones y mezclas de los planetas en las revoluciones anuales.

«The fourth part, on how to know the indications of the signs when they are ascendants of the Beginnings which we mentioned before, or when the years have arrived at them from one of the ascendants of the preceding Beginnings or from <one of> the positions of the conjunctions. It is in 12 chapters.» — la parte IV, sobre los signos como ascendentes de los *Beginnings*; los ángulos son del editor y marcan lo que él añade para dar sentido.

«The fifth part, on how to know the property of the indications of the planets by themselves, when they have predominance over the ascendants of any of the Beginnings, or when they have lordship of the year or lordship of the time-distribution; or when they, the northern and southern crossing points, 1 or the comets are parallel with each of the signs by mixture. It is in 7 chapters.» — la parte V, sobre la indicación propia de cada planeta, e incluye entre los indicadores los nodos y los cometas; la llamada a nota queda dentro de la cita porque el escaneo la imprime en el renglón.

«The sixth part, on how to know what terrestrial events arise from the influences of the celestial bodies at <the times of> the revolutions of the years from the transits of each one of them over each other. It is in 12 chapters.» — la parte VI, sobre los tránsitos de unos cuerpos celestes sobre otros en las revoluciones anuales.

«The seventh part, on how to know the indications for terrestrial events of the terminal sign or of one of the ascendants of the yearly revolutions, when one of the two coincides with a place in one of the 1 I.e. the ascending and descending nodes.» — la parte VII, sobre el signo terminal y el ascendente de la revolución; el tramo arrastra la nota de pie que el editor pone a los *crossing points*, y por eso se lee cortada.

«The eighth part, concerning the sum of the methods for knowing the indications of the celestial bodies on terrestrial events from the terminal points of the years and the conjunctions, and what pertains to them.» — la parte VIII, que la obra presenta como recapitulación de métodos.

«The discovery of the knowledge of the indications of celestial bodies on terrestrial events is obtained from natural movements, because they are the indications of the celestial bodies nearest to our senses.» — I.1 funda todo el sistema en los movimientos naturales, y la razón que da es de accesibilidad: son los más cercanos a los sentidos.

«Since natural movements do not go beyond three divisions, on looking at the order of the arrangement of the spheres of the superior planets and the difference of their periodical movements, we find that they also are divided into three divisions-the first is that of the superior planets arranged above the greater luminary, the second is the greater luminary, and the third» — I.1 deriva la división tripartita de los planetas de la división tripartita de los movimientos naturales; el guion largo antes de *the first* es del escaneo.

«Since the first of the natural movements moves round the middle, the second movement moves away from the middle, and the third movement moves towards the middle, 2 the first division of the superior planets and their influence is related to the first natural movement, which is round the middle.» — I.1 nombra los tres movimientos —alrededor del centro, desde el centro y hacia el centro— y engancha con el primero a los planetas superiores.

«Related to the superior planet furthest from the world of generation and corruption, i.e. to Saturn, is the indication for matters of Beginnings like religions, dynasties, and whatever lasts for a long time, since it is like the beginning for the other celestial bodies in terms of height.» — I.1 adjudica a Saturno los *Beginnings* —religiones, dinastías, lo duradero— y funda la adjudicación en su altura: es el más lejano del mundo de generación y corrupción.

«Related to the planet following it in order, i.e. to Jupiter, is the indication for laws and the like, which are the culminations in perfection for the other things which are preliminary and initiatory.» — I.1 adjudica a Júpiter las leyes, entendidas como el estado de perfección de lo que las religiones y dinastías solo inician.

«Related to the third of these planets in order, i.e. to Mars, is the indication for wars, strifes, and the like, being, as it were, the decline to the final ends of things, because the ends of things indicate destruction of their orderly arrangements after their perfection, and corruption of their regularity.» — I.1 adjudica a Marte las guerras como fase de declive, cerrando la serie comienzo-perfección-declive.

«That is, when one of them is deficient, this entails the decrease in perfection of the other two states, according to what natural things necessitate among the three states: beginning, perfection, and decline.» — I.1 hace solidarios los tres estados: la falta de uno rebaja a los otros dos.

«For wars in most cases do not happen except because of laws, and laws do not come into being except because of religions and dynasties.» — el argumento con que I.1 encadena los tres términos, y que en la obra hace las veces de teoría de la historia.

«If these states are arranged inversely, the case once more requires them to be connected» — I.1 se plantea la objeción del orden inverso y responde que la conexión se mantiene igual.

«because religions and dynasties do not function except by laws, and laws in most cases do not function except by wars.» — I.1 recorre la misma cadena en sentido inverso para mostrar que el orden no la rompe.

«For religions, dynasties, and laws occasion changes because of which plenty of differences occur; if the differences multiply, separation occurs; if separation occurs, wars take place.» — la secuencia causal que I.1 pone entre religión y guerra: cambio, diferencia, separación, guerra.

«Because of this, these three states are related to the superior planets, and they are like the beginnings of whatever secondary indications may follow them.» — I.1 justifica por qué los tres estados mayores caen bajo los planetas superiores: son primarios, y lo demás se les subordina.

«The greater luminary and its influences are related to the second, middle, natural movement, which is away from the middle, because of the closeness of its relation to it (for, in respect to the celestial bodies, it is the middle one in order, and the states related to it are intermediate between the first and the third movement) and because of the moderation of its movement.» — I.1 adjudica al Sol el movimiento medio por dos razones a la vez: su lugar central en el orden de los cuerpos y la moderación de su marcha.

«These indications are related to these three planets because of the need of the people of the religions and dynasties for marriages and clothes, since nature incites them to that;» — I.1 pasa a los planetas inferiores y funda su adjudicación en necesidades: matrimonios y vestidos para Venus.

«because of the need, in the case of laws-i.e. contracts and the Sharias-for writing and calculation, since all of them are carried out only by writing, and the organisations of the people of its times are classified only by calculation;» — la segunda necesidad, la escritura y el cálculo, que es la vía por la que Mercurio entra en el esquema; los guiones son del escaneo.

«and because of the need in the case of wars for journeys and change of locality, since this activity is carried out only by movement.» — la tercera necesidad, el desplazamiento, que engancha a la Luna con las guerras.

«So for this reason these three states are related to the inferior planets, since they are like secondaries owing to their connections to the primary states and the needs the primaries have for them.» — I.1 cierra la doble adjudicación: los mismos tres estados se reparten dos veces, entre superiores como primarios y entre inferiores como secundarios.

«Since the things from which to deduce advanced knowledge of the occurrences of general <types of event> and their particular instances in future times are gained from six elements, <here they are:> The first is from the celestial bodies' positions in the horoscopes of the revolutions of the years in which the conjunction of the two superior planets 4 occurs in the spring tropical sign, happening every 960 solar years.» — I.1 enuncia los seis fundamentos de la predicción y abre por el mayor: la conjunción de Saturno y Júpiter en el signo tropical de primavera, cada 960 años solares.

«The second is from the celestial bodies' positions in the horoscopes of the revolutions of the years in which their conjunction occurs when they shift from one triplicity to another, occurring every 240 solar years.» — el segundo fundamento: el cambio de triplicidad de la misma conjunción, cada 240 años.

«The third is from the celestial bodies' positions in the horoscopes of the revolutions of the years in which the conjunction of the two malefics 5 occurs in Cancer, and from the period of their conjunction in it, occurring every 30 years.» — el tercer fundamento, ya no de los dos superiores sino de los dos maléficos en Cáncer, cada 30 años.

«The fourth is from the celestial bodies' positions in the horoscopes of the revolutions of the years in which their6 conjunction occurs in each sign, happening every 20 years.» — el cuarto fundamento: la conjunción menor, de veinte en veinte años.

«The years between the conjunctions of the two may increase or decrease in the beginning of Aries, in the triplicities, or in each 4Saturn and Jupiter.» — la reserva que I.1 pone a sus propias cifras: los intervalos crecen o menguan; el tramo arrastra la nota del editor que identifica a los dos superiores.

«If Saturn and Jupiter conjoin by mean <motion> at the beginning of a certain sign of the triplicity and their next conjunction occurs at the end of an arc which amounts to 242 degrees, 25 minutes, 17 seconds, 10 thirds, and 6 fourths and in each sign in which they conjoin they add 2 degrees, 25 minutes, 17 seconds, 10 thirds and 6 fourths to the point at which they conjoined in the preceding sign, 9 they will have 13 conjunctions in the signs of one triplicity.» — I.1 da el arco exacto entre dos conjunciones de Saturno y Júpiter y de él deduce cuántas caben en una triplicidad: trece.

«This is a greater length of time than the amount which we determined, 10 especially if their conjunction at the beginning of any sign of the triplicity to which they move occurs in less than 54 minutes; 11 then they conjoin in that triplicity 13 times.» — la condición que da trece conjunciones: que la primera caiga antes de los 54 minutos del signo.

«If their conjunction at the beginning of any sign of the triplicity is in more than 56 minutes, 33 seconds, 1812 thirds and 48 fourths, they conjoin in that triplicity 12 times.» — la condición inversa, que da doce; la cifra *1812* es la lectura del escaneo, que pega el número de la llamada a nota.

«If they conjoin in one triplicity 12 times and in another 13, they conjoin in the two triplicities 25 times.» — la suma con que I.1 encadena dos triplicidades.

«Between one conjunction and another there are 19 years, 314 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes, 37 seconds, 18 thirds, 6 fourths, and 48 fifths by the mean solar year, which is 365 days without the addition of a quarter.» — el intervalo medio entre dos conjunciones, dado hasta los quintos y referido a un año solar medio de 365 días sin el cuarto.

«If you multiply these 50 conjunctions by the time between one conjunction and another and its fractions, that amounts to 996 years.» — el producto con que I.1 obtiene el ciclo mayor: cincuenta conjunciones dan 996 años.

«If both conjoin in a triplicity 12 times, their <last> conjunction arrives at 29 degrees, 3 minutes, 26 seconds, 1 third and 12 fourths, and there is a remainder up to the completion of 30 degrees.» — I.1 muestra que doce conjunciones no agotan el signo y deja el resto a la vista.

«If they conjoin in less <degrees> than that, they must conjoin 13 times <in the same triplicity>.» — la consecuencia de ese resto: una conjunción decimotercera.

«For example, let the conjunction be at the beginning of the fifth <sexagesimal place> 16 of Cancer.» — el modo de exponer de I.1 es por ejemplo trabajado, y aquí lo abre en Cáncer.

«If the degrees and their fractions between one conjunction and another are added to that according to what we said, their <next> conjunction occurs in 2 degrees, 25 minutes, 17 seconds, 10 thirds, and 6 fourths of Pisces.» — primer paso del ejemplo: de Cáncer a Piscis.

«If the degrees and their fractions between two conjunctions are added to these values, their conjunction occurs in 4 degrees, 50 minutes, 34 seconds, 20 thirds, and 12 fourths of Scorpio.» — segundo paso: de Piscis a Escorpión, con el mismo incremento.

«If what is between two conjunctions is added to these parts, their conjunction occurs in 7 degrees, 15 minutes, 51 seconds, 30 thirds, and 18 fourths of Cancer.» — tercer paso, que cierra el trígono y vuelve a Cáncer con dos grados y pico de adelanto.

«Thus their conjunction occurs at a point in the tenth sign from which we began, they shift from the watery to the fiery <signs>, and the conjunction necessarily shifts to Leo.» — I.1 cierra el ejemplo con el salto de triplicidad: del agua al fuego, y a Leo.

«Therefore when they need 13 conjunctions, they shift to the tenth sign, which belongs to the fiery triplicity.» — la regla que se saca del ejemplo: trece conjunciones desplazan al décimo signo.

«If they conjoin in the triplicity with 12 conjunctions, they conjoin in the second sign from that in which they conjoined <first in the triplicity>.» — y la regla alterna: doce conjunciones desplazan solo al segundo signo.

«If <the terminal position> to which they move in the 12 conjunctions, which is 29 degrees, 3 minutes, 26 seconds, 1 third, and 12 fourths, is added to that, 17 they shift to Taurus, the second from Aries, and their conjunction occurs in 32 minutes, 9 seconds, 12 thirds, and 30 fourths of that sign.» — el cálculo del caso de doce, con el resultado en Tauro.

«As for knowing how many days there are between two conjunctions, one looks at the number of the revolutions of Saturn in terms of degrees in 360,000 solar years, which is 12,214 revolutions, 18 and at the revolutions of Jupiter in that period, which is 30,352 revolutions.» — I.1 deriva el intervalo de las revoluciones de los dos planetas en 360 000 años solares, y da las dos cifras.

«One divides this into <the number of> days in 360,000 years, which are one hundred and thirty-one million, four hundred and ninety-three thousand, and two hundred and forty days» — el divisor del cálculo, escrito con todas sus letras.

«From that there result the degrees and fractions of a degree of arc between two conjunctions: i.e. 242 degrees, 25 minutes, 17 seconds, 10 thirds and 6 fourths, as we mentioned before.» — el cálculo devuelve el mismo arco que se había enunciado antes, y el texto lo dice: el razonamiento cierra sobre su propio dato de partida.

«[19] As for the fifth <element>, it is from the celestial bodies' positions in the horoscopes of the times at which conjunctional and oppositional Beginnings 21 arrive which precede the parallelism 22 of the greater luminary with the point of the beginnings of the tropical signs and at the time of its parallelism with them.» — el quinto fundamento de la predicción, sobre las lunaciones que preceden a la entrada del Sol en los signos tropicales; el número entre corchetes es la numeración de parágrafo de la edición.

«[20] The sixth is from the celestial bodies' positions in the horoscopes of the times at which conjunctional and oppositional Beginnings arrive which precede the parallelism of the greater luminary with the beginnings of <each of> the signs and at the time of its parallelism with the point of their beginnings.» — el sexto fundamento, igual al quinto pero para la entrada en cada signo, no solo en los tropicales.

«[21] In the presence of one of these times that we have defined one looks at the horoscopes of those times, and the location of the celestial bodies in them, and all their natural and accidental conditions <which result> from their essence and from <their relation to> the Sun and the sphere, and one discovers ( 1) the nature of their indication from the planets which have predominance over the principal positions, and {2) the time of it according to what the indicators point out. Then one looks at the indication of these six principles.» — el procedimiento que I.1 prescribe una vez fijado el momento: leer la carta, distinguir condiciones naturales y accidentales, y sacar de ahí naturaleza y tiempo de la indicación.

«The first is proper to universal states, like the property of the indicators of great Beginnings indicating universal matters like floods, dynasties, religions, and the like at the time of the conjunction of the two superior <planets> in Aries and their conjunction when they shift from one triplicity to another.» — I.1 escalona las indicaciones en tres niveles y llama universal al primero: diluvios, dinastías, religiones.

«The second is proper to the sum of the parts of those universal <states>, like the property of the indicators of the conjunction of the two malefics in Cancer, and the conjunction of the two superior <planets> in each of the signs, for the condition of chiefs among leaders and nobles in that transit.» — el segundo nivel baja de las religiones a los jefes y nobles.

«The third is divided into many divisions in which all the indicators share in the parts of the universal <states> taken individually, like the sharing of the indicators of years and quarters and months in the conditions of the people, the air and all meteorological phenomena, fertility, barrenness, and the like.» — el tercer nivel llega al aire, la fertilidad y la esterilidad, y con eso el esquema cubre desde la religión hasta la cosecha.

«If the conjunction indicates a change of religions and dynasties, that moment is made the starting-point of the period whose length is equivalent to the number of the degrees of the sphere, 23 and the lord of the dawr is made the planet to which the number from the lord of the dawr of the conjunction indicating the Flood or the conjunction occurring at the beginning of Aries, which is taken as the starting point in arranging these times, has arrived.» — la regla que convierte una conjunción en época: el momento se vuelve punto de partida de un periodo de tantos años como grados tiene la esfera, y el señor del *dawr* se cuenta desde el de la conjunción del Diluvio.

«For the second Quarter, <the lord is> the planet to which the dawr from the lord of the first Quarter has arrived in partnership with the lord of the first Quarter, and the matter in the indicators for the Quarters is dealt with in this manner until their completion.» — cómo se encadenan los señores de los Cuartos, cada uno en sociedad con el anterior.

«Each of their Quarters is taken as a certain beginning (starting-point) for the cause of the change which happens at the time of the completion of each Quarter in <respect to> religions, dynasties, and kings, equivalent to the change of the conditions of the air, and the difference of its quality, when the greater luminary shifts from one quarter to another.» — la analogía con que I.1 justifica la partición: los Cuartos de la historia son a las dinastías lo que las estaciones al aire.

«For example, the conjunction indicating the Flood was three thousand and nine hundred and fifty years-3,950-before the conjunction indicating the religion of the Arabs.» — el ejemplo mayor de la obra, que fija la distancia entre la conjunción del Diluvio y la de la religión árabe.

«The Flood occurred two hundred and eighty-seven years-287 25-after this, and 3950 is the sum of 3,380 and 570 {the year of the conjunction indicating the Islamic religion).» — el desglose de esa cifra, con el año de la conjunción islámica dentro; los guiones y la llave son del escaneo.

«Ab.t.nus 26 and others reported that between the starting-point of the creation of Adam {The grace of God be on him!) and the night of the Friday on which the Flood occurred, there were 2,226 years, one month, 23 days, and 4 hours.» — la cronología desde la creación de Adán no la afirma la obra por su cuenta: la atribuye a una autoridad cuyo nombre el escaneo devuelve como Ab.t.nus, y a otros.

«So, by this method, between the creation of Adam {On him be peace!) and the first day of the year in which the conjunction indicating the religion of the Arabs occurred, there were 5,897 years, one month, 23 days, and 4 hours.» — la suma total que el método produce, hasta las horas.

«Therefore, between the first day of the year of the Flood and the first day of the year in which occurred the conjunction indicating the religion of the Arabs, there were 3,671 years.» — la segunda cifra, contada desde el Diluvio mismo y no desde su conjunción indicadora: las dos conviven en la misma plana.

«If we divide the years between the conjunction of the Flood and the conjunction indicating the religion of the Arabs by 360, take each sign as <360> years, and begin to cast out <the number> from Aries, the year arrives at Pisces.» — la operación de proyección: el intervalo se reparte por signos a 360 años cada uno.

«If we divide those years 28 by 360 and take each dawr as a sign, and we begin to cast out <the number> from the governing sign which belonged to the dawr at the time indicating the Flood, i.e. Cancer, the dawr in the conjunction indicating the religion arrives at Gemini.» — la misma operación aplicada al *dawr*, que arranca en Cáncer y llega a Géminis.

«If we give one of the dawrs to each planet and we begin to cast out <the number> from the planet which belongs to the dawr of the conjunction <indicating the Flood to the dawr of the conjunction> indicating the religion, the number arrives at Venus.» — el mismo recuento repartido entre planetas da Venus, que en el esquema de la obra es el indicador de la ley revelada.

«If we cast out <the number> from the ascendant of the conjunction which was at the beginning of Aries, one degree a year, it arrives at 20 degrees of Pisces in the conjunction indicating the religion.» — la cuarta proyección, a razón de un grado por año desde el ascendente.

«One may also look at the conjunction occurring at the completion of each Quarter whose description we have already provided, and not pay attention to whether it precedes the Quarter or comes after it, and it may be taken for one of the principles we have described.» — I.1 admite una vía alternativa y le quita importancia al orden temporal exacto de la conjunción respecto del Cuarto.

«The lord of the ascendant of the year in which the conjunction indicating the occurrence of religions and dynasties occurs may also be taken as an indicator for the first Quarter, that is 90 years, the lord of the tenth <place> as an indicator for the second Quarter, the lord of the seventh as an indicator for the third Quarter, and the lord of the fourth as an indicator for the fourth Quarter, contrary to what is customary in the first» — el reparto de los cuatro Cuartos de noventa años entre los señores del ascendente, del décimo, del séptimo y del cuarto; el texto declara que ese orden va contra la costumbre.

«The sign to which the year arrives in a change of dynasty may be taken as an indicator of the nature of the people of that dynasty, their clothes, their appearance, and their helpers, and the lord of the terminal sign <may be taken> as an indicator of their durations and their strength, while the fourth lord of the dawr participates» — el signo terminal indica el carácter, el vestido y el aspecto de la gente de la dinastía; su señor, la duración y la fuerza.

«The lord of the ascendant may also be taken for each Quarter, that is 90 years, as the lord of that Quarter.» — una tercera variante del mismo reparto, ofrecida sin descartar las anteriores.

«As for the terminal points from the ascendants of these times and from the positions of the conjunctions, each one of them has a variety of indications specific to itself and to no others, as follows: the indication of the terminal sign (the sign of the muntaha) from the ascendant of the conjunction in Aries for universal and general matters like floods, earthquakes, epidemics, and the like;» — I.1 declara que cada punto terminal indica una clase propia de suceso, y abre la lista con lo universal: diluvios, terremotos, epidemias; *muntaha* es el término árabe que la traducción conserva.

«When these signs are illuminated by the benefics, or their lords are benefics or lucky, they indicate good fortune in all the categories for which information is sought.» — la regla general de lectura: benéficos que iluminan, fortuna en toda categoría.

«If they are eastern, they indicate the appearance of their indication and swiftness of its happening.» — el orientalidad se lee como rapidez y manifestación, no como cualidad del suceso.

«If they have the opposite of the good fortune, the easterliness, the being in a cardine, and the power which we have described, they indicate the badness, obscurity, delay in occurrence, weakness, lowness, and harms of these categories.» — la regla inversa, enunciada término por término contra la anterior.

«If those times belong to periods indicating the disappearance of a certain category, what we have described will be strongest in its announcements concerning the breaking off and termination of its period.» — la acotación que I.1 añade: en periodos de desaparición, los mismos signos hablan más fuerte de la ruptura.

«The lords of the dawrs and of the terminal points may be used in the remaining years, following the measurement of prorogations from the ascendants of Beginnings and from the positions of the conjunctions, <giving> a year to each sign, according to the order of the signs.» — la técnica de la prorrogación aplicada a los años intermedios, a razón de un año por signo.

«may also be from the point of the ascendant of the shift of the triplicity, <giving> a year to each degree, and you may also look at the lord of that term in which the qisma is and take it as the qiisim.» — la variante a un año por grado, y la introducción de la *qisma* y su *qasim*, el señor del término que la recibe.

«You should look at the rays of the benefics and malefics in the degrees of the qisma, and judge according to this.» — el criterio final de juicio en esta técnica: los rayos de benéficos y maléficos sobre los grados de la *qisma*.

«When the prorogation arrives from one of the positions which we have defined at a planet's ray which was also in the year of the conjunction, that indicates the occurrence of what the year of the conjunction indicated.» — la regla que enlaza la prorrogación con la carta de la conjunción: cuando el rayo coincide, se cumple lo prometido.

«Likewise, ifthe ray to which it arrives is one of the rays of the Beginning of the religion, 37 it carries out what was promised by the planet whose ray was in the Beginning of the religion.» — la misma regla referida a la carta fundacional de la religión; el *ifthe* pegado es del escaneo.

«how to know the signs of the terminal points from the places we have mentioned above, in all the years, we shall discuss this in a more appropriate place, God willing (Let Him be exalted!» — I.1 aplaza una materia para más adelante con la fórmula piadosa que puntúa el texto entero.

«have fully dealt with what we wanted to describe, let us complete the first chapter, with the help of God.» — la fórmula con que se cierra cada capítulo del libro.

«We say that if the conjunction occurs in the fiery triplicity, it indicates power for the eastern people, and that the strongest of their signs is Sagittarius, their middling one is Leo, and their weakest is Aries.» — I.2 abre el reparto geográfico de las triplicidades: el fuego da poder a los orientales, y jerarquiza sus tres signos.

«If it occurs in the earthy triplicity, it indicates power for the western people, and that the strongest of their signs is Capricorn, their middling one is Virgo, and their weakest is Taurus.» — la tierra corresponde a los occidentales, con Capricornio como signo más fuerte.

«If it occurs in the airy triplicity, it indicates power for the people of the northern region, and that the strongest of their signs is Aquarius, their middling one is Libra, and their weakest is Gemini.» — el aire corresponde al norte, con Acuario a la cabeza.

«If it occurs in the watery triplicity, it indicates power for the people of the southern region, and that the strongest of their signs is Pisces, their middling one is Scorpio, and their weakest is Cancer.» — el agua corresponde al sur, y cierra el cuadro de las cuatro triplicidades con sus cuatro regiones.

«As for the time of the appearance of the indication, the fiery triplicity indicates three conjunctions after the return of the conjunction to the sign of the triplicity to which the conjunction shifts; in <the case of> the airy and earthy triplicities, four conjunctions, and in the watery triplicity, two conjunctions.» — I.2 fija el retardo con que se manifiesta la indicación, contado en conjunciones y distinto para cada elemento.

«It is possible that the times of the indications are different: according to this scheme, the indications of the shift to the fiery triplicity occur after nine conjunctions from the time of the shift, in <the case of> the airy and earthy <triplicities> after eight conjunctions, and in the watery triplicity after six conjunctions.» — el texto da acto seguido una segunda escala de retardos y la presenta como posible, sin descartar la primera: las dos quedan una junto a otra.

«As for the triplicities in which the conjunction indicating the lengthiness of lives of kings occurs, they are triplicities in which Saturn has a witness.» — el criterio que hace larga la vida de los reyes es el testimonio de Saturno sobre la triplicidad.

«Information on the power of the people of the regions may also be gained at the time of the shift of conjunction from one triplicity to another from the managements 3 and positions of the planets in the horoscopes of the conjunctions.» — una segunda vía para el mismo dato, por la administración y posición de los planetas en la carta.

«If that management belongs to Saturn, it indicates power for the people of the first clime; then the rest of the 11.e. the houses of Saturn and Jupiter are strongest, diurnal houses middling, and nocturnal houses weakest.» — el reparto de los climas entre los planetas empieza por Saturno y el primer clima; el tramo arrastra la nota del editor sobre la jerarquía de las casas.

«planets follow Saturn in the order of the spheres, and the first clime <is followed by the others> in numerical order until one gets to the last of them.» — el reparto sigue el orden de las esferas y el orden numérico de los climas, uno a uno.

«As for the duration of their life spans in the fiery triplicity, it is short in time, except when the conjunction is in Sagittarius; for this is an indicator that their times are long.» — la excepción de Sagitario dentro del fuego, que invierte la regla del elemento.

«As for the two conjunctions in Aries and Leo <respectively>, their periods in them are equivalent to the length of one conjunction,» — la medida de los periodos se cuenta en conjunciones, no en años.

«If the conjunction is in Virgo, and Saturn and Jupiter bear witness, this indicates a period of one conjunction.» — el testimonio de los dos superiores como condición del cómputo en Virgo.

«If the conjunction is in the airy triplicity, it indicates lengthiness of their life spans, especially if Saturn and Jupiter have a witness because of the location» — el aire alarga los periodos, y el testimonio de los superiores los alarga más.

«If his accession is in the year of a conjunction in Gemini, it indicates a period of two conjunctions, not including» — el cómputo por signo dentro de la triplicidad aérea, aplicado ya no al pueblo sino al que accede al poder.

«If the conjunction is in Libra, it indicates that the length of those periods is according to the measurement between Venus and Saturn or according to the years of both of them.» — en Libra el cómputo cambia de método: distancia entre Venus y Saturno, o los años de ambos.

«If his accession is at the revolution of the year of a conjunction in Aquarius, and Saturn has a witness in it, this indicates a period of three conjunctions.» — Acuario con testimonio de Saturno da tres conjunciones.

«If the conjunction returns to Aquarius, and Saturn has a witness in it like its witness the first time, this indicates a period of six conjunctions, and the matter» — y la repetición de la misma configuración duplica el periodo.

«One should be afraid at the end of every conjunction, until there has passed a number of years equiv.tlent to the signs between the place of the conjunction and its ascendant, taking a year for each sign.» — I.2 convierte el cómputo en consejo práctico: hay que temer al final de cada conjunción hasta que pasen tantos años como signos median entre su lugar y su ascendente; *equiv.tlent* es la lectura del escaneo.

«One should use this way <of calculating conjunctions> for each year whose period is more than one conjunction(?)).» — el signo de interrogación entre paréntesis es del traductor y marca que el pasaje no le resulta seguro.

«If the conjunction occurs in this triplicity, and Saturn and Jupiter bear witness, this indicates the lengthiness of the period, except if the conjunction is in Libra; for this is an indicator of swiftness of change and annihilation, as is the indication at the conjunction in Capricorn.» — Libra y Capricornio invierten la regla del alargamiento y anuncian cambio y aniquilación rápidos.

«[9) If the conjunction is in Cancer and its triplicity, it is less than the length of time mentioned above, except that the best of the signs of the watery triplicity are Pisces and Scorpio, because they are the houses of two superior planets; for the signs of the superior planets are more indicative of lengthiness of time than those of the inferior planets.» — la razón que da I.2 para jerarquizar los signos de agua es de domicilio planetario: las casas de los superiores duran más.

«[10) One may also be informed about the length of life spans of the people of the dynasty from the years 6 of the lord of the dawr, and the years of the lord of the sign at which the dawr arrives at the shift of the Quarters, as we have explained in the first chapter.» — una vía más para la duración, remitiendo al capítulo anterior.

«[11] As for knowing the quality of the sum of the indications of the triplicities, if the shift is to the fiery or airy triplicity, it indicates the appearance of kings, leaders, nobles, great men and learned men, and the elevation of the people of this class.» — el desplazamiento a fuego o aire eleva a reyes, nobles y sabios.

«If the shift is to the watery or earthy <triplicity>, it indicates the superiority of the common people and the middle classes, and their equality in rank to the leaders.» — y el desplazamiento a agua o tierra eleva al común y lo iguala con los jefes: la doctrina reparte también las clases sociales entre los elementos.

