An astrological judgement touching theft wherein is demonstrated most incomparable secrets according to the best rules in art : first how to find out or discover theft or theeves ... : secondly to discover fugitives and beasts lost or strayed, &c. ... / by Anthony Griffin, stud. in astrology.

Title

An astrological judgement touching theft wherein is demonstrated most incomparable secrets according to the best rules in art : first how to find out or discover theft or theeves ... : secondly to discover fugitives and beasts lost or strayed, &c. ... / by Anthony Griffin, stud. in astrology.

Author

Griffin, Anthony, Stud. in astrology.

Publication

London :: Printed by Peter Lillicrap,

1665.

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Subject terms

Astrology -- Early works to 1800.

Stealing.

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Contents

• title page
• TO His much Honoured Friend Mr. CHARLES CHIP, The Author wisheth all happi∣ness in this world, and Eternal fe∣licity in the world to come.
• To the Judicious READER
• AN Astrological Judgment Touching THEFT &c
  • First to know whether the Figure be ra∣dical or not.
  • Now I shall begin concerning Theft or any other thing lost.
    • Choice tokens that the Goods are not stolen.
    • To know in what part of the house the thing missing is in.
    • That the Goods are stolen.
  • How to find out the significator of the Thief.
    • A description of the Thief by Saturn in any of the 12 Signs.
      • Saturn in Aries.
      • Saturn in Taurus.
      • Saturn in Gemini.
      • Saturn in Cancer.
      • Saturn in Leo.
      • Saturn in Virgo.
      • Saturn in Libra.
      • Saturn in Scorpio.
      • Saturn in Sagitarius.
      • Saturn in Capricornus.
      • Saturn in Aquaries.
      • Saturn in Pisces.
    • A short description of the other Planets Jupiter, Mars, Sol Venus and Mercury.
    • A description of the Theif by the Moon being in any of the 12 signs.
    • The Marks of the Thief.
    • Whether the Thief be of the family of the Querent or not
    • Which of the house may be suspested for the Theft.
    • To know how many Thieves there are.
    • To know whether the Thief be a man or woman.
    • How to know the Age of the Thief.
    • To know whether the Thief be in town or not.
    • Whether the goods be with or near the Querent.
  • To know which way the Thief dwells from the Querent.
    • Tokens of the Thiefs house.
    • Of the distance of place.
    • Whether the Thief shall be known or not.
    • Whether the Thief hath the goods in his own keeping or to whom he hath de∣livered them.
    • Whether the Thief shall be taken or not?
    • Whether the suspected Party be guilty or not.
    • That the party suspected is not guilty.
  • Tokens that the goods lost shall be re∣covered.
    • The time when the goods stolen or mis∣sing shall be found.
    • Choice tokens that the Goods stolen shall not be recovered.
  • Of friendship and hatred between the querent and the thief.
    • Whether the Thief be beloved of his neighbours or not.
    • That the Querent is Thief himself.
    • That the Theif and querent be both in one house
    • Whether the Thief be married or not.
• A Scheam erected concer∣ning a house Robbed in the Minories of thirty pounds-worth of Clothes the 29th of Sep∣tember 1663.
  • Judgment upon the foregoing figure.
    • Concerning the distance I thus judged.
  • Concerning beasts or any li∣ving thing lost or strayed.
    • First the beast are not stolen but strayed
    • That the Cattle are driven away or stolen.
    • Where the Beasts are.
    • Whether the Beasts be in the pound or no.
    • Whether the beast be dead or a live.
    • To know if the beasts be lost.
    • Whether the beasts shall be had again or not.
  • Concerning Fugitives.
    • How to find out the significator of a Fu∣gitive.
    • Whether the Fugitive will be found or come again.
    • Where the Fugitive is.
    • To know the distance between the Que∣rent and the Fugitive.
    • Another distance.
  • A Table of the Escential dignities of the Planets according to Ptolemy.
• The Contents.