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ASTROLOGY:
HOW TO MAKE AND READ
YOUR OWN HOROSCOPE
By
SEPHARIAL
EDITOR OF “MOORE’S” AND “OLD MOORE’S” ALMANACS
AUTHOR OF “THE MANUAL OF ASTROLOGY,” “PROGNOSTIC ASTRONOMY,”
“THE BIRTHDAY BOOK OF DESTINY,” “THE CRYSTAL
AND THE SEER,” ETC.
_ILLUSTRATED_
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CHICAGO, ILL.
Copyright, 1920
Chicago, Ill.
Preface to the Revised and Enlarged Edition
Since the publication of this small manual of practical Astrology,
two editions of which have been exhausted, the attention given to the
subject has so far extended as to create an increased demand for a
concise work of this nature, designed for the initial use of students
and offered at a price that is within the means of all. It is believed
that the revision and enlargement of the present work will render it
even more popular than hitherto with beginners.
The practical uses of Astrology are daily more and more recognized and
appreciated, and although some of the higher and later developments of
Astrology in its relation to every-day problems have necessarily been
withheld from these pages, yet it is to be hoped that so much as is here
presented of an abstruse and recondite science will enable the student
to pursue the subject with increasing assurance and satisfaction, in
which case doubtless he will readily discover for himself, and without
any special pointing on my part, that Astrology is primarily and finally
a practical and useful study.
There are, of course, many aspects of this fascinating subject which
find no place in this small work, which deals solely with Genethliacal
Astrology, or the doctrine of Nativities. Yet if it be true, as I
think to be the case, that “the proper study for mankind is man,” then
undoubtedly we are right in selecting this phase of Astrological Science
as that to which the student should first devote himself.
When we have thoroughly arrived at an understanding of the complex
nature of human character and the primary causes of variety in
expression, when we have seen for ourselves how the many-coloured dome
of Life overarches us of this sublunary world with its kaleidoscopic
interplay of forces, we shall be to some extent better equipped not only
to deal with character as we find it, but also to direct the forces of
the human mind along channels which lead to the preservation of our
social economy, and that not by any restrictive measures or harmful
suppression of natural passions and powers, but by conversion of them
into forms that are conservative and useful.
To apply oneself to the specialization of inherent faculty, to find the
line of least resistance, and to discover the measure of one’s own soul
in the universe and the limit to which ambition can safely aspire, these
are things necessary to be known and things that Astrology makes clear
to the mind in the very earliest stages of our study.
And apart from the scientific verities to which the science of planetary
influence directs us, there are other not less important and fascinating
truths of a purely philosophic nature to which it inevitably impels
the mind and which cannot fail to exercise a tremendous influence in
the shaping of our thought in regard to the purpose of life. It places
the thoughtful student in an entirely new position with regard to many
of the deeper problems of existence, and it is certainly the fact that
to those who newly come to its study, Astrology is a revelation, an
enlightenment, and a conviction from which there is no possible or
desirable escape.
SEPHARIAL.
Astrology
Introduction
From the earliest ages of the world’s history the subject of Astrology
has excited the interest of, and exercised a great influence over, the
minds of a certain order of thinking men. The science has never been
universal in its acceptance, though it is safe to say that, with its
countless adherents in the East and the ever-increasing number of its
advocates in the West, there is no faith which has a more universal
application than the belief in the influence of the heavenly bodies over
the destinies of human beings. It is not possible within the limits of
a small handbook such as this to adequately consider the philosophic
paradox which makes of Freewill in man a “necessity in play”; but it is
obvious that the concept is not altogether unscientific, seeing that
it is customary to speak of the “free path of vibration” in chemical
atoms while at the same time it is known that these atoms have their
restricted characteristics, modes of motion, &c., and are all subject
to the general laws controlling the bodies of which they form integral
parts. Let it suffice that if we can trace an actual connectedness
between the disposition of the heavenly bodies at the moment of a birth
and the known life and character of the individual then born, and an
exact correspondence between the course of events in that life with the
changes occurring in the heavens subsequent to the moment of birth, we
shall do well to accept the fact for what it is worth, and arrange our
philosophic notions accordingly.
As far back as the year B.C. 2154, we find mention of the
great importance attaching to the celestial phenomena in the minds
of Chinese rulers. It is recorded in the Historical Classic of China
that at that time the astrologers Hi and Ho neglected their duties
so that when, on the 10th of October, there was a great eclipse of
the Sun at Peking between seven and nine o’clock in the morning, the
people were wholly unprepared for it, and “ran about here and there in
the utmost consternation.” For this offence Hi and Ho were deprived
of their offices, their estates were confiscated and they were driven
from the kingdom. Among the Hindus we have the classical writers Garga,
Parashara, and Mihira, together with their legions of commentators.
The Assyrian records are full of astrological allusions regarding the
influence of planetary conjunctions and stellar positions. The Greek
mythology is nothing but a vast system of cosmographical astrology,
and there is no other history in it than what you may read in the
constellations of the heavens and the corresponding evolution of the
human race. Aristotle made it a part of his philosophy. Hipparchus,
Hippocrates, Thales, Galenius, and others subscribed an intelligent
belief in its principles. To Claudius Ptolemy, however, we are indebted
for the first concise and scientific statement of its principles and
practice, so far as Europe is concerned. He wrote the Tetrabiblos, or
Four Books, and laid the foundations of a true astrological science.
Julius Firmicus confirmed Ptolemy and enlarged upon his observations.
The subsequent discovery of the planets Uranus and Neptune by Herschel
and Adams, widened the field of research and gave to later astrologers
the clue to much that hitherto had been imperfectly understood. Not
that these discoveries overturned the whole system of astrology, as
some have imagined and foolishly stated, or that they negatived the
conclusions drawn from the observed effects of the seven anciently
known bodies of the solar system, but it became possible after a
lapse of time to fill in the blank spaces and to account for certain
events which had not been traced to the action of any of the already
known planets. The discovery of argon did not destroy our conclusions
regarding the nature and characteristics of oxygen or hydrogen or
nitrogen, nor give an entirely new meaning to the word “atmosphere.”
If even so many as seven new planets should be discovered, there would
yet not be a single paragraph of this book which would need revising.
What is known regarding planetary action in human life is known with
great certainty, and the effects of one planet can never be confounded
with those of another. Incomplete as it must needs be, it is yet a
veritable science both as to its principles and practice. It claims
for itself a place among the sciences for the sole reason that it is
capable of mathematical demonstration, and deals only with the observed
positions and motions of the heavenly bodies; and the man who holds
to the principia of Newton, the solidarity of the solar system, the
interaction of the planetary bodies and their consequent electrostatic
effects upon the Earth, cannot, while subject to the air he breathes,
deny the foundation principles of astrology. The application of these
principles to the facts of everyday life is solely a matter of prolonged
research and tabulation upon an elaborate scale which has been going on
for thousands of years in all parts of the world, so that all the reader
has to do is to make his own horoscope and put the science to the test
of true or false. The present writer is in a position to know that the
study of astrology at the present day is no less sincere than widely
spread, but few care to let their studies be known, for, as Prof. F.
Max Müller recently said, “So great is the ignorance which confounds
a science requiring the highest education, with that of the ordinary
gipsy fortune-teller.” That to which the great Kepler was compelled
“by his unfailing experience of the course of events in harmony with
the changes taking place in the heavens,” to subscribe “an unwilling
belief,” the science which was practised and advocated by Tycho Brahe
under all assaults of fortune and adverse opinion, the art that arrested
the attention of the young Newton and set him pondering upon the
problems of force and matter, which fascinated the minds of such men as
Francis Bacon, Archbishop Usher, Haley, Sir George Witchell, Flamstead,
and a host of others, is to-day the favourite theme of thousands of
intelligent minds and bids fair to become a subject of popular inquiry.
It is believed that the present work will be of considerable assistance
to those who seriously contemplate an initial study of the science of
horoscopy, and although it by no means exhausts what is known on the
subject, yet it will be found accurate and reliable as far as it goes,
and will enable any one of ordinary intelligence to test the claims of
Astrology for himself. This is as much as can be expected in the limits
of a small handbook. The literature of the subject is considerable, and
the present writer only takes credit to himself so far as his own wide
experience and practice have enabled him to present the subject in a
simple and brief manner.
Contents
SECTION I
THE ALPHABET OF THE HEAVENS
CHAP. PAGE
I. THE PLANETS, THEIR NATURES AND TYPES 17
II. THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 24
III. THE CELESTIAL HOUSES 29
IV. THE ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS 31
SECTION II
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOROSCOPE
I. THE EPHEMERIS AND ITS USES 34
II. TO ERECT A FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS 36
III. THE TABLES OF HOUSES 39
IV. PLANETARY TRANSITS 43
V. TABLE OF ECLIPSES 47
SECTION III
HOW TO READ THE HOROSCOPE
I. THE PLANETS IN THE HOUSES 51
II. THE CONSTITUTION 54
III. HEALTH AND SICKNESS 56
IV. HOW TO READ CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION 59
V. FINANCIAL PROSPECTS 64
VI. THE POSITION IN LIFE 69
VII. THE CHOICE OF OCCUPATION 72
VIII. MARRIAGE CIRCUMSTANCES 76
IX. INDICATIONS OF PROGENY 81
X. VOYAGES AND JOURNEYS 84
XI. OF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES 87
XII. THE END OF LIFE 91
SECTION IV
THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
I. THE TIME-MEASURE 94
II. THE EFFECTS OF TRANSITS 101
III. HOW TO SUMMARISE A HOROSCOPE 105
IV. HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ASTROLOGER 108
V. A POPULAR ILLUSTRATION 114
VI. PLANETARY PERIODS, ETC. 127
VII. REVOLUTIONS, ECLIPSES, INGRESSES, ETC. 137
SECTION I
THE ALPHABET OF THE HEAVENS
CHAPTER I
THE PLANETS, THEIR NATURES AND TYPES
The luminaries and planets are known to astronomers under the following
names and symbols:--
The Sun ☉, Moon ☽, Neptune ♆, Uranus ♅, Saturn ♄, Jupiter ♃, Mars ♂,
Venus ♀, and Mercury ☿.
