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Large\ntables have been split and rearranged.\n\nThe following typographical errors have been corrected:\n\n # p. 6: \u2018sublinary\u2019 \u2192 \u2018sublunary\u2019; \u2018towhich\u2019 \u2192 \u2018to which\u2019\n # p. 62: \u2018Shakspeare\u2019 \u2192 \u2018Shakespeare\u2019\n # p. 107: \u2018intuite\u2019 \u2192 \u2018intuit\u2019\n # p. 132: \u2018Sagitarius\u2019 \u2192 \u2018Sagittarius\u2019\n # p. 135: \u2018Viola\u2019 \u2192 \u2018Voila\u2019\n\nItalic text passages have been symbolised by underscores (_italic_);\nbold text has been indicated by using equals signs (=bold=).\n\n\n\n\n ASTROLOGY:\n\n HOW TO MAKE AND READ\n YOUR OWN HOROSCOPE\n\n\n By\n SEPHARIAL\n\n EDITOR OF \u201cMOORE\u2019S\u201d AND \u201cOLD MOORE\u2019S\u201d ALMANACS\n AUTHOR OF \u201cTHE MANUAL OF ASTROLOGY,\u201d \u201cPROGNOSTIC ASTRONOMY,\u201d\n \u201cTHE BIRTHDAY BOOK OF DESTINY,\u201d \u201cTHE CRYSTAL\n AND THE SEER,\u201d ETC.\n\n\n _ILLUSTRATED_\n\n\n ADVANCED THOUGHT PUB. CO.\n\n 216 WEST AUSTIN AVE.\n CHICAGO, ILL.\n\n\n\n\n Copyright, 1920\n Chicago, Ill.\n\n\n\n\nPreface to the Revised and Enlarged Edition\n\n\nSince the publication of this small manual of practical Astrology,\ntwo editions of which have been exhausted, the attention given to the\nsubject has so far extended as to create an increased demand for a\nconcise work of this nature, designed for the initial use of students\nand offered at a price that is within the means of all. It is believed\nthat the revision and enlargement of the present work will render it\neven more popular than hitherto with beginners.\n\nThe practical uses of Astrology are daily more and more recognized and\nappreciated, and although some of the higher and later developments of\nAstrology in its relation to every-day problems have necessarily been\nwithheld from these pages, yet it is to be hoped that so much as is here\npresented of an abstruse and recondite science will enable the student\nto pursue the subject with increasing assurance and satisfaction, in\nwhich case doubtless he will readily discover for himself, and without\nany special pointing on my part, that Astrology is primarily and finally\na practical and useful study.\n\nThere are, of course, many aspects of this fascinating subject which\nfind no place in this small work, which deals solely with Genethliacal\nAstrology, or the doctrine of Nativities. Yet if it be true, as I\nthink to be the case, that \u201cthe proper study for mankind is man,\u201d then\nundoubtedly we are right in selecting this phase of Astrological Science\nas that to which the student should first devote himself.\n\nWhen we have thoroughly arrived at an understanding of the complex\nnature of human character and the primary causes of variety in\nexpression, when we have seen for ourselves how the many-coloured dome\nof Life overarches us of this sublunary world with its kaleidoscopic\ninterplay of forces, we shall be to some extent better equipped not only\nto deal with character as we find it, but also to direct the forces of\nthe human mind along channels which lead to the preservation of our\nsocial economy, and that not by any restrictive measures or harmful\nsuppression of natural passions and powers, but by conversion of them\ninto forms that are conservative and useful.\n\nTo apply oneself to the specialization of inherent faculty, to find the\nline of least resistance, and to discover the measure of one\u2019s own soul\nin the universe and the limit to which ambition can safely aspire, these\nare things necessary to be known and things that Astrology makes clear\nto the mind in the very earliest stages of our study.\n\nAnd apart from the scientific verities to which the science of planetary\ninfluence directs us, there are other not less important and fascinating\ntruths of a purely philosophic nature to which it inevitably impels\nthe mind and which cannot fail to exercise a tremendous influence in\nthe shaping of our thought in regard to the purpose of life. It places\nthe thoughtful student in an entirely new position with regard to many\nof the deeper problems of existence, and it is certainly the fact that\nto those who newly come to its study, Astrology is a revelation, an\nenlightenment, and a conviction from which there is no possible or\ndesirable escape.\n\nSEPHARIAL.\n\n\n\n\nAstrology\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction\n\n\nFrom the earliest ages of the world\u2019s history the subject of Astrology\nhas excited the interest of, and exercised a great influence over, the\nminds of a certain order of thinking men. The science has never been\nuniversal in its acceptance, though it is safe to say that, with its\ncountless adherents in the East and the ever-increasing number of its\nadvocates in the West, there is no faith which has a more universal\napplication than the belief in the influence of the heavenly bodies over\nthe destinies of human beings. It is not possible within the limits of\na small handbook such as this to adequately consider the philosophic\nparadox which makes of Freewill in man a \u201cnecessity in play\u201d; but it is\nobvious that the concept is not altogether unscientific, seeing that\nit is customary to speak of the \u201cfree path of vibration\u201d in chemical\natoms while at the same time it is known that these atoms have their\nrestricted characteristics, modes of motion, &c., and are all subject\nto the general laws controlling the bodies of which they form integral\nparts. Let it suffice that if we can trace an actual connectedness\nbetween the disposition of the heavenly bodies at the moment of a birth\nand the known life and character of the individual then born, and an\nexact correspondence between the course of events in that life with the\nchanges occurring in the heavens subsequent to the moment of birth, we\nshall do well to accept the fact for what it is worth, and arrange our\nphilosophic notions accordingly.\n\nAs far back as the year B.C. 2154, we find mention of the\ngreat importance attaching to the celestial phenomena in the minds\nof Chinese rulers. It is recorded in the Historical Classic of China\nthat at that time the astrologers Hi and Ho neglected their duties\nso that when, on the 10th of October, there was a great eclipse of\nthe Sun at Peking between seven and nine o\u2019clock in the morning, the\npeople were wholly unprepared for it, and \u201cran about here and there in\nthe utmost consternation.\u201d For this offence Hi and Ho were deprived\nof their offices, their estates were confiscated and they were driven\nfrom the kingdom. Among the Hindus we have the classical writers Garga,\nParashara, and Mihira, together with their legions of commentators.\nThe Assyrian records are full of astrological allusions regarding the\ninfluence of planetary conjunctions and stellar positions. The Greek\nmythology is nothing but a vast system of cosmographical astrology,\nand there is no other history in it than what you may read in the\nconstellations of the heavens and the corresponding evolution of the\nhuman race. Aristotle made it a part of his philosophy. Hipparchus,\nHippocrates, Thales, Galenius, and others subscribed an intelligent\nbelief in its principles. To Claudius Ptolemy, however, we are indebted\nfor the first concise and scientific statement of its principles and\npractice, so far as Europe is concerned. He wrote the Tetrabiblos, or\nFour Books, and laid the foundations of a true astrological science.\nJulius Firmicus confirmed Ptolemy and enlarged upon his observations.\nThe subsequent discovery of the planets Uranus and Neptune by Herschel\nand Adams, widened the field of research and gave to later astrologers\nthe clue to much that hitherto had been imperfectly understood. Not\nthat these discoveries overturned the whole system of astrology, as\nsome have imagined and foolishly stated, or that they negatived the\nconclusions drawn from the observed effects of the seven anciently\nknown bodies of the solar system, but it became possible after a\nlapse of time to fill in the blank spaces and to account for certain\nevents which had not been traced to the action of any of the already\nknown planets. The discovery of argon did not destroy our conclusions\nregarding the nature and characteristics of oxygen or hydrogen or\nnitrogen, nor give an entirely new meaning to the word \u201catmosphere.\u201d\nIf even so many as seven new planets should be discovered, there would\nyet not be a single paragraph of this book which would need revising.\nWhat is known regarding planetary action in human life is known with\ngreat certainty, and the effects of one planet can never be confounded\nwith those of another. Incomplete as it must needs be, it is yet a\nveritable science both as to its principles and practice. It claims\nfor itself a place among the sciences for the sole reason that it is\ncapable of mathematical demonstration, and deals only with the observed\npositions and motions of the heavenly bodies; and the man who holds\nto the principia of Newton, the solidarity of the solar system, the\ninteraction of the planetary bodies and their consequent electrostatic\neffects upon the Earth, cannot, while subject to the air he breathes,\ndeny the foundation principles of astrology. The application of these\nprinciples to the facts of everyday life is solely a matter of prolonged\nresearch and tabulation upon an elaborate scale which has been going on\nfor thousands of years in all parts of the world, so that all the reader\nhas to do is to make his own horoscope and put the science to the test\nof true or false. The present writer is in a position to know that the\nstudy of astrology at the present day is no less sincere than widely\nspread, but few care to let their studies be known, for, as Prof. F.\nMax M\u00fcller recently said, \u201cSo great is the ignorance which confounds\na science requiring the highest education, with that of the ordinary\ngipsy fortune-teller.\u201d That to which the great Kepler was compelled\n\u201cby his unfailing experience of the course of events in harmony with\nthe changes taking place in the heavens,\u201d to subscribe \u201can unwilling\nbelief,\u201d the science which was practised and advocated by Tycho Brahe\nunder all assaults of fortune and adverse opinion, the art that arrested\nthe attention of the young Newton and set him pondering upon the\nproblems of force and matter, which fascinated the minds of such men as\nFrancis Bacon, Archbishop Usher, Haley, Sir George Witchell, Flamstead,\nand a host of others, is to-day the favourite theme of thousands of\nintelligent minds and bids fair to become a subject of popular inquiry.\n\nIt is believed that the present work will be of considerable assistance\nto those who seriously contemplate an initial study of the science of\nhoroscopy, and although it by no means exhausts what is known on the\nsubject, yet it will be found accurate and reliable as far as it goes,\nand will enable any one of ordinary intelligence to test the claims of\nAstrology for himself. This is as much as can be expected in the limits\nof a small handbook. The literature of the subject is considerable, and\nthe present writer only takes credit to himself so far as his own wide\nexperience and practice have enabled him to present the subject in a\nsimple and brief manner.\n\n\n\n\nContents\n\n\nSECTION I\n\nTHE ALPHABET OF THE HEAVENS\n\nCHAP. PAGE\n\n I. THE PLANETS, THEIR NATURES AND TYPES 17\n\n II. THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 24\n\n III. THE CELESTIAL HOUSES 29\n\n IV. THE ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS 31\n\n\nSECTION II\n\nTHE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOROSCOPE\n\n I. THE EPHEMERIS AND ITS USES 34\n\n II. TO ERECT A FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS 36\n\n III. THE TABLES OF HOUSES 39\n\n IV. PLANETARY TRANSITS 43\n\n V. TABLE OF ECLIPSES 47\n\n\nSECTION III\n\nHOW TO READ THE HOROSCOPE\n\n I. THE PLANETS IN THE HOUSES 51\n\n II. THE CONSTITUTION 54\n\n III. HEALTH AND SICKNESS 56\n\n IV. HOW TO READ CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION 59\n\n V. FINANCIAL PROSPECTS 64\n\n VI. THE POSITION IN LIFE 69\n\n VII. THE CHOICE OF OCCUPATION 72\n\n VIII. MARRIAGE CIRCUMSTANCES 76\n\n IX. INDICATIONS OF PROGENY 81\n\n X. VOYAGES AND JOURNEYS 84\n\n XI. OF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES 87\n\n XII. THE END OF LIFE 91\n\n\nSECTION IV\n\nTHE STARS IN THEIR COURSES\n\n I. THE TIME-MEASURE 94\n\n II. THE EFFECTS OF TRANSITS 101\n\n III. HOW TO SUMMARISE A HOROSCOPE 105\n\n IV. HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ASTROLOGER 108\n\n V. A POPULAR ILLUSTRATION 114\n\n VI. PLANETARY PERIODS, ETC. 127\n\n VII. REVOLUTIONS, ECLIPSES, INGRESSES, ETC. 137\n\n\n\n\nSECTION I\n\nTHE ALPHABET OF THE HEAVENS\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER I\n\nTHE PLANETS, THEIR NATURES AND TYPES\n\n\nThe luminaries and planets are known to astronomers under the following\nnames and symbols:--\n\nThe Sun \u2609, Moon \u263d, Neptune \u2646, Uranus \u2645, Saturn \u2644, Jupiter \u2643, Mars \u2642,\nVenus \u2640, and Mercury \u263f.\n\nNeptune revolves around the Sun in its distant orbit once in about 165\nyears. Uranus completes its orbital revolution in 84 years, Jupiter in\n12 years, Mars in about 15 months, Venus in 11 months, and Mercury in\n18 weeks. If you imagine these bodies to be revolving in a plane around\nthe Sun and yourself to be standing within the Sun, the motions of these\nbodies will appear almost uniform and always in one direction. Were the\norbits of the planets circular and the Sun holding the centre of the\ncircle, their motions would be constant, that is to say, always in the\nsame direction and at the same rate. But the orbits are elliptical,\nand the Sun holds a position in one of the foci of each ellipse.\nConsequently the planets are at times further from the Sun than at\nothers, and they are then said to be in their aphelion, the opposite\npoint of the orbit where they are nearest to the Sun being called the\nperihelion. When at aphelion the planets move slower, and when at\nperihelion they move quicker than at the mean distance. Astronomers\nemploy an imaginary circular orbit for the planets, in which they move\nat an uniform rate of velocity, which is called the mean motion. This is\nsubject to an equation depending on the position of the planet in its\norbit, and it determines the difference between the imaginary planet and\nthe true planet. The equation itself depends on the eccentricity of the\norbit, that is to say, its relation to a circle drawn around the same\nfocal centre. The Earth follows the same laws as all other bodies of the\nsame system.\n\nBut if we imagine the Earth to be stationary in space and the centre\naround which the planets revolve, their motions present several\nirregularities. Mercury and Venus will then appear to revolve around the\nSun while the Sun revolves around the Earth, sometimes being between the\nEarth and the Sun, which is called an Inferior conjunction, sometimes on\nthe further side of the Sun away from the Earth, as at their Superior\nconjunction; and again, at other times to the right or left of the Sun,\nin East or West elongation. The other planets, having orbits greater\nthan that of the Earth, will appear to revolve around it at constantly\nvarying distances and velocities. At certain points in their orbits they\nwill appear to remain stationary in the same part of the Zodiac. The\nannexed illustration will assist the lay reader perhaps. The body M is\nMercury when at Inferior conjunction with the Sun, as seen from the\nEarth. The letter V is the planet Venus at Superior conjunction with\nthe Sun. The points W and E are the points of greatest elongation West\nand East, and the letter S shows the points in the orbit at which those\nbodies appear to be stationary when viewed from the Earth, at G. As seen\nfrom the Earth, Venus would appear to be direct and Mercury retrograde.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nAstrologically we regard the Earth as the passive subject of planetary\ninfluence, and we have therefore to regard it as the centre of the\nfield of activity. If we were making a horoscope for an inhabitant of\nthe planet Mars, we should make Mars the centre of the system. The\nplanets\u2019 positions are therefore taken as from the centre of the Earth\n(Geocentric), and not as from the centre of the Sun (Heliocentric).\nAn astrological Ephemeris of the planets\u2019 motions is employed for this\npurpose (see Sect. II., chap, i.), and there are 480,000 of these sold\nto astrologers or students of astrology every year, from which fact it\nis possible to draw one\u2019s own conclusions as to the state of Astrology\nin the West. These figures, of course, do not include the millions\nof almanac readers nor the Oriental students, who prepare their own\nephemerides.\n\nKnowing the simple natures of the several planets we are able to arrive\nat an estimate of their effects when acting in combination.\n\n_Neptune_ acts upon the mind of man to produce a highly-strung nervous\ntemperament, often allied to either insanity or genius; neurosis,\naphasia, &c. It produces complications in business and an involved\nstate of affairs generally. Disposes to fraud, double-dealing, and\nirresponsible actions. In the body it produces waste of tissue and a\nconsumptive habit.\n\n_Uranus_ gives an eccentric mind, waywardness, originality,\ninventiveness. Acting on the affairs of business, it produces sudden\nand unexpected developments, irregularities, rapid rise and fall,\ninstability, unexpected turns of good and bad fortune. In the body\nit has relation to the nervous system, and its diseases are those of\nparalysis, lesion, and nervous derangement.\n\n_Saturn_ produces a thoughtful, sober, ponderable mind; steadfastness,\npatience, and endurance; disposition to routine and habit, method. In\nfinancial affairs it gives steady results commensurate with labour,\nsuccess that is slow but sure, durance, hardships, privations. In the\nbody it is related to the osseous system, and its effects are brought\nabout by obstructions, chills, and inhibition of function.\n\n_Jupiter_ gives joviality, optimism, bountifulness, generosity, a rich\nand fruitful mind. It renders the subject fortunate in his affairs,\ngiving success and frequently opulence. With this planet strong in the\nhoroscope a person never \u201cgoes under.\u201d In the body it has relation\nto the arterial process, and its diseases are those which arise from\nsurfeit, congestion, and plethora.\n\n_Mars_ confers a sense of freedom, much ambition and executive ability,\nfrankness, truthfulness, and scorn of consequence. It renders the mind\nforceful and militant, stimulates to new projects and enterprises, and\nin the body of man has relation to the muscular system. Its diseases are\nthose which arise from inflammatory action in the tissues.\n\n_Venus_ confers poesy, good taste, fine feeling, artistic powers,\ngentleness, docility, dalliance, and love of pleasure. It renders the\naffairs pleasant and prosperous, giving profit from both artistic and\nrustic pursuits. Next to Jupiter it is the most benefic of the planets\nin its action on mankind. In the body it has relation to the venous\nsystem, and its diseases are those which arise from impurities of the\nblood, scorbutic and zymotic diseases, eczema, smallpox, measles, &c.\n\n_Mercury_ renders its subjects active, versatile, apt and business-like,\ndisposed to much commerce, whether of the mind or the market, and eager\nin the pursuit of knowledge; alert, and well-informed. Its influence on\naffairs of life is variable, for it always translates the nature of that\nplanet to which at birth it is in nearest aspect (Sect. I., chap. iv.).\nIn the body it is related to the sensorium, the centres of sensation,\nand reflexly controls the nerves of action.\n\n_The Moon_ gives gracefulness of manner and suavity of speech, softness\nand adaptability of nature, variableness, love of change, romance,\nand adventure; disposed to exploration and voyaging. In the body\nit corresponds to the glandular system, and its diseases are those\nincidental to the lymphatic glands and vascular tissue.\n\n_The Sun_ renders its subjects magnanimous, noble, proud, despising all\nmean and sordid actions; loyal, truthful, and fearless. It produces\nhonours and the favour of dignitaries, and renders the subject fortunate\nin the control of his affairs. In the body it controls the vital\nprinciple.\n\nThe types of persons produced by the various planets are very distinct,\nthe chief features of each being as follows:--\n\n_Neptune_--Thin, nervous-looking people, blue eyes, soft, silky hair,\nthin and usually long faces, frequently wearing a strained or startled\nlook. _Uranus_--Tall, wiry, and energetic figures, alert, muscular,\nspasmodic, and with some touch of eccentricity. _Saturn_--Dark and\nlean people, small, deep-set eyes, heavy brows, long noses, thin lips,\nand sallow complexions. _Jupiter_--Full bodied, robust men, large and\nexpressive blue or brown eyes, arched brows, high foreheads, oval faces,\nand rich brown hair. _Mars_--Strong, muscular, and athletic bodies,\nruddy complexion, grey eyes, prominent brows, sloping forehead, and\nusually some mark or scar in the face. _Sun_--Fresh, clear complexion,\nblue or grey eyes, round head, broad shoulders, strong jaws, upright\nand dignified carriage. _Venus_--Elegant, well-groomed, and often\ndainty-looking people, with blue or soft brown eyes, brown hair,\nfine teeth and finger-nails, small feet and short fleshy hands.\n_Mercury_--Thin, tall, and active bodies, alert appearance, small\nand usually dark eyes; wide, thin lips, long arms and slender hands.\nFrequently great talkers and quick walkers. _Moon_--Rather short and\nfleshy people, with pale face, soft limpid eyes, sad brown or medium\ncoloured hair, fine teeth, broad chest, and a tendency to a squat\nfulness of body. The forehead is usually high and broad.\n\nLook at the people as they pass you in the street. Bring them if\npossible under one or other of these types. Consider what has been said\nof the planets\u2019 natures, and you have a ready key to something of their\ncharacter and destiny.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER II\n\nTHE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC\n\n\nThe Zodiac is an imaginary belt of the Heavens through which the Sun and\nplanets move in their apparent revolutions round the Earth. It extends\nfrom 23\u00b0 27\u2032 above the plane of the Equator to the same distance below\nit, being bounded by the Tropic of Cancer on the North and by that of\nCapricorn on the South. The Ecliptic is a circle transecting this belt\nat an angle of 23\u00b0 27\u2032 to the plane of the Equator. The points where it\ncuts the Equator are called the Equinoxes.\n\nThe Ecliptic is divided into twelve equal sections, counting from the\nVernal Equinox. These are called the Signs of the Zodiac. Each sign\noccupies 30 degrees of the circle.\n\nTheir names and symbols are as follows:--\n\n 1. Aries, the Ram \u2648\n 2. Taurus, the Bull \u2649\n 3. Gemini, the Twins \u264a\n 4. Cancer, the Crab \u264b\n 5. Leo, the Lion \u264c\n 6. Virgo, the Virgin \u264d\n 7. Libra, the Balance \u264e\n 8. Scorpio, the Scorpion \u264f\n 9. Sagittarius, the Hunter \u2650\n 10. Capricornus, the Goat \u2651\n 11. Aquarius, the Waterman \u2652\n 12. Pisces, the Fishes \u2653\n\nFor Astrological purposes they are grouped according to the element and\nthe constitution which they represent, thus:--\n\n\nELEMENTS.\n\n Fire--Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.\n Earth--Taurus, Virgo, Capricornus.\n Air--Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.\n Water--Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.\n\n\nCONSTITUTIONS.\n\n Movable--Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricornus.\n Fixed--Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius.\n Flexed--Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces.\n\nEvery alternate sign, beginning with Aries, is male and the rest are\nfemale. Aries, male; Taurus, female; Gemini, male; Cancer, female, &c.\nThe signs Aries, Leo, Capricornus are called barren, while Taurus,\nCancer, Scorpio, and Pisces are fruitful. Aries governs the East, Cancer\nthe North, Libra the West, and Capricornus the South.\n\nThe Double-bodied signs are Gemini, Sagittarius, and Pisces. It is\nimportant that all these classifications should be learned, as they\nform an essential part of the doctrine of Astrology, and are frequently\nemployed in the reading of a Horoscope.\n\nThe types of people under the various signs should also be known as\nintimately as possible. A person is said to be \u201cunder\u201d a sign--that is\nto say, under its influence, when that sign is rising in the East at\nthe moment of birth. You will recognise these types among your friends\nand associates:--\n\n_Aries_ produces a person of lean body, long neck, high cheek-bones,\ngrey eyes, sandy or sad brown hair, which is either wiry and straight or\ncrisp and curling. The front teeth are usually large and prominent.\n\n_Taurus_ gives a full, thick-set body, strong neck and shoulders, full\nbrown eyes, dark curling hair, full lips, rather wide mouth, and round,\nbullet-shaped head. The hands and feet are short and fleshy.\n\n_Gemini_ produces a tall, active, and upright body, long arms and legs,\nwide, thin lips, straight and often _retrouss\u00e9_ nose, lank, straight\nblack hair, rather wide shoulders, and thin body.\n\n_Cancer_ denotes a rather short, squat figure, full lymphatic body, pale\ncomplexion, round face, broad forehead, sad brown hair, large aqueous\neyes, full chest, short, fleshy hands and feet.\n\n_Leo_ renders its subjects tall, broad shouldered, fine and manly\nfigures, small round head, fair complexion, blue or grey eyes, flaxen or\nfair brown hair, upright and fearless carriage.\n\n_Virgo_ renders the body thin and active, the head well developed, the\nforehead broad, hair light brown and waving off the forehead, eyes blue,\nshoulders broad, the type being of an intellectual or artistic form.