«[3] We say that when the conjunctions shift from one triplicity to another, and one of the three superior planets is in the ninth or third <place> from the ascendant of that conjunction indicating their {prophets' and victors') appearance, especially Saturn, that is an indicator of the births of prophets.» — I.3 fija la configuración que anuncia el nacimiento de profetas: un superior, y sobre todo Saturno, en el noveno o el tercer lugar.

«If it is in the right division from the ascendant in the year indicating their births, it indicates that those marks are on their right side.» — la doctrina de las marcas corporales del profeta se lee por lados, derecha e izquierda, según la división del ascendente.

«If it is in the degrees of the ascendant above the earth, it indicates that those marks are on the right side of their foreheads.» — y por altura sobre el horizonte, que localiza la marca en la frente.

«If it is female, the marks on them are in the rear part of their left side, and the quality of their colour is inclining to black and green.» — el signo femenino cambia lugar y color de la marca.

«The position of the marks on their bodies may also be discovered from the lot, which is taken from the lord of the hour to the Sun, to which the degrees of the ascendant are added, and <the sum is> cast from <the beginning of> it (the ascendant sign): where it arrives in the signs, <is the lot>.» — el cálculo del lote que localiza la marca, dado paso a paso.

«As for the miraculous signs of their prophecy, one discovers this knowledge from the planet predominating over the horoscopes of their nativities.» — la señal milagrosa se lee del planeta que predomina en la natividad del profeta.

«If the planet predominating over them is Saturn, it indicates that they will show miraculous and admirable things.» — a Saturno le toca lo milagroso y admirable.

«planets') positions are good, it is strongest in that <indication>, especially if its indicator is the Moon at the time of its separation from the node of conjunction; 6 it is an indicator of the assurance of what we have described, and they will belong to those who favour 7 wisdom in their youth.» — I.3 refuerza la indicación con la Luna separándose del nodo, y la asocia con la inclinación temprana a la sabiduría.

«Similarly, if the Moon also separates from the node of conjunction and applies to a planet which receives it, it indicates that their preaching is accepted.» — la recepción del planeta al que la Luna aplica se traduce en aceptación de la prédica.

«[9] As for how to know the time at which they appear, it is discovered from the ascendant of the conjunction and the position of the conjunction indicating their coming out.» — I.3 pasa del quién al cuándo, y lo remite al ascendente y al lugar de la conjunción.

«If the ascendant is one of the houses of the superior planets or the exaltation of Jupiter and the house of the Moon, 8 and Saturn is in a cardine by number or by equation, 9 the prorogation is from the ascendant of the conjunction to the position of the conjunction, <giving to> each sign one year.» — la primera dirección de la prorrogación, con sus condiciones; *by number or by equation* distingue dos maneras de contar el cardine.

«If the ascendant is not one of those we have described, the prorogation is from <the position of> the conjunction to the ascendant of the conjunction, <giving to> each sign one year, except if the sign is <bi>corporeal.» — la dirección inversa para el resto de los casos, con la excepción de los signos bicorpóreos.

«For this indicates that the time of their birth is at a time of the repeat of the rotation from the ascendant to the position of the conjunction10 or from the position of the conjunction to the position of the ascendant.» — el cómputo puede dar la vuelta más de una vez, y eso mismo fecha el nacimiento.

«Their appearance is at the time of the return of the conjunction to the sign in which occurred the conjunction at the time of their births12 (Sometimes it is in the conjunction following that conjunction, as we have described above), 13 and the number of years is equivalent to the period between the time of their birth and the time of their appearance;» — la aparición pública se fecha por el retorno de la conjunción al signo del nacimiento, con la reserva de que a veces es la conjunción siguiente.

«He was 43 years old, of which three <years> were for the completion of the conjunction in Sagittarius, twenty for the conjunction in Leo, and twenty for the conjunction in the sign of Aries.» — el método se prueba sobre un caso concreto, y la edad del personaje se descompone en tramos de conjunción.

«When the conjunction returned to Sagittarius, he left Baghdad, whose indicator is Sagittarius which was the sign of the conjunction, and the appearance of his activity was in the regions of the sign quartile to the ascendant, i.e. Scorpio, that is <in the region of> Ba~ra.» — el mismo caso enlaza signos y ciudades: Sagitario indica Bagdad, Escorpión Basora.

«His period was according to the amount of the small years of the lord of the sign dominating the city (which is placed under Mars), which are 15 years, and his misfortune was at the time of the combustion of the lord of the sign, which is Mars, in Leo, which is a cardine of the sign dominating the city in which his activity appeared.» — la duración y la caída del personaje se explican por los años menores de Marte y por su combustión en Leo.

«We say that, since Jupiter is by nature an indicator of faith, and the differences of faiths in the periods, religions and dynasties are from its mixture with Saturn and the mixtures of the other planets with it (Jupiter), it is most necessary to look at Jupiter.» — I.4 hace de Júpiter el indicador de la fe, y de sus mezclas con los demás planetas la explicación de que las religiones difieran.

«If it (Jupiter) is mixed with Saturn, it indicates that the faith of the people of that religion is Judaism which is similar to the essence of Saturn, since the <other> planets apply to it, and it does not apply to any planet among them.» — la mezcla de Júpiter con Saturno se lee como judaísmo, y la razón que da es de aplicación planetaria: Saturno recibe y no aplica.

«If the mixer with it is Mercury, it indicates Christianity, and every faith containing antipathy, doubt, and trouble.» — la mezcla con Mercurio se lee como cristianismo, y con ella toda fe que contenga antipatía, duda y conflicto.

«If the mixer with it is the Moon, it indicates doubts, confusion, ta'ti'l, 4 apostasy, and distrust in the faith, and that is because of the quick change of the Moon and its movement, and because of its short stay in <each of> the signs.» — la mezcla con la Luna se lee como apostasía y *ta'til*, término árabe que la traducción conserva sin verter; la razón es la mutabilidad del astro.

«If the position of this lot is in the ninth or tenth <place> from the ascendant of the conjunction, this is an indicator of their worship of God in a true way.» — el lote de la religión en el noveno o el décimo lugar indica culto verdadero.

«If it is in <one of> the houses of Saturn, it indicates that their worship is of idols of iron and brass. If it is in <one of> the houses of Jupiter, of idols of gold.» — el mismo lote en las casas de cada planeta da la materia de los ídolos: hierro y bronce para Saturno, oro para Júpiter.

«If it is in the house of the Sun, of idols of wood. If it is in <one of> the houses of Venus, of idols of silver. If it is in <one of> the houses of the Scribe, that is Mercury, of churches. If it is in the house of the Moon, of the Moon.» — el resto de la serie, con Mercurio llamado *the Scribe* y las iglesias entre los objetos de culto.

«If the indicator of that is Saturn, it indicates that most of the clothes of the people of that religion are black clothes of hair and rough cotton fabric, and dirty clothes.» — I.4 baja de la fe al vestido: Saturno da ropa negra de pelo y algodón basto.

«The seventh chapter, on knowing what kinds of disasters they meet with, and the day of that, and to whom the rulership comes after them.» — el índice de la parte II anuncia un capítulo sobre los desastres de los reyes y la sucesión del poder.

«The eighth chapter, on the indication of the conjunction of the two malefics in all the signs and of their being in the triplicities, for the terrestrial events coming from their influences, and the like, if God wills.» — y otro sobre la conjunción de los dos maléficos, Saturno y Marte, que la parte I había dejado expresamente pendiente.

«if the matter is as we describe, this indicates a change of dynasties and the appearance of people of the religions which are indicated by the shift of the transit, and the place of arrival of the dynasty to them and among them.» — II.1 empieza por lo que anuncia el desplazamiento del tránsito: mudanza de dinastía y aparición de un pueblo nuevo.

«For it (the latter) is the indicator of the people and the region to which the dynasty changes, and the sign at which the year arrives in the horoscope of the new conjunction is the indicator of the reason for which the dynasty changes.» — el signo indica el pueblo y la región; el signo terminal, la causa: la doctrina distingue el quién del porqué.

«If its terminal point is the ninth or the third <place>, this happens because of religion, especially if the lord of the place of the conjunction is in that sign.» — noveno y tercer lugar son los de la religión, y ahí la causa del cambio es religiosa.

«If, in addition to this, Mars is in the <one of> cardines, opposite the place of the conjunction, it speeds up the matter which it indicates and brings it about quickly.» — Marte en cardine acelera lo indicado.

«If it is cadent, its indication is delayed. If it is in the sixth <place>, this indicates that their followers are from slaves and the riffraff.» — cadente retrasa, y el sexto lugar señala de qué clase social salen los seguidores.

«If it is in a cardine, this indicates that they are a family of power and authority, and that they obtain the rulership by force.» — la posición del indicador decide si los que llegan al poder son casa poderosa que se impone por la fuerza.

«If it is in quartile aspect to the conjunction, it harms the matter through the army of the king and his supporters and the house of his kingdom, and its damage is according to the position of the aspect and its power, especially if Mars is in the fourth <place> from the conjunction.» — la cuadratura daña por vía del ejército y de la casa real, y el daño se gradúa por la fuerza del aspecto.

«It is necessary for you to know the terminal point of the year at the shift of the conjunction from one triplicity to another.» — II.1 insiste en el dato que hace falta antes de cualquier juicio: el punto terminal del año en el cambio de triplicidad.

«If Saturn, at the time of the conjunction, is passing over (transiting) Jupiter, it indicates that the changes occurring at that time are by means of the sword and injustice.» — Saturno sobre Júpiter da cambio por espada e injusticia.

«If Jupiter is passing over (transiting) Saturn, it indicates that these changes are with respect to justice and fairness.» — y el orden inverso da cambio con justicia y equidad: la misma pareja de planetas rinde los dos signos opuestos según cuál pase sobre cuál.

«If the lord of the term of the Full or New Moon occurring before the beginning of the year of the conjunction, and before a revolution of one of the years, or one of the quarters, is a malefic, this indicates the rising up against kings of rebels and their (the kings') opponents, in future times.» — la lunación previa al año de la conjunción se lee como aviso de rebelión.

«If it is in <one of> the <bi>corporeal <signs>, the matter in this case is middling, and this indicates that at the time of their conjunction most of the prosperity is in the countries of Jupiter, and the corruption in the countries of Saturn.» — la prosperidad y la corrupción se reparten por países según el planeta que los rige.

«If the malefic is an indicator of the people, and strife and separation are among them, they corrupt their dynasty and fight against it; then a <good> situation is restored in it.» — el maléfico como indicador del pueblo produce sedición, y el texto añade que después se restablece la situación.

«If the shift of the transit is in a certain year, and it is not one of the years indicating a change of the religion, one should pay attention to the horoscope of the shift of the transit in which the religion occurred, together with the second shift.» — la regla que obliga a leer dos cartas a la vez, la del cambio actual y la de la fundación de la religión.

«If the shift of the transit indicates a change of the dynasty, by its horoscope one can dispense with that of the first transit, because the second shift becomes the beginning for it.» — y la excepción: cuando el segundo desplazamiento marca cambio de dinastía, se vuelve él mismo el comienzo y el primero deja de hacer falta.

«As for a change of dynasty and rulership within one nation from one family to another, this occurs when one of the inferior planets rules the dawr.» — el cambio interno de familia, sin cambio de religión, corresponde a los planetas inferiores.

«If the conjunction indicates change and it is in a <bi>corporeal sign and the ascendant likewise, this indicates that the change occurs at the arrival of the year by prorogation at the position of the conjunction.» — los signos bicorpóreos fechan el cambio por la llegada de la prorrogación al lugar de la conjunción.

«When the conjunction is at the beginning of a sign, the change is in the third conjunction; if it is in its middle, in the second conjunction; if it is at its end, in the first conjunction.» — el grado dentro del signo decide en cuál de las tres conjunciones siguientes cae el cambio.

«If it falls at their ends, it indicates that people of a religion other than their own will attack them, seeking the rulership.» — la posición del lote de gobierno al final del signo anuncia invasión de gente de otra religión.

«If one wants to know the quality of the people to whom the dynasty is transferred, then one should consider the lot of rulership, to which planet it pushes its management.» — el lote de gobierno es el instrumento que describe a los que reciben la dinastía.

«If it is in the cardine of the earth, the change is to the northern region, the furthermost lands, and non-Arab countries.» — el cardine de la tierra manda el cambio al norte y a las tierras no árabes.

«If it is in the midheaven, the change is to the southern region, together with some of the people of the first religion helping them.» — el mediocielo lo manda al sur, y añade que parte de la primera religión colabora.

«If it is between these cardines, the change relates to the region which is nearer to one of the two cardines than to the other.» — la regla de interpolación para las posiciones intermedias.

«If one wants to have the means to know the locations of their cities, one should consider the location of the lord of the lot of rulership in the sphere.» — de la región se pasa a las ciudades por el señor del lote de gobierno.

«If it is cadent, their cities are far from that spot, and, according to its position in the east, the south, the west, and the north, or what is between them, in that region their cities are located.» — la cadencia se traduce en distancia geográfica, y la dirección en orientación.

«It is necessary to consider in the revolutions of the years, for which <year> it is possible for one of the planets to be in the minute of its exaltation and the Moon to be joined bodily to it.» — II.2 pide buscar el año en que un planeta esté en el minuto exacto de su exaltación con la Luna en conjunción corporal.

«If the matter is like this, this indicates the appearance of the nature of that planet throughout the world, especially if it rules the year, and sometimes the residences of the kings change to the climes of which it is the indicator.» — esa configuración hace aparecer en el mundo entero la naturaleza del planeta, y a veces muda la corte de clima.

«[3] If it is in a cardine and its lord is in a cardine, it indicates that their period is equivalent to the duration of the greatest period, which is 960 solar years.» — II.3 escalona la duración de la dinastía en tres periodos, y el mayor es de 960 años solares.

«If the lot is cadent from the cardine and its lord is in a cardine, it indicates that their period is equivalent to the duration of the middle period, which is 240 solar years.» — el periodo medio, de 240 años.

«If both are cadent from the cardines and neither aspects the ascendant, this indicates that their period is equivalent to the duration of the smallest period, which is 20 solar years.» — y el menor, de 20: los mismos tres números que la parte I había puesto como fundamentos de la predicción.

«Sometimes their period becomes longer or shorter than these three durations, according to the firmness and (or) extinction of the dynasty, which is determined by the shift of the conjunction from one triplicity to another.» — el propio texto acota su escala: los tres periodos se alargan o acortan según lo que diga el cambio de triplicidad.

«If they are in the cardines, it indicates that the duration of their period is again equivalent to the greatest division.» — la regla se repite para una segunda configuración.

«[5] This knowledge may also be discovered from the position of the conjunction and its lord in the divisions of the sphere.» — y se ofrece una vía alternativa por la posición de la conjunción en las divisiones de la esfera.

«this indicates power and victory for the people of that dynasty, the perfection and increase of their affairs, and the lengthiness of the duration of their period.» — la lectura favorable de la conjunción y su señor en cardines de benéficos.

«If the conjunction and its lord are in cardines of the malefics or in cardines of retrograding and cadent planets, this indicates the shortness of their period, the extinction of their dynasty, and their death.» — y la contraria: cardines de maléficos o de retrógrados anuncian extinción de la dinastía.

«As for how to know the number of their kings, this quantity is equivalent to the number which is between the lot of rulership and its lord, with the (i.e. counting the) 3 planets between the two.» — el número de reyes de una dinastía se cuenta por los signos y planetas entre el lote de gobierno y su señor.

«One may know the quantity of that number from the rising times of the sign of the lot or from the years assigned to the lord of the lot, and this quantity <varies> according to what is necessitated by the lot and its lord in regard to making the durations of their periods long, middling, or short.» — dos vías más para el mismo número, por tiempos de ascensión o por años planetarios.

«As for how to know this from the lot, it is discovered <from this> in the case of the smallest period; from the rising times of the sign, in the case of the middle period; and from the years assigned to the planets, in the case of the greatest period.» — el reparto de las tres vías entre los tres periodos, que las vuelve complementarias y no alternativas.

«One may add their smallest period to the greatest years assigned to the planets, if the lord of the dawr and the lord of the sign of the terminal point necessitate that.» — la operación de suma queda condicionada a lo que exijan los dos señores.

«As for knowing the kind of thing that the people of the religion to whom <the dynasty> changes and the people of the religion from whom <the dynasty> has departed do to each other, this is found from the lord of the lot of rulership.» — la relación entre la religión entrante y la saliente se lee del señor del lote de gobierno.

«If it aspects the indicator of the first religion with a fortunate figure like trine and sextile, they are unharmed by what is loathsome to them.» — trígono y sextil dan convivencia sin daño.

«If it aspects it with an unfortunate figure like quartile and opposition, it indicates that wars and bloodshed occur between them, especially if Mars has strength in one of the cardines there; this indicates the strength and intensity of the matter in that.» — cuadratura y oposición dan guerra y sangre, y Marte en cardine agrava el pronóstico.

«If his ascendant was the sign of the midheaven, 1 and its lord is strong and eastern and in a sign in which it has a dignity, it indicates that he will be a king with fame, honour, and power, overcoming enemies and being hostile towards them and becoming master of many of their countries and their government.» — el retrato del rey de gran fortuna, deducido de la relación entre ascendente y mediocielo.

«If the matter is contrary to this, the matter is according to what is brought about by the sign 2 which is his ascendant in the base <horoscope> or the fall of its lord, and the account concerning this is according to the strength of the sign and <according to> its lord: its strength, the aspect of the planets in the base <horoscope> to it, or its weakness.» — el caso contrario no se resuelve con una sentencia sino remitiendo a la carta de base y a la fuerza del signo.

«Let us mention in this chapter how to know the births of the kings of the people of the house of that religion from the position of the celestial bodies in the horoscopes of the shift of the conjunction in the triplicities, and from the point of view of their nativities, and the time of this, and the rest of what we shall consider in this chapter.» — II.4 anuncia su materia: reconocer a los futuros reyes por su natividad cruzada con la carta del cambio de triplicidad.

«If it is weak and there is no application between the lords of the ascendants and the Sun, one should look at the lords of the midheaven<s>.» — la escalera de sustitución que II.4 prescribe cuando el primer indicador falla.

«If the Moon is in the degree of its exaltation at night, it indicates the births of kings, especially when it is in the midheaven.» — la primera de una serie de configuraciones que anuncian el nacimiento de reyes: la Luna en su exaltación de noche.

«If the Moon separates from the node and applies to an eastern planet in the mid-heaven or in the degree of its exaltation, it indicates the births of kings.» — la separación del nodo con aplicación a planeta oriental, segunda de la serie.

«If the Moon is in the exaltation of a planet and that planet is in the exaltation of the Moon and the Moon applies to it, this indicates the births of kings.» — el intercambio de exaltaciones entre la Luna y otro planeta, tercera de la serie.

«If the fixed stars of the first and second magnitude are in the degree of the ascendant or the degree of the midheaven, they indicate the births of kings.» — las estrellas fijas de primera y segunda magnitud en los ángulos entran en la misma lista.

«If the two benefics are each in the degree of their exaltation and both are in the midheaven of the lot of fortune and the lot of fortune is in the midheaven of the ascendant, especially when one of the two is the lord of the lot of fortune, it indicates the births of kings.» — la configuración más cargada de la serie, que apila exaltaciones, mediocielo y lote de la fortuna.

«If the planet of the clime-such as Saturn for India, Jupiter for Babylon, Mars for the Turks, the Sun for the Byzantine Empire, Venus for the Arabs, Mercury for Egypt, and the Moon for China5-is the lord of the midheaven in the horoscopes of the births and applies to the lord of the ascendant, and both are in their own exaltations and eastern, this indicates that that native will rule that clime.» — el reparto de los siete climas entre los siete planetas, que es una de las correspondencias más citadas de la obra; los guiones que abren y cierran el inciso son del escaneo.

«If the lord of the midheaven, the Moon, and the lot of fortune are fortunate, and their lords are in their l;alb, 6 it indicates the greatest authority.» — el término árabe *halb* queda sin verter en la traducción y con nota del editor; el escaneo lo devuelve como l;alb.

«If the greater luminary is in the minute of the ascendant in Leo or Aries, or the Moon is in the minute of the ascendant in Taurus or Cancer, it indicates the births of kings.» — el minuto exacto del ascendente en los signos propios de cada luminaria cierra la serie.

«If they apply to one of the three that we have mentioned-Le. the Sun, Saturn, and the lord of the midheaven-and their applications are close ones, they will rule at the beginnings of their lives, and the closer the application, the sooner the rulership.» — la cercanía de la aplicación fecha el acceso al trono: cuanto más cerca, más temprano.

«If the lords of the ascendants apply to planets other than the three that we have mentioned, and those planets do not apply to the Sun, nor to Saturn, nor to the lord of the midheaven, this happens in the middle of their lives, especially if one planet is between the two.» — la aplicación indirecta corre el acceso a la mitad de la vida.

«When the prorogation of one of them arrives from the ascendant of his nativity at one of the signs indicating that, 8 especially at the sign of the midheaven (and it is understood (?) that the terminal point is <prorogated> from the ascendant of the religion to that sign), it indicates that the <royal> command comes to the native at that time, if he has reached» — la prorrogación desde el ascendente de la natividad fija el momento del mando; el signo de interrogación entre paréntesis marca la duda del traductor sobre el inciso.

«If one comes to know that the lords of many natives rule, and one wants to know which of them rules before the other, then the one the lord of whose ascendant is of closest application and is the first in application, is the one who rules first; then the next» — la regla de desempate entre varios candidatos al trono.

«When one of them has a legal contract9 and the ascendant of the contract by which he is bound is not one of the cardines of the dynasty indicating their rule, then that contract is not fulfilled for him.» — el contrato jurídico de sucesión no basta si su ascendente no cae en los cardines de la dinastía: el cielo decide sobre el acta.

«[7] If one wants to know what kind of condition and nature he has from the position of some of the <celestial> bodies and their mixture in the divisions of the sphere, then one should look at the lord of the first lot, i.e. of Saturn.» — el paso del cuándo al cómo, que se lee del señor del primer lote, adjudicado a Saturno.

«If it is received and free from the malefics, and aspecting it (Saturn), this indicates the good condition of the acceder, and his goodness and justice, together with the sound condition of his» — la recepción libre de maléficos da un gobernante bueno y justo.

«If its lord is in conjunction with a malefic at the revolution <of the year> indicating his accession, this is an indicator of the goodness of his condition at the beginnings of his affairs, and the badness of his effects and the corruption of his end.» — II.4 lee el reinado como curva, con principio y fin de signo contrario.

«If it is besieged between a benefic and a malefic and the benefic is in front of it and the malefic behind it, this indicates the badness of his condition at the beginnings of his affairs and the goodness of his effects.» — el asedio entre benéfico y maléfico invierte la curva según cuál vaya delante.

«If the malefic is in front of it and the benefic is behind it, this indicates that the corruption is at the beginnings of his affairs and the goodness is at their ends.» — y el caso simétrico, que cierra la pareja.

«If the lord of its house applies to it otherwise than from opposition, this indicates the goodness of the obedience of the subjects towards him.» — la obediencia de los súbditos se lee de la aplicación del señor de la casa.

«If it is separating from it, this indicates his preference for the good, his praising and honouring of it, but his lack of fulfilment of it.» — la separación produce un retrato preciso: el rey que alaba el bien y no lo cumple.

«If the lord of the house of Saturn is in conjunction with it, this indicates his power over his subjects and his victory over his enemies.» — la conjunción con el señor de la casa de Saturno da poder y victoria.

«If it is with it in a sign, and is applying to another planet in another sign, and then it applies to Saturn before it goes out from its sign, this indicates a large number of rebels against him from his family, his meeting with hardship from this, and his victory over them.» — la secuencia de aplicaciones traduce en relato la rebelión familiar y su desenlace.

«If the lord of the seventh <place> from Saturn pushes its management12 to a planet under the rays, this indicates the ruin of his enemies with another's help.» — la técnica de empujar la administración a un planeta bajo los rayos, que aquí arruina a los enemigos por mano ajena.

«lord of the seventh <place> from Saturn is in a strong position and the planets push management to it, this indicates a large number of people rebelling against him, fighting against him, and defeating him, together with their gathering in great numbers, their enticing of most of the supporters of the acceder, and fear for his death for that reason.» — la misma técnica en posición fuerte anuncia derrota y muerte del gobernante.

«If Saturn at the revolution <of the year> during the day is in its exaltation aspecting Jupiter, this indicates his colonization of countries and his subduing of his enemies.» — Saturno exaltado de día con aspecto de Júpiter da conquista y sometimiento.

«If Jupiter is rising above the Sun, Moon or ascendant from a royal sign, 13 especially if it is a tropical one, at the revolution <of the year> indicating his accession, this indicates his collecting of wealth and his love for it.» — el término *royal sign* lleva llamada del editor, y la configuración da un rey acumulador.

«If it is one of the fixed <signs>, it indicates his firmness, the endurance of his period, the breadth of his fame, his control over his rule, and his power over <all> this.» — los signos fijos dan firmeza y duración al reinado.

«If Mars or the Sun applies to it (Jupiter), in addition to collecting wealth he distributes it, especially if it is in the seventh <place>.» — la aplicación de Marte o del Sol convierte al acumulador en repartidor.

«If Jupiter is cadent, and Mars applies to it, this indicates his distribution of wealth rightly and wrongly, since it has little value for him.» — y con Júpiter cadente el reparto se vuelve indiscriminado, porque la riqueza le vale poco.

«Likewise if Mars is in its house at night, or in the house of its exaltation, or a house of Jupiter, aspected by Jupiter, this is an indication of his honour, the breadth of his fame, and the large number of his benefits.» — Marte bien situado y aspectado por Júpiter da honor y fama, no violencia.

«If Mars is in conjunction with the lot of fortune, this indicates his exhaustion in shedding blood and killing his peers, together with his intense love of weapons and journeys.» — Marte sobre el lote de la fortuna da el retrato contrario: sangre, armas y viaje.

«If the Head is in conjunction with the benefics in the ascendant of the revolution of the year indicating his accession, this indicates his power and might over all the leaders and subjects.» — la Cabeza del dragón con los benéficos en el ascendente da poder sobre jefes y súbditos.

«If the Sun applies to Mars when the acceder accedes, and it is void in <its> course 14 without an aspecting Saturn, it indicates the rushing of soldiers upon him, the intensity of their destruction, and their mocking of him, together with a large number of rebels, contraction of his borders, and his intense grief.» — el Sol aplicando a Marte en curso vacío da motín, burla y pérdida de fronteras.

«If Mars is applying to Saturn, it indicates the peace of the soldiers, the goodness of their obedience towards him, the weakness of the rebels, and the lack of their persistence, especially if Saturn is unstained <by harm> and in its house.» — la aplicación inversa apacigua la tropa: el mismo par de planetas rinde los dos pronósticos según la dirección.

«If the Sun applies to Jupiter without aspect with Saturn, this indicates a large number of rebels against him, especially from his subjects and his family, and griefs coming to him for that reason.» — el benéfico solo, sin Saturno, no basta: da rebelión doméstica.

«If Jupiter aspects Saturn, it indicates the calmness of that, his tranquillity, the harmony of his affairs, the weakness of rebels, and his victory over them, especially if Saturn is unstained in its house.» — con Saturno aspectando, el mismo cuadro se aquieta.

«If the Sun applies to Saturn, this indicates the safety of the acceder, his victory, and his power, and that is most sure when Saturn is free from misfortunes.» — en esta doctrina Saturno no es sin más maléfico: aplicado por el Sol da seguridad y victoria al gobernante.

«If Saturn is fortunate in its house, and if the Sun does not apply to Saturn before it goes out from the position in which it is situated, this indicates the power of the rebels, misery coming to him from them, and fear concerning his rulership.» — y la aplicación fallida invierte el pronóstico.

«If Mars separates from Saturn and applies to Jupiter, it indicates his disagreement with some of his family, their rebellion against him for this reason, and their disobedience towards him.» — la separación de un planeta y la aplicación a otro se lee como una secuencia de sucesos, no como un estado.

«If one of the planets is in the seventh <place> from the ascendant, in its exaltation, it indicates the king's oppression of his subjects and their bad condition in his time.» — un planeta exaltado en el séptimo lugar da rey opresor.

«If it is in the seventh <place> in its dejection, this indicates his weakness, and the good condition and strength of the subjects.» — y en caída da lo inverso: rey débil y súbditos fuertes.

«If the lord of the fourth or seventh <place> is in the ascendant or midheaven, this indicates the obedience of his enemies towards him.» — la obediencia de los enemigos se lee de la posición del señor del cuarto o del séptimo.

«As for how to know his nature from the two lots indicating this when they fall in the two houses of a planet: to know their position one takes <the number of degrees> at the time of his accession from the Sun to 15° Leo; one casts it from the position of the Moon, and where it arrives is the first lot.» — la fórmula del primer lote, medido del Sol a 15° de Leo y proyectado desde la Luna.

«Then one takes <the number of degrees> from the Moon to 15° Cancer; one casts it from the Sun, and where it arrives is the second lot.» — la fórmula del segundo lote, simétrica de la anterior.

«If they fall in the two houses of Saturn, this indicates his engagement in building, digging of canals and rivers, edifices, and the like.» — los dos lotes en casas de Saturno dan un gobernante constructor de canales y edificios.

«It is most necessary that the indication of the indicator of the acceder should be joined to the indication of the two lots; that is, to look at the conjunction indicating the new religion or dynasty, and at the lord of the» — la regla que obliga a combinar los lotes con la carta de la conjunción fundacional.

