THE

GUIDE TO ASTROLOGY

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G E N E THL IA C A L

A S TR O L O G Y

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p l et e in i ts elf so far as t he A s tr o l o g ica l p a r t o f a
N a t iv i ty is c o n cer n ed
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Bir t hday Figur es
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T r an s it s is giv e n whi ch th e r ea d er wi ll n d usef ul

an d r eliab l e to a v e ry l a r e ex t en t
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The mo s t un s a t isf a c t o ry p a r t o f A s tr o l o g y is t ha t

dealin g wi t h
Dir ec t i o n s
C a l cul a t io n o f
o r th e

Fu t ur e E v en t s
A t p r es en t t he r e is n o s y s t em
kn o wn t h a t w il l giv e relia b le r esul t s b u t t he me t h o d
t augh t in t his v o l ume will b e f o un d t o b e mo r e
a c cura t e t h an an
y o t h er k n o wn s y s t em y et ev en her e
t her e app ea r s t o b e so me t hin g lacki n g s o me missin g

l in k
w hich w o ul d exp l ain why s o me dir ec t io ns f all
o u t exa c tly an d l ik e a t hun der cla
p a n d o t h e r s p a ss
wit ho u t an y app r ec i ab l e ev e n t
Why t h i s is n o o n e
c an t ell
Per h ap s it is a wise p r o v isio n o f Pr o v i d e n ce
t ha t it is s o o n a cc o u n t o f th e f ea r an d d r ead o f mis
for t un e whi ch seem in h er en t in t he hum an h ea r t T o
kn o w t h a t ce rt ain de a t h o r m i s for t u n e aw ai t ed o n e
a t a c er t ain t im e w o ul d dr i v e t o m a dn es s o r s uici d e
a v e ry l a r e ma j o r i ty o f t h e inh ab i t a n t s o f t his ea r t h ;
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y T ru e As tr o lo g y w o u l d b e a t err ib l e
s c o ur g e co mp a r ed wi t h w hich t he b l o o di es t wa r s o r
the g r ea t es t n a t u r al c a tas tr o p hes w o ul d b e a s n o ug h t
A ll t hr o ug h the b o o k I hav e d o n e my b es t t o ma k e
ev eryt hin g a s s im p l e a n d
p l ain as p o ss i b l e s o t ha t
the yo un g es t s t u d e n t o r m o s t ill i t er a t e p e r s o n c an
r ea d ily u n d er s t an d

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y b ls Expl i d
tu e f t h A s pects
N t ure nd Q u lity f th S ign
f th ! di
M e ure ment f the Pl anetary A sp cts
Th Orbs f t h Planets
Th Mund ne H use
f the He vens
Pers ns Pr duced by the S i g s f the ! d i
Th F r m f B dy G ive by t h Pl nets in the S i gns
d Accid nt al Digni ti s
Th E ss ti l
Th U
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H w t Er ct a M p f the He ve s
H w t Pl e the Pl nets in th M p
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Th E ff ts f t h Directions of the
Th Dire ti ns f the Pl nets
S lar R turns
Birthday Fi gures
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practi ce and understand the follo wing That the

planets are nine in number and are thu s named and sym
b o lised : t9 Neptune ; I
Jupi ter ;
51 H ers chel ; b S aturn ;
c? Mar s ; 6) The S un ; 9 Venus ; Q M ercury ; D the M oon
The Zodiacal sign s are as follow
Northern Y A rie s
S outhern 2 L ibra
ll S corpio
I
8 Tauru s
11 G emini
I Sagittariu s
C ancer
5
V} C apricorn
m A quariu s
Q L eo
1m
Virgo
X Pis ces
E ac h s ign contain s
which multiplied by the twelve
s igns gi ve s
being the total number of degrees contained
i n the Zodiac The reason the anc ients di vided the Zodiac
into 360 appears thu s : that the solar year measures 3 65
days and the lunar year 355 the mean of whi ch is 360 the
number of the degree s in the Zod iac
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The P lan etar y A spects

S e misext il e

Trine
Ses quiqu adrate

A S e mi square

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Q uintile
S quare

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There i s als o the po ition 0 C onjunction

Decl in ation

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A sp ects

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The follo wing conj unc tions of the plan ets are good in po wer
and week 11 o il l b 0 (P {5 or the D; 9 ot}

or the D
d D The rema ining d e are all ev il more or
les s and whi ch will be fully e xplain ed
chapte rs o n

The E ffe ct s of the As pect s

The 34 S e mise xtile is alwa ys good M
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The A S e mis quare is alway s e vil
The
S e xtile is always good
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The A Trine is always good
D
The [Ll S esqu iqu ad rate is always e vi l l 3 5
The 1 Biqu intile the same i n effec t as the Q u in tile
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The V Q uin o un x is ev il I5 o
The 8 O ppos ition is alway s e v il I6 0
The P Parallel this is li k e the d in natu re
The relative power or potency of the as pec ts is appro xi
mate ly as follow s The mos t powerful is the (9 n ext to thi s
the
then the A D
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Fixed S i g ns 8
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C o mmo n S i gnsI
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Fruitful S ign s95 mx
Ba rren S ign s U 3L and Tm
Do uble bo died S igns I] x and the rst half of I
E quino ctial S i gn sY and 2
Tro p ical S i gns
and w
Aspec ts formed in the cardinal sign s are the s trongest ;
ne x t to these in the x ed sign s ; and lastly and least in power
are those formed in the common signs
No rmThe yo ung studen t should study wel l the fo rego in g
divis io ns as a p erfect kno wledge thereo f is necessary in judging
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EAS UR EM EN T O F THE PL A N E TA RY
AS PEC TS
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rn whole Zod iac contain s 360 degr ee s or twel ve s igns of
The signs run in order thu s and re main
30 degrees ea ch
so always
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from Y 0 to [ I 0 is
Now from Y 0 to 8 0 is
from 8 0 to 0 is
or from Y 1 5 to [ I 1 5 is
being four sign s apart and so
or from W 0 to 8 0 is
on with the other si g n s in li k e ws v
The rst a spec t (this properly speak ing is a
position
we tak e will be the d conjunction whi ch is when two o r
more planets are in the sa me sign (the nea rer they are to each
other the more powerful becomes the as pec tnote this with
all the other aspects ) say for instan ce 21 Jupiter is in 8
n ow
28 to 8 6 is 8 and t hus
and the G in Y

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th e 0 would be appr oac h ing the d o f It O bserve tha t

a d is mo re power ful sepa rating than applying ; fo r instance
if u b e in 8 6 an d t he 0 in 5 14 the d o
and I
t will
have more power and effec t on the nati ve than if th e (Dw e r e
in Y 2 8 and apply ing to )1 T he pla nets apply thus :
Th e D appl ies to all th e planets being th e s wifte st in moti on
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a plan et retro grade i e moving bac k ward i n th e si g ns as
from 8 to Y ca n apply to another as
re tr ograde c an
a pply a n d meet t he d
or aspec t o f an y other plane t ev en
th e

T o apply mean s to approac h

The sec o n d asp ec t is th e y (se mise x t il e ) or 1 s ign or
and b i n 1] 5 w ill be
T hus d in 8
30 d ista n t
o r 1 sign apart
Th e th ird aspec t i s th e A (semisqu are ) o r
or 1 } signs
apart T hus
in 8
and IL in 96
will be
or
1 } signs apa rt ; fo r fr om 8 1 5 t o the en d o f 8 w il l b e
as 23 0
and [1 contains
th e n 1 5
30
is at
the en d o f n Obser ve this example with all the other as pects
T he fourth as pec t is the (se x tile ) or 2 sign s or 60 apart
T hus d in
and 71 in I 4 will b e 2 si gn s or 60
apart
T he fth aspe c t is the Q (qu i n til e ) w h ich is 72 apart or
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d in 3
and Q in 8 0
will b e
and form in g the as p ec t of
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si x th is the C] o r 3 sign s o r 90 apart

The sev e nth is th e A or 4 signs o r 120 apart
T h e e ighth is the [g or 4} signs or 135 apa rt
The ninth is the a o r 144 a part
T h e te n th is the v or 1 50 apa rt
3 or 6 sig ns or 180 apart
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twelfth is the P o r an equal d istan ce i n d ec lination

either north o r south from the e q u ator
T he planets cannot be mor e than 1 80 apart and they are
then in opposition after wh ich the d istance between them
decreases
N o rmT he ery sign s are in trine aspect to each other
Thus Y is in A to gL an d
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T he same is the case with the
and 1 is in A to Y and
earthy airy and watery signs The common cardinal o r
moveabl e and xe d si gn s ar e in [ j and 8 to e ach other
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and s o o n With th e
and in (9 to
thu s 8 is in D to
others
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degrees apart in wh ich one planet

acts on another and th is requ ires very careful handl ing an d
consideration for the orbs are less when the planets are
a p ply ing t o an aspec t than when separating
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T he orbs of hi 17 )1 d 9 and when applyin g are
abou t
and when separating fr om an aspect they may be
rec k oned as
T he y must be rec k oned thu s z Suppose

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pp y g
) then when 9 gets within
6 o f e ither o f these planets the aspect will begi n to have
eert and will last until Q
5 is 8 pas t it
I t is the same with
the other planets T he (D and D have larger orbs Y ou
may rec k on the Q whe n apply ing as
and when separating
as 1 7 and the D 8 when apply in g and 12 when separating
from an aspect T hese orbs appl y onl y to the follo win g
aspects vi z the o
T he mino r aspe c ts
C] A and
vi z the M Q and i I c onsider only when th e planets
are with in 2 appl y ing and 3 separating
The A
and {g are to be rec k on ed 3 wh en apply ing and 4 when
of

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se p arati n g that is w i th th e planets the Q an d h n

allowed an e x tra
Th is is a most d i fc ul t sub jec
t he above is as near as I can give i t
j ud ged by exp
With res pec t to the P I do n o t allow more than 2

wav thus su pp osed Q s D ec 1 8 N an d 11 s D ec

1 sh ould c onsider it as G) P 1 1
The mu n dan e hou se
2 ud 3 rd & c ) h ave orbs
The way in which 1 con s ider
is th is n d the number o f de g rees bet wee n the two
and d i vide b y 3 and rec k on one th ird as the o rb of the h
thus in the map pag e 3 7 the nu mber o f deg ree s b c
the cus p s of the l oth and 1 1 th h ouses is
wh ich (i
b v 3 g ives
s o that I should n o t c o n s ider an y p le
th e 10th h ouse wh ich was n o t mo re than 1 3 past th
o f th e 1 1 th
I f we tak e the ascendant we shall n d the n
o f de g rees c on tained in this house to be appro ximate l
a third of wh ich is
c onsequentl y a planet would 1
cl e ar o f th e 2n d hou se unles s i t were more th an 7

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CH APTE R IV
C O N C E R N IN G T H E M UN D A N E H O U S E S O F TH E R EA
A N D TH E IR PO W E R A N D S I G N IFIC A TI O N
.

m anc ien t ph i l oso ph ers d i vided the

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c an o pv

in to t welve e q u al p arts wh ich they called

ho n

m ansions o f the heavens

T he p osition o f the hou ses are sh o wn in the
d ia g ram p a g e 12
T he Firs t H o use Th is rules the personal ap pe
and inuences the m ind to a c
the n at ive
es pec iall y i f an v planet be the re in
I t is

asc endan t
i f an evil planet be the re i n
scar or mole o n the head or face as th is
rts o f thefb o dy ff
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Th is rules t he nativ e s wea lth and

The S co n d House
worldl y g oods c hie y also h is l ib e rty I t also rules the ne ck
e

and throat

Ho use Th is denotes the brothers and sisters o f

the n ative ; short io urn ey s ch ie y b y rail o r road lette rs
writin g s nei g hbours and an y planet therein has some in
uen ce on the m ind
The parts o f the bod y i t rules are the
hands arms and shou lders
T he Fourth H o us e T his si g nies the father o f the n ati ve
inheritance o r p ro p erty also the cond ition and p osition o f
the native at the c l ose o f l ife I t is a very im p ortant hou s e
and sh ould be closel y stud ied I t r ules the stom ach and the
breast
T he Fi fth Ho us e T his denotes the offs p rin g o f the native
also his success in bettin g s p eculation and ha z ardou s g ames
the p leasure s he en io y s and the w e alth o f his father I t ru l es
the heart and bac k

The S ixth Ho use

Th is c on c ern s the nati ve s sic kness and
th e d is e as e s to wh i c h he is most l iable also h is servants an d
in terio rs and si gn ies un c les and aunts
I t ru le s the intestines
T he Third

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Ho use T h is denotes love and matrimon y

wi fe o r husband p ubl ic enemies law su its and contention s
p artnershi p and all deal in g s with p ersons (n o t relatives) in
I t rules the reins and loins
g eneral
T he E ig hth Ho use This is the h ouse o f death a lso o f W i lls
and le g ac ies an d th e estate or dowry o f the wife o r husband
I t ules the p ri v y p arts
T he N in th Ho us e Th is house ru l es l o ng j ourne y s o r sea
voy a g es reli g ion dreams and v isions also the brethren of
the husband o r wife
I t g overns the hips and th i g hs

T he T en th Ho us e
Th is denote s the native s mother also
h is h onour trad e and profession I t rules the knees and hams
T he Eleven th Ho n se T his
o pe s
a n d Wishes
als o the wealth o f the mother
The S even th

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H ausa T h is de n otes
e n emie s of the nativ e impr ison me n t as sa ul ts on
by robbe rs o r h ighwaymen I t rules the feet and to e
N OTE T h e strongest houses are the l s t and
the 1 1th 7 th and 4 th then the 2n d 3rd 9th an d
and lastly the 5 th 6 th and 8th The l st 3rd an d 9t

be called the inte llec tual houses as plan e ts the re in

in uence the min d T h e l s t 4 th 7 t h and l oth ar e
a ng l es and represent the four card inal points of the co r
thus the l st is E ast 7 th W est 4 th is N o rth and l ot h
The 2n d 5 th 8 th and 1 1 th are term ed s ucceeden t l
as they succeed the angl es ; th e 3 r d 6th 9th and 12
c all e d cad en t houses that is falling from the angles
The Twel fth

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C HA PTE R V
D E S C RIPTI O N O F P ERS O N S P R ODU C ED BY THE S I G N S O F
THE ! OD I A C AS C E N D IN G A T B I R TH

M iddle stature ; rather lean ; long fac e and

a
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A
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Y
nec k ; strong limbs ; ha z el e yes ; c oarse ha ir ; dar k swarthy
Dis
O r ruddy c omple x ion ; sandy whis k ers ; qu ic k sight
An gry
v iolent and qu arrelsome ; amb itious
pos itio n
asp ir ing ; qu ic k intrepid and d e term in ed

T
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S hort thic k set person ; fu ll face and eyes ;
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short th ic k n ec k ; large nose and mouth ; swarthy ill com
broad strong shoulders ; dar k hair and e yes
plexio n ed

the hair sometimes curling I n a female s nativ ity it produces

a more comely person plump eshy dar k c urling hair and
blac k eyes D ispo s itio n Con c eited bigoted angry and
violent ; ill natur ed and unfeeling gluttonous great eaters
and lovers of their o wn case and comfort ; fond O f drin k ;
a bad husband or wife

G
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M
I
N
I
T all straight body ; long arms and hands ;
[1
dar k sangu ine comple x i on ; dar k brown hair ; haz cl eyes ;
qu ic k sight ; active loo k ; wal k smart and qu ic k Dis
S c ientifi c j ud ic ious fond of read ing ambitious o f
p os ition
fame moderate and temperate i n eating an d drin k ing gener
ally respected and good members of so cietv
C A N C E R M oderate stature ; fac e round ; pale whitish
c omple x ion ; small features ; sad brown hair ; constitution
not strong ; eyes gre y or very lig ht bl ue D ispos ition
T imid inactive dull void of energy ; careless harmless
in o en sive and feelin g

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A large f ull stature ; big bones ; full broad
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shoulders well set ; grey eyes qu ic k sight ; light hair and
e y ebrows ; head large and round ; c omple x ion sangu ine or
ruddy D ispo s itio n : Bold rm and generous ; amb itious
and aspiring ; free and courteous ; qu ic k in anger bu t soo n
over ; fond of sports and recreations a nd bod ily e x erc i s e ;
a c tive intrepid and very d e te rmined
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l en d e r b o ny so me wha t a b o v e th e 11:
h e ight ; a ruddy d ar k comple x io n ; fac e ro und ; da rk
and ey es ; we ll formed b ut n ot han ds ome Dispo s i
Ingen ious
fond of lear n ing an d c uri o s iti es ; am bit
quic k and ac ti ve ; given to th e st udy of la ng uages ; of a
utter an ce and grac ef ul elocution
L I BRA A ta ll straight body ; rather sle nd e r
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b ro w n and smoot h someti mes j et b lac k face ro un d fea
well made ; fine clear c omple xi on ; dar k eyes ; if a fei
good loo k ing D is pos itio n : A mbitio us ta lkative ; fo r
t he other se x
an d th e te mpe r tolerably even
S co n ri o M iddle stature ; thic k well se t body 8
and ro b us t ; fac e large an d broad ; dar k pa lish c ompl e:
ha ir dar k bro wn c ur lin g an d plentif ul ; shor t th i c k 1
ill mad e feet som e times b o w legg ed
D ispo si tio n Res e
ambitio us an d v iole n t ; f urious and blood thirsty wh e n
vo ked
d ec eitful and c on ce i te d activ e in tre p id and (L
less ; void of feel in g and br utish

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We ll formed handsome pe rson r
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ta ll ; high forehead ; long nose ; cle ar ha ze l ey es ; r
compl ex ion free an d open c o un ten ance ; hair ches tn i
light brown ; face rather long D is po sitio n : Bold a4
and gen erous ; free and good hearted ; fond of sports
rec reations ; ambitious o f hono ur and do ing good ; law
in ac tion s and generally to b e depe nded upo n
V? C A P RIC O RN A short slender person not we ll [ o n
long th in face ; th in beard c hin long ; blac k or dar k c
hair ; narrow c h es t ; long small nec k ; w ea k kne es at
a bad gait genera lly D is pos itio n S harp su btle an d c
c io ns coveto us envious j e alo us cra fty se lsh and unsi
A Q U AR I U S
M iddl e stat ure stout well se t an d str
lon g v isag e ; sang u ine c omple x ion ; fair axen ha ir ;
eyes an d gen er ally very hands ome es p ec ia lly if a fei
D is po s itio n S table g oo d kin d hearted ; sc ie n tic ; fo r
l e arning an d recrea tion ; gentle an d te m per ev en
)6 Plso ns S hor t t hi ck s tat ure ; es hy pale (w e :
a

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16

res tless am b i t io us (l i O S l t Il ; add icte d to false h ood a n d

the f t ; a most pre gn an t wit an d fan cy good orato r an d
dramatist I am o f op in io n t hat o ur great poe t Shak espear e
w as born with Me rc ury ris ing in A ries

in
In di eren t stature ; ro un d f ace ; l ight br own
T
D
hair ; well made ; grey e y es and a go od c ompl ex io n In
d isposi tio n changeable and un c ertai n fond o f tr av e ll i ng an d
restless
,

'

T a urus

in Taur us S hort thic k se t perso n dar k ha ir and eyes

rather eshy ; pale or swarthy c omple x ion ; short n eck ;
de e p se t ey e s passionate boast ing and r e v e nge ful ; a perso n
to be avoided con c eited and lu x uri ous

D ar k comple x ion ; rough s k in ; middle sta tu re ;

in
b
b
dar k hair ; feet and hands i ll made ; a d ull sottish p e rson ;
very revengefu l and of a secret and m urderous d isposi tio n
11 i n 8 Well set m iddle stature and c ompac t ; dar k
comple x ion ; brown eyes ; dar k hair ; short t hick n eck ; di s
pos iti on good g e nerous and rm
'

M iddle stature incl in in g to shortness and cor pn

i
n
8
d
le n ey gr e y eyes round face ruddy c omple x ion dar k hair ;
w ide mouth ; v ic ious gluttonou s and vi olen t ; conce ited ;
void o f feeling ; and very i ll natured

in
S hort well set person ; light brown hair ; g rey
8
Q
eyes ; great nose ; large mou th ; opini onative ; concei te d
proud i mprovident and bold

in
A c omely person ; moderately eshy ; good
8
9
loo ki ng fair sangu ine comple x ion light bro wn ha ir ; te mpe r
good ; capti vatin g ; fond o f females by whom he is highly
respected

in
M iddle stature ; full face ; brown ha ir ; swarthy
8
Q
c omple x ion ; grey o r ha z el eyes I n di sposition talka ti v e ;
lov ing his o wn ease improvide n t indulgin g in dr ink to e x c ess

in
W ell mad e body ; rather short c orpul en t an d
8
D
stro ng ; pale c omple x ion ; brown ha ir a nd grey ey e s ; of a
-

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THE

To AS TR LO

GY

l7

obliging d ispo smio n and generally r e spec ted fon d

of the opposite se x

mud

an d

e mi n i

in G emin i Produ c es a tall thin statur e ; light bro wn

hair and grey e yes ; we ll made ; qu ic k ste p ; a c tive and
nimble ; fond o f sc ience ; o f a good dispositio n ; e ccentric i n
behavi our ; generous and inven tiv e

in
R ather tall in stat ure ; oval visag e dar k bro wn
I
]
b
hair dull swarthy comple x ion ingenious fond o f the goods
o f this world
in I] W ell c omposed body ; tall ; sanguine c omple x ion ;
ope n and fr an k ; fond o f s c ien c e and soc iety
"

in
R ather tall stature ; bro wn hair ; grey e yes ;
H
0
ruddy o r sangu in e comple x ion ; strong body ; big bones and
long arms ; rash free and generous ; ambitious and aspiring

in
W ell mad e body ; sangu ine c omple x ion ; light
I
I
Q
brown ha ir large gre y eyes good d isposition court eous and
a ffable to all ; fond of science and a philanthr opist

in
M iddle stature ; thin and handsom e ; clear
U
9
san guin e c omple x ion ; light brown hair ; and ge nerally blue
e y es ; dispos itio n : mild and good ; fr e e and k ind to all ;
generally belov e d and respec ted

in
T all slender w e ll c ompo sed p erson dar k bro wn
U
Q
ha ir ; ha ze l eyes ; high nose ; long arms hands and ngers ;
very qu ic k and activ e ; posse ss ing a rare mind for science ;
a good orator ; del ighting in art sc ience and literature ; o f
a moderately good disposition

in
W ell compos e d pe rson rather tal l ; bro wn hair
l]
D
good c omple x ion ; rath e r pale agre e able and talk ative v e ry
ingenious ; somewhat subtle and crafty e specially if b alone
aspe c ts the moon
I
sl

C an cer

i n C anaan Produces a short thic k set corpulent body

p al e compl ex ion dar k bro wn hair and grey e y e s c on ce it e d
fgl

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ra in

G UID E TO

as rao no o r

bigote d ; fo n d o f drin k ; vi ol e n t eccen tric and ungove rna bl e

i
n
M iddl e stat ur e lean and th in dar k hair ; wea k
35
b
si ck ly c onstitution ; d e c e itful and cunn ing in be ha viour ;
ally a wretc hed m ise rable be in g
give n to dr ink ; and g ene r
)1 i n l a M iddle stature ; pale comple x ion ; oval fa c e ;
dar k brown hair and bro wn eyes ; obligi n g and c ourteo us ;
rather conceite d constitution sic kly and u n h ealthy

i
n
Personates bod ies sometimes defo rmed or void
d
of d ue proporti ons the comple x i on pale and vi tiated bro wn
hair ; grey eyes ; o f a sottish heavy d ispositi on ; gi ve n to
thieving and dri n k ; revengef ul and ill n at ured

i
n
S hort stature sic k ly pale c omple x i on freckl ed
Q)
bro wn hair and gr ey eyes ; fond of females ; a lover of e ase
and pleasure bu t fr ee and generous to e x cess and g i ve n to
acts o f into x i c atio n

in
S hort statur e ; rather eshy ; ro und face ; pale
Q
s
Q
c omple x ion light hair and blue eyes a comely good loo ki ng
pe rson ; g e ntl e and mild free and i mprovident ; c arel e ss and
indolent ; fond o f women and drin k

in
S hort stature ; pale comple x ion ; blac k ha ir ;
23
Q
thin face ; sharp n ose and small grey ey e s In d isposi ti on
c hangeable and un ce rtain c kle and not unfrequently ligh t
ngered

in
M iddle stature well mad e and eshy ; fa ir
gs
D
c omplex i on ; round fac e rather pale ; brown ha ir ; of a
soc i able pleasing cour te ous disposi tion k ind to all harml ess
a nd respec ted
,

<

<

Le o .

i n L ea M a k es a full s iz ed stature broad strong

shoulders light brown hair and sa ndy w hisk ers rm walk
I n d isposition g en erous an d free eccentri c fo nd o f mil i tary
actio ns ; rather proud and self concei ted

m
b
5L Large stat ur e ; sho ulders broad and stro ng ;
the hair brown large bones an d body lea n th e as p ec t surly
la
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AS TR OLOGY

To

19

and austere I n d ispos i tion pass 10 n ate and r e vengeful

boasting and conceited

in
5L A strong well pr e portion ed person ; tall ; the
u
hair light brown ; sangu in e comple x ion ; the e y es full and
commanding I n disposition free generous noble and
c ourageous
'
d in SL A tall stature ; large li mbs endued with strength
and agility ; ruddy comple x i on ; light hair ; large grey eyes ;
firm and intrepid walk D isposition : passi onate noble an d
generous proud austere and fond of eld sports
Q in SL A strong well proportioned body ; fair sangu in e
comple x ion ; light bro wn or sandy hair ; fu ll face and large
e y es ; an honest faithful person ; ambitious and aspiring ;
rather proud and careful of a ro nts

in
SL R ather tall in stature ; we ll made ; round face ;
9
full eyes ; clear comple x ion ; hair light bro wn o r axen ;
rather passionate but generous and free k ind to all although
somewhat proud and stubborn

i
n
L arge stature ; rather lean ; large e y e s and
Q
swarthy comple x ion ; round face ; light brown hair ; broad
and high nose I n disposi tion hasty c holeric proud and
ambitious

i
n
D
SL T all stature ; well made ; large bones ; sangu in e
comple x ion ; brown hair ; large full eyes ; aspiring and lofty
in d isposi tion ; ambitious and persevering
.