\n\n_Libra_ gives an elegant body, well-developed limbs, fine oval face,\nstraight nose, fine blue eyes (sometimes deep brown), flaxen or chestnut\nhair, beautiful complexion. The highest types of beauty are to be found\nunder this sign.\n\n_Scorpio_ gives a short, thick-set, and powerful figure, broad, deep\nchest, dusky or sallow complexion, dark curling or crisp hair, strong\nand rather bowed legs. This is a very virile and robust type.\n\n_Sagittarius_ gives a tall person, well-made figure, elegant limbs, oval\nand rather long face, brown or chestnut hair growing off the forehead,\nfine expressive eyes, rather prominent and of a dark brown or blue\ncolour, long nose, slightly aquiline.\n\n_Capricornus_ produces a slight and rather ill-formed person, long and\nscraggy neck, prominent features, narrow chin, weak and frequently\ndecrepit limbs, weak chest and sloping shoulders. Frequently the figure\nis wiry and suggestive of considerable powers of endurance. The brows\nare prominent, the nose long, and the face thin and hard-set.\n\n_Aquarius_ contributes the finest types of beauty next to Libra. The\nSaxon type is dominant. A tall figure, well formed and rounded, fair\ncomplexion and blue eyes, flaxen hair, straight features, well-developed\nchin, and fine, clear forehead.\n\n_Pisces_ produces one of rather short stature, short limbs, lymphatic\nbody, pale complexion, limpid blue eyes, black or brown eyes, short\nnose, full lips, round face, small hands and feet.\n\nThe short signs are Taurus, Cancer, Capricornus, and Pisces. The tall\nsigns are Gemini, Leo, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. The others are of\nmedium height.\n\nThe planets rising in each sign will always alter the type by impressing\ntheir own characteristics on the subject.\n\nEach sign has a Ruler, and the position of the ruler of the rising sign\nhas much to do with the physical conformation, as if Taurus be rising\nand Venus, its ruler, be in Leo, the person will be taller and fairer\nthan indicated by Taurus alone. Pure types are very uncommon.\n\nThe rulership of the planets in the signs is as follows:--\n\nSaturn governs Aquarius and Capricornus.\nJupiter governs Pisces and Sagittarius.\nMars governs Aries and Scorpio.\nVenus governs Taurus and Libra.\nMercury governs Gemini and Virgo.\nThe Moon governs Cancer, and Leo is governed by the Sun.\n\nWhen a planet is found in a sign over which it is said to govern it acts\nmore strongly than usual, and when in the opposite signs to those it\ngoverns it is said to be in its \u201cfall,\u201d when it is weaker than usual.\n\nPlanets governing opposite signs to one another are said to be\n\u201cenemies.\u201d Such do not produce harmonious and favourable results when\nacting in conjunction.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER III\n\nTHE CELESTIAL HOUSES\n\n\nThe imaginary circle which passes immediately over your head as you face\nthe South is called the Prime Vertical. This is divided for astrological\npurposes into twelve equal divisions called Houses, six of which are\nabove the horizon and six below it. They are counted from the East\nHorizon under the Earth to the West, and thence through the zenith to\nthe East again. The figure in Section IV., chapter v., will make the\nidea easy of comprehension.\n\nEach such division or House carries its own signification, and it has\nbeen ascertained beyond all doubt or cavil that the ruling of the\nAncients in this matter is altogether reliable, however empirical it may\nappear.\n\nThe First House governs the personal appearance, but chiefly the\nface and head. The Second House rules over finance, movable effects,\ncommerce. In the body it governs the neck and throat. The Third House\ngoverns short journeys, letters, and other means of communication, near\nrelations or neighbours. In the body it governs the arms and lungs.\nThe Fourth House governs real estate, the residence, the produce of\nthe earth, the mother of the subject, and the end of life. In the\nbody, the breasts and thorax. The Fifth House governs progeny, the\nsex instincts, domestic relations, and social pleasures. In the body,\nthe back and heart. The Sixth House governs the health, servants, and\npersonal comforts of the subject, clothes, food, and other physical\nrequisites, sanitation, hygiene. In the body it rules over the abdomen\nand lower viscera. The Seventh House has dominion over marriage,\ncontracts, agreements, partners, and matters of exchange. In the body\nit has relation to the loins and kidneys. The Eighth House rules death,\nloss, legacies and dowries, and matters appertaining to the deceased.\nIn the body it is related to the excretory system. The Ninth House\nis said to govern long journeys, publications, religious beliefs,\nforeign lands, and legal affairs. In the body it rules the thighs.\nThe Tenth House rules over position, honour and fame of the subject,\nthe father, superiors of all orders. In the body it rules over the\nknees. The Eleventh House governs friends, social relations, societies\nand companies with which the subject is concerned. In the body it\nhas relation to the legs from calf to ankle. The Twelfth House rules\nambushes, restraints, privations, imprisonments, confinements, and all\nlimitations of the personal freedom. In the body it rules the ankles and\nfeet.\n\nApplying these significations to the interpretation of a horoscope it\nwill be seen that if Mars should be rising at the moment of birth there\nwill be a scar or mark on the face. Observations of this sort will\nfrequently assist to determine the time of birth when it is not known.\nSimilarly with other planets in the same or other Houses; but of this\nmore anon.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER IV\n\nTHE ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS\n\n\nAspects are certain angular distances measured on the Ecliptic, and they\nform a fundamental part of astrological science. Any planet may be good\nor bad in its effects on the character and destiny, according to the\naspect that it throws to the chief points of the Horoscope. The aspects\nare: The semisquare aspect of 45 degrees, sextile of 60 degrees, square\nof 90 degrees, trine of 120 degrees, sesquiquadrate of 135 degrees,\nand the opposition of 180 degrees. There is also the conjunction, when\nbodies are in the same degree or part of a Sign.\n\nThe good aspects are the trine and sextile; the evil being the\nsemisquare, square, sesquiquadrate, and opposition. The aspect of a\nplanet determines its effects, whether for good or evil. The conjunction\nis good with good planets, such as Jupiter and Venus, and evil with\nmalefic planets such as Mars and Saturn.\n\nWhen planets are the same distance North or South of the Equator\nthey are in parallel declination (p.d.), and they then act as if in\nconjunction. Also when planets are in mutual disposition, that is\nto say, occupying one another\u2019s signs, they act as if they were in\nconjunction.\n\nPlanets in conjunction act according to their simple natures, but when\nin aspect, according to the nature of that aspect. The benefic planets\nJupiter, Venus, Sun, Moon, and also Mercury when in good disposition\nwith another planet or in a congenial Sign, produce good effects by\ntheir conjunctions and by their trine and sextile aspects; but when in\nsquare, semisquare, or sesquisquare aspect they are uniformly evil in\neffect. On the other hand, the malefic planets Neptune, Uranus, Saturn,\nand Mars, together with Mercury when ill-disposed or in uncongenial\nSigns, are evil in their effects when in conjunction with the\nsignificant points of the horoscope; also when in evil aspect; but they\nnevertheless produce good effects when in good aspect.\n\n\nThe Significators.\n\nThe more important points of the Horoscope to which aspect can be\nthrown are called \u201cSignificators.\u201d The general significators in any\nhoroscope are the Sun, the Moon, the Midheaven (the degree which holds\nthe meridian of the horoscope), and the Ascendant (the degree which is\nrising). But every planet can be a particular significator in its own\nprovince, namely, in the Sign which it rules, and the House in which it\nis found at birth.\n\nIn a general sense the Moon is significant of the mother, female\nrelations, the personal health and fortunes and the changes incident to\nthese. The Sun in the same way indicates the father, male relations, the\nvital principle, and position. Mercury is the significator of the mind\nand intellect, the faculties generally. Venus is significatrix of love\naffairs, domestic relations, pleasures, and of young female relations,\nsisters, &c. Mars is significator of enterprises, strifes, and young\nmale relations. Jupiter is significator of increase and emoluments;\nSaturn of legacies, inheritance, and aged persons; Uranus of civic and\ngovernmental bodies; Neptune of voyages and psychic experiences. The\nchief points to be regarded, however, are the Midheaven, the Ascendant,\nand the places of the Sun and Moon.\n\n\n\n\nSECTION II\n\nTHE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOROSCOPE\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER I\n\nTHE EPHEMERIS AND ITS USES\n\n\nAn Ephemeris is an almanac of the planetary positions day by day\nthroughout any given year. They are to be obtained at a cost of one\nshilling per year, in a convenient form specially adapted to the use of\nastrologers. In the first column will be found the Sidereal Time for\nthe day, which is the Sun\u2019s Right Ascension or distance from the Vernal\nEquinox, expressed in Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, and equated to Mean\nTime at Greenwich. By merely adding the time after noon, or subtracting\nthe hours and minutes before noon, at which the birth took place, you\nwill obtain the Right Ascension of the Midheaven at the moment of\nbirth. The use to which this is put will appear in the next chapter.\nIt corresponds to a particular degree of the Zodiac which is in the\nMidheaven at the given time of birth.\n\nThe next column contains the Sun\u2019s longitude at Noon for each day. By\ntaking the position on one day from that on the next day, the motion\nof the Sun for 24 hours is obtained, and a proportion of this for the\nhour of birth can easily be made. The mean motion of the Sun per day\nis 2-1/2\u2032, or 1 degree per day. In another column will be found the\nMoon\u2019s longitude, and in adjacent columns its declination and latitude.\nDeclination is distance North or South of the Equator, and celestial\nlatitude is distance North or South of the Ecliptic. The longitudes of\nthe other bodies are also given for each day at noon.\n\nThe mean longitudinal progress of the several bodies is as follows:\nSun, 2-1/2\u2032 per hour, or 1 degree per day; Moon, 32\u2032 per hour, or 13\ndegrees per day; Neptune, 2\u2032 per day; Uranus, 3\u2032 per day; Saturn, about\n5\u2032 per day; Jupiter, about 12\u2032 per day; Mars, 45\u2032 per day, or about 2\u2032\nper hour; Venus, 72\u2032 per day, or 3\u2032 per hour; Mercury, 84\u2032 per day,\nor 3-1/2\u2032 per hour. These increments are for direct motion only; the\nplanets are, as already explained, sometimes retrograde and sometimes\nstationary. The Horoscope of birth is only concerned with the longitudes\nof the planets, but when one or more planets have the same declination\nNorth or South, they should be noted as being in Parallel, for they then\nact as if they were in conjunction.\n\nTake in hand, then, the Ephemeris for the year of your birth and read\nthis chapter with it in view. After understanding its construction,\nextract the Sidereal Time at Noon for the day of your birth and refer to\nthe next chapter.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER II\n\nTO ERECT A FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS\n\n\nTake the Sidereal time at noon on the day of birth, and add to it the\nhours and minutes after noon at which you were born, or if before noon,\nsubtract from it the interval between the birth and noon. This will give\nthe approximate Right Ascension of the Midheaven at birth. Thus, suppose\na person to be born on May 1, 1890, at 3h. 30m. p.m. in London--\n\n The Sidereal time, noon, May 1, 1890, is 2h. 36m. 28s.\n To which add time p.m. 3 30 0\n Acceleration at 10\u2033 per hour 0 0 34\n ---------------\n Right Ascension of Midheaven at Birth 6h. 7m. 2s.\n\nWith this Right Ascension of the Midheaven you then refer to Tables\nof Houses for London (see Chapter III.), and against this quantity of\nSidereal Time you will find, under the column marked 10, the sign and\ndegree which corresponds to it, namely, the 2nd of Cancer. This is put\nat the head of the figure, and the rest of the signs are placed around\nthe figure in their order as shown in the Table. Only six of the Houses\nare given in the Tables, because the opposite Houses will have the\n_same_ degrees of the _opposite_ signs on them. Thus we read against the\nRight Ascension 6h. 7m. 28s. the following:--\n\n 10 11 12 Ascen. 2 3\n Cancer 2, Leo 8, Virgo 8, Libra 1.33, Libra 26, Scorp. 26.\n\nThis means that the 2nd degree of Cancer was on the cusp of the Tenth\nHouse (the Midheaven) at the moment of the birth, Leo 8th on the cusp\nof the Eleventh House, Virgo 8th on the cusp of the Twelfth, Libra 1.33\non the Ascendant or Eastern Horizon, and so of the rest. On the cusp\nof the Fourth House we place Capricornus 2, because the Fourth House\nis opposite the 10th and the sign Capricornus is opposite to Cancer.\nOn the cusp of the Fifth House we place Aquarius 8, because the Fifth\nHouse is opposite to the Eleventh, and Aquarius is opposite to Leo. When\ncompleted we find the cusps of the Houses as follows, opposite to those\nin the Tables:--\n\n 4 5 6 7 8 9\n Capric. 2, Aquar. 8, Pisces 8, Aries 1.33, Aries 26, Taur. 26.\n\nIt is then only necessary to place the planets in the figure, as\nexplained in the preceding chapter, and the figure of the Heavens is\ncomplete.\n\n\nTo Draw a Figure of the Heavens.\n\nTake a pair of compasses, and with a radius, of about 2-1/2 inches,\ndescribe a circle. Within this, and with a radius of about 2 inches,\ndescribe another. With the radius of this latter mark off six equal\ndivisions, and then equally divide these so as to make twelve. Within\nthe figure draw a small circle, concentric with the others, to represent\nthe Earth. From the points of division already obtained draw straight\nlines to the centre of the figure until they touch the circle of the\nEarth. You then have a figure which represents the Houses of the\nHeavens, being a twelvefold division of the Prime Vertical. The lines\nextending from the outer circles to the Earth are the cusps of the\nHouses (see fig. Section IV., chap. 5).\n\nThe degrees of the Zodiac which are upon the cusps of the Houses, as\nfound in the Tables opposite a given Sidereal Time, are written over the\nseveral cusps in their order between the two outer circles. Reference\nto the Ephemeris for May 1, 1890, shows the Sun at noon in Taurus 11\ndegrees 2 minutes. Three and a half hours later it will have advanced\nabout 8 minutes in longitude, so that its position will be in Taurus 11\ndegrees 10 minutes. This longitude falls in the Eighth House, and we\ntherefore place the symbol of the Sun in that division of the Heavens\nand place against it the figures 11.10, so that as Aries 26 is on the\ncusp of the Eighth and Taurus 26 on the cusp of the Ninth House, the\nSun\u2019s position in Taurus 11.10 will fall between these cusps, _i.e._,\nin the Eighth House. The rest of the planets are placed in the figure\naccording to their respective longitudes.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER III\n\nTHE TABLES OF HOUSES\n\n\nThe Tables of the Houses on pp. 40, 41, are calculated for the\nlatitude of 51\u00b0 32\u2032 North. This will serve for London and environs,\nand approximately for the South of England and the Midlands. Tables of\nHouses for other latitudes may be obtained through the booksellers,\na useful set of half a dozen different latitudes being sold for one\nshilling.\n\nIn order to illustrate the uses to which these Tables may be put in the\nsolution of astronomical problems, let us take the Sun\u2019s position in the\nhoroscope for the 1st of May, 1890, and find when the Sun sets on that\nday on the horizon of London. The Sun is in Taurus, 11 degrees, and it\nwill set when the opposite point of the Heavens is rising. Find under\nthe column marked \u201cAscen.\u201d the 11th degree of Scorpio, and against it in\nthe column marked \u201cSidereal Time\u201d you will find 9h. 49m. 9s. This will\nbe the Right Ascension of the Midheaven when the Sun sets on London.\nWe have already seen that the Sidereal Time at noon on the 1st of May\nwas 2h. 37m. 28s., and this, taken from the former Sidereal Time, gives\nabout 7.12 p.m. as the time of sunset. Now in the example horoscope the\nbirth took place at 3.30 p.m., and this time, taken from 7.12 p.m.,\ngives 3h. 42m. from birth to sunset. If you multiply this by 15 to turn\nit into degrees and minutes of the Equator, you will obtain 55\u00b0 30\u2032,\nwhich are the number of degrees which pass over the Midheaven from birth\nuntil sunset. At the rate of 1 degree for every year of life, this\ncorresponds to 55-1/2 years of age, when the subject of this horoscope\nwould come under the adverse influence of the Sun opposition Ascendant,\nand would suffer some serious ill health of a feverish nature, incident\nto the throat (the part ruled by Taurus, the sign in which the Sun is\nsituate). This is how predictions are made, but of this more anon.\n\n ========+===+===+===+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3\n Time. |\u2648 | \u2649| \u264a| \u264b | \u264c |\u264d | Time. |\u2649 |\u264a |\u264b | \u264c | \u264d |\u264d\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 |H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n 0 0 0| 0| 9| 22|26 36| 12| 3| 1 51 37| 0| 9| 17|16 28| 4| 28\n 0 3 40| 1| 10| 23|27 17| 13| 3| 1 55 27| 1| 10| 18|17 8| 5| 29\n 0 7 20| 2| 11| 24|27 56| 14| 4| 1 59 17| 2| 11| 19|17 48| 6| \u264e\n 0 11 0| 3| 12| 25|28 42| 15| 5| 2 3 8| 3| 12| 19|18 28| 7| 1\n 0 14 41| 4| 13| 25|29 17| 15| 6| 2 6 59| 4| 13| 20|19 9| 8| 2\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 0 18 21| 5| 14| 26|29 55| 16| 7| 2 10 51| 5| 14| 21|19 49| 9| 2\n 0 22 2| 6| 15| 27| 0\u264c 34| 17| 8| 2 14 44| 6| 15| 22|20 29| 9| 3\n 0 25 42| 7| 16| 28| 1 14| 18| 8| 2 18 37| 7| 16| 22|21 10| 10| 4\n 0 29 23| 8| 17| 29| 1 55| 18| 9| 2 22 31| 8| 17| 23|21 51| 11| 5\n 0 33 4| 9| 18|\u264b | 2 33| 19| 10| 2 26 25| 9| 18| 24|22 32| 11| 6\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 0 36 45| 10| 19| 1| 3 14| 20| 11| 2 30 20| 10| 19| 25|23 14| 12| 7\n 0 40 26| 11| 20| 1| 3 54| 20| 12| 2 34 16| 11| 20| 25|23 55| 13| 8\n 0 44 8| 12| 21| 2| 4 33| 21| 13| 2 38 13| 12| 21| 26|24 36| 14| 9\n 0 47 50| 13| 22| 3| 5 12| 22| 14| 2 42 10| 13| 22| 27|25 17| 15| 10\n 0 51 32| 14| 23| 4| 5 52| 23| 15| 2 46 8| 14| 23| 28|25 58| 15| 11\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 0 55 14| 15| 24| 5| 6 30| 23| 15| 2 50 7| 15| 24| 29|26 40| 16| 12\n 0 58 5| 16| 25| 6| 7 9| 24| 16| 2 54 7| 16| 25| 29|27 22| 17| 12\n 1 2 40| 17| 26| 6| 7 50| 25| 17| 2 58 7| 17| 26| \u264c|28 4| 18| 13\n 1 6 23| 18| 27| 7| 8 30| 26| 18| 3 2 8| 18| 27| 1|28 46| 18| 14\n 1 10 7| 19| 28| 8| 9 9| 26| 19| 3 6 9| 19| 27| 2|29 28| 19| 15\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 1 13 51| 20| 29| 9| 9 48| 27| 19| 3 10 12| 20| 28| 3| 0\u264d12| 20| 16\n 1 17 35| 21| \u264a| 10|10 28| 28| 20| 3 14 15| 21| 29| 3| 0 54| 21| 17\n 1 21 20| 22| 1| 10|11 8| 28| 21| 3 18 19| 22|\u264b | 4| 1 36| 22| 18\n 1 25 6| 23| 2| 11|11 48| 29| 22| 3 22 23| 23| 1| 5| 2 20| 22| 19\n 1 28 52| 24| 3| 12|12 28| \u264d| 23| 3 26 29| 24| 2| 6| 3 2| 23| 20\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 1 32 38| 25| 4| 13|13 8| 1| 24| 3 30 35| 25| 3| 7| 3 45| 24| 21\n 1 36 25| 26| 5| 14|13 48| 1| 25| 3 34 41| 26| 4| 7| 4 28| 25| 22\n 1 40 12| 27| 6| 14|14 28| 2| 25| 3 38 49| 27| 5| 8| 5 11| 26| 23\n 1 44 0| 28| 7| 15|15 8| 3| 26| 3 42 57| 28| 6| 9| 5 54| 27| 24\n 1 47 48| 29| 8| 16|15 48| 4| 27| 3 47 6| 29| 7| 10| 6 28| 27| 25\n 1 51 37| 30| 9| 17|16 28| 4| 28| 3 51 15| 30| 8| 11| 7 21| 28| 25\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n ========+===+=======+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3\n Time. |\u264a |\u264b |\u264c | \u264d |\u264d |\u264e | Time. |\u264b |\u264c |\u264d | \u264e |\u264e |\u264f\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 |H. M. S.| \u00b0| \u00b0 |\u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n 3 51 15| 0| 8| 11| 7 21| 28| 25| 6 0 0| 0| 6| 6| 0 0| 24| 24\n 3 55 25| 1| 19| 12| 8 5| 29| 26| 6 4 22| 1| 7| 7| 0 47| 25| 25\n 3 59 36| 2| 10| 12| 8 49| \u264e| 27| 6 8 43| 2| 8| 8| 1 33| 26| 26\n 4 3 48| 3| 10| 13| 9 33| 1| 28| 6 13 5| 3| 9| 9| 2 19| 27| 27\n 4 8 0| 4| 11| 14|10 17| 2| 29| 6 17 26| 4| 10| 10| 3 5| 27| 28\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 4 12 13| 5| 12| 15|11 2| 2| \u264f| 6 21 48| 5| 11| 10| 3 51| 28| 29\n 4 16 26| 6| 13| 16|11 46| 3| 1| 6 26 9| 6| 12| 11| 4 37| 29| \u2650\n 4 20 40| 7| 14| 17|12 30| 4| 2| 6 30 30| 7| 13| 12| 5 23| \u264f| 1\n 4 24 55| 8| 15| 17|13 15| 5| 3| 6 34 51| 8| 14| 13| 6 9| 1| 2\n 4 29 10| 9| 16| 18|14 0| 6| 4| 6 39 11| 9| 15| 14| 6 55| 2| 3\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 4 33 26| 10| 17| 19|14 45| 7| 5| 6 43 31| 10| 16| 15| 7 40| 2| 4\n 4 37 42| 11| 18| 20|15 30| 8| 6| 6 47 51| 11| 16| 16| 8 26| 3| 4\n 4 41 59| 12| 19| 21|16 15| 8| 7| 6 52 11| 12| 17| 16| 9 12| 4| 5\n 4 46 16| 13| 20| 21|17 0| 9| 8| 6 56 31| 13| 18| 17| 9 58| 5| 6\n 4 50 34| 14| 21| 22|17 45| 10| 9| 7 0 50| 14| 19| 18|10 43| 6| 7\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 4 54 52| 15| 22| 23|18 30| 11| 10| 7 5 8| 15| 20| 19|11 28| 7| 8\n 4 59 10| 16| 23| 24|19 16| 12| 11| 7 9 26| 16| 21| 20|12 14| 8| 9\n 5 3 29| 17| 24| 25|20 3| 13| 12| 7 13 44| 17| 22| 21|12 59| 8| 10\n 5 7 49| 18| 25| 26|20 49| 14| 13| 7 18 1| 18| 23| 22|13 45| 9| 11\n 5 12 9| 19| 25| 27|21 35| 14| 14| 7 22 18| 19| 24| 23|14 30| 10| 12\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 5 16 29| 20| 26| 28|22 20| 15| 14| 7 26 34| 20| 25| 24|15 15| 11| 13\n 5 20 49| 21| 27| 28|23 6| 16| 15| 7 30 50| 21| 26| 25|16 0| 12| 14\n 5 25 9| 22| 28| 29|23 51| 17| 16| 7 35 5| 22| 27| 25|16 45| 13| 15\n 5 29 30| 23| 29| \u264d|24 37| 18| 17| 7 39 20| 23| 28| 26|17 30| 13| 16\n 5 33 51| 24| \u264c| 1|25 23| 19| 18| 7 43 34| 24| 29| 27|18 15| 14| 17\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 5 38 12| 25| 1| 2|26 9| 20| 19| 7 47 47| 25| \u264d| 28|18 59| 15| 18\n 5 42 34| 26| 2| 3|26 55| 21| 20| 7 52 0| 26| 1| 29|19 43| 16| 19\n 5 46 55| 27| 3| 4|27 41| 21| 21| 7 56 12| 27| 2| 29|20 27| 17| 20\n 5 51 17| 28| 4| 4|28 27| 22| 22| 8 0 24| 28| 3| \u264e|21 11| 18| 20\n 5 55 38| 29| 5| 5|29 13| 23| 23| 8 4 35| 29| 4| 1|21 56| 18| 21\n 6 0 0| 30| 6| 6|30 0| 24| 24| 8 8 45| 30| 5| 2|22 40| 19| 22\n ========+===+===+===+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3\n Time. |\u264c | \u264d| \u264e | \u264e |\u264f |\u2650 | Time. |\u264d |\u264e |\u264e | \u264f | \u2650 |\u2651\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 |H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0\n | | | | | | | | | | | |\n 8 8 45| 0| 5| 2|23 40| 19| 22|10 8 23| 0| 2| 26|13 33| 13| 20\n 8 12 54| 1| 5| 3|23 24| 20| 23|10 12 12| 1| 3| 26|14 13| 14| 21\n 8 17 3| 2| 6| 3|24 7| 21| 24|10 16 0| 2| 4| 27|14 53| 15| 22\n 8 21 11| 3| 7| 4|24 50| 22| 25|10 19 48| 3| 5| 28|15 38| 15| 23\n 8 25 19| 4| 8| 5|25 34| 23| 26|10 23 35| 4| 5| 29|16 13| 16| 24\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 8 29 26| 5| 9| 6|26 18| 23| 27|10 27 22| 5| 6| 29|16 52| 17| 25\n 8 33 31| 6| 10| 7|27 1| 24| 28|10 31 8| 6| 7| \u264f|17 32| 18| 26\n 8 37 37| 7| 11| 8|27 44| 25| 29|10 34 54| 7| 8| 1|18 13| 19| 27\n 8 41 41| 8| 12| 8|28 26| 26| \u2651|10 38 40| 8| 9| 2|18 52| 20| 28\n 8 45 45| 9| 13| 9|29 8| 27| 1|10 42 25| 9| 10| 2|19 31| 20| 29\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 8 49 48| 10| 14| 10|29 50| 27| 2|10 46 9| 10| 11| 3|20 11| 21| \u2652\n 8 53 51| 11| 15| 11| 0\u264f 32| 28| 3|10 49 53| 11| 11| 4|20 50| 22| 1\n 8 57 52| 12| 16| 12| 1 15| 29| 4|10 53 37| 12| 12| 4|21 30| 23| 2\n 9 1 53| 13| 17| 12| 1 58| \u2650| 4|10 57 20| 13| 13| 5|22 9| 24| 3\n 9 5 53| 14| 18| 13| 2 39| 1| 5|11 1 3| 14| 14| 6|22 49| 24| 4\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 9 9 53| 15| 18| 14| 3 21| 1| 6|11 4 46| 15| 15| 7|23 23| 25| 5\n 9 13 52| 16| 19| 15| 4 3| 2| 7|11 8 28| 16| 16| 7|24 8| 26| 6\n 9 17 50| 17| 20| 16| 4 44| 3| 8|11 12 10| 17| 17| 8|24 47| 27| 8\n 9 21 47| 18| 21| 16| 5 26| 3| 9|11 15 22| 18| 17| 9|25 27| 28| 9\n 9 25 44| 19| 22| 17| 6 7| 4| 10|11 19 34| 19| 18| 10|26 5| 29| 10\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 9 29 40| 20| 23| 18| 6 48| 5| 11|11 23 15| 20| 19| 10|26 45| \u2651| 11\n 9 33 35| 21| 24| 18| 7 29| 5| 12|11 26 56| 21| 20| 11|27 25| 0| 12\n 9 37 29| 22| 25| 19| 8 9| 6| 13|11 30 37| 22| 21| 12|28 5| 1| 13\n 9 41 23| 23| 26| 20| 8 50| 7| 14|11 34 18| 23| 22| 13|28 44| 2| 14\n 9 45 16| 24| 27| 21| 9 31| 8| 15|11 37 58| 24| 23| 13|29 24| 3| 15\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 9 49 9| 25| 28| 22|10 11| 9| 16|11 41 39| 25| 23| 14|0 \u2650 3| 4| 16\n 9 53 1| 26| 28| 23|10 51| 9| 17|11 45 19| 26| 24| 15|0 43| 5| 17\n 9 56 52| 27| 29| 23|11 32| 10| 18|11 49 0| 27| 25| 15|1 23| 6| 18\n 10 0 43| 28| \u264e| 24|12 12| 11| 19|11 52 40| 28| 26| 16|2 3| 6| 19\n 10 4 33| 29| 1| 25|12 53| 12| 20|11 56 20| 29| 27| 17|2 43| 7| 20\n 10 8 23| 30| 2| 26|13 33| 13| 20|12 0 0| 30| 27| 17|3 23| 8| 20\n ========+===+===+===+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3\n Time. |\u264e |\u264e |\u264f| \u2650 | \u2651 |\u2652 | Time. |\u264f |\u264f |\u2650 | \u2650 | \u2652| \u2653\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 |H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n 12 0 0| 0| 27| 17| 3 23| 8| 21|13 51 37| 0| 22| 10|25 20| 10| 27\n 12 3 40| 1| 28| 18| 4 4| 9| 23|13 55 27| 1| 23| 11|26 10| 11| 28\n 12 7 20| 2| 29| 19| 4 