The Houses

The 1st house or ascendant represents the moment when man out of the spiritual world descends into matter and then becomes subjected to all that is related to matter.

That is why the first house in the horoscope represents the personal character and the physical body.

We see that planets placed in this house, have an extremely strong influence on the physical life.

This house corresponds to the moment of sunrise.

The 10th house symbolises the time when man takes part in the full life.

The material as well as that which is spiritual and emotional play the principal part in turn.

Life expresses itself in its full force, the Zenith is reached and therefore does the 10th house or M.C.

represent in the horoscope power, glory, honour, business success, promotion etc.

and therefore do the planets which occupy this house have the greatest influence on all these matters.

This house corresponds to the moment when the Sun reaches the meridian altitude.

The 7th house symbolises mature age, when the passions and desires See the Chapter Embryology and its bearing on Astrology.

become conquered and the higher man begins to rule the lower inclinations.

He begins to understand that he is not there as a separate being, apart from all other lives, but begins to feel one with the one Life that animates all.

That is why in the horoscope the 7th house denotes the house of union, of marriage, of partnership etc.

It is the point of sunset.

The 4th house symbolises old age, the time when the native has passed the period of earthy experiences and begins to prepare for his life in the next (astral) world.

So this house is the one that denotes the relations and circumstances at old age and further it has relation to permanent possessions.

Permanent possessions mean in this case, as will be understood, the mundane or worldly (material) side of experiences, gained throughout the earthy life, which are transmuted into permanent talents and characteristics and so become "permanent possessions" of the Ego.

This is the point of the lowest position of the Sun, the Nadir.

Thus each house has its symbolic meaning.

We see already by the foregoing that the houses have to do directly with the material side of life and taken as a whole we may say that they represent the body, with the 1st house as the specific expression of it.

According as the body has more purified tendencies, the influence of the planets can express through the houses on higher planes than the physical as well, and this is especially the case in the houses 4, 6 8 and 12 which are called occult houses.

So the body is expressed in a twofold way in the horoscope, indirectly by the zodiacal signs and directly by the houses and we find ever a working together of the two.

So does the sign Aries correspond to the 1st house, Taurus to the 2nd, Gemini to the 3rd etc.; in other words the first house governs the head, the second the throat and neck, the third lungs, shoulders and arms the twelfth house the feet.

This secondary action also extends to all that comes under the respective houses, e.g.

an aspect in V will exercise a secondary action on our financial circumstances (2nd house) an aspect in II (nutrition) will have a by-action on our health (6th house) etc.

The primary influence of the signs, however, remains the principal by far.

The Twelve Houses as different Fields of Activity.

We have seen already that there is a close connection between these 12 parts in which the horoscope is divided and the 12 Zodiacal signs.

Each house represents a more definite field of activity by which the Ego tries to gain his experiences and this field of activity is most closely connected with the sign that is represented by the house.

The chief difference between them is, that the houses denote experiences 88 on the physical plane and the signs denote the extent of our feelings and emotions, including the intellect.

So we may regard the houses as representing our body and the signs as the symbols of the soul.

Both serve as instruments for the spirit, the Individuality, the Ego, to express itself.

This Ego is symbolised in the horoscope by the planets as the representatives and co-operators of the Sun, the centre from which all consciousness is born.

Taken in this way we must regard the first house as the lowest plane by which the first zodiacal sign Aries expresses itself, the second house, in the same way corresponds to Taurus, the third to Gemini, the fifth to Leo, the eighth to Scorpio etc.

The expression of a planet, either through a sign, or through a house, differs only as to the plane on which the action is felt; we might compare it to an emotion expressed in form.

The higher an individuality rises in evolution, the more he rises above the form, the more independent of it he grows; from this it follows that a highly developed Ego will observe the expression of a planet through a house otherwise than a low developed Ego, and now we can imagine that there is a stage on which a highly developed Ego can observe the action of a planet through a house in the same way as a lower developed Ego feels it by expression through the sign corresponding to that house, so it is a difference in consciousness.

The Om the 5th house with the highly de veloped individual will express itself in that case the same as the ☉ in ♉—with the lower developed Ego, and ♃ in the 2nd house with the former will be as ♃ in ♉ with the latter, e.g.

☉ in 5th house with a developed ego means that the native will be faithful (♉) from inward impulses (☉).

☉ in 5 with a less developed ego means that he is fond of pleasure (5th h.).

♃ in 2 with a developed ego means also that he is peaceable (♉)—♃ in 2 with a less developed ego means also that he is fond of his possessions (2nd h.), his money.

This must always be borne in mind in judging the place of the planets in the houses.

The houses in the first place bear on our material existence and on the conditions connected with it, on the states in which the Ego will be placed during his earthly course, that is, his path of life and the planets posited in them, plus the aspects they receive, denote the obstacles and the helps it will meet with.

First the houses tell us the vehicle (I) (the body) the Ego has chosen for this pilgrimage and the tendencies of character and characteristics (I) which it brings with it, as the result of former descents into matter; they further tell us regarding his native country, his teachers and parents (IV), of his contemporaries, his brothers and sisters (III), of the Intellectual faculties he is endowed with (III), of the attempts he 89 makes to enlarge his horizon on consciousness and to widen it by journeys in his own country and in neighbouring countries (III), or with the same purpose to foreign continents (IX) where he tries to find what he here vainly looks for.

The houses tell him of his work, his ideals and aspirations, of his striving after glory and fame (X), either by himself or combined with others (VII), they tell him of the friends of his youth (XI), of his companion for life (VII) who joins his fate, of his children (V), of his friends (XI), but also of those who oppose him in his attempts to get on in life and who do anything to put obstacles in his way (XII).

At last after he has enjoyed the weal and woe of life to a high degree and regarded it from all sides as it were, he silently muses and asks of himself; "is this all that life has to offer me after all, is there nothing higher, is this the end?

Is it not ridiculous when you come to think of it, that I should have drudged so for all that, now that I have attained it, has left me as unsatisfied as before." And he begins to meditate on the problems of life and death (VIII) in the latter part of his life (IV).

He begins to seek and to dig till he finds a solution that satisfies him.

He who has I badly placed in IV, searches after the solution to these problems and finding none, him solitude, loneliness and dejection await in his old age!

For an easy survey we might divide the houses in four groups of three, viz.

The hou ses I, V, IX which are related to the native himself, viz.

I: represents the body (T); V: the Ego (Q.) that struggles to raise the soul to its level; IX: the influence hence exercised on the lower consciousness and which widens (,).

Under this house we will find inspiration higher thinking.

The houses II, VI, X which relate to all that can be of use to him on his path of life, viz.

II: (V) possessions, rest after work, love; VI: his servants, nutrition, health (tip); X: his position, fame and honour C.

The houses III, VII, XI which indicate the ties with which he is bound, such as relatives and friends, viz.

III: brothers and sisters and other relations (II); VII: his partner in life, partner in business, community (=o=); XI: his friends (=:).

The houses IV, VIII, XII which relate to the end of all, viz.

IV: the end of his physical journey, old age v(<?o); VIII: the end of his physical vehicle, death (ni); 90 XII: the end, the dying out of his earthly desires and wishes, purification (DC).

After this general treatise by which one can see the relation between the various divisions of the heavens we will look closer into the meaning of the houses separately.

Meaning of the 12 Houses.

Now we will as fully as possible interpret what each house can represent.

1st house (V) denotes the outward appearance and the character in general.

Of the body it denotes the head, the brain and the general state of health.

In general it shows the personality and the struggle for life, and also the native's actions.

2nd house (tf) indicates the financial circumstances, unfixed possessions, peace and liberty.

It influences our feelings and emotions.

Brothers, sisters, relatives, neighbours, the education, short journeys, study, manuscripts, letters, ability.

It has a strong relation to the intellect and the nervous system.

The house and home life, inherited tendencies, our environment during the latter part of our life.

It also indicates the father and our relation to him.

Occult house, bearing on physical life and death.

Is related to pleasures, love-affairs, entertainments, speculations, games, children.

It is opposed to the 11th house and as it were the fulfilment of it (hopes and wishes).

The house of sickness; it has also bearing on servants, inferiors, service, dress, hygiene, care for the body in general.

An important house for those who have to do with nursing and treatment of the sick.

7th house (=0=) is related to marriage, partnership, society, social life in general.

Moreover, public opp onents, prosecutions.

It represents in a sense the individuality, as opposed to the 1st house, that of personality.

8th house has to do with death and all that is related to it, such as inheritances, legacies, wills.

The sign on the cusp and the aspects of the planets placed in VIII or of the ruler of VIII often indicate the nature of the death of the physical body.

Philosophy, religion, teaching, education and everything connected to that.

Also long journeys in foreign countries.

It bears on the abstract way of thinking as opposed to the 3rd, the house of concrete thinking.

Dreams and visions come also under this house.

10th house is related to honour, worldly power, fame, promotion, calling or position and also indicates the moral standpoint of the native.

This house is supposed to represent the native's mother, as the fourth represents the father.

Many astrologers, however, reverse this order and take the fourth for the mother and the tenth for the father, considering, that the father has much to do within influencing the choice of profession or calling.

But it should be noted that with parents the mother frequently takes the lead.

Friends, hopes and wishes.

The nature of friends and acquaintances is expressed by the sign on the cusp and by any planet posited in the house.

It denotes the native's attitude towards humanity, his harmony or disharmony with his fellows.

The house of trial, anxiety, care, and limitation.

It is related to prisons, convents, hospitals, lunatic asylums, to anything that denotes seclusion and limitation.

He must learn here, to regard himself not as a separate being, but as a part of the Whole, inseparable from it and ever in contact with it.

Here follows briefly the meaning of the houses in which is shown the relation of the zodiacal signs to the parts of the body.

1st house the head = temperament, outward appearance of the native.

2nd house throat = his going into material life, his possessions, financial circumstances.

3rd house lungs = his short jo journeys, his relations, specially brothers, sisters, cousins, his correspondence, study.

4th house 23 stomach = his home, inheritance from parents, his father, his resting place and circumstances at the close of life.

5th house Q, heart = his spirit of enterprise, his passion, love-affairs, children, speculations, initiative, pleasures.

6th house HP bowels = his health, nutrition, inferiors, enforced labour, his relation to servants.

7th house = 0 = kidneys = marriage, unions and separations, husband or wife, partners, opponents and the public.

generative system = sex inclinations, school of life, inheritance, legacies, death.

thighs = his longer journeys, widening of view, his outlook on life, philosophy.

10th house ~% knees = his position or station, his name, honour, calling, conduct, public appearance.

11th house zz lower leg = his seeking after support from friends, his hopes and wishes.

12th house X feet = the unseen difficulties, secret enemies, prosecutions, hospitals, imprisonment, his going down as regards the world.

92 From the foregoing it follows that the native's relation to his uncles and aunts (they are the brothers and sisters of his father) is indicated by the 6th house; the 6th house being the third (brothers) from the 4th (father).

The possessions of the partner are indicated by the 2nd house (possessions) from the 7th (partner), -- that is the 8th house; the partner's brothers by the 9th house or the 3rd (brothers) from the 7th (partner).

In this way we might arrive at many other conclusions.* The houses are divided into: Cardinal (angular) houses 1, 4, 7 and 10.

Succeedent 2, 5, 8 and 11.

Cadent 3, 6, 9 and 12.

In the angular houses the action of the planets is strongest.

In the cadent houses the action is weakest.

The succeedent houses' action is in between.

The houses have their orbs, just like the planets.

The orb for a cusp with a short rising sign (JJT, ~, OC, V, Kn) for all countries with Northern Latitude is 5 and for a cusp bearing a slowly rising sign (25, |, up, ==, n\, ^) it is 8.

For countries with Southern Latitude it is the other way about, viz.

the quickly rising signs there are slowly rising signs here, and the reverse.

Accordingly, a planet e.g.

in the 5th house 5 or 8 or less (dependent on the sign) from the cusp, is reckoned to be in the 6th house, as to its action.

For the Ascendant 12 at least may be taken, so a planet which is e.g.

10 above the rising degree in the 12th house, influences the Ascendant and therefore body and temperament.

The nearer the cusp, the stronger the action which the planet exercises in the particular house.

The planets on or near the cusp of an angular house exercise the greatest influence during the whole life.

Calculation of the Horoscope.

At the end of this book there is given a Table of Houses for the latitude of London (51° 32'), which can also be used for the northern states of America.