V i rg o .

in Virgo A short statur e ; dar k hair and eyes ; lean

body ; small li mbs ; of an e ccentric turn of mind ; fond o f
curiosities and novelties ; stud ious ; scientic ; but mean and
close in his worldly affairs
t T all spare body ; dar k brown or blac k hair ;
[7 in fa
swarthy comple x ion ; austere melancholy c ountenanc e ;
retentive of anger ; c urious in ideas ; fond o f s c i e n ce an d
learnin g
P
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AS T RO LOG Y

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20

THE

To

i
Full s tature ; hair black o r d ar k brown ; r
in
I
L
c ompl ex ion but not cle ar I n d ispositio n choleri c ambi 1
boastf ul and i mprovid e nt

i
n
M iddl e s tature well pre portione d; dar k b
t
d
i
hair ; ruddy c omple x ion ; grey eyes and round face
p os itio n : very an gry and choleric ; hasty an d rovene
co n cei te d and v e ry irri table

f
in
Q)
w T all well proportioned sta ture rathe r slei
a good c omple x ion ; bro wn hair and grey ey es ; i n ge
a nd c heerf ul ; sc ientic and free

I
in
T all well mad e body ; brown hair ; oval
9
sangu ine o r rudd y c omple x io n ; qu ic k i n spee c h ac tive
insp iring fond o f music and singing and generally res pe

T
in
T all slender person ; dar k brown or b lack
Q
long face ; small dar k eyes ; qu ic k active and ni mble ;
muc h addic ted to sc ience literature and the acq uisiti
languages ; a good orator ; su btle and careful o f th e ir
i n teres t
M iddle stature ; pale c omple x ion ; dark b
D in r
o r blac k ha ir ; pensi ve ; fond o f d istinction ; loqua c io us
ofte n c oveto us and imposing
,

m
.

L i b ra

P
l
n L ib ra Prod uces
i
o

a fu ll stat ure ; strong w e ll

bod y ; round face ; light hair and sangu ine co mplexic
a scientic ambitious turn o f mind ; soon anger ed
eccentric in behav iour
l) in 2 T all person rather handsome bro wn o r a
hair oval face prominent nose and forehead pro ud
and fond o f argu ment
) 1 i n 2 W e ll made person rath e r tall and slende
eyes ; light brown ha ir ; clear comple x ion ; of an o pen
and generous d isposition ; willing and a nx io us to
everybod y

in
2
Well made pe rso n ; tall ; light bro wn ha ir
d
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TH E G UI DE T O A S TR O L OGY

21

vi sage ; san guine o r ruddy c omple x ion ; qu ic k in anger bu t

o f a pleasing c ountenance
ambitious and fond of recreation

M iddle stature oval face rudd y cheerful com

in
G)
ple x ion light hair and full e y es e x travagant bold free and
g enerous to e x cess ; proud and possessing a good opin ion of
h imself
in
u T all
graceful person ; sangu ine comple x ion ;
Q
9
light bro wn hair and blue e y es ; ver y good look ing ; o f an
obliging c ourt eous disposition ; gen erallv beloved and
respected

5
in
W ell composed bod y rather full than otherwise
C
l i g ht brown hair and gre y e y es : rudd y or sangu ine comple x i on
an ingenious thr ifty person of pleasing manners ; a go o d
orator ; and a l o v er o f all arts and sc iences
D in 2 W ell made person ; light brown hair ; ruddy
comple x ion and tolerably good look ing I n disposition
a gre e able and c ourteous loving mirth and s o cietv ; mu ch
beloved and respected
.

o rp i o

in
r
co
i
o
S
Short and th ic k set body ; broad shoul ders
H
p
and ill made hands ; dark swarth y c omple x i on ; dar k or
blac k hair and eyes ; a malici ous deceitful cunn ing person
given to drin k and pleasure and generally a most despicable
pe rson

in
m Short stature th ic k well set and strong bod y
b
broad shoulders ; small dar k e y es ; a mal ic ious mischievou s
person given to th ieving and very O ften in trouble
M iddle stature ; compact bod y ; dar k hair ;
It in m
eshy face and dull comple x i on I n d isposition a rrogant
Sc

and lofty amb itious active and indus trious

" in

Well set middle stature broad face c omple x ion

o
dark and swarthy ; hair blac k an d cur l in g ; passionate rash
and r e vengefu l ; ambiti ous and as p iring ; e x celli n g in an y
pu rs uit

uth ; dar k
q
re
body
fu
ll
f
a
ce
w
ide
mo
u
a
in
S
I
[
;
;
Q)
L

m
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22

To

AS TROLOG Y

sunb urn t comple x ion brown hair ; r easonably eshy

d is position ingeniou s austere ambiti ous ; a g ood che mi
doc tor
R epresen ts a well set bod y rather corpn
9 in
broad face ; brown hair ; blue o r grey e y es ; fon d of t
a n d evil c ompan y ; and an enemy princ ipa ll y to them ed
S hort stature well se t broad shoulders BV !
i} in
c omple x i on sad brown ha ir given to lying
t hii
and possess ing many unlaudable qual ities a good and s
c hemist

i
n
I ll composed person ; short th ic k and e
D
obscure comple x ion ; brown o r blac k hair D is po si
sott ish and given to many ev il actions partic ula rly wit ]
op posite s ex
.

m
.

S ag it t a r iua

i
n
i
t
t
a
r
i
u
s
D escribes a person O f tall stature
a
S
H
g
hair and e y es ; lofty forehead ; good
po sition generous and free fond o

in
I L arge body ; brown hair ;
B
lean ; ruddy c omple x i on ; rese rved yet o b l
eas ily o ffended
71 in I T all upright body ; chestnut hair
ple x ion oval face and th e ey es bro wn comely and
I n disposition c ourteous j ust and nobl e despising
sordid ac tions fond o f e x erc ise and re c reation

in
d
J R ather tall ; wel rO po rt io n ed body ;
sangu ine c omple x ion ; brown hair ; visa ge O pen ; q
o f a choleric and hasty d isposition
yet generous
ge n e rally successful in cattle and horse dealing

in
T all w
ell made pe rso n ; oval v isage ;
(D
1
c ompl ex i on ; light bro wn hair ; o f a
d ispositi on ; ai mi n g at great and n o b le
,

"

i
n
I Well proportioned body
Q
.

24

um:

p ossess i ng n o ac ti vi ty
hauchery

u
p

as

mo no o r

d ispo se d to m ean ac ti o ns

an d

Aq ua r i us

in A qua r ius produc es a m iddle statu re bro wn ha ir

e y es ; well made and handsome broad fac e ; ve ry ingen ic
fond o f sc ience and novelties ; ec centric and of a g
d ispositi on
M iddle stature ; large head and face ; hair c
l) i n raw
bro wn large g re y e y es ; sober and pr uden t ; fond o f sc ier
i ndustrious and persev e ring

in
M iddl e stature ; c ompac t rather co rpul
m
I
;
the c omple x ion clear ; ha ir dar k brown ; o f a c h ee rful
obl iging d isposition ; in j uri ous to none ; j ust and merc i
and fond o f recre ati on

i
n
M iddle statu re ; well made ; rath e r co rpul c
x
d
the hair sandy o r red clear ruddy c omple x ion ; Dis po sit:
t urbule n t a n d unrul y ; fond o f controversy a nd determin
G in gu M iddle stature ; corpule n t b o dy ; d ece ntly c
posed ; round fac e ; li g h t brown hair ; cl e ar c omple x i on
d is position good and j u st ; obli g ing b ut rath e r pro ud

in
H andsome well proport ioned person so mev
m
9
corpulent ; o f a clear san guine comple x ion th e hair b ro
bu t someti mes axen o f an open generous d ispositi on
and k i n d and generall y beloved

in
In dieren t stature ; a good clear co mpler
m
Q
bro wn b ut som e ti mes blac k hair ; full face ingen ious ; l
of arts an d sc i e nces g i ven to study rese arch e s and in v en ti
of a pregn ant wi t and admirabl e understanding

i
n
2
x
M iddle stature ; well formed ; rath e r co rpuh
D
br o wn hair c l e ar san gu ine c ompl ex ion i n genious c our t
and i n offen si v e { ac t ive an d i n venti ve
hjl

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Pi s c e s

Pi
s
c
es
i
n
Low m ean stature sic k ly pale comple x
H
dar k hair an d eyes ill made hands and fee t ; had wal k
d is p os ition s o tt ish an d dull d ejec ted and despi sed
.

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TO AS TR O L OG Y

G U IDE

25

in )6 Short stature ; pale c ountenance ; h air n e arly

blac k ; head lar g e and e y es fu ll ; contentiou s and mal ic ious
fraudu lent and deceitful in their dealin g s sottish and thievish
M iddle stature eshy bod y obscure com p le x i on
U in
l i ght brown hair ; studi ous generou s and g ood hearted ;
fortunate in travelling ; generall y respe c ted and fortunate

in
M ean stature short an d fleshy hair li g ht brown ;
j
g
d
comple x ion bad large e yes : I n d isposition given to v ici o us
actions ; sottish and prone to lewdness ; idle ; delighting in
broils and wic k ed actions
R ather short stature ; round face ; pale sic k l y
0 in
comple x ion l ight brown hair and gre y e y es rather c orpulent;
a general lover o f th e female se x ; addi c ted to drin k and
gambling ; ex travagant an d prod i g al

M iddle stature ; incl inin g to shortness ; plum p

Q in
and esh y ; good c omple x ion ; hair light brown and bl ue
e y es ; the f ac e round I n d ispositi on affable and good
natured j ust in their dealings and respected
L o w stature ; brown hair ; thin face ; sic k l y
5 in
c omple x ion ; generally ver y hair y u pon the body I n d is
position repin in g fretful drin k ing and d isconsolate
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l) in ) 6 g ives a person rather obese ; pale co mpl exio n ;
li gh t brown hair ; rather corpulent ; round face : sottish and
fond o f their o wn ea s e and ple a sure ; lover s o f t he opposite
l)

se x

Ne p t une

T he descripti on o f persons produced

i s unascertained
as the planet was only d iscovered in 1 846 and as i ts motion
is very slow it has onl y travelled abou t o n e four th of the
! od ia c
The d e scripti ons so far are appro x imate l y as follow
t
R ather tall we ll formed with ruddv co m
? in A ries
ple x ion ; eyes usuall y brown and long nec k
i n 8 Med iu m stature : thi ck set ; pale comple x ion
e ye s bl ue
by

26

m]:

su

AS TR O L O G Y

up

3i n n T all w e ll m ade stature ; rath e r d ark

in
g
X T all thin pal e in comple x io n and a long
T he d ispo sition produced by ty is unsettl e d re!
doubtful inqu irin g ambi tious and much incli n ed to t

ual is m

and occ ultism

N O TE The fo r ego in g descr iptio ns will a nswer when M
1d as pect thi
no o ther pl anet i n the a scendan t or in po wer/
.

C HA P TE R
T HE

E S S E N TIA L

AN D

VII

A CCID EN TAL D I G N I TI E S

O F THE PL A

signs are di stribut e d among th e plan e ts i n th e fon

order and ar e called th e planets H o uses or M ansions

Y and 111 are the houses o f d
8
9

THE

I
23

g
ll

is the house of the

e
b

V?

T h e y are c alled mans ions or houses

th e planets
th e ir respective signs th e y
po wer ful a nd be come Lo rds o f the
the sign that is o n th e ascendant o r
,

instance sh ould Y be
o r the ruli ng planet o f th e n ative ; the same if
r
I be ris ing then l l is lord and so o n o f the others
T h e reason fo r thi s clas sication appears to b e
The na tures o f th e signs Y and "Iagree with
'more than with any oth e r planet
; fo r i n s
d
bold i n tr e pid warl ik e h e adstrong impe tuous

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27

is a malic ious crafty stubborn cruel and bloodth irsty sign

very similar to the nature o f M ars when badly placed in a
nativity o r af icted T he sign 8 is similar in nature to 9
when a licted and a when she is strong and un af icted
house of the
this sign is moveable moist
93 is the
and unstable and persons born with i t rising especially
females lac k rmness ; the
is constantl y changing her
position for she moves twelve times faster than the S un
whose house is the regal rm steadfast noble sign
T here are also some signs in wh ich certain planets ar e
found to be ver y powerf ul though not to the same e x te nt or

de gree as when in their own houses

T hese are called the

e x altations of the planets and they run thus Y is the

e x altation O f the S un ; 8 of the M oon 23 of Jupi ter ; W o f
of H erschel ; V? of M ars ; and X
Mercury ; J o f S aturn ;
o f V enus
T he signs op po site to these are those in wh ich

they receive their fall being then weak in power and the
si gns oppos ite to their respective houses are called the
detriments of the planets T hey are then espec ially w e a k
and unfortunate Fo r instance 8 and c are the detriments
wh ich are the houses
of d being in opposition to Y and
of d
T he following tabl e will show th is at a g lance
,

S ig

P18 11 6 6 8
.

r
8
ll

o use.

9
5

D
51
"32

E xal ta io n
ap
ate

gggfgg
0

11 15

15

21

ii

it

9
VP

H
o

D3

*9

o
.

9
!

58

:T

2 27

ment

etri

19

G)

"1

Fall

H
d
.

M
u
s
1/

H
o

U
d

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GU ID E

THE

Th e re

A S TR O L OG Y

TO

are oth e r signs also in wh ich th e planets are powerful

b ut only to a small e x tent and th e se are th e signs which agree
wi th the planet in na ture Fo r instance Q j oys in U "P
being si gns o f a sc ienti c natu re an d m o st a llied
a and
to its o wn n ature ; 9 in fru itful moist si g ns as
a nd X}
(Da n d d in ho t ery sign s as Y Q o r I )1 i n fru itfu l
temperate signs and espec ially in 5 and X an d also in
l
and : 3
an d
The
lo del ights in Jx and
fa in A an d
D is the same as 9
I advise the student n ot to notice any other d ign ities o f
the planets that he may have heard o r read of such as

Tripl ic i ty
T erm and Face ; for I have n ot d is
c overed that these have any si gn ication espec ia lly in
G en e thliacal A strology so I omi t th e m N O signs or d ignities
have as yet been assi gned to
,

T he Acc i d e n t a l Di g n i t i es

These consist

a planet being well placed in the gure

o f the H eavens
with respe c t to being in the an gles or other
houses T he most power ful a cciden tal d ign ities are the l st
and l oth houses ne x t the 7 th then the 1 1 th an d 4th and
the onl y vvz l h ouse appears to be the 6th fo r an y plan e t
therein very seldom benets the n ative i t is more O ften the
'
o ther way
in one ho use than
S o me planets
another for instance the O D l l and c7 i n the l ot h bu t
l7 and 5 prefer the l s t ; the 3rd is als o favourable for the
latter planet ; 9 delightsn th e 7 th and [ l in the 9th
of

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TE R

C HA F

V I II

ms U S E O F A N s rn xms ms 3
A N E phemeris is an ac count o f the G eocentric plac es of
the planets and c ontains their Longitudes L atitud es an d
D ecl inatio ns I t is ab solutel y neces sary in all Astrologi c al
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29

c omputations and cann ot b e d ispe nsed with T hey are

issu e d for every year from 1 800 T h e studen t should obtain
o n e for the year in which he w ishes to e r e ct th e map
if born
in 1 840 he should obtain an E phemeris for that year ; the
same with any other ye ar T he price is 1 s per y e ar
A t the top o f my E phemeris you wi ll n d the L atitude
and D ecl ination of
hi [7 11 cf 9 and Q and also the

M oon s N ode and the M utual A spects

With the L atitudes

of the planets and th e M oo n s N ode you need not c onc e rn

yourself for you w ill not requ ir e them for any calculations
taught in this boo k T he M utual aspe cts are thus called
because they are form e d between th e planet s and in contra
d istinction to the L unar ones or those formed e x clusi vely
by the D which you will n d at the right hand side o f the
lower part of th e page T he Destinatio ns you will requ ire in
calculations
In the bottom segment of the page there I S a c olu mn mar k ed

S idereal T ime
this you may use i n setting a M ap o f the
heavens for any time by add ing or s ubtracting th e ti me from

N oon
as taught elsewhere

T he second large c olumn is the 0 s L ongitude also to be

us e d to asc ertain the position O f the Q in th e map for th is
column shows the sign degr e es and m inutes th e Q oc c upies

each day ; the ne x t column is the (Ds D ecl in then the D s

L ongitude
noon and m idnight also her L atitude and
D ecl ination for the sam e ; her L atitude will not he want e d
and if y o u wor k by Lo gar ithms as taught it wi ll be best to
use the c olumns for no on only and leave those for midnight
alone
O n th e right hand page the L ongitudes O f the planets will
b e found which S how the S ign degr e e and m inut e each plan e t
occupies for every day o f the month T hese o f course you
will require in order that you may know in what part o f your
map to pla c e the planets
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30

C HA P TE R I X
HO W

T O E R E CT A

H E A V EN S

M A P o r ra n

must r st ascertain what time i t is you are u sing

Wh e ther G reen wich ti me or loc al ti me If loc al you must
tak e the time j u st as it is and wor k wi th it wi thout any
alte ration o r additions of any k ind bu t if G reen wic h time
you must ascerta in the d ifference in time betw een the place
fo r which y o u set the map and G reenwic h be c a use everythin g
in the E phem eris is c alculate d for G reenwic h T he d ifference
in time E as t o r W est O f G reen wich is 4 m in ute s fo r every
degree o f L ongitude S uppose for instance you want to se t
a map fo r N e wport M on T his is 3 W est L ongi t ude o r 12
minu tes late r than G reenwich T herefore if G reen wic h time
i s used at Ne wport y o u must su btrac t 1 2 m h o m the ti me to
mak e i t lo c al ti me for when it is noon at G reen wic h i t will
b e abou t 1 1 h 48m at N e wport A gain su ppose the map
is f or G alway in Ireland whic h is 9 W est L ong o r 3 6m
later than G reen wich y o u must subtrac t 3 6m from the
G ree nwich tim e to mak e i t local ti me bu t if th e ti me u se d
is loc al ti me of c o urse you will make no al tera ti o n G reat

Y armouth an d L owestoft are about 1 30 earlier t han G reen

wi c h c ons equently y o u must add 6m to G reenwich ti me to
ma ke i t local ti m e that is provided the ti m e us ed is G reen
wich time T here is also a little correction to mak e for th e
incr e ase in th e S idereal ti me I t is at the rate of 10 secs pe r
hour o r two m in ute s fo r 12 ho urs I t is very tr i ing an d th e
yo ung student n eed n o t bother wi th it at rst
H aving asce rta ine d the loc al ti me fo r which to set th e map
yo u must rs t loo k in my E phemeris for the S idere al T ime
YOU

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32

ma

Ga

AS TROLO G Y

'

ro

and a sho ws t hat t hat S ign is th en pass ing

b e gi nn i n g o f that house and the 1 7 is the
a c tually o n th e c usp at
p m c o ns e quently
1 7 on the c usp of th e 10 th hous e
I n the
column we nd 2 0 and at the to p 1 1 [ l th e 1 1
1 1 th house and 11 shows that t hat S ign is then
cusp o f the 1 1th house therefo re we place [1 26
of that house In the ne x t c olu mn we n d 52
top 12 5 which means the 12 th house and tha t
o n th e cusp but if y o u
nd 5 passes ov e r and Q
h ence yo u must plac e 51 0 on th e c usp of the 12 th

I n the n e x t column y o u will nd 28 4 and at th e top

th e A scen means as cenda n t or th e l st hous e

Q
pla c e them o n the c usp of the l st hou se th us : 28 Q
the ne x t c olumn you wi ll nd 18 and at th e to p
th e 2 signies the 2 nd house and t hat [Q is the S ign
cusp Y ou therefore place T 18 o n th e c us p
house I n th e ne x t colu mn we n d 13 and at the
the 3 denotes the 3 rd house bu t by loo king do wn the 0 0 1
y o u wi ll nd that r runs o ut and 2 b e gins h e n ce you I
Y ou hav e now go t
a 13 on the c usp o f th e 3rd house
si gns and degre es o n the c usps of si x houses an d on the o
c usps you m us t place th e same d e gree s b ut opposite s
is O pp
th us Ou th e cusp of th e 4 th we put "1
for
to 8 and the 4 th house is opposite th e l oth ; o n the b tl
put 1
fo r 1 is opposi te to [ I on the 6th we put 2:

4 fo r
for
is O pposite to Q o n th e 7 th w e put 28
E b ee
sam e r e as on on th e 8th )6 18 and on th e 9th Y I
Y ou hav e no w the t
x and Y are O pposite to 1 and 2
and degr e es on all the c us ps of the houses b ut if yo u run
th e s igns i n rota tion beginn in g w i th Y 8 & c y o u

nd n o 5 this si gn is what we ca ll in te r ce pte d the

between the c us ps O f two hous e s an d as 5 follo ws [ I i t 1
be placed i n the middl e O f th e 1 1 th house ; if yo u pro
w ith the co u n t ing y o u w ill n d no V1 now V? is oppos i t

'

TH E

G U IDE

hen ce i t must b e placed

See the follo wing d iagram

TO A S TR OLOG Y
in

th e m iddle

33

of

th e

5 th

hous e

O ften happens that t wo signs a n d someti me s e v en four

are intercepted so that the student S hould always look

them over to mak e sure they ar e all the r e T his in tercep

t ion is caused by the L atitude of the C oun try A t the

E quator all the s igns r is e i n regular rotation bu t as o ne
p roceeds N or S an inequality in th e ir risin g oc c urs
N O TE Tab les of Ho us es are the same fro m year to year
It

They do

no t cha n ge.

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G U I DE TO A S TROLOG Y

C H APT E R X

HO W TO

P LA C E

P LAN E TS

TH E

THE

IN

M AP

To ge t the e x ac t places o f the plane ts i t w ill be

necessary to correc t your local time to G r ee nwi ch t ime by
a dd ing o r subtracting the d i c rc n cc Fo r insta nce su ppose
yo ur map 18 for 10h 2 0 m p m local ti me at Newport M o n
the d ifference in ti me be ing 3 o r 12 m from G ree n wi c h time
you must add this to the l 0h 20 m ma king i t 10h 32 m
G reenwich ti me and for this ti me y o u must cal cula te the

pla n ets pla c es T h e re w ill he very l ittle alterati o n in a ny

o f the pla c es e xce pt t he moon
wh ich moves very s w ift h e r

average motion be in g abou t 13 pe r day o r 32 per hour

o r four times faster than any other plan et
I n the c ase of
W
ith
the
c vpo rt i t would mak e a d iffer e nce o f about
[
su n and other plane ts it is muc h less and fo r all prac ti ca l
purposes the places ca n be calculated as i f for G reen wic h
O ur kn owledge of astrology is not so e x act th at a d i fferen c e
of a m inu te or two in the L ongitude o f a planet will ma ke
any alteration i n the j udgment
I n my E phemeris the L ongi tudes o f all th e planets are
give n daily for m e an noon and to g e t at the e x ac t pla ce of
a planet for any h our i s a very simple matte r Y o u mus t
rst obs e rve t he d ifference in L ongitude o n the noon of th e
day o f b irth to the noon o f the d ay nearest there to Fo r
i nstance : i f the time b e A M the d ifference be tween the pre
v io us noon and the noon o f the day fo r w
hi c h the gur e is
s e t m ust be tak en bu t if the ti me be r M use the di ffere nce
be twee n the prese n t noon and the n oo n o f the day afte r
Fo r e x am ple : O ur d iagram is set fo r D ec e mber l st 1 900
p m a nd refe rr ing to the E phemeris fo r that month

we nd i n the c olumn mark ed

(page
0 L ong tha t
'
o n the l st day i t was 8
and o n the 2nd day
1 23

'
n o w th e dieren ce is 1
9 24
0
w hi c h w e may

fo r 50 i s nearly
T his 1 1 is the motion of
call 1
NO TE

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35

the Q in 24 hours or from noon of the l st to noon of the 2n d

(T he d aily motion o f most of the planets is giv e n on pages
2 6 2 7 and 2 8 of the E phem eris )
At the end of my E phemeris you will nd a
T able of

Proportio n al L ogarithms and a rule and e x ample at the

bottom I n th e pres e nt case w e proce ed thus

Proportional L ogarithm of G s daily motion 1

.