Neptune revolves around the Sun in its distant orbit once in about 165
years. Uranus completes its orbital revolution in 84 years, Jupiter in
12 years, Mars in about 15 months, Venus in 11 months, and Mercury in
18 weeks. If you imagine these bodies to be revolving in a plane around
the Sun and yourself to be standing within the Sun, the motions of these
bodies will appear almost uniform and always in one direction. Were the
orbits of the planets circular and the Sun holding the centre of the
circle, their motions would be constant, that is to say, always in the
same direction and at the same rate. But the orbits are elliptical,
and the Sun holds a position in one of the foci of each ellipse.
Consequently the planets are at times further from the Sun than at
others, and they are then said to be in their aphelion, the opposite
point of the orbit where they are nearest to the Sun being called the
perihelion. When at aphelion the planets move slower, and when at
perihelion they move quicker than at the mean distance. Astronomers
employ an imaginary circular orbit for the planets, in which they move
at an uniform rate of velocity, which is called the mean motion. This is
subject to an equation depending on the position of the planet in its
orbit, and it determines the difference between the imaginary planet and
the true planet. The equation itself depends on the eccentricity of the
orbit, that is to say, its relation to a circle drawn around the same
focal centre. The Earth follows the same laws as all other bodies of the
same system.
But if we imagine the Earth to be stationary in space and the centre
around which the planets revolve, their motions present several
irregularities. Mercury and Venus will then appear to revolve around the
Sun while the Sun revolves around the Earth, sometimes being between the
Earth and the Sun, which is called an Inferior conjunction, sometimes on
the further side of the Sun away from the Earth, as at their Superior
conjunction; and again, at other times to the right or left of the Sun,
in East or West elongation. The other planets, having orbits greater
than that of the Earth, will appear to revolve around it at constantly
varying distances and velocities. At certain points in their orbits they
will appear to remain stationary in the same part of the Zodiac. The
annexed illustration will assist the lay reader perhaps. The body M is
Mercury when at Inferior conjunction with the Sun, as seen from the
Earth. The letter V is the planet Venus at Superior conjunction with
the Sun. The points W and E are the points of greatest elongation West
and East, and the letter S shows the points in the orbit at which those
bodies appear to be stationary when viewed from the Earth, at G. As seen
from the Earth, Venus would appear to be direct and Mercury retrograde.
[Illustration]
Astrologically we regard the Earth as the passive subject of planetary
influence, and we have therefore to regard it as the centre of the
field of activity. If we were making a horoscope for an inhabitant of
the planet Mars, we should make Mars the centre of the system. The
planets’ positions are therefore taken as from the centre of the Earth
(Geocentric), and not as from the centre of the Sun (Heliocentric).
An astrological Ephemeris of the planets’ motions is employed for this
purpose (see Sect. II., chap, i.), and there are 480,000 of these sold
to astrologers or students of astrology every year, from which fact it
is possible to draw one’s own conclusions as to the state of Astrology
in the West. These figures, of course, do not include the millions
of almanac readers nor the Oriental students, who prepare their own
ephemerides.
Knowing the simple natures of the several planets we are able to arrive
at an estimate of their effects when acting in combination.
_Neptune_ acts upon the mind of man to produce a highly-strung nervous
temperament, often allied to either insanity or genius; neurosis,
aphasia, &c. It produces complications in business and an involved
state of affairs generally. Disposes to fraud, double-dealing, and
irresponsible actions. In the body it produces waste of tissue and a
consumptive habit.
_Uranus_ gives an eccentric mind, waywardness, originality,
inventiveness. Acting on the affairs of business, it produces sudden
and unexpected developments, irregularities, rapid rise and fall,
instability, unexpected turns of good and bad fortune. In the body
it has relation to the nervous system, and its diseases are those of
paralysis, lesion, and nervous derangement.
_Saturn_ produces a thoughtful, sober, ponderable mind; steadfastness,
patience, and endurance; disposition to routine and habit, method. In
financial affairs it gives steady results commensurate with labour,
success that is slow but sure, durance, hardships, privations. In the
body it is related to the osseous system, and its effects are brought
about by obstructions, chills, and inhibition of function.
_Jupiter_ gives joviality, optimism, bountifulness, generosity, a rich
and fruitful mind. It renders the subject fortunate in his affairs,
giving success and frequently opulence. With this planet strong in the
horoscope a person never “goes under.” In the body it has relation
to the arterial process, and its diseases are those which arise from
surfeit, congestion, and plethora.
_Mars_ confers a sense of freedom, much ambition and executive ability,
frankness, truthfulness, and scorn of consequence. It renders the mind
forceful and militant, stimulates to new projects and enterprises, and
in the body of man has relation to the muscular system. Its diseases are
those which arise from inflammatory action in the tissues.
_Venus_ confers poesy, good taste, fine feeling, artistic powers,
gentleness, docility, dalliance, and love of pleasure. It renders the
affairs pleasant and prosperous, giving profit from both artistic and
rustic pursuits. Next to Jupiter it is the most benefic of the planets
in its action on mankind. In the body it has relation to the venous
system, and its diseases are those which arise from impurities of the
blood, scorbutic and zymotic diseases, eczema, smallpox, measles, &c.
_Mercury_ renders its subjects active, versatile, apt and business-like,
disposed to much commerce, whether of the mind or the market, and eager
in the pursuit of knowledge; alert, and well-informed. Its influence on
affairs of life is variable, for it always translates the nature of that
planet to which at birth it is in nearest aspect (Sect. I., chap. iv.).
In the body it is related to the sensorium, the centres of sensation,
and reflexly controls the nerves of action.
_The Moon_ gives gracefulness of manner and suavity of speech, softness
and adaptability of nature, variableness, love of change, romance,
and adventure; disposed to exploration and voyaging. In the body
it corresponds to the glandular system, and its diseases are those
incidental to the lymphatic glands and vascular tissue.
_The Sun_ renders its subjects magnanimous, noble, proud, despising all
mean and sordid actions; loyal, truthful, and fearless. It produces
honours and the favour of dignitaries, and renders the subject fortunate
in the control of his affairs. In the body it controls the vital
principle.
The types of persons produced by the various planets are very distinct,
the chief features of each being as follows:--
_Neptune_--Thin, nervous-looking people, blue eyes, soft, silky hair,
thin and usually long faces, frequently wearing a strained or startled
look. _Uranus_--Tall, wiry, and energetic figures, alert, muscular,
spasmodic, and with some touch of eccentricity. _Saturn_--Dark and
lean people, small, deep-set eyes, heavy brows, long noses, thin lips,
and sallow complexions. _Jupiter_--Full bodied, robust men, large and
expressive blue or brown eyes, arched brows, high foreheads, oval faces,
and rich brown hair. _Mars_--Strong, muscular, and athletic bodies,
ruddy complexion, grey eyes, prominent brows, sloping forehead, and
usually some mark or scar in the face. _Sun_--Fresh, clear complexion,
blue or grey eyes, round head, broad shoulders, strong jaws, upright
and dignified carriage. _Venus_--Elegant, well-groomed, and often
dainty-looking people, with blue or soft brown eyes, brown hair,
fine teeth and finger-nails, small feet and short fleshy hands.
_Mercury_--Thin, tall, and active bodies, alert appearance, small
and usually dark eyes; wide, thin lips, long arms and slender hands.
Frequently great talkers and quick walkers. _Moon_--Rather short and
fleshy people, with pale face, soft limpid eyes, sad brown or medium
coloured hair, fine teeth, broad chest, and a tendency to a squat
fulness of body. The forehead is usually high and broad.
Look at the people as they pass you in the street. Bring them if
possible under one or other of these types. Consider what has been said
of the planets’ natures, and you have a ready key to something of their
character and destiny.
CHAPTER II
THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
The Zodiac is an imaginary belt of the Heavens through which the Sun and
planets move in their apparent revolutions round the Earth. It extends
from 23° 27′ above the plane of the Equator to the same distance below
it, being bounded by the Tropic of Cancer on the North and by that of
Capricorn on the South. The Ecliptic is a circle transecting this belt
at an angle of 23° 27′ to the plane of the Equator. The points where it
cuts the Equator are called the Equinoxes.
The Ecliptic is divided into twelve equal sections, counting from the
Vernal Equinox. These are called the Signs of the Zodiac. Each sign
occupies 30 degrees of the circle.
Their names and symbols are as follows:--
1. Aries, the Ram ♈
2. Taurus, the Bull ♉
3. Gemini, the Twins ♊
4. Cancer, the Crab ♋
5. Leo, the Lion ♌
6. Virgo, the Virgin ♍
7. Libra, the Balance ♎
8. Scorpio, the Scorpion ♏
9. Sagittarius, the Hunter ♐
10. Capricornus, the Goat ♑
11. Aquarius, the Waterman ♒
12. Pisces, the Fishes ♓
For Astrological purposes they are grouped according to the element and
the constitution which they represent, thus:--
ELEMENTS.
Fire--Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.
Earth--Taurus, Virgo, Capricornus.
Air--Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
Water--Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.
CONSTITUTIONS.
Movable--Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricornus.
Fixed--Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius.
Flexed--Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces.
Every alternate sign, beginning with Aries, is male and the rest are
female. Aries, male; Taurus, female; Gemini, male; Cancer, female, &c.
The signs Aries, Leo, Capricornus are called barren, while Taurus,
Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces are fruitful. Aries governs the East, Cancer
the North, Libra the West, and Capricornus the South.