A table for New-York (40° 43' N.) may also be used for San-Francisco, Denver etc.

For Southern Canada take the tables for Liverpool or Glasgow (resp.

53° 25' and 55° 53' N.

Los Angelos and San Diego the table for 37° N.

(see Raphael's Tables of Houses).

For the Northern part of England and for Scotland (53° 25' N.) the table of houses for Liverpool is to be used; it will be found in the ephemeris for any year.

93 In the ephemeris the planetary positions are given for Greenwich at noon.

The tables of houses, however, are made for local time, because every degree of each zodiacal sign rises for all places of equal latitude throughout the earth at the same local time, for at every place at noon local time the Sun is in the meridian of that place.

the 24th degree of ♈ is rising, at all places with the same latitude as London the 24th degree of ♈ is rising on that day at the same local time of 2 p.m.

For finding the houses we have therefore nothing to do with Greenwich, but only with the local time.

As an example we will calculate a horoscope for May 16th 1913 at 7.50 a.m.

at the Hague, local time (see diagram on p.

Before drawing up a horoscope one should be sure whether the time of birth is indicated according to the standard time (used in time tables of railway companies) or according to local time.

For Middle-Europe the standard time of one hour later than Greenwich is taken and for Eastern-Europe of two hours later.

In Berlin the clock denotes 40 minutes later than at Amsterdam (difference Amsterdam with Greenwich = 20').

It goes without saying that this standard time should be reduced to local time and this is easily to be done, viz.

for every degree east of Greenwich it is 4 minutes later.

So by multiplying the number of degrees by 4 and adding the product to Greenwich time, (if the place lies east) w e obtain the local time.

If the place lies west of Greenwich the product should be subtracted.

Thus we find the difference between standard time and local time and with that we correct the time of birth, when it is given according to standard time.

In England and Scotland the standard time of Greenwich is taken, in Ireland it is 25 minutes 21 seconds earlier.

We can easily calculate for which place the standard time of a region is accepted, the difference with Greenwich being, as we mentioned above, four minutes for every degree difference of longitude.

To draw up the horoscope for somewhere east of that place, the local time will be later than the official standard time and as many times 4 minutes as the number of degrees totals.

If the place is west, subtract.

Example: Required the local time for a place in the U.S.

situated 70 West of Greenwich.

The standard time for Eastern America is calculated for the 75th degree West of Greenwich and differs 75 X 4' = 300 minutes = 5 hrs.

So it is 5 hours earlier in Eastern America.

Our given place is situated 70 West of Greenwich, i.e.

5 less western, so it is later there than on the 75 5 X 4' = 20 min-!) Raphael's Ephemeris of the Planets Places for all the years from 1800 to 1917, each year 1/1; published by W.

Foulsham & Co., London.

2) With "local time" we mean, the correct time according to the longitude of the place.

The local time there is 20 minutes later than the official standard time.

This example will suffice for all cases.

The following standard times are accepted, Gr.

hour The Netherlands (Amsterdam) 0.20 Western Australia 8.

New Zealand 11.30 British India 5.30 The East coast of America Gr.

Burma 6.30 Eastern part 5.1 Hongkong 8.

Rocky Mountains 7.3 South Africa 2.

The West coast of America 8 S'"' Batavia (loc.

time) 7.7 (Canada also) Philippine Islands 8.

Hawai 10.30 The difference between Greenwich time and the local time at the Hague is about 20 minutes.

It is 20 minutes earlier at Greenwich, so the time we must take according to Gr.

(Greenwich time) is 7.30 a.m.

This time it is we want in order to calculate the planetary positions.

We find given as sidereal time on May 16th 3h.

34' 22' (see the sidereal time-table at the end of this book).

The time was 7.30 a.m.

so that we have to make a small correction in the S.T.

It was the day before 4' less, as the table shows, which makes a difference of -g Vor X 4' = 40* for 4 hrs.

on May 16th must be subtracted 40*.

If the birth had taken place at 4 p.m., 40' should have been added.

In order to find the correct S.T.

at birth there must be subtracted from the S.T.

Greenwich at noon the time of birth before noon, in this case 127.50 = 4h.

Had the time of birth been 7.50 p.m.

we should need to add.

If the figure given in S.T.

is too little to subtract from, we might for convenience sake add 24 hrs.

Time of birth before noon 4h.

Correction of the S.T.

1) From the 75th degree east up to the coast.

3) 105th 90th 4) 120th 105th 95 We may also proceed as follows, S.T.

Time elapsed since May 15th noon 19h.

Correction of the S.T.

(because of 4' in 24 hrs.) 23h.

The reason of the correction of the S.T.

is because, in the first case, the S.T.

which advances 4 minutes in 24 hrs, is less than at noon (Gr.

May 16th) and in the second case is more than at noon (Gr.

When we look in the Table of Houses under Sidereal Time, we find the nearest Sidereal Time to that which we want, is 23h.

and next to it under the heading ascendant: 25 19 45'.

In the same line we find also, under 10 (cusp of the 10th house or M.C.) X 20; under 11 (cusp of the 11th house), V 27; under 12, n 12; under 2, Q.

!) Notice that this correction of the S.T.

totals only 3' and can never be more than 4'.

If no very precise calculation is required it may be neglected, the difference in the rising sign being very slight indeed.

Thus the calculation becomes simplified.

The difference may be reduced to +2m.

at most, when in drawing up the houses the S.T.

is always taken for the day of birth and not for the preceding, as is also done in calculating the planets.

Examples for calculating the Ascendant, neglecting the two corrections for S.T.

which as we have seen, may be neglected when no extreme accuracy is required.

Time afternoon + 7 hrs.

Time before noon 4 hrs.

(To be added; it is later hi places Corr.

for local time - f 20m.

Bristol (2 1/2 West of London, see map of England), 7.15 p.m.

The correction for local time is 4 minutes for each degree of longitude, so here 2 1/2 X 4m.

Time afternoon + 7 hrs.

is 19m 96 Now we have found the cusps of the houses 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 and the opposite signs with the same degrees are the cusps of the opposite houses, 7, 8, 9, 4, 5, 6*).

Opposite the ascendant = 25 19° 45' we get cusp 7*)=% 19° 45' Opposite cusp 2 = Q 5 comes cusp 8 = ~ 53 = $, 24 9 = :s: 24 10 = X 20 4 = P 20 11 = T 27 5 = = 0 = 27 12 = rn.

26 = * 12 We now proceed to see if there are any signs missing and going over the signs in their order, we find that between cusps 11 and 12, in the 11th house, the sign X is missing.

2) We put it in the 11th house.

Opposite tfthe sign "I is missing, so we insert it in the 5th house (the opposite house) these are the so-called intercepted signs.

The outer arrow indicates the direction in which the signs rise above the horizon.

The planets move through the signs and the houses in the opposite direction (see fig.

The diagram of the houses is ready now and we may proceed to calculate the positions of the planets in it.

For May 16th we find given the longitude (Long.) the latitude (Lat.) and the declination (Decl.

of the planets are given at the top of the page of Raphael's Ephemeris.

This is the Sun's position at Greenwich at noon.

The birth took place at 7.30 a.m.

Now, when calculating the planets we must proceed from Gr.

So in order to find the exact place of ☉ at birth we must subtract the distance the Sun moves in 4 hrs.

We proceed th us: Position of the ☉ May 16 noon 24° 59' 45" ☉ May 15 24' 1' 57' subtract Motion of ☉ in 24 hrs.

= 57' 48' ☉'s motion in 1 hr.

therefore 57' 48' : 24 = 3468' : 24 = 2' 24' So in 4 hrs.

4 1/2 X 2' 24' = 9' + 108' = 10' 48' 3).

Opposite V comes ^n..ni.n 255c.

3) With the help of a table of logarithms this calculation may be done much quicker (at the end of the book is a table of logarithms) As follows, the log.

for ☉'s course in 24 hrs.

(57 48' or 58') = 1,3949 the log.

= 7270 Addition gives 2,1219 97 Position of Q May 16.

at noon = 24 59' 45" X subtract 10' 48" Position of Q at birth ....

24 49' 11" Position of ☽ on May 16.

noon = 4 55' 28" = 0, Position of ☽ on May 15.

noon = 2 03 8' 55" Each sign contains 30, so in order to come from ♈ into = 0., the Moon has to move 30 - 2 03 8' 55" = 9 21' 5" The Moon moves in A = 4 55' 28" Motion of ☽ in 24 hrs.

= 14 16' 33" ☽'s motion per hour 14 16' 33" : 24 = 36' So the Moon's motion in 4 hrs.

is 4 1/2 X 36' = 2 42'.

Or by logarithms log.

The position of the Moon on May 16 this 4 55' == subtract 2 42' Position at birth = 2 13' == We find the long.

of the planets for 23 42' 25" remains thus.

for ☿ 7 33' IVs: remains thus.

for ♀ 5 51' ☿ 5 43' is the position on May 15th 8' is the motion of ♀ in 24 hrs.

The position of ♀ is therefore 5 51' - 1' = 5 50' n.

The longitude of ♂ = 17 39' ♃.

The motion per 24 hrs.

is only 2', so one need not be taken into account for 4 1/2 hrs.

The longitude of ♃ May 16th = 6 24' V The longitude of ♃ May 15th = 5 38' V Motion d in 24 hrs.

The position of ♃ therefore is 6 24' - 8' = 6 16' V.

The longitude of ♄ = 2 65' TD.

agreeing to that, we find log.

2.1170 and as the value for it 11'.

By calculation we found 10' 48"; so there is an unimportant difference of 12".

In like manner we may calculate the position of the ☉.

☽ We neglect seconds; more than 30" is 1 minute.

of 5=7 16' on May 16th.

of =J>_29'/ * on May 15th- Motion in 24 hrs.

147' ÷ 24 = 6' 7.5', and in 4 1/2 hrs.

Or with the aid of logarithms: log.

The position of is therefore 716' 20' = 656' V.

At the top of the page of Raphael's Ephemeris, on the right, we find the place of the Node or Dragon's head, the place where ecliptic and celestial equator intersect each other.

We find for it on May 15th 36' V; for H, on May 17th 30' T Difference P-d.

So place ft = 033' V.

and place y (dragon's tail) = 33' = &.

In order to find the or Pars of Fortune we add the position of the ☽ to that of the ascendant and subtract from the total the position of the Sun, or := ]) - asc.

]) is 213' = 0 == 6 signs + 213' Long asc.

is 1945' S 5 = 3 signs + 1945' Together = 9 signs + 2158' Long O is 2449' tf = 1 sign + 2449' subtract = 7 signs + 279' = 279' m.

We have seen on page 94 that we have to make a correction for S.T.

for the time before or after noon Greenwich.

With greater differences in longitude East or West of Greenwich, we have to make a second correction.

for a complete rotation (360) of the earth upon its axis, there is a difference of 4' S.T.

*), so for every 90 in longitude the difference is 1'.

This difference is added to Western Longitude and subtracted from the S.T.

with Eastern Longitude.

The reason why is evident.

Seeing that the exact time of birth is very seldom known and these two corrections together total some minutes at most, we do not commit a crime when we simply neglect both corrections if the difference in longitude and in time is not very great.

For the British Isles we can always neglect the correction of the S.T.

for the difference in longitude.

In order to get the correct ascendant and therefore a correct map See Raphael's ephemeris for May 1913.

99 of the houses, the time of birth must be calculated exact to a minute.

Various methods have been given to this end, but we cannot deal with them all here.

This subject is more fully gone into later and one method given.

The correction of the time of birth requires very much experience and patience and it is useless labour for a student of astrology.

For him it is the safest method to compare the data of the principal events in his life and the position of the progressive planets with regard to the cusps of the houses, especially of the M.C.

This will be dealt with later, when we take up the subject of the progressive aspects.

We shall now insert the planets in the houses.

The ascendant is the East, the M.C.

The signs rise on the eastern horizon and go through the South.

The first degree of a sign rises above the horizon followed by the remaining degrees and the other signs in their order.

The sign is intercepted and in order to indicate that the ☉ is posited in this intercepted sign and not in one of the neighbouring, we put ☉ 24° 49' across the 11th house; ☿ also is in this sign.

So we put ☿ 6° 56' under the ☉ also across the house.

The ☽ is 21° 3' in ♋.

On the cusp of the 5th house is ♎ = 27.

The first degrees of ♋ have, therefore, already passed the cusp of the 5th house and are in the 4th house.