1 011 2 0 m

3660

T otal

We nd the near e st nu mber to this i n

the ta ble ,

to be
and at the top of that c olumn 0 and to the left of the gur es

w hich shows that the G) moves 0 2 6 in 10h 20m and

we add it to his L ongitude at noon on the
as th e time is P M

l st D e c ember which will mak e it 8 1 4 9

or say 8 2) 50

where
seconds
are
under
0
re
j
ect
them
ii over 30 call
3
(
them
W e therefore place th e Q in th e 4 th house in the
map
W ith the D we proceed e x actly the same thus

2 6 II 3
L ongitude of D on 2 nd
27
,

M otion of D in 2 4 hours
Proportional

L ogarithm

13

l4

l st

1 1 4 9 59

of 1 1 50

or

1 1 50

30 7 1

1 0h 20m
.

28

3660

673 1

near es t we can nd is 672 6 and at the top of column

wh ic h shows that the moon moves 5 6

5 and at the side

in 1011 2 0m and we add thi s to the D 53 L o ngit ude at noon

thus
'
Lo ngitu de of D
1 4 II 1 3
M otion of D i n 10h 20m
6
The

19

Th erefore we

c D in II

in

th e

1 1 19

l 0th

h ouse

D 2

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Longi tude o f if n page 2 5 o f E ph e m eris to

be 12 5
on th e l st a n d 12 5 o n the 2ud h ence h e m ov e s

but 1 in th e 24 h o urs So we place h im i n

1 1 th house and put I
} afte r i t to Sh o w
or
goi n g ba ck i n Longi tude T h e n e x t pla n et is 151 h e

moves 4 in th e 24 ho urs so we add 2 to his lon gi tude a n d

T he ne x t is b a n d
put h i m i n the 5 th ho use i n V? 6

he mov e s 2 in th e 2 4 hours so we ad d 1 to his Lo ngi tude

an d pla c e hi m i n th e 7 th hous e
i n )6 8
The ne x t is

) 1 and h e mov e s 7 re trograd e so we subtrac t 3 from his

Lo n gitude a n d pla ce h i m in th e 1 1 th house i n
ne ar
(3 c om e s nex t and su
'
the l st from that o f th e 2 n d we fi n d h e m o v e s 3 7 in th e
W e nd

the

hours

Proportio n al Lo g ari thm

of

37

1 0h 20 m

3 660

near e st L ogarith m i s
wh ich is equ ivalent to

20
so w e add 1 6 to o ? L ongitude wh i c h mak es i t
The ne x t pla ne t is
an d pla ce him in th e 3 rd house
is see n to be retrograd ing and h e r motion b e tw een the

and 2n d i s 3 6 therefor e

Proportional L ogarithm o f 36
The

10h 2 0 m

3 660

T h e n earest to this i s

or
w e the re fore su btract
'
and
1 6 from the L ongitude of 9 w h ich ma kes i t 1 6
w e place her in the 4 th ho use n ear the G T he last plane t

is 5 who i s also retro grade and moves 1 1 7 i n th e 24 ho urs

Proportional L ogarith m o f 1 1 7
1 0h 20m
3 660

T h e nearest i s

or

S ub trac t

this from th e

TH E G UID E TO AS TRO LOG Y

Longitude o f Q
be s ide Q in the
,

37

mak es it 1 4
and we pla ce
4 th house : see the following diagram

which

him

We have now found the L ongitudes of all the plan ets

The Declination
The ne x t point is to fi nd their Dec l inations
and o n the 3rd the
o f 1g for the l st day i s seen to be 22 N

same so we do not alter i t kl moves only 1 in the 2 days

so w e leave his Decl ination at 2 3
S
and
17 moves
we also leave his Declination at 10 S
S ame as regards

who moves but 1 Declination 22 N 5 8

5 are given
O bserve that the Declinations o f d 9 and Q
'
and for 1 0h 20111 the
for noon each day 6 moves
motio n will be
mak ing the Decl ination of d 6 S
and by using the Table of Proportional Lo ga
9 moves
.

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G U ID E

ra n

AS TRO LO G Y

TO

9 in the

as already s ho wn we nd t ha t she mov es

10h 2o m so we s ubtra ct 9 from her Dec lin a tion (as i t is

or 13 in
decr eas ing ) ma k ing i t 22 S
9 moves

as i t is
so we subtract 1 3 from h is Decl inat ion (
10 h 2 0 m
also decreasing ) wh ich leaves i t at 1 0 S
O n page 2 1

you will n d G Decl in w hic h means Q s Declinat ibn

o r 4 in t he 10h 20 m
Between t he l st and 2 n d he moves

s o we add 4 to h is Decl ination ma k ing i t 2 1 S

The D s Decl ination moves 1 3 6 in the 24 hours

Proportional L ogari thm o f 1 3 6

rithni s

10 h 2 0 m

3 660

nearest is
o r 4 1 w hich added to her Decl in ati on
at noon mak es it 19 N
Y o u n eed not c oncern yourself with the Latitudes of the

planets o r the M oon s N ode as they are not nece ssary fo r

our present purpose
H av in g go t thus far we will now proceed to n d ou t the
a s pects o f the planets to each other
The rst p lan et we
tak e is the M oon She i s placed i n 1 9 11
We n d 9 i n

12
or 22 4 7 from D which is no aspect N e x t comes

151 in V} 6
and consequently
H e i s 1 7 36 from D s
i n no aspec t to
The ne x t planet in order i s
We

nd him i n )f 8
From X 8 to 11 1 9 is
w hich
is n o aspec t so we pass it over The ne x t is It in 5 9
or 20 from D this is n o aspect The ne x t planet is d i n
20
N o w from [1 1 9 to 2 1 9 is 4 signs o r 120
or a A aspect as d is within 1 o f i t hence we nd D A d
The G is ne x t
an d place i t beneat h t he map acc ord ingly
in 1 8
This i s (9 to the D o r 6 sign s apart so we pu t

i t d own D (9 Q
Q and Q are bot h ou t o f orbs o f the D s
N ow having nis hed the D we tak e {5 who is seen to be
q u i te near 6) and Q and therefore in ow ith them so we
'

Q d <2 H e is 44 2 7 from d w hich

p ut it down Q d
i s a s ign and a h alf 4 5 or 4
and
are 4 signs and 25

The

SE C O ND

P A RT

C H A PT E R

POSI TI O N S O F THE P LAN E TS A N D TH E S I G NIFI C A TI O N S

O F THE P LA N E T AR Y A SP E CTS IN A N A T I VI T Y
151 H e rs c he l o r U ra n us
the ascendant in ery signs ma k es the native ras h

O F T HE

131

I
N

headstrong

i mpetuous and ambitious ; {en d o f cur iosities ;

restless ; incl ined to the study o f astrology ; a im in g at gre at
and noble things possessing original talents ;
and argu ment I n the ear thy sign s the nat
headstron g and mal ic i ous w ith large ani mal pro pens i ties ;
treacherous gluttonous and conceited I n the a iry signs
subtle learned penetrating and original in ideas fond of all
sc iences es pe c ially suc h as relate to occult matters truthful
opinionative and rather proud I n the watery s ignsgi ven
t o drin k and t o low company and cunn ing practices ; lewd
shallow minded stu bborn and malic ious void o f n e feel in gs
blunt and ill mannered ; subtle and crafty for his o wn ends
G en erally the nature of H erschel may be sa id to be w hen in
t he ascendant at b irth wayward stu bborn conce ited possess
ing some original talent talkative proud mal ic ious and
j ealous The nat ive i s abrupt in manners c ha ngeable in
m ind and tem per d i fcul t to please impulsive prec i pitate
and very independent The m ind appears to be made up o f
contrarieties and he acts more from impuls e than from reason
and is always ready to q uarrel with his best fr iend such per
sons are often estranged from t hei r kindred and le ad a
roam ing unsett led l ife
,

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To

AS TR OL OG Y

41

in the 2 nd S udden

ga ins and sudden losses ; muc h

d if culty and perple x ity in money matters often subject to
heavy losses and those generally une x pected
Fond o f sc ience and astrology ; given to
131 in the 3rd
occult studies to the pur chase of cur ious book s ; it denotes
many c hanges of residence and unsettledness of purpose
Fond o f trave ll ing independent i n mann ers trouble through
letters and wr itings and from brethren and neighbours
11 in the 4th E stranged fro m paren ts ; trouble w ith any
money or property the native may e x pect ; bothers an d
perple x ities and often poverty in old age wh ich will depend
on the strength o r wea kness of the planet I f strong the old
age will be much more favour able and pleasant than if weak
Denies o ffspring o r they are short lived or
[3 in the 5th
d ie in some e x traordinary mann er ; much trouble from
ch ildr en loss in betting and speculation ; too much given to
pleasure or gam in g A very u nf ortun ate position for females
thre atenin g d isgrace at an early age espec ially if 96 or )6 be
rising
131 in the 6th Troubles from servants labourers and
inferiors who are not to be truste d ; the native s hould also
be careful of d iphtheria if
be in 8 in the 6th I t ofte n
prod uces strange s ic k ness wh ich baf es the sk ill of med ical
men
i
n the 7 th Very evil ; thr eatens a most unhappy mar
r
d
the wife or husband will be cruel
riage and often separation
v i olent o r adulterous ; i t is nearly if not quite the worst
position possible for marital o r conj ugal happiness very bad
for law and disputes also partnerships all of which the native
should stud iously and strenuously avoid particularly if 131
should be af icted by aspect or position i t also shows O ppos i

tion to the native s success by powerful adversaries I t i s

a bad pos ition for business threaten ing l o ss The native
gets the bad end of every bargain
111 in the 8th Wife o r husband poor and s q uanders money
difculty wi th an y legacy and probably le ss of the sa me ;
.

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G UI D E TO AS TRO LO G Y

muc h annoyance and e x c i tement abou t the g o ods o f the dead

If muc h af ic ted i t t hreate ns su ic ide

i
n
t
h
!
Fond o f oc cult sc ien ces and astrology
e
9
h
kl
li terature and ar ts and sciences generally given to travelling
and c ur ious i n re ligious beliefs in dependent r m headstrong
wayward and stu bborn often su ffers seriously no m relatives
by marriage
in the l 0th Credi t and d iscred i t alternately ; dispute s
w i th superiors ; of ten chang ing employment o r profession
and travell ing abou t ; sc andal estranged fr om relatives ;
inde pendent an d bigoted
131 in the l 1th Friends read y to help and to want help ;
ac q ua intances n o t creditable to the native and the fewer b e
encourages the better fo r him as he i s l iable to eventual loss
and trouble t hroug h t hem

t
h
n
t
h
e
1
2
M any secret and private enemies ; j ealous
i
13

crafty subtle fellows delighting i n the na tive s d o wn fal l

The ir de scription can be seen by referrin g to the sign
icted by Q" i n t his house let the native be w are
occu p ies I f am
of robbers and burglars and personal hurt ther eby
n ess
Nera S pec ial r egard mus t be pa id to the strength o r weak
of this plan et A s trong and po wer/til planet hel ps the n ative
but when wea k either by s ign or aspect much tro uble will occ ur
Fo r insta nce 161 in 2 or x will p roduce very dierent cects
to
in 8 or Q?) o r even
.

T HE C

ON JU N C TION S A ND A SP E C TS OF
with l)

HE BS OHE L

not impo rt ant

e x ce p t in the l st 2 nd 7 th o r l o th houses I n the l st they
mak e t he m ind crafty subtle mal ic iou s murderous and
revengeful I n t he 2 nd loss o f wealth and perpet ual poverty
I n the 3rd great fond ness for astrology and oc cul t s tud ies
and damage from brethren I n the 4 th poverty and d istress
or
at the en d of l ife unless they be in a
w hen the
end may be e x pected to be mi serly and wretch ed In the
I n the 0th heavy and prolonged
5 th death o f c hildren
1 1 in

or

bad
,

a spect

TlIC SC

are

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43

a f iction d ishonest servan ts I n the 7th lawsu its losses

ban kruptcy and a most unfortun ate marri age I n the 8th
n o gai n or benet by the marr iage partner I n the 9th
fondness for the occult sciences and a powerful m ind N o
religious conv ictions Damage from relatives by marriage
I n the l 0th great d iscred it d isgrace and probably ru in and
imprisonment I n the 1 1 th ru in through friends I n the
1 2 th robbery and a host of secret foes full of envy and
j ealousy
I have
1 1 in go o d aspec t to b No t important in any way
observed that the aspects O f 131 and 17 espec iall y the [j and
8 conduce to clairvoyance and lu c idity o f vision
11 in d o r good aspect with 1t Ben et by legacy espec iall y
if Ij or
be in the 2 n d or 8th hou se and strong ; and su ccess
in bu siness and fond of religiou s occu p ations and O f ces of
distinction
131 in evil aspec t to 1L L oss by litigation ; d i fficulty w ith
property or in heritance or any property the wife or husband
may possess it is not good for business o r success thr eaten ing
sudden and heavy losses Clergymen frequently turn
R itual ists and inc ur the d ispleasure of their superiors S peen
lation should be strictly avoided

t
i
h
v
il
a
s
e
c
t
w
t
Very malic ious blood
i
n
o
r
e
131
0
p
(i
thirsty an d daring given to thieving and robbing and l iable
This must only be considered when either
to i mprisonment
or both are i n the ascendant 3rd 9th l 0th or 1 2 th houses
I t is very bad for marriage if i t happens in the 7 th house
separation wi ll ensue and perhaps injury o r murder I t i s
also bad for lawsu its and partnerships and also unfortuna te
for the military profession
131 in go od asp ec t to O7 Bold and self co n den t headstrong
and v iolent generous brave mak es a good soldier or surgeon
gaining reputation thereby C o ns ider this chiey if d or 1 1
b e s tro ng either by ho us e or s ign
T his happening in the ascendant
in d o r P with the
ma kes the native brave bold sincere and respected I n
.

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S TRO LOG Y

m idheaven gi ves him great suc cess at C (

periods followed by the mos t c rus hing m isfortune a lif
o f strange v ic issitudes
I n a female natus i t is very
and suc h persons n o t u nfrequently cohabi t wi th men unma
o r leave their husbands and clo pe
The Q) in any as pc
lj in a fem in ine natus i s evil and es pec ia lly so are ti
and 8
M any bot hers d iscred i t
in evil a sp ect wi th the
loss through powerful enemies publi c compan ies or rail ;
H is affairs go wrong nearly all t hroug h l ife ; and losses
d isappointments threaten h i m If 13 or Q be in the
2 ud or l 0 th so muc h the worse
Wit h a female it is 8 11
to the d
Ben et from strange rs
ht in go od aspect to the
elderly persons ; success in any employment more es po t
publ ic o r governmental M any of the gove rnment 0 th
have the Q befriended by 131 at b irth Wi t h iemal
e x c i tes to strong attach ments and frequently to a very
marriage or an immoral love intr igue particularly if
'
D is a ffl ic ted by 17 or d

11 in 0 or P with Q T his happen ing in t he l s t 3r:

9 th the native is generally a good music ian o r ac tor e x ec
in the ne arts b ut very fond of women and pleas ure
V
i t happens ou t of the ascendant the native will be hat s
in courts hip and form an illic it ac quaintance after marr
In the 7 th house the w ife may do the same
I n the M
sho ws success by and through powerful females
in evil aspec t with 9 Trouble in
love a airs p
to j ealousy d isl i ked by females generally ; the nat ive wz
This es pec iall y w :
his s ubstance over worth less women
the case i f eit her 9 o r 11 be in the l st 2 n d 5 th 7 th or
house
S uccess wi th the op posite
U in goo d aspect to Q
by whom he is muc h beloved ; s k ilful in music and sing
or
and very refined i f
Q be d ignied by position o r si

1 1 in 0 or P with Ck T his hap pen in g in the ascenr

the 2 nd hou se ,

or

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V
.

mak es the native a great scholar e x celling in art an d li terature

gain in g fame and reputation thereby in the 3rd or 9th fond
o f as trology and the occult stud ies ; eccentric in be hav iour
original in taste and ideas yet at some period in life severely
criticised by the public I f this happ ens in )6 the native
will b e all ta l k and conceit and fond O f dr in k The quality
of the Sign occupied must be considered No t much goo d
can be e x pecte d if they occupy Q o or )6 as the native w il l be
given to dr ink

151 in evil aspec t with t

} Th is produces a nasty bitte r
sarcastic turn of mind very fond O f nd ing fault with others
111 success in publish ing literature however good i t may be
and severely critic ised by the press and publ ic It is a bad
aspect for public favour
Success in l i teratur e ; a p regnant
1 1 in good asp ec t to
stud iou s m ind ; original in ideas ; fond of curiosities and
th ings out O f the common trac k This espec iall y will be the
case if 1 1 or
be in the l st 3rd o r 9th house and occu py
a sc ientic Sign such as 11 If a o r tax

1 1 in 0 o r evil asp ec t with D This has c hief rule over the

native in his married life and w ith respect to his wife acting
the same w ith h i m as the G) and
do in a female natus
H e is not unfrequently led astray after marriage and unless
c areful separation follows H e i s given to travelling and
frequent c hanges o f residence I n the case o f a female i t
frequently shows the husband to be unfaithful and fond of
the soc iety o f married women
151 in good asp ec t to D Thi s leads to ill ici t conn ections
after marriage but not O ften to separation I f the D o r lgl
be in power i s in l st or l 0th or even 3rd o r 9th he will
travel much and never remain long in o n e place
N O T E The young studen t can no t pay to o much attentio n to
the po s itio n o f every plan et whether it is s tro ng or wea k
A
s tr o ng
pl a n et rar el y alicts the na tive b ut ben ets him whether
the pla n et b e a mal ec or ben ec
0 n the co ntrary a mal ec
planet weak aficted o r afic ting o ther planets by bad aspect
,

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46

To

A S TR O LO G Y

co nsta nt s o urce o f trouble to him the m et m

whic h may be lea r n ed fro m the ho us e the a/
icting planet oi
A ga in a benec planet wea k o r aficted by bad as pect
n?
p roduce much goo d [ or it sho ws that the native s I
those who wo uld hehp him a re no t in a po sitio n to do cc
their advice wil l tur n o ut unfa vo ura bl e
N ever rel y o n
or a f ic ted pla net for a ny benet i n any way beca us e it
T hes e r ema rks a pply to al l the pla nets
p roduce it
every case
will be

"

C H A PT E R
S at ur n

11

T HIS planet in the ascendant at b irth ma k es the nativ

c autious mistrustful and fearful ; reserved tho
malic ious and revengeful ; c ovetous and enviou s
fiery s igns his nature i s i mproved ; he i s more free 8
and honest in his actions but ras h and im petuou s
argument and q uarrell ing I n the earthy signs es
8 t he native is sottish d ull heavy and malic i o u s
very in q u isi tive suspic ious and fret ful in
argume
crafty selsh hard wor k ing and miserly I n t1
s igns thoughtful studi ous c ontemplative c lose over
matters and his o wn affairs sincere and devout in 1

so far as it concerns self

11 and r; are better S ig
for in the latte r he i s Simply a nuisance to every
account of h is O pinionative se lsh miserly and p rou
I n 95 or X espec ially he is dull sottish and dej ected d
and obscene sometimes an enthusiast in religi on in
crafty and malic ious and not to be trusted G ener
native of S aturn i s shy and has aversion to soc iet
te mplativc
stubborn and morose ; decei tful craf t
subtle for h is o wn ends ; miserly fond o f h is hab
constant c ur io us in religious beliefs fanc iful and
fre q uently an imped iment in the s peec h (e x cept b b
,

48

THE

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TO

AS TRO L OG Y

and a sec ond or even third marriage ; if l ) b e e ss entially

strong money or property in ma rriage and marriage wit h
a widow or a widower as the case may be It is an unfo rtu
nate po sition for chastity I t is seldom the marriage turn s
out happy I t also shows many de ceitful open e nemies
This position i s also very bad for pa rt ners hi ps lawsuits
and in dealing wi th others

i
n
t
h
e
th
8
No portion with the m arriage pa rtner e xcept
b
b be strong ; trouble and annoyance with any leg acy or pro
perty the native may e x pec t

i
n
t
h
9
t
h
Firm and stead fast in rel igion head s t rong
e
5
thoughtful re served and conte mplative ; studious ; fond of
a strology o ccul tism and things out of the common trac k
magic & c danger in tr avelling by water ; lo ss through rela
tions by marriage The native should avoid foreign land s
unless b be very strong by position or aspec t
l) in the l Oth S uccess in l ife with an ultimate fall to
disgrace and trouble ; frequent d i scred it in business ; trouble
to the mother and los s of s ubstance

i
n
t
h
e
1
t
h
False de ceitful friends and heavy los se s
1
b
t hrough them probably ruin the native who has t hi s po sition
should never lend money stand secur ity or beco me surety
for any one thi s po si tion als o t hreate ns trouble to or fro m
offspring

i
n
t
t
h
e
12
Private and de ce itful ene mies who try to
h
b
se cretly inj ure the native
and often succeed ; liab il i ty to
false ac cu sation s or e ven imprisonment ; danger of sec re t
poison
NO TE S pecial attentio n must be pa id to the strength o r
other wise 0 / this planet Whe n strong its good cects will be
a ugmented b ut
wea k the e vil eects will be much incr eas ed
,

THE

CO N JU N C TI O N S

AN D

AS PEC TS

OF

S ATUR N

c
t
t
h
oo
d
as
w
i
e
H Weal th or Property b y
g
p
or by marriage if 21 be lord of the 7th house ; in the

l ) in d
egac y,

P,

or

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AS TRO LO G Y

49

how s gain and success in bu sine ss ; in the 9th an

e x cellent divine ; in the l oth credit and esteem and high
honour These a spects generally lead to the ac quisition of
wealth as they render the native careful ; he will also hold
important offices
[9 aficted by 1L L oss of money or property by law or
t hrough trustees ; the native often enters speculation and
loses heavy sums of money ; squanders his estate ; and if
b or It be lord of 7th the native is generall y an x ious
to marry a moneyed partner but rarely su cceeds enthu siastic
in religion ; often unfortunate in business I t threatens lo ss
of o ffspring ; the native rarely becomes rich

i
n
o
r
v
e
i
l
t
a
s
e
c
t
o
A nasty bitter temper ;
d
b
p
d
malic ious and murderous liable to imprisonment dishonest
and crafty ; consider this principally when in the l st 3rd
9th or 1 0th
The native i s liable to h urt s and injuries or
bro ken bones ; falls especially if either planet be oriental
The signs the se planets oc cupy will sho w the part or organ
of the body l i k ely to su ffer
in go od asp ect to (i t C ourage and boldness mak es an
e x cellent soldier or butcher w ith strong nerves an d plenty
of con dence steady and persevering C onsider this princi
pally when in the aforesaid houses

i
n
v
i
l
or
c
This has great e ffect on
e
a
s
e
t
i
t
h
h
w
t
e
d
b
p
the health espec ially if G or i; be occidental in the co mmon
signs the native i s liable to colds an d consumption and will
have a wea k che st and lungs in 95 or V} danger of asthma
in the xed signs falls and acc idents danger of drowning or
suffocation and diseases of the heart and urinary organ s ;
in the ca rdina l si gns d iscredit and l osses in business bu t
With female s i t
gen erally it has more e ffect on the health
either denies marriage or delays it very much according to
the nature of the sig n in which the aspect occ urs ; in E m
or )6 it denote s marriage to a laz y sottish person and misery
and poverty therefrom i t also shows the death of the husband
and a second or even third marriage and generally to elderly

2 nd,

50

ms

AS TRO L O G Y

'

THE s

ro

persons or widowers These marriages are rarely happy ones

the husband being very e xac t ing dom inee ring crust and
selsh ta k ing delight in ill using others

i
n go od as p c t with the
S teady perse vering and
I
)
generally sober ; gain and success in life and by grea t and
powerful persons and the holding of lucrative or gove rn menta l
ofces Wi th females it lead s to marri age late in life or with
elderly persons and i f b be i n
or
the hu sband will
possess mone y bu t b e very mean over i t and the marriage
d oes not prove a happy one
i) in d or bad a s p ec t to Q Disappointmen t in cour tshi p
or marriage ; much trouble and g rief t hro ugh females 0
depraved t aste ; addicte d to secre t and unn atura l prac tices ;
often lthy i n tal k and be haviour ; deceit ful and cunn ing ;
hypocri tical espec ially i n religion This a pplies more to
males than females I t Ofte n leads to drin k or in temperan ee
(L S uccess in courtsh ip ; stead y ;
t
i
s
t
o
oo
c
n
d
a
e
g
p
I
b
attached to wife and family ; acu te in feelings soon moved
to pity and tears ; persevering and careful I t is very good
i n a feminine n at iv itv as i t shows care prudence c hasti ty
and s in cerit v

i
l
t
i
n
Deep in thought ; bad temper ;
n
r
i
c
(
a
/l
y g
b
d
bi tte r malicious a n d spiteful ; frequently some impedi men t
in the speech ; often d ishonest deceitful and crafty not to
be truste d ; add icted to drink ; in the 3 rd or 9th it gives
great incl ination for sc ience and occ ult learning bu t attended
w ith but little success ; enthusiastic and hypoc ritical in
religion ; a false friend and mal ic ious enemy
S tead iness in characte r and
l ) i n go od a spec t t
behaviour ; very careful of thei r o wn affairs and health ;
fond of sc ience and generally possessing a good j ud g ment ;
pe rsevering thoughtful and con templative M uch h owever
d epend s on t h hou s s a n d signs occu pied ; the a i ry s igns
being es pecia lly good an d the wate ry sign s b ut very l ittle so
A gain if in the l st 3 rd or 9 th the effects are ve ry mar k ed
b ut in t h other houses muc h les s so
.