The Double-bodied signs are Gemini, Sagittarius, and Pisces. It is
important that all these classifications should be learned, as they
form an essential part of the doctrine of Astrology, and are frequently
employed in the reading of a Horoscope.
The types of people under the various signs should also be known as
intimately as possible. A person is said to be “under” a sign--that is
to say, under its influence, when that sign is rising in the East at
the moment of birth. You will recognise these types among your friends
and associates:--
_Aries_ produces a person of lean body, long neck, high cheek-bones,
grey eyes, sandy or sad brown hair, which is either wiry and straight or
crisp and curling. The front teeth are usually large and prominent.
_Taurus_ gives a full, thick-set body, strong neck and shoulders, full
brown eyes, dark curling hair, full lips, rather wide mouth, and round,
bullet-shaped head. The hands and feet are short and fleshy.
_Gemini_ produces a tall, active, and upright body, long arms and legs,
wide, thin lips, straight and often _retroussé_ nose, lank, straight
black hair, rather wide shoulders, and thin body.
_Cancer_ denotes a rather short, squat figure, full lymphatic body, pale
complexion, round face, broad forehead, sad brown hair, large aqueous
eyes, full chest, short, fleshy hands and feet.
_Leo_ renders its subjects tall, broad shouldered, fine and manly
figures, small round head, fair complexion, blue or grey eyes, flaxen or
fair brown hair, upright and fearless carriage.
_Virgo_ renders the body thin and active, the head well developed, the
forehead broad, hair light brown and waving off the forehead, eyes blue,
shoulders broad, the type being of an intellectual or artistic form.
_Libra_ gives an elegant body, well-developed limbs, fine oval face,
straight nose, fine blue eyes (sometimes deep brown), flaxen or chestnut
hair, beautiful complexion. The highest types of beauty are to be found
under this sign.
_Scorpio_ gives a short, thick-set, and powerful figure, broad, deep
chest, dusky or sallow complexion, dark curling or crisp hair, strong
and rather bowed legs. This is a very virile and robust type.
_Sagittarius_ gives a tall person, well-made figure, elegant limbs, oval
and rather long face, brown or chestnut hair growing off the forehead,
fine expressive eyes, rather prominent and of a dark brown or blue
colour, long nose, slightly aquiline.
_Capricornus_ produces a slight and rather ill-formed person, long and
scraggy neck, prominent features, narrow chin, weak and frequently
decrepit limbs, weak chest and sloping shoulders. Frequently the figure
is wiry and suggestive of considerable powers of endurance. The brows
are prominent, the nose long, and the face thin and hard-set.
_Aquarius_ contributes the finest types of beauty next to Libra. The
Saxon type is dominant. A tall figure, well formed and rounded, fair
complexion and blue eyes, flaxen hair, straight features, well-developed
chin, and fine, clear forehead.
_Pisces_ produces one of rather short stature, short limbs, lymphatic
body, pale complexion, limpid blue eyes, black or brown eyes, short
nose, full lips, round face, small hands and feet.
The short signs are Taurus, Cancer, Capricornus, and Pisces. The tall
signs are Gemini, Leo, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. The others are of
medium height.
The planets rising in each sign will always alter the type by impressing
their own characteristics on the subject.
Each sign has a Ruler, and the position of the ruler of the rising sign
has much to do with the physical conformation, as if Taurus be rising
and Venus, its ruler, be in Leo, the person will be taller and fairer
than indicated by Taurus alone. Pure types are very uncommon.
The rulership of the planets in the signs is as follows:--
Saturn governs Aquarius and Capricornus.
Jupiter governs Pisces and Sagittarius.
Mars governs Aries and Scorpio.
Venus governs Taurus and Libra.
Mercury governs Gemini and Virgo.
The Moon governs Cancer, and Leo is governed by the Sun.
When a planet is found in a sign over which it is said to govern it acts
more strongly than usual, and when in the opposite signs to those it
governs it is said to be in its “fall,” when it is weaker than usual.
Planets governing opposite signs to one another are said to be
“enemies.” Such do not produce harmonious and favourable results when
acting in conjunction.
CHAPTER III
THE CELESTIAL HOUSES
The imaginary circle which passes immediately over your head as you face
the South is called the Prime Vertical. This is divided for astrological
purposes into twelve equal divisions called Houses, six of which are
above the horizon and six below it. They are counted from the East
Horizon under the Earth to the West, and thence through the zenith to
the East again. The figure in Section IV., chapter v., will make the
idea easy of comprehension.
Each such division or House carries its own signification, and it has
been ascertained beyond all doubt or cavil that the ruling of the
Ancients in this matter is altogether reliable, however empirical it may
appear.
The First House governs the personal appearance, but chiefly the
face and head. The Second House rules over finance, movable effects,
commerce. In the body it governs the neck and throat. The Third House
governs short journeys, letters, and other means of communication, near
relations or neighbours. In the body it governs the arms and lungs.
The Fourth House governs real estate, the residence, the produce of
the earth, the mother of the subject, and the end of life. In the
body, the breasts and thorax. The Fifth House governs progeny, the
sex instincts, domestic relations, and social pleasures. In the body,
the back and heart. The Sixth House governs the health, servants, and
personal comforts of the subject, clothes, food, and other physical
requisites, sanitation, hygiene. In the body it rules over the abdomen
and lower viscera. The Seventh House has dominion over marriage,
contracts, agreements, partners, and matters of exchange. In the body
it has relation to the loins and kidneys. The Eighth House rules death,
loss, legacies and dowries, and matters appertaining to the deceased.
In the body it is related to the excretory system. The Ninth House
is said to govern long journeys, publications, religious beliefs,
foreign lands, and legal affairs. In the body it rules the thighs.
The Tenth House rules over position, honour and fame of the subject,
the father, superiors of all orders. In the body it rules over the
knees. The Eleventh House governs friends, social relations, societies
and companies with which the subject is concerned. In the body it
has relation to the legs from calf to ankle. The Twelfth House rules
ambushes, restraints, privations, imprisonments, confinements, and all
limitations of the personal freedom. In the body it rules the ankles and
feet.
Applying these significations to the interpretation of a horoscope it
will be seen that if Mars should be rising at the moment of birth there
will be a scar or mark on the face. Observations of this sort will
frequently assist to determine the time of birth when it is not known.
Similarly with other planets in the same or other Houses; but of this
more anon.
CHAPTER IV
THE ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS
Aspects are certain angular distances measured on the Ecliptic, and they
form a fundamental part of astrological science. Any planet may be good
or bad in its effects on the character and destiny, according to the
aspect that it throws to the chief points of the Horoscope. The aspects
are: The semisquare aspect of 45 degrees, sextile of 60 degrees, square
of 90 degrees, trine of 120 degrees, sesquiquadrate of 135 degrees,
and the opposition of 180 degrees. There is also the conjunction, when
bodies are in the same degree or part of a Sign.
The good aspects are the trine and sextile; the evil being the
semisquare, square, sesquiquadrate, and opposition. The aspect of a
planet determines its effects, whether for good or evil. The conjunction
is good with good planets, such as Jupiter and Venus, and evil with
malefic planets such as Mars and Saturn.
When planets are the same distance North or South of the Equator
they are in parallel declination (p.d.), and they then act as if in
conjunction. Also when planets are in mutual disposition, that is
to say, occupying one another’s signs, they act as if they were in
conjunction.
Planets in conjunction act according to their simple natures, but when
in aspect, according to the nature of that aspect. The benefic planets
Jupiter, Venus, Sun, Moon, and also Mercury when in good disposition
with another planet or in a congenial Sign, produce good effects by
their conjunctions and by their trine and sextile aspects; but when in
square, semisquare, or sesquisquare aspect they are uniformly evil in
effect. On the other hand, the malefic planets Neptune, Uranus, Saturn,
and Mars, together with Mercury when ill-disposed or in uncongenial
Signs, are evil in their effects when in conjunction with the
significant points of the horoscope; also when in evil aspect; but they
nevertheless produce good effects when in good aspect.
The Significators.
The more important points of the Horoscope to which aspect can be
thrown are called “Significators.” The general significators in any
horoscope are the Sun, the Moon, the Midheaven (the degree which holds
the meridian of the horoscope), and the Ascendant (the degree which is
rising). But every planet can be a particular significator in its own
province, namely, in the Sign which it rules, and the House in which it
is found at birth.
In a general sense the Moon is significant of the mother, female
relations, the personal health and fortunes and the changes incident to
these. The Sun in the same way indicates the father, male relations, the
vital principle, and position. Mercury is the significator of the mind
and intellect, the faculties generally. Venus is significatrix of love
affairs, domestic relations, pleasures, and of young female relations,
sisters, &c. Mars is significator of enterprises, strifes, and young
male relations. Jupiter is significator of increase and emoluments;
Saturn of legacies, inheritance, and aged persons; Uranus of civic and
governmental bodies; Neptune of voyages and psychic experiences. The
chief points to be regarded, however, are the Midheaven, the Ascendant,
and the places of the Sun and Moon.
SECTION II
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOROSCOPE
CHAPTER I
THE EPHEMERIS AND ITS USES
An Ephemeris is an almanac of the planetary positions day by day
throughout any given year. They are to be obtained at a cost of one
shilling per year, in a convenient form specially adapted to the use of
astrologers. In the first column will be found the Sidereal Time for
the day, which is the Sun’s Right Ascension or distance from the Vernal
Equinox, expressed in Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, and equated to Mean
Time at Greenwich. By merely adding the time after noon, or subtracting
the hours and minutes before noon, at which the birth took place, you
will obtain the Right Ascension of the Midheaven at the moment of
birth. The use to which this is put will appear in the next chapter.
It corresponds to a particular degree of the Zodiac which is in the
Midheaven at the given time of birth.
The next column contains the Sun’s longitude at Noon for each day. By
taking the position on one day from that on the next day, the motion
of the Sun for 24 hours is obtained, and a proportion of this for the
hour of birth can easily be made. The mean motion of the Sun per day
is 2-1/2′, or 1 degree per day. In another column will be found the
Moon’s longitude, and in adjacent columns its declination and latitude.
