DEDICAT I ON.

To the car e ful,unprej udiced investigator in

the realms of A stral influence , i s thi s volumehum bly dedicated .

The autho r fears no just critici sm or cand idopinion—when such critici sm and op in ion havethe solid

,immoveable foundation of e xpe r ience .

Believing, nay , knowing that Truth fears no foe ,and asks only a hearing for her cause

,he offers

this volume on the altar of A strological research .

To the scoffers and doubters he merely says :

Y our, prototypes lived and had their being whenG al ileo gazed heavenward with enraptured eye ,

when Columbus trod the soil.

of happy , sunnySpain ; and later Stl ll , when Franklin sent his kitecommuning wi th electri c clouds, or Fulton ,Morse and hosts of other s met the cold , forbidding scowl of skeptic man with that calm

,serene

confidence characteristi c of the overpo wering

g enius of might

None but the brave , dare step aside ,From custo ms iron rule

,

The common herd m ust follow i t,

O r be esteemed a fo l .”

-AN0N.

v jifi'

iu oKSON,

300 1-5 S i. Vince n t A v e

,S t. L o uis

,Ma

,17. S . A .

Feb . 3 , 1 898 .

LESSONS IN ASTROLOGY .

A CR I TI CAL I NTRODUCTORY TO THE

STUDY OF A STROLOGY .

In opening a subject so complex and so grandas that pr e s e n te d i n the arcanum of astrology ,one i s beset by doubt as to what to say and howto say it. The members of the great family of“O ccult S cience ’readers thi s subject

,I have no

doubt,must appeal in a peculiarly significant

manner,for i ts readers are pre eminently the

students,the phi losophers

,and the progressive

thinkers o f our li ves: These are the people thatblaz e the way and form that vast body of mankind compris ing the “hewers o f wood and drawers of water.” From these people spring o ur

th inke rs,o ur explorers in that vast, im m e asura

ble,i nfinite realm of occult manifestations . These

ar e the peopl e from whom comes a G alileo, a

B r uno,Kepler

,Fulton

,Franklin or a Morse .

Th e se are th e explorers in the domain of science .

17)

8 LES S ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

A nd to read the stories of the early trials ofthese m e n recalls vivid memories of dark gloomydungeons

,v illificatio n

,abuse

,and base contume

ly,and at last for one a burning flame .

Encircl ing human form divin eA funeral pyre , didst luminate the starry d ime

A las Poor G io rdan og

B run o

Y e s,even at a later day

‘

the fingers of scornwere pointed

,

at another,and people cried in vain

deri sion “Fulton the F001 l” “Morse

,the dream

ing visionary “Franklm th e k i te man I

have written of these things in order to lead yougradually to that other realm of science— thedomain of “occult science

,

” and parti cularly tothe branch which I shall endeavor to exempli fythrough the pages of thi s book—astrology . I twill be necessary i n dealing with this subject

,

i nvolving,as i t does

,the v :ry laws o f nature and

the whole domain of “universal” law as expressedthroughout the ambient

,to trace some of its ear

liest history and to find corroborative data preserved in the hieroglyphs of Egypt

,Babylonia,

A ssyria , Chaldea, and even further back ; back tothe dawn of India’s mighty sway

,birthplace o f

humanity and home of occul t lore. In variousparts of India numerous explorations have un

covered vast tom es o f astronomical and astrologi

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cal r ese arche s , the ir ' sac r e'

d and . profane historyabounds in astrological refere nce , and to this dayamong the in itiates i t is sti l l cultivate d

,

‘tho ugh

shorn of many of its ancient beautie s . Amongs tthe early Indians or Hindoos learning was confined exclusively to th e highe r cas tes o r the Brahmin prie sthood , ,and the m asses w e re held in ah

jae t submission to thi s prie sthood o r,

“

pundits” in

much the same manne r that the Jews were heldby the , Egyp tian s or Babylonians . A fter centur ie s u

pon ce nturies of undisputed power the

priesthood who formed the circle of astrologers,

as e videnced by the fact that every fe stival heldwas regulated by- the annual appe arance of somestar or planet , becam e corrupt and l i centious , andfrom a state of puri ty gradually descended togrosser forms o il

/

wo r ship, thus g radually lo s ingthe inner spi ritua l beautie s of thei r d ivine worship

,or the worship of the sta r s , n o t as individ

ual enti ties,however

,

’ but as an expressionof the ~

.whole or spiri tual part of the‘ ‘ divine

Brahma, who i n h imself formed the d read

of the Hindoo trin i ty o f°

Brahm a , Vischno u andS iva , person ifying the

‘

c r e ativ e,preservative and

destructive principle o f the u niverse , m anife stedyearly throughout the operation of the physical ,material

,laws of nature . This triun’e was later

incorporated into the Egyptian go dhead and still

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later became the Christian trinity of Father, S o n

and Holy Ghost . This‘

tr inity forms the be sreprinc iple of the harmonious or perfect triune

'

o f

astrology ; observe the application . Brahma,

Vischne u,and S iva

,the three

,tr initv or trine

,

the three are always in harmony, always together .

8 0,too

,a planet in the S1gn “A ries

,

”the ram or

head—seat of power, o f intellect and Spiritual dev e lopm en t i s i n trine w i th one I n L e o

,the l ion

,

or the heart,se at of goodness

,purity and kindli

ness . Thus the head and heart must be, i n harmony to produce pure m inds

'

and pure hearts .These/two S1gn s , A ries and L e o

,are one -third

the distance of the twelve signs of the Z odiac

apar t,~ and will be enlarged upon in

'

the course oflessons to follow . Thomas Maurice

,the cele

brate d English O rientali st and traveler, give s afine illustration of the 28 lunar mansions rept ese nting o ne position of th e

‘

Mc‘

mn each day dur

1ng the trans i tion of the lunar orb from new tonew. Each of these mansions or “houses” of themoon represented some idea in a concrete formand r e qu1r e d esoteric or occult learning andpower to give proper and definite interpretationof the symbo l i sm . O f course all the m ajor planets were studied l ikewise and had ce rtain fixed

m eanings . The astronomical record s of th e Hin

doos take us back to a fabulous period , inv o lving

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cycles upon cycles , running into millions o fye ar s,a . l based upon close astronomical—astrologicalstudies .Their astronomers were necessarily astr o lo

gers,a s before shown by their festival days .

Their deductions we re base d upon close o b se r

vation,appl ication

,and analogy , upon the g reat

law of cause and effect,and in their devotional

exercises and sacred praye rs , frequent invocationsto the three great planes , Heaven , ( shauer),A ether

, (Bhauv ah ), Earth , (Bhauar ), i'

s‘

o fl'

e r e d

up in a manner to prop iti ate the kindly influenc eof the spiritual manifestations

,

o f heaven or the

heavens,or stars

,magnet ically upon the aether

or our Spiri tual,m agnetic atmospherical e nvelope ,

or currents surrounding and permeating the

earth . Here we have the completion of the har

m o nio us trine ; From heaven—i. e .,the stars

,

meaning the influence of. th e s tars—to aether,to

ear th ! (Perhaps some captio ns cri ticwill interjce t an

“

objection to the term “influence” used inthi s connection . If so, let him turn to Jo bxxxvi i i .

, 3 1 , and notice th is ;“canst thou bind

the swe et influe nceuo f Pleiades

,or loose th e

bands o f O rion ?” thus showing that they understood the

,astrological causes which create certain

fa vo rable’

and unfavorable conditions upon the

earth’s curr ents, thereby~

acting upon humanity in

I z LES S ONS I N AS TROLOG Y .

an el e ctrica l, spiri tual m anner , causing c e r tain e f

fee ts to manifest themselves i n obedience t o someo ther agitation produced by the stars or hea r en

,

all of which are acting in accordance with a certain fixed law o f

'

univ e r sal intelligence—the in

t e llige nce which can not er r , and erring not , mustbe perfection itself and the material e xpre ssionof

t he harmonies of the universe .) In the“woud

r o uS‘

CaV'

e of Elephants i s s till t o be seen thehieroglyphical characterization of the divine birthof “Cr e e shna

,the Hindo o Chr ist

,in the char

acter o f Buddha , five centuries before the birthof Christ . This temple or cave contains numer

o us hieroglyphs of the twelve S1gns o f the Zodiac ,as well as the symbols of the planets and the i r

v ar10us aspe cts . I n fac t,Hindoo history,

mythelogical and actual , i s replete with

’

astrologi cal refcrene es .

Now w e will pass to the next great epoch,

THE EGY PT IAN.

O rientali sts , i n searching among the ruins of

t hat once grand and mighty e mpire, have lookedwith wonder and amazement upon the gigantic

t emples of “O siris ,” the astr olog ical de ificatio n

of the sun—“father of lights ,” symbol , o f power

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-at Heliopol‘is and other places ; and with th e

same wondermen t exp lored the inne r chambe rso f the temples dedicated to Isi s or the Moon , inwhose hono r sacrifices were offered up to pro

pitiate her kind i nfluence .

J

’Eo rn e,take my hand

,and

,guided by .th e

Wonderful magi c of thought,imagine ourselves

i n Thebes years ago .

’Tis early Spring ;

th e astrologers have calculated the spring equino xand the sun i s to “cross the line. ” O n the eventful day

,as the first faint rays of O siri s bathes the

peaks of the A rabian chain i n the glow o fdawn

ing m o m and gild the eastern horizon i n the tintof liquid fi re

,refl ecting back the shimmer from

the ridge o f the L ibyan m ountains like the quivering of moonlight on the bosom o f the Ni le ;then r ising -wi th full majesty

,i n the panoply o f

power , the “god of day” pours out a flood o f

warm and rad iant l ight,and with grandest acco l

ade salutes the gr aven statues in the avenue o f“R ams.”

Then a burst of martial musi c fill s the vernalair

,and with t rumpets

,flutes and drums the

populace join i n welcoming back the glorious.herald o f spring . This i s the symboli c r e pr e se ntatio n of the entry of the sun—O siri s—fin th e

cardinal equinoctial sign“A ries

,or the Ram . _

A nd these statues were erected in honor of the

x4 LES S ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

astrological deity— the R am . This annual even t

was made the o ccasio n ’

o f praise,feasting and

m usic i n commemoration of the return of O siristo the house o f hi s “

e xaltation” or renewal ofs trength

,for from thi s period on until the autum

nal equinox the “power” of the sun—Osiri s—ihcreases“ ; therefore , this avenue o f R ams symboliz e s the cardinal pr m ciple of the returning“str e ng th ’

o f the sun .

” We will now t urn our atte ntion to the monuments of Egypt

,the pyra

m ids,

~ who se sides depict the perfect,harmonious

t r ine . Exploration aim the pyramids at G ize hshows that six of them have openings facing then orth

,and the galle r 1e s descend at an angle of

approximately 26 degrees . A n observer at thee xtreme end of this gallery would have look e do ut of the opening on a clear Egyptian evening

years ago,and

, gaz 1ng across that vast voido f v anishm g i ll im i table space ,

seen “Thubansparkling in the convex dome—the star that o n c ehad marked the polar home.The pyramids were built on astrological and

astronomical bas1s . The sides embrace th e pe rfe c t trine , i ts base the square , i ts apex the co n

j unction,and they stand parallel on the meridian .

The various “temples of Egypt were storehouses of astrological knowledg e . In th e an

ci e nt mysterious initiation of the neophyte in to

LESS ONS I N A S TROLOGY . 1 5

the highe r esoteric realms of knowledge,astrol

o gy formed the final link which bound togetherthe Spiritual and material knowledge of the in

flue nce of the seven planets . The floo rs,walls

,

pillars,and ceil ings of these temples were covered

with b e aut I ful hieroglyphical representations ofastrological symbols

,no one save the elect were

ever permitted to pass the Sacred confines of the“Magic Circle

,which was the symbol ic r e pr e

se n tatio n of the potent, mysterious,

1 2 signs of th eZodiac

,for like all ancien t nations learning

,and

especially all occult wisdom ,was confined to the

priesthood,who

,l ike all their predecessors , b e

came corrupted with sense ofpower , and throughtheir licentious practices they gradually lost thepurer

,mysterious rays of “l ight .” The m yste r i

ous oracles of I sis at Delphi and Ephesus werebut gross forms of supersti tious divination praeticed falsely neath the royal ermine of astrologyand had n o relation to the sublime science. Thefact of finding the sculptured testimonies on themonuments and in the temples and statues ofEgypt commemorative of the beginning of the

“

astr o lo gical year by the entry of O siri s i n thecelestial R am

,and of the benign influence of Isi s

or the Moon,i s proof suflicie n t of the antiquity

of thi s science,in fact

,these signs and c o n ste l

latio ns were mapped out , the influence ascrib e d

1 6 LES S ONS I N A S TROLOGY .

to each carefully noted and preserved for thebenefi t of future untold generations , eons of timebefore the first fain t dawning of the Egyptianera gilded the roseate m o m of a grander civil ization . This vernal festival was n o t

'

the only oneobserved by the Egyptain s , the heliacal ri s ing of

S irius gave astrological warning of the overflowof theNi le , and after the subsidence of the wa

ters fe asts in honor of the benefits conferred bythis inundation in fertiliz ing the procreant earthgiving promise of bountiful harvest to comewere held . Th en 1n the summer season sacrificesand invocations were o fl

’

e r e d to I sis,patron deity

of harvest time ( or harvest m Oo n), who in the

character of Ceres presided over th e summer”

fie lds , '

pr o m ising honey , myrrh and frankincense .In the autumn

,Saturn , the astrological “god of

t 1m e,

” who presided over agriculture was llk (

W I se h o n o r e d i n order that hi s “m al1gn i nfluencemight be averted

,and by propi tiating him ,

seekh is influence I n r 1pe n 1ng the grai n i n the fieldsthrough the kindly march of

“ time .

” In fact al lthe an cien t festi vals were astrological in character . Bu t finally as the sun of Egypt

’s power

became ov e rcast by th e vandal hand of time,

th e se ancien t allegorical ceremoni e s grew' less

and less s 1gn 1fican t , and slowly dimmed by theadvanc ing mist of ages p iled on ag e s , but faint

LES S ONS I N AS TROLOGY . 17

est memories remain . Its antiquity i s lost i n theshades of a Brahmin night

,and centu‘ries must

elapse” ere complete restoration I S consummated .