«Thus, take the first indicator as <the indicator> of an acceder who accedes to that rule, and you take <the indicator> that follows in the sphere in the order of the lords of the hours as the indicator of the second acceder.» — la sucesión de gobernantes se recorre por el orden de los señores de las horas, planeta tras planeta.

«Then you share the indication of the planet indicating the acceder with the indication of the two lots, and you make a pronouncement according to it.» — el juicio final combina las dos series.

«For example, the year in which there occurred the conjunction indicating the religion arrived at Gemini, 17 and the indicator of the Prophet (Upon him be peace!)-i.e. Mercury-was the lord of the terminal sign» — el ejemplo aplica el método al Profeta mismo y le adjudica a Mercurio como indicador, por ser señor de Géminis.

«way until one gets to Abu 1-'Abbas: 18 his indicator was the Moon. Then it is projected in the same way into the times that follow.» — la serie se continúa hasta el primer califa abasí, y de ahí en adelante: el método se ofrece como cronología planetaria del califato.

«Discovering the knowledge of the length of their periods is divided in its consideration into two divisions: the first is from the revolutions of the years of the world and the conjunctions, the second, from their accession.» — II.5 parte en dos el cálculo de la duración: por las revoluciones del mundo o por el acceso mismo.

«If it is in its house, knowledge of the length of the life span of the acceder is discovered from five measurements: (1) from the number of degrees between Saturn and the ascendant, each 30 degrees <indicating> a year;» — las cinco medidas de la vida del gobernante, la primera a razón de treinta grados por año.

«If Saturn is in one of its two houses, beyond 5 degrees and up to the completion of 25 degrees, fear occurs to him twice: once in the year in which the conjunction occurs; the second time in accordance with the number <of degrees> between the ascendant of the conjunction and the position of the conjunction, <taking> for each sign a year.» — la doctrina no da una sola fecha de peligro sino dos, y las calcula por separado.

«There are two further times for it: 3 one is its arrival at the years of the conjunction, which is 20 years; the second is its arrival at the life span of the religion, which has 25 years(?).» — dos plazos más, y el segundo con el signo de interrogación del traductor sobre la cifra.

«If Saturn is in one of its two houses as we have mentioned, and it is a minute from the completion of 5 degrees, or between 25 degrees and the completion of 30 <degrees>, this is an indicator of the shortness of the duration of the acceder.» — los grados extremos del signo acortan el reinado.

«Knowing that time is found from the amount of its movement in its sign and the remaining amount, each degree being taken for a year, each 5 minutes for a month, and each 12 seconds for a day.» — la escala de conversión de arco en tiempo: grado por año, cinco minutos por mes, doce segundos por día.

«for each 30 degrees a year, each 2~ degrees a mont.h, and each 5 minutes a day: the total derived from that is the measure of the life span.» — la segunda escala de conversión, con la fracción y el punto que el escaneo deja dentro de las palabras.

«If Saturn and its lord are in succedents, one should measure from the lord of its house to it, and the procedure is like the first one.» — la dirección de la medida cambia con la posición, pero el procedimiento se repite.

«If one of them is in a cardine or a succedent to a cardine, and the other is cadent, one should count from the one in the cardine or succedent to the cardine to the one cadent from the cardine, and this is established according to what we mentioned above.» — la regla general: se cuenta siempre del más fuerte al más débil.

«If between Saturn and its lord there are less than 300 degrees, one should give a month to each degree, and a day to each two minutes, and the measure of the duration of the period is according to that.» — bajo trescientos grados la escala cambia de años a meses.

«If between the two there are more than 300 and up to 360 degrees, one should subtract <the amount> from 360 <degrees>, and what remains after subtraction should be given, a month to each degree and a day to each two minutes.» — y por encima de trescientos se resta de la vuelta entera antes de convertir.

«If Saturn is situated in one of the houses of the inferior planets or of the Moon, and they are aspecting it (Saturn), let the procedure be like the first one;» — el caso de Saturno en casa de planeta inferior, con la condición del aspecto.

«If they do not aspect Saturn, one casts out half the degrees between the two, and one should take a year for every 30 degrees of the <remaining> half;» — sin aspecto, la mitad del arco se descarta antes de convertir.

«If both are equal in power of position, one should count to the one which is in its ornament4 and if its lord receives it, it does not cut <the life> off,» — el desempate por *ornament*, término que la traducción conserva con nota; la recepción del señor impide el corte de la vida.

«If Saturn is in the domain of the greater luminary, 6 and the revolution <of the year> is in the daytime, one should measure what is between the greater luminary and Saturn, and the procedure is like the first one.» — el dominio del luminar mayor cambia el punto de partida de la medida según sea revolución diurna.

«If the revolution is at night, one should measure from Saturn to the greater luminary, and the procedure is like the first one, and the result is the duration of the period.» — y de noche se invierte la dirección.

«If Saturn is in these conditions and received, and it is in a bicorporeal sign, let us double the resulting years, months, and days.» — los signos bicorpóreos duplican el resultado, cualquiera que sea.

«The same procedure is used for Jupiter and its lord, but one gives a month to each sign between the two rather than a year to each sign as one does for Saturn.» — Júpiter entra en el cálculo con la misma técnica y otra escala: meses donde Saturno da años.

«This is added to the number between Saturn and its lord and <its lord> and it (Saturn), especially if Saturn and Jupiter are in the cardines, unless Saturn is in a house of an inferior planet, and its lord does not aspect it; for then an indication about something concerning increase of the period is not taken from Jupiter and its lord.» — la suma de las dos series, con su excepción declarada.

«When one of the two malefics is in the tenth <place> at the revolution of the year, one should be careful <to change> the resulting years to months and days.» — la advertencia que reduce a meses y días todo el cómputo cuando un maléfico ocupa el décimo lugar.

«The most dependable way to discover the knowledge of the amount of their life spans in this is from the distance between the ascendant of the conjunction and the sign of the conjunction, <taking> for each sign a year.» — entre todas las vías, el texto declara cuál tiene por más fiable.

«If it has passed this, then <measure> to the opposition of the conjunction, except if the arrival of the prorogation is nearer to the opposition than it is to the sign of the conjunction; then the timing is according to that, if God wills.» — la continuación del cómputo cuando el plazo se agota, con su excepción.

«If it is corrupted at the revolution of the year with the greater luminary in the quartile of Mars or Saturn, one should judge the cutting off <of his life>.» — la cuadratura de los maléficos al luminar mayor autoriza a juzgar el corte de la vida.

«If he is unharmed, one should rotate <it for> another period, and judge the cutting off for him when the period arrives at the quartile of the malefics or at the corruption of the sign at which the year arrives because of the greater luminary or because of Saturn.» — y si no ocurre, el cómputo se repite en vez de darse por fallido.

«If the year arrives by prorogation at the sign which is the ascendant of the conjunction or at the position of the conjunction or at its opposition or one of its triplicities, 8 one fears for the acceder in that year.» — los cuatro puntos de la carta de la conjunción que hacen temible un año para el gobernante.

«[8] As for misfortune, this occurs in the quartile of the malefics at the revolution of the year, and the terminal point is at their quartile in the base <horoscope> of the religion or the conjunction, or at the quartile of the conjunction itself.» — la desgracia exige coincidencia entre la revolución del año y la carta de base: dos cuadraturas a la vez.

«If it is one of the two houses of Saturn or its exaltation or the house of the Moon, one should count from the ascendant to the position of the conjunction, <taking> for each sign a year, when Saturn and the Moon are in a cardine by numbering <the signs from the ascendant> or by equalizing <the cusps of the places>.» — el paréntesis del editor distingue las dos maneras de establecer los cardines, por conteo de signos o por igualación de cúspides.

«If the conjunction is in <one of> the hou~es of the inferior planets, and9 in the third or the ninth <place>, one should count from the position of the conjunction to the ascendant.» — la dirección inversa del cómputo para las casas de los inferiores.

«If the ascendant of the year of the conjunction is one of the houses of the superior planets, and in the third or the ninth <place>, especially when it is in Aquarius-if it is, one should not fear for the acceder when the year reaches it.» — Acuario aparece aquí como excepción protectora: en ese caso no hay que temer por el gobernante.

«One should also look at the <distance> between the degree of the ascendant in the revolution of the year of the accession of the acceder and the degree of the small conjunction; one should take for each 30 degrees a year.» — la conjunción menor entra también en el cálculo de la vida del gobernante.

«If it passes them, his disaster is at the termination of the prorogation at the position of Mars or the <point> opposite to its degree, <taking> for each sign a year.» — agotado ese plazo, la desgracia se fecha por el lugar de Marte o su opuesto.

«If there are 35 11 degrees between Saturn and it, this indicates a quarter of its years, and whenever it decreases by a degree the amount of arc between it and Saturn, a year is reduced up to the completion of 30 degrees.» — la escala proporcional que convierte arco en fracción de los años planetarios.

«If there are 66 degrees 12 between it (the Sun) and it (Saturn), this indicates a quarter of its (the Sun's) years, 13 and whenever a degree is reduced from that, a year is reduced, down to 60 degrees.» — la misma proporción aplicada al Sol, con las llamadas a nota del editor dentro del renglón.

«If Saturn is in the tenth or the eleventh <place> from the Sun, this is an indicator that sometimes their life spans are extended until the two superior <planets> conjoin in one degree.» — el caso extremo, en que la vida se alarga hasta la conjunción exacta de los dos superiores.

«If it passes that, let the degrees of Saturn be cast out from 30 <degrees>, and what remains after that is the measure of the period of the life span.» — la operación de resto que cierra el cómputo de Saturno.

«If Saturn is in the seventh <place> from the Sun and in the first decan of the sign, this is an indicator that the measure of the quantity of their life spans is half the years of the Sun.» — la serie de fracciones de los años solares empieza por la mitad.

«If Saturn is in its (the Sun's) right trine and Jupiter is in the eleventh <place> from it, it indicates three fifths of its (the Sun's) years.» — tres quintos para el trígono derecho con Júpiter en el undécimo.

«If the Sun is applying to Jupiter, and it (Jupiter) is in the tenth or eleventh <place> from it (the Sun) and is received, this indicates the amount of the years of Jupiter or the measure of the number of what is between the Sun and the malefic.» — el texto da dos medidas alternativas para el mismo caso y no elige entre ellas.

«For every acceder for whom the positions of the planets as we described them are not found at the revolution of the year of his accession, let the time of his disaster be appointed according to the <distance> between the Sun and Saturn or Mars, <taking> for each sign a year.» — la regla de cierre para todos los casos que la casuística no cubre.

«Then the two numbers are added and the result is the period of the acceder, and the truest <indication> for that is when the greater luminary is in sextile or trine aspect to the two planets.» — el texto marca cuándo su propio cómputo es más fiable.

«Their life spans may become longer because of conjunctions in some of the signs of the triplicities, that it is to say, if it is possible that the measure of the period of the life span is 40 years or more than that, especially in the fardars 18 of the superior planets;» — aparece aquí el *fardar*, el periodo planetario de origen persa, que la traducción conserva sin verter.

«As for the dawrs of Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, they do not indicate more than its20 smallest years in their dawrs, and sometimes it adds a third or a quarter until a malefic meets it {the Sun); for if a malefic meets it or applies to it, at that moment the cutting off occurs.» — los *dawrs* de los planetas inferiores dan siempre los años menores, y el encuentro con un maléfico corta.

«For the inferior planets have no partnership with it in the matter of kings like its partnership with the superior planets in its great years, and each planet which aspects it, increases them according to its small years, and the life span becomes longer in this way.» — la razón que da: los inferiores no son socios del Sol en materia de reyes.

«One may find the knowledge of the amount of their life spans also from the lot of the life span, which is taken from Jupiter to Saturn by day, and by night the opposite; it is cast out from the ascendant of the revolution of the year in which the acceder accedes, and where it arrives is the lot.» — la fórmula del lote de la vida, con la inversión diurna y nocturna que es regla general de los lotes.

«If Jupiter is in a <bi>corporeal sign while the revolution is in the daytime, and it is cadent from <one of> the cardines, it should be measured from Saturn to it and one should add one sign to the calculation; it is cast out from the ascendant, and where it arrives is the lot.» — la variante del mismo lote para Júpiter cadente en signo bicorpóreo.

«If Saturn and Jupiter are opposite to each other, and both are cadent [from the ascendant], one should halve what results from between the two, and it is cast out from the ascendant.» — la variante para la oposición de los dos superiores; los corchetes rectos marcan añadido del editor.

«What is between the Sun and the lot may be taken in terms of signs, and each sign is taken for a year, up to the time of the misfortune.» — la conversión del arco entre el Sol y el lote en años hasta la desgracia.

«For when the greater luminary is corrupted by Saturn, and the smaller luminary by Mars, it is the time of the disaster.» — la doble corrupción de los luminares, cada uno por su maléfico, fija el momento del desastre.

«unless the Moon, in a house of Saturn in a fortunate location with respect to the ascendant, and its lord are free from burning and harm, then the disaster lasts for longer than six months,» — la excepción que alarga la desgracia en vez de evitarla.

«If Saturn and Jupiter are both eastern or western, one should begin from Saturn for the first lot, and from Jupiter for the second.» — el reparto de los dos lotes entre los dos superiores según su orientalidad.

«If one wants knowledge of this from the second lot, one should multiply the degrees and minutes between the Sun and the western planet by 12, and divide by the degrees and minutes that the western planet has passed through in its sign,» — la única operación de multiplicación y división de esta serie, que convierte el arco en medida del periodo.

«[16) One may take these two lots according to another method, which is closer to matters indicating the conditions of kings because of the partnership of the two lots in <this matter>.» — el texto ofrece un segundo método y declara por qué lo tiene por más apropiado para los reyes.

«It is taken from the degree of the greater luminary to the degree of Saturn, and» — el arranque de ese segundo método, del luminar mayor a Saturno.

«[17) As for how to know precisely the amount which the two lots indicate, it is found in the Book of the Two Lots, 24 whose repetition in this place is a kind of redundancy, since our aim here is to sum up.» — la obra remite a otro libro suyo, el de los Dos Lotes, y declara de paso su propio propósito: resumir, no agotar.

«[18) As for what astrologers 25 think in the matter of the two lots and <how> they apply the judgment on it to the lives of kings, they think that the first lot is Saturn and the second is Jupiter, and they proceed in their judgment by them in the same way as one proceeds in the two lots whose description we have mentioned.» — la opinión de los astrólogos se expone como opinión ajena, junto a la propia y sin arbitrar entre las dos.

«Then, if the prorogation and the period of the two together arrive at misfortune, one judges the cutting off <of life>.» — el corte de la vida exige que coincidan las dos series, prorrogación y periodo.

«If the corruption is of one of them without the other, one should judge from that corruption.» — y si solo una se corrompe, se juzga por ella sola.

«If the degree of the ascendant arrives at the malefics, and the misfortune is strong, one should judge cutting off for him.» — la fuerza de la desgracia decide entre muerte y enfermedad.

«If <the misfortune> is not <strong>, one should judge illness for him, if the prorogation from the degree of the midheaven is sound.» — la alternativa atenuada: enfermedad en vez de corte.

«If the corruption is from their motion without the (?) ascendant, one judges corruption of the government.» — cuando el ascendente queda fuera, lo que se corrompe no es el rey sino el gobierno.

«Then one looks at the lord of the terminal point in that year and the lord of the first division, 29 and at the degree of the movement-i.e. how much there is between the two and the rays of the malefics-and one judges according to that.» — el juicio final combina señor del punto terminal, señor de la primera división y rayos de los maléficos.

«[1 J The sixth chapter, on the kinds of illnesses they have, indicating their disasters. 1» — II.6 se abre declarando su materia: las enfermedades de los reyes como señal de su desgracia; la llamada a nota queda en el renglón.

«[4) If it is in <one of> the houses of Saturn, this indicates that, among the illnesses one should be afraid of for them, are those caused by coldness and wetness, diarrhoea and phthisis, especially if it is in Capricorn; if it is in Aquarius, <those> caused by coldness and winds.» — la serie de enfermedades por casa planetaria empieza por Saturno, con frío y humedad, diarrea y tisis.

«[5] If it is in <one of> the houses of Jupiter, it indicates that their death is a laudable one. If it is in Sagittarius, <their death is> caused by heat and winds; if it is in Pisces, <it is> caused by fiatulence, 3 such as tumours in the belly and the like.» — a Júpiter le toca la muerte loable, y el signo particular decide la causa; *fiatulence* es la lectura del escaneo.

«[6] If it is in <one of> the houses of Mars, <it is> caused by heat. If it is in Aries, the illnesses are mainly those which occur in their heads; if it is in Scorpio, it is accompanied by heat and wetness, and the illnesses are in their lower parts.» — Marte da calor, y el signo localiza la dolencia en el cuerpo: Aries en la cabeza, Escorpión en las partes bajas.

«[7] If it is in the house of the Sun, it indicates that their illnesses are caused by heat and dryness, and it is most serious when the Sun is harmed by Mars.» — el Sol da calor y sequedad, agravados por daño de Marte.

«[8) If it is in <one of> the houses of Venus, this is caused by medicines and poisons and what happens quickly. If it is in Taurus, <it is> caused by coldness and dryness, and caused by animals; if it is in Libra, <it is> caused by heat and wetness, and comes from pains of the throat, especially if Venus is in Aries.» — a Venus le tocan los medicamentos y los venenos, y lo que sobreviene de prisa.

«If it is in <one of> the houses of Mercury, especially Gemini, this is caused by heat and wetness, pains of the liver, pleurisy and the like, and the loss of mind;» — el cierre de la serie de enfermedades, con Mercurio y la pérdida de la razón.

«If the planets aspecting it agree with what we have described, it is most true in its indication.» — la regla de refuerzo: los aspectos concordantes hacen más segura la indicación.

«If they do not agree, let the nature of the planets aspecting them be mixed in, and the pronouncement is made according to that.» — y si discrepan, no se elige: se mezclan las naturalezas y de la mezcla sale el juicio.

«If one wants to know this, one should consider the position of Saturn, and of Mars with respect to it, in the ascendant of the revolution of the year in which the acceder accedes.» — II.7 abre la materia de la muerte violenta por la relación de Marte con Saturno.

«If Mars conjoins with Saturn or is applying to it from quartile or opposition2 or is aspecting it from one of the aspecting figures, it indicates his being killed, especially if Saturn does not receive Mars, and it {Saturn) is weak in its position.» — la configuración que anuncia el asesinato del gobernante, con la falta de recepción como agravante.

«If Saturn is received in a strong position, and Mars is in a weak position without any of its shares, 3 it indicates that <men> desire his killing, but he is saved from it, and riots happen because of this.» — la variante en que el atentado se intenta y falla, y deja motín.

«If Mars is separating from Saturn from quartile or opposition, and the Moon is translating 4 between the two without the light of any planet cutting it {the Moon), Saturn is cadent from the ascendant, and Mars is good in <its> position, this indicates his being killed.» — la técnica de la traslación de luz por la Luna, que reconecta dos planetas ya separados.

«If Jupiter is the lord of the place of Saturn, and is corrupted by conjunction with Mars or its quartile or its opposition without the aspect of the benefics to it, this indicates his being killed.» — el benéfico corrompido no protege: también anuncia muerte.

«If Mars conjoins with Jupiter in the dejection of Mars or in its detriment or at the end of a sign, unless a planet cuts the light of the two before their application is completed, it indicates the same.» — la salvedad del planeta que corta la luz antes de completarse la aplicación.

«If Mars is with the Sun or <the Sun is> in the second sign from it (Mars) and it (the Sun) is raised over it, or <Mars is> in the eleventh or the twelfth <sign> from it (the Sun) and it (Mars) is raised over it, 6 it is an indication of his being killed, and after it there is a riot in his house.» — la doctrina no se detiene en la muerte: predice el motín doméstico que la sigue.

«If between the two there are 30 degrees, he survives for 30 months, and after it the riot lasts 15 months, according to the years 8 of Mars in months.» — el arco entre los dos astros da a la vez la supervivencia y la duración del motín.

«If there are between the two up to 15 degrees more than 30 degrees, this indicates that his duration is according to the double of those degrees, and after it the riot lasts the amount of time we mentioned before.» — la escala se duplica en el tramo siguiente.

«If the shift from one triplicity to another occurs and the conjunction is in a house of Jupiter or its exaltation, this indicates the great number of his journeys, and his being killed.» — el cambio de triplicidad en casa de Júpiter reúne dos indicaciones dispares: muchos viajes y muerte violenta.

«If Saturn is burnt and <conjoined> in body with the degree of the Sun, he does not complete a year, and this is a sign warning of his being killed.» — Saturno combusto en el grado del Sol da un plazo de menos de un año.

«If the acceder accedes in a <certain> year and Saturn does not aspect Jupiter at the time of the revolution <of that year>, it indicates no rebels during the length of his <predicted> period.» — la ausencia de aspecto entre los dos superiores se lee como reinado sin rebeldes.

«If it is opposite to it at the time of the revolution and there is no reception between the two, this indicates a great number of wars aJ!d riots.» — la oposición sin recepción da guerras y motines; *aJ!d* es la lectura del escaneo.

«If Saturn and Jupiter are additionally lords of that clime, this indicates the rush of the people on him, his killing, and the occurrence of riots after it; what happens mainly are riots, especially in the case of the dynasty of the Arabs about seven years before or after the beginnings of the Quarters.» — la doctrina se particulariza para la dinastía árabe y da una ventana de siete años en torno al comienzo de cada Cuarto.

«When the prorogation arrived at 20 degrees of Gemini, 'Utman ibn 'Aflan (May God be pleased with him!) was killed, and that was the 81st year from the revolution of the year of the shift of the triplicity.» — el método se verifica sobre el asesinato del tercer califa, fechado en el año 81 desde el cambio de triplicidad; la grafía del nombre es la del escaneo.

«When the prorogation arrived at 20 degrees of Virgo, at the end of the 90th year from the killing of 'Utman ibn 'Aflan, Marwan ibn Mul:iammad ibn Marwan ibn al-ljakam 12 was killed.» — el segundo caso histórico, el del último califa omeya, a noventa años del primero.

«If the lord of the sign of the Sun is harmed and the Moon is in a <bi>corporeal sign, it indicates the death of two acceders in that conjunction.» — el signo bicorpóreo duplica también las muertes.

«and one fears that his disaster is according to the essence of the sign (i.e. place) in which the malefic is among the quarters of the sphere.» — la naturaleza de la desgracia la da el cuadrante de la esfera donde cae el maléfico.

«If this happens in a cardine, and its lord is going towards burning and a malefic agrees with it (?) 15 in the place of the indicator or the midheaven or the ascendant, one fears for him, unless a benefic shares with it in aspect, and the malefic is a help for it m essence.» — el signo de interrogación entre paréntesis es del traductor, que marca su duda sobre el verbo.

«When Mars wavers 17 in the sign of the religion of a people or their dynasty, or in its opposition, and that year is near to the completion of the period of the acceder, his ruin is in it (the year).» — Marte estacionario sobre el signo de la religión al final del periodo previsto arruina al gobernante.

«If Saturn conjoins with the lord of its house and the lord of its house applies to Mars, and Mercury is with Mars 18 or aspecting it or aspecting Saturn and its lord, this is an indicator that the acceder is in pain because of poisons and is killed.» — la cadena de aplicaciones que da envenenamiento, con Mercurio como agente.

«One should also look at the planet by which one is informed about the condition of the acceder, and at its reception and pushing of light, and one is informed about what happens with respect to his condition and what happens to him day by day of misfortune and happiness, good and evil, and what <his> subjects get from him, and what he gets from them.» — el mismo aparato sirve para el día a día del reinado y no solo para sus fechas mayores.

«Knowledge of this-i.e. the matters because of which killing occurs-may also be discovered in another way, especially for the kings associated with probity, 19 for that is apt to occur at the corruption of» — una segunda vía, reservada a los reyes de conducta recta.

«As for kings rendering judgement, if the prorogation applied to the rays of Mars in the base <horoscope> of the religion and receives rays too in the current conjunction, it indicates his being killed, especially» — la coincidencia de rayos de Marte en la carta fundacional y en la actual anuncia la muerte del rey juez.

«The worst of the matters also in cutting off their lives is if the principles that we have mentioned above 22 announce this, such as a solar eclipse in Leo or Aries; this indicates ruin of the acceder.» — el eclipse solar en Leo o Aries se cuenta entre las peores señales para el gobernante.

«the qisma in a house of Mercury or Mars by the occurrence <there> of the rays of Mars or Saturn, or at the arrival of the year in which they accede at Mercury, and of the qisma at Saturn, and one of the two is corrupted» — la *qisma* en casas de Mercurio o Marte con rayos de los maléficos entra en la misma serie de señales.

«Their accession is in the year in which the dawr arrives at Mars, the qisma of Mercury or Mars is in a house of Saturn-especially in Aquarius-and the prorogation arrives at the rays of Mars, or the body of Saturn at a house of Mars, and those rays and the body of the malefic were in the base <horoscope> of the dynasty or of the Quarter or in <that of> the current conjunction.» — la configuración completa que fecha el acceso al poder, con hasta cuatro condiciones simultáneas.

«If the Moon is eclipsed in Aries, while Saturn is in Cancer and Mars is in opposition to Saturn, it indicates the ruin of the acceder at the arrival of the Sun at the sign of Aries in that year.» — el eclipse lunar en Aries con esa configuración fecha la ruina en el momento en que el Sol vuelve a Aries.

«If it is free from misfortune and harm, especially <coming> from the lord of its fourth, sixth, seventh, 24 eighth, and twelfth <places>, this indicates his safety in that year.» — la lista de los lugares cuyos señores amenazan al gobernante.

«If it is harmed by one of them, and the cause of its misfortune is the lord of the fourth, especially if it is Mars, this indicates that his misfortune is by being killed in meetings.» — el señor del cuarto lugar, y sobre todo Marte, localiza la muerte en las reuniones.

«One should also look at the 12 places, 26 and in whichever place a malefic resides, then his enemies are from that region and war is stirred up against him by people who match the nature of the malefic; and wherever there are benefics, benefit and joy come from that direction, according to the nature of that benefic.» — los doce lugares se leen como mapa: cada uno da la procedencia de los enemigos o de los beneficios.

«As for how to know the <week>day on which their disaster occurs, it is found from the position of the Moon at the revolution of the year in which the acceder accedes, and its location among the signs.» — el día de la semana de la desgracia se lee de la Luna en la revolución del año.

«If it (the Moon) has a mixture with the lord of its place, it is surest and most true in its indication, especially if it is in the house of a planet agreeing with it.» — la mezcla con el señor del lugar refuerza la indicación.

«As for how to know the holder of the command after him, it is found_ from the planet to which the indicator of the king pushes <the management>.» — la sucesión se lee del planeta al que el indicador del rey empuja la administración.

«If it pushes the management to a planet in a sign which is not related to the essence of its sign, this is an indicator that the rulership comes to a family other than his own, and it leaves one nation for another.» — el cambio de esencia del signo marca cambio de familia y hasta de nación.

«If the indicator of the king does not push the management to a planet, the rulership comes to the one in whose sign the lot of rulership falls.» — el procedimiento alterno cuando no hay empuje de administración.

«If the sign in which it falls is related to the essentiality 28 of the indicator of the king, the one to whom it comes is from his family.» — y la condición que devuelve la sucesión a la propia familia.

«If it appears from what we have said above that the rulership is coming to his family, and one wants to know to whom among them it comes, one should look at the planet to which the Sun pushes at the revolution <of the year>.» — la técnica se afina hasta identificar a qué miembro de la familia toca el poder.

«If the indicator of this is the lord of the place of children, and one wants to know which one among them he is, one should look at the lords of the triplicities 29 of the place of children: whichever of them has the most dignity in the place of children, this is the one who holds the command after him.» — los señores de la triplicidad del lugar de los hijos deciden cuál de los hijos hereda.

«On the whole, if the ascendant of his nativity 31 is the place of children, he is the holder of that command.» — la regla más simple de todas, dada como resumen: el que tiene por ascendente el lugar de los hijos.

«even if its conjunction with Saturn does not have such power over changes as that of the conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn, its indication is one of the things one needs when calling witnesses» — II.8 abre reconociendo que la conjunción de Saturno y Marte pesa menos que la de Saturno y Júpiter, y aun así la retiene como testimonio.

«We say that the most distinct of the indications occurring as a result of the influence of the conjunction of Saturn and Mars is in the sign of Cancer» — Cáncer es el signo en que esa conjunción habla más claro, y el capítulo entero gira sobre él.

«since this sign is the detriment of Saturn and the dejection of Mars, and since the indication of this sign with Jupiter» — la razón que da: Cáncer es detrimento de Saturno y caída de Marte.

«For example, the indication of Cancer with Jupiter is for Iraq because Jupiter is predominant over <the degrees of> the sign indicating Iraq» — el enganche que vuelve política la doctrina: Cáncer con Júpiter significa Iraq.

«When the benefics are situated in this position or aspect it from trine or sextile, this indicates the good condition of the people of Iraq, the strength of their rule, and the fertility of their country.» — la lectura favorable para Iraq.

«The Ancients disagreed concerning the status of the elements 6 from which is found the measure of the quantity of the durations of the dynasties, and they proceeded like this.» — el texto consigna un desacuerdo entre los antiguos sobre los elementos del cómputo y no lo resuelve: lo expone.

«or opposition indicate calamity, the change of rule, and bloodshed, if the triplicity to which» — la cuadratura y la oposición como signos de calamidad y mudanza de gobierno.

«the Hegira of the Prophet (Upon him be peace!) was on Wednesday when 18 nights» — la Hégira se toma como punto de partida cronológico y se fecha por día de la semana y noches del mes.

