Birth-Horoscope for the Hague 52° 5' Northern Latitude, 4° 13' East of Greenwich.
A horoscope is actually the position of the 12 zodiacal signs, sun, moon and planets, at the moment of birth, and with respect to the earth diagrammed.
It represents in short: the macrocosmic image of the microcosmos (man), i.e.
the image of the macrocosmos as the man that is born at the moment exactly, reflects.
In the diagram the outward circles represent the ecliptic with the 12 signs of the Zodiac, inserted in it.
The centre of the circle is occupied by the earth, resp.
by the native for whom the horoscope is cast.
The radii divide the circle into the 12 houses, and are drawn of the same length in the diagram but only at the equator being so.
The points where these radii V.
28 touch the circumference, are called angles or cusps of the houses.
The horizontal, thicker line represents the equator; with to the left of it the rising point or ascendant (the east), and to the right the setting point or descendant (the west).
The upper half of the circle is for the planets which at birth were above the horizon, the lower half for those which were below the horizon at that moment.
The vertical, thicker line, called meridian, divides the horoscope in an eastern and a western half which meet at the top in the Zenith, the highest point of the heavens, which is usually called M.C.
It indicates the South.
At the bottom both halves meet in the Nadir, often called I.C.
(Imum Coeli), the North.
These 4 points are the 4 angles of the horoscope; they are of very great importance, when it is judged.
We may regard the horoscope divided into 4 sectors by the equator and the meridian with respect to the 4 seasons, viz: South (Zenith M.C.) Spring East L (Ascendant) 4 Winter Summer 2 West 3 (Descendant) Autumn North (Nadir I.C.) 1.
Many planets in this part gives the native many opportunities to progress in life and assures him the help of friends.
This sector represents youth.
Many planets in this sector indicates much work to be done in the second half of life.
This part represents mature age.
Many planets here points out that the principal work begins at middle age, it gives a l less happy life, less energy, and less inclination to get on.
According to their approaching to the ascendant, the planets' influence increases, except when they are near the Nadir, in which point the influence is very strong.
It fixes the thoughts on old age and on life after the death of the physical body.
Many planets above the earth birth by day is in general favourable, life offers many opportunities to the native to express himself.
Most of the planets under the earth birth during the night denotes more latent qualities that find no opportunity to manifest in their full force.
Planets placed in the angles, especially in M.C.
and ascendant, exercise an extremely strong influence on the character, the career, and the build of the body.
It is mainly the ascendant which destines the 29 shape of the body and an experienced astrologer can often with great exactitude mention the hour of birth (provided he knows the date) from the build of the body and the shape of the face.
If, however, there is a planet in the ascendant or on the cusp of M.C.
the judgment becomes more difficult, seeing that these may influence the build of the body very strongly.
The 12 signs of the Zodiac are all 30° apart, and so are the 12 Houses at the equator, but as soon as we move north- or southward of the equator, irregularity in the size of the houses occurs, which increases according to our moving further north or south.
The cause of this is that the signs at a great distance from the equator rise very slanting above the horizon and therefore it often happens that on the cusps of two succeeding houses we have the same sign.
The consequence is of course that at another point of the horos-cope a sign is left out.
At very high latitudes, e.g.
with horoscopes cast for the north of Norway, it may happen that there is the same sign at the cusps of 4 succeeding houses, while in the next house 3 signs are intercepted.
This influences of course the size of the houses very much indeed, and in the foregoing case the 4 houses together will occupy about 30°, whereas the house following with the 3 intercepted signs will be about 4 X 30 = 120°.
I have a horoscope of a person who was born near the North Cape, from which in the first house the signs %, zz and D have dropped, whi leo on the cusps of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 1st house the sign, ?
So six signs missing all!
The signs of the Zodiac rise on the eastern horizon, so the horoscope turns in the direction indicated by the arrow from east through south to west.
The planets move in opposite direction from east through north to west and from west through south to east.
It will be understood that the former has its cause in the revolution of the earth round its own axis and the latter in the inherent progressing movement of the planets.
This must be borne in mind when we insert the planets in the houses.
The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac.