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moves from full "D to half D, it moves a little less humidity and .
little more heat. Consequently, it makes the bodies of animals, ]
plants and metals increase in quantity, improve in quality, and
it also affects them to become more open, widespread and
expanded; however, expansion by heat will be greater than by
humidity. From the phase of half D, until its completely
exposed by the sunlight, its effect on moving heat will be
extremely small, smaller than its effect in any of its above three
phases. It was stated in this regard that it dries a little and cools
a lot because its moves less moisture. That is why we say that it •
is more likely that it brings a very cold temperature in this
quarter and causes little dryness.
When it meets with the 0 in one degree, which is its fifth
phase, the Chaldeans consider it to be its best and most effective
situation, whereas the Indians believe that it is its worst and
weakest in its effect. As for the Chinese, they believe that in this ]
phase, the "5's strength will depend on the constellation in I
which it meets with the O. The Greeks and the Egyptians think J
that the meeting of the D with the © gives it more strength as 1
we said before, but they disagree with us on considering this)
phase its best. They believe that its best situation is when it is|
fully illuminated, and thus when it converges with the 0, it only <
becomes stronger; nonetheless, it is its best and most effective j
situation.
There is a consensus among our ancient generations that the
best situation of the "5), regarding its phases and its distance
from the 0, is that when it meets with the O in one minute. This \
is the fifth situation which has different characteristics than the 1
previous five. This is the loftiest situation and the most effective ]
in its actions because it rejoices when it meets the O the same
way a traveler rejoices when he goes back to his home. At this
phase, it produces actions although it might have produced
parts of them in the previous situations, but in this situation, it
completes what it was missing and adds to it. They also believe
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