"as touching this position in Taurus when he is Lord of the year, who if he be then in an angle and direct, he signifies War and Discords or Quarrels, chiefly in the Regions and Places subject to Taurus , and in the Southern parts of the Nation in which the Revolution is made, also destruction to the Seeds and Plants in the earth, because Taurus is an Earthy sign, and he no ways essentially fortified so as to do there any good, and being naturally evil, unless the good aspects of the Fortunes do prevent and alter his influence; he shall also cause Catterpillers, Worms, and such kinde of Creatures as shall destroy the Fruits of the Earth; also Tribulations, and Sorrows in the earth, destruction of Houses, Cities and Towns, also Earthquakes, chiefly Southward (because Taurus is a Southern sign, &c.) and in those places subject unto Taurus . Moreover if Saturn be Lord of the year, and located in Taurus , he signifies Wars, Scarcity and Famine, or a want of such things as are produced out of the earth; and if he be impedited, he also denotes mortality, and that also to the great Ones of the earth; and if Mars and the Moon be joyned either in Conjunction or Aspect with Saturn , in what ever sign it be, or what ever then ascends, they shall denote mortality and famine, or a scarcity"