And in a word, the more universal, and whatsoever comes to pass by the more apparent configurations of the Sun, Moon, and Stars; even they who are not skilled in nature foreknow by observation alone: for we see, that even they who are ignorant, from observation alone, guess at those things which are produced by a greater power: such as that of the Sun and more uncompounded order, and which have each variation by the configurations of the stars, and the Moon to the Sun. - Yea, some irrational animals have a foreknowledge, as may be seen in the mutations of the seasons of the year, of the Spring, Summer, and the others; and moreover in the change of the winds. For the most part the Sun is the cause of these, but what are not alike simple, but have some small mixture, these men do foreknow by accustoming themselves to observe them; as mariners do foresee the coming of storms and blasts of wind, which are caused by the rays of the Moon, or the configurations of the erratic stars. But these are often deceived, for by reason of their want of experience, they do not know the times, nor the places, nor the courses of the wandering stars - all which to be exactly known, conduce to a certain prescience of these things".

In another part of his matchless writings, after deducing the existence of the Supreme Being, from the harmony of the universe, and the wonderful and beautiful order of its established motions, he remarks with singular sublimity, (and,for a heathen philosopher, with singular piety,) " from the conformity which is found in divine things, and the fine order of these proportions, those who study them will be in love with this divine beauty; and accustom themselves to take it for the model of their conduct, by a sort of influence which assimilates to the faculties of the soul; and we thus instructed by the labors of those who have applied themselves to this science, strive to increase this taste for eternal truths".

These are sentiments worthy of so profound a genius; for why should not the grandeur and regularity of the work, lead also to the reverence and deep admiration of the Almighty and all-wise Architect ? Since the matchless and divine order,and omnipotent skill displayed throughout" the vast whole/' when seriously considered, cannot fail to impart a beneficial influence to moral order, even amongst mankind in general; and thus the science of Astrology possesses the advantages of combining both philosophy and theology together. - Who then can deny the fact of its conducing, in a most eminent degree, to render mankind wiser, happier, and better?

Another poet of eminence in the remoter ages, who wrote on the theory of celestial agency, has the following remarkable lines relative to Providence:

" A most convincing reason drawn from sense, That this vast frame is moved by Providence. Which like the soul doth every whirl advance; It must be God, nor was it made by chance, As Epicurus dreamt, he madly thought This beauteous frame of heedless atoms wrought, That seas and earth, the stars and spacious air Which forms new worlds, or doth the old repair, first rose from these, and still supplied remain, And all must be (when chance shall break the chain) Dissolv'd to these wild principles again ! Absurd, and nonsense! Atheist use thine eyes, And having View'd the order of the skies, Think (if thou canst) that matter blindly hurl'd, Without a guide, should frame this wondrous world!"

Tempora mutantur nos, et mutamur in ills.

It was by means of this part of Judicial Astrology, (which the ancients contemplated and studied, more than any other part of the science,) that the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Syrians, Egyptians, Lacedemonians, Persians, and Arabians, ascended to the summits of monarchical power, and whereby their names and renown became famous and glorious " upon the face of the earth", Indeed it is certain that David, the sacred Psalmist, was profoundly skilled in these celestial arts; for when reflecting upon the admirable frame of the Divine system, he says", the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament the work of his hands. - Day unto day uttereth speech, and Bight unto night sheweth knowledge. - There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard", etc. And also Solomon his son, the gifted of heaven, whom we read of in. the sacred volume, where it is said that " God gave him wisdom and understanding exceeding much;" and that " Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt" (which last was the country where Astrology reached to great perfection.) And in the 7th chapter of his Book of Wisdom, he declares that he knew "the circuits of years, and the positions of the stars, the beginning and ending and midst of the times; the alterations, and the change of seasons" etc.

In fact there still exists a beautiful monument of Solomon's superior knowledge of the science of the stars, in the finely sculptor'd zodiac which is still to be seen on the remains of an ancient palace at Balbec, (of which Mr. Wood has given a faithful description) which the author of this Work has historical grounds for supposing to be the scite of the ancient Lebanon, in consequence of the sculptor'd ornaments of flower-work, pomegranates, lions, oxen, cherubim, etc. which were, according to the sacred scriptures, amongst the chief decorations of the Jewish temple - (all of which are as authentic grounds, as an antiquarian would naturally wish, for the establishment of any disputed point in historical research) - and hence, it may be presumed, that if the most wise and virtuous of the ancient worthies, as deduced from the united records of both sacred and profane history, have studied and labored in this celestial wisdom, it is sufficiently interesting to arrest the attention even of the present refined yet somewhat incredulous age - The system of State Astrology shall now be given; in which we observe, in the first place, the path of the Sun through the twelve celestial signs,or zodiacal constellations, to each of which a theme of heaven should be cast; but the more eminent practitioners in this science, observe only the quadra-tures of the seasons, hence we will treat first of the Spring Quarter, OR THE ENTRANCE OF SOL INTO ARIES.