Christian Astrology: Book One

Then he is Riotous, Expenfive, wholly given to Loofneffe and Lewd companies of Women, nothing regarding his Reputation, coveting unlawful Beds, Inceftuous, an Adulterer, Fantaftical, a meer Skip-jack, of no Faith, no Repute, no Credit... -from "Of the Planet Venus and her feverall fignifications and nature" William Lilly was the most prominent English astrologer of the 17th century-he supposedly predicted the Great Fire of London of 1666 fourteen years earlier-and in 1647, he published this...