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Book I Chapter 26 · I.26.6.5–I.26.6.6
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p. 6386 Ἀράτου · στ. 799-804
6 Ἀράτου · στ. 805-810
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 26
p. 6396 Aratus, lines 799-804
Observe her at the full and at both of her half phases, both as she grows and as she returns again to a crescent; each month, draw your conclusions from her color. If wholly clear, you may confidently infer fair weather; if red all over, look for the wind’s advance, and if darkening here and there, look for rain.826
6 Aratus, lines 805-810
Not all signs have their force on every day: those occurring on the third and fourth days give indications until the half moon; those of the half moon reach to full moon itself; then from the full moon to the waning half. Next comes the fourth day of the departing month, then the third of the departing month.827
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