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A 5 rn ng yBY MAX HEINDEL
A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK ON THE
ART OF ERECTING A HOROSCOPE
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INTR OD U CT I ON
THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF ASTROLOGY
HERE is a side of the Moon whi ch we never se e .
but that hi dden half is as potent a factor in caus
in g the ebb and flow of the earth ’s tide, as the part of
the Moon whi ch is visible. Similarly, there is an in
visible part of man whi ch exerts a powerful influence
in life , and as th e tides are m easured by the motion
of the Sun and Moon , so al so the eventualities of ex
ist ence are measured by the circl ing stars,whi ch may
therefore b e call ed the Clock of D estiny,!and know
l edge of their import is an immense power,for t o the
competent astrologer the horoscope reveals every
se cret of l ife .
Thus, when y ou have given an astrologer the data
of your birth, y ou have given him the key t o your in
nermost soul , and there is no se cret that he may not
ferre t out . This knowl edge may b e used for good or
ill , to help or hurt, according t o the n ature of the
man . Onl y a tried friend shoul d be trusted with this
key t o your soul , and it shoul d never be given t o any
one base enough to prostitute a spiritual science format erial gain .
To the medical man Astrology is invaluabl e in
diagnosing diseases and prescribing a remedy, for it
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reveals the hidden cause of all ailments. Thi s phase
of the science is deal t with in “Th e Messag e of the
Stars,! giving numerous horoscopes t o show how
the signatures of various diseases appear in the stel
lar script. The writer diagnoses unerringly by this
me thod the ailments of patients al l over the world andl ove wil l light the way for others also who aim to fol
l ow in the steps of Christ as heal ers of the sick.
If y ou are a parent the horoscope will aid you to
detect the evil latent in your child and teach y ou how
t o apply the ounce of prevention . It will Show y ou
the good points also, that y ou may make a better man
or woman of the soul entrusted to your care . It will
reveal systemic weakn ess and enabl e you to guard the
health of your child ; it wil l show what talents are
there, and how the life may be lived to a maximum
of usefuln ess. Therefore , the message of th e march
ing orbs ismost important, and as we have shown the
great danger of giving birth data to anyone else ,there remains onl y one course : To study the science
yourself.
This book and the simpl ified method it contains
of casting a horoscope in a thoroughl y scientific man
ne r is publ ished in order t o enable anyone who can
add and subtract to do the work himself, instead of
relying on others. Thus he will obtain a deeper know
l edge of the causes whi ch are operative in l ife than
any professional ast rologer who is a stranger can
gIve .
CHAPTER I .
TEE PLANETS
THE SEVEN SPIRITS BEFORE THE THRONE
HE nebular theory ex plains with wonderful in
genuity the material viewpoint of how a solar
system consisting Of sun and planets may be formed
from a central firemist , provided the firemist is put
in motion. Something or somebody extran eous to
the firemist is necessary t o give that first impul se,however, as shown by Herbert Spencer, who rejected
the nebular theory because it implies a First Cause,yet he was unable to enunciate a hypothesis free
from that, t o him , Obje ctionabl e flaw. Thus the scien
t ific theory of the genesis of a solar system coincides
with the rel igious teaching of a First Cause, cal l it
God or by any other name, who is the superior in tel
ligence orderin g the path of the marchi ng orbs with
a defin ite end and aim in view. That end we may
not y e t be abl e t o whol ly perceive, but all about us on
our planet we cann ot fail to note, if observant, an
orderly progression of al l things towards perfection,and it may be inferred that a sim ilar processof evolution must be in progress on al l the other pl an
e ts, varying of course, in consonan ce with the diverse
conditions existing on each.
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Mystic teachin g concern ing the formation of a
solar system agrees with the n ebul ar theory which
says that ringswere thrown off from th e central mass
Of the Sun ,forming in succession the several planets,
those farthest from the Sun bein g form ed first whil e
Venus and Mercury, last form ed, are nearest th e Sun .
Back of every act is a thought, and behi nd every
visible p henem enon there is an invisible cause . SO
with the formation of the planets in a solar system ,
there is a spiritual reas<m for their bein g, as wel l as
a material explanation .
The central firemist we may consider the first vis
ibl e mani festation of the triun e God , the Lord of
Hosts, Who contains within His Bein g a mul titude
of other beings at varying stages of development.
Their diverse needs require difier en t external envir
onments. In order t o furn ish such proper conditions
several plan ets have been thr own Off from the central
mass, each being difierent ly constituted and each having a cl im atic condi tion varying from the others. Ye t
they are all in the kingdom of God , the solar system.
“In Him they l ive and move and have their being !
in the most l iteral sense, for the whol e solar system
may be considered as th e body of God and the planets
as the organs in that body,ensouled by His Life, mov
ing in His Strength in accord with HisWill .
Each visibl e planet is the embodim ent Of a greatand exal ted spiritual intel l igence Who is the ministerof God in that department of His Kingdom, endeav
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oring to carry out HisWill , the latter having in view
the ul timate highest good , regardl ess of temporary ill .
These Planetary Spirits exercise a particul ar in
fluence on the beings who evolve upon the planet
which is Their embodiment, but have also an influence
on the evolvin g beings upon other plan ets according
t o the development attained by such bein gs. The
lower in the scale of evolution a being is placed the
more potent are the eflects Of the planetary influen ces ;the hi gher, the wiser and the more individualized a
being is, the more it is abl e t o shape its own course
and the l ess it wil l be actuated by the stell ar vibra
tions. That is why Astrology appli ed t o daily l ife
helps us. It gives us a knowledge of our weaknesses
and the tendencies t o evil in our nature ; it shows us
our strength and the tim es most opportune for devel
opment of added power for good.
In all religions we hear of the Seven PlanetaryGenii : the Hindu tells of Seven Rishi, th e Parsi ofSeven Am eshasp en tas, the Mohamm edan of Seven
Archang els and our Chr istian rel igion has its Seven
Sp irits befor e the Throne .
The m odern astronomer divorces the spiritual as
p ect of the celestial scien ce, Astrology, which he pooh
poohs as “ an exploded superstition ,from the mater
ial phase, Astronomy, counting eight primary pl anetsin our solar system—Neptune, Uranus, Saturn , Ju
piter, Mars, Earth, Venus and Mercury. He shows
through the tel escope that they exist and thinks he
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has proved that religion knows not whereof it speaks
when it asse rts that there are seven planets in the
solar sy stem . The Mystic, however, points t o Bode’
s
Law as vindi catin g his asse rtion that Neptune does
not real ly belong to our solar system .
Th e law is this : If we write a series of 4’s, add 3
to the second, 6 t o the third, 12 t o the fourth, etc .,doubling the amount added each time, the resul ting
series of numbers is a very cl ose approximation t o
the relative di stances Of the plan ets from the Sun
wi th the ex cep tion of Nep tune . Thus, to il lustrate :
Mer Ast er Ju Sa t Ur a Nepcury Venus Ear th Mar s oids p it er4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384
4 70 .
10.
16 28 52 100 196 388.
If we d 1v1de thi s series by 10 we ge t 1 for the d is
tance of the earth from the Sun and th e other num
bers then represent the distances Of the other planetsin te rms of the earth ’s distance . The closen ess with
which this simpl e law gives the distan ce is shown as
follows, the column headed Bode ! being the dis
tances according t o this law, whil e the column headed“D istan ce ! gives the correct values in terms of the
earth ’s distances.
Jupite rVe nus
NeptuneAst eroids .
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It is thus seen that, with th e ex ception of the values for Neptune, the numbers represent very nearly
the relative proportional distances from the Sun , of
the seven plane ts and the Asteroids whi ch are withinour solar syst em , but fail very decidedly when applied
t o Neptun e, who is the embodiment of a Great Spiritfrom the Creative Hierarchi es
,which normal ly in
fluence us from the Zod iac. This planetary genius
works specifical ly with those who are preparing for
in itiation and partially with those who study ast rol
ogy and put it into practice in the ir daily lives, for
then they are also preparing for the path of attain
ment . The twinkl ings of the fixed st ars from without
our solar system are the pul sations of spiritual im
pulses sent forth by the guardians Of the Greater
Mysteries ; and the Mercurians, the Gods of Wisdom
send out sim ilar impulses pertaining t o the l esser
myst erie s, hen ce Mercury twinkl es l ike a fixed star.
Plan ets revolve around the Sun at varying rates
Of spee d, the smal l er pl anets, which are the cl osest t o
the Sun ,moving much more rapidly than the larger
ones whi ch, in addi tion , describe wider circl es.
Mercury make s orb ital revolution in 88a 66 Cl 224iié
365$41 yr . 322
12 y ears.29 96
84
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Th e hourly motion of the plan ets in the ir orbits
is as follows
Mil es
Jupit erVenus SaturnEarth UranusMars. Neptune .
Besides revolving in their orbits around the Sun ,
the planets also revolve upon their axes in the sam e
direction as they revolve in their orbits ; that is, from
west t o east . This movem ent is call ed the d iurnal
rotation .
The time occupied by the diurnal rotation Of the
planets is as foll ows :
Hours Hours
Mercury 2454. Jupiter 10
Venus 10%
Eart h 24 Uranus 9%
Mars Neptune Unknown
The Sun also rotates upon an ax is but requires
about 608 hours or 25 1-3 days t o comple te on e ro
tat ion .
Th e axis of a planet may be either perpendicul ar
or Oblique t o its orbit. The present approximate in
cl inat ions of the axes are as follows
D egr e es
32356 Mer cury25
26 Neptune
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The inclination of the axis Of the Sun to the plane
Of the ecliptic is about degrees.
The above inclinations of the ax es do not in al l
cases coincide with the figures‘
given by physical
science , n e ither do we endorse their view that these
in clin ations remain practical ly un changed, save for
a sl ight vibratory movem ent called nutation . There
is an exce edingly slow third movement of the planets
whereby that which is now the North Pole of the
e arth wil l in the future, as it has in th e past, point
directly towards the Sun . Later it will be in theposition where now the South Pole is, and in due
time it will reach again its presen t place . Thus trop
ical climate and glacial epochs succeed each other on
all points of each plan et .
In addition t o this gradual movement of about 50
seconds of space p er cen tury , whereby a whole revo
lut ion Of the earth ’s axis is completed in about two
and one -hal f mill ion years, there have also been sud
den changes at a tim e when that whi ch is now th e
North Pole pointed directly towards the Sun . The
southern hem isphere was then continually in dark
ness and cold .
Resul ting conditions caused a sudden overtop
ping of our globe the last time . Since that time , how
ever, the Spirit which previously gui ded the earth
from without has drawn into the sphere and such
a happening will be impossibl e in the future.
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Mr. Pierre Bezian , a French mechanician , has con
structed an apparatus demonstrating this third move
ment. He is said to have received h is idea from a
study of the teachings promul gated among various
ancient people by priests possessed of mystic l earn
ing , particul arly from the Egyptians. He shows how
such a thi rd movement will accoun t for the tropical
flora and fauna found in the frozen North, whi ch canbe accounted for in no other way. He also shows that
when in the course of this third movem ent the in
cl inat ion of a planet ’s ax is becomes greater than 90
degrees and its North Pol e comm ences t o point to
ward the south, the satell ites of that planet will seem
t o turn in the opposite di rection from the satellites
Of the other planets, as is the case with Uranus and
Neptune ’s satellites ; a fact whi ch astronomers are
puzzled t o explain .
On Uranus and Neptune the Sun also rises in the
west and sets in the cast for the sam e reason : the
inversion of their pol es.
As a last diff erence between the teachings of mod
ern science and the West ern Wisdom Teaching of the
Rosicrucians, we may note that astronomers of today
speak Of Venus and Mercury as inferior plane ts because they always appear cl ose t o the Sun ; Venus is
se en only as a morning or an evening star ; Mercury
is rarely seen because it keeps so close t o the Sun .
The other plan ets are cal led sup erior because they
are seen at al l distan ces from the Sun , being even at
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the very opposite point of the horizon from the Sun .
This appellation , inferior and sup erior, the mys
t ic would reverse, for t o him it is clear that the Sun
is the embodiment of the highest spiritual int el l i
gence in our system. At the beginning of our pres
en t phase of evolution al l that is now outside the Sun
was inside , but not al l beings could continue t o vi
brate at the imm ense rate which Obtained there ; some
fel l behind, crystal l ized and , in time, becam e a cl og
on other classes. They started t o crystall ize at the
p ol e , where motion is sl ow,but gradually their in
creased weight brought them to the e quator, where
motion is most rapid, and they were thrown OS from
the Sun by centrifugal force .
Later, other beings failed t o keep up the vibratorymovement, lagged behind, and were thrown off at a
proper distance so that the solar Vibrations may give
them the rapidity necessary t o their development .
The m ost advanced spirits stayed longest with the
Sun and consequen tly, if th e appe ll ation inferior and
sup erior is t o be appl ied at al l , it should be used in
reverse mann er.
In order t o avoid al l misunde rstandin g, it may be
well t o state that Jupiter was thrown OE and given
its enorm ous bul k of fiery substance because the Ju
p iterians had arrived at a ve ry high state of devel
opmen t , where they needed both high vibrations an d
independent motion . Jupiter is the refore in some re
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sp ects an exception t o the rul e ; a case where a hi gher
law supersedes a lower.
In conclusion we reiterate that the plan ets in our
solar system are th e visibl e embodiments of the Seven
Spirits before th e Throne of God , the Sun , and that
just as it is possible t o us t o transmit by wireless
telegraphy the force whi ch moves th e telegraph key,lights a lamp , pul ls a l ever, et c . , so may these Great
Spirits exercise an influen ce upon human be ings in
proportion t o our stage of individuality. If we aim
t o act in harmony with the laws Of Good, we rise
above al l other laws and be come a law unto ourselves ;co-workers with God and helpers in nature. Ours
is the privil ege , ours the loss, if we fail t o l ive up to
our hi ghest possibil ities.
Let us therefore, strive t o know, that we may do ,and , above all l e t us beware of prostituting the scien ce
of the stars t o the gutter Of fortun e -tell ing. Gold of
Mammon may be ours if we do , but the“ peace of God
which passe th all underst anding ! will bring us last
ing joy if we use our knowl edge in unselfish service
t o others.
CHAPTER II.
TIME AND PLACE AS FACTORS IN CALCULATION
OF THE HOROSCOPE
HOROSCOPE is simply a chart of the heavens
showing a certain position of the plan ets and zo
di acal signs relative t o each other and th e earth. The
constellations remain in the same position one t o
another, and are therefore call ed “ fixed stars,! but
the earth and other planets constantly change . They
d o not return t o th e same relative position until after
about twenty-six thousand years. Thus every scienti
fically cal culated horoscope is absolutely individual
and shows a stellar influence d ifier ent from that e x er
t ed in any other l ife commen ced at a difierent time.
Be cause of the revolution of the earth upon its axis
a n ew degree of the zodiac rises every four minutes
and thus even the horoscopes of twins may difier con
sid erably . The student wi l l therefore real ize the im
portance of Tim e as a factor in casting a horoscope.
There are however,various methods of ap p rox imat
ing the time and erecting a correct horoscope for
those who do not know the hour of their birth, but
that subject belongs t o an advanced grade of this
study.
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Time is not the sam e the world over, however.When the Sun rises where we live , it sets in another
place, and that makes another difference in the horoscopes even if cast for children born at the sam e mo
ment of time but in opposite parts of the world, for
if it were noon in the birthplace of one , the Sun would
be high in the heavens above the earth, and in the
birthplace Of the other child it would b e midni ght
with the Sun directly bel ow the earth. We kn ow that
the chem ical efiect of the solar ray varies with its p o
sitiou, and when the change is physically noticeabl e,the spiritual effe ct must also difier . It is therefore
evident that Time and Place are the basic factors in
cal cul ation of the horoscope. We shall fir st show how
to locate the p lace of birth, then we take up the mat
ter of tim e .
PLACE
Geographi cally, the earth is divided by two imaginary sets of circles. On e circl e runs east and west,halfway between the North and South Pol es as shown
in the accompanying charts : it is cal l ed the Equator.
Other circl es cal l ed Parall els of Lat itud e , are imagined running paral lel t o the Equator, and their use is
t o measure the distance of any place North or South
of the Equato r. Now get an atlas and l ook at the
map of North America. Along the right and l eft
hand borde rs y ou will se e certain numbers. Note that
a curved l ine runs from No . 50 on the right t o No . 50
on the left. That is the fiftieth paral l el of latitude.
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TIME AND PLACE 17
you will find London , and close thereto a place cal l ed
Greenwich. That is the l ocation of the world ’s great
est observatory, and for purposes of astronomi calcal cul ation all places on earth are considered as be ing
so and so many degrees west or cast of Greenwich .
Thus, by latitud e we Obtain the location Of a ce rtain place nor th or south of the Equator.By long itude we designate its position east or west
of Greenwich.
When the locat ion of a place is stated in terms of
latitude and longitude it marks a certain spot beyond
all possibili ty of confusion with any other place,and gives the astrologe r one of the primal factors
necessary to calcul ate a scientific horoscope—place .
Latitude is the principal factor in l ocating the
signs of the zodiac by means Of “Tabl es of Houses,!
whi ch apply t o al l plac es in a ce rtain degr ee of lati
tude . These tables are as nearly un changeabl e as the
fixed stars t o whi ch they apply ; they remain the same
from year to year, at l east the change is so small as t o
be unappreciabl e in a lifetime.Longitude is the prime factor in al l cal cul ations
conn ected with the movable planets. To cal cul ate
their places at the time of a person ’s birth it is nec
essary to have an ast ronomical almanac for the year
of birth. This is cal l ed an ephemer is because it re
cords the ephemeral or momentary position of the
plan ets as seen from the Observatory at Greenwich
each day at noon.
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A Solar D ay is the period of time it takes the Sun
to move from any ce rtain m e ridian of Iongitude till
it re turns to the same meridian the next day. Owin g
t o the vari able motion of the earth in its orbit, and
the obl iquity of the ecl iptic, the Sun ’s p ath the
solar days are not al l of equal l ength, but as the pur
poses of social and civil life require a un iform d i
vision an average is struck of al l sol ar daysin a year,and this is cal l ed a Mean Solar D ay . It comm ence s
at midnight when the Sun is at the nadir. Clocks
are re gul ated t o show its be g inning and end , also its
equal divisions into twenty-four hours. There is
thus a diff eren ce betwe en sun -time and clock-time .
From the tim e when the Sun is ne arest to the earth
(perihelion ) D e cembe r 24th , t o th e time when it is
far thest from the earth ( aphel ion ) June 2l st , clocktim e is in advance of sun-time . From June 2l st t o
D ecember 24th , the Sun is in advan ce of the cl ock, the
greatest diffe rence bein g 16 minutes in th e beginning
of November.Wh en the unequal motion of the earth in its orbit
and the obliquity of th e ecl iptic act together, the dif
fe rence be tween sun -time and cl ock-time is greatest
but four times a year, April 15th , June 15th, Septem
ber l st and December 24th , they agre e.
A Sid er eal D ay is the time which el apses betwe en
a fix ed star’s l eaving a certain degree of longitude
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until it returns to it the foll owing day. This is the
exact time of on e compl e te revolution of the earth up
on its ax is ; it is the onl y absolutely uniform motion
observed in the heavens, having undergone no change
since the earl iest Observations on record.
Owing to the motion of the earth in its orbit about
the Sun a solar day is long er than a sid er eal day , for
as the Sun moves farther t o the e ast during the time
of the earth ’s daily rotation on its ax is, the earth
must turn further upon its axis before a ce rtain mer
idi an comes in l in e with the Sun . The solar day is
there fore about four minutes l onger than the side r
eal day, but owing to the variable motion of the earth
in its orbit and the obl iquity of the ecliptic previous
ly mentioned, this diffe ren ce also varies each day.
In bygone days cl ocks in each city or haml et dif
f ered from the tim epieces of every other place because
all we re set to l ocal time, but this caused much con
fusion to the traveling publ ic ; therefore America
adopted what is cal l ed Standard Time on November18
,1883. For persons born subsequent t o that date a
correction is necessary t o convert the time shown by
cl ocks t o true local time , for that is the time used t o
cal cul ate the horoscope . Th e diagram will aid stu
dents t o understand what Standard Time is, how it
overcame conf usion , and how the before-men tioned
correction is made.
It was suggest ed, that if the country be divided
into tim e -zones each about fifteen degrees of longitude
20 SIMPLIFI ED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGYin width (this be in g the distance the Sun travels inone hour) , and all the clocks in each division set t o
one uniform time , gauged by a meridian located inthe middl e of the resulting time-zone, conf usion of
travelers woul d be avoided.
Accordingly Am erica was divided into four such
zon es by thr ee imaginary l ines, as il lustrated in thediagram .
In the Eastern Tim e Zon e clocks are se t true t o the
75th m eridian ,5 hours earlier than Gre enwich Mean
Time .
In the Cen tral Time Zone time is regulated t o the9oth meridian whi ch is 6 hours earlier than Greenwich.
In the Mountain Time Zone timepieces are gov
ern ed according t o th e 105th meridian , 7 hours
earl ier than Gre enwich Mean Tim e.In the Pacific Tim e Zon e tim e is standard to the
120th m eridian ,8 hours earlier than Greenwich.
(There is a fifth zone in the far East, comprising
Main e, Nova Scotia, e t c . This zon e we omitted in
order that our diagram m ight be larger. )In all cities located on these Standard Meridians
(see diagram on the opposite page ) , such as Phil adelphia and D enver
,standard time is also true local
tim e, and no correction 18 required in cal cul ation of
horoscopes: But D etroit, whi ch y ou will see located on
the dividin g l ine between the Eastern and Central
Time Zones, is 7 degrees east of the 9oth meridian ,
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and its clocks are therefore 28 minutes sl ow in actual
fact, for when they show noon , according to the 9otb
m eridian standard, the true local time is 28 minutes
past twe lve . Chicago y ou wil l se e a l ittle east of the90th meridian (2 degrees) . When the clocks there
are twelve noon it is really San Francisco
clocks show noon when the true local time is only
because that city is 255: degrees west Of the
Standard Meridian . Correction is the refore neces
sary. The rul e for Obtainin g the true local time is
To the n earest Standard Meridian Time, add four
minutes for each degree th e birth place is East of
the Me ridian corresponding to that Tim e .