So ☽ 21° 3' we put in the 4th house near the cusp.

♂ is in ♌ (0° 33') and so we put ☽ 33' before and near the ☽.

♃ 23° 42' 25 comes in the first house (ascendant) right under the cusp which bears 19° 45' 25"; 6 comes in the 8th house, for the cusp is in 5° 15' 50"; 11 comes in the 11th house; for 11 is on the cusp.

In like manner do 16° 5' ♈, 16° 5' ♉ and 33' come in the 10th house or M.C.

for 27 is on the cusp.

Place 27° 9' ♏ across the intercepted sign to denote that it is not in ==.

Radix is the name of the birth-horoscope, abbreviated r.

100 Birth-Horoscope for Buitenzorg (Dutch East Indies) May 23, 1913 11 p.m.

We shall now calculate a horoscope for a place with Southern Latitude e.g.

The birth took place May 23rd 1913, 11 p.m.

Buitenzorg is situated on 107 East Long, and about 7 South Lat.

107 East of Greenwich gives a difference in time of 107 X 4' = more than 7 hrs.

So it is at Buitenzorg more than 7 hrs.

earlier and according to Gr.

the birth took place at 4 p.m.

When calculating the longitudes of the planets we thus have to add their motion during 4 hrs.

to the position at Greenwich at noon.

We can calculate the houses for Southern Latitude with Tables of Houses for Northern Latitude by adding 12 hrs.

at the moment of birth and then taking for the signs obtained according to this S.T., the opposite signs on the cusps of the houses.

Greenwich is for May 23rd 4hrs.

Time afternoon 11 S.T.

Subtract 24_ Obtained S.T.

If we use Raphael's Tables of Houses for different latitudes, we see that the table for Madras (13° 4' North Lat.) come nearest the latitude of Buitenzorg.

We find in them: For The For 102 Position on May 23rd is 11 43' V Position on May 24th is 12 28' V motion in 24 hrs.

7' so position at birth is 11 50' V.

In like manner we find: $ 27 4' T ^ _ 20 56' tf 2 J.

6 46' nft 7 30' s:t 23 52' 25 & 11' V For we long.]) long.

O 103 entailed in this desire after new experiences.

Rising in ♈ and in ♏, the Moon has a less good influence, it causes her egoism, pride and jealousy.

In the fiery signs it makes passionate and impulsive.

Of great importance here, as well as with the other planets in the ascendant, are the aspects the Moon receives.

The ☉ in the ascendant makes the body stronger and gives it an abundance of vitality.

The complexion is fair, the hair fair or golden, eyes blue, and chin strongly developed.

The nature is optimistic, the native will have a strong sense of self-esteem and bear himself with dignity and authority.

He will be honest and faithful and have a strong will.

The latter quality is even present when the Sun receives bad aspects, but in that case the feeling of authority changes into arrogance, masterfulness and selfishness.

In the airy and fiery signs the Sun-influence in the ascendant is most favourable, it gives courtesy, intuition, uprightness.

In ♉ it gives too much self-reliance, or in ♍ inflexibility.

☿ in the ascendant gives a slim body, black hair and usually grey eyes, sharp in expression.

The nose is long, narrow and pointed, usually bent.

The temperament is nervous and sensitive.

The face is narrow and long.

This position of ☿ is very favourable for the intellect, but the way in which the intellect will express itself, depends on the aspects ☿ receives.

In youth especially the influence of ☿ the reisfelt; if it is well aspected, it causes precociousness.

The Mercury types are usually eloquent, scientific, susceptible, and restless and they are often fond of travelling.

If Mercury is badly aspected here, it makes the native talkative, irritable (in ♑), affected, or superficial (in ♓).

☿ in the ascendant in the airy signs has an especially good influence.

A badly aspected ☿ in the ascendant usually produces troublesome, unreliable types who think much of themselves, criticise others, try to make them appear ridiculous or slander them.

A bad aspect of ☿ here may produce an "inventor", but the inventions are generally worthless.

This holds good for ☿ in M.C.

♀ in the ascendant gives a handsome body, a full face, full lips, a straight short nose; usually brown, but sometimes blue eyes with a kind expression.

Politeness and kindness are constant characteristics.

The face is oval, rather too broad sometimes.

♀ frequently gives dimples in cheeks and chin.

The Venus type is sympathetic in appearance and manners, pure and honest: is fond of appreciation.

If ♀ here is badly aspected, especially by ♂ the result is passion and sensuality.

In ♊, ♀ makes the native changeable in friendship, in ♈ jealous and exaggerated.

♂ in the ascendant gives fair or red hair; the moustache is fairer than hair and beard.

The eyes have a quick, penetrating glance, the nose is shapely, and somewhat bent in the upper part.

Lips thin, chin narrow.

Eye-brows beautifully curved.

The rising sign may of course alter this.

There is usually a scar or a mark on the face.

Mars gives self-reliance, courage and strength, but when the aspects are not very good, some quality of the animal nature is sure to come to the fore making them disagreeable characters.

In fiery signs Mars gives great pushfulness, love of argument, the native 104 will usually be combative but at the same time generous.

In % Mars gives tact and deliberation next to pushfulness, in ripassion (the type is dark here).

In airy signs, especially in n, d gives a sharp intellect.

in the ascendant gives a stout, well set body, a square chin, a full face with full eyes, which may be protruding somewhat.

The complexion is fresh, the hair fair or brown.

The glance is frank and open (jovial type), the expression of the eyes kind, but sharp and fiery in excitement.

Baldness often occurs under its influence.

in asc., if well aspected, gives good health and success in life.

It is a very fortunate influence which awakens deeply religious and moral feelings, but a strong affliction of Jupiter changes these feelings into hypocrisy and untrustworthiness.

makes the native humane, well-mannered, and awakens the intuition.

In tiland^ less good, in np especially, where it makes him often autocratic and dishonest.

ft in the ascendant gives a tall, wiry stature, with an oval, thin head.

Hair dark, eyes brown or blue.

The Saturn-type is slow in his movements and serious in his mien.

He seldom looks straight in your face, his glance is usually fixed to the ground.

He is persevering, patient, meditative, contemplative, and economical, often religious.

The influence is very bad when Saturn is ill aspected for it makes him unhappy, miserable, stubborn, mean, faint-hearted.

In airy signs especially it is at its best, working favourably on the mind.

Saturn is an enemy of superficiality.

By its limiting, restraining influence it has the effect of purifying the character.

Often in this position it causes long periods of depression and melancholy.

An impediment of speech often occurs under this influence (when afflicted).

♅ in the ascendant gives a strange expression to the face.

The eyes are of a peculiar steel-grey or bluish shade, impossible to interpret correctly.

Their iris seems smaller than usual, so that the white of the eye is often visible round their iris.

The nose is large and sharply bent in the upper half.

The natives are strange in their mien, hasty, acute and often difficult to understand.

It gives a strong tendency towards all occult sciences and a sense of independence of very high degree.

Eccentric inclinations are usually present.

In airy signs especially the strong tendency towards occultism is shown.

It is worst in earthy signs.

In this position, Neptune gives large, dreamy eyes.

With the highly developed type this planet gives an artistic taste, genius; a seer, a mind that seeks to solve the mysteries of chaos.

With the lower type often produces trance-mediums, weak, changeable characters that are often addicted to liquor or drugs, e.g.

morphine, or have unnatural habits.

By the strong position of Neptune, they come under its influence, but cannot normally answer its high vibrations that in fact do not quite belong to our three-dimensional kingdom.

We see therefore by the peculiar influence of this planet, that genius and moral sickliness are qualities that really touch each other and come under the same influence.

It depends upon the moral and intellectual standpoint of the native as to the direction in which this influence will be expressed.

105 The Planets in the Different other Houses x).

We have dealt with the influence of the planets in the ascendant and now we will deal with their influence in the other houses.

Their influence here on the shape of the body and in general on the character is not so great.

The 10th house (M.C.) is the first to take into account.

A planet on the cusp of the 10th house can exercise a great influence on the character and the shape of the body, if there is no planet in the ascendant.

I know one who shows the pure Leo-type, though he has Scorpio as ascendant and the Sun in Gemini.

But the Moon is in Leo, on the cusp of the 10th house (M.C.).

The glance only is purely that of Scorpio and the dignity and pride of Leo are accompanied by the magnetism of the Scorpio-type.

The Sun in the Different other Houses 1).

The Sun in 2nd, success in financial affairs, but if the Sun is ill aspected, prodigal.

When strongly afflicted, always judge the opposite; ill-success in this case.

This rule holds good of course for the other houses as well.

in 3, many short journeys (when the Sun is in a mutable sign or in Cancer).

It gives success in all matters of the 3rd house e.g.

Good for the intellect, usually a firm character.

Help of neighbours, brothers and sisters and sympathy from them.

The Sun afflicted gives the opposite.

Or in 4, is fortunate for the father (mother) and favourable for obtaining real properties.

It promises a happy old age and succe s during the latter part of life.

In 5, gives love for society, for speculation and entertainments in general.

In 6 only good when the Sun receives no bad aspects, otherwise this position is bad for the health, especially when afflicted by Saturn and Moon.

In 7 is good for partners, for marriage, for union in general.

Often a public position.

When strongly afflicted this position gives an unhappy marriage and ill-success in union, according to the nature of the aspects.

In 8 and well aspected gives vitality and when there are good aspects of Uranus or Neptune an inclination and a talent for occult studies.

All that is related to death comes under this house e.g.

Badly aspected it usually gives a premature death; the nature of it is indicated by the planet afflicting and by the sign.

In 9 gives success in scientific, especially philosophic and religious studies and a tendency to gather knowledge by long journeys.

A good aspect See the first footnote p.

106 of Mercury, especially, works favourably on the intellect, whereas a good aspect of Uranus will bring a tendency for occultism.

A bad aspect of Jupiter in this house will lead to hypocrisy and the native will tend to fanaticism if the bad aspect comes from Uranus or Mars.

All aspects received by the Sun in this house are of the greatest moment for the worldly position, honour and calling of the native.

The Sun well aspected in M.C.

is good for the (father) mother, gives honour, success in life and in all kinds of matters.

It gives occupations and professions of great responsibility.

It is striking that nearly all ruling monarchs have either the Sun or Jupiter in M.C.

When afflicted this position makes the native proud and arrogant.

☉ in 11 gives faithful and powerful friends and brings fulfilment of hopes and wishes we might cherish.

Badly aspected this position means loss of friends, disagreements through them; the asp.

planet indicates from which side we are to dread this.

☉ in 12 is unfavourable, viz.

it compels the native to keep in the back-ground, he feels limited in many directions.

This position often gives eccentric tendencies.

The Sun afflicted, the native has much to suffer from secret enemies.

He usually lives apart from his relations and the cross he has to bear during his earthly life is usually heavy.

Good aspects, especially of the benefics, change of course greatly for the bet ter.

This position always gives a great inclination towards occult study.

This is apt to degenerate into psychism and mediumism, especially in the watery signs.

The Moon in the Different Houses.

1) The Moon in 2 and well aspected, especially by a benefic, gives much success in financial affairs.

The money is usually earned in businesses that have to do with fluids.

But affliction by Saturn is a sure sign of poverty.

2) in 3 is favourable for short journeys and gives a strong liking for them.

The native is on good terms with brothers and sisters and neighbours.

It gives a receptive intellect and an inclination for study.

This inclination is further indicated by the aspects the Moon receives; e.g.

Mercury adds shrewdness and alertness, Jupiter a tendency towards social pursuits, Venus to art, Uranus to the occult and eccentric, etc.

3) in 4 indicates many changes during the latter half of life and success in agriculture and as a contractor.

When afflicted by Uranus sudden changes of abode are to be expected.

Generally an ill aspected Moon produces much unhappiness in home life and an unfortunate old age.

The opposite is true with good aspects, especially of the benefics.

4) in 5 and well aspected means many children, love for all kinds of pleasure and entertainment; but with a bad aspect, especially of Saturn, much See the first footnote p.

107 illness for the children and difficulties through all matters relating to the 5th house.

This position denotes changeability in friendship.

☽ in 6 gives, when afflicted in mutable signs, a liability to chronic pulmonary affections; in fixed signs throat, bladder or heart affections, in cardinal signs stomach-complaint and head-ache.

Affliction by Mercury gives nervous disorder, by Jupiter diseases of the liver and blood etc.; favourably aspected it gives a good circulation.

