Page:Dreams and moles, or, A new and curious fortune book, both for men, maids, wives & widows.pdf/11



TO know what planet a perſon is born under, it is firſt neceſſary to obſerve, that there are ſeven planets, which are attributed to the ſeven days of the week, for each day hath its name of a planet: thus, Sol ſhews ſunday, being the moſt worthy, and ſo takes the worthieſt day. Luna goveros the firſt hour on monday, Mars the firſt on Tueſday, Mercury on wedneſday, Jupiter on thurſday, Venus on friday, and Saturn on ſaturday. The natural day hath 24 hours, and each ſeveral hour reigns a planet. It is to be underſtood, that when you begin to reckon on ſunday, you muſt reckon thus, Sol Venus, Mercury, Luna, Saturn, Jupiter,