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0 or af
icting

I
? in

TO

A S TR O L O G Y

51

D L oss of substance and much

the

rouble in money matters all throu g h life the na t ive s quanders

his money and i s improvident fre tful and suspicious ; care
less and allo ws himself to be robbed chiefly by false friends ;
he fails in business and has a hard stru ggle t hrough life he
g enerally g e ts a useless wife one wi thout t hought and if
t he planets are in commo n si g ns he will marry more than once
When the plane ts are occidental it leads to t emporary de
rangemen ts of t he heal th ; falls and acc iden ts if oriental
I consider t he affl ic t ion of the Dby I) as the mos t unfortunate
inuence t hat can be for success prosperi ty or hap p iness i n
life Wi th females it is very evil generally resul ting in dis
grace fondness for drink and depravi ty i t also destroys the
heal th especially i f at the same t ime 9 be a fflicted
l ; in good as p ect t the D Very patient and persevering
lead ing to success and the acqu isi t ion of wealth in a female
natus good heal th industrious and pruden t
No n a The remarks a t the end o f I51 o n page 45 will also
a pply her e an d mus t n o t b e o verl
ked
t

oo

PT E R

C HA

III

Jup i t e r

ascendan t in the fi ry si g ns makes the native

g enerous bold g ood na t ured successful in bu siness a sincere
friend and a generous enemy ; rat her proud ; deligh t ing in
e x ercise and recreation firm fai thful and cons tan t I n the
ea r thy si ns more secre t and selfish
g
proud concei ted shallo w
m inded os ten ta t ious bi g o ted I n the airy si g ns j us t
generous even in tem per fai thful ready to lend and help any
o ne
es pecially if in i or m I n t he wa tery si gns fond of
sport drin k and merry makin g ; careless in money ma t ters
b ut generally for t una te
an d )6 a e be tter t han I
l l the

la tter sign inclines to self

T he g eneral char ac ter bf Ll is
in t he

52

G UI D E

r un

AS TRO LO G Y

TO

ma ke men free brave and generous fai thful and pruden t

j us t hones t and religious aiming at d is tinc tion and hon o ur
li b eral subscri b e rs to public cha ri t ies hating mean and
sord id ac tions

h
i
n
t
B
a
d
e
Weal th and a boun tiful share of prosperi ty
I
;
i n in g life if he be essentially d i nied ; t he most su c cessful
g
men living have I] in the 2ud or l oth The success or o ther
wise will depend u pon t he s treng th and as pec ts which the
plane t receives
)1 i n the 3 ri S hort pleas an t j o ur neys ; help fro m neigh
ho ur s and bre thren
The mind honourably in clined

i
n
t
h
t
h
e
4
S uccess in life and hap pin ess in old ag e if
u
be s trong and moderately well fortied it also sho ws the
fa ther to be i n a go o d positi on I f I] b e weak and o ut of
d igni t ies the native will die poor
)1 in the 5th Du t iful and o b edien
a help and comfort to t he na t ive and
world and become great men
I f u b e str ong
bett ing rac in g and spe culation
)1 i n the 6th G ood heal t h genera lly un less it be murc h
afflicte d by aspec t or posi tion ; in [I or W i t deranges the
c hes t and bo wels ; i t also denote s good
faithful servants

h
i
n
t
t
h
e
S uccess and happiness in marriage ; good
7
u
for la wsui ts and par tnershi ps and in dealing with others
I f u be in Tm
e x pec t but li ttle for he seems to be sadly de
b ilita ted in this sign and po werless to effect any
)1 in the 8th M oney by marriage and also by wil l or
legacy espec ially if 71 be s tr ong and in favourable aspec t
to S a t urn

t
h
h
i
n
9
t
A religious turn of mind sincere and
e
u
p ruden t and much respec ted ; benet
marriage and success in long j ou rneys or foreign lands
in the l Oth
This ensures success in life and much
honour and esteem among men
in t hi s house or in the
posi t ions that can be for success and
2 n d a rc the bes t
prosperi ty suc h persons general ly hold prominen t ofcial
to

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53

appoin t men ts The success can bes t be judged by the

streng t h and aspec ts which
receives
1 1 th G ood fai thful friends ready to help the
he prots much through their instrumentali ty
and advice particularly if u be strong I t is also favourable
for offspring and family matters
11 in the 1 2th Few private enemies and those not likely
to do the native any harm I f anything this position tends
to success in life
.

T H
E

CO N JUN C TI O N S

in 0o r

AN D

A S PEC TS

U PIT E R

OF

with (ft This

leads to prodigality ;
g enerous to e x cess ; headstrong ; foolish with money ; in
d iscreet O ften in trouble t hese aspects O ften cause the n ative
to lose heavy sums of money either by bet ting specula t ion
or false friend s H e may also suffer damage b v re or t hi eves
It tends t o destroy the issue of the native

i
n
oo
s
c
i
t
h
Brave free and generou s ;
d
a
e
t
w
g
u
p
d

al ways ready to help another No te the as pects of d to It

are n ever good for the acqu isition of weal th ; the evil aspec t s

sho ws losses beyond the native s control and the good ones
that he will s q uander i t a way himself

s
c
t
t
h
d
i
n
P
or
oo
a
e
o
t
e
S uccess and the acquisi
I
g
p
] o
t io n of money and fame ; po werful friends and assistance
from them good heal th and usually lon g life The d of
G) and it predisposes some what to apople x y and this disease

n o t unfrequen tly t ermina tes the na t ive s e x istence

In a

female s na t ivity these aspects sho w an honourable and

happy marriage more especially if u be strong essentially
and the Q free from the aspects of the malecs

i
c
t
d
b
t
h
L oss of fortune and much ill luc k
a
e
e
I
y
f f
dur ing life ; let the na t ive be ware of lending money or b e
coming sure ty H e not unfre q uently becomes involved in
law which goes against him and results in heavy loss of
money or any property he may have ; squanders his wealth
evil asp ect

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TH E

G U ID E

A S T RO LO G Y

TO

and becomes poor a t t h close of life Wi th a female it

denotes tha t she wi ll get a g ood but unfor t una te husband

i
h
c
t
w
t
or
oo
e
i
n
d
a
s
d
g
p
Q This is n o t of much im
)1
por tance ; rat her favourable for success ; t he nat ive wil l he
fond of dress and ornamen t and spend much of his mo n y
t hereon ; wi th females it inclines t o prudence and chas t i ty
It inclines t he dis posi t ion t be kind and g enerous

t
c
i
t
i
n
a
u /I g Q He squanders hi mone y over dress
ornament and females and of ten l ives beyond his means ;
i s high and proud in hi ways The same refers to a fem inine
nativi ty S uch persons al ways desire the bes t O f everythin g
whether they can a fford it or n o t
G ood and sound j udgment ;
t i n d or good a s p ct to Q
I
success in li tera ture by which he makes money ; he is free
generous y et s teadfast an d sober in his ways it also in clines
t o g eneral success in l ife and helps t he na t ive o ut of trouble

a
i
c
t
i
n
No t g ood in j ud g men t but sees th ings in
11 f
g Q
inclined to wran g lin g and to be irreli g ions
t he wrong light
of no steadfas t ways ; persons so born should be e x tremely
careful of their conduc t as it O f ten leads t hem to law and
sometimes to some thin g worse for which they get pun ished
i n 0or good as p ct to the D This is very g ood being
o n e of t he b es t as pec t s t ha t can occur for success and prosperi ty
in life and t he ac quisi t ion of weal t h it also deno te s success
in marriage and a good wi fe in a female na t ivi ty good heal t h
prosperity and pruden t conduc t
)1 aficting the D The na ti ve squanders his weal th and
brings himself t o ruin o r pover ty ; is very un fort una te and
should never specula te or en gage in risky adventures ; these
as pec ts n o t unfrequen tly derange t he liver and s tomac h
NO TE The rema rk a t the n d / lgl o n pa ge 4 5 al so apply
here
E verything depen ds o n the s trength or wea kn es s 0 / a
e

'

pla net,

a nd

ho w it is

as pected

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TH E o

wns

A S TRO L O G Y

'

ro

in the 7th A n

unfor tuna te ma rriage and probably

separation ; constant quarrels ; many persis te nt enemies in
business ; loss by la w ; ill success in par tnerships ; the native
i s very prone to en ter into quarrels an d disputes in jur in g
hi mself t hereby ; wi th a female t he effects are imilar and
it also t hrea tens her chas t i ty

h
No
money
by
ma
r ria g e ; e x trava g anc e on
h
i
t
t
8
d
t he par t o f h usband or wi fe

h
H eads trong stubborn and jealous ; given
i
n
t
h
t
e

l
0
t o falsehood ; of no reli g ious princ i ple ; danger in t ravell ing
long distances es pec ially if d be in a watery sign L osses
by rela t ives through marriage

i
h
h
quick in
n
t
e
l
O
t
Bold and concei ted bigo ted
0
j udgment and very passionate if d be near t he cus p of l 0th
l iable to slander and discredit (es pec ially if a fe male ) Wh ether
deserved or no

h
friends inj ur ing the
i
n
t
h
e
1
1
t
E vil and malicious
d
na tive and by who m he loses much money is im po sed upon
by t hem and m isled by t heir advice
i
n
t
h
e l 2th S ecret enemies
danger of imprisonment
d
of inj ury by large beas ts by burglars or robbers especially if
b e a fic ted by
or
ll
I
d
)
d

"

T HE

C O N JU N C TI O N S

AN D

A S PEC TS

OF M

A RS

I
c
t
i
t
h
e
or
The na tive i s bold intrepid ras h
a
n
d d
/[
g
and rm heads trong determined quic k in anger ; rushing
headlong in to any s pecula t ion fearless of danger ; generou s
and free ; in the watery signs it inclines to drin k It gives
a liabili ty to feverish complaints and a sudden or vi olen t
death the na t ive i s usually s trong and heal thy The studen t
will remember tha t t he d and P are n o t so unfor t unate as
t he evil as pec ts
Wi th females it ac ts u n f avour ab ly denot ing
an unha ppy marriage t he husband will possess a ve ry v iolen t
t emper and a fondness for drink
very aus tere e x ac t ing and
d i fc ul t to please should I) or Isl aspec t the Q a lso the b us
band is li kely t o die suddenly or get ki lled by acciden t
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57

The nat ive i s generous free

ct to the
0
and bold ; of great bodily strength a good constitution and
usually long life he i s much respected by superiors and meets
rapid advancement ; especially in the army or in governmen t
service This i s especially the case if d be strong in the
nativi ty With a female i t denotes marriage to a noble
and high minded person and probably one who is in govern
ment employ
M uch given to the soc iety and
i
t
i
or
a
c
n
d
f
g Q
pleasure of females ; le wd and wanton in desires ; void of
self respect ; generous an d careless over money ; given to
dr ink and pleas ure see king to the inj ury of his health regard
less o f money or e x penses With females it inclines to l o w
company and many regrettable actions

Very fond of the opposi te se x and

i
n
oo
d
e
c
t
a
s
t
o
g
d
p
Q
much respected by t hem fond of company and society of all
kinds ; free and careless
Wi th females i t acts similar to the
bad aspects
Q uic k ac t ive wit fond of wrang
cting
Q
ling and d ispu t ing ; addicted to falsehood and pilfering
forgery and other ruinous habits ; sarcastic ; possessing a good
j udgmen t aspiring to be foremost Whether in good or evil ;
generally very clever at any handicraft ; a good workman
but often fond of drink
'in ood a s ec t to

6
g
p
Q G ood ari thmetic ian very accurate
of good mental quali t ies quick and pierc ing intellec t easily
angered very clever at engineering or chemistry and in any
occupation re q uiring de x terity of hand and sharpness of wit
the native is active hat ing la z iness and continually scheming
or making something
or a l ictin the

i
n
0
d

g
D Of a turbulent headstrong
mind ; indiscree t and rash plunging headlong into good or
evil ; fond of the opposite se x by W hom he suffers in health
and poc ket ; perseverin g of a qu ic k wit given to falsehood ;
brave and generous To a male it denotes an unhappy
marriage much q uarrelling and generally to a drunken
"

in goo d

TO

as p e

"

T HE

G U IDE

'

ro

ss rs o

mc v

or thless woman Wi th a female it threa tens inj ury to the

heal th sickness and ve x a t ion and of te n lead s them i n to
d isgrace
7 in

h
d
t
t
c
t
C ourag eous brave dar ing and
j)
g
p
0
resolu te suc essful in de alin g wi th o thers it tend to s uccess
i n weal th ; very firm ; b ut some ti mes ind ulg ing in fi ts o f
sensuali ty and drink ! Vi th a f emale it sho ws go od heal th
and a s tron g cons ti tu tion much ac tivi ty o f body and mind
a real worker
N O TE S ee the r ema rks a t the end 0 / fgf o n Pag e 45 and
a pply them h r
w

as

oo

e e

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C HA P l l33R
.

T h e S un

all t h plane ts t he G) is the mos t po werful and wi thout

hi s presence t his world would s peedily become a corpse a
vas t blank void f l i fe When in t he ascendant at bir t h i t
makes the na t ive firm g enerous lo f ty proud an d ma g nani
mous scornin g mean and sordid ac t ions i m perious c ondent
j ust and hones t I n t h ery si gns very ambi t ious qui c k in
an ger and as pirin g t rule over all wi t h whom he c omes i n
c ontac t g rave an d o f f w words and s peakin g to the purpose;
i n the earthy si g ns t he na t ive is proud and hau g h ty to e x cess
O piniona t ive and heads tron g ; i n the a iry signs jus t n oble
aspiring and much g iven to sc ience and ar ts ; in the watery
signs ra ther le wd and fond of t he o pposi te se x even to his
in Ill he makes an e x cellen t chemis t or doc tor
o wn prej udice
The posi tion of the Q in
g aining fame and credi t t hereby
t he ascendan t is for t una te for the pros peri ty of the na t ive

i
n
t
h
2
n
d
V cry g enerous and free wi th money spend ing
Q)
it fas t and lavishly is careless over e x p nses and squanders
his es ta te A A o r
f 11 makes a g rea t al te ra t io n and
leads to weal th and f or tune part icularly if 21 b e strong
OF

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59

ond o f sc ience and the fine ar ts ; firm and

Q
s te adfas t in O p inion and removin g t he residence but seldom
I n the watery signs many short j ourneys by wa ter and in
t he mo veabl e si g ns much t ravellin g by rail way
A
i
n
t
h
t
h
4
Q
g ood posi t ion es pec ially if the Q be
s trong or well as pec ted deno t ing s uc ess an d fortune at the
close o f life It also bene ts t he fa ther

i
n
t
h
e
5
t
h
Den ies offspring e x cep t t he Q be in the
G
wa tery si gns t hey are t hen likely to b e weak and sickly and
will probably die unless t he D
or 9 be there also or
aspec t t he G The na t ive deli g h t s in pleasure an d female
com pany and spends his money freely

i
t
t
n
h
e
6
h
Not a g ood posi t ion f or heal th and if afflicted
G)
sho ws many lon g sicknesses and i f Q be in the
signs
qu insy diph theria bronchi t is as thma gravel or s tone hear t
d isease weak b ack and loins in the c o mmo n signs danger of
consump t ion (es peciall y i f in Tmor X) and obs truc t ions in
I n the mo vea ble signs liver complain t s
t he breathing organs
nervousness weak ches t and stomach giddiness and rheu
mat is m probably also some permanent hurt or inj ury

i
n
t
h
e
t
h
The husband or wife will be proud austere
7
Q
y et sincere and honourable ; lof ty and high in manners y et
g enerous an d well dis posed ; also good for business an d
p ar tnership b ut mu ch will depend on ho w the G is as pec ted
and in wha t si g n he is placed
(D in the 8 th E x travagance on the part of husband or
'
wi f e and if a f ic ted by a
or
of
d danger of a violent
C
8
or sudden death

i
n
t
h
t
h
H onourable rm and s tead fas t ; j us t and
e
9
Q
fai thful in his deal in g s wi t h o thers ; makes an e x cellen t
d ivine ; i f in a wa tery sign it sho ws long sea voyages and
often success in forei g n lands
H onour and
i
n
t
h
e
1
t
h
0
Q
prefermen t ; success in life
and the ac quisi t ion of riches ; for tunate much esteemed and
frequen tly elec ted to a po t o f honour

i
h
n
t
h
e
1
1
t
Firm and f ai thful f riends and if G) be stron g
G
i n the 3rd F
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A S TRO LO G Y

r un G U ID E TO

hey are willin g and able to help the na tive and wi ll do so ;

b ut if wea k and af ic ted t hey will b e a burden inste ad of
a help
in the 1 2th Rat her uni mportant but as the 0 is a bove
t he ear t h it denotes success in life
if the 0 be much af icte d
in t his hou se it sho ws imprisonmen t
t

THE

CO N JUN C TI O N S

AS PEC TS

AN D

O F THE

S UN

n
a
s
e
c
t
w
i
t
h
Fond of com pany and
or
a
0
d
y
p
pleasure and female soc iety success in dealin g wi th clo thing
j e we llery or apparel ; fond of music sing ing d an c ing and all
elegant arts and sc iences I f in
or 1 given to dr ink and
lo w company and may become sottish
I f the as pec t happens
in the 2 n d 5th or 7 th he will spend muc h money on females
and pleasure was ting his time and fortune ; in the 10th i t
leads to rapid promo tion and in the 4 th success in business
A s 9 is never more than 48 from the G she can onl y form
t he d P y and A w ith that luminary

i
i
t
h
w
n
or
P
This makes an amb i t ious and g o od
d
Q
business man ; learning wi t h ,facili ty and ea se ; studious an d
comprehensive qu ic k at g ures consider the foregoing
ch iey when in the l st 3rd 9th or l oth I f the Q and Q be
in X the native will possess but little wit and be very eo n
t alka t ive
fond of travelling ; void of any sound
ceited
learning dabb ling in almos t every branc h of sc ience and
mas te ring none ; vain and fooli sh I f in mt he na t ive will
be a great doc tor 6r chemis t I t has often been said that

I am not
t he Q and Q in d impairs the na tive s facul t ies
of this O pinion so far as business or lite rary abi lity is concern ed
but for cl ea r so und in t uitive perception and deep conte mpla
tion
is best a way from the beams of the Q A s Q is never
mor e tha n 2 8 fro m the G it can onl y fo rm the d and P with
in

tha t

o rb

d
s
c
t
t
t
or
i
n
oo
a
o
h
e
e
Q d
g
p
D S ucce ss in life ; rapid
promo tion ; prosperi ty and help from po werful pe rson s
honour and esteem Persons bo rn with the G) and D in go o d
.

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TO

A S TR O L O G Y

61

aspec t seldom have any difculty in obta ining employmen t

These aspects also strengthen the constitution both of male
and female and wi th the former denotes marriage to a high
minded noble dispositioned person

i
n
v
il
s
c
t
i
t
h
t
h
Difculty in money matters ;
e
a
e
w
e
6)
p
D
trouble in getting into employment or o t her O ffice ; loss by
s peculation and females whom the native should avoid
It
also weakens the health or constitution and produces long
and serious sic knesses ; gives great liability to colds and
influen z a
NO T E The position o f the sun and mo on in a na tus should
be well studied
They a re the two mo s t p o werful pl a n ets a nd
l th a n d s uc cess o
o n them dep ends ma inl
t
h
h
e
a
e
f the native
y
S ee the r ema rks at the end o f Pl
.