But with reviving investigation in the broadfields of occultism astro logy is once more on theascendant of power .

L e t us advance .

In the Bible we find fre quent references to as

tr o lo gy,Deborah

,the prophe tess

,sings : “They

fought from heaven ; the stars in their coursesfought against S i sera .

—Jud . v . 20 I t i s eviden t

that ~ if the stars had no “influence they couldnot fight ; and Deborah , being inspired wouldnot have used the language indicate d if the re wasn o t some occu lt meaning conveyed . To an as

tr o lo ge r the meaning- i s pl ain . By “courses” is

meant the various aspects and positions of thestars in the horosco pe of S i sera denied successand threatened harm which was verified by thesudden ri sing of the river Ki shon

,which swept

away his‘m ighty army . Therefore the pr o phetess predicted his downfall through the fightingor evi l influence of the stars . In the first chapterof G enesi s

,14th verse ,

“G o d said,

‘L e t there beligh ts in the fir m am e nt Of the heaven to dividethe day from the night ; and

'

le t them be for signsand for s e aSogis , and

‘for days,and ye ar s .

” I

pr opose to give my readers an astrological ex

1 8 LES S ONS I N A S TROLOGY .

p lanation of thi s verse which they will find hardto upset “L e t them be for signs .

” What s igns ?Why

,the 1 2 signs of the Zodiac formed by the

“l ights” in the fir m am e n t,viz . : A ries

,Taurus

,

G emini,Cancer

,L e o

,Virgo

,L ibra

,Scorpio ,

Saggitar ius , Capricornus , A quar i us and Pisces .“A nd for seasons .” The four seasons are ushered in when the sun in his yearly CI r cu I t o f theheavens touches the first point of each of thefourcardinal “signs” of the Zodiac , viz . : A ries

,

Cancer, L ibra and Capricornus . Hence the“seasons begin usual ly abou t the 20th of March

( spring), June ( summer), S eptember ( autumn ),December (winter), and these four entries bid

'

us prepare fo r the var ious “season’s” physicalphenomena to follow

,therefore these are _ the

“signs for the seasons . These four signs arealso the s rgnificato r s Of the evil s su r e to followany violation of nature’s laws. Thus A ries

,the

R am,i s i n opposition to L ibra

,the Balanc e . r ule r

Of autumn . Spring i s opposed to autumn . When

A ries rises with the sun in spring 1t h eralds theplanting time

,and when L ibra r 1se s 1n the autumn

with the sun it heralds the time for plucking thatwhich was planted

,i . e .

,one would not think of

planting corn in the fall and reaping the harvesti n spring If they did punishment would surely

‘

follow in the failure of fruition. S o,too

,Cancer

,

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2O LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

the present . A t the very threshold of astral science We are co nfronted With the broad statementthat astrology i s total ly irrational , a wholly e r

r o ne o us and fallacious vagary . A nd why ? Prin

cipally because its Opponents have never in v e s

tigate d i t , and also because they can not explainthe ope rations of its laws through any material orself-evident process of superficial reasoning .

They declare there i s nothing in astrology whichappeals to thei r sense of l ogical

,reasoning

analogy and deduction . A nd yet,upon these

very principles O f ab so lute k n oWle dge i s astrologyfounded . C lassics teem with its beauties

,his

tory’s pages are fi lle d with its startl ing v c r ifica

tions . Only recently Judge To urg e e , in a contributio n . to Mcc lure’s Magazine

, g 1v e s an extraord inary account O f Presiden t G arfield’s e xpe r i

e nce with an astrologer who predicted he wouldbecome general in the army

,later he would leav e

the ranks,then become president

,fina l ly to m e et

a m align influence wh l ch threatened his l i fe ! Apreviously Obse rve d

,the anci e n ts stud ie d the

heavens ; note d the various aspe cts,c o nfigura

tions and positions O f the stars or planets and theeffects produce d upon the atmosphere by theirchanges

,and through the a tm osphere upon hu

manity,carefully tracing from the great firs t

cause the ine vitable and final e fl'

e c t. They fo r

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m ulate d the rules—the vital principles—o f which

have been han ded down from the solemn chambers of the past. But they understood the spiri tual or esoteric meaning and realize d that these

influences were but the operation of the divine

law of “harm ony ,” for planetary configurati on s

usually denote that good parents have in genera l

good chi ldren , with fortunate astral testimon ies ,while weak

,vicious and immoral parents are af

flicte d with children whose planetary in

flue nce s partake of the similar characteri stics o f

their parents,or evil , thus showing the eVe n

tuatio n of condition s invoked prior to the time ofbirth .

We will now proceed to an examination ofthe influe n c e ascribed to and exercised by the

v arious signs and planets . In so doing it will b enecessary to state a few general proposition s

-First— I t i s impossibl e to explain to"

the uninitiate d re ader j ust how th e planets affect us except in the foregoing essay . We know that theydo exert a force which has been definitely determined to all a strologers t im e

‘

and again,and

,to o

,

to the honest, earnest investigator’s sati sfaction .

S econd— I t i s m ore absurd to ask an astr o lo

ger to technically explain or describe the operation of i nfinite law on finite be i ngs

,than it i s to

ask an electrician to give “ the reason why he can

22 LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

call so potent an influence i nto existence by the

admixture of a little blue vitriol,zinc

,copper and

water . Can he do it ? Suflic ie n t to know i t afact

,even if we can not explain i t satisfactorily .

Third—Could the “delusion”— so -called—Of

astrology have sur v 1v e d the count less ages of thehistori c past

,as I have shown

,i f i ts teachings

were false and founded 1n error ?Fourth—Is it possible, that if false , i t could

have deceived,nay , blinded , sages , poets , phi

lo sophe r s , astronomers , divines , and princes s incethe firSt dawn Of reawakened civil ization ?Fifth—R ather

,would not these savants have

discovered its follies and absurdi ties , i f such ex

iste d, and exposed i t ages ago ?S ixth—Self-satisfie d, soi-disant philosophers

declare it a “dead” sc 1e nce . If so, wh o killed i t,when and where was thi s murderous act comm itte d ? Echo answers

,wildly and weirdly

,

“Where ?” No w,my friends

,w e Wi l l leave the

r ostrum and proceed to the astral chamber,where

in the crucible of “ test” we wi ll , I hope , find

go lden nuggets of truth . O ver the chamber a

s tarry banner floats gaily in the bre ez e .Upon its silken sheenThese words were clearly seen“AD A STRUM ABS IT INVIDIA

We have now entered the confines of the astr o lo ge r s domain ; each of the v ar 1o us symbols

LESSONS I N ASTROLOGY. 23

you se e p icture d o n the walls,r e prese nt some

specific idea or concrete meaning which w i ll bedeveloped and enlarged upon as we procee d in

our investigation . For the present let us co n

fine ourselves to the task of mastering the mysti clanguage o f each symbol

,and learn to read and

write i ts character from memory . A t the outse tfirst impress upon your mind that

“

the “sp iri t” o f

truth must possess yo u, o r yo u can never master the inner spiri tual truths of this sublime sci

ence . A ll prejudice , all feel ings of lo ve or hate ,good or evil

,pride or selfishness

,friendship o r

enmitymust be put aside. Y our mind must b e“balanced” by the spiri t of

“L ibra,

”the scales ;

emblem of justice,s tri ct impartial j ustice, Th is

wi ll require great self-sacr ifice and careful se lfexamination ; put away all thoughts o f wealth ac

cumulation through the “aid” o f astrology. Thetrue astrologer cares nothing fo r wealth in itselfexcep t at a modicum to the initiation o f astrological knowledge and the furtherance o f “truth”

for its o wn sake . For if the astrologer subvertshis knowledge o f the ar t for sordid

,m ercenary

purpose , his m ind i s necessarily filled w i th se l

fishne ss,he begins to have a

“personal” interestin his j udgements ; then the o ther attributes o f

doubt, fearf h'

ate and prejudice begin to haunthis mind , and, like a c lo ud

‘

o f locusts , swarm s

24 LESSONS I N ASTR OL OG Y .

o’er hi s brain ; h e becomes fearful le st'

he make anerror and thus lose all. Th e se fears e ventual lyovercome the “true light” and lost i n the whirlof the world

'

s excitement,i ts vortex of pass ion

,

hate and prejudice,h e eve ntually loses the true

propheti c power .This does not mean that the astrologer must

not take advantage o f opportunities offered in thepursuit of wealth and the accumulation of a com

fo r table competence,but that he must not use hi s

skill in the fur thuranc e of gambl ing operations . In

o the ri

w o rds one man must not enrich himselfunnecessarily at the disastrous expense of manyothers .

The world i s an equal heritag e to all mankind .

We will now —proceed to examine the visible expressions of our science . Learn the fo llo wm g“signs

,

” pr actice them so as to be able to repeatand write the symbols from m emory

‘Y’A ries8 TaurusI I G e m m in i

CancerSi, L e o

Virgo

NAME

L ibra the BalanceS corpio S corp ionSagita

’us Bowman

Cap’co r

’s G oat

Aquarius WatermanPisces Fishes

LES S OI VS 1 4V A S TROLOG I .

These are the mysterious twe lve Signs of th eZ od iac . Their posi tion is a lways in oppositi onto each other

, ( 1 80 degrees apart), as placed in

the table . For exam ple : When the sun rises i n

V5 i n the winter season ; in the,opposite poin t

of the eclipti c ( sun’s path), or sqm m e r season

sets . When the sun rises in ‘Y’ ( spring), fl ( au

tum ), sets oppos1te .”

Therefore whenever a sign

rises, i ts opposite sets . The signs rule the vari

o us parts of the human system as follows

‘Y’ Rules the Head and Face8 Neck Throat

A rm s ShouldersBreast LungsHeart BackS tomach BowelsK idneys BladderG ene rative FunctionHips and ThighsKnees Upper calvesCalves A nclesAn cles Feet

NATURE,INFLUENCE A ND

ATTRIBUTE S .PLANET

26 LESS ONS LN ASTROLOGY.

Uranus

Saturn

Mars

Venus

Mercury

Spiri t of psychic force ; conferspower ful intuitions

,m/ed iumship

,

and r uler of all occult phenomena ; evi l nature .

Chronos,the G reek god of time

,

pictured with hour g lass symbolizing the “S ands o f time

,

” andscythe

,symbolic o f the merciless

reape r—Death . HI S nature i s e vil.

Herald of war,s trife

,contention

,

very agg r e ssiv e‘and prac tical ;

‘

full

of energy but of extremely ‘ evi linfluence.Harbinger of love

,harmony

,

‘

t e

fine m e n t,luxury , pleasure , musi c

and art. O f gentle sweet r efin eing influence .R uler of inte llec t o r o f m ind the‘messenger of th e go ds

,

” heraldo f news

,symbol of intellect and

wisdom,O f good and evil in

flue nc e accord ing to aspe cts .

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2 8 LES S ONS I N A STR OLOG Y .

L e t the 1nn e r circle represent the earth ; andthe outer the heavens— the points are marked E.

N. W . S . This figure represents a horoscopewith the symbols of the constellat ions in properplace and the nature and government o f eachhouse . Th e straight lines radiating l ike thespokes of a wheel ar e called “cusp” of thehouses and divide these sections into I z

- portion so f g o degrees each . S tarting now from the '

1 st

point of ‘Y’at EWe go around to I st degree 8

and call i t 30 degrees con t inuing around the circle in the direction indicated by the arrows" to thebalance of the signs unti l we pass the last degreeof X in the 1 2 th house when We will h ave com

ple ted the journey and measured”

360 degrees.“

The aspects between the signs are as follows ,

(Ther e are a few other aspects but they are seldom if ever used .)

A SPECT SYMBOL

Conjunction 6

S emi -S extile Y

S e xtileS emi -Quartile L

Cl uar tile D

Trine A

NATURE OR EFFECT OF

A S PECTS .

G ood with b e n efic planets

,but extremely evil

w i th evil ones .Very sl ightly good.

Very good .

S l ightly evil .Very evil .Extremely b e nefic.

LES S ONS I N A S TROLOGY. 29

Opposi tion Extremely evil .Par ralle l Same as <5 but more

powerful .

Th e following diagram will illustrate the aspee ts. With a sharp knife cut along the l inesmarked A D e t c .

,and moving the corners

from S 1gn to s ign yo u can ins tantly determ in eWhat signs are in that particular A ,

etc .

30 LES S ONS I N ASTR OL OG Y

The conjunction aspect operates when twoor more planets are with in 5 degrees of eachother

,either in the same sign or two signs

,for in

s tance,a planet 1 0 degrees in 8

.

( or any othersign) i s in <5 with another planet 1 5 degrees or

5 degrees in same sign , also a planet 28 degreesin any sign is <5 with a planet 3 degrees in the

S1gn followingI

n

.The semisextile i s 30 degrees or one sign apar tL

’945 I i60 2

n

DQ,

31 20 41 80 6

P when two or m ore planetshave the same d e clination north o r south fromthe equator. Th e

15 degrees orb of operation applies to all aspects .

The Zodiac conta ins 360 degrees d ivided into1 2 signs of 30 degrees each—running in the following order W“, 8 ,

I I , SL,1m ,

-_fl "L, 1 ,

V5 , a~w, x . The measurement of aspects are as

follows

From to 8 ,0° i s 30

°o r V

Fro m cw,0° to 8 1 5

° i s 4 5°o r L

From <v>,0° to H

,0°

- i s 60 ° or

From any degree of ‘Y’ to the same degrees of

is 90° or D From any degree of

‘Y’ to same

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degree of L e o i s 1 20° or A . I have taken Ariesas a starting point but the rule i s exactly thesame for any sign either going forward in theZodiac or going backward . Plan e ts can nevermove m ore than 1 80

° from each other,when

they are in opposi ti o n,after that the d istance de

creases .

Qualitie s and aspec t of the signsMasculine signs—‘Y’ ! I Q. 1Feminine signs— 8 112 V5 36

Triplicities

I

Al

i

e

r

l

yyn

These s igns ar e i n51. 1

‘

Earth] 8 trine to

Water; 05 "l. 35each other.

Squares

Movable °l° V3 These signs are all

Fixed 8 Sl. “W in quartile toCommon H 1132 I X e ach other.

