Gezegenlerin Gücü Üzerine

The Sun is found to have an active essence in heating and, to a lesser degree, drying. These qualities become more apparent to us than any others because of his great size and the obviousness of the seasonal changes; for the more he approaches our zenith, the more he affects us in this way. The Moon's power consists primarily in moistening, clearly because of her proximity to the Earth and the exhalations of moisture therefrom. Her influence thus acts directly upon bodies, softening and causing them to decompose, yet she shares slightly in the power of heating because of the light she receives from the Sun. The star of Saturn has a quality primarily of cooling and, to a lesser degree, drying, evidently because he is furthest removed both from the heat of the Sun and the moist exhalations of the Earth. The star of Jupiter has a well-tempered active power; as his movement takes place between the cooling influence of Saturn and the burning influence of Mars, he both heats and moistens. Because his heating power is greater, he becomes a producer of fertile winds. The star of Mars has a nature chiefly of drying and burning, in conformity with his fiery color and his proximity to the Sun.