People flocked from far and near to his house at Mortlake to have their nativities cast, in preference to visiting astrologers of less renown.
He had many applications from his friends to cast nativities for them, and generally gave a positive refusal to such as he was not afraid of offending by his frankness.
Dryden cast the nativities of his sons; and what is remarkable, his prediction relating to his son Charles, was accomplished.
Richelieu and Mazarin were so superstitious as to employ and pension Morin, another pretender to astrology, who cast thenativities of these two able politicians.
Two of his Nativities at Ferrara are highly extolled, one at the Benedettini, the other at S.
Some, however, were good, such as the two Nativitiesat S.
Mr. Elias Ashmole assures me, from two or three nativitiesby Dr.
His attitude, then, seems to be that astrologers may forecast the future, but that their ability to do so depends on the assistance of demons, and that the drawing up of nativities is merely a pretence to cloak this partnership.
Sidenote: Why Astrological judgments upon Nativities be taken from the Ascendent.
That the Astrologer takes account ofnativities from the Ascendent, that is, the first house of the heavens, whose beginning is toward the East, it doth not advantage the conceit.
But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Skilled must thou be in the casting of nativities and in the law of auguries, of which these Alexandrian fools have little knowledge.
But afterwards, when I learned how it was held through all the land that Harmachis was certainly no more, I came forth and sat in the mouth of the tomb, and ministered to the sick, and at times calculated nativities for the great.
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature.
Of course, this will be understood as referring to all prostitutes now living in this city, assuming the average nativities of all to be fairly represented in the replies obtained from a portion.
An investigation of the nativities of these women shows that about one third each of the single and married prostitutes are natives of the United States, and of widows about one half were born in this country.
In all diurnal nativities the Sun begins the first Alfridary, and has seven years of government; Venus succeeds, having seven years of Alfridary; then Mercury, who has seven years of government.
Women in whose nativities Venus is configurated with Jupiter or Mercury are virtuous and well-conducted; but, when Venus is with Mars and no other planet is there, women born under such aspects are liable to become licentious.
In men's nativities the Moon must be chiefly considered in regard to marriage.
Horary astrology is manifestly much better fitted than the casting of nativities for filling the pocket of the astrologer himself; because only one nativity can be cast, but any number of horary questions can be asked.
Now, it is manifest that Christ was not born by one and the same nativity, of the Father from eternity, and of His Mother in time: indeed, these two nativities differ specifically.
We confess two nativities in Christ: one of the Father--eternal; and one which occurred in these latter times for our sake.
Further, what is born by twonativities is born twice.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nativities" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