Fruitful S igns "l, X

Barren ! I St. 1132

Equinoctial (P

Tropical

A ny fic ry S ign 18 m trine with any other

fie ry sign . A nv earthly,a1ry,

or watery sign i s

in trine with the signs of their own qualities .Same rule appl ies to the quarti le or square signs .

3 2 LESS ONS I N A S TROLOGY .

A SPECTS BETWEEN PLANETS INS I GNS .

A planet any number of degrees in ‘Y’ i s inwith another planet same number of degrees

,

( always remember the 5° limit of orb), di stant

e i ther way 2 signs . Is i n trine if distant 4 s igns .T he rule applies i f distant six signs . Therule applies to any sign

,Example : 3

‘ is

l z°in H . 2! i s 1 0

° i n L e o . 9 i s 1 1° i n CV’.

35 i s 1 6° in 26 .

lz i s 1 5° i n Th e il lustra

tion w i ll make i t plain

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Z ? and 9 are in quartile aspect, because ‘Y’A V5 belong to the

‘“movable” squares mentinned previously . Next We se e lz 1 5

° in as and

9 1 1° in cwas 12 and 9 are in signs opposed to

each other they are in opposi tion aspect . for l;

i s n o t beyond the 5° orb

,the balance of the as

pe cts can be seen by referring to diagram The

following are the “houses” of the planet; wherein each planet has especial d ignity . A planet isstr ongest for good or ill accord ing to his nature,i n his own house

,he is weak in his fall and

powerless for goo d or i ll i n his detrime nt .

W’ I s R uled by Mars . -. e= I s R uled by Venus.

8 Venus. "l. Mars.11 Mercury . 1

‘ Jupiter.Moon . V5 S atu

Q. Sun . Uranus.mg Mercury . 36 Jup iter .

The Sun is exalted” in A rie sThe Moon TaurusJupiter CancerMercury VirgoVenus Pisces

Mars CapricornUranus A ries

Planets are “de tr im e n te d in the “signs o p-

i

po s i ts their own ho uses and have their “fall” in .

the S 1gn opposite thei r“exaltation.

~

4 LESSONS I N AS TROLOGY.d

The trines or triplici ties are ruled as follows

Fiery by O and 2!

Ea1 thy 9 DA il y 2? 12

Watery 3‘

We w ill now proceed to an examination . of

the tripl ici ties or trines , four in number, viz .,

Fiery, Earthy , A i ry and Watery . The first in

o rder i s the Fiery , o f which “A ries,

” the ram,

r uler o f the head i s the leader.

F ire as a purer sp iri t upward driven ,Shon e midst the stars and decked the convexheaven .

” —O vid .A s fire i s the purest element; A ries be ing the

leader of that trin ity represents in a spiri tual

m anner the fiery con suming elem ent of l i fewithin man’sbeing. When the Sun in his an

nual stately progress reaches the first degree of

A ries after Spending three long months in thechilly cOnfine s of winter’s icy realm

,his power

( heat , fir e ) ,b e gins to strengthen and ~

hi s lightbrightens

,for A ries 18 his “exaltation” and there

fo r e'

h e “illuminates” the sign , hence the spiri tual sign ification of A ries i s

" intellect” or mental“i llumination ,

” and as the S un returns in thespring to “reillum inate” the earth

,bringing new

life to its people , and r e v iv ifie s dormant vegeta

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36 LES S ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

This diagram represents the Sun enteringthe first of th e ‘fie ry tri ne and by insert ing thebalance of the signs in regular o rder we perceivethat the others of the same nature occupy the twolower points of the perfect trine

,thus forming

the l inks that bind the seaso ns together—(WbindsWinter to spring. L e o holds the heart o f summer

,and Saggitar ius binds autumn t o

“ winter,

beautifully ill u strating the lines of the poet

Win ter i n the rearO f doubtful autumn , ruled the parting year .

The trine rays of the Sun to the other twos igns of the mysterious 1 2 , pr o m 1se s that the in

c reasing light , fire and power of the S un as per

so nifie d m the indom i table unconquered powerof the L ion (L e o ) or summer, will ripen the

grain and bring forth verdure to fatten the calvesand deer

,and when the autumn season comes

o n ,

”

the harvest time gives place to the huntingseason so beautifully illustrated by the asteri smo f the hunter “Saggitar ius

”—half m an,half horse

,

half human , half bestial—typifying the animalnature in man joined to the divinely spiri tual element . Thus : A ries

,head

,spi rit.

S aggitarius, fundament, hips , thighs , anim alnature represen ted by the body of horse j oinedto head

,of man , i , e .

,the spi ritual nature of man

a

3

LESSONS I N AS TROLOG Y. 37

m ust co ntr o l and “dire ct” the m o v e m e nts and

actio ns o f the physical o r annual dom inion. The

so lar'

natur ez

is'

a strong facto r in the A rie s sig

nificatio n. The,Sun, fr o m his natural po we r ,

s ignifie s the r oyal,r uling e lement , as Mars de

no tes the punish ing power A s Mars rule s

A ries the spirit o f ambitio n and progre s siv e ne ssis transfer re d to “A ries,

” fo r he naturallyde no te sa“le ade r ,

"and as the Ram leads the flocks in

the spring t ime to pastures fresh and green fieldsnew, so to o , A r ies—Mars’ nature denot e s the“l e ade r

”in life , but if Mars be placed in evil as

pe e t to o the r planets he stro ngly indicates the

pun ishm e nt m ete d o ut if we permit the an im al

nature to o btain asce ndancy o ver o ur spir ituale le m ent.The ne xt trine de m anding atte ntio n

‘

is the“Earthy ,

"o f which Taurus, “the bull

'

, claim s do

The stubbo rn g le be , the lo ng drawn furro‘

w

A nd lagging‘Oxe n’be nt be ne ath the yoke .

—Ovid .

A s the ; Sun e ntei's“

Taurus he shine s with ,

fr ie ndly trine ray upon Virgo and Capr ico rn thetwo co m panié

‘

nso f Tanrus in th is tr‘iune.

3S LES S ONS I N -A S'

TROLOGY .

Taurus r epresents the animal worldon g rain and grass and by the labor of the b

'

ull,

( an c m n tlv the.

bull was used.

in“

place of thehor se to draw the plow) Virgo who forms theother angle promises sustenance in the r ipen inggrain of A utum n so‘e sse n tial t o the Welfare“ ( if

the “lowing kine” which Taurus

i

so worthilye arne d in the laborious work of spring .

' The

LESS ONS I N A S TROLOG X. 39

Sun 1 11 Taurus also pei so n rfie s the c reative element of the animal wor ld 1 11 Spring as also t he

fecundity of eal th’s s0il so be autifhlly i l lustrated

by the sign '

o f the Viigin 0 1l

Virgo at th e clpse o fsummer’s reign ho ldm g a distafl

'

,typical of

“ih

dustry,” or a sheaf of r ipened wheat

,typical o f

the fruits of the husbandman’s labor 1n till ing thestubborn earth

,this trine i s com pleted by the

earthy sign of the G oat “Capricorn,

” which illustrates the “ improvidence” of many

,for 1 11 the

winter time after the garnering of the generous

summer’sfrui ts, the goat having laid by us storefo r long winter’s d reary days , is forced to climbthe stee p mountain s ides in search of green pasture and compelled to “browse” 011 the l ittle tuftsof verdure her e and the re . The sp iri t o f thi s 1slay by of the fruits o f “summer” and thus forti fyyourself against thi s liabili ty Of be ing compelled

to“browse” o fl

'

the cold charity o f a colde rworld .

The sign ification therefore of the earthly tri

gon is the elem ent o f “work” or the “serving”

trine. The. characteri stic s of the Taurus naturei s the -

“worker” or spiri t of plodding ambitionwith. the yoke !of toil upo n his neck . (Remember Taurus rules the neck ). For with the toi l

o f Taurus ' in the xspr ing, the earth yie lds the sheaf

o f wheat ‘inautumn’s waning days. Venus and

40 LESS ONS I N AS TROL OGY.

the M0011 rules this tripl ici ty, and as they naturally represent the fe m ale

/e le m e n t

,so too the e ar tl

represents the “mother of all things .” Meta

pho rically i s the handmaid o r servant of man .

Venus rules the early days of spring’s g en

e r o us promise—Taurus—and the frui tful days ofautumn’s y ield—L ibra—and is the harbinger of

pleasures and loves enjoyment to follow the dayso f toil. The sp iri t co nveyed i s that of the subser v ie ncy of the earthly or animal dominion tothe overpowering direction of the spi ri tual orfiery trinThe next tripli ci ty to be examined is the

A i ry ,’ of which G emini

,

“ the twins,form s

the leading aste r 1sm

“Elate to fill the interval of space,

A i1 followed -ue xt i n ligh tness as 111 place .”—O vid.

A s the Sun enters G emini,the balmy air pf

later spr m g sufl'

use s . tl1e ~

z o ue s of earth in genialembrace ; and with friendly trine So l she ds hisvivifying

,potent beams 0 11 the other airy signs

L ibra and Aquarius .This trine i s ruled by Mercury and S aturn.

A s Mercury rules G emini,his influence is here

i ndicated as the “messenger who fl ies throughthe air.” A s the sl ightest flower seed is blown

LES S ONS I N A S TROLOGY . 4 1

by the balmy air of later spring to seme far d is

taut land , there to fructify ,‘

to reproduce andglorify wi th sweet i ncense the balmy air of ah

tumu’s dying days. S o too,the mind by its

thoughts can purify the atmosphere sur rounding our own

”

selves,and by k indly deed o r noble

act carry o ufb wn“elemental air” and send o ur

1 2 LES SONS I N A S TROLOG Y

thoughts to permeate the ethe r surrounding o ur

friends on distant shores, i . e .

,our thoughts ex

pr e sse d in writings will b r m g back the land , thehome

,the si te

,the very “air” of Scenes so far away .

A s the spiri t of the earthly trine pe r so n ifie sthe laborer

,this pe r so n ifie s the idealist, the think

ers,the romancist

,the educator or co n fe r ran t of

inte llect . The leader of this trine , G emin i , represents intellect in its primal state

,childhood .

The other asterism ,L ibra

,is gove rned byS aturn

and stands at the inner door of autumn withbli ndfold eyes and balanced scales light as air

,

as you have thought ( or acted) during the passage from innocent childhood

,to the mature

days o f manhood and judgement- Libra , Justic e-so shall you reap . Bygood deeds and properworks you reap a rich harvest . Ydur

”

deedsal ike

,both good and bad are measured in the

“balance of inexorable tim e,and Saturn

,the

destroyer,stands ready at

"

the fall with hourglass and scythe 1n hand

,réady to cut down and

scatter the chaff to the soughing W inds of au

tumus mournful dirge .

The lesson taught by this trine i s : He wholearns nothing of the “mind

,

” from childhood too ld age ; has lived a life of worse than uselessness.The next trine to engross our -attention is the

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44 LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

5 1gns of this trigon ; S copio and Pisces , all dwellers in watery habitations . As Cancer marks the

S ummer solstice , the Sun ar riving there shinesw i th fie r ce

l

ardo ur upon earth , hastening the germination of the seeds and pr o m ism g the ripeningof the ‘o rchard fruitswhe n he enters the fruitfuls ign S corpio in the closing of O c to be 1

’s days.

The sense conferred by this trine I S that frui tfulness is made a part

'

o f man’s dom overfire

, e arth and a1r, and sym bdliz e s the d in

junction “be fruitful and multiply .

”S o to o

,these

signs denote that the power o f the Sun’s heat in

Canc er i s part of th is mysterious , allegori cal pe rso nificatio n of the “sign” which promise the

fruitfulness of the earth to those who have la:bored in the v inyards of the world .

"

The reforethi s trine denotes the ceaseless

,reproduct i ve

,pro

cre ative element in nature. Either of the se s ignsrising at a birth denotes in so me measure thecreative

, generative powers latent i n the physicaland m e ntal forms .

This completes in a short measure the treatiseon the triplicities . A nd we

‘

will nowexaminethe “squares .”

The first square we will e xam m e i s the mov

able cardinal , composed of W” a V3 . Theyare called cardinal for two reasons

,one i s

,because

at the spring or beginn ing‘of the solar astrologi

LESSONS I N AS TROLOGY . 4 5

cal year they represent the 4 points . ‘Y’ at theeas t, at the north

,£2: at the west

,and V5 at

the south ; the other is because they mark theSun’s e n try in to the 4 seasons . Called movablebecause when the Sun enters either

'

o f thosesigns

,o r Spring, S ummer, A utumn , or Winter ,

the seasons are l ikely to be a trifle early or lateaccording to local o r atmospherical conditions

prevailing . The next square is the “fixed,

”v iz .

,

8 , St , hi ,“m y . When the Sun arrives at either.

o f those signs , the season is“fixed” or in the mid

dle o f Spring S . A . o rW. The next square i sthe common , "32, I , 36 . The last month of

the four seasons are governed by them ,for by

that time the season has become “common” andsoon changes to the movable order again .

I t will now be in order to examine each signof the Z odiac so as to impress upon the

,

‘

r e ade r

the various attributes of the asteri sms . For beit understood that when a sign ascends at thebirth o f an individual or at the commencementof

,a great enterprise

,such a s ign carries with i t a

fixed,occult

,spiritual meaning which has sign i

fican c e i n a potent, subtle manner over the sub

je ct under i ts influence . I will i llus trate thispeculiar power by two well known facts in history fresh in

,the m ind s of every one . The fol

lowing horoscope shows the position o f the

46 LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY.

signs of heaven and the planets therein at themoment Chairman T hurston declaredMcKinle y the nominee of the R epubl ican Party

at S t . Louis , Mo ., june 1 8

,1 896 , at p . m .,

e xact

The celestial Saggitar ius the“bowman

, was

rising on the eastern horizon . The bowmantypifies the “hunter

,

” and this characteristic wasconferred upon McKinley as the R epubli can

LESS ONS‘

I N AS TROLOGY . 47

“hunter,This sign is clearly refe rred to in

G enesis xl ix .,22

“Joseph i s a fruitful bough,

e ven a fruitful bough by a well , whose b ranches

run over the wall . ~ The archers have sorelygrieved him

,and sh o t at him , and hated him .

But his bow abode inv

str e ngth ,and the arms of

his h'ands were

.

made strong by the hands o f themighty G o d of Jacob .