C H A PT E R

Ve n us

VI

ascendan t makes a person much beloved by the

O pposite se x fortunate and gaining thereby fond o f pleasure
good disposition ; generous merry and kind and usually
a good singer o r musician b n
i
and X are the best
signs
I
) 111 and V} the wors t espec ially in fo r it makes
n
the na t ive le wd lo w and indecen t fond of drin k and loose
women especially if (3 should be in aspect
d in as pec t to
9 makes a g ood painte r or artist actor and singer the voice
i s s weet musical and even they e x cel on the stage or i n any
occupation or profession t hat brings t he m in contac t wi t h
t he mul t i t ude ; t he constitu t ion is not usually s trong and
the habi t s of living seldom conduce to heal th and long life
their temper is even and the ir ways winn in g

i
t
n
2
h
e
n
d
Promises success in life and lucrative
9
pur su its if strong yet the native S pends much on ornament
dress je wellery and females and in pleas ure seeking an d
Q

in the

T HE G UIDE

T O A S TRO LO G Y

e x travagance ; hence u nless 9 be well fo rtied or other

te stimonies conc ur he will never be very rich

i
n
t
h
H elp from kindred and near rela tiv es or
r
e
d
3
9
neighbours ; success in rail way t ravelling ; t he min d j ovial
and merry much g i ven to p oetry and novel read i n g

9 in the 4 th S ho ws t h lat ter par t f the na t i ve s life to

be prosperous and ha ppy es pec ially if Q be unaiic ted
also gain by inheri tance

i
t
n
t
h
5
h
M uch given to pleas ure and fem a le company
e
Q
whereby the na t ive injures his heal th ; he w ill be fond of
t hea tres and places of amu semen t ; it deno tes a nu mero u s
family many girls d u t iful g oo d and loving who wi ll be a
comfor t to the na ti ve if 9 b e very s trong it may give gai n
by spec ulation and ha z ardous g ames

i
t
H ealth t olerably good ; b ut this posi tion
n
h
e
(
w
a
9
has but li t t le e ffec t e x cep t on the menials of the nati ve who
will be dutif ul and obliging

i
n
t
h
t
h
This deno tes happiness in the marriage s tate
e
7
Q
and grea t love for o ffs pring t he na t ive usually marries early
u nless Q be in in or Vf when he is li kely to form im pro per
connec t ions This posi t ion si g nies success in business in
partnershi ps or i n dealin g wi t h o thers It also sho ws tha t
the native gains by his adversa r ies

i
h
n
t
8
t
h
e
If tro ng g ain by marriage and by the wills
Q
and legac ies of the dead ; if weak t h posi tion deno tes bu t
little

t
h
i
n
9
t
h
S ho ws travelli n g ; pleasa nt j ou rne ys ; a
9
sincere reli g ious turn o f mind ; merry and j o vial ; fond of
reading and poe try b nc li t f rom rela tives t hrou g h marriage
and i f b e n o t fa r f om the M
t he na t ive will marry well
in life or t a perso n a bove his or her o wn s phere in life

i
t
h
n
h
l
t
O
S uccess in life honour f or t une promotion
9
and es t em es pecially amon g s t fe males the m ind is pleasant
and agreeable disliking quarrelling and bothers of every sort
t he na t ive marries above his o wn sta t ion if Q be stro ng an d
well for ti fied
,

e
,

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T HE

G U I DE

TO

C HA

AS T RO LOG Y

PT E R

VII

M e rc ury

in the ascendant ma k es a person of qui ck and subtle

wit I n the ry signs sharp impe tuous qu ic k in anger
delighting in dramatic performances fl uent in speec h s k ilful
in mathematics and endowed with an e x cellent fancy ; i n
thes e things Y and Q appear better than I in which gsign
he i s rash and i mprudent with a ow of s peec h of no great
depth In 8 or W the native i s subtle crafty and rather
malic ious ; headstrong opinionative and gluttonous loving
h is own case I n [ 1 Im or at of an e x ce llent Wit and
fancy ; a good orator ; a great scholar ; easily mastering
anything sc ientic acute sharp and penetrating I n ( he
ma k es an e x cellent chemist or doctor ; penetrat ing and fond
o f e x periment ; quic k in j udgment bu t deep and crafty
and
to be treated with caution I n g or X the n ati ve po ssesse s
a eet shallow mind ; d issembling and changeable ; a s ill y
rattling tongue with a very high opin ion of hi mself and his
own abilitie s ; sottish and fanc iful ; no dependence to be
placed upon h im ; in these 25 i s better than X

i
t
h
n
2
n
d
Not of much i mportance e x cept
be well
e
Q
aspected or fortied when i t promotes success and the ac qu is i
tion of wealth

i
n
t
h
i
L ead s to study and s cience as trology an d
e
3
r
Q
occultism fond of all k inds of curio sities espec iall y if
be
in an airy sign or IT or m; i t also deno tes travell ing ; b ut
when in 23 or x the mind i s apt to b e c k le and u n steady
unless I
) throws an as pec t to M ercury

I nclines to study but i s not i mportant

t
h
h
i
n
t
e
4
Q
when it denotes su cce ss
e xcept 9 b e well dignifi ed (in [ I or
late in life

i
t
h
5
t
h
Ia ba rre n signs denies children or des troys
n
e
s
them and if in 92 mor X they may be deformed or ins ane
This position als o incl ines
especially if
or d aficts
to gambling betting and drin k
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AS TRO L O G Y

65

i n the 6th S

how s de ceitful and troublesome servant s

and if afflic ted they will rob the native I f Q be lord of the
ascendant and in this house in X or I he gives consumption
wea k lungs and chest and frequent attac k s of sic k ness ; if
af ic ted by the malecs so much the worse
M uch competition and annoyances in
in the 7 th
business quarrels in the c onj ugal state and a marriagepartner
with a very long and sharp tongue ; whether suc h a partner
will tal k wit o r nonsense can be seen by the sign Q occupie s

I t shows nothing in
t
h
t
h
O f little importance
i
n
e
8
Q
particular
S harp clever wi t fond of scien ce and learn
t
t
h
h
i
n
e
9
Q
A
ing c uriosities and religious studies ; the native is li k ely to [
travel if C5 occupies a moveable sign
h
i
n
t
e l Oth S uccess in li terature and trade
or as a
Q
merchant ; of a qu ic k pregnant wi t possessing some original
talent and if in the a iry signs a good orator
if in the 1 1 th S hows friends among scientic men ; if
Q be strong a ssistance from them ; if wea k they are an
inj ury instead of a help to the native
i
n the 1 2 th I
n
8 m or Vf many crafty enemies
Q
see k ing to inj ure the native secretly ; i n the other sign s i t
tends to suc cess in life and uen cv in speech
Q

TH E

CO N JU N C TI O N S A ND AS PEC TS

or

E RCUR Y

OF M

c t with the D Very quic k in wit

splendid abilities sharp and penetrat ing especially if occurring
in the a iry signs ; much wit and sagacity ; the l st 3rd 9th and
l 0 th are the best houses for thi s aspec t
The native usually
acqu ires foreign languages with ease and facility and if the
sig n rising be 11 TW
the native spea k s with
I or
admirable elocution

l
a
i
c
t
d
b
t
h
M uch given to bac k bi ting ly ing and
e
e

y
D
slandering ; possessing a sharp turbulen t wit and good
abilities ; if
or (1 afflicts D or Q at the same time the
nati ve will be di shonest and turn his abilities to bad account
l;

in 0

go o d asp e

-r
_

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T HE

G U I DE

TO

AS TRO L OG Y

C H A PT E R

V II I

T he M o o

in the as cendant mak es the native fond of ra mbling

and moving about espec ially if i n a co mmo n or mo vea ble s ign
u n stable i n m ind ; fond of females and by t hem much
re spec ted of a quiet nature delighting in friendship and
s o c iety ; philan thrO pic and us uall y fortunate in dea ling with
the multitude and the lower cla ss of people ; rather timid
in nature ; incl ined to be generous an d in the ery s ig ns
ambitious and a spir ing I n Y t he native is giddy and
c hangeable constantly o n the st ir espec ially if in as pect
to lgi in V) o r n1 fond of drink low company and sott ish
lewd and lthy in talk and behavio ur ; in [1 1W
or : 3
fond of s cience delighting in a strology and a good lingu i s t ;
in 5 and X very k ind and good natured and mu ch res pec ted
in 8 rm and steadfa s t ind ustrious and persevering So m
n amb ul ists generally ha ve the
D rising at birt h Us u all y
the nature of the D is k ind well intentioned qu iet ; wit h
a great d isli k e to wrangling and quarrelling

i
n
h
2
n
d
t
e
E ssentia lly s trong is good and sho w
n
D
su ccess in life and the acqu isition of riches I f in mor W
the native will e x perience much trouble in money matte rs
and loss of fortune

M any s hort j ourneys ; fond of sc ience and

i
n
t
h
e
3
r
i
D
o ccult stud ies ; and if D be s trong help fro m brethren an d
neighbours

t
h
i
n
t
e
4
h
The native fr equently re move s his res idenc e
D
success in lands and agriculture if the Dbe strong essentially
in this hou se i t is an e x cellent in d ication of succes s and
ultimate independence

i
t
h
e
S
l
i
Rather too fond of gambli ng pleas ure and
t
n
D
women ; many ch ildren espe cially if D be in a watery or
double bo died sign ; probably twins if in )6 The nati ve
will ha ve great lo ve and affe ction for his c hild ren and yo ung
per son s generally
THE

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D in

G UI E
D

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TO

67

the 6th Not good for health (espec ially if a female )

in the common signs danger of consumption or lung disease

in the xed signs gravel stone or bronchitis in the ca rdin al
signs derangement of the s tomach and nerves Y ou mu st
only j udge these W hen the D is badly placed or a ffl icted for
in n ature she is b en ec and seldom work s harm unless aspe cted
unfavourably

t
h
i
n
t
h
e
S uccess in marriage and connubial comfort
7
D
also in law or partnerships this po sition inclines to j our ney
ing or re movals The D well placed in this house (in 8
and
in
good
aspect
to
or
A
X
m
)
b denotes a very
I
ind ustrious careful husband or wife

Rather unimportant but if strong money

t
h
i
t
h
e
8
n
D
by marriage ; if mu ch a fflic ted by b and d danger of a
v iolent death

Travelling ; long j ourneys ; fond of science

t
h
t
h
e
9
i
n
D
t rather bigoted in religion ; curious and eccentri c ; if D !X
be strong assistance from relatives b v marriage
and prosperity ; favours
h
e N th S uccess in life
n
t
i
D
fro m powerful females espec ially if D be strong ; the native
i s generally suc cessful in dealing in public commoditie s ; he
is much respected and esteemed

be
s tro ng many good friends ; but if
h
I
f
1
1
t
t
h
e
i
n
)
D
j
)
wea k friends will be an inj ury to the nati ve

If in mor V1 it denotes deceit and cr a

ft
t
2
h
h
1
n
t
e
i
D
ch iey from badly disposed fe male s who will inj ure and
da mage the native I n other s igns i t tends to succe ss in
life ac cording as the Dmay be strong by aspect or unaf icted
,

0
5

C H A PT E R
T HE

PL

IX

A N E T N E PTU N E

TH IS part would not be complete without some reference to

the probable inuence of this distant planet I t seems to be
the general opinion that thi s is of a mal ec nature but pro
.

TH E G U I D E

08

AS TRO L O G Y

To

worry rather than an actual evil event O f course

i t must not be forgotten that m uch will depend u pon the
position and the as pects of lg to other planets whether good
or evil E vil aspects never result i n good but there is no
reason why t? angular and well as pected shou ld not benet
the native in a similar way to any other planet b is not
always evil neither is )1 always good E verything de pe nd s
upon the position and aspec ts Now as regards t3! so me th i nk
it is most powerful in 9 and X and that the se s igns may be

designated its house

O f co urse t he op pos ite signs W
and in would be its detriment There i s also a genera lly
agreed Opinion th at the chief in uences of is! on the mind is
to incline i t to spiritualism and me taphysics that is suppo s ing
the planet to be rising or in the 3rd or 9th house S uch a
position also te nds to i n stability of chara cter unreliable
intui tiona l impulsive fond of change lac k of self contr o l
e x ci tability and love for sen sa tio n such as is prod u ced by an
e x cite ment of the animal passions I n ca rdina l and co mmon
signs the mutability of the mi nd would be increas ed ; in
xed sig ns retarded at t he same time the ani mal ins tincts
as well as fondness for foods and drin k s would be increased
The planet seems to have much connection wi th the nervous
syste m i n man hence the dread of i mpend ing misfort une
which often does not materiali z e I f the planet be in the
2 ud a fear or dread of poverty or n ancial ru in will often
depress the native I f in the 3 rd many removals love of
the weird and mysterious I n the 4 th much uneasines s o f
mind and minor troubles late i n life I n the 5 th large
sensual propensities fondness for pleasure d issolu te and
sord id I n the 6 th constant worry about servan t or wor k
people or health ; dread of sic k ness I n t he 7 th an un fo rt u
nate marriage marital infelicity probably se paration I n the
In
C urious in beliefs
9 tb inclination for occ ult studies
the l 0 th much doubt and perple x ity in business cons tantly on
the worry I n the 1 1 th annoyances from friends and an x iety
I n the 12 th fear and dread of ene mies
cau sed by the m
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Note if the planet be well aspec te d particul a

rly b y 9
e d bu t
the
above
remar
k
s
will
be
much
moderat
or
uG
D
if badly aspec te d by any of the planets the inuence will be
much more adverse and unfortunate The unfortunate
aspects of
denote loss of money and great worry The
good aspects benets and financial success I f afflic ted by
d or Q inclination for lying deceiving and other undesirable
practices The good aspects denote a sharp mind inquisitive
and inventi ve I f a fflic ted by 9 much given to lust and
pleasure and the gratifi cation of the lower senses I t is con
idered unfortunate for females particularly if 13 be in the
5 th or 7 th houses
The good as pects of Q incline to spirit
ual ity and medium shi p
The D aficted by 9} denote s many
c hanges j ourneys and removal s ; the native does not stay
long in one place unsettled in mind and purpose untruthful
and an unhappy wedloc k if a male if a female in danger of
d isgrace The good aspe cts inc l i n es to intui tion and c lever
ne ss and to the study of occultism and spiritualism I t also
helps t0 steady the mind particularly if in x ed signs
The planet moves very slowly occupying about 1 60 years
in ma k ing one Zod iacal Revolution hence i t will be many
years before anything reliable as to the k ind of person pro
!
d uced by 15
in the various signs can be ascertained A t
present much of i t is conjecture and the young student should
not rely too much even on the remark s in this chapte r The
only actual e x perience I have had of its inuence is that i t
produces no end of worry and nervous e x citement n o twith
standing that it is in X and in e x act A to my Din g at birth
and otherwise un af ic ted e x cept by being in the 12 th house
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L E V A TI O N
E
E
a
/
BY this term I mean that planet which i s n eares t to the
meridian For instance a planet on the cusp of the 1 l th
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house and another on the cusp of the 12 th t hat p lanet on

the c usp of the 1 1 th would be elevated abo ve that on
the c usp of the 12 th and if another plane t were o n the cu sp
of the l o th i t would be elevated above the others ; also one
on the cusp of the 3 rd or 5 th would be elevate d abo ve any
planet in the 4 th house
This position of E levation is very important for if yo u
n d the e vil or male c planets ele vated and in card inal or
s uc ceedan t houses
i t shows a much harder st ruggle for
success than if the b ene cs were in E levation ; and if the
general testimonies in the map are unfavourable and the
malc fics again in E levation i t would be a hard and co n
tin uo us struggle against poverty all thr oug h l ife ; wher e as
if the b ene cs were in E levation they would materiall y less en
the evil of a bad nativity
A gain if the malefics afic t the G or D and be in E le vatio n
above them the evil is much greater than if the G) or Dwere
in E levation above the malecs
Too much attention canno t be paid to this ; should d
af ic t Q and b e in E levation the evil is greate r than if the
same conf guration o ccurred with <2 in E levation
The same must be observed with s ic kness and health I f
the effects are mu ch
F
; be in E levation and afict the Q
more severe than if the C) were in E levation above
The
s ame must be observed wi th the
D and female s ; I have
k nown many females with the D on the meridian but mu ch
aficted by the malc cs to enj oy pretty good health and to
have but little to complain of as regards s ic kness
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A DVI CE
BE FO R E proceeding further i t is very necessary to impre ss

u pon the reader s atte ntion the importan ce of ma s tering

thoroughly the foregoing particulars ; in fa ct they s hould
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HO W To J

DRA W

your fi g ure for the given time of birth ; if the las t or

f rst two or three degrees of a sign arise then inqu ire imme
diately as to the time of birt h for ve minutes will so met h ies
throw the personal appe arance and mental qualities qui te
the opposite way ; fo r instance the last degree o f [ I will
produce a widely different person from the r st degree of 95
When one comes to a nicety li k e this it is best to write the
description of person e ach sign produces and send to the
person wanti n g the nativity at the sa me time inqu iring whic h
of the two descriptions comes the nearest and from thi s an s wer
to j udge the sign ascend ing When several degrees or the

m iddle of a sign ari se ve m inutes error in the time of birth

is of little conseq uence but try at all times to get the as cenda nt
as near correc t as possi ble ; then determine the lord of the
ascendant for instance if Y or marise then (f i s l ord
i f b o r A then (2 and so on of the remainder and in fact
after
t he lord s of all the houses should b e well remembered
this compute the aspects between the planets the decl in a
tions and conj unc tions an d remember well in what houses
the planets are placed and als o whether e ssentially dignied
or not
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TH I S i s o n e of the mos t d ifcult points in A strology as so

muc h depends on the nativities of the paren ts and the amount
of vitality the infant possesses First have regard to the

positions of the planet s in the parents nati vities for if these

denote lo ss o f o szrrrn g then the chi ld will die bu t if not
then judge i t will l ive unl ess the natus be very unfortunate
if the testimonies in t he nativities of the parents be doubtful
undecided or denote the loss of so me but n o t al l the offspring
then have recour se to the followin g
C o nsider the as cendant its lord the D and lord of the
8 th for if a malec be near the ascendant and a ficted by
the lord of the 8th and the D be at the same time aficted
by the G b or d the child soon dies The lord of the
ascendant in the 6th a fi cted shows a weak ly child and if
this afiction be by the lord of the 8 th the child will ulti
mately die bu t should a ben ec be in good aspect it will be
reared but with great difficulty C laudius Ptolemy o n e
of the O ld writers on A strology says : I f one of the lights
be angular and either j oined to a malec or if t he latter
be at an equ ilateral triangle with them and no b en ec aspect
ing them at the time and the rulers of the lights be in malec
places (6th or 8 th chiey ) the child then born will not be reared

but will shortly die

I have found this often correct
Ch ildren are generally k illed by positio n before the age of
three ; after then by direction C hildren born under
V1
and )6 possess less v itality in their infant years than those
born under the other signs and evil positions or directions
are more liable to k ill ; 8 rising gives danger o f ts during
dentition (especially if the natu s be an evil one ) and death
may ensue ; 3L 2 and I give good stamina and strong
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c onsti tutions ; ne x t to these are T I] W "l an d a so t ha t

persons born wit h the strong signs ris ing w ill thrive and live
through sic knesses that would kill others born under
V?
or x
It is the d ifference i n the quality or nature of the
signs t hat caus es an appare nt contrad iction in the sc ience
for o n e c hild will l ive and be healthy w ith a ve ry evil na tivity
and another wi ll d ie w ith ha lf the amoun t of radic al evil
and th is depends almost if n o t ent irely o n the si gn as cendin g
Q
M ore persons are born under $2
and 1 than un d er
the other signs these si gns occupying abou t fo urteen ho urs
o ut o f the twenty fo ur in asc end ing and th ese be in
g stro ng
and healthy signs account for the increase of popula tion
The duration o f the l ife o f an infant wh ich wi ll not live to
maturity i s also very d ifcult to arrive at It gen erall y
d ies when the D by transit meets an evil planet and es p ec i ally
if in the 4 th (the house o f the grave ) 6th or 8th house The
exa ct time o f death depends u pon the exact amoun t of v ita li ty
the c hild possesses and as this i s d ifcul t to arrive at i t i a
best not to be to o sure but to watc h events and refer them
to the c ourse of the D
for in the ca se o f i n fan ts whether
male o r female the D is all powerful but wherever poss ible
e x amine well the nativities o f the pa ren ts
.

C H A FTE R III

atte nd to in a nativi ty are; the l ife and

health If the map b e for a male then regard the :0 ; if
a female then loo k to the D also see if ei ther 0 o r D b e
i n the ascendant o r 6th fo r suc h positions have muc h ih
If y o u nd the Q) a l icted b y b
uen ce o n the health
the health i s not good more espec ially if the 0 be occ iden tal
for then it denote s long and te d ious illnesses d in an y
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aspect to the (9 produces strength and a strong constitution

bu t if in
or
D
6 there is liab ility to acc idents short
but sharp attac k s o f sic k ness and sudden death 21 a f icting
the G) pred isposes to apople x y pleur isy corrupt blood and
liver complaints and the Q o r D in bad aspect to each other
weakens the constitution in both male and female and seldom
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leads to long l ife If 6 and b both af ict the C the heal th

is not so bad as if 5 were not there for d strengthens the

system but the end o f such a person i s liable to be very sudden
e ither by acc ident or d isease according as the planets may
be oriental o r occidental
O r iental pos itions sign ify acc idents
and sho rt attack s o f sic k ness but occ iden tal positions denote
long l inger in g chron i c d iseases The 0 o r b i n the (ith
and in d
o r C? is a bad testimony
and denotes heavy
af iction ; in fact it is one o f the worst positions that can
occur for health On the other hand the Q in good aspect
to 71 ( r d o r to the D helps the health much and denotes
a strong constitution more espec ially if 0 be rising o r in
an y house e x cept the 6th or 8 th
The planet I
gl does not
see m to e x erc ise any great in uence over the health bu t he
cau ses acc idents and su ic ides and w hen in the 6th denotes
an in c urable d isease
For a female ta k e the D and j udge e x actly as indicated
for a male but note that the D in bad aspect to 9 deranges
the constitution o f a female mak ing it wea k and d ebilitated
and if b o r d be there also her h ealth will be a continual
source o f trouble to her R emember thisthat 0 7'destroys
the in uence of the D more than F
9
) bu t 5 inj ures the (
more than
because the natures o f the D and
and G)
and b are totally d issimilar but the D and b and the Q
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and 0 have natures more in common one w ith the other
W ith respect to accidents the G af icted by the malecs
and oriental denotes accidents that are li k ely to te rm in ate
fatally b affl icting the D and oriental denotes falls and
bru ises and if 0 " be there severe cuts and if the G at the
time be af ic ted they are lik ely to terminate fatally
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as rao t o c r

re o f the d iseases to wh ic h the native is lia ble

may be learned from the sign oc cu pyi ng the cus p of t he
6 th hou se and the sign in w hich the maj ori ty of the planets
espec ially the mal c/ice are s itua ted Fo r ins tance the xed
signs s how d iseas es of the heart throa t or urin ary organ s
stone o r gravel bronch itis & c the co mmo n signs co n s ump
tion spi tting o f blood bowel c omplaints sc iatica d ro ps y
and poorness o f the blood ; the C ardinal s igns indiges t io n
wea k sto mach menta l derangement vertigo fevers liver o r
k idney complaints
To particularise the d isease s 1
denotes mental deran ge
ment fevers gidd iness and such ailmen ts as c oncern the
head princ ipally
ts rules the throat hen ce d i phtheria

bronch itis k ing s ev il II r ules the arms hands and shoulders

and produces h urts acc idents o r rheumatism in th o se l im b s
5 governs the stomach d enoting ind igestion and fre q uently
that terr ible d isease cancer ; 9 rules the hea rt an d bac k
and al ic t io n o f planets i n t h is sign denotes heart d iseas e or
inj ury to the bac k ; "3 rules the bowels and su ch diseases as
t hey may b e subjec te d to ;
rules the ve in s liver and l oins
also k idneys b o r 0 " in this sign is sure to upset the l iver o r
k idneys ; 1rules the bladder and private members hen ce
stone gravel & c ; 1 rules the h i ps and t highs and caus es
more bro k en bones than any other sign als o sc iat ica and hip
d isease ; V} governs the k nees ; a: t he legs an d )6 the feet ;
" in
X denotes co rns and bun ions in plenty To t his Imay
0
add that Y
a and v
} are signs in D o r (f to eac h other ;
hence planets in V}: ofte n affect the organs ruled by T
and a those in 6es pec ially ; 5 $2 In an d m are also
in C ]o r
5 and il l denoti n g the throat and privates c hie y;
and x: and Q the heart and bac k ; I] In
) I and X are i n
si milar aspec t and should be j udged as above
R eferring to the map o n page 3 7 we nd a strong s ign
$ 2 ris ing and the (9 close to the p lanet Ven us These
would b e favourable te sti monies fo r h ealth and strength if i t
were no t fo r the e x ac t C] o f l; to the (D the former be ing in
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elevation above the G and occ idental the aspect also occurs
from angles rendering it very powerful We should therefore
j udge that the native would e x perience as a rule good health
yet have occasionally severe and protracted attac k s o f
sic k ness and as the lord of the 6th and the maj ority of the
planets are in common signs such sic k ness would a ffect the
chest and lungs principally and arise from colds or the
wearing o f damp or wet boots for the a f icting planet is
The G) is also i n
in and he is i n x which rules the feet
A to d but this aspect is nearly past and as the D is in A
but very little mischief w i ll result from that as pect
to d
and so far as health is concerned it may be ignored
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C H A PT E R

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IV

U A LI TI ES

N O TI C E the signs ascending and the G)

and C5 chie y
al though al l the planets have some in uence on the mind
The sign [1 T 2 or mrising makes the native fond of
sc ience read ing and study qu ic k and ingeni ous with an easy
and pleasant o w of speech ; Y 9 or I ambitious fond
of honour ery in temper and much given to sports and
e x erc ises aspiring to rule ; 52 and 1 are better than Y
the latter ma kes the native unsettled rambling and often
witless 25 o r V? mak es the mind ambitious very fond of
pol itics and eng ag ing in public business E espec ially ; V; is
more se lsh and crafty n1 mak es good chemists and doctors
secret an d crafty and seldom to be trusted 5 o r signifi es
persons lov ing their o wn case fond of drin k and pleasure
slothful and 8 is very fi u io us and revengeful when provok ed
In a former part of th is boo k you will nd the s ig n icat io n s
of the planetary aspects but it will be necessary to add more
here
The worst sign in wh ich Q can be placed is X ; he
therein mak es the native shallow in intell ect loquac ious
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changeable conce ited and O fte n fond o f drink ; the ne x t is

C" therein in clines to politics drin k wit h no depth o f
thought o r mature reasoning ; in 1 rash fool is h and impe tuous
proud and c onceited fond o f scents and perfume ry ; in Y
very inquisi tive o f a fertile imagination q uic k in s peec h
rash furious never at a loss fo r a word ; in 8
or w
se lsh close c ovetous envious malic ious dece itful a perso n
best avoided yet possessing good talen ts espec ially if in
straightforward and s te adfas t in opinion
I
11 o r V13 ; in Q
and purpose ; i n II
very in gen io us p osse ssing
9 o r at
e x cellent mental q ualities origin al in ideas and a good orato r
o r write r
N o r m These descr iptions are pr incipall y to be co nsidered
when Q is r isi ng o r in the 3rd or 9th ho use
d in aspect to Q ma k es the mind e x ceed ingly sharp
whether i n good o r evil ; such persons are generally very
active ery i n tem per great liars irreligious or else hypocri tes

and O ften light fingered

la in aspec t to Q inc lines to
ste ad iness and rmn ess bu t if by evi l aspec t i t denotes decei t
treachery duplic ity and th iev ing ; in good aspec t thoug htful
and reserved steady and sober i n character ; :9 and )1 the
native is honest and possesses a good j udgment ; kl ma k es
the m ind wayward restless stubborn fond o f cur i os ities
original bu t revengeful ; to be successful i n l iterature i t is
necessary that Q5 and [3] be i n o >l< or A aspect If in D
or 8 it leads to much cri tic ism and public d isap proval
Q with t} renders the mind cheerful pleas ant fond of
pleasure and soc iety ; the D w ith i} very clever of an
e x cellen t w it and understand ing but the C ] and 8 inclines
t o lying and decei t fault n din g and duplic ity
The d isposition is denote d by the (D and D pr inc i pally
and when these are aspecte d by d i t i s free and gen erous
asp iring courageous but angry ; 21 mak es i t
to e x cess
moderately generous ; such persons a re very solic i tous of
fame and seld om e x te nd a help ing hand unless i t is li k ely
t o be well known
b and lgl in cl ine the d is posi tion to be selsh
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in the M C is a good te sti mony ; also the G) o r D or b in