45| 10| 24|13 59 17| 2| 24| 11|27 2| 12| \u2648\n 12 11 0| 3| \u264f| 20| 5 26| 11| 25|14 3 8| 3| 25| 12|27 53| 14| 1\n 12 14 41| 4| 1| 20| 6 7| 12| 26|14 6 59| 4| 26| 13|28 45| 15| 2\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 12 18 21| 5| 1| 21| 6 48| 13| 27|14 10 51| 5| 26| 14|29 36| 16| 4\n 12 22 2| 6| 2| 22| 7 29| 14| 28|14 14 44| 6| 27| 15| 0\u265129| 18| 5\n 12 25 42| 7| 3| 23| 8 10| 15| 29|14 18 37| 7| 28| 15| 1 23| 19| 6\n 12 29 23| 8| 4| 23| 8 51| 16| \u2653|14 22 31| 8| 29| 16| 2 18| 20| 8\n 12 33 4| 9| 5| 24| 9 33| 17| 2|14 26 25| 9| \u2650| 17| 3 14| 22| 9\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 12 36 45| 10| 6| 25|10 15| 18| 3|14 30 20| 10| 1| 18| 4 11| 23| 10\n 12 40 26| 11| 6| 25|10 57| 19| 4|14 34 16| 11| 2| 19| 5 9| 25| 11\n 12 44 8| 12| 7| 26|11 40| 20| 5|14 38 13| 12| 2| 20| 6 7| 26| 13\n 12 47 50| 13| 8| 27|12 22| 21| 6|14 42 10| 13| 3| 20| 7 6| 28| 14\n 12 51 32| 14| 9| 28|13 4| 22| 7|14 46 8| 14| 4| 21| 8 6| 29| 15\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 12 55 14| 15| 10| 28|13 47| 23| 9|14 50 7| 15| 5| 22| 9 8| \u2653| 17\n 12 58 5| 16| 11| 29|14 30| 24| 10|14 54 7| 16| 6| 23|10 11| 2| 18\n 13 2 40| 17| 11| \u2650|15 14| 25| 11|14 58 7| 17| 7| 24|11 15| 4| 19\n 13 6 23| 18| 12| 1|15 59| 26| 12|15 2 8| 18| 8| 25|12 20| 6| 21\n 13 10 7| 19| 13| 1|16 44| 27| 13|15 6 9| 19| 9| 26|13 27| 8| 22\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 13 13 51| 20| 14| 2|17 29| 28| 15|15 10 12| 20| 9| 27|14 35| 9| 23\n 13 17 35| 21| 15| 3|18 14| 29| 16|15 14 15| 21| 10| 27|15 43| 11| 24\n 13 21 20| 22| 16| 4|19 0| \u2652| 17|15 18 19| 22| 11| 28|16 52| 13| 26\n 13 25 6| 23| 16| 4|19 45| 1| 18|15 22 23| 23| 12| 29|18 3| 14| 27\n 13 28 52| 24| 17| 5|20 31| 2| 20|15 26 29| 24| 13| \u2651|19 16| 16| 28\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 13 32 38| 25| 18| 6|21 18| 4| 21|15 30 35| 25| 14| 1|20 32| 17| 29\n 13 36 25| 26| 19| 7|22 6| 5| 22|15 34 41| 26| 15| 2|21 48| 19| \u2649\n 13 40 12| 27| 20| 7|22 54| 6| 23|15 38 49| 27| 16| 3|23 8| 21| 2\n 13 44 0| 28| 21| 8|23 42| 7| 25|15 42 57| 28| 17| 4|24 29| 22| 3\n 13 47 48| 29| 21| 9|24 31| 8| 26|15 47 6| 29| 18| 5|25 51| 24| 5\n 13 51 37| 30| 22| 10|25 20| 10| 27|15 51 15| 30| 18| 6|27 15| 26| 6\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n ========+===+===+===+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3\n Time. |\u2650 | \u2650| \u2651 | \u2651 | \u2653|\u2649 | Time. |\u2651 |\u2651 | \u2652| \u2648 |\u2649 |\u264a\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 |H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n 15 51 15| 0| 18| 6|27 15| 26| 6|18 0 0| 0 | 18| 13| 0 0| 17| 11\n 15 55 25| 1| 19| 7|28 42| 28| 7|18 4 22| 1 | 20| 14| 2 39| 19| 13\n 15 59 36| 2| 20| 8| 0\u2652 11| \u2648| 9|18 8 43| 2 | 21| 16| 5 19| 20| 14\n 16 3 48| 3| 21| 9| 1 42| 1| 10|18 13 5| 3 | 22| 17| 7 55| 22| 15\n 16 8 0| 4| 22| 10| 3 16| 3| 11|18 17 26| 4 | 23| 19|10 29| 23| 16\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 16 12 13| 5| 23| 11| 4 53| 5| 12|18 21 48| 5 | 24| 20|13 2| 25| 17\n 16 16 26| 6| 24| 12| 6 22| 7| 14|18 26 9| 6 | 25| 22|15 36| 26| 18\n 16 20 40| 7| 25| 13| 8 13| 9| 15|18 30 30| 7 | 26| 23|18 6| 28| 19\n 16 24 55| 8| 26| 14| 9 57| 11| 16|18 34 51| 8 | 27| 25|20 34| 29| 20\n 16 29 10| 9| 27| 16|11 44| 12| 17|18 39 11| 9 | 29| 27|22 59| \u264a| 21\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 16 33 26| 10| 28| 17|13 34| 14| 18|18 43 31| 10| \u2652| 28|25 22| 1| 22\n 16 37 42| 11| 29| 18|15 26| 16| 20|18 47 51| 11| 1| \u2653|27 42| 2| 23\n 16 41 59| 12| \u2651| 19|17 20| 18| 21|18 52 11| 12| 2| 2|29 58| 4| 24\n 16 46 16| 13| 1| 20|19 18| 20| 22|18 56 31| 13| 3| 3| 2\u264913| 5| 25\n 16 50 34| 14| 2| 21|21 22| 21| 23|19 0 50| 14| 4| 5| 4 24| 6| 26\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 16 54 52| 15| 3| 22|23 29| 23| 25|19 5 8| 15| 6| 7| 6 30| 8| 27\n 16 59 10| 16| 4| 24|25 36| 25| 26|19 9 26| 16| 7| 9| 8 36| 9| 28\n 17 3 29| 17| 5| 25|27 46| 27| 27|19 13 44| 17| 8| 10|10 40| 10| 29\n 17 7 49| 18| 6| 26|30 0| 28| 28|19 18 1| 18| 9| 12|12 39| 11| \u264b\n 17 12 9| 19| 7| 27| 2\u2653 19| \u2649| 29|19 22 18| 19| 10| 14|14 35| 12| 1\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 17 16 29| 20| 8| 29| 4 40| 2|\u264a |19 26 34| 20| 12| 16|16 28| 13| 2\n 17 20 49| 21| 9| \u2652| 7 2| 3| 1|19 30 50| 21| 13| 18|18 17| 14| 3\n 17 25 9| 22| 10| 1| 9 26| 5| 2|19 35 5| 22| 14| 19|20 3| 16| 4\n 17 29 30| 23| 11| 3|11 54| 7| 3|19 39 20| 23| 15| 21|21 48| 17| 5\n 17 33 51| 24| 12| 4|14 24| 8| 5|19 43 34| 24| 16| 23|23 29| 18| 6\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 17 38 12| 25| 13| 5|17 0| 10| 6|19 47 47| 25| 18| 25|25 9| 19| 7\n 17 42 34| 26| 14| 7|19 33| 11| 7|19 52 0| 26| 19| 27|26 45| 20| 8\n 17 46 55| 27| 15| 8|22 6| 13| 8|19 56 12| 27| 20| 28|28 18| 21| 9\n 17 51 17| 28| 16| 10|24 40| 14| 9|20 0 24| 28| 21|\u2648 |29 49| 22| 10\n 17 55 38| 29| 17| 11|27 23| 16| 10|20 4 35| 29| 23| 2| 1\u264a19| 23| 11\n 18 0 0| 30| 18| 13|30 0| 17| 11|20 8 45| 30| 24| 4| 2 45| 24| 12\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n ========+===+===+===+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3\n Time. |\u2652 | \u2652| \u2648 | \u264a |\u264a |\u264b | Time. |\u2653 |\u2648 |\u2649 | \u264b | \u264b |\u264c\n | | | | | | | | | | | | |\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 |H. M. S.| \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 | \u00b0 \u2032 | \u00b0 | \u00b0\n | | | | | | | | | | | |\n 20 8 45| 0| 24| 4| 2 45| 24| 12|22 8 23| 0| 3| 20| 4 38| 20| 8\n 20 12 54| 1| 25| 6| 4 9| 25| 12|22 12 12| 1| 4| 21| 5 28| 21| 8\n 20 17 3| 2| 27| 7| 5 32| 26| 13|22 16 0| 2| 6| 23| 6 17| 22| 9\n 20 21 11| 3| 28| 9| 6 53| 27| 14|22 19 48| 3| 7| 24| 7 5| 23| 10\n 20 25 19| 4| 29| 11| 8 12| 28| 15|22 23 35| 4| 8| 25| 7 53| 23| 11\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 20 29 26| 5| \u2653| 13| 9 27| 29| 16|22 27 22| 5| 9| 26| 8 42| 24| 12\n 20 33 31| 6| 2| 14|10 43|\u264b | 17|22 31 8| 6| 10| 28| 9 29| 25| 13\n 20 37 37| 7| 3| 16|11 58| 1| 18|22 34 54| 7| 12| 29|10 16| 26| 14\n 20 41 41| 8| 4| 18|13 9| 2| 19|22 38 40| 8| 13|\u264a |11 2| 26| 14\n 20 45 45| 9| 6| 19|14 18| 3| 20|22 42 25| 9| 14| 1|11 47| 27| 15\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 20 49 48| 10| 7| 21|15 25| 3| 21|22 46 9| 10| 15| 2|12 31| 28| 16\n 20 53 51| 11| 8| 23|16 32| 4| 21|22 49 53| 11| 17| 3|13 16| 29| 17\n 20 57 52| 12| 9| 24|17 39| 5| 22|22 53 37| 12| 18| 4|14 1| 29| 18\n 21 1 53| 13| 11| 26|18 44| 6| 23|22 57 20| 13| 19| 5|14 45| \u264c| 19\n 21 5 53| 14| 12| 28|19 48| 7| 24|23 1 3| 14| 20| 6|15 28| 1| 19\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 21 9 53| 15| 13| 29|20 51| 8| 25|23 4 46| 15| 21| 7|16 11| 2| 20\n 21 13 52| 16| 15| \u2649|21 53| 9| 26|23 8 28| 16| 23| 8|16 54| 2| 21\n 21 17 50| 17| 16| 2|22 53| 10| 27|23 12 10| 17| 24| 9|17 57| 3| 22\n 21 21 47| 18| 17| 4|23 52| 10| 28|23 15 22| 18| 25| 10|18 20| 4| 23\n 21 25 44| 19| 19| 5|24 51| 11| 28|23 19 34| 19| 26| 11|19 3| 5| 24\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 21 29 40| 20| 20| 7|25 48| 12| 29|23 23 15| 20| 27| 12|19 45| 5| 24\n 21 33 35| 21| 22| 8|26 44| 13| \u264c|23 26 56| 21| 29| 13|20 26| 6| 25\n 21 37 29| 22| 23| 10|27 40| 14| 1|23 30 37| 22| \u2649| 14|21 8| 7| 26\n 21 41 23| 23| 24| 11|28 34| 15| 2|23 34 18| 23| 1| 15|21 50| 7| 27\n 21 45 16| 24| 25| 13|29 29| 15| 3|23 37 58| 24| 2| 16|22 31| 8| 28\n --------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---\n 21 49 9| 25| 26| 14| 0\u264b 22| 16| 4|23 41 39| 25| 3| 17|23 12| 9| 28\n 21 53 1| 26| 28| 15| 1 15| 17| 4|23 45 19| 26| 4| 18|23 53| 9| 29\n 21 56 52| 27| 29| 16| 2 7| 18| 5|23 49 0| 27| 5| 19|24 33| 10| \u264d\n 22 0 43| 28|\u2648 | 18| 2 57| 19| 6|23 52 40| 22| 6| 20|25 15| 11| 1\n 22 4 33| 29| 2| 19| 3 48| 19| 7|23 56 20| 29| 8| 21|25 56| 12| 2\n 22 8 23| 30| 3| 20| 4 38| 20| 8|24 0 0| 30| 9| 22|26 36| 12| 3\n\nIf I wished to know what particular part of the Zodiac one is subject to\nin any particular year of life--that is to say, what part of the Zodiac\nis rising--I add 1 degree for every year to the Midheaven at birth and\nthus obtain a new Midheaven, under which, in the Tables of Houses, I\nfind the Ascendant which rules the year. Thus in the case of one born on\nthe 1st of May at 3.30 p.m. the 30th year comes under the Midheaven of\nLeo 2, which is 30 degrees further advanced than Cancer 2, and under Leo\n2 in the 10th House I find the Ascendant to be in Libra 24.7, which is\nthe Ascendant governing that year of life. The meaning and importance of\nthese calculations will appear at a later stage of this exposition.\n\nWhen a degree is on the Midheaven or the 10th House it is said to\n\u201cculminate,\u201d and when on the horizon Eastward it is said to \u201cascend.\u201d\n\nThe Midheaven is often called the \u201cM.C.\u201d (Medium Coeli), and the\nopposite point is called the \u201cI.C.\u201d (Imaum Coeli). They are the points\nof the Ecliptic which cut through the meridian of a place at any given\ntime.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER IV\n\nPLANETARY TRANSITS\n\n\nIn order that prognostications made from the horoscope of birth may be\npointed as to time it is necessary to know the positions of the planets\nfor several years in advance. Such calculations are easily effected by\na knowledge of the periods of the planets--that is to say, the times in\nwhich they return to the same positions about the same time of the year.\nThus Uranus returns to its place after a period of 84 years, Saturn does\nso after 59 years, Jupiter in 83 years, Mars in 79 years, in all cases\nalmost to the day. Mercury also returns in 79 years. But as very few\npeople possess records of the planets\u2019 places for these long periods,\nthe following table of the longitudes of the planets for the next 12\nyears has been prepared. The positions are given for the 1st of each\nmonth, and the longitudes held by the planets are given in even degrees.\n\nThese tables are very useful in tracing the transits that occur in\nconnection with the horoscope for the year. Thus we have found that\nby adding the number of degrees corresponding to the age of a person\nto the Midheaven at birth, we obtain the Progressed Midheaven, and\nin the Tables of Houses we may also find the corresponding Progressed\nAscendant. By adding the same number of degrees to the place of the Sun\nat birth we obtain also the Progressed position of the Sun.\n\n ---------+------------------------++------------------------\n | 1905. || 1906.\n Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n | \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 | \u2642 || \u2646 | \u2645 |\u2644 |\u2643 | \u2642\n ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n January |\u264b 6| \u2651 0|\u265219|\u264821|\u264e24||\u264b 9|\u2651 5|\u265229|\u264927|\u2653 4\n February | 5| 2| 22| 24|\u264f10|| 8| 6|\u2653 3| 27| 27\n March | 4| 3| 26| 29| 20|| 7| 8| 6| 29|\u264818\n April | 5| 4| 29| \u26495| 26|| 8| 8| 10|\u264a 4|\u264911\n May | 6| 4|\u2653 1| 12| 19|| 9| 8| 13| 10|\u264a 2\n June | 7| 3| 3| 20| 10|| 10| 7| 14| 17| 23\n July | 8| 2| 2| 26| 11|| 11| 6| 15| 24|\u264b13\n August | 9| 0| 1|\u264a 2| 21|| 12| 5| 14|\u264b 0|\u264c 3\n September| 9| 0|\u265229| 6|\u2650 6|| 12| 4| 12| 6| 23\n October | 10| 0| 27| 6| 25|| 13| 4| 9| 10|\u264d12\n November | 10| 1| 26| 4|\u265117|| 13| 5| 8| 11|\u264e 1\n December | 9| 3| 27| 0|\u265211|| 12| 7| 8| 9| 20\n =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====\n | 1907. || 1908.\n Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n | \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 | \u2642 || \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 |\u2642\n ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n January |\u264b11|\u2651 9| \u2653 9| \u264b5|\u264f11||\u264b13|\u265113|\u265322|\u264c12|\u265324\n February | 10| 10| 14| 2| 29|| 12| 14| 25| 8|\u264816\n March | 9| 12| 17| 1|\u265015|| 11| 16| 28| 5|\u2649 5\n April | 10| 12| 21| 3|\u2651 2|| 12| 17| \u26482| 4| 26\n May | 11| 12| 24| 7| 13|| 13| 17| 5| 5|\u264a16\n June | 12| 12| 26| 13| 18|| 14| 16| 8| 9|\u264b 7\n July | 13| 11| 27| 19| 13|| 15| 15| 10| 14| 26\n August | 14| 9| 27| 26| 6|| 16| 14| 10| 21|\u264c16\n September| 14| 8| 25|\u264c 3| 11|| 16| 13| 8| 28|\u264d 5\n October | 15| 8| 23| 8| 24|| 17| 13| 6|\u264d 4| 24\n November | 15| 9| 21| 12|\u265213|| 17| 13| 4| 9|\u264e14\n December | 14| 11| 21| 14|\u2653 2|| 16| 14| 3| 13|\u264f 4\n =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====\n | 1909. || 1910.\n Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n | \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 |\u2642 || \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 |\u2642\n ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n January |\u264b15|\u265116|\u2648 4| \u264d14|\u264f24||\u264b17|\u265120|\u264816|\u264e13|\u264818\n February | 14| 18| 6| 13|\u265015|| 16| 22| 18| 14|\u2649 5\n March | 13| 20| 9| 9|\u2651 4|| 15| 24| 21| 13| 22\n April | 14| 21| 13| 6| 24|| 16| 25| 24| 9|\u264a11\n May | 15| 21| 17| 4|\u265214|| 17| 25| 28| 6|\u264b 0\n June | 16| 20| 20| 6|\u2653 4|| 18| 25|\u2649 1| 4| 19\n July | 17| 19| 22| 9| 22|| 19| 24| 4| 6|\u264c 8\n August | 18| 18| 23| 15|\u2648 4|| 20| 22| 6| 9| 27\n September| 18| 17| 22| 21| 3|| 20| 21| 6| 15|\u264d17\n October | 19| 17| 20| 28|\u265326|| 21| 21| 4| 21|\u264e 6\n November | 19| 17| 18|\u264e 4| 25|| 21| 22| 2| 28| 27\n December | 18| 19| 16| 9|\u2648 4|| 20| 23| 0|\u264f 4|\u264f17\n =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====\n | 1911. || 1912.\n Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n | \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 | \u2642 || \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 | \u2642\n ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n January |\u264b20| \u265124|\u264829|\u264f 9| \u26508||\u264b22|\u265128|\u264913|\u2650 5|\u264924\n February | 20| 26|\u2649 0| 13|\u2651 1|| 21|\u2652 0| 13| 10|\u264a 1\n March | 19| 28| 2| 14| 22|| 20| 1| 15| 14| 12\n April | 20| 29| 6| 13|\u265214|| 21| 3| 18| 15| 29\n May | 20| 29| 10| 9|\u2653 7|| 22| 3| 22| 14|\u264b14\n June | 21| 29| 14| 6|\u2648 0|| 23| 3| 26| 10|\u264c 2\n July | 22| 28| 17| 5| 21|| 24| 2| 29| 7| 20\n August | 23| 27| 19| 6|\u264912|| 25| 1|\u264a 2| 5|\u264d10\n September| 23| 26| 20| 10| 29|| 25| 0| 4| 7| 29\n October | 24| 25| 19| 15|\u264a 9|| 26|\u265129| 3| 10|\u264e19\n November | 24| 25| 17| 22| 9|| 26| 29| 2| 16|\u264f10\n December | 23| 27| 14| 28|\u264928|| 25|\u2652 0|\u264929| 23| \u26501\n =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====\n | 1913. || 1914.\n Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n | \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 | \u2642 || \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 |\u2642\n ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n January |\u264b24|\u2652 3|\u2649 27|\u2651 0|\u265023||\u264b26| \u26527|\u264a12|\u265125|\u264b16\n February | 24| 4| 27| 6|\u265117|| 25| 8| 11|\u2652 3| 7\n March | 23| 5| 28| 12|\u2652 8|| 24| 9| 11| 9| 8\n April | 24| 7|\u264a 0| 16|\u2653 2|| 25| 11| 13| 15| 17\n May | 24| 7| 4| 18| 25|| 26| 11| 16| 20|\u264c 1\n June | 25| 7| 8| 17|\u264818|| 27| 11| 20| 22| 17\n July | 26| 6| 12| 13|\u264910|| 28| 10| 24| 22|\u264d 3\n August | 27| 5| 15| 10|\u264a 2|| 29| 9| 28| 19| 22\n September| 27| 4| 17| 8| 21||\u264c 0| 8|\u264b 0| 15|\u264e12\n October | 28| 3| 18| 9|\u264b 9|| 0| 7| 2| 13|\u264f 1\n November | 28| 3| 17| 13| 21|| 0| 7| 2| 13| 23\n December | 27| 4| 15| 18| 24||\u264b29| 8| 0| 17|\u265015\n =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====\n | 1915. || 1916.\n Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n | \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 | \u2642 || \u2646 | \u2645 | \u2644 | \u2643 |\u2642\n ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----\n January | \u264b28|\u265210|\u264a27|\u265223|\u26518 ||\u264c 1|\u265214|\u264b13|\u265323|\u264d 1\n February | 28| 12| 26| 29|\u26522 || 0| 15| 10| 28|\u264c23\n March | 27| 13| 25|\u2653 6| 25||\u264b29| 17| 9|\u2648 4| 13\n April | 28| 15| 26| 14|\u265316|| \u264c0| 18| 10| 12| 13\n May | 28| 15| 29| 20|\u264812|| 1| 19| 11| 19| 20\n June | 29| 14|\u264b 3| 25|\u2649 6|| 2| 19| 15| 26|\u264d 2\n July |\u264c 0| 13| 6| 28| 27|| 3| 19| 19|\u2649 1| 17\n August | 1| 12| 10| 28|\u264a19|| 4| 18| 23| 5|\u264e 6\n September| 1| 11| 13| 26|\u264b 9|| 4| 17| 26| 6| 25\n October | 2| 11| 15| 22| 27|| 5| 16| 29| 3|\u264f16\n November | 2| 12| 16| 19|\u264c14|| 5| 16|\u264c 0|\u264829|\u2650 8\n December | 1| 12| 15| 19| 25|| 4| 16| 0| 26|\u2651 0\n ----------------------------------++------------------------\n\nNow a transit of one of the major planets over any of these points,\nnamely, the Midheaven or Ascendant at birth, the Sun or Moon at birth,\nthe Midheaven, Ascendant, and Sun in the progress, will produce marked\neffects on the fortunes and health of the Subject, corresponding to the\nnature of the planet which makes the transit.\n\nThus we have seen that the Midheaven at the birth on the 1st of May,\n1890, at 3.30 p.m., was Cancer 2 degrees, and the Ascendant Libra\n2. Referring to the Tables, we find that in 1905 Saturn will form\nthe opposition of the Midheaven in Capricornus 2 in February, July,\nand November, so that these will be periods of reversal, sudden and\nunexpected complications and changes. Also the Sun at birth being in\nTaurus 11 receives the transit of Jupiter in April, 1905, so that this\nmonth will be productive of some amelioration of evils, or direct\nbenefits.\n\nWhen two or more planets concur in a transit of any of the Significators\nthe results are so much the more forcible and effective.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER V\n\nTABLE OF ECLIPSES\n\n\nThe following Table of the Eclipses that will take place during the\nnext twelve years will be found of considerable use in forecasting the\neffects which will follow, not only on the individual, but also on\nnations and countries. Thus should any of the Eclipses fall on the place\nof a Significator in a horoscope, it will have the most sinister effect\nupon the life and fortunes. Certain countries are ruled by certain\nsigns, a matter which has been determined from observation ever since\nthe days of Claudius Ptolemy A.D. 130, and Eclipses falling\ntherein have the effect of disturbing the government of those countries,\nproducing effects of the worst kind. (See Sect. IV., chap. 6).\n\n\nTABLE OF ECLIPSES, 1905-1916.\n\n 1905.--18th February, Moon eclipsed in Leo 29.\n 5th March, Sun eclipsed in Pisces 14.\n 14th August, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 21.\n 30th August, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 6.\n\n 1906.--8th February, Moon eclipsed in Leo 19.\n 22nd February, Sun eclipsed in Pisces 3.\n 20th July, Sun eclipsed in Cancer 27.\n 3rd August, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 10.\n 18th August, Sun eclipsed in Leo 24.\n 14th January, Sun eclipsed in Capricornus 23.\n\n 1907.--28th January, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 7.\n 9th July, Sun eclipsed in Cancer 16.\n 23rd July, Moon eclipsed in Leo 4.\n\n 1908.--3rd January, Sun eclipsed in Capricornus 12.\n 28th August, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 4.\n 7th December, Moon eclipsed in Gemini 14.\n 22nd December, Sun eclipsed in Sagittarius 30.\n\n 1909.--3rd June, Moon eclipsed in Sagittarius 12.\n 17th June, Sun eclipsed in Gemini 25.\n 26th November, Moon eclipsed in Gemini 3.\n 12th December, Sun eclipsed in Sagittarius 19.\n\n 1910.--9th May, Sun eclipsed in Taurus 18.\n 22nd May, Moon eclipsed in Sagittarius 0.\n 1st November, Sun eclipsed in Scorpio 7.\n 15th November, Moon eclipsed in Taurus 21.\n\n 1911.--28th April, Sun eclipsed in Taurus 7.\n 20th October, Sun eclipsed in Libra 26.\n\n 1912.--1st April, Moon eclipsed in Libra 11.\n 16th April, Sun eclipsed in Aries 25.\n 25th September, Moon eclipsed in Aries 1.\n 10th October, Sun eclipsed in Libra 16.\n\n 1913.--21st March, Moon eclipsed in Virgo 30.\n 5th April, Sun eclipsed in Aries 15.\n 30th August, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 7.\n 14th September, Moon eclipsed in Virgo 20.\n 28th September, Sun eclipsed in Libra 4.\n\n 1914.--24th February, Sun eclipsed in Pisces 5.\n 9th March, Moon eclipsed in Virgo 18.\n 21st August, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 27.\n 3rd September, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 10.\n\n 1915.--13th February, Sun eclipsed in Aquarius 24.\n 9th August, Sun eclipsed in Leo 16.\n\n 1916.--18th January, Moon eclipsed in Cancer 27.\n 3rd February, Sun eclipsed in Aquarius 13.\n 14th July, Moon eclipsed in Capricornus 21.\n 29th July, Sun eclipsed in Leo 5.\n\nIn illustration of the effects of Eclipses in the horoscope of birth,\nwe may refer to the horoscope of His Majesty King Edward VII., wherein\nwe find the sun situated in the 17th degree of the sign Scorpio, which\nrules the excretory system. In May, 1902, there was an Eclipse of the\nSun in opposition to this position, and within five weeks of the Eclipse\nthe King was struck down with appendicitis on the eve of the Coronation\nCeremony. This was foretold in many of the journals devoted to the\nexposition of Astrology, and in Moore\u2019s Almanac for the month of June,\n1902, the hieroglyphic clearly pointed to the danger that beset the\naugust Sovereign. Indeed, I was able to say with perfect assurance that\nthe Coronation would not take place on the date appointed, and gave the\nexact date at which the King would be struck down with what I conceived\nto be a mortal illness. But fortunately at that time the Moon was\nconjoined to Jupiter in the progress and this saved the life. The Moon\nwas then setting in the horoscope of birth, according to the measure of\ntime already given, namely, one degree of Right Ascension for one year\nof life, and Saturn was on the Midheaven.\n\nThe Eclipse of June 6, 1853, was in the Midheaven at Cumana on the\nSpanish Main and in five weeks there followed a terrible earthquake\nwhich killed 4,000 people and destroyed all the property. In May, 1901,\nthere was an Eclipse on the 8th of May which fell in the meridian of St.\nPierre, Martinique, and the same day there was a fearful devastation of\nthe place by the eruption of Mont Pel\u00e9e.\n\nInstances might be multiplied to show that the effects of Eclipses are\nof the most striking and effective nature.\n\n\n\n\nSECTION III\n\nHOW TO READ THE HOROSCOPE\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER I\n\nTHE PLANETS IN THE HOUSES\n\n\nIt is impossible to categorically state the effects which are due to\nthe positions of the planets in the several Houses, because very much\ndepends upon the signs they are in and the aspects they have from other\nplanets.\n\nThe means of judging the effects is very simple, when once the natures\nof the planets and the dominion of the several Houses have been\nthoroughly digested. Thus, it is first necessary to see in what House\na planet is situated. Then consider the nature of the planet in the\nfollowing concrete manner:\n\n Neptune means chaos, confusion, deception.\n Uranus, eccentricity, originality, estrangement.\n Saturn, privation, hindrance, denial.\n Jupiter, affluence, fruitfulness, increase.\n Sun, dignities, honours.\n Mars, excess, impulse, quarrels.\n Venus, peace, happiness, agreement\n Mercury, commerce, versatility, adaptability.\n Moon, changes, publicity.\n\nNow look to the things that are governed by the House in which any\nparticular planet is situated at the moment of birth (Sect. I., chap.\niii.).\n\nSuppose Saturn to be found in the 11th House. Saturn is \u201cprivation\u201d\nand the 11th House is the domain of \u201cFriends.\u201d Hence a paucity of\nfriends, or such as there may be are evil or unfortunate to the subject.\nJupiter in the 2nd House, in the same manner, would signify \u201cincrease\u201d\nof \u201cmoney and possessions.\u201d Mars in the 7th would indicate \u201cquarrels\u201d\nwith \u201cpartners\u201d; and so on. Each planet reflects its own nature upon\nthe affairs governed by the House in which it is found at the moment of\nbirth.\n\nIt will not infrequently happen, however, that there are more than one\nplanet in the same House. Suppose two planets to occupy the same House.\nIn such case one may be good (Jupiter), and the other evil (Mars). It\nis then necessary to take first that which first comes to the horizon\nor Midheaven, that is to say, the one which is in the earlier part of\nthe House, and next that which follows. Thus Saturn followed by Jupiter\nin the 11th House, would signify misfortune by means of advisers and\nfriends, followed at a later period in the life by some great good\nthrough the same source. The degrees which separate the planets will\nindicate the years which elapse between these changes of fortune.\nSimilarly if there be more than two planets in the same House; in such\ncases you may safely predict many changes in that department of life\nwhich the House is said to rule.\n\nBut the fact of a planet being in a House is not of itself sufficient\nevidence from which to make a judgment. The aspects which that planet\nhas must also be considered, for in this matter Saturn when throwing a\ngood aspect to any of the Significators--the Sun, Moon, Ascendant or\nMidheaven, and well aspected by other planets, is to be preferred to\nJupiter when the latter is badly placed and aspected; for Jupiter has\nhis own ill effects, and Saturn has his good influences. Jupiter is only\na benefic when acting by conjunction or good aspect with another planet,\nand Saturn is only a malefic when acting by conjunction or evil aspect.\n\nThese things being duly considered, it is possible to arrive, with even\nbrief experience, at the results that are signified by the planets in\nthe several Houses.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER II\n\nTHE CONSTITUTION\n\n\nThe Sun is the chief significator of the constitution, and the aspects\nhe holds to the other planets are to be considered. Thus if he be found\nin good aspect, or at least not in evil aspect, to the other planets,\nthe constitution may be judged as sound.