If the birth place is West of that Meridi an,sub
tract four minutes for each de gree it isWest thereof.
When a child is born the exact moment it draws its
first breath shoul d be noted, as that moment and m i
the time of delivery is the time of birth from the as
t rologe r’
s point of View.
The reason for taking the tim e of the first inspira
tion , usually accompani ed by a cry, as the moment of
birth, is that the chem ical condition of the atmosphere
changes at each moment as the Vibrations from the
stars chan ge. We note such a change in the atmos
phere according to th e position of the Sun in the skyat difieren t hours Of the day or n ight. Th e n ight air
is different from the atmosphere at noon . Th ese are
not sudden chan ges, but are brought about by, t o us,
impe rceptibl e degrees. We who are more cal l ous from
continued changes, do not feel them, but the l ittl e
CHAPTER III .
SIGNS AND HOUSESSIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
Q SUN 3 MARS9 VENUS RI URANUS!a MERCURY tp NEPTUNE
THE ASPECTS
d CONJUNCTION SEXTILE<9 OPPOSITION
SQUARE PARALLEL
LTHOUGH We are many mi lli ons of mil es near
er th e Sun in winte r, its rays transmit less heat
than in summer when we ar e farthest from it , and it
is therefore evident that d istance has no efiect on
transmission of heat-rays, but as the Sun rises
towards the zenith, be it summer or winte r, the heatincreases, the greatest heat bein g ex perien ced in mid
summer when sun-rays are n earest the p erp endicu
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SIGNS AND HOUSES 25
lar ; it is therefore evident that the angl e of the ray
is the sol e determinator of its influen ce.
Ast rology deals with planetary angl es and their
Observed effect upon m ankind ; in order t o de te rmine
these angles and tabulate Observations, the fixed stars
al ong the Sun ’s path have been divided in to groups
or conste llations, and the earth, as viewed from the
bir thp lac e of a chil d has been divided into houses.
Most beginne rs find it very conf using t o difie ren t iate
between these signs and houses, but if it is kept in
mind that the signs ar e divisions of th e h eavens, andhouses are d ivisions of th e ear th , there shoul d be no
difficulty. The signs influence certain parts of the
body ; houses govern conditions of life.
Like any other circle, the zodiac is divided into
360 degrees, each Of the twelve signs is therefore 30
deg rees. Their names and symbols are given in the
affixed diag ram . The parts Of the body rul ed by these
signs are as fol lows:
Cer e be llum and Ne ckArms and Lung s
St oma ch
K idne ysSCORPIO Se x Or g ans and Re ctum
Hip s and Thig hs
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Th ese twelve constellations are the natural zodiac
and ever in the same relative positions, but on account
of a motion of the pole of the earth the Sun crosses
the equator at a slightly different point each spring
at the vernal equino x , and this shifting point is con
sidered in Ast rology as being the first degree of Aries,the beginn of what is called the int el lectual zodiac,which thus changes from year to year at the rate Of
about seconds per annum, 1 degree in 72 years, 1
Sign in 2156 years, comple tin g the circle of 12 signs
in about years. This backward movement is
called “ precession of the equinox.
From the material istic Viewpoint there seems t o be
no re ason for thi s shifting Of the zodiac, but from the
position of the mystic it is not at al l arbitrary, but
necessary and in harm ony with the spiral path of evm
lut ion adhered to in both star and starfish, observable
everywhere in nature . After completion Of e ach
cycle, the intell ectual and the natural zodiacs agree
( the last time A . D . then a new world period
commences, a new phase of evolution , a higher l oop
Of the spiral whereon we are ever travel ing towards
God . Even from the m aterial standpoint it is evident
that the sp iral path of th e solar system Observed by
astronomers must change the angl e of incidence Of
the l ight rays from the fixed stars, and as the angl e
of incidence of the Sun ’s rays upon our earth has the
eff ect of producing the cl imatic changes of summer
and winter, it is reasonabl e that a simil ar change
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must fol l ow from our al tered position relative to the
fix ed stars, whi ch may account for gradual changes
of conditions such as that the winte rs grow l ess cold
and the summers l ess warm in certain parts Of the
world.
Furthermore,it has been Observed that climatic
conditions have a distin ct efiect on our temperam ent—we feel differently in summ er than we do in win ter—and may not this sl ow change relative to the fixed
stars account for the change in humanity, whi ch is
call ed evolution ? The mystic afiirms that it does. As
rays of the Sun ,by change of the angl e of incidence,
call forth leaves and fl owers from the plan t at on e
tim e , and at an other cause them t o wither, so do rays
from the fix ed stars call forth and produce greater
changes in flora and faun a ; they are responsible for
the rise and fal l of nations and the temperamental
change whi ch we call civil ization .
Bringing the anal ogy a step further, the natural
zodiac is composed of the const e ll ations as they are
and remain in th e heavens,and the in te l lectual zodiac
commences at the chan gin g point where th e Sun
crosses the equator at th e vern al equinox . That is
the tim e when Nature brings t o birth that which has
germ inated in h e r womb durin g the pre ceding win
ter. Thus th e horoscope of the world changes from
year t o year. “As above , so be l ow,
is the law of
analogy and the same sal ient points are observab l e in
the evolution of man and microbe , star and starfish.
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In the human map we have also what may be cal led
a natural horoscope, that is the figure as cast by the
rul es of Ast rology, where any sign may be on the
Ascendant, or First House . The changin g vernal
equinox corresponds t o the first degree of Aries, in
the in tell ectual zodiac, so the Ascendant in any hu
man horoscope also has an influence corresponding
to that degree . The Second House corresponds to
Taurus, the Third t o Gemini , and so on , forming the
counterpart of the intel l ectual zodiac in the human
horoscope.
As the rays of the Sun are intensified when fo
cused through a lens, so is the spiritual l if e of the Sun
when focused through the two houses of Mars t o
brin g a l ife from the unseen world.
Can cer, the first of the watery signs was pictured
among the ancient Egyptians as a scarab (bee tl e ) ,whi ch was their emblem of the soul , and occul tists
know that the seed-atom of the body is pl an ted when
the Sun of Life, (the Ego,) is in Cancer, the sphere of
the Moon , the pl anet Of fecundation .
Four months later, when the Sun of Life passes
through the second Of the watery signs, Scorpio,whi ch is under the rul ership Of Mars, the plan et Of
passion and emotion ,the Silver Cord is tied whi ch
binds the desire body t o the l ower vehicl es, and we
have the ‘ quickening ’ when the foetus first begins to
show sentient l ife. By that time the Ego has dissol
ved the nucleated blood corpuscl es through which the
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mother ’s life mani fested in the growing organism,
and it can then begin t o work in th e Vital fluid and
manifest signs Of separate life in the body until the
Sun of Life has comple ted its circl e and again reachesthe mystic Eighth House .
Eight months after the seed atom was sown the
Sun Of Life , th e Spirit, enters Pisces, t he l ast of thewate ry signs in th e myst ic zodi ac, which is under the
ex pansive , ben efic ray of Jupiter. Under this ben ev
olent influence th e waters of parturition swell and
bur st the restrainin g walls of the womb, when th e
nin e m onths of gestation have bee n comple ted, launch
ing the n ew-born soul upon the Ocean Of Life at thefirst point of Aries, where it is warm ed and cheered
By the combin ed rays of Mars and the Sun , whi ch
are house and exal tation rul ers. Thus it Is prepared
for the battle of existen ce by the en ergetic war-god ,and its fountain of l ife , be it large or sm all , is fill ed
t o capacity by the Sun , from the gr eat cosmic reser
voir of Vital energy.
THE HOUSES
In a horoscope the birthplace is always supposed
t o be the highest point on the earth. It is design ated
by an arrow on the di agram herewith and the point
right above it in the sky is call ed the Mid heaven . As
an observer in the n orthern hemisphere must always
look south t o se e the noonday Sun , it fol lows that
east is to the left and west on hi s righ t . Astrologers
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call the eastern horizon the Ascend an t, because at that
point the stars rise or ascend towards the Midheaven ,
and for the reve rse reason they cal l the west ern hori
zon the D escendan t . Rays from stars located at these
ex trem e poin ts woul d strike the birthpl ace at differ
ent an gl es, hen ce their influence woul d vary and there
woul d also be a noticeabl e difierence of efiect at in
te rm edi at e points between the Horizon and Mid
heaven , besides, the planets that have descended b e
l ow the earth have also power, though not t o the same
extent aswhen above the birthplace. The influence of
pl anets on various departments of l ife has been oh
served to be as fol lows :
CHAPTER IV.
THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES
O il ‘ust rate how a horoscope is cast, we wil l first
cast four horoscopes for persons born in Chicago ,August 2, 1909 , at A . M. , A . M. ,
P. M . ,
and P. M., as far as the placing Of the signs upon the cusps of the houses. The cusps are the divid
ing lines between the houses.
Finding Chicag o on the map,we note that it is
located n ear the 42nd degree of North latitude, andclose to 88 degrees of l ongitude West from Greenwich.
Our first con cern is t o find the True Local Timeof Birth. We first turn to the rul e on page 22which
says To the ne arest Standard Meridian Time, add
four minutes for each degree the birth pl ace is East
of the Meridian corr esponding to that Time.
If the birth place is West of that Meridi an , sub
tract four minutes for each degree it isWest thereof.
The n earest Standard Meridian Time is Central
Time gauged by the 9otb meridian . Chi cago, being
88 degrees West Lon gitude, is two degrees East of
the 90t h meridi an . We therefore add two times four,or eight minutes, t o the time shown by the clock, in
order to find true local time . In the case of the first32
THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES 33
birth hour, when the clock showed A . M. on
August 2nd . , the true local time is thus foun d t o be
A . M. Thi s True Local Time of Birth wil l beused in al l subsequent cal cul ation of the horoscope
Note, however, that this correction of Standard to
Local Tim e appl ies only in the United States, and
is requi red onl y for dates subsequent t o NOV . 18th ,1883, when standard tim e was adopted.
We will now proceed t o find the sidereal time (ahbreviat ed to S. T. ) at the birth place at the moment
of birth. As a starting point for our cal cul ations we
have the S. T. (sidereal time ) for Greenwich at noon .
From that we may cal cul ate the sidereal time at the
birth-place and hour by the fol lowing rul e
To the sidereal time for the noon pr evious to
birth (given in the ephm eris) addFirst , 10 seconds correction for every 15 degrees
of l ongitude the birth-place is west of Gre enwich.
Second , the interval between the p revious noon
and birth.
Third , 10 seconds correction for every hour of
this interval .
Fol lowing the above rul e we turn to the page of
ephemeris in the back of this book and find the col
umn marked Sidereal Time. As our first birth hour
is August 2nd , A . M. , true local time, we note
that the pr evious noon is August 1st . Opposite that
date we note the side real time as be ing 8 hours 37minutes, which we put down thus:
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H. M. S.
S. T. at Gree nwich for noon p r evious to birth . 8 7
1)Corr ection f or 10 seconds for each 15 deg . W.
Long. of bir thplaceInt erval be tween th e previous noon (Aug . l st )
and th e time of birth (Aug . 2ud , A . M. ) 14 23Correction of 10 seconds p er h our of int erval between pr evious noon and b irth ( 14 h . 23 m . )equals 144 seconds or 2 min , 24 sec 2 24
S. T. at th e b irthplace on th e birth-hour . 23 3 23
When th e birthplace 18 located In East longi tude,corr ection for long itud e is subtracted . Had the child
be en born August 2nd at A . M., in lat itude 42
North, but in longitude 88 East, the S. T. would be
figured as fol lows
S. T. Greenwich for noon (Aug . l st )Correction of 10 seconds for each 15 degreesEast Longitude (subtr acted)
Int erval from previous noon (Aug . l st ) to birth,14 23 00
Correction of 10 seconds e ach hour of int ervalfrom previous noon to
S. T. at birthplace , at b irth-h our . 23 1 25
As the Houses are gove rn ed by lati tude, the same
table of Houses is used as for the child born in Chi
cago .
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With this S. T. we turn t o the table of Housesfor the latitude of the birthplace, 42 degrees. There
we search th e various columns m arked Sidereal Time
for our S. T. at birth : 23-3-23 The one n earest t o
that is 23-44 6. In l ine with that sidereal time will
be found the various degrees Of the signs t o be placed
in our horoscope .
In the first column under l atitude 42°N. Opposite
the side real time 23-44 6, we Observe th e figure 15 ; at
the t op of the column we fin d the sign Pisces, andabove that figure 10
,which means that 15th
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degree Of Pisces is t o be place d on the l oth cusp , as
done in the accompanying horoscope.In the next column ,
in l ine with our sidereal time,we se e the figure 20, at the t op is the sign Aries, above
that the figure 11, meaning that 20 degrees of Aries
is t o be placed on the 1l th cusp .
In the third column ,In l ine with our sidereal time,
is the figure 1. Taurus and 12 are at the head of the
column but beneath that is Gem ini signifying that 1
degree of Gemini is t o be placed on the 12th cusp .
The wide column marked Ascendant comes n ext.
There we find the figures in l ine with our side
real time, and the sign Gemini at the t op , but we dis
regard that sign because the sign Cancer is placed
between our l in e and the top and we always take the
first sign above our l ine . Therefore we place Can cer
8 :10 on the Ascendant.
Proceeding al ong the figures in our l in e we note
the figure 27 in the first column t o the right of the
wide column . At the t op is the sign Cancer again
and the figure 2. Accordingly we place the 27th de
gr ee of Can cer on the cusp Of the Se cond House .
In the ex treme right hand column we find the figure 19 , the sign Leo and the figure 3 at the top of the
column . Therefore we place the 19th degree of Leo
on the Thi rd Cusp .
We have thus Obtained figures for six of our
houses, the six opposite houses are given the opposite
signs and degrees.
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Having Pisces 15 on the Tenth House, we place
the Opposite degree Virgo 15 on the Fourth Cusp,which is opposite th e Tenth.
Aries 20 on the Eleventh House is the opposite of
Libra 20 placed on the Fifth Cusp .
Sagittarius 1 placed on the Sixth Cusp forms an
exact opposite t o Gemini 1 on the Twe lfth House.The Ascendant is opposite the Seventh Cusp and
Capricorn 8 :10 placed there is the opposite of Cancer
on the Ascendant .
Can ce r 27 on the Second House wil l be properly
Opposed by Capricorn 27 on th e Eight h House , and
Aquarius 19 placed on the Ninth is in opposition t o
Leo 19 on the Third.
Now all the cusps are fil l ed, but on account of the
in cl ination of the earth ’s axis som e of the signs may
be in tercep t ed between two cusps, therefore it is n e c
essary t o se e if all the twelve signs are in our horo
scope before proceeding furthe r. Counting from
Aries, we note the presen ce of Gemin i . Taurus is
missing, and we therefore place it in its proper posi
tion between Aries and Gemini .
When a cer tain sign is in tercep ted , its op p osite
also wil l be m issing . We may, there fore, at once place
Scorp io in its proper position between Libra and
It will now be found that al l the twelve signs are
placed in our horoscope, Cance r and Capricorn each
occupying two cusps. It is finished as far as placing
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the signs in their proper positions relative t o the
houses, and that is as far as we will proceed at the
presen t time. so we will leave thi s horoscope and cal
cul ate on e for a person born six hours later in the
same place : Chicago, August 2, A . M.
We first have t o find the True Local Time of Birth.
As before, we add e ight minutes t o the tim e shown
by the cl ock, namely A . M. This gives us
A . M. which is the True Local Time of Birth .
Our rul e for finding the Sidereal Tim e at the birth
hour and place requires that we n ote the
S. T. at Greenwich on th e noon previous t o birth(Aug . 1st ) , as given in th e Ephem eris .
Correction of 10 seconds f or each 15 degre es W.
Long. of b irthplace (Ch icago , 88 W. )Inte rval from previous noon (Aug . l st ) to th etim e of b irth (Aug . 2nd , A. M. ) 20 23
Correction of 10 seconds for ea ch hour of interval equals 204 seconds 3
Sidereal Tim e at b irthplace at th e b irth hour 29 4
Subtract th e cir cl e of 24 hours. 24
5 4 23
As there can be only twenty-four hours in a day,we subtract 24 where n ecessary, and work with the
remainder,in this case 54 -23 whi ch was the true
Sidereal Time in Chi cago at the birth. This time, or
th e nearest thereto,we accordingly se ek in the Table
of Houses for the l atitude of Chi cag o, 42 degrees N.
The nearest time is 5-3-29 , and in l in e with that
we find the degrees for the various cusps of our
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House. Opposite Can cer 21 on the El eventh we place
Capricorn 21 on the Fifth. Opposite Leo 22 on the
Twelfth we place Aquarius 22 on the Sixth. Oppo
site Virgo on the Ascendant we place Pisces18 :56 on the Seventh. Opposite Libra 14 on the Sec
ond place Aries 14 on the Eighth, and opposite Seor
p io 13 on the Third, place Taurus 13 on the NinthHouse.
!
Now al l the cusps of the horoscope are fill ed, and
we start to count th e signs to se e if they are al l pres
ent or if it is necessary t o put in any that may be in
THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES 41
tercep t ed . We commence our count at Aries, and find
that all twelve signs are repre sented, and it is there
fore at a stage of completion where we decide to
leave it for the present.
We next proceed t o cast the horoscope for a per
son born at Chicago , August 2, at P. M. True
Local Tim e of Birth is 8 minutes later or 2 :23 P. M.
We find that the p r evious noon is August 2nd and so
we start our cal cul ations as fol l ows:H. M. S.
S. T. at Greenwich on th e noon previous to birth(Aug . 2nd )
Correction of 10 seconds f or each 15 degr ees W.
Long. of b irth place (88 degrees)Interval from previous noon t o th e time of b irth(noon to P. M. )
Correc t ion of 10 sec’s for each hour Of interval 24
S. T. at b irthplace on birth hour 11 5 23
Turn ing to our Tabl es of Houses for l atitude
42°N., we find the n earest S. T. t o be 11-4—46.
In the first column under latitude 42°N. is the figure 15 ; the sign Virgo and the figure 10 are at the
top of the column . Therefore we place 15 degrees of
Virgo on the Tenth Cusp .
The second column has the figure 16, Libra and
the figur e 11 at the t op , so 16 degrees of Libra ispl aced on the El eventh House.The figure 10 is in the third column , and the Sign
Scorpio between our line and the t op , therefore we
disregard the sign at the top , but note the figure 12,
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and accordingly place 10 degrees of Scorpio on
Twe lfth House .
In the wide column we see th e figures whi ch
we place on the Ascendant with the sign Scorpio
found at the head of the column .
The column t o th e right of the wide column con
tains the figure 1, with the sign Capricorn above and
at the t op is the figure 2. Therefore we put Capri
corn 1 on the Second Cusp .
The extrem e right hand column shows th e figure
8,the sign Aquarius above and the figure 3 at th e
THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES 43
head Of the column . Accordingly we place the 8th
degree of Aquarius on th e Third House .
Now our six cusps are fil led, and we proceed t o
place the Opposite signs and degrees on the other six
cusps as described in detail in conn ection with the
first two horoscopes. When that has been don e we
count our signs from Aries t o see if all are rep re
sented . That brings out the fact that Gem ini and Sagit tarius are missin g ,
so we insert them in the ir proper
places—Gemin i between Taurus and Cancer, Sagit
tarius between Scorpio and Capricorn . Our horo
scope has been completed as far as the signs and
houses are concerned, therefore we leave it for the
pre sent t o cast th e last of our four experimental maps
for a person born in Chicago , August 2, 1909 , at
P. M. True Local Time of Birth is 8 minut es l ateror 8 :23 P. M.
As before, we note the
S. T. at Gree nwich on th e noon previous t o birth(Aug . 2nd )
Corre ct ion of 10 seconds for every 15 degree s theb irthplace is We st of Gree nwich
Int erval be tween th e previous noon and birth . 8 23
Correction of 10 seconds for every h our of interval be tween previous noon and b irth
Sidereal Time at birthplace at th e b irth hour 17 6 23
Wi th thi s sidereal time we turn t o the tabl es of
Houses for the latitude of birthplace, 42°N., and fin d
the nearest S. T to be 17-7-49 .
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In the first column under l atitude 42° N. we find
18. A t the t op of the column , Sagittarius and the
figure 10,there fore we place Sagittarius 18 on the
Tenth Cusp .
The second narrow column shows the figure 9 .
Capricorn is above and the figure 11 is at th e t op of
the column , so we place Capricorn 9 on the Eleventh
Cusp .
The third narrow column has the figure 2 with
Aquarius above and the figure 12 at the head of the
column , so we place Aquarius 2 degrees on the cusp
of Twelfth House.
THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES 45
In the wide column are the figures Pisces
above and Ascendan t at the top , so we pl ace 7 :8 of
Pisces on the Ascendant.To the right of the wide column we find the figure
25 ; Aries and 2 are at the t op , so we place Aries 25
on the Second Cusp .
The extreme right hand column has the figure 26
and Taurus is at the t op with the figure 3. Accord
ingly we place Taurus 26 on the Thi rd Cusp .
Having thus fill ed the six cusps, we proceed t o
fill the six Opposite houses with the opposite signs.
Gemini 18 on the Fourth in opposition to Sagit
tarius 18 on the Tenth. Cancer 9 on the Fifth in op
position t o Capricorn 9 on the Eleventh, and so on
When all the cusps have been fil l ed we count the signs
and find that all twelwe are present, hence our he ro
scope has reached the same stage of compl etion as
the ones previously cast .
These horoscopes of four chi ldren born in the
same city (Chi cago ) on the same day and year (Aug .