”

This is typical o f the good fortune and ev entual success of the Saggitar iu s , or Jupiter man ,

(Jupiter rules Saggitar ius),“hi s arm,

” me taphor

ically his“cause

,

” was m ade strong by the rulerof his sign being placed inthe royal sign of theL ion

,one of the leading signs in the “fiery tr ine”

previously explained ; and being m gm fiéd by thesign o r the “A rcher” denoted

"

h is Success as a“hunter or candidate, which was verified on

electiong dayexac tly and m the iden tica l manner

I predicted on July 20th .

When Bryan was nominated the heavens hadassumed the fo llowing positions

48 LESS ONS I N ASTROLOGY .

The malicious,evil srgn S corpio was ri s ing

.

Jacob in blessing his twelve sons clearly describes this sign and its evi l nature in the following language . (G e n . 49 , v ; 1 7)Dan shall be a S e rpen t by the way, an add e r

in th e pa th that biteth the horse heels so that his

r 1de r shall fall - backward .

”

LESSONS I N AS TROLOGY . 49

The sp1rit conferred by this srgn i s that ofthe “fighter

,

”fo r: i t i s presided over by Mars

,the

fierce “war god,

” herald of strife,bitterness

,

i

contention

,riot

,etc .

,and it 1 5 s1ngular , in v 1ew o f

this fact,that the o the r s ide so soon raised the

cry of anarchy,riot

,disorder

,e tc. The asce n

s ion of this sign carried the spiri t of a “fighter,

”

and well did Bryan exempl ify“

that characteristic .

But the luner spiri tual m e an 1ng of that S 1gn wasdefeatand disaster . I n orde r to explain th is i twill n o w be n e cessary to e Xam m e the followingi llustration

5 0 LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY

!NOTE .—This per1e d coincides approximate

ly to the time the Jews set up the image of the“G olden Calf wo r sh1p. Which was really a

ceremony symbolizing the entry of the Sun intoth e constellation Taurus

,the bull

,or calf

,which

at that time occupied the spring equinox . Taurus therefore metaphori cally assumed the bright“golden hue” of the Sun and b ecame the “golden calf ”of sacred history. ]

‘

L et “E” represent the spring equinox and '

eastern horizon at a period about years B .

C . By glancing at“W” you will see the con

stellation “S corpio” at the autumnal equinox .

The symbols in the narrow circle represent theorder of the signs contrasted with the positionsof the constellation in the inn e r circle. Th esesigns have precessed at the annual rate ofun til

‘

at present the constellations and signs donot agree . A t the period referred to in figure

4. the Sun in his yearly course through the Zodi

ac came to “Taurus” i n the sig n “Ar ies” at thesp iring equinox

,and as the

'

S un rose in Taurus ;S corpio set opposite and passed below the earthinto the darkness of " night .” A t that time S corpiomarked the dividing line between S ummer andA utumn for i ts position was at the A utumnalequinox . But he was not de stln e d to hold thi sproud position fo r e v e r

,

“

fo r about y ears

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5 2 LES S ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

and conquers his ancient foe ,The following

o ut will i llustrate this clearly

This cut represents the position n owoccupiedrelatively by th e

‘

sig'

n s and constellations,i t being

remembered that by precession the signs andconstellations have changed from positions in cut

No . 4 . No w turn this cut ar o und so that S rep

LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY . 5 3

resents the west,or sunset

,and you see the rep

r e se ntatio n of the “hunter” or Saggitar ius shooting at S corpio. These two s igns w e re opposed

t o each other in the last cam pa1gn ,

‘and to the"

competent A strologer clearly signified the spiri tand results conferred by each sign . It will bewell to remember

,that although the stars co m

posing a particular sign n o longer hold the ! samepo int

,the spirit or esse nce o f

' that par ticularpoint remains ever the ‘same

,and may be com

pared to the t‘spi r i t

” of memory,for who amo ngst

m y reader s can not r emem ber vividly , some distinc tly impressive scene e nacted in their l iveslong ago ? The fact and act hav e

'

lo ng s1nce

passed away,but the memory remam e as d1s

tinct as the impre ssion made upon the m m d at

the moment of occurence . and will remam as

long as co n scm usn e ss e X 1sts . The “spir i t” is

th ere and stands r e adv to obey the call of mind,

r epo r trayrng m vivid , hv mg c olors the scen es o f

the past . 8 0 to o,the points in the ambient r e

mam ever th e same,though the stars wh ich once

compos ed !i t have long since “loosed their band s .’

Wi th thi s e xplanatm n of the '“Spir it

” of the

signs we will proceed to e xam m e each of the 1 2

These twelve signs “correspond to the . 1 2

months o fa the year ; and i t i s probable t hat the i r

5 4 LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY .

astrological efficacy or S1gnificatio n were discovered to the natives of the oriental regions bythe following observations

Th e firs t sign,A ries

, (March) denotes thatabout the time the Sun e n te r s

'

in to that part ofthe ecliptic the lambs begin to follow th e sheep .

O n the S un’s appr o ach to the second co nste llation

,Taurus

, (A pril) the bull , the cows areabout to bring fo rth their young . The third

s ign , G e m m in i, (May) was o riginally/t wo kids

,

and signified the time of the goats bringing forth,

as these animals g e ne rallyp r o duc e two at a birthwhile the former

,the sheep and the cow

,com

mouly produce onlyone .The fourth sign, Cancer, (June) the crab , an

animal that goes sideways and backwards, Wasplaced at the northern solstice , the point wherethe Sun begins to turn back again from the north

t o the southward . The fifth sign , L e o , (July)th e lion

,as being a very furious animal

,! was

thought to denote the heat and fury of the burning Sun when he ' has left Cancer and entered

the sign L e o . Th e succee ding constellation,and

s ixth in order, received the Sun at the time of

r 1pe m ng c o r n and'

appr o aching harvest ; whichwas beautifully expressed by one o f the ancien t

female reapers with an ear o f corn in her hand,

v iz .,Virgo

, (A ugust) the V1rg 1n . Th e ancients

LESSONS I N ASTROLOGY. 5 5

gave to the next sign,Sco rp1o , two of twe lve

division s of the Z odiac . But this did not symbo liz e the season as it should , hence S corpio wassupe r ce e de d by another, and at the A utumnal

e quinox the days and n ights are equally balance dhen ce the asteri sm of the maid holding the

balanced scales,emblem of justi ce .

A s ye have labored in the S ummer so shall

ye reap in the fall. A nd L ibra (September)shall weigh the fruits of the season and w i th uplifted arm declare the divi s ion of Summer and

hence A utumn with its frui ts in abundances the m eans and cause s of d i sease

,and the

'succe eding time i s the most unhealthy o f the

ye ar, therefor e e xpre ssed in this venem ou‘s an imal

,

S corp io , that s tings as i t r e ce eds here spread ing o uthis long claws into one sign

,as threatening m is

chief and in the other brandishing his tail as if todenote the completion of it . The fall of the leafwas the hunting season

,for which reason the

star s which marked the S un’s place at this seaso nformed the constellation Saggitar ius , (Nov ember) the archer, a huntsman w i th his arrows andclub

,

’

the weapons of destruction he used for thelarge

’

c r e atur e s he pursued . The season of thewild goats’being chosen to mark th e Southe rnsolstice, Caprico rn , (December) when the Sun

has attained his extrem e limit that way , and b e

5 6 LESSONS I N A STROLOGY.

gins -to return and m oun t again to the northward

Zis o bV1o us enough ; the character of that anim albe ing t h

‘at i t i s mostly climbing and ascend ing

some mountain as it -browses . The re yet remainstwo signs , A quarius andPi sces. to indicate theirorig in . Wi th r egard to the former i t m ay beSaid that the winter i s a we t and uncomfortableseason ; this was therefore expressed by the figureof a man recumbent pouring water from an urn ,this corresponds ” to January . The last of

‘the

classical Zodiacal constellations was Pisces,

(February) a couple of fishes tied tog ether thathad been caught . The lesson was the severewinter i s over, your flocks do not yet y ield thei rstore

,but the seas and rivers are open , and there

you m ay take fish m , abundance.From A ries to Vi rgo are the commanding

signs . From L ibra to Pisces are the obeyingsigns

,the first s ix are Northern because they de

cline from the Equator to the North Pole . Thelatter six are Southern

,decl ining in the opposite

Way to the S outhern Pole . The obvious reasonfor calling the former s ix commanding i s becausethey are far more powerful in their influencefrom the fact of being nearer to our z enith andv ice v e r sa . The Southern signs are correspondingly -weak

,hence of lesser influence ; therefore

subservient in action or effect.

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These descriptions will seldom prove exact.They are to be understood in a general sen se‘only, for m each case the ruler of th e particularsign wi l l bear rule in a great measure .Th e descripti ons apply“to male s in

'

par ticul

For females the characteristic s greatly mod ifie d

,softened

,refined and subd

AR IES

I s an equinoctial , diurn al , cardinal

,movable

,mascul in

,ho t

and dry “ eastern srgn“

of thefie ry tripl i city! choleric , bestial ,i ntemperate and violent.

G ENERAL FORM OF BODY

It endow s the native with a dry ,_body, lean

and spare,o f a middle stature , strong limbed , b ig

boned ; oval visage , sharp p1ere 1ng sight, blackeye brows

,thick

,full

,well set shoulders , long

indifl'

e r e nt neck , r e d or sandy hair ; of a brown

ish, reddish , or swarthy complexion .

MENTAL ITY

Very'

ambitious , courageous ,"

enterpri z ing,aggressive

,contentious

,desirous of pubhc prom

ine nce , very active and ingenious and ratherviolent

,hasty di spos ition ; prone to anger and

can not bear contradiction with ease .

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TAURUS

I s a cold, earthy , fe m .

in ine , melancholy , and

nocturnal s o u t h e r nsign ; bestial and fun

011 8 .

PHYS ICAL FORMDenotes a short

,strong

,well made ,

“compactbody ; large, broad forehead , big face , largeeyes

,large full mouth

,rather th ick l ips

,heavy

broad hands,coarse hair—usually black or

brown —‘o f shining swarthy complexion ; s hortneck .

MENTAL CHARA CTERDull and unfeel ing

,slow to anger; furious

andmalicious when provoked,quite amorous

, de

te rm ine d, labor1ous, careful a t work, painstaking,proud spirited

,obstinate as a bull

,and some

what melancholy .

GEMINIIs hot and mo1st

, aerial,diurnal

,hu

mane, western ; double bodied ; m as

culine and of the airy tripl ic ity .

PHY SICAL FORM

Tall,upright figure , straight, well

composed body,sanguine complexion

,

no t very clear ; longish hands andarm s

,quick active step

,a peculiar

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prudent,sympathetic , a clear i nsight in to thing s

and inclined to a very busy career.LEO

I s hot and dry,choleric, mas.

culine and diurnal ; bestial barr e n and

”

commanding; easternand the second of the fiery triune .

PHYS ICAL FORMUsually a full large body above average

,

broad shoulders,and body tape r 1ng to waist .

Y ellow or light hair,’

full round head,large

clear full deep set eyes—sharp and pie r cm g

g r 1p with hand strong, firm de termined features ;bold

,courageous

,fearless

,a noble dispo si tion .

MENTAL POWERSFaithful friend and m agn

‘

am ino us enemy,o p

posed ~ to deceit,despise s small mean actions

,

proud high princ iples , resolute , haughty and e x

tr e m e ly ambitious, generous , free and verycourteous

,slow to ange r

,but once aroused as

terrible as the lionVIRGO .

I s a barren, earthy, cold ,melancholy, s o u t h e r nnocturnal sign ; the s e c

ond of the earthy trigon.PHY S ICAL FORM

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De notes a rather tal l individual , ( sometimesshort), fwe ll made but rather slender

,though

com pact . Face rather on the lo ngo r o val, thoughoccasionally qui te round , full large

'

forehead ,hair. usually brushed back around ears

,i ncli ned

to b aldness , grey or dark eye , seldom blue ;straight full n o se ,

'

quie t subdue d tone of voice ,quick active walk .

MENTALITY

Very studious , ambitious , learned even ifthey are not “ schooled .

” Inclined.to art and

literature,benevolent, fond of occulti sm ,

verycritical and precise

,discreet , i nclined to brevity ,

sharp , keen , and practical , sometimes keen poli6

ticians .

PHY S ICAL QUA L I ’I ‘I ES

Produces general ly the m ost perfect speci .

men 's of humanity , ( though I have seen so merathe r otherwise), of tall elegant proportions , b ecoming stoute r late 1n l i fe , usually fai r clear

skim -which turns to ruddy and fine pimpled l n

L I BRA .

I s a cardinal, equinoctial , mov ~

able masculine, d 1urnal , sanguine,hot and mois t, hum ane WesternSign ; the second of the ae r 1al

triune .

LESSONS I N ASTR OLOG Y.

o ld age ; l ight br own hair, fine clear l iquid eye ,fine ly modeled features

,especially _nose and

chin , o val or roundish face , light quick elastic

step .

MENTALITY

Very equable tem perament,generous nature

,

just , upright , the soul o f honor, rather fond ofdisplay and in this they Show fine taste and

gre at refinement, v e ry s ensit1ve, good conversa

tionalists, extremely ambitious , high spiri tual development

,arti stic , very tidy and par ti cular, ami

able and high principled .

f SCORP I O .

I s a phlegmatic, watery.feminine, northern, fixed,nocturnal ; the second of thewatery trini ty.

PHYS ICAL Fo‘

RM

Confers a ve ry strong, well nit body , darkswarthy complexion

,bushy curly hair of coarse

texture,sad dark brown or jet black . Hai ry

body,beetling brows ; full , sharp , p iercing eye ,

short thick neck,usually short to middle stature

,

corpulent later in l ife , square jaws and round face .

MENTAL AB ILITIE S

Very secretive,reserved

,deceitful

,active ; a

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r emarkable genius for war ; very bold and of nu

doubted courage,scorning danger, sharp , b i tter

tongue , sarcastic , thoughtful , selfish , fond of o ccult matters . Usually good surgeon s have thisSign stro ng .

SAGG I TAR I US .

This is a hot, dry , fiery, ch o leri c easterly , common m as

culine and bico rpal Sign ; thelast of the fiery tr 1go n .

