pars

sed ad liquidum propter partium minutorumque brevitatem ac velocissimum siderum cursum caelique pronum rotatae vertiginis lapsum neminem pervenire posse confirmant

‘But they add that no one can get definite results because of the smallness of the degrees and minutes, the tremendous speed of the stars' orbits, and the inclination of the heavens.’

[...] post quantum tempus ad eandem signi partem, unde semel recesserat, pigra rursus molitione perveniat

‘[...] how long it will be before he returns to the same degree from which he set out’

Singula signa triginta habent partes; pars est autem in signo tantus locus quantum Solis aut Lunae orbis in circuitu complectitur; sed una pars in minuta dividitur sexaginta.

‘Each sign has thirty degrees. A degree is as large a space in each sign as the Sun and Moon embrace in their circuit. One degree is divided into sixty minutes.’

rare

propria est haec reddita parti vis, ut conubia et thalamos taedasque gubernet:

‘To the abode is fittingly given the power to govern wedlock, the bridal chamber, and the marriage torch;’

nunc satis est caeli partes titulosque notasse effectusque loci per se cuiusque deosque.

‘it is enough for now to have recorded the temples of heaven and their names, the innate influences of each place, and the deities that dwell therein.’

namque Aries primam partem sibi vindicat ipsi, altera sors Tauro, Geminis pars tertia cedit.

‘The Ram claims his first decan for himself, the second portion falls to the Bull, the third decan to the Twins.’