Liber Astronomiae (Treatise 9)

Guido Bonatti

Meteorological astrology — weather, harvests, epidemics — applied to the Bologna of his era.

TREATISE 9: NATIVITIES
Chapter 1: An excuse why this Treatise was put off until now
Chapter 2: That two things are principally looked
PART 1
Chapter 3: How the being of the native should be examined
Chapter 4: On the investigation of an unknown ascending degree
Chapter 5: On the narration of the divisions of nativities, and of certain accidents of theirs
Chapter 6: On the causation of natives' spaces of time in the maternal uterus
Chapter 1: How one must look concerning the four species of nativities, in order
Chapter 2: On the diversity of opinion which exists concerning the ḥay
Chapter 3: That all of the planets are givers of years, but not all are preservers of them simply; but the Head and Tail they are killers, certain ones naturally, certain ones accidentally, [And] likewise
Chapter 4: On the knowledge of the direction of the rays of the planets to the hyleg
Chapter 4: On the knowledge of the direction of the rays of the planets to the hyleg
Chapter 5: On the number of malefics and benefics
Chapter 6: On the knowledge of the life of the native and its condition, according to the Lords of
PART 3: On the Form and Shape of the Native’s Body—and Likewise on its
Chapter 1: On the form and shape of the native
Chapter 2: On those things which are outside the body, which are not of its substance nor of the
Chapter 3: On the form and shape of the native's body, and first on that which Saturn bestows¹⁸⁷
Chapter 4: On that which the quarters of the circle of signs perform in the disposition of the form
Chapter 5: On other aids to the forms and shapes of natives' bodies, besides the aids of the quarters
Chapter 6: On the form and shape of the native which Jupiter bestows
Chapter 7: On the form and shape of the native's body which Mars contributes
Chapter 8: The form and shape of the native’s body which the Sun bestows
Chapter 9: On the form and shape of the native which Venus bestows
Chapter 10: On the form and shape of the native's body which Mercury bestows
Chapter 11: On the form and shape which the Moon bestows upon the native
Chapter 1: On the qualities or accidents of the native's soul
Chapter 2: On the qualities of a native's soul coming about in a particular way according to the
Chapter 3: On the signification of Jupiter if he were the sole significator or dispositor of the
Chapter 4: If Mars were the sole significator of the qualities of the native's soul
Chapter 5: If Venus were the sole significatrix of the qualities of the native's soul
Chapter 7: On what is signified by the luminaries concerning the qualities of the soul of the native,
Chapter 8: On what is signified by the Moon concerning the qualities of the native's soul
Chapter 2: Whence the native will acquire substance or money, and by what means, and in what
Chapter 3: In what time of his life, and in what part, the native would acquire substance
Chapter 5: Whence and because of what reason the native would acquire substance
Chapter 6: By what means the native will acquire substance
Chapter 6: By what means the native will acquire substance
Chapter 7: At what age or in what part of his life the native is going to acquire substance
Chapter 8: When other significators will increase or diminish the substance of the native, with the
Chapter 9: On what is signified by the places of the circle
Chapter 10: On the same [subject], according to Abu ‘Ali
Chapter 11: Another practically extraordinary thing about the condition of the native
Chapter 12: On the acquisition of substance, again according to Abu 'Ali
Chapter 13: On the same [Subject]
Chapter 1: On the matter of siblings of each sex, and on their multitude or scarcity
Chapter 2: On the masculinity and femininity of siblings
Chapter 3: Who among the brothers would die first, or who would have a longer life
Chapter 4:On438 was of the opinion that the matter of siblings is found from the matter of the mother, by
Chapter 5: On the masculinity of natives and siblings, according to Ptolemy
Chapter 6: On the prosperity of the siblings
Chapter 1: Fourth House
Chapter 2: On the time of the aforesaid
Chapter 4: On the condition of the father and mother
Chapter 5: On the condition of the father by direction
Chapter 8: On the knowledge of the years of the father's life
Chapter 9: On the length or shortness of the life of the father
Chapter 1: On the matter of children and their condition
Chapter 2: At what age the native is going to have children
Chapter 3: On the multitude or scarcity of children
Chapter 1: On the native's male and female slaves, and servants or domestics,567 and on
Chapter 2: On flock-animals573 and other animals which are signified by the 6th
Chapter 3: On the infirmity of the native, and his diseases
Chapter 4: At what age these things would happen
Chapter 5: In what limb the aforesaid will come
Chapter 6: Again on the aforesaid impediments—where they will be, and for what reason they will come, according to Ptolemy
Chapter 7: On the impediments of the soul, and on its infirmities and means
Chapter 1: On the native’s marriages, and his partners, and his enemies openly opposing him
Chapter 2: On the native’s manner of the venereal act
Chapter 3: Of what sort the native’s wife is going to be
Chapter 4: On the time of the wife, when she will be taken, and on the number of wives, and on its
Chapter 5: How the marriage may be known by what is signified by Venus, Mars, and Saturn
Chapter 6: What would happen to the native because of his partners and from his partners and
Chapter 7: What would happen to the native from enemies openly turning against him, or because
Chapter 1: On the religion and faith of the native, and his knowledge, and likewise on his
Chapter 2: On the native's faith and the depth of his knowledge
Chapter 3: On the pilgrimages of the native and on his long journeys
Chapter 4: Which planets aid journeys, and which not
Chapter 1: On the native's profession968 and his work, and his duties, and his force,969 likewise on
Chapter 2: On the force1007 of the native and his property, and on his duties and on his kingdom
Chapter 3: In what way you should look in the matter of the mother
Chapter 1: On the native's friends, and likewise on his good fortune and his hope
Chapter 1: On the native's friends, and likewise on his good fortune and his hope
Chapter 2: On the kinds of friends
Chapter 1: On the matter of hidden and jealous enemies, and on the considerations which it is
Chapter 12: On the judgments which result from the significations of the twelve houses and their
Chapter 3: On the years of the firdarih and their dispositors114
Chapter 4: On the eminence¹¹⁴ of the planets, or the transit of one over another
Chapter 5: On the opening of the gates, according to al-Qabisi1158
Chapter 6: On the twelve hours of the Sun and of the Moon, which are applied to the Sun
Chapter 7: On the profection of years, both of the world and of nativities
Chapter 8: The order of the profection
Chapter 9: On the profection of the years of the world
Chapter 10: On the direction of the significators to be directed in the circle, and how many are the
Chapter 11: On the nature of the degrees of the signs in any sign
Chapter 13: On the Lord of the circle or of the orb of the signs1214
Chapter 14: On the Lords of the twelve leftover hours
Chapter 15: On the direction of a significator1242 of Islam (which certainly possible. OGC

Chart conventions and source methods matter. A source reference does not by itself establish a personal interpretation. Missing context can make a method unavailable. Documented lives are examples, not proof of predictive accuracy.