PHY S ICAL FORM

Usually above the middle

stature to tall , well favo red counte nance , ruddycomplexion

,fine features, oval

"

face , cle ar keen ,quick eye

,hair grows thin over temples, an in

tr epid horseman , good rider, fond o f all spo rts

and exerci ses ; jovial nature .

MENTAL ITY

H igh minded ,good

, generous , jol ly , wholeso uled di spositio n , averse to brutali ty , though

this S 1gn usually denotes a hunter—a patron o f

sports—inclined to the pleasures of l ife , very fo r .tunate in most things , far-seeing , sharp anyliti

cal mind , capable of great learn ing

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CAPR I CORNUS .

Th1s 1s a cold,dry

,e fl

'

e m inate,

nocturnal,earthy

,melancholy

,

cardinal,movable

,solsti tial

,do

m e stic , four -footed southern Sign .

The last of the earthy triune.

PHY S ICA L CHARACTER

G enerally o f m e dium to small stature,body is

rather dry and Spare,longish

,lean

,slender vis

age ; chin long or pointed , thin beard , sad brownor chestnut hair

,neck long and small

,

“ narrowbreast and rather amorous .

MENTALI TY '

S ensitive, melancholy, very e n e rg e t1c , 1n

c lin e d to brevity,with a keen collected disposi

tion,quite wi tty

,deep as an artesian well and

extrem ely subtle,able i n government

,reserved .

secretive,though occasionally quite loquacious ,

changable and a good politician,i nclined to be

r evengeful .AQUA R IUS :

The last of the aeria l triplicity is

sanguine,rational

,fixed

,humane

,

diural,mascul ine

,hot and moist

Western sign,

PHY S ICAL D I STINCT I ONSI t pe r so n ifie s one of a full , wellset and comely stature

,well com

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posed but not tall figure, rather fleshy face, dete rm ine d jaw, sanguine and moderately clearcomplexion, bright

'

and fair or dark flax e n ha1r,clear skin, usually longish round or oval lovelyface. R obust, healthy co nstitution .

G oo d disposi tion , kindly , generous, free ,courteous , afl

’

ab le, humane , high pr 1nc 1ple s,

strictly hon e st and virtuo us . A ssociates onlyamong the intelligent, fond of study and deeprese arch , a good orator and fond of music .

PISCES .

Th1s 1s a -nocturnal,wa

te ry, cold , phlegmatic ,fe m lnm e

,wintery

,com

m o n bicorporal,n o r th

’n,

idle,e fl

’

e m inate,sickly

,

fruitful S lg l l ; the las t o fwatery trine and of the Zodiacal twelve .

PHYS ICAL FORM

Short indifferent s tature,i ll composed . body

,

rather large face , white , pali sh , wan co m ple x mn,

bo dy fleshy or swelling,rather

,

sto o p1ng whenwalkm g ,

and holding down the head ; quiet , slowheavy eye

,ve ry

,

fond of the water and sometimesinclined to drink .

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MENTALITY

I ndolent,

“dull,s eldom achieve anything

,

n othing seems to Worry,inclined to take l ife

e asy . Somehow always provided for,fond of

pleasures and very am orous,secretive

,fair j udg

ment , though very changeable in o p1m o n,e tc .

We will n o w proceed to exam ine the naturesof the planets— eight in number. A nd. in doingso i t will be necessary to part the ve il whichhides the mater ial from the Spiritual world . I twill b e necessary to again have recourse to the‘xsage s of the almost forgotten past and consul tthe ancient records preserved through countl essagesby the learned pundits of I ndia s mysticland iand then to trace i t to the

“

Egyptian , Babyl o n 1ans and Chaldean as well as to Show them eans adopted by the Theurgists of old to holds acred comm union with the spiri ts of the am

bie n t.

The first we will examine is“

Uranus . Thisplanet i s the author

’

of all the mysterious andpsychic phenomena so much in evidence theseclosing days of the t oth century . He causes adeep love for all occult manifestations and isusually quite strong in the horoscopes o f astrolo g e r s, hypnotists , m ind -readers

,medium s

,Spir

itualists and all m e taphys I cal s tudents, also au

thors of liberal thought works . writers,speakers

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i ng by the Ur anian influence to open the doorof honest investigation and allowing the flood o f

l ight—o f reason— to perme at e the innermost r ecesses o f your dark e n e d intellects . This i s theSpirit of the Uranus influence

,the true occult in

v e stigato r ; the h o n e s t'

unb e lie v e r of dogmaticallyrevealed rel ig ion 1 5 denoted by his wond erfulenlightening influence . He i s opposed to merebel ief, and spiri tually pe r so nifie s absolute knowledge . Under his regenerative ray we have e nte r e d the realm of invention and psychism .

Under his‘

b e n efic ie n t rays today‘

man standsstands forth in all his power, free from pe r s e cu

tion for any belief,enjoys gre ater freedom from

sectarianism ,and l ift ing hi s e ye to t he blue dome

o’e rhe ad whispers ,

“We see by the light of thousands of yearsA nd the knowle dge of in illio n s of menThe lessons they learned through blood and in

tearsA r e ours for the reading—and then

We sneer at their errors , their follies and dreams ,Their frail idols of mind and of s tone

,

We call ourselves wise , forgetting i t se ems,That the future will laugh at our own .

”

The influence of Uranus when rising at birthconfers the spiri t of l iberty

,th e d e ep thinker

,

the psychic,‘

odd,peculiar

,v e ry eccentr i c

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a nd extremely indepe ndent, he also confers

e xtraord inary powers o f hypnotism , thoughtreading

,telepathy

, g ives a r emarkable deve lopment o f intuitional power, e spec ial ly if

ascending in either n—w—‘P, he r enders thenative very uprigh t, honest, just and usually k indunless evilly aspected by Saturn o r Mars

,I n

which case he will l ikely invent some n ew modeof criminali ty . The unafll icte d r i sing po sino n 1 5

very good for the reason that it gives abili ty tore ad human character. They ar e great lovers o f

tr uth and thoroughly desp i se dece it or hypo cr icy.

They intuitively know whom to trust and whomto be wary of

,hence are seldom imposed upon .

They rarely belong to any parti cular Church o r

creed as they ar e j ust naturally o pposed to do g

m atism , their religion generally cons ists of thebe l ief that to do good

‘

and act r ight is th e mainessential. They usually incline to all o ccult m at

ters and make the best Spiri tual i sts and explorersin the vast re alm o f the m yste r io us finer force s innature .

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70 LESS ONS I N A S TROLOGY .

SATURN

The ancients held saturn to be the author ofall sordid desires , of soli tary glo om ,

deep reserve ,secretiveness

,the enemy of advancement, author

o f all human i lls . He is the “pr ince of . evil” o r

the personification of S atan . In the Hindoo cos

m o go ny he I S the e m b o dym e nt of the destructiveprinciple in nature

, corresponding to the godhead “S iva” ( of the trini ty Brahm a—Vischn o uS iva) the destroyer. His symbol the scythe lz

suggests the Weapon of the grim destroyer—1

Death . In the e ngrav m g -hé i s pictured o n’

an

elephant’s back,th l S suggests his slow pace

in the heavens , as he requires a tr ifile over 29

years to make a revolution around the Sun . Heis the autho r of hate

,envy

,malice

,vindictiveness

the scourge of humani ty, cold , c ruel , bitter , un

feeling,constant

,steady and firm of purpose

,the

soul of secretiveness and reservedness, thus we

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hear of the ‘tSaturnine m an , suggestive of slowness

,dullness

,he awne ss

,gloom and repul sion .

However,he is not always en tirely evil , for if

Well placed -in the horoscope he contributes tosolidity of intellect and great honest perseverance

,a striking instance of infle xibility and firm ,

ness of purpose i s the horoscope o f the late G e n .

G rant,wh o had Saturn r rsm g m Taurus

,and he

died of a thr o at disease denoted by Saturn , s low

and we ar ing . A s Uranus denotes the psych i cand occult

,S aturn denotes the exact opposi te or

the strictly m aterial , he i s opposed to all newthings or ideas

,taking a delight in tearing down

,

destroying. Criticizing,self-opinionated characters

usually have thi s planet quite str o ng . No m at .

ter what their own belief may be they usuallyobject to a differen t belief in o thers . I haveknown Spiritual i sts Who had Saturn strong

,bi t

te r ly oppose and denounce A strology , though Ihave never noticed one w i thout a Strong Uranusnature

,affl icted

,which merely indicated de

ficie nt reasoning powers . When Saturn i s strong,

the m aterial spiri t thoroughly predominates and

generally denotes the bigot and se ctarian , opposedto advancem ent

,.W i th a shibboleth o f rule o r

ruin . I t is a bad thing for any one to have toomuch oft h e -Saturn natur e , and if o ne studie s

the phenomena o f rational A strology he ,would

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soon observe that i t teaches the inner law ofspi r i tual ideation and u

‘

nfoldment,te aches that

the re i s no fixed fatal necessity about the s tars,

teaches that the W i se man rules hi s s tars and the

foo l o beys them . The,

sooner one finds o ut

whether he is subject to'

the Saturn or Uranus

spirit the sooner will he become master of himself

,thus “ruling his o wn stars” by bring ing him

s e lfx

up to a higher sp iritual development and theconscious knowledge of his inner weaknesses

,

but still mo re of his “grander se lf.

JUPITER .

Jupiter,aside from the S un

,i s the larges t

planet i n our solar system. H i s influence is emine n tly benefic , being the author of power,wealth , place , honor, esteem , etc . A s Sa turnrepresents the “S iva” influence , Jupi ter r epr e

sents the Vischn o u o r preservative e lement i n

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n ature. In the Hindoo , Jupiter i s pic tured as .

t ride a boar, an animal less wieldy and of mo re

speed than the Saturn beast , hence conveyi ng theidea that Jupiter i s swifter in motion . re quiring

but 1 2 years to make a solar circuit . But i n

m ythology Jupiter was fond of the hunt, and th eboar was the favorite chase . In this engraving

h e is represented holding a book which suggestthe character of a law-giver or an ecclesiast

,and

a str o logically he frequently denotes both charac

t ers. It i s the S aturn ian mi ssion to destroy,but

the Jupite r ian to build up and preserve by

h is Wo nde r fnl spiri tual rays the race from

S aturn’s destructive elements or the “S iva in

fl ue nce . Jupiter i s the embodiment of strength,

power , wealth , honor, etc .,and pe r so n ifie s the

jovial character. He represents in an eminentdegree the j ust , courageous , fortunate individual ,kind , generous , free , open -hearted , never suspecting evil thoughts and de e ds ino the r s . He 18 de

v ont,therefore a natural representative of an c c ~

c le siast o r divine ; he delights in places of publicworship and al so in law. Ever ready

—

to forgive

and lending a helping hand , free from guile andd eceit , cour teous in h is acts , ready to accord

o thers full hearing —and opposed to intense

dogma . Saturn represents the narrow bigo t ,

Jupi ter pe r so nifie s the impartial j udge eve r

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re ady to li sten to reason , Saturn refuses to l i stenbut Jupiter opens the door and courts honest inv e stigatio n . When Jupiter rises or is strong atbirth

,many of the fo r e go m g traits are.

clearlymarked

,the native usually leads an

* honorable,

upright l i fe,i s well beloved and is very successful

,also generally lives a long

,happy

, p eaceful

l ife and seldom wants for anything.

SUN

There i s m uch in this engraving to attract theattention of the student of esoteri c Hindu ism ,

and especially the A strologer: This picture r é

quires a l i ttl e exam ination . First we se ei

what m ay

be understood as the personified Sun seated onthe back o f a L ion . This m e r e lv suggests the

powe r o f the Sun i n L e o , the l ion , which is hisA s

trological hou se o f power,d ignity

,e tc

.

,The

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fiic te d he becomes extremely e V1l . The solarnature i s that of power

,m ind

,w i ll force

,the na

ture of grandees , pr m ce s,crowns

,authori ty

, e tc. ,

e manates from him ,he i s the spiri tualization o f

l i fe eternal and pe r so nifie s the m am head of theHindoo triad

,

“Brahma,

” the creator, posse ss ingal l the characteristi cs of the other two he be

c omes the essence of life spiritual and eternal .A s the S un blinds or dazzles wi th hi s brillianceand by his wondrous r ev ivifying po we rsb rings a

procreant earth to full b IOo m with the beautiful

g arb of verdure , so the sola r character b e e o m ingconscious of his menta l and physical powers att r acts the e le m e rits of li fe and spi ri tual development , clothing h 1m se lf i n the garb o f continuous

spiri tual unfoldment he becomes like the Sun ,“A

l ight shining on high . Materially, the solar

m an becomes an arrogant, proud , haughty ,self-opinionate d 1ndiv idual

, very aggr essive .

g enerally a very prominent figure in

l ife locally or nat1o nally. When strong

at birth h e usually denotes a successful

car e e r ,

v

o ne who by the exercise of great w i l l

power , and a c o nsm o us knowledge of his supe r i

o r ity becomes a le ade r '

o f m e n . A s the Sun i s

leader of our solar system this spiritual attribute

is confer red upon the so lar m an to an emine ntdegree .

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MAR S .

Thi s cut is very suggestive . Mars in the pe rso nage of man 1s seated upon a war hor se

,in his

hand he hold s the sword o f conquest and typi

fies the warrior, which is the principal characte r istic o f the Mars man . Mars i s the true perso nificatio n o f the Ishmaelites

,his hand against

every man . Mars seems to be the significato rof physical evil , but not so much of the spiritual .His is the spi ri t of the vicious

,the depraved

,the

li centious and the libertine,his spiritual aflinitie s

correspond to the unbeliever, the fo olishly o h

stinat e,the unr e aso nable h . Pysically,

the -warriorthe extremely

.

rash,v iolent , tempestuous and

angry. Disagreeable tempers are conferred by

th i s planet . But when well d ignified h'

e' denotes

the very active , pro gr e ss1ve , courageous , enterprizing, bold nature, and g ives a keen fine spirit

78 LESS ONS I N A S TROLOGY .

ual nature . When badly placed the very worstattributes of hate

,envy , malice , passion , fiery

,

cruel,bitter and extremely violent dispositions

are engendered . But all of these weaknesses

can be entirely overcome and are absolutely sub

servient to,the higher spiri tual

,m oral influences

of the Solar andJupite r ianelements wh ich everyo n e has and which can be called into active lifeby the exercise of dormant will power if butacted on properly by the power of mind whichi s the S o lar pe r so n ificatibn . When Mars rises atbirth he generally denotes awarrior, one delight

1ng 1n contests of every descripti on , aprogressive ,keen

,sharp

,ambitious character

,full of vanity

and.

love of self,a no to r ie tv Seeker

,no matter

how gamed . He confers a resolute,aspiring na

ture,brooking no interference with his plans‘

,

fond o f displaying authority at: all times,

no matter whether the occasion demands i to r not. He is eminently an egotist and praise i sas incense burned at the alter of a de vote e .

