On the other hand, Whalley, in his note on the present chapter, says, that “according to this Prince of Astrologers” (meaning Ptolemy), “we are to observe the new or full Moon preceding the ingress, only, for our judgment on the succeeding quarter, and not the lunation succeeding: and the reason I conceive to be, because the lunation, which immediately precedes the ingress, carries its influence to the very position of the ingress itself, but not so that which follows the ingress.” Wing, in his Introduction to the Ephemerides (London, 1652) also says, that “for the knowledge of the weather, it is requisite to observe the conjunction or opposition of the luminaries next _preceding_ the Sun’s ingress into the first point of Aries.” Now, if a new or full Moon happen _immediately after_ the Sun’s transit or ingress, the previous full or new Moon must have happened _a fortnight before_ the said transit or ingress; and, after considering the other parts of Ptolemy’s doctrine, I do not conceive, that he intended to teach, in this chapter, that a _previous_ lunation, when at so great a distance before the important ingress, would have a greater influence over the ensuing quarter of the year, than a _subsequent_ lunation taking place so closely after the said ingress.
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