Declination is distance North or South of the Equator, and celestial
latitude is distance North or South of the Ecliptic. The longitudes of
the other bodies are also given for each day at noon.
The mean longitudinal progress of the several bodies is as follows:
Sun, 2-1/2′ per hour, or 1 degree per day; Moon, 32′ per hour, or 13
degrees per day; Neptune, 2′ per day; Uranus, 3′ per day; Saturn, about
5′ per day; Jupiter, about 12′ per day; Mars, 45′ per day, or about 2′
per hour; Venus, 72′ per day, or 3′ per hour; Mercury, 84′ per day,
or 3-1/2′ per hour. These increments are for direct motion only; the
planets are, as already explained, sometimes retrograde and sometimes
stationary. The Horoscope of birth is only concerned with the longitudes
of the planets, but when one or more planets have the same declination
North or South, they should be noted as being in Parallel, for they then
act as if they were in conjunction.
Take in hand, then, the Ephemeris for the year of your birth and read
this chapter with it in view. After understanding its construction,
extract the Sidereal Time at Noon for the day of your birth and refer to
the next chapter.
CHAPTER II
TO ERECT A FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS
Take the Sidereal time at noon on the day of birth, and add to it the
hours and minutes after noon at which you were born, or if before noon,
subtract from it the interval between the birth and noon. This will give
the approximate Right Ascension of the Midheaven at birth. Thus, suppose
a person to be born on May 1, 1890, at 3h. 30m. p.m. in London--
The Sidereal time, noon, May 1, 1890, is 2h. 36m. 28s.
To which add time p.m. 3 30 0
Acceleration at 10″ per hour 0 0 34
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Right Ascension of Midheaven at Birth 6h. 7m. 2s.
With this Right Ascension of the Midheaven you then refer to Tables
of Houses for London (see Chapter III.), and against this quantity of
Sidereal Time you will find, under the column marked 10, the sign and
degree which corresponds to it, namely, the 2nd of Cancer. This is put
at the head of the figure, and the rest of the signs are placed around
the figure in their order as shown in the Table. Only six of the Houses
are given in the Tables, because the opposite Houses will have the
_same_ degrees of the _opposite_ signs on them. Thus we read against the
Right Ascension 6h. 7m. 28s. the following:--
10 11 12 Ascen. 2 3
Cancer 2, Leo 8, Virgo 8, Libra 1.33, Libra 26, Scorp. 26.
This means that the 2nd degree of Cancer was on the cusp of the Tenth
House (the Midheaven) at the moment of the birth, Leo 8th on the cusp
of the Eleventh House, Virgo 8th on the cusp of the Twelfth, Libra 1.33
on the Ascendant or Eastern Horizon, and so of the rest. On the cusp
of the Fourth House we place Capricornus 2, because the Fourth House
is opposite the 10th and the sign Capricornus is opposite to Cancer.
On the cusp of the Fifth House we place Aquarius 8, because the Fifth
House is opposite to the Eleventh, and Aquarius is opposite to Leo. When
completed we find the cusps of the Houses as follows, opposite to those
in the Tables:--
4 5 6 7 8 9
Capric. 2, Aquar. 8, Pisces 8, Aries 1.33, Aries 26, Taur. 26.
It is then only necessary to place the planets in the figure, as
explained in the preceding chapter, and the figure of the Heavens is
complete.
To Draw a Figure of the Heavens.
Take a pair of compasses, and with a radius, of about 2-1/2 inches,
describe a circle. Within this, and with a radius of about 2 inches,
describe another. With the radius of this latter mark off six equal
divisions, and then equally divide these so as to make twelve. Within
the figure draw a small circle, concentric with the others, to represent
the Earth. From the points of division already obtained draw straight
lines to the centre of the figure until they touch the circle of the
Earth. You then have a figure which represents the Houses of the
Heavens, being a twelvefold division of the Prime Vertical. The lines
extending from the outer circles to the Earth are the cusps of the
Houses (see fig. Section IV., chap. 5).
The degrees of the Zodiac which are upon the cusps of the Houses, as
found in the Tables opposite a given Sidereal Time, are written over the
several cusps in their order between the two outer circles. Reference
to the Ephemeris for May 1, 1890, shows the Sun at noon in Taurus 11
degrees 2 minutes. Three and a half hours later it will have advanced
about 8 minutes in longitude, so that its position will be in Taurus 11
degrees 10 minutes. This longitude falls in the Eighth House, and we
therefore place the symbol of the Sun in that division of the Heavens
and place against it the figures 11.10, so that as Aries 26 is on the
cusp of the Eighth and Taurus 26 on the cusp of the Ninth House, the
Sun’s position in Taurus 11.10 will fall between these cusps, _i.e._,
in the Eighth House. The rest of the planets are placed in the figure
according to their respective longitudes.
CHAPTER III
THE TABLES OF HOUSES
The Tables of the Houses on pp. 40, 41, are calculated for the
latitude of 51° 32′ North. This will serve for London and environs,
and approximately for the South of England and the Midlands. Tables of
Houses for other latitudes may be obtained through the booksellers,
a useful set of half a dozen different latitudes being sold for one
shilling.
In order to illustrate the uses to which these Tables may be put in the
solution of astronomical problems, let us take the Sun’s position in the
horoscope for the 1st of May, 1890, and find when the Sun sets on that
day on the horizon of London. The Sun is in Taurus, 11 degrees, and it
will set when the opposite point of the Heavens is rising. Find under
the column marked “Ascen.” the 11th degree of Scorpio, and against it in
the column marked “Sidereal Time” you will find 9h. 49m. 9s. This will
be the Right Ascension of the Midheaven when the Sun sets on London.
We have already seen that the Sidereal Time at noon on the 1st of May
was 2h. 37m. 28s., and this, taken from the former Sidereal Time, gives
about 7.12 p.m. as the time of sunset. Now in the example horoscope the
birth took place at 3.30 p.m., and this time, taken from 7.12 p.m.,
gives 3h. 42m. from birth to sunset. If you multiply this by 15 to turn
it into degrees and minutes of the Equator, you will obtain 55° 30′,
which are the number of degrees which pass over the Midheaven from birth
until sunset. At the rate of 1 degree for every year of life, this
corresponds to 55-1/2 years of age, when the subject of this horoscope
would come under the adverse influence of the Sun opposition Ascendant,
and would suffer some serious ill health of a feverish nature, incident
to the throat (the part ruled by Taurus, the sign in which the Sun is
situate). This is how predictions are made, but of this more anon.
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Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3
Time. |♈ | ♉| ♊| ♋ | ♌ |♍ | Time. |♉ |♊ |♋ | ♌ | ♍ |♍
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | ° |H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | °
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
0 0 0| 0| 9| 22|26 36| 12| 3| 1 51 37| 0| 9| 17|16 28| 4| 28
0 3 40| 1| 10| 23|27 17| 13| 3| 1 55 27| 1| 10| 18|17 8| 5| 29