«Thus the two malefics had a conjunction at this time in the part of Cancer indicating Iraq, and the predominant planet over lraq-i.e. Jupiter-was cadent from their <trine> aspect.» — el ejemplo histórico se monta sobre la conjunción de los dos maléficos en la parte de Cáncer que corresponde a Iraq.

«The predominant planet over the place of the Moon which helps the dynasty was Venus, because it was the lord of the place of the Moon.» — Venus entra en el ejemplo como planeta que sostiene la dinastía.

«and transferred it to them and their land because of its predominance over the position indicating the Arabs in the sign of Scorpio-that is, from its 7th to 11th degree-because the extent of these degrees in the sign of Scorpio is the term of Venus.» — el traspaso del poder a los árabes se explica por el término de Venus entre los grados 7 y 11 de Escorpión.

«This indicates that the rulership remains among the Arabs according to the degrees and minutes which remain to Venus in its sign, <taking> for each minute a year.» — la duración del poder árabe se calcula a razón de un año por minuto de arco restante a Venus.

«The ruin of the rulership of the Persian people was 20 years after that, because the conjunction was in 20 degrees of Cancer and they (Saturn and Mars) were in the cardine of the ascendant, which indicates years.» — la caída del imperio persa se deriva del grado exacto de la conjunción.

«In the period of year 61, they conjoined in Cancer, and Jupiter aspected them; the rulership was not changed, but the riot of Ibn az-Zubayr occurred.» — la serie de conjunciones en Cáncer se recorre año por año de la hégira, y aquí el aspecto de Júpiter rebaja el cambio de dinastía a motín.

«In the period <of year> 151, they conjoined in Cancer, and Jupiter was in Pisces in trine to them; the rulership was not changed, but they indicated wars and battle.» — el segundo caso de la serie, con el mismo resultado atenuado.

«In the period <of year> 181, they conjoined in Cancer, Jupiter was cadent from them, and the Moon was in Pisces; the rulership was not destroyed, but they indicated that the rulership would move at the end» — el tercer caso, con Júpiter cadente y el poder desplazándose al final.

«In the period <of year> 242, they conjoined in Cancer, they indicated the riot of al-Musta'In, wars and bloodshed, and the appearance of a man who will be followed by all those who claim to be divine and <receive divine> revelation; but his command was not completed, and his duration» — el cuarto caso anuncia un hombre seguido por quienes se dicen divinos, y añade que su mando no se completó.

«In the period <of year> 272, they will conjoin in Cancer; they will indicate very terrible matters and the death of kings and leaders.» — la serie pasa del pretérito al futuro, y aquí empieza la profecía propiamente dicha.

«In the period <of year> 303, they will conjoin in Cancer; they will indicate corruption and rebellion occurring in the western region.» — la segunda predicción de la serie.

«In the period of year 333, they will conjoin in Cancer; they will indicate many riots and wars, and that Islam will triumph over most of the religions.» — la tercera, que cierra la serie con el triunfo del islam sobre la mayoría de las religiones.

«We say that if Saturn and Mars conjoin in Aries, this indicates the occurrence of riot and wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Arabs.» — el capítulo pasa a recorrer la misma conjunción signo por signo, y Aries da guerra entre bizantinos y árabes.

«If Jupiter and the Moon are aspecting them, this indicates drought, the appearance of justice and the people's return to it, and the appearance of a portent occurring in the atmosphere at the end of a day or a night.» — la misma conjunción con otros aspectos da sequía, retorno a la justicia y un prodigio atmosférico.

«If Jupiter is with them, this indicates the death of the acceder and a journey prepared for the kings, together with illnesses occurring to them, and to all the nobles and common people; a great number of deaths among the women, and the prevalence of cholera over them.» — el pronóstico mezcla política, salud pública y mortandad de mujeres.

«If this is with the aspect of the luminaries, Jupiter, and Venus, this indicates plenty of lying and deceit among the people, and false rumours; and an increase of water» — entre los efectos previstos figuran los rumores falsos y la mentira, junto a la crecida de las aguas.

«the ruin of the distinguished among the kings, the lowness of the riffraff, and the revolt against the kings of a party of the people of al-Gabal» — la predicción nombra una región concreta, al-Gabal, entre los sublevados.

«If this is at the place of the aspect of the luminaries, Venus, and Mercury, this indicates, in addition, disasters occurring to scribes and calculators, that soldiers form a band against the kings, the corruption and lack of birds, and the cheapness of prices.» — los escribas y calculadores, oficios de Mercurio, entran en el pronóstico junto a los precios y las aves.

«[12] If this happens in Leo, it indicates the occurrence of injustice between the Turks and the Arabs, and the intensity of the people's fear of the authority, and their fear of each other, and an incident 20 that occurs to them because of heavenly signs and earthquakes, together with corruption coming to the fruits and animals.» — Leo da conflicto entre turcos y árabes, y añade señales celestes y terremotos.

«If the Moon is with them, this indicates the kings' killing of each other, and damage coming to the people from beasts of prey, together with an excess of heat and clouds.» — el mismo signo con la Luna da reyes que se matan entre sí y daño de fieras.

«If the luminaries aspect them, this is an indicator of the corruption of the crops and the highhandedness of the kings towards the people in regard to their properties, together with corruption appearing among the women.» — la confiscación de bienes por los reyes figura entre los efectos previstos.

«If Jupiter aspects them, this indicates a bad condition occurring to the eastern people, amusement and singing, 21 and redness occurring in the atmosphere in that year.» — el rojo en el cielo se cuenta entre los signos previstos, junto a la diversión y el canto.

«If Venus is with them, this indicates the biting of some of the kings by vermin, the opposition of their sons against them, and the appearance of wrong, and plenty of it.» — el pronóstico llega al detalle de las alimañas que muerden a los reyes.

«If Mercury is with them, this indicates the occurrence of illnesses among the people of Babylon, and a disaster coming to the king of Persia.» — Babilonia y el rey de Persia, las dos referencias geográficas de este pasaje.

«If this is with the aspect of Jupiter, Mercury, and the Moon, this indicates a great number of wars and confusion of the kings, and elevation of the nobles, writers, and practitioners of sciences, magic, spells, and the like.» — entre los que ascienden en ese pronóstico figuran los practicantes de las ciencias, de la magia y de los conjuros.

«If this happens in Capricorn, it indicates wars occurring between Ethiopia, Zang, India, the Berbers, and the people of those regions.» — Capricornio reparte la guerra entre Etiopía, los zanj, la India y los bereberes.

«If the Moon aspects them, this indicates a lack of rain, plenty of mists and clouds, the death of women for about forty nights, and brigandage against travellers.» — el pronóstico se cierra con plazos contados en noches y con el bandidaje en los caminos.

«If it happens that this (conjunction) is in the degree of the exaltation of a planet, this indicates that calamity, battle, and corruption come to the people of the clime whose indicator is that planet, especially if the lord of the exaltation aspects them (Saturn and Mars).» — el grado de exaltación traslada la calamidad al clima que corresponde al planeta exaltado.

«If it does not aspect that degree and a planet reflects the light of both of them onto it, 23 this indicates that difficulty and corruption come to the people of its clime because of some unknown people to whom they resort, or because of peoples from climes and cities other than their own.» — la reflexión de la luz por un tercer planeta convierte el daño en daño de origen extranjero.

«If it does not aspect them and no planet reflects their light onto it, it brings griefs to the people of that clime; then that is removed from them without discomfort coming to them.» — y sin aspecto ni reflexión el mal pasa sin dejar huella.

«When Saturn is parallel with Aries or one of its triplicities 27 in the Beginnings of the revolution <of the year>, and is the predominant planet and direct in motion in a cardine, it indicates a decrease occurring in the clime of Babylon, plenty of rain, a lack of coldness, and fighting among the kings.» — la serie de pronósticos por triplicidad empieza por el fuego, con Babilonia como clima afectado.

«If Mars is pushing its power to it (Saturn), this indicates the fighting of the subjects against the kings, and it is stronger for this when it is in the midheaven.» — el empuje de poder de Marte a Saturno da sublevación de súbditos.

«If Saturn is retrograding, it is weaker for this, and it is stronger for this in the region of lJurasan and the Turks, together with the bad condition of the people, and griefs and evil occurring to them.» — la retrogradación debilita el efecto general y lo concentra en el Jurasán y en los turcos.

«If it is cadent, does not aspect the ascendant and is direct in motion, and Mars is cadent from it, it indicates the occurrence of severe coldness harmful to the livestock.» — el pronóstico desciende hasta el ganado y el frío.

«If Mars is in this triplicity, and is the lord of the year and direct in motion in a cardine, it indicates hot and dry illnesses occurring to the people, the fighting of the kings against each other, and plenty of quarrels in most of the climes.» — la misma triplicidad leída desde Marte da enfermedades cálidas y secas.

«If it is not in a cardine, and is aspecting the ascendant and direct in motion, it indicates the wrongdoing of the people to one another, and that the harm of the kind we have mentioned comes to the countries belonging to the sign in which it (Mars) is and its quartile and opposition.» — el daño se reparte geográficamente por el signo del planeta y por sus cuadraturas y oposición.

«If it is retrograding, it indicates its intensity, and is more harmful to the people of the countries belonging to the signs which it aspects from quartile and opposition, according to the essence of the sign and its nature.» — la retrogradación intensifica y concentra el daño.

«when it is in the midheaven. If it is not in the cardines, but is aspecting the ascendant, and is direct in motion, this is an indicator of a lack of corruption occurring to plants.» — la serie de pronósticos alcanza también a las plantas.

«If it is not aspecting the ascendant, and is direct in motion, and Mars is cadent from it, it indicates the weakness of evil and its perpetrators, and the appearance of good.» — la configuración benigna dentro de la misma serie.

«If it is retrograding and is aspected by Mars, it indicates the corruption of grain and many deaths, especially in the lands in whose sign it is and its quartile and opposition.» — la corrupción del grano y la mortandad, localizadas por signo.

«If Mars is retrograding, it may indicate the enemies' opposition to the king, together with plenty of harm and fighting and bloodshed for that reason.» — el modal *may* marca que el texto gradúa sus propias afirmaciones y no siempre asevera.

«If it does not aspect the ascendant, and is direct in motion, and cadent from Saturn, this is an indicator of safety from most of what we have mentioned.» — la salida benigna de la serie: seguridad frente a casi todo lo anunciado.

«If it is not the lord of the year, and is in the fourth cardine, receiving the management of the lord of the ascendant, a large number of people die because of those earthquakes.» — los terremotos entran en el pronóstico con su cifra de muertos ligada a la administración planetaria.

«If it receives the management of the lord of the midheaven, it indicates fighting, wars, and riots because of the rulership and the desire for it.» — el mediocielo desplaza la causa del conflicto hacia la ambición de poder.

«If it does not aspect the ascendant and is direct in motion, it indicates the blowing of winds, and their mildness, and an intensity of coldness in the countries of the sign to which it is parallel.» — el pronóstico meteorológico se localiza por el signo con que el planeta guarda paralelo.

«If it is not in the cardines, and is aspecting the ascendant and direct in motion, this indicates that illnesses occur to the people from winds and blood,» — la etiología humoral de las enfermedades previstas: vientos y sangre.

«If Mars aspects it and the benefics are cadent from it, this indicates the occurrence of a great riot, and sweeping death occurring to the people, together with plenty of hardships.» — la ausencia de benéficos en aspecto agrava el pronóstico hasta la mortandad general.

«If Saturn is in the eleventh <place> from the ascendant of the revolution <of the year> and the Moon in the ascendant is applying to it, one fears for the king at that time.» — la configuración concreta que hace temer por el rey.

«If it is cadent from aspect with the ascendant and is direct in motion, and Mars is cadent from it, this is an indicator of the appearance of good, the lack of evil, and plenty of peace;» — la salida favorable de esa misma serie.

«If it is retrograding, and is aspected by Mars, and the benefics are cadent from it, this indicates that the nobles suffer misery and trial from the riffraff, and that coldness intensifies, and water and locusts increase.» — la inversión social —nobles humillados por la plebe— figura junto al frío y la langosta.

«[29] If Mars is in this triplicity, and is the lord of the year, in a cardine and direct in motion without pushing to Saturn, this is an indicator of fighting occurring in the land of the Arabs, and the appearance of governmental injustice in the land of 'f abaristan and Daylam.» — el pronóstico nombra Tabaristán y Daylam, dos regiones del norte de Irán.

«If it is retrograding and is pushing to Saturn, it indicates a battle occurring in the land of the Arabs, bloodshed, the occurrence of plagues, many deaths, and that one fears for the king in this revolution, if the matter of the years 34 witnesses that.» — la condición final —si el cómputo de los años lo atestigua— es la reserva que el texto pone a su propio pronóstico.

«If it is retrograding, harm, strife, and evil from the kings come to the people of the countries of the sign to which it is parallel and its quartile and opposition, especially if it is in the eleventh <place>.» — el mal viene aquí de los reyes hacia el pueblo, y no al revés.

«If it is retrograding and pushes to Saturn, and Saturn is in a cardine, this is an indicator of the occurrence of evil in what is among the people, and that the beginning of this is with weak causes; then it intensifies, and much blood is shed; and severe illnesses and accidental death occur.» — el texto describe una escalada: causas débiles al principio que después se intensifican.

«If Saturn is cadent from it, illnesses caused by heat and moisture like measles and smallpox occur to the countries of the sign to which it is parallel, together with illnesses similar to the essence of that sign.» — el sarampión y la viruela se nombran por su nombre dentro del pronóstico.

«If this happens in the second or eighth <place>, it indicates the corruption of properties, the obscurity of the reputation of the rich, and the appearance of need, poverty, and weakness among the common people.» — la serie recorre ahora los doce lugares, y el segundo y el octavo dan ruina de la hacienda.

«If it happens in the third or ninth <place>, it indicates the appearance of blight in mosques and houses of worship, and hated occurrences, together with calamities concerning building and worship.» — el tercero y el noveno, lugares de la religión, dan calamidades en mezquitas y casas de culto.

«If this happens in the sixth or twelfth <place>, it indicates a great number of gazelles and riding animals and the taking of them, and that sometimes harm occurs to these two kinds <of animal>.» — el sexto y el duodécimo, lugares de los animales, dan abundancia y daño de gacelas y monturas.

«If this happens in the midheaven, it indicates the death of the greatest of the kings in the climes, especially the kings of the countries indicated by the sign in which they conjoin.» — el mediocielo da la muerte del mayor de los reyes.

«The conjunction of the two malefics occurring every 30 years, in spite of35 the weakness of the 30 years in· which they conjoin, as we have mentioned before, 36 may also give information on the affairs of the dynasty.» — el texto retiene el ciclo de treinta años a pesar de haberlo declarado débil: la reserva y el uso conviven.

«For example, the indication of the shift of the conjunction from Libra to Scorpio and its triplicity was for the birth of the Prophet (Upon him be peace!).» — el cambio de Libra a Escorpión se adjudica al nacimiento del Profeta.

«When the conjunction returned to Scorpio after 60 years, it indicated his death (God bless him and grant him salvation!), and his death was in the third year from the time of the return of the conjunction to the sign to which the shift was.» — el retorno a Escorpión sesenta años después se adjudica a su muerte, con tres años de desfase declarados.

«Then the conjunction returned to Scorpio after 180 years and there occurred the revolt of Abu Muslim and the transfer of the rulership to as-Sawad.» — el tercer retorno se adjudica a la revuelta de Abu Muslim y al traslado del poder a as-Sawad.

«Another category of people among them39 has mentioned that the measure of the time of the duration of the dynasty in each religion is according to the quantity of 10 rotations of Saturn.» — el texto expone aquí la doctrina de otro grupo, medida en diez revoluciones de Saturno, y la marca como ajena.

«They say that the shift is at the completion of 10 rotations of Saturn, especially if that coincides with the shift of Saturn to the tropical signs, and the ascendants of those times are tropical signs; then it speeds up the shift.» — la exposición continúa en tercera persona: *they say*, no *we say*.

«Sometimes there occur at times in which it shifts celestial and terrestrial portents like showers of stars, earthquakes, and the like, especially if Jupiter is cadent from it (Saturn); it changes the states <of affairs>, and sometimes the rulership shifts from one man to another.» — las lluvias de estrellas y los terremotos figuran como portentos que acompañan al cambio.

«If Jupiter is cadent from it and becomes weak, and Mars becomes strong at its arrival at the cardines of the ascendant, it indicates the shift and collapse of most situations.» — la condición que convierte el cambio en colapso general.

«At its completion of 10 rotations there may happen conditions and changes in general in the appearance of prophethood and the shift of dynasties, religions and customs, according to what we shall describe.» — la doctrina ajena abarca también la aparición de la profecía, no solo la política.

«When another 10 of its rotations were completed for it, Arda.Sir ibn Babikan 43 appeared and he restored the dynasty of the Persians and set up their affairs.» — el ejemplo histórico de la doctrina de las diez revoluciones: Ardashir, fundador de los sasánidas; la grafía del nombre es la del escaneo.

«Sometimes the events preceded the completion of 10 rotations and the event was in the ninth rotation; sometimes they came after 10 rotations and the event was in the eleventh rotation.» — la propia doctrina admite su margen de error de una revolución en más o en menos.

«They said that, since Saturn had the indication for the caliphs, the dynasty remained among them for 265 years, which is approximately the <greatest> period of Saturn.» — la duración del califato se hace igual al periodo mayor de Saturno, con el *approximately* dentro.

«Following this method, it is necessary that the period of the Byzantine dynasty should be according to the period assigned to its planet, which is the greater luminary, its indicator, i.e. 1,460 years.» — la misma regla aplicada a los bizantinos, cuyo planeta es el Sol, da mil cuatrocientos sesenta años.

«According to this, it is necessary that the period of the Arab dynasty is according to the period assigned to its planet, which is Venus, its indicator, i.e. 584 years, 49 and this is near to what we mentioned.» — y a los árabes, cuyo planeta es Venus, quinientos ochenta y cuatro; el texto observa que la cifra concuerda con la que ya había dado.

«The masters of talismans have mentioned that the sphere has a movement of 8 degrees within which it advances and retreats, and that its accession and recession in each degree occur in every 80 years.» — la doctrina de la trepidación de la esfera se atribuye a *the masters of talismans*, una de las poquísimas autoridades que el texto nombra.

«When it completes one degree in its accession or its recession and this happens at the same time as a shift of Saturn from one sign to another, especially to the tropical signs, then, when it is like this, it indicates showers of stars and the change of dynasties.» — el cruce de la trepidación con el paso de Saturno da lluvias de estrellas y mudanza de dinastías.

«Likewise, whenever Saturn shifts from one sign to another, 52 it indicates the occurrence of events in the world, heavenly and terrestrial portents, the transfer of religions, the shift of the kingdom from one people to another, the occurrence of wars and illnesses, and the occurrence of earthquakes in the climes.» — el paso de Saturno de signo a signo se convierte en índice general de los sucesos del mundo.

«The truest <indication> for this is when, at the time of the completion of 80 years in the accession of the sphere, there is a whole degree, or the san1e in its recession.» — el texto declara cuándo su propia indicación es más segura; *san1e* es la lectura del escaneo.

«Also, the greatest and most universal change may be at the completion of the movement of the sphere, whether it advances or retreats, through 8 degrees.» — el ciclo mayor de la trepidación, de ocho grados, se hace corresponder con el cambio más universal.

«If its arrival point is in the accession, the sphere is advancing; if its arrival point is in the recession, the sphere is retreating.» — la regla que determina en cuál de las dos fases se encuentra la esfera.

«The increase which the planets add in our days is the measure of the amount of degrees which are fixed by the movement of the sphere in the time which we defined by the Qaniin, or close to it.» — el texto remite al *Qanun* como fuente de sus valores de corrección, una de sus contadas referencias a un libro.

«If it is retreating, one subtracts what results in degrees and minutes of its recession from 8 degrees, and adds the remainder to the positions of the planets in order to correct their positions exactly according to the observation one makes.» — la trepidación no es especulación: sirve para corregir las posiciones calculadas contra la observación.

«because the statements which agree <lead> to information (their agreement is what results from the agreement of those indications of the conjunctions that agree in these periods which they established), they adopted these agreed points as axioms» — el texto explica el método de sus predecesores: convertir en axiomas los puntos en que coinciden varias indicaciones.

«if one of them is placed with another in one of the figures <of aspect> at the time of the shift of the conjunction from one triplicity to another, this indicates that the people of that religion generally use things similar to those indications;» — III.1 abre la doctrina de las mezclas planetarias: lo que la gente de una religión usa se lee de la figura de aspecto.

«except that, since the indications of the inferior planets are in a shorter time than the indications of the superior planets, the indications of the superior planets are more distinct than them (those of the inferior planets) at the time of the horoscopes» — la razón por la que los superiores mandan en lo grande y los inferiores en lo breve.

«So, if the inferior planets are assigned to the indications of the revolutions of the years and quarters because of the short period of their indications, the indications» — el reparto que se sigue de esa razón.

«it is most necessary that we provide their indications for the events at the time of the revolutions of the times which we have described <resulting> from the positions of one of them with respect to another, according to all the parts of the figures <of aspect>.» — el programa del capítulo: recorrer todas las combinaciones de dos planetas en todas las figuras.

«Let it pertain to one of the aids explaining the influences of the celestial bodies on terrestrial events in accordance with what we mentioned before.» — el capítulo se presenta como auxiliar, no como doctrina independiente.

«We say that if Jupiter applies to Saturn in sextile or trine, that indicates the appearance of keepers,2 kings, nobles, prophecy, revelation, and secrets.» — la primera combinación de la serie pone juntas la profecía, la revelación y los secretos.

«If it is in quartile and it is in the fourth <place>, that indicates the concealment of keepers and seekers of the rulership, and the alteration of many affairs among those of the rulership and religion.» — la cuadratura invierte el efecto: donde el trígono manifestaba, ella oculta.

«We say that if Mars applies to Saturn in trine or sextile, this indicates the occurrence of fraud in the affairs of pious people and kings, and confusions occurring among the people because of the affairs of faiths.» — el aspecto favorable entre los dos maléficos no da bien: da fraude entre piadosos y reyes.

«If it is in the seventh <place>, this indicates the opposition of men, one against another, and their separation from each other, their hostility towards each other, and their contending with one another.» — el séptimo lugar, el de los adversarios, da enemistad general.

«If it is in the tenth <place>, this indicates that violence comes to the subjects from a ruler, and that their obedience to him becomes burdensome.» — el décimo, el del poder, da violencia del gobernante sobre los súbditos.

«If it applies to it in trine or sextile, this indicates corruption occurring to children and foetuses, and the difficulty of birth for women .» — la serie llega hasta los partos y los fetos.

«the stirring up of black bile, and a large number of illnesses because of this; the appearance of destruction in most countries,» — la bilis negra, humor de Saturno, entra en el pronóstico como causa de enfermedad.

«the miscarriage of pregnant women as a result of the large amount of snow, the death of some people because of it,» — el pronóstico encadena nieve, abortos y muertes.

«the use of shoots and plants, the digging of walls, building with stones and unburnt bricks, and plenty of structures and their erection;» — los oficios de la tierra y de la construcción, adjudicados a la misma combinación.

«and much visiting of tombs, prisons, and the like by the people.» — el cierre de esa serie saturnina: tumbas y cárceles.

«[1] The second chapter, on the mixtures of the planets with Jupiter.» — III.2 se abre declarando su materia con una sola línea.

«[3] We say that if Mars conjoins with Jupiter, this indicates that the predominant engagement of the people is in invasion and wars, plenty of Kharijites and Vendors, 1 plenty of lawsuits, the occurrence of plagues in some climes, the perishing of some riding animals, and a terrifying sound occurring in the air, together with fertility at the beginning of this period and drought at its end, and the death of a king in that revolution <of the year>.» — la conjunción de Marte con Júpiter nombra a los jariyíes y a los *Vendors*, es decir grupos religiosos concretos del islam, dentro del pronóstico.

«If it applies to it in trine or sextile, this indicates frequent gihiid and invasion because of religion.» — el *yihad* aparece por su nombre árabe como efecto de una figura de aspecto.

«[4] If the Sun conjoins with it, this indicates the death of judges and qii~is, and the corruption of part of the faith and its concealment.» — los cadíes, jueces de la ley islámica, entran en el pronóstico con su nombre propio.

«[6] If Mercury conjoins with it, this indicates the people's search for science, writing, and wisdom, and the teaching of fiqh, faith, and secrets; and plague and an intensity of the heat of the air.» — el *fiqh*, la jurisprudencia islámica, se cuenta entre los saberes que la combinación promueve.

«If it is in quartile and it is in the fourth <place>, this indicates the arguments of jurists, and the revelation of many secrets.» — la disputa de los juristas y la revelación de secretos, juntas en la misma figura.

«this indicates that women multiply lawsuits because of <their> faiths, that they make this known, and that the relation between them and their husbands becomes good.» — el pronóstico atribuye a las mujeres pleitos por cuestión de fe.

«If it is in the tenth <place>, this indicates the elevation of qa<Jis and worshippers, and construction involving building mosques, houses of worship, and the like.» — el cierre de III.2, con la construcción de mezquitas como efecto previsto.

«[8] Since we have fully dealt with what we wanted to explain, let us break off the account, with the help and support of God.» — la fórmula de cierre del capítulo, que se repite variada a lo largo del libro.

«We say that if the Sun conjoins with Mars, this indicates frequent killing among thieves and robbers.» — III.3 abre con la conjunción del Sol y Marte.

«If it is in the tenth <place>, this indicates the rulers' employment of people of skills, and alchemy, jewelry, and weapons.» — la alquimia aparece nombrada entre los oficios de Marte que los gobernantes emplean.

«[6] If the Moon conjoins with it, this indicates the engagement of the people in lies and bloodshed, together with plenty of complainants, and finery.» — la Luna con Marte da mentira y sangre.

«If it is in the tenth <place>, this indicates engagement in wars, injustice, and wrongdoing by the rulers, governors, and generals of the armies.» — el cierre de III.3, con los generales entre los sujetos del pronóstico.

«We say that if Venus conjoins with the Sun, this indicates harm coming to pregnant women, together with plenty of lawsuits among them.» — III.4 abre con la conjunción de Venus y el Sol.

«If the Moon conjoins with Venus, this indicates an abundant use of songs, melody, amusements, and enjoyment of women by the people, and use of <their> fragrant things.» — III.5 adjudica a la Luna con Venus el canto, la diversión y los perfumes.

«We say that if the Moon conjoins with Mercury, this indicates the search for knowledge, books, charms, magic, astrology, and everything which is hidden and concealed.» — III.6 pone en una misma serie los libros, los amuletos, la magia, la astrología y todo lo oculto: es el pasaje donde la obra nombra la magia por su nombre.

«If it applies to it in sextile or trine and it is fortunate, this indicates the speculation in the sciences and their investigation, and the ready dispersal and reception of everything that is investigated.» — la figura favorable de la misma pareja da especulación científica y difusión de lo investigado.

«The first chapter, on the indications of Aries for terrestial events when it is the ascendant of one of the times of revolutions» — la parte IV recorre los doce signos uno por capítulo, y abre por Aries; *terrestial* es la lectura del escaneo.

«We say that, if Aries is an ascendant of one of the times of revolutions, or the years arrive at it from one of the positions we mentioned above, this indicates that there appear in the cities ruled by it tyrannical and dominating kings, together with the use of iron tools, weapons, and» — Aries da reyes tiránicos y herramientas de hierro en las ciudades que rige.

«that corruption comes to the food because of moisture; that seed-crops in sandy ground decrease, together with the good harvest of the rest of the crops, and that clothes of red among colours are prevalent among them.» — el pronóstico por signo baja hasta el color de la ropa y el tipo de suelo.

«This also indicates a journey occurring to the Babylonian king, his victory over his enemies, illnesses coming to him according to the small period of the Sun;» — el rey de Babilonia es figura recurrente de estos capítulos, y su suerte se computa por los periodos planetarios.

«that some of those among his women on whom are bestowed honours die, and that joy and calm come to the people of his country.» — el pronóstico alcanza a las mujeres de la corte.

«If the degree of the ascendant is in the first third of it (Aries), the prorogation or one of the predominant planets is in it (the first third), or the terminal point arrives at it, this indicates frequent thunder, lightning, and winds.» — cada signo se subdivide en tercios, y cada tercio tiene su propio pronóstico meteorológico.

«We say that, if it (Taurus) has the indications we have described, this indicates that harms occurring to the people appear in the cities ruled by it, together with exemplary punishment among them, and the remaining of matters in one condition; that pains in the throat, swelling, and lassitude occur to them;» — Tauro da inmovilidad de las cosas y dolencias de garganta, por la correspondencia del signo con el cuello.

«that rain, thunder, and lightning decrease, together with the occurrence of destructive hail, and the frequent risings of the sea;» — el apartado meteorológico de Tauro.

«that leaders envy one another, that they plot against a king to kill him, that he gains a victory over them, and that plenty of blood is shed for that reason.» — el apartado político del mismo capítulo, con conjura fallida y represalia.

«We say that, if it (Gemini) has the indications we have explained, this indicates that there appear in the cities ruled by it plenty of speculation in the sciences which are supernatural like divinity,» — a Géminis le toca la especulación en las ciencias sobrenaturales, empezando por la teología.

«it indicates that there appear in the cities ruled by it plenty of sexual intercourse, the generation <of children>, journeys, migration, and changes of things from one condition to another;» — Cáncer da generación, viaje y migración.

«that a year is unprofitable for the people because of the frequency of battles occurring in it, and because of the large number of destructive locusts, aquatic animals and vermin;» — el mismo capítulo cuenta la langosta y las alimañas entre las causas de un mal año.