\n\nWhen, however, the Sun is afflicted by some planets and assisted by\nothers, there will be only a moderate constitution, and judgment has to\nbe made as to which influence predominates, the good or evil. When the\nafflicting planets are angular--that is to say, in the 1st, 4th, 7th, or\n10th Houses--the congenital or hereditary tendency to organic disease\nis by that circumstance so much the stronger. But when the assisting\nplanets are angular, the predisposition to disease is considerably\nmitigated, and in most cases entirely overcome.\n\nThe predisposition of the body to affections of a constitutional nature\nis to be judged from the prevalence of evil aspects to the Sun, and the\nparts of the body liable to be affected are judged from the Signs which\nare occupied by the afflicting bodies.\n\nThe various affections due to the several planets have already been\ncited (Sect. I., chap. i.). The Signs are grouped for purposes of\npathological study as follows:--\n\nThe Movable Signs--Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricornus--have relation\nto the head, stomach, skin, kidneys, liver, and spine.\n\nThe Fixed Signs--Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius--are related to the\nthroat, heart, blood, and excretory system.\n\nThe Common Signs--Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces--are related to\nthe lungs, bowels, and nervous system.\n\nIt will also be advisable to read Sect. I., chap. ii., in order to\ndetermine the special points liable to affections, the nature of the\naffection being judged solely by the planet which casts the malefic\naspect to the Sun.\n\nWhen the Sun is found to be afflicted by several planets, and at the\nsame time there is no assistance from the good aspects or conjunctions\nof other bodies, then the constitution is deemed faulty and liable to\nearly disruption. But when there are several planets afflicting and at\nthe same time some benefic influences from others, it is probable that\nthere will be prolonged disease and physical weakness, though life will\ncontinue.\n\nDeath in infancy occurs when the malefic planets are immediately rising\nor culminating at the birth in evil aspect to the luminary which at\nthe time may be above the horizon. Also when there are malefic planets\nimmediately setting or passing the nadir, in evil aspect to the luminary\nbelow the horizon. But when there are mitigating influences from the\ngood aspects of the benefic planets, or the luminaries, the malefic\nplanets will not induce death, but there will be great difficulty in\nrearing.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER III\n\nHEALTH AND SICKNESS\n\n\nThe aspects of the moon are the chief consideration in the matter of\nsickness. If the Moon be found to be afflicted by the evil aspects\nof several planets, and no assistance be given by the good aspects\nof others, then the health will be precarious and frequent spells of\nillness will result. The Moon being well aspected and not in any way\nafflicted, shows that the health will be well established, and that\nthere will be immunity from sickness of all sorts.\n\nThe considerations necessary to be made in this matter are similar to\nthose which have been cited in regard to the Sun and the constitution,\nexcept that we substitute the Moon for the Sun. For, whereas the Sun\ngoverns the vital power in man, the Moon governs the functional powers,\nand whereas the Sun denotes those affections which are congenital or\nhereditary, the Moon denotes such as are brought about by causes after\nbirth. Similarly, the Sun denotes affections which are incidental to the\nbody, while the Moon denotes such as are accidental thereto.\n\nThese points being borne in mind, they may be memorised at sight:--\n\n SUN. MOON.\n\n Organic. Functional.\n Hereditary. Acquired.\n Incidental. Accidental.\n\nBut it should be observed that the constitution may be strong and the\nhealth may be at the same time very bad, or, on the other hand, the\nhealth may be good and the constitution may be weak. In the first case,\nthere would be a long life of considerable suffering from ill-health;\nand in the second case, there would be little or no ill-health for some\nconsiderable time, but the constitution would give way and the vital\npowers become depleted by the first serious illness that occurred.\n\nOnly when the Sun and Moon are both unafflicted by evil aspects or\nconjunctions, the health and constitution are both good, and there is\nevery indication of a robust and vigorous life reaching to a ripe old\nage.\n\nWhen the Sun and Moon are both heavily afflicted, and there is no\nassistance given by good aspects, there is every probability of death in\ninfancy, or before reaching maturity.\n\nFor reasons which are allied to the connection existing between the\nconstitution and the health, the good aspect of the Moon to the Sun at\nbirth is an excellent augury, for it indicates co-ordination between the\norganic and functional. Where this co-ordination exists there is always\nconsiderable power of recuperation, so that illness is easily overcome\nand the balance of power restored in the system.\n\nMalefic planets rising and afflicting either the Sun or Moon indicate\nprolonged ill-health, and most frequently some permanent hurt to the\nbody.\n\nWhen predisposition to illness is shown in the horoscope, the particular\naffection can be determined by the Sign which the afflicting planets\nhold. Thus if Saturn afflict the Moon from Aries, you will judge some\nhurts and obstructions in the head, chills and colds, influenza, coryza,\n&c. Similarly Mars in Leo would indicate functional defects of the heart\ndue to accelerated action and overstrain, such as result from fevers.\n\nA good aspect of the planets Jupiter and Venus is of material help in\ncounteracting the influence of malefic aspects or evil positions.\n\nThus it will be seen that the health may be judged entirely apart from\nthe constitution, the planets which are in aspect to the Moon being of\nfirst consideration, and next those which may be rising at the time of\nbirth.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER IV\n\nHOW TO READ CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION\n\n\nPtolemy says: \u201cMercury is the ruler of the rational soul, the Moon of\nthe animal soul.\u201d By this he would mean, no doubt, that Mercury has\nrelation to the faculty of the mind, while the Moon is related to brain\nfunction. There are certain attributes of the mind which are distinctive\nof the human being, and certain other qualities which are common to man\nand the lower animals. These latter are under the dominion of the Moon,\nwhile Mercury has chief signification of the rational faculties.\n\nThe position and aspects of the Moon and Mercury are therefore to be\nconsidered in making judgment of the mental endowments and disposition\nof the subject.\n\nPlanets that are in conjunction or aspect to either the Moon or Mercury\nwill impress their nature strongly on the character and disposition.\nThe natures of the planets have already been recited (Sect. I., chap.\ni.), and it is therefore only necessary to consider further, in this\nconnection, the nature of the aspect that is thrown to the Mental\nSignificators by the other bodies. Thus the Sun being in trine to the\nMoon will give a proper degree of independence and dignity, while the\nsquare aspect or opposition of the Sun would indicate an excess of\npride, harmful to the subject in his ordinary relationships. In the same\nmanner, the good aspect of Jupiter would show benevolence and regulated\nphilanthropy, while the opposition or other evil aspect of the same body\nwould indicate extravagance and ostentatious display of charity.\n\nThe good and bad aspects of the planets may be summed up in a few lines\nas follows:--\n\n IN GOOD ASPECT. IN EVIL ASPECT.\n\n Neptune--Genius, inspiration. Insanity, obsession.\n Uranus--Originality, invention. Obstinacy, eccentricity.\n Saturn--Steadfastness, fidelity. Deceitfulness, suspicion.\n Jupiter--Benevolence, joviality. Ostentation, profligacy.\n Mars--Energy, executiveness. Impulse, destructiveness.\n Sun--Dignity, independence. Vanity, egotism.\n Venus--Affability, art. Self-indulgence, disorderliness.\n Mercury--Alertness, ingenuity. Inquisitiveness, meddling.\n Moon--Grace, idealism. Inconstancy, awkwardness.\n\nThe general trend of the disposition and habit of mind is judged by the\nposition of the majority of the planets, according to the \u201cConstitution\u201d\nof the Signs they occupy. Thus, the majority of the planets being in--\n\nCardinal or Movable Signs indicates executive ability, business\naptitude, pioneer spirit, ambition, capability to cut out a line in life\nfor oneself, and to make headway against difficulties. Such persons are\nusually the foremost in their particular sphere of life, and are always\nfound in the most progressive movements, reforms, &c.\n\nFixed Signs--Stability, patience, endurance, method, caution, and\ndiplomacy. Such persons are apt to become the originators of schools\nof thought, policies, and schemes. They have fixity of purpose,\ndetermination, independence, and pivotal stability. They sit still and\nthe world revolves around them.\n\nFlexed or Common Signs--Versatility, flexibility, suavity, adaptability,\nand lack of originality. Such people usually have too many irons in\nthe fire, and take in hand more than they can bring to satisfactory\nconclusion. This is due to their versatility. They have a superficial\nknowledge of many things, but lack the persistence to bring that\nknowledge to practical effect. At the same time their adaptability\nis the occasion of many successes in life, and their agreeableness,\nsympathy, and suavity create many friends for them.\n\nIn the Wheel of Life the cardinal signs denote the rim or tyre which is\never on the move, having the greatest acceleration. The Common Signs\nrepresent the spokes of the wheel, uniting the tyre to the nave, and\nin that sense representing the power of adaptability. The Fixed Signs\nrepresent the nave, which remains quiescent and still, being useful by\nthat pivotal stability and apparent non-entity.\n\nThus, while the Sign-groupings of the planets are useful in giving the\nkeynote of the nature and disposition, the particular faculties and\ncharacteristics are to be judged only from the aspects of the planets to\nthe Moon and Mercury. Further, it will be noted that those planets which\noccupy the 3rd and 9th Houses, and those also which are just rising at\nthe moment of birth, will strongly impress themselves on the nature,\napart from any aspects they may hold to the Mental Rulers. This is on\naccount of the natural relationship of those Houses to the mind and its\nmeans of expression.\n\nDue attention must be paid to the position and aspects of those planets\nwhich are in aspect to the Mental Rulers, for if they be badly placed,\nin uncongenial signs, and themselves badly aspected by other planets,\nthey will not act with the same directness and force as they otherwise\nwould do.\n\nIt is of course admitted, in all astrological inquiries, that the\neffects of heredity, training and association count for something. A\nman who is generated from a vitiated parentage, badly nourished and\nimperfectly trained, cannot be expected, even with the best aspects,\nto manifest the highest faculties in their fullest or most perfect\nexpressions. I have not the slightest doubt that many a clodpole was\nborn under similar aspects to those which obtained at the birth of\nShakespeare, Raphael, Newton, or C\u00e6sar. I am not dismayed. _Non gli\nastri muovono solamente per Roma!_ Who shall tell the tale of the\nworld\u2019s starved, neglected, and submerged genius? We are doing the right\nthing, at all events, in keeping the school-door wide open.\n\nBut to continue. The inspirational and ardent temperament is indicated\nby the majority of planets being in Fiery signs. The mental or\nintellectual temperament is shown by the majority in Aerial signs. The\npsychic or emotional temperament by the majority in Watery signs, and\nthe practical or sordid temperament by the majority being in Earthy\nsigns.\n\nThe rising sign at birth often impresses itself strongly on the mind\nof the Subject, and its characteristics are those which belong to the\nplanet which governs it, and the \u201celemental\u201d nature of the sign itself.\n\nThus you have the chief keys to the estimate of character in the\nindividual, and when once the student is convinced by experience of the\nparamount reliability of this method of character-delineation, its uses\nwill need no special pointing.\n\n\nMental and Brain Disorders.\n\nWhen either the Moon or Mercury is afflicted by the malefic planets,\nthat is to say, when Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, or Mars are in conjunction\nor evil aspect with the mental Significators, and there be no relieving\naspect from the benefic planets, Jupiter, Venus, or the Sun, then there\nis every predisposition to affections of the brain and nervous system.\nThis is the more to be feared when the Moon or Mercury is afflicted in\nthe flexed or common signs. This observation has been scientifically\nestablished by Mr. A. G. Trent, in his little work entitled \u201cThe\nSoul and the Stars,\u201d to which the student is referred for a mass of\nstatistical evidence.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER V\n\nFINANCIAL PROSPECTS\n\n\nLook to the planets which are in the 2nd House, and the aspects to them.\nIf any planet be therein, and well aspected by others, the financial\ncondition will be competent. If a benefic (Jupiter or Venus) be therein,\nand free from evil aspects, the same effect will accrue. But if the\nbenefic in the 2nd should have good aspects from other planets, then\nthere will be considerable wealth.\n\nAny planet in the 2nd House, badly aspected, will produce difficulty in\nacquiring money, and if it be a malefic planet which occupies the 2nd\nHouse under these conditions, there will be times of stress and even\npoverty.\n\nContinual hardship and poverty is shown by malefic planets in the 2nd\nHouse, in evil aspect to the Moon or Sun; while at the same time the\nplanets in the 2nd House will be severely afflicted by others.\n\nSaturn in the Midheaven afflicting the Sun or Moon is an indication\nof reversal of fortune, and such persons usually attain considerable\nposition in the world and are then depleted of everything.\n\nJupiter or Venus in the 10th House, and near the meridian, are signs of\ngood fortune and success in life, and the same results are due to their\nrising at birth.\n\nIn a general manner the aspects to the Moon in a male horoscope or\nthe Sun in a female horoscope should be consulted, and the planets in\ngood aspect thereto will show the means of good fortune, while those\nin evil aspect will indicate the sources of loss and hurt, according\nto the Houses the afflicting or assisting planets occupy. Thus Jupiter\nin good aspect to the Moon from the 11th House shows gain by friends,\nadvisers, and co-operative measures, because the 11th House rules these\nrelationships and Jupiter is the index of increase. Similarly, Uranus in\nthe 7th House would show gain by the marriage partner if in good aspect\nto the Moon, or loss thereby if in evil aspect.\n\nMars in the 2nd House shows good earning capacity, because Mars is an\nambitious and industrious planet (_i.e._, it produces such effects in\nthe person), and the 2nd House is the domain of finance. But at the same\ntime it shows extravagance and inability to save money, for Mars is\nimpulsive and lacking thrift.\n\nThe 6th House well occupied shows faithful and advantageous servants and\nemploy\u00e9s, such as will augment the fortunes and do good work for the\nSubject.\n\nNeptune in the 2nd shows complications and an involved state of finance,\nand frequently it shows loss by fraud and imposition; though in good\naspect to other planets it shows gain by such nefarious means. Uranus\nindicates many ups and downs of fortune, sudden and unexpected rises and\nfalls.\n\nThus each planet is judged according to its nature and the aspect it\nthrows to the Moon or Sun, while the planets in the 2nd House are\njudged by their own natures and the aspects which they receive.\n\nInheritance is shown by a benefic planet in the 5th or 11th House in\ngood aspect to Saturn; but indirect inheritance can be the result of\nSaturn in good aspect to Jupiter from any part of the figure.\n\nLegacies are shown by good planets, or planets well aspected, in the\n8th House; or by Jupiter in good aspect to Uranus from any part of the\nheavens.\n\nGain by marriage is shown by benefic planets in the 8th House, because\nthe 8th is 2nd from the 7th, and the 7th House rules over the partner.\n\nThe potential of each horoscope is capable of being increased by\ndue attention to the sources of gain, as shown by the position and\naspects of the planets in various parts of the heavens; but chiefly by\nassociating oneself with persons whose horoscopes are in harmony with\none\u2019s own. Thus it happens that individuals are lifted to position and\naffluence through their association with persons whose horoscopes are in\nsympathy with theirs. (See Chap. XI. of this Section.)\n\nThe Sun and Moon being in good aspect to one another will prevent\ndisaster, or will always provide a means of restoration of fortunes,\nbecause it is an index of general good fortune and continual support.\nSuch persons as have this aspect in their horoscopes need never fear\nmisfortune, for if they should fall into disasters in one place, they\nwill always turn up in another with a complete adjustment of their\nposition. But when the Sun and Moon are in evil aspect, and particularly\nwhen the malefic planets are in elevation in the heavens, continual\nmisfortune dogs the footsteps, and though there be spells of good\nfortune, they are brief and attended with troubles.\n\nThe benefic planets, Jupiter, Venus, and Sun, being well elevated in the\nheavens, that is to say, in the 10th or 11th Houses, it is a sign of\npreponderating good fortune. But when the malefics are in elevation the\nreverse results happen.\n\n\nThe Line of Least Resistance.\n\nIt is a law in Nature that the line of least resistance is that of\ngreatest progress. The lightning flash does not come straight to earth,\nbut zigzag by the line of least resistance. The great rivers do not come\nby a direct course to the ocean, but by many turns and backward reaches,\nbecause they follow the path of least resistance. When one comes to take\naccount of the years of human life that are spent in the vain endeavour\nto achieve the impossible, the lessons of Nature are worth reciting. But\nwhat is impossible to one man is facile to another, and the greatest\neconomy of effort is therefore to be secured by proper regard to\nsuitability of occupation and direction of effort.\n\nThe principles of Astrology enable us to determine the line of action\nwhich at all times will be the most fruitful of results, and in the\nmatter of money-making the matter is decided in the following manner:\nThat planet which has a trine or sextile aspect of the Moon, and is at\nthe same time elevated above the malefic planets, especially if it be\nitself assisted by the good aspects of other planets, receives first\nconsideration. The House it is in will indicate the source of benefit,\nbut the Sign it is in will show the means through which it will come.\nThus if Uranus should be in the Midheaven, in trine aspect to the Moon,\nand itself receiving a good aspect from either the Sun, Jupiter, or\nVenus, it will indicate gain through governmental bodies, authorities,\nand persons of high rank. If Uranus should be in the sign Cancer, it\nwould point to matters associated with the ocean, marine affairs, or\nthose in which water is the element in chief employ; as in marine\nengineering, shipping, dock building, &c. But if Uranus had been in the\n11th House, and in the sign Scorpio, then the source of gain would be by\nmeans of companies, syndicates, and associations of a collective nature,\nand the sign Scorpio would show it to be connected with naval defence\n(because Scorpio is a martial and watery sign) or the utilisation of\nwaste materials, inflammable oils, &c., or by systems of drainage, which\nrepresent the excretory system of a town. By looking chiefly to the\nnature of the planet concerned, and that of the sign it occupies, a good\nartist will readily describe the particular line which is to be pursued.\n\nBut here, as in every other matter upon which judgment is made,\nattention must be paid to the character and disposition of the Subject,\nhis aptitudes and qualifications, for it is obviously of little use\nrecommending literature or the law to one whose sole capabilities lie\nin unintellectual directions. Natural aptitude, supplemented by the\nnecessary training, are the first considerations, for without these\nsuccess in any direction is but ill assured.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VI\n\nTHE POSITION IN LIFE\n\n\nThis is to be judged from the position of the majority of the planets,\nbut principally from the Midheaven, the planets therein and its aspects.\nThus, if you find the majority of the planets rising, that is to say,\nin the 10th, 11th, 12th, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Houses the Subject will be\na candidate for responsibility, ambitious of honours and position, and\ngenerally independent. If these or the majority of them be well aspected\nhe will become a man of position, employing others; or, if a woman, will\nhold an important position in her sphere of life, and be esteemed in the\nsocial world.\n\nIf the degree on the Midheaven receives good aspects from the major\nplanets, the position will be honourable and secure.\n\nVenus or Jupiter, or the Sun well aspected, in the Midheaven, denotes\na superior position, honours, and distinction. The same will result if\nthese be rising.\n\nWhen the majority of the planets are above the horizon, even though\nthey be not rising, the Subject will have responsibilities thrust upon\nhim, even though he should not desire them. If the majority of these\nplanets be well aspected, he will acquit himself creditably and attain\nto honours.\n\nIt is always fortunate for the position that there should be planets\nexactly on the cusps of either the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, or 12th\nHouses, for then there will be every opportunity of securing fame and\nadvancement in life.\n\nBut when any of the malefic planets are found exactly on or nearest to\nthe meridian, whether above or below the horizon, there will be loss of\nposition, reversal, a sinister fame, or disgrace.\n\nThe 10th House represents the fame and honour of a person, and the 4th\nHouse represents the end of life and that which militates against the\nfame and honour. Therefore when there are good planets in these places,\nthe Subject will meet with rewards and honours commensurate with his\nefforts; but when evil planets occupy the meridian, he will at best\nsustain his position in life with great difficulty.\n\nIt is futile for any one to suppose that the position of a benefic\nplanet in the meridian of the horoscope will bring him to fame and\nelevate him in the world irrespective of his own endeavours. The planets\noperate on human affairs in terms of human thought and action, and that\nby fixed laws; never adventitiously. That \u201cthe Gods help those who help\nthemselves\u201d to the extent that natural laws permit, is a truth which\nastrology fully provides for. Fitness and fortune are as cause and\neffect to one another in respect of planetary action in human life.\n\nMany planets in cardinal signs will dispose a man to seek fame, and when\nthe Midheaven of the horoscope is well aspected or there be fortunate\nplanets therein, he will attain it. Cardinal signs on the angles of the\nhoroscope (the meridian and horizon), produce fame outlasting death. The\nsame if either of the luminaries be exactly on the equinoxes.\n\nVenus in the Midheaven gives social elevation and lifts a person above\nthe sphere of birth. Good planets in the 11th show patronage.\n\nBut when the luminaries are heavily afflicted there will be an\ninconstant fortune and many reverses, so that position gained will be\nlost again.\n\nMost of the planets under the horizon shows success and position in the\nlatter part of life, while if they be between the 4th and 7th cusps,\nthere will be advantages after marriage, or by means of partnerships.\n\nIn judging of the means by which the position will be sustained, respect\nmust be had to the positions of those planets which are in good aspect\nto the Midheaven, or to benefic planets in the Midheaven, and if none\nbe so situated, then those which hold benefic aspect to either the Sun\nor Moon at birth must be taken, and judgment made according to the\nnature of the planet and the sign it occupies. Preference should always\nbe given to that planet which has the strongest aspect for good. Thus\nif two planets were in trine, that which is in elevation should be\npreferred, especially if it be strengthened by the good aspects of other\nplanets.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VII\n\nTHE CHOICE OF OCCUPATION\n\n\nThe enormous waste of force and time entailed by the experimental trip\nupon which most young men embark at the outset of their career in life,\nmight be greatly reduced by a proper knowledge of individual aptitude\nin relation to circumstances. The average boy cannot readily make up\nhis mind as to what occupation he will follow, because he does not know\neither enough of his own powers or of the world in which he is called\nupon to use them. Parents are in the same difficulty. They must needs\nwait to see how a boy will shape out. They study his inclinations to\nthe best of their ability, but without coming to a definite conclusion\nany sooner than the boy himself. Given a fair education, such as may\nfit him for almost anything, but which specialises him for nothing in\nparticular, he is put to some desk or bench and there left to his own\nresources. By a fortunate chance, he may find himself suited to his\npost. More frequently he is several years in finding out that he has\nmissed his vocation, that his inclinations and his work are not in\naccord, that he has misapplied his energies for some time, and that he\nhas made a false start. Fortunately circumstanced at birth he may have\nbeen equipped by higher education for some distinctive profession, to\nwhich he gains access after the payment of large fees or premiums. The\nman has a strong dramatic faculty and the stage claims him after all.