On the 1st of October, 1672, three independent observers witnessed the occultation of a star in aquarius by the ruddy planet.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
He can behold aquarius old Walking the fenceless fields of air; And from each ample fold Of the clouds about him rolled Scattering everywhere The showery rain, As the farmer scatters his grain.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And turning to those who were nearest him, he said, "To-morrow the moon in aquarius will be bloody instead of watery, and an event will happen, which will be much talked of all the world over."
"Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian) The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 12."
C. Suetonius Tranquillus