«the frequent blowing of west winds and floods and intense coldness in the winter quadrant, and the moderateness of the air during the autumn quadrant;» — el pronóstico se reparte por cuadrantes del año, no solo por signo.

«that many anxieties and bloodshed come to him for these reasons, that the duration of this is for four months;» — el texto pone plazo en meses a los efectos que anuncia.

«that perishing occurs among the horses and donkeys, and death amongst the livestock, and that foods and drinks increase.» — la sección zootécnica del mismo pronóstico.

«We say that, if it (Leo) has the indications we have described, there appear in the cities ruled by it a large number of births of kings and rulers, their appearance 1 and their good management, together with power» — Leo, signo del Sol, da nacimientos de reyes y buen gobierno.

«the atmosphere is dark from time to time, together with the moderateness of the air during the spring quadrant and its inclination to coldness» — el apartado atmosférico de Leo, repartido por cuadrantes.

«if it (Virgo) has the indications we have described, this indicates that there appear in the cities ruled by it good-looking and handsome kings, together with their engagement in sexual intercourse not in accordance with the Shariah» — Virgo da reyes hermosos y comercio carnal fuera de la ley revelada: el pronóstico juzga en términos de *sharia*.

«that clothes of green and garments of various colours using many dyes, such as embroidered fabric and the like are most prevalent among them» — el color verde y el bordado, adjudicados a Virgo.

«that illnesses occur to the Babylonian king, especially when the Sun is parallel with its house (Leo), and that this is in accordance with the small period of Jupiter» — la enfermedad del rey de Babilonia se fecha por el paralelo del Sol y se mide por el periodo menor de Júpiter.

«that joy occurs to the Babylonian king when the greater luminary is parallel with any part of the sign of Cancer; that he is happy» — el mismo rey, en el capítulo siguiente, con el signo de la alegría.

«is in its northern parts, it indicates the heat and wetness of the air. If it is in the southern ones, it indicates its coldness.» — el cierre del capítulo de Aries: dentro de cada signo, la latitud norte o sur del indicador decide entre calor húmedo y frío.

«it indicates the alteration and changeableness of the air.» — el cierre del capítulo de Tauro, con la misma estructura de subdivisión.

«the middle third, it indicates its good mixture. If it is in the last third of it, it indicates its disturbance and change.» — el cierre del capítulo de Géminis: los tres tercios del signo dan tres estados del aire.

«ones, it indicates plenty of moisture. [5] Since we have fully dealt with what we wanted to explain, let us break off the chapter.» — el cierre del capítulo de Libra.

«third third, it indicates gentleness 3 and heat. If this is in its northern parts, it indicates the heat of the atmosphere. If it is in the southern ones, it indicates the same.» — el cierre del capítulo de Escorpión, donde norte y sur dan por una vez el mismo resultado.

«(4] Since we have fully dealt with what we wanted to explain, let us break off the account. [5] The fourth part is complete.» — el colofón de la parte IV, que la obra marca expresamente al terminar los doce signos.

«We say that, if it (Scorpio) has the indications we have described, this indicates that there appear in the cities ruled by it good-looking and generous kings, bestowing much largesse, and sexual intercourse» — Escorpión da reyes generosos, y no solo la lectura sombría que su nombre sugiere.

«that riots, wars, rage, 1 violence, rashness, grief, prisons and the imprisoned, anxieties, distresses, treason, slander, calumniation, fighting, and illnesses increase» — la otra mitad del mismo capítulo, con la lista más larga de males de la parte IV.

«And this indicates plenty of food and seed-crops, the corruption of the pasture because of damage caused by snow, an abundance of water animals, beasts, and insects» — el apartado agrícola y animal de Escorpión, signo de agua.

«We say that, if it (Sagittarius) has the indications we have described, this indicates that there appear in the cities ruled by it the strength of the kings and the nobles, and the eminence of their government compared to that of others among the common people» — Sagitario da reyes fuertes y gobierno eminente.

«plenty of horsemanship, weapons, iron, instruments of war, discipline of soldiers, cunning, tricks, liberality, gathering and expending of wealth, and cleanliness in food, drink, clothes and everything else;» — el mismo signo reúne la equitación, la disciplina militar y la limpieza en la mesa y el vestido.

«plenty of rain in the spring quadrant, the goodness of the air in the summer quadrant and the blowing of east winds in it, together with the warmth and mildness of the autumn quadrant, and the moderation of the coldness at the beginning of the winter quadrant, and its intensity at its end;» — el pronóstico estacional de Capricornio, cuadrante por cuadrante.

«that the spring quadrant is moderate in coldness, together with an intense heat in the summer quadrant, and with the inclination of the autumn quadrant towards heat, and that lightning, thunder, and rain increase in it;» — el pronóstico estacional de Acuario.

«that harms like drought, illnesses, and the like come to every land on the shore of the sea or the banks of the Euphrates and the Tigris;» — el mismo capítulo nombra el Éufrates y el Tigris, y sitúa así el pronóstico en el Iraq.

«together with the use of cleanliness and the study of the fiqh in faiths,» — el capítulo de Piscis cuenta el estudio del *fiqh* entre lo que el signo promueve.

«frequent engagement in sexual intercourse, the happiness of the people, and their intimacy with each other;» — y junto a ello la vida sexual y la concordia entre la gente.

«confidence, tranquillity of mind, piety, and the soundness of mutual relations;» — el cierre de esa serie, con la piedad y la tranquilidad de ánimo.

«The first chapter, on knowing the quality of the indications of Saturn by itself, when it has predominance over the ascendant[s] of one of the Beginnings, or when it has lordship of the year or lordship of the time-distribution; and when it is parallel with each of the signs by mixture.» — V.1 anuncia la materia de toda la parte V: el planeta considerado por sí solo, sin mezcla con otro; los corchetes rectos son del editor.

«that an unpraiseworthy king rules Babylon; that evil increases in it; that the search for income and livelihood is frustrated; that the rich become poor, that the poor die, and that the nobles oppress.» — la lectura de Saturno solo sobre Babilonia, con la inversión de fortunas.

«If its nature indicates the element of water, this indicates that an intensity of coldness and drowning occurs in rivers and seas, together with a difficulty of navigation, and the scarcity of aquatic animals, the copiousness of the ebb and the flow, and the excessive increase of the flow and the ebb.» — el mismo planeta leído sobre el elemento agua, hasta las mareas.

«If its indication is for fruits, this indicates their corruption and lack, especially in the case of those in which acidity is dominant, 4 and this is because of worms and locusts attacking them,» — y sobre los frutos, con la acidez como criterio de reparto.

«If it is western, this indicates a battle occurring between the people because of their ancestors, together with pains, the failure of the rain, and little evenness in the temperateness of the air.» — la occidentalidad del planeta da guerra por cuestión de linaje.

«If it becomes visible in it from under the rays, this indicates a large number of wars and riots in the eastern region, and a large number of thieves and the corruption of the lands, together with a large number of flies, the occurrence of death among the beasts of prey, and a lack of food and drink» — la salida de los rayos, es decir la primera visibilidad, se lee como acontecimiento con efectos propios.

«If it is southern, it indicates wicked thoughts occurring among the people, together with an abundance of epidemics and little moderateness of the air.» — la latitud sur da malos pensamientos y epidemias.

«If it is retrograde, it indicates anxiety occurring to kings, and the death of a great man, especially in the southern region, together with a decrease in the land tax.» — la retrogradación afecta hasta la recaudación del impuesto territorial.

«If it is western, it indicates disease occurring to women, especially the women of kings, together with their weakness for that reason; and sometimes tertian fever comes to them.» — la fiebre terciana aparece por su nombre en el pronóstico.

«If it is retrograde, it indicates the corruption of the air, the breaking out of an epidemic, the intensity of the heat and simooms.» — el *simún*, viento abrasador del desierto, entra en la serie meteorológica.

«If it is western, it indicates illnesses occurring to kings because of pains in the eyes and colds, together with a scarcity of rain.» — la misma estructura aplicada a otro planeta, con dolencias de los ojos.

«If Jupiter is there, it indicates a small number of deaths, and locusts attacking the crops, together with whatever harms and damages appear.» — la presencia del benéfico atenúa la mortandad pero no la plaga.

«If it is retrograde, it indicates the occurrence of prolonged illnesses among the people, especially in their mouths and ears, together with a lack of evenness in the temperateness of their bodies.» — la retrogradación alarga las enfermedades y las localiza en boca y oídos.

«If it is parallel with the sign of Scorpio, this indicates a lack of evenness in the temperaments of the people, the occurrence of death among them, especially among young people; that illnesses increase among middle-aged people, together with harm from enemies; and an» — el paralelo con cada signo se recorre uno por uno, y aquí reparte la mortandad por edades.

«If Jupiter and the Moon are near it, this indicates pain in the eyes, the occurrence of small stones in their bladders, an abundance of lightning and floods, raging winds, an intensity of coldness, and the falling of snow.» — el pronóstico mezcla patología urinaria y meteorología en una sola frase.

«If Jupiter is near it, it indicates the lack of an epidemic and the clearness of the air, and illnesses occurring to the people in their eyes.» — la proximidad del benéfico quita la epidemia y deja la dolencia menor.

«If it is parallel with the sign of Capricorn, this indicates the frequent breaking of firm contracts, the occurrence of fear among the people, and false rumours, together with an abundance of rain, the occurrence of earthquakes, and the corruption of the arable land and the crops because of the great amount of water and moisture.» — Capricornio da ruptura de contratos firmes y rumores falsos junto a terremotos.

«If it is retrograde, it indicates an abundance of disorder and confusion, together with a waste of money, and many occurrences of agreements 5 among the people.» — la retrogradación produce a la vez desorden y multiplicación de pactos.

«If Jupiter is near it, it indicates the occurrence of wars in the eastern region, and an abundance of harms occurring to the lands, together with an abundance of juice and oil.» — el aceite y el zumo, productos que el pronóstico cuenta uno por uno junto al daño de las tierras.

«If it is western, this indicates a large number of calamities occurring to the people, and the occurrence of death to those who are old among them, together with the occurrence of humidity and the corruption of their bodies.» — la occidentalidad reparte la mortandad por edades.

«If it is western, it indicates that distress and griefs occur to kings because of the movement of enemies, and a large number of illnesses occurring from colds.» — la misma clave aplicada a los reyes y al movimiento de sus enemigos.

«If Mars and Venus are near it or in opposition, or the Moon is opposite to it, that is an indication that pains in the eyes occur to the people, together with a lack of rain and food; and the safety and abundance of the trees, especially the olive trees.» — el olivo se nombra por su nombre entre los árboles que el pronóstico protege.

«If the luminaries are near it, this indicates a lack of oil, together with anxieties occurring to the people, false rumours, and pains occurring in the limbs, together with the onrush of water, a decrease in crops, the spreading of locusts, and the corruption of the juice and the oil.» — la serie completa de efectos de esa configuración, desde el aceite hasta los miembros doloridos.

«We say that, if it has the indications we have described and has them as its property for the human kind, this indicates greatness in the standing of kings, the highness of their affairs, the large number of their donations, the elevation of their ranks,» — V.2 pasa de Saturno a Júpiter, y el planeta solo da grandeza y donaciones.

«their suspicion of some of their friends, and their benefit from them for those reasons, together with the good condition of the king of Babylon and the Arabs;» — el mismo pasaje pone juntos al rey de Babilonia y a los árabes.

«surpluses in his treasuries, easiness for the people of the countries to supply the land tax, the people's use of truth in their words, the appearance of the good, the health of bodies and minds, the good condition of the merchants, and the excellence of <their> earnings and profits;» — el pronóstico favorable llega al superávit del tesoro y a la facilidad del impuesto.

«If it is for the animal kind, especially those that people use, this indicates their (the animals') abundance and increase, but for whatever is of the contrary <kind> corruption and death occur.» — el mismo planeta reparte abundancia a los animales útiles y muerte a los demás.

«If its indication is for the element of air, this indicates an abundance of rain, the blowing of winds, the wetness of the air, and the goodness of its moderateness.» — la lectura elemental del mismo planeta, empezando por el aire.

«If its indication is for the element of earth, this indicates its prosperity, together with an abundance of fruits, and the goodness of wheat and barley, but that sometimes mildew attacks the seed-crops and spoils them.» — la lectura sobre la tierra, con la reserva del añublo.

«If its indication is for the element of water, this indicates the safety of travellers on the sea, the frequent risings of rivers, and an abundance of fish.» — y la lectura sobre el agua, con la seguridad de los navegantes.

«If it is western, it indicates that the kings bestow honours upon old men from their family and their employees, 2 together with an abundance of rain, and wetness of the air.» — la occidentalidad del benéfico da honores a los viejos de la casa real.

«If it is western, it indicates the death of some women of the kings and some of the aged among the nobles, together with the excessive wetness of the air.» — la misma clave con otro planeta da el resultado contrario sobre las mismas personas.

«If it is western, it indicates frequent journeys of kings, their change of locality, the waste of their resources, and the occurrence of false rumours, confusion and disturbance among the people.» — el viaje de los reyes y el rumor falso, juntos otra vez en el mismo pronóstico.

«lightning, the risings of rivers, good crops, and the safety of the year, except that pains of their mouths and lips occur to the people in the spring quadrant.» — el pronóstico favorable lleva su excepción dentro: la salvedad de los dolores de boca en primavera.

«(8] If it is parallel with the sign of Leo, this indicates harms occurring to the king, and griefs and anger, together with a large number of pains occurring to the people from coughing and the winds resulting from the coldness; that some celebrated nobles die; that beasts of prey thrive; that rain increases in the spring quadrant; a lack of heat in the summer quadrant, and an intensity of coldness in the winter quadrant, together with raging winds uprooting trees, and a lack of coldness in its middle, together with an increase of the springs.» — el paralelo con Leo, con el pronóstico repartido por cuadrantes del año y hasta el nivel de los manantiales.

«beginning and end of winter, and a mixed amount in its middle; and many occurrences of ice and rain, the rising of rivers, the flooding of the wadfs, the intensification of coldness in many places, and the occurrence of rain and disease in the summer quadrant, together with good grass, an abundance of fruits of the vines, and the corruption of the trees.» — el pronóstico estacional nombra los uadis por su nombre árabe, y reparte lo bueno y lo malo dentro del mismo año.

«or death occurring to some of their relatives, together with a lack of movement of the armies.» — la inmovilidad de los ejércitos es uno de los índices políticos recurrentes del pronóstico.

«If it is southern, it indicates the appearance of benefit and profits among the people, together with their calmness and peace.» — la latitud sur del planeta, leída aquí en clave favorable.

«If it is western, it indicates anxieties and griefs coming to kings and leaders, and the death of some nobles.» — y la occidentalidad, en clave adversa.

«heat and an abundance of east winds in the summer quadrant; that sometimes there occurs the death of dogs, together with the finding (?) of fruits, food, and drink, and their scarcity.» — el signo de interrogación entre paréntesis marca la duda del traductor sobre el verbo, y el pronóstico llega a la muerte de los perros.

«If it is western, this indicates illnesses occurring to the women of kings, the death of some nobles, and a lack of rain.» — la misma clave de occidentalidad aplicada a otro planeta.

«If it is western, it indicates an abundance of movement and change of locality of kings, and the departure of some armies for the borders of the kingdom.» — aquí la occidentalidad mueve a los reyes y manda ejércitos a la frontera.

«If this indicates the animal kind, especially those <animals> that people use, it indicates their scarcity.» — la lectura del planeta sobre el reino animal, restringida a los animales de uso humano.

«If it is western, it indicates the large number of expenses and profligacy of the king, and little movement of the armies, together with the miscarrying of pregnant women.» — la prodigalidad del rey y los abortos, en el mismo pronóstico.

«illnesses occurring to the people in their eyes, together with an intense blowing of winds, and the goodness of the crops.» — el pronóstico mezcla mal de ojos, viento y buena cosecha sin jerarquizar.

«If it is western, it indicates illnesses of pregnant women because of their miscarrying, together with the corruption of the seed-crops and the trees, especially the vines and the olive trees.» — la vid y el olivo se nombran otra vez por su nombre.

«[6) If it is parallel with the sign of Gemini, this indicates a large number of pains in the ears, smallpox, and measles occurring to the people; a battle occurs in the northern region, together with many thefts; a victory over them, and the publication of their affair; that harm comes to the people because of thunderbolts, lightning, and the intensity of the coldness.» — el paralelo con Géminis reúne epidemia, batalla, robo y rayo en una sola sentencia.

«If the luminaries are near it, it indicates that abscesses and pains in the eyes come to the people, and that a decrease in the plants will occur.» — la cercanía de los luminares se lee como agravante de lo indicado.

«If it becomes visible in it, it indicates misfortune occurring to the people from pains in their throats and chests, chronic illnesses occurring in their limbs, and quartan fever; that death5 occurs among riding animals, that the rain decreases, that the simooms blow, that the locusts spread, that the juice becomes corrupt, and that the oil decreases.» — la fiebre cuartana entra en la nosología del pronóstico, junto a la langosta y el aceite.

«If it is western, it indicates the wrath of the king, his lack of zeal and giving up of hope in most matters, and the appearance of the enemy, together with an intensity of heat and simooms.» — el desánimo del rey, descrito como estado de ánimo y no solo como suceso.

«rence of death among great men, and a large number of pains occurring to the youths; that worry and pains in their bellies come to the boys and infants, that the coldness of winter becomes severe, and that rain and food decrease.» — el pronóstico reparte los males por edades, de los grandes a los lactantes.

«If it is western, it indicates griefs and anxieties coming to scribes, together with the miscarrying of pregnant women, and weariness affecting the senses.» — los escribas, oficio de Mercurio, aparecen como grupo afectado.

«If the luminaries are near it, it indicates an abundance of rain, an intensity of coldness, the occurrence of wars and bloodshed in the southern region, turmoil, fears, and terrors occurring to great men and nobles, and the removal of some of them from their authority, together with the occurrence of an abundance of deaths among the people of the north and the south, and the death of sheep.» — la destitución de los nobles se cuenta entre los efectos, junto a la mortandad del ganado.

«If it becomes visible in it, and Saturn is near it, it indicates many deaths, the raging of thieves, and fears and epidemics occurring in the world, together with an abundance of rain, fog, and clouds, a scarcity of fruits, and the growth of the grass and the olive trees.» — la primera visibilidad con Saturno cerca da el peor de los pronósticos de este capítulo.

«If it is retrograde, it indicates an illness coming to the king, as a result of which he will be close to death.» — la retrogradación acerca al rey a la muerte sin llevarlo a ella.

«If it is western, it indicates death occurring to the nobles, together with anxieties and griefs occurring to the people, and an abundance of rain.» — la misma clave de occidentalidad, aplicada dentro del capítulo del Sol.

«If it is western, it indicates an intense battle occurring on the sea, and drowning, and death occurring to nobles, together with harm coming to pregnant women, and an intensity of heat.» — la batalla naval y los ahogados, en el mismo pronóstico.

«The property of the indication of the Sun by itself at <its> predominance and at one of the revolutions <of the years> 10 is harm coming to kings, death occurring to the common people, and the agitation of the enemy on all sides;» — V.4 enuncia la indicación propia del Sol, que en esta doctrina es adversa para reyes y pueblo.

«region, a lack of rain, a lack of locusts, the corruption of the fruits, and the high cost of food.» — la carestía de los víveres se cuenta entre los efectos previstos.

«If Venus does not aspect it, this indicates pains affecting the people, and their large number, with a decrease in the juice.» — la ausencia de aspecto de Venus agrava el pronóstico solar.

«If it is eastern, it indicates fevers occurring to the people, such as tertian fever and the like.» — la orientalidad del Sol da fiebres.

«Therefore we do not mention its (the Sun's) indication for terrestrial events from its being parallel with the regions we have mentioned above.» — el texto declara expresamente lo que omite y por qué, en vez de callarlo.

«As for the indication of its being parallel with all the signs <individually>, the majority of what this indicates is in a change of the air.» — la acotación con que reduce a materia meteorológica el paralelo del Sol con los signos.

«[2] Since we have already mentioned in the third chapter the indications of Mars and the proper indication given by the Sun by itself, let us mention in this chapter the indications of Venus like that.» — V.5 se abre encadenándose con los capítulos anteriores: la parte V recorre los planetas uno por capítulo.

«If it is for the kind of animal the people use, this indicates a large number of them, and benefit from them.» — la lectura de Venus sobre los animales domésticos.

«If it is under the rays, it indicates confusion occurring to the people, together with a large number of false rumours.» — el planeta bajo los rayos del Sol da confusión y rumor.

«rebels, together with the confusion and mental disorder of the people, together with disasters occurring to them, and an abundance of clouds, rain, thunder, lightning, and fog, and the dryness of the air.» — el desorden mental de la gente figura junto a los fenómenos del aire.

«If it becomes visible in it, it indicates adultery and an abundance of immorality; moisture in winter, abundant winds, and an abundance of procreation of birds.» — la primera visibilidad de Venus da adulterio y procreación de aves en la misma frase.

«of illnesses through smallpox, the heat of the air, and sometimes the goodness of its mixture; then it will become corrupt, together with a lack of the blowing of winds.» — el pronóstico se describe en dos tiempos: primero bueno, luego corrompido.

«If it is retrograde, it indicates illnesses occurring to women, especially in the autumn division.» — la retrogradación de Venus se lee sobre las mujeres y sobre una estación concreta.

«indicates the appearance of joy in the world, together with the safety of bodies from harms, a large number of birds, continuous rain, the greening of the fields, and the freshness of the grass.» — el pronóstico más benigno de toda la parte V.

«If it is retrograde, it indicates agitation occurring to the people, together with a large number of false rumours.» — la retrogradación vuelve a producir agitación y rumor.

«[12) If it is parallel with the sign of Sagittarius, this indicates the goodness of the mixture of the air, and that it sometimes inclines to an excess of wetness or dryness.» — el paralelo con Sagitario, con la reserva del *sometimes* dentro.

«When it is at its greatest distance, it indicates illnesses occurring to kings, and that they sometimes meet disaster. When it is retrograde, it indicates envy and grudges among the leaders. If it is under the rays, it indicates the death of some nobles.» — tres estados del planeta —máxima distancia, retrogradación y ocultamiento— con tres efectos distintos, enunciados seguidos.

«If it becomes visible in it, it indicates the moderateness and fertility of the year, the coldness of winter, and the goodness of summer; much recalcitrance of the women towards their husbands, an abundance of marriages of the elderly, and a lack of joy of women with their husbands.» — el pronóstico entra en la vida conyugal: matrimonios de viejos y mujeres reacias.

«If it is parallel with the sign of Aquarius, it indicates the goodness of the mixture of the air, the continuous blowing of winds, and their benefit, together with an abundance of rain and fog.» — el paralelo con Acuario, en clave benigna.

«When it is at its greatest distance, it indicates the frequent risings <of rivers>, and the overflowing of springs, together with the sinking that occurs to ships on the seas.» — la máxima distancia del planeta se lee sobre las aguas y los naufragios.

«If it becomes visible in it, it indicates the soundness of the year for women, and their benefit in it; that there is benificial rain and moderateness of the air, and a large number of aquatic animals such as fish and the like.» — el año favorable para las mujeres, con la abundancia de peces; *benificial* es la lectura del escaneo.

«(3] As for its indication by its mixture with the sign of Aries when it is parallel with it, this indicates many deaths among women, youths, and boys, and a scarcity of fish, together with the continuous blowing of strong dry winds, an abundance of fog, an intensity of heat, abundant water, especially in the western region, and a lack of food and drink.» — V.5 recorre los doce signos uno por uno, y abre por Aries con mortandad de mujeres y jóvenes.

«When it is under the rays, it indicates the occurrence of illness among the livestock, and the corruption of the juice and olive trees.» — el planeta oculto bajo los rayos se lee sobre el ganado y el olivar.

«If Jupiter is there, it indicates the safety of the people, and few deaths, together with the existence of fears occurring to the people.» — la presencia del benéfico salva de la muerte pero no del miedo.

«If the Moon is near it, it indicates that death multiplies in those regions, especially in the western region, that the food and the oil decrease, and that juice becomes scarce.» — la cercanía de la Luna multiplica lo indicado y lo localiza en el occidente.

«If Saturn, Mars, Venus, and the benefics are in their alienation, 3 it indicates severe drought, and a lack of honey and sugar cane.» — el término técnico *alienation* lleva nota del editor, y la miel y la caña de azúcar entran en el pronóstico.

«If Mars is near it, it indicates war occurring in the western region, and that pains in their backs come to the people, that the riding animals perish, and that the king becomes strong.» — el mismo pronóstico daña al pueblo y fortalece al rey.

«When it is under the rays, it indicates griefs occurring to kings, anxieties coming to the nobles, hesitation in matters, and inquiry into them.» — la ocultación bajo los rayos produce indecisión y pesquisa, estados y no sucesos.

«If its appearance is in Scorpio, this is an indicator that pains from much coldness and pain in the ears and the eyes occur to the people, an abundance of snow and rain, a lack of water in rivers, and many battles in the southern region, together with the corruption of the seed-crops, the scorching of the grass from coldness, and a drought affecting the western people.» — la primera visibilidad en Escorpión, con el pronóstico repartido entre el sur y el occidente.

«If it enters under the rays, it indicates the health of the bodies of the people, and the calmness and tranquillity of the soldiers, together with harm coming to the nobles, and an abundance of injustice against them.» — la misma configuración beneficia al pueblo y daña a los nobles: el pronóstico distingue clases.

«When it is under the rays, this indicates the enjoyment of rest, and an abundance of leisure, together with the intensification of effectual things (?).» — el signo de interrogación marca la duda del traductor sobre el último término.

«If Venus is near it, most of the desolation is in the northern region, together with hardship coming to them (the people of the northern region) from a siege.» — el asedio como forma concreta de calamidad prevista.

«[13) If it is parallel with the sign of Aquarius, this indicates an intensity of heat, together with the goodness of the mixture of the air, and the continuous blowing of winds.» — el paralelo con Acuario dentro de la serie de los doce signos.

«If Jupiter is near the Sun, it indicates many deaths; that the land brings out its flowers and its benefits; an abundance of truffles, and cheapness of food, juice, and oil; that the year has a large number of benefits and is fertile, and many people desire benefit and goodness; and the command <to do> what is accepted, and the prohibition <to do> what is forbidden.» — el pronóstico llega hasta la abundancia de trufas y hasta el precepto coránico de mandar el bien y prohibir el mal.

«[1] The sixth chapter, on how to know the proper indications of the Moon likewise.» — V.6 se abre con una sola línea: la indicación propia de la Luna.

«number of epidemics, illnesses, and plagues occurring to the people, together with an abundance of rain, and corruption occurring to drink.» — el pronóstico lunar en clave epidémica.

«If it becomes visible in it, it indicates easiness of birth for pregnant women, and the frequent marriage of virgins, together with the good condition of scribes and merchants, the safety of the trees, and a scarcity of food.» — la primera visibilidad de la Luna da partos fáciles y matrimonios.

«[11] If it is parallel with the sign of Scorpio, it indicates frequent struggle, mental disorder, death, quarrels, riots, and wars occurring to the people, together with a lack of water in springs.» — el paralelo de la Luna con Escorpión, en el recorrido de los doce signos.

«[12] If it is parallel with the sign of Sagittarius, it indicates the confusion 1 of kings, the sound condition of nobles, disasters occurring to sinners among the people, illnesses, killing, and a decrease in all the animals; that harm comes to birds and food; and the spoiling of the crops.» — el mismo recorrido en Sagitario, con el desastre reservado a los pecadores.

«[1] The seventh chapter, on how to know the indications of the two nodes, the northern and southern <ones>, and the appearance of one of the comets, when they are parallel with each of the signs by mixture.» — V.7 añade a los planetas dos indicadores más: los nodos lunares y los cometas.

«among the Persian people, and the obedience of most of the countries to the king of Babylon.» — el pronóstico de los nodos se abre midiendo la obediencia de los países al rey de Babilonia.

«[4] If the northern node is parallel with the sign of Taurus, this indicates that that year is free from harms; an abundance of meadowland, the wetness of the earth, and the flowering of the meadow, giving vigour to the grazing animals, and sustaining the people and the livestock.» — el nodo norte en Tauro da el año más benigno de la serie.

«indicates a battle, wars, hunger, distress, illnesses, fears, and epidemics that are mortal and destructive for the people.» — el reverso del mismo recorrido, con la serie completa de calamidades.

«[6] If the northern node is parallel with the sign of Cancer, this indicates a large number of gains for merchants, and their gaining much profit and good from the seas, together with the prosperity of the land, the wetness of the air, the moderateness of the rain in rainy times, the smallness of the risings of the rivers, and plenty of fog.» — el nodo norte en Cáncer favorece el comercio marítimo.

«anxieties occurring to the people, together with their lack of obedience to the king, and the cheapness of prices at the end of the year.» — la desobediencia al rey y la baja de precios, en el mismo renglón.

«[7] If the northern node is parallel with the sign of Leo, this indicates the victory of the king over his enemies, his being honoured, his reign, the safety of his body, the large amount of his joy, his lack of anxieties and griefs, and the good condition of his subjects.» — el nodo norte en Leo da el mejor pronóstico real de toda la serie.

«of the kings or of someone who is within their borders, 6 together with the appearance of injustice and wrongdoing, a large number of affiictions of shivering fevers hitting the people; that winds in their lower parts, many ulcers and pustules affect women; and the miscarrying of pregnant women.» — la sección patológica del nodo en Virgo; *affiictions* es la lectura del escaneo.

«[9] If the northern node is parallel with the sign of Libra, this indicates an abundance of joy, gladness, benefit, and living in luxury among the people, together with the honouring of women, the raising of their status, and the desire of men for them; the sound condition of bodies; and some of the subjects make themselves leaders, together with a large number of birds.» — el nodo norte en Libra eleva la condición de las mujeres y hace jefes a algunos súbditos.