* o r A to u ; o r the o r 1) in o with 21 is also an excellen t

te stimony The Q an d D in
o r A is favourable espec iall y
for s uch as are in employment the C ]o r 8 be ing the reverse
The 4 th house is a very i mportant facto r in this q u estion
for if b enec planets (G) D U o r Q ) oc cupy this h o u se
i t is a sign o f success at the la tter pa rt o f l ife and the strong er
t hese planets are e ither essentially o r by aspects the grea ter
t he success ; but if they be wea k o r k noc k ed a bout by cro ss
aspects j udge the O pposite the malecs there in peregrin e or
af ic te d show a sad end probably in want or misery and
even i f I
) d or lgl be strong es sentiall y i t yet denotes an
unhappy end n o t so much fro m wan t of money as by a
miserable miserness (espec ia lly if denoted by b ) o r by
outs ide tr oubles caused by friends health o r relatives In
t his matter your reason must b e e x erc ised fo r b in 2 or V}
in the 4 th i n A to I! would signify a very dierent end to

the nati ve s e x istence than i f I

) had b een af ic ted by the D
or 8 of )1 or any other planet
)1 or if lord of the 7 t h and i n >k or A denotes money
by marriage ; It i n goo d aspect to H shows gain by le gac ies
or in an une x pected manner M any planets together in o n e
sign denote great successes and great reverses in proportion
as they may be aspe cted or placed es sent ially fo r i f af ic ted
by aspec t or position the reverses w il l outweigh the suc ces ses
and vic e vers i A ga in l) i n the 2 nd house denotes a hard
struggle all through l ife every penn y the native posse ss es he
i t is
wi ll have to wor k doubly hard fo r If I
; af icts the D
another bad testimony and k eeps or ma k es the native poo r ;
of c ourse a A o r >k o f I; o r 0 to the D o r even l) alters
t he cas e and would i mprove t he nativ e s prospec ts i mmense ly
T he l ights af icte d by 1; deno tes prod igal ity ; Q a l icting
) 1 the native is e x pe n si ve in his house hold and fond o f dress
and nery ; the Q o r d i n t he 2 ud he is free and li b eral to

e x cess and if d af icts the Q by [3 or 8 he w ill lose money

b y law or quarrelling and get robbed by s harpers
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The ! odiacal sign rising has some in uence over the success
o f the native
Y U Q a I and x may be termed fortunate
signs ; the other signs are not so fortunate ; there are of c ourse
ma n y e x cept ions and I do not ad vise much reliance to be
placed on this point although an unfortunate nativi ty w ith
an unfortunate sign rising is singularly evil
The popularity o r fame o f the native depends princ ipally
on the angles if Cardinal signs occu py these he will become
famous either in good or evil 5 in M C g ives po wer and
authority but casts do wn again ; 1L there denotes fame all
through l ife the same w ith the Q o r D 0 " i n the l oth
brings scandal espec iall y to females The D or c? of one
or both o f the luminaries to a planet from Card inal signs
produces fame Common signs and planets therein denote
obscure persons ; persons born w ith planets rising usually
become famous in their respective spheres o r trades especially
if in Card inal signs for these denote authority whereas the
common signs show obscur ity or a l imi ted amount of fame ;
s uch persons seldom possess much swa
y or power of mind
over others The Q i n good aspect to h] g ives fame and the
friendship and help of old moneyed men and is an e x cellent
aspec t in the nativity of any one who has to do with public
men o r public affairs I t is sure to lead to fame and distin c
tion although perhaps late in l ife
I n our map page 37 we nd no planet in the 2ud and
i ts rul er Q in h is detriment in d with S) and the (Dbut in

t
o
l
[j
)
d is als o ruler of the 4 th and in h is detriment
and cadent These are un favo urab le testimo n ies O n the
other s ide we have l l strong in the 1 1 th in A to b but in
The D is in A to
is the most powerful
No w
C? t o H
planet in the map and being in the 1 1 th denotes much help
from friends and the A to [9 shows money by legacy but
the c? o f Pl denote s some d i fculty with it bu t the native
will get i t as 71 is elevated above [31 Ex cept for the strong
position of )1 the nati ve would have had a hard struggle all
through l ife As it is he will not save money but h is pluc k
G
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'in 3rd will

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d, d

and perseve rance D A

k eep his head a bo ve
water I j udge the money w ill be by leg acy for d w hi ch
denotes his rst wife as well as b is wea k and one scarcely
l i k ely to posses s w ealth
A part from U A b and D A d
and the powerfu l position o f )1 there are no
as pec ts to favour suc ce ss

C H APTE R

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THE

CO NSID ER the m idheaven the ascendant that planet whic h

i s nearest the S un o r oriental to that l umin ary and t he
positions of the major ity o f the planets The S igns may b e
d ivided thus Y 8 Q and V} produce employment among
metals housebu ilding smi ths and mach inery ; I} A and
m are sc ientic signs and produce clerk s write rs and li terary
o r sc ientic pursu its ; 5
and X pro d uce in n k ee pers
publicans brewers sailors w ine merchants and shmo ngers ;
the sign "1 moreover produces many chemists and docto rs
T0
o f note d ability
2 and I messengers de alers boo k sellers
printe rs e ngravers and articcrs M oreover 8 1 and v}:
have c onnection wi th agr iculture ; Y Q and I wi th re
iron the army and dangerous pursuits ; n
and a: sc ientic
pursu it s shop k eepers and C loth iers
I f the native have many planets i n the wate ry s igns i t
sign ies that he wou ld succeed well as a publi can bre wer
shmo n ger espe c ially i f s uch signs be oc cu pied by the b en ec
planets
I f they possess the sc ientic s igns he Will e x cel
as a cler k or wr iter deal ing in clothes as an auc tioneer & c
if i n the earthy signs housebu ilding agriculture bric klaying
if in t he
o r those e mplo y men ts w hich deal ch ie y with ea rth
ery sign s as smit h mec hanic cattle dealer horsebre ak er and
v arious k inds o f em ployment i n the army & c
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powerful planet in the map also has some in uence

on the employment I n th is Q denote s wr iters authors
accountants teachers stationers book sellers and those who
l i ve by sti pend or salary ; Q signies employment among
wines dress ornaments perfumery owers and those
engaged o n the stage d produces sold iers and such as wor k
by re or iron cook s bu tchers shipwrights carpenters & c
t shows lawyers co uncillors divin cs C loth iers tailors
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revenue ofcers j udges and public characters ; b denotes
printers agricultur ists se x tons and sometimes d ivines
especially if in o r A to )1 ; lg! shows astrologers antiquarians
curiosity dealers and all who follow a strange and uncommon
employment I f
d and l ) are the ch ief ruling planets
and in d o r bad aspec t the native ta k es to thieving and
forging swindling and unl awful pur su its I f 9 jo in {2 and
d they are sculptors painte rs artists and engravers The
Q favourably aspected by l) or [ 4 gives employment i n the
S tate or Civil S ervice and denotes managers and persons
hav ing authority and power The testimon ies respecting
employment should be well weighed as the d ifferent k inds o f
employments are various and very numerous ; therefore let
not the young student j udge this point hastily
The i mportance o r magnitude o f the employment will be
seen from the position o f the ruli ng planets for should they
be oriental or above the earth then it will be lucrative and
eminent ; the same if many planets occu py Card inal signs
or Card inal signs occupy the angles ; but should the ruling
planet o r most o f the planets be occ idental and under the
E arth then it will be obscure and such p ersons usually have
to wor k for others all their l ives
Persons so born seem to
lac k ambition and are conse quently q u ite content to remain
in obscurity and be the faithful servants of others
When
the Q and D are in * o r A to each other the native seldom
has any d ifculty in obtaining employment but the E] o r
also persons born w ith
C? o f the lig ht s has an O pposite effect
the D muc h af icted by
5 should be careful in commenc ing
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and far more prosperous i n empl oymen t
o r A to d is very favourable for employment
d enoting
rapid advancement bu t when d af icts the Q by C] or (9 it
is seldom the native and h is mas ter ag ree
R efe rring to our map page 3 7 we find 9 lady of the M id
and orienta l o f the 0 co n
heaven in 0with the Q and
sequently that planet would denote the employment Placed
as she is I should j udge h is profession to b e in connection
wi t h wear ing appa rel fl owers o r m illin ery pro bably the
former as )1 is strong a
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may therefore consider h is employment as such and that i t

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males regard the D and Q and for femal es the G) and

9 if these are strong and free fro m the af iction or aspect
of b they marry early espec ially if they be orient al
between the l st and 10th h ouses or in the opposi te
o f the map
b ut should I
D o r (D i t
) a f ic t the
marriage and s hould the latte r planets b e wea k and b
strong and barren signs occupy the l st an d 5 th hou ses the
native w i ll n o t marry S hould l7 af ic t the D by d C ] o r
the death of the wife is signied and if in n I or X
a plurality o f wives is denoted especially if at the same t ime
the D applies by 0o r aspect to more than one pla net For
a female j udge the G instead o f the D
9 af i cted by
s hows trouble in courtsh i p and probably d isa ppo intment
and i f a ffl icted by 14 j ealousy and m istru st ; the D alicting
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occupying the l st 5th or 7th hastens marriage ; the barren

signs retard it The D strong in the 5th or 7 th in aspect to
many planets causes an early marriage
Conjugal happiness depends upon the D Q Q U and
'occupy this
the 7 th hou se chie y for should P
or
g 5
d
house but little happiness prosperity or comfort will be
esperien ced unless they are most e x cellently a spec ted by
the b en ecs and even then many minor troubles w ill occur
bu t should these planets be un aspected or afic ted in any
way then marr iage wi ll prove the most unfortunate event

in the native s whole career A gain i f the O with a female

be a f icted by 131 it W ill lead her astray and she will probably
leave her husband and live with another man ; if the Q) be
the m
an w ill be a harsh
cruel h usband ; i f
af ic ted by
by i; he will be worthless and miserly la z y and i n both cases
a most unhappy un ion w ill be the result E ven should the
o r A to lgl there is danger o f the female being
G be in
led astray especially if E or X occupy the ascendant bu t in
this case i t is not li k ely to lead to separation Wi th men
regard the D if she be in d [3 or (53 to is} men wi ll c ohabi t
w ith married women and even the
or A incline this way
When hi af icts or aspects 9 men cohabi t w ith single females
and women with single young men ; should 0 " or I; aspect
an y of the aforesaid planets at the same time the m isconduc t
w il l be publicly kn own but if u be in aspec t i t will not be
known to any e x tent b in >k or A will cause i t to be carr ied
on w ith great secrecy l5! or b in the l st 5th or 7th
or d i n the 5th or 7 th i t is seldom the native whether male
or female leads a chaste life
9 in good aspect to b shows sincerity an d attac hmen t
in marriage and if if or 9 be in the 7th domestic felici ty
and comfort the Q and D therein is good but much depends
on how they are aspected and to what planets they apply
The Q w ith a female and the D w ith a male applying to the
or A of M denotes a happy marriage sooner or later
d
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will b e o ld b ad te mpered and m iserly e x ac ti ng

and with but little attac hment or feel ing
The w ife is described by that planet to w hic h the D rst
a ppl ies (
e x cept t here b e a planet near the c us p of the 7th
when tak e it ) or if she apply to no planet t hen ta k e the
sign on the cusp o f the 7 th and j udge from this if she ap p ly
to Q the wife will be handsome lov in g and ac complis hed ;
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if to e clever sensi ble active but a great talk er ; if to d
bold refrac to ry ho t tem pered ; if to I
f j ust c heerful k in d
with a good d ispos ition ; if to b grave serious attentive to
her duties and m i serly if to the G generous noble straig ht
forward rm and determined if to lgl she w il l po ssess many
peculiari ties be very headstrong ras h and independen t and
d iffic ult to manage
N o r mIf the application be by bad aspec t the efieets
will be so much the wo r se also see how eac h planet is aspec ted
and i n what sign i t i s placed for the D A Q in 2 denotes
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a ver y d ifferent wife to one signied by 9 in 0 or Y or W;
the same w it h the other planets For femal es ta k e the G
instead of the D and observe also that the Q applyin g to
t i n "2 denotes a very d ifferent husband to the o n e s ign ied
I
by If in
or any other sign unless i t be V) the same with
t he other planets
The 7 th or 8 th hou se oc cupied by 71
strong or by b in go o d aspec t to 71 promises gain by
marr iage the same if I
t o r 5 rules the 7 th and b e in favo ur
able aspec t The Q af icte d by d i) o r 1L1 destroys the
husband or causes hi m great and heavy m isfortunes ; the
D si milarly af icted destroys the wife espec iall y if the D
be in I] I or X
A s the map o n page 37 is for a male we must tak e the
D and <2 as the chief signifi cators of marriage bu t in th is
case there are other testimonies to b e c onsidered b is
pla ced in the m iddle o f the 7 th house in ) 5 the D app li es

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wea k and cadent and Q
to d by a A as pec t d is in 2
t he cc sign ificator with the D is near the Q and Q and in I
For tunately the D is elevated and free fr om af iction The
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or two ; 8 t hree or four ; II two or three ; 03 ve or si x ;

Q denie s offspring ; 1mtwo or three ; a three or four ; "
four or ve ; 1 three or four ; W two or t hree ; a: deni es
offspring ; X seven or eight The foregoing are when no
planets posse ss either the 5 th or I l th house The Q Q and
the malec planets d iminish t he nu mbe r ; the I
)
Q or u
augments i t The I) in the 5 th in b i corporeal signs pro
mises many children often twin s ; the same if she be in 25
in 5 th in good
in the 5 th A friend of mine w i th I
) in Tm
aspec t to many planets has si x teen children all li ving
The number of c hildr en will be increased or diminished
in proportion as the plane ts in the 5 th house are well aspec ted
and vice vers i The D 9 or )1 in 5 th shows o b ed ien t and
d utiful children that will be a comfort to the ir parents ;
but if the e vil planets be therein then the ch ildren will be
a great trouble sic k ly or unruly Again the proli c planets
in the 5 th or 1 1 th and affl icted by the infortun es denote
death to some of the offspring ; bu t if in favourable as pec t
to many planet s they augment the number
The 5th house
shows the rst child the 7 th the second (b eing the 3 rd fro m
t he 5 th ) ; the 9th the third ; the 1 1 th the fo urth ; the l st
th e fifth
the 3 rd the s i x th ; and the 5 th again the se venth
child
I f t here are sign s of the deat h of some of the o sprin g
and evil planets possess the 9th house by position or lord
say the third child will die ; if the maletics b e in the 7 th the
second child will die ; if in the 1 1 th or rulers of that hou se
the fou rth child and so on This system of j udging I have
found tolerably acc urate
M any planets in feminine signs show more girls t han b oys
in mas culine signs the reverse Again if the sign occ upyi n g
the cusp of the 5 th b e ma sculine and its ruler be a mas c uline
planet and be placed in a ma sculine s ign most of the ch ildren
will be boys ; bu t if the signs & c be feminine then the

ma j ority will be girls A gain if the husband s s ign icato rs

be stronger than the wife s s ign icato rs in the figure it is an

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additional testimony of more boys than girls and vice vers

O nce more if the 5 th house denotes children and the 1 1 th
house denies them some will die in infancy the same if the
1 1 th hou se promises offspring and the 5 th denies them
This was remar k ably e x emplied in a nativity I once had
before me in which the D was in 8 in the 5th in favourable
bu t 6 ruled the
aspect to all the planets e x cept b and
1 1 th and he was a fflicted by lgl 71 Q
Q and Q the con
sequen ce w as that the native lo s t three out of his nine c hildren
I f the lord of the 5 th be in the 5th and well a spected i t shows
the offspring to become fortunate and famou s ; the same if
the lord of the 5th be dign ied and oriental o r if If be in the
5 th strong and unafflicted ; but should the planets denoti n g
ch ildren be occidental and ou t of their dignities and afflicted
by aspect then will the o ffspring be obscure and unfortunate
'in
to If destroys some of the o ffspring ; so also does
0
The late Q ueen Victoria had ) 1 A b
[ 3 when a fflicting
at birth an d she lost three of her children
I f we refer to the map on page 3 7 we nd I on the cusp
of the 5 th and If its ruler in the 1 1 th in the fruitful sign
I n the 5 th we nd [El in the sign V) in 6to
the latter
planet however is in A to l) in a fru itful sign in the 7 th house
We should therefore j u dge a s mall family of three or four
as the testimonies are n o t strong enough for a larger one
The 63 of l l and f l will cause trouble thro ugh offspring
T he 3rd child ruled by the 9th ho use and C? is li k ely to be
the
blac k sheep in the fold and the 4 th signi ed by in
the 1 1 th will be the most fortunate Parental love or parental
affection i s ruled b y the 7th house in this case i t will not b e
very strong for b wea k in t his house denote s that the father
will thin k his children m uc h trouble and e x pense and he
certainly will not spoil them by over indulgence
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A V E LL IN G
NO TI CE chiey the 3 rd and 9th hou ses ; als o in wha t signs
the planets are situated especially the D and d for if t hes e
planets are in the 3rd or 9th in mo veable or co m mon sign s
then the native will travel much and go long voyages The
3 rd house has connect ion chiey wit h railway or short j o urneys
and the 9th house signies long voyages to d istant lan ds or
emigration The 1) in powerful aspect to
and either in
the l st 3rd or 9th denotes many j ourn eys The D or d
cadent e spec ially in the 3rd 9th or 12 th is a sure s ign of
trave lling and if in 5 or x long and e x tensive voyages are
denoted I f the ben ecs govern the planets
t he 3r d
and 9th and the D and be in favourable aspe ct thereto
then will the j ourneys be prosperous and lu crative ; the same
if It or 9 occupy the 3rd or 9th house and is not afflicted ;
but s hould l) d or l ] be there i t denotes much dan ger
trouble and annoyance ; and if these planets be in a wate ry
s ign in the 9th and afflicted the native wi ll be shipwr ec k ed
bu t should they be in the 3rd he will be liable to an ac ciden t
in going a short j ourney by rail road or water
The planets in x ed signs show but little tr avelling (e x cept
in 111 when they sign ify a voyage ) ; als o w hen xed s ign s
occupy the l st 3rd or 9th there will be but little travell ing
l7 powerful in a nativity ma k es the native fond of his hom e
the 0 t he same ; whereas Il 6
Q or the D denotes many
changes and the nati ve se ldom remains long in one plac e
t or 9 powerful he will j ourney for bus iness or pleas ure
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With respe c t to going abroad consider well the positions
of the favourable and unfavour able planets for w hen the
maj ority of the good planets are in Southern signs they
s how that the native wi ll have good success in the Southern
la titudes For instan ce many planet s in Ill or even 1
would show success in A us trali a or adja cent plac es and gif
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or )6 then New Zealand woul d be a good country

V} seem s to favour S outh Africa or C ape C olony chiey
I f the 9th house is favour ably occupied by these signs and
the benevolent planets then the native would do well abroad
The same if they were in the l st 10th 1 2 th or even the 6th
hou se Y ou must use your o wn j udgment a l ittle here for
i t i s impossible for me to e x plain every position possible for
the planet s to occupy ; but have chief regard to the G for
9 and 9 must of nece ssity be near him on account of their
longitudes not e x ceed ing 48 with Q an d about 2 8 with
Q from the
Ne x t loo k to 11 Never e x pect much from him if he be
in IQ or a ffl icted by d The same holds good of the o ther
pla nets and alway s avoid the localities signied by those
planets that are much a ffli cted or else you will be in con
t in ual hot water with either health or fortune
The Northern signs show places near home or in North
latitudesfor in stance Y would show the E ast of E ngland
or a locality to the east from your place of birth 8 and
and E denotes the North of England or
n are more N E
"X or
T
the
N
and
parts
and
I
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W
S cotland
m
Q
L ancashire e special ly
Person s born in E ngland under T or 9 and many planet s
in the 9th or l oth hou se would do well acros s the
in [ 1 or
A tlantic and in the North E ast S tates of the U nion ; bu t if
the planet s were in Tm
or g then they should go to the Western
S tates C aliforn ia etc
N 0 TE Never go abroad if your 3rd or 4 th hou se is strong
and well occupied or you will sorely repent it
There is mu ch more in the selection of a house and proper
locality than many imagine and it is a point on which authors
have been very silent
The foregoing i s what I have observed and found very
correct from e x perien ce and observation but there may be
many point s to d iscover yet ; hence I advise mu ch care and
scrutiny into the nativity on this head ; in fact you cannot
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g i ve i t too mu ch atte ntion for I belie ve that a right direc ti o n

and local i ty is more than ha lf the road to fortune and good
heal th
Referring to the map on page 3 7 we n d moveable sign s
on the cusps of the 3rd and 9th and d c adent in A to the D
T hese are testimonies of considerable travell ing c hiefly by
rail and in connec tion w ith bus iness as well as plea s ure
The D A d i s also a testimony of changes and ac tivi ty

A s 5 af icts both 6 and 9 and is in elevation above the m

there is dan ger of hur t or acc ident and the position o f
s hows t hat the j ourneys will not be benec ial or ag reeab le

ruler
of
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side of the travell ing and d in the 3rd in A to the D the
business part There is no str i k ing benet or otherw i se
s hown in travelling or changes of residence
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C H A PT E R

