Personification of planets; shown upright in their ruling signs and upside down in the opposite sign. Top left: Saturn in Capricorn and in detriment in Cancer. Bottom left: Mars in Aries and in detriment in Libra. Top right: unidentified planet (possibly

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Personification of planets; shown upright in their ruling signs and upside down in the opposite sign. Top left: Saturn in Capricorn and in detriment in Cancer. Bottom left: Mars in Aries and in detriment in Libra. Top right: unidentified planet (possibly venus) in Libra and in detriment in Aries. Bottom right: Moon in cancer and in detriment in Capricorn. Planets and signs in conjunction from the Ascension of Propitious stars and the sources of Sovereignty by Matali al-sa'ada wa-manabi 'al- Siyada. Turkish, 1582. Illumination on polished paper.

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