«indicates the occurrence of enmity and wars among the Arabs, and that some of them make a raid on others; their search for leadership and victory, and their use of wrong, injustice, and subjection, together with a large number of locusts.» — el pronóstico se dirige aquí a los árabes y a sus guerras internas.

«children of their king; and the death of riding animals in most of the regions, an intensity of heat, and a lack of fruit on the palms.» — la palmera entra en el pronóstico junto a las monturas.

«[12] If the northern node is parallel with the sign of Capricorn, this indicates the soundness of the year, much mining of metals, and the moderateness of the air of summer and winter, together with a rise in prices, an abundance of grass, the safety of the seed-crops, and a lack of snow.» — el nodo norte en Capricornio da minería de metales y subida de precios.

«indicates the goodness of the conditions of the common people, and the expansion of <their> livelihood; the health of bodies, and a lack of stock farming and agriculture; and the duration of rain, the continuous blowing of winds, and their moderateness.» — el pronóstico bueno para el común convive con la falta de ganadería y de agricultura, sin que el texto lo armonice.

«[14] If the northern node is parallel with the sign of Pisces, this indicates the benefit to the people of an abundance of water, the risings of rivers, and the catching of fish.» — el cierre del recorrido de los doce signos por el nodo norte.

«qa 'ids and knights towards the king, their removal frorn obedience in serving <hirn>, and their acquiring of sorne property of the king; that rnany fears occur in rnost of the climes, and that affliction comes to the Persians, together with abundant rain.» — el cierre de la parte V habla de los *qa'ids*, los jefes militares, y su desobediencia; en esta plana el escaneo confunde la m con rn y así se conserva.

«If the native is frorn the middle <class> of the people or frorn the lower class, this indicates the large amount of their enemies, and adversities and misfortunes occurring to thern for these reasons.» — el pronóstico se gradúa por clase social del nativo.

«[2] The sixth part, on how to know the property of terrestrial events caused by the influences of the celestial bodies at <the time of> the revolutions of the years from the transits of the planets proceeding above one another.» — la parte VI se abre declarando su materia: los tránsitos de unos planetas por encima de otros.

«The second chapter, on the judgement <based> on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Taurus.» — el índice de la parte VI reparte un capítulo por signo, doce en total.

«[3] The first chapter, on the judgement <based> on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Aries.» — VI.1 abre por Aries la serie de los doce signos.

«[5]1 We mention that every celestial body is higher than the one that follows it in order.» — el principio cosmológico del que depende toda la parte VI: el orden de las esferas define qué planeta pasa por encima de cuál.

«If its rectification is equal to that of the Sun, then the difference between it and the position of the Sun is taken.» — el procedimiento de cálculo de los tránsitos, dado en términos de rectificación.

«If there is a remainder between them, one proceeds according to the multiplication and division which one does in the cases of the superior planets.» — la regla de resto que remite al procedimiento de los planetas superiores.

«with an abundance of false rumours and lying; and the goodness of the air, the blowing of moderate winds, and the soundness and good condition of the seed-crops.» — la mezcla habitual de rumor y meteorología en un mismo pronóstico.

«If Venus is passing above Saturn, this indicates the invasion of Armenia by the Byzantines, and the breaking out of plagues among the people of al-Ahwaz, the continuous blowing of the northern winds, and an abundance of water.» — Armenia, los bizantinos y al-Ahwaz nombrados en una sola predicción de tránsito.

«If Mercury is passing above it, this indicates many gatherings of crowds, the mockery of the people of the desert in the land of Babylon, the safety of its king, and his victory over his enemies, together with the moderateness of the rain and water, and the continuous blowing of winds.» — los beduinos y el rey de Babilonia dentro del mismo tránsito.

«If it is passing above Mercury, this indicates wars occurring in Syria, and an abundance of enemies in the land of the Arabs, together with a lack of clouds and rain, an intensity of heat, and a lack of water in the springs.» — invertido el orden del tránsito, cambia el pronóstico y la geografía.

«If Venus is passing above Mars, it indicates the occurrence of illnesses, especially fever, in all the countries, an intensity of fighting occurring among the people, and the existence of conflagrations in most of the countries, together with an abundance of rain and thunder.» — el incendio se cuenta entre los efectos del tránsito.

«If Mercury is passing above the Sun, this indicates good coming to the king of Babylon, together with the moderateness of the rain, and a moderate increase of water.» — el rey de Babilonia vuelve a ser el sujeto por defecto de estos pronósticos.

«H Mercury is passing above the Moon, this indicates good coming to the king of Babylon, together with an abundance of rain, winds, and water.» — la *H* inicial es la lectura del escaneo por *If*; el pronóstico cierra la serie de tránsitos de Aries.

«[21) Since we have fully dealt with what we wanted to describe, let us break off the first chapter, if God wills.» — el colofón de VI.1.

«[1] The second chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Taurus.» — VI.2 repite el título con el signo cambiado: la parte VI es una plantilla recorrida doce veces.

«Success is granted by God! [3] The account concerning the transits of Saturn over the planets.» — la fórmula piadosa y el encabezado interno con que se ordena cada capítulo por planeta.

«If Jupiter is passing above Mars, this indicates ruin occurring in most cities, and much falling of snow, especially in the cities 1 appropriate to it.» — el tránsito de Júpiter sobre Marte en Tauro.

«destruction by the Arabs of Dasti Maysan, together with an abundance of wetness, and the blowing of winds.» — el pronóstico nombra Dasti Maysan, en la baja Mesopotamia, entre las regiones destruidas.

«If it is passing above Mercury, this indicates corruption occurring in most of the climes, and many deaths in the Byzantine land, together with an abundance of rain, clouds, and snow, and the intensity of the coldness of the winter and autumn quadrants.» — el tránsito reparte la mortandad sobre el territorio bizantino.

«If it is passing above Mercury, this indicates fights of the people of the cities with one another, an abundance of children, a lack of rain, a decrease in grass, and the risings of rivers.» — la natalidad y la sequía en el mismo renglón.

«If Venus is passing above Mercury, this indicates many deaths and drought, and the disturbance and confusions of the people, together with a lack of rain, thunder, and lightning, and a lack of food.» — el cierre del capítulo de Tauro.

«[1) The third chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Gemini.» — VI.3 abre el capítulo de Géminis con la misma fórmula.

«[2) Since we have provided in the second chapter the account of the indications of the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are pararellel with the sign of Taurus, let us provide in this chapter the account of their indications in like manner when they are parallel with the sign of Gemini.» — el enlace explícito con el capítulo anterior, que es el modo de encadenar de toda la obra; *pararellel* es la lectura del escaneo.

«If Venus is passing above it, this indicates misfortunes hitting the Byzantine land, together with the occurrence of death among them, and an abundance of drought.» — el tránsito de Venus leído sobre el territorio bizantino.

«If Mercury is passing above it, it indicates the occurrence of conflict among most of the people, together with the fighting of the people of the villages against one another.» — el conflicto entre aldeas como forma menor de la guerra prevista.

«If it is passing above Venus, this indicates the opposition of men to their wives, the death of pregnant women among them, and a lack of moisture and wetness.» — el conflicto conyugal entre los efectos del tránsito.

«If it is passing above Mercury, this indicates the death of some of the children of kings, the appointment of a new king of Babylon from among those who are not suitable for the rulership, the departure of armies from al-Gibal to JJurasan, <their> fighting with one another, and an abundance of fears» — el pronóstico prevé un rey no apto para el gobierno y movimientos de ejércitos entre al-Yibal y el Jurasán.

«If Venus is passing above Mercury, this indicates the appearance of safety, and an abundance of almsgiving in the lands of Babylon, Persia, al-Ahwaz, Iraq, and the Byzantine Empire, and an increase in their mamelukes, landed property, and estates; much quarrelling of men with their wives, a lack of» — la limosna y los mamelucos entran en el pronóstico junto a cinco territorios nombrados.

«[1] The fourth chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Cancer.» — VI.4 abre el capítulo de Cáncer.

«If Jupiter is passing above Saturn, this indicates many battles among the kings, the death of the king of Babylon, the attack of the people of al-Gibal on the people of Babylon, the ruin of most of the climes, and an abundance of propagation, together with a lack of rain and moisture, an abundance of seed-crops, and the goodness of their beauty.» — el pronóstico más cargado del capítulo de Cáncer.

«this indicates the soundness and continuance of the rain, and much corruption of the seed-crop by locusts.» — el pronóstico agrícola dentro del capítulo de Cáncer.

«protection of themselves, together with an abundance of rain, and an increase in the water of rivers.» — la fórmula de defensa propia como efecto previsto.

«If it is passing above Venus, this indicates an abundance of rebels against the people of al-Gibal, and their attack on them; that evil comes to the people of al-Ahwaz from their enemies, and that pregnant women die, together with a lack of wetness and an intensity of heat.» — al-Yibal y al-Ahwaz, dos regiones iranias, vuelven a repartirse el pronóstico.

«[15] Since we have already fully dealt with what we wanted to describe, let us break off the account concerning the fourth chapter.» — el colofón de VI.4.

«[1] The fifth chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Leo.» — VI.5 abre el capítulo de Leo.

«above it, this indicates an abundance of locusts, the growth of grass, a lack of rain, and the dryness of the air.» — el pronóstico agrícola del capítulo de Leo.

«If it is passing above Mercury, this indicates combat occurring between the people of ijurasan and the Byzantines, and the severity of matters with reference to that, together with the soundness of the condition of the Byzantine Empire, the corruption of the condition of the people of Babylon, an abundance of conflagrations, a lack of rain, and an excess of heat in its season.» — el mismo tránsito favorece a los bizantinos y perjudica a Babilonia: el pronóstico toma partido geográfico.

«If Venus is passing above the Sun, this indicates the soundness of the air, and the blowing of the simooms.» — el tránsito de Venus sobre el Sol en el capítulo de Leo.

«If Venus is passing above Mercury, this indicates a large number of illnesses among the soldiers and the nobles as a result of coughing, together with many deaths for that reason» — la tos como causa de mortandad entre soldados y nobles.

«[1] The sixth chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Virgo.» — VI.6 abre el capítulo de Virgo.

«ments within the Armenian army, together with the occurrence of death and illnesses among the people, and the existence of rain and moisture, and their soundness.» — el ejército armenio entre los sujetos del pronóstico.

«passing above it, this indicates the alliance of the king<s> of Byzantium, Persia and al-Ahwaz against the king of Babylon, and many occurrences of war between them; and that many harms hit them for these reasons; and drought, together with the movement of armies and enemies from the region of al-Gibal to that of as-Sawad, an abundance of rain, and an abundance of water.» — el pronóstico llega a describir una coalición de tres reinos contra Babilonia.

«If Venus is passing above Mercury, this indicates a combat of the people of al-Ahwaz against the Byzantines, and the appearance of sciences and wisdom, together with an abundance of rain, thunder and lightning, and an increase in rivers.» — el florecimiento de las ciencias figura junto a la guerra en el mismo tránsito.

«[I] The seventh chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Libra.» — VI.7 abre el capítulo de Libra; la *I* inicial entre corchetes es la lectura del escaneo por el número 1.

«above it, this indicates that a disturbance between kings and great men occurs, together with an abundance of rain, the moderateness of the food and seed-crops, and the moderate blowing of the winds.» — el pronóstico moderado que corresponde a Libra.

«If it is passing above Mercury, this indicates disasters occurring to scribes and stewards, together with abundant rain.» — los escribas y los administradores, oficios de Mercurio, como sujetos del desastre.

«[15) Since we have fully dealt with what we wanted to describe, let us break off the account concerning the seventh chapter, if God wills.» — el colofón de VI.7.

«(1] The eighth chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Scorpio.» — VI.8 abre el capítulo de Escorpión.

«his position, death occurring among women, insects and flies, together with an abundance of wetness.» — el pronóstico de Escorpión, con insectos y moscas entre lo que muere.

«the northern region, the conquest of many cities and fortresses, and an attack by most of the people of tJurasan on the people of the southern and eastern regions, together with the continuous blowing of winds.» — la conquista de ciudades y fortalezas y el avance de la gente del Jurasán.

«If Venus is passing above Mercury, this indicates the death of the king of Babylon, the ruin of most of Iraq, the capture by the people of the grazing livestock from most of the» — la muerte del rey de Babilonia y la ruina del Iraq en el mismo tránsito.

«[1] The ninth chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Sagittarius.» — VI.9 abre el capítulo de Sagitario.

«kings, and the rebellion of a rebel, together with the moderateness of the rain, an abundance of water, and the continuous blowing of winds.» — el pronóstico político y el meteorológico, otra vez en la misma frase.

«If Mars is passing above Venus, this indicates the death of the king of Babylon, and many encounters of the enemies with them (the Babylonians), together with an abundance ofrain.» — el tránsito de Marte sobre Venus en Sagitario; *ofrain* es la lectura del escaneo.

«If Mercury is passing above Venus, this indicates riots occurring to most of the climes, and the assembling of people in Babylon and their invasion of the Byzantine cities; that they ruin some of their land, that they destroy many Byzantine market-towns, that their king is defeated, and that misfortunes, calamities, death, and harms multiply in Persia» — el pronóstico describe una campaña completa contra los bizantinos, con derrota de su rey.

«[1] The tenth chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Capricorn.» — VI.10 abre el capítulo de Capricornio.

«If Mars is passing above Jupiter, this indicates much capturing in most of the climes, the occurrence of death among sheep, a lack of rain, an intensity of coldness in the season appropriate for it, and a lack of water in rivers.» — la fórmula *in the season appropriate for it* es la manera en que el texto ata el pronóstico al calendario.

«and the miscarrying of pregnant women, together with the safety of women, and the occurrence of death among sheep; together with intense heat in the season appropriate for it.» — el pronóstico afirma a la vez el aborto y la seguridad de las mujeres, sin armonizar los dos términos.

«If Venus is passing above Mercury, this indicates the conclusion of a truce by <other> kings with the king of Babylon, the victory of the people of Babylon over a man who is hostile to them, the death of the king of Byzantium, the appearance of thieves, fears, and griefs in most of the countries, and death coming to donkeys and camels» — la tregua entre reyes se cuenta entre los sucesos que el tránsito anuncia.

«[1) The eleventh chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Aquarius.» — VI.11 abre el capítulo de Acuario.

«If Jupiter is passing above Mars, this indicates the attack by the people of al-Gibal on the people of Babylon, <their> enemies' conquering most of the countries, and the appearance of joy, happiness and safety after that, together with a lack of rain and water.» — el pronóstico pone la alegría después de la conquista, en secuencia y no en contradicción.

«If Mercury is passing above Mars, this indicates an abundance of moisture and thought (?), and the occurrence of death among the people, the burning of most of the Arab countries, and the attack of the enemy on them, together with the death of donkeys, an abundance of rain, the continuous blowing of winds, and a large number of seed-crops.» — el signo de interrogación tras *thought* es del traductor, que marca su duda sobre la palabra árabe.

«If Mercury is passing above it, this indicates an attack on the people of Iraq by the Byzantines, together with an abundance of rain, and the continuous blowing of winds.» — el capítulo de Acuario cierra su serie de tránsitos con una invasión bizantina del Iraq.

«[1] The twelfth chapter, on the judgement on the transits of the planets proceeding above one another when they are parallel with the sign of Pisces.» — VI.12 abre el último capítulo de la parte VI.

«If Jupiter is passing above Mars, this indicates many changes of locality of the king of Babylon, his dwelling in a country other than his own, and his doing good to his subjects, together with many appearances of wondrous things and miracles; and the occurrence of fear among the people, together with the safety and good health of that, 1 and the heat and dryness of the air.» — el pronóstico anuncia prodigios y milagros junto al buen gobierno.

«If it is passing above Venus, this indicates the soundness of most of the countries, many demands of the people on each other, and a large number of fish and delicate birds like sparrows.» — el gorrión nombrado en el pronóstico, en el capítulo de Piscis.

«If Mercury is passing above it, this indicates the attack by the Byzantines on the eastern people, the killing of some kings with a sharp sword, a lack of birds and fish, an abundance of rain, and the continuous blowing of winds.» — el cierre de la serie de tránsitos de Piscis.

«[3] The first chapter, on the indication for terrestrial events of the terminal sign or the ascendant of the revolution <of the year>, when it was the ascendant of one of the preceding Beginnings, or <when> the sign of the conjunction, the prorogation, or one of the celestial bodies is in it, or in the ascendant of the revolution <of the year>.» — VII.1 abre la parte séptima, sobre el signo terminal y su coincidencia con las cartas de los *Beginnings* anteriores.

«of the ascendants of the preceding revolutions of the years, when one of the two coincides with one of the places in one of the compositions of the horoscopic charts of the preceding Beginnings, or when the conjunction[s] or the prorogations or one of the celestial bodies is in it or in the divisions of the revolutions <of the years>.» — la formulación completa de la materia de la parte VII, con los corchetes rectos del editor.

«[10] H Saturn stays in it and is in a good condition, this indicates that the king is gentle and considerate in the affairs of his subjects, and they obey him, together with fame and reputation for him.» — la parte VII procede por parejas: buena condición y su contraria; la *H* inicial es la lectura del escaneo por *If*.

«[4) Then one looks at its lord, and one judges from it according to its position in itself in the sphere [and the Sun].» — la instrucción de método que abre cada capítulo de la parte VII; los corchetes rectos son añadido del editor.

«If it is in a bad condition, this indicates their perishing 3 and the death of all animals having claws.» — la mitad adversa de una de esas parejas, que llega a los animales con garras.

«[1] The third chapter, on the indication of the third place like that.» — VII.3 abre el capítulo del tercer lugar; la parte VII recorre los doce lugares uno por capítulo.

«[9) If Mars is staying in it and is in a good condition, it indicates an abundance of intimacy between relatives.» — la lectura favorable de Marte en el tercer lugar, el de los hermanos.

«(5) If it is staying in the ascendant, it indicates a grief which comes over the people at the end of the year.» — el pronóstico se fecha dentro del año según el lugar ocupado.

«it indicates a large number of Kharijites and Vendors, 2 and their rebellion at the end of the year.» — los jariyíes vuelven a nombrarse como sujeto de rebelión, ahora en la parte VII.

«[1] The fifth chapter, on the indication of the fifth place like that.» — VII.5 abre el capítulo del quinto lugar.

«[11] If Venus is staying in it and is in a good condition, it indicates the goodness of the conditions of youths and juveniles.» — Venus en el quinto lugar, el de los hijos, se lee sobre la juventud.

«[7) If Saturn is staying in it and is in a good condition, it indicates the kings' love for the acquisition of horses and riding animals.» — Saturno en el sexto lugar, el de los animales, se lee sobre las caballerizas reales.

«If it is in a bad condition, it indicates illnesses occurring to the people, especially to boys, and this comes from ulcers, smallpox, measles and a pain in the head.» — la mitad adversa, con la nosología del sexto lugar, que es el de las enfermedades.

«[1] The seventh chapter, on the indication of the seventh place like that.» — VII.7 abre el capítulo del séptimo lugar.

«(8] If Jupiter is staying in it and is in a good condition, this indicates the frequent gathering of property by kings, and their scattering of it in their regions and places; a large number of dates, and benefit in the middle of the year.» — el dátil aparece nombrado en el pronóstico del séptimo lugar.

«[1] The eighth chapter, on the indication of the eighth place like that.» — VII.8 abre el capítulo del octavo lugar, el de la muerte.

«it indicates the death of kings when the lord of the opposite <sign> is in aspect with it.» — y en ese lugar el pronóstico adverso es, en efecto, la muerte de los reyes.

«[1] The ninth chapter, on the indication of the ninth place like that.» — VII.9 abre el capítulo del noveno lugar, el de la religión y los viajes.

«If it is in a bad condition, it indicates a large number of thieves and brigands.» — la mitad adversa del noveno lugar, referida a los caminos.

«[1] The tenth chapter, on the indication of the tenth place like that.» — VII.10 abre el capítulo del décimo lugar, el del poder.

«[9] If Mars is staying in it and is in a good condition, this indicates trouble for knights and qii,<},zs in delegations and the affairs of war.» — los cadíes y los caballeros en el décimo lugar; la grafía del término árabe es la que devuelve el escaneo.

«[2] Since we have already provided in the tenth chapter the indications of the tenth place as we have described <them>, let us mention <in this chapter> the indications of the eleventh place like that.» — VII.11 se encadena con el capítulo anterior, como todos los de la parte.

«[6] If the conjunction is staying in it, 2 it indicates the opposition of the king to his subjects, his bad opinion of them, and the worst of its harm is in the twelfth year.» — el pronóstico se fecha en un año concreto dentro del ciclo.

«[9] If Mars is staying in it and is in a good condition, it indicates the safety and joy of the people.» — la lectura favorable del duodécimo lugar, que cierra la parte VII.

«[2] The eighth part, concerning the sum of the methods for knowing the indications of the celestial bodies on terrestrial events from the terminal points of the years and the conjunctions.» — la parte VIII se abre como recapitulación de métodos.

«[7] As for discovering the method for knowing the occurrence of flares, shooting stars, and comets, this is known from the indication of Mars in the conjunctional and other years, especially if its rays are in the airy signs, or the revolution and the ray belong to it, and it stays in the airy signs, and the Moon is harmed in an airy sign, especially if it rules the tenth <place>.» — VIII.1 adjudica a Marte y a los signos de aire la predicción de meteoros y cometas.

«If Saturn is harming, the illnesses are Saturnian and long-lasting, especially if it is slow and strong and in the cold and dry signs.» — la etiología de las enfermedades se lee del planeta que daña, y hereda su cualidad.

«[14] As for the years indicating wars and riots, these have as their properties some species of the genus: knowledge of them is discovered from the time of the conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn or of its quartile or opposition <to Saturn>, or from the cardines of the ascendant of the year.» — el vocabulario de género y especie muestra el armazón lógico con que la obra ordena sus indicaciones.

«The clime of the sign begins the first division, the one that follows it topographically is the second, <and so on> until one arrives at the seventh clime from that <first> clime.» — la regla de reparto de los siete climas, contados por vecindad geográfica.

«[11] If Venus is staying in it and is in a good condition, it indicates the cheapness of seeds.» — el precio de la semilla como índice del undécimo lugar.

«If it does not aspect the ascendant, it does not indicate harm in that year, unless it is the lord of the year or the indicator of the king.» — la excepción con que VIII.1 limita su propia regla de daño.

«If the year arrives from the current conjunction or from the ascendant of the religion at the position of the malefics or their conjunction or opposition, this is one of the feared times in which the movement and the rebellion of rebels take place.» — la coincidencia entre la conjunción vigente y la carta fundacional de la religión define los tiempos temibles.

«[23] Since we have fully dealt with what we wanted to explain, let us break off the account of the first chapter, if God wills.» — el colofón de VIII.1.

«[1] The second chapter, on the knowledge of the terminal points in the transit of the years from the ascendants and the positions of the conjunctions, and their indications, and how to know the f ardars, their lords, and their indications for all terrestrial events.» — VIII.2, el último capítulo del libro, anuncia la doctrina de los *fardar*, los periodos planetarios de origen persa.

«Leo x Gemini 29° 41' 27° 47' Cancer Mars 24° 47' 12° 15' Moon Taurus Virgo 29° 33' 27° 6' 1° 9' Head Aries 19° 27° 54' Sun 0° 1' ASC Libra Venus 2° 56' 27° 54' Mercury corpio 6° 17' 29° 33' retro.» — la capa de texto del facsímil devuelve así una de las cartas natales del libro: la figura cuadrada de la edición se lee como una lista de signos, grados y planetas, y el *corpio* sin la S inicial es del escaneo.

«(7] Now that we have described the positions of the sphere at the times of the three Beginnings whose influences are on universal things» — el texto recapitula sus tres *Beginnings* universales antes de pasar a los *fardar*.

«[8] We say that the time contained between the first day of the year in which the greater luminary is parallel with the spring tropical point of the year of the shift indicating religion and the first day of the Hegira is 51 Persian years, 3 months, 3 days, and 16 hours; and from the first day of the Hegira to the first day of king Yazdigird bn Sahriyar, is 9 Persian years, 11 months, and 9 days.» — el cómputo enlaza tres eras: el equinoccio de la conjunción, la Hégira y la era de Yazdigerd, todo en años persas.

«In this way one knows the ascendants of the fardariyas, taken from the twelve divisions of the terminal sign, and its cardines <taken> from the ascendants of the transit and its cardines, and the agreement of the terminal degree and its cardines with the sign of the transit, which is the true revealer of the soundness of the ascendants of the times in which individual things occur.» — el procedimiento para levantar el ascendente de cada *fardariya*, y el criterio de comprobación que el texto llama revelador de su exactitud.

«[13] As for the fardars of the planets, to which they are assigned, the fardar of the Sun is 10 years, the fardar of the Moon is 9 years, the fardar of the Head is 3 years, the fardar of Jupiter is 12 years, the fardar of Mercury is 13 years, the fardar of Saturn is 11 years, the fardar of the Tail is 2 years, the fardar of Mars is 7 years, and the fardar of Venus is 8 years.» — la tabla completa de los *fardar*, con los dos nodos lunares —Cabeza y Cola— contados como si fueran planetas.

«[17] If the fardarship belongs to Jupiter, this indicates the increase of honour of the kings of Babylon, the extension of their kingdom, the victory over their enemies and their obedience to them, their orders to dig watercourses, the prosperity of the cultivated land, the abundance of the land tax, the increase of the yield, and a large amount of arable land and plants» — el *fardar* de Júpiter descrito como periodo de obra hidráulica y de recaudación abundante.

«[20] If the fardiirship belongs to the Tail, this is an indicator of the appearance of immorality, the burdensome of matters for the people, and the good condition of the people of Persia, India, and the Byzantine Empire.» — el *fardar* de la Cola, con el pronóstico repartido entre tres pueblos.

«chapters of the other parts <of the book>, if the testimony that the celestial bodies have from the positions of <their> spheres at the times of the general Beginnings and the particular revolutions <of the years> agrees with these indications, this is one of the reasons determining the truth of the indication.» — el criterio con que la obra cierra: una indicación es verdadera cuando los testimonios de varias partes del libro concuerdan entre sí.

«English, Arabic and Latin texs. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. I. The Arabic original - Kitab al-milal wa-d-duwal (The book of religions and dynasties)-v. 2. The Latin versions- -De magnes conjunctionibus (On the great conjuctions).» — el mismo asiento declara las tres lenguas del conjunto y reparte los dos volúmenes: el uno es el árabe, el dos las versiones latinas; el sic de *texs* y *magnes* es del escaneo.

«In astrological texts predictions are set out in the form of protases and apodoses.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] abren el prefacio con la forma lógica que atribuyen a todo texto astrológico: prótasis y apódosis, condición y consecuencia.

«When protases based on astronomical and meteorological phenomena have apodoses concerning general matters, such as floods, famines, and earthquakes etc., they belong to natural astrology, or celestial omens, a genre which had frequently been practised by Babylonians before the Hellenistic period.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] definen la astrología natural por el tipo de apódosis —inundaciones, hambrunas, terremotos— y la datan entre los babilonios antes del helenismo.

«When celestial phenomena derived from mathematical astronomy are introduced into protases and personal matters are predicted, this is called personal or horoscopic astrology, or genethlialogy, which appeared in Egypt in the Hellenistic period, under Babylonian influence.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] separan la astrología horoscópica por dos rasgos: prótasis calculada por astronomía matemática y apódosis sobre asuntos personales; la sitúan en el Egipto helenístico bajo influencia babilónica.

«The Greeks also brought mathematical astronomy to bear on general matters, resulting in general astrology.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] adjudican a los griegos el cruce de la astronomía matemática con los asuntos generales, del que sale la astrología general.

«In Sasanian Persia a new genre of astrology appeared, which was, however, ultimately descended from Greek mathematical astrology.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] hacen descender de la griega la novedad persa sasánida, y no la presentan como invención independiente.

«The relevant Arabic writings that survive are attributed to the following authors, listed chronogically: Zaradust, Gamasb, Masa'allah, Kankah al-Hindi, 'Umar ibn al-Farru1J.an, Sahl ibn Bisr, al-Kindr, an-NayrizI, al-Battanr, Ibn Kibriya' an-NawbalJtr, as-Sigzr, Ibn Magfir, lbn Ahr r-Rigal, and Mul;tyI d-Drn al-MagribI.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] listan los catorce nombres a quienes se atribuye la literatura árabe conservada del género, empezando por los dos sabios persas legendarios, Zaradust y Gamasb; los nombres van tal cual los imprime el escaneo y no se cotejaron contra el facsímil.

«The most highly developed form of this genre however appears in the work edited in these volumes, which is generally attributed to the most prolific writer on astrology in Arabic, Ahli Ma'Sar Gacfar ibn Mul;tammad ibn 'Umar al-BallJ.I» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] adjudican a la obra que editan la forma más desarrollada del género y usan la fórmula *generally attributed*, no la de autoría cierta; la cita se corta antes de las fechas porque ahí el guion de corte se une y fabricaría una cifra.

«We are much indebted to David Pingree who provided some copies of the Arabic manuscripts, carefully read the whole text and gave us valuable suggestions.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran la deuda con David Pingree, que es además codirector de la serie en que sale el volumen.

«Our special thanks go to Michio Yano who has offered continuous support and encouragement to our study.» — el segundo agradecimiento nominal del prefacio.

«Our work could not have been done without the financial support of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the British Academy, which allowed Charles Burnett to work in Japan.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran el sostén material de la edición y la estancia de Burnett en Japón que la hizo posible.