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I HA V E found from my o wn e x perience and t hat of others
that much depends on the selec tion of a su itable house and
locality
We often see in everyday life that a person goes on co m
fo rta b ly and ste adily then ma k es a move and is often ru ined
or else is ill and d ies have bereavement & e ; in fact the
move seems evil in every way and to upset him terri bly
I t i s true also that others move and everything prospe rs
with them and fortune attend s them in e very way The re
are no doubt some d ire ctions operating at the time either
for good or evil but if one gets into a bad locality then the
good d irec tions are muc h wea k ened and the bad ones are
made stronger
Note therefore the following
F ir st cons ider the angles of the nativi ty I f ca rdinal s igns
o ccupy these the house should be a cor ner one ; if xed sign s
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then the hou se should s tand in the middle of a road or street

and not at a corner o r where roads or streets meet if co mmon
sign s are on the an gles of the nativity then the house should
be nearly the last one in a street or road but not absolu tely
the last one not if it be a corner o n e
denotes the rst house in a street o r road
A gain Y or
that stands at a corner ; { L o r V} the last hou se that stands
also at a corner
For instance suppose there are 30 hou ses in a street then
would show No l and a or 10 No 30 both of which
Y or
should be corn er hou ses ; the other signs that is the x ed
and commondenote the house s between these numbers
I should consider the x ed signs to signify from 2 to 1 5 and
the common signs from 1 6 to 29 This is as near as I can
tell although probably a per son un der 8 or 51 should be higher
u p the read than one under "1 or at I consider )6 to si gnify
the last hou se but o n e in a street
The angle s to be considered are the l st and 4 th I f you
nd x ed or common sign s on one and card inal on the other
i t does not matter where your house is yet even here it is best
to give preference to the northern o r southern signs the
former showing the beginn ing o f a road and the latter the
end of it
Ne x t have regard to the d irection to whic h the s ign s point
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Y is E ast ; 13 North ; a is West ; V1 S outh
Now if T and 23 occupy the l st and 4 th hou ses your
house should have a North E ast a spect that is one s ide of
the house should face the North and the other the E a st ;
but if 9 or a: o ccupy these cusps then i t should fa ce the
The other signs you will consider in the
S outh and We st
same way thus : from Y to 5 the signs are N E fro m 23
to 2 is N W from a to V1 is S W and from W to ) 6 is SE
C ardinal s ign s show prominent positions as on a hill ;
common signs denote the lower part of a to wn
I f you li ve in the country then the cardinal sign s s how
w here road s cross ea ch other and this is where your hou se
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hould be ; in short if you are born un der card inal signs; let
your house sta nd as pro min ently as po ss ible ; bu t if under
common s igns do not li ve in a prominent hous e Fixed
signs are between t he se two
The ne x t po in t to loo k at is where you should be If you
n d unfortunate planets in the 4 th hou se and they be weak
or out of dignities do not step in your nati ve place or to wn
for the 4 th house shows the place in w hic h you were born
bu t if th is house be strong either wi th the malecs in the ir
own d ign ities or else with the lights or good planets and t hey
not much afflic ted then stay there
I f the 3 rd hou se be very s trong w ith favourable planets
y o u should go a l ittl e d istan ce fro m your nati ve town and
in the d ir ection signied by the sign on the 3rdas if
go
a little to the North if Vi go a little to the South and so on
w ith the re st of the signs but do not go far for the 3rd hou se
shows bu t short d istan ces and I consider 50 mil es ought to
be the outs ide
I f y o u nd the 9th house well oc cupied go a long way from
your native pla ce or as far as you li k e and in the d irecti on
ind icated by the sign on that house
By going these d istances and in the d irec tion sign ied
you bring your self under the inuences of the good pla net s
and so will have bette r fortune and success
G ood planets in t he l st or 1 0 th you ma y go w here you
li ke provided it be in the proper d irec t ion denoted by the
planets
For in s tance i t would be madness to go South with favour
able planets rising in B or to go West if they were in T and
on the as cendant
I f the fa vo urable planets are in the other hous es t he
d istance you go matte rs but little so long as you k eep in
t he right d irection as indicated by the sig ns
Referring to the map page 3 7 as to the selection of a
house I t would not be well for him to reside in his native
h
ruler
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other planets t hey produ ce enem ies ; bu t

it well placed an d as pected the contrary
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l) d or H in the 12 th points to many secre t enemies
s pi teful and
mali cious secretly inj urin g the na tive bot h
d irectly and ind irectly ; the D t here in afi cted fe male
enemies The G 11 or 9 shows bu t few if any secret
foes Q af icted denote s many thus far with regard to the
po s itions in the H oroscope
Friendsh ip and en mity are also p rod uced by the d i eren t

positions in any two person s nativities and the ig ) occupying

the c u sp of the as cendant ; for instance persons born under
certain tripl i c ities agree
i rre spective of the places of the
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planets su ch as one born under 1 will agree and feel friendly
with persons under $ 1 or 1 ; those under 5 with persons
born under or W and so on with the other tri plic ities ; bu t
when the sign s o ccupying the ascendants of two perso ns are
in I] or (9 or inconj un ct then little harmony is man ifes ted
I n this the (39 is worse than the D or inconjun ct signs ; thu s
a person born under 7 will never agree long wi th one born
under Q or 23 or V39 A gain y o u must cons ider the places
of the luminaries and other planets for if the 0 or D in o ne
nativity be in d or friendly aspec t with the lights in the other
nati vity then will friendship follow ; bu t shou ld they be in
quar rell ing and en mity will occur The light s
D or
(0 and D ) in parallel in the two nati vities are a g o od testi
mony o f friendship Again the other planets mus t be well
con s idered for if the Q in o n e nativity be on the pla ce of
l) in the other nativi ty he who has P
) will bene t from or
thr ough him who has the G) on the place of b n either is i t
necessary that the S olar man s hould su ffer damage fro m the
Damage is only sho wn when the nati vi ty
S aturn ine person
is very bad and consequently the min ds of the a ficting
party w ill then be bent on m ischief ( f and 9 mus t b e
considered princi pally for friends hip and enmity between
male and fe male for if d in a fema le nati vity be o n the place
of 9 in a male there will spring u p strong feeling of regard
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and frien dship immediately they meet but if 07'in the o n e

nativity be in C]or 6to Q i n the other hatred and di sli k e
will soon be manife sted
I n the map on page 3 7 the 1 1 th hou se is ruled by Q and

the D the sign

being intercepted with u therein
The Dis also un al icted and near the cusp of the 1 1 th These
are te stimonie s t hat the native will not lac k friends bu t will
benet by the m very much H e should however be careful
of young people o r those wi th a literary turn O f mind as
shown by
in
for thi s planet is wea k and afi cted by
and b and con sequently can render no material help
0
to the native
,

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C H APT E R

X II

I N D O F DE TH
TH I S is denoted c hiey by that planet w hic h a fi cts the
0 or D and the sign and house in which i t is placed ; al so
by the 6th house which i s the house of sic k ne ss
l l causes death in some extrao rdinarv or uncommon
manner what are generally called in the newspapers ; strange

death s and the se are frequently sudden and une x pected

he also in cl in es to su i cide and death by railway or in travelli n g
that is if the map shows a viol en t end
I
; denote s death by colds and consumption s ague s dis
orders o f the spleen drop sy atrophy or wasting syn cope
and generally all chronic disea se s
) 1 shows death by apople x y ina mmation of t he lung s
and liver di sea ses and enlarge ment of the heart & c
0 denote s fevers stone in the k idneys or bladder strang ury
spitting of blood b ursting h lo o d vessels fatty degeneration
of the heart ; a ls o burns scalds wounds mi scarriage
h aemorrhage abortion erysipelas smallpo x and s uch deaths
as generally o ccur after a short or sudden illne ss
H
THE

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as rno t o o v

ro

in whic h the planets are located should be noted

and also the nature of the si gns on the 0 th and 8 th houses
T he fi xed signs d ispose to death by s u o c a tio n heart d iseas e
bronchitis s tone or gravel spinal complaints a lso d i phtheria
The mo vea bl e sign s de n o te death by colds rheu matism gout
cancer all d iseases of t he k idneys and liver bra in fever
vertigo ts and d isorders o f the stom ach The co mmo n sign s
show death by consumption asthma spasms dropsy d ia b ete s
scurvy and bowel co mplaints
A viol en t or sudden death is denote d when the Q or D i s
afic te d by the D or 6 of d d at the same time be in g
elevated above the lights Again d in d wi th the lights
in the l st 6 th 8 th or l o th points to a violen t or sudden
death more e specially if b or [El ad d their evil te stimony to
"
o
b in the l 0th in c? to the Q prod uces death by the fa ll
of buildings The signs occu pied by the L u minaries an d d
or i) must b e considered C a rdinal signs sign ify a noto rious
death as by murder gunshot lightning scalds railway or
l i re ; th
fix d signs strangling hanging suffoc a tion or
dro wn ing ; the co mmo n sign s suicide shi pwrec k prison
hydrophobia & c and l ] always d enotes tha t t he death wi ll
be e x traord inary or uncommon and c rea te grea t pub lic
interest or concern
I n our map page 3 7 we nd the (9 muc h affl icte d by b
the lat ter planet being in elevation con sequently we should

j udge b in X to be the k ill ing planet Placed in t hat

sign he denotes cold s c onsumption lung difculties and
dropsy
T he

s ig ns

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G U I DE

r ue

AS TRO L OG Y

TO

give her motion per wee k for there are four wee ks in a month
t hi s d i vision is very nece ssary becau se the D does not mo ve
reg ula rly bu t changes fro m 12 to nearly 1 6 per
Y ou will nd the D to b e the pr inc ipal ac tor in
tions owing to her swif t motion The signs and degrees o n
the cusps of the houses i n the 7wt ivity you will continue the
same and in sert the planet s a ccording to the signs and
degrees in which t hey may be found the sa me as you wo ul d
if i t were a s i mple nati v ity When you have proceed ed thus
far calculate all the aspects that are actually formed by the
D and planets o n that day and note the m down for t hey are
t he directions for that year of life
The ne x t poin t are the
tran s its
The se must be cons idered for the actual year in
whi ch the d ire ction s fall out ; for instanc e if you co mpute
t he direc tion s for the 2 0 th day after b irt h w hich is equa l to
the 2 0 th year of life you must loo k to the tran s i ts for t he
a c tual year of life ; as if a person were born in 1 802 s e the
transits for 1 882 Now observe When the plum of the
evil directions are e x c ited or aspe c ted by ev il trans i ts
results are very po werful and evil ; good (1
tran s its produ ce very benecial results ;
good transits and good directions and ba d
or no effec t as they nu llify each other
S uppo se for instance you n d D D b and at the ti me
to D and 34 to l) or quinc un x
It is in
trans it such a d ire ction would not operate for

l
corre ct the ev il bu t if b or I
s were in o with D or b then
i t would Operate wi th great force
The e x ci ting planets are lsi
b )1 and d the latte r
es pec ially when I} ; the 0 also when pa ss ing over the place
of direc tion bu t I do not observe his aspects S o me students
ha ve wri tte n to say t hat 5! has a powerful e xciting inuen ce
and I would advise the reader to ob se rv e him ; his moti on
is very slow : hence i t is quite probable he may effec t so me
thing When the e x citing planets are R the effec t is more
Parti cular attention
powerf ul as their motion is slower
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101

and

the Q fo r the
s hould be paid to the P of hi [9 21 d
moti ons o f these are very slow ; hence t hey e x ert great in
ction o r e x citement For distin ctio n
uen ce whether by dir e
I call those d irections wh ich are made by the planets among
themselves primary ; and those made by the moon I call
and the transits I call exc itemen t
s eco n dary or luna r
7'
and
are evi l
student
w
ill
remember
that
}
h b
0
The
planets and I! a benevolent o n e ; hence the transits o f the
fo rmer o ver the place of direction are evil in effec t the same
with their paralle ls but the d s and Ps o f u are favourable
The aspect s are to be rec k oned according to their natures
thus z y
C] [Q and (9 bad
Q and A be ing goo d the
Y ou m
ust bear in m ind that goo d aspects o f the unfortunate
p l anets to the places o f d irections wh ich are ev il are not so
po w
erful as the good in uences o f )1 and that the ir evi l
aspects by transits to the place of d irection are worse t han
the bad rays o f )1
Y o u must a lso recoll ec t the p o wer of the aspects whether
Directional o r by Transit ; for instance a 34 Q i
will

h ave very l ittle effect because they are wea k aspects and
their in uence is always wea k accordingly Page 6 on the

N ature o f the aspects will give the student an appro xi

mate idea o f the relative strength of the d ifferent aspec ts and
this strength o r weakn ess m ust never be lost s ight of in
form ing a j udgment
The A or [Q o f the S un by dir ection appears to b e e x ceed
ingly powerful very l it tle infer ior to the D o r (9 why th is
is so I c annot e x plain but e x per ience has c onvinced me that
i t is so ; neither have I ever k nown a 4 or [g of the (Q to
'
any of the super ior planets
and
to pass
I
d 7
w ithout a mar k ed event occurring particularly lgl '
2 or
This par t o f A strology re qu ires a lot of thought and the
d ifferent s ign icat io n s should be well balanced in the m ind

10 2

Th

A N E XA M PL E O F

(IU IDE

T HE

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ro

WO R !

AS T RO LOG Y

IN G

c onven ience of students

a c opy of the map o n p age 3 7

FO R the

S upposing

we want the d irections fo r the 20t h year of l ife

we ta k e 2 0 days after birth o r Decem b er 20 th 1906 an d

calculate the planet s pl aces t o 1011 20m p 111 o n that day

as in the f ollo w in g map
,

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x
s
rs o w o r
m s o vu m ro

'

1 04

I n add ition to t hese there w ill be the

the 2 l st

as ects

of

progressed plan ets to certa in places in the ma p at b irth

There is only o ne Pri ma ry as pec t 9 w 11 This is very
wea k and need n o t be n oticed I n the L unar as pects there
are several
the

S E C O N D AR Y
Decem ber 1 906
n

190 7

February

3) d

99

)9 d l)
1)

l) !

D A

Ma
S eptember
O c tober

I
}
.

A )1 R

1 00 7

DG !

)1

.9

99

lgl

3)

January

Fe bruary
1
A pril

D A )1

'

as

P I
)

) Q d
I
R
D Cl

We must now loo k to the trans its for 1 926 and 1 927 or
20 years afte r birth and see whet her any of t hese direc
t ions w ill be e x c ite d to action
The r st d irec tion
'
of d
D A )1 in Decem ber i s not e x c ited beyond a faint
n 8 whic h will effec t bu t l ittle
13 als o i n Decem ber wi ll be si milarly
The ne x t D
e x c ite d but only to a small or n o n effectual e xten t In
January 1 907 t he D P d in Declination abou t 1 1 S This
to o is not e x c ited

I n the sa me month the D c omes to a o of b in the R ad i x

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8
o r N ativity in )6
in b but as the direc
(3 wi ll be in
t io n is b a d and the e x c itement go o d n o materia l evil will
result
The ne x t wi ll be the D C] Q i n the R ad i x also in January
'
There i s no e x c itement e x cept that o f d whic h is b e nec,
s o the d irection w ill pass w i thou t any apprec iable eect

in X 9 1 9 followed almost d irectly

I n February D A
by D d b b by transit will b e i n 1 6 o n the l s t of the
month hence with in 4 o f a D to the plac e of the D and
although ) 1 is i n X 4 at the sa me time yet the influen ce
of
b w ill destroy that o f It and nullify the good of D A )1
We may t herefore j u dge that February w i ll on the Whole
,

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1 05

be an un f ortunate month the c hief i n uence being D o b

moderately e x c ited by b in I in D
The ne x t d irection i s that of D P b in A pril but it is
not e x c i ted to action
In the same month D A if from )6
but that also is
not e x c ited to action
I n M ay D P b bu t it is not e x c ited

I n S eptember D
There is
d from X 1 7 and
n o e x c ite ment

In O ctober D
bu t
D from )6 1 9 1 9 and I1 1 9
here again there is no e x c itement worth noticing
Therefore
the year so far as d irections are c oncerned w i ll be very qu iet

and the native s affairs will proceed as u sual e x cept i n Feb ru

ary when there is an unfavourable in uence of b occurring
in the 4 th and 7 th houses
The latter is the house of business or sweethearts hence
some trouble will occur in c onnection w ith love o r business
affairs probably a d isappointment as b af icts Q at b irt h
,

C H A PT E R III
.

E FFE C TS

THE

OF

DIR E C TION S

will r st observe and carefully note the lords of the

d ifferen t houses as for instance the lords of the 2 n d 3rd
0th and other hou ses an d particularly the hou ses in wh ich
the d irections fall and fro m wh ic h the e x c itement arises
For instance say D [j b from 2n d and 6 th and e x c ited
from l 0 th ; su ch a d irection would fall princ ipally upon
business and money as ruled by 2 n d and l 0th ; bu t if the
e x c itement occurred from the 8th there would be great
probability of sic k ness and perhaps death for the maj ority
of i nfl ue nce woul d arise f rom the 6th and 8th
Y OU

T H E G UID E

100

A s r no no u v

Tu

H ave spec ia l regard however to the place of the a ficting

planet for D D b and b i n 2ud i s loss o f money or b an k
O

bu t i f i; were in 6 th i t would more li kel y touch

the health Y o u will also o b serve that d irec tions for med in
angles and card inal sign s and e x c ited are ve ry powerful
w ith respec t to fame cred it and other th ings o f a su dden
and stu pendous nature eVen to a v iolen t o r sudden de ath ;
and those in s ucceeden t o r caden t hou ses are m ore ta rdy and
slower i n effec t yet a re none the less powerfu l when e x c ited
to ac t ion These are the chief points to be observed
Very unfortunate and
The Q d A C] [Q (9 or P hi
s ignies unlo c k ed for calam ities attended w ith great a n x iety
of m ind law & e bu t I h ave n ot observed that i t affec t
the health to any remark able degree althoug h i t may as s ist
the evil O perations of other planets I t sign ies great and
sudden losses by bad debts and speculations acc us ati ons
and danger of i mprisonment
With females i t i s e x tremely unfortunate and many ge t
into trou ble under thi s d irection leave the ir husbands o r
clope S ome I have k nown to ma rry suddenly but se paration
or death of the husband has followed w ith in twelve mont hs
I have also observed that i t prod uces v oyages j ourn eys and
the entire brea k up of many homes H ave regard to the
houses in wh ic h i t falls as th e l st 5 th and 7 th for fem ales
the 3 rd and 9th for voyages ch anges or j ourneys and so o n
of the others

1
The G 34
Benec ial fr iends pub lic ity fa me
L
Q A 3
and h onour j ourneys an d pleasant voyages prosperity and
gain This is a famous d irection for an M P and he i s sure
to c ome out prominently under its in uence ; c ivic hon our s
With females th is d irection is not g o od
& c are bestowed
I t sometimes causes a hasty marriage and u nless the natus
is favourable a regrettable one W ith some i t a l ienates
the m fro m their husbands an d h omes The bad d irections
of G and H have s i milar infl uence it they fall in ce rta in
houses
r uptcy ;

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10 8

To

A S TR O LOG Y

as the l st l o th 2nd & c They t hen sho w pub lic

gain and honour new friends gifts & e W i th to
t hey sometim es give ma rriage
The C) A [ j [E C? u Very bad even worse fo r
matters than the ev il directions o f l)
L a w is threa
affronts and ind ign ities A ll speculations should be av
I t deranges the health and denotes danger o f apo ;
pleurisy bursting o f blood vessels and a d i sordered
of the system I n the 7 th i t is very bad fo r law in t h
for money and business ; i n the 12 th dam
an d 2 ud
i mprisonment ; i n the l st 6th o r 8 th bad health in ad
to mo n ey losses A gentleman o f my ac qua in tan ce
11 i n M C made a fortune and has j ust l ost i t all a nd
d irec tion of Q 6)1 locall y and powerfully e x c ited

The Q d 3;
P
l
Q A
i T hese are generally very
be q ueath ing wealth honour prosperity and go o d fri
the native manages h is affairs with sk ill and ta ct Th
espec ially good and lasts several years w ith more 0
power acc ord in g to the e x c itement there may be
I have found from e x periences t hat these direc tions pr
more female marriages than any ot her d irection and so :
one passes e x cept the female marries or has an offer of
if the d irection occurs at a marriageab lc
riaget hat i s
and the nativity shows marriage

o
S harp d iseases fevers accit
r
P
[
o
[j
0
A
d
g 6
and hurts cuts b lo ws b urn s bites o f dogs u x es diam
cholera smallpo x law q uarrelling disputes & c
The signs occ upied by c7 and Q have a great deal to do
the event Fiery sig ns d isposing to cuts blows gun
dents lig htning fevers & c watery signs uxes drew
and scalds ; airy signsbrok en bones ; and earthy si gns
behead ing hanging and u x es I n a female nativity d :
of death i n c hild birth or sudden loss O f husband
The effects of these d irect ions are very sudden fallin ;
a thunderclap upon the n ative and against w hi ch car:
caut ion can effec t bu t l it tle
A tran si t of the Q 0 3
.

THE G

UID E

AS TRO L O G Y

TO

109

a P of these plane ts usually brings these directions in to

force I have observed when the G) and d are in x ed
s igns either at birth or by direc tion the n ative is in danger
of heart disease or sudden dea t h therefrom bursting of its
blood vessels and in 11 or I inammation of the lu n gs
T hese d irections are much more potent if the Q or D be
a ffl ic te d at birth b y l) or d These directions also incline
t o ghting anger quar rels and violence robbery loss by
r e if in ery signs and in watery signs drunkenness
Oh
serve the hou ses in wh ic h they fall as well as the signs and
regulate your judgment accordingly

A
G ain by d men honour preferment
Q 3;
Q
d
ac t ivi ty and a chan ge of place ; health and strength Y et
the mind is irritable and q u ic k in an ger
To kings an d
rulers gain of territory increase of armies honour and fame
T he
or A produces marriage wi th some females bu t such
a union i s mar ked wi th d iscord and frequently separation
G) d y
Q A P 9 A happy and pleasant time
The native i s given to amusement and pl easure and has
great leanings to wards the female se x The d or P generally
produces marriage wi th a male but I have not kno w n a
female to marry under such directions I t conduces to
health preferment promo t ion society and s q uandering
money drink & c The 0and P are the pr i nc i pal d irections
and the
ne x t
or C] 9 This is unfavourable and denotes wasting
CD
of money over females and e x travagance grief thr ough
o ffspring inclination for drin k and evil company The C]
canno t occ ur until after the 30th year

or
P
G reat inclination for books and
Q d y
Q
learning and literature generally study muc h business
mental activity sometimes j ourneys (if Q or
be in the
3 rd or 9th) fame and credit t hr oug h inventions (if the nativity
sho ws it) promotion The d and P are to be mostly observed
and the c hief e ffec t o f these appear to incline the native to
writing study liter ature and publication
or

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rue c u

ms

TO

asrn o

mar

O nly

one female have I kno wn to marry under t his d irec tio n

and then G) an d 9 were in "I in the 7 th

or
T he la tter c a n only ha ppen when t he
D Q
Q A
na tive i s over (it) years of age Th ! is not importa n t
u nless very po werfully e x c i ted
when it prod uces t rouble
over le tters wri t ings and ag reements

(D o
D Wi th a male it deno tes gain success fame
a n d frequen tly marriage if in a c onvenien t
an d prosperi ty
h ouse as the 7 th or l 0 th ; n w friends introd uc t ions an d
prefermen ts It is unfor tuna te wi t h a female as re gards
heal th deno tin g danger of fever inflamma t ion bad h ea l th ;
and in the 8 th dan ger of dea th ; in the 2 ud bad trad e and
loss of money in t he 7 th a b ad ma rriage or trouble through
t he hu sband
These are very g ood Favour an d
6) M >l< Q A o r P D
f riendsh ip cred i t es teem or populari ty prospe rous busin e ss
Th P frequen tly causes marriag e wi th bo th se x es pre fer men t
a n d honour ; in shor t the a ffairs of t h
na t ive succeed mos t
favoura bly a ttended wi th promo t ion an d favour fr m grea t
and po werful persons or superiors
Q) A D [Q or (9 D A very ev il t ime full of ve x atio n
losses and troubles The n a tive is th war ted in his p urposes
and suffers dama g e f rom po werful and su perior pe rso n s
Wi th many it si gn ies dea t h of paren t s loss of wife or bereave
men t ! Vi t h a female it is unfor tuna te an d unless the rad i x
be s trong danger of illn ess or even dea th
Fro m watery signs t he na t ive ta kes to drinki n g an d b ad
and lo w c om pany ; an d if in the 1 2 th house danger of im
prisonment loss of trade and general m isfor tune
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l ll C S C a e all unfavourable inas

Dd
C] [Q 6 P l l
much as they produce changes remov als j ou rneys trouble s
from females loss of cred i t an x iety worry and great desire
for c hange res tlessness of mind an d in some cases be reave
ment H appeni n g in t he 7 th t hey produce d iscord in
marria ge ; in the 5 th illici t connec tions & c Wi th female s
they are not so evi l as wi t h males and produce ge nerally an
.

G U ID E

run

TO

AS TRO LOG Y

lose s money by lend ing it to others Wi th females i t den o te s

lo ss corrupted blood an d frequent headaches

I
t
U nfortunate The nati ve is ras hly
D d A C ] [Q (9 (f
inclined qua rrels much and rushes into d ispu tes and li tiga
tion H e is liable to acc idents and acu te di seases suc h as
fe vers smallpo x and other martial ina mmatory d iste mpe rs
and may suffer from a touch of gravel or the stone ; is liable
to wounds bites k ic k s and bro ken bone s
I f the nativi ty shows i t he may comm it a theft or forgery
and get into trouble ; he su ffers from b ad compan y and
depraved fe males ta k e s to drink in g and low company spend s
his money and is altogether careless and indifferent
H e may meet acc ident in travell ing and i f d has
muc h authority in the l st or 2 nd house he may l o se by
re theft or robbery ; the same if d be strong in the 7 th
I have k nown a few males to marry in a h ur ry under
such direc tions b ut gre at misery and speedy sepa ration have
followed
Wi th females i t signies had success loss of e mployment
danger of fevers and bad health and acc ident loose ne ss in
the morals in which the direction is very i mpo rtan t and
mischievous S ingle females should be well cau tioned when
com ing under these directions and married ones may expec t
quarrels with the husband or indisposit ion as the places of
the planet s may indicate

D 34 >l< Q A d The se bring activity j ourneys e x erc ise

increase of business The native i s courageous gen ero us
and see k s society and females enj oys health an d pr ferment
new enterpri se s and su ccess in general Wit h fe males i t i s
not so fortunate inclining them to the soc iety of the oppos ite
sex a mour s and trouble

With males i t sign ie s gain activity and increa se

)3 0
of busine ss and frequently marriage ; the mind is generous
free and open With females i t is not so good bu t pres ages
ill health fever s in ammat io n s and so meti mes death if in
the 6th or 8 th ho use So far as b usiness is concerned i t is
.