2, 1909 ) but at differen t hours, Show graphi cally
that peopl e may be, and are, born under all the twelve
signs anywhere on any day of the year.
When we compare the four horoscopes we have
cast we may learn several important l essons. In the
first place, we may see the worthl essness of the state
ments so often heard ;“I was born under Taurus,
!
or“ I was born under Scorpio, whi ch simply means
that the person was born in May or Novembe r when
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the Sun was in th e signs mention ed. Such a state
ment at once exposes the one who so expresses him
self as being ignorant Of the scien ce of Astrol ogy and
reveals the fact that if he has had a horoscope cast,it has been done by an incompetent astrologer. These
sometimes advertise to cast a horoscope “ tell ing your
fortune from the cradl e t o the grave ! for a very
smal l sum. But a conscientious astrologer cannot
g ive a simpl e de lineation of character without spend
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every two and one-hal f days; and the hour is also
n eedful to fix its position , as it omoves about 12 de.
grees each day.
Yet even with these data the horoscope would lackindividual ity, for if a child is born every second that
would mean that people are born within the
sam e hour. If we can bring the data t o within t en
minutes Of the actual time of birth we should have the
wherewithal to cal cul ate a relative position of the
pl anets such as woul d fit onl y 600 Of th e peopl e on
earth. If we add the last datum, p lace , which en able s
us t o cal cul ate the rising sign and d eg re e , we shal l
have an absolute ly individual horoscope , for it is sel
dom indeed that two persons are born in the same
place, at the same hour and minute . Even twins are
born at an interval of from twenty minutes t o several
hours apart, and we can readily see that a difierent
de gree would then be rising for each of the two .
When the l ast of a Sign is rising for one of the twins,the other will usual ly be born under th e next sign .
As the rising sign is one of the principal significa
tors in moul ding the body, the appearan ce Of the
second twin might b e totally difierent from the first .
A comparison of the rising signs shows an appar
ent lack Of un iformity in the diurnal motion of the
earth. At A . M . Can cer is rising, whi l e
twelve hours later Scorpio 29 -16 is on the Asendan t,showing that the birth place has travelled onl y about141 degrees in t h e twelve hours involved . To com
THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES 49
p let e the circl e, it must travel 219 degree s in the re
maining twelve hours. But as the diurn al rotation
of the earth on its axis is uniform, the lack of un i
formity in the motion noted above is due t o its not
bein g true diurnal motion . This condition is caused
by the obl iquity of the Ecliptic and the consequent
unequal division Of th e latter by th e planes separat
ing the houses, these plan es being those of th e horizon
and the m eridi an and four interm ed iate ones at 30
degree intervals. For this reason certain signs u se
more Slowly than others and are therefore called Signs
of Long Ascension ,while their opposites are call ed
signs of Short Ascension . It wil l b e evident from
the foregoing that m ost people are born unde r the
signs of lon g ascension ,—Can cer, Leo , Virgo,
“
Libra,Scorpio and Sagittarius in the Northern Hemisphere,and their opposites in the Southern Hemisphere.
CHAPTER V.
HOW TO CALCULATE TEES POSITIONS
OF THE PLANETS
As the Ephem eris is cal cul ated for Greenwich at
the time when the Obse rvatory clock st rikes twelve.
it is n ecessary t o make corrections for other hours an d
for places East or West from that point when it is
desired to calcul ate a horoscope.
By adding four minutes for each degree Of l ongi
tude the birthplace is West of Greenwich t o the true
lo cal time of birth we obtain the Greenwich Mean
Tim e as re corded by the Observatory clock. This is
written G. M. T.
We wil l apply this rul e t o cal cul ate the G. M . T.
of the horoscope for August 2, A . M . at Chi cago ,which is 88 degreesWest l ongitude :
H. M.
True Local Time of Birth (see page 23 A. M. Aug . 2
4 min. tim es 88 degr ee s equal 352 min. 5 52
Greenwich Mean Time (G. M. T. ) 2 15.
P. M. Au 2
Mul tiplyin g the degree of West l ongItude of h]
cago (88 de grees) by four minutes gives us 352 m in
utes, whi ch we divide by 60 because there are 60
50
HOW To CALCULATE THE PLANETS’ POSITIONS 51
minutes in each hour. Thus we obtain 5 hours 52
minutes, which we add t o the true local time of birth,23 minutes afte r 8 in the mornin g, and the sum is 15
m inutes past 2 o’cl ock in the afternoon , which is the
G . M . T.
That is t o say , at the identical time when the child
was born and th e Chicago clocks pointed t o 15 m in
utes afte r 8 O ’clock in the m ornin g, th e Observatory
clock at Gre enwich showed 15 minutes past 2 o’clock
in th e afte rnoon
This l atter is the tim e we must use t o make our
cal culations of th e plan ets’ places, and in order t o
have as few factors in mind as possible t he beginn er
is advised t o forg e t the local tim e of bir th when
once he has found the G. M. T.
In West ern longitudes the G. M . T. may advance
into the day foll owing birth on account of th e addi
tion of 4 minutes for e ach degree Of longitude . In
the cases where the l on gitude Of th e birthplace is
East of Greenwich a subtraction of 4minutes ismade
for each degre e ; hen ce the G. M. T. may re cede in to
the day preceding birth. Therefore we speak n either
Of birthday n or birth hour, but of G. M . T. day and
hour.
Our concern is now to find the motion of the
planets on the G. M . T. day, whi ch is from the noon
before G. M. T. t o the n oon after the G. M. T Th e
positions Of the planets are found in the ephemeris.
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As our G. M. T. is Aug . 2, 1909 , at P . M. ,
if we desire t o cal cul ate the daily motion of the Sun
we n ote its l ongit udes on the noon of Aug . 2nd ( the
noon before G. M. T. ) and Aug . 3rd ( th e noon afte r
G. M. As we are to subtract we place the l ongi
tude of the planet on the l ast day above, for that
facil itates the Operation .
Th e Sun’s longit ude at noon on Aug . 3rd, 1909 ,
(as give n in th e e ph emeris) 10 28
Th e Sun’
s longitude at noon Aug . 2nd 9 31
Th e motion of th e Sun on th e G. M. T. day . 0 57
The n ext step is to find the in terval between the
G. M. T. and the near est noon, for that is also a basis
of our correction . In the present horoscope the
G. M. T. is Aug . 2, 2 :15 P. M. The nearest noon is
obviously 12 O ’cl ock August 2nd , and the in terval be
tween 12 o’
clock noon and P . M. is therefore 2
hours and 15 m inutes.
The motion of the planet on the G. M. T. day and
the interval from G. M. T. to nearest noon having
been found, our probl em may be thus stated
When the Sun moves 57 minutes of space in 24
hours, how much does it move in 2 hours and 15 min
utes? Answer : 5 minutes.
This method of working the corrections by simpl e
proportion may be used with advantage Where the
motion of a plan et is l ess than one degree ; with Ve
nus, Mercury, and particul arly in the case Of the
HOW TO CALCULATE THE PLANETS’ POSITIONS 53
Moon,it ismuch quicker, safer and more exact to p er
form the correction by means of logarithms. A table
of logarithms is found on the last pages of our
Ephem eris for any year, also a partial table in the
back Of this book,and its use is exce edingly simple .
At the t op of the tabl e is a l ine of figures : 0 t o 23.
They are for the Hours or D egrees (both being d iv
isible into 60 minutes) on the l eft hand side is an
other column having the minute figures : 0 to 59 .
When we wish t o find the l ogarithm of a certain
number of hours and minutes we simply place our in
dex finger upon the figure corresponding to the num
ber Of hours or degrees wanted, run it down the col
umn till we reach the l ine corresponding t o the min
utes wanted. A t that point where the line of minutes
intersects the column of hours or degrees will b e
found the desired logarithm .
For instance, the daily motion of the Sun in the
horoscope under cal cul ation is 0 degrees 57 minutes.
We place our index finger upon the column marked
0 at the t op . We run th e finger down the page till
we come in l ine with the figure 57 in the minute col
umn . Where this l in e intersects the column 0 is the
figure whi ch is the l ogarithm of the Sun ’smo
tion on the G. M. T. day from noon Aug . 2, t o noon
Aug . 3.
In like manner we fin d the logarithm of interval
between G. M. T. and the nearest noon . In this case
the interval is 2 hours 15 minutes. Running our index
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finger down the column marked 2 we find the figure
in l ine with the figure 15 in the minute column .
That logarithm is the logarithm Of interval.
Th e daily motion of each planet d ifiers from the
daily motion Of all the other plane ts. Therefore th e
travel of each must b e separately calcul ated and the
logarithm Of its motion found, but the in terval b e
tween the G. M. T. and the n earest noon applies
equal ly in the cal culation Of all th e plan ets, so that
once the in terval has be en ascer tain ed , i ts logar i thm
may be used in the cal culation of al l the p lane ts’
p laces.
Continuing our calcul ation , we place theLogarithm of th e Sun
’smotion from noon Aug . 2ud
to noon Aug . 3rd (57 minut e s)Plus Logar ithm of in te rval
Logarithm o f distance travel ed by th e Sun during2 4305
The value of that l ogarithm in degre es and m in
utes we ascertain by finding it or the logarithm near
est thereto in th e table . In the present example the
nearest l ogarithm is Thi s figure is in the col
umn m arked 0 degrees at the t op , and in l ine with
the figure 5 in the extrem e l eft-hand column which
contains minutes. There fore the value of the loga
rithm is 0 degrees 5 minutes. Thus we have Obtain ed
the same answer t o our problem (When the Sun
moves 57 minutes in 24 hours, how much does it m ove
in 2 hours 15 min ? ) by using l ogarithms as we did
working by proportion . The latter m ethod may se em
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For the conven ience of the student we will now
enunciate the rul e for finding the planets’ p laces, in
consecutive order of operation
First—Fin d the G. M. T. by adding to the local
time of birth 4 minutes for each degree of longitude
the birth-place is west of Greenwich (subtract for
East longitude ) .
Secondr —Find the in terval be tween the G. M. T.
and the nearest noon , also the logari thm of in terval .
Third—Find the planet ’s motion on the G. M. T.
day, from the noon before the G.M.T. t o the noon after the find also the l ogarithm of that motion
Four th—Add t o th e logarithm of interval th e
logarithm of the planet ’smotion on the G. M. T. day.
Th e sum of these is the logarithm of the planet ’s
travel dur ing the in terval .
Fifth—Find the value of the logarithm of the
planet ’s travel during the interval in degrees and
minutes. This is the incremen t of corr ection .
Six th a) When the G.M.T. is before noon
subtract the in crem ent of correction from the
planet ’s position on the noon n earest t o the G. M. T.
(b ) When the G. M. T. is after noon (P. M. ) add the
increment of correction t o the planet ’s longitude on
th e n oon n earest the G. M. T.
When p lane ts ar e retrograd e reverse the 6th rul e .
The resul t in either case Will give t h e exact posi
tion Of the planet at G. M. T., whi ch is entered in the
proper place in the horoscope .
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These rul es have al l been appl ied in cal culating the
position of on e planet—the Sun—but as the G. M. T.
(August 2, P. M. ) and the logarithm of inter
val are the same for al l the plan ets we n eed
not cal cul ate them again as dire cted by Se ctionsFirst
and Second but commen ce our cal culations Of the
Moon and planets according t o Section Three
Longitude o f th e Moon on th e noon after G.M.T.
as p er th e eph em eris (Aug . 3 ) Pisces 2 39
Longitude of th e Moon on th e noon befor e G.M.T.
as p er th e ephem er is Aug . 2) Aquarius 17 55
Th e Moon’s motion on th e G.M.T. day . 14 44
The student wil l remembe r that there are 30 de
grees in each Sign and 60 minutes in one degree . In
the foregoin g subtraction it was necessary to borrow1 degree and add its 60 minutes t o 39 , for only then
coul d we subtract from the total Of 99 m inutes the 55
minutes as requi red, l eaving a remainder of 44 min
utes. Similarly, we borrow one Sign (30 degrees) ,addin g it t o the one degree of Pisces l eft aft er we borrowed the one degr ee t o work our subtraction of the
minutes. Thus we subtract 17 from 31 degrees, whichleaves a remainder of 14 degrees.
According t o Section Four of our rul e we add
Logarithm of th e Moon’s motion on G.M.T. day .
Logar ithm of int erval
Logarithm of Moon’s t ravel in
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Section Five dire cts us t o find the value of this
logarithm , and in our table of logarithms we note as
the nearest thereto the figure Above that, we
se e at the head of the column the figure 1 ; t o the ex
treme l eft is the figure 23, indicating that the Moon
has travel ed 1 degree 23 minutes during the in t erval
(between G. M. T. and the nearest noon ) . This is
therefore the increment of correction .
Section Six (b ) directs that we add the increm ent
of correction to the
Deg .Min .
Longitude of th e Moon on the noon n ear est
G.M.T. (Aug . 2) .Aquarius 17 55
Incr em ent of correction 1 23
Th e longitude of th e Moon in th e h oroscope.Aquarius 19 18
The motion of Neptune , Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter on the G. M . T. day from noon August 2nd t o
noon August 3rd is seen by a glance at the ephemeris
t o have been onl y a few minut es. Consequently the
distan ce they have travel ed in the in t erval is negli
gibl e and they may be entered in the horoscope as
having the longitude of th e n ear est noon t o the G. M.
T., August 2nd . Mars has moved 15 minutes on the
G. M. T. day, and we may therefore add 1 minute for
his travel during the interval to his longitude August
2nd as given in the ephemeris ; so that we enter him
in the horoscope as bein g in Aries 3 ;58.
How To CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 59
Venus will n eed logarithmi c correction .
D eg .Min.
Longitude of Venus on th e noon after G.M.T.
(Aug . 3 ) Vir o 6 21Lon tude of Venus on th e noon b efore G.M .
Aug . 2) Virgo 5 9
Venus’ motion on th e G.M.T. day 1 12
Logarithm of Venus’ motion on G.M.T. day 1 .3010
Logarithm of interval 1 0280
Logarithm of Venus’ tr avel duringinterval
Increm en t o f corre ct ion (value of og . or th e n e ar‘
est th ere to , in this case equal 0 degr ees 7 m in.
D eg .Min.
Venus’ longitude on th e noon near est G.M .T.
(Aug . zud ) .Virgo 5 9
Increm ent of correction 7
Venus’ long. to be enter ed in horoscope . .Virgo 5 16
Mercury also has moved sufficiently to make it de
si rable to cal cul ate his ex act longitude at G. M. T. of
birth by logarithms
Longitude of Mercury on th e noon aft er G.M.T.
Longitude of Mercury on noon befor e G. M. T.
Leo 7 17
Mer cury’s motion on th e G.M.T. day .
Logarithm of Mercury ’s mot ion on G.M.T. day .
Logarithm of interval
Logarithm of Mer cury’s tr avel during in t erval .
Value of log . or incr ement of corr ection ,
0 degrees, 12 m inut es.
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D eg .Min.
Longitude of Mer cury on noon nearest G.M.T.
Leo 7 17
Incr ement of correction 0 12
Mer cury’s long. to be en tered in horoscope . .Leo 7 29
The position Of the D ragon ’s Head, ( 83 ) or
Moon ’sNode, and the D ragon
’
s Tail, ( 83 ) have now
t o be found. The l ongitude Of the D ragon ’
s Head
for Aug . 2nd ., the noon nearest t o the G. M. T. , is
found in the ephemeris t o be 13. 47 Gemi ni . The
D ragon ’s Tail occupies the opposite poin t, nam ely
13. 47 Sagittarius. These poin ts are to be entered in
the horoscope.
The re remains yet another factor to compl ete the
h oroscope : the Part of Fortun e. Thi s is an imaginarypoint calcul ated from the l ongitude of the Sun , Moon
and Ascendan t. The philosophy is, that the human
body is produced by the lun ar forces. A t the time
of conception the Moon may be mathematically dem
onst rat ed to have been in the degree which is the As
cendant at birth—a t birth it has a different longitude.In on e of these positions the Moon may be said t o
have m agn etized the positive pol e, in the other the
ne gative .pol e of the seed atom which as a magnet
draws to itsel f the chemical substance that builds the
dense body. The solar forces vitalize the body and ,
as it is constantly decayin g, a pabul um is necessary to
repair waste. That nutrim ent and all mate rial p os
sessions, are therefore, astrol ogically sp eaking, de
HOW TO CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 61
rived through the combin ed influences of the Sun and
the be fore-m entioned two positions of the Moon .
When the plan etary aspects t o this Part of Fortun eare favorable material success and prosperity foll ow.
When adverse influen ces center upon it , reverses are
m e t . The n ature of the aspecting planet, the Sign
and house it is in tell the sources whence we may ex
pee t one or the other, and thus show us where to di
rect our energies or what t o avoid .
Th e Signs of the Zodiac are counted from Ar ies
whi ch is the first sign, and each is thus numbered
Ar ies 1 Libra 7
Taurus 2 Scorpio 8
Gemini 3 Sagittarius 9
Cancer 4 Capr icorn 10
5 Aquarius 11
6 Pisces 12
To find the Part of Fortune
Add t o the longitude of the Ascendant : sign , de
gree and minute , the longitude Of th e Moon : sign , de
Fr om that sum subtract th e l ongitude of th e Sun
Sign ,degr e e and minute
Th e remainder is the lon gitude : sign , degre e and
minute of th e Part of Fortune .
Applyin g this rul e t o the horoscope we ar e cal cu
latin g, we note the factors involved in th e calcul ation
as follows
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Longitude of th e Ascendan t . .Vir go ( 6th Sign ) 18 56Longitude of t h e Sun Leo (5th Sign ) 9 36
Longitude of th e Moon . .Aquarius ( 11th Sign ) 19 18
We then follow th e rul e and add
Long itude of th e Moon
Longitude of th e Ascendant
8 14
SubtractLongitude Of th e Sun o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 9 36
Longitude of th e Part of 12 28 38
Th e twelfth sign is Pisces, hen ce th e lon gitude of
the Part of Fortun e in the horoscope will be Pisces
In the above exampl e the student will notice that
when adding the degrees of the Moon and Ascendant
19! 18! th e 1 degree carried in addition of the m in
utes equals 38, but there are Onl y 30 degrees in a sign .
so on e sign was carried forward and added t o the
other signs, the same as we add 60minutes t o degre es
or hours.
If, after subtracting the longitude Of the Sun
there are more than 12 signs l eft, we subtract the cir
cle of 12 and work with the remainder.
It also happens that the signs of the Sun ’s longi
tude ex ceed the combined longitudes of the Moon and
Ascendant, so that it is impossible to perform the sub
traction. For instan ce, if the
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Deg . Min .
Longitude of th e Sun Leo 9 36Longitude o f t h e Moon Aquarius 19 18
Long. o f Neptun e (noon Aug . . Cancer 17 42
Long. of Uranus (noon Aug . 18 151!
Long. of Saturn (noon Aug . A r ies 23 13
Long. of Jupiter (noon Aug . Virgo 15 10
Longitude of Mars A r ie s 3 58
Longitude of Ve nus Virgo 5 16
Longitude of Me r cu Leo 7 29
Longitude of Part 0 Fort une Pisce s 28 38
Long itude of Dragon ’s He ad Gem in i 13 47
Longitude of Dragon ’s Tail Sagittarius 13 47
The planets may now be placed in th e horoscope .
In placing th e planets the studen t shoul d have
particul ar regard t o two points :
First—That the plan ets are placed in their proper
houses and order. The signs and degrees of the zod
iac go in th e dire ction shown by the arrows ; conse
quently, starting from Aries 0 (which must be in the
Seventh House, as Aries 14 is on the cusp of the
Eighth House ) we note that Mars is in Aries
consequently we place him in th e Seventh House
close t o the cusp of the Eighth. As Aries 14 is on the
cusp or l ine which marks th e entrance t o the Eighth
House, and Saturn isAries we place him in the
Eighth House just above the cusp . Thus both planets
are in their proper rel ation t o one another and t o th e
houses, and they are so p laced tha t in r eading we can
make no mistake as to the sign they are in . If Mars
had been placed lower down in the Seventh House ,at a cursory gl an ce he might seem to be in Pisces, and
HOW TO CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 65
Saturn ,placed furthe r up in the Eighth, might ap
pear t o be in Taurus. That would cause an e rror in
readin g whi ch a l ittl e care wil l obviate. If the stu
dent observes carefull y the method used in placing
the planets in this horoscope there will never be anydoubt as t o the signs the plan ets are occupying.
Second—The positions of the planets shoul d be
readable without the necessity of turning and twist
in g the horoscope, whi ch is subversive of proper con
centration . If plan e ts in the Third, Fourth, Ninthand Tenth Houses are written as we have inscribed
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Neptune and Uranus, this inconvenience will be overcome.
The horoscope has now be en cast and is compl ete.
Most astrologers now start t o read, but t o do this
work thoroughly it is necessary t o make an indexsuch as wil l be found in a later chapter. In order to
make the student thoroughl y conversant with the
mann er of casting a horoscope we wil l first compl ete
the figure cast in part for August 2, P . M . , for
that horoscope offers certain pecul iarities worthy of
To find th e G. M. T. we add to the True LocalTim e of Birth , Aug . 8 23 P. M.
4 m in. for each of th eg88 degre es longi-
Htude , birthplace is west of Greenwich . 5 52
G. M. T., August 3rd 2 15 A . M.
Here is an important point. When we add 5 hours
and 52minutes to 8 P. M., we bring the G. M. T. into
the following day : at the identical time when the
chi ld was born and the Chi cago cl ocks pointe d t o 15
minutes past 8 on the evening of August 2nd , the Oh
servatory clock at Greenwich showed 15 minutes past
2 on the morning of August 3rd . Thus the noon of
August 3rd is nearest the G. M. T. , and the interval
between G. M. T. A. M. ) and n earest noon is
the re fore 9 hours, 45 minutes, the logarithm of inter
val bein g .3912.