«Kamigamo, Kyoto October, 1999» — el prefacio se firma en Kioto en octubre de 1999, un año antes del copyright que imprime la plana de derechos; las dos fechas se consignan sin arbitrar.

«Abu Ma'Sar Gacfar ibn MuJ.iammad ibn 'Umar al-BalBI {known as Albumasar in the West) is the best-known astrologer of the Middle Ages.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] abren la introducción con la doble nomenclatura del autor, árabe y latina; la grafía del nombre es la que devuelve el escaneo y no se cotejó contra el facsímil.

«He was born in Balh in the Persian province of IJurasan in 787 A.D. and died in al-Wasit in central Iraq in 886 A.D.» — la datación biográfica que dan [Yamamoto y Burnett]: nacimiento en Balh, en el Jurasán persa, y muerte en al-Wasit, en el Iraq central.

«The details of Abu Ma'sar's death 'after he had passed the age of 100' are given in the Fihrist.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] remiten al Fihrist para la noticia de la muerte y le adjudican al mismo repertorio la frase sobre los cien años cumplidos.

«his pupil Abu Sa'!d Sagan states that Abu Ma'sar did not possess the horoscope of his birth.» — el dato que [Yamamoto y Burnett] recogen de su discípulo Abu Sa'id Sagan, y que deja al astrólogo más famoso del género sin carta natal propia.

«It is unclear how much he owed to his early life in Balb, which had close contacts with India and further East.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran el límite de lo que se puede afirmar sobre la deuda india del autor, en vez de resolverlo.

«Recent scholars have accused Abu Ma<sar of plagiarising al-KindI because of the resemblance of a section of the work edited here to a risiila ('letter') of al-KindI.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] consignan la acusación de plagio que otros estudiosos le hacen, y la localizan en el parecido entre una sección de esta obra y una *risala* de al-Kindi.

«A complete edition of this risiila as Appendix III below, should demonstrate that straightforward plagiarism is not at issue.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] objetan esa acusación por vía documental: imprimen entera la *risala* como apéndice III para que se compare.

«His best-known work, both in the Middle Ages and in later periods, is his Great Introduction to Astrology» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan cuál de sus obras tuvo más fortuna, y no es la que editan aquí.

«This work, of which two versions appear to have been written, in 848 and 876 respectively, was translated into Latin twice in the twelfth century (in 1133 and 1140) and the Arabic and Latin texts have recently been edited by Richard Lemay.» — la historia editorial de la Gran Introducción según [Yamamoto y Burnett]: dos redacciones árabes, dos traducciones latinas del siglo XII y la edición de Richard Lemay.

«The doctrine of the return of all the heavenly bodies to the place where they originated (the World Year) and the implication that each return brings about a similar, if not the same, sequence of earthly events can already be found in ancient Greek thought.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] remontan al pensamiento griego antiguo la doctrina del *World Year* y su corolario: que cada retorno trae una secuencia de sucesos terrestres semejante.

«However, the immense length of the World Year made the actual prediction of events (and the verification that the same events did occur) impossible, and this doctrine had no effect on Greek astrological practice.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan el límite práctico de la doctrina entre los griegos: el ciclo es tan largo que ni se predice ni se verifica, y por eso no tuvo efecto en su práctica.

«The same idea of vast periods of time determined by the returns of the heavenly bodies arose in Indian astrology, but in this case the principle of division was established, the largest measurement being that of the kalpa of 4,320,000,000 years» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] adjudican a la astrología india la novedad que hizo utilizable la idea: dividir el ciclo, con el *kalpa* como unidad mayor.

«It appears that this proliferation of time periods and their application to practical astrology was due primarily to Persian astrologers in the Sasanian period.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] adjudican a los astrólogos persas sasánidas el paso de la especulación al uso práctico de los periodos.

«This is witnessed by the fact that the earliest writings on the genre are Arabic texts either translated from Persian and attributed to Persian sages such as Zoroaster (Zaradust) and Gamasb, or written by astrologers of Persian extraction in the Islamic realm.» — el argumento con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] sostienen esa adjudicación: los escritos más antiguos del género son o traducciones del persa atribuidas a Zoroastro y Gamasb, o de astrólogos de estirpe persa.

«The latter include two of the astrologers who were involved in determining the horoscope for the foundation of Baghdad in 762, Masa'allah and 'Umar ibn al-Farru!J.an.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] anclan ese linaje persa en un hecho fechado: los astrólogos de la fundación de Bagdad en 762.

«'Umar wrote an as yet unpublished work entitled Kitab al-qiranat wa-tab-wil as-sinin ("The book on conjunctions and the revolution of the years")» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] consignan la obra inédita de 'Umar ibn al-Farrujan sobre conjunciones y revoluciones de los años.

«It is to this rich Indian, Sasanian and Arabic tradition that Abu Ma'sar's writings on historical astrology belong.» — la conclusión con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] cierran el recuento de precedentes y sitúan al autor dentro de una tradición triple, no como iniciador.

«The complete manuscripts of the first work which were consulted, are [I. l] Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale ar. 2588/1 (ff. 4h_29h) and [I. 2] Istanbul, Fatih 3426/3 (ff. 90b-126a).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran uno por uno los testigos manuscritos que consultaron para cada obra del corpus atribuido.

«Pingree refers to this work as no. 9 in DSB, I, pp. 36-7, and F. Sezgin as no. 3 in Geschichte, VII, pp. 142-3.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] cruzan cada obra con los dos repertorios de referencia, el de Pingree y el de Sezgin.

«The MSS [I. 3) Oxford, Bodleian Marsh 618/4 (ff. 174a_194h) and [I. 4] Escorial 918/1 (ff. lb-lOb) do not contain the last four chapters and abridge books IV and V.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] describen la mutilación de dos testigos: sin los cuatro últimos capítulos y con los libros IV y V abreviados.

«This work was translated into Latin in the 12th century, and published, given the title Flores, at Augsburg by Erhard Ratdolt in 1488.» — la fortuna latina de otra de las obras atribuidas: traducida en el siglo XII y estampada en Augsburgo por Erhard Ratdolt en 1488 con el título *Flores*.

«This Latin version is evidently the text preserved in [I. 3, 4], in which books IV and V are abridged a little.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] emparejan la versión latina con la rama abreviada de los manuscritos árabes, y no con la completa.

«Among the manuscripts of the second work, only [II. 1] Oxford, Bodleian Hyde 32/1 (ff. 1a-25a) has a division of chapters, which is as follows:» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] advierten que la división en capítulos no es del texto sino de un solo testigo.

«As for fragments, [II. 9] Princeton, Yahuda 4144/4 [Mach 5055] (ff. 93h_99a) corresponds to ch. 13 and the additional chs 1-7.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] identifican hasta los fragmentos sueltos y dicen a qué capítulos corresponden.

«The last and largest work is the original text of this present edition.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] cierran el catálogo de las obras de astrología histórica atribuidas al autor señalando cuál de ellas editan: la última y la mayor.

«The earliest reference to the work is in the Fihrist of Ibn an-Nadim (ca. 987), who reported that Abu Ma'Sar wrote a k. al-Qiranat ("Book of conjunctions", hereafter [N-1]) for lbn al-Bazyar and a k. al-Qiranat wa-tafiawfl sinf l-'alam ("Book of conjunctions and the revolutions of the world-years", hereafter [N-2]) which was also called an-Nukat.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] fechan en el Fihrist de Ibn an-Nadim, hacia 987, la mención más antigua, y de ahí sale el nudo de la atribución: el primer libro se habría escrito PARA Ibn al-Bazyar.

«reported that lbn al-Muktaff had read the statement of Ibn al-Gahm, "The intellect of Abu Ma'sar was not equal to the writing of ... the book on conjunctions, ascribed to Ibn al-Bazyar" .» — la objeción antigua que [Yamamoto y Burnett] recogen sin suscribirla: Ibn al-Gahm niega que el ingenio del autor alcanzara para ese libro, y lo adscribe a Ibn al-Bazyar.

«Since manuscript [II. 1] has the title k. al-Qiranat and most of the MSS of The Indications have qiranat in their titles, [N-1] does not necessarily refer to The Book of Religions and Dynasties.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] objetan la identificación fácil: el título que da el Fihrist lo llevan también otras obras, así que no basta para adjudicar.

«We have no manuscripts having the title of [N-2], but it may be identified with The Report because of its other name, an-Nukat, which [I. 6] and [I. 7] have.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] proponen una identificación y declaran a la vez que no hay testigo con ese título: la conjetura queda marcada como tal.

«Ibn al-QiftI (1172-1248) enumerated among Abu Ma'sar's works a k. al-Qiranat, a k. ad-Duwal wa-l-milal, and a k. an-Nukat, which may correspond to The Indications, The Book of Religions and Dynasties, and The Report respectively.» — el segundo testimonio antiguo que [Yamamoto y Burnett] alinean, el de Ibn al-Qifti, con las correspondencias propuestas también en modo conjetural.

«As for authorship, Mul).ammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar ibn al-Bazyar was a student of I:Iaba8 ibn» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] abren el asunto de la autoría presentando quién era Ibn al-Bazyar, el nombre que compite con el de Abu Ma'sar; la cita se corta donde el escaneo parte el nombre del maestro.

«We can, therefore, suppose that there were two main branches in the transmission of The Book of Religions and Dynasties.» — la tesis de transmisión de [Yamamoto y Burnett], enunciada como suposición: dos ramas, no una.

«While the extant manuscripts of the Eastern Arabic tradition are attributed to Ibn al-Bazyar, those of the western one are assigned to Abu Ma'sar.» — el hecho material sobre el que descansa esa tesis, y el que hace de la atribución un dato disputado: cada rama lleva un nombre distinto en la portada.

«The separation of the two traditions was as early as the 10th century because Ibn an-Nadim mentioned a statement of Ibn al-Muktafi that "the intellect of Abu Ma'sar was not equal to the writing of this book (i.e. The Great Introduction), nor, moreover, of the nine treatises on times of birth (perhaps The Revolutions of the Years of Nativities), nor of the book on conjunctions ascribed to Ibn al-Bazyar» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] fechan la separación de las dos ramas en el siglo X con el testimonio de Ibn al-Muktafi, que le niega al autor tres obras de golpe.

«The manuscripts from which The Book of Religions and Dynasties were translated into Latin in the 12th century must have had the full original title and the attribution to Abu Ma'sar.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] deducen del testimonio latino que los códices usados en el siglo XII pertenecían a la rama occidental, la que lleva el nombre de Abu Ma'sar.

«Ibn al-Muktaff attributed these books to Sanad ibn 'AlI, but this is not likely.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] recogen una tercera adjudicación antigua, a Sanad ibn 'Ali, y la califican de poco probable sin cerrarla.

«The tenth-century astronomer and astrologer, A~mad ibn Mu~ammad ibn 'Abd al-Galil as-SigzI's Kitab al-qiranat wa-ta?iawzl sin?: l-'alam (MSS Istanbul, Nuruosmaniye 2795, ff. 1 b-65a, 66b-67a; Paris BN ar. 2581, ff. lb-65) 35 shows near parallelism with our work.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan un paralelo casi literal en as-Sigzi, del siglo X, y con eso el problema deja de ser de una obra y pasa a ser de una familia de textos.

«Al-Kindrs FZ mulk al-'arab wa-kammi:yatihi ("On the rule of the Arabs and its duration"), MS British Library Add. 7473, ff. 175b-178a which is provided as Appendix III in this work is similar to part of Part II, ch. 8.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] localizan con precisión el pasaje en litigio: la *risala* de al-Kindi se parece a la parte II, capítulo 8, y por eso la imprimen entera al final.

«A part is found also in J)ikr ab-wal al-mimg wa-zu?ial ("Report of the conditions of Mars and Saturn"), MS Paris BN ar. 5894, ff. 54a_6l a, the third treatise of the above-mentioned k. Gawami' of lbn Magur.» — el mismo material reaparece en un tercer texto, lo que [Yamamoto y Burnett] usan para complicar la idea de un plagio simple.

«Because of the omission of exactly three folios of B (ff. 17-19) and other parts, this is clearly derived from B.» — el tipo de argumento con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] establecen la filiación entre testigos: una laguna de tres folios exactos que se hereda.

«L often inserts B's marginal additions into the text, and sometimes makes corrections.» — la descripción del comportamiento del copista de L, que incorpora al cuerpo lo que en B es marginal.

«Its major omissions in comparison with B are over 50 passages.» — la medida con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] califican a un testigo frente al que toman por mejor: más de cincuenta pasajes de menos.

«The date of L is 17C, according to the catalogue.» — la datación de L no la establecen los editores sino el catálogo de la biblioteca, y así lo dicen.

«This manuscript was written in Ta'liq script in 1668.» — la descripción codicológica de N: escritura *ta'liq*, fecha 1668.

«An-N~irI ascribes the work to Abu Ma'sar, giving as its title: FZ daliiliit al-as!Jii§ al-'ulwfya ad-diilla <ala l-a~diii al-kii'ina fi 'iilam al-kawn wa-l-fasiid min gihat ma~allihii 'inda tawiili' al-bawiidi' al-qiriinfya wa-gayrihii.» — el copista de la colección que contiene N adjudica la obra a Abu Ma'sar y le da un título largo que describe su contenido en vez del título breve; el árabe transliterado va tal cual lo devuelve el escaneo.

«This book is ascribed to (}acfar ibn Mul_iammad the astrologer known as Abu Ma'sar al-Balb"f in one copy'.» — otra adjudicación de copista que [Yamamoto y Burnett] recogen, y que vuelve a poner el nombre del autor en boca de un testigo, no del texto.

«This manuscript is nearer to E than to BL.» — el tipo de juicio de filiación que [Yamamoto y Burnett] emiten testigo por testigo.

«The date of the manuscript is 826 A.H.(=1422/3 A.D.).» — la datación de otro testigo, dada en hégira con su equivalencia.

«All horoscopes are omitted and nothing is added between parts IV and V.» — lo que falta en un testigo, que para esta obra es dato mayor: los horóscopos son la mitad de su aparato.

«BLN often use Arabic letters with the numerical values of the Maghreb in the text, and sometimes write the eastern place names in ambiguous forms.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan un rasgo que delata la procedencia occidental de esos testigos: los valores numéricos magrebíes de las letras.

«We provide the text in the Western Arabic tradition. Our text is based on BLE, which represent the Western direct tradition, and N, which represents the Western indirect tradition.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran su elección editorial: editan la rama occidental, la que atribuye la obra a Abu Ma'sar, y no la oriental.

«When no manuscript appears to give the right reading, an editorial emendation has been made; this )s indicated as 'corr.'.» — la regla que [Yamamoto y Burnett] se fijan para intervenir: la enmienda propia se marca, no se disimula.

«the hamza, madda, and sadda are added by the editor whenever necessary, and sometimes the dots of ta' marbuta are added too.» — la ortografía del texto árabe impreso es moderna y la puso el editor, según declara él mismo.

«< > = (in the Arabic text) indication of illegible words (in the English translation) translation of an editorial reconstruction, or word(s) to be added to make the meaning clear» — la tabla de siglas explica el signo que más aparece dentro del texto traducido: los ángulos marcan reconstrucción o añadido del editor, no letra del original.

«Abbreviation = Abu Ma•8ar : The Abbreviation of the Introduction to Astrology, edited & translated by Ch. Burnett, K. Yamamoto, and M. Yano, Leiden, 1994.» — entre las abreviaturas de la edición figura otra obra del mismo autor editada por los mismos dos editores seis años antes.

«Great Introduction= Abu Ma•sar: Liber introductorii maioris ad scientiam judiciorum astrorum, 9 vols, ed. by R. Lemay, Naples, 1995» — la Gran Introducción se cita a lo largo del volumen por la edición latina de Lemay en nueve volúmenes, no por el árabe.

«TEXT AND TRANSLATION» — el falso título que separa el aparato introductorio del cuerpo bilingüe, y que marca dónde empieza la voz de la obra.

«Al-QabI~I, k. al-Mudf:al, ch. 4, brings all six elements together under his discussion of the meaning of 'conjunction' ( qiran).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] anotan al pie que al-Qabisi reúne los mismos seis fundamentos en el capítulo 4 de su Introducción; la nota es de los editores, no del texto.

«Abii Ma<sar leaves out of consideration here the conjunctions of Saturn and Mars, which he returns to in Part II, chapter 8.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] advierten al pie lo que el texto calla en este punto y dónde lo retoma; la observación es del aparato.

«Kiisyar also has this information on the lordships of the Quarters; see Kiisyar ibn Labban, II, 12 [9].» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] anotan el paralelo con Kusyar ibn Labban, cuya Introducción citan por la edición de Yano; la comparación es del aparato, no del texto.

«The second division, in which the time of their accession is treated as equivalent to their 'birth', is dealt with briefly in (6] and, at more length, in (19].» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] anotan al pie dónde se retoma cada división del capítulo, remitiendo a la numeración de parágrafos que ellos mismos imponen.

«Kiisyar ibn Labban mentions that, if the ruler of the dawr is one of the superior planets in one the two houses which is suitable to it, it indicates a long life» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] anotan el paralelo de Kusyar ibn Labban para la doctrina del dawr, en nota al pie.

«The Latin Glossator indicates that most of the singular pronouns here refer to the Sun, and this is confirmed by the parallel text of Masa'allah.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] resuelven una ambigüedad de pronombres del árabe apoyándose en el glosador latino medieval y en el texto paralelo de Masa'allah: el volumen dos les sirve de testigo del volumen uno.

«There are several parallels in this chapter with Tetrabiblos, IV, 9.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] emparejan el capítulo de las enfermedades con el Tetrabiblos de Ptolomeo, IV, 9; la adjudicación de fuente es del aparato, no del texto, que no cita a nadie.

«2More correctly, the fourth chapter.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] enmiendan en nota una remisión interna del propio texto, que se cita a sí mismo un capítulo más adelante de lo debido.

«This suggests that what is involved is more than a simple re-numbering of chapters.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan en nota que el desajuste entre los números de capítulo del texto y los de sus remisiones internas no se explica por una simple renumeración.

«The error is also pointed out by the Latin Glossator, but the present chapter 4 is also referred to as the fifth chapter» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] apuntan que el glosador latino medieval ya había advertido el mismo error de numeración: el aparato moderno coincide aquí con un lector del siglo XII.

«3 Ptolemy's text ('earthquakes') implies the reading ragfii.t rather than ra[J.ii.wa.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] usan el texto griego de Ptolomeo para escoger entre dos lecturas del árabe: la fuente que el propio autor nunca nombra sirve al editor de testigo textual.

«2 Ptolemy gives 'those in the prime of life' (hoi akmaioi), which is also how the Latin Version v interprets the Arabic (iuventus).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] alinean en una sola nota el griego de Ptolomeo, el árabe del texto y el latín de la versión medieval que editan en el volumen dos.

«3 Ptolemy gives 'in the places of storage' (en tais apothesesi).» — la nota siguiente vuelve al mismo procedimiento, y muestra que el aparato reconstruye la fuente griega detrás del árabe.

«6 MS N gives a word for 'north' which is usually specifically applied to 'Syria' (as-Sam).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] anotan una variante del manuscrito N que estrecha el sentido geográfico de la palabra a Siria.

«7This refers to the offsets of palm-trees, which are planted to increase the crop (see Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon, s.v. gars).» — el aparato recurre al léxico de Lane para fijar un término agrícola, y así declara de dónde saca sus glosas.

«1 Latin Version c gives 'seasons'. 2The Latin versions give 'season'.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] usan las versiones latinas del volumen dos como testigos de variantes del árabe, y las citan por sigla.

«But 179 is also the number of years from the beginning of the dawr which started with the mean conjunction indicating the religion (12 December 570), while 178 years had passed since the vernal equinox from which the horoscope indicating the religion had been taken.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] fechan en el calendario juliano —12 de diciembre de 570— la conjunción media que el texto llama indicadora de la religión, y explican el desfase de un año entre dos maneras de contar.

«8 T's horoscope is adopted here because B gives no longitude for the planets except for Venus and the Tail.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran cuándo se apartan de su manuscrito de base y por qué: aquí B no da longitudes y se sigue a T.

«13T's horoscope is adopted here again because that of B is incomplete.» — la misma decisión, repetida y declarada otra vez en la plana siguiente.

«* THE CITIES AND THEIR CLIMES, SIGNS, AND PLANETS This appendix must have been added to a manuscript of the western branch of Abu Ma'sar's work, and was incorporated into the Latin tradition.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] encabezan el apéndice I declarando que no es del autor sino un añadido de la rama occidental que pasó de ahí al latín.

«No one source has been found for the information, and the text gives the impression of being a hybrid creation, with repetitions and inconsistencies.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran no haber hallado fuente para ese material y lo describen como híbrido, con repeticiones e inconsistencias.

«[1] I found this passage in this position, so I record it.» — el apéndice I habla en primera persona: quien lo escribe declara haber encontrado el pasaje ahí y haberlo copiado.

«I think that it does not belong to the original, but I want to add to this valuable book an account of the climes, the signs, and cities belonging to them, and we add the ascendant of each city we use.» — el mismo interpolador anónimo declara que el pasaje no es del original y que lo añade por su cuenta: la crítica de autenticidad viene desde dentro del manuscrito, no del editor moderno.

«[9] Libra: the countries belonging to it are the land of Bukhara, Tu~aristan, the Comoro Islands, the land of the Turks, Amsr (?), the part of the land of Ethiopia which is called Wru:>Iffn (?), the land of Sigistan, and the land of Kirman.» — el apéndice reparte países por signo, y los dos interrogantes son del traductor sobre nombres que no identifica.

«[11] Sagittarius: the countries belonging to it are al-Gibal, Rayy, I1?fahan, al-Andalus, Yemen, and Sicily; the areas belonging to it are gardens, and places of riding animals, fires and calves.» — al-Ándalus y Sicilia figuran en el reparto zodiacal de este apéndice occidental.

«[15] The Tigris: its constellation is Leo and its ascendant is Scorpio.» — el apéndice adjudica signo y ascendente también a los ríos, no solo a las ciudades.

«[17] The passage ends; the fifth part follows it. 11 In the following section '<and Jupiter>' has been added in accordance with the parallel passage in k. al-Biiri', VIII, 36.» — el interpolador marca dónde acaba su añadido, y a continuación [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran una restitución hecha por el paralelo del Kitab al-Bari' de Ibn Abi r-Rigal.

«THE CHRONOLOGY ~~ .\..~~ 0U.. _,-JI (-'Al 0'° U_, J_,.tll ~Li_, ~i ~ J.:;~1 [lJ vP) <...::.i · • • > J" _,.aJ I y _,A.JI 0 t,.y.» — el falso título del apéndice II, seguido del arranque del texto árabe: así devuelve el escaneo la columna árabe, ilegible salvo por lo numérico y lo latino.

«The text of this appendix has been discussed, and edited from the 1515 printed version of the De magnis coniunctionibus, by D.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran que el apéndice II ya había sido editado por Pingree a partir del impreso latino de 1515.

«Pingree in 'The Indian and Pseudo-Indian passages in Greek and Latin astronomical and astrological texts', Viator, 7, 1976, pp. 141-95 (see pp. 155-8).» — la referencia completa de ese trabajo de Pingree, dada en la cabecera del apéndice.

«(6] Between the beginning of the Hegira and the reign of Yazdigird there were 3,624 days, which are 9 years and 11 months and 9 days in Persian years.» — la cronología del apéndice II convierte entre eras y da los intervalos en días y en años persas.

«(7] Between the Flood and the epoch of the Two-Horned there were 2,7<90> years and 126 7 days in Byzantine years, which are 2876 years and 295 days in Arab years, and 2,792 years and 5 months exactly 8 in Persian <years>.» — la misma cronología cuenta desde el Diluvio hasta la era del Bicorne, es decir Alejandro, en tres calendarios a la vez.

«AL-KINDi : On the rule of the Arabs and its duration [British Library Add. 7473, ff. 175h_178a (639 A.H.)] The letter of Ya'qub ibn lsl;iaq al-Kind! on the rule of the Arabs and its duration was first edited, in part ([1]-[36]), by 0.» — la cabecera del apéndice III da el testigo manuscrito único de la carta de al-Kindi y su historia editorial.

«Loth in 'Al-Kind! als Astrolog', in Morgenlandische Forschungen, Festschrift fur Herrn Professor Dr.» — la primera edición parcial, de Otto Loth, citada por su título alemán.

«ijaldlin also knows of 'a book on the conjunctions affecting Islam' under the title Kitiib al-Gafr, which is said to have made complete forecasts concerning the Abbasid dynasty, though he had not seen a copy of it. 12 He does, however, quote a passage at second hand from Ibn Ahl Watn. 13 The following edition includes the complete text of al-KindI's letter, together with a tentative translation.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] recogen el testimonio de Ibn Jaldún sobre un libro que él mismo declara no haber visto, y anuncian su edición completa de la carta con una traducción que llaman tentativa.

«We are grateful to Loth for some emendations (indicated by L in the apparatus) and historical explanations.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran qué enmiendas de su aparato son heredadas y con qué sigla las marcan.

«[3) God helps you in the reception of wisdom, and inspires you in the perception of philosophy;» — el apéndice III imprime la carta de al-Kindi, que se abre con una dedicatoria en segunda persona a un destinatario no nombrado.

«He makes its path easy for you, and renders you docile to its methods; and, in His compassion, He protects you from what is hateful.» — la continuación de esa dedicatoria de al-Kindi.

«and their aspect from sextile and trine to this position indicate the goodness of the condition of the people of Iraq, the strength of their rule, and the fertility of their country.» — la carta de al-Kindi enuncia la misma regla sobre Iraq que la parte II del libro de Abu Ma'sar, con palabras muy próximas: es el pasaje sobre el que gira la acusación de plagio.

«The presence of the malefics and their aspect from opposition and quartile indicate badness, the shift <of rule>, and bloodshed, especially <in the case of> the conjunction of the two malefics without the aspect of the benefics.» — la mitad adversa de esa misma regla en la carta de al-Kindi.

«The Arabs will keep the rulership according to the minutes of these parts, <converted into> years, because of the quantity of its (Venus's) witness in the sign, and the goodness of its condition in its place.» — al-Kindi calcula la duración del poder árabe por los minutos de Venus, igual que el libro de Abu Ma'sar.

«This is 693 years. 12 <The same number> is found in the Book of God (Glorious and exalted!).» — al-Kindi cifra en 693 años la duración del poder árabe y declara hallar el mismo número en el Corán.

«From the Cow and the Family of 'lmran, ALM, i.e. 71; from the Heights, ALM$ you take ~ad only, i.e. 90; from Jonah, ALR, you take ra' only, i.e. 200.» — la cuenta se hace con las letras aisladas que encabezan varias suras, tomadas por su valor numérico: al-Kindi lee la duración del islam en el alfabeto del propio Corán.

«You do not count those in Hud, Joseph, the Thunder, Abraham and al-I:ligr, because they are repeats.» — la regla de descarte de esa cuenta, que excluye las suras cuyas letras se repiten.

«This is because the Moon was in the house of Jupiter and the land of Iraq belongs to Jupiter. 23 The riot occurred 5 years after that, al-Waud ibn Yaz1d was killed, the rulership changed 6 years after that, and the dynasty was overturned.» — al-Kindi verifica su método sobre el asesinato de al-Walid ibn Yazid y la caída de los omeyas, los mismos casos que usa el libro de Abu Ma'sar.

«[21] When it was year 151, they conjoined in Cancer, and Jupiter was in Pisces in trine to them; the rulership was not changed, but they indicated the 'small evil', 24 and there were wars and battle, and the riots which followed these.» — la serie de conjunciones en Cáncer de al-Kindi coincide año por año con la de Abu Ma'sar, con la variante del *small evil*.

«29 degrees, and the Moon was in 6 degrees of Gemini, and there were 53 degrees between them; so there occurred the killing of 'Utman ibn 'Aflan at the end of 53 months.» — al-Kindi fecha en meses el asesinato del tercer califa por el arco entre dos astros.

«[26] In the period of <year> 61, at the time of the conjunction there occurred the riot of lbn az-Zubayr.» — el mismo suceso que el libro de Abu Ma'sar adjudica al año 61, en la carta de al-Kindi.

«[34] As for the period of <year> 303, it will indicate corruption and rebellion occurring in the western region.» — al-Kindi predice para el año 303 lo mismo que el libro de Abu Ma'sar, con las mismas palabras.

«[35] The period of <year> 333 will indicate riots and wars and the triumph of the Muslims over every religion and people of every sect.» — y para el 333 el triunfo de los musulmanes sobre toda religión y secta: la coincidencia entre los dos textos llega hasta la profecía final.

«in the fixed <signs>, they remain ruling for 40 years; then corruption begins from that <time> until the mixture is destroyed.» — el final de la carta de al-Kindi, con la escala de duración por clase de signo.

«If it is in the double signs, i.e. the <signs> having <two> bodies, the corruption occurs after 20 years and also [ ... ] after the destruction of the mixture.» — los corchetes con puntos suspensivos marcan una laguna del manuscrito, que la edición señala en vez de rellenar.

«He said: I have given an account for you elsewhere concerning kings, so compare the <accounts> and draw your lesson! Whenever the year revolves 1 to these places, it gives to them these years and this period, if God {He is exalted!) wills.» — el apéndice IV imprime el tratado de Masa'allah sobre el acceso de los califas, que también habla en segunda persona a un destinatario.

«[3] Know that the Sun is the superintendent of the stars and the ad-Ininistrator of times.» — la tesis con que Masa'allah funda su método: el Sol como administrador de los tiempos; *ad-Ininistrator* es la lectura del escaneo.