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Venus i s here represented o n the back of a“ship of the desert.

” a patient, speedy animal . Inher hands she holds a ring—m r cle—emblematic

je ct in our stellar system ,and what could be more

po e t1callyappropriate than that she should p e r

sonify all that i s lovely,beautiful , graceful and

charming to the eye and senses ? How she con

fie r ce violent nature , whi le Venus , the per soni

ficatio n o f love , b eauty, harmony, pleasure , gen

tle n e ss, refinemen t, shines with a soft, delicatebut most bri ll iant glow in the cool of the twil ight

o r balmy z ephyrs of early morn ; at once the

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most charming object in the limitless expanse ofthe empy

’

rean . By the ancients she was vari

o usly termed Hesperus , A phrod ite , Phosphorous ,Vesper

,etc .

,but by the magi

,or wise m en

Magicians o r A strologers—she was termed L uc ifer

,i . e .

,l ight . (Note . Centuri es later L ucifer

became the corrupt synonym fo r S atan or evil . )When she i s ri sing at birth or otherwise wellplaced she confers an ex traordinary refin e mentof nature and a very delicate, pure ,

’

spiritual unfo ldm e n t, thi s nature i s seldom evidenced on ac

count o f the overstrong desire and love of ease ;mirth and an incl ined devotion to mere physi cal

e ase and pleasure. The Vénus nature i s essen

tially mirthful, full of music , poetry , e tc . The harmonies of life are reflected by this beautiful l n

flue nc e . The ancients pictured her as foreverho lding a m 1r r o r before her

,thus symbolizing

the reflection of self in the sp iritual surroundings.

Thus,Venus is sensi tive , soft, yield ing to all ex

ternal circumstances“

or surroundings . If th esurroundings are happy th1s W111 more readily t eflect in the Venus nature than 1n any other onaccount of the extreme de licacy

‘

and sensibil i ty .

If the environments are unhappy the Venusian

nature i s at once correspondingly depressed andthus “reflected .

”A s nature 18 ever smili ng

to the happy,what could typify this more ap

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pr o pr iate ly than t o personify nature as a womanconstant ly adm 1r 1ng herself ih -a ll her glory in amirror ? Change but the hand mi r ror f o r theplacid lake

,the limpid stream

,the swelling Ocean

Or the fle e cy clouds and yo u have the spiritualsimile of the personified Venus. Her nature i sk indliness

,generosity, friendliness , averse to all

forms of cruelty and the exact opposi te of Mars .They usually become quite wealthy and

,

have acomparatively easy journey through life . Have

fine discriminatory powers,though they often

fall victims to misplaced confidence , e special lyfemales

,i f Mars afil ic t

,

MERCURY .

In this e ngrav m g IVI e r curyi

i s seen perched onthe back of an

“

eagle,i . e .

,the bird of Jove

,the

winged messenger o f the gods . It i s a Singular

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thing ; but ifA strology is false and i ts teachingsall wrong, that the science should have as i tschief planet this diminutive and elusive globe

,

measuring only a trifle over 5, the diameter of th eearth and o nly

‘

ab o ut 1 -

30 the m m of monstrousJupiter’s diameter

,being visible to th e naked eye

only o n extremely rare occasions, ye t the foun

tain o f w i t,source of m ind

,intelligence

,activi ty

,

eloquence and l i terature . I t i s singular that theancients should have selected thi s dim inutiveplanet to fi ll such an all important office . If theyhad se lected the planets i n a sort of haphazardind l scr im m ate manner i t i s hardly probable thatthey would have chosen this l i ttl e speck in theheavens always dodg ing around the S un as ifafraid of being seen in pr

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eference to th e brill iantVenus

, gloomy Saturn,or majestic Jupiter for

that stat ion . Considering that th e ancients werefully co gm z ant o f the wonderful power andpr operties of m ind

,to the casual observer o r

reader i t does seem asthough they should have se

le c te d some p lanet which , judging by its sign orsome other physi cal characteri sti c , had this seeming power or “greatness” thus completing the apparent influence . But no ; experience , foundedon observation determined thi s most vital point,and ,

astrologically the mind i s governed byMe r

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purely physical plane . He is th e embodimentof speed

,of lightn ess

,symbolic of Wisdom, o f

thought,of brain power

,he denotes the w i t

,the

author,the lite rate ur , the writer, clerk , bears

chie f '

rule ov er m essengers and all who act infiduciary capacities . When rising in a nativi tyhe produce s marked abili ty in oratory , language ,statesmanship,

very energetic , fanciful , po e ti cal ,though intensely practi cal . Th e spiri t of th i splanet i s extremely sensitive to Surroundings

,

and when much affl i cted deno tes l iars , thie ves ,e m b e z z e le r s, cheats , frauds , deceitful and vision

ary characters, fond of low ,lewd associates

,full of

mischie vm us actions,busy

,talkative , fond of

creating turmoil and fo r m e n tm g discord , but a1

vfays cleverly covering their own footstepsWhe rein they exhibi t considerable 1ng e nuity .

MOON.

will be“

observed that the rays surrounding

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The Moon in above pic ture ar e diffe ren t fromthose of the Sun . Those around the Sun ar e

sharp and clear while those around th e Moongig soft, di ,

fi°

use d thus typi fying the refle ctivepower of the Moon

,as the Moon shines with

reflec te d l ight,so her subj ects re flect the light

(if all the other planets . Her spirit sign ifié s'

un r e st,

change , ( to . A s the gentle Orb monthly circles1n he r e ver changin g orbit Wh i t could be m orepoetical than to have this planet symbolize“change” ? Her spirit i s never sati sfied withsurroundings but is ever seeking pastures new

,

thu'

s sign ifying this’

changcful element.

Amongst the ancients she was variouslytermed -D iana

,Deucal ion , Ceres , I si s, e tc . , To

the early erudite Br ahm m s she personified

m other nature,and i n support of thi s assertion

Thos . Mauri ce—previously r eferred to -in hi ssplendid work on Hindo o stan exhibi ts a beautiful ornate e ngrav m g of th e

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g o ddé ss I sisé- Omma

1n the character o f omnipresent nature. In he r

hand she holds a basket fi lled with grain typi

fying the“fruits of the earth . O n her head the

first f aint gleaming c r escent symbolizes the

source of her power—“the head”—o r the r e fle c

tion of the Sun . She i s clad m a beautiful r aim

e nt of blue studded with stars, pers‘

onifying the

fir m am e n t . Sh e stands w i th one foo t on the

o cean , the other o n the land , thus completing -th e

sym bo hc representation of the power or rule she

b e ars over the tide s of the ocean and fruits of

s tubborn earth.

!No TE.-The force of lunar attraction in pr o

po rtion to solar force in the tides i s about 5 to 2 .

A t the Moon’s quarters there i s a marked di

m inutio n 1n the lunar effect of approximately 30

1nche s i n the heigh t o f a tide l]The m o on has been held to govern the

s trictly mat erial and sensual faculties of man andh e r i nfluence can not be doubted by those at all

o bservant o f occult phenomena . I t has been

d emonstrated time and aga in amongst the insanethat there are c e r ta1n phases o f 1n sa

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nity whichseem s to be pecul iarly influenced by c ertainphases of the Moon , becoming quite v iolen t and

ageable as the moon n ears the opposition

o f the S un—o r fills—gradual ly dim m ishing 1n

v iolen ce as she wanes, g o m g through the same

phenomenon at the next opposi tion . The se e f

fee ts are but the spm tual m anifestations of theoperation of this div m e law

l

o f harmony and Of

its correlative cause and effect. In anothe r courseof lessons I may enlargemore fully upon this ando ther phases o f A strological forces .

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A s the Moo n forms all th e aspects'

W1th theo ther planets she be comes in a measure the

hand -maid of all,thus reflecting the spiri tual

fo rces of all . She pe r so n ifie s the world and itspeople

,or the publi c a t large . G reat publi c di s

asters as well as benefits are of her influence .

S he usually deno tes public men and women ,such as b e co m e

' fam o us po lit1C1an s and are w idely known . I t i s an A strolo gical aphorism that

when the Moon reflects the rays of the Sun byh armonious angles upon the ruling planet in a

n ativity such a person will become famous 1n th e

world for eminent deeds. Her contro ll ing in

flue nc e i s Of the uncertain,erratic

,changeful o r

d e r fond of public life exci tements and loudproclaim

The following are the descriptions of personsaccording to the pos i tion of the ruling planet i nany sign . The planet must also be t aken inconsideration als o with the

“

sign ri sing at birth .

AR IES ( v ) .

G enerally describes a talnsh,slender

person, fai r complexion,auburn o r

b rown hair,fond of arts

,s cience

,etc .

,very in

tuitive,quick p e rceptions

,splendid l inguist

,

rather e cce'

ntric'

and pecul iar in behavior, likely

URANUS .

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to be of an 1n v e n tiv e turn of mind . A volat i l edisposition .

Usually a large, raw-b o n e d indiv idual,

ruddy, ( though occasionally pal i sh , )

full face,sad brown hair

,thin beard

,generally a

blow hard , resolute , quarrel some and possessi nga bad temper .

SATURN .

G ive s a tall stature,incl ined to lean

ness,qu ick sharp eye

,high full no se

,

oval feature s, g e ne r al ly pimples or peculiarly rud

dy complexion , usually very kind , obliging , free ,noble

,courteous

,gen e rous di sposi tion .

Denotes a m iddle to tail stature,well

set,strong

,large -bon e d fr ame

,swarthy

o r reddi sh dark complexion , reddish or brownhair

,severe look , bold , undaunted , fond of strife ,

JUPITER .

MARS,

turmoil and war .

G ives a good stature finely proportionedand well made body.

‘

G o o d complexion,

usually fair,l ig ht flaxen . hair, large , full clear

sharp e ye , noble disposition , courageous , valiant,delighting 1n activi ty , sports , etc .

,enterpriz i ng

and a deadly terror to his foes .Ve nps gives a middle stature , ratherslender build

,l ight complexion and hair

,

very refined,del i cate express1ou , usually mark or

scar on face . Very fond of society ,often in

VENU S .

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clin e dl

to the physical se nses which impairs th e

health , rather 1m pr o‘

v ide n t and unfortunate,unless

Sun . Moon or Jupiter cast a favorable ray .

G enerally g 1v e s a lo w ,small

,sleu

der stature ; thin , spare bo dy , ovalface

,l ight brown hair

,si ckly complexion

,quar

r

'

e lso m e , discontented , always dissatisfied , gene rally a lyi ng , p11fe r ing character ; me an , nastydispo si tion

G ives a person of rather an i ndifferentstature

,plump round figure

,roundish

face,tolerable good complexion

,l ight hair

,quick

,

r ash temper,hasty

,angry

,very erratic

,change

able , ambitious , a l ife full of“

many varied muta

tions .

MERCURY .

MOON

TAURUS ( s

Small stature but stout and plump ,not a handso me person , brownish

ha ir , grey eye , self-opin ionated , selfish , gluttonous ,

URANUS .

e c centric .

G ives fair heighth , but not comely

a heavy,dull slow person who car r l e s

himself m an awkward manner , dark hair , usually an obscure person incl ined to bruti shness and

v ic ious habits .Med ium stature , stout, well made

JUPI TER bpdy, rathe r plai n features , swarthy ,

I

SATURN.

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o rly complexion,of very go od obliging disp osa

tion , sound judgment, fond o f opposite sex , veryhumane , co m pasio nate to th e down tro dde n ,

a

philan tr ophist in most“ things .

Usually short,well se t body

,dar k com

ple x1o n ,chestnut hair

,which is coarse

,

broad face,wide mouth , usually mark or scar o n

front of neck,a treacherous

,dissembling

,fal se

character,sotti sh in tastes and desires

,inclined to

drink and bad nature .

Sun usually denotes a short, wel l set body ,broad

,homely face

,dark complexion ,

big mouth and large nose , a self-assertive . proudhaughty person ; strong as an ox , fond of display-0m g strength and a very boastful character.

Describes a very handsome man orVENUS‘

beautiful woman , not very tall . Plump ,full rounded body , whi ch i s well made and finely proportioned, cle ar, . ruddy complexion . Fe

m ales ar e usually lovely brunettes with very dark

e xpressive eyes and luxuriant brown hair, mild

ge ntle and winning temper, kind , generous ,o bliging , humane and well l iked by all acquain

tances .

MARS .

SUN .

Denotes a middle size,rather stout ,

strong -framed person , darkish , sun

burned complexion , short, dark bushy hair,

MERCURY .

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k ind and aflab le in di sposition and behavior A

great admirer of the opposi te sex.

“

Very fondo f study,

mild and generous, Just and ,c o urageo u

l

s,

firm and friend lyi

Usually g1v e s qu1te a tall figu1 e , st ra1ghtas an arrow , brownish r e d or light

hair . very restless and changeful , gray or blue

eye , strong bones , long arms and hands , ratherrash

,impetuous and headstrong

,free

,generous

,

asp1r 1ng ,brooking no interference w ith

1his plan s

and g e nerally unfortunate in most things , by reason o f changing his position frequently in life . A n

unstable character,l iving by his abil ity as a po

litical schemer .

G ives a tall , finely proportioned body,‘light

,sanguine complexion

,fair haired

pale blue , sparkl ing eye. A 1 courteous,afl

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able

d i sposi tion , k i nd and generous,though extremely

pro ud and high spiri ted but not self -willed,

there fore he i s easi ly controlled by others and thusfrequently 1m po se d upon . Inclined to reserved

ness and rather mild mannered unless his prideis affected , when he becomes bitter and

"angry .

