CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC
The influences of the constellations south of the zodiac, existing in a
similar mode, are as follows:—
_Piscis Australis._ The bright star in the mouth is of the
same influence as Venus and Mercury.
_Cetus_ is like Saturn.
_Orion._ The stars on the shoulders operate similarly to
Mars and Mercury; and the other bright stars to Jupiter
and Saturn.
_Fluvius_ (or _Eridanus_). The last bright one is of
the same influence as Jupiter; the rest are like Saturn.
_Lepus_ is like Saturn and Mercury.
_Canis._ The bright star in the mouth is like Jupiter, and
partly like Mars: the others are like Venus.
_Procyon._[40] The bright star is like Mercury, and in some
degree like Mars.
_Hydrus._ The bright stars are like Saturn and Venus.
_Crater_ is like Venus, and in some degree like Mercury.
_Corvus_ is like Mars and Saturn.
_Argo._ The bright stars are like Saturn and Jupiter.
_Centaurus._ The stars in the human part of the figure are
of the same influence as Venus and Mercury; the bright
stars in the horse’s part are like Venus and Jupiter.
_Lupus._ The bright stars are like Saturn, and partly
like Mars.
_Ara_ is like Venus, and also Mercury in some degree.
_Corona Australis._ The bright stars are like Saturn
and Jupiter.
The respective influences of the several stars have been observed by
the ancients to operate in conformity with the mode pointed out in the
foregoing distributions.[41]
[40] Canis Minor.
[41] “Of the fixed stars in general,” Whalley says, “Those of the
greatest magnitude are the most efficacious; and those in, or near,
the ecliptic, more powerful than those more remote from it. Those
with north latitude and declination affect us most. Those in the
zenith, influence more than others, more remote. Likewise such as are
in partial conjunction with, or in the antiscions of any planets, or
which rise and set, or culminate with any planet, or are beheld by any
planet, have an increase of power: but of themselves the fixed stars
emit no rays.”