\nHere is both waste of time and money. Astrology, as a reliable key to\ncharacter and inclination, deserves some recognition on the grounds of\nsocial economy.\n\nThe inclinations of the Subject are judged from the position of the\nmajority of the planets, for if they should be found in the aerial\nsigns, Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius, the inclination will be towards\nmental occupations, especially science and literature. In fiery signs\nthere is a predisposition to a more robust and active life, such as\nis afforded by military service, travelling, prospecting, exploring,\n&c. In earthy signs the aptitude lies in the direction of agriculture,\nexperimental science, surveying, dealing in real estate, broking, &c. In\nwatery signs there is special inclination to pursuits connected with the\nwater, such as sailors, watermen, and others; but frequently to other\noccupation in which fluids are predominant, such as publicans, wine and\nspirit merchants, chemists, and oil merchants.\n\nEach sign has its special tendency, and the exact occupation can\noften be decided thereby, when regard is had to the planet in closest\naspect to the Sun or Moon and the sign it occupies. Thus Aries denotes\nsoldiers and pioneers of movements; Taurus shows dealers in real estate,\nhouse agents and brokers; Gemini, literary men and writers of all\nsorts; Cancer, sailors and publicans; Leo, actors and artists; Virgo,\nclothes dealers and sellers of confectionery and bread; Libra, valuers,\nassayers, money-changers, and pawnbrokers; Scorpio, naval sailors,\nchemists, dealers in oils and spirits; Sagittarius, explorers, divines,\nlawyers; Capricornus, political agents and ministers of the State;\nAquarius, electricians, company promoters, syndics, and scientific\nresearchers; Pisces, dealers in fish and sea produce, warders, and those\nconnected with places of confinement, such as prisons and hospitals.\n\nTaking, therefore, the dominant planet and the signs that hold the\nmajority of the planets, the line along which the Subject will make the\nmost progress in the world and acquit himself most successfully, may be\nreadily determined.\n\nNo person will make a good soldier who has not Mars as a dominant\nplanet, nor will he succeed with the public if the Moon be not elevated\nand well aspected, nor become a successful artist, musician, or poet if\nVenus be not conspicuous in the horoscope.\n\nGenerally the inclination is derived from a consideration of the\ndominant planet, and the degree of success attendant upon the occupation\nis judged from the aspect which that planet throws to the Sun or Moon,\nand there can be no great advantage from following an inclination\nwhich does not promise some measure of success, as is the case when\nthe dominant planet is in evil aspect to the luminaries. Thus it\nhappens that some men follow unprofitable callings, their judgment\nbeing dominated by an inclination adverse to their natural welfare. Yet\nnever was good work done in the world without a strong inclination and\nconsiderable enthusiasm, and Heaven makes its own slaves, its martyrs,\nand its scapegoats. And always, the following of an inclination means\nthe sacrifice of some of the benefits of life. \u201cTake what thou wilt,\nbut pay the price!\u201d is the Divine mandate, according to Emerson.\n\nBut unquestionably, the science which enables a man to choose the line\nof least resistance, which prevents a youth of intellectual tendencies\nfrom wasting the best years of his life in drudgery at the desk or\nbench, is worth a little study. \u201cHitch your waggon to a star,\u201d is good\nadvice if only we hitch it to the right one.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VIII\n\nMARRIAGE CIRCUMSTANCES\n\n\nThe question as to how, when, and where marriage will take place is\nan all-absorbing one to the majority of men and women, and no less\nimportant than interesting. Astrology has made it possible to answer\nthese questions categorically and with particular precision and verity.\n\nThe conditions of connubial life are judged (in a male horoscope) from\nthe condition of the Moon and Venus, and (in a female horoscope) from\nthat of the Sun and Mars. The planet to which the luminary first forms\nan aspect after birth (that which it \u201capplies\u201d to) denotes the marriage\npartner. If the aspect be good there will be agreement and the choice of\na partner will be fortunate. But if the aspect be evil, there will be\ntrouble after marriage. The nature of the planet to which the luminary\nforms its aspect after birth ought also to be considered, for if it be\nthat the luminary applies by a good aspect to a benefic planet, or to\none that is well-placed and aspected, then there will be considerable\nhappiness and fortune in marriage. On the other hand, if both the aspect\nand the planet be evil--as if the Moon were applying to the opposition\nof Saturn or Uranus or Mars--then the fate in marriage will be extremely\nunhappy and disagreements will be frequent and even permanent.\n\nWhen the aspect and the nature of the planet are at variance, as when\nthe Moon has a good aspect to Saturn, or a bad aspect to Jupiter, there\nwill be a mingled fortune of good and ill in marriage. There is no\nbetter sign of happiness and harmony in marriage than a good aspect\nbetween the Sun and Moon.\n\nMoreover, it may happen that the Moon applies by good aspect to a planet\nafter birth, and that there is at the same time a malefic body in the\n7th House. This indicates that there will be agreement in the connubial\nlife, but that bereavement will soon follow.\n\nWhen the Moon applies to Neptune there will be some peculiarity or touch\nof genius in the partner, according as Neptune may be aspected. Uranus\nshows eccentricity and sometimes wilfulness. Saturn shows steadiness,\nindustry; or jealousy and coldness. Jupiter indicates a good nature,\nbountiful and honest, but may be given to excess and extravagance. Mars\ninduces industry and practicality, but it gives a strong temper and\nconsiderable independence. The Sun shows dignity and loyalty, but may\nindicate ostentation and foolish pride. Venus denotes peacefulness and a\ngenial, refined nature, but its perversion brings indifference, neglect\nand disorderliness. Mercury denotes an active and energetic nature, but\nmay produce a busybody and meddler.\n\nEverything depends on the aspect which the significant luminary throws\nto the planet it applies to, for if the aspect be good it will indicate\nthe better qualities of that planet; but if evil, then there is\nfrequently the unfortunate consequence of choosing a partner in whom\nthe perverted qualities of the planet are predominant.\n\nGood planets in the 7th House indicate a good partner, but when at the\nsame time the aspect of the luminary is evil, it will denote a good\nmarriage, followed by bereavement.\n\nMarriage to a widow (or widower) occurs when Mars and Saturn are the\nplanets concerned in the indications, as if Mars be in the 7th House\nand in aspect to Saturn, or if the Moon apply to Mars when aspected by\nSaturn, or when one of them is in the 5th House and the other in the\n7th.\n\nLove affairs before marriage are indicated by the 5th House, the planets\ntherein and their aspects, and in a general sense by Venus in a male\nhoroscope and Mars in a female horoscope.\n\nThus if Venus (or Mars) be afflicted by Saturn or Uranus there will be\ndisappointment in the early affections. Uranus in aspect to Venus gives\nromantic attachments and much influence over the other sex. Neptune in\naspect shows idealism, and when afflicting Venus it produces chaos and\nentanglement, danger of seduction. Mars afflicting Venus gives ardour\nand impulse.\n\n\nMore than one Marriage\n\nis indicated when the luminary is in aspect to more than one planet in a\ndouble-bodied sign, _e.g._, Gemini, Sagittarius, or Pisces. Or, if the\nluminary itself be in a double sign and in aspect to any planet other\nthan one which may be in the 7th House. Also a double sign being on the\ncusp of the 7th House, and the luminary in a fruitful sign, Cancer,\nScorpio, or Pisces, or in aspect to planets in those signs. All these\nare signs of more than one marriage during life.\n\nSigns of separation or divorce are as follows: The luminary applying to\nthe ill aspect of a malefic planet, Venus afflicted, and Uranus in the\n7th House or afflicting the Moon or Venus. In female horoscopes change\nthe Significators, taking the Sun and Mars instead of the Moon and\nVenus, and judge the same.\n\nWhere more than one marriage is shown, the ruler of the 7th House\ndenotes the first partner, and the planet ruling the sign it occupies is\ncalled its \u201cdispositor\u201d or \u201cdisplacer.\u201d This dispositor represents the\nsecond partner.\n\nThe planet to which the significant luminary applies is that which is\ntaken to describe the partner, according to the sign it is in. But\nif this planet be retrograde, i.e., going backwards in the zodiac by\napparent motion, then it only represents an attachment which will be\nbroken off. Its dispositor then becomes the significator of the partner.\nBut the ruler of the 7th House is taken for the condition and fortunes\nof the partner, and if it be afflicted or badly placed and weak in the\nhoroscope, then the marriage will be ill-assorted, unfortunate, and full\nof dissatisfaction. The contrary is the case when the significant planet\nis well placed and aspected.\n\nThe place or circumstances under which the partner will be met may\nbe known from the sign and house occupied by the planet to which the\nluminary first applies after birth. Thus if it be in the 11th House,\nthe partner will be met among friends, at the house of a friend, or\nintroduced by a friend. If in the 3rd House, then on a short journey or\nin correspondence; in the 5th, at a place of amusement; in the 10th, in\nthe course of business; and so on, judgment being made according to the\nplaces and circumstances ruled by the House occupied by the planet.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER IX\n\nINDICATIONS OF PROGENY\n\n\nThe 5th House, the planets therein and the position and aspects of the\nMoon, have to be considered in this matter.\n\nIf the 5th House be occupied by benefic planets, or planets well\naspected by others, then the progeny will be a source of satisfaction\nand credit to the Subject, and will be reared to maturity. But the\ncontrary is the case when the 5th House is occupied by malefic planets\nand such as may be heavily afflicted.\n\nThe Moon represents the tendency in the male and the capacity in the\nfemale, and when well aspected, or free from evil aspects and well\nplaced, then there will be good fortune in connection with the progeny.\n\nWhen Uranus afflicts a planet in the 5th House, there will be some\npremature births, and generally it will be observed that when planets\nare opposed from the 11th and 5th Houses, or malefic planets occupy\nthose houses, there is trouble through the progeny, and usually the loss\nof one or more during infancy is to be feared.\n\nAs to the number of children, no empirical rules exist for the judgment\nof this matter, which necessarily is a difficult one owing to the fact\nthat we have no means of comparing the horoscopes of man and wife, but\nthe nature of the sign on the cusp of the 5th House is usually to be\ndepended upon for an approximation. Thus Aries, Leo, and Capricornus\ngive small families. Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, and Pisces give\nlarge families, and the other signs yield a moderate family. When the\nMoon is strong, angular, and not afflicted, the number is increased.\nTwins are born from double-bodied signs occupying the cusp of the 5th\nHouse, or planets in the 5th in a double-bodied sign.\n\nThe condition of each child is known in a general manner from the\nalternate Houses, commencing with the 5th. Thus the first child is (in a\nmale horoscope) ruled by the 5th House, and planets therein; the second\nchild by the 7th House; the third by the 9th House, and so on. In a\nfemale horoscope the first child is ruled by the 4th House; the second\nby the 6th House, and so on.\n\nThus if it be found that there is probability of loss of some of the\nprogeny, the children most liable to affliction may be known by this\nmethod; for the Houses which contain the malefic planets, or the\nafflicted planets, correspond to the afflicted progeny.\n\nIllustrious children are born to the Subject when the ruler of the 5th\nHouse is in elevation and well aspected, and in a congenial sign. But if\nthe ruler of the 5th House be badly placed and aspected and in a sign of\ndebility, _i.e._, opposite to one over which it rules, then the progeny\nare ill-equipped for the battle of life, either mentally or morally. The\nparticular qualities and fortunes of the progeny can only be known from\ntheir individual horoscopes.\n\nWhen malefic planets hold the 12th House in a female horoscope, there\nwill be danger in confinement; and the same happens if either of the\nluminaries, but particularly the Moon, be afflicted in the 5th House.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER X\n\nVOYAGES AND JOURNEYS\n\n\nThe indications of short journeys, inland and around the coast, are to\nbe judged from the 3rd House and the planets therein. If a movable sign\nbe on the cusp of the 3rd House, or planets in a movable sign occupy the\n3rd House, then there will be much travelling and many short journeys\nto and fro. The aspects to these planets in the 3rd will indicate\nwhether such journeys will be mainly successful or not. When there are\nno aspects to the planet or planets in the 3rd House the fortune of\nshort journeys is to be judged from the nature of the planet in the 3rd,\nas if Jupiter, they will be fortunate and lucrative; but if Saturn,\nunfortunate and subject to many hindrances and delays. When malefic\nplanets are afflicted in the 3rd House, or malefic planets in the 3rd\nthrow evil aspects to the Sun or Moon, then there will be dangers and\naccidents.\n\nWatery signs on the cusp of the 3rd House, or planets in watery signs in\nthe 3rd, indicate cruising and yachting, short journeys by water around\nthe coast. If the Moon be in good aspect to these planets, then there\nwill be safety in passage; but if afflicted by the planets in the 3rd\nthere will be danger of collision, capsizing, &c., according to the\nnature of the planet in the 3rd House.\n\nLong voyages are to be judged in exactly similar manner from the 9th\nHouse, the planets therein and their aspects.\n\nThe 4th House indicates the place of birth, and if this House hold a\nbenefic planet, or either the Sun or Moon, well aspected, then there is\nfortune in the place of birth, and journeys should only be undertaken\nwhen they are without doubt fortunate in their issues and admit of a\nreturn to the native place. When, however, the 4th House is occupied\nby evil planets or planets heavily afflicted, it will be advisable to\nremove from the place of birth and seek fortune in more propitious\nlocalities.\n\nIn this matter the choice is made by reference to that planet which\nholds the greatest power for good in the horoscope of birth, and the\nquarter of the Heavens which it occupies will indicate the direction, as\nfrom the place of birth, to which the Subject should repair.\n\nThus, if between the East horizon and the meridian, South-east; between\nthe meridian and the West horizon, South-west; and so of the rest. The\npoints of the compass follow the cardinal points of the Heavens, the\nMidheaven being South; the Nadir, North; the Ascendant, East; and the\nDescendant, West. If a malefic planet is rising or setting at birth it\nis advisable to fix the place of residence so much to the Eastward of\nthe birthplace as will suffice to bring the malefic planets out of the\nangles of the horoscope. The same if malefic planets occupy the 10th\nor 4th Houses. On the contrary, if benefic planets are in the 3rd and\n9th Houses the Subject should move Westward so as to bring the benefic\ninfluences into the 10th and 4th Houses.\n\nWhen benefic planets or planets well aspected occupy the angles of the\nfigure at birth the Subject should not travel far, nor reside long away\nfrom the place of birth.\n\nIndications of many voyages are as follows: Many planets in watery\nsigns, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, and also in the sign Virgo. When the\nmajority of the planets are in cardinal and flexed signs, Aries, Gemini,\nCancer, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricornus, and Pisces, there will\nbe many changes and journeys. Also if the Sun, Moon, Mars, and Mercury\nare in either the 3rd, 9th, 12th, or 6th Houses, there will be many\njourneys and long explorations in foreign countries.\n\nWhen planets are afflicted in watery signs there will be danger in\nvoyages, and if the Moon or Sun be afflicted in Virgo there will be\nsubmersion due to wreck.\n\nAlso, when there are planets, especially malefics, in Scorpio, Leo,\nTaurus, and Aquarius, afflicted by the aspects of other planets, or\nthemselves afflicting the Sun or Moon, then there is danger of drowning.\n\nWhen the signs of voyaging are propitious, and especially when the\nindications in the 4th House are not so, then removal from the place of\nbirth to some other permanent centre of activity will be advisable. But\nwhen good planets or planets well aspected are either rising or in the\n4th House, the Subject should remain in his native place, and in the end\nhis patience will be justified.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XI\n\nOF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES\n\n\nThe general harmony of the horoscope consists in the positions and\naspects of the planets and their relations with the luminaries. When\nthis is conspicuous there will be many friends and supporters, and the\nassociations of the Subject will be pleasant and profitable. But when\nthe horoscope is fraught with evil aspects and angular positions of the\nmalefics there will be much strife and many enmities.\n\nIn a particular sense the friends and associations of the Subject are to\nbe known from the 11th House and the planets therein. For if there be a\nbenefic planet in the 11th, especially if in good aspect to either of\nthe luminaries, there will be many friends and adherents.\n\nSimilarly, the enemies of the Subject are known from the 7th House, and\nsecret enemies from the 12th. Malefic planets therein, especially in\nevil aspect to the Sun or Moon, shows many opponents.\n\nNeptune in any malefic aspect to the Sun or Moon shows danger of\ndeceit and treachery being practised upon the Subject, and if violent\ntestimonies concur from the ill aspects of Mars or Uranus he will be\nin danger of an ambush. Saturn in the 7th or 12th shows long feuds and\nimplacable enmities. Uranus therein shows litigation and heckling of\ncreditors. Mars therein is an index of violence and passionate hatred.\nMercury therein shows much scandal and many petty annoyances.\n\nNow observe the places of the malefic planets and the Houses wherein\nthey are situated. Take the date when the Sun is in the same longitude\nas any of these malefic planets, which will be the same in any year,\nand this will be the birthday of persons who are to be avoided as\nlikely to bring mischief into the life. Supposing, for instance, that\nSaturn is found at birth in the 10th House, in the 13th degree of the\nsign Aquarius. Reference to the Ephemeris (Sect. II., chap. i.) will\nshow that the Sun is in Aquarius 13 on the 1st and 2nd February. Hence\nit would be unfortunate for the Subject to serve any man who was born\nbetween the 28th January and the 3rd February in any year. Also, if\nUranus were in Leo 23 in the 7th House he should not go into partnership\nor marriage with anybody born on or near the 15th August in any year.\n\nTake now the places of the benefic planets, and also the place of the\nMoon, and find the corresponding Solar dates, for these will be the\nbirth dates of such persons as should be cultivated and drawn into close\nassociation for mutual benefit.\n\nObserve also the trines and sextiles of the benefic planets and of the\nMoon, and the squares and oppositions of the malefics, for these will\noperate in a minor degree in a similar manner as already indicated.\n\nA comparison of the horoscopes of persons, whether kings or plebeians,\nwith those of others who have wrought great good or evil in their lives,\nwill immediately establish this observation. Indeed there is nothing\nmore dependable in the whole range of scientific observation than this\nsympathy and antipathy of horoscopes and their corresponding results.\nIt is an argument for the claim of its advocates that Astrology should\nbe regarded in the light of a science, for if the planets act not at\nall upon the dispositions and tendencies of men their squares and\noppositions in two separate horoscopes would have no signification. Let\nthose who are unhappily mated compare their horoscopes and they will\nfind the signs of discord to which reference has been made above. On\nthe other hand, let any man who has been lifted to wealth, fame, or\nposition by the patronage of another compare his horoscope with that of\nhis benefactor, and it will be found that the benefic planets in the\nlatter hold the places of the Sun, Moon, Midheaven, or Ascendant in his\nown. This frequently accounts for the fact that men with comparatively\nunfortunate horoscopes are sometimes found in positions of influence and\nin the enjoyment of considerable fortune. The complex fabric of life has\nits warp and woof wherein many coloured threads are woven together for\nthe completing of the grand design, and the great loom of life has its\nwheels within wheels which only the Great Artificer can understand and\nregulate. We here below, subjects all of interplanetary action, must\ncontent ourselves with the design as revealed to us in the history of\nmankind, or we must seek to understand the purpose of life, its motif,\nthe complex laws which operate to bring about the unfoldment of the\ngreat plan, and thence to prognosticate that which hereafter shall be\nrevealed to the commonplace observer.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XII\n\nTHE END OF LIFE\n\n\nThe end of life is judged from the planets occupying the 8th and 4th\nHouses, for the 8th denotes Death, and the 4th denotes the final\nresting-place of man. When benefic planets, or the Luminaries well\naspected, occupy these Houses, you may judge that the end will be\npeaceful, normal, and that death will take place in the midst of\ncongenial and even exceptionally agreeable surroundings.\n\nWhen, however, the malefic planets hold these Houses, or afflict the\nluminaries therein, you may judge greater stress and privation.\n\nUranus in the 8th House denotes a sudden death, and the same result is\nobserved when the Luminaries therein are afflicted by Uranus. Neptune\nin the 8th denotes danger of trance, coma, and simulated death, and\nwhen this position is observed it is necessary that all the signs of\nmortification should be present before interment is effected. Saturn\nproduces death by privation and obstructions, by chills and colds. Mars\ninduces death by fevers and inflammatory action, and frequently by\nh\u00e6morrhage.\n\nPlanets in Fixed signs in the 8th House show death from heart or throat\naffections, affections of the excretory system and the blood. In\nCardinal signs, the head, stomach, kidneys, or skin are the seats of the\nfatal disease. In Flexed signs, the lungs, bowels, and nervous system\nbecome fatally affected.\n\nViolent or unnatural deaths are shown when either of the luminaries is\nsimultaneously afflicted by the evil aspects of more than one of the\nmalefic planets, or when both luminaries are separately afflicted by the\nmalefic aspects of malefic planets, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, or Mars.\n\nWhen these testimonies occur, it will be found that Neptune produces\ndeath by assassination, Uranus by sudden catastrophes, explosions,\nhurts by electricity and machinery, Saturn by blows and falls, and Mars\nby cuts, burns, scalds, and effusion of blood. Particular judgment is\ndrawn from the nature of the signs in which the significant planets are\nplaced. Thus Saturn in Watery signs would produce drowning; in Taurus,\nstrangling or decapitation; in Aries by the blow of a truncheon, &c.\nSimilarly, Uranus in Gemini would produce accidents on short journeys,\nrailway collisions, bicycle or motor accidents, and the like effects.\nIt is impossible to cite all the effects due to the several planets in\nthe different signs, but if the simple natures of the planets, signs and\nHouses are thoroughly understood, a combination of their significations\nwill readily lead to an appreciation of exact effects. If I say that a\ncertain fluid is H\u2082SO\u2084, any one having a knowledge of elementary\nchemistry will know that it is sulphuric acid, and similarly, if I say\nthat a certain horoscope contains Saturn in Cancer in the 3rd, which is\nastrologically expressed \u2644 \u264b 3, any one\nwho has read the first pages of this book with attention will be able\nto say: Let the Subject beware of short journeys by water! It is all\nchemistry of a kind.