We have now performed the operations prescribed
in Sections One and Two of our rul e and we will nex t
HOW To CALCULATE THE PLANETs’POS TIONS 67
find the motion of the Sun on the G. M. T. day as di~
r'
ected by Section Three
Long. o f Sun on noon after G. M. T.
(Aug . 10 28
Long. of Sun on noon befor e G. M. T.
(Aug . 9 31
57
Log . of Sun’s motion on G. M. T. day
Logar ithm of interval
Log . of Sun’s travel during
Value of logar ithm 1 .7937 ( incr em entof corre ction ) 0 degree s, 23 minut
e.
Long. of Sun on noon ne ar e st G. M. . .Leo 10 28
Minus increm ent of corr ection . 0 23
Long. of Sun at G. M. T. . .Leo 10
This position may be entered in the h‘
oroscope .
In the last horoscope we added the increment of
correct ion t o the longitude of each planet because the
G . M. T. was after noon . Here the G. M. T. is beforenoon hence we subtract the increment of correction
from the longitude of each pl an et on the n ear est noon
t o G. M. T. as di rected by the rul e Section Six (b ) .
D eg .Min .
Long. of Moon on noon after G. M . T. . Pisces 2 39
Long. of Moon on noon befor e G. M. T.
Motion of Moon on G. M. T. day 14 44
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Logarithm of Moon’s m otion
Logarithm of int e rval
Log . of Moon’s m otion during interval
Value of logarithm .6031 ( increm entof corr ection ) 5 degree s, 59 minut e s.
Long. of Moon on noon near est G. M. T.
(Aug . Pisces 2
Minus increm ent of corr ection 5
Longitude of Moon at G. M. T Aquarius 26 40
As in the first horoscope we cal cul ated, so in this
we may pass Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn with
out correcting, and enter the l on gitude of each
for the n oon near est G. M. T. in the horoscope. Mars ’
motion is 15 minutes on the G. M. T. day and his
motion during the in terval of 9 hours, 45 minutes
woul d therefore be about 6 minutes. Subtracting 6
minutes from Mars’ l on gt itude on Aug . 3rd ( the
noon n eg/rest G. M . Mars’ position in the horos
cope will be Aries Simi larly Jupiter requires
a correction of 4 minutes making his position Virgo
Longitude of Venus on noon after G. M. T.
(Aug . 3 ) Virgo 6 21
Longitude of Ve nus on noon befor e G. M. T.
(Aug . 2) Virgo 5
Motion of Venus on G. M. T. day
HOW TO CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 69
Logar ithm of Venus’ m otion on G. M. T.
day
Logar ithm of in te rval 39 12
Logarithmof Ve nus’ travel during int erval .
Value Of logarithm ( increm ent
of correction ) 0 degre es, 29 m inute s.
Long. of Ve nus on noon n e ar est G. M . T.
Minus increm en t of correction
Long. of Venus to be ent ered in horoscope5 52
Mercury is the last Of th e pl anets we have t o
cal cul ate .D eg . Min.
Longitudegf
)Mercury on noon aft e r G. M. T.
ug .
Longitude of Mercury on noon before G. M. T.
(Aug .
Motion of Mercury on G. M. T. day
Log . of Mercury’s travel on G. M. T. day
Logar ithm o f interval
Log . of Mercury’s motion during interval .
Deg .Min .
Value of logarithm ( increm entof corr ection ) 0 degr e e s, 51 m inut e s.
Longitude of Mercury on noon n ewrest G. M. T.
(Aug . 3 ) .Leo 9 22
Minus increm ent of corr ection 0 51
Longitude of Mercury to be ent ered in horo
scope .Leo 8 31
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The position of the D ragon ’s Head ( 53) or
Moon ’
s Node, and the D ragon’s Tail have also
t o be found. The D ragon ’s Head for Aug . 3rd . , the
noon nearest the G. M. T. ,is found in the ephemeris
to be in 13. 44 Gemini . The D ragon ’s Tail occupies
the Opposite point of 13. 44 Sagittarius.
It now remains t o calcul ate the Part Of Fortune,and we note the factors in that probl em as being :
Ascendant, th e 12th Sign 7 8Lo ngitude of Sun , th e 5th Sign Le o 10 5
Longitude of Moon , th e 11th Sign . .Aquarius 26 40
We proceed according t o the rul e given
Sign D eg . Min .
Longitude of Ascendant 12 7
Longitude of Moon 11 26
3 48
Minus
Longitude of Sun 5 10
18 23 43
Subtract th e circle of 12 signs 12
23 43Longitude of th e Part of Fortune
23 43
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We have now cast the two horoscopes and a com
parison reveals th e fact that although cast for persons
born in the sam e city on the same day of the year, the
characteristics of on e of these persons will be entirely
Opposite t o those of the other, and as character is the
determinator of destiny, the lives of these two per
sons wil l be entirely opposite .
Before we can judge these two horoscopes it is
ne cessary that we shoul d Obtain a clear conception Of
the relations of the planets t o one another, to the
signs of the Zodi ac and t o the houses as they are in
each Of the two horoscopes, and to that end we will
make an index that sha ll reveal these relationships
at a glance , so that our minds may not be hamper ed
by m athematics at the time when we are judgin g the
horoscope , but b e free and concentrated upon the
meaning of the d ifier en t aspe cts and positions.
RETROGRADATION
On the page of our ephem e ris copied in this book,
y ou will find in the columns Of Saturn and Mars a
capital R. The meanin g is as follows:
The planets in our solar system m ove in on e dire c
tion , from west to east, but their orbits about the Sun
are of varying sizes, and so are their velocities. Th e
earth travels mil es an hour and still its circl e
is so l arge that it requires 365 days t o journey aroundthe Sun . Mercury makes a much small er circle
around the Sun , and travels mil es an hour, so
HOW To CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 73
it comple tes a revolution around the Sun in 88 days.
Uranus trave ls only 15000 miles an hour, but its cir
cl e is so large that it requires 84 years t o comple te .
The othe r plane ts Show similar variations of spe ed .
If they traveled in a straight lin e th e smal l er and
faster planets would soon l eave the more ponderous
and sl ow-m oving behind, but as they move in circl es,they pass a given point of Observation again and
again . Wer e that p oin t cen tral and stationary this
constant forward motion of th e planets in the ir re
sp ect ive orbits would be apparent to all Observe rs ;but that is the trouble, there is no stationary p oin t ;
eve ry particle , from Jupiter, the giant Of our solar
system, t o the smallest particle of
“st ardust ! is in
in cessant motion around a common center, and there
fore , at tim es one plan et m oves almost transversely t o
the path of another moving body and it ap p ears for a
t im e as if it stood stil l in its orbit. Astronomers S ythat such a plan et is Stationar y . At other times this
Obl ique motion of th e plane ts rel ative t o the earth’sp O
sit ion in its orbit makes them seem to move backward
in the zodiac, and this we call Re trograde . In the
ephemeris we fin d a capital R in l ine with the day
when any plan et commences thus seem ingly t o recede,and this retrogradation goes on until we find a cap
ital D which indi cates that a di rect forward motion
of the plan et is again observabl e.
Though this backward motion of a planet is only
seeming , it has a very real effect in respect to the in
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fiuence which a planet exerts, for it is the angle of
the ray which determines the influence of a planet.
The planets are foci which transmit and intensify theproperties of fixed stars so that they aifect us in a
much greater degree than when not focussed upon
the poin t of Observation—the birthplace.Let us now supp ose that at the time a child is born
we look at Saturn and beyond him ,right along our
l ine of obse rvation , we se e the fixed star An tares
whi ch is in about 8 degrees of Sagittarius ; the child
is then ge tting a tendency t o eye troubl e which is suf
ficiently severe even if the planet is traveling “di
rect ! in its orbit as is generally the case, for then An
tares graduall y goes out of focus, and Saturn wil l
not return t o the conjunction until it has compl eted
its circl e journey around the Sun (which takes about
29 years) . If, on the other hand, we find that on the
day after birth Saturn has retrograded somewhat,and st ill more the nex t day
, and so on for a week or
two , then that also brin gs Antares out of focus, but
there is this imp or tan t dif er ence, that inst ead of tak
ing 29 years to form the n ext conjunction Saturn
may become “direct,!
and form the second con
junction with Antares in a few weeks after birth, and
this repeated evil ray may aggravate the natal defect
t o such an extent that the child becomes bl ind. Thus
we reiterate,that while the r etrograd e motion of a
p lane t is onl y seeming , its influence on human afiairsis very real .
CHAPTER VI.
THE ASPECTS
The circl e of the zodiac, like any other circl e, is
divisibl e into 360 degrees. Within this circl e move
the heavenl y bodies of our solar system, but their mo
tion is far from uniform, as shown in the first chap
ter. Therefore those planets which move the slowest
are overtaken , passed , and re-passed by the swifter
When on e pl anet is a certain number of degrees
from another plane t they are said t o be in aspect .
TABLE OF ASPECTS
The Opposition .
The
The
The Trine
The Conjun ction
The Paral lel occurs when two planets have the
sam e degree of declination , no matter whethe r on e is
north and the other south of the equator. This will
be made clear in cal culationswhich follow l ater.
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plane ts are 180 degree s apart .( 6 ( 4
90
60
120
0
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Of the aspects m entioned above, the Opposition
and Square are said to be evil ; the Sextile and Trin e
are designated good, while the Conjunction and Parallel are classed as indeterminate ; if they occur be
tween SO-cal l ed good plane ts they bring good ; if be
tween the evil plan ets (so—cal led ) they bring evil . A
horoscope is considered fortunate or the reverse ac
cording t o whether the sextil es and trines are more
numerous than the squares and oppositions.
Such a viewpoint is erron eous. In th e Father ’s
Kingdom there is no evil . What appears so is onl y
good in the making. When a lapidary is cuttin g a
precious stone he appl ies part after part Of the rough
gem t o the grindston e and at each application we mayhear the loud screeching, as if in pain ,
from the stone .
By degrees, however, as a consequen ce of the harsh
grinding process, it will acquire a beautiful ly p ol
ished surface with numerous facets capable Of receiv
ing , reflecting and refractin g the brill iant sunl ight.
God and HisMin isters, th e Seven Planetary Spirits, are the Lapidarie s and man is a d iam ond in the
rough. To polish and uncove r his spiritual nature
varied experien ces are necessary. They may be ple as
ant Or otherwise, as indicated by what are comm onl y
call ed good or bad aspects ; but it is safe to say that
the adverse experiences which come t o us under so
cal l ed bad aspects are as potent devel opers of spiritual muscl e—removing more of our selfishn ess, servin g
to make us more tolerant and sym pathetic, as the
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harsh grinding whi ch serves t o remove the rough coat
of the diamond. Though a horoscope full of squares
and oppositions may indicate what is ordinarily
term ed a hard lif e, such a on e is infini tely preferable
( from a spiritual standpoin t ) t o a nativity with onl y“good
! aspects, for that coul d give but an insipid
existence, whil e a“bad ! horoscope wil l give action
and zest t o the l ife in one direction or another.
Moreover as the stars do not comp el , but give t en
dencies onl y, it l ies with us in a large measur e t o as
sert our indi viduality and transmute present evil t o
futur e good. Thus we shal l work in harmony wi th
the stars and rule them by obedien ce to cosmic law.
The influence of an aspect between the planets at
birth is felt even if they are not e x act ly 60, 90, 120 or
180 degrees apart ; an or so-cal led, of 6 degrees
is al lowed .
In the accompanying cut Saturn and Jupiter are
within orb of each other because one is 1 degree, the
other 7 degr ees of Aries. Saturn being 1 de gree , is
also wi thin orb of Mars (3 degrees) and Mercury (5
degrees) , but is not within orb of the Sun , Moon or
Venus, as there are more than 6 degrees from 1 (Sat
urn’s de gree ) to 9 , 12 and 14, the degrees occupied by
the Sun , Moon and Venus.
Th e spiritual reason for this orb is as fol lows .
Besides the visibl e body of man whi ch we perceive by
our senses, man has also invisibl e vehicles call ed by
Paul spiritual bodies, and man himsel f is a spirit .
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When we have developed the facul ty of spiritual
sight, which is latent in al l , we shal l see these finer
bodies p rotruding far beyond the dense body which
is located in the cent er of this aura,! much as th e
yolk of an egg is in the cen ter of the egg, surrounded
by the whi te on all Sides.
Be fore two human beings come in cl ose physical
Contact their auras have mingl ed ; that is the reason
why we feel the presence of another ! at times be
fore we become aware of him by means of our ordi
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Another division of the zodi ac is
FIERY SIGNS EARTHY SIGNS AIRY SIGNS WATERY SIGNScP 8
Planets in fiery Signs are in conjunction or trineif within orb . Plan e ts in earthy signs are in trin e
( or conjun ction ) so are the plan ets in airy or watery
signs, as shown in th e above diagram .
Essent ial Dignities and Ex al tation
Planets are said t o “ rule ! or t o be essentially
dignified ! in ce rtain signs where th e essential nature
of plan et and sign agree . When placed in the oppo
site signs, they are in their“ detriment,
!and hence
out of harmony with their surroundings.
Planets are more powerful in certain signs than
in others, and are said t o be“ exal ted ! when placed
in such signs. Wh en occupying th e opposite signs,they are in their “ fall ,
! hence comparatively weak.
The following tabl e will show the pl anets, and the
signs in which they ar e strong or weak, in accordan ce
with the foregoin g. It wi ll be noted that each of the
planets,with the ex ception of Uranus and Neptun e,
rul es two signs, whi le th e Sun and Moon rul e onl y
one each. Al so note that Uranus and Saturn are co
rul ers of Aquarius and that Neptun e and Jupiter are
co-rulers of Pisces.
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TABLE OF PLANETARY POWERS
Plane t D e trimen t Ex al tation
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Cr itical D egr ees
The fol lowing tabl e shows certain degree s of the
Zodiac whi ch are designated as“ critical de grees.
!
When a planet is within an orb of three degrees of
any of these points, it will be found t o exercise a
much stronge r influence in the life than otherwise.
Thi s influence will tend t o increase the stren gth of an
exaltation , and also t o offset the weakness resul tin g
from a plan et being in its fal l or detriment . It will
also increase the strength of aspects t o that planet .
TABLE OF CRITI CAL DEGREES
Cardinal Signs Aries, Can cer, Libra, Capricorn ;l st . , 13th. , and 26th . degrees
Fix ed Signs Taurus, Leo , Scorpio , Aquarius9 th . and 2l st . degrees.
Common Signs Gemini, Virgo , Sagittarius, Pisces ;4th . and 17th. degrees.
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El evation
A plan et placed in or n ear the ninth or tenth
houses is said to be “ el evated.
!The n earer it is t o
the Midheaven , the more highly el evated it is. A
planet in elevation ismuch more powerful , for either
good or evil , than when placed at a lower al titude.
The Ang les
When planets are found in the“angles! of
the horoscope (First, Fourth, Seventh and Tenth
Houses) they are said t o be angular or accid ental ly
dignified . When so placed, they exert a greater influ
ence for either good or evil , than when located in the
When the student has di gested the above informa
tion he should proceed t o make a tabl e or index of the
relationship of the planets as shown in the diagram
on page 89.
CHAPTER VII.
MAK ING THE INDEx
Looking at the horoscope for P. M. we note
that Saturn and Mars are in Aries, a Cardin al sign.
We therefore place them under Cardinal signs in the
index . Cancer. the next Cardinal sign , con tains
Nept une, and that planet is entered unde r the Cardinal signs in the index. Libra
,the third Cardinal
sign , contains no pl anets. Capricorn Is the last of the
Cardinal signs ; Uranus is there and when we have
en tered him in the index we have a compl ete l ist of
the planets whi ch, in this horoscope, are placed in
Cardinal signs
The Fixed signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and
Aquarius. In Taurus we find no planet. The Sun
and Mercury are in Leo , hence we enter them in the
index under the heading “Fixed .
!Scorpio has no
plan ets but the Moon is in Aquarius. It is therefore
also entered under “Fixed ! in the index .
In this horoscope the Common signs Gemini, Se
git tarius and Pisces, contain no planets, but Virgo,
the other Comm on sign ,has Jupiter and Venus ; hen ce
these are entered under the l ist of planets in Com
m on signs, as is also the Part of Fortune.83
84 SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY
This completes our classification of the plan ets In
respe ct t o the tempe ram ent, and t o make sure that we
have ente red all in the index, we coun t them : Four
are in Cardinal ; three are classified as Fixed , and
two as Common , making a total of n ine plan ets, be
sides the Part of Fortune .That is right ; so we proceed in l ike m ann er t o
note the plan e ts in Fie ry signs. We ente r them in
the index . Next the Earthy, Airy and Watery signs.
We have then made our classification according t o
elements, and again we coun t to se e that we have en
t ere d al l the plan ets. Four are in Fiery Signs ; three
in Earthy sign s ; one in Airy, and on e in Watery
signs. The total is n in e planets, whi ch is right.
We next note the exaltation e t c . , as given in the
index.
Now we are prepared t o note the aspects, and the
student is particul arly requested t o follow the system
as here outlined ; then h e cann ot possibly miss any
aspe ct.
Place the index finger of the l eft hand upon the
first or left hand planet under the heading Cardinal
in th e index. (In the present case Mars. ) Placeyour pen cil poin t held in the right hand on the plan et
next t o the right in th e Cardinal l ine (Saturn here) .
Note by a glan ce at the horoscope If these two planets
are in orb (6 degrees) of each other. Here th e an
swer is, no ; one is 4, the other 23 de grees. They are
therefore not in aspect. Keep the l eft index fin ger
MAK ING THE INDEx 85
in place, but move the pencil t o the right t o the next
plan et (Neptune here ) , and ask, are they wi thin orb ?
—ag a1n the answer is no . Again the pencil point is
moved t o the right and is on the last plan et in the
Cardinal l ine (Uranus) the question ,are the planets
under the index finger and th e pencil point within
orb , is asked, and answered negatively.
Thus we have ascertained that the planet under
our l eft hand index fin ger (Mars) has no aspe ct t o
any of the other plan ets in Cardinal signs. We then
move the l eft index finger one place t o the right ( t o
Saturn ) , place our pencil poin t on the planet next t o
the right of that (on Nep tnue here) , repeat the
query, are th e planets unde r the index finger and the
pencil point (Saturn and Neptun e here) within orb ?
A glance at the horoscope shows that they are ; on e be
ing 17 and the othe r 23. They are therefore in aspect.
Our rul e says that—Planets in Cardinal , Fixed or
Comm on signs are either in conjunction square or
opposition if within orbs!
A glance at the position of Saturn and Neptun eshows that they are not in conjunction ; nor in Oppo
sitiou ; they must there fore be square t o each other.
We the refore write a square and the symbol of Sa
turn in Neptune ’s lin e in the Index ; also a square
and the symbol of Neptune in Saturn ’s line. Thus
we have re corded that aspect
We l eave our l eft index finger on Saturn , but
move the pencil point t o th e right , t o Uranus. We
86 SIMPLH'IED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY
repeat our query, are they in orb ? The answer is y es,and their positions indicat e the aspect as being a
square. This we n ote in the l ines of Saturn and Ura
nus as in previous cases. Then we have recorded al l
the aspects of Saturn t o the plan e ts t o the right of
him , and we m ove our l eft index finger t o the right
( to Neptun e and Uranus) and ask our quest ion re
garding orb . The answer is y es. Nept une and Uranus are within orb of each other, hence in opposition .
This asp ect is entered in the index also and completes
the aspects of Neptune.We have now noted in a thorough and systematic
manner al l the aspects between the p lanets in the
Cardinal line. The same mode of procedure we em
pl oy with the plan ets in the other lines working in
each l ine stead ily from left to righ t . If this m ethod
is fol lowed no aspect can be missed.
In deal ing with the planets in the Fiery, Airy,Earthy and Watery signs, we rem ember of course
that they are in trine or con jun ction if within orb
In getting the Sextiles a diif erent method is
n ecessary. Start wi th Mars (Aries 4 here ) , add 60
degrees, which gives Gemini 4. Ask, is any planet in
orb of Gemini 4 ? The answer is no . Pass the l eftindex finger t o the next plan et in the horoscope (Sat
urn ) . He is in Aries 23 ; addin g 60 degrees gives
Gemini 23. There is no planet within orb of that
point. Th e l eft index fin ger is passed on to the next
planet (Neptune ) in Can cer 17. We add 60 degrees
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As our G. M. T. is early morning on August 3rd
we place the de cl inations for August 3rd opposite
each planet in the index .
An exception is the Moon ’s decl ination whi ch re
quires a l ogarithmi c correction in accordance with
the G. M . T. This correction is made by the same
method used in obtaining the Moon ’
s l ongitude. We
thus find the Moon ’s declination t o b e 172
The decl ination of the Part of Fortune is the sameas the de cl ination of the Sun when in the same Sign
and degree .
MAK ING THE m DEx 89
INDEX
Here the Part of Fortun e is Virgo Take
an ephemeris for any year and fin d when th e Sun
was there. That will be about September 17, and
then the Sun ’s de clination was (ephem eris for
That, then ,is the decl in ation of the Part of
Fortun e. In the same way the decl in ations of theMid
heaven and the Ascendant may be found if desired.
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Having entered all the decl inations in the index ,place the l eft index finger on the declination of Neptune at the bottom ; the pencil point on the declinationnex t above (Uranus) ask if they are within 1 degree
or at most degrees. The answer is y es, and so
they are entered in the column of aspects as parallel .
Move the pen cil up the lin e , notin g at each step if
the declin ations of the planets under the index fin ger
and pencil point are within orb (one degree or a l ittle
more . ) When the pencil poin t has reached the t op ,
all paralle ls under the l eft inde x finger will have
bee n noted . Then move the l eft index finger on e step
up ( to Uranus) and the pencil poin t up to the decl ination of the planet n ext above ; n ote the ir parall el, ifany ; move th e pencil poin t upward, step by step,followin g the same m ethod in moving from bottom
upward t o g e t the de clin ation aswas followed by mov
ing the index finger and pencil point from l eft t o
right t o get the conjunctions squares, trines and 0p
positions.
