36–42Ketab^245 (Mercury); Wednesday (6).
43–49Zahari^246 (Venus); Friday (7).This 7-square is based on a heptacle in which every alternate day is skipped,
thus:—
FIG. 7.—Heptacle on which the 7-square is based.This form of square is evidently used to ascertain the best day of the week to
commence any operation.
Next in importance to the methods of divination by the use of magic squares,
come those which depend upon “aspect,” and involve the use of diagrams which
I propose to call “aspect-compasses.” Of these the commonest form is a drawing,
in which the places usually occupied by the points of the compass are occupied
by the names of certain things (usually animals or birds) which are supposed to
be naturally opposed to each other. Thus in one of these compass-like figures we
find (vide Pl. 25, Fig. 2):—
The Bird [sic] (N.) opposed to theFowl(S.)
The Crocodile (N.E.)opposed
,,(^) to
,,
(^) the
,,
Fish (S.W.)
The Rat (E.) opposed
,,
to
,,
the
,,
Cat (W.)
The Tiger (S.E.) opposed
,,
to
,,
the
,,
Stag (N.W.)
Another has:—