\n\nWhen the 4th House contains benefic planets, or planets that throw good\naspects to the luminaries, there will be peace and comfort in old age,\nor in the end of life whensoever it may be determined. Neptune therein\nshows retirement and sequestration, and when afflicting the luminaries\nor itself afflicted, it denotes death in an asylum, hospital, or other\nplace of detention. Uranus in the 4th, in similar conditions, denotes\na sudden and remarkable death. Saturn similarly placed and aspected\nshows death in exile, privation or great trouble. Mars in the 4th House\nafflicting the luminaries or itself afflicted by other adverse planets,\ndenotes a violent death by gunshot or wound and in the midst of strife,\nor on the field of battle.\n\nBefore any catastrophic death be predicted, it should be carefully\ndecided whether or not the death is compassed with uncommon and violent\nindications, not that one need have fear of the mere going out or coming\ninto the world, but there is some choice of gates, and rather than\naffright the weak-minded with a sinister judgment, it is better to leave\nthem to find their own way.\n\n\n\n\nSECTION IV\n\nTHE STARS IN THEIR COURSES\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER I\n\nTHE TIME-MEASURE\n\n\nThe planets, in their motions after birth, come into certain relations\nwith the planets in the horoscope of birth, and also form aspects among\nthemselves owing to the diversities of their motions in the Zodiac.\nIn Astrological science there are two separate means of calculating\nthe time of events, but both methods consist of bringing the body of\none planet to the body or aspect of another, which process is called\n\u201cDirecting,\u201d and the arc described by the moving body is called an \u201cArc\nof Direction.\u201d\n\nThe first of these methods is the discovery of Claudius Ptolemy, the\nfamous mathematician and geographer, the author of the Syntaxis, as set\nforth in his work the Tetrabiblos, or Four Books on the influence of the\nStars. This method had the support and confirmation of the great Kepler.\nIt has respect to the rising, setting, and meridian passage of the\nplanets after birth, whereby they are brought to the places or aspects\nof the planets in the Radix (the Root), which is the horoscope of birth.\n\nThe limits and nature of this work do not permit of a thorough\nexposition of this method, which entails some little knowledge of\nspherical trigonometry, but the reader who desires to perfect himself\ntherein is referred to the author\u2019s work, entitled \u201cPrognostic\nAstronomy.\u201d A facile application of the method is here given, by which\nany one may, by the aid of the Tables of Houses, make certain of the\nmore important calculations by rule of thumb, and predict thence the\ntimes of remarkable events.\n\nThe principle involved is this: The number of degrees which pass over\nthe meridian between the moment of birth and the rising or culminating\nof a planet, will equal the number of years which must elapse from birth\nuntil the influence of that planet becomes dominant.\n\nThus, if Jupiter at birth is coming to the meridian, that is to say,\nif it be in the 10th, 11th, or 12th House, count the number of degrees\nbetween the meridian and Jupiter, and in so many years from the time\nof birth there will be an access of good fortune. Similarly, if Saturn\nor other of the malefic planets be coming to the meridian, the number\nof degrees between it and the Midheaven will indicate the age at which\ntroubles will abound.\n\nAlso, when the planets have passed the meridian, the measure is made\nin the same way, by bringing the Midheaven to the place of the planet,\ncounting the degrees between the planet and Midheaven for the number of\nyears at which it will operate.\n\nBut the same and other planets may be directed to the horizon, by taking\nthe Table of Houses for the latitude of the birthplace (Sect. I., chap.\niii.) and finding therein under the column marked \u201cAscen.\u201d (Ascendant)\nthe longitude held by any of the planets. Observe then what degree is\non the Midheaven in the column marked 10 (10th House), and count the\nnumber of degrees between this Midheaven and the Midheaven at birth. The\nresult will give the age at which the effects of such planets will be\nexperienced.\n\nThus, for a person born in or near Liverpool or in the same latitude,\nsuppose the Midheaven at birth to be in Scorpio 0, and Saturn to be\nin the 2nd House in Aquarius 8 degrees. I wish to bring Saturn to\nthe horizon. In the Table of Houses I find that Aquarius 8 is on the\nAscendant when Sagittarius 9 is on the Midheaven, and I therefore count\nfrom Scorpio 0 to Sagittarius 9. This gives the age of 39 years, and as\nSaturn is in the 2nd House at birth, I say that at 39 years of age the\nSubject would experience financial disaster, and because Saturn comes\nthen to the Ascendant, I also say there would be serious illness and\ndepression of spirits.\n\nWhen planets are setting at birth they are brought to the opposition\nof the Ascendant in a similar manner, only the opposite point of the\nzodiac must be found in the Tables under the Ascendant. Thus, if Mars\nwere in the 7th House at birth in the 11th degree of Cancer, I find the\nopposite point (Capricornus 11) under the column of the Ascendant, and\nI note that Scorpio 19 is then on the Midheaven, so that from Scorpio\n0 to Scorpio 19 gives 19 years, at which age the Subject would have a\nserious illness due to inflammatory action in the stomach and probably\nproduced by overwork and worry, as indicated by the sign Cancer and the\nplanet Mars, or if there be indications of an accident, then an accident\nby scalding with hot water or acids would be predicted.\n\nPlanets are brought to the opposition of the Midheaven by counting the\ndegrees which intervene between the longitude on the lower meridian at\nbirth and that held by the planet.\n\nIn all such directions the conjunctions of benefic planets are\nadvantageous when directed to the Midheaven or Ascendant, and the\nconjunctions of the malefics are indicated of periods of bad fortune.\nThe oppositions are uniformly evil, whether the planet involved in the\ndirection be a benefic or malefic. (Sect. I., chap. iv.)\n\nThese are the directions of the planets to the two Significators, the\nMidheaven and Ascendant. The Midheaven appertains to honours and credit,\nwhile the Ascendant has relation to the personal and bodily welfare and\nthe general fortunes.\n\nTo direct the Midheaven or Ascendant to the other aspects of the\nplanets, such as the sextile, trine, semisquare or square, it is only\nnecessary to note the degrees in which these aspects fall and bring them\nto the Midheaven or Ascendant as if the body of the planet were itself\nthere, and in the manner already indicated.\n\nThe Sun is directed after birth by its motion in the zodiac, which can\nbe found in the Ephemeris for the year of birth, and the aspects it\nforms to the planets in the horoscope and in the daily progress should\nbe tabulated. In most Ephemerides they are already calculated, so\nthat the labour is considerably lightened. Each day after birth will\nrepresent one year of life, the mean motion of the Sun being about 1\ndegree per day. All that is necessary, therefore, is to count the number\nof days from birth to the date when the Sun forms an aspect, and that\nwill give the age at which the planet aspected will produce its effects.\n\nAs the Sun goes through the zodiac the other bodies make progress along\nwith it, in which course they form aspects to the Midheaven, Ascendant,\nthe Sun and Moon in the horoscope of birth. These are called \u201cSecondary\u201d\ndirections, and in connection with the Sun\u2019s aspects after birth,\nconstituted the system in use among the Arabian astrologers.\n\nMinor periods of good and bad fortune, subsidiary to the above\nperiodic influences, are taken from the Moon\u2019s progress after birth,\nin which one day equals one year of life, and two hours equal one\nmonth. These directions of the Moon afford a monthly prognosis of the\ncourse of events, and are useful in the conduct of minor affairs in\nlife. When they are contrary to the general trend and import of the\nperiodic directions made to the Midheaven, Ascendant and Sun, they\nact indifferently, and frequently produce only passing benefits or\nannoyances; but when they are in agreement with the Primary Directions\ncited above, then they accentuate and define the nature and time of\nevents. As if the Primaries be good and the Lunar directions evil,\nthen there will be a predominance of good fortune with some current\ndisturbances; but both being good there will be abundant success and\nsatisfaction; while if the Primaries be evil and the Lunar directions\ngood, the latter will serve only to moderate the effects for the time\nbeing of the Primary evil indications.\n\nAn intelligent apercu of the principles of directing will greatly\nenhance the value of any prognostications made from the horoscope of\nbirth, as it will enable the student to select those periods in the life\nwhen the effects due to any planet are most likely to eventuate. Thus,\nif Saturn be in the 2nd House at birth, it may be said that there would\nfollow some periods of great financial stress, and the rising of Saturn\nby direction after birth would show the time when one, at all events, of\nsuch periods would be experienced.\n\nAnd here is the great fact upon which astrologers the world over are\nprepared to stand or fall. If the planets have no effect in the lives of\nmen, their directions to the angles of the horoscope can have no effect;\nbut never was it found that a man had evil fortunes at the period when\nthe planet Jupiter was directed to the Midheaven or Ascendant, or\nanything but bad fortune when Saturn was similarly directed. The fact is\nthere, and we cannot get away from it. The only question is as to how\nfar we can intelligently carry our investigations beyond that point, and\nintelligibly convey our discoveries to the world by their application\nto the affairs of daily life. The reader may judge for himself from a\nperusal of these pages.\n\nThe directions being calculated and tabulated in order of their\noccurrence, the time and general nature of the influences operating\nin successive periods of the life will stand revealed. The particular\nnature of the events indicated by the several directions may be known\nfrom (_a_) the House in which the directed planet is situated; (_b_)\nthe Sign it occupies; and (_c_) the aspect it forms, considered in\nrelation to the nature of the planet. For example: If Uranus at birth\nwere in the 9th House and the sign Gemini, its direction to the\nMidheaven would be the index of litigation in connection with writings,\npublications, or means of transit; because the 9th House, among other\nthings, has relation to litigation and legal affairs, and Gemini (the\n3rd House sign) to communications, writings, &c., while Uranus denotes\nsudden and unexpected events, ruptures, alienations, and complexities.\n\nSo if Saturn were in the 6th House in the sign Aquarius, its direction\nto the opposition of the Ascendant would indicate chills to the blood,\nanemia, &c., constituting a serious illness with probability of low\nfever; because the 6th House rules sickness, and Aquarius rules the\nblood, while Saturn is the cause of chills, paucity, and impediments.\n\nThus the time and nature of events may be known with great certainty.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER II\n\nTHE EFFECTS OF TRANSITS\n\n\nAmong the number of important indicators to which Astrologers refer in\nmaking a forecast of concurrent events, there are the transits of the\nplanets over the places of the Significators at birth, the positions of\nEclipses, and those of the lunations.\n\nThe first of these chronocrators depends upon the revolutions of the\nplanets in their orbits. Each planet has a period in which it completes\nits revolution in the heavens, in the course of which it passes the\nplaces of the Sun, Moon, Midheaven, and Ascendant of the horoscope.\nThis passage over the radical Significators is technically termed its\n\u201ctransit,\u201d and it will be found that such transits afford a very precise\nand reliable source of prognostication, for the time of a planet\u2019s\ntransit is known in advance of its occurrence (see Sect. II., chap.\niv.), and the effects of such transit are in exact terms of the nature\nof the planet concerned. It is only necessary to add that the Midheaven\nand the Sun have relation to the position and honour of the Subject,\nwhile the Moon and Ascendant have relation to the personal health and\ngeneral fortunes. The Sun and Midheaven also signify the father, and\nthe Moon has general signification of the mother. Venus signifies\ndomestic and love affairs, the affections and sentiments; while Mercury\nsignifies the mental disposition. So Uranus in transit over the place\nof Venus will give a love affair, a romantic attachment. Mars over the\nplace of Venus will engender passionate love. Saturn over Venus will\ngive disappointment or bereavement; and Neptune thereover will bring\nentanglements and complications, with danger of being led astray. Saturn\nover Mercury will produce melancholy and many errors of judgment. Mars\nover the same planet will excite the mind and dispose to impulse and\nunreasoning anger, quarrels and disputation. Uranus over Mercury will\nrender the mind wayward and headstrong, disposed to erratic courses\nand egotistic methods. Neptune passing the place of Mercury produces\ndeceits, treacheries, and apprehension of impending evil, a sense of\nespionage and ambush. It involves the mind in tortuous and complicated\nschemes, and disposes to secrecy and wariness.\n\nThe transits of the major planets are of chief significance, and\ntheir effects are rendered more weighty and lasting when at the time\nof transit they are retrograde in the zodiac; while their stationary\npositions on the places of the Significators have almost the same power\nas Primary Directions.\n\n\nOf Eclipses.\n\nAn Eclipse of the Sun or Moon falling on the place of any Significator\nin the horoscope of birth is of a sinister import, and cannot be too\nseriously considered. Falling on the Ascendant or the Moon they affect\nthe health and general fortunes very seriously, and only a series of\nsubsequent good directions can avail to restore the Subject to his\nnormal condition. On the Midheaven or the Sun, the honour and fortunes\nmay both be affected, and in the same serious degree. The Eclipses\nfalling on the places of the other planets will produce effects in\naccord with the nature of those planets and the Houses they occupy. To\nhave any appreciable effect, the Eclipses must be within two degrees of\nany of the radical positions, or of their opposition aspects.\n\n\nOf Lunations.\n\nThe Lunations recur in the same part of the Ecliptic every nineteen\nyears. Considered in relation to the current indications they afford the\nmeans of a monthly forecast of events. Thus, if the lunation for the\nmonth falls on the place of Jupiter in the horoscope of birth, it will\nproduce good effects in that department of life which is governed by the\nHouse in which Jupiter is situated; as if in the 11th, through friends;\nin the 4th, through property or rental; in the 6th, through servants and\nhealth; in the 8th, through a financial colleague, &c.\n\nThe effects of Lunations are subsidiary to the current Lunar directions,\nand these in turn are subsidiary to the transits, and the transits\nto the Primary Directions. By this it is not meant that they are\ninoperative, nor that they fail to indicate the events of the month, but\ntheir power and degree of influence is subject to the greater influence\nof superior causes. And as a general observation it may be affirmed that\nthe less frequently any celestial position occurs in a horoscope, the\ngreater is its influence. This fact gives to primary directions their\ngreat influence in the life, for they can only occur once in a lifetime;\nand for the same reason Eclipses have a major significance, for the same\nEclipse only recurs after an interval of 649 years. The transits of\nNeptune, of Uranus, of Saturn and Jupiter and Mars follow in their order\nof frequency. Neptune has a revolution of about 165 years, Uranus 84\nyears, Saturn 30 years, Jupiter 12 years, and Mars 1-1/4 years.\n\nMajor effects must not therefore be referred to inferior causes, and\nminor effects must not be referred to superior causes. In universal or\neven national cataclysms, individual fortunes are submerged.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER III\n\nHOW TO SUMMARISE A HOROSCOPE\n\n\nBefore leaving the exposition of this subject, it may be of advantage\nto the reader if I give some idea of the method to be pursued in the\ncomplete handling of a horoscope.\n\nFirst, then, erect the figure of birth, taking care to use the Ephemeris\nof the year of birth, and also the correct Table of Houses for the\nlatitude of the place of birth.\n\nNext proceed to attempt a description of the chief personal traits of\nthe Subject, following in succession with a well-considered judgment on\nthe constitution, hereditary tendencies, the health and pathological\npredispositions, the mental traits and disposition, considering these\nlatter in relation to the state of health indicated. Then pass to a\nconsideration of the environing conditions of life; the financial\ncondition and outlook; the position in life; the occupation; prospects\nand conditions of marriage; of progeny. Judge next concerning voyages\nand journeys. Finish with a statement regarding the predominance of\nfriends or enemies, and select dates by Solar positions, as already\ninstructed. In cases where it is not objected to, an approximation may\nbe made to the time and nature of death.\n\nThroughout the whole of this judgment, the periods when these predicted\neffects will come into force should be made by reference to the rising,\nsetting, and meridian passage of the planets, the solar aspects, and\ntransits.\n\nCare should be taken to weigh justly and impartially the evidence set\nbefore you in the figure of the heavens for birth. Major importance\nshould be given to those planets which are in angles, and those which\nare in elevation, for the nearer a planet may be to the Midheaven, the\ngreater is its influence for good or ill, according to its nature and\naspect.\n\nRead what you see, not what you imagine should be the destiny of an\nindividual. If you are in complete ignorance of his person, position,\nand environment, so much the better. If you follow carefully the various\nrules which are contained in this book, you may at first make some\nerrors of judgment, but as you become familiar with the task, even these\nerrors will become few and far between, and in the end the language\nof the horoscope will become so intelligible and clear that it will\ninterpret itself, and the whole trend and potentiality for good or ill\nof any birth-figure will force itself upon you in just the same way as\nwhen a man walks into your presence with his character clearly stamped\nupon his face, so that you have only to look and know.\n\nHaving become proficient in the judgment of birth-figures, you will\ndo well to proceed to a closer study of the mathematics of astrology,\nmaking yourself proficient in the various methods of directing, so that\nyou may at any time refine upon your general prognostics, and make\npredictions which are clear, sharp, and to the point.\n\nUndoubtedly there is a modicum of intuitive perception at work in\nthe judgment of any horoscope, which will enable you to seize upon\nthe small details and exact pointing of any matter, and this perhaps\nconstitutes the whole difference between the rule of thumb worker and\nthe inspirational reasoning of the intuitive worker. The one exhausts\nthe books and the other embellishes them. It is so with science in\nevery department. The books will take you up to a certain point of\nproficiency, and a strict regard for the formul\u00e6 will keep you within\nthe bounds of safety. But if you are ever to make a discovery or become\na recognised exponent of any science, you must be naturally gifted\nwith what is called the \u201cscientific imagination,\u201d another name for\nintuition. But at no point does true intuition part company with exact\nreasoning. There is no lesion. The one is an extension of the other. It\nis the higher reason, which argues from the known to the unknown. And\nthe Astrologer is in this respect as the poet, \u201cborn, not made.\u201d But a\nmoment\u2019s reflection will suffice to convince you that the more facile\nyou may become with the book-learning and technique of Astrology, the\nmore you will leave the intuition free to act. When a lad is struggling\nwith his multiplication tables, his appreciation of the binomial theorem\nor the differential calculus cannot be said to amount to much. And, in\nthe same way, a person who is stuffing down the Alphabet of Astrology\ncannot be expected to intuit anything concerning the potential of the\nSun\u2019s direction to the quadrature of Saturn.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER IV\n\nHOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ASTROLOGER\n\n\nI take it that nobody nowadays can afford to fritter away time in the\nstudy of subjects which are not likely to become a source of benefit\nto himself and others. If there be such people among my readers, which\nI consider unlikely, I may dismiss them offhand with the remark that\nthey will never become successful astrologers, for the first word of\npractical astrology is Utility. If the science had not its practical\napplication to the affairs of everyday life, if its principles contained\nno word of assurance and hope for the myriad toilers of this world, no\nword of admonition for the self-indulgent parasites of modern social\nlife, if, in short, it did not make for the betterment of human life\nand thought, it would never have attracted the attention of Aristotle,\nCicero, Galen, Claudius Ptolemy, Thales, and others of the old world,\nand such men as Bacon, Cardan, Archbishop Usher, Naibod, Mercator,\nAshmole, Kenelm Digby, Sir Christopher Heydon, Dryden, Dr. John Butler,\nSir George Wharton, Vincent Wing, George Witchel, Tycho Brahe, Kepler,\nand Flamstead of more recent biography. Indeed, in whatever age or\ncountry we may elect to make our inquiries concerning Astrology, there\nare to be found a host of intelligent and even illustrious advocates in\nevery department of life and learning. Suffice it to say that the modern\nstudent of this most ancient of all sciences is at all times in very\ngood company.\n\nLet it first be understood that there is an object to be attained in the\nstudy of Astrology, and that the pursuit of it in the gratification of\nan idle curiosity alone will inevitably entail the waste of time which\ninvariably attaches to idleness of all descriptions, and we may then\nprofitably consider whether or not the subject is worth the labour which\nit will demand from the man who has something to do in the world and\nlittle enough time in which to do it. These are stressful times, and we\nhave to be economical in our efforts. We have strength enough to carry\nus through, but neither strength enough to thresh the wind nor time\nenough to fish in puddles.\n\nWhat, then, does Astrology offer to the patient worker, the man who\nwould become a successful Astrologer?\n\nFirst and foremost it will enable him to gain an insight into individual\nmotive and character which no other science can possibly afford. It will\nenable him to know himself, his own strength and weakness, and so fit\nhim to deal harmoniously and justly with others. It will enhance his\nopportunities to the extent that he is able to foresee and make use of\nall benefic influences operating through his own environment. It will\ngive him timely warning of his approach to the quicksands and pitfalls\nwhich occur in his passage through life. He will discern his special\nphysical weaknesses, and the times of his predisposition to sickness,\nthe nature thereof, and the precautions which are necessary. He will\nknow whom to cultivate and whom to avoid, and in selecting a partner in\nbusiness or a wife for his home, he will be guided by a foreknowledge of\nevils to be avoided and of good things to be gained. He will choose his\npath in life with the confidence that it is for him the line of least\nresistance and therefore that of greatest progress. He will not become\nobsessed by ambitions beyond his power to achieve. He will learn the\npower of adaptation to environment, and thereby effect his work in the\nworld with the least possible friction and waste of force. He will know\nwhen to make provision against sickness, accident, and death. He will\nnot invest capital where interest is not to be gained. He will see the\nend from the beginning. It may not make him a brilliant success in the\nworld, but it will assuredly save him from being a failure. He will find\ncauses for inexplicable things, and his mind will rest content in the\nknowledge hat while he is working out the highest potentialities of his\nown horoscope, the major problems and intricacies of life are not of his\nmaking or needful of his solving. And finally, when his time comes to\n\u201cshuffle off this mortal coil,\u201d he will be prepared, and will know that\nit is the will of Heaven, expressed and determined from the moment of\nhis birth. Rightly employed, Astrology cannot fail to improve the man\nwho makes of it a serious study, fitting him to be of greater use to\nothers and of higher service to the race at large.\n\nBut to become a successful Astrologer he must study patiently for\nseveral years, testing each statement that is made in the books by\nreference to his own and several other horoscopes. He must be able\nto erect a figure of the Heavens with mathematical accuracy for any\ngiven time and place, work out directions by the use of the sphere or\ntrigonometrical tables, and have a competent knowledge of the motions\nand periods of the various planetary bodies. When thus satisfied in his\nown mind that Astrology is a dependable science, and that he is capable\nof demonstrating it under test conditions, he must be generous in the\nuse of it. Here and there he will find one who is opposed to the belief\nthat the stars have any influence in human affairs. Let him not waste\nlogic with such a man, but go straight to the task of convincing him by\nan appeal to facts.