☽ in 7 denotes an early marriage if Saturn sends no aspect.

If there receives very bad aspects here, it denotes great inharmony or an early death of husband (wife) or partner.

The Moon always indicates changeability in attachment, with man as well as with woman, but in a female horoscope there is something romantic in the connection and as a rule there is no relying on the constant faithfulness of the husband.

The same holds good for the partner.

For social life the Moon signifies popularity, but fluctuating of short duration.

Much depends on the aspects.

☽ in 8 well aspected denotes inheritances or legacies from mother or wife or their family.

When the Moon is afflicted here, this position indicates a more or less violent or unexpected death; by Mars and Uranus it means a sudden death; by Saturn a slow, painful death, while an affliction by Neptune is said to denote death by drowning, or in a deep trance, by opium, morphine.

This position i favourable for occult study.

]) in 9 gives love of travelling and repeated changes during life, changes that are usually advantageous.

It is very conducive to the intellect and gives love of studying philosophic or religious subjects.

Well aspected by Mercury gives a quick intellect, by Jupiter an inclination towards religion and philosophy, by Uranus talent for occultism, with Neptune love of mysticism, psychics and sometimes there is genius also.

If the native is on a low plane of evolution, the effect of the planets will be quite different of course.

Affliction by planets will produce difficulties through affairs denoted by the afflicting planet.

3) in 10 in mutable signs gives many changes in calling and if the Moon should also be ill aspected it makes the native a jack of all trades who is master of none.

Well aspected this position gives a successful life and notwithstanding the many changes a good name.

With bad aspects, especially of Mars and Uranus, there is great liability of losing honour and good name.

The Moon strongly placed in this house is good for the mother and assures help from friends.

An affliction by Saturn gives many difficulties to be overcome in every enterprise; nothing goes smoothly.

From the planets placed in this house and from the aspects they receive combined with the aspects Mercury receives, the calling or profession the native has a talent for, may be found, (see p.

3) in 11 gives many acquaintances.

agreeable intercourse with them and help from them.

The friendship is usually of a superficial nature.

With strong affliction this position gives difficulties and losses through friends.

The aspecting planet denotes the nature of the friends e.g.

Uranus indicates friends with a propensity to occultism, theosophists, astrologers, 108 spiritualists etc.

Mars denotes military friends, surgeons, dentists, merchants in metals and arms, etc.

3) in 12 and afflicted is a very bad position.

It produces many secret enemies and if further indications are found in the horoscope, e.g.

a strong affliction by Saturn or Mars it may lead to imprisonment.

It brings limitation and obstruction in all manner of ways and the best chance of success is given by a field of activity in hospitals, prisons and such like institutions which keep us apart from life in the world.

It is an ideal position for a hermit, a monk, a nun, a sick-nurse.

The native usually is inconstant in character.

Mercury in the different Houses *).

in 2 is good for success and gain through scientific studies, through penmanship, delivering lectures, in various branches of instruction, in journalism etc.

A good aspect to the Moon gives gain through the public; to Venus gain through the fine arts or an activity in which good taste and fashion play a part; to Jupiter gain through a sphere of work where intuition, law or moral principle are the basis, to Saturn through tact and perseverance, to Uranus gain through eccentric enterprise or uncommon field of action, also through inventions; to Mars through mechanics or adroitness.

The signs whence the aspects come will give us further elucidations, as will also the house from which the aspect comes.

This applies of course, for all houses in w Which Mercury is placed.

In 3 promises many short journeys and much instruction and experience through them, for this position of Mercury makes the spirit very active and alert.

The planet is here in the house of Gemini (harmonious) and so it can express better here than elsewhere.

It gives great love of study and often eloquence.

A good aspect of Uranus here gives great intuition and love of metaphysics; Saturn gives the power of concentration and profound thinking.

If Mercury is strongly afflicted in this house by Saturn and Neptune, there is danger of mental disorder, especially when Mercury receives no help from Jupiter or Venus.

Strong affliction by Saturn in this house causes depression and despondency.

In 4 promises many changes of abode and troubles in home-life.

Well aspected it gives an inclination to, and success in, all matters concerned with real properties and agriculture, while at the same time it indicates that the native till the end of his life will retain his intellectual powers unimpaired.

If Mercury is badly aspected here it promises an old age full of difficulties and care.

In 5 and afflicted may produce much care and anxiety concerning the children, troubles in love-affairs, and losses through speculation and gambling.

Well aspected, luck in speculations.

The intellect usually allows itself to be carried away too much by the emotions.

This position gives love for intellectual work.

See t the first footnote p.

109 $in 6 is a very bad position as regards health, if the horoscope indicates a weak nervous system; for it brings restlessness, anxiety, worry, also a tendency to mental overstraining.

Though Mercury is herein its own house (the house of the Virgin) where it can best express its powers, yet the native seldom succeeds in seeing his talents appreciated, and he will be better as servant than as master.

All afflictions of Mercury in this house are dangerous for the spirit, especially those of Saturn and Uranus.

Nervous dyspepsia and (in the mutable signs) disorders of respiration frequently occur.

With strong affliction in tip, #or 3C there is danger of insanity.

$in 7 and well aspected gives usually a public field of activity on intellectual lines.

The wife (husband) or partner will be very quick-witted.

In affliction, domestic quarrels and disagreements are sure to occur.

The partner is generally younger.

As Mercury takes the qualities of the planets with which it is in aspect, it is of the greatest importance to consider these aspects, carefully.

The 8th house gives an answer to everything related to death, but in order to decide as to death and the nature of it, we must carefully consider the sign on the cusp and the planets in the 8th house, the ascendant, the hyleg and all that has to do with health, such as e.g.

the aspects Sun and Moon receive.

For no bad combination of directions can cause early death if the other indications promise good health and long life.

The position of ☉ in 8 encourages study and investigation of occult and hidden affairs.

Death occurs while the native is fully conscious.

This position often denotes mediumism and psychism, but gives also if ill aspected, danger of nervous and brain disorders.

☉ in 9 gives good intellectual powers, love of scientific research, success in authorship, especially when placed in an airy sign or in tip.

Mercury badly aspected here, gives great irresolution, indecision and a tendency to worry and there will be no question of success under these circumstances.

☿ in 10 is very favourable for the intellect, but gives also great changeability and an inclination to take various callings in hand at a time.

Much depends here on the sign and the aspects how far this strong position of Mercury will work favourably or unfavourably; for in a fixed sign or with favourable aspects from fixed signs, or Saturn throwing a benefic ray, will considerably mitigate the changeable influence of Mercury on the affairs of the 10th house.

If it is strongly afflicted, the honour and the good name of the native will be in danger.

The planet throwing the worst aspect, will indicate the fault of character that causes this danger.

From the aspects of ☿ in 10 the conclusion can be come to, for what calling the native is best fitted.

(This subject will be gone into more fully later).

☿ in 11 indicates friends you n gerth than the native and a friendship that has more to do with the intellect than with feeling.

The sign indicates the nature of the friends.

In airy signs especially this position is favourable.

The 12th house is an occult house and so this position of Mercury inclines to and gives a talent for occultism and mysticism; usually the opportunity or the gift of expressing oneself is lacking here and the native is seldom understood and appreciated.

Want of self-reliance and of constancy are the characteristics of the 12th house.

The Remaining Planets and the Nodes of Moon and Planets in the Houses.

Combining the nature of the planets and those of the houses, we are able to define, without much difficulty, the influence of the other planets on the native in the houses.

(See the meaning of the houses p.

Benefics, or (♃ or ♀) well aspected in the 2nd house will be favourable and conducive to financial affairs; in 3 to travelling and to the intellect; in 4 to domestic life and old age; in 5 to children, pleasures and speculations; in 6 to health and harmony with inferiors; in 7 to union and social life; in 8 to legacies and obtaining money through marriage; in 9 to long journeys and philosophic and religious studies; in 10 to honour, success and calling; in 11 to friendship and fulfilment of cherished wishes; in 12 little care and few enemies.

Malefics in these houses or benefics ill aspected denote the opposite.

The dragon's head in M.C.

or in conjunction to Sun or Moon seems in many cases to exercise a very favourable influence in the house it occupies, whereas the dragon's tail in M.C.

or in conj with Sun or Moon in the cases give the only explanation to be found sometimes for a life full of adversity and misfortune.

In this direction much has still to be explained and every student of astrology is recommended to record his experiences concerning this.

The ancient astrologers and the Hindus even now consider the Moon's nodes to be of great importance.

The fe and ft move 19 20' a year retrograde through the Zodiac and complete the entire revolution through the 12 signs in 18 years 225 days.

The planets also have their nodes, these however, have completely lost their significance in modern astrology.

Seeing that the motion of these nodes is very slow (1 on an average per century) one might regard their influence in the horoscope (if that influence exists) as a constant factor and everyone may decide for himself, how far that influence is present in his own life, counting the dragon's head a good, and the dragon's tail a bad influence.

I give the place of these nodes as they are in our century.

They are not mentioned in the ephemeris.

Ill (North-node) $(South-node) Neptune 1943' sz 943' Uranus n 1317'^ 1317' Saturn 252 25' ^ 225' Jupiter 259 24'% 924' Mars V 182' m 182' Venus n 1544', ?

1544' Mercury tf 179' ni 179' The same holds good for the Pars of Fortune (0).

Opinions differ, but those who deny its influence and call the 'lucky point' a chimera of Ptolomy, are probably wrong.

Ptolomy was not likely to suffer from chimeras.

Only a small portion of his knowledge has come down to us and we are consequently compelled to seek and discover afresh.

Thierens says the following concerning the 0: "From my own experience I have found that the in the birth-horoscope as well as in the progressive one and in any other, stands for much and possesses an extremely practical significance in the horoscope, it is the practical result, the concrete synthesis of the horoscope as a whole." As regards it seems to us that this symbol signifies one short glance at the qualities of the native's soul.

The Sun in the Twelve Signs.

As we have already seen, the ☉ in the horoscope denotes the Individuality, the Ego, again and again incarnating to gain on the physical plane experiences which it could not obtain on the other planes; and as we believe that the aim of human evolution cannot be one-sidedness, it follows that the Ego during its many incarnations does not always express through the same sign, but through different signs, according as it needs development in one direction or another.

An Ego that needs development of its power of will and faculty of perseverance will be born in a fixed sign; another that has to enfold the emotional side of nature, in a watery sign, and according as one side or another of the emotional side has to developed, it will choose one of the watery signs 25, nor DC.

This, however, need not always occur in this way.

One might as well suppose that a highly developed individual has to do a certain work during his reincarnation and that he to that end, needs the strongest developed side of his character: In this case the Ego will put its full force at his disposal in order to do his work well.

In the former case it would seem that the position of the ☉ in a certain sign indicates the already developed side of the character, but 112 the reason for this is simply that this sign compels him as it were to show the concurring qualities.

In a sense it is the aspects that actually indicate his real force.

The position of the ☉ e.g.

need not represent a strong individuality at all, and that of the ☉ in ♏ or ♐; a weak individuality, on the contrary the reverse may be the case, though it expresses itself in rather a powerful way through ♏.

It is my conviction that the real power of the Ego is in no way revealed by the horoscope.

That which is divine in man is surrounded by an impenetrable veil and only by following man in his dealings and doings can we somewhat surmise to what height he has risen.

That is why some knowledge of his dealings and doings his strivings is decidedly necessary if one would give, according to the horoscope, a more or less detailed image of the character and everything related to it.

When one considers the horoscopes of well-known leaders and great men in various spheres of action, one will find that many have Scorpio strongly placed, either as representative of the Personality (Ascendant) or of the Individuality (☉).

One should not derive from this that many extraordinary highly evolved Ego's were born under the sign ♏, but tenacity and the longing after glory and for being worshipped is present here.

When great ability in one direction or other and great eloquence are joined to this, a "scorpio" will easily fascinate a certain pub lic circle, and bring the math is feet.

The public likes worshipping man!

Is it mere chance that in the horoscopes of such like strong and self-confident natures Saturn "the Watcher on the Threshold" takes a prominent place?

Saturn it is who will bring to light in course of time, whether self-love or Universal love of mankind was the motive.

The latter can be expected of a really highly evolved Ego.

The actual value of the Ego is in the horoscope not indicated by the position of the ☉.

The limitations more or less to which the Ego is subject in his expression during this incarnation, is at most indicated.

The Sun's symbol is the highest and therefore represents in the horoscope honour and glory; generally speaking his standing amidst his fellows.

Ill aspected and receiving no help from good aspects of ♃ or ♀, will be an indication that the native will not be able to attain to glory and honour and a high position, but along a very difficult path.

It goes without saying that the tendencies of character and the characteristics given below, are somewhat modified by the aspects which the Sun receives in the sign.

How the tendency will express itself in life, depends further on the personality (the position of ☽), on the vehicle, the physical body (the ascendant) and on the M.C.

(his view on things).

113 The Sun in Aries.') ☉ in V (March 21st April 21st) Bismarck, Emile Zola, General Booth, Gambetta, Frederick van Eeden, C.

Gives the characteristic qualities of the sign Aries to character and body 2) according as the Sun has a more or less strong position in the horoscope.

This position gives energy, love of action and of being a leader of others.

This quality is already present in childhood, but may be much modified during this period by the ascendant.

It might for instance be latent for a long time when Cancer or Pisces rises at birth and then show as a characteristic much later.

There is a tendency to strong impulse, but at the same time power of will, because the Sun, the symbol of the will, is exalted in V.

Originality, self-reliance and a certain lightheartedness that is the consequence of the hopefulness which is the keynote of the character, makes them often good leaders and when Mars aspects the Sun well, much success is to be expected from callings that come under Mars, such as militarism, surgery etc.

Amongst these we find the pioneers.

They have an inborn talent for it.

They possess vitality and toughness of body, at least if the other directions do not oppose this altogether; but they have little patience and are frequently given to irritability and restlessness.

The head is the sensitive part (the head V).

☉ in X (April 22nd May 21st) Alphonse Daudet, Turner, Tschaikowsky, Czar Nicholas II, John Brahms.

Much self-reliance and stubbornness are its principal characteristics.

This position gives tact and constancy, but usually not very strong intellect.

They are dogmatic, conservative and think much of themselves, for the rest they are good-hearted, and devoted in friendship; thwarted they can become extremely obstinate.

They are slow in their movements and they know how to find the good things of the earth everywhere and appreciate them.

They wish to stay in the place they feel best suited to and do not remove without clear reasons.

Their success lies where steadiness and 1) See the first footnote p.

2) The same holds good for the other signs.

What is said under the ascendant (see p.

3949) of the different signs relating to the build of the body and general characteristics holds good more or less for the position of the Sun in the signs 8 114 persistent striving is required, as well in the building line, agriculture (earthy sign), as in mining enterprises.

They like to hear their own melodious voice in singing or reciting.

They do not criticize, they do not worry unnecessarily, they are easy-going.

They seldom remain bachelors and usually make happy patres familias.

They are reliable in material affairs and in their calm, staid way they are untiring workers.

This position usually gives great vitality but with affliction by ☉ or ♃ there is danger of a poplexy.

They are fond of the fine arts (♀ the ruler), especially music and singing.

☉ in H (May 22nd June 21st) Prof.

Holland, Albrecht Dürer, Dante, Richard Strauss, Oliver Lodge.

The calm composure of the preceding sign here gives place to the movability, changeability that is peculiar to all dualistic natures.

Gemini has two strings to his bow and will play them both at a time.

He wants to have more than one sphere of work and would like to be in two places at a time if this were possible.

He likes best to undertake different things simultaneously.

His nature is courteous and confident one moment, wavering the next, for the rest kind and good-tempered.

His intellect is quick, he is apprehensive, and has great love for arts and sciences, but likes to wander on the surface of them, though he takes the air of an expert.

He likes travelling and movement in the open air.

He is handy, nimble-fingered and prefers a vocation in which he can display his dexterity; pen-drawing, reporter of news, teaching profession, or public orator.

Many good speakers are found among them, artists, publishers of periodicals, journalists, (and respiration lungs).

Their work is more probing, trying rather than finishing, at least with the lower type.

The higher type is usually highly scientific and has an all-round knowledge.

☉ in 25 (June 21st July 22nd) William Stead, Garibaldi, Joseph Chamberlain.

This position gives great receptivity and tenacity, the latter often expresses itself in a retentive memory, but also in miserliness and greed.

This position often gives a certain indolence but once that is overcome, this sign gives great force.

The keynote of the character is generosity 115 and kindness, especially in youth attended with a degree of timidity and very little self-reliance.

The will is not strong.

Domestic life attracts, sociableness is every-thing to him, the one condition of happiness as it were.

Nothing puts him so much about as unsympathetic surroundings; for the rest he is easy in intercourse.

The health is not over-strong.

He easily assimilates everything (☉ 5 and the stomach) he is modest but cannot bear being overlooked, not being taken notice of.

He loves to ponder on the past and dwell on family-traditions.

☉ in ♌ (July 23rd Aug.

22nd) Napoleon Bonaparte, Colonel Olcott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Reynolds.

(The last named had as ascendant ♍ and the 3) in 25.

hence his love of detail accompanied by his ingenious sense of colour and line).

Blavatsky, Bernard Shaw.

Fond of power and authority, faithful, noble, sympathetic, unable to do a mean act.

His manner is characterised by a certain pride and distinguishedness and he is easily carried away by his indignation.

Unless his superiors place him in a position of authority it is with great difficulty he can accommodate himself to an inferior one.

He has a strong sense of his responsibility in the surroundings in which he moves and has influence (the heart and ☉).

He is generous and ready to help, sometimes affable, also often assuming and impudent.

Queen Wilhelmina a, Goethe, Willem Bilderdijk.

Scientific, inventive, intellectual, methodical, over-nice, talented, often selfish, always critical.

They are great lovers of detail and seek detail everywhere, so that they often lose sight of the greater perspective.

This is probably the reason why so many people of doubting mind are found under this sign.

The key-note of the character is a longing after purity and this longing expresses itself on the material plane in a great nicety as regards food etc.

(digestion bowels irp).

As he often suffers from lack of self-confidence, he feels more at ease in a position as an inferior than as a head.

Virgo governs the house of service (6) and so this position of the Sun gives, when afflicted, troubles with inferiors.

116...- The Sun in Libra.

Paul Krüger, Carmen Sylva, Annie Besant.

Here the desire for equilibrium (= ♎, loins, kidneys) and harmony, moral and mental expresses itself strongly e.g.

in great love of arts.

It gives idealism but usually little will-power and perseverance.

He is a great lover of order and rule.

This position gives success and sometimes inclination to seclusion and to travelling.

He is usually loved on account of his equanimity, especially by the other sex.

He is just and very intuitive and inclined to give his powers to the elevation of the people, preferring to work in combination with others and does not usually lack helpers to assist him in his efforts.

A Libra-type must have order and rule in his life and in his surroundings.

Roosevelt, Martin Luther, Ex-King Manuel, King Victor Emanuel, Erasmus.

Expresses, like the opposite sign Taurus, a strong sense of self-esteem, authority and pride.

The character is sometimes disagreeable, aggressive, tyranic, mistrustful, jealous.

There are two very different types, the high and the low type.

The former has overcome his low passions and displays little of the above-mentioned bad qualities, he has a great capacity for work and desires to give it to his ideal.

In none of the other signs do the two extremes lie so far from each other as in this.

It gives stubbornness, constancy energy, passion and an extraordinarily strong feeling of sympathy and antipathy.

It gives a talent for chemistry, occult alchemy, surgery.

The interest is strongly drawn towards the problems concerning life and death, and the process of generation, of which IT L is the ruler.

The Sun in Sagittarius.

Mark Twain, Conscience.

Denotes a very independent and enthusiastic character with religious-philosophic tendencies.

The nature is generous and honest but proud and often irritable; they quickly fly into a temper, but their rage is not 117 long-lived.

They always strive after the highest and hate all that is dishonest and mean.

They are very communicative and like to have someone about them to whom they can utter their thoughts; they generally have no patience to listen to others.

They have a great love of all kinds of sport and of travelling.

Their innate tendency to change of abode, combined with their communicativeness, make them very well fitted for public speakers, for missionaries e.g.

They are restless but hopeful and possess a high degree of intuition.

Their thirst after wisdom sometimes degenerates into a tendency to argument and dispute.

The upper leg is the sensitive place of the body.

The Sun in Capricorn.

20th) Carnegie, Gladstone, Louis Pasteur.

The last mentioned has 6 planets in ♑, but the position of the ☽ in ♋ as ascendant help to equalise it.

Obedient and dogmatic, strives after effect practical, calm and deliberate, never impulsive.

He is serious and plain, diplomatic, and pursues with great perseverance the goal he has before him.

He wishes to see it crystallised and shaped into form.

His great desire is to climb high (the Capricorn) and by dint of perseverance he as a rule succeeds in his enterprises, though he will have many difficulties to overcome on his path.

By reason of his incommunicative-ness he has few friends, one sees him most often by himself.

He is a good master as well as a good servant.

The knee is the sensitive part of the body.

In everything his love of form and decoration shows, even in religion (rites and law).

His force is concentration, making practical the ideal of Sagittarius.

Sometimes this nature expresses itself in discontent and melancholy.

Francis Bacon, Emmanuel Swedenborg, Charles Dickens, Joseph Israels, Leadbeater, Ruskin.

Gives great love of scientific, especially occult studies, tracing the hidden forces in man, plant and animal attracts him and his great intuition helps him in judging and analysing the human character.

His key-note is: universal love of mankind.

He loves the plastic arts and to practise them in everything; he is broad of conception and original, and by reason of this is often misunderstood (strange 118 T.

He is usually popular, sympathetic and at the same time tactful, prudent, patient and persevering.

He is fond of the society of friends and can quickly make himself at home in any circle.

He sometimes fails to keep his promises.

Fits of high idealism (#) and periods of depression (1?) follow each other alternately.

The ankles are the sensitive parts of the body.

☉ in DC (February 19th March 21st).

George Washington, Chopin, Melanchton, Michel Angelo.

Usually misunderstood characters who through all kinds of "circumstances" are unable to show their real nature; they seem compelled to remain in the background.

Happiness is often not theirs, they suffer adversity and find obstruction everywhere, though they want to do good and are by nature kind, loving and ready to help.

They often lack self-reliance and power of will and are therefore to a great extent dependent on their environment, by which they allow themselves to be influenced.

The key-note of their character is self-sacrifice.

A humble, serving calling is most fit for them.

This position is not favourable to vitality and for marriage.

Their nature is honest, kind, religious, but rather changeable as regards this latter.

We see here the mysterious influence of Neptune.

The feet are the sensitive places of the body.

The Moon in the Twelve Signs.*) The same qualities as the Sun in the different signs, but here it is more the passing tendencies of the personality.

We must bear in mind that here it is more the emotions and the intellect, and less the will that is influenced.

☽ in ♈ Sharp intellect, impulsive, noisy, independent, much self-confidence, inclined to act impulsively, independent of others' opinions, combative.

Loves to be active, and a leader of a group.

☽ in ♉ persevering and stubborn, conservative and calm.

Good position for obtaining possessions.

Favourable for agricultural enterprises and gain through ☉ see the first foot note p.

Talent for music, especially singing.

Kind and compliant, but more or less sensuous.

Love of study and for an intellectual sphere of work, movable, changeable, irresolute; fond of travelling, walking, visiting.

Handy and capable, also a good speaker.

Gemini is a double sign i) and in many ways the inclination to do two things at a time appears.

If afflicted unreliable, dishonest.

Imaginative power, economical, psychic and very sensitive.

Attached to home and to mother.

Kind and pleasant in intercourse, but changeable in friendship.

Liability to imitate others.

He loves to live near the water and is fond of voyages.

Likes to choose a field of activity of much responsibility.

Persevering, faithful and honest, generous, kind, especially when he is shown how much he is appreciated.

It gives love for the fair sex and of luxury in general.

Good for the intellect, discrimination, and for business.

Better fitted to be a servant than a master.

The right type for traveller, teacher, clerk, carrier.

Irresolute and critical, he attaches too much importance to details.

Usually strongly attracted to the other sex, courteous and agreeable in intercourse.

Has many friends and is strongly influenced by them.

An inclination to cooperate with others.

Self-confident, constant, mysterious, sensual, arrogant, energetic, stubb orn, revengeful, rude, sometimes inclined to liquor.

Attracted to the other sex, but the married life is often unhappy.

It is a bad position for the mother.

Much depends here on the aspects.

Restless and nervous.

Great love for all kinds of sport, especially those associated with horses.

Is attracted to religion, philosophy and especially to occultism and mysticism.