When the Paral l els have been recorded the index
is finished ; and if placed bel ow the horoscope on one
sheet of paper as shown in the accompanying ill us~
t rat ion the student will have ready at hand every
means of judging the figure without turning his at
tention from that to computing asp ects. Thus a more
con centrated attitude of the mind is attainabl e Nei
ther is the process of making the index as complicated
as the process of. describing it : in fact, it is simplicity
MAK ING THE INDEx 91
itself, as it involves no mathematical cal cul ation but
only the proper methodical placement of the l eft in
dex finger and moving a pencil point to the right or
upward fr om that finger mere ly asking continu
al ly : Are the pl anets under finge r and pencil within
orb ? If this m e thod is followed out the st udent can
never miss an asp ect and wil l be abl e to make such an
index in from fif teen to twenty minutes.
In order that proficiency may be achieved, the
student shoul d endeavor to make the index for the
horoscope cast for August 2nd ., A . M.
Aspects t o the Ascendant, whi ch represents the
body, have an influence upon the heal th. Aspects to
the Midheaven indi cate the nature of one ’s op p or
tun it ies for spiritual advan cement . But sin ce the
ex act time of birth is rarely kn own ,and sin ce a smal l
error in this makes several degrees difference in the
Ascendant or Midheaven,predictions made from e as
p ects to these poin ts are l ikely to be found unrel iabl e.
Hence we have not ente red them in the Index .
NOTE : In addition t o the forego ing, pl an ets in thelast Six degrees of any sign must b e compared with all
planets in the first six degrees of other signs, because
they may b e in aspect to each other without coming
un de r any of the preceding rul es. Exampl es of this
Mars in 24-30Aries is in conjun ction with Venus in0-30 Taurus ; Mercury in 26-0 Taurus is sex tile Jupi
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ter in 2-0 Leo ; Saturn in 27-0 Gem ini is square Ura
nus in 2-0Libra ; Neptun e in 28-0Cance r is trine Marsin 3-0 Sagittarius ; Venus in 29-30Leo is in Opposition
to Mercury in 5-30 Pisces.
NOTICE TO THE STUDENT
The foregoing chapte rs describe the basis of
Astrology and illustrate in detail th e m ethod of
ere cting a horoscope. They also indi cate the elements
of the science of reading a horoscope . A great deal
of additional information al ong these l in es is given
in the Phil osophi c Encyclopedia following. But th e
next volume in this series, the“Message of the
Stars,!is the Rosicrucian tex t book on the science
of Astrol ogical Reading, and the appl ication of
Astrology t o our daily lives. It contains a complete
exposition of the methods used in judging the radi
cal horoscope, al so in progressing the chart and mak
ing predictions therefrom. Medical Ast rology and
the diagnosis of disease are comprehensively dealt
wi th, as are also the bearing of Astrology upon evo
lut ion and the general nature and effect of planetary
vibrations.
All who wish t o go further in the subject are
referred t o this volume.
PART II.
A Ph il o so p h ic Ency c lop e d ia
o f Ast ro lo gy
Accid ental D ignity
When a planet is placed in an angl e its efiect is
much m ore powerful than in the succeed ent or cadent
houses. In this respect a position in the Tenth House
is st rongest on account of el evation (see El evation ) ,the First House is next, then the Seventh, and the
Fourth House isweakest .
Adjusted Calculation Date
A date at which the noon positions of the pl anets
culminate when used in the Progressed Horoscope .
It is obtained by a simpl e cal cul ation , and with
it predictions may be made in any horoscope for l ife ,without further mathematical computations ; for a
ful l explanation the st udent is referred t o “The Mes
sage of the Stars.
!
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A planet is afflicted when it is paral l el , conjunc
tion , square or Opposition t o Mars, Saturn , Uranus
or Neptune, or in square or Opposition t o any of
the other planets (see Combust ) .
Airy Signs
Gem in i,Libra and Aquarius are call ed Airy signs.
Their influence is mostly mental and intellectual .
Ang les
The First, Fourth, Seventh and Tenth Houses.
The Eastern angl e with Aries, where Mars is the
rul er, suggests the Sun rising t o th e material act ivi
ties of the day. As the Sun , denoting spirit, is under
the cross denoting matter, but risin g toward it , there
fore it denotes the beginn ing of Life in the materialworld, and Mars, the rul er, stands for the desire na
ture , whi ch draws the spirit towards material ex i z
ton es in order that it may conquer matter.
The Southern angl e, Capricorn ,with Saturn as
rr l er , suggests the Sun crossing the meridian as it
does at noon . It has traversed half its prescribed
journey across the heavens, therefore th e half-circle
is om itted , and the other half-circle is retain ed under
the cross in the symbol of Saturn . Hence Saturn
denotes persist ence, mechanical ab il ity ,etc . , and the
Tenth House the worldl y achi evements of the human
be ing.
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ens the influence of the planet considerably for good
or il l according to the n ature of the planet and its
aspects.
Antar es
See‘Fix ed Stars
’
Ap p ly :
When a swift moving planet approaches an aspect
with a slower, it is said t o apply t o a square , trine e t c .
of that planet. As th e applying planet must be
speedi er than the one it applies t o , it is evident that
th e Moon applies in turn to the aspects of all the
other planets each month when sh e passes around the
zodiac, but Saturn who takes thi rty years to make
th e circle can onl y apply t o Uranuswhi ch uses e ighty
four years, and t o Neptune which takes a hundredand sixty-five years.
That rul e holds good when the plan ets move di
r ect in the Zodiac ( from Aries t o Taurus but
if the slower movin g plan et is r etrograd e (m oving
from Taurus t o Aries both the plan ets may be
applying t o the aspect . (See D ir ect and Re trograde ) .
Th e influence of the planets is always st ronge r
when they are applying than when they are sepa
listing.
Ascel li : See‘Fix ed Stars.
’
Ascendant
Th e degree of the zodiac which is on the east ern
horizon at a certain time. A n ew degree rises every
A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTROLOGY 97
four minutes, a n ew sign about every two hours, and
th e twelve signs rise in every place on earth in twen
t y -four hours. Whatever sign is on the Ascendant
is cal led the rising sign . See‘Hyleg ’
Ascension
Under this heading will be grouped, Signs of
Long Ascension , Signs of Short Ascension , Right As
cension and Oblique Ascension .
Signs of Long Ascensio are : Cancer, Leo, Virgo,Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius.
Signs of Sho r t Ascension are : Capricorn , Aqua
rius,Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Gemini .
They are so call ed because the signs of Long As
cension rise slowly in Northern l atitudes, taking a
much longer tim e than the two hours required if 11
the twe lve signs rose at a uni form rate during the
twenty-four hours. Le o takes about two hours and
forty-five minutes in Lat. 40North where New Yorkis
, and Pisces and Aries, two signs of Short Ascensi~
n,
take only one hour and t en minutes. The reason lies
in the obliquity of th e Ecliptic,se e page 49 . The
e ffect is that m ost people in th e Northern Hemisphere
are born un der th e signs of Long Ascension .
In the Southern Hem isphere the signs listed as
of Short Ascension in the foregoing classification ,
are signs of Long Ascension , and most peopl e are
born under them, whil e the Northern signs of Long
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Ascension rise quickly in the South and relatively
f ew are born under them. Thus the peopl e of the
opposite hemispheres are also opposite in their inn er
natures, and show diff erent characteristics.
Righ t Ascension and Oblique Ascension are not
used in the system of Astrology gen eral ly in vogue ,except in the cal cul ation of the houses, with whi ch th e
average student has no con cern . Longt itude is meas
ured on the ecliptic or Sun ’s path from the first point
of Aries, but Right Ascension is measured on the
equinoctial or cel estial equator.
Asp ects
Th e distance apart of pl anets, which dete rm in estheir influence for good or ill .
The Square is 90 degrees and the Op p osition is
180 degre es. These are cal led evil aspects.
Th e Sex til e is 60 degrees and the Tr ine is 120
degrees.
“
They are cal l ed good aspects.
The Conjunction occurs whe n two pl anets are in
the same degree of the Zodiac, and the Paral l el is
the position of two plan e ts in the same degree of
declination , regardl ess of whether they are bothNorthor South of th e Equator, or whe ther one is in Northand the other in South decl in ation .
These aspects are variabl e. If between bene
fies (the Sun , Venus and Jupiter) , they are good, or
if the planets of variabl e nature ( the Moon and
Mercury) , are aspected by conjunction or paral lel
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tion d ifiers wide ly. Se e‘ diurnal rotation of the
plan ets,’ page 8.
Barren or Unfruitful Signs : Gem inI, Leo and Virgo.
Benefics
The Sun ,Venus and Jupiter. For a thorough
synthetic explanation of the terms ‘benefic
’and
‘mal
efic,’
see‘Good ’ and ‘
Bad ,’also pages 76 and 77.
Cad ent
The third, sixth, n inth and twe lfth houses are call
ed cadent, and so are plan ets placed in these houses.
This position weakens the influence of planets, so thatben efics are n ot so helpful and mal efics not so harm
ful when placed in cadent houses.
Cardinal Si gns :
Aries, the Eastern Sign entered by the Sun at the
vern al equinox ; Cancer , whe re the Sun reaches its
highest degree of Northern declination at the Summer
Solstice ; Libra, the Western sign where the Sun goes
into South declination at the Fal l equin ox ; and
Cap ricorn, where it is in the lowest South decl ination
at the Winter Solstice .The Cardinal Signs are promotive, they further
activity in whatever is undertaken under their in
fluence .
Combust
Any planet within three degrees of the Sun is
said t o be combust , or burn ed up by the Sun’s rays.
If Mercury or the Moon are so placed , it weakens th e
mind ; if Venus or Jupite r, it takes away their help
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and if one of the mal efies (Mars, Saturn , Uranus or
Neptune ) is so placed, it is evil . See‘
Afllict ion .
’
Common Signs
Gem ini , Virgo , Sagittarius and Pisces. They are
flexible and vacill ating in nature .
Conjunction
When two planets are within six de grees of each
other they ar e in conjuct ion . See‘Aspects ’ and Orb .
’
Critical D egrees
See table and description of Critical D egrees on
page 81. These degrees mark approximately t he end
of each day ’s travel of the Moon through the twelve
signs. The Moon occupies about days in its p as
sage around the Zodi ac, averaging about 13 degrees
each day. Thus, starting with the first de gree of
Aries, the first day’
s travel will end at the 13th de
gree, the second day’
s travel at the 26th degree and
so on . Foll owing this out , we find that the Critical
Degrees are the l st , 13th and 26th degrees of the
Cardinal Signs, the 9th and 21st degrees of the Fixed
Signs, and the 4th and 17th degrees of the Common
Signs.
Culminate
When a planet reaches Zen ith it is said t o cul
minate, for it has then reached its highest altitude
and then begins t o descend toward the Western Node .This expression is also used con cerning aspects. When
a planet comes within orb of another the influence is
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at first weak, but it becomes stronger and stronger the
nearer th e applying plan et comes t o the exact aspect,and at that time it culminates or reaches itsmaximum
strength. Then when the planets begin t o separate
and the aspect is graduall y di ssolved, the influence is
correspondingly weakened, and final ly ceases al together.
Cusp
The first degree of a house or sign . When the
Sun leaves the 3oth degree of Cancer and is in Leo
0 degree , 1 mi n ., it is said t o be on the cusp of Leo ,
the sam e with respect t o the other signs. If Aries
10 degrees is on the midh eaven , as the cusp or di
viding l ine be twee n the n inth and tenth houses is
call ed, and Neptun e is in Aries 9 degrees 55 minutes,it is placed in the Ninth House on the cusp of the
tenth. If it is in Aries 10 de grees 5 minutes, it is
placed in the tenth house on the cusp .
As the influence of planets having d irect motion
is always forward in th e Zodiac, a planet on the cuspof a house will always have a st ronger influence on
the affairs signified by that house than a plan et
which is placed in the latte r degrees of a house.
Decl ination
The distance a pl an et is north or south of the Celes
tial Equator. The highest north declination of the
Sun is 23 degrees 27 minutes, whi ch it attains at the
summ er solst ice the 2l st of Jun e, and at the winter
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stars ; but degre es are al so used in geography t o deter
min e the exact position Of any city or place on the
surface of the earth. Latitude is then reckoned indegrees from the ear th
’s e quator, which has 0 degre es
latitude , t o the pol es, which have respectively 90 de
greesNorth and South latitude .
Longitud e is m easure d along the ear th’s equator,
180 degrees East and West from th e merid ian ofGr e enwich , which was accepted as a starting point in
1884 by del egates from all l eadin g nations, France
excepted.
For the effect of distances measured in terms of
longitude on the influence of the planets se e‘As
p acts.
’
For th e influen ce of Latitude and D e cl ination on
the eff ect of the planetary aspects, see‘Latitude .
’
D escendan t
The opposite of Ascendant, the poin t on the west
e rn horizon where the Sun and the planets set , so
call ed, because from thence the heavenl y bodies com
mence their ‘descent ’ towards the nadir of the cel es
tial sphere.
D e trimen t
The opposite of‘D ign ity,
’ whi ch see .
Dignity
A planet is said to be in its dignity, or t o be‘cc
sen tial ly dignified ,’or t o
‘rule ,
’ when it is in certain
Signs whi ch agree with it in nature,for then the
powe r of the sign and the power of the planet are
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compounded. The influen ce of the plan et is thusstrengthened . Conversely, a plan et is said to be in its
detrim ent when it is in the sign opposite t o the one
it rul es for then the nature of the sign and the nature
of the plan et are in compatible and antagonistic, and
as a result the influence of the planet is weakened.
The table on page 81 shows the rul ership of
the plan ets over the various signs and a study there
of will bring out the underlying system and philos
ophy .
The Sun is the cente r of our sol ar system, the
giver of life and heat, and the Moon is (so far as our
eart h is con cern ed ) , the collector and reflector of its
Vital izing rays. The solar ray attains its gr eatest in
tensity in m id -summer when the Sun is in Can cer
and Leo, during June and Jul y, and so Leo, the l ion ,
being a mascul ine Sign of a fiery nature is In essential
agreement wi th the nature of the Sun and therefore
helps t o dign ify and strengthen it .
The e if ect of the fem in ine Moon on the earth ’s
tides shows its inherent affin ity for water, whi ch
brin gs it into essential agreement with th e feminine
watery Sign Cance r. On that account Cancer is its
home where it is strongest and most dignified.
The keyword of the Sun is Life , and that of theMoon is Fecundation . The germ of l ife which comes
from the Sun is planted and watered by the Moon
which measures the period of gest ation and brings all
things to birth. Saturn is the planet of obst ruction
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and decay, the reaper with hour-glass and scythe who
cuts Off the life given by the Sun and fost ered by the
Moon , when his hour-glass shows that the fruits of
l ife ’s experience are ripe for harvest . Thus he is the
plan et of death, and moves in an orbit on the out
skirts Of the solar system , which is the boundaryof Chaos, where all things are dissolved and trans
muted by spiritual al chemy to finer and fin er tex
tures.
Therefore Saturn is in essential agreement with
Capricorn and AquarIus, the Signs occupied by the
Sun durin g the cold months of mid -winter, D ecember
and January. When placed in these signs hi s cold,clammy hand makes itself fel t as a powerful for te
that crushes l ife and joy , that covers the life with the
gl oom of death.
Between the orbits of Saturn and the Sun are th e
orbits of the other planets, and when arranged in
order of their distan ce from the Sun , with the signs
of the zodiac so placed that Le o and Cancer are in the
center with the ir rul ers, the Sun and Moon , and Sat
urn ’s signs, Capricorn and Aquarius, one on each
wing, it appears that
Jupiter whose orbit is inside Saturn ’s,rul es the
two signs n ext t o Saturn ’s, namely, Sagittarius and
Pisces.
Mars ’ orbit is inside of Jupiter ’s, therefore he
rul es the signs nex t to Jupiter ’s, namely, Aries and
Scorpio .
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that moment, whi ch are st amped upon each atom of
the sensitive organism by the air inhal ed with the first
breath. This plan etary baptism is the basic cause of
al l the chil d ’s characteristics and idiosyn crasies ; it
gives certain tenden cies whi ch remain thr ough l ife.
This is the Rad ix or Rad ical Horoscop e whi ch we
carry about in our bodies and , whether we know it or
not , it is the root of al l events in life .
But the planets do not remain stationary in the
positions they occupied at the time of our birth ; their
pr ogress is eternal as is that of our Father in
Heaven , and in time they form asp ects other than
those whi ch they made at birth. These progressed
configurations are cal l ed Directions, and they mark
the time in l ife when events are due t o occur.
D irections are of two kinds, pr imary and sec
ondary .
Primary dir ec tio ns are formed between the p ro
gr essed planets and their positions at birth. If, for
instan ce, the Sun was in no degrees of Aries and Ju
piter in 25 degre es of Leo at the birth of an indivi i
ual , then , as the Sun moves forward in the Zodiac at
about on e degree a day, it will b e trine with Jupiter
about twenty-five days after birth. Th e system of
tim e measurement of the plan etary progression in
general use reckons each day afte r birth equal t o a
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year of life . Thus the said individual will meet with
a very fortun ate event in the twenty-fif th year.Aspe cts may also be formed between two p ro
gressed planets ; t o foll ow out the example given in
th e last paragraph, Jupiter would progress on e or
two degrees in the twenty-five days. It woul d then
be in 26 or 27 degrees of Leo , and after the Sun had
passed the trin e with the radical Jupiter it would
come to the trin e of the pr ogressed Jupiter and this
woul d prolong the fortunate influence for several
years, though it shoul d be born e in mind that the
fe et of aspects be tween two progressed planets is not
so strong as when the configuration is between a p ro
gressed and a radical plane t.
Secondary dir ections are formed by the p rogres
sion of the Moon t o aspects with the planets, p ar tic
ularly the rad ical . These lun ar aspects are of vital
importance, for unl ess the p r imary d i r ections ar e
suppor ted by asp ects of the p rogressed Moon which
ar e of a similar nature , th ey com e to naugh t . To
ill ustrate , by refe rence t o the example of the Sm
trine Jupiter. If at the time when that culminated,th e progressed Moon had been in Gem im 25, sextile
to both the Sun and Jupite r, that woul d have given
a wonderfully favorable impetus t o the event signi
fied by the direction , but had the Moon be en in Tau
rus 25,square t o Jupiter it woul d have prevented
the event and caused troubl e instead. Had there
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been no secondary lunar direction at th e tim e the
event would have remained latent until th e n ext ln
nar aspe ct of th e progressed Moon e ither brought it
out t o life or withered it .
Lun ations (New Moons) are also powe rful factorsin energizing directions, particul arly if they are
ecl ipses. See‘Lunations’ and ‘
Eclipses, also‘Tran
sits ’
Double Bodied Signs
Gemin i, Sagittarius and Pisces. SO cal l ed because
in the pictorial Zodiac Gem ini is represented as a
pair of twins, Sagittarius as a Centaur, part man and
part horse, and Pisces as two fishes. They are of a
dual , vacill ating nature, and it is remarkabl e that
events in the l ives of peopl e having these signs prom
inent are repeated. They marry several tim es, their
misfortun es n eve r come singly, but their good for
tunes also come in mul tipl e.
Dragon’s Head
The Moon ’sNorth Node. The Nodes are points in
the orbit of a planet where it crosses the e cl iptic, or
Sun ’s path. The one where it crosses from south t o
north is cal led its ascendin g or North nod e ; the otherpoint where it crosses from north to south is call ed
its descending or South node .
When the Sun is in the East and crosses the cel es
tial equator from the south t o the north, it enters its
martial exaltation sign Aries as a conquering king
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above anothe r which is in the Twelfth House, and a
plan et in the Tenth House is elevated above al l otherplanets.
Elevation is very important, for it adds consid
e rably to the influence of a planet for good or ill . IfMars, the planet of dynam ic energy, is e levated andin its own Sign Aries, it endows the person with an
almost in ex haustibl e fund of en ergy and an indomitabl e cour age, whi ch will be found lackin g if h e isplaced in a weak Sign and position l ike Virgo and
the Six th House . Similarly with the other signs an d
planets.
Ep hemeris, p lural Ep h-e -mer-i-d es
An ephemeris is a twin siste r of the Almanac,and gives the g eocen tric Lon gitudes and D eclin a
tions for th e current year. It is absolutely n ecessaryin astrol ogical calcul ations. But just as It Is n eces
sary t o get a new almanac for each year t o se e when
the Moon is new and ful l , when it isEaster or Chr istmas, e tc . so also is it necessary t o have an ephem eris
for every year when we wan t t o cast horoscopes for
people. True, the plan ets circle about the Sun , but
each has its own specific spe ed, and they do not come
into the same position relative t o one another that
they have whi l e y ou are reading this, until a period
which is cal led the Great Sidereal Year or
dinary years) , has el apsed . Therefore all horoscopes,even the horoscopes of twins diff er, an d it is neces
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sary t o have an ephemeris for the birth year of any
pe rson before y ou can cast his horoscope.Equator :
The earth ’s equator is an imaginary l in e in a plane
at right angles to the ax is of the earth, and midway
between the North and South pol es. It divides the
earth into two hemispheres, the Northern and South
ern . If a pol e hundreds Of mi ll ions of mile s in l ength
were thrust through the earth from the equator t o
the center of the earth, the outer end would inscribe
a l ine on the firmam ent , when the earth rotates on
its ax is, and this imaginary l ine is cal le d the cel estial
equator. or equinoctial . The l atter name is given it
because when the Sun is at the points where the
ecl iptic or Sun ’s path crosse s the cel estial equator
we have the equinoxes, the times when the days an d
ni ghts are of equal duration .
Equinoctial : See‘Equator .
’
Equinox
Th e equinoxes occur on the 2l st of March when
the Sun enters Aries, and th e 21st of September
when the Sun enters Libra . At those times the day
and night are of equal l ength al l over the earth. See‘Equat or,
’and
‘Prece ssion of the Equinox.
