Saturn is by universal experience acknowledged to be the most powerful, evil, and malignant of all the planets. In Nativities he is most destructive: if placed in the mid-heaven, he causes infinite trouble in business, credit, and honor. The person is generally unfortunate in his principal undertakings; and when Saturn arrives at the cusp of the angle by direction, is generally ruined. There is scarcely any aspect, however powerful, can counteract' this position. In the fourth house, he is not so evil, but still unfortunate, and so of other places in the horoscope; but it must always be observed in these cases, whether Saturn is in aspect with other planets; because if in good aspect to Jupiter, the evil is materially diminished, and even Venus assists herein most powerfully.

Saturn is of a dull, whitish; leaden colour; he is considered a cold, dry, earthy, melancholy, masculine, malignant, solitary star. When the body and mind are formed by Saturn, authors describe the native as of middle stature, dark or pale complexion, small black leering eyes, thick lips and nostrils, large ears, thin face, lowering looks, cloudy aspect, and seemingly melancholy and unhappy, broad shoulders, small legs, and thin beard. If well dignified by house, exaltation, or aspect, the native will be acute, active, and penetrating; bat austere, slow, and reserved, grave, close, and ungenerous, covetous, laborious, patient, and mindful of injuries; careful of what he gets, and constant both in attachment and hatred. The beams of Saturn and Herschel constitute the most decided Misers.

If ill dignified, or ill aspected, (for either are the same) the native will be sordid, base; cowardly and suspicious, envious, treacherous, malicious, and frowardly stubborn to a fault. The real nature of Saturn is repining and gloominess: persons under his immediate influence, generally see every thing through the worst possible, medium; this generally breeds fear and mistrust. An old author observes, "The Saturnine man will never look thee in the face". Another old author declares, that " if they take to love any one, they love most constantly; and if they hate, they hate to the death". They are generally solitary, and fond of retirement from the busy ways of men, delighting in solemn spectacles, deep mysteries, mournful music, tolling of bells, and spectacles of horror; as executions, and such like. If Saturn be much afflicted, they become a prey to the most gloomy misanthropy, and frequently commit suicide, especially if Venus join in the malignancy of the operating directions: this so true, that even at the present time, we have the epithet "Saturnine" as prefixed to one whose habits are gloomy and morose, even by those who profess not to believe in Astrology. He is said to govern the bones, spleen, teeth, joints, and right ear, and those born under him are always said to have bad teeth, and to be very much afflicted with disorders of the teeth and gums, tooth-ache, &c; he is also presumed to govern the retentive faculties of the mind, as the memory, etc In diseases, he denotes those which proceed from colds and obstructions, as agues, melancholy, all nervous diseases, fits, epilepsy, black jaundice, cold humours and defluxions, fierce catarrhs, pthisis, atrophy, fistula, leprosy, apoplexy, palsy, and dropsy.

The ancient Astrologers record, that he is friendly (according to natural sympathy and antipathy) with the and , and at enmity or disagreeing with and the

In horary questions, Saturn signifies {symbolically) sires, grandfathers, ancient men, day labourers, paupers, beggars, clowns, monks, husbandmen, the meaner sort of agriculturists, sextons, grave diggers, etc. Of animals, etc, Saturn (according to the ancient Astrologers) rules the ass, cat, hare, mouse, mole, dog, wolf, bear, elephant, basilisk, crocodile, scorpion, serpent, adder, toad, hog, tortoise, eel, shell fish, and all creatures delighting in filth, and breeding from putrefaction.

Of herbs, trees, etc. He rules the hemlock, starwort, bears-foot, wolf-bane, fern, hellebore, henbane, burdock, dragon, parsnip, poppy, pulse, mandrake, vervain, nightshade, moss, angelica, box, borage, sage, spinach, cummin, fumitory, shepherd's purse, horse tail, tamarisk, capers, polipody, senna, hemp, savin, rue, willow, pine, yew, and cypress tree.

In the "feathered creation" are subject to him, the crow, owl, crane, thrush, ostrich, lapwing, peacock, bat, blackbird, cuckoo, etc.

Amongst stones and minerals, he rules the sapphire, lapis lazuli, all unpolished black and bluish stones, lead, the magnet, and the dross of all metals.

Of places, he delights in deserts, woods, obscure vallies, dens, caves, holes, sepulchres, church-yards, ruinous buildings, coal-pits, sinks, muddy dirty stinking places, wells and nuisances of every description. He delighteth in the east quarter of the heavens, and rules the east wind and cold weather, with frost or snow. His place in the Nativity is unfortunate to the native as long as he lives; and, therefore, if it can be ascertained what part of the world be governs, when accounted from the Horoscope, the native should never travel in that direction.

In a word, Saturn is the greater infortune, the worst of all the planets; and were an Astrologer to forget himself so far, as to desire some serious evil might befal his enemies, or despisers, he could not express himself more effectually to the purpose, than by wishing his adversary exposed to the hostile rays of the sly, pernicious, and malignant old Saturn.