Morinus discusses two charts from Abu Ali al-Khayyat

In Book 21, Chapter VII of Astrologia Gallica, Morinus discusses two charts from the Judgement of Nativities by the 9th century astrology Abu Ali al-Khayyat to contrast his own methods with the use of triplicities found in the early Hellenistic literature. Here are the charts from a Latin edition of The Judgement of Nativities against which Morin tested his own ideas about triplicities and chart interpretation:

The first chart is nocturnal, with the Sun in Virgo in the 3rd place. The Moon rules the 2nd and lies in its fall in Scorpio in the 6th, where the Moon conjoins Saturn. The planet Mars in Aquarius in the 9th squares both the Moon and Saturn in the 6th. The extreme poverty of the native, according to Morin, is indicated by the 2nd ruler Moon being in fall and conjunct Saturn in the 6th, and being square by Mars. Morinus feels that his interpretation of the chart is more reliable than al-Khayyat’s use of triplicity rulers to come to the same conclusion.

The second chart is diurnal with the Sun in Aquarius in the 11th where it conjoins Mercury. Both al-Khayyat and Morinus would regard Saturn and Mercury as the Sun’s triplicity rulers in this chart. Morin does not agree with al-Khayyat’s reasoning that the good fortune, wealth, property and honorable position of this native are due to the Sun’s first triplicity ruler being Saturn and second triplicity ruler being Mercury. How could Saturn conjunct Mars in the 8th and being in square to Mercury, asks Morin, account the this native’s great fortune? Instead, Morin argues, 2nd-ruler Venus in the 10th and in trine to the cusp of the 2nd, is a better indicator of wealth and honors, as is Jupiter exalted in Cancer in the 4th in mutual reception with the Moon in Sagittarius in the 9th and in trine to the Aries Ascendant. (In the diagram from this old Latin text, there appears to be a typo in the 9th cusp of the second chart, which should be in Sagittarius, with the 10th cusp in Capricorn.)