| Interpretations of the 16 patterns |
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| THE WAY (VIA)
Change, alternation between good and ill fortune. Favorable for journeys, but unfavorable for most other questions. |
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| DRAGON'S HEAD (CAPUT DRACONIS)
favorable for beginnings and for profit. Otherwise, favorable with favorable figures, unfavorable with unfavorable ones. |
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| The Girl (PUELLA)
harmony and happiness; a favorable figure in most questions, but fickle |
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| THE BOY ( PUER)
rashness, violence, energy, destructiveness. Generally unfavorable except in matters of love and war |
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| DRAGON'S TAIL (CAUDA DRACONIS)
an unfavorable figure in most questions, but good for endings and losses. Brings good with evil and evil with good |
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| MAJOR FORTUNE (FORTUNA MAJOR)
great good fortune, especially in beginnings. A figure of power and success, favorable in any conflict or contest |
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| The Prison (CARCER)
solidity, restriction, delay, binding, imprisonment. Generally unfavorable, but favorable for questions involving stability or security. |
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| MINOR FORTUNE (FORTUNA MINOR)
favorable for anything that is to be done quickly. A figure of change and instability |
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| THE SADNESS (TRISTITIA)
sorrow, suffering, illness, and pain. Unfavorable except in questions dealing with building and the Earth |
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| The Joy (LAETITIA)
happiness and health. Favorable in almost all questions |
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| The People (POPULUS)
multitude, a gathering or assembly of people. A neutral figure, favorable with favorable figures and unfavorable with unfavorable ones |
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| THE RED (RUBEO)
passion, fierceness, violence, and vice. Good in all that is evil and evil in all that is good |
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| THE WHITE (ALBEO)
Peace, wisdom, purity; a favorable figure, but weak. Good for beginnings and for business ventures |
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| The Loss (AMISSIO)
Transience and loss, things outside one�s grasp. Favorable for love and for situations in which loss is desired, but very unfavorable for material matters |
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| THE GAIN (ACQUISITIO)
Success, profit, and gain; things within one�s grasp. Favorable in nearly all matters. |
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| THE UNION (CONJUNCTIO)
Combination of forces or people; recovery of things that have been lost. A neutral figure, neither favorable nor unfavorable |
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