\n\nFor preference, select a period when the directional influences are such\nas seem likely to hit the sceptic with considerable force, define the\nevent, make a careful calculation of the time of its fulfilment, and\nput them on paper, which, being yet unread by the man of Common-sense,\nshould be placed under cover, sealed, and endorsed to be opened only\nafter a certain date.\n\nNow a man who has been hammered rather severely and in quite an\nunexpected manner, is usually open to conviction of truth when he\nfinds that the nature and date of his disaster have been accurately\nforetold. Being a man of \u201ccommon-sense\u201d and not of intuition, he will\nprobably think that the Astrologer might even have saved him from\nthe consequences of his own lack of foresight. So indeed might the\nAstrologer have done had he taken the management of affairs from the\nbeginning; but to step in half-way to arrest causes which are already in\noperation and charged with inevitable effects, is requiring too much of\nany man short of a Prime Minister!\n\nThere are certain things which even the most astute deductive reasoner\ncannot foresee, and these are the points that should be utilised by the\nAstrologer who seeks to convince others of the truth of his science. A\nman cannot reason from his doorstep to a street accident. If he could\nhe would avoid it. All men are not subject to accidents, however.\nBut almost all are subject to bereavements, losses, sicknesses, and\nchanges of fortune. Those are the points which the Astrologer intent\non proselytising, usually makes use of. But events need not be in\nfuturity to carry conviction. If it can be shown that by mathematical\ncalculations the events of the past can be recited with precision\nand exactness, it is evident to the meanest intellect that nothing\nhinders from an extension of such calculations into the future. And\nonce convinced of the reliability of such claims to foreknowledge, the\npractical man of the world is not slow to avail himself of its uses.\n\nBut Astrology is not exhausted in the study of individual horoscopes,\nfor there are other departments of this extensive science. The influence\nof the planets upon the weather, as embodied in Astro-meteorology; the\nrise and fall of Empires, political changes, the outbreak of wars,\nof revolutions, of epidemics, as defined by State Astrology so much\nin repute among the Oriental rulers; the occurrence of tidal waves,\nearthquakes, and other seismic phenomena, all form a part of the\ncomplete equipment of the practical Astrologer.\n\nIt would be superfluous to recite here the numerous and strikingly\naccurate forecasts which have been made by modern exponents of the\nscience, but it is only right to say that they reflect considerable\ncredit upon their authors, for the above-mentioned departments of\nastrological learning are by no means in the same efficient state as\nGenethliacal Astrology, to an outline of which this work is devoted.\nAnciently it was otherwise, and even in the East at this day they hold\nsome secrets of traditional knowledge, concerning which they are unduly\nmysterious and of which we have only the evidence afforded by more exact\nprediction upon certain points.\n\nPrejudice and Ignorance are the twin giants which bar the path of the\nworld\u2019s progress to-day, even as they have ever done. Step by step they\nhave been beaten back, baffled by the light of Reason, harassed by the\narrows of Truth. The world is redeeming its ancient heritage. All that\nis now required to establish the paramount truth of Astrology as a\nscience is an impartial and thorough investigation, preferably at the\nhands of scientific men, of its methods and principles. Not that the\ntruth is to be ratified at the hands of modern scientists, seeing that\ntheir own teaching constitutes a mere shifting orthodoxy, liable at\nany moment to undergo a fundamental change in theory by the discovery\nof a single new fact--but that to such men rightly belongs the duty\nof disproving the claims of Astrology to be considered as a science,\nfor it is a fact to be regretted that certain members of their body\nhave written against the subject in a spirit of prejudice and without\nadducing any data in support of their contention, which ill becomes any\nman of scientific pretensions and is above all things detrimental to the\ncause of Truth.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER V\n\nA POPULAR ILLUSTRATION\n\n\nIn order to summarise and illustrate the principles which have been\nenunciated in the course of this work, I shall avail myself of the\nhoroscope of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, who was born on the 8th of July,\n1836, at Highbury, the time of birth being stated to have been at about\n2.30 in the morning. Calculations have since enabled us to fix the exact\ntime of birth as at 2 h. 36 m. a.m. I subjoin the horoscopical figure\nfor that time, the calculation of which is as follows:--\n\n H. M. S.\n Midheaven in R.A. at Noon 7th July, 1836 7 1 58\n Add time elapsed since 14 36 0\n Equation for 14h. 33m. at 10 secs. 2 25\n ---------\n Midheaven in Right Ascension at Birth 21 40 23\n =========\n\n\nThe Constitution.\n\nBorn under the sign Gemini, with Mercury rising in the sign Cancer, the\nSun near the conjunction with Jupiter and in close sextile to the Moon,\nthere is little doubt that the late Colonial Secretary is by nature\ngifted with an excellent constitution. The sextile of the luminaries is\na powerful co-ordinator, and whenever sickness supervenes there will be\na speedy recovery. The semisquare aspect of Mars, while disposing to\ngouty affections of the hands and feet, will contribute vital energy\nand power to throw off diseases, while at the same time predisposing to\naccidents and wounds to the right shoulder or clavicle.\n\n[Illustration]\n\nThe rising sign gives nervous energy and enormous capacity for work,\nwhich is due to high nervous tension supported by a sound vitality. The\nonly hereditary predisposition is that indicated by Mars, which induces\nto fevers, and gouty affections due to acidity.\n\n\nThe Health.\n\nThe Moon is strong in the sign Taurus, but not particularly well placed\nin the 12th House. It has, moreover, the square aspects of Neptune and\nVenus from fixed signs. These indications point to functional disorders\nof the heart, throat and excretory system. On the other hand, there are\nthe good aspects of the Sun, Jupiter and Uranus to counteract these\nadverse tendencies, and it is certain that strong recuperative powers\ntogether with a normally good co-ordination of functions would induce a\nspeedy recovery from any illness to which he may be liable. Considerable\nimmunity from sickness of all sorts may therefore be predicated.\n\n\nCharacter and Disposition.\n\nThe majority of the planets being in Cardinal signs, with three\nplanets (including the Moon) in Fixed signs, indicates a character\nthat is energetic, ambitious, active, sharp, ingenious, lively, and\npersevering; capable of cutting out a line in life for himself and\nmaking headway against obstacles; disposed to ride roughshod over\nthe weaknesses and prejudices of those who oppose him; gifted with a\npioneer spirit, incisive manner, and disposed at times to effect his\nends regardless of the feelings and opinions of others. At the same\ntime there is sufficient patience, method, caution, and watchfulness\nto make this extreme definition of purpose very effective. Laborious,\nfirm (at times obstinate), systematic, and self-reliant, he is capable\nof waiting for opportunities. But finally he carries his purpose with a\n_tour de force_.\n\nThat which he lacks is adaptability, suavity, and ability to enter into\nthe feelings of others. He is too ambitious to be self-centred, but yet\ntoo intent to be sympathetic.\n\nThe rising of Mercury in trine aspect to Saturn and Uranus gives\nconsiderable mental capacity, a wide grasp of facts, a well-informed,\napt and business-like mind; some originality, constructiveness, and\npower of marshalling facts and figures; patience, caution, and secrecy.\nThere is not much imagination, and the sympathies are not wide. His\nmethods and actions are governed by literal fact and mathematical\ncertainty. He is an omnivorous devourer of the accessible. He takes the\nsmall fish by the handful and makes a meal of them; but he leaves the\nponderous whales for those of greater imagination and more leisurely\nhabit.\n\nThe quadrature of Mars to Uranus will induce momentary outbursts\nof temper and some irritability of nature, but the character I am\ndelineating is not such as can easily be played upon, for it is\nremarkably lacking in emotional susceptibility. Nevertheless, the\ninspirational faculty is by no means absent, and the presence of\nNeptune in the 9th House in trine to the rising Mercury, is an index of\nconsiderable inventive genius, extreme range of mental perception, and\ntelescopic discernment of future events. Venus in the 3rd House shows\nsome artistic tastes and fancies, considerable appreciation of art and\nculture, a fondness for flowers, bright lights, &c. But dominant above\nall are the two angular influences of Uranus and Mercury, which render\nthe mind mathematical and precise, commercial, apt, business-like,\nenergetic, and eminently magnetic.\n\n\nFinance.\n\nThe position of the Sun in conjunction with Jupiter in the sign Cancer,\nin sextile to the Moon, is the index of a high fortune and means\nexceeding a competence. It is here worthy of note that Cancer, which in\nthis horoscope holds the Sun, Jupiter, and Mercury, is the ruling sign\nof South Africa, with which Colony Mr. Chamberlain\u2019s fortunes have been\nfor a long time so intimately associated. It is also worthy of note that\nboth Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato were born on the same day of the\nyear, the 5th of July, with the Sun in the 14th degree of Cancer. In\nthe former case the Sun was conjoined with Moon and Venus, in sextile\nto Uranus and trine to Neptune, while in the latter case the Sun was in\ntrine to Jupiter. In regard to Mr. Chamberlain\u2019s horoscope, it will be\nobserved that Jupiter, which holds such effective power for increase in\nthe 2nd House, is also the ruler of the 7th, and it is to be remembered\nthat all partnerships, commercial or social, which he has contracted\nhave so far proved highly satisfactory from a merely monetary point of\nview. Further, the Moon is affected with the good aspect of the Sun in\nthe 2nd House, which is a further indication that on a purely financial\nbasis Mr. Chamberlain is a man worth going into partnership with.\n\n\nPosition.\n\nAll the planets except Neptune and Saturn are rising, and this at once\nindicates a man ambitious of independence and honours, one who is\nconfessedly a candidate for responsibility.\n\nUranus in the Midheaven and close to the meridian indicates that\nassociation with civic and governmental bodies in which Mr. Chamberlain\nhas rendered himself so conspicuous a figure, and whereas the trine\naspect of Mercury in the Ascendant to Uranus in the Midheaven and\nthe sextile of the Moon to Uranus also are sure indications of a\nwide popularity, the square aspect of Mars to Uranus from the 12th\nHouse, will not fail to engender many veiled enmities, machinations,\nand inimical plots, which have for their object the overthrow of Mr.\nChamberlain\u2019s prestige, and which, failing, will find expression in\nvituperative abuse and bitter animosity. But those who understand the\nvirtue of the orientality of planets in a horoscope will retain their\nconfidence in Mr. Chamberlain\u2019s ability to hold his own against all\nopponents.\n\nIt will be observed that the direction of the Ascendant to the place\nof Uranus in the horoscope coincides with the age of Mr. Chamberlain\nat the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, while the direction\nof Midheaven opposition Saturn coincides with the progress of the Boer\nWar. Did space permit it would be possible to adduce a long list of\ndirectional arcs coinciding with the time and nature of all the more\nimportant epochs in Mr. Chamberlain\u2019s career. The student is invited to\nmake some test of this matter by the aid of the rules already given in\nthese pages.\n\n\nMarriage.\n\nMr. Chamberlain has been thrice married. It will be observed that not\nonly is there a double-bodied sign on the cusp of the 7th House, but\nthe Moon also applies to both the Sun and Jupiter in the sign Cancer.\n(See Sect. III., chap. 8.) The aspect of the Moon being benefic to\nboth the Sun and Jupiter, the marital state would be both harmonious\nand fortunate. It is, of course, well known that Mr. Chamberlain has,\nfrom a merely worldly point of view, married most advantageously. This\nobservation may be called \u201cwise after the event,\u201d but I would observe\nthat this geniture preceded my judgment of it, and the rules from which\nI judge are to be found in the Tetrabiblos of Ptolemy, written in the\nsecond century, and since tested and found reliable by successive\nastrologers during some seventeen centuries. Saturn\u2019s aspect to Jupiter,\nthe ruler of the 7th House, and the Moon\u2019s quadrature to Venus must be\nheld accountable for the successive bereavements which have disturbed\nthe conjugal life in this case.\n\n\nProgeny.\n\nThe position of Saturn in the 5th House, and the affliction of Venus\nby Neptune and the Moon, will serve to account, in connection with the\nmarriage conditions, for the small family which has been born to Mr.\nChamberlain, for observe that Venus is the ruler, jointly with Mercury,\nof the 5th House, while Saturn is in the 5th and ruler of the 8th House.\nThe same positions and aspects threaten to curtail the succession.\n\nThe position of Mercury, joint ruler of the 5th, in the sign Cancer, and\njust about to rise in the horoscope, promises honours and distinctions\nto the first-born.\n\n\nTravelling.\n\nThe Moon and Mars are cadent in the Horoscope, and Mercury, the\n\u201cwinged messenger\u201d (symbol of the trading-ship), is rising. These are\nindications of many journeys and changes and constant unrest. But fixed\nsigns being on the cusps of the 3rd and 9th Houses, and the Moon also in\na fixed sign, will suffice to account for the fact that Mr. Chamberlain\nis not a great long-distance traveller. Cancer and Leo holding the\nbenefics and the Sun also well aspected in Cancer, the Moon being in\nTaurus, shows at once that France, South Africa, Holland, Scotland,\nand Ireland are parts of the world in which the operations of Mr.\nChamberlain would meet with success, if it be not superfluous to detail\nspecific territories in face of the abundant evidence of general success\nwhich this horoscope affords.\n\n\nFriends and Enemies.\n\nIt was the boast of Bismarck that he was the \u201cbest-hated man in Europe,\u201d\nand it would be strange indeed if Mr. Chamberlain had passed through\nlife and attained so prominent a position without incurring the enmity,\nor arousing the envy and malice of a considerable number of individuals.\nNevertheless, there are only two aspects in this horoscope which seem\nto point to any sort of trouble from such causes. The points are those\nof Neptune, which afflicts both the Moon and Venus, and of Mars which\nafflicts Uranus in the Midheaven and the Sun in the 2nd House.\n\nBy referring these two points to the Ecliptic we find they correspond\nto the Sun\u2019s position on or about the 24th of May, and the 26th of\nJanuary, and I shall leave the reader to look up his Almanac and find\nthe individuals (illustrious they must needs be to find chronicle in\nWhittaker) who were capable of filling the requirements of the case.\n\nAs to friends, Mr. Chamberlain should lack nothing. With the Moon in\nsextile to the Sun and Jupiter, the ruler of the 11th House, in the same\nbenefic relations with the Moon, he would always be able to count upon\na strong adherence, and the only adverse indication in this matter is\nthat Mars, part ruler of the 11th House, holds the 12th House in square\naspect to Uranus in the Midheaven. This would be interpreted to mean\nthat some of his friends will be disposed to become his enemies, and to\nmilitate, although ineffectually, against his credit and position. Why\nineffectually? Because Mercury, the ruler of the Ascendant and prime\nsignificator of Mr. Chamberlain, is angular and well aspected, while\nMars is weak and afflicted by Uranus which is in elevation above it.\n\n\nConclusion.\n\nLet it not be thought that the fame and position which Mr. Chamberlain\nhas attained in the political world is due entirely to the benefic\nposition of the principal planets in his horoscope of birth. Opportunity\nis not everything. The ability to use it counts for much, and only a\nman of exceptional industry, firmness, and decision, could have won for\nhimself such peculiar distinction; and only a man of singular faculty\ncould have sustained his position in the face of so much determined\nopposition. It will doubtless be a matter of extreme interest to the\nstudent of this horoscope, as to every one interested in the political\nsituation of to-day, to observe the concurrent influences at work in\nthe year 1904-5. Mr. Chamberlain attained his sixty-eighth birthday\nanniversary on the 8th of July, 1904, and by adding that number of\ndegrees to the 22nd degree of Aquarius we obtain Taurus 0 as the\npoint which has attained the meridian by \u201cdirection.\u201d This is called\nthe Progressed Midheaven. Referring this point of the Zodiac to the\nplaces of the planets at birth, it is observed that the Midheaven is\napproaching the sextile aspect of Mercury, having recently passed the\nopposition of Saturn, and having attained that aspect in 1905, it passes\nin 1908 to the sextile of Uranus, the planet which holds the greatest\nelevation in the horoscope of birth. The Ascendant under the Midheaven\nof Taurus 0 is Leo 16\u00b0 28\u2032, which is the Progressed Ascendant for the\nyear 1904. It is in semisquare aspect to Mercury, and is the occasion of\nmany anxieties, worries, and annoyances, and some journeys by water.\nIt also indicates some derangement of the health due to nervous strain,\nand affecting the stomach (ruled by Cancer). The Sun is directed in\nsimilar manner to the 24th degree of the sign Virgo, where it meets\nthe sextile aspect of Jupiter in the 2nd House, in the sign of its\nexaltation, Cancer. This gives access of good fortune, increase of honor\nand prestige, and as Jupiter rules the 11th House, many adherents and\nsupporters. But being also in semisquare to Venus, Mr. Chamberlain is in\ndanger of losing a brother or other near male relative. The Moon by the\nsame measure is within 4 degrees of the place of Jupiter, again marking\nthe year 1908 as one of exceptional advantage, and in July of that year\nJupiter passes over the Progressed Ascendant.\n\n * * * * *\n\nDuring the year 1904 Saturn has been close to the Midheaven of the\nradical horoscope, being in Aquarius 21, and stationary therein,\nduring the month of June. In March, and again in October, it transits\nthe opposition of the Progressed Ascendant in Aquarius 16, while in\nFebruary, June, and December Uranus is in transit over the opposition of\nthe radical Ascendant in Sagittarius 28\u00b0 16\u2032.\n\n * * * * *\n\nIn 1905, Saturn will transit the Midheaven in the horoscope of\nbirth, and in the summer of the same year Mars will be Stationary in\nopposition to the place of the Moon at birth. Both these periods will\nbe fraught with cares and anxieties, and the latter influence will\nact detrimentally on the health, disposing to attacks of gout and\ninflammatory action in the system.\n\n * * * * *\n\nBut while the approaching and concurrent Primary directions are of a\nhighly benefic nature, there will be no hint of a breakdown either in\nhealth or reputation, and it needs only the additional good influence\nof a transit or Secondary Lunar direction to carry Mr. Chamberlain at\nfull swing to the summit of popular esteem and political power.\n\nThe curious who seek for coincidences will not be surprised and may be\ngratified to note that Merx, the root of the name of Mercury, signifies\ntrade, and that the planet Mercury is rising in this horoscope of Mr.\nChamberlain, who won great distinction for himself as President of the\nBoard of Trade. Those who in more earnest vein seek for causes will do\nwell to trace the transits of the major planets through this horoscope\nover the places of the Significators, the Sun, Moon, Midheaven, and\nAscendant at all the important epochs in the life of the late Colonial\nSecretary. The working out of the more important directional arcs\nfor the same period I can safely leave to the reader whose desire to\nthoroughly test the claims of Astrology has been sufficiently aroused by\nthe perusal of these pages. It is at all times easier to dispute than to\ndisprove, and this apparently is the reason for so much that is said,\nand so little that is shown, against Astrology.\n\nAs to the _modus operandi_ of planetary influence I conceive that\nthe brain cells are infilled with a nervous pabulum of such delicate\nnature as to be capable of responding to the finer etheric vibrations\ninstituted by the planets; that the electrostatic condition of the\nearth\u2019s atmosphere at the moment of birth determines the particular mode\nor modes of vibration to which the individual brain is syntonically\nresponsive; and I could, did space permit, immediately adduce hundreds\nof instances to show that whenever the same positions or planetary\naspects recur in the heavens as were in existence at the moment of a\nbirth, the individual immediately responds to the excitation, and gives\ninstant evidence of such excitation by actions in agreement with the\nnature of the planets involved.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VI\n\nPLANETARY PERIODS, ETC.\n\n\nWe now come to the point where it will be necessary to explain more\nfully the various elements with which so far the reader has only been\ndealing in a more or less mechanical way. It is, of course, of first\nimportance that the student of Astrology should have a correct method,\nand this has been given as fully as space will permit in the preceding\npages. But it is also necessary that one should know why he is doing\na thing, as well as how to do it. Henry Ward Beecher once said that\nif a man turned soil with a spade knowing why he did it, the work was\nmore effectively done than if he did not know. For this reason it will\nbe convenient for the student to have a general view of the cosmical\nelements that he employs in his calculations and of the factors that\nenter into his consideration when studying a horoscope.\n\nFor purposes of calculation, the astronomer regards the planets as\nmoving around the Sun in circular orbits at a uniform rate, and the\npositions thus obtained are called the mean longitudes of the planets.\nBut it is known that the orbit of a planet answers to the functions of\nan ellipse, of which the Sun is presumed to occupy one of the foci.\nThen it becomes necessary to correct the Mean Longitude of the planet by\nan equation which is called the Centre equation.\n\nLet us make this quite clear. The circular orbit supposed in the first\ninstance is what may be called the Mean Orbit of the planet, as compared\nwith its true orbit, which is elliptical. Similarly, the motion of the\nplanet in the circular orbit is called the Mean Motion, as compared with\nthe true motion, which is variable, being quickest at the perihelion and\nslowest at the aphelion.\n\nThe difference between the Mean longitude and the True longitude is\ndetermined by the Anomaly, which is the distance of the planet from its\nAphelion, or farthest distance from the Sun. The anomaly is thus L-A, i.\ne., longitude minus aphelion.\n\nBut it will be seen that ellipses may be of greater or less\neccentricity, and the equation to centre depends on the eccentricity.\nThis may need a word of explanation. Suppose a circular orbit. Draw the\ntwo diameters at right angles to one another; they are of equal length.\nNow suppose another figure in which the one diameter is longer than the\nother. The circumference of this figure will be an ellipse. The greater\ndiameter is called the Major Axis, and the diameter at right angles to\nit is the Minor Axis. The proportion of one to the other axis determines\nthe amount of eccentricity. Twice the eccentricity gives the equation\nto centre, and to reduce this to degrees and minutes of a circle it has\nto be multiplied by the chord of 60 degrees, which is 57\u00b0\u00b729578. This\ngives the maximum equation to centre when the planet is 3 signs or 90\ndegrees from its aphelion, and therefore on the Minor Axis.\n\nThe eccentricity of the various planets may be here stated: Mercury,\n0.2055; Mars, 0.0931; Jupiter, 0.0482; Saturn, 0.9562; Uranus, 0.9467;\nEarth, 0.0168; Venus, 0.0068. These quantities undergo a gradual change.\nThus it is found that Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury are increasing the\neccentricity of their orbits, while Venus, the Earth, and Saturn are\nreducing it. The orbit of Venus is now almost circular, and it affords\nan example of the perfect astronomical paradigm.\n\nThus by the mean motions and the equation to centre the true longitudes\nof the planets in their heliocentric orbits are obtained. But inasmuch\nas the orbits of the planets do not lie in the same plane as the Sun,\nbut cross its apparent path at various angles of inclination, a further\nequation is due to reduce the orbital longitudes of the planets to the\necliptic.