ABSTRACT
Page 485 Of Eclipse I of the sun and moon.. If it taketh place in the Balance, or the Water-carrier, or the Twins, it portendeth pestilence among men throughout the world. If the eclipse taketh place in the Rain, or in the Lion, or in Sagittarius, it will produce far more serious evils, for it portendeth famine, and wars throughout the world, and the uprooting of cities, and pestilence among animals, and cattle, and birds, and especially among camels and flocks of sheep and goats. It produceth want and scarcity, and especially in the climes [or, regions] that are near these Signs of the Zodiac. If the eclipse taketh place in the Scorpion, or in the Fishes, or in the Crab, it will produce want of water and of everything among the peoples of the climes that are nigh unto these Signs of the Zodiac. And men will flee from place to place through want of water and sustenance, and there will also be scarcity of fish and of everything which. liveth in [or through] moisture. And if the eclipse taketh place in the Virgin, or in Capricorn, or in the Bull, there will be scarcity among men of fruit, and of sheep, and of all kinds of crops. And the earth itself will suffer want, for fruits and roots will not grow, and there will be no rain, especially in the climes that are nigh unto these Signs of the Zodiac.