’
Essential D ignity
A planet is strengthened or essential ly dign ified
when it is in a Sign which agrees with its own na
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ture. This is thoroughly ex plained under ‘Digni ty,
’
which see .
Ex al tation
It is explain ed un der ‘Digni ty ,
’ that when a
planet is in a Sign of simil ar nature,it is thus
strengthen ed or dignified . but when another planetof the same nature as the rul er en ters that Sign it
compounds its own qual ities wi th those of the rul er
and the sign , and becomes ex al ted or powerful ly
stren gthen ed. For instan ce,Aries is a dry, fiery
sign . It is rul ed by Mars, a dry, fiery planet, and
whe n the Sun , the source Of heat and the giver of
Life ente rs this sign it is exal ted t o the superlative
degree of power, and forthwith Life begins t o mani
fest in al l departmen ts of nature. Th e point t o be
born e in mind con cernin g what constitutes exal ta
tion is that it requires the compoun din g Of three
similar natur es. Scorpio is also a martial sign , but
it is wate ry and not in as compl ete agreement with
the nature of the Sun as Aries, therefore th e Sun
coul d not be exal ted in Scorpio as it is in Aries.
As the Lord of life and heat, the Sun , is always
opposed by Saturn in the rul ership of their signs,Leo and Aquarius, so also the cold and deathl y Sat
urn opposes the Sun from its exal tation -sign Libra.
Venus and Mars are the pl anets of at traction from
the point of sex . and as all that is generat ed by sex
is under the sway of death, Mars has thus a right is
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Cancer was pictured on the ancient Egyptian Zodiac as a bee tle or scarab, whi ch was their emblem of
the soul . and it is an esot eric truth that al l souls en
ter terrestrial life through the sphere of the Moon,
Cancer. Conception depends upon the place of the
Moon and the angl e of its ray. Sagittarius, the Cen
taur, is the symbol of aspiration , the man coming out
of the animal , an d pointing his bow heavenward .
This sign is ruled by Jupiter, the planet of Benevo
l ence, which is now the seedground where our future
hom e is being prepared, where we shal l sometime
dwell when we have l earned the l essons to be taught
in the Earth Period and are ready t o take up higher
work of the Jupiter Period as taught in the Rosicru
eian Cosmo-Conception .
Thus, as the solar forces reflected through Cancer and the Moon result in generation , so the Spirit
ual ray of the Sun reflected through Can cer and Ju
piter act as a regenerative power strengthening the
psychi c and religious nat ure . and there fore Jupiter
is trul y said to be ex al ted in Cancer.
Mercury is a pl anet of a variable nature ; it takes
on the color and characteristics of any Sign or plan et
with whi ch it is configurat ed ; therefore it has no
particul ar afl’
ini ty with any of the other planets or
signs rul ed by the other planets, and hence must seek
exal tation in its own signs. And as Gemini is
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is the listl ess negative sign Virgo, hence that is theSign of Mercury ’s exal tation .
Fal l
When a plan et is in the Sign opposite its ex al ta
tion -sign it is sai d to be in its‘ fal l ,
’for that Sign ,
its Lord and ex al tation -rul er are all of ex actly the
opposit e nature . Thus, when the glori ous Sun which
is exal ted in Ari es, is in the opposi t e sign Librawhere the cold and dreary Saturn has domain, it is
weakened and afflicted thereby. Conversely, when
Saturn is in the sign Aries, the Sun’s ex al tation-sign,
it shrivels and shrinks under the heat rays. When
the b enefic amiabl e Jupiter, exal ted in Cancer, is
placed in the opposite sign Capricorn , the Sign of
the surly Saturn , and the exal tation-sign of the
brusque Mars it is surely afflicted and in its fal l .
Simil arly with the other planets.
Femin ine Signs :
The feminine signs comprise the six signs with
even numbe rs : Taurus, the second sign , Cancer the
fourth sign , etc. This includes the earthy signs, Tau
rus, Virgo and Capricorn ; and the watery signs,Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Earth and water are the
two att ributes of Mother’ Nature . Given them she is
able to brin g forth, and so the signs which have affin
ity with these essential elements may wel l be call ed
is perhaps the most important of the feminine signs.
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for when the Sun is in Virgo during September, thespiritual wave of rejuvenating life commences itsdescent in to the earth where it centres at Chr istmas
and then commences t o radiate the germinal lif e
which sprin gs forth and blooms at East er. Then the
Savior having given his l ife once for al l , once more as
cends t o the Father.
Fiery Signs : Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.
Fix ed Signs
Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius are cal led
‘fixed ’ signs because when they are on the angl es of a
horoscope and many plan ets are in them , they make
the person very ‘set ,
’and give him an unusual
amoun t of perseveran ce so that he wil l nearly always
achi eve whatever he attempts t o do if it is hum anl y
possible .
Fix ed Stars
The twelve constel lations of the Zodiac are com
posed of a l arge number of stars, and all over the
firmament we see clusters of luminous bodies, whi ch
seem t o preserve the sam e position relative to one
another, di ffering in this respect from th e Sun , Moon
and planets which we see moving among the st ar
clust ers Therefore the star clusters composing the
zodiacal constell ations are cal l ed ‘fix ed stars.
’ It is
a ma tter of knowl edge however, that their immobil
ity is only apparen t because of their vast distance
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hand the Water Of Life,the fecundating principle ,
and it is a matter of Observation tha t seeds plante d
when the Moon is in these Signs bear more bount eously than when planted under l ess favorable conditions.
Geocen tric Syst em of AstrologyWhen Corp ernicus proved that the earth and
the other plan ets revolve aroun d t he Sun ,he is said
by scofi‘
e rs an d sceptics t o have exploded the system
of Astrology which regards the earth as the center
aroun d whi ch the Sun , Moon and planets circl e.That is a mistaken idea, which may perhaps be Shown
by an illustration . We still continue t o say that th e
Sun rises, though we know that it is the e arth that
moves while the Sun remains stationary ; but whe th
er th e Sun moves in a circl e around the earth, an d
ill uminates each portion Of its surface in turn ,
or th e earth moves upon its axis and thus ex poses
on e part after another to the rays of the stationary
Sun , the effect upon the earth is the same, namely,we get light and sunshine during part of the twenty
four hours. Simil arly with the other planets,Astrology judg es their efieots when in cer tain p osi
tions r elative (to the ear th, regardl ess of how they
came there. Besides, it is SO much more conveni ent
t o Sp eak from the geocentric standpoint and say“ the
Sun rises at six ,
! than t o say“ the ax ial rotation Of
the earth will bring us in lin e with the Sun ’s rays t o
morrow at six O ’cl ock.
! Even the most arrogant
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ran ter against the so-call ed geocentric fal lacy woul d
probably balk at takin g his medicin e in that way.
Good and Bad
‘Good ’ and ‘bad ’ are terms on e Often hears ap
plied t o horoscop es, asp ects and p lane ts, and it there
fore seems necessary t o emphasize that in reality al l
is GOOD . In the Fathe r’s Kingdom,the Unive rse,
there can be nothing permanently ‘bad,
’and that
whi ch we so designat e is really only good in the
making.
It may also be sai d that a horoscope is not necesee rily good because the aspects Of the planets are
by trines and sextil es. Som etimes it is the very re
verse , for it is in. the st ruggle Of life that we develop
strength ; very few are strong enough to stand pros
p erity . Chan ces are that in a horoscope ful l Of good
aspects there lurks the snare Of indolen ce so that the
pe rson does not e xert himsel f and becom es drif t
wood upon the ocean Of lif e , while an other who has
what we call a very affl icted horoscope is roused by
the adverse conditions generated by squares and Op
positions, an d by Sheer force of will conquers his
stars and mast ers his dest iny. In that case, an d
there are many, the‘bad
’ horoscope is sure ly a great
er bl essin g than a good on e . It is no use to have
an autom obil e if we are t oo lazy to keep it Oil ed and
cleaned, for it wil l give us a lot of troubl e, and un
less we keep the whee ls of fortun e Oil ed by constant
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attention t o the Opportuni ties Of life, the horoscope
will not help us no matter how ‘ good ’ it is. But if
we have what is cal l ed a ‘ good ’ horoscope and dO our
part , it wil l prove a triumphal char iot in whi ch we
m ay ride the royal road Of l ife . And th e best ax leOil is call ed he lpfulness. The heavie r y ou load your
car down with lam e and weary on es, th e easie r it
will ride.
An d Saturn ! Yes, it is true that he is responsibl e
for most Of the whip lashes of fate ,but he can g ive
us no thing that we have no t earn ed , and th e purpose
is not vengean ce, but education . Th e mom ent we
realize that de ep down in our hearts, we Shall cease
t o murmur, and ask : Why is thi s happen ing t o m e ,
what have I don e t o deserve it ? Then , se eking pray
erfully for the reason ,that we may l earn t o m end
our ways in that respect and SO e scape kindred trials
in future, we shall draw n earer to our Father, and
l earn t o kiss th e cross. Thus, instead Of being an un
mi tigated evil , the visitations of Saturn are op p ortu
nit ies t o correct our wron gdoings and l earn wisdom.
It is Simil ar with other SO-call ed Mal efics. At
present their influen ce seems evi l t o us because we
have n ot learn ed t o work in harmony with them for
But even today, the asp ects Of Saturn to the Moon
and Mercury give depth to the mind and power of
con centration ,which are decidedl y good. Mars in
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ions to ask the question contains also the answer.Therefore, if the person who wants to know is an
astrologer, he erects a horoscope for the time when
he first thought Of consul tin g the stars If a person
who cannot set up a figure appl ies personal ly t o an
astrologer, the l atter sets up a figure for the time
when the quest ion is asked Of him, and if the question
comes through the mail , he casts a horoscope for the
time he actual ly read th e question in the l ette r. This
is very imp or tan t, for if the figur e be set up for a
wrong tim e , the judgmen t is cer tain to be wrong .
It sometimes happens that the matter asked about has
not reached such a state Of completion tha t th e issue
is settl ed, and a defini te answer can be given . The re
fore the first thing t o do afte r the figure has bee n
cast , is to see if it is‘rad ical ,
’and can b e judged.
If the first or second degre e of an y Sign is rising,or if on e Of the three last degrees Of any Sign rises, or
if the Moon is in the last three degrees of any Sign , or
void Of course, it is not safe t o judge but the inquirer
shoul d wait a more favorabl e time and ask the ques
tion again .
When Saturn is on the Ascen t or in the
First House he always obst ructs the matter, and if
he is in the Seventh House the ast rol oger ’S judgment
If non e of these things hinder, the figure may be
judged by the following method
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Th e Lord Of the Ascendant, planets in the FirstHouse, if any , and the Moon represent the m qul re r .
D etermin e next by what House the thing asked about
is rul ed, then consider whether the Lord of that
House is favorably aspected with the Lord of the
Ascendant, the pl anets in the First House, and the
Moon . If so , the matter will come t o a favorabl e
conclusion , but if these significat ors are aspected by
square or Opposition , the matter will come t o naught.
But if someon e else comes to y ou with a propo
sitiou, and y ou set up a figur e t o aid you in forming
an idea of what t o do, be sure to remember that HE
is the p r im e mo ver in the mat ter, and that therefore
the Moon , Ascendant an d First House are his signif
icators, whil e you are r ep r esent ed by the Seventh
House and itsLord . It does not matte r that y ou ask
the question , the proposition that you ask about is
his; and lack of this knowl edge has be en a stumbl ing
bl ock t o many who have given a wron g judgment on
that account.
The thin gs signified by the Houses are briefly
as foll ows:
First House : Matters of an intimate personal
Second House : Financial gain .
Third House : Matters con cerning brothers an d
Sisters, short journeys.
Fourth House : Houses an d lands, patrimony
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Fifth House : Children , messengers and n ewspape rs.
Six th House : Servants and disease .
Seventh House : Marri age,partn ership
, law
suits.
Eigh th House : Legacies.
Nin th House : Trave l, m ental st ate and capacity.
Tenth House : Social standing.
Eleven th House : Friends,hop es an d wishes.
Twelfth House : Enemies and t rouble .
The planets which aspect your significators fa
vorably Show when ce y ou may find help to Obtain
your wish, and the plan ets whi ch afflict your st ars
indicat e what hinders, and by blendin g these augurs
y ou may know what t o ex pect and how t o proceed.
Study these rules careful ly ,an d pay strict attention
t o them, then you wil l know how to answer al l ques
tions that may b e asked.
Horary Ast rol ogy may al so be use d to sel ect a.
favorabl e time for commencin g an important under
taking , for the star ting poin t Of an en terpri se is its
birth, and the influences then governin g wi ll be p ow
e rful det erminators Of success or failure . It is said
that the Royal Ast ronomer who l aid the corner-stone
for the Observatory at Greenwich used this method,and that has cer tainly been a very useful and suc
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form the cusp of th e Fourth House call ed the Nadir,
whi ch is Opposite the Tenth.
These two points are invested by the same de
grees Of the Zodiac, at any given tim e regardl ess Of
whether the birthplace is n ear the pole or t h e equa
t or . In the l atter case , we may al so imagin e a line
drawn at right an gles across the Meri dian , (as thel in e in the horoscope from the Midheaven to the
Nadir is cal l ed ) ,from East t o West , and that woul d
then form the cusps of the First and Seventh Houses.
By dividing each Of the four sections into three we
woul d have twelve compartments of equal size, name
ly thi rty degrees each.
But. all birthplaces are not on the equator, and
owing t o the spherical shape Of the earth and the in
cl inat ion of the earth’s axis, the sizes Of the house s
vary more and more as we approach the poles, so
that some houses may have onl y twelve or fifteen de
gre es, while others have more than Sixty. See page
49 for a more detailed analysis.
The reason for this division Of the earth into
houses may be comprehended when we consider that
the Sun ’s rays afle ct us diffe rently in th e morning ,
at noon and at n ight, al so in summer and win ter ; and
if we study the cause, we shall readily se e that it is
the an gl e at whi ch the ray strikes us or th e earth
whi ch produces the difierence in cfiect . Similarly
with the stel lar rays, Astrologers have Observed that
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a child born at or near noon, when the Sun’s rays
strike the birthplace from the Tenth House, has a
better chan ce of advan cem en t in l ife , other thin gs
being equal , than one born after Sundown , for the
latter general ly remains a servant. Therefore they
say that the Tenth House de termin es social position
and honor, but the Sixth House,whi ch is just below
the Western horizon rul es service and employmen t.
By simil ar Observations and tabul ations it has been
foun d that the other pl anetary rays afiect the various
departments Of lif e when their ray is projected
through the other houses, and therefore each house
is said to ‘ rul e ’ certain thin gs. The student will find
a diagram Of the houses and th e afiairs rul ed by each
on pages 30 and 31.
The divisions of houses are sometimes call ed‘mundane
’houses to emphasize that they are d iv
isions Of the earth ; and the Signs of the Zodiac are
al so loosely spoken of as the ‘houses’ or ‘ homes,’ Of
the planets whi ch rul e them, for instan ce , Virgo is
the ‘house
’ Of Mercury, Capricorn is the‘home
’
of
Hyl eg
A term used by ancient Arabian Astrol ogers t o
designate the poin ts in the horoscope whi ch are the
principal foci of vitali ty an d heal th, namely the Sun ,
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It needs but l ittl e argumen t t o show that the
great and glorious reservoir Of l ife whi ch we call th e
Sun is an importan t factor in the matter of heal th,and that the lesser Light, the Moon ,
has dominion in
this respect, for she col l ects and reflects the solar ray.
And it is a matter of common kn owledge that sh e is
in some way conn ected with gestation , and p ar tur i
tion , therefore, the Moon is the particul ar sig
nificat or of health in a woman ’s horoscope whil e the
Sun has the strongest influen ce in a man’s figure.
Both are importan t however, for if , in a man’s fig
ure, Saturn is square t o the Moon he wil l feel it , but
if this configuration happens in a woman ’s horoscope,
she will feel it more ; and conversely, Saturn square
t o the Sun in a woman ’s horoscope will aff ect her
health,but not in the same degree as it will that Of
a man when occurring in his figure .
The reason why the Ascendant is designated as
a factor in heal th and vi tal ity is not so apparent upon the surface, but when we real ize that the Ascend
ant at bir th is the Moon ’s p lace at concep tion, the
reason is Obvious, for the Moon is the plan et of fe
cundat ion , the focus and reflect or of the sol ar Lifeforces, and if , at the time of con ception , when the
human seed-atom was planted, sh e was in a weak Sign
like Virgo, the re is a fundamental l ack Of energy and
vital ity at the very start Of l ife , and a conse quent
lassitude which afie cts through al l the years Of its
exist ence, the body then beginnin g t o germinate.
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the Sun . The idea in the minds Of the astronomers
seems t o be that these plan ets are in l eading strings
so t o speak. The esoteric re ason for their proximity
to the Sun will be found on page 10, which see .
In t e l lectual Zodiac
On e ither side of the ecliptic or Sun ’s path are
a number Of fixed stars whi ch form twelve groups or
constellations, that are called‘
si gns Of the Zodiac,’
not because they resembl e the animal s they are supposed to represent, but because the ir influence has
developed, or is still en gaged in bringing out in us
the main characteristics embodied in the animal sym
bol . The bombastic arrogan ce, the e nergy an d cour
age whi ch come from Aries coul d not be better sym
bol ized than by th e ram , n either coul d the qui et, but
prodigious strength and the stubborn persistence
whi ch come from the divine Hierarchs who work
with us from the conste llation Taur us be more aptly
described than by th e symbolic ‘Bull . ’ The char
act eristics of the other signs must be interpreted in
similar term s, for the Zodiac is the womb of the so
lar system ; and sometime when we and the myriads
Of other beings who are now evolving in our sol ar
system have l earned al l the l essons of this phase of
existen ce, we also shal l form a Zodiac and perform
a Similar service for others as the twelve Great Cre
ative Hierarchies are now doing for us.
These twelve constell ations ar e call ed the ‘natu
ral’Zodiac ; they remain al ways in the same relative
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positions, at least their movement is SO Sli ght that
centuries e lapse without appre ciable change in their
position . H ence we may use a tabl e of houses our
whol e li fe, but we must buy an ephemeris of th e
pl anets ’ places every year.
Every year on the 2l st Of March the Sun leaves
the Southern Hemisphere, crosses the celestial equa
t or, and enters the Northern degre es of lat itude
where he remains durin g the summ er. But owing
t o a vibrat ory m otion of the poles of the earth, cal l
ed‘nutation ’ by astron omers, the Sun crosses th e
cel est ial equator a l ittle earlier (p r eced es) than it
d id the ye ar before , and as day and ni ght are Of
equal l ength at the point where the Sun crosses the
celestial equator or equinoctial , this pre cedent cross
ing is called ‘th e p recession of th e equinox
If there were no precession of the equinox th e
Sun would always enter the constel lation Aries at
the vernal equinox, but on account of this backward
motion of on e degree in about seven ty-two ye ars, the
ve rnal equinox occurs in the first degree Of Piscesabout 2156 years later. After a sim ilar period of
time it recedes t o the first degree of Aquarius, and so
on through the circle of the twelve signs in about 25,868 years. A t the tim e when the Sun was in Taurus,the Sign of the ‘
Bul l ,’ at the vern al equinox, th e an
cient Egyptians worshiped the sacred ‘Bul l Apis ’
and their priests wore the Uraeus or Se rpent Symbol
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belon ging t o Scorp io , the Serp en t Sign Op p osit e Tau
rus, to indicate their possession Of the esoteric wis
d om . When th e Sun wen t into Aries by precession
it became idolatry for ‘ the chwen peopl'
e ’ to worship
the ‘Bull ,’or golden calf 3 they l eft ‘Egyp t
’and p in
ned their faith to the ‘lamb ’
or‘ram
’ which was then‘slain
’. But according to the esot e ric symbol of Lib
ra, the scal es of justice , whi ch is opposite Aries, he
Shal l come again as judge . In A . D . 498 the Sun was
in the first de gre e Of A ries at th e equin ox, and in the
1418 years which have since elapsed it has receded
nin ete en degrees,forty-two m inutes, so that in 1916
the Sun crosses the equator in t en de grees, eighteen
minutes of Pisces,and in the year 2658 it will be on
the cusp Of Aquarius. During th e 2000 years whi ch
have e lapsed Since the equinox came within orb Of
Pisces, the fishes, the religious rites have requi red
that the people anoint themselves with the Piscean
Water at th e door Of the church, the Service was per
formed by a priest whose headgear was made t o re
sembl e the h ead of a fish , and they were commanded
t o abst ain from the eatin g Of meat at certain tim es,and bad e eat fish instead . They were also taught
t o worship an immaculate Virgin because Virgo is
the sign op p osite Pisces; and this worship wi ll con
t inue , though in a decr easing degree until the n ew
ide al embodied in the Sign Aquarius and its Opposite
Sign Leo has supe rceded orthodox Christiani ty as
that has taken the pl ace Of the e arl ier rel igions.
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counts for certain evolutionary changes. In this con
n ect ion the student is referred t o pages 26 and 27.
In t ercep t ed
See articl e on ‘Houses’ before reading this. In
the article on‘Houses,
’it is stated that Owin g t o the
Spherical shape Of t he earth an d the in clination Of
the earth’s ax is, som e of the mun dan e houses in the
hi gher North ern l atitudes are onl y twelve or fift een
degrees, whi le othe rs are forty ,fif ty or sixty d e
grees long. But the signs Of the Zodi ac are only
thi rty de grees, and it therefore fol lows that in cases
whe re a mundan e house is ve ry l ong, on e or even two
whol e signs may be included wi thin its cusps. In
the horoscope Of Erm an C. born Jan uary 25th , 1912
at 3 A . M. in Ogden , Ia. , we find 24 degr ees of Sagit
tarins on the second cusp , and Aquarius 11 on the
thi rd. Thus the se cond house is forty-seven degrees
l ong, includin g the whole Sign Capricorn with the
planets Mercury an d Uranus, and an astrologer
woul d describe the situation by saying that Cap ri;
corn is‘int ercep t ed
’in the second house . When he
sp eaks of the plan ets in this intercept ed Sign he says
tha t Mercury and Uranus are intercepte d in Capri
corn in the second house.