0 7 20| 2| 11| 24|27 56| 14| 4| 1 59 17| 2| 11| 19|17 48| 6| ♎
0 11 0| 3| 12| 25|28 42| 15| 5| 2 3 8| 3| 12| 19|18 28| 7| 1
0 14 41| 4| 13| 25|29 17| 15| 6| 2 6 59| 4| 13| 20|19 9| 8| 2
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
0 18 21| 5| 14| 26|29 55| 16| 7| 2 10 51| 5| 14| 21|19 49| 9| 2
0 22 2| 6| 15| 27| 0♌ 34| 17| 8| 2 14 44| 6| 15| 22|20 29| 9| 3
0 25 42| 7| 16| 28| 1 14| 18| 8| 2 18 37| 7| 16| 22|21 10| 10| 4
0 29 23| 8| 17| 29| 1 55| 18| 9| 2 22 31| 8| 17| 23|21 51| 11| 5
0 33 4| 9| 18|♋ | 2 33| 19| 10| 2 26 25| 9| 18| 24|22 32| 11| 6
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
0 36 45| 10| 19| 1| 3 14| 20| 11| 2 30 20| 10| 19| 25|23 14| 12| 7
0 40 26| 11| 20| 1| 3 54| 20| 12| 2 34 16| 11| 20| 25|23 55| 13| 8
0 44 8| 12| 21| 2| 4 33| 21| 13| 2 38 13| 12| 21| 26|24 36| 14| 9
0 47 50| 13| 22| 3| 5 12| 22| 14| 2 42 10| 13| 22| 27|25 17| 15| 10
0 51 32| 14| 23| 4| 5 52| 23| 15| 2 46 8| 14| 23| 28|25 58| 15| 11
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
0 55 14| 15| 24| 5| 6 30| 23| 15| 2 50 7| 15| 24| 29|26 40| 16| 12
0 58 5| 16| 25| 6| 7 9| 24| 16| 2 54 7| 16| 25| 29|27 22| 17| 12
1 2 40| 17| 26| 6| 7 50| 25| 17| 2 58 7| 17| 26| ♌|28 4| 18| 13
1 6 23| 18| 27| 7| 8 30| 26| 18| 3 2 8| 18| 27| 1|28 46| 18| 14
1 10 7| 19| 28| 8| 9 9| 26| 19| 3 6 9| 19| 27| 2|29 28| 19| 15
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
1 13 51| 20| 29| 9| 9 48| 27| 19| 3 10 12| 20| 28| 3| 0♍12| 20| 16
1 17 35| 21| ♊| 10|10 28| 28| 20| 3 14 15| 21| 29| 3| 0 54| 21| 17
1 21 20| 22| 1| 10|11 8| 28| 21| 3 18 19| 22|♋ | 4| 1 36| 22| 18
1 25 6| 23| 2| 11|11 48| 29| 22| 3 22 23| 23| 1| 5| 2 20| 22| 19
1 28 52| 24| 3| 12|12 28| ♍| 23| 3 26 29| 24| 2| 6| 3 2| 23| 20
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
1 32 38| 25| 4| 13|13 8| 1| 24| 3 30 35| 25| 3| 7| 3 45| 24| 21
1 36 25| 26| 5| 14|13 48| 1| 25| 3 34 41| 26| 4| 7| 4 28| 25| 22
1 40 12| 27| 6| 14|14 28| 2| 25| 3 38 49| 27| 5| 8| 5 11| 26| 23
1 44 0| 28| 7| 15|15 8| 3| 26| 3 42 57| 28| 6| 9| 5 54| 27| 24
1 47 48| 29| 8| 16|15 48| 4| 27| 3 47 6| 29| 7| 10| 6 28| 27| 25
1 51 37| 30| 9| 17|16 28| 4| 28| 3 51 15| 30| 8| 11| 7 21| 28| 25
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3
Time. |♊ |♋ |♌ | ♍ |♍ |♎ | Time. |♋ |♌ |♍ | ♎ |♎ |♏
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | ° |H. M. S.| °| ° |° | ° ′ | ° | °
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
3 51 15| 0| 8| 11| 7 21| 28| 25| 6 0 0| 0| 6| 6| 0 0| 24| 24
3 55 25| 1| 19| 12| 8 5| 29| 26| 6 4 22| 1| 7| 7| 0 47| 25| 25
3 59 36| 2| 10| 12| 8 49| ♎| 27| 6 8 43| 2| 8| 8| 1 33| 26| 26
4 3 48| 3| 10| 13| 9 33| 1| 28| 6 13 5| 3| 9| 9| 2 19| 27| 27
4 8 0| 4| 11| 14|10 17| 2| 29| 6 17 26| 4| 10| 10| 3 5| 27| 28
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
4 12 13| 5| 12| 15|11 2| 2| ♏| 6 21 48| 5| 11| 10| 3 51| 28| 29
4 16 26| 6| 13| 16|11 46| 3| 1| 6 26 9| 6| 12| 11| 4 37| 29| ♐
4 20 40| 7| 14| 17|12 30| 4| 2| 6 30 30| 7| 13| 12| 5 23| ♏| 1
4 24 55| 8| 15| 17|13 15| 5| 3| 6 34 51| 8| 14| 13| 6 9| 1| 2
4 29 10| 9| 16| 18|14 0| 6| 4| 6 39 11| 9| 15| 14| 6 55| 2| 3
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
4 33 26| 10| 17| 19|14 45| 7| 5| 6 43 31| 10| 16| 15| 7 40| 2| 4
4 37 42| 11| 18| 20|15 30| 8| 6| 6 47 51| 11| 16| 16| 8 26| 3| 4
4 41 59| 12| 19| 21|16 15| 8| 7| 6 52 11| 12| 17| 16| 9 12| 4| 5
4 46 16| 13| 20| 21|17 0| 9| 8| 6 56 31| 13| 18| 17| 9 58| 5| 6
4 50 34| 14| 21| 22|17 45| 10| 9| 7 0 50| 14| 19| 18|10 43| 6| 7
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
4 54 52| 15| 22| 23|18 30| 11| 10| 7 5 8| 15| 20| 19|11 28| 7| 8
4 59 10| 16| 23| 24|19 16| 12| 11| 7 9 26| 16| 21| 20|12 14| 8| 9
5 3 29| 17| 24| 25|20 3| 13| 12| 7 13 44| 17| 22| 21|12 59| 8| 10
5 7 49| 18| 25| 26|20 49| 14| 13| 7 18 1| 18| 23| 22|13 45| 9| 11
5 12 9| 19| 25| 27|21 35| 14| 14| 7 22 18| 19| 24| 23|14 30| 10| 12
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
5 16 29| 20| 26| 28|22 20| 15| 14| 7 26 34| 20| 25| 24|15 15| 11| 13
5 20 49| 21| 27| 28|23 6| 16| 15| 7 30 50| 21| 26| 25|16 0| 12| 14
5 25 9| 22| 28| 29|23 51| 17| 16| 7 35 5| 22| 27| 25|16 45| 13| 15
5 29 30| 23| 29| ♍|24 37| 18| 17| 7 39 20| 23| 28| 26|17 30| 13| 16
5 33 51| 24| ♌| 1|25 23| 19| 18| 7 43 34| 24| 29| 27|18 15| 14| 17
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---|--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
5 38 12| 25| 1| 2|26 9| 20| 19| 7 47 47| 25| ♍| 28|18 59| 15| 18
5 42 34| 26| 2| 3|26 55| 21| 20| 7 52 0| 26| 1| 29|19 43| 16| 19
5 46 55| 27| 3| 4|27 41| 21| 21| 7 56 12| 27| 2| 29|20 27| 17| 20
5 51 17| 28| 4| 4|28 27| 22| 22| 8 0 24| 28| 3| ♎|21 11| 18| 20
5 55 38| 29| 5| 5|29 13| 23| 23| 8 4 35| 29| 4| 1|21 56| 18| 21
6 0 0| 30| 6| 6|30 0| 24| 24| 8 8 45| 30| 5| 2|22 40| 19| 22
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Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3
Time. |♌ | ♍| ♎ | ♎ |♏ |♐ | Time. |♍ |♎ |♎ | ♏ | ♐ |♑
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | ° |H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | °
| | | | | | | | | | | |
8 8 45| 0| 5| 2|23 40| 19| 22|10 8 23| 0| 2| 26|13 33| 13| 20
8 12 54| 1| 5| 3|23 24| 20| 23|10 12 12| 1| 3| 26|14 13| 14| 21
8 17 3| 2| 6| 3|24 7| 21| 24|10 16 0| 2| 4| 27|14 53| 15| 22
8 21 11| 3| 7| 4|24 50| 22| 25|10 19 48| 3| 5| 28|15 38| 15| 23
8 25 19| 4| 8| 5|25 34| 23| 26|10 23 35| 4| 5| 29|16 13| 16| 24
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
8 29 26| 5| 9| 6|26 18| 23| 27|10 27 22| 5| 6| 29|16 52| 17| 25
8 33 31| 6| 10| 7|27 1| 24| 28|10 31 8| 6| 7| ♏|17 32| 18| 26
8 37 37| 7| 11| 8|27 44| 25| 29|10 34 54| 7| 8| 1|18 13| 19| 27
8 41 41| 8| 12| 8|28 26| 26| ♑|10 38 40| 8| 9| 2|18 52| 20| 28
8 45 45| 9| 13| 9|29 8| 27| 1|10 42 25| 9| 10| 2|19 31| 20| 29
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
8 49 48| 10| 14| 10|29 50| 27| 2|10 46 9| 10| 11| 3|20 11| 21| ♒
8 53 51| 11| 15| 11| 0♏ 32| 28| 3|10 49 53| 11| 11| 4|20 50| 22| 1
8 57 52| 12| 16| 12| 1 15| 29| 4|10 53 37| 12| 12| 4|21 30| 23| 2
9 1 53| 13| 17| 12| 1 58| ♐| 4|10 57 20| 13| 13| 5|22 9| 24| 3
9 5 53| 14| 18| 13| 2 39| 1| 5|11 1 3| 14| 14| 6|22 49| 24| 4
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
9 9 53| 15| 18| 14| 3 21| 1| 6|11 4 46| 15| 15| 7|23 23| 25| 5
9 13 52| 16| 19| 15| 4 3| 2| 7|11 8 28| 16| 16| 7|24 8| 26| 6
9 17 50| 17| 20| 16| 4 44| 3| 8|11 12 10| 17| 17| 8|24 47| 27| 8
9 21 47| 18| 21| 16| 5 26| 3| 9|11 15 22| 18| 17| 9|25 27| 28| 9
9 25 44| 19| 22| 17| 6 7| 4| 10|11 19 34| 19| 18| 10|26 5| 29| 10
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
9 29 40| 20| 23| 18| 6 48| 5| 11|11 23 15| 20| 19| 10|26 45| ♑| 11
9 33 35| 21| 24| 18| 7 29| 5| 12|11 26 56| 21| 20| 11|27 25| 0| 12
9 37 29| 22| 25| 19| 8 9| 6| 13|11 30 37| 22| 21| 12|28 5| 1| 13
9 41 23| 23| 26| 20| 8 50| 7| 14|11 34 18| 23| 22| 13|28 44| 2| 14
9 45 16| 24| 27| 21| 9 31| 8| 15|11 37 58| 24| 23| 13|29 24| 3| 15
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
9 49 9| 25| 28| 22|10 11| 9| 16|11 41 39| 25| 23| 14|0 ♐ 3| 4| 16
9 53 1| 26| 28| 23|10 51| 9| 17|11 45 19| 26| 24| 15|0 43| 5| 17
9 56 52| 27| 29| 23|11 32| 10| 18|11 49 0| 27| 25| 15|1 23| 6| 18
10 0 43| 28| ♎| 24|12 12| 11| 19|11 52 40| 28| 26| 16|2 3| 6| 19
10 4 33| 29| 1| 25|12 53| 12| 20|11 56 20| 29| 27| 17|2 43| 7| 20
10 8 23| 30| 2| 26|13 33| 13| 20|12 0 0| 30| 27| 17|3 23| 8| 20
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| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3
Time. |♎ |♎ |♏| ♐ | ♑ |♒ | Time. |♏ |♏ |♐ | ♐ | ♒| ♓
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | ° |H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | °
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
12 0 0| 0| 27| 17| 3 23| 8| 21|13 51 37| 0| 22| 10|25 20| 10| 27
12 3 40| 1| 28| 18| 4 4| 9| 23|13 55 27| 1| 23| 11|26 10| 11| 28
12 7 20| 2| 29| 19| 4 45| 10| 24|13 59 17| 2| 24| 11|27 2| 12| ♈
12 11 0| 3| ♏| 20| 5 26| 11| 25|14 3 8| 3| 25| 12|27 53| 14| 1
12 14 41| 4| 1| 20| 6 7| 12| 26|14 6 59| 4| 26| 13|28 45| 15| 2
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
12 18 21| 5| 1| 21| 6 48| 13| 27|14 10 51| 5| 26| 14|29 36| 16| 4
12 22 2| 6| 2| 22| 7 29| 14| 28|14 14 44| 6| 27| 15| 0♑29| 18| 5
12 25 42| 7| 3| 23| 8 10| 15| 29|14 18 37| 7| 28| 15| 1 23| 19| 6
12 29 23| 8| 4| 23| 8 51| 16| ♓|14 22 31| 8| 29| 16| 2 18| 20| 8
12 33 4| 9| 5| 24| 9 33| 17| 2|14 26 25| 9| ♐| 17| 3 14| 22| 9
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
12 36 45| 10| 6| 25|10 15| 18| 3|14 30 20| 10| 1| 18| 4 11| 23| 10
12 40 26| 11| 6| 25|10 57| 19| 4|14 34 16| 11| 2| 19| 5 9| 25| 11
12 44 8| 12| 7| 26|11 40| 20| 5|14 38 13| 12| 2| 20| 6 7| 26| 13
12 47 50| 13| 8| 27|12 22| 21| 6|14 42 10| 13| 3| 20| 7 6| 28| 14
12 51 32| 14| 9| 28|13 4| 22| 7|14 46 8| 14| 4| 21| 8 6| 29| 15
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
12 55 14| 15| 10| 28|13 47| 23| 9|14 50 7| 15| 5| 22| 9 8| ♓| 17
12 58 5| 16| 11| 29|14 30| 24| 10|14 54 7| 16| 6| 23|10 11| 2| 18
13 2 40| 17| 11| ♐|15 14| 25| 11|14 58 7| 17| 7| 24|11 15| 4| 19
13 6 23| 18| 12| 1|15 59| 26| 12|15 2 8| 18| 8| 25|12 20| 6| 21
13 10 7| 19| 13| 1|16 44| 27| 13|15 6 9| 19| 9| 26|13 27| 8| 22
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
13 13 51| 20| 14| 2|17 29| 28| 15|15 10 12| 20| 9| 27|14 35| 9| 23
13 17 35| 21| 15| 3|18 14| 29| 16|15 14 15| 21| 10| 27|15 43| 11| 24
13 21 20| 22| 16| 4|19 0| ♒| 17|15 18 19| 22| 11| 28|16 52| 13| 26
13 25 6| 23| 16| 4|19 45| 1| 18|15 22 23| 23| 12| 29|18 3| 14| 27
13 28 52| 24| 17| 5|20 31| 2| 20|15 26 29| 24| 13| ♑|19 16| 16| 28
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
13 32 38| 25| 18| 6|21 18| 4| 21|15 30 35| 25| 14| 1|20 32| 17| 29
13 36 25| 26| 19| 7|22 6| 5| 22|15 34 41| 26| 15| 2|21 48| 19| ♉
13 40 12| 27| 20| 7|22 54| 6| 23|15 38 49| 27| 16| 3|23 8| 21| 2
13 44 0| 28| 21| 8|23 42| 7| 25|15 42 57| 28| 17| 4|24 29| 22| 3
13 47 48| 29| 21| 9|24 31| 8| 26|15 47 6| 29| 18| 5|25 51| 24| 5
13 51 37| 30| 22| 10|25 20| 10| 27|15 51 15| 30| 18| 6|27 15| 26| 6
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
========+===+===+===+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3
Time. |♐ | ♐| ♑ | ♑ | ♓|♉ | Time. |♑ |♑ | ♒| ♈ |♉ |♊
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | ° |H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | °
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
15 51 15| 0| 18| 6|27 15| 26| 6|18 0 0| 0 | 18| 13| 0 0| 17| 11
15 55 25| 1| 19| 7|28 42| 28| 7|18 4 22| 1 | 20| 14| 2 39| 19| 13
15 59 36| 2| 20| 8| 0♒ 11| ♈| 9|18 8 43| 2 | 21| 16| 5 19| 20| 14
16 3 48| 3| 21| 9| 1 42| 1| 10|18 13 5| 3 | 22| 17| 7 55| 22| 15
16 8 0| 4| 22| 10| 3 16| 3| 11|18 17 26| 4 | 23| 19|10 29| 23| 16
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
16 12 13| 5| 23| 11| 4 53| 5| 12|18 21 48| 5 | 24| 20|13 2| 25| 17
16 16 26| 6| 24| 12| 6 22| 7| 14|18 26 9| 6 | 25| 22|15 36| 26| 18
16 20 40| 7| 25| 13| 8 13| 9| 15|18 30 30| 7 | 26| 23|18 6| 28| 19
16 24 55| 8| 26| 14| 9 57| 11| 16|18 34 51| 8 | 27| 25|20 34| 29| 20
16 29 10| 9| 27| 16|11 44| 12| 17|18 39 11| 9 | 29| 27|22 59| ♊| 21
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
16 33 26| 10| 28| 17|13 34| 14| 18|18 43 31| 10| ♒| 28|25 22| 1| 22
16 37 42| 11| 29| 18|15 26| 16| 20|18 47 51| 11| 1| ♓|27 42| 2| 23
16 41 59| 12| ♑| 19|17 20| 18| 21|18 52 11| 12| 2| 2|29 58| 4| 24
16 46 16| 13| 1| 20|19 18| 20| 22|18 56 31| 13| 3| 3| 2♉13| 5| 25
16 50 34| 14| 2| 21|21 22| 21| 23|19 0 50| 14| 4| 5| 4 24| 6| 26
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
16 54 52| 15| 3| 22|23 29| 23| 25|19 5 8| 15| 6| 7| 6 30| 8| 27
16 59 10| 16| 4| 24|25 36| 25| 26|19 9 26| 16| 7| 9| 8 36| 9| 28
17 3 29| 17| 5| 25|27 46| 27| 27|19 13 44| 17| 8| 10|10 40| 10| 29
17 7 49| 18| 6| 26|30 0| 28| 28|19 18 1| 18| 9| 12|12 39| 11| ♋
17 12 9| 19| 7| 27| 2♓ 19| ♉| 29|19 22 18| 19| 10| 14|14 35| 12| 1
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
17 16 29| 20| 8| 29| 4 40| 2|♊ |19 26 34| 20| 12| 16|16 28| 13| 2
17 20 49| 21| 9| ♒| 7 2| 3| 1|19 30 50| 21| 13| 18|18 17| 14| 3
17 25 9| 22| 10| 1| 9 26| 5| 2|19 35 5| 22| 14| 19|20 3| 16| 4
17 29 30| 23| 11| 3|11 54| 7| 3|19 39 20| 23| 15| 21|21 48| 17| 5
17 33 51| 24| 12| 4|14 24| 8| 5|19 43 34| 24| 16| 23|23 29| 18| 6
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
17 38 12| 25| 13| 5|17 0| 10| 6|19 47 47| 25| 18| 25|25 9| 19| 7
17 42 34| 26| 14| 7|19 33| 11| 7|19 52 0| 26| 19| 27|26 45| 20| 8
17 46 55| 27| 15| 8|22 6| 13| 8|19 56 12| 27| 20| 28|28 18| 21| 9
17 51 17| 28| 16| 10|24 40| 14| 9|20 0 24| 28| 21|♈ |29 49| 22| 10
17 55 38| 29| 17| 11|27 23| 16| 10|20 4 35| 29| 23| 2| 1♊19| 23| 11
18 0 0| 30| 18| 13|30 0| 17| 11|20 8 45| 30| 24| 4| 2 45| 24| 12
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
========+===+===+===+=======+===+===+========+===+===+===+======+===+===
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sidereal|10 |11 |12 | Ascen.| 2 | 3 |Sidereal|10 |11 |12 |Ascen.| 2 | 3
Time. |♒ | ♒| ♈ | ♊ |♊ |♋ | Time. |♓ |♈ |♉ | ♋ | ♋ |♌
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | ° |H. M. S.| ° | ° | ° | ° ′ | ° | °
| | | | | | | | | | | |
20 8 45| 0| 24| 4| 2 45| 24| 12|22 8 23| 0| 3| 20| 4 38| 20| 8
20 12 54| 1| 25| 6| 4 9| 25| 12|22 12 12| 1| 4| 21| 5 28| 21| 8
20 17 3| 2| 27| 7| 5 32| 26| 13|22 16 0| 2| 6| 23| 6 17| 22| 9
20 21 11| 3| 28| 9| 6 53| 27| 14|22 19 48| 3| 7| 24| 7 5| 23| 10
20 25 19| 4| 29| 11| 8 12| 28| 15|22 23 35| 4| 8| 25| 7 53| 23| 11
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
20 29 26| 5| ♓| 13| 9 27| 29| 16|22 27 22| 5| 9| 26| 8 42| 24| 12
20 33 31| 6| 2| 14|10 43|♋ | 17|22 31 8| 6| 10| 28| 9 29| 25| 13
20 37 37| 7| 3| 16|11 58| 1| 18|22 34 54| 7| 12| 29|10 16| 26| 14
20 41 41| 8| 4| 18|13 9| 2| 19|22 38 40| 8| 13|♊ |11 2| 26| 14
20 45 45| 9| 6| 19|14 18| 3| 20|22 42 25| 9| 14| 1|11 47| 27| 15
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
20 49 48| 10| 7| 21|15 25| 3| 21|22 46 9| 10| 15| 2|12 31| 28| 16
20 53 51| 11| 8| 23|16 32| 4| 21|22 49 53| 11| 17| 3|13 16| 29| 17
20 57 52| 12| 9| 24|17 39| 5| 22|22 53 37| 12| 18| 4|14 1| 29| 18
21 1 53| 13| 11| 26|18 44| 6| 23|22 57 20| 13| 19| 5|14 45| ♌| 19
21 5 53| 14| 12| 28|19 48| 7| 24|23 1 3| 14| 20| 6|15 28| 1| 19
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
21 9 53| 15| 13| 29|20 51| 8| 25|23 4 46| 15| 21| 7|16 11| 2| 20
21 13 52| 16| 15| ♉|21 53| 9| 26|23 8 28| 16| 23| 8|16 54| 2| 21
21 17 50| 17| 16| 2|22 53| 10| 27|23 12 10| 17| 24| 9|17 57| 3| 22
21 21 47| 18| 17| 4|23 52| 10| 28|23 15 22| 18| 25| 10|18 20| 4| 23
21 25 44| 19| 19| 5|24 51| 11| 28|23 19 34| 19| 26| 11|19 3| 5| 24
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
21 29 40| 20| 20| 7|25 48| 12| 29|23 23 15| 20| 27| 12|19 45| 5| 24
