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Characteristics of the Planets

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Characteristics of the Planets

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Cornelius Agrippa on Saturn

Cornelius Agrippa on Jupiter

Cornelius Agrippa on Mars

Cornelius Agrippa on the Sun

Cornelius Agrippa on Venus

Cornelius Agrippa on Mercury

Cornelius Agrippa on the Moon

Elemental qualities, tastes and colors of the planets

from Al-Biruni's Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology

Activities

Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
the Sun
Venus
Mercury
the Moon

Qualities

Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
the Sun
Venus
Mercury
the Moon

Religions

Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
the Sun
Venus
Mercury
the Moon

Elemental Qualities, Gender, Hayz, Taste & Color

Saturn is extremely cold and dry. The greater malefic. Male. Diurnal. Disagreeable and astringent, offensively acid, stinking. Jet-black also black mixed with yellow, lead colour, pitch-dark.
Jupiter is moderately warm and moist. The greater benefic. Male. Diurnal. Sweet, bitter-sweet, delicious. Dust-colour and white mixed with yellow and brown, shin1ng, glittering.
Mars is extremely hot and dry. The lesser malefic. Male (some say female). Nocturnal. Bitter. Dark red.
The Sun is hot and dry, the heat predominant. Maleficent when near, beneficent at a distance.. Male. Diurnal. Penetrating. pungent,shining reddish-yellow, its colour is said to be that of the lord of the hour.
Venus is moderately cold and moist, especially the latter. The lesser benef1c. Female.- Nocturnal. Fat and sweet flavour. Pure white tending to straw-colour, shining, according to some greenish.
Mercury is moderately cold and dry, the latter predominant. Beneficent. Male and diurnal by nature, but takes on the characters of others near. Complex flavour and colour, the latter sky-blue mixed with a darker colour.
The Moon is cold and moist, sometimes moderate, changeable. Beneficent and maleficent. Female. Nocturnal. Salt or insipid, somewhat biiter. Blue and white or some deep colour not unmixed with reddish yellow, moderate brilliancy.

Temperature, Qualities, Day, Soil Type

Saturn: Coldest; hardest, most stinking and most powerful of things. Shortness, dryness, hardness, heaviness. Saturday (and Wednesday night) First climate. Barren mountains.
Jupiter: : Moderate, complete, pleasant, best and easiest things. Moderation, solidity, smoothness. Thursday (and Monday night). Second climate. Easily worked soil.
Mars: Hot, hard, sharp and red things. Length, dryness and coarseness. Tuesday (and Saturday night). Third climate. Waste, hard and stony land.
The Sun: Most expert, noble, well-known and generous things. Revolution, mines, worn-outness, empty and vacant places. Sunday (and Thursday night). Fourth climate. Mountains rich in minerals.
Venus: : Most pungent, most agreeable and delicious, most beautiful, softest and ripest things. Squareness, dispersion, smoothness. Friday (and Tuesday night). Firth climate. Soils with abundant water.
Mercury: Mixture of moderate things. Compounded of two things of this nature. Wednesday (and Sunday night) Sixth climate. Sandy soil.
The Moon: Thickest, densest, moistest and lightest objects. Density, moisture, opacity, lightness. Monday (and Friday night). Seventh climate. Plains and level ground.

Religions & Pictures of the Planets

Saturn: Jews and those who dress in black. Old man seated on a wolf in his right hand the head of a man and in the left a man's hand; or according to another picture, mounted on a bright bay horse, on his head a helmet, in the left hand a shield and in the right a sword.
Jupiter: : Christians and those dressed in white. A young man with a drawn sword in the right hand and a bow and a rosary in the left, on horse-back; Another picture: man on a throne clad in variously coloured robes, a rosary in the left hand.
Mars: Idolaters, wine-bibbers. dressed in red. Young man seated on two lions. in the right hand a drawn sword in the left a battle-axe; another picture: mounted on a bay horse, helmet on head, in the left hand a spear adorned with red roses, pennon flag, in the right hand head of a man, clad in red.
The Sun: Wearing a crown; Magians, Mithraists. A man seated on something like a shield on wheels drawn by. four oxen, in his right a staff on which he rests, in his left a mace, beads; another picture: man seated, face like a circle, holding reins of four horses.
Venus: : Islam. Woman on a camel holding a lute which she is playing; another picture: woman seated her hair unloosened the locks in her left hand, in the right a mirror in which she keeps looking. dressed in yellowish green, with a necklace, bells, bracelets and anklets.
Mercury: Disputants in all sects. Youth seated on a peacock, in his right hand a serpent and in the left a tablet which he keeps reading; another picture: man seated on a throne, in his hand a book which he is reading, crowned, yellow and green robe
The Moon: Adherents of the prevailing religion. Man with javelin in right hand. in his left thirty. you would think there were three hundred. on his head a crown, seated in a chariot drawn by four horses.

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