Intuitive, upright and kind, but irritable and changeable.

Fond of glory and honour.

Longing to do great things, to occupy a high position.

By his perseverance and frugality he can attain much, but he has to overcome great difficulties.

It is a bad position for the parents and often causes difficulties through them.

Other qualities are selfishness, economy, insensibility, chastity.

Inclination to all occult sciences, especially astrology; interest in everything out of the common.

He has breadth of view and is humane, independent and idealistic.

3) in X- Receptive and sensitive, calm, reserved, inclined to dejection.

Love of the romantic and all that affects the feeling.

This position of the Moon gives mediums and sensitive people.

Pisces governs the 12th house and the limitations of this house express themselves in this position.

The native is kept in the background.

i) The double or movable signs are n, ttj>, ^, ft- 120 Mercury in the Different Signs.

in V - Will love to argue, to exaggerate.

Impulsive, changeable in opinion but quick and alert of thought.

in X - Diplomatic and tactful in speech.

The intellect is practical but often dogmatic and insistant, sometimes stubborn.

Love of study and travelling, clear intellect, sharp judgment, spiritual.

Very receptive, adaptive and changeable of opinion; it gives a clear memory and tact in Q_.

Breadth of view and intuition.

It gives self-reliance, organising talent.

Critical intellect, detailing everything, hard to convince, though changeable; careful, scientific.

Fond of harmony; a calm intellect, without passion or haste.

It refines the intellect; cultured.

The intellect is sharp and critical, mistrustful, much love for occult and mystic studies, and if the aspects are not unfavourable, gives the power of concentration.

in ^ is not strongly posited; it makes the native independent and some-time troublesome, impulsive, touchy; gives philosophical tendencies.

Tact, and a tendency to profound study, critical, mistrustful, economical.

Persevering, intuitive, gives power of concentration an abstract thinker, good for judging human characters.

Very receptive to impressions, sensitive, adaptive to circumstances, but negative and superficial.

Of the planets it is sufficient to treat only of Mercury in the different signs, seeing that it is not hard to find the modified influence of the other planets in the signs by combining the meaning of sign and planet.

By doing it himself, the student learns sooner to judge a horoscope and to make all possible combinations, than if he merely reads everything mechanically.

In order to reduce "the pigeon-hole work" in practical astrology, the system of divisions so much rejected by some professional astrologers, we omit to treat on the influence of ☉, ☽, ☿, ♀, ♂, ♃, and ♄ in the signs.

These astrologers forget that they themselves have learned astrology according to the system of divisions and that it is of great use for the pupil.

It won't do without practical classification.

The reader will excuse us for being still an adherent to the con-!) See the first footnote p.

Our idea is that everyone becomes his own astrologer.

The ☉ and ☽ are the most important factors.

When other planets are posited in the ascendant, their influence becomes stronger of course, this has been already mentioned in dealing with the houses.

By bearing in mind the nature of the planets and that of the houses, the making of the various combinations will not entail many difficulties.

A good planet in a sign is favourable for all that is represented by the sign and a bad planet denotes strife and disharmony in the same way.

Good aspects received by the planet in a sign, indicate help received from that direction, bad aspects on the other hand opposition.

A malefic, well-aspected, is more favourable for the things represented by the sign, than a good planet ill-aspected.

bad in the Saturnine sign Capricorn, but better in the airy signs and ♎, though in the latter case a peculiar Uranian strain is mixed with the qualities of Venus.

In the former sign (♎), ♀ is coloured by the changeability which characterises both ☿ and the airy sign.

Thus ♀ in DC strengthens the emotional side of this sign and adds to it love of art and of all that is beautiful.

In their own signs the benefics and the malefics strengthen the qualities of these signs.

☽ in ♉ adds the changeable tendencies of the Moon, but also the tenacity of ♀ in the shape of a good memory.

☿ in == will make him long to associate with others; it is g good for intuition, artistic effort, for intellectual pursuits.

First note the aspects the planet receives and in which sign it is placed, to see whether this sign cooperates with or opposes the influence of the planet most favourable.

A fiery planet as in a watery sign will be unfavourably placed, and in a fiery sign favourably, whereas an airy and an earthy sign keep them mean, something depends, however, on the house, for ♂ in the 10th house and in 25 is, though very unfavourable, yet somewhat improved because 10 is the house of ♑ and we know that ♂ is exalted in ♑.

♄ well-aspected, will be more favourable to the house it is in, than a good planet e.g.

♃ ill-aspected in that house.

When two planets are placed in one house, one being a benefic and the other a malefic, the planet that is nearest the cusp of the house, as for the 2nd house, nearest to cusp 2, will exercise its influence first, followed by a period in which the other planet plays a more active part.

The same holds good for more than two planets in one house.

The general action of the planets in the signs on the parts of the body that the signs represent, should be borne in mind.

They are as follows: ☉ makes active, sanguine, it expands, gives heat, inflammation, but acts favourably on the whole.

122 of the makes changeable, watery, secretive, gives cold expansion of the part e body the sign represents, in which the ☽ is placed.

☿ makes movable, gives nervous pains, reflex-movements, sensitiveness of the particular part of the body.

♀ gives humid tumours, but generally acts favourably on the parts of the body represented by the sign.

♂ gives pains, restlessness, acute inflammation, injuries by burning or cutting, scars, acts very inhomoniously on the part of the body represented by the sign.

♃ also: but its disturbances are of a very lasting nature, chronic purulent inflammations, ossification, sclerosetuberculosis, lumbago, poor circulation, cold, shrivelling of the particular part.

♄ acts in the opposite direction, it is expansive, giving heat, it causes sanguinity, over-nutrition, fattening, and works very mildly on the particular part.

♅ gives nervous pains, occurring suddenly and subsiding quickly, sensitiveness of the part and a propensity to inflammation; spasms.

♆ causes shrivelling of the part through lack of function.

Wrinkling of the skin.

Mars in V (the head) acute headaches, restlessness and sleeplessness, affliction of ☿ in V causes dull pains, ♃ in V colds, deafness, toothache, rheumatic headache, ♄ in ♀ slow action of the heart, ♃ ordin, ☉ = kidney disease, ♂ in ☿ sharp pains in arms and shoulders, asthma, ☿ in V nervous headaches etc.

General Action of the Planets in the Houses.

In judging one should always take into account that the general action of the different planets in the houses is as follows: The Sun brings honour, glory, dignities, favours with affliction the opposite.

The Moon brings changes, publicity, favourable or unfavourable according to the aspects.

Mercury brings adaptibility, movability, memory; disturbances with affliction.

Venus brings happiness, harmony; misfortune and disharmony with affliction.

Mars brings impulse, power of work; intemperance, and quarrels with affliction.

Jupiter brings abundance, increase, religion; adversities, and insincerity with affliction.

Saturn brings frugality, concentration, depth; 123 limitation, hindrance, misfortune and adversities with affliction.

Uranus brings originality; eccentricity, impulse.

Neptune brings genius, aesthetics; chaos and sometimes perversity with the undeveloped individual.

These are general influences.

Under the aspects these influences are spoken of at greater length.

gives a Mars-influence in all affairs of the 10th house, so the calling gets a Mars-character, the native feels attracted to callings that have to do with metals, sharp instruments, with surgery, chemistry, militarism, and if Mars is well aspected, he will succeed in them.

If Mars is ill aspected, he will experience all manner of adversity, he will have to change his calling repeatedly; his honour and reputation will be in danger.

gives something chaotic, artistic, according to the native's development.

He will have an out-of-the-way career and will feel attracted to mysticism.

Saturn in the 7th house and ill aspected will give delay and misfortune in everything connected with the life of union, as disappointment in married life, with partners; trouble and opposition in public life etc.

The houses indicate the nature of the trouble and opposition e.g.

a bad aspect from house 11 denotes opposition from friends or acquaintances.

The nature of the so-called friends is indicated by the afflicting planets; e.g.

affliction of ☉ from 11 would d denote opposition, slander etc.

from such so-called friends as come strongly under Mars, e.g.

military men, instrument-makers, dentists and also those who have ♂ strongly in their horoscopes, in ascendant or in M.C.

If Saturn is in 3, opposition may be expected from more scientific acquaintances.

♄ in 4 denotes a solitary old age and a disagreeable domestic life.

♄ in 6, difficulties with servants, inferiors; afflicted in 10, very unfavourable to honour and good name.

♃ in 10 on the other hand, exactly the reverse.

It brings great popularity.

♃ in 7 is very favourable to marriage, union and social life.

♃ in 11 few, or older friends etc.

Remember a malefic well aspected is better than a benefic ill aspected, so always note the aspects!

The position of ☿ in ♎, the positive sign of Venus, will add to the good qualities that ☿ gives, such as uprightness, piety, imagination, the Venus tendencies such as love of art, friendship.

☿ in ♑ the positive sign of ♄ will make the spirit more serious, less hopeful, but it is favourable to the ♄ tendencies, such as the wish to become famous in a public position.

In ♎ Jupiter is better posited, the reason will be clear by now.

☉ in airy signs gives too great a passion and agitation in all doings indicated by the ruler of the sign.

In fiery signs ☉ shows best because they agree to its nature; it is good in earthy signs (espec- 124 ially in J and V) because the caution and tact of these signs is accompanied by the force and progressiveness of Mars.

The nature of the aspects receives, will somewhat indicate the calling.

Thus we can judge all planets in the different houses.

It is one of the best exercises by which to develop our faculty of combining.

A certain degree of intuition is a great help here.

Looking upon it superficially one would say that man would experience the magnetic and electric influences of the planets strongest when they reach him under a right angle, as at the equator.

This is not the case, the force with which they reach man, depends wholly on the position the planets occupied at the place of birth, at the moment of birth.

Action of the Aspects.

The planet that makes the strongest aspect with the Sun has especially to be taken into account in judging a horoscope, so has the ruler of the ascendant.

The former often strongly influences the whole life.

It is a generally accepted rule that the Sun, placed stronger by sign or house than the aspecting planet, is more favourable than when the latter is stronger than the Sun.

Just as with the aspects between a malefic and a benefic, if with an aspect a benefic is posited the stronger, the aspect is more favourable than when the malefic is thus posited.

The conjunction (☌) of the Sun gives to every planet more power to express itself and must therefore be regarded very favourable if it occurs between planets of agreeable nature and in signs of a nature agreeable to the planets.

Even the conjunction of Sun and Saturn may be favourable under certain circumstances e.g.

in Capricorn this combination gives power of will and calm perseverance, added to tact; though Saturn always weakens the vitality and denotes a tendency to melancholy.

Likewise the conjunction of the Sun and Mars.

Though it makes the character too impulsive, too hasty and too fiery, it gives also strength to the character and to the body.

The Trine aspect brings prosperity and success in life without undue exertion.

It is a certain harmony we gained in former lives and which now manifests as a favourable influence in our life.

The opposition aspect has the opposite significa nce.

It is the limitations in our life which we bring with us as wrong habits etc.

resulting from undeveloped or wrongly developed sides of our character.

The 8 aspect causes unexpected disappointments and separations, through which we are sometimes compelled to direct our life otherwise.

If the bad aspects come from signs which one or both planets have 125 rule over or are exalted in, the bad influence of the aspect will be much lessened by reason of that; and this is also the case when both planets are in each other's sign.

an opposition of ☉ in ♉ and ☽ in ♏.

As we must give the character and action of an aspect briefly, it will be impossible to show the relationship between the various qualities mentioned.

Roughness and abruptness cannot be avoided, but the reader who has studied the foregoing, will understand with little difficulty.

aspects are indicated by F.

The 8, n, , 0, "K aspects are indicated by U.

are given separately.

The Major aspects (tf, 8, A, ja, *, P.) are strong.

The Minor aspects (Z, Q.

y 7 \) are of less importance.

O and !) F - Very favourable to honour, health, acknowledgement, success, harmony in general; for here personality and individuality are in harmony.

It gives success wherever feeling is concerned.

It improves the entire horoscope.

Bad for success and health, and unfavourable to popularity sometimes even to honour and good name.

It makes changeable, irresolute, meddling and it gives an excess of self-confidence, self-overestimation.

Troubles with superiors and in domestic life.

O tf 3) - Is a favourable position for the morally highly developed man, because here individuality and personality work as one force.

Otherwise it makes one-sided, careless, indifferent.

This position is best, when the ☉ is stronger placed than the ☽.