\n\nTo further reduce these true longitudes into their geocentric\nequivalents, i. e., as seen from the Earth\u2019s centre, we have to employ\nthe angle of Parallax, which is the angle of difference as seen from\ntwo different points in space. This will vary according to the relative\ndistances of the bodies from one another. The Moon\u2019s longitude is always\ntaken geocentrically. When approximate longitudes are required, the\nemployment of a mean vector, which is equal to half the minor axis of\nthe planet, is found convenient. For the convenience of astronomical\nstudents I may here give the constant logarithms of the values of the\ntangent, which, being added to the logarithm of the tangent of half the\ndistance of the planet from the Sun in longitude, will give the tangent\nof the complement.\n\n\nLOGARITHMS\n\nNeptune, 9.97107; Uranus, 9.95479; Saturn, 9.90858; Jupiter, 9.83114;\nMars, 9.32457; Venus, 9.20812; Mercury, 9.63210.\n\nTo these add the bog, tangent of half the angle between the planet and\nSun, taken by heliocentric longitude, which call A. Call the result B.\nFor major planets add A and B, and for minor planets subtract B from A.\nIn either case the result will be the angle of longitude between the\nplanet and the Sun as seen from the Earth, and hence its geocentric\nlongitude may be known.\n\nBut a more convenient method of obtaining the approximate longitudes\nof the planets geocentrically is by means of the Planetary Geocentric\nperiods. Thus Uranus has a period of 84 years, after which it returns\nto the same longitude on the same day of the year and will be further\nadvanced in its orbit by 1\u00b0 5\u2032. Saturn has a period of 59 years, after\nwhich it comes to the same place in the zodiac and will be further\nadvanced by 1\u00b0 53\u2032. Jupiter has a period of 83 years, when it is found\nto be only 4\u2032 advanced upon its former longitude. Mars\u2019 period is 79\nyears plus an advance of 2\u00b0 4\u2032. Mercury\u2019s period is also 79 years, and\nits advance is 5\u00b0 32\u2032. Venus has a period of 8 years, when it is further\nadvanced in the zodiac by 1\u00b0 32\u2032.\n\nFor the calculation of the approximate geocentric longitude of the major\nplanets these periods are very useful, but are of less value in regard\nto the minor planets Venus and Mercury.\n\nSuppose I want the longitude of Uranus in the year A. D. 827. I have\nits longitude on the first of January, 1912, in Capricorn 28\u00b0 17\u2032.\nThen 1912-827 gives 1,085 years, which being divided by the period of\nUranus (84 years), yields 12 periods and 77 years. The increment for 1\nperiod being 1\u00b0 5\u2032, that for 12 will be 13\u00b0, and 77-84ths of 1\u00b0 5\u2032 will\nbe another degree, making 14 degrees. As the date is anterior, this\namount must be subtracted from its longitude on the first of January,\nA. D. 827, and in effect we obtain Capricorn 14 degs. 17 mins. as the\nlongitude of Uranus on the first of January, 827, as seen from the\nEarth.\n\nFor the purpose of determining the effects, if any, due to the presence\nof a planet in its Aphelion, Perihelion, or Node, the following values\nare given for the year 1800 A. D.:\n\n Planet. \u00a0 Aphelion. Perihelion. Node.\n S. \u00b0 \u2032 S. \u00b0 \u2032 S. \u00b0 \u2032\n Mercury 8 14 21 2 14 21 1 15 57\n Venus 10 8 36 4 8 36 2 14 52\n Mars 5 2 23 11 2 23 1 18 1\n Jupiter 6 11 8 0 11 8 3 8 24\n Saturn 8 29 4 2 29 4 3 21 57\n Uranus 11 17 21 5 17 21 2 12 51\n Neptune 7 12 22 2 12 22 4 9 35\n\nThe longitudes of the Aphelia are increased in 100 years by the\nfollowing quantities: Neptune, 1\u00b0 25\u2032; Uranus, 1\u00b0 28\u2032; Saturn, 1\u00b0 50\u2032;\nJupiter, 1\u00b0 35\u2032; Mars, 1\u00b0 52\u2032; Venus, 1\u00b0 43\u2032; Mercury, 1\u00b0 34\u2032. These\nquantities are additive for years after 1800, and subtractive for years\nbefore that epoch.\n\nIn the present state of astronomical science it is not certain that\nthese values are absolutely correct. Calculated from the Tables of\nKepler, the differences are only slight, but still sufficient to make\nconsiderable error in testing for exact conjunctions or ingresses.\n\nLilly, who predicted the Great Plague and Fire of London some years\nprevious to the event from the ingress of the Aphelion of Mars to the\nsign Virgo, evidently made use of the Rudolphine Tables constructed\nby Tycho and Kepler, and according to these the ingress took place in\n1654, while according to more modern Tables it did not take place\nuntil 1672. It is probable, however, that the positions of the Aphelia\nhere given will be sufficiently close for all practical purposes.\n\nA word or two may now be said regarding the periodic conjunctions of the\nplanets.\n\nAs will be seen from the periods given, five periods of Jupiter are\nnearly equal to two of Saturn. It is found that the two planets form\ntheir conjunctions every 20 years. Thus there was a conjunction in Virgo\nin 1861, another in Taurus in 1881, and another in Capricornus in 1901.\nThe next will be in Virgo in 1921. The two planets are thus now forming\ntheir successive conjunctions in the Earthly Tripicity; but in 1981 will\nmake their mutation conjunction by falling together in the Airy sign\nLibra.\n\nUranus and Jupiter form their conjunctions every 14 years. Thus there\nwas a conjunction in Sagittarius in 1900, and there will be another in\nAquarius in 1914, another in Aries in 1928, and so on.\n\nThe conjunctions of Neptune with the other major planets are necessarily\nin terms of the periods of the latter, those of Neptune and Uranus being\nvery infrequent, while those with Jupiter will be proportionately more\nfrequent. For the period of Jupiter is only 12 years, while Neptune\nremains in the same sign for 15 years. The conjunction of Jupiter and\nNeptune in Cancer in 1907 will be followed by another in Leo in 1919,\nand this again by another in Virgo in 1932.\n\nObviously, if the planets by their transits effect anything whatsoever,\nthe double transit of major planets must have a correspondingly greater\neffect. The careful student of Astrology will institute a number of\ntests in order to find what effects are due to the combined action of\nthe planets when in conjunction at transit, and also when in opposition\nor quadrature. The chief points to be noticed in connection with the\ntransits of the planets are the Midheaven, Ascendant, and the places of\nthe Sun and Moon, as already mentioned in Chapter II of this section.\n\nThe ancients also included the places of the Moon\u2019s Nodes, and it\nis usually found that the transit of the South Node over any of the\nSignificators is attended by unfortunate results.\n\nWith these observations as a general guide to the cosmical factors\ninvolved in the planetary motions, the reader will be able to take a\nmore intelligent interest in the foundations of his study than is the\nusual case from the pursuit of the subject by rule-of-thumb methods.\n\nWhen we come to the consideration of the Moon as a cosmical factor we\nare face to face with one of the most difficult and evasive problems.\nFor many centuries astronomers grappled with this inconstant factor\nwith small success, and at the present day the problems attaching\nto the vagaries of lunar motion are in anything but a satisfactory\ncondition. Prior to the time of Ptolemy nothing was known of the Moon\nexcept that it had a certain mean motion and formed its syzygies at\ndefinite periods, the mean values of which were very closely known.\nBut certainly nothing was known regarding the inequalities of motion\nwhich are found to exist. Ptolemy discovered the equation due to the\naction of the Sun upon the Moon in its orbit. This is called the\nEvection. Tycho later discovered that a further equation was due to the\ndisturbance caused by the Sun along the vector. Both these equations\nwere employed by Kepler. But of these, later astronomers have added\none after another equation, going so far as to employ the action due\nto Venus and Jupiter, while ignoring that due to the action of the\nother planets upon the Moon. Buckhardt, whose formulae were used in\nthe calculation of the Nautical Almanac for many years, employs no\nless than 37 equations of the Moon\u2019s mean longitude. Indeed, the whole\nbusiness has become farcical. The fact is that only three of these\nequations are necessary in order to obtain the Moon\u2019s true place in\nthe ecliptic at any time, and for the syzygy only one equation is\nnecessary. The trouble has arisen from the fact that the eccentricity\nof the Moon\u2019s orbit has been wrongly estimated, and most of these\nequations now employed by astronomers are effectual only in correcting\nthis false estimate. Kepler gives the maximum equation to centre as\n4\u00b0 59\u2032 59\u2033, while modern astronomers have given it as 6\u00b0 18\u2032 28\u2033.\nNeither of these is quite correct, though Kepler is much nearer the\ntruth.\n\nAnother problem in connection with the Moon that has puzzled astronomers\nfor a long time and is still in the region of experimental science is\nwhat is known as the Secular equation. It is found that by taking the\npresent mean motion of the Moon and applying the various equations,\nfound necessary to bring the calculations into line with observations of\nthe Moon\u2019s position in the zodiac, a considerable difference is found to\nexist between the calculated place of the Moon and its recorded position\nat the time of ancient eclipses. According to our modern Tables, ancient\neclipses happened sooner than they should have done, or, in other words,\nthe Moon was more advanced in its orbit than our Tables require. The\ninference is that the Moon was formerly moving quicker in a smaller\norbit than now, or conversely, the Moon is now receding and getting\nfarther from the Earth. Consequently its action on the tides must be\ndiminishing, and also its action on the equatorial mass of the Earth,\nwhich is considered to be the chief factor in the production of what is\ncalled the Precession of the Equinoxes. Yet whereas by one statement the\ndisturbance due to the Moon is diminishing, another statement shows that\nthe Precession of the Equinoxes is increasing! =Voila le debacle.=\n\nAll these anomalies and contradictions are due, as I shall show in my\nnew Tables and Thesis, to the importation of false factors into the\nproblem of the Moon\u2019s motion, which, in fact, is extremely simple,\nperfectly regular, and affected only by its anomaly or distance from the\naphelion and, where the time equation is employed, by the increase of\nradius. Jupiter and Venus have no more action on the Moon than have Mars\nand Saturn, in fact none at all, and the only body that has any action\nupon the lunar orb is the Sun, which it exerts indirectly through its\naction on the Earth.\n\nThese problems need not, however, vex the minds of the student of\nAstrology. It is sufficient for him that he has the place of the Moon\ncalculated for him in the ephemeris reduced from the Nautical or other\nofficial Almanac. It is important, however, that he should know that\nsuch problems exist.\n\nSir Isaac Newton was first led to the subject of Astronomy by his\nthoroughness and scientific propensity. He studied Astrology, and\nproceeded to the study of Astronomy the better to understand and deal\nwith the problems that the predictive science presented. For it is\nto be observed that Astrology in his day was entirely in the hands\nof astronomers, who calculated their own ephemerides and pursued\nthe higher methods of astrological calculation as presented in my\n\u201cProfnostic Astronomy.\u201d Kepler avowed himself to be convinced of\nthe truth of the science of Astrology, and showed himself to be a\ncompetent critic as much by his understanding of the astronomical\nproblems involved as by his marvellous forecast of the rise and fall\nof Wallenstein. Tycho, his colleague and collaborator, also a great\nastronomical discoverer, was a professed Astrologer, and added to his\nstipend by the calculation of horoscopes. Astrology is quite a reputable\nstudy, and needs but to be emancipated from the service of a horde of\nhalf-educated plagiarists and parasites in order to take its place once\nmore among subjects of serious consideration by the learned. Astronomy\nis interesting, but to be made useful it must find interpretation in\nterms of our daily life and common needs. It is in this connection that\nAstrology has played Cinderella since the days of official science. The\nday is not far off when it will come into its own.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VII\n\nREVOLUTIONS, ECLIPSES, INGRESSES, ETC.\n\n\nBeyond the various time measures and indicators mentioned in Section\nIV, Chapter II, there are others which have a certain reputation among\nastrological students. The chief of these, and one that has been in\nvogue for many centuries, is the\n\n\nSolar Revolution,\n\nor Birthday Figure, as it is sometimes called. It consists in a map of\nthe heavens for the return of the Sun to the exact zodiacal position\nthat it held at birth, and this sidereal revolution is made the basis of\nan annual forecast of the general trend of affairs in the life of the\nsubject. To find the time of the Sun\u2019s return to its own place in the\nzodiac is, of course, a simple matter of proportion from the ephemeris\nfor the current year. This is effected by comparing the radical or\nbirthplace of the Sun with the longitude of the Sun in the Ephemeris\non the anniversary day, which will give the increment more or less\nrequired to be equated. Then with this difference of the two positions\nof the Sun (a) at birth and (b) at noon of the anniversary, find the\ndiurnal proportional logarithm and subtract from this the logarithm for\nthe Sun\u2019s motion in 24 hours. The result will be the logarithm for the\nhours and minutes from Noon at which the Sun was in the exact position\nit held at the birth. Thus you have the time of the solar return, and\nall that is necessary is to erect a horoscope for this time and set the\nplanets in the figure.\n\nThen, if the benefic planets are in elevation and the Lord or Ruler of\nthe Ascendant is well placed and aspected, there will be commensurate\nresults, and a beneficial year may be predicted; but if, on the\ncontrary, the malefic planets are elevated and the ruler of the\nhoroscope is badly aspected, the year ensuing will be fraught with many\ntroubles and vexatious events.\n\nBut inasmuch as the time-factor is here the return of the Sun to its\nradical place, chief attention must be paid to the aspects of the Sun,\nand conclusions agreeable to the nature of the afflicting planets or\nthose that favourably aspect the luminary may be made accordingly.\n\nAs regards the time at which events signified by the aspects may be\nexpected to transpire, I have found that they usually occur during\nthe transit of the Sun over the places of the planets in the annual\nhoroscope. Thus a person born in August may have the Sun in the annual\nhoroscope in square aspect to Saturn, the Sun being in Leo and Saturn in\nTaurus. Then the evil signified by the aspect of Saturn to the Sun would\ntranspire about the date that the Sun passed the opposition of Saturn in\nthe sign Scorpio some time in November, or again in May of the following\nyear when the Sun was in conjunction with the place of Saturn in the\nhoroscope for the Solar return.\n\nEvents that are benefic in nature may be produced from the transit of\nthe Sun over the places of the benefics in the Solar figure, or over the\ngood aspects of the planet which in the annual horoscope gives promise\nof benefit.\n\nIn similar manner the return of the Moon to its own place may be taken\nas a monthly guide to the nature of ensuing events, but it is to be\nobserved that the Moon\u2019s place cannot be taken with the same degree\nof accuracy as that of the Sun, owing to the varied acceleration of\nthe Moon from hour to hour. The Nautical Almanac gives this hourly\nacceleration, so that by means of it the Moon\u2019s longitude can be\narrived at with great accuracy for any time of the day, but the cheaper\nephemerides do not contain more than the longitude for noon and\nmidnight. The student will find, however, that the general purposes of a\nLunar horoscope may be served with sufficient accuracy from this source\nif chief regard be had to the aspects of the Moon at its return and not\nto the mundane positions of the planets.\n\nArguing from analogy, one would suppose that a similar horoscope could\nbe made for the return of any of the planets to their radical places,\nbut until we have a popular publication in which the planets\u2019 places\nare given with a greater degree of accuracy than at present, we cannot\npretend to indicate the true time of the revolutions of these bodies.\n\nAnother means of prognosis to which some astrologers have attached\nconsiderable importance is what is known as\n\n\nThe Synodical Revolution.\n\nThis consists of a horoscope set for the time of the Moon\u2019s return to\nthe same distance from the Sun that it held at birth, which distance is\ncalled the elongation. This measure is based upon the relative motions\nof the Sun and Moon in the zodiac after birth. Thus if the mean motion\nof the Sun for one day be taken as 59\u2032 and that of the Moon as 13\u00b0 11\u2032,\nthen the mean elongation of the Moon will be 12\u00b0 12\u2032. But the Sun and\nMoon are both subject to a variation from the mean motion, and thus the\nelongation of the Moon is an inconstant quantity. The only means of\neffecting the calculation, therefore, is by reference to the ephemeris\nfor the year of birth. Then, having the Moon\u2019s radical elongation, the\nsuccessive dates at which this elongation is repeated are to be noted,\nand each of them is accounted as one year of life. Thus for the 20th\nyear of life one must count 19 synods or conjunctions of the Sun and\nMoon after birth, and thereafter proceed to fix the date after the last\nsynod at which the Moon\u2019s elongation is the same as that of birth. This\nidea seems to give grounds for the ancient belief in effects attaching\nto the Moon\u2019s age. For the Moon\u2019s age denotes the distance of the Moon\nfrom the last conjunction with the Sun, and if a person was born on the\ntenth day of the Moon, then every tenth day of the Moon in successive\nrevolutions will be of importance, since the Moon will be in the same\nrelations with the Sun as at birth. The aspects that the Moon bears\nto the other celestial bodies at these times is held to be a guide to\nthe nature of succeeding events. But more attention is paid to such\nhoroscopes thus calculated wherein the Moon falls on the place of any of\nthe planets at birth.\n\n\nIngresses\n\nare of two kinds, mundane and zodiacal. A mundane ingress is made when\na planet in the heavens comes to the cusp of one of the Houses in the\nhoroscope of birth--that is to say, to the degree of the zodiac which\nheld the cusp of such House. Thus if the 8th degree of the sign Aquarius\nwere on the cusp of the 2nd House of the horoscope and Saturn in the\nheavens made transit of that degree of the zodiac, then the Ingress of\nSaturn to the 2nd House would be effected and would be followed by a\nperiod of considerable financial stress. Similarly with other planets in\nthe horoscope. Each will make its periodical transit through the several\nHouses of the horoscope of birth, and these will be attended by events\nin terms of the nature of the planet, the House it transits and its\naffections at birth.\n\nZodiacal ingresses are those that are made by the planets into the signs\nof the zodiac successively, and it is held that a change in the trend\nof affairs will take place in that department of the life ruled by the\nHouse wherein that sign is placed at birth. This, however, appears to\nbe an extension of the former kind of ingress, and should be taken with\nsome reserve. Certainly it will be found that very marked effects are\ndue to the transits of the planets through the Houses of the horoscope,\nand if the aspects of these planets in the ephemeris are taken into\naccount, it will be found that a very accurate basis for a forecast of\nthe various incidents of individual life is thereby afforded.\n\nIn this connection the periodical synods of the planets should be\nobserved, for it is evident that if we ascribe an influence to the\ntransit of Saturn we must set a still more important value upon the\ntransit of that planet when in conjunction or opposition with any\nother body in the heavens. Thus the planets Mars and Saturn form their\nconjunctions in successive signs after an interval of about two\nyears, during which period it may be said that the effects of the\nlast conjunction are in play. Thus Saturn and Mars formed their last\nconjunction in August, 1911, in the sign Taurus, and, according to\nthe position of that sign in various horoscopes, effects more or less\ndetrimental and disturbing would be experienced during the course of two\nyears after that date.\n\nJupiter\u2019s period of 12 years will be watched with interest by those who\nare studying the effects due to its action, for it passes through one\nsign or one House every year on an average, and therefore constitutes\na good chronocrator or time-marker. But Jupiter can effect little for\ngood if at the time of its transit it is afflicted in the heavens by\nthe adverse aspect or conjunction of another planet. Similarly, Saturn\nor Uranus or Neptune has to be judged according to its condition and\naspects at the time of transit or ingress.\n\n\nEclipses,\n\nwhether of the Sun or Moon, are significant of evil according to their\npositions and aspects in the horoscope. For if an eclipse of the Sun\nhappens it will afflict male members of the family, and an eclipse of\nthe Moon will denote evil to female members. Eclipses falling in the\nsign occupying the 10th or 4th Houses will afflict the parents, and\nthose which fall in the 3rd House will similarly affect collateral\nrelatives, such as brothers and sisters, according to the sex indicated.\n\nThe effects of eclipses last for eighteen months, and will be great or\nsmall according to the magnitude of the eclipse and considerations due\nto aspects. When falling on the places of benefic planets or those well\naspected in the horoscope, the eclipse will portend good arising out of\nsome catastrophe or bereavement. But when falling on the places of the\nmalefics, or on places in the horoscope that are badly aspected by the\nplanets at birth, they portend nothing but evil.\n\nFalling in other parts of the figure, they are not of such significance,\nbut generally it may be said that eclipses have a detrimental effect on\nsuch affairs as are governed by the House wherein the eclipse falls.\n\nIt has been said that unless an eclipse is visible in that part of the\nworld where the subject was born, it will have no effect upon his health\nor fortunes. But this cannot be the case, for then those planets that\nare beneath the horizon at the time of birth could with equal reason be\nexempt from any share in our consideration, whereas, on the contrary, we\nknow full well that in whatever part of the circle the planets may be\nsituated at the moment of birth they will affect the life and fortunes\nin equal degree, but especially such department of the life as may be\nruled by the House a planet occupies.\n\nThe following is a list of the visible eclipses that will be witnessed\nin Great Britain during the next ten years:\n\n 1914.--12th March, Moon eclipsed in the third hour of the morning,\n nearly total.\n\n 21st August, the Sun eclipsed about noon, two-thirds of the disc\n eclipsed. Total in Sweden and Norway.\n\n 1916.--9th January, Moon sets in contact with the shadow.\n\n 3rd February, the Sun sets about half eclipsed. Total across the\n Atlantic.\n\n 15th July, Moon eclipsed about three-quarters of its disc in the\n fifth hour of the morning.\n\n 1917.--8th January, Moon eclipsed in the eighth hour of the\n morning, just before sunrise. Total.\n\n 4th July, Moon totally eclipsed in the eleventh hour of the evening.\n\n 28th December, Moon begins to be eclipsed just before setting.\n\n 1919.--7th November, in the twelfth hour at night the Moon is\n partially eclipsed.\n\n 22nd November, the Sun has one-fifth of its disc obscured near\n sunset. Annular in the South Atlantic.\n\n 1920.--3rd May, Moon totally eclipsed in the second hour of the\n morning.\n\n 10th November, Sun sets half eclipsed.\n\n 1921.--8th April, in the ninth hour of the morning the Sun is\n eclipsed, about five-sixths of the disc being obscured. Annular\n eclipse in the north.\n\n 16th October, the Moon has five-sixths of its disc overshadowed at\n eleventh hour of the evening.\n\n 1922.--28th March, Sun eclipsed in the third hour of the afternoon,\n about one-sixth being obscured. Annular in Africa.\n\nThe years 1805 and 1917 are great eclipse years, for in both those\nyears there are no less than seven eclipses. From like causes we argue\nlike effects, and therefore we may anticipate a great convulsion in the\npolitical world during the year 1917 and thereafter. At that time Mars\nand Saturn will form their conjunction in the sign Leo together with\nNeptune, and these successive conjunctions of the three major planets\ncannot fail to produce great mutations, more especially in those\ncountries that are ruled by the sign Leo.\n\n * * * * *\n\nSo far as individual horoscopes are concerned the effects of these\nconjunctions and the eclipses which fall in the sign Capricornus and\nCancer must be judged by the particular Houses of the horoscopes in\nwhich they occur. The general effects due to any eclipse or conjunction\nof the larger planets are distributed and find their expression through\nindividual horoscopes, the influence filtrating as it were through a\nvariety of channels for the ultimate purpose of human evolution and\ngovernment.\n\n * * * * *\n\nThus by many lines of evidence the patient student may confirm his\nbelief in the influence of the stars in human life, which involves\nthe yet higher concept of the government of humanity by the greater\nIntelligences according to preordained laws, divine in their origin and\ncosmical in their expression. To this concept as a final expression of\nfaith and of scientific experience we must eventually submit our beliefs\nand opinions, and haply our willing compliance.","title":"Astrology: How to Make and Read Your Own Horoscope","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":36085}