Cause s a talli sh though slender ‘body,

VENU S " well made , roundish , oval f ace , browno r haz el eyes , fine , clear, smooth comple xion ,o ve ly di sposition , fond of dress and ornamen t,

MARS .

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l iberal,humane

,j ust

,kind

,chari table

,the soul of

honor and righteousness .Denotes a very tall , upright , wellproportioned body

,good

,clear com

plexion,keen

,sharp

,witty , intell igent , an inge

n iOus,pregnant mind filled with great thoughts

and noble aims,a keen far se e ing m an

,a brill iant

‘

lawyer,a clever pol itic ian

,especially in hi s o wn

interests,agood

,keen lo giC1an ,

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ndfigifte di n d i scourse .

MERCURY .

G ives a tall,Well made body

,comely

figure,brown hair

,good complexion

,

the m ind i s’ full of fan e 1es, vet Subtle and crafty ,

no t“

a very cheerful d isposition and of an unfo r

tunate career , unless Jupiter or Venus aspect by

trine or sex t ile .

MOON .

G ives a short stature,rather plump

body,sad brown ' hair

,slender face

,

Weak eyes, sharp nose , prying nature , Jealous ,lazy in work

,but a great lov er of recreation s

,

very eccentric,i ncl ined to drink ,

“puts on” for

appearances sake, errati c and changeful di spos ition.

URANUS,

Describes a middle o r short stature,

SATURN.

pal ish , si ckly, weak complexion , Weak

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co nsti tution , thin face , dark hai r, languid , wateryeyes , body sometimes deformed, j ealous and dec e itful

,l ikely to die of pneumonia or co n sum p

tion . A generally weak character.G enerally denotes a medium height

,

palish , S1ckly complexion , oval face ,dark hair

,plump body

,out of proportions

,a Very

busy talkative person , conceited , self-opinionated ,and a m eddler

,fond of women and aquatics , a

successful dealer 1n watery pursuits—as a fisher,

sailor,boatbuilder

,etc—lacking in courage ; and

great cate f, almost a glutton.

De sc r ibe s a sho r t,ill-favored body

,bad

co m ple xm n,pale and vitiated

,thin

brown hair,a servile nature , idle, slothful , fond

of brutal,low associates

,mean

,crabbed m ind

,

lustful and vic ious . snappi sh tongue , a leering

JUPITER .

MARS .

Per’

sonates short stature,sickly,

pale complexion

,freckled face

,brown hair

,turn

ing to l ight , gray eyes , fond of females , a lover

of ease and pleasure , consequently a sort of i ndolent nature;

G ives short Stature , fleshy body, round

pale , si ckly face , l ight hair. If rising

with the Moon,face wil l be very white and wan .

If 24 or 30 degrees arise the hair may be red .

VENUS .

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(A st ro as i t i s .) Small gray eyes , gentle, m i ld ,go od natured and improvident .

Short stature,palish

,dull com

ple xion,thin features and sharp

hooknose,fond o f drinking

,likely to be l ight

fingered,very deceitful

,subtle

,dishonest and

changeful .Represents a medium stature

,well-fa

v o r e d body,roundish

,full face , ~

pale

dusky complexion,changeable as the winds

,fond

of roaming around,cheerful

,merry

,and easy

,

peaceful,harmless

,always cheery and fond o f

company ; generallywell l iked and quite fo r tu

nate 1n mest things,unsteady

, and free from brutal o r carnal though ts .

MERCURY .

MOON .

LEO

G enerally denotes a large , full , s tfo ng ,wel l -kni t body

,broad shoulders

,l ight

brown hair,firm

,heavy

,step . G enerous , free ,

noble , cou’rageous

,kind

,j ust

,though rather proud

and somewhat co nceited .

Usually personates a full,large stature ,

broad shoulders,large

,heavy bones ,

but not very fleshy,rather austere, surly, etc . ,

qu1te a braggart, passionate, revengeful , neverforgets an injury o r forgives a wrong .

URANUS .

SATURN .

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G ives a large,strong

,well-made body

of splendid proportions, sanguinecomplexio n

,full , clear, deep-set eye and very

penetrating,military walk and bearing

,free

,gen

e r o us, courageous and noble , fond of praise .Makes a large

,tall

,strong body o f good

proportions,l ight brown or sandy hai r

,

v ery noble , ambitious , and‘

asp1r 1ng ,honest

,tr uth

ful , a firm friend and a determined enemy . Veryproud and a trifle too conceited ; he scorns todo a mean trick and i s above flattery . Very fondof rule or authority

,m which he e xc e lls .

G ives a very tall figure,large bones,

fierce ruddy complexion,l ight hair

,

large gray eye , quick , positive step , rather aboastful character , fond o f all out-door sports,riding, hunting , shooting , etc . R eady for war

at any tim e . A proud , arrogant di sposition , al

ways' se e king the favor and smiles o f

°

ladie s .

Creates usually a tall,well propo rtioned

body,clear complexion , clear cut fea

tures,roundi sh

,full face which is freckled

,l ight

flaxen o r reddish hair, somewhat passionate andpetulant

,but very kind , generous and free W i th

their friends,quite good -hurrio

’

r e d,soc iable and

r ather proud , but not of the arrogant order.

JUPITER .

SUN

MARS .

VENUS .

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Tall body , brownish hair , sunburnedcomplexion , roundish , full face,

high nose, hasty , proud , conceited, ambitious ,rather a v olatile nature and seldom keeps hi sfriends.

MERCURY .

Denotes a person above middle stature,good proportions , sandy complexion ,

large , prominent eye s , l ight hai r, a lofty , proud ,resolute

,aspiring nature . (Ex-President Cleve

land had in $1. in the l o th house at hi s bi rth ).a very contentious , po si tive , firm , unyielding na

ture that binds others to his w ill force .

MOON .

VIRGO ( rm

G ives shortish stature but well proportioned

,dark hair

,brown or haz e l

eye , small bones very fine grained , a witty cc

c e n tn c m 1nd,fond of study and occulti sm

,very

close , so rdid and miserly .

Tall,slender body

,lean

,dark vi sage

,

asceti c,austre

,melancholy

,brooding

,

sad look or express ion in eye and face , slow toanger

,contentious

,retentive mind , curious in

beliefs and notions,fond of sci ence and a deep

student .

URANUS .

SATURN .

Denotes a stature above medium,

JUPITER‘ black or dark brown hair, ruddy but

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n o t clear complexion . A hasty disposition , verycheerful

,bo astful

'

and improvident .G ives a medium height

,straight

,well

made body,gray eye

,round face

,quick

tempered,revengeful

,scar or mark or blemish On

the face i f r 1s1ng ,conceited , and of irri table na

tur e .

MARS .

Personates a tall ish well m ade body,

rather slender,a good complexion

,brown

hair and gray eye , inge m o us,free

,generous and

kind ; very analytical , keen , sharp , in telligent,progressive ; w ith great self-pride , fond of honestr ecreations and pleasures .

Usually a tall,well made body

,brown

ish ha1r,long face

,dusky complexion

,a

l ively w it and clever orator, an aspiring nature ,fond of the beaux -arts and all l ight recreations .

Indicate s a tall , slender person , veryquick

,agile

,n ervous

,sen si tive; a

brilliant orator and keen logician , deeply inter

e ste d in science , art , learning and all the refine

m ents of life , learns languages with great facil ity ,subtle and careful in all hi s actions , A witty

clever person .

G enerally denotes a middle to tall sta

ture,palish complexion

,rather pensive

,

fond of notoriety ; lo quac 1o us , selfish , somewhat

SUN .

VENUS .

MERCURY .

MOON .

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he is often a great looser—both in credit and e s

teem . Ambitious and fond of prai se and quiteconceited .

Shows a talli sh,erect body

,full

,clear,

N'

sharp eye ; oval face ; l ight hair ; e x trav a

gant, free and generous beyond all reason ; t o ofond of display and finery , proud and rather selfOp i nionated .

Usually produces the loveliest and mostperfect specimens of humanity . Tall

,

graceful,sanguine complexion

,l ight brown or

tinge o f reddish hair ; blue or gray eye , very go o d

lo oking, cheerful , aflable , kind , obliging , exceed

ingly fond of fancy ornament and display , in ar

ranging which they exhibi t great ski ll and arti s

tic taste . I f 9 be sign ificato r in a female’s horo

scope they are very fond of ease and luxury ;usually quite voluptuous

,and if Mars affl ict are

quite l ikely to b e of an am o ur o us nature and

weak in morals , unless Qbe o the rW1se fortified .

They are,however

,very refin e d in their tastes i f

I upiter aspects Venus ; or Moon also be fav o ra

bly placed .

SU

VENUS .

I ndl cate s a Well proportioned body,

rather full than otherwise,light

brown smooth ha 1r,sanguine complexion

,just

,

fearless disposition,virtuous, pruden t , a lover of

MERCURY .

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h e ning ,having many natural abili tie s and m any

acqu i red accomplishme nts,an ingenio us

,thrifty

individual o f pleas ing m anners and good habits.De sc ribes awe ll m ade bo dy , l ight brownhai r

,ruddy com plexio n

, goo d lo ok ing,fine face , quite m er ry , j olly and pleasing in theirmanner and depo r tment

,agree able and frie ndly

,

much admired and r espected by all the ir acquaintances . If a fe male she i s gr eatly admired bymen

,but she must exerci se great care , ove r the

moral propens itie s.

SCORPIO (m,

G iv e s a short,th ick set bo dy

,ill m ade

and c roo ked , dark complexion , coar seha1r , m alicious , dec eitful , cunn ing , avar icious

,

incl ined to drink and sottish pleasures . G ener"

ally a very coarse but fearfullys

subtle, hypnotic

nature . A de spe rate characte r .

G ives a short statur e,thick , strong ,

well se t bo dy , long face,dark com

ple xio n, a quarr e lsom e, m isch ievo us natur e , a

vio le nt though extremely firm , po s i tive natur e ,o ne who w i ll no t sto p to co nsider the means so

long as the end is attained e ven though i t be to

his’

own detrim e nt.

MOON.

URANUS .

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0

Indicates a middle stature,short

,com

pact body,coarse

,dark hair

,full

,

fleshy face,dirty

,dusky complexion ; proud , lofty,

ambitious and aspiring,resolute

,covetous

,selfish

,

subtle and one who ought to he handled wari ly .

Denotes strong,firm built

,solid body

,

medium height,broad

,full face

,dusky

co m ple xm n,curly black hair

,passionate, fiery

,

rash, qul ck ,

Violent,very' revengeful

,full of am

bitiou,resolute and generally extremely success

ful in hi s pursui ts,

G ives a short stature , rathe r fleshy,

broad face and dusky complexion , darkhair

,an envious

,conten tious , debauched and

JUPITER .

MARS .

VENUS .

very . vicious,depraved person .

Personates a square,stockily built per son ,

b road face , cloudy , sun -burnt complexion .

A n ingenious mind , but overbearing , abrup ttemper

,disagreeable manner, ambitious nature ,

o ne who w il l n o t admi t of an equal. G enerallybecome famous as great sai lors , surgeons or physician s ; rarely achieving success i n other pursuits .

G ives a short stature, i ll made body ,MERCURY‘ broad shoulders , swarthy complexion

,curly brown ha1r , in 110 w i se pleasing o r r e

fined.Very m ge nio us, subtle , shr e wd/

sand far

seeing ; studious and ambitious , very careful o f

SUN

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Magnifice nt, tall, handsome , stric tlyupright figure

,bold , fre e , Open , co ur

age o us ,che stnut or brown hair, ruddy complex

ion, ( or clear), hair grows thin over and across

temples , brown or haz el eye , honorab le in allthings , scorn s a mean act, j ust , trut hful , courteo us ,humane

,aflab le and

"

agreeable manners—po liteand e ngaging . Very fond .o f field sports and all

manner of recreation . A true “lord of creation .

G ives a moderately tall statur e ,"

w e ll proportioned body

,compact and strongly

made,sanguine

,ruddy complexion

,oval visage

,

quick,keen eye , sharp , hasty temper , though

so on conciliated . A splendid j udge of horses

and qui te fond of active outdoor life.Describes a tall , well made body,

ovalv isage

,sanguine complexion

,l ight brown

hai r, a lofty , aspiring nature , high minded and

aiming at great things , quite austen and a seve r ej udge . He is often honorably mentioned fo r

go o d and noble deeds ; but is inclined to disdainapplause .

Makes a middle stature , well balancedfigure

,fair

,clear complex ion

,oval face

,

brown eyes and dark hair, (usually chestnutbrown ), very generous and free , goo d nature d ,free

,obliging

,extreme ly fond of music and art

,

JUPITER .

MARS .

SUN .

VENUS .

LESSONS I N AS TROL OG Y . 105

in which they o fte n e xcel] . Qui te successful inm o st things .

De no te s a tall stature,well f ormed,

not fleshy, large bones , brown ha1r,ruddy complexion and large nose, passionate , butsoon appeased ; rash to hi s own injury , yet welld ispo sed , striv ing after honorable things , but sel

do m attaining them and not very fortunate .

A fine,tall , handsome , well favored

body,oval face, bright brown hair, rud

dy o r sanguine com plexion , a good even disposit ion

,open

,ge nerous , but hasty and passionate ,

ye t forgiving ; ho ne st, ki nd , fortunate and muchre spected .

MERCURY .

MOON .

CAPR ICORNUS ( is

A middle , sho rtish stature ,well m adebody

,short neck , high for ehead , very

dark hai r , plenty of whiskers, dull complexion ,s m all, peering eyes , and Some peculiari ty in hisgait ; d i spo si tion reserved , firm in his dealings

,

austere , conceited and generally unprinc ipled in

his pro pensitie s .

Personate s a low stature,thin and

weak lo ok ing, but very e nduri ng and, hardy , r o ugh, coarse skin

,dark o r o bs cure co m

ple xio n ,IOng visage,thi n hair and he ard, pe e vish,

1URANU S .

SATURN .

106 LES S ONS I N ASTR OL OGY.

m elancholy,susp1c 1o us, selfish , av ar ic1o us , serious

and austere ; a sound , so lid ,k e e n j udgment which

seldom goes wrong . O nce wronged never fo rgives

,and usually grave .