Of ♀ These planets can form no other aspect than the ☌ (viz.

never moves further than 28° from the ☉.) Too close a conjunction is not favourable to good action.

The neighbourhood of the Sun (7-12°) is favourable, it gives intuition, makes witty and intelligent.

Favourable for the memory and the faculty of concentration.

Is a fortunate influence, brings popularity and gives attraction to the other sex, love, devotion, pleasant manners, artistic taste, also longing after pleasures and company.

Good-will and uprightness.

Only the ☌ aspect (weak) can be formed.

Only the L aspect can be formed.

Venus does not move far enough away from the Sun to form an (only 48°).

This weak aspect denotes disappointments and weakens somewhat the moral force.

Indicates a tendency to run after pleasures, to be ing fond of luxury and an easy life.

For the rest it makes amiable, courteous and sympathetic (further asunder F.).

Favourable to the vitality.

Courageous, active, enterprising, faithful and generous.

Gives mental as well as physical strength.

The native has organising talent and feels attracted to vocations with a large responsibility.

Impulsive, troublesome, irritable, assuming.

Gives vitality, but at the same time a propensity to inflammatory, feverish diseases with rapid progress.

This aspect and the next (d) indicate discord with superiors and with the father and often an early death of the latter.

The diseases are sharp and acute.

The passions are stronger than the will.

G) dcf denotes a strong, energetic will, but inclined to be dragged along by passion.

Danger of exaggeration and too impulsive.

When the ☉ is placed strongest, this position is more favourable.

This should be noticed with all aspects, but especially with those of ♂.

Very favourable for everything; for health as well as success in business, love, religion, law-affairs and travelling.

It refines the character, gives hope and faith, makes philanthropic, honest, generous, and ingenious.

Gives difficulties in social affairs, through religion and law, makes superstitious, mistrustful, proud, arrogant, and is unfavourable to the health.

Honest, generous and sympathetic, brings many opportunities in life to progress morally and socially, help and success through superiors.

When ♃ is the stronger this position is less good, it brings pride and arrogance along with the good qualities.

Perseverance, tact and self-control, it makes methodical, conservative, active.

Success through important posts, help an dsympathy of elderly people.

This position gives much solid force to the character, organising talent.

Fit for occupying posts of a great responsibility.

It brings limitation in every direction disappointments.

It makes selfish, jealous, faint-hearted, miserly, spiteful, malicious.

It denotes disharmony with the father, superiors and in general with old people.

When the Sun is strongest, this position is improved.

Gives organising talent; cold-blooded, unsympathetic, selfish, patient, persevering but faint-hearted, timid, bad for the health.

When the O is strongest, it is much better.

Originality, sometimes genius, intuition, spirit of enterprise.

Fond of travelling and of antiquities and strongly attracted to public life.

Inclines to occult study or pursuits.

Unexpected and unforeseen obstacles and oppositions separations, estrangements, losses, sudden difficulties and enmity.

Od* Revolutionary tendencies, very original and strong character that experiences much opposition; strong will and very independent.

Gives width of vision, good taste, love of fine arts and mysticism, aesthetic taste.

It refines the emotions and feelings.

Danger of slander, swindle, deceit and great disappointments, unpleasant dreams, trances.

A strange character, psychic, often clair- voyant, chaotic psycho-metric, clair-audiant, often strong mystical tendencies.

A misunderstood character.

Very good for the intellect, quick perception, and right observation, good for all kinds of study.

Alertness, quick-wittedness, adaptability.

Gives also rather good faculties, but changeable and superficial, irresolute, want of concentration, too independent and meets with opposition.

Much adaptability, changeable, quick and good intellect, witty, intuitive.

Prosperity and success through women, favourable to marriage and family life but gives short-lived popularity.

Pleasant, sympathetic personality, artistic, good-natured, an amourous nature.

Careless, sentimental, vain, indolent, showy, sensuous.

Troubles in domestic life, sometimes divorce.

3) tf $ Happy life, love of ease, fond of pleasant surroundings, is esteemed and loved, prosperous, somewhat effeminate and of an amourous nature.

Courageous, practical and enterprising, generous, energetic, adventurous, positive in speaking and acting, capable but changeable.

Impulsive and hasty, irritable, want of feeling, rude and unsympathetic, quarrelsome, adventurous, boastful.

This position brings inflammatory diseases, fever and wounds.

!> cf cf - Too impulsive, rash in action; displays too much self-confidence; passionate etc.

Very fortunate aspect.

Brings prosperity and success in every direction.

Honest an d religious, upright and sympathetic, intuitive and progressive, popular, philosophical.

Arrogant and careless, troubles and disappointments through misplaced faith.

Disagreements through religion and travelling.

Often gives liver complaint and plethora.

3) d 2 |- Very favourable to success and prosperity; it brings powerful friends; generous, charitable, hopeful; is esteemed and loved; a good aspect for body and spirit.

Pleasant personality.

Tact, perseverance, patience, seriousness; economical, organising talent and fitness to occupy confidential posts.

Calm, imposing manner.

Very unfavourable aspect, especially with woman.

Brings many difficulties and adversities.

Depression, anxiety, care, weak health, indolence.

It makes the native mistrustful, apathetic, insensible, despondent, shy, discontented, insincere experiencing limitation everywhere.

3) d ft - Is better than the preceding aspect.

Much depends on the other aspects.

But here is also a tendency to melancholy, mistrust, discontent, seclusion and insensibility.

An unusual life, full of change.

Original and occult inclinations.

Love of travelling and great mental activity.

Sudden difficulties and changes, eccentricity, strange conduct, irritable, very changeable; inclined to a wandering life, romantic, self-willed.

Very eccentric, nervous and changeable, great intuition, quick intellect, inventiveness and inclination to become a reformer, a pioneer in something new.

He hates all convention, is progressive.

Inclination to a wandering life.

Attractive personality, sensitive, dreamy, sometimes very artistic.

Feels attracted to the sea.

The spirit is very impressionable and the native possesses a rich imagination.

Peculiar adversities and disillusions; dreamy, psychic, peculiar, often unreliable.

Given to drug taking.

Danger of slander with man a bad aspect for marriage.

3) d Dreamy, psychic, sensitive to impressions from higher worlds.

Visions, interpreting dreams.

Very sensitive and changeable.

Artistic, sometimes ingenious.

Agreeable, cheerful, loves music or the fine arts, eloquent, courteous, innocent feels attracted to young people.

The trine aspect cannot be formed.

Only the L aspect can be formed.

It is unfavourable for artistic development, though the talent is often present.

ytf $.Amiable, pleasant, sympathetic character.

Favourable for studying music, fine arts, languages.

Quick and witty, sharp, positive; sarcastic and alert, practical, enthusiastic, energetic.

Gives manual adroitness, a good aspect for draughtsmen, etchers, engravers.

The same qualities, but with a disagreeable bent, exaggerating, sarcastic, impatient.

Usually has no patience to listen, till another has finished speaking.

Is not on good terms with brothers and sisters.

rfd- Quick and alert, a tendency to socialistic materialism, enterprising, irritable, sharp, fond of argument and exaggeration.

Favourable to thinking and to travelling, good judgment, philosophical spirit, righteous, reliable, upright, philanthropic, hopeful.

Good position for harmonious thinking, especially in religion, philosophy and literature.

Judgment not reliable, prejudiced in religion and law.

Danger of lawsuits etc.

No opinion of his own, vacillating.

?cf 2J.- Very good aspect.

Intuitive and hopeful, tolerant, content, just and reliable, humane, devout, ingenious , moral and successful.

A philosophical, religious spirit.

Favourable to profound thought and study, methodical, loving order, good memory, never superficial, serious and upright in friendship.

This position makes fit for all kinds of posts of confidence and for philosophical studies.

It gives a calm zeal, reserve, constancy, perseverance, sometimes mistrust, slowness, indifference.

Quarrelsome, critical, jealous, discontented, revengeful, unfortunate, melancholic, sombre, mistrustful.

Peevish temper, grumbling, selfish and faint-hearted.

It gives many troubles, viz.

difficulties arising from all that comes under ^, such as travelling, younger brothers, literature etc.

When the aspects to ft are good it makes profound and penetrating, severe and critical, inclined to occult studies, very active and methodical in everything.

It gives further patience, tact, perseverance, frugality, however with mistrust, selfishness and a tendency to criticism added, if ft is illaspected.

Makes original, inventive, ingenious, capable of broad conception; talent for metaphysics, chemistry, electricity, antiquities.

This position gives public speaking on the above mentioned subjects and on everything relating to reform.

Gives difficulties in above-mentioned matters.

It makes very self-willed, sarcastic, acute and irritable and creates much discord.

What is said o the favourable aspect holds good for this one, but to a stronger degree; greater eccentricity is added quickness of thinking and of penetrating into the most difficult problems of mechanics and electricity.

They are especially good speakers with strong inclination to occult studies and like antiquities.

With the low developed man these aspects of $: with ^ usually cause little more than a strange way of thinking and acting.

Makes idealistic, romantic, poetical.

It refines the spirit.

Favourable to intuition, mediumism and the imagination.

With a strong position in the horoscope this aspect makes the lower type vague, dreamy and unpractical, often sensual, inclined to kleptomania, swindling, sickliness in some form or other.

^ d ^ Can make the low developed man unpractical, strange, vague and dreamy, and give in a sense the same tendencies as above; but with the highly developed man the conjunction causes highly artistic taste or genius.

Usually a strong inclination to mysticism.

Adventurous, enterprising, amourous, seeking pleasures and society; generous, sometimes sensuous, bold and careless.

The aspects of $ with tf and $: often lead to an early and precipitated marriage.

Impulsive and inconstant, sensuous and vain.

Love of pleasures, little self-esteem, careless, prodigal.

There is danger of divorce or troubles with partner or wife (husband).

With woman it is unfavourable from the moral standpoint.

With this aspect the moral standpoint in particular should be considered.

9 130$dd1' Passionate, amourous, vain, sentimental, inconstant.

The same as the preceding aspect, with both much depends on whether $ or tf is the stronger planet as to house and sign.

Improves the entire horoscope by the purifying influence this aspect has on the emotions and feelings.

Signifies success in life.

Kind, generous, religious, upright and virtuous.

Vain and ostentatious, arrogant, generous without need and often chasing doubtful pleasures.

His ostentation often causes him to live above his means.

$ tf Qj..A very good aspect; it makes idealistic, pure, happy, upright, humane.

It brings great harmony and contentment.

Chaste and demure, calm, constant in love, upright, careful and faithful.

Help and support from the father and from old people.

Good for finance and business in general.

Brings unhappiness in love and in married life.

This aspect demoralises, brings grief and trouble through and with women.

It makes pusillanimous, unchaste, jealous, sometimes perverse, weak.

$ cfft- Restricts and binds the character, spoils Venus' good influence and makes gloomy, melancholic and often gives perverse inclinations; sympathy for old people.

With these aspects much depends on the strength of the two planets.

Gives love for the occult sciences and a talent for music and si nging; many friends among occultists.

The aspects of $ with 1$.

and <$ often lead to an early and precipitate marriage.

Original and inventive.

Usually causes difficulties with the other sex.

Gives sometimes strange inclinations and wonderfully liberal conceptions regarding love and conjugality.

Makes jealous and gives an attraction to all that is strange and singular.

Gives often artistic taste, especially dramatic; strengthens the emotions and the imagination.

Is unfortunate for marriage, usually leads to divorce.

If $ is the stronger this aspect is much more favourable.

Gives universal love of mankind and devotion.

Very favourable and refining influence on highly developed natures.

With the lower developed man it strengthens the sensuous emotions.

Singular sympathies, often abnormalities in feelings and emotions; often love of art.

Energetic, courageous, enthusiastic, and earnest.

This aspect is not very important.

The only enemy to 2|.

is d", so d* spoils somewhat the good 1312 j.-influence.

It makes sceptical, rude, atheistic, prodigal, morose.

The body often suffers in consequence of excessive function of the part in which this aspect occurs.

Courageous, enthusiastic, supercilious etc., like the preceding aspect.

Gives courage joined with tact, self-reliance; help of superiors.

For the rest not important.

Selfish, cruel and treacherous, malicious, violent, revengeful.

According as cf or ft are the stronger, the bad qualities of the one show stronger than those of the other, (see tf.) cf off tin which aspect the qualities of both planets occur simultaneously.

Very bad when they form unfavourable aspects to ☉ or ☽ or me ascendant.