21 33 35| 21| 22| 8|26 44| 13| ♌|23 26 56| 21| 29| 13|20 26| 6| 25
21 37 29| 22| 23| 10|27 40| 14| 1|23 30 37| 22| ♉| 14|21 8| 7| 26
21 41 23| 23| 24| 11|28 34| 15| 2|23 34 18| 23| 1| 15|21 50| 7| 27
21 45 16| 24| 25| 13|29 29| 15| 3|23 37 58| 24| 2| 16|22 31| 8| 28
--------+---+---+---+-------+---+---+--------+---+---+---+------+---+---
21 49 9| 25| 26| 14| 0♋ 22| 16| 4|23 41 39| 25| 3| 17|23 12| 9| 28
21 53 1| 26| 28| 15| 1 15| 17| 4|23 45 19| 26| 4| 18|23 53| 9| 29
21 56 52| 27| 29| 16| 2 7| 18| 5|23 49 0| 27| 5| 19|24 33| 10| ♍
22 0 43| 28|♈ | 18| 2 57| 19| 6|23 52 40| 22| 6| 20|25 15| 11| 1
22 4 33| 29| 2| 19| 3 48| 19| 7|23 56 20| 29| 8| 21|25 56| 12| 2
22 8 23| 30| 3| 20| 4 38| 20| 8|24 0 0| 30| 9| 22|26 36| 12| 3
If I wished to know what particular part of the Zodiac one is subject to
in any particular year of life--that is to say, what part of the Zodiac
is rising--I add 1 degree for every year to the Midheaven at birth and
thus obtain a new Midheaven, under which, in the Tables of Houses, I
find the Ascendant which rules the year. Thus in the case of one born on
the 1st of May at 3.30 p.m. the 30th year comes under the Midheaven of
Leo 2, which is 30 degrees further advanced than Cancer 2, and under Leo
2 in the 10th House I find the Ascendant to be in Libra 24.7, which is
the Ascendant governing that year of life. The meaning and importance of
these calculations will appear at a later stage of this exposition.
When a degree is on the Midheaven or the 10th House it is said to
“culminate,” and when on the horizon Eastward it is said to “ascend.”
The Midheaven is often called the “M.C.” (Medium Coeli), and the
opposite point is called the “I.C.” (Imaum Coeli). They are the points
of the Ecliptic which cut through the meridian of a place at any given
time.
CHAPTER IV
PLANETARY TRANSITS
In order that prognostications made from the horoscope of birth may be
pointed as to time it is necessary to know the positions of the planets
for several years in advance. Such calculations are easily effected by
a knowledge of the periods of the planets--that is to say, the times in
which they return to the same positions about the same time of the year.
Thus Uranus returns to its place after a period of 84 years, Saturn does
so after 59 years, Jupiter in 83 years, Mars in 79 years, in all cases
almost to the day. Mercury also returns in 79 years. But as very few
people possess records of the planets’ places for these long periods,
the following table of the longitudes of the planets for the next 12
years has been prepared. The positions are given for the 1st of each
month, and the longitudes held by the planets are given in even degrees.
These tables are very useful in tracing the transits that occur in
connection with the horoscope for the year. Thus we have found that
by adding the number of degrees corresponding to the age of a person
to the Midheaven at birth, we obtain the Progressed Midheaven, and
in the Tables of Houses we may also find the corresponding Progressed
Ascendant. By adding the same number of degrees to the place of the Sun
at birth we obtain also the Progressed position of the Sun.
---------+------------------------++------------------------
| 1905. || 1906.
Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
| ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ |♄ |♃ | ♂
---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
January |♋ 6| ♑ 0|♒19|♈21|♎24||♋ 9|♑ 5|♒29|♉27|♓ 4
February | 5| 2| 22| 24|♏10|| 8| 6|♓ 3| 27| 27
March | 4| 3| 26| 29| 20|| 7| 8| 6| 29|♈18
April | 5| 4| 29| ♉5| 26|| 8| 8| 10|♊ 4|♉11
May | 6| 4|♓ 1| 12| 19|| 9| 8| 13| 10|♊ 2
June | 7| 3| 3| 20| 10|| 10| 7| 14| 17| 23
July | 8| 2| 2| 26| 11|| 11| 6| 15| 24|♋13
August | 9| 0| 1|♊ 2| 21|| 12| 5| 14|♋ 0|♌ 3
September| 9| 0|♒29| 6|♐ 6|| 12| 4| 12| 6| 23
October | 10| 0| 27| 6| 25|| 13| 4| 9| 10|♍12
November | 10| 1| 26| 4|♑17|| 13| 5| 8| 11|♎ 1
December | 9| 3| 27| 0|♒11|| 12| 7| 8| 9| 20
=========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====
| 1907. || 1908.
Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
| ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂
---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
January |♋11|♑ 9| ♓ 9| ♋5|♏11||♋13|♑13|♓22|♌12|♓24
February | 10| 10| 14| 2| 29|| 12| 14| 25| 8|♈16
March | 9| 12| 17| 1|♐15|| 11| 16| 28| 5|♉ 5
April | 10| 12| 21| 3|♑ 2|| 12| 17| ♈2| 4| 26
May | 11| 12| 24| 7| 13|| 13| 17| 5| 5|♊16
June | 12| 12| 26| 13| 18|| 14| 16| 8| 9|♋ 7
July | 13| 11| 27| 19| 13|| 15| 15| 10| 14| 26
August | 14| 9| 27| 26| 6|| 16| 14| 10| 21|♌16
September| 14| 8| 25|♌ 3| 11|| 16| 13| 8| 28|♍ 5
October | 15| 8| 23| 8| 24|| 17| 13| 6|♍ 4| 24
November | 15| 9| 21| 12|♒13|| 17| 13| 4| 9|♎14
December | 14| 11| 21| 14|♓ 2|| 16| 14| 3| 13|♏ 4
=========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====
| 1909. || 1910.
Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
| ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂
---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
January |♋15|♑16|♈ 4| ♍14|♏24||♋17|♑20|♈16|♎13|♈18
February | 14| 18| 6| 13|♐15|| 16| 22| 18| 14|♉ 5
March | 13| 20| 9| 9|♑ 4|| 15| 24| 21| 13| 22
April | 14| 21| 13| 6| 24|| 16| 25| 24| 9|♊11
May | 15| 21| 17| 4|♒14|| 17| 25| 28| 6|♋ 0
June | 16| 20| 20| 6|♓ 4|| 18| 25|♉ 1| 4| 19
July | 17| 19| 22| 9| 22|| 19| 24| 4| 6|♌ 8
August | 18| 18| 23| 15|♈ 4|| 20| 22| 6| 9| 27
September| 18| 17| 22| 21| 3|| 20| 21| 6| 15|♍17
October | 19| 17| 20| 28|♓26|| 21| 21| 4| 21|♎ 6
November | 19| 17| 18|♎ 4| 25|| 21| 22| 2| 28| 27
December | 18| 19| 16| 9|♈ 4|| 20| 23| 0|♏ 4|♏17
=========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====
| 1911. || 1912.
Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
| ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂
---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
January |♋20| ♑24|♈29|♏ 9| ♐8||♋22|♑28|♉13|♐ 5|♉24
February | 20| 26|♉ 0| 13|♑ 1|| 21|♒ 0| 13| 10|♊ 1
March | 19| 28| 2| 14| 22|| 20| 1| 15| 14| 12
April | 20| 29| 6| 13|♒14|| 21| 3| 18| 15| 29
May | 20| 29| 10| 9|♓ 7|| 22| 3| 22| 14|♋14
June | 21| 29| 14| 6|♈ 0|| 23| 3| 26| 10|♌ 2
July | 22| 28| 17| 5| 21|| 24| 2| 29| 7| 20
August | 23| 27| 19| 6|♉12|| 25| 1|♊ 2| 5|♍10
September| 23| 26| 20| 10| 29|| 25| 0| 4| 7| 29
October | 24| 25| 19| 15|♊ 9|| 26|♑29| 3| 10|♎19
November | 24| 25| 17| 22| 9|| 26| 29| 2| 16|♏10
December | 23| 27| 14| 28|♉28|| 25|♒ 0|♉29| 23| ♐1
=========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====
| 1913. || 1914.
Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
| ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂
---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
January |♋24|♒ 3|♉ 27|♑ 0|♐23||♋26| ♒7|♊12|♑25|♋16
February | 24| 4| 27| 6|♑17|| 25| 8| 11|♒ 3| 7
March | 23| 5| 28| 12|♒ 8|| 24| 9| 11| 9| 8
April | 24| 7|♊ 0| 16|♓ 2|| 25| 11| 13| 15| 17
May | 24| 7| 4| 18| 25|| 26| 11| 16| 20|♌ 1
June | 25| 7| 8| 17|♈18|| 27| 11| 20| 22| 17
July | 26| 6| 12| 13|♉10|| 28| 10| 24| 22|♍ 3
August | 27| 5| 15| 10|♊ 2|| 29| 9| 28| 19| 22
September| 27| 4| 17| 8| 21||♌ 0| 8|♋ 0| 15|♎12
October | 28| 3| 18| 9|♋ 9|| 0| 7| 2| 13|♏ 1
November | 28| 3| 17| 13| 21|| 0| 7| 2| 13| 23
December | 27| 4| 15| 18| 24||♋29| 8| 0| 17|♐15
=========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+====
| 1915. || 1916.
Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
| ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂
---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+----
January | ♋28|♒10|♊27|♒23|♑8 ||♌ 1|♒14|♋13|♓23|♍ 1
February | 28| 12| 26| 29|♒2 || 0| 15| 10| 28|♌23
March | 27| 13| 25|♓ 6| 25||♋29| 17| 9|♈ 4| 13
April | 28| 15| 26| 14|♓16|| ♌0| 18| 10| 12| 13
May | 28| 15| 29| 20|♈12|| 1| 19| 11| 19| 20
June | 29| 14|♋ 3| 25|♉ 6|| 2| 19| 15| 26|♍ 2
July |♌ 0| 13| 6| 28| 27|| 3| 19| 19|♉ 1| 17
August | 1| 12| 10| 28|♊19|| 4| 18| 23| 5|♎ 6
September| 1| 11| 13| 26|♋ 9|| 4| 17| 26| 6| 25
October | 2| 11| 15| 22| 27|| 5| 16| 29| 3|♏16
November | 2| 12| 16| 19|♌14|| 5| 16|♌ 0|♈29|♐ 8
December | 1| 12| 15| 19| 25|| 4| 16| 0| 26|♑ 0
----------------------------------++------------------------
Now a transit of one of the major planets over any of these points,
namely, the Midheaven or Ascendant at birth, the Sun or Moon at birth,
the Midheaven, Ascendant, and Sun in the progress, will produce marked
effects on the fortunes and health of the Subject, corresponding to the
nature of the planet which makes the transit.
Thus we have seen that the Midheaven at the birth on the 1st of May,
1890, at 3.30 p.m., was Cancer 2 degrees, and the Ascendant Libra
2. Referring to the Tables, we find that in 1905 Saturn will form
the opposition of the Midheaven in Capricornus 2 in February, July,
and November, so that these will be periods of reversal, sudden and
unexpected complications and changes. Also the Sun at birth being in
Taurus 11 receives the transit of Jupiter in April, 1905, so that this
month will be productive of some amelioration of evils, or direct
benefits.
When two or more planets concur in a transit of any of the Significators
the results are so much the more forcible and effective.
CHAPTER V
TABLE OF ECLIPSES
The following Table of the Eclipses that will take place during the
next twelve years will be found of considerable use in forecasting the
effects which will follow, not only on the individual, but also on
nations and countries. Thus should any of the Eclipses fall on the place
of a Significator in a horoscope, it will have the most sinister effect
upon the life and fortunes. Certain countries are ruled by certain
signs, a matter which has been determined from observation ever since
the days of Claudius Ptolemy A.D. 130, and Eclipses falling
therein have the effect of disturbing the government of those countries,
producing effects of the worst kind. (See Sect. IV., chap. 6).
TABLE OF ECLIPSES, 1905-1916.
1905.--18th February, Moon eclipsed in Leo 29.
5th March, Sun eclipsed in Pisces 14.
14th August, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 21.
30th August, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 6.
1906.--8th February, Moon eclipsed in Leo 19.
22nd February, Sun eclipsed in Pisces 3.
20th July, Sun eclipsed in Cancer 27.
3rd August, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 10.
18th August, Sun eclipsed in Leo 24.
14th January, Sun eclipsed in Capricornus 23.
1907.--28th January, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 7.
9th July, Sun eclipsed in Cancer 16.
23rd July, Moon eclipsed in Leo 4.
1908.--3rd January, Sun eclipsed in Capricornus 12.
28th August, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 4.
7th December, Moon eclipsed in Gemini 14.
22nd December, Sun eclipsed in Sagittarius 30.
1909.--3rd June, Moon eclipsed in Sagittarius 12.
17th June, Sun eclipsed in Gemini 25.
26th November, Moon eclipsed in Gemini 3.
12th December, Sun eclipsed in Sagittarius 19.
1910.--9th May, Sun eclipsed in Taurus 18.
22nd May, Moon eclipsed in Sagittarius 0.
1st November, Sun eclipsed in Scorpio 7.
15th November, Moon eclipsed in Taurus 21.
1911.--28th April, Sun eclipsed in Taurus 7.
20th October, Sun eclipsed in Libra 26.
1912.--1st April, Moon eclipsed in Libra 11.
16th April, Sun eclipsed in Aries 25.
25th September, Moon eclipsed in Aries 1.
10th October, Sun eclipsed in Libra 16.
1913.--21st March, Moon eclipsed in Virgo 30.
5th April, Sun eclipsed in Aries 15.
30th August, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 7.
14th September, Moon eclipsed in Virgo 20.
28th September, Sun eclipsed in Libra 4.
1914.--24th February, Sun eclipsed in Pisces 5.
9th March, Moon eclipsed in Virgo 18.
21st August, Moon eclipsed in Aquarius 27.
3rd September, Sun eclipsed in Virgo 10.
1915.--13th February, Sun eclipsed in Aquarius 24.
9th August, Sun eclipsed in Leo 16.
1916.--18th January, Moon eclipsed in Cancer 27.
3rd February, Sun eclipsed in Aquarius 13.
14th July, Moon eclipsed in Capricornus 21.
29th July, Sun eclipsed in Leo 5.
In illustration of the effects of Eclipses in the horoscope of birth,
we may refer to the horoscope of His Majesty King Edward VII., wherein
we find the sun situated in the 17th degree of the sign Scorpio, which
rules the excretory system. In May, 1902, there was an Eclipse of the
Sun in opposition to this position, and within five weeks of the Eclipse
the King was struck down with appendicitis on the eve of the Coronation
Ceremony. This was foretold in many of the journals devoted to the
exposition of Astrology, and in Moore’s Almanac for the month of June,
1902, the hieroglyphic clearly pointed to the danger that beset the
august Sovereign. Indeed, I was able to say with perfect assurance that
the Coronation would not take place on the date appointed, and gave the
exact date at which the King would be struck down with what I conceived
to be a mortal illness. But fortunately at that time the Moon was
conjoined to Jupiter in the progress and this saved the life. The Moon
was then setting in the horoscope of birth, according to the measure of
time already given, namely, one degree of Right Ascension for one year
of life, and Saturn was on the Midheaven.
The Eclipse of June 6, 1853, was in the Midheaven at Cumana on the
Spanish Main and in five weeks there followed a terrible earthquake
which killed 4,000 people and destroyed all the property. In May, 1901,
there was an Eclipse on the 8th of May which fell in the meridian of St.
Pierre, Martinique, and the same day there was a fearful devastation of
the place by the eruption of Mont Pelée.
Instances might be multiplied to show that the effects of Eclipses are
of the most striking and effective nature.
SECTION III
HOW TO READ THE HOROSCOPE
CHAPTER I
THE PLANETS IN THE HOUSES
It is impossible to categorically state the effects which are due to
the positions of the planets in the several Houses, because very much
depends upon the signs they are in and the aspects they have from other
planets.
The means of judging the effects is very simple, when once the natures
of the planets and the dominion of the several Houses have been
thoroughly digested. Thus, it is first necessary to see in what House
a planet is situated. Then consider the nature of the planet in the
following concrete manner:
Neptune means chaos, confusion, deception.
Uranus, eccentricity, originality, estrangement.
Saturn, privation, hindrance, denial.
Jupiter, affluence, fruitfulness, increase.
Sun, dignities, honours.
Mars, excess, impulse, quarrels.
Venus, peace, happiness, agreement
Mercury, commerce, versatility, adaptability.
Moon, changes, publicity.
Now look to the things that are governed by the House in which any
particular planet is situated at the moment of birth (Sect. I., chap.
iii.).
Suppose Saturn to be found in the 11th House. Saturn is “privation”
and the 11th House is the domain of “Friends.” Hence a paucity of
friends, or such as there may be are evil or unfortunate to the subject.
Jupiter in the 2nd House, in the same manner, would signify “increase”
of “money and possessions.” Mars in the 7th would indicate “quarrels”
with “partners”; and so on. Each planet reflects its own nature upon
the affairs governed by the House in which it is found at the moment of
birth.
It will not infrequently happen, however, that there are more than one
planet in the same House. Suppose two planets to occupy the same House.
In such case one may be good (Jupiter), and the other evil (Mars). It
is then necessary to take first that which first comes to the horizon
or Midheaven, that is to say, the one which is in the earlier part of
the House, and next that which follows. Thus Saturn followed by Jupiter
in the 11th House, would signify misfortune by means of advisers and
friends, followed at a later period in the life by some great good
through the same source. The degrees which separate the planets will
indicate the years which elapse between these changes of fortune.
Similarly if there be more than two planets in the same House; in such
cases you may safely predict many changes in that department of life
which the House is said to rule.
But the fact of a planet being in a House is not of itself sufficient
evidence from which to make a judgment. The aspects which that planet
has must also be considered, for in this matter Saturn when throwing a
good aspect to any of the Significators--the Sun, Moon, Ascendant or
Midheaven, and well aspected by other planets, is to be preferred to
Jupiter when the latter is badly placed and aspected; for Jupiter has
his own ill effects, and Saturn has his good influences. Jupiter is only
a benefic when acting by conjunction or good aspect with another planet,
and Saturn is only a malefic when acting by conjunction or evil aspect.
These things being duly considered, it is possible to arrive, with even
brief experience, at the results that are signified by the planets in
the several Houses.