Describes a short stature,small bones

,

thi n face,small head

,dark hair, scan t

beard,a sickly

,creature

,peevish

,inactive

,

helpless,indole nt

,weak character

,o f no

deci sion . Usually very frail in all h i s propensities and continually at war w i th himself andthose ar o und him .

Small statur e , lean body , l i ttle face andhead

,lank b lack hair

,bad com plexion ,

keen eye , ingenious , courageous , quick andagile

,possessing great prudence and firm deter

mination,sharp

,penetr ating

,able and successful

in his pursuitsMean stature

,pale com plexion

,brown

hair,j ust

,honorable, tolerable temper , yet

very hasty when provoked , but soon over it .

Gains lov e and friendship by his very agreeable ,witty conversatio n ; and gain s much respect by

his co urteous and genteel manners.Denotes a small stature , th in oval face,dusky complexion , dark hair, courteous

and o bliging , ,

fo nd o f enjoyment, eating , drink

ing, e tc .

'

R ather unfor tunate , subject to strange

JUPITER .

MARS .

SUN.

VENUS .

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carr iage, sobe r, industrious , pe r se rve r ing, careful, prudent , fond of research and science , yet

somewhat bigote d or set .

Indicate s a tall ish stature,well se t;

compact,strong bo dy,

dark hair, large

face,cheerful , o uliging disposition , kind , hu

mane,j ust

,good-humored , mirthful , industr ious

and persevering, fond o f science and learning,

Usually gives a well favored body,

rather corpulent,hair red or sandy

,clear

r uddy complexion , fiery disposi tion and very nu

r uly,fond of argumen t and display . No t a v ery

fortunate charac ter .

Denotes a middle stature, sto ut bo dy

“

,

roundish face , clear complexion , light

hai r, good disposition , obliging and kind, though

tinged with arrogance and a desire to “rule,

”o s

te ntat1o us and fond of displaying autho r ity,yet

withal an upright, just personG ives a

'

very handsome, tall, well fav o r e d body , rather corpule nt, cle ar, san

guine co mplexion ; the hair brown, (o n rare o c

cas ions flaxen ), a kind , genero us, quiet aflab‘le

nature , no t at al l inclined to the vicious o r tur

b ulent,fortunate , obl iging to all and generally

we ll liked .

JUPITER .

MARS .

SUN.

VENUS .

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O rd inary stature,good

,clear com

plexion ; brown or black hair, a preposses sing countenance

,di sposition kind

,j ust

,

obl iging,humane

,chari table . Inclined to study

,

fo nd o f arts and sciences , very inventive , a brilliant mind

,keen

,sharp

,active

,restless

, unwear e d

fancy and brilliant mental attainments .Personates a middle stature

,rather stout

,

though well made,brown hair

,clear

skin,sanguine complexion ; ingenious , kind ,

obliging,inoffensive

,mind well balanced

,fond of

research,a lover of curio us and sc 1e ntific studies

and rarely guilty of a mean o r scurvy act . Sharp ,ke e n and a brilliant orator .

PISCES ( x

Per sonates a middle stature , pale , delicate

,e fl

'

e m inate , oval feature s, large ,large

,thick shoulders

,dark hair

,high forehead ,

fond of debate and controversy,ingenious , for

tunate but mutable , ofttimes addicted to bibulous

habits .

MERCURY .

MOON .

URANUS .

Short stature , pale complexion , darko r o iack hair

,large head , full , dul l

eye,contentious and cross

,.a cheat and disse m

bler,though frequently he presents a pr epo sse s

sing appearance .

SATURN;

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Middle stature,

fleshy body,dull

,

‘dark,obscure complexion

,l ighti sh

brown ha1r,a sort of harmless

,careless disposi

tion,quite studious

,genero us

,good hearted

,for

tunate 1n,

Journey and in most busm e ss deal ings,

a very respectable individual and leading a goo dl ife .

JUPITER .

Short stature , fleshy body , brown ham

and gray eyes , bad complexion,which

has a sort of debauched look , stupid , so ttish , contentions

,a libertine and roue , deceitful and idle ,

cruel,wanton and worthless , a wretched nature

and contemptible .

R ather —short statu re , round face , indifl'

e r

ent complexion,

. light brown hair and

gray eyes,rather corpulent , e fl

'

e m m ate and indole nt

,while harmless to others , he generally suc

co eds in rum m g himself by allowing his passions

full l icense ; of extravagant habits , a weak char

MARS .

SUN .

acter .Denotes a short

,plump

“

stature,round ,

full face,sweet or pleasing expression ,

dimple i n the chin,good

,clear complexion , merg

ing from pale to light ruddy , good humored ,’

j ust,lovable

,k ind

,generous , humane , peaceable ,

ingenuous ; but somewhat unstable—modera tely

VENUS .

fortunate .

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comely. Whe n Mars i s the s1gnificato r and inD or 8 to 12 the whole nature and disposi tion

is extremely evil and too frequently pro ducesmurderers and such other detestable characters .

>1< >1<

Observe the follow ing instructions carefullyand do not try to go faster than the lessons . Follow

e achf

step carefully , explanations will follow in

proper time .>l<

First write the in the upper left hand

corner o f ho io sco pe .

The “data” consists of,1, the place of birth ,

2,the date

, 3, the hour and minutes , a . m . or p .

m ., 4, sex , 5 , race—whi te, black , etc .In the upper right hand corner write down

side r ial time” correspo nding to date of birth .

the “side r ial time will be found in e ph e m e r ie s asbefore stated

,he sure and get the “side r ial time"

for the year and dit to for which the horoscope

i s to be erected .

Under “Sidereal time write down)

the difference between the time of birth and local moon

,

example : If birth o ccur e d at 3“go

m a . m . then‘

the difference between 311go

m a . m . and 1 2 no on

i s 8“gom which place right under S T and d e

duct th is from S -T. I f S idereal Time ( or S . T . )

LESSONS I N ASTROLOGY. 1 1 3

is 101 15 1110111 the sum‘ to be subtracted . Borrow

24 hours and work with the total sum .

If birth was. 3“30

“ p . m . then add the difference

,or 3

“ to S T,and if the amount ex

ce e ds 24 hours reject the 24 hours and work with"

the remainder

The results o f thisoperation 18 to be referredto the ephemeris to that section governing the

“Table o f houses, whichwil l be found in theback of all of “Raphael

’s Ephe m e rise s .

”

The noon—mark (N-K). Thi s i s mere lythe local time of any place on the earth corresponding to 1 2 noon at G reenwich . Whenit i s noon at G reenwich

,i t is 4 minutes

e arl ier o ne degree west ; one hour earl ie r 1 5deg rees west ; 6 hours earl ier 90 degrees west ,etc

,or

,m other word s

,when it i s noon at G reen

w ich i t i s j ust 6 a. m . at S t. L ouis,Mo .

,i t being

90°W. Longitude . A ll planets are calculated

for G reenwi ch m eridian .

There fore instead of calculating the planetsfrom Greenwich £01 a birth in this

"

country, we

s irnplify the operation “

byu sing a N-K a‘nd m ak

ing the calculation for the difference 1n local and

G reenw i ch time . The N K of any place may bereadily found by observ ing the above rule of 4m

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earlier than 1 2 noon for every degree west inlo ngitude from G reenwich

,or plus 4

m to 110011fo r each degree if east.Having thoroughly m aste r e d

‘

the fo regoinglessons i t w i ll now b e in order to erect a horoscope and place the symbols of the planets andthe signs in proper place , and first i t will b enece ssary to know what an “ephemeris” i s and

how to use 1t. A n ephemeris i s a bo ok contain

ing the geocentric longitudes and lati tudes of theplanets 8‘12 8

‘G) 9 I ) and £11 for every

day I n the year—past, present and future . Thism ay b e obtained through my publishers

,the

L ight o f Truth Publishm g Co , Having obtaine d

py—Z adkiels 15 o n e o f the best—though any

one will answer, yo u w ill open it at any page

and find the div isI o ns as follows—paym g no at

tention to upper section at first . Even numberpage , first column ,

18 headed “S ide r ial Time,

”

o dd page , first,

column , 6) Longi tude ; then in

o rder :

I t i s ab solutely n e cessary to have a copy(

o f

an eph e m e n s‘for the year o f birth fo r which the

horoscope I S to be erected .

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EX AMPLE .

L e t i t be desired to ere ct a horoscope for amale born at S t . L ouis

,Mo .

, December 5 , 1 89 5 ,

at a .,m .

Taking up a copy of R aphael’s “Ephemerisw e refer to the last page under the head of“Tables of House s .” We see a table for L ondon,

LES S ONS I N A S TROLOG Y . 1 17

5 0°

32’N.

,but th1s 1 5 too far north

,for w e want

to erect a horoscope for 38° N. lat

,therefore we

must find one nearer. This i s fo und‘

in the nexttable

,

“New Y ork,

” which i s 40°

43' N. , or only

2°

43’out of the way . ( I have made the horo

scope for lati tude 38°

37’N so there will be a

slight difference in the degrees on the cusps ofthe house s

,but for ordinary delineations

' th istrifling difie r

‘

e nc e will not effect i t materially).R eferring to the horoscope we see that the Siderial time required is Now i n the co lumnheaded ‘fS ide rial Time run the finger down theline until it reaches or nearest thereto , thi s

we find to be o nly I minute out of the way .

Run the finger to the right across the first line

and note the figure,which i s 1 2

,now run the

finger up that column‘

until you meet a sign,here

we find St , This column i s headed 1 0,which

m eans r o th.

house . Then in thi s case 1 2°

St,

must be placed on cusp of r o th house . Comeback to and cross bv e r one more line

,this

operation brings 1 5 under the eye . A g lance at

the t op shows 1 1 , which me an s 1 1 th house, un

de r ne ath 1 1“ i s 1m ,

which shows that 1 1 ° "2 i s tobe placed on cusp o f 1 1 th house . R epeat thisentir e formula for the 1 2 th house ; I st house , orascendant, but the ascendant must be written

1 18 LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY.

with degr ees and minutes , and instead of going

to top of section for ‘fisign” take the first sign you

se e,which is "L, and opposite i s 5

°

which is the sign and degree ascending . R e

peat the operation for 2d and 3d houses , alwaysbearing in mind that the first “ sign” you strikego1ng up is the one to 1nse r t . Y o u have now

r eached the heavy black line dividing that sec

t ion from the next , so close the book . When

yo u com e to the 4th house the s1gn 15 the oppo

s ite of the one on the cusp of the ro th

w ith the same number of degreesgth e 5 th i s the

O pposite of the 1 r th,the 6th i s the opposite of

the 1 2 th,etc. When the "

sign s‘hav e

,been placed

in the proper places the horoscopewi ll appear asin Fig . 1 on page 1 1 6

, and i s now ready fo r thec alculation and insertion of the nine planets .

Now refer to R aphael’s “Ephemeris” under

date o f December 5 , 1 895 , page 24, ! st column,

is headed “S ide r ial Time .

” December 5 th is

1 6h 5 8m08 8 This is for

i

G r e e nwich noon . But

we are calculatingfo r 90° W. , and 8 hours

e arlier than local noon , hence theV

difie r e nce

Would be about one minute less . in side r ial tim e,

and in o rder not to go too deeply into te chnicali

ties -and confuse the student I will work in min

um s and throw out the seco nds .

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subtract the difference from date and proceed aso th e rW1se m the regular manner. Having c al

culate d the planets’ longitudes we wi ll placethem in the horoscope . I n placing them the

following rule must be observed : First,notice

what signs the planets may be 1 11 ; second , note thenumber of degrees the planet has

,then the num

ber o f deg rees the same sign holds on the cuspof horoscope . "

S tart at No . 1,Fig . 2

,put

LESS ONS I N AS TROLOGY. 1 2 1

the plan et hav m g least number of degree s‘

nea‘

rest the cusp , provided degrees of planets aremore than cusp . Example : 12 has 1 3

°

5 1' of

nu the cusp i s 5° If 13 had only had 5

°

44' or

le ss,h e would have been placed just above the cusp

in the 1 2 th house . Whenever a,planet has more

degree s than the cusp , the planet is placed in'

thehOuse govern ed by the sign , alway s remembe r;

ing that from 1 to 2 i s ruled by No . 1—from 2 to

3 i s ruled by No . 2—from 3 to 4 i s ruled by No .

3 , etc. In thi s Horoscope is the only planetwhich is not place d

/

in the house ruled by L e o

for the cusp i s 1 2 ° and 21 i s only , 9° lack

ing 3°o f

' being placed in the 10 th . However,

i n reading the figure , 2! would be read as thoughhe was really in the l o th

, owing to the 5°

o rb

e xplained in the first part Of this work .

READING THE HOROSCOPE.

The student w il l now refer to th e previousdescriptions and try to master the esoteri c or inn e r spi ri tual m e an 1ngs of the remarkable positions which this h oro scope shows . This child isdestined to fil l the world with amaz ement andwonder. In hundreds and thousands of the

m o st famous horoscopes I have ever examined Ihave never noticed its equal . The careful stu

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dent w ill,

notice some remarkable testimonies .

But to the be gm ne r the se(aspects are not so ap

parent, so a short sketch would be in o rder .The first thing to observe in this figure i s that

am artial s ign ( ht ) I S r 1s1ng and a similar signrules the ro th house, or house of profession ,honor, 3

‘rules "L A fie ry,ambitious

planet, delighting in war , etc . , the 0 rules theM . C .,or midheaven , or r o th house , which 18 allthe same. 1! sign ificato r ofgreat honors , renown ,fame , etc . , i s in the house of honor and A to G) and

3 his ruler i s strong by dignity , by po s i tion

and in <5 with Uranus . Fixity of purpose and uh

be nding w i ll i s indicated by Saturn , spr o xim ity to

asc , D A to 12 and 8 ,while G) i s A to 2! and m

m utual reception with mighty Jove who presides

1n all his wonderful.

majesty over the destin1es of

thi s child ,The reader will hence see from the

te stimonies adduced that this horoscope plainly

po m ts to but one pro fe sswn, the career o f a mili

tary genius , o n e who‘scarce forty years hence

when the final confl ict between two mighty~

fo rce s, the parallel of which the world has nev e r"

witnessed , and which“Shall dye a procreant earthWith the blood of countless ho sts , "

Shaking to its foundatio ns the very insti tutes o f

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