Chapter VI. Masculine and Femme

. THERE are twa primary sexes, male and female; wa the female sex partakes chiefly of moisture. The Mioon and

22 ‘PYOLEMY’s TETRABIBLOS. = [Book I. Venus are therefore said to be feminine, since ‘their qualities are principally moist.

The Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are called masculine. Mercury is common to both genders, because at certain times he produces ‘dryness, and at others ‘moisture, and performs each in an equal ratio.

The stars, however, are also said to be masculine and feminine, by their positions with regard to the Sun. While they are matutine and preceding the-Sun, they are masculine; when vespertine and following the Sun, they become _ feminine *.

And they are further regulated in this respect by their ,positions with regard to the horizon. From the ascendant to the mid-heaven, or from the angle of the west to the lower heaven, they are considered to be masculine, being then oriental: and in the other two quadrants, seaman being then occidental. |