（A.）'That is Jupiter's day and portends equity in viziers and righteousness in Cadis and fakirs and the ministers of religion and that good will be plentiful： rain and fruits and trees and grain and fish will abound and flaxcottonhoney and grapes be cheap.'（Q.）'What if it fall on Friday？'（A.）'That day belongs to Venus and portends oppression in the chiefs of the Jinn and talk of forgery and calumny；there will be much dew，the autumn crops will be good in the land and there will be cheapness in one town and not in another： lewdness will be rife by land and sealinseed will be dearalso wheatin Hatourbut cheap in Amshir： honey will be dear and grapes and melons will rot.'（Q.）'What if it fall on Saturday？'（A.）'That is Saturn's day and portends the preferment of slaves and Greeks and those in whom there is no goodneither in their neighbourhood；there will be great drought and scarcity；clouds will abound and death will be rife among mankind and woe to the people of Egypt and Syria from the oppression of the Sultan and failure of blessing upon the green crops and rotting of grain.'
With thisthe astronomer hung his head[being at an end of his questions]and she said to him'O astronomerI will ask thee one questionwhich if thou answer notI will take thy clothes.'Ask on，'replied he. Quoth she'Where is Saturn's dwelling place？'And he answered'In the seventh heaven.'（Q.）
'And that of Jupiter？'（A.）'In the sixth heaven.'（Q.）'And that of Mars？'（A.）'In the fifth heaven.'（Q.）'And that of the sun？'（A.）'In the fourth heaven.'（Q.）'And that of Venus？'（A.）'In the third heaven.'（Q.）'And that of Mercury？'
（A.）'In the second heaven.'（Q.）'And that of the moon？'（A.）
'In the first heaven.'Quoth she'Well answered；but I have one more question to ask thee. Into how many parts are the stars divided？'But he was silent and answered nothing；and she said to him'Put off thy clothes.'So he put them off and she took them；after which the Khalif said to her'Tell us the answer to thy question.'O Commander of the Faithful，'answered she'the stars are divided into three partsone whereof is hung in the sky of the earthas it were lampsto give light to the earthanother suspended in the airto give light to the seas and that which is thereinand the third is used to transfix the demons withalwhen they draw near by stealth to [listen to the talk of the angels in]heaven. Quoth God the Most High'Verilywe have decked the sky of the earth with lamps and have appointed them for projectiles against the demons.'Quoth the astronomer，'I have one more question to askwhich if she answerI will avow myself beaten.'Say on，'answered she. Then said he，'What four incompatible things are based upon other four incompatibles？'The four elements，'replied she；'for of heat God created firewhich is by nature hot and dry；of dryness，earthwhich is cold and dry；of coldwaterwhich is cold and moist；of moistureairwhich is hot and moist. MoreoverHe created twelve signs of the ZodiacAriesTaurusGemini，CancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricorn，Aquarius and Pisces and appointed them of four [several]humoursthreeAriesLeo and SagittariusfieryTaurusVirgo and CapricornearthyGeminiLibra and Aquariusairyand CancerScorpio and Pisceswatery.'With thisthe astronomer roseand saying'Bear witness against me that she is more learned than I，'went away beaten.