THE G UID

To

AS TRO LOG Y

1 13

favour able I n an angle i t affect s the eye s e spe cially i f

3 be there

A
P
T he se denote great and po werfu
)
M
i
Q
friends introductions and the P is strong for m arriage
promotion and prefer ment success in trade speculation and
a fortuna te time generally The same with a female good
health and friends

[
A n unfortunate ti me for all pu rpo se s
A
C]
J
D
(9
and denote s mental or bodily su ffering a cute disease s los s
of trade falling away of business los s of friend s death of
wife or relatives and an unfortunate time generally With
females ill health loss of situation and bereavement
These direction s are very powerful to evil when e xcited
to action more especially if they fall in important s igns or
houses

A
P
>
34
kQ
D 0
9 A pleasant happy period I t
conduces to marriage with both se x e s The native give s
way to pleasure and the soc iety of female s To the married
i t si g nies the birth of a child and dome sti c feli city ; to
females favourable h ealth peace of mind and good fortune
the oand P are to be principally obser ved with respe ct to
marriage

This brings trouble through fe male s,

I
[
D 1 C]
c? Q
dome sti c unpleasantness scandal illici t conn e ction s waste
and e x travagance disappointment in love quarrel s with
females and frequently loss of a child To female s ill health
grief through Opposite sex d isappointment and sorrow

This incline s much for s tudy

A
P
Q
Q
D d
travelling mental activi ty and increase of business literary
undertak ings law suits and general prosperity

D A C] [Q 6 Q These are unfavourable denoting

s lander
bad law suits quarrel s with literary characte rs ill
success in publishing d isputes unfavourable j ourneys
The native should be very careful of letter writing and ma k ing
c ontrac ts at this time
P or good aspe ct to her o wn plac e C hanges
in
o
D
,

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u ms

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AS TRO LO G Y

up

gain by fe males new friends j ou rney s and in crease of trad e

or business ; the native de sires female soc iety & 0
D a f i cting her own pla ce L o sse s grief throug h fe male s
d i sappointment unpopularity and wi th fe males i t in clin es to
bad health
A lways bear in mind the hou se and sign the dir ec tion falls
in also the house and sign from whi ch the e xcite ment co mes
and also of what hou ses the e x ci tin g and d irec ting plane ts
are lord s
,

C H APT E R

I EC TI O N S

TH E

D R

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PLA

N E TS

direction s of lgi and I

) are very rare and not i mporta nt
when they occur and unless they fall in the l st 3rd 9th or
l 0 th have not apprec iable effects
When either or bo th of
the planets may be found in ei ther the l st 3 rd or 9th it denotes
a great inclination for the se crets of nature occult studies and
eccentric companions ; in t he l 0 th the evil con gurations
denote trouble in business ill fame and probably d i sgrace
The good d irections are of little or no accoun t as neither
A s before noted
l l or b are favourable when in the l 0 th
these d irecti ons are rare and somewhat u n i mportant
i
A
P
or
e x c i ted i t brin g s about g ift s
in
i
l
d
h
of money gain by legacy and condu ces to weal th
id aficting u is bad danger of lawsui ts and los s t hr o ugh
lawyers and superiors
and d in direction operate but little unl ess in the l s t
P
d
or 7 th in the l st increase of anger and in the 7 th (if married )
d ivorce and much trouble with the pa r tner whether in
marriage or busines s

T HE

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1 16

No '
rE

Tli es c

be ver

direc tio ns

AS TR O LO G Y

'

r ue c u

ro

l ittle

ect

or n othing

unless

l)

or

ro ng by positio n or acciden tal dign ity in the na ti vity

'

5 af icting
Ihis causes grief berea vem en t disa p
?
Q
pointment the loss of relatives or wife ; so rrow ; he is liable
to be j ilted by the Opposite se x death of offspr ing and k een
sorrow ; inclines to drin k ing bad habits and the co mpany of
lo w women

in
goo
d
direction
of
Tho mind stead y reserve d
7
Q
cau tious inclining to chastity and good behaviour
Bad t he temper i s short and if t he
l? a f ic t ing
nativi ty shows i t danger of forgery thieving by w hic h the
native gets into trouble ; he quarrels and mi x es with low
company
Not of im po rtanc e e xce pt
i;
in good d irection of
that i t imparts steadiness to the m ind and the native manage s
h is a ffairs with d i scretion and prudence in clines him to s t udy
to be serious and reserved
I
] afic ted by d is not good but not im portant ; den o tes
that he may lose by speculation failures and losses in sun dry
ways and if It be afic te d at birth will squan der his money
drin k bet and ma k e o ff with a great deal I f the nativity
denotes it it may cause lawsuits or the native may go t h i mse lf
into trouble

in
good
d
irection
Not important but in clin es to
t
o
t
t
I
(i
good to energy increase of estate promotion ac cord ing as
C ? or u may be pla ced in the nat ivity
)1 in evil direc tion with Q Brings a squandering of
money over dre ss and females losses in speculation bu t th is
i s n o t i mport ant
I nclines to succe ss and
11 in good d irection with 9
female soc iety he conducts himself with propriety bu t these
d irect ions are of li ttle moment
Fa vourable denoting
if i n 0 or good direction of 9
promotion gain acti vity fame popularity credit ; the mind
is steady

aficting
u
Q Bad denoting trouble and in so me cases
d

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TH E

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TO

1 17

imprisonment thr ough forgery libel perj ur y ; danger of

mental derangement if Q be not strong
'aficting

6
Q I nclines to the company o f lewd women
and to female society generally by which he suffers in health
liable to scandal domestic quarrelling drin k i n g debauchery
and ghting S hould Cf be in the 5th 7 th or l oth hou se at
birth this direction is bad in the case of a female

in
good
direction
of
d
Q He is merry j ovial free de
l ighting i n female company drin k and spends his money
No direction of to Q is good from a mo ral point of V iew
either with male or female
" af icting

U nfavourable for the mind giving rise

0
to quarrell ing thieving forgery drin k ing and frequently
entailing punishment ; he is given to libelling and suffers
fro m his o wn actions he engages in law and disputes mi x e s
with low and bad company and may commit v iolence
Not very important e x cept
d in good direction with Q
that i t denotes activity e n ergy and increase of business
promotion ; the mind is qu i ck and apt during the time of
direc tion
The directions of these planets are verv un
and
9
important The d and P when much e x cited incline t o
company poetry and the ne arts n ew friend s and fe male
acquaintances
,

C H A PT E R

SO L AR R E T U RN S

I H DA Y FI G U RES

0 R B RT

not much condence in these until fo rced to it by the

logic of facts A n d after the publication yearly of Birthday
I nformation in my A lmanac and the great number of letters
I received as to the corre ctness of i t as well as by per sonal
obser vation in my own family circle and those o f friends
I

HA D

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TH E

w ns

I am con vinced that there

'

ro

is

AS TRO L OG Y

much in them

an d

t ha t they

ought not to be neglec ted

The usual way to set the se maps is to fi nd the ti me w hen
the 0 reaches the same degree m inu te and second of the
Zod iac w hi ch be occupied a t the time of birth and t hen to

calculate the cusps and planet s p laces for t hat time and
j udge the map as an ord inary nativity noting particularly
the different as pects that are formed or very near and in
what houses the planets are placed For instan ce malcc
planets in the l st would sign ify worry and mental e x c itemen t
or ill health I n the 2 nd los s of mo n ey and bus in ess trouble
I n the 3 rd acc ident by travell ing or trouble or losse s throug h
brethren I n the 4 th illn ess of parent change of residence
I n the 5 th bother in love or family affairs loss of
&c
money by speculation fondn ess for plea sure and loss dr
trouble thereby I n the 6th s ic k ness d ifculty with servants
and su ch th ings as may be ruled by that hou se I n the 7t h
lo ss of bu siness bother i n marriage with a single fe mal e
danger of d isgrace & c I n the 8 th deat h of friend s and
relatives I n the 9th trouble from relatives by marriage
I n the 10 th loss of cred it d isgrace & c I n the 1 1 th had
friend s and loss thereby I n the 1 2 th enemies secret and
malic ious I f b enec pl anets occupy the se houses and they
must some of them j udge the contrary But bear in min d
both here and in j udging the effects of Dire ctions t hat nothin g
c an happen contrary to what i sign ied in the nativi ty
The Dire ctions
E very eve n t in l ife is s ho wn in the na tivity
S olar Return s and Transits simply br ing to pass what i s
there sho wn They ca n produce n othing con tra ry to the amt ivily
I f the nativity shows honour and s uccess d o not j udge d is
gra ce and ru in let the Direction s S ola r Retu rns & o be
what they may
I will now gi ve an illustration of a S olar return or Birt hday

M a p ta k ing the ! ing s ti me of birth as an e x ample

H e was born
T he following map is the ! ing s nati vity
L ondon
10 h 48 m A M
No ve mber 9 th
.

r un

L ongitude

G UI DE
of

the

TO

G)

AS T RO L OG Y
at birth
on 9th

16

Differen ce

Y ou will t herefore say

'

A s 1 0 1 9 is to 4 3 2 6 so
be 1 7h l 7 m or 5h 1 7m
we set t he map as follows

a 2 1 N 58

1s 2 3
s 38

17

10

2; 22

20
48

'

'

is 24 hours ;

on

E C L I N A TI O N S

(9 16

<

2 7

24

14

m
m

G U IDE

TH E

TO

AS TR O L OG Y

12 1

Y ou will j udge the map as an ordinary nativity such as

on cusp of 12 th
l
secret enemies and mu ch danger
d
C] I
g
therefrom l? on cusp of 5th trouble through chil dren or
s ic k ness in family or such things as are ruled by the 5th hou se
The Q is separating from the A of b If and ts and is
practically unaf icted which i s favourable for health
A s before mentioned these maps are often very i mportant
particularly if they agree with the Dire ctions in nature and
signication I f they do not agree little o r nothin g will re sult
Again if the Directions be unfavourable on account of the
in uence of
and in the revolution you nd d also un
favo urably placed o r aspected then serious events will follow
The same w ith '
P1
5 or the other planets ; but if the
2
a f icting planet be u in the Dir ection s and b in the S olar
Returns the effects will not be so mischie vous as if the a ffl i ction
was wholly by either It or I? as the natures o f b and 11 are
not al ik e
This you mu st observe with the other planets
,

'

C H A PT E R
TR

AN S I TS

DEA L I N G

AN D

VI

ECL I PSES

wi th E clipses f rst These are si mply C onj unctions

or O ppo s itions of the sun and moon They mu st be very
close otherwise there could be no O ccultation b ut eclipses
are no t v isible as su ch all over the world at one ti me and
where not vi sible they will be simple conj un ction s in the case
of the sun and oppositions in the ca se of the moon So far
as my personal e x erience and observation are concerned
p
I do not think them of very great importance For instance
the great E clipse of the S un on December 22n d 1 870 occurred
on the very degree of my midheaven and in owith l2 bu t
nothing important followed I was neither ill nor d isgra ced
These conj unctions and Oppositions are more important if

they hap pen o n one s birthday and o f course would figure

i

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G U I DE

T HE

AS TRO L O G Y

TO

then i n the Revolutional Figure or S olar Re turn for that

year S ometi mes e clipses will coinc ide with an important
event b ut so far as my e x perience is concerned I have ob served
nothing reliable and it is reliability as far as po ss i ble t ha t
we requ ire
Dealing now with Transits
Let i t be clearly under s tood
t hat the transits of the planets over the places of the L umin
aries o r Planets at birth will effec t nothing unl ess at the same
time t here is some d irection which t he transi t will force into
action as e x plained by Plac idus in the (18 th paragra ph of

his Primum M obile

Ta k e for insta nce
H e transits

every planet s place the midheaven and ascendant once if

not more every two years and it is absurd to thin k events
repeat them selve s thu s frequently I t i s the same with 11
V
H ere again my e xperience has
2 and t he other planets
not borne out the many statements m ade as to the inuen ce
of planets when pass ing certain place s in the nativi ty whether
those places are tho se of the sun moon or any other planet
I f however d irection s fall out at the same ti me and are o f
the same nature as the transit events will follow bu t not
otherwi se
Now there are other Transits which I ha ve found ve ry
powerful and which probably gave rise to the what I con
sider mi sta k en ideas as to the influen ce of the simple passage
of a planet over the place of any other planet These transi ts
are tho se of the planets through the various mundane houses
of the nativity such as the 1 st 2 n d 3 rd house & 0 But
here again you mu st br ing a little common se n se to bear u pon
the sub j ec t and mu s t study the nati vity For a person in
who se nativity M ars was all powerful and un al ic ted woul d

be scar cely li k ely to isuffer to any serious e x tent from the

passage o f M ars through any of the houses Ta k e Jupite r
S uppose you fi nd him wea k in the nativity particularly in
Q cadent or aficte d by aspect What benet could one
e x pect from his transit s through the houses or o ver any
important cusp in a nativi ty
But put Jupiter in a good
,

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T HE

G U I DE

TU

AS TR O LOG Y

will lose all sen se of propriety and go prac tically wild

for a ti me rega rdless of consequences I f the na ti vity is
v iolent he may in one of his fi ts of ec cen tric ity pu t an en d
to his e x istence I f Saturn the native will be despondent ;
if wea k in con s titution he will suffer in heal th ; if weak in
in tellec t he may lose h is reason Jupiter will prod u ce
benets personal and monetary according
the nativity as mentioned already M ars mo ves
so the e ffects of his transits are not great unless other inuences
combine to ma k e them so such as the pa ssage of another
obno x ious planet or an evil d irection at the time The sun
and other planets move very fas t and no material event ma y
be e x pected fro m their passage thr ough any house yet the
sun from his i mmense power should not be altogether
neglected M any person s have noticed certain times of the
year in which they are more luc k y or u n luc k y than at others
These u x e s of fortune are produced by the passage of the
sun through certain houses in their nativity
The passage of Neptune through the 2 ud house will cau se
trouble in bu s iness and money a ffairs and depression of spirits
in consequence I f U ranus the native must avoid spec ulation
lend ing money or standing security ; als o new b usiness
enterprises should be avoided I f the transi t is by Saturn
i t will show loss of mo ney and busin ess which will be ship
wrec k ed I f Jupiter increase o f bu siness success by s peen
lation and general good fortune
T he passage of Neptune through the 3rd hou se denotes
mental worry over brethren or neighbours j ourneys or
changes an unse ttled restle ss feeling U ranu s or S aturn
will show d isaster in travelling loss of money through bret hren
or worry about their affairs I f Jupi ter gain an d succes s
through neighbours brethren and such mat ters as are rul ed
by the 3rd house
The passage of Neptune through the 4 th hou se is i mportant

as it is an angle and will affec t the native s business and

fa mily affa irs ; probably the death o f a parent or a lon g
he

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To

A S TR OLO G Y

1 25

Spell of adversity S imilar e ffects may b e e x pected from

the passage of Saturn and U ranus although the latter planet
would signify estrangement from k indred family quarrels or
disputes
The passage of Neptune through the 5 th house tr ouble
and an x iety from children or the native may ta k e to in tem
perate habits drin k and sensual ity spending his money on
pleasure and neglecting his business I f a female she should
e x er c ise great ca re o r seriou s trouble may follow S imilar
events will follow the passage of S aturn and U ran us The
latter planet in this case being more evil than Neptune or
S aturn an d is sure to bring abou t trouble in
love affairs
or misbehaviour The transit of Jupiter will benet the
native by successful speculation The children will prove
a so urce of gratif cation and ple asure to the nati ve for t he
ti me being
The pa ssage o f Neptune U ranus or S aturn t hrough the
6th is liable to derange the native
s health or give much
trouble through work men or servants o r fro m his fellow
wor k men H e should beware of decei t or robbery The
transit of Jupite r w ill benet his health and fortune and
denote s dutiful servants that will be a source of prot to the
native for a time
The passage of Neptune U ranus or Saturn through the
7 th is i mportant as that house is an angle and has m uc h
effec t on the business and conjugal happiness of the native
I t would signify losses in business and unless the nati vity
be good ban kruptcy L aw and quarrelli n g Domestic
infel ic i ty separation or quarrelling according to the posi tions
at birth I n th is case U ranus will be worse than Saturn
the latter planet a ffecting the busines s chiey The n ative
should be careful of n e w business enter prises and avoid
ris k s and partnerships I f the transiting planet be Jupiter
gain and success in bus iness marriage domestic felicity and
events Opposi te to those enumerated for the obno x ious planets
The passage of the evil planets through the 8 th denote s
.

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l et}

T HE

G UI D E

A S TRO LOG Y

To

the death of friends or relatives or the wife or husband may

run wild and spend mo ney stupidly and senselessly Jupi ter
shows benet through Deaths if such is denoted in the n ati vity
not otherwise
The passage of Neptun e U ranus or Saturn thr oug h the 9th
denotes mis chief or losse s fro m relatives by marriage or tr ouble
and an x iety concerning them A lso disputes and argu ments
about religion The native should not underta k e any voya ge
to foreign lands under s uc h trans i ts Jupite r ac ts the con
trary
and will benet the native by relativ es t hro ugh
marriage or by voyage s to foreign parts
The passage of Neptune through the 10th s hows l o ss of
I f U ranus the native will
cred it and an x iety in bu siness
ac t strangely and may lose both honour and fort une by
d iscred itable acts of his o wn I f a fe male she may be dis
graced S aturn Shows loss of bu siness and money and much
di sc redit Thi s hou se is an angle and an impo rtant one
and transits u sually have a pro minent e ffect
The passage of Nept une t hrough the 1 1 th sho ws an x iety
t hrough fr iend s ; if U ranus quarrels with friends and the
native will suffer lo sses or be robbed by them the effec ts of
The planet Jupiter seems
S aturn wi ll be s imilar to U ranu s
j oy in this house and would sign ify good friend s who
to
will help the native and w hose advice will prove h ighly
beneficial
The passage of Neptune U ranus or S aturn thr ough the
12 t h house denotes envy hatred an d malice
Le t the native
beware of deceit and treachery and n o t trust any one ou t of
I f the tran sit be by Jupiter i t will show su c cess in
his sight
bus ine ss generally
Now bear in mind that these transits can p rod u ce nothing
contrary to the nativity so do not j udge marital d isaster if
the nativity denotes domestic felic ity I n a cas e like this
the effects of the obno x iou s trans it would affec t the bu siness
or so methin g els e denoted by the 7 th hou se Y ou mu s t bear

i n mind that in every nati vity there are wea k spots and
.

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TH E

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To

O OG Y

TR L

The moon in one of t hese

s igns and af ic ted denote s plurality of wi ve s
C adent Planets in the 3 rd 6 th 9t h and 12th hou se s
It
is a sign of wea k ne ss or debili ty yet any planet in the 3rd
or 9th hou se has a powe rful influence on the mind The 6th
i s the worst hou se for any planet to be i n
C a rdinal S ig ns P
and w T hese are po werfu l
signs and many planets in them denote a pe rson not in

the roll of common men

C ard inal sign s on the ang les of a
nativi ty denote fame and notoriety

C o mb us t
U nder the 0 s beams or within 8 of tha t
L um inary
I t is said to be an affliction but I doubt i t
The Q d u i s certainly not an afiction
C o mmo n S ign s H "12 I and x The se s igns on the
angles of a nativi ty or many planets in them mak e a pe rso n
with very acute feelings [ I and up are scientic signs
denoting an e x cellent and powerful m ind
C us p The beginn ing of any of the twelve hou se s
An y
planet on the c usp of a house is powerful in any matter ruled
by that house
Decl inatio n The d i stance O f a planet N or S of the
E quator
See E p hemeris
Detr iment A planet in a sign opposi te to its hou se
Thu s
'

in
i
s
would
be
in
hi
detriment
s
as
g
is
opposi
te
to
Y
6
which is the house of M ars
D irec t VVhen a planet moves forward in the ! od iac as
from Y to 8 & c
Directimm That part of G eneth liacal A strology which
relates to futur e events I t is the most d iffi cult the leas t
understood and the least satisfac tory part O f As trology
There are two sys tems chiey in vogue the Placidian and
the A rabian The latter is the one taught in thi s volume ;
i t is muc h the simple st and the re sults Obta ined are more
satisfac tory t han b y t he Plac idian method
The lat ter is
simply time and patience was ted and it is rapidly going ou t
of u se and favour I f I may digre ss a little I would li k e to
Bicorporeal S ig ns

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TO

1 29

point out to the reader that the unsatisfactory cond ition of

the Directional part O f A strology is a wise intervention of
Providence because if every one kn ew for a certain ty what
was going to happen at least 50 per cent of the people on
this earth would either become lunatics or commit suic ide
T r ue A strology will never be d iscovered until the earth is
peopled by a race to whom death and misfortune present no
terror
Dispo se When one planet is found in the dignities o f
another the latter is said to dispose of him Thu s 0"
in A is disposed of by Q as 2 is the house of 9
Do uble bo died S igns See Bicorporeal S i gns
E a rthy S igma a Tmand V3
El evatio n The planet nearest the meridian is said to be
elevated above the others This is an i mport ant position
See page 69

E phemeris
A boo k gi ving particulars of the planets
places ; and absolutely necessary in all A strological calcu
,

0.

lat io n s

c
o

T and

E quino tial S ign s

E xal tati n A
.

D in ti gl in

powerful dignity

ml
;

The Q is e x alte d in

T ;

in

X;

in

and Q in Tm M any planets in their e x altation s denote that

the native will ri se far above his sphere of birth
Fall When a planet is in a s ign opposite to its e x altation
thus Q in
is said to be in his fall as is opposite to T
F ig ure The map of the heaven s for any moment ; also

call ed the scheme or chart

Femin ine S igns 8
These are
"1 W and X
termed by some writers obeying signs The di st inction
is not important
F iery S ign s W $ 2 and 1 These are signs of ambition
push and energy 52 and I are the best
F ixed S igns 8 Q mand m Planets in these signs
show tenacity of purpose and very Ofte n tenacity of temper

too the reverse of forgiv ing

.

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G UI D E

TH E

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AS TRO LOG Y

and X I f on the cu sp o f the 5th

house they usually show a large family
G enethl ia cal That whi ch app lie s to the geniture na ti vity
or birth
Hous es These are of two k ind s The houses of the planets
arkD g ;
fi x ; b v
f ; U I an d ! i d ! h and
Q 8 and A ; 9 u and (m A planet in its hou se is always
powerful and unless hea vi ly aficted by bad aspec ts will
benet the native ei ther in body m ind or estate The
other H ou ses are the M undane or the l st 2n d 3rd & e
in the map
Hyl eg The D or 9 may be conside red the hyleg in every
nativity S ome wr i ters consider the a scendant hyleg when
the L and Q are under the earth or not in wh at they te rm
hy legical places which is nonse nse
The D and Q are the
fountains O f all life on this earth
'

Neptun e might also be

[ Med iat es
[EL l; an d d
in cluded
In terc epted A si gn lying between the cus ps of two ho uses
in the map I t is caused by the L atitude o f the coun t ry
N 0 sign i s inte rcepte d at or nea r the equato r
The way in which these
L ig hts L umina r ies the D and Q

are as pec ted or placed at b irth will show the nati ve s hea lth )
and largely his success or otherwise in life
L ord That planet which governs the sign occ upying an y

cusp in the nativity I f Y is ris ing d w ill be lord of

the map I f 5 is on the cusp of the 2n d 9 will b e lord
or lad y if you l i k e of that hou se because 5 is the house o f
9 If I be rising If will be lord of the map o r ruler of
the l st hou se becau se I is the hou se of if an d so o n o i the
others S ee Part
chapter VII
M al efica See I nfort unes

i
M asc ul in e and Femin ine Planets
d (D and
h 2
:3 are mas cul ine
D and Q are femin ine The dist in c tion
is not i mportant
N ativity The bir th map O f anyone
Fruit/2d S ig ns

T
il

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G U I DE

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mO LO O Y

S ig n icato r That

planet ruling the hou se of the nati ve or

anything in connect ion with hi m For instan ce the lord of
the l st would be the s ign icato r of the person himself ; the
lord O f the 2 n d woul d s i gnify his wealth the lord of the l oth
w uld be the s ign icato r of his honour and cred it e s tee m & c
p
and so on of the others For the lords of the hou se s see
Part
chapter VI I
S igns of L o ng A s cens io n
31 Tm mand I

S igns of S hort A scens ion v5

X Y 8 and II
The inequalities in the ri sing are cau sed by the L atitude
of the country There is no inequality at or near the E quator
S igns of L ong A scension in N L atitude are signs of S hort
A scen sion in S L atitude and vice vers d
S outhern S igns
1rl
x Persons born wi th
1
many planets in these signs generally succeed bes t in Southern
L atitudes or in pla ce s to the S outh of the ir birthplace
S ucceeden t Hous es The 2 n d 5th 8 th and 1 1 th hous es
T r igo n s or T r ipl ic ities The se are four viz : the ery
5 and
the earthy 8 111'and W ; the ai ry
Y 52 and 1
the watery QB ill and X The signs compri sing a tri
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and I and @ is in A to Yand I They co mpri se signs of
a similar nature
T rop ical S igns QB and W
16 is the Northern tropi c
and W the S outhern
Watery S ig ma See Fr uitful signs
Void o / co urse When a planet form s no a spec t before it
leaves the sign i t is then in
.

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