It makes depraved and bold, extravagant and miserly.

Both aspects with ft denote disharmony with the father and often mean a sudden death.

Enterprising and original, intuitive and inventive.

In succeedent and in cadent houses this aspect is felt but little.

It makes irritable, rude and prignacious, restless and eccentric, rebellious.

Often sudden adversities.

The same qualities as in both the above but in a less disagreeable shape.

Much latent force, which, used wrongly, may become very dangerous in its expression.

Gives a peculiar attraction to the character, strong emotions, cf and 1.

Changeable temper, i irritable, discontented and rebellious.

Inclines to egoism, brings sometimes chaotic visions, strong emotions.

With the lower type this aspect gives aptitude for swindling.

Love of profound study; it makes philosophic, serious, upright, constant and reliable.

A very favourable aspect for success in life and for a worldly position; harmony with the father.

Weak will, irresolute, intolerant or indifferent in religion and often unhappy and mistrustful many adversities and changes of fortune, disharmony with the father.

dft- Very favourable aspect.

Makes thoughtful, philosophic, serious, careful, honest, thrifty and reliable.

Peculiar charm of personality.

Favourable aspect for intuition.

Broad and progressive in the religious and political spheres.

May come into unpleasant association with the court of justice; it indicates little success as regards study and activities denoted by Uranus.

Very good influence for intuition and inspiration and for occult and religious study.

It gives artistic talent, especially dramatic.

Broad conceptions and feelings regarding love of mankind; genius.

Only very few, however, can answer the high Neptune influence.

The preceding, stronger however and with an added sensitiveness towards art and deep religious feelings, especially in a mystical or magical direction.

Sometimes genius in this sphere.

It is the best aspect one can imagine for a mystic.

Gives the same tendencies, but brings disappointment, strange experiences, loss of and estrangement from friends.

Intuitive, altruistic, occult, upright and broad of conception, strong faculty of concentration.

Adversities through want of opportunities or impotence to use them.

Fits of ill temper, eccentric and singular.

Inventive, intelligent, strong power of concentration, firmly resolved, pushful, reserved.

Gives power of concentration and a certain shrewdness; tenacity and coolness.

Selfish and cold, revengeful and suspicious; strange troubles through secret enmity; harmful to good name and position.

Is in between favourable and unfavourable, often an elevation or degradation of the mental nature.

Too little is known of the reciprocal action of these two planets, to be able to make definite statements about it.

A good aspect is sure to be a favourable aspect for studying occult and out of the way, unconventional matters.

It should ever be borne in mind in judging the aspects, that the action is more favourable when the stronger of the aspecting planets is a benefic, or when the planet denoting the higher qualities, is the stronger.

When it is the other way about, the action is more unfavourable.

133 The Ruler of the Horoscope.

The ruler of the sign on the cusp of the ascendant is usually the ruler of the horoscope i.e.

the ruling planet of the sign that is rising at the moment of birth has a great influence on the native's life.

In some cases the ruler is a planet that occupies a strong place in the horoscope as in M.C.

In any case a planet in the ascendant is the sub-ruler of the horoscope.

If more than one rise, the strongest posited planet is taken to be it, e.g.

the one that rises in its own sign or in a harmonious sign, especially if it forms a strong aspect to Sun or Moon, it has great influence.

The same holds good for any planet in M.C.

Thus in our example horoscope (p.

27) the 3), as ruler of the ascendant, will be the ruler of the horoscope with d1 in M.C.

and in 8 to the ]), as sub-ruler.

So these are the two planets that exercise the greatest influence on the life.

Regard as ruler only in very exceptional cases, though it is on the cusp of the ascendant, as in this case.

The nature of the planet that plays the part of ruler, denotes the native's general character and his tendencies, taken into consideration with the ascendant and the position of Q, 1) and.

The ruler takes the good and the bad qualities of the sign in which it is placed and of the planets aspecting it, e.g.

in this case the Moon receives good aspects from ♃ and ♀, but an 8 from ♂, which becomes even more pronounced by the parallel ♃ and ♂.

The same is the case with the sub-ruler ☽, it receives good aspects from ♃, ♀ and together with the afflictions through the Moon.

The position of the ruler with good aspects and without strong afflictions: in 1.

Success in life by own merit and effort.

Success in financial matters.

Success through study, travelling, relatives.

Occult tendencies, home-ties.

Love of pleasures, children, gain through speculation, much vitality.

Gain through inferiors or being an esteemed inferior oneself, bad health with affliction.

Gain through partnership or marriage; strong opponents with affliction.

Inheritances, tendency to occultism.

Philosophical, good intellect, many journeys and success through them.

The best position for success in life, ambitions realised.

Success and gain through friends, strong aspirations.

Tendency to occultism.

The best positions for the ruler is in 1, 10, 9, 11, 7, 5.

The most unfavourable positions for the ruler is in 12, 6, 8.

134 If the ruler is badly aspected in the various houses, expect difficulties in the matters denoted by the house.

A strong influence on life have: 1.

or within 12 above cusp 1 (as in the 12th house).

The planet that in the horoscope has the most powerful aspects.

Always the ☉, ☽, and ♃.

The planet ruling the sign in which the ☉ and ☽ are at birth.

Planets in Strong or in Weak Positions.

Sign of strength: good aspects, especially to benefics, planets in own sign, in own house, in an angular house, on a cusp, exalted, in harmonious sign.

Sign of weakness: bad aspects, especially to malefics and no help from benefics, planets in their fall or detriment, in a cadent house, D*) or R}2).

By weak is also meant the receiving of bad or no aspects, and strong is taken in the sense of receiving good aspects.

Strongly posited does not always mean harmonious; nor does weakly posited mean unharmonious; when namely the planet is strongly posited but unharmonious aspected, the expression is even more unharmonious than it would be in a weak position.

3) strong, Receptive, ingenious, thoughtful, domestic, changeable, of great adaptability., /^3) weak, Weak character, superficial and whimsical, childish, changeable, conceited and pedantic.

/O strong, Honourable, loyal and of good repute.

O weak, Despotic, supercilious, haughty, despicable.

strong, Intellectual, receptive, sharp, alert, quick, witty, scientific, good memory.

$ weak, Often a good adaptability, sometimes artistic but careless, little power of concentration, forgetful, inconstant.

$ strong, Chaste, sympathetic and elegant, artistic, having good taste, contented, loving.

J$ weak, Indolent and fond of ease, thoughtless, pleasure-seeking, disorderly, lewd, dissolute.

cf strong, Active courageous, combative, energetic, strong, adventurous, passionate and pushful, impulsive.

/d weak, Irritable, impatient, impulsive, and argumentative, sensuous.

strong, Generous, jovial, philanthropic, honest and true.

weak, Arrogant, prodigal, profligate, hypocritical, unjust.

or dead is meant "without velocity", viz.

at the moment when the planet after having been progressing, becomes retrogressing, or the reverse.

135 fts/rom/, Tactful, prudent, diplomatic, accurate, economical, reserved, serious, regular, sober, patient.

ft weak, Miserly, melancholic, unhappy, plodding, slow, suspicious, sceptical, faint-hearted, mean, cold, unfeeling.

ft strong, Inventive, original, intuitive, talented, clairvoyant, occult tendency.

# weak, Strange and eccentric, showy, silly, peculiar and sudden movements, romantic.

t strong, Idealistic, artistic, psychic, mystical, ingenious.

weak, Sensitive and dreamy, vague.

Intellect, Memory and Character.

Though all planets influence the intellect, in judging it, Mercury and the Moon have in the first place to be considered.

For a good, harmonious expression Mercury and the Moon must be linked by an aspect.

A bad aspect between the two planets gives adaptability as well as a good aspect, but in this first case the adaptability is attended with changeability and difficulty in concentration.

The position of ☽ and close to many other planets, also denotes great changeability of tendency and in thought.

It usually indicates versatility.

In the ascendant Mercury gives a talent for speaking in public, in M.C.

also, though to a less degree, but in both it depends on the aspects.

The nature of the aspecting planets will give the tendency of the intellect, but at the same time note the ascendant, the position of Sun and Moon as regards house and sign, as by these the type of character and the nature of the feelings is given, which may modify the tendency otherwise denoted by Mercury.

Moreover the zodiacal sign in which is posited, should be taken into account e.g.

the saturnine sign will impart earnestness and frugality to the expression of Mercury.

In judging, the intuition should assist our intellect.

The signs ♊ or ♍ rising is favourable to the intellect, especially if the ruler of these signs, Mercury, is well placed as regards house (e.g.

in 1, 10, 3, 9, 11) or sign (♊, ♍, ♉, ♎, ♒).

The wor st signs for gare DC and, ?.

It is favourable when $ receives good aspects from the other planets.

Especially good aspects from the 3rd and the th house (houses of the lower (n) and the higher (,?) intellect) and from the ascendant are favourable.

Mars with ^ gives smartness, sharpness, energy, Uranus gives originality, Saturn deep thought and retentive memory, but, with affliction, melancholy; Jupiter gives a sound judgment and love of right and justice; Neptune love of mysticism, at times ingenuity; Venus makes the spirit 136 agreeable, amiable, gives love of pleasure, society, and a tendency for art.

The Moon gives in bad as well as in good aspect, a clear intellect with a quick adaptability, in the first case it brings also changeability, and a tendency to speak untruthfully.

The Sun gives magnanimity to the character if it aspects Mercury well.

To one are to the Sun (this is called combust) is disadvantageous to a clear, wide many-sided expression of the intellect.

It is good for to be in the vicinity of the Orb but not nearer than 7.

Bad aspects with these planets give the same qualities to the intellect, but with a bad side to them, as is seen under the description of the aspects (see p.

Uranus also has much to do with the intellect, amjif if is ahnyetriphnriynnanHMommyicnnrigyjtrnnpmight judge the intpllpr.t from its aspfrfsT just as frpmfhnspnfMprrnry^ For the nature of the feelings as evidenced in thought, take the sign and the aspects of Moon and Ascendant Good aspects of Saturn to the Moon, Venus or Ascendant, gives strength to overcome the senses and so to rise high mentally.

Bad aspects of the planets, especially of the malefics to these, denote the reverse.

The strongest planet in the horoscope, e.g.

or ascendant should be considered in judging the nature and the tenor of the intellect, as it often colours the whole life of the native.

Marriage, Friendship, Enmity etc.

For these we must study the house of friends (11th), the house of the open enemies 1) (7th) and of the secret enemies 2) (12th).

Benefics in these houses and Sun or Moon well aspected, is very favourable; malefics and also the benefics, or ♃ or ♀ in these houses ill aspected denote the reverse, e.g.

a planet in the ascendant receiving a bad aspect from 7, signifies opposition from open enemies of the character of Mercury, as authors, publishers, public speakers etc.

A bad aspect of the ☉ indicates opposition from influential men etc.

The kind of friends is denoted by planets in the 11th house, and should there be none, by the ruler of the sign on the cusp.

☉ denotes friends of important position and friends that have to do with government or occupy public posts.

1) Open enemies are those who in their own opinion, speak the truth; we might therefore consider them to be our true friends.

husband and wife are not in harmony, they will tell each other the truth, frankly according to their own limited insight, which may help to polish the sharp edge of dissension, thus harmony may rise out of strife.

an open enemy seldom becomes a true friend, in choosing separation (opposition aspect) one does not learn his lesson (the real union of opposites as two halves make a whole) and thus one aggravates his karma.

2) Secret or unseen enemies that do not attack us openly, but in underhanded ways, and behind our backs.

137 3) denotes friends among the common people, also travellers, seamen etc.

denotes scientific friends, orators, writers, publishers, printers, teachers, younger people.

denotes friends connected with religion and law, e.g.

lawyers, judges, clergymen, bankers also.

military men, ironmongers, instrument-makers, surgeons, butchers, barbers, dentists, chemists.

r) farmers, all those that have to do with building as carpenters, masons, miners, mineralogists, older people, etc.

$ artists, especially musicians, poets, actors, jewellers, and all that have to do with dress, ornaments and perfumes.

# and td denote friends studying occultism and mysticism; they give something peculiar to the nature of the friendship and they usually denote a sudden and strange end to ties of friendship.

and $ and the Q in the 7th house, will make the native popular.

Malefics in 12, always denote secret persecution and if they are also illaspected, imprisonment is not impossible; it may mean a temporary seclusion from the world.

An affliction in the 12th house from 4 denotes slander from people in near surroundings.