«If Saturn is in the tenth or eleventh <place> from it, the Sun <gives>a period of rule until Saturn and Jupiter aspect it from one degree and one sign and (or) they both conjoin without aspecting.» — la misma regla que el libro de Abu Ma'sar da en su parte II, aquí en el tratado de Masa'allah.

«[8] If Saturn is in the seventh <place> from the Sun in the first degree and the first decan of the sign, it (the Sun) gives half its small years.» — la fracción de los años solares, coincidente con la del libro editado.

«[11]7 If Mars is with the Sun or in the second <sign> from it <and the Sun> is raised over it, or <Mars is> in the eleventh <sign and> eastern, then that king is killed and a riot happens after him, if God wills.» — la regla del rey asesinado y el motín posterior, también común a los dos textos.

«[12] 8 Know that a king may rule for 40 or more years, namely if it (the Sun) gives its small years in the management of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars.» — Masa'allah acota su propia escala con un caso máximo.

«[18] The greatest years of Saturn are 265 years, its great years 57 years, its middle years 43 years and 6 months, and its small years 30 years.» — la tabla de los cuatro grados de años de Saturno en el tratado de Masa'allah; el mayor, 265, es el mismo número que el libro editado adjudica a la duración del califato.

«[19] The greatest years of Jupiter are 427 years and a half, its great years 79 years, its middle years 45 years, and its small years 12 years.» — la misma tabla para Júpiter.

«Ibn AbI r-Rigal does not acknowledge Abu Ma'sar as his source, and one cannot be sure whether he draws directly from The Book of Religions and Dynasties, from one of Abu Ma'Sar's sources, from another work of Abu Ma'sar, or from a work derivative from Abu Ma'sar's writings.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] encabezan el apéndice V declarando cuatro posibilidades de filiación y no eligiendo entre ellas.

«II, 3 [2]-[3], [6], I, 4 (6]-(7], II, 2 (3]-(4], II, 3 (8], II 4 [6], I, 4 [8]); and VIII, 25 (a summary of the whole of Part III).» — la tabla de concordancias con que el apéndice V empareja capítulo por capítulo el Kitab al-Bari' con el libro editado.

«On the knowledge of how to use the two lots, concerning which there are two different accounts. 1 [2] Al-Mug1ra, 2 following al-Kindi, said: The first lot is taken from the Sun to Saturn and cast out from Jupiter; the second lot is taken from the Sun to the degree of the midheaven and cast out from Jupiter.» — Ibn Abi r-Rigal expone la doctrina de los dos lotes citando a al-Mugira, que a su vez sigue a al-Kindi: la cadena de autoridades que el libro de Abu Ma'sar calla, aquí está escrita.

«[3] After this he said: the first lot is taken from Saturn to Jupiter and cast out from the position of their conjunction in the beginning of the triplicity; the second lot, from Jupiter to Saturn, and cast out from the degree of their conjunction in the conjunction in which you are.» — la segunda de las dos versiones que el mismo autor consigna, sin arbitrar entre ellas.

«[6] Then you take the conjunction in which you are, and you consider how many <degrees there are> from the beginning of Aries to it, in degrees of right ascension.» — el procedimiento de Ibn Abi r-Rigal, dado en segunda persona como instrucción de cálculo.

«You add to them what you called 'the Secret', and if it is more than one revolution, you subtract a revolution from it, and you cast the remainder from 7 Aries, and the position of the second· lot is where the number terminates for you.» — el término *the Secret* nombra en este texto una cantidad calculada antes, y así se conserva.

«[4] If you want <to know> the degree of the qisma, then your casting out is from Pisces 20°, <taking> a year for every degree.» — la *qisma* de Ibn Abi r-Rigal, con su punto de partida en 20° de Piscis.

«When you have determined the degree of the qisma at the beginning of the year, then add to it 10 seconds for every degree that the Sun cuts off from the ecliptic.» — la corrección por el movimiento solar que este texto añade al cómputo.

«Its lord indicates what will come to the respectable families who are governors in managing 26 that shift.» — la lectura social del cambio en el texto de Ibn Abi r-Rigal.

«On the knowledge of the terminal points and the qisma. 27 [2] When you want <to know> this, take the years of Yazdigird as solar years, and add to them 61 years, 28 converted into solar years.» — la era de Yazdigerd como base del cómputo, igual que en el libro editado.

«The Latin translation omits [6]. 361.e. from 20 March 749. 37The Latin adds 'extrahe ab eo .177. annos et decem menses et .27. dies reductos in annos solares' ('subtract from that 177 years, 10 months, and 27 days, converted to solar years'). 38 See the table of indications and indicators, no. 4 (a).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] confrontan el árabe con la traducción latina y consignan lo que una omite y la otra añade, citando el latín y traduciéndolo.

«The manuscripts vary in the data given in the horoscopic chart itself. The charts of Arabic MS B and Latin Version v are given in the edition.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] abren la sección de horóscopos declarando que los testigos discrepan en los datos de las cartas y qué dos imprimen.

«In Arabic MST, on p. 63, a second version- T (2) -of the horoscope of the revolution of the world-year in the year of the Hegira has been inserted at the place of the horoscope as originally copied: T (1). The readings of T (2) are given in brackets.» — el manuscrito T trae dos versiones de la misma carta, una encima de la otra, y [Yamamoto y Burnett] las distinguen con siglas en vez de escoger.

«3. HOROSCOPE OF THE SHIFT OF THE DYNASTY TO THE SAWAD OF IRAQ ACCORDING TO B (VIII, 2 (5])» — el título de la tercera carta, con la remisión al parágrafo del texto que la comenta.

«Positions of the planets in the horoscope of the shift of dynasty according to B and T, the Latin versions, and other authorities.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] montan una tabla comparativa que alinea los manuscritos árabes, las versiones latinas, Masa'allah y an-Nawbajti para una sola carta.

«5. TABLES ADDED IN T TO THE THREE HOROSCOPES (VIII, 2 [4]-[6]) These tables provide the elements of mean motions for determining the longitudes of the planets, taken from the Handy Tables.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] identifican la fuente de unas tablas añadidas por un copista: las Tablas Manuales, es decir el manual astronómico ptolemaico.

«[5] wa§at subtracter its (the Moon's) its (the Moon's) of the Sun of the Moon wa§at anomaly 292 20 323 20 298 31 6 20» — así devuelve el escaneo una de esas tablas de movimientos medios: se conserva lo numérico y lo latino, y el término árabe *wasat* con la grafía que imprime el facsímil.

«he Book of Religions and Dynasties The Book of Religions and Dynasties can be regarded as the result of an accumulation of astrological lore from at least the time of Ptolemy until Abu Ma'sar's own time.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] abren su estudio final describiendo la obra como acumulación de saber astrológico desde Ptolomeo; el tramo arrastra el título corrido sin su primera letra, tal como lo devuelve el escaneo.

«In the following discussion an attempt will be made to distinguish three strata: the astrology of Ptolemy himself, as set forth in his Tetrabiblos, and ancient Greek astrology in general; developments associated with Persian astrologers and incorporating Indian material; material distinctive of the Islamic culture of Abu Ma'sar's time.» — el programa del estudio: separar tres estratos, griego, persa-indio e islámico.

«SOURCES AND DOCTRJNES 1) General Astrology The general ( katholikon, to kath 'hola) division of astrology, according to Ptolemy, is that which relates to whole races, countries and cities ( Tetrabiblos, II, 1), in contrast to the genethlialogical division which concerns the individual.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] fijan el término griego de Ptolomeo para el género y lo oponen a la genetlialogía.

«Its topics are divided into {1) more general periodic conditions such as wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, floods etc., and (2) lesser and more occasional conditions, such as changes in temperature in the seasons of the year, and the variations of the intensity of storms, heat, and winds, or of good and bad crops.» — la partición ptolemaica de la materia, que [Yamamoto y Burnett] usan para medir lo que el libro editado conserva.

«For Abu Ma'sar reproduces large parts of Ptolemy's text: Tetrabiblos, II, 8, on what is predicted by the planets in general, is reproduced in the first sections of chapters 1-5 of Part V;» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] localizan capítulo por capítulo lo que la obra reproduce del Tetrabiblos.

«II, 11, on the prediction of the signs 'part by part' is reproduced in the last sections of each chapter of Part IV, while the general predictions from comets in II, 9 (p. 193) are probably the origin for the very last section of the last chapter of Part V.» — la misma correspondencia para las partes IV y V, con el *probably* que marca el grado de certeza.

«SOURCES AND DOCTRJNES astrology (i.e. the whole of Book II) that are not either reproduced, or have their equivalent in The Book of Religions and Dynasties are (1) most of the chapter on the characteristics of different peoples and the division of regions between planets and signs (the chorography in II, 3) and (2) the final two chapters on weather forecasting (II, 12-13).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] miden también lo que la obra NO toma de Ptolomeo, y eso es lo que sostiene su argumento.

«The Book of Religions and Dynasties does not include a chorography, assuming that the reader has one available.11 However, Ptolemy's list of countries and provinces (the last part of Tetrabiblos, II, 3) survives in a fragmentary state in an addition to the Arabic text (Appendix I) which was subsequently incorporated into the Latin tradition of the text.» — la ausencia de corografía en el libro se explica por el uso, y el apéndice I aparece así como el hueco rellenado por un copista.

«any individual, and the times of important events during his or her life, were topics that astrologers' clients were particularly concerned about.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] explican el interés por la duración de la vida desde la demanda de los clientes del astrólogo.

«Perhaps advisedly, astrologers claimed that the calculation of these times was extremely complicated and involved multiple factors.» — la observación de [Yamamoto y Burnett] sobre la complejidad como recurso profesional; el *perhaps advisedly* marca que es lectura suya y no dato.

«SOURCES AND DOCTRINES 'cutter' ( qii.ti') and the 'cutting' ( qat') in II, 7 [4], and to 'the projection of rays' (I, 1 (34), II, 7 [7]).» — el estudio empareja término por término el vocabulario árabe con el griego, dando las dos formas.

«II, 5 (3]) or of disaster (nakba); the latter seems usually to be equivalent to death. 18 However, The Book of Religions and Dynasties witnesses a great expansion in the use of prorogation.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan que la obra amplía el uso de la prorrogación respecto de sus fuentes; el *seems* es de ellos.

«Tihon, Studi e Testi, 282, Citta de! Vaticano, 1978, pp. 236-7. 23 E.g. a Latin translation of a text on talismans by Ta.bit ibn Qurra (826-901 A.D.) states that the authorities on talismans are said to have followed the theory of accession and recession ('Percepi enim eos in hac sententia consentaneos, quoniam circulus octo gradibus accedat, totidemque recedat';» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] identifican a los *masters of talismans* que el texto invoca con la tradición de Tabit ibn Qurra, y citan el latín de ese tratado de talismanes.

«As Pingree shows (ibid., pp. 51-62), it is difficult to associate Kankah with any uniquely Indian contribution to astrology, and he should rather be classed among the Persians who frequented the court of the caliph Hariin ar-Ra.Sid (786-809). 26 Quoted in E.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] reclasifican, siguiendo a Pingree, a Kankah el Indio entre los persas de la corte de Harún al-Rashid.

«That some of his sources had passed through, or originated in, Middle Persian (Pahlavi), however, is clear from some of his astrological terminology: not only the above-mentioned haylag and kad!Judah, but also zzg for astronomical tables, dastunya, 27 bah ram as an alternative name for Mars, sal!Judahfya, and garbu!Jtanya.» — el argumento léxico con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] prueban el paso por el pahlaví: siete términos técnicos que no son árabes.

«SOURCES AND DOCTRINES of the massive cycles of world-history devised by Indian astrologers. 29 It is significant that in the same context of discussing these values he introduces Indian numerals (I, 1 [18]), which are particularly suitable for writing large numbers.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] enlazan los grandes ciclos indios con la aparición de los numerales indios en el mismo pasaje.

«Abu Ma'sar rigorously keeps apart the millennial astrology of his k. al- UlUf and the conjunctional astrology of The Book of Religions and Dynasties.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan que el autor mantiene separadas dos doctrinas suyas en dos libros distintos.

«Moreover, each conjunction will be just over two thirds of a circuit of the ecliptic circle further on (Abu Ma'sar's value is 242° 25' 17" 10111 6"") than the previous one.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] reconstruyen la mecánica del ciclo de conjunciones y citan el valor exacto que el libro da.

«Since the three signs which are 120° apart are said to form a 'triplicity', successive conjunctions will be in the same triplicity.» — la consecuencia geométrica de ese valor, que es la base de toda la doctrina.

«In I, 1 [17] Abu Ma'sar demonstrates this by plotting the positions of thirteen successive conjunctions in a watery triplicity, and showing that the fourteenth conjunction would then occur at the beginning of the next, fiery, triplicity.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] describen cómo expone el capítulo I.1 ese punto, y remiten a su parágrafo.

«the latter to the Persians. 34 The Persians appear to have been particularly enthusiastic about historical astrology (which had been banned in the Roman Empire), and it is unfortunate that no text in Persian has survived.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] contrastan el entusiasmo persa por el género con su prohibición en el imperio romano, y declaran la pérdida completa de los originales persas.

«Here he uses the individual conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter and the transfer of the conjunctions from one triplicity to another, which he calls intiqal al-mamarr. 37 Of 'Umar, on the other hand, a text on k. al-Qiranat wa-taf:iwil as-sinin has survived in MS Istanbul, University Library 315.» — el término árabe del cambio de triplicidad y el testigo manuscrito de la obra paralela de 'Umar.

«SOURCES AND DOCTRINES planets, Saturn and Jupiter in Leo (sic), to their return to that place: this is a period (zaman) of 959 years. 38 This point of time ( waqt) indicates the sum of what happens in this period ( zaman).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] citan a otro autor conservando su error con un *sic*, y dan los dos términos árabes del tiempo.

«At this point of time there is a shift from one condition to another, a change in genera and shapes (a8ba/:i), and new matters, the like of which has never occurred before.» — la continuación de esa cita, sobre el cambio de género y de forma en el momento del retorno.

«A problem is that dawr is a common word for revolution, rotation or period, and it is not always easy to tell whether the general, or the technical, meaning is required.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] declaran una ambigüedad que su propia traducción no puede resolver siempre: cuándo *dawr* es término técnico y cuándo palabra común.

«But al-BirunI states that 'some people divide them equally into ninety years as if quarters of the ecliptic', which is what we find in Abu Ma'sar (I, 1 [25]).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] emparejan la doctrina de los Cuartos de noventa años con una noticia de al-Biruni sobre lo que hacían algunos.

«On the completion of the year the four natures of spring, summer, autumn and winter are completed; likewise the nature and the period of the greater revolution ( dawr) are completed on the completion of the revolution ( dawr )-which is 360 years altogether-through all the degrees of the signs of the zodiac and the completion of the nature of the circling sphere.» — el estudio cita en traducción un texto paralelo que enuncia la misma analogía entre el año y el *dawr* de 360 años.

«The lordship of the Quarters is significant, for, as Kankah goes on to say: In considering the cause of the shift of the kingdom and dynasty from people to people one must consider the lord of the year and the lord of the dawr.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] citan a Kankah para mostrar de dónde viene la doctrina de los señores de los Cuartos.

«Ma'sar extended the terminology to include four degrees of fardiir, only the smallest of which corresponded to the fardar of genethlialogy. 54 In The Book of Religions and Dynasties Abii.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] adjudican al autor la ampliación del término *fardar* de uno a cuatro grados.

«Particular attention is drawn to a pair of lots which al-B1rlin1 discusses after he has described all the other named lots. 58 Al-B!runl notes that there has been much argument and lack of clarity amongst astrologers on this point.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] traen a al-Biruni como testigo de que los dos lotes eran ya materia disputada entre astrólogos.

«Tafhim, ch. 476, nos 1 and 2): I I Lots II taken from I to I cast out from I by night I 1 fortune Sun Moon ASC opposite 2 absent Moon Sun ASC opposite I, 3 [7); a lot for discovering the position of birthmarks: J I Lot II taken from I to I cast out from I by night I 131 (no name) II lord of the hour I Sun I ASC I same I I, 4 (6] and [8] (Abbreviation, 6. 18 and 48;» — así devuelve el escaneo las tablas de lotes que [Yamamoto y Burnett] cruzan con el Tafhim de al-Biruni: se conservan los números y las siglas, y las barras verticales son los filetes de la tabla.

«, 4 [12] (Tafhfm, ch. 480; al-Qahi~I, nos 4 and 5): I I Lots II taken from I to I cast out from I by night I 6 1st Sun 15° Leo Moon same 7 2nd Moon 15° Cancer Sun same II, 5 [14] ( Tafhfm, ch. 476, no. 8; al-Qabl~I, no. 6): l I Lot II taken from I to I cast out from I by night I 181 lifespan II Jupiter I Saturn I ASC of revol.» — la misma tabla, cotejada además con al-Qabisi: cada lote del libro se identifica en dos manuales independientes.

«VIII, 1 [17] (Tafhfm, ch. 479, no. 3 and 4) Lots II taken from I to I cast out from I by night I 14 prosperity Sun the West ASC same 15 battle Mars Moon Sun same The resume of the situation in al-QabI~l's k. al-Mud!Jal, ch. 5 may be helpful: 63 Chapter 5: . . .» — el cierre de esa concordancia de lotes, con el resumen del capítulo 5 de al-Qabisi que los editores juzgan útil.

«year has arrived from the conjunction of the triplicity (i.e. of the shift of triplicity) which indicated the religion, at a rate of 30 degrees a year, and 2~ degrees a month.» — el estudio cita el cómputo del libro para verificarlo contra las fechas históricas.

«The text goes on to say that the amount of ascent or descent is determined by multiplying this equation by seven and dividing by twelve (a mistake for '22'; but see Al-Bfrunf on Transits, 84: 16-17).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] señalan un error de cifra en el texto y remiten a al-Biruni para la lectura correcta, sin corregirlo en silencio.

«The series in al-KindI's letter on the duration of the Islamic rule (Appendix III above) indicates an awareness of events at least up to the year 863, 74 while the series in The Book of Religions and Dynasties II, 8 extends until, apparently, 883.» — el argumento cronológico con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] separan los dos textos: la serie de al-Kindi se detiene veinte años antes.

«Aside from the succession of kings and prophets from Arda8Ir to Mul_iammad, in The Book of Religions and Dynasties Abu Ma'sar's historical data is entirely focused on Islamic concerns.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] miden el horizonte histórico de la obra y lo declaran enteramente islámico.

«cussed and the dates confirmed by modern computations in Thousands, pp. 79-80, from the versions in as-SigzI's k. al-Qiranat wa-tal}awil sinf l-'alam.» — el estudio remite a cálculos modernos para comprobar las fechas que el libro da.

«The procedure is that, once the planet signifying the first ruler in a dynasty has been identified (from the conjunction indicating the dynasty or religion), the indicators of his successors simply follow the descending order of the planets (to indicate that it is descending rather than ascending Abu Ma'sar describes it as the 'order of the lords of the hours'88 ).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] reconstruyen el procedimiento de la sucesión planetaria de los gobernantes y explican por qué el texto lo llama orden de los señores de las horas.

«) The example which combines the indication of geographical direction and length of rule is taken from the leader of the Zang rebellion.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] identifican como jefe de la rebelión de los zanj al personaje que el libro usa de ejemplo.

«I, [2] Byzantine Empire India Saturn India Libra Capricorn, Aquarius Jupiter Babylon Iraq Hejaz, Ethiopia Cancer Sagittarius, Pisces the Turks Egypt Mars the Turks Leo Aries, Scorpio Sun Byzantine borders of Byzantine Em.» — así devuelve el escaneo la tabla en que [Yamamoto y Burnett] confrontan los repartos de climas y planetas de varias fuentes: se conserva lo latino y lo numérico, y las columnas quedan entreveradas.

«These, and al-KindI's pupil, as-SarabsI, 93 are the only authors known to use the Saturn-Mars conjunctions in historical astrology. 94 Abu Ma'sar also shares with al-KindI an interest in Greek sources.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] estrechan el círculo de autores que usan la conjunción de Saturno y Marte, y con eso acercan al autor a al-Kindi por otra vía.

«SOURCES AND DOCTRINES natural science-that of the beginning (birth), full growth, and decay of a natural body. 99 Somewhat artificially, religions and dynasties are related to the beginning, laws to the full growth, and wars and strifes to the decay, of an individual.» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] leen la tríada comienzo-perfección-declive como analogía tomada de la ciencia natural, y la califican de algo artificial.

«in his Tafh'irn, ch. 516, p. 319, uses the term rnabiidi' to describe the ibtidii's of Abu Ma'8ar, and Abu Ma'sar himself uses the term rnabiidi' in VIII 32.» — el término árabe que la traducción vierte por *Beginnings*, rastreado en al-Biruni y en el propio texto; el escaneo confunde la m con rn en esta plana.

«indication - general and universal matters 1 indicator (a) terminal sign counted from the ASC of the conjunction in Aries (i.e. from Aries)» — así devuelve el escaneo la tabla de indicaciones e indicadores que [Yamamoto y Burnett] construyen para ordenar la doctrina del libro.

«Here, he progresses from great conjunctions (nos 1 and 2), through middle conjunctions (nos 3-6), to small conjunctions (no. 7), while at the same time he includes the three conjunctions that he illustrates in Part VIII: the conjunction of the religion (no. 3), the conjunction of the dynasty (no. 4), and the conjunction of the shift of triplicity (nos 5 and 6).» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] describen el orden interno de la exposición como una progresión de lo mayor a lo menor.

«SOURCES AND DOCTRINES simply 'de coniunctionibus', and this is close to the title by which Roger Bacon refers to the work ('liber coniunctionum'). 105 This title, in fact, already occurs in Arabic and Latin at the beginning of Part III, and in the colophon to the Latin (but not the Arabic) text.» — el apartado sobre el título recoge cómo llamaba a la obra Roger Bacon, y con eso el problema del título llega hasta el siglo XIII latino.

«Moreover, the summing up of previous parts and chapters at the beginning of subsequent ones, the mentioning (in the correct order) of each of the topics dealt with in each chapter, in the heading to that chapter, and the cross-references within the work, would seem to assure the integrity of the work (or at least the hand of a careful editor of the material).» — el argumento con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] cierran su estudio a favor de la integridad del libro, con su reserva dentro: o al menos la mano de un compilador cuidadoso.

«[The bibliography includes all the works referred to in volumes I and II.] Abraham ibn Ezra Abrahe Avenaris Iudei Astrologi peritissimi in re iudiciali opera ... , Venice, 1507.» — la bibliografía se declara común a los dos volúmenes de la edición y abre por Abraham ibn Ezra en su impreso veneciano de 1507.

«'The contents and affiliation of the scientific manuscripts written at, or brought to, Chartres in the time of John of Salisbury', in The World of John of Salisbury, ed.» — entre las entradas figura un trabajo sobre los manuscritos científicos de Chartres, que marca el interés de la edición por la recepción latina.

«R. 'The book on eclipses of Masha'allah', Physis, 6, 1964, pp. 205-13.» — una de las entradas dedicadas a Masa'allah, cuyo tratado se imprime en el apéndice IV.

«Pingree The Astrological History of Masha'allah, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971. al-Kindl Risalat tamhfd al-mustaqarr li-talppq ma'na l-mamarr, Hayderabad, 1948; trans. by M.» — la bibliografía reúne en la misma plana la historia astrológica de Masa'allah editada por Kennedy y Pingree y la epístola de al-Kindi.

«Verzeichnis der Handschriften-Sammlung des Hospitals zu Cues, Trier, 1905.» — el catálogo de los manuscritos de Cusa entre las obras de referencia usadas.

«Sams6, J. 'Horoscopes and history: lbn 'Azzi1z and his retrospective horoscopes related to the battle of El Salado (1340)', in Between Demonstration and Imagination: Essays in the History of Science and Philosophy presented to John D.» — una entrada sobre horóscopos retrospectivos de una batalla del siglo XIV, que muestra hasta dónde llega la bibliografía de la edición.

«Viladrich 'Tasyir computation of Kusyar ibn Labban', Historia Scientiarum, 41, 1991, pp. 1-16.» — la última entrada de la bibliografía y la última línea del volumen, sobre el cómputo del *tasyir* en Kusyar ibn Labban.

«ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE Texts and Studies EDITED BY H. DAIBER and D. PINGREE VOLUME XXXIII» — la plana de serie declara la colección de Brill en que sale el volumen y sus dos directores, H. Daiber y D. Pingree; el segundo es además el estudioso a quien el prefacio agradece la lectura del texto entero.

«KITAB AL-MILAL WA-D-DUWAL (7he Book ef Religi,ons and Dynasties) Arabic text edited by K. Yamamoto with an English translation by K. Yamamoto & Ch. Burnett» — la portadilla del volumen uno reparte el trabajo con más precisión que la portada: el texto árabe lo edita Yamamoto solo, y la traducción inglesa es de los dos.

«The Life and Times of Abu Ma'Sar ........................... xiii General or Historical Astrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv The Works on Historical Astrology attributed to Abu Ma'sar ................................................ xv The Manuscripts ...........» — el índice desglosa la introducción en cinco apartados, y el tercero se titula ya con la fórmula de atribución, no de autoría; las líneas de puntos son las guías del índice impreso.

«viii Part Four Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Part Five Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Part Six Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Cha» — así devuelve el escaneo la segunda plana del índice: la columna de capítulos queda separada de la de folios, y el folio romano viii encabeza el tramo.

«The Sources and Doctrines of The Book of Religions and Dynasties Ancient Greek Astrology ..................................... 573 Persian and Indian Developments ............................. 580 The Islamic Input» — el índice desglosa el estudio final en seis apartados, y los tres primeros son los tres estratos que ese estudio se propone separar.

«APPENDIX IV MA.SA' ALLAH : On the accession of the caliphs and the knowledge of the accession of each king» — el falso título del apéndice IV, con el nombre de Masa'allah tal como lo devuelve el escaneo.

«The range of variations between and within the Arabic and Latin MSS, and the data in al-Kindi's version of the same table is set out below:» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] miden la variación entre testigos árabes y latinos y añaden como testigo la versión de al-Kindi de la misma tabla.

«4. HOROSCOPE OF THE SHIFT OF THE CONJUNCTION FROM THE WATERY TRIPLICITY TO THE FIERY ONE ACCORDING TO B (VIII, 2 (6])» — el título de la cuarta carta impresa, la del cambio de triplicidad.

«The signs and triplicities The places fiery, eastern ------ earthy, southern ------------- airy, western ------- watery, northern car dines succedents cadents» — así devuelve el escaneo el esquema con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] resumen el reparto de signos, triplicidades y lugares: los filetes de la figura salen como series de guiones y *cardines* queda partido en dos.

«Aries 1 Saturn 13 Mercury 25 Sun 37 Jupiter Taurus 2 Jupiter 14 Moon 26 Venus 38 Mars Gemini 3 Mars 15 Saturn 27 Mercury 39 Sun» — la tabla con que [Yamamoto y Burnett] ordenan la serie de señores planetarios por signo, tal como la devuelve el escaneo.

«•murder of al-Walid ibn Yazid •murder of al-Walid ibn Yazid {744) 121 •revolt of Abu Muslim {747) (742) •ruin of the Umayyads» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] alinean en dos columnas los sucesos que el libro predice y los que la historia registra, con sus fechas; el escaneo entrevera las columnas.

«4) Abu Ma'sar illustrates the effect of the Quarters of the dawr as causes of disasters, from Islamic history:» — [Yamamoto y Burnett] presentan así la tabla en que el libro empareja los Cuartos del *dawr* con desastres de la historia islámica.

Cadena de transmisión (quién tomó de quién) — El prefacio y la introducción hacen descender el género de los babilonios a los griegos, de éstos a la Persia sasánida con material indio, y de ahí al árabe; el estudio final separa esos tres estratos y prueba el paso por el pahlaví con siete términos técnicos que no son árabes.

Crítica de fuentes (criterios de inclusión y descarte) — Los editores declaran su base textual (BLE más N), marcan cada enmienda propia con la abreviatura *corr.*, adjudican filiación por lagunas heredadas, enmiendan en nota las remisiones internas del propio texto y usan el griego de Ptolomeo y las versiones latinas del volumen dos como testigos de lecturas árabes.

Prodigio (prodigium, portentum, ostentum) — Las lluvias de estrellas, los cometas, los terremotos y las señales del aire figuran como portentos que acompañan el cambio de dinastía y de religión, y la parte VIII da método propio para preverlos.

Cuatro elementos (fuego, aire, agua, tierra) — Las cuatro triplicidades reparten regiones, clases sociales y duraciones: fuego al oriente, tierra al occidente, aire al norte y agua al sur, con jerarquía interna de signos.

Talismán (imagen astrológica) — Los *masters of talismans* son una de las poquísimas autoridades que el texto nombra, y a ellos adjudica la doctrina de la trepidación de la esfera; los editores identifican esa tradición con la de Tabit ibn Qurra y la citan en su versión latina.

Horas planetarias — La sucesión de gobernantes de una dinastía se recorre planeta a planeta según lo que el texto llama el orden de los señores de las horas; el estudio final explica que la fórmula sirve para indicar que el orden es descendente.

Mansiones lunares (los 28 sectores del recorrido de la Luna) — Figuran en el índice de materias de otras obras de astrología histórica atribuidas al autor, y una vez en el apéndice de Masa'allah al hablar del giro de las mansiones; la obra editada no les dedica capítulo.

Secreto (lo que se jura no fijar por escrito) — Lo oculto y encubierto se adjudica a la conjunción de la Luna con Mercurio junto a los libros, los amuletos, la magia y la astrología; la cuadratura de Júpiter con Mercurio produce la revelación de secretos, y el apéndice de Ibn Abi r-Rigal llama *the Secret* a una cantidad de su cálculo.