When a Sign is intercepted in a house, the opp o
site sign is also in t ercep t ed in the Opposite house ;consequen tly we find Can cer intercepted in the
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e ighth house with Neptune in it .Regarding the influence of interception , we find
that when a planet is in an in te rcepted Si gn its in
fluen ce is held in abeyan ce or laten cy until by p ro
gression it m oves out of the in tercepte d Sign . This
tenden cy may be somewhat modified by a strong as
peet, or a number of minor or weak ones, but an in
t ercep t ed plane t n ever has the same power over the
l ife as on e that is free.
Latitud e
In Astron omy, the distance a planet is North or
South of the ecliptic, or Sun’s path.
In Geography, the dist ance a city or place is
North or South of the Equator.
Note—Th e d istance of the heavenly bodies North or
Sout h of th e cel estial equator is not call ed latitud e,
but DECLINATION. Wh en the Sun is at its hi ghestNorthern point in the tropic Of Cancer, we do n ot
say that it is in twenty-three degre es of North latitude, but that it is in twen ty-three degres Of Northd ecl ination . See
‘D eclination .
’
Logarithms
Were orig inal ly invent ed by Lord Napier t o makearithmetical calcul ations easy. They were later adapt
ed t o the decimal sy stem ,and are used by astrono
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mers who cal cul ate di rections by are . But for cal
cul ation Of the plan ets’ places by Longitude and
in relation t o th e day of twenty-four hours, it is n ecessary t o cal cul ate a Sp ecial se t
,whi ch will be found
in th e back of our ephem eris. By use Of them mul
t ip l icat ion is performed by addition , and division by
subtraction .
Long Ascension : Signs of , See‘Ascension.
’
Long itud e
In Geography, Longitude is measured from theMeridian Of Greenwich, East or Wes t on the Equa
tor .
In Astronomy, the Longitude Of the pl anets is
measure d on the ecliptic or Sun ’s path startin g wi th
the first point of Ari es at th e vern al equinox . When
the distance is re ckoned on the equinoctial , or cel es
tial equator it is cal l ed Right Ascension
Lord
A pl anet is said to be ‘Lord ’ of the Signs it rul es ;e . g. Mars is Lord Of Aries an d Scorpio ; Venus is‘Lady’ Of Taurus and Libra. See
‘D igni ty ’ an d ‘Ex
Luminaries The Sun and Moon.
Lunar Pertaining to ‘Luna,’ the Moon.
Lunation
A lun ation is a conjun ction Of the Sun and Moon ,
a‘New Moon .
’In our ephemeris all New Moons.
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square occurs. Converse ly, if the in itial aspect of the
eclipse is good, more benefit will be experien ced dur
ing the months when sex tiles and trin es are form ed .
The cycle of lunations is nin eteen years ; for exam
p l e , in Jul y 1900 the lunation occurred on the 26th
of Jul y in three degrees of Leo , and in 1919 another
lunation will occur on the 26 th of July in three de
grees of Leo . Thus the student may cal cul ate the
lunations of future years with sufficient accuracy for
all practical purposes.
Eclipses may also be calculated for future yearsin a simil arly easy rough and ready mann er if the
student has the ephem erides for p ast years .
D uring her m on thly course the Moon zigzags
across the ecliptic, and at the conjuct ions, or New
Moons, is generall y a number of degrees away from
the ecl iptic . Under such conditions we have just an
ordin ary New Moon . In order to have a total solar
ecl ipse the Moon must be di rectly in the Sun ’s path
as seen from the earth, and the decl ination of the
Sun and Moon must b e practically th e same ; al so the
moon must have practically no latitude .
There are never l ess than two eclipses in a year,
and they are sol ar, nor are there ever more than sev
en ,but these ex treme numbers happen very seldom .
The usual number of eclipses is four ; two solar and
two lunar ecl ipses, and they usual ly com e in pairs
and six months apart . Th e Ful l Moon preceding or
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following a solar eclipse is usually a lunar ecl ipse.Al so if on e pair of e clipses occurs in February, l ookfor the other pair in August .
Bearing the above in mind, ecl ipses in any year
may be found with fair success by the foll owing sim
p l e rul e
From the year for whi ch ecl ipses are want
ed , subtract 18. The remi l t ing year we wil l call the‘Eclipse Year .
’
Search the ‘Ecl ipse Year ’ for New and
Ful l Moons whi ch are eclipses. Note the ir dat es
only .
In the year previous t o the ‘Eclipse Year,’
not e the date s and zodiacal places of the lunations
whi ch occur about el even days after the dates ob
tained in the ‘Eclipse Year. ’ These are the dates and
places Of eclipses in the year wanted.
In order to test the simple rul es of thumb here
given, let us imagine this is the year 1910, and that
we want to find th e first solar eclipse occurring in
1915. We take an ephemeris for 1897 which is
e ighteen years earl ier than 19 15, and look for th e
first solar ecl ipse.
We find a solar ecl ipse on the 181: of February
1897.
To ascer tain the date and degree of the Zodiac in
whi ch this ecl ipse wi ll fall in 1915, we look for in
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formation in the ephemeris for 1896,whi ch is one
year earl ier than the ‘Eclipse Year ’ 1897.
There we fin d that the first New Moon which oc
curred after February 1st , fell in the afte rnoon of
the 13th of February,in twenty-four degrees, nin e
teen m inutes of Aquarius, and we therefore judge
that there wil l b e a solar e clipse on the 13t h of Feb
ruary 1915 in twenty-four degrees, n ineteen min
utes of Aquarius.
After compl eting our cal cul ations we cease t o
make believe about living in 1910, and take up the
ephem eris for 1915 t o se e if our rul es have given the
right resul t ; and we find that a solar e cl ipse di d oc
cur ou the m orn ing of the 14th of February 1915, in
Aquarius, twenty-four degre es, forty-two minutes,proving the rul e t o have given an essentially cor
rect resul t. See‘Transits.
’
Mal efics
Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. See‘Good
and Bad .
’
Mascul ine SignsAr ies, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquar
ius are call ed Mascul ine . These include the fiery
trip l icity , A ries; Le o and Sagittarius, and the airy
trip licity , Gem ini , Libra and Aquarius. The femi
nine signs in clude the earthy and watery tripl icities.
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Nativi tyThe same as
‘Horoscope ,’and
‘Radix ;
’ a map of
the heavens cast for the moment of birth. See‘Figure . ’
Natural Zodiac See‘ Int ell e ctual Zodiac . ’
NebulaeCloudy star clusters, worlds in the making. Three
of them are known t o have an inimical effect on the
eyesight Se e‘Fix ed Stars.
’
Nod es See‘D ragon ’
s Head .
’
Northern Signs
Aries, Taurus, Gemin i, Can cer, Leo, and Virgo .
So cal le d be cause the Sun is in these signs when he
is above the equator in the Spring and Summer.
NutationA vibratory motion of the ax is of the earth which
is responsible for the precession of the equinox. See‘ Intell ectual Zod iac .
’
Oblique Ascensio n : Se e‘Ascension .
’
Occident al
Western . When the Sun or plan ets have passed
the Zenith,Midheaven or n oon mark, they begin t o
set towards the Weste rn horizon , therefore the plan
ets in the ninth, eighth and se venth houses of the
horoscope are said t o be ‘occidental ’ or Western ,
and
planets in the twel fth, el eventh and tenth houses
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whi ch are ascending from the East ern horizon t o the
Midheaven , as th e Sun does in the forenoon , ar e said
t o be‘oriental ’ or Eastern .
But when the Sun sets in the place where we l ive,it ri ses on another part of the world represented by
the sixth, fifth, fourth, thi rd, se cond and first houses
of our horoscope, and duri ng that time it is al so or
ien tal , and occidental t o their Midhe aven , which cor
responds to our Nadir . Wh en it rises from the ir
Eastern horizon ,which is our descendan t, through
the sixth, fifth and fourth houses, it is called ori
ental, and when it graduall y sets towards the ir
Western Horizon ,whi ch is our Ascendant, it is cal l ed
occidental .
The refore, pl an ets in the twelfth, el eventh, tenth,sixth, fifth
,an d fourth houses are call ed orien tal,
and the planets in the other six houses are cal led occi
dental or Western .
Op p osition :
When two pl anets are in the same degree of op
p osit e signs, they are said t o be in ‘Opposition .
’Se e
‘Aspect ’ and ‘
Orb .
’
Orb :
Planets form aspects whi ch influen ce human af
fairswhen they are in the same degre e of the Zodiac,
or a certain number of degre es apart . But it has
been found that the influen ce is fel t even when plan
e ts are not exactly the required number of degrees
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apart . Thus a planet has a subtle sphere whi ch
makes it effective before an exact aspect is formed,
an d af te r it has be en dissolved, and this Is cal l ed its
orb .
Orbit The path of a planet around the Sun .
Orbital Revolution :
The revolution of a plan et in its orb it around theSun . The time occupied by the orbital revolutionsof al l the planets is given on pag e 7.
Orien tal
Easte rn , se e‘
Occidental ’ for explanation .
Paral l el
The aspe ct form ed between two plan etswhen they
are in t h e sam e degre e of declination , e ither North orSouth of the ce lestial equator. Se e page 75.
Par t of For tune
A point in the horoscope whi ch opposes or fav
ors the financial fortun es according t o the aspects it
re ce ives from th e plan ets. Th e philosophy and th e
method of cal cul ating it are given on page 60 e t c .
To prove whethe r the ‘Part of Fortun e ’ is rightly
calcul ated, observe whether the distance from the
Sun t o the Moon equals th e distan ce from the Aseen
dant t o the ‘Part of Fortune. ’
Physical App earance
The physical type is determined by four prin cipal
factors. These are the Ascendant or Rising Sign ,
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cementing influence in the life whereby we are at
tracted to others for mutual ben efit ; al though Venusin and of herse lf is not con cern ed with mutual bene
fit, it bein g her nature t o attract others, and that
good comes by her is onl y an incident.The planet Jupiter is symbolize d by the hal f-cir
cl e above the cross. It denot es the human sp irit,whose facul ty is abstract thought. Therefore
,the
plan et Jupite r stands for th e hi gher mind, the mind
that is uncon cern ed with materi al things, and ex
presses itself in abstract thought, as rel igion , phil
osophy and the higher sciences.
Mars is the opposite of Venus. It is symbol ized
by the cross above the circl e, so that whil e it is Ven
us’s nature t o unselfishl y love, and t o give to others,
it is the nature of Mars t o desire for se lfish ends. It
therefore denotes al l the outgoing en ergy of the l ow
e r nature, the desire body, the passional and emotion
ai aspect of man , whi ch causes him t o work outwards
in the world, to ove rcome obstacl es and t o gather ex
p erien ce .
Saturn is the Opposite of Jupiter, the cross of
matt er above the hal f-circl e den oting the brain mind .
It is that whi ch gives persisten ce to the impulses of
Mars, and symbolizes the rel ative ly permanen t part
of the lower nature, that whi ch has been weighed and
found t o be of use . It is, therefore, symbolical of
the se ed-atoms of Man ’s l ower vehicl es, where in are
st ored the experi ences of al l past l ives. Hen ce, Sat
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um denotes the mechanical abil ity, the chastity and
justice ; th e perseverance and material attainments
which have been made into virtues thr ough hi s purg
ing influen ce . He stands as the reaper of the things
that have been sown in the body, and as such he appears often in the life to chastise us for the wrong we
have done ; n ot vandal ist ical ly , but in order that we
may l earn the l essons of how t o act rightly.
The Moon is the reflection of the Sun . That t o
ge ther with the Ascendant, denotes the formation Of
the physical body, the Moon being particul arly the
symbol of the vital body, and the Ascendan t the significat or of the dense body. Hence, these two stand
for that whi ch is man ’s tool in action ; the most per
feet part of his n ature , but at the same time, the
most evanescent. The Moon is, therefore, the very
antithesis of the Sun . The latter is a fixed star,whil e the Moon is the most mi gratory of the heavenl y
bodies.
The three l ast named pl anets are the significa
tors of the lower nature in man , the pe rsonal ity, as
opposed t o the individual ity, symbol ized by the three
first n amed plan ets ; and these two tri angl es are con
n ect ed by the plane t signi fying th e l ower concrete
mind, namely Mercury. The symbol of that pl anet
has in it all three constituents Of plan etary symbolism
, the circl e , the hal f-circl e and the crow , showing
it t o have no nature of its own , but to be a vehi cl e
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for th e expression of the othe r planets. When Mercury is wel l posited with reference to Venus, we havethe art ist ic, poetical , musical and l ite rary type of
mind. For it is from Venus that the vibrations come
which express themselves in al l art.
When Me rcury is well placed in relation t o Jupite r, we have the philosophi cal and scientific mind,the rul er an d the law-
give r, both in chur ch and state,who works for the good of al l .
When Me rcury is we ll posited with regard to
Mars, we have the man of action ; the man who aims
at the material devel opment of the worl d ’s resourcesin a smal l or large way, as a shopkeeper, storekeepe r
and all other ways wherein others are expl oited for
pe rsonal benefit, for Mars is, as al ready said, the ah
t ithesis of Venus, and the embodimen t of selfish de
sire.
Mercury in aspe ct t o the Moon has no signific
an ce, as the Moon itse lf is a reflector ; except where
it is an evil aspect comin g from a cardinal Sign or
el evation . There it is apt t o produce insanity.
In the foregoing, onl y the essential n atures of the
planets have been given . Wh ere they are well as
p ect ed by another plan et these natural cha racterist
ics are enhan ced so far as th e b enefic pl an ets ar e con
cerned, but when evill y aspected, the n ature of Ven
us, which is wisdom,l ove and rhythm, wil l become
folly, licentiousness, and sloth ; the phi losophy, law
abiding tendencies, mercy and l ofty aspirations of
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Venus, havin g h e r na tur e in a much more subtl e de
gree ; its attracti ons are so spiritual that they can
n ot be felt by the ordinary man in the proper man
ne r , and he therefore, more readily responds t o the
evil side of Uranus. It is the pl an et which rul es the
ether, and when in aspect; to Mercury, or in the As
cendant , or with the Moon ,it produces a touch with
th e force we kn ow as e lectr icity. Its Operations are
always very sudden , and as mankind responds t o its
evil side, as al ready stated, thes e efle cts show them
selves particul arly in the form of disaster.
Neptun e is the octave of Mercury. As Mercury
is the l ight -bearer for the physical Sun, so is Neptune the l ight bearer of the spiritual Sun , cal l ed Vul
can among occul tist s,which is seen back of th e vis
ibl e Sun . Naturally, therefore, stil l fewer among
human ity are capabl e at all of bein g afl ect ed by it ,
save that it produces a chaotic state of mind when
placed in evil aspect. When placed in angles, and
par ticul arly in e l evations n ear the Midheaven ,it p ro
duces Occul tists and Mystics of the hi ghest stamp ;but when placed in cadent houses, it brings medium
ship at best , and often insanity. It is the hi ghest
strin g in the lyre of the soul of God ,and is therefore
the l east used, and the one t o get most easil y out of
tun e. Ast rologers are the most afiect ed by it , and
those musicians who use stringed instruments
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Plane tary Hours
That the planets have dominion over the days of
the week whi ch represen t th e seven creative days,
(Periods) is taught by the Rosicrucians.
Saturday is Saturn ’s day and corresponds t o the
Saturn Peri od
Sun day is the Sun’
s day and corresponds t o theSun Period.
Monday is the Moon’s day an d corresponds to the
Moon Peri od.
Tuesday is the day of the Norse war-god , Tyr , and
corresponds t o the Mars-half of the Earth Period .
Wedn esday is the day Of the Norse Mercury ,
Wotan , and corresponds t o the Mercury-hal f of the
Earth Period .
Thursday is the day of Thor, the Norse Jupiter,and corresponds to the Jupiter Period .
Friday is the day of the Norse Venus, Freia, andcorresponds t o the Venus Period .
In addition t o the rul ership over the days of the
week, the pl anets have domini on in t urn over t h e
hours of th e day, an d the un derlyin g system , order
and conn ection between the rul ership of the days
and hours become apparent when it is noted that :
The planet for whi ch any day is named rul es the
first hour after sun rise on that day.
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Starting wi th the hour of sun rise on Sunday
whi ch is rul ed by the Sun , the next hour is al l otted
t o Vbnus, the thi rd to Mercury. Nex t come the
hours of the Moon , Saturn , Jupiter, Mars. Thencome other hours rul ed by the Sun ,
by Venus and
al l th e other plan ets in the order given : Sun , Ven
us, Mercury, Moon, Saturn ,
Jupiter, Mars. This
succession is foll owed in unbroken sequen ce to th e
next Sunday morning when Mars rul es the l ast hour
of the week in his proper order and the Sun opens
the new week with his b eneficient ray.
Under this arran gement of succession started at
sunrise on Sunday, t h e Moon rules the first hour of
Monday, whi ch is the twenty-fifth from the hour of
th e Sun whi ch rul ed Sunday morning.
Mars rul es the first hour on Tuesday whi ch is the
twenty-fif th hour from the hour of th e Moon which
rul ed Monday mornin g.
An d so on,through the other days of the week.
This shows how the m ethod of nam ing the days for
the Plane tary Spirits which have domin ion over
them, dovetails with the syst em of plan etary hours,and both are rooted in a foundation of esoteric kn ow
l edge .
When we speak of plan etary ‘hours,
’it must be
understood that these hours are not sixty minutes in
l en gth, but vary in a wide measure , with th e time of
the year, an d the place of your residence. Near the
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t o th e first time which is LATER than the time indicated by your watch. Move up one st ep . Th e f ig
ure found there indicates that the plan etary rul er
commenced t o rul e at that time and will con tinue in
power till the time at which y ou first stopped.
The Hour-rul ers are found at the in tersection Of
the l ine containing the time at which they comm en c
ed t o rul e and the column of the proper day of the
week.
To ill ustrate, if we wan t to fin d whi ch plan et
rul es in l atitude 40 on Thursday at 2 P. M. during
D ecember, we run our index fin ge r down the middl e
column of latitudes in the tabl e for D ecember, and
stop at P . M.,whi ch is the first figure that is
lat er than we desire . We then move up a ste p t o
P. M. , and thence t o the right stopping at the
column of Thursday. There we fin d Mars, an d know
that that pl an et rul es from t o P. M. on
Thursdays, during D ecember and January, in l ati
tudes 35 t o 45.
Regarding the use of the pl anetary hours, any
one wh o has studied the n ature and influen ce of the
vari ous planets on the affai rs of life may readil y
form an opinion . Experim ent and observation wil l
soon make anyone proficien t in the choice of the best
t im es for doing the thin g desired wit h the best
chan ce of success. There are many who drag the
stars into the gutter by pervert ed use of their influ
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en ce for selfish ends, and endeavor t o Obtain an undue
ad van tage there by, but studen ts of our l iterature
will not expect t o find advice on how to proceed with
such a purpose. We have n ot studi ed the m atter
from that angle an d woul d not teach othe rs how, if
we kn ew. But on certain occasions th e plan etary
hours may be justly and b en eficen t ly use d, and we
shal l try t o indicate how they may be of se rvice .
Suppose we wan t t o he lp a friend t o obtain em
ploym ent,and kn ow a place where he would fit in .
We rem ember that the Sun is a Significat or of those in
authority an d therefore the hours of the Sun are
good in whi ch t o transact busin ess with and ask
favors of such people ; and y ou will have the best
chance of success if you apply at those times.
But it ab o is import ant to remembe r that the
plan et whi ch rul es th e first hour Of a given day has
p r ime rul ership during tha t en tire day , and that the
othe r pl ane ts are only subsidiary rule rs with the day
rul e r. They are weakened or streng then ed in p ro
portion to the agreement or disag re emen t of the ir
nature s with the n ature of the day -rul e r. Thus if
y ou select a Sun -hour on Satur day, whi ch is tinged
with the obst ructive Saturnin e influence,your chan c
es of success are not nearly as good as if y ou select a
Sun -hour on a Thursd ay, which is tinged throughout
with the benevol ent ray of its day-rul e r, Jupite r.
Or , if y ou have occasion as a matt e r of duty, to
reason with someone who has a very shor t temper ,
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who, y ou know, is apt t o resent it and say or do som et hing that you wil l both wish to avoid, use the cold
wet blanket of the Satur n-hour on Satur n ’s day if
p ossible, to put down an d quen ch the martial spirit.The dan ger of a rupt ur e wil l then be m in imized t oa wonderful extent, and y ou will probably both won
der with pleasant retrospection how well it went OK.
Or, if it becom es n ecessary t o stir som eon e who
has fal len into habits of idl en ess wherefrom others
are made t o snfier, if it seems al most n ecessary t o
build a fire unde r him t o m ake him move , compoun d
th e fire and en ergy of Mars as a day-rul er with hi s
influence as an hour-rul er, by talking t o him on Tues
day. He wil l heed then if it is at all possible t o ge t
him star ted .
By usin g the plan etary hours on the lin es here
laid down , for the purpose of unselfish service, y ou
may conf er a great many bl essings on others and lay
up much treasure for yourself in heaven where n ei
ther moth n or rust wil l corrupt ; an d it is well worth
remembering that however much material advantage
you may gain by using such knowl edge , that m ateri al
gain ,power
,position ,
m oney and al l other things
that pertain t o this world are l eft behind when death
cal ls,and that our good d e eds alon e stand by us in
that hour. Therefore do n ot soofi, but if y ou want
t o use these stel lar influences, use them so that they
will bring you everlasting instead of onl y temporary
gain .
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Saturn is laid upon the fli ghty Mercury with the re
sult that the mind gains in depth and power of con
centration , but whether this men tal capacity will be
used for good or ill , depends on the aspects the same
as in the case Of Mars. When Venus and Jupiter are
in‘mutual reception ’
and wel l aspecte d, it smooths
the path of life most wonderful ly. Everywhere the
person who has this configuration will find people
ready t o help, and many friends, but conversely,when Saturn and Mars are in ‘mutual reception ’
and
afflicted, he who is so unfortunate will meet rebuff
and enmity on every hand.
It shoul d never be forgotten , however, that our
horoscop e shows what we have mad e of ourselves in
p ast l ives, and he who has the configuration that at
tracts friends must have been kind and obl iging,whil e he who draws out the m ean side of human
nature and makes en emies is himself selfish and un
friendly. But if h e wil l strive t o turn from hisways
and make some sacrifice for others, he wi l l also in
time -overcome the undesirabl e aspe cts, for the Star
An gels are not mal iciously bent upon scourging anyone . They only scourge t o subdue and correct our
faul ts and make us better. Sometim e we shall al l
be l oving and lovable, and then there will be for us
no mal efic influence .
Re trogradation
Se e chapter on Retrogr adation and its efl ects p 72.
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Right Ascension : See‘Ascension .
’
Rul er
The Rul er of a horoscope is that plan et which has
greatest domini on and influence over the l ife, and t o
whi ch the native most readily responds.
Other things be in g equal , the Lord of the Ascend.
ant is the Rul er. But if another planet is stronger
in the matters of El evation , D igni ty or Exal tation ,
Position in an Angl e, and Aspects, then that planet
must be regarded as the Ruler. But for thi s t o hold,the aspects must be close and strong, regardless of
whether they are good or bad. Good aspe cts will
make a good Rul er, bad aspects a bad one, and with
out afi'
ect ing the fact of rul ership in e ither case :
When two plan e ts are about equal In strength and
position , they must be classed as co-rul ers.
In the case of a House , the Lord of the sign on,
the cusp is its Rul er. Where there is an intercept
ed sign ,its Lord has also partial rul ershi p over the
house, although it is inferior in this respect t o the
planet which rul es the sign on the cusp . This rul er
ship of an intercepted sign is l atent and is not
brought out until by progression of the angles the in
te rcep t ed sign arrives at the cusp of the house.
Planets in a house, if asp ect ed , will ordinarily have
a greater influen ce upon its afiairs !than the rul ers
of the signs before mentioned. In thi s case, such
pl anets may be termed cO-rul ers of the house.
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Secondar y D ir ections
Se e‘D irections and Transits. ’
Sep arating
When a pl an et whi ch has been in aspect with
another moves onward and thus dissolves the aspect,it is said to be separating from that aspe ct. See
Apply.
Sex til e
When two planets are sixty degrees apart they are
said t o be in sext il e, so cal led because sixty degrees
are one six th part of the circle whi ch has 360 degrees.
It is considered a ‘ good ’ aspect. See‘Good ’ and
‘Bad,’also
‘Aspect . ’
Short Ascension : See‘Ascension .
’
Sid ereal DayIs the tim e which elapses between two successive
passages of a fixed star over the meridian of a givenplace. See chapter on ‘
Time ’ p 18.
Sid ereal YearIs the period of time whi ch el apses between a
conjun ction of the Sun with any fix ed star and its return again t o the same conjunction .
SignificatorThe Plan ets, Ascendant, Midheaven , Part of For
tune and rth e D ragon’s Head and Tall are cal l ed
‘Significat ors,
’ because their places and aspects in
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There are two solstices. One in mi dsummer, the
21st of June , which is the longest day in the year,another on the 21st Of D ecember, which is the short
est . They are cal led respectively, the summer and
the winter solstice.
Southern Signs :
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn , Aquarius
and Pisces are call ed Southern Signs because when
the Sun is in them. he is South of the cel estial equa~
t or , and as a resul t we in the Northern hemisp herehave Winter.
Square
When two planets are ninety degrees apart they
are said t o be in square or quartil e, because ninety
degrees are one-fourth, or quarter of the circle . This
aspect is said t o be ‘bad,’ the pl anetary rays striking
each other at a right angl e, and therefore bein g at‘cross’ purposes as it were. See ‘
Aspects,’and
‘Good
and Bad.
’
StationaryA t tim es planets move obliquely with reference
t o the earth ’s orbit, in such a manner as t o appear
stationary, though, as a matter of fact they are al
ways moving. See chapter on ‘Retrogradation ’ p 72.
Succedent Houses
The second, fift h, eighth and eleventh houses are
call ed succedent, because they‘succeed ’ or foll ow the
An gles.
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Sup erior Planets
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus and Neptune, are
so cal led by Astronomers because they move in orbits
whi ch take them t o parts of the heavens far from
the Sun . The term is used in contradistin ction to
that of ‘inferior planets’ as appl ied t o Venus and
Mercury whi ch always remain near the Sun . Se e
page 10.
Symbols
The symbols Of the pl an ets are given on page 24,and it will be noticed that t hey consist Of a circle , a
half circl e and a cross variously grouped. The circl e
is the symbol of the spirit, the half-circle is the em
blem of the soul , and the cross represen ts matter.
Thus the e l ements of the human constitution , Sp irit,
Soul and Body are enfolded in the component parts
of the planetary symbols to Show t o the Mystic their
mission with respect t o humanity. These elem entary
parts are variously grouped t o indicate the n ature
of the plan et for which they stand, and its Office in
the Great School Of Life where God h as placed us
under the Plan etary Spirits who are endeavoring t oeducate us in the D ivin e Wisdom .
The Sun, as its symbol indicates is the centre of
all spiritual facul ties, the fountain of all l ife .
The Moon’s symbol is a hal f-circle, Showing that
we have compl eted the arc Of involution where bodies
were built, and that now the essence of ex perience
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ex tracted from these vehi cl es must be transmuted in
t o spiritual qual ities by the alchemy Of soul -growth.SO that we may rise on th e arc Of evolution .
Mars’symbol is a c ross above th e circle, showing
the unregenerate man , where the cross of personal ity
is above the circl e Of spirit . But by trampl ing the
hi gher nature under foot the martial character en a
genders war and strife, during which he n ecessarily
suff ers even when he is victorious. Thus, by rebuffs
the nature is gradually softened.
Venus : When th e martial nature has suffered
sufficiently, the sp irit circl e gradually ascends above
the cross of the personality and thus becomes the
symbol of Ve nus, the plan et Of love.
Saturn and Jup iter have symbols whi ch are simi
larly indicative of the mann er in which soul -growth
is fost ered . In the symbol of Saturn the cross of
personality is exal ted above the Signature of th e soul ,the half-circl e. Soul -growt h is attained by Service,but the symbol Of Saturn shows plainl y that the per
son un der his rul e is m ore ready t o be served than
t o serve , and is selfish and Obstructive Of th e comm on
good. Natural ly others resent this trait of character,and therefore Saturn brin gs sorrow,
trouble, worry
and disappointment in orde r t o teach us that we cannever real ly serve ourselves by selfishn ess, but only
by sacrifice.
Jup iter : When it has gradual ly dawn ed upon us
th rough much sorrow, that selfishness is as a Shell
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circl e and the crosswhich are placed above and below
the circle in the symbol Of Mercury, was well voiced
by Goethe in the lin es Of his imm ortal “Faust !
where the hero says“Thou by one sol e impul se art p osses
’d ,
Un conscious Of the other still remain .
Two soul s al as are house d within my breast,And struggle there for undivided reign .
One t o the earth with passionate desire ,And closely clinging organs still adheres,
Above the mi sts the other doth aspire,With sacred ardor unto purer spheres.
Tabl e of Houses
A table cal cul ated t o Show what signs and degrees
Of th e Zodiac are on each of the cusps of the twelve
mundan e houses at any time during any day or night
in the year.
A table of houses is always the same for a
ce rtain degree Of latitude, and it may be used for a
l ifetime as it de als with the fixed stars whi ch Show
no appreciabl e motion in a hundred years.
Transits
A t the moment a child is born the positions of the
planets Show the tenden cies Of the l ife . Those posi
tions constitute the ‘Radix,
’and anything that has
reference t o that ‘Root’ of all events is call ed
‘ radical . ’ Thus,
‘ the radical Jupiter ’ refers to the posi
tion of Jupiter at a certain person ’s birth.
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Durin g the n ext twenty, thirty or sixty days after
birth the planets move on and make certain aspects
t o the positions held by them at birth. Each of these
days corresponds t o a year of l ife , and the aspects
form ed by th e‘
p r ogression’on the twentieth day
after birth will operate t o bring about events in the
twentieth year. The aspects form ed on the thirty
fif th day after birth will determ in e the Influences in
the thirty-fifth year and so on . These are called ‘
p ro
gr essed’ positions and asp ects. Thus, if someon e says
“my p r ogr essed Sun will b e trin e t o my rad ical Jup i
ter when I am forty,! he means that forty days after
his birth the Sun had progressed t o a trin e aspect
with the position Of Jupiter at his birth, and that
therefore thi s will operate in his fortieth year t o
bring about events of a fortunate n ature, because
the aspect and the planets are what is called good.
As the span Of life is usual ly not more than seven
ty years, the plan e tary positions afte r seventy days
from birth do not have as marked an eff ect as de
scribed in the foregoing paragraph, but they haven everthel ess an appreciabl e influen ce on the lives Of
mankind, according t o their natures. But be cause
Of the rapid transit made, the effects are ephemeral ,even in the case of the Slower planets. These move
ments of the plan ets are call ed ‘Transits.
’
They are found in the ephemeris for the current
year. That is to say , if you want t o know what pl an
e ts transit the difi'
eren t houses of your horoscope in
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1916, you can find them only in the ephemeris for
that year. The‘ radical ’ and
‘ progressed ’ plan ets
are al l in the ephemeris for the year y ou were born ,
but the ‘ transits’ for 1920, for instance, can only be
found in the ephemeris for 1920.
Lunations,or New Moons
, and ecl ipses are among
the most importan t transits. Their efie ct is describ c
ed under ‘lunations,
’ which see . Next in importanceare the transits of the Sup er ior planets through the
houses. The tenth house signifies social honor. When
Jupiter transits it every twelfth year, th ere wil l be
opportunities for social advancement ; when Saturn
comes there on ce in thi rty years, l ook out for setbacks
and exert your wil l t o overcom e them ; and y ou may
judge in l ike mann er about th e othe r planets and
houses.
Trine
Wh en two planets are 120 degrees apart, they are
said t o be in trin e , because 120 degrees is on e third
part of a circle. This is considered the most harmon
ious of all aspects.
Trip licities
The Signs of the Zodiac are variously grouped t o
Show certain of their qual ities. One method segre
gates them into four groups Of three signs e ach, e ach
group having affinity for one of the elem ents : Thus
Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are fiery . Taurus Virgo
and Capricorn are earthy . Gemin i, Libra and Aquar
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third sign Of the earthy tripl icity,denotes the emolu
ments which wil l b e received for the service re ndered
according t o the six th house, and in the capacity den oted by the tenth house . Therefore the se cond house
rul ed by the sign Taurus is the house of finance ; and
as on e ’s freedom of action depends t o a de gree upon
the state Of his finan ces, this house is also cal l ed theHouse of Liberty.
The apex of the airy tripli city is in the Western
angle occupied by the cardin al sign Libra, whi ch isrul ed by the plan et of love , Venus. This triplicityis therefore con cern ed wi th th e different un ions p ossible in human l ife . The seventh house where it rises
properly denotes the most intimate of all those
un ions, marriage. From that union , other relation
ships resul t, and therefore on e l in e of force goes
from the seventh house t o th e thi rd house , occupied
by Gemini, th e twins. This house therefore denotes
brothers and sisters. Th e other l in e of force connects
the seventh house with the el eventh, Signifying the
un ions of friendship .
The watery triplicity takes its rise in the north
e rn angle occupied by the cardinal Sign Cancer,whi ch is the house of mystery, denoting the latt er
part of l ife , the point where the spirit isgettin g ready
t o withdraw itself from material existen ce t o take up
the act ivity of the spiritual worlds. It is therefore
conn ected with the e ighth house, the house of death,whi ch is occupied by the Sign Scorpio . It is signifi
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cant in the hi ghest degree that this is the negative
house of Mar s, and that it rul es the creative organs.
It points out in the most thorough mann er, the evan
escen ce Of a ll that is created in the physical world.
Th e othe r l ine of force proceeding from the fourth
house goes t o the Sign Pisces, occupying the twelfth
house. Pisces, which is composed of two hal f-circl es
and a band, shows well the dual nature of man that
has run its course in the physical world, but has an
other evolution t o b e taken up in unseen realms. Thi s
house,therefore , denotes the confin ement in which
the spirit re al izes that it is at the end of l ife, the
sorrow it fee ls and the sel f-undoing‘
t o which it is
som etimes prompted .
‘Trop ikos
’is a Greek word which has a meaning
rel ative t o turn in g, and the tropics of Astronomy are
the t urnin g poin ts of the Sun . At t he summ er sol
stice the Sun reaches its hi ghest degree of NorthernD eclination in the Sign Can cer ; this then is its trop iC,for from that point it begins t o turn downwards t o
its Western n ode, and goes into Southern D e clin
ation. I t reaches the lowest point of that are in D e
cembor at the winter Solstice in the sign Capricorn .
This is the other trop ic, for the re again it turns and
comm en ces its n ext ascent towards the Nort hern
heavens.
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Void of Course
When t he plan ets are so placed that the Moonmakes no aspect before l eaving the Sign She is in atbirth, She is said t o be
‘uoid of course .
’
As the Moonis the planet of fecundation which nourishes and
nurses the latent potential ities into actual ities, the
above is an unfortunate condi tion, for with it , if the
Moon is in the be ginn in g of a Sign at birth, it l eaves
the l ife vapid and void of incentive.
Watery Signs
Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are cal l ed ‘watery ’
signs. Water is the Universal Solvent, and the Uni
versal Coagul ant in t h e al chem ical laboratory of
nature . On page 28 it is shown how the Sun Of Life,the Ego, passes thr ough the waters Of parturition in
thre e defin ite stag es symbolized by the watery Signs.
When the Sun is at the hi ghest point of its dccli
nation in the psychi c watery Sign Cancer, design at
ed by the ancient Egyptian priests the sp her e of the
souls awaiting r ebirt h, it is at the Thron e of th e
Father, t he Fountain of Life . There it draws from
that inexhaustibl e wel l a n ew supply of the e lix ir
vitae for the com in g year, and forthwith commen ces
its descent t o bring the treasure t o the waiting world.
But t o do this it must first pass through the fire
of its own Sign Leo , and blend fire and water. Upon
the successful performan ce Of this al chemi cal feat
depends all manifested life.
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cusps would be materiall y difierent , causing , the
pl anets t o be placed in difieren t houses, and making
th e lives dissim ilar in every other respect. See‘Mid
heaven ’
and‘Houses.
’
Zodiac
A narrow bel t in the heavens ex tending about
e ight degrees on either side of the ecl iptic or Sun ’s
path. Se e‘ Intel l ectual Zodiac. ’
TABLES 177
TABLE OF PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMSHours or D egrees
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
0 9031 7781 6812 6021 5351 4771
1 .3730 .0756 07 63 6798 09 41 62
.3660| ,0720 8983 45 84 5997 30 53
3 .6812 .3590 .0685 59 28 69 85 20 44
4 .5563 .3522 .0649 35 10 55 73 10 35
5 7692 6741 5961 5300 4726
6] .3802 | .3388| .0580188 49 5289 17
.3133 .3323 .0546 65 57 12 37 79 08
.2553 .3258 .0511 42 39 6698 25 69 4699
.2041 | .3195| .0478| 19 | 22| 84 13 59 90
8796 7604 6670 5902 5249 4682
.1170 .3071 .0411 73 7587 56 5890 39 73
.0 51 70 42 78 29 64
.0444 2950 28 52 28] 66 19 55
.0122 .2891 0313 O6 35 14 55 09 46
15 1.9823 1 .2833 1 0280 8683 7518 6600 5843 5199 463816 .9542 .2775 .0248 61 01 6587 32 89 29
17 .9279 .2719 .0216 39 84 73 20 79 2018 .9031 .2663 .0185 17 67 59 09 69 11
19 .8796 .2607 .0153 8595 51 46 5797 59 0320 8573 7434 6532 5786 5149 459421 .8361 .2499 .0091 52 17 19 74 39 8522 .8159 .2445 .0061 30 01 05 63 29 7723 .7966 .2393 .0030 09 7384 6492 52 20 6824 .7781 .2341 8487 68 78 40 10 59
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37 .5902 .1716 .9625 19 59 07 559 6 84 49
38 .5786 .1671 .9597 8199 43 6294 85 75 40
39 .5673 .1627 .9570 79 28 82 74 65 32
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49 .4682 .1209 .9305 7985 75 55 66 72 49
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52 .4424 .1091 .9228 30 18 35 44 24
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1 11 53 6
59 22
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Int roduction
Chapter 1 . Th e Plan ets, The Seven Spirits
Before the Throne
Tim e and Place as Factors in
Cal cul ation of th e Horoscope . . 13 -23
III . 243 1
IV. The Rising Sign and the Twelve
32-49
V. How t o Cal cul ate the Positionsof the Plan ets
VI .VII . Makin g the Index
PART II
A Philosophi c En cycl opedia of Astrology .
Table of LogarithmsTable Of Houses—Sample PagesEphemeris—Sampl e PagesTabl es of Planetary Hours
See Index on Foll owing Page .193
INDEX
TO PART I
A iry signs (D iagr am ) 80
82
Aph elion—wh en sun is farth est from earth 18
Asce ndan t—aspects t o —influence upon h eal th 9 1
e ast ern horizon is—r eason for ! 30
h ow to find 32 49
Ascension—signs of long and sh ort—e x plain ed 49
Aspec ts—c onjunction and parallel var iable 76
planets W ith in orb of . 77
so-called good and evil 76
table o f e tc 75
t o ascendant, influence upon h ealth 9 1
to M . C.—Spiritual advancem en t 9 1
Astrol ogy appl ied t o da ily life 5
danger of giving b irth data zt o oth e r s . 1
difference be twee n mate rial and rel igi ous 23“invaluable t o m edical man . 1
not to b e used for fortun e t e ll ing 12
study of—prepares for initiation 7
study th e science y ourse lf . 2
Atmosph ere at b irth stamps atoms. 23
its ch em ical condition ch ange s 22
Aura—of people m ingle before th ey m ee t 78
of plane ts Sim ilar to th ose Of people 79
Birth data , th e ke y to th e soul . 1
Birthplace—h igh est po int on e arth 29
Blood—o x ygen of first br eath mix es with 23
Bodes Law 6
Body—parts o f,ruled by Signs 25
produce d by lunar force s 60
Cardinal signs (Diagram ) 79
194
196 INa
Fixed signsFixed stars (seeFortuneh Part of 60-61
Part o f , declination sam e as Sun 88-89
te lling t o be avoided 12
Greenwich—base line for longitude . 17
Mean Tim e —h ow t o figure and use 50
Mean Timeb br ough t into f ol l owing day 66
Horoscope—ch arts, h ouse characte ristics 30
orb illustrated 78
plane ts as calculat ed 65, 71, 88rising signs compared . 46
signs on cusps as calculat e d35
,40 42 44
natural—cast by rul es of astr ology 28
76
of world changes from y ear to y ear 27
Houses and signs 24
ar e divisions o f e arth 25
astronom ical basis Of 49
character ist ics 30
corre spond to signs 28
Index—making th e
In it iation under th e dir ection o f NeptuneIntellectual Zodiac—first degre e of Arie sJupite r thrown off from Sun
Latitude—char t illustratingde scribed
Logarithms—h ow t o find and use
Longitude—chart illust rating
used t o locate movable planetsMan is made in image Of GodMeridian of longitude
INDEx 197
Medical m an—astr ology invaluableMercury—infer ior or superior“Me ssage of Star s! deals with m edical phase of
astr ology 2
29
Moon—side we n ever see 1
Nebul ar th eory implies first cause 3
Neptune—a gre at spir it from creative h ierarch ies . 7
not part of solar system 6
Sun r ises in west, on 10
works with those prepar ing for in itiation 7
Orb de scribe d 77
Paral lel—aspect e x plain ed 75
h ow to find 87
Par e nt—astr ology an aid to 2
Part of Fortune—h ow t o cal culat e 60-63
Perih el ion—Sun neare st earth 18
Place locate d by latitude and longitude 14
Plan ets be low t h e earth have le ss influence 30
distance from Sun 6
embodim ent of grea t spiritual inte lligence . 4
h ourly m otion in orb its 8
h ow t o calculate posit ion of 50-71
inclination of ax es . 8
seven spirits be fore th e throne 3
24
tim e occupied by diurnal rotati on o f 8
Religions—all m ention seven planetary Spir its 5
Retr ogradation—m eaning of 72
Rising Sign 32
Sight—sp iritual 78
Signs and h ouses. 24-31
classification Of 79 -80
int ercepted—h ow t o find 37
o f long asc ension
198 INs
rul ing different parts of
Solar daysyst em considered as body of God
Stars do not compelfix ed—br ing about changes in cl im at e
fix ed—twinkl ing pul sationsSun—in clination of ax is t o plan e of ecliptic
rise s in west on Neptune and Uranusrotation on axisthrew Off plan e ts a t proper distancesthrone of God . .
tim e—d ifference b etween sun and cl ockTables—aspec t s
cr it ical degreesdepartm ents of life ruled by h ousesh ourly mot ion of planets in orb itsillustr ating Bode ’s Law .
inclination of ax es of plan etsinde x of aspects, e tc .
plan etary powerssigns, planets and aspec tssigns rul ing parts of th e bodytim e of diurnal r otat ion of plan etstim e of orb ital r evolution of plan e t s
Tim e—Gre e nwich Mean (G. M. T. )Sidere al—h ow to find .
standard—adopted in Am er ica
true l ocal—h ow t o find